The Alluring Boss O's Slacker A (Transmigration GL) - Chapter 12

Chief Ji’s suggestion was naturally unacceptable to Wen Jin.

She and Ruan Tingzhi were not close, and they certainly could not be considered best friends.

Being willing to help apply blocking patches and inject suppressants was already Wen Jin’s final concession.

As for anything else, Wen Jin told Chief Ji, “I like sleeping. You can’t deprive me of my last bit of happiness.”

However, although this conversation ended unhappily, Wen Jin added Chief Ji’s social account before leaving.

Her hand slipped, and by coincidence, she sent Chief Ji the recording of the conversation between the female reporter and the young doctor at the door earlier.

The two-person dormitory was not large. Two bunk beds were placed opposite each other, leaving only a narrow walkway in the middle wide enough for two people to pass through.

The desks and cabinets were by the window, and there was also an independent bathroom. The only somewhat awkward thing was that the shower door was made of frosted glass. If Wen Jin showered inside, the outline of her body would be fully visible.

Ruan Tingzhi glanced at it, then moved her pillow to the foot of the bed.

When Wen Jin came out wrapped in a bath towel, she saw the back of Ruan Tingzhi’s head facing her. Her phone was playing an interstellar broadcast.

“The exploration of Senade Planet is currently facing severe obstacles. Last night, when the Time-Space Legion made a transition to Senade Planet, more than twenty members aboard the spacecraft were unfortunately swept into a particle storm. At present, all members have perished.”

“At eight o’clock this morning, the commander of the Time-Space Legion expressed condolences for the deceased colleagues on social media and announced to the media that he will step down as legion commander next year.”

“At this afternoon’s Federal Military Conference, Marshal Wen signed a proposal to recruit young legion commanders from universities.”

“With graduation approaching at all major universities this year, the young masters of the four great ancient martial families are graduating in the same year. At present, three family heirs have already expressed willingness to join a legion.”

“In response to netizens questioning whether this morning’s relevant decision was made to pave the way for the heirs of the four great families, Marshal Wen responded after the military conference that all selections will be based on the principles of fairness and justice. Among the candidates he is currently paying attention to, there is an exceptionally outstanding Omega at Federal University whose strength must not be underestimated and who may receive significant attention from the military…”

…

The broadcast mentioned the Wen family, so Wen Jin narrowed her eyes and listened for a bit.

Before long, however, the broadcast changed frequency.

It entered the social news segment.

“Three days ago, a nurse in Pulaya City fainted. Some netizens reported that the nurse fainted because an Omega’s pheromones leaked. This morning, the hospital involved released a statement declaring that the Omega in question had normal pheromone blood routine results, ruling out the possibility of contamination. A doctor has issued a diagnosis certificate, which has been filed for record. Citizens are reminded to seek medical attention in time if they discover abnormalities in their pheromones.”

“A female reporter from Around the Stars Times has been arrested on suspicion of corruption, bribery, and fabricating false news. Many people are involved in this incident, which has now been transferred to the Federal Bureau for investigation.”

…

A female reporter from Around the Stars Times?

The same newspaper as the female reporter who had tried to scheme against Ruan Tingzhi…

Wen Jin gave a small sound of surprise and turned her head. Ruan Tingzhi happened to be getting out of bed.

Because it was nighttime, the dormitory supervisor would turn off the lights at eleven.

Ruan Tingzhi, who had already lain down, was wearing a camisole nightdress. Her waist-length black hair fell loose.

When Wen Jin looked over, her gaze happened to sweep across Ruan Tingzhi’s chest. There was nothing beneath the fabric.

Wen Jin paused. Then a knock suddenly sounded at the door.

Wan Shishi’s voice came through from outside. “Zhi Zhi, the legion screening questions are so hard. Hurry and lend me the answers to copy.”

Ruan Tingzhi stepped into her slippers and walked toward the door.

Wen Jin gathered her bath towel with one hand and reminded Ruan Tingzhi, “You… aren’t going to put on some clothes before going out?”

Ruan Tingzhi neither confirmed nor denied it. Her skin was the kind of translucent fair, and right now, the side of her cheek seemed stained with rouge. One glance was enough to see her discomfort.

Wen Jin turned sideways, made some space, and gestured casually. Then she opened the wardrobe by the door.

Wan Shishi urged from outside.

Ruan Tingzhi did not respond. She walked to the rack at the foot of the bed and paused.

Bending at the waist, she took the air-conditioner remote from the bedside cabinet.

She lowered the air-conditioner temperature. Only after doing this did she say to Wan Shishi at the door, “It’s late. Not convenient.”

So she had not planned to go out.

Wen Jin: “…”

It was September, and it was not very hot outside. It was only that the humidity was high and the air felt restless.

Wan Shishi stomped at the door. She had not brought her phone charger. In truth, copying the test paper was fake; borrowing a charging cable was the real goal.

“What’s inconvenient about it?” Wan Shishi coaxed. “We’re all girls. We grew up so close we practically wore the same skirt.”

Wen Jin suddenly felt that the one outside was lacking a few brain cells and could not help bursting into laughter.

When she turned back, she saw Ruan Tingzhi looking at her with those doe eyes. Their gazes met, and the girl curved her lips into a smile. “Did you forget? I’ve differentiated into an Omega now. I can’t control my pheromones very well.”

Those words sounded as if they were meant for Wen Jin.

Wen Jin: “…”

After Wan Shishi left, Ruan Tingzhi returned to her bed. The bedsheets were uniform, lake blue, and the thin blanket was folded into a standard square block.

Even the bedsheet she had just slept on had not a single wrinkle.

Wen Jin glanced at it, then turned back and focused on finding clothes for herself.

The wardrobe on the right held Ruan Tingzhi’s coats, while the left side belonged to Wen Jin.

Compared to the neat row of low-key yet tasteful coats and long dresses beside it, the clothes in front of Wen Jin looked extremely thin in variety.

There were not many clothes in the wardrobe, though the colors were flashy.

The original owner did not have much pocket money, and many of her clothes were leftovers from Luo Xi.

When moving dorms, Wen Jin had not brought a single one of those things.

At present, there were only two or three summer T-shirts in the wardrobe and one long-sleeved drawstring knit top.

A pair of jeans was messily placed on the lower cabinet. Because she did not have many things, she did not have many choices either.

Wen Jin pulled out the only nightdress from the innermost part of the wardrobe. The material was very thin. It had been bought from the StarNet secondhand market, and a fist-sized hole had even been worn into the hem over the back.

After thinking about it, Wen Jin put that dress back.

She picked out a pair of ripped jeans that was not quite so exaggerated, then casually took down the only long-sleeved knit top from the hanger.

She tugged open the knot of her bath towel and was just about to change.

Suddenly, the bed creaked. Ruan Tingzhi turned over, seemingly to avoid looking. She faced the wall, leaving her flexible, slender back to Wen Jin. The thin fabric clung to her spine, her shoulder blades protruding. Along the smooth center of her back, a long groove extended down to her hips.

Wen Jin shifted her gaze away, silently hugged the clothes she had picked, and went into the bathroom.

Ruan Tingzhi, who had deliberately arranged her posture, stiffened slightly.

When Wen Jin came out, the outside was pitch black. The dormitory lights had been turned off.

With the light from her phone screen, Wen Jin found her bed.

She had returned to the dormitory rather late tonight. She had been discharged at noon, then spent the whole afternoon until evening working part-time at the botanical garden.

Because Wen Jin had taken leave these three days, Zeng Xiaoqin had helped cover her shifts. The latter had something to do tonight, so Wen Jin had conveniently made up the hours she had missed.

The part-time job was suited to slacking off. However, an unexpected situation had occurred during work today. During her shift, Wen Jin had fallen asleep and fainted again.

Fortunately, Professor Pang had been there and helped her up. The other party had not said much, only vaguely asking whether she was too tired.

Wen Jin realized this would not do. As she smelled more and more mixed pheromones around her, the drowsiness of this Beta shell would only grow more serious. If this continued, forget holding on for half a year to maintain her livelihood.

She might not even be able to muster the energy to develop a potion for herself that could block the smell of Alpha and Omega pheromones.

Wen Jin frowned. She had not expected the matter to become so troublesome.

Subconsciously, she glanced at the neighboring bed. Ruan Tingzhi seemed to have fallen asleep, still lying on her side in the same posture as before. Her breathing was shallow and very quiet.

The scent on her body was also pleasant. It would not put Wen Jin in an irritable state.

Wen Jin withdrew her gaze and quietly took off her shoes. But just as she was about to climb into bed—

Ruan Tingzhi suddenly turned over. In the pitch-black dormitory, under the hazy slant of moonlight, those eyes were frighteningly bright.

Ruan Tingzhi looked at Wen Jin calmly, pressed her lips together, and said, “Do you want to sleep with me?”

Wen Jin froze. “Didn’t you say you don’t like roommates sleeping with you?”

“You wrote that requirement in your roommate search post last time,” Wen Jin added.

Ruan Tingzhi stared straight at her. For a moment, it was impossible to tell whether she was angry or amused. She took a deep breath and sat up. “You need it. We should talk.”

Wen Jin: “…”

Ruan Tingzhi said nothing. She pulled a desk lamp out of the wardrobe.

A corner of the dark dormitory suddenly lit up.

Ruan Tingzhi hesitated. “Betas don’t have pheromones. You…”

Wen Jin interrupted her. “I know all that.”

“What do you know?” Ruan Tingzhi’s lips pressed into a tight line. The soft curves of her side profile looked extremely stiff right now.

In the dark night, a trace of embarrassed anger could be seen in her eyes. “If you know, then why are you still keeping me at a respectful distance?”

“Chief Ji told you to maintain physical contact with me. Otherwise, if your mental strength can’t be soothed, you may fall into a more serious state of exhaustion and fainting anytime, anywhere.”

In the quiet dormitory, Ruan Tingzhi calmly repeated Chief Ji’s words. Suppressing her emotions, she asked, “Do you want to die?”

Wen Jin paused. Without dodging Ruan Tingzhi’s gaze, she sincerely shook her head. “I don’t.”

Wen Jin could hear that Ruan Tingzhi’s tone was not very good.

That treatment plan in the morning had forced the two of them to be bound together. Things like holding hands and hugging would seem ridiculous to anyone.

But Ruan Tingzhi’s anger was not because of that… She was angry that Wen Jin was not following medical advice.

The corner of Wen Jin’s mouth twitched. She could not help sighing over how excessively serious and obedient Ruan Tingzhi was before blackening.

Wen Jin truly disliked this kind of forced binding, and accepting the doctor’s suggestion came at the cost of further, deeper entanglement with Ruan Tingzhi.

That meant an uncertain future.

Out of professional habit, Wen Jin’s life had always been something she designed herself. She knew the beginning and the ending.

On the road of going through the motions, she had always only overtaken in a straight line.

She would not take risks for anyone and drive into a curve.

However, at this moment, Ruan Tingzhi did not give Wen Jin the chance to explain or refuse.

Opening those doe eyes, she left Wen Jin no room to retreat. “I’m not even afraid. What are you afraid of?”

“Come here. It’s not like you’ll be losing out.”

Wen Jin saw that Ruan Tingzhi only struggled for ten seconds, from hesitation to making her decision.

She raised her brows. There was a pure innocence on her face.

“Just think of it as mutual benefit…” Ruan Tingzhi looked straight at her, her voice softening a little. “Actually, I’m not an ultra-concentrated pheromone Omega. My pheromones are contaminated.”

“But you can help me.”

All the words Wen Jin had prepared were blocked back by Ruan Tingzhi’s completely unguarded confession of her greatest secret.

Wen Jin opened her mouth. “You don’t need to tell me this.”

“But I hope you can trust me a little. I help you, and then you help me. We’ll call it even. Is that all right?”

The Omega before her looked at her stubbornly, her gaze clear and bright, filled with trust.

Wen Jin felt her throat grow a little hoarse. “Can I ask what made you tell me all this without guarding against me?”

“Because you’re different from others. The recording proved that you’re a good person, and you don’t react to my pheromones.”

Ruan Tingzhi lifted her eyes and pointed at her own empty nightdress.

Her eyes were sprinkled with faint, starry laughter. “Dressed like this, you didn’t even look at me much just now.”

Wen Jin: “…”

Ruan Tingzhi asked, “Is it because you only have feelings for male Alphas, Betas, and Omegas? I know some decent people…”

Wen Jin was so angry she laughed and interrupted her. “I have feelings for sleeping…”

…

A layer of frustration flashed through Ruan Tingzhi’s eyes. Since childhood, she had been raised with both delicacy and pride. Even when things were so difficult in her previous life, she had never begged anyone.

Now, she had lowered herself and softened her tone to negotiate terms with someone, showing eight parts sincerity. Yet unfortunately, Wen Jin did not want to live.

There was nothing she could do against a desireless female Beta. And Ruan Tingzhi hated forcing others most in her life.

She narrowed her eyes, turned her back, and her tone cooled. “Forget it. Sleep.”

Seeing this, Wen Jin let out a breath of relief. She pulled the thin blanket higher and rested her head on the damp sheet. She glanced at Ruan Tingzhi, who had turned her back.

The girl’s bedsheets had been sun-dried. Even from this distance, Wen Jin could smell the dry scent of sunlight.

Ruan Tingzhi curled her legs and faced the wall, her long black hair scattered messily over the pillow. In the shadows, she looked far too lonely.

Wen Jin looked for a while, then frowned, lifted the thin blanket, and walked over.

“Sleeping back-to-back. Is that okay?” Wen Jin asked coolly.

“Mm.” Ruan Tingzhi: “Mm?”

Along with soft, fragmented rustling, the bunk bed creaked. A warm body suddenly pressed against her back.

Ruan Tingzhi froze for a moment. Then a smile spread to the corners of her brows. Keeping her rising tone steady, she said, “Sure.”