The Mad Beauty Professor Forced Me to Mark Her - Chapter 11

When face blindness reached a certain degree, handsome men basically all looked the same, and beautiful women were not much different either. One could only judge through details that did not change much, such as height, voice, pheromone scent, and—

The feeling of being around that person.

Being at University A’s medical school, Qi Si had long heard rumors about Lin Ye. She had obtained her doctorate from Harvard at twenty-five and had been brought into University A’s medical school through a young talent program. For a time, because of her outstanding beauty and ability, countless netizens had enthusiastically praised her. Some people had even secretly sneaked onto campus and staked it out, simply wanting to catch a glimpse of this beautiful supervisor—the youngest in history—only for Lin Ye to turn around and send them straight to the police station.

At twenty-seven, she became an associate professor. There was naturally no need to say much about Lin Ye’s research ability. More important were the resources she held in her hands: research funding, laboratory equipment, collaborative projects, researchers, and so on.

As the saying went, even the cleverest housewife could not cook without rice. The first difficulty many young talents faced after returning to China was the lack of an experimental platform. But the resources Lin Ye could obtain were all the best. Both manpower and material resources were readily available. She had been born in Rome. Her career advanced smoothly, and the students under her rose along with her.

Of the students she had trained so far, after graduation, some had gone to Harvard laboratories through her recommendation, while others had become attending physicians at the best hospitals in Jinghai City. Their futures were boundlessly bright.

Setting aside all fame and achievement, Lin Ye’s appearance alone made her look like a young, refined beauty. She wore light makeup, her hair either loose or tied in a low ponytail, with a few wisps scattered across her forehead. Her hair was fine, light, and slightly curled, adding a scholarly air to her. Combined with the slightly narrowed way she looked at people, she naturally gave off a distant, unapproachable feeling.

Except for blind fools like Qi Si, no one would bluntly crash into her.

The corridor’s overhead light shone down from above, casting shadows over her features. Even the most beautiful person would be illuminated with a few traces of gloomy, deathly air.

Qi Si walked up to Lin Ye and stared into those smiling, pale-colored eyes. She did not call her “Professor” or “Teacher.” Instead, she called her “Sister.”

Every time MII flirted with her, she also made Qi Si call her “Sister.” Customers at the bar often made similar jokes with her too. At most, Qi Si would add a “jie” after someone’s surname, or simply call someone “jie.” Only with Lin Ye did she call her “Sister,” and not just once.

She could not be completely certain that Lin Ye was Zhou Danqing’s friend, but she was already seventy or eighty percent sure.

First, Zhou Danqing’s friend was an Omega, and according to rumors, Lin Ye was also an Omega.

Second, most of the people living in Shuxiang Garden were University A faculty and staff, which matched Lin Ye’s identity.

And most importantly, why had she appeared in that dark alley that night? Under normal circumstances, what suicidal Omega would run alone to a place like that?

The situation at the time had not looked like she was being cornered by thugs. It had seemed more like a hunt targeting Alphas.

This was not impossible.

If Lin Ye had truly developed a drug that could render Alpha glands dysfunctional, perhaps all she needed was a little hallucinogen or some special method to bring down three Alpha men.

Her purpose might have been to illegally test the stability of some new drug. It might also have been revenge against Alphas, or simply a random act based on personal preference… In short, this was the only reasonable explanation Qi Si could think of.

Young people always had a strange stubbornness toward their own guesses. Although her speculation was as bizarre as saying “my roommate is an FBI agent,” it happened to land correctly on Lin Ye.

When Qi Si said the second half of that sentence, she detected a deathlike chill in Lin Ye’s eyes.

Lin Ye’s thin lips parted slightly, each word seeming to crawl out of a cold storage room.

“Are you begging me, or threatening me?”

Qi Si did not dare breathe. “I’m begging you to help me.”

By accident, Qi Si had guessed her identity correctly, but she also seemed to have provoked someone she should not have provoked.

Lin Ye looked over the student close at hand, neither angry nor irritated. “Do you know how easy it is to destroy a young person like you?”

Qi Si said, “I know.”

Mockery once again surfaced in Lin Ye’s eyes.

Qi Si was open and unguarded. What could be worse than her current situation? She moistened her throat and said, “I’ve run into some trouble. It’s very difficult. If you can offer me a little advice, I’ll be grateful to you for the rest of my life.”

Lin Ye looked at her thoughtfully. Liu Yilan stepped closer and said, “Professor, that’s a conflict between students. You don’t need to get involved.”

Lin Ye’s gaze stopped on the baton in Liu Yilan’s hand, and her brows furrowed slightly. “You hit someone?”

The hand Liu Yilan used to hold the baton shrank back a few inches. She knew she was in the wrong, but she did not feel guilty at all. In her heart, she thought such an insignificant matter was not worth mentioning.

But meeting Lin Ye’s gaze, Liu Yilan did not dare talk back at all. Unexpectedly, Qi Si actually defended her and said, “No. Senior Sister only scared me a little. She didn’t hit me!”

Liu Yilan glanced at Qi Si disdainfully. She looked down on this kind of ingratiating trick and was just about to confess, only to see Lin Ye take half a step forward. The tip of her shoe almost touched Qi Si’s, forcing Qi Si to lean back slightly.

Lin Ye scrutinized Qi Si and raised her hand, using her slightly bent index finger to lift the Alpha girl’s chin. Just imagining this action was enough to make Liu Yilan’s heart race and her breathing grow difficult, as if it were a scene that could only appear in dreams. As a bystander, Liu Yilan’s ears rang slightly as she heard Lin Ye’s clear, moist voice say, “Why are you lying for her?”

Qi Si’s face was fair and clean, and even in this situation, her expression remained unchanged. Her skin was thicker than most people’s. She had endured wind and sun, laughter and scolding, anger and mockery. Even when faced at close range with Professor Lin’s beautiful face, she could still keep her composure.

“Senior Sister Liu helped me,” Qi Si said, lifting her eyelids. Her dark eyes were like a pool of dead water. “She helped me find out the truth behind the nude mice’s deaths. She didn’t rush to take sides or attack me. That made me feel she’s a very good person. She used force against me because I was greedy. I wanted to ask you for even more help. She wasn’t wrong. I was the one in the wrong. But right now… I can’t think of a better way. Professor Lin, will you help me?”

Liu Yilan looked utterly shocked, staring fixedly at Lin Ye’s reaction.

Her heart rang again and again: No way, right? No way, right?

Things went against her wishes. She watched helplessly as Lin Ye was persuaded by this freshman who was still wet behind the ears.

Lin Ye signaled Liu Yilan and Huang Bian to leave with her eyes, then said to Qi Si, “Come with me.”

The office door was open. Qi Si looked like a student who had made a mistake and been called into the office for a talk. Her eyes drifted around unconsciously, occasionally landing on Lin Ye before hurriedly moving away.

The teaching buildings on University A’s campus were old, and this laboratory building was even more dilapidated. The iron gate downstairs was locked tight, the corridors were dark and cramped, and it was said that the building even had a wooden structure and had already been included within cultural relic protection. In such an old laboratory building, Lin Ye had an independent office with windows on two sides. The arched windows were elegant and retro. The walls had been renovated in a grayish blue. A large desk was covered in literature and documents, and the bookcases were the same. Aside from that, there was also a printer and a coffee machine by the window.

Lin Ye sat in a purple ergonomic chair, the tips of her shoes touching the floor as she lightly pushed herself backward. She turned sideways, lifted her face, and looked lazily at Qi Si.

There was no second chair in the office. If anyone wanted to talk to Lin Ye, they had to stand. Even if the university president came, it would be the same.

Qi Si felt uncomfortable all over. She had never begged anyone before and did not know how to grasp the proper degree in this situation. Standing beside Lin Ye, she inexplicably felt the urge to retreat, especially after Lin Ye opened her mouth.

“Tell me your situation.”

What answered Lin Ye was a long silence. For the first time, Qi Si felt how heavy an adult’s self-respect could be—so heavy that it could not be easily put down. It was as if all her previous appearances of not caring had been a disguise. Facing her own predicament directly was already enough to exhaust her heart and mind. How could she possibly talk to someone about her difficulties with ease?

In the end, Lin Ye was the one who spoke. “What do you need me to help you do?”

Qi Si seemed to let out a breath of relief and said, “Professor Lin… can you arrange for me to meet Su Moxiao’s parents?”

Lin Ye’s gaze was complicated. She neither refused nor agreed.

Qi Si explained, “Most of the trouble I’m facing now comes from Su Moxiao. If I go to her directly, she probably won’t take me seriously. But if I go to her parents, based on some past connection, they might take my words seriously. If they come forward and talk to Su Moxiao, perhaps that would be the way to solve the problem.”

Lin Ye asked, “You have a connection with her parents?”

Actually, they had only met once. Qi Si said, “We’ve met and spoken. Her mother has a deep impression of me.”

Lin Ye narrowed her eyes. “Why not directly ask me for help? Why go through all these twists and turns?”

Qi Si said, “I heard someone from her family greeted you, which was why she could come help in your laboratory. Right now, you dismissed her because of a problem with laboratory management. I’m worried this matter may already have affected your relationship with someone in her family. Under these circumstances, if I ask you to step forward again, I think it would be difficult for you to handle, and you probably wouldn’t want to. But if I go to them and clearly explain the whole sequence of events, then this matter becomes a conflict between students. As long as they are responsible parents, they should discipline Su Moxiao properly instead of continuing to make things difficult for you—or for me.”

Some kind of light flickered in Lin Ye’s eyes, murky and dark like metal.

She made a decision in just a few moments. Her pale, slender fingers tapped the armrest of the chair, and she said lazily, “What about my payment?”

Qi Si was surprised by how straightforward she was. After a brief pause, she said, “What… do you need me to do?”

Lin Ye’s gaze carried a long, meaningful scrutiny. Perhaps she thought of something amusing, because the corner of her lips curved as she ordered Qi Si, “Take off your clothes.”

Qi Si turned to look at the open office door. After hesitating, she took off her jacket and held it in her hand.

By mid-to-late October, the temperature had dropped sharply. Lin Ye had already put on a cashmere sweater, but Qi Si was still wearing a striped cropped tank top with an ordinary black jacket over it.

The moment the jacket came off, the figure that had made men, women, young, and old turn their heads repeatedly in the cafeteria that day was revealed. Broad shoulders, a slim waist, long legs—her body proportions were like a manga protagonist’s, and specifically one in the combat-heavy style of Araki’s work.

Lin Ye leaned back slightly and admired this young Alpha woman’s body from top to bottom. From collarbone to waist, her muscle lines were smooth and tight, beautiful like a work of art.

While Lin Ye was looking at Qi Si, Qi Si was also looking at her, her brows slightly furrowed.

“I have medicine for bruises and sprains here. Do you want some?”

Qi Si followed her gaze and noticed a swollen red patch on her right upper arm. It hurt quite a bit when touched. She figured Liu Yilan must have caused it with the baton earlier.

“Yes. Thank you.” Qi Si turned the tables and stared at Lin Ye.

Lin Ye took out a bottle of medicine for bruises and sprains from the drawer under her desk.

The bottle was already half empty, and it had been placed in the most convenient second drawer. What did that mean?

There were so many mysteries about Lin Ye.

After using the medicine, Qi Si placed the bottle on Lin Ye’s desk, looking as though she was ready to take advantage of the situation yet also generously march to her death. “Have you thought it through? Sister, do you need my body, or just one organ?”

Lin Ye almost spat water. Stunned for a moment, she sat up from her reclined position and looked at the person in front of her with a half-smile. “Could you not always say things so… earth-shattering? What would I need your body for?”

Qi Si’s crow-feather lashes slowly lifted. Uncertainly, she said, “For research, drug testing, and such…”

The young female Alpha’s thoughts were extremely pure. Lin Ye had the illusion that she had been teased, and her tone suddenly cooled. “Do you think your life is cheap, just like those experimental consumables and nude mice?”

Qi Si answered her with silence.

Being born human, in some ways, meant being a consumable. She did not know when these days of running around and being busy would ever come to an end.

Because of her silent admission, Lin Ye instead became even more speechless. Then came a powerless anger, but soon, that emotion dispersed. When she spoke again, it had become cold, bone-piercing mockery. “Since you have that kind of thinking, why bother struggling at school? Selling organs is selling, selling your body is selling too. If you want money that badly, you might as well find a wealthy person to keep you. Or go extort that Su family girl. Her family can casually spit out a few million for you to spend. With your intelligence, can’t you think of quick-money crimes? Or are your moral standards for yourself too high? You would rather be nibbled away and divided up step by step than do anything illegal?”

Qi Si found it hard to imagine that such words could actually come from Professor Lin, someone meant to be a teacher and role model. She turned back to look at the corridor, walked over and closed the door, then calmed her shock before saying, “I really hadn’t thought of the methods you just mentioned. I may need to go back and study them first.”

The anger Lin Ye had stirred up out of nowhere seemed to be gently waved away by Qi Si with a banana-leaf fan, vanishing in an instant.

“Tomorrow at six in the evening, Dean Su’s wife will come to my house for a visit. She may bring Su Moxiao with her. Do you remember the underground garage where you parked last time? Wait there in advance. Stop her on the way. It would be best not to let her come upstairs. I find it annoying.”

Lin Ye explained everything in one go. Qi Si quickly took out her phone and recorded it in her notes.

Lin Ye said, “That said, someone as shrewd as that will only be more difficult and more disgusting than a student. Are you sure you can handle the dean’s wife?”

“No matter what, I’ll try first. Trying won’t cost me anything.” Qi Si’s typing hand paused for a moment. She looked at Lin Ye and said, “If you still haven’t decided what payment you want from me, then wait a little longer. I’ll leave you my phone number. If you run into anything troublesome outside in the future, you can call me anytime. I’ll come whenever you call. Just reimburse my taxi fare.”

When she said “anything troublesome,” Qi Si’s gaze landed on the bottle of medicine on Lin Ye’s desk that had not been put away.

Lin Ye did not appreciate the gesture. “Get out.”

Qi Si smiled, picked up a pen from her desk, and quickly wrote a string of numbers on a piece of paper. Only then did she put on her clothes, open the door, and run off.

When she pushed open the door, she had only put on half her jacket and ran straight into Liu Yilan’s shocked gaze.

Qi Si made a face at her.