Chapter 2: Are You Awake?
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New name:A faint scent abruptly drifts among the minty aroma, making Ji Xiao feel her palm dampening swiftly. Moisture rapidly spreads over her body. The broken glass shards flicker dimly in the corner of her eye as if announcing the failure of the situation.
The last suppressant shattered due to Wei Qingyu's sudden impact.
Ji Xiao felt a moment of despair. Her action was well-intentioned, but she forgot Wei Qingyu's resentment towards the original owner.
The result of trying to be clever ended up backfiring, wasting the final dose of suppressant in vain.
If only I had kept the maid from earlier...
However, Ji Xiao's regret didn't last long. A faint sting came from her neck as if something sticky had been peeled off.
Instantly, Ji Xiao's heart tightened; she knew Wei Qingyu had removed her suppressant patch.
Yet, at this moment, she was nestled close to Wei Qingyu, and all she could see was her soft, long hair, unable to see anything else clearly.
Her senses replaced her sight, becoming unusually sharp.
Then, something lightly grazed the back of her neck, releasing a faint pheromone.
Omegas in heat usually need Alphas to release pheromones to ease them.
How did it turn into...
Wei Qingyu's hair slipped from her shoulder, her tiny glands fully exposed in Ji Xiao's view, interrupting her thoughts.
The unobstructed minty scent was refreshing yet intense. It was cool but ignited a fire in Ji Xiao's heart, causing the inexperienced Alpha to uncontrollably release her pheromones.
As a newcomer, Ji Xiao had never deliberately learned the ways to control pheromones like in the novel. Unsurprisingly, in this mint-scented space, she caught a hint of brandy, different from the usual, carrying an aggressiveness mixed with a faint scent of peach.
Like a rosy peach, immersed in the purest essence of life, chilly yet gentle, making one want to draw closer.
And it seemed Wei Qingyu felt the same.
Sniffing lightly, wanting to get closer to this scent.
This is undoubtedly fatal for an Alpha.
The entire room wrapped with mint leaves around Ji Xiao, making her feel as if she was about to be drowned in a sea filled with floating mint, where the sleeping beasts collided with her chest.
Seeing her state wasn't right, Ji Xiao quickly pinched her palm.
In front of her stood the out-of-control Omega female lead, victimized by the original owner! Marking her was a matter of life and death!
After some time passed, maybe Wei Qingyu had satisfied on her pheromones, and the closeness between them eased slightly. But Ji Xiao hadn't fully relaxed when a sudden sharp pain came from her left neck.
—Wei Qingyu, following her Omega instinct, found the blood vessel transporting pheromones on the Alpha's neck.
She distanced herself from her not because she was satisfied, but because she was dissatisfied.
The frail mint leaves swayed in the storm, falling into the river brimming with peach brandy.
Ji Xiao couldn't bear to let Wei Qingyu face the storm alone, so she slowly turned her wrist and interlocked their fingers.
It felt like giving a gentle kiss amidst a raging storm. Unrest and tranquility coexisted.
Finally, at a certain critical point, the restless mint calmed down, quietly enveloped by the scent of peach brandy.
Ji Xiao watched as the girl's green eyes regained their original clarity and aloofness above her gaze, knowing that Wei Qingyu had truly calmed down, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Wei Qingyu, you haven't..."
But as Ji Xiao spoke, Wei Qingyu released the hand she had tightly held onto Ji Xiao's.
Then, she fell into Ji Xiao's embrace like a butterfly with broken wings.
The girl was too light; landing in Ji Xiao's arms didn't cause any pain.
It was hard to imagine the kind of strength she had just exhibited to suppress an Alpha like Ji Xiao.
Ji Xiao looked at the girl, now limp in her arms. Her pale cheeks had a strange crimson hue, bloodied lips cracked and dried. It was truly heartbreaking.
She wanted to tidy up Wei Qingyu's disheveled hair in front of her face, but inadvertently, her backhand brushed against the girl's slender cheek, the scorching temperature startling her.
Wei Qingyu has a fever!
Perhaps the underground room was exceptionally cold; Ji Xiao felt the heat radiating from Wei Qingyu's forehead.
Ji Xiao's pupils constricted; with a fever like this, it could be life-threatening!
Ignoring her own unseemly neck wound, she lifted Wei Qingyu horizontally and rushed out of the dark room.
Ascending several dozen steps, the external light became more intense.
Emerging from the underground room, Ji Xiao was nearly blinded by the room's brightness.
"Miss, are you..." an unfamiliar voice came through.
Ji Xiao blinked a few times before recognizing it was another maid.
She immediately ordered, "Go fetch a doctor."
"Miss, are you injured? Or did this ignorant thing hurt you?" Maid A became nervous upon hearing her.
Maid B hurried over upon hearing and asked, "What? Miss, did she bite you again? Is it severe?"
"You're blind!" Ji Xiao couldn't restrain the original owner's temper and shouted while holding the feverish and unconscious Wei Qingyu, "Do what I told you to do!"
Frightened by Ji Xiao's shout, Maid A was petrified and nodded hastily, "I..I'm going right now." Ji Xiao wasted no time and carried Wei Qingyu toward her room but stopped after a couple of steps.
She had no idea where Wei Qingyu's room was!
Glancing back at Maid B behind her, Ji Xiao said, "You, come with me to Wei Qingyu's room."
"Yes." Maid B immediately stepped in front of Ji Xiao and opened the door to one side of the room - Wei Qingyu's room was in the ground floor's storage room not far from the exit of the dark room. Looking at the messy room, Ji Xiao wrinkled her brow at the damp and musty air. This wasn't a place for someone to live!
Ji Xiao carried Wei Qingyu to the second floor and ordered, "Prepare a guest room."
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"Is the guest room next to the lady's room okay?" Maid B offered, particularly observant. Although she didn't know what had happened between their Miss and Wei Qingyu in the dark room, seeing Ji Xiao's special concern for Wei Qingyu made everything clear to her.
Ji Xiao glanced at her, nodded without objection, and simply said, "Mm."
Soon, Wei Qingyu was settled in the room next to Ji Xiao's bedroom. Maid B gave her a simple wash, changing her white silk dress stained with suppressants and blood. With her head on a soft pillow, her seaweed-like, jet-black, silky hair quietly draped over her face, revealing a slender yet refreshing small face.
The moonlight gently poured into the room, casting a gentle and beautiful glow on the girl. Ignoring the glaring bruises and bandaged wounds on her exposed skin.
Although Ji Xiao had read the original book and knew about Wei Qingyu's past torments, seeing the multitude of wounds all over her body made her involuntarily gasp in shock.
There was hardly a spot on Wei Qingyu's body that was untouched. More than one broken suppressant shattered on her body, and there were numerous wounds from clashes with the original owner during their struggle.
Seemingly out of Omega's reliance on Alpha, one of Ji Xiao's hands had been tightly clasped by Wei Qingyu since the maid started wiping her body.
Ji Xiao looked calmly at the female lead who unconsciously developed a dependence on her as an Alpha, feeling complex emotions.
Which part of the plot has the story developed to now?
It hasn't reached the point where the female lead turns the tables on the second day before the male lead comes with a knife to kill her, right?
The most important thing is, can she still undo all this?!
Ji Xiao, who had received a hell script upon arrival, thoroughly searched her brain but couldn't recall any of the stories before this timeline from the original owner's brain.
"Dr. Chen is here."
Just then, the Ji family's family doctor, Chen Shi, arrived.
The old man was being hurriedly pulled up by Maid A, his dignified hairstyle blown by the wind, revealing a wise forehead, appearing rather comical.
“Miss, how is Miss Wei doing?” Chen Shi listened to Maid A's instructions along the way and asked cautiously.
Ji Xiao had to retract her thoughts and said, "She seems to have a fever, can you take a look at her?"
"Okay." Chen Shi responded and sat by the bedside with his medicine box in hand.
"It's 37.2 degrees, a bit of a low fever... Previously measured at 39 degrees, and then at 38.5 degrees... Hmm, this doesn't seem like a cold," observed Chen Shi. He paused and asked, "Miss, has Miss Wei just gone through a heat cycle?"
"Yes," Ji Xiao nodded.
"Were the suppressants injected?" Chen Shi inquired again.
Ji Xiao: "The suppressants were broken, so they weren't injected."
She hesitated for a moment.
If she said Wei Qingyu bit her, these servants would again blame Wei Qingyu in her name.
She hadn't figured out where the storyline had reached; she hoped not to accumulate more resentment against herself.
Ji Xiao: "I guided her and made her drink some blood containing my pheromones."
Chen Shi paused, "Miss, could you allow me to see the wound?"
"Okay." Ji Xiao nodded and lifted her hair.
On her pristine and delicate neck were unmistakably two human teeth marks, especially one with a bead of blood, causing the surrounding maids who were watching to gasp in shock.
It's too deep.
"This woman really has no sense of propriety! How could she bite so deeply?! We should just make her kneel downstairs!"
"Miss, you're too indulgent towards her! How could there be such a barbaric Omega!"
….
As expected, the maids in the room started criticizing Wei Qingyu.
Ji Xiao, without uttering a word, turned her head to glance at the group, a hint of displeasure in her golden-orange eyes. The maids immediately fell silent, intimidated by her gaze.
Punishing with kneeling?
Don't they know that mistreating a minor is against the law?
Are they afraid that their Young Miss' final demise won't be tragic enough?
With these thoughts, Ji Xiao paused for a moment.
These servants have always been condescending; did they mistreat Wei Qingyu like this when the original owner was around?
Has Wei Qingyu's level of hatred towards herself already reached its limit?
"Hiss—"
Before Ji Xiao could contemplate further, the sudden piercing sensation accompanied by a chilly touch snapped her fleeting thoughts back, causing her to involuntarily gasp for breath.
Before Ji Xiao could say anything, Maid A's voice rang out: "Dr. Chen, could you please be more gentle? Can't you see how much pain the Miss is in?!"
Take a look at this arrogant attitude, take a look at this dog leaning on someone, truly the maid by the original owner's side.
After being yelled at by Maid A, the little old man's movements became gentler and the pain in her neck wasn't as strong.
Chen Shi quickly applied medicine to Ji Xiao and placed gauze on her left neck, saying, "Miss's wound is a bit deep. In the summer heat, make sure not to get it wet or engage in intense activities, so sweat won't soak it. I'll come every night to change the dressing until the scar falls off. Then, I'll use my special ointment to ensure that no trace remains in the future - and also..."
Ji Xiao listened to the little old man's endless instructions and nodded patiently.
In more than twenty years of life, this was the first time she had been given such detailed instructions.
Ji Xiao lowered her head and touched the gauze around her neck. She lowered her gaze in embarrassment, but then she saw Wei Qingyu's still unconscious face.
Didn't they call Chen Shi to treat Wei Qingyu? How did it end up being about me again?
Is this how you all treat the female lead?
Ji Xiao grabbed Chen Shi, who was about to leave, and asked, "What about her?"
Chen Shi glanced at Wei Qingyu, while tidying up and said, "Possibly due to your S-rank pheromones reacting within Miss Wei, it caused her temperature to rise. But these are all normal occurrences; Miss Wei not only has no major issues but may even be physically stronger than usual because of your S-rank Alpha blood."
Ji Xiao watched Chen Shi continue packing, her eyelid twitching.
Is that all? Just two sentences and the last one seems to be flattering her.
She, an Omega, got hurt this much, yet doesn't even need a prescription for medication?
She knew Wei Qingyu from the original text was looked down upon by the Ji family, but she didn't expect her to be looked down upon to this extent.
"Doesn't she need to take medicine? I see her body is really not good," asked Ji Xiao.
Others may not know what kind of terrifying person Wei Qingyu will become, but Ji Xiao knows.
And while facing the unknown extent of Wei Qingyu's resentment toward her, Ji Xiao is trying hard to remedy the situation.
Chen Shi was somewhat surprised and considered, "Miss Wei's health is indeed not good. How about I prescribe some Chinese medicine to help Miss Wei recuperate?"
Ji Xiao listened to Chen Shi's words and nodded in agreement.
This is a good idea; she can restore Wei Qingyu's mistreated body and increase some goodwill towards herself.
After all the fuss, it was already one in the morning. Ji Xiao watched as Maid B escorted Chen Shi out of the villa. She intended to return to her room and have an intimate embrace with her bed in this world, but she discovered that her hand was still held by Wei Qingyu.
She wasn't sure if this Omega sensed that the Alpha providing her a sense of security was about to leave, causing her grip on Ji Xiao's wrist to tighten slightly.
"Miss, let me help you," Maid A proactively approached as if to remove Wei Qingyu's hand.
"Stop!" Ji Xiao quickly intervened.
Treating Wei Qingyu so roughly again; do the maids in this household not show any compassion?
The same bewilderment appeared on the maid's face.
The previous owner must likely have staged similar scenes many times in front of these maids, which is why they imitate without compassion.
Now, making such actions inconsistent with the original owner's character, would surely make them feel something was wrong with her.
Ji Xiao cleared her throat, mimicking her tone from the original text, arrogantly retorting, "Do you have a problem?"
"I wouldn't dare," Maid A hurriedly lowered her head.
Ji Xiao deliberately straightened her posture, feeling deeply composed.
Normally polite in speech, she uttered a rare swear word: "Get lost."
As a result, Maid A really scurried away in Ji Xiao's sight.
The room suddenly quieted down, and Ji Xiao's fear of Wei Qingyu grew even stronger in her mind.
She didn't dare to use brute force to escape Wei Qingyu's restraint, and several attempts were essentially futile.
A hazy moonlight hung in the pitch-black night sky as weariness eventually overcame fear. In a daze, Ji Xiao leaned against the edge of the bed, gave up struggling, and fell asleep.
The next day, the weather was sunny and beautiful.
The bright sunlight streamed into the spacious guest room. Ji Xiao had a dreamless sleep and comfortably stretched and opened her eyes on the bed.
At that moment, a delicate and small face suddenly appeared in Ji Xiao's sight. Those cold green eyes were quietly gazing at her.
"Are you awake?"
Wei Qingyu's lips curled slightly, her cold voice carrying a hint of tenderness and sweetness.
Ji Xiao didn't know when Wei Qingyu had already woken up, gazing down at her from a higher position.
The lingering scent of faint mint permeated the room, gentle and ambiguous, much like the mint-infused morning sunlight of a summer day.
If only there wasn't a pair of silver gleaming medical scissors pressing against her neck.
Ji Xiao thought.
