Foolishly Flirting with the White Moonlight Leads to Being Marked - Chapter 18.2

After washing up.

Yan Qingqiu lay in the bathtub, leaning back, painfully reflecting as she tried to think of a way out.

She was even wondering whether she should listen to the doctor and buy some little toys to coax this disobedient little mood of hers. But she was an adult with no experience, so… it was so embarrassing.

Then she thought again that all of this was Song Qingre’s fault for teasing her like this. Yan Qingqiu was so annoyed that she stood up and stomped around blindly in the bathtub. After panting from splashing the water, she continued lying in the water and sighing. She started to worry. Had Song Qingre begun suspecting that she was an Omega? Otherwise, why had Song Qingre pinched and touched her so much today? If her self-control had not been firm today, Song Qingre probably would have shamelessly kissed her gland…

Thinking about it, she shrank her neck.

What did kissing a gland feel like?

Yan Qingqiu touched her gland. It was frighteningly hot. She got up, dried the water off her body, lay on the bed, and pondered for a while before sending a message to her good sister.

[Xingxing, you remember what my pheromones smell like, right? Today someone actually said my pheromones have no scent. I’m so mad!]

Su Xingjie replied instantly: [Didn’t you say you’re so A that no one can smell it? Ordinary people can’t smell your scent. Those people are the ones who are lacking, right?]

It seemed the original “her” still had some cleverness. She knew that saying a specific scent would make people suspicious. It was just that Yan Qingqiu was very curious. “She” and Su Xingjie were so close. One could even say Su Xingjie treated her with complete sincerity. Even biological sisters might not be as good as Su Xingjie, yet “she” had still hidden something from Su Xingjie and said she was an Alpha. How strange.

It really did not fit logic.

But next time Song Qingre asked, she could handle it perfectly.

Su Xingjie: [The clothes and shoes have all been sent to you. Remember to check them against the list. I’m not busy tomorrow, so come out and play with me then.]

Yan Qingqiu lay on her side. The mirror beside her reflected her current appearance. There was a smile on her lips. She had been here for more than a month, and Yan Qingqiu did not hate life here very much. Her cheek pressed against the back of her hand…

So tender. I’m really beautiful.

The butler called for her from downstairs, saying, “Miss Su’s assistant is here. They brought quite a lot of clothes and shoes. Please come over and take a look.”

Yan Qingqiu went downstairs to look. There were even more clothes and shoes than when she had gone to the company before. Bag after bag was delivered inside. The rich lady was too generous. Yan Qingqiu felt embarrassed taking everything for free. Happily, she carried a few pieces of clothing back and calculated what kind of gift she should give in return.

Originally, Yan Qingqiu did not plan to go out. The doctor had said that secondary differentiation had three stages. The early stage was feverish heat. The middle stage was developing Omega characteristics. The late stage was… the heat period.

Once the heat period passed, she would completely become an Omega.

The middle stage was extremely unstable. Who knew whether she would suddenly mutate?

Yan Qingqiu sent Su Xingjie a thank-you message.

Su Xingjie: [I’m not mad at you anymore. Come out and play.]

After being invited twice in a row, Yan Qingqiu thought over it carefully. She spent the whole day at home, eating and drinking in her own room, and finally came up with a feasible plan.

Based on the information she knew so far, she would only have to do missions when the relevant plot was triggered. As long as she did not trigger it and kept hiding, kept avoiding it, she should be able to survive.

The plot point of cutting out her gland would absolutely be triggered during her heat period.

Her differentiation was uncontrollable. She definitely had to differentiate.

Then what if she absolutely did not give Song Qingre a chance to lie on her bed?

After Yan Qingqiu figured this out, she left the house and went to the quiet bar she had agreed to meet Su Xingjie at. Compared to noisy, chaotic dance clubs, the bar was relatively quiet. It was Yan Qingqiu’s first time going to this kind of place too, but she pretended she came often. She scanned the place from the entrance and found Su Xingjie.

She took the box from her pocket and stuffed it to Su Xingjie.

“What is it?” Su Xingjie opened it curiously and saw a large diamond lying on the velvet. Under the light, the diamond refracted a beautiful glow.

“For you.” Yan Qingqiu propped her chin on her hand and said, “Just a small gift. Hardly worth mentioning.”

“This is very expensive. You bought it at an auction before, right? I remember you said you wanted to give it to Fu Ye and competed with several people for it.” Su Xingjie recalled as her fingers landed on the diamond and stroked it.

Yan Qingqiu let out an “ah.” She suddenly wanted to take the diamond back. Was this not secondhand now? How could she give her good friend this!

Su Xingjie did not mind. She held the diamond and looked at it. Thinking that there were many people around, she closed the box again. She seemed a little embarrassed and said softly, “I wanted it back then too. I was just too embarrassed to say so.”

She smiled. There was a small dimple on her cheek, and her happiness was expressed very directly. Yan Qingqiu also felt happy. As for the value, that did not matter anymore.

Su Xingjie placed the box in her bag, then pushed the fruit juice she had ordered over to her. “You like the clothes I sent you today, right? I’ll send you more next time. Recently, I designed a pile of beautiful clothes and stacked them at home. I’ve always told you to move out, but you never do. I really don’t understand you.”

Yan Qingqiu was wearing the clothes Su Xingjie had given her, and even her bag had been changed.

She had actually thought about moving, but she was afraid that saying it would shock Su Xingjie. The “mistress” incident last time had already given Su Xingjie a huge blow.

The reason she did not want to drive Song Qingre away was simple. Just in case her heat period suddenly came, and the system forced her to be with Song Qingre to clear the mission, going to find Song Qingre would waste a lot of time. Besides, the male lead was not a good person. What if the male lead caused trouble…

As she thought this, Yan Qingqiu bit hard on the straw. She kept feeling that someone at the bar counter was staring at her. She directly glared back and said, “Why do I feel like someone keeps staring at me? So annoying.”

“Isn’t it because of what happened before?” Su Xingjie frowned and only said half of it, looking like she did not want to mention it.

Was there a plot here? She wondered if she could get exploration value.

Yan Qingqiu asked, “What happened? Why don’t I remember?”

“It was about you pursuing Fu Ye. You forgot? Back then, you drank ten cups here. You drank until you ended up in the hospital. Fu Ye… he suddenly found his conscience and agreed to get engaged to you.” As Su Xingjie spoke, she kept observing her expression.

Yan Qingqiu’s expression gradually twisted. She completely could not accept this matter. “That? Don’t mention it in the future. It’s a dark history of my life.”

“Then should we change places?” Su Xingjie asked.

“No.” Yan Qingqiu had just been about to stand up, then sat back down. She thought very clearly. “We have to face dark history directly. If we keep hiding now, what about the future?” Besides, it was not like she was the one who had done it. Why be scared?

After saying that, she asked the system: [Has the plot accumulated to 50% now?]

System: [Not yet. You’re only short 0.01. Host, please keep working hard~ But your data is currently still ranked first on the leaderboard! The bonus has already been applied for. As long as you complete it, you’ll receive double rewards.]

“Heh.” Yan Qingqiu could not help laughing.

“What is it?” Su Xingjie looked at her curiously.

“Nothing.” Yan Qingqiu had struggled and rolled around plenty in the real world. She understood these kinds of event gimmicks too well. The reward actually never changed. They only said it was doubled to trick you into inviting people to register, stimulating you. You would never know whether 0.01 or your friend list would hit the bottom first.

As she spoke, her phone suddenly rang.

Su Xingjie raised herself slightly and looked too.

The phone showed an unfamiliar number. Yan Qingqiu directly hung up. Very quickly, the other side called again. Annoyed, she answered, speaking in a bad tone. “Hello? Is this Fu Ye? Get lost, okay? Are you crazy…”

“Ah… I, are you Miss Yan? This is Sisyphus Bar. Mr. Fu has been drinking all night. His phone screen is on your number. Can you come pick him up?”

Yan Qingqiu was currently at Sisyphus Bar.

“It’s only seven-thirty right now. What all-night drinking? Even if he drinks himself to death, it has nothing to do with me.” Yan Qingqiu frowned and cursed back. She had originally thought of telling the bartender to find Luo Xi, but then she thought that this kind of plot was most likely one where the supporting female character appeared, and the blind male lead mistook her for someone else, leading to a one-night stand.

Ugh.

As a fellow supporting female character, although Luo Xi was hateful, it was better not to harm her.

“Throw him onto the street. So annoying. Don’t call me again. If you call again, I’ll tear down your hotel tomorrow. Also, don’t throw him at a woman. If his beastly nature bursts out and he hurts someone, then you’re an accomplice.” Yan Qingqiu cursed “idiot” into the phone and directly hung up.

So annoying.

Not far away, the bartender was embarrassed from being scolded. He looked at Fu Ye and returned the phone to him. “Miss Yan isn’t coming…”

The moment Yan Qingqiu entered the bar, Fu Ye had received the news. He had directly ended his meeting and driven over. Wearing an expensive suit, he sat beside the bar counter with his fingers interlaced, waiting for Yan Qingqiu to come over. Unfortunately, Yan Qingqiu and Su Xingjie chatted more and more happily. During this time, he did not know what they said, but she looked disgusted.

But Fu Ye had a feeling they were talking about him.

Fu Ye’s expression was extremely ugly. Yan Qingqiu’s first sentence had made him lose face. The young master beside him held a glass of wine and directly drank it dry, laughing until he could hardly breathe. Someone even smashed the sofa and said, “Looks like she really doesn’t like you anymore. Back then, you treated her like a fool and kept using her for bets. Now she doesn’t like you anymore. I remember once she came to the bar to look for you, and you embarrassed her in front of everyone, making her drink ten cups of alcohol. Mixed alcohol too. She drank until she collapsed…”

“Enough. Shut up.” Fu Ye’s face was full of displeasure. His fingers tightened, and his gaze could not help continuing to look toward Yan Qingqiu. Yan Qingqiu brushed the hair by her ear, smiling brilliantly beneath the lights. Sometimes when she pouted, she was adorable to the extreme.

He turned his head and caught sight of a figure.

Song Qingre had also arrived at some point.

In Fu Ye’s memory, Song Qingre had only come here once. It was that time Yan Qingqiu drank herself into the hospital because of him. Back then, Song Qingre had rushed over anxiously. He had thought Song Qingre was still overseas, but unexpectedly, she had returned to the country.

Only, at that time, he had been moved by Yan Qingqiu. He knew Yan Qingqiu loved him terribly, so he had to take responsibility. He had said sorry to Song Qingre.

And when Song Qingre heard that he and Yan Qingqiu were together, she revealed the expression that made his heart ache the most in his entire life.

She stood by the bar counter. Her clenched fists loosened. The tension gathered in her body seemed to scatter entirely in an instant, unable to gather or tighten again. She sank into the darkness as if she had lost everything, her soul gone and spirit shattered.

Fu Ye remembered her looking straight at him, hatred in her eyes.

Only love to the extreme would become like that, right?

It was also at that moment that Fu Ye understood Song Qingre liked him. They had merely missed each other. The timing was wrong. They always brushed past each other at the crucial moment.

He gripped his wine glass, walked straight over, gritted his teeth, and sat beside Song Qingre, ordering a glass of wine for her.

He refused to believe Yan Qingqiu would not get jealous.

Song Qingre saw him and did not refuse. She picked up the wine and held the glass. She wore a thin black suit. She was born with an artistic aura and did not fit in here. She liked staying alone, and even though this was not a fiery, noisy bar, plenty of people still came over to hit on her.

Beautiful women attracted the most attention.

Once Fu Ye left, that group instantly understood his intention and continued discussing even more brazenly. “Fu Ye has probably fallen this time. Honestly, I never thought Yan Qingqiu was that pretty before, but now that she doesn’t like Fu Ye, I keep feeling this little girl is quite lively and pretty carefree too.”

“Exactly. Actually, Yan Qingqiu was always pretty. She was just too stubborn, so she seemed stupid and foolish. Before, she simply had no bright points at all.”

As he spoke, Tang Ling snapped his fingers and had the bartender send a glass of juice to Yan Qingqiu. Yan Qingqiu was chatting enthusiastically with Su Xingjie. The bartender brought the juice over and pointed in Tang Ling’s direction. Yan Qingqiu saw an exaggerated smiling face, shook her head, then turned sideways without even looking at him. She said, “I don’t drink things from strangers. Send it back.”

Tang Ling was shocked. “Her expression was so cold. She really looked like she didn’t know me. Quite the personality.”

“Exactly.”

Later, Yan Qingqiu also noticed Fu Ye. She nearly bit the fruit juice straw to pieces. Su Xingjie sat beside her and looked at Yan Qingqiu, then at Song Qingre. She felt Yan Qingqiu was angry, but she did not know exactly what she was angry about.

Su Xingjie waved her fingers in front of her eyes. “Qiuqiu, keep telling me that fairy tale. Are you still looking at… Song Qingre?”

“How could I be? I’m looking at that drink in her hand. It looks tasty.”

Su Xingjie snapped her fingers. A server came over, and she said, “One Mint Gentleman. Forget it, two.”

Yan Qingqiu looked at her and still wanted to look toward Song Qingre.

Really, sometimes sisters did not need to be that generous.

Yan Qingqiu held the wine and sniffed it. The mint scent was too sharp, rushing straight up until her brain tingled. She drank a mouthful and frowned with worry. Then she continued, “This fairy tale is about… There was a princess. She was an Alpha. A witch predicted that when she turned eighteen, she would differentiate into an SSS-level Omega so rare that one appeared only once in a hundred million years. Likewise, there would be an especially beautiful woman lying on her bed. The price was that her gland would be cut out.”

“This one.” Su Xingjie thought seriously. “Then there’s no need to differentiate. Although we Omegas all want to become top-grade Omegas.”

“How do you think this princess can survive?” Yan Qingqiu compared herself to the princess and felt quite embarrassed. She pressed her hand against her face to hide her blush. It was not that she had not tried to leak mission information before, but the system would give her slight warnings. Today, she could actually say it in the form of a fairy tale. How strange.

As the saying went, three cobblers could outwit Zhuge Liang. What if her sister was smart and came up with a way to break the situation?

Su Xingjie immediately thought of it. “I know.”

Yan Qingqiu quickly leaned her ear over.

Su Xingjie said, “Marriage! This story must be about the princess marrying the woman, and then the princess immediately revives and lives happily ever after.”

“…”

Yan Qingqiu drank another mouthful of Mint Gentleman. So spicy.

“Marriage won’t work. It’s about preventing the gland-cutting incident.”

Su Xingjie continued thinking. She thought until her head hurt, propping her chin on her hand. Before she could speak, a man came over and called her big sister, wanting to add her on WeChat. Su Xingjie ignored him coldly, not even giving him a proper look, and continued talking with Yan Qingqiu.

Yan Qingqiu could not help sighing. When Su Xingjie was cold, she was so seductive, especially flavorful.

Su Xingjie said, “Have the king move all the beds in the world away, then tie that woman up. Wouldn’t that prevent it? Unless there’s a supernatural phenomenon and a bed appears out of thin air.”

“…Uh, that seems possible.” As Yan Qingqiu listened, she began thinking about how to tie up Song Qingre. Too obscene. She drank too quickly and accidentally finished the wine again.

After sitting for a while, Su Xingjie said softly, “You’re looking at Song Qingre again.”

“How could I be! I just think this is really tasty.” Yan Qingqiu ordered another glass and picked it up to drink. She felt her head getting a little dizzy. “Ai, let’s talk gossip for a while. Tell me, Song Qingre is an artist. Why would she come to a bar?”

Su Xingjie wanted to say, “For you,” but saying it out loud felt strange. “Artists also have ordinary human desires. If she wants to drink, she drinks.”

“Mm.” Yan Qingqiu took another sip. The glass emptied. She put it down and stared over there, always looking at the wine in Song Qingre’s hand. Her heart felt uncomfortable. She reached into her bag for her accounting booklet. Later, she would directly take the ledger and go snatch Song Qingre’s wine. Maybe because she had lowered her head too quickly, when she looked up again, she said seriously, “It’s over, sister. I really want to throw up.”

Su Xingjie heard it wrong and was extremely shocked. “What? Why do you want to cry? You haven’t really fallen in love with Song Qingre, have you?”

“…”

Even more uncomfortable.

Su Xingjie helped Yan Qingqiu to the restroom to vomit, but there were too many people throwing up inside, so Su Xingjie brought Yan Qingqiu outside. She was surprised. How had Yan Qingqiu’s alcohol tolerance become so poor? She had been fine just now, but now she was floating as she walked. “Could you have been poisoned? Your reaction wasn’t this big before.”

The alcohol hit, and Yan Qingqiu became even dizzier.

Fatal. She had never drunk alcohol before. Once, she got dizzy for an entire day after eating glutinous rice balls in fermented rice wine at a roadside stall. She had thought that after occupying this body, she would be good at drinking.

“Wu, I still want to throw up.”

Su Xingjie had already helped her outside. Because it was a quiet bar, no one else was vomiting as badly as her, so the two of them drew a lot of attention. Su Xingjie held mineral water for Yan Qingqiu to rinse her mouth and patted her shoulder. Yan Qingqiu vomited until all three souls and seven spirits ran away. She felt as if she was stepping randomly on cotton. Right now, she just wanted to explode and loudly roar twice.

“So uncomfortable. So uncomfortable, wu.”

“Qiuqiu.”

Fu Ye followed them out. He walked straight toward Yan Qingqiu and reached out to support her.

Before his hand touched anyone, it was slapped away by someone who said, “Don’t touch her.”

The force was so strong that the back of Fu Ye’s hand hurt from being hit. He smelled the strong repulsive aura from an Alpha. This aura was very familiar. He turned his head to look. Song Qingre brushed past him and walked to Yan Qingqiu’s side.

“Qingre…” Fu Ye did not really understand. Just now, this person had still been sitting beside him. How had her aura changed so quickly, as if she had become someone else?

Song Qingre seemed not to hear him. She supported Yan Qingqiu’s waist with one smooth set of movements. Fu Ye was first surprised. He was also an Alpha, and he was pressed into discomfort by her aura. He quickened his steps and went ahead to block them.

The imagined scene of two women fighting over him did not happen.

Song Qingre glanced sideways at him. Her slightly dark lip color made her look sinister. Her brown eyes did not move. A strand of her pinned-up hair had fallen loose and clung to her cheek. She seemed to have sunk into shadow, becoming the other side of gentleness.

“What are you doing?” she asked coldly.

At this moment, Fu Ye seemed to see not the cold moonlight that could be admired but not reached, but the moon that occupied the entire world, its cold light splitting the night in two.

By the time he came back to his senses, Song Qingre had already put the person into the car. The car door shut with a thud, and he still had not recovered. He could not imagine that person was Song Qingre.

Just now, wasn’t she…

Fu Ye sat in the car sulking. He lifted his leg and kicked the seat in front. Today, he had specially come to reconcile, yet he had lost all face in his life. He was angry at Yan Qingqiu’s insults, and also angry at Song Qingre’s coldness toward him.

What made him even more unhappy was that these two women really seemed to no longer like him and were about to get together.

He asked the driver, “When is Yan Fu coming back?”

The driver made a call and then put the phone on speaker.

The person on the other end answered, “Yan Fu is currently at the national research institute. He takes this new product quite seriously. After all, outside people are saying that if Yan Corporation can’t launch a new product, it might as well close down…”

Fu Ye directly interrupted him. “Withdraw the funds.”

“Ah?” The person on the call froze.

“Why withdraw?”

“Money isn’t given to outsiders for free,” Fu Ye said coldly. He wanted to see just how far Yan Qingqiu would act up. Wasn’t she only relying on him spoiling her? That was why she was so willful.

“If we withdraw, the Yan family’s current investment will all go down the drain. We’ve invested in this project too, so there will also be losses.”

Fu Ye did not care. “Just a small loss.”

“But to the Yan family, it will be a major blow. If the Yan family goes bankrupt…”

Fu Ye hung up the phone, refusing to listen to the other side ramble. If the Yan family knew they were wrong, they should come beg him. After indulging Yan Qingqiu for so long, it was time for Yan Qingqiu to learn something and become smarter about how to please people.

“Drive!”

The driver prepared to start the car, then heard Fu Ye shout, “Wait a moment.”

He still refused to give up and wanted to see whether Yan Qingqiu would run back, only pretending to be tough.

Unfortunately, the car in front sprayed exhaust all over them.

“Withdraw the funds. Withdraw them now!”

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Song Qingre did not only take Yan Qingqiu away. She also had Su Xingjie beside her get into the car. Su Xingjie did not trust Song Qingre and was afraid Song Qingre would do something after taking Yan Qingqiu away.

At this moment, the alcohol hit Yan Qingqiu, and she began talking nonsense. Her fingers kept picking at the seatbelt, and her mouth kept rambling about how she “didn’t want to die.”

Song Qingre helped Yan Qingqiu fasten her seatbelt, lowered the seat, and gently stroked her head to soothe her. Su Xingjie had originally wanted to help, but Song Qingre spoke first. “Miss Su, you’re an Omega, right? In the future, don’t bring an Alpha with poor alcohol tolerance out to drink. If something happens, should people protect you first or her?”

Su Xingjie retorted unhappily, “She used to be able to drink.”

Song Qingre did not speak. Only when they were almost at Su Xingjie’s house did she speak again, her tone actually much gentler. “She has never been very good at drinking. Don’t give her alcohol next time.”

Su Xingjie listened in a muddle, feeling dizzy. She kept feeling something was wrong. When they arrived at her neighborhood, the car stopped. Su Xingjie got out and still wanted to say something to Yan Qingqiu, but Song Qingre had the secretary drive the car away directly.

The car drove far away. Wind blew against her. Su Xingjie stood under the Chinese parasol tree and heard the rustling sound of leaves rubbing against each other. It felt like autumn had arrived early. Her dissatisfaction surfaced. Oh, she remembered. What she had wanted to say was that Yan Qingqiu only became greedy for wine because she had seen Song Qingre drinking.

Sheng Huajian drove the car to the front gate of the Yan residence. She was preparing to help, but Song Qingre said there was no need. After reminding her to be careful on the way, she helped Yan Qingqiu inside.

Seeing the two return, the butler hurriedly instructed the kitchen to make some hangover soup for Yan Qingqiu.

Song Qingre said, “Uncle Dong, call Su Xingjie back and tell her the person arrived safely.”

“Ai, all right.” The butler went to the living room and used the landline to call.

Song Qingre helped Yan Qingqiu upstairs. Yan Qingqiu kept narrowing her eyes. She neither cried nor made a fuss, quietly following along. She was as obedient as a little rabbit being touched by someone. Occasionally, she would turn her head and stare at the side of Song Qingre’s face.

It was just that her clothes were a little dirty. She had vomited a little in the car just now.

“Go to the bathroom first. Can you do it yourself?” Song Qingre asked.

“Hot…” Yan Qingqiu’s feverish energy and the alcohol hit at the same time, making her body uncomfortable. At the door, she already wanted to take off her clothes. Song Qingre pushed her into the room. Yan Qingqiu made a “wu” sound and looked at her unclearly. “Song Qingre… wu.”

She wanted to throw up again.

Song Qingre quickly sent her into the bathroom. Yan Qingqiu leaned over and vomited twice, her face pale. “So uncomfortable.”

Song Qingre gave her mouthwash and carefully wiped her mouth. Yan Qingqiu tugged twice at her clothes. Before she could stand steadily, her body was about to fall to the floor. Her gaze caught sight of the bathtub beside her, and her brain instinctively thought of the previous way to relieve herself. She knelt and moved toward the bathtub. Feeling that was too slow, she directly crawled over on all fours.

Song Qingre wanted to reach out but had no time to help her. She crawled especially fast, not at all like the person who had previously said her bones were hard. She crawled into the bathtub, lifted her leg over the side, and asked, “Where’s the water?”

When a rabbit ran, it was lively and cute. One could not catch it at all.

Song Qingre walked over and rolled up her sleeves. She turned on the bathtub faucet and let the water out. She adjusted it to warm water. Yan Qingqiu lunged over and grabbed the showerhead, her whole face getting drenched. “Wu wu wu…”

She whimpered, “Make it a little cooler…”

Her dress was completely soaked and clung to her body. Her red lips were pouted, and the look she gave Song Qingre was full of longing.

Song Qingre could only make it cool water. Yan Qingqiu finally settled down. She shifted back and kept leaning backward. It was clear she was deliberately using the back of her neck to touch the white porcelain. The little rabbit was so comfortable that she narrowed her eyes.

Perhaps because she was not alert enough and not as arrogant as during the day, Song Qingre smelled a little pheromone scent. She could not describe it clearly. It was difficult to put into words, faintly and mistily teasing her, making Song Qingre’s gland heat up too.

“Why does Qiuqiu have the scent of an Omega on her?” Song Qingre asked. Her tone was gentle as she sat by the bathtub and scooped water onto Yan Qingqiu’s body.

Yan Qingqiu’s heart felt soft. Her muddled mind seemed to remember something. A long, long time ago, she had made a mistake and fought with someone. Many adults had told her to apologize, but she refused. Someone even hit her mouth until it hurt.

“Yan Qingqiu, why is your mouth so stubborn! Apologize already!”

“A child without a mother is just cheap!”

But she just did not want to apologize. Until someone walked over, tall and slender, squatted in front of her, and took the hand she had hidden behind her back. That person gently blew on the bleeding back of her hand, then applied medicine to her wound.

“Little Qiuqiu is hurt too, right?”

She nodded, and then she could not help saying, “I’m sorry.”

Oh, she remembered. It was not that she did not want to apologize. She had only hoped someone would notice that she was hurt too and coax her a little.

The same warmth landed on her shoulder. The golden hair scattered over her shoulders was brushed behind her ear, and fingertips landed on her shoulder, probing inward.

“Tell me, okay?” The gentle voice fell into her ear, bewitching her.

Yan Qingqiu, lying in the bathtub, struggled slightly. Her lips parted faintly, and she said, “Because I… am a…”

“What are you?”

Song Qingre leaned closer to listen.

Yan Qingqiu’s head hurt a little, buzzing, as if something was reminding her not to say it and even pricked her. She opened her lips and said, “Because I’m a fierce A… I like fooling around. I, I like having someone on each side, so I have the scent of an Omega on me.”

Song Qingre paused, then smiled.

Her fingers landed on Yan Qingqiu’s lips. “Qiuqiu, your mouth is so stubborn.”

Yan Qingqiu pressed her lips tightly together.

Song Qingre said, “If you say that, I’ll get angry at you.”

Her tone was not stern, but it made Yan Qingqiu afraid.

Yan Qingqiu looked at her and stopped rubbing against the bathtub. “Don’t be angry…”

Her hair was soaked too, clinging to her cheeks.

But a certain person seemed to be stubborn only in her mouth from head to toe. Touch her once, and she went soft, sliding down into the bathtub until she was almost too soft to scoop up.

“Oh… I can understand. After all, you are rather perverted.”

Song Qingre nodded and said.

“Hot-hot,” Yan Qingqiu said.

“What’s hot?”

“My mouth is always hot.”

Song Qingre went to touch her lips again.

One second, two seconds. Their gazes met. Song Qingre understood what she was saying. Her fingers by the bathtub tapped the surface of the water, sending out ring after ring of ripples. She did not continue speaking. Sitting at the edge of the bathtub, she was like a still statue. Yan Qingqiu kept looking at her, silently encouraging her to hurry and lean toward her.

But Song Qingre did not.

Yan Qingqiu kept looking at her, silly and a little dazed, adorably not knowing what to do. She hummed.

Song Qingre looked at the face beneath the messy golden hair and closed her eyes.

“I’ll go get your clothes. Soaking too long will make you feel even worse.” Song Qingre stood and went out. Yan Qingqiu immediately followed her up. Water dripped down her soaked body, but she did not follow into the bedroom. The bedroom was so clean. She felt she was a little dirty and could not casually step on the gorgeous carpet inside the castle.

Song Qingre handed the clothes to her. “Can you put them on?”

Yan Qingqiu nodded. She could still put on clothes.

Just then, the butler knocked on the door. The hangover soup was ready.

Song Qingre closed the bathroom door. She went to open the door and take the hangover soup. The butler looked inside once and made sure Yan Qingqiu was very safe inside. After all, Miss was drunk. Many things were not decisions made rationally. If something happened and she regretted it the next day…

“Don’t worry. After she drinks this, I’ll go back to sleep,” Song Qingre saw the butler’s concern and said.

“That’s good. Call me if you need anything.”

Yan Qingqiu changed her clothes and walked back in crookedly. After seeing the bed, she crouched at the side of it and pushed it hard. She pushed very hard. Of course, the bed did not move at all.

“What are you doing?” Song Qingre held the hangover soup and looked at her in confusion.

“Pushing the bed… don’t want pain-pain.” Yan Qingqiu said again, “I’m going to make my dad throw away all the beds in the castle. Throw them out.”

“Mm.” Song Qingre sat on the chair. “Come here.”

Yan Qingqiu grew tired from pushing. She walked to Song Qingre’s side and sat cross-legged beside Song Qingre’s legs. Yan Qingqiu lifted her head and opened her lips, so Song Qingre fed her the soup.

“It’s pretty sweet,” Yan Qingqiu said.

Song Qingre only hummed.

“Why aren’t you talking?” Yan Qingqiu asked.

Song Qingre held the spoon and gently swirled it through the soup. “I thought of many things from the past.”

“You look so sad,” Yan Qingqiu said.

Song Qingre fed her again. Yan Qingqiu held the bowl and drank it herself. After finishing, she returned the bowl to Song Qingre. Then she went to push the bed again. When she could not push it, she rolled around on the bed, rolling to Song Qingre’s side. “Did I hurt you a lot in the past?”

Song Qingre did not speak. She sat sideways at the edge of the bed.

Yan Qingqiu said in a low voice, “I’m sorry.”

Song Qingre’s lashes trembled slightly. She raised her hand, wanting to touch her, but when she was just about to, she saw Yan Qingqiu’s closed eyes and said, “Sleep early.”

She patted Yan Qingqiu’s shoulder.

Yan Qingqiu looked at her. She did not really understand why Song Qingre did not lie down and sleep with her. In the past, Song Qingre had always burrowed into her room.

But she could not think too much. With alcohol supporting her, Song Qingre’s figure grew blurrier and blurrier as she looked at her. She thought, “I’m also so sad.”

Song Qingre raised her eyes to look at her. Yan Qingqiu leaned over and kissed Song Qingre’s arm. Song Qingre did not understand what she meant. Yan Qingqiu’s thin lips touched her again.

“Touch me.” Yan Qingqiu looked at her and said.

She lifted her golden hair again, revealing the small gland at the back of her neck. Coaxing the person who looked not very happy, she asked, “Kiss?”

The next day, Yan Qingqiu woke up. She had basically blacked out. The moment she tried to think, pain split through her head. She supported herself with her arms and got up, walking unsteadily. When she reached the door, she accidentally bumped her leg and narrowed her eyes from the pain.

“What did I say yesterday?” Yan Qingqiu’s head was still dizzy, and many things were already unclear. She only had a faint, rather ambiguous impression.

It seemed that she had done something very excessive.

She clenched her fist and hit her shoulder twice.

From upstairs, she smelled the sweet fragrance of pears. Just as she was about to speak, her throat was extremely hoarse and a little painful.

Yan Qingqiu pinched her neck. She lowered her head and looked down, discovering the source of the fragrance. Song Qingre was cooking something in the small kitchen. She wore a clean white shirt with a black apron tied around her waist.

Because underneath were fitted suit pants, her hips looked very firm.

Did I bite her yesterday?

“Um, yesterday I… didn’t do anything, right?” Yan Qingqiu asked tentatively. She coughed, her throat so dry that it itched.

Song Qingre had her back to her while cooking snow pears. The water in the small pot had boiled and was bubbling loudly. Today was another bright sunny day, and the light beside her fell on her shoulders.

Yan Qingqiu thought her voice was very small, so Song Qingre probably would not hear. She held the railing and walked downstairs. But Song Qingre lifted her head slightly, her gaze seeming to look out the window. She still had her back to Yan Qingqiu, and her tone was warm and soft as she said, “Nothing much. You just forced me to kiss you.”

“Oh, and you said yesterday that you’re actually an Omega.”