The Sickly Girl Becomes a Scum Alpha - Chapter 12

Chu Ci took a moment to steady her breathing and looked up at the person lying on top of her.

Jian Sui was clearly drunk. Her normally cool, aloof face was flushed, and her pale pink lips were glistening and slightly parted near Chu Ci’s face. She seemed thirsty; the tip of her pink tongue traced her lips, and she frowned in discomfort.

Chu Ci quickly looked away, silently chanting, “See no evil,” as she tried to slip out of Jian Sui’s “embrace” beneath the thin blanket. Jian Sui was completely crushing her, and the blanket provided no real barrier, which made Chu Ci feel uneasy.

Just as she thought she was about to successfully move out from under Jian Sui, before she could even sigh in relief, Jian Sui rolled over and hugged Chu Ci through the blanket.

“Don’t run…”

Muttering incoherently, Jian Sui tightly wrapped her arms around Chu Ci and pressed her face into Chu Ci’s neck.

Chu Ci froze. She looked at Jian Sui beside her. Am I really going to sleep like this all night? When Jian Sui woke up sober tomorrow, she might think Chu Ci came back in the middle of the night to take advantage of her.

A blush slowly crept onto her face. With absolutely no experience in this situation, Chu Ci carefully slipped her hand out from under the blanket, intending to remove Jian Sui’s arm and quietly sneak out. She needed to pretend she hadn’t come back to avoid an awkward explanation.

Just as Chu Ci carefully held Jian Sui’s arm, thinking victory was in sight, Jian Sui suddenly frowned. Not only did she break free of Chu Ci’s grasp, but she also snatched the thin blanket right off Chu Ci.

A sudden chill ran over her body. Chu Ci frantically reached out to retrieve the blanket that was leaving her, only to be caught squarely by Jian Sui and pulled into a tight hug.

The scalding-hot Jian Sui hugged Chu Ci as if she were a block of ice, letting out a satisfied sigh. She rubbed herself against Chu Ci, pushed aside the bothersome pajamas, and pressed her burning palm directly onto Chu Ci’s skin.

Chu Ci was completely stunned. Am I being taken advantage of?!

The heat radiating from Jian Sui made Chu Ci’s fingertips tremble. She struggled to remain calm, pulling at her own rumpled clothes, and nervously tried to push Jian Sui away again.

“Stop messing around…”

Having just gotten comfortable, Jian Sui felt her “ice block” wasn’t cooperating. She mumbled, grabbing Chu Ci’s hand, twisting it behind her back, and fully pinning her within her embrace.

Wait… why does struggling make it look more like I’m throwing myself at her?!

With her hands trapped, the hot breath stimulating the sensitive skin of Chu Ci’s neck made her feel equally heated. She frowned in discomfort. If this kept up, something was really going to happen!

Chu Ci hadn’t forgotten about the heat cycle in this world. It didn’t just happen periodically; it could also be triggered when an Alpha and an Omega became aroused together. If that happened, things would spiral out of control.

Not wanting to be a despicable opportunist, Chu Ci gritted her teeth and pushed hard… pushed… I can’t move her!!

Chu Ci looked at her hands in disbelief. She knew that Alphas in this world had enhanced physical conditions. Even if she was a sickly person before and a weakling among Alphas now, she shouldn’t be unable to push off a drunken Omega! Especially since the novel described Jian Sui as very delicate, though mentally resilient.

Plunged into self-doubt, this wasn’t the time to dwell on it. Chu Ci’s movements clearly made Jian Sui more uncomfortable, and her body temperature was rising rapidly. A rich scent of roses began to permeate the air.

It was Jian Sui’s pheromone!

The alcohol had fermented the dense rose pheromone, creating a strange and intoxicating aroma that enveloped Chu Ci like an airtight net, draining away any desire to escape.

Barely holding on, Chu Ci bit down hard on her lower lip and frantically called for the system in her mind.

[System! Help! Hurry! I’m about to lose my virtue!]

The system, whose view was currently pixelated: “…”

[Can you please not call me at a time like this?]

[If I don’t call you, something big is really going to happen! Give me a strength boost or just anything!]

Chu Ci tried to soothe the still-frowning Jian Sui but found it useless. Fine beads of sweat broke out on her forehead.

[…To call me out just for your scandalous private life and ask me for something like this! I am a pure system!! Don’t corrupt me!!!]

Clearly misunderstanding Chu Ci’s request, the system screamed in collapse in her mind.

Chu Ci, not hearing or understanding what the system meant, struggled to maintain her last shred of sanity and urgently prompted the system: [What the hell are you talking about! Hurry up!]

[How do I have a host like you!! Don’t let this happen again!]

The system grit its teeth in frustration but painfully used its points to exchange for a bottle of medicine, which materialized out of thin air and landed in Chu Ci’s hand.

Chu Ci grabbed the bottle with a sigh of relief. Just as she wondered if it was an inhibitor or something else, she saw two simple, prominent words on the label in the faint light.

APHRODISIAC.

Chu Ci: “…”

Chu Ci: “!!!”

[System! Come out and die!]

[What is it now? You still want more?!] The system was equally agitated. How could it have a host like this? How was it supposed to maintain its pure, innocent existence?

[I asked you to help me get out of this situation so I could find an inhibitor for Jian Sui, not to help me die in bed!]

System: “…”

[Why didn’t you say so sooner…]

A second later, Chu Ci, feeling no physical change, was utterly confused. [What are you doing?]

[Oh, I just spent the points on the medicine. I don’t have enough to upgrade your physical condition.]

The system’s voice was clearly guilty. Chu Ci nearly had a heart attack right there. Why didn’t you tell me that before!

If the system had a physical body, Chu Ci would have slammed the bottle of aphrodisiac over its head!

Fortunately, perhaps because she had fully entered her heat cycle, Jian Sui’s body, due to her Omega characteristics, began to soften. Even the hand pinning Chu Ci became weak, giving Chu Ci a chance to break free.

Scrambling off the bed, Chu Ci didn’t dare relax. She frantically searched the drawers and cabinets for the inhibitor.

Luckily, Jian Sui was meticulous and always kept an inhibitor on hand, so Chu Ci didn’t waste too much time.

She casually tossed the aphrodisiac into a drawer, grabbed the inhibitor, and knelt by the bed. Just as Chu Ci was about to inject Jian Sui, Jian Sui suddenly turned to face her and opened her eyes.

Due to the heat cycle, Jian Sui had completely shed her cool exterior, revealing a fiery, soft core. Her normally pale pink lips were now crimson, full, and seductive. She was panting with rough breaths, and a wide flush spread across the outer corners of her clear, slightly raised eyes. They were moist, like fragile glass, as she looked at Chu Ci.

To Chu Ci, whose own heat cycle had been triggered, this was an irresistible temptation. Just as the current Jian Sui craved her, she also…

“Slap!”

Amidst their intersecting breaths, an exceptionally loud slap interrupted all the charged passion.

Chu Ci slapped herself, completely snapping back her almost-lost sanity. Even the semi-conscious Jian Sui on the bed was momentarily stunned.

Taking advantage of the gap, Chu Ci quickly injected Jian Sui with the inhibitor, then tucked the now-quiet Jian Sui in bed. Only then did she use the bed to steady herself before heading to the bathroom.

She splashed cold water on her face. Chu Ci rested her hands on the counter and looked at herself in the mirror. A drop of water slid down her raven-like eyelashes, landing softly on the hot imprint of the slap.

She was someone who was destined not to stay in this world for long. Whether she returned to her original world or died, she was just a passerby in Jian Sui’s life for a few years at most. The ending was already set; she shouldn’t hope for anything more.

Besides, the current Jian Sui was just drunk and in heat. If she took advantage of her, how was she any different from the original host? Weren’t they both beasts?

Completely sobered up, Chu Ci took a deep breath. Her goal was to prevent Jian Sui from having the miserable life described in the novel, not to possess her. After she was gone, Jian Sui would have a better life and start anew. That was the right path.

Wiping her face with a towel, Chu Ci let out a final sigh. Her restless heart finally calmed down. She grabbed her pajamas and went to sleep in the study.

But she didn’t know that as she walked out of the room, Jian Sui, whose inhibitor was taking effect, opened her eyes and saw her fleeting figure disappear through the doorway.

Jian Sui had never thought an Alpha could resist a heat cycle again and again, even with an Omega in heat right in front of them.

Although she was drunk, Jian Sui clearly remembered every moment that had just happened. She saw the desire in Chu Ci’s eyes, including that sharp, clear slap.

So Chu Ci wasn’t “impotent.” She was respecting her choice. She didn’t want to take advantage of the situation for any reason.

She thought about seeing the fully dressed Chu Ci at the club the day after their wedding, Chu Ci getting up in the middle of the night to take a cold shower, Chu Ci saying she’d stay out all night but ending up in the bedroom, and that slap.

Jian Sui finally understood everything. All the rumored debauchery and recklessness—Chu Ci was just giving her time to adapt and the right to choose. She avoided her and refused to use any forceful means. She was waiting for the day Jian Sui would willingly accept her. She was even unwilling to say it out loud for fear of putting pressure on her.

But before all this, she had completely misunderstood her, thinking she had no feelings for her…

It made sense. If Chu Ci truly didn’t love her, why would she have married her? Why would she protect her at every turn? And why would she have endured and resisted again and again?

At this thought, Jian Sui’s heart began to warm. She bit her lower lip and buried her face in the blanket, catching the lingering pear blossom scent of Chu Ci. The fresh, faint sweetness flowed right into her heart.