After Transmigrating Into An Eighteenth-Tier Alpha, I Married The Best Actress - Chapter 10

The night sky was extraordinarily beautiful.

After Yin Lingzhu sent Ji Jingrong the message, she walked to the window and lifted her head to look at the sky.

She had no heart to admire the stars. The thought that had suddenly arisen from an impulse—she did not know whether it was right or wrong.

A burst of ringing sounded. She picked up her phone. Without even looking at the screen, she knew it was Ji Jingrong calling.

Only Ji Jingrong would take the initiative to contact her.

Yin Lingzhu placed her finger on the screen and pressed the answer button.

“What did that message of yours mean? Don’t panic. Tell me properly. I’m right outside your door.”

Ji Jingrong’s voice came through the speaker, a little distorted, but it was clear that she was extremely anxious.

Yin Lingzhu opened the door, and sure enough, she saw Ji Jingrong.

Ji Jingrong had casually thrown on a coat, and she was wearing slippers on her feet. She must have rushed out after seeing the message.

When she saw Yin Lingzhu come out, she let out a breath of relief. “What happened?”

“Let’s talk at my place,” Ji Jingrong said to Yin Lingzhu.

Ji Jingrong knew that Yin Lingzhu’s apartment still did not allow her inside.

Yin Lingzhu nodded and followed Ji Jingrong to her apartment.

“She said she doesn’t like Alphas, so I want to have surgery to remove my gland.” Yin Lingzhu held the glass of water Ji Jingrong had given her, the sensation of the glass in her palm making her mind very clear.

Listening to her words, Ji Jingrong had many things she wanted to say, but she could not think of what to say.

Deep down, Ji Jingrong actually hoped Yin Lingzhu could forget her—that marriage partner of hers.

Over these past few months, Ji Jingrong had seen every single change in Yin Lingzhu.

Although she did not know who Yin Lingzhu’s marriage partner was, Ji Jingrong felt that no matter who it was, no one was worth Yin Lingzhu giving up so much.

“She doesn’t like you. No matter how much you do, it’s useless.” Ji Jingrong tried her best to soften her voice as she persuaded her.

Yin Lingzhu could not hear anything right now.

She had looked it up in the afternoon. Si Xin was a Beta.

Yin Lingzhu shook her head. “Will you come with me?”

The risk of this surgery was extremely high. She was afraid that if she died on the operating table, there would be no one to collect her body.

“You—what’s so good about her that she’s worth you giving up so much for her?” Ji Jingrong also knew the mortality rate of this surgery, and she could not help shouting.

“If she wanted your life, would you give that to her too?”

Ji Jingrong gripped Yin Lingzhu’s shoulders tightly with both hands. Her hands trembled from the force as she tried to make Yin Lingzhu give up this idea.

The two of them faced each other.

Yin Lingzhu lowered her head, her voice trembling. “I want to try one last time.”

Ji Jingrong loosened her grip.

She saw the hope and despair in Yin Lingzhu’s eyes.

She did not try to persuade her again.

Ji Jingrong sat down beside Yin Lingzhu and covered Yin Lingzhu’s hand with her own. “All right. I’ll go with you. Whenever you want to have the surgery, I’ll be with you.”

Was she not the same, in a way? She had also once had such thoughts.

“But you have to make it clear with the doctor. If you feel even the slightest discomfort, the surgery must stop immediately,” Ji Jingrong said.

“Now. Let’s go now. Today is my birthday.” Yin Lingzhu set down the water cup and spoke with firm resolve.

When Yin Lingzhu arrived at the hospital, she requested that her attending doctor be You Xiaoxiao.

You Xiaoxiao mainly researched glands, so she was capable of performing this surgery.

But even for You Xiaoxiao, when it came to a gland-removal surgery, she could not guarantee the success rate.

When You Xiaoxiao received the notice for this surgery, she originally did not want to take it. But when she saw that the person undergoing gland removal was Yin Lingzhu, she immediately could not sit still.

Yin Lingzhu’s pheromones were still useful to Yan Si.

You Xiaoxiao hurriedly sent a message to Yan Si, telling her that Yin Lingzhu wanted to undergo surgery.

“Hello. The risk of your surgery is too great. You need to sign the surgical consent form and bear the risks yourself.”

You Xiaoxiao looked at Yin Lingzhu and handed her the paper that needed to be signed.

Seeing Yin Lingzhu take the surgical notice, she then said to Ji Jingrong, “Hello. The matters that follow may be somewhat private. Please have the accompanying person step outside first.”

Yin Lingzhu met Ji Jingrong’s gaze and said, “I can handle it alone.”

Ji Jingrong patted Yin Lingzhu’s shoulder. “If you change your mind, tell me immediately.”

After Ji Jingrong left, the room was filled with silence. Yin Lingzhu was the first to break it.

“Did you tell her I’m having surgery?” Yin Lingzhu clenched one corner of the form in her hand as she asked.

You Xiaoxiao held her phone and saw the message Yan Si had sent her. “She knows.”

“And she has a voice message for me to pass on to you.”

You Xiaoxiao pressed play, and Yan Si’s cold voice rang through the room.

“You cannot have this surgery.”

After Yin Lingzhu heard it, joy rose in her heart.

She thought Yan Si was still worried about her.

The words that followed sent her into the abyss.

“There’s still one final mark. After the divorce, even if you die, it will have nothing to do with me.”

Yan Si’s voice message ended there.

Those two short sentences made Yin Lingzhu feel as if her entire body had fallen into an ice cellar.

She walked out of the consultation room in a daze.

Clearly, she had not undergone surgery, yet she looked as if all her spirit had been drained away. Her face was terrifyingly pale.

“What happened?” Ji Jingrong asked carefully.

Yin Lingzhu forced herself to hold together her spirit and shook her head. “Nothing. Let’s go back. I’m not having the surgery.”

Although Ji Jingrong was happy that she had thought it through, seeing Yin Lingzhu’s state, she did not dare ask more.

After returning home, Yan Si’s words kept replaying in Yin Lingzhu’s mind.

If I really died, would she not care either?

Yin Lingzhu felt that she should be happy. At least Yan Si still did not want her to die right now. No matter what the reason was, Yan Si still cared about her.

Her mind was tangled in wild thoughts as she came to the balcony and saw the clothes hanging on the drying rack.

They were Ji Jingrong’s clothes.

She took the clothes down and sat on the sofa in silence, folding them because she wanted to return them to Ji Jingrong.

After folding them neatly, Yin Lingzhu lifted her eyes, and her gaze could not help drifting back to the balcony again.

There was a wardrobe placed there strangely.

Yin Lingzhu knew what was inside the wardrobe.

Ten sets of clothes.

Yan Si came once every month. When Yin Lingzhu woke up the next day, she could not see Yan Si, but Yan Si’s clothes would be left in the apartment.

Yin Lingzhu had once asked Yan Si why she did not wear those clothes.

The answer she received was that the clothes were old, and Yan Si did not want to wear them.

Now, Yin Lingzhu understood.

Yan Si found her dirty.

But back then, Yin Lingzhu had not understood.

Yan Si did not let Yin Lingzhu enter her room, and there was nowhere to put the washed clothes.

So Yin Lingzhu had simply bought a wardrobe and placed it on the balcony.

Thinking about it now, everything she had done was useless effort.

So what if there was a wardrobe? Yan Si would never wear these clothes.

Yin Lingzhu laughed self-mockingly, and Ji Jingrong’s clothes were also forgotten on the sofa.

On the other side, after Yin Lingzhu left, You Xiaoxiao immediately sent Yan Si a message.

She also had not expected the content of Yan Si’s words to be like that.

[Do you know how much harm it causes Yin Lingzhu every time she marks you?]

You Xiaoxiao sent this sentence over.

In truth, she also did not know whether bringing Yan Si and Yin Lingzhu together back then had been right or wrong.

Yan Si replied immediately.

[It harms her? Isn’t she an Alpha?]

[An ordinary mark naturally doesn’t harm an Alpha, but the two of you aren’t ordinary.]

You Xiaoxiao tapped on the screen and sent this line of text.

Seeing that Yan Si still had not replied for a long time, You Xiaoxiao typed on the screen again.

[You relied on suppressants all this time before, so once an Alpha marks you, her pheromones drain very quickly.]

[Yin Lingzhu suddenly differentiated into S-rank. How could she withstand losing that much pheromone?]

[Every time she marks you, you feel comfortable, but Yin Lingzhu suffers. Weak limbs and a powerless body are the mild symptoms. If it’s serious, her gland could be damaged, and she might never be able to produce pheromones again for the rest of her life.]

You Xiaoxiao explained all the stakes in one breath.

Yan Si’s message took a long time to arrive.

[What does that have to do with me?]

You Xiaoxiao froze at once. She had not expected Yan Si’s answer to be this.

[You know what it means for an Alpha to have no pheromones, don’t you?]

You Xiaoxiao typed out these words, and even she herself did not understand why she sent them to Yan Si.

[It only means she’s crippled.]

Yan Si’s next message made You Xiaoxiao freeze again.

She suddenly felt as if she did not really know this childhood friend of hers.

You Xiaoxiao shook her head. Perhaps there was no one in the world who truly knew Yan Si.

The reason she could obtain the position of a childhood friend was also thanks to the You family having always attached itself to the Yan family.

When Yan Si was young, she was withdrawn, so the You family ordered You Xiaoxiao to approach Yan Si and keep Yan Si company.

Fortunately, You Xiaoxiao had thick skin. Even though Yan Si resisted, You Xiaoxiao insisted on clinging to Yan Si. Because of that, You Xiaoxiao became Yan Si’s only friend.

It could be said that the reason she studied glands was also because of Yan Si.

Whether because of the pressure from the You family or because of her own sincerity, everything she did had to benefit Yan Si.

You Xiaoxiao recalled her past, then opened the computer. The screen displayed Yan Si’s physical information.

If Yan Si was well, she would be well. If Yan Si was unwell, she would be unwell.

Thinking of this, You Xiaoxiao made up her mind.

If Yin Lingzhu’s gland was going to be ruined, then before it was ruined, she still had to extract the final pheromones for Yan Si.

After Yan Si sent the message, she placed her phone face down on the table, a wavering light flickering in her eyes.

Si Xin stood beside her. Seeing Yan Si like this, she stood there a little nervously, not daring to make a sound.

The stars at night still twinkled, and everyone’s thoughts were buried in their hearts, unknown to others.

The next morning, Yin Lingzhu discovered that her eyes were extremely swollen.

She had not cried before going to sleep last night. Who knew that she had cried in her dreams?

She smiled, but her eyes were swollen like walnuts, and her whole person gave off a miserable and battered air.

Yin Lingzhu wet a towel and applied it to her eyelids.

Tomorrow was the day Yan Si came every month. She could not let Yan Si see her like this.

Thinking this, she took the towel down. In the gap while preparing to wet it again, she opened her phone.

She saw that You Xiaoxiao had sent her a message.

[There’s a solution to the side effects of your gland.]

When Yin Lingzhu saw this message, she should have been happy, but now, she felt afraid.

Her only capital was her Alpha pheromones.

A question surfaced in Yin Lingzhu’s mind.

If she was no longer an Alpha, would Yan Si still want her?

Yin Lingzhu tapped lightly on the screen and replied to the message.

[Okay. I’ll go see you tonight.]

She did not eat anything the whole day, constantly paying attention to her eyes, watching to see whether the swelling had gone down.