The Anti-Alpha Protagonist is Exceptionally Biased Towards Me (GL) - Chapter 61

The tightly closed curtains from last night had been drawn open slightly. The gentle, warm sunlight streamed in, with a portion falling onto the large bed in the center of the room.

The omega on the bed lay on her side. One could faintly see the redness at the corners of her eyes, a remnant from her sobbing last night. Her eyelashes fluttered restlessly in the air, like a butterfly about to take flight.

When Song Xinran woke up, she first reached out, subconsciously trying to find the alpha beside her, but she felt only emptiness.

Song Xinran immediately opened her eyes. Sure enough, Gu Yu was no longer on the bed, and the blanket next to her didn’t have the familiar warmth.

It was evident that Gu Yu had been gone for a long time.

If it weren’t for the soreness in her body and the faint stinging in the back of her neck, she would have thought last night was just an illusory dream.

Song Xinran’s heart couldn’t help but grow cold, filled with an emotion she couldn’t distinguish as disappointment or something else.

“Buzz, buzz, buzz—”

A vibration came from the phone on the bedside cabinet. It must have been picked up from the entryway at some point.

Song Xinran picked up the phone, lowered her eyes, concealing the expression within, and then answered the call.

“Hello? Ru Ru.”

Xu Ru’s voice came from the other end: “Xinran, where are you right now? Qian Qian and I were so worried. If we hadn’t checked the surveillance and seen you leave with Gu Yu, we would have called the police.”

Last night’s clothes were already crumpled and piled up on the floor, but the floor was clean now, as if someone had tidied up. Moreover, next to the pillow lay a set of comfortable casual clothes, even including the undergarments.

It must have been the alpha who took them from the wardrobe in this suite.

Song Xinran held the phone with one hand and rubbed the corner of the fabric with the other, leaving layers of wrinkles. It took several seconds before she spoke.

“I’m in the exclusive suite at the hotel.” Her voice was still slightly hoarse, a result of too much crying and muffled groans last night.

This subtle vocal anomaly, transmitted through the phone’s receiver, became more obvious. Xu Ru paused and then asked cautiously, “What’s wrong with your voice?”

Song Xinran pressed her lips flat and said, “It’s nothing. I’ll tell you when I get back. I’m sorry for making you and Qian Qian worry.”

“Why are you being so polite? Aren’t we friends?”

After ending the call, Song Xinran’s fingers tightly gripped the fabric in her hand, leaving layers of wrinkles. She felt extremely wronged and on the verge of tears, almost crying.

This emotion came inexplicably yet intensely. By all accounts, she wasn’t someone who was so weak and prone to crying.

But now, it was as if her emotions were amplified tenfold or more, and she felt an intense, urgent need to see the missing alpha, wishing she could cling to her desperately and be inseparable from her.

Before Song Xinran’s tears could fall, she heard the sound of the room door opening.

Her eyes were misty, and she looked up towards the door.

The person she thought had left reappeared in her sight, holding a bag of things in her hand.

Gu Yu had just closed the door and instantly saw the omega who had already woken up on the bed.

Miss Song’s skin was fair and well-toned, and her collarbones were particularly beautiful. At the moment, her shoulders and a large part of her skin were half-exposed. The quilt was draped across her chest, subtly revealing her bare skin, which was dotted with faint red marks, like plum blossoms scattered on white snow.

She was the one who kissed them last night.

Gu Yu’s heart heated up, and she quickly averted her eyes.

She had always handled matters with composure, but now she was flustered and at a loss for what to do.

“Gu Yu.” Miss Song’s voice carried a hint of a spoiled tone. She said, “Where did you go? I woke up and couldn’t find you.”

Just a few simple words softened Gu Yu’s heart.

“I apologize. I shouldn’t have left you here alone. I went to get breakfast.”

Gu Yu walked over and placed the breakfast on the bedside cabinet. As soon as Song Xinran saw her approach, she immediately tried to grab the corner of the other party’s clothes so she could bury herself in Gu Yu’s embrace.

Seeing that the quilt was slipping further down due to her movement, Gu Yu quickly bent down and reached out to pull the quilt back up. Taking advantage of this momentary lapse, Miss Song had already wrapped herself around Gu Yu.

“Hug me.” The omega directly stated her request, simultaneously rubbing her cheek against Gu Yu. She didn’t know why, but since this morning, her body felt an unusually intense craving to be close to Gu Yu.

Gu Yu’s entire body stiffened. She couldn’t process her current relationship with Miss Song.

At the same time, it was undeniable that the moment Miss Song was in her arms, her body, which had been anxious all morning, finally calmed down.

It was a very strange feeling.

Gu Yu vaguely felt that something was wrong, but she couldn’t dwell on it for the moment.

Miss Song wrapped her arms around her waist. Their posture was intimate. From this angle, Gu Yu could also see Miss Song’s reddened and slightly swollen gland at the back of her neck.

Last night’s memories flashed in her mind like fragments; only a small portion was clear. Gu Yu felt her hands were out of place.

Eventually, she gently stroked the top of the other person’s head, affectionately rubbing it, and said, “Get up and wash up first. Let’s eat something.”

087, which had been in the Black Box all night, saw its host standing on the balcony with a complicated expression when it was released.

It hesitated and then softly spoke: [Host?]

Gu Yu snapped back to reality. Her eyes moved slightly, and she replied: [087, last night…]

[I was locked in the Black Box, so I don’t know what happened between you and the protagonist.]

Gu Yu hesitated, then finally told the truth: [I… marked Miss Song.]

[M-m-m-m-m-marked her?!] 087’s data was scrambled, yet it also had a feeling of I knew it.

After clearing up its data, 087 said: [Host, what should we do next?]

[Are you going to be with the protagonist?]

087 asked curiously, analyzing: [Actually, being together is quite good. This way, we don’t have to worry about the setting deviating, constantly worrying that the protagonist will fall for that Xie Yuanjing, and it also makes it easier to change the protagonist’s ending.]

It trusted the host’s character. If the host were with the protagonist, she would never let Song Xinran down.

But Gu Yu’s eyes were filled with complication, mixed with helplessness. She said earnestly: [087, that would be irresponsible. Haven’t you considered that it wouldn’t be fair to Miss Song at all?]

According to 087, she had to go back after completing the mission. She wasn’t a person of this world, and one day she was destined to disappear from it. At that time, where would Miss Song look for her?

To achieve her own goal by being with Miss Song, and then abandoning her and leaving alone after completing the mission.

Doing this would be truly disrespectful and completely unfair to Miss Song.

In her mind, 087 used its data tentacles to scratch its non-existent head. It didn’t quite understand human emotions.

But 087 still chose to respect the host’s thoughts, so it asked: [Then, Host, what do you plan to do?]

Gu Yu confessed: [I don’t know.]

Although this sounded a bit callous, she genuinely couldn’t think of how to handle the relationship with Miss Song right now.

Her head was a mess, and at the same time, her body kept clamoring to be by Miss Song’s side.

Gu Yu pressed her temples hard, closed her eyes, and thought: If only she were a person of this world. If only she could stay in this world forever.

That way… that way…

What then? Gu Yu couldn’t figure it out for now.

The phone in her hand suddenly rang, interrupting her thoughts.

The caller ID was Li Ruqin. She had been calling her frequently lately to discuss work matters. Gu Yu didn’t think much of it when she saw the caller and answered directly.

Before she could speak, Li Ruqin’s voice immediately came through.

“Gu Yu, you’ve been photographed,” Li Ruqin said. “A marketing account said you stayed overnight at a certain five-star hotel last night and came out this morning in a change of clothes. What’s going on?”

“The company suppressed the news. This kind of misleading information is the easiest to misguide the public. Fortunately, you’re currently on the training list, and the company is willing to stand up for you. But you must be more careful in the future, understand?”

Gu Yu also knew this was her negligence. She wasn’t famous in this world yet, and there were no paparazzi following her on the streets. In a short period, the vigilance she had cultivated in her previous life had largely disappeared.

Gu Yu apologized: “I’m sorry. I wasn’t careful this time and caused trouble for the company.”

Li Ruqin suddenly remembered something and asked: “Didn’t you say you were at a friend’s place? Why did you go to a hotel?”

Gu Yu paused for a second before continuing: “She was celebrating her birthday there.”

Li Ruqin wanted to ask more, but someone seemed to have come to talk to her, so she had to skip the topic for now.

Before hanging up, she didn’t forget to instruct: “I saw you ran off to a five-star hotel earlier and thought you were dating. If you really have a partner, don’t hide it. You must report it to the company.”

Gu Yu heard the worry in her voice and said: “I have no intention of dating for now, nor do I plan to. Cousin, please don’t worry.”

Since she couldn’t stay in this world forever, it was best not to let down anyone’s genuine feelings.

She was so engrossed in her conversation with Li Ruqin that she didn’t notice Song Xinran, who had quietly put on clothes—the set Gu Yu had placed by the pillow—behind her.

She gripped the glass door frame, looking at the alpha’s cool and transcendent back, and silently took in those words.

Because Gu Yu had been gone for too long, she couldn’t wait to cling to her again, so she got up, put on the clothes, and came to look for her. Little did she know she would overhear such a statement.

Her heart immediately felt unbearably sore, as if it had been fiercely squeezed and then doused with lemonade.

No intention of dating or planning to? Then what were they last night?

Song Xinran’s fingernails were faintly white from gripping too tightly. She knew she shouldn’t force Gu Yu to take responsibility for her. She also had responsibility for what happened last night.

But she thought Gu Yu liked her at least a little…

Why was she feeling so wronged right now? And why, even at a time like this, couldn’t she help but want to get closer to Gu Yu?

I have no backbone, Song Xinran thought. I have no backbone.

She clearly wasn’t such an emotionally sensitive and fragile person before.

Before Gu Yu noticed her arrival, Song Xinran retreated and quietly left the balcony.

When Gu Yu returned to the room, she found that Miss Song was gone.

She searched everywhere but couldn’t find her.

She was a little worried and opened the door to see if Miss Song had gone out.

The sound of the door unlocking was crisp and clean. Just as she opened a crack, she heard Miss Song’s angry voice.

“Why are you so traditional? Does an omega have to commit to someone after sleeping with them?”

Dr. Shen on the other end felt a little helpless, wondering why Miss Song was so angry today: “That’s not what I meant…”

Song Xinran was both sad and anxious. She blurted out, “It was just a one-night stand. What’s the big deal? I don’t care.”

“I still hate alphas.”

She hated Gu Yu! Hated Gu Yu!

Song Xinran’s eyes reddened for a moment, then she quickly held back the tears.

Behind her, Gu Yu heard these words. She should have been relieved, because this meant she didn’t need to try and figure out her relationship with Miss Song anymore. Miss Song’s words had already made her attitude clear.

But in fact, her heart felt heavy, as if it were stuffed with damp cotton, weighing her down.

On the other end of the phone, Dr. Shen Xinyi’s mouth slightly dropped. She was dumbfounded. Her phone almost slipped and fell to the floor.

She suspected she must have misheard and couldn’t help but repeat: “Slept? Miss Song! Who did you sleep with?!”

At the Song residence, Shen Xinyi put down the examination equipment with a complicated expression.

Xu Ru secretly glanced at her friend lying quietly on the bed, then secretly looked at Shen Xinyi. She leaned in towards the latter and whispered, “Dr. Shen, are you saying that because the pheromone compatibility between Xinran and that alpha named Gu Yu is too high, they will have a ‘territorial marking consciousness’ after their first marking?”

Shen Xinyi nodded and whispered back, “Yes. The symptoms of this ‘territorial marking consciousness’ generally include: emotions being ten to twenty times more intense than usual, anxiety and restlessness when away from each other, an constant impulse to see the other person, a desire for skin-to-skin contact and to cling to one another, and a craving to smell the other’s pheromones.”

Xu Ru’s eyes widened. She clicked her tongue inwardly. This was the first time she had ever heard of such a symptom.

Shen Xinyi noticed her thought and explained, “The ‘territorial marking consciousness’ is what the Gland Research Institute abroad calls it. In fact, this situation is quite rare domestically, and it only occurs after the first marking.”

“It usually lasts for about a week. During this time, it’s best to keep Miss Song and the alpha who marked her together. It’s better for both of them.”

She put away the examination equipment and asked curiously, “By the way, what does that alpha’s pheromone smell like?”

She asked casually, after all, she was curious about what kind of alpha it was.

Xu Ru tilted her head, about to shrug and say she didn’t know much.

Song Xinran, who had been very quiet on the bed, suddenly spoke: “Alpine lotus leaf.”

“What?” The other two people present hadn’t processed it yet.

“Alpine lotus leaf,” Song Xinran repeated, looking at the ceiling. “Gu Yu’s pheromone is alpine lotus leaf.”

After returning from the hotel, her mind was filled with that elegant scent. It was clearer than the last time she smelled it. Her intuition told her it was a type of flower fragrance.

So, she spent the entire morning searching through the scents of many flowers and finally found the name of that flower.

“Alpine lotus leaf, you say,” Shen Xinyi murmured, then suddenly smiled.

“Miss Song, did you know that the alpine lotus leaf is a magical and unique flower? Its petals are pure white, but when it rains, they become transparent, as clear and beautiful as crystal.”

“This flower has many meanings. Do you know what its meaning related to love is?”

Song Xinran had turned her head at some point and was looking at her.

Shen Xinyi smiled slightly and said, “The language of love for the alpine lotus leaf is—”

“Pure love. Meeting you is a miracle.”