The Sickly Girl Becomes a Scum Alpha - Chapter 6

The two hundred copies of the family rules were quickly delivered by Cao Xi. Chu Ci arrogantly slapped the papers down in front of Butler Sun and, with Jian Sui by her side, swaggered out of the ancestral hall.

Night had fallen. Standing on the balcony, looking up at the sparse stars, Chu Ci was faced with a new dilemma.

Actually… spending the night in the ancestral hall wouldn’t have been so bad.

She looked back at the neatly made bed, her face slightly flushed, and sighed. She couldn’t actually sleep with Jian Sui, could she? But as a new wife, was it also a problem to keep avoiding her?

Maybe I should just say I’m impotent, or that I only want a platonic relationship?

Every option was completely ridiculous.

Just as Chu Ci was feeling anxious about what would happen next, the sound of water in the bathroom stopped.

Her heart pounded in her chest. Chu Ci wished she could transform into a pangolin and burrow into the ground.

What do I do, what do I do?

Steeling herself, Chu Ci dove onto the bed and pulled the blanket over herself. When faced with an impossible situation, you just play dead… no, you pretend to be asleep!

Her eyes were squeezed shut, and her heart felt like it would burst. She heard the bathroom door open, footsteps approach the bed, and then felt the mattress sink slightly on the other side.

The bedroom light turned off with a “click.”

In the dark, Chu Ci let out a small, cautious sigh of relief. Thank goodness, Jian Sui hadn’t noticed anything strange.

Fortunately, the bed was huge. They each had their own side with plenty of space between them. For now, all she had to do was maintain this peaceful arrangement.

She relaxed a little, but then she realized her heartbeat hadn’t slowed down. Instead, it was getting even faster, and the accelerated blood flow was making her feel hot.

What’s going on? Is this what it feels like to be so excited about sharing a bed with someone for the first time?

It was a possibility. After comforting herself with this excuse, Chu Ci let out a small yawn. She’d just go to sleep. She would get used to this with time.

In the darkness, two sets of faint breathing were barely audible. Just as Chu Ci thought she was about to fall asleep, her body began to get hotter and hotter, a heat so intense it woke her up.

It’s still early spring. Why is it so hot?

She couldn’t help but kick off the blanket and take a deep breath. Chu Ci unconsciously scratched her burning neck and loosened the collar of her pajamas, but the heat all over her body didn’t subside. It grew even more intense, leaving her parched. Something seemed to be stirring with her rapidly beating heart.

She frowned and rolled over. Chu Ci caught a scent of pear blossoms—fresh and slightly sweet. It made her want to sniff it again.

Where is the pear blossom scent coming from? Is it Jian Sui’s perfume?

The heat made it hard for Chu Ci to think straight. She unbuttoned two more buttons on her pajamas and instinctively bit down on her lower lip, telling herself to endure it. She would go take a cold shower after Jian Sui fell asleep. She didn’t believe that spring could be hotter than summer.

Chu Ci was struggling with the heat, and Jian Sui on the other side of the bed was also having a hard time.

The fresh, slightly sweet scent of pear blossoms enveloped her, and the scent of an Alpha’s pheromones stirred her nerves. The gland on the back of her neck was slightly warm, and her breathing slowly became unsteady.

What is Chu Ci doing? Why is she releasing so many pheromones in the middle of the night without using an inhibitor? Is she trying to forcibly mark me?

With that thought, Jian Sui tensely gripped the blanket. The pheromone suppression made it hard to resist. Was this really how it was going to be?

Both were holding back, as if in an unconscious struggle, until Chu Ci couldn’t take it anymore.

She felt like she was about to cook, and her mind was starting to get hazy. Not caring whether Jian Sui was asleep or not, she sat up on the bed and ran barefoot into the bathroom. What kind of crazy weather is this? How can it be so hot in spring?

Jian Sui, who was on high alert, was surprised to see the bathroom door open. She had thought Chu Ci was finally going to…

But she wasn’t. Chu Ci was taking a cold shower rather than forcing herself on her.

Jian Sui’s emotions had never been so complex. She listened to the water running and remembered how Chu Ci had defended her all day. Chu Ci had stood firmly by her side in front of her friends and her father. Could this kind of attitude really just be a game?

In the bathroom, Chu Ci felt like she was dying. The cold water made her shiver, but it still couldn’t put out the heat in her body. The burning sensation on the back of her neck was especially unbearable, making her feel like she was being roasted. On top of that, an unspeakable desire was surging like a volcano, impossible to suppress.

Half-kneeling on the floor, Chu Ci weakly held onto the wall and finally realized what was wrong.

This must be the heat cycle mentioned in the original novel!

This was a unique setting in ABO novels. Alphas and Omegas all experience a heat cycle. An Alpha in a heat cycle follows their most primitive desires, releasing pheromones and attempting to mark. If they succeed, it triggers a heat cycle in the marked Omega, followed by a few days of “in-depth communication.”

Oh, for goodness’ sake! This is too much!

Chu Ci swallowed hard and stood up, gritting her teeth. She tried to recall the contents of the novel. A heat cycle didn’t have to end in a marking. Otherwise, all single Alphas and Omegas would die. To solve this, the setting also included inhibitors. A single shot could make the heat cycle subside.

Where would I find such a thing?

She haphazardly put on her clothes, not caring that she was still wet. Chu Ci stumbled out of the bathroom. She remembered Jian Sui was still asleep and carefully used her phone’s flashlight to search, opening drawers as quietly as possible.

Finally, in the bedside table drawer, she found a small box of inhibitors.

Thank God.

She collapsed onto the floor, trembling as she opened the packaging. Inside was a small syringe. Recalling how they were administered in the novel, she awkwardly aimed for the gland on the back of her neck.

Fortunately, long-term illness had made her an expert. Needles were one of the things Chu Ci was most familiar with. She managed to find the exact spot and inject herself with perfect accuracy.

The slight sting made her flinch. She pushed the plunger smoothly, and the cold liquid flowed into her burning gland. This sensation was so intense that Chu Ci bit down on her lip until she tasted a coppery sweetness before she could relax.

Finally, after injecting the inhibitor, she leaned weakly against the bed. Chu Ci threw the syringe into the trash can, lifted her head, and swallowed again to relieve her parched throat.

This is too awful. After resting for a while, Chu Ci struggled out of her wet clothes, put on another pair of pajamas, and finally managed to crawl back into bed.

She took a breath, and the heat in her body finally subsided. She pulled a blanket over herself and fell into a deep sleep.

Jian Sui had heard everything that happened. She only dared to open her eyes when she heard Chu Ci’s steady breathing. In the faint light, she looked at the sleeping Chu Ci, her heart warm and filled with a sense of peace she had never felt before.