Chapter 10: "I didn't", "I know"
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What kind of person is Ji Xiao?
Capricious, indulgent, and unruly...
Wei Qingyu thinks all negative words in the world can be applied to her.
Because of this, she was particularly surprised when she heard a very familiar voice coming outside the restroom door in the cubicle.
The pungent scent invaded Wei Qingyu's nostrils, and in her mind were the sounds of several people confronting outside the cubicle.
One of the voices said that Omegas are figures she admires.
The voice stated that Omegas are not prey or slaves to Alphas but independent-minded individuals.
And this voice was very similar to the voice that had humiliated her in every possible way in the past.
Ji Xiao just used her unique tone and scolded the girl who had a contemptuous attitude towards Omegas, speaking from the Omega's perspective with clarity and firmness, just like a virtuous gentleman.
A thick cloud slowly drifted in front of the sun, casting a shadow outside the restroom.
Wei Qingyu gazed into the dimness in her line of sight, and in front of her eyes, the condescending smile of Ji Xiao watching her struggle during the heat cycle in that small dark room reappeared.
A small mountain formed between the girl's eyebrows. How could someone like her say such things?
Because Alphas and Omegas affect each other during the heat cycles, despite all the students being girls in the girls' school, the school still separated the restroom for Alphas and Omegas. Alphas entering Omega facilities, with their absolute dominance, would face disciplinary action.
Wei Qingyu's eyes flickered, feeling that the person outside just now was just a classmate with a voice similar to Ji Xiao's.
Suddenly, the girl's dilated pupils regained focus.
In the center of her sight stood a long glass bottle quietly, with a flamboyant scarlet flower engraved on the silver lid.
Wei Qingyu recognized it immediately, it was Ji Xiao's tumbler.
The sunlight poured into the room from the clean glass window on one side, causing waves in the girl's turquoise eyes.
It was really her.
Wei Qingyu hesitated for a moment, picked up the tumbler Ji Xiao left on the sink and walked into the water supply room.
She placed the transparent glass on the shelf above the water outlet, silently helping Ji Xiao erase the evidence that an Alpha had been to the Omega restroom.
"Oh? Isn't this Wei Qingyu? What a coincidence."
Suddenly, a sharp female voice came from behind Wei Qingyu, and the light on the not-so-bright water supply room was mostly blocked by the person standing at the door.
The girl leaned against the doorframe, with hands in her pockets, and a frivolous smile on her face.
Wei Qingyu couldn't help being surprised, and the hand holding the tumbler secretly paused, "Liu Meina?"
This Liu Meina was a spoiled person like Ji Xiao, but her bullying methods were even more despicable than Ji Xiao's
Because her uncle is the head of the Guidance Office, she often engages in campus violence against classmates at school, and many classmates avoid her.
"Why are you so surprised? There is no water on the second floor, can't I come to the first floor to get water?" Liu Meina walked into the water supply room with a smile, approaching Wei Qingyu step by step.
"Okay." Wei Qingyu replied coldly, holding Ji Xiao's tumbler and moving a step to the left to avoid Liu Meina who was approaching.
Unexpectedly, Liu Meina had already expected this, and stretched out her hand to hold Wei Qingyu's arm, tilting her head to look at her: "Hey, don't be in a hurry to avoid me.”
"Let go," Wei Qingyu warned, looking directly at Liu Meina.
Even when Ji Xiao locked her in a small dark room during her heat cycle, she was not afraid at all, let alone Liu Meina.
Liu Meina sneered, held Wei Qingyu's wrist tightly, and said sarcastically: "Why, Ji Xiao can touch you, but I can't?
"Nobody is allowed," Wei Qingyu said coldly.
"It seems Ji Xiao has been busy with studies these days, too busy to bother with you; your bones must be stiff," Liu Meina said, letting her disdainful gaze wander over Wei Qingyu.
The young girl's cold, fair skin remained translucent even in the dim light. The peachy blush on her arm, caused by Liu Meina's tight grip, was irresistibly charming.
Liu Meina licked her lips suggestively and asked with ulterior motives, "Have you not been temporarily marked by Ji Xiao yet?"
Wei Qingyu looked at Liu Meina's dirty gray eyes, feeling a sense of unease creeping in.
"Let's make a deal. Let me have a taste of your pheromones. I'll protect you for this month and won't allow Ji Xiao to bully you. How about it?" Liu Meina said, then blew a breath toward Wei Qingyu's ear.
The scent, carrying the fragrance of oranges, wafted over Wei Qingyu's ear, and the rotten smell filled her nostrils. It was the same nauseating feeling she had when she smelled Ji Qingyun's pheromones on the dining table last time, which made her frown in disgust.
"What's with that expression?!" Liu Meina felt very unhappy seeing Wei Qingyu frown. Her fresh orange-scent pheromones had been praised by many Omegas for being pleasant and refreshing. How come Wei Qingyu reacted like this?!
Wei Qingyu suppressed her physical discomfort, chuckled, and said mockingly: "Can't you understand? You make me sick.”
"Sick?" Liu Meina's eyes were filled with anger.
Denying the scent of an Alpha's pheromones was like saying a person was inadequate.
Liu Meina tightly grasped Wei Qingyu's wrist and forcibly pulled her closer. "Perhaps you've been with Ji Xiao for too long, you can't distinguish anymore, huh? I'll personally help you figure it out today."
Wei Qingyu sensed trouble and retreated while struggling against Liu Meina's grasp.
However, this Alpha's strength was too strong, and Wei Qingyu couldn't break free, especially with her pheromones interfering.
The hollow metal sheet was kicked by the girl's heel, producing a muffled "thud."
Wei Qingyu's back unexpectedly hit the water basin, leaving her with no way to retreat.
The scent of rotten oranges in the air became increasingly intense. Wei Qingyu mustered her strength and warned, "Liu Meina! I warn you, casually releasing pheromones in school can lead to disciplinary action!"
After hearing this, Liu Meina chuckled.
Her indulgent and contemptuous smile echoed in the quiet water supply room.
"Then let's give it a try," she said, leaning down and lifting the long hair at the back of Wei Qingyu's neck. "Let's see if I'll be under disciplinary action with my uncle around."
Wei Qingyu felt her glands under the suppressant patch about to be exposed, and the hand holding Ji Xiao's water tumbler tightened a bit more.
"Bang!”
A crisp sound echoed from the water supply room, startling the sparrows perched outside the window.
The sparrows in one tree chirped and flew high, while the other birds hidden in the shade fluttered their wings and took flight like a chain reaction.
Classrooms were still quiet, and pen tips made rustling sounds as they rubbed across papers. No one noticed what was happening in the distant water supply room.
Except for Ji Xiao.
This translation was originally posted on https://love4baihe.blogspot.com please read it there. and check out other stories too.
The girl dropped her pen after writing the final answer, watching the sudden flight of a large group of birds outside the window, feeling a sense of strangeness.
While observing the direction of the birds, she picked up her water tumbler on the table.
She reached out and found it empty.
Ji Xiao looked at the tabletop where the tumbler should have been and sat up abruptly from her chair.
During the confrontation with the freshman girl earlier, it seemed she had casually left the tumbler on the sink in the Omega restroom.
If someone discovers that she went to the Omega restroom as an Alpha, she will be regarded as a pervert and her parents will be called and criticized!
Ji Xiao glanced at the clock hanging above the blackboard and saw there were still ten minutes before class ended.
There was still time to retrieve it now.
Ji Xiao hurriedly walked, and in no time, she went from the westernmost experimental class to the restroom in the east.
Even though class was about to end, the sound of teachers lecturing continued in every classroom. Only the restroom and water supply room at the eastern end of the teaching building remained silent.
The wind blew through the distant window and lifted the girl's long hair. In her brisk walk, Ji Xiao seemed to catch a slightly uncomfortable scent.
The door of the water supply room, which was open when she left, was suddenly closed.
"Do you want to die? How dare you throw a glass bottle at me?! Believe it or not, I'll have my uncle expel you!"
A muffled sound came from the closed water supply room, and the smell that made her uncomfortable also changed at this moment and became thicker.
It’s the smell of Alpha pheromone!
This is not a smell that should be present in the school.
Ji Xiao's heart immediately tightened, and her sense of justice made her kick open the locked door of the water supply room and yell, "What are you doing?!”
The dimly lit room was instantly flooded with sunlight
The two people inside looked towards Ji Xiao one after another, with surprise in their eyes.
"Ji Xiao?" Liu Meina looked at the person standing at the door in disbelief.
Ji Xiao was stunned for a moment. The person in front of her actually knew her.
But she doesn’t know her.
Before she could get frustrated about this, in the next second, Ji Xiao's gaze shifted to the other side of the room, and her heart skipped a beat.
Wei Qingyu was kneeling in a puddle of red-stained water, tightly holding a broken glass shard. The sharp pieces were directed straight at the Alpha in front of her.
She was suppressed by the Alpha's pheromones, trembling all over, and her wet skirt and shirt clinging to her body, looking disheveled.
Yet, she remained upright, emanating a terrifying aura like a malevolent spirit.
A gust of wind swept across the sky, heavy clouds covering the sun.
The turquoise hue in Wei Qingyu's eyes faded, replaced by an inky green that allowed no light to pass through. The densely written words in her eyes were all filled with hatred.
Fear and pity intertwined in Ji Xiao's heart at the same time.
She took a deep breath and asked: "What are you doing?! Don't you know the school doesn't allow Alphas to release pheromones without permission?!"
Liu Meina found it amusing and said, "After not seeing each other for a few days, Ji Xiao, you've surprisingly started following school rules?"
She brushed off the glass shards on her shoulder, leaned against the nearby cup shelf, and confidently stated, "This little bitch from your family was sneaking around here, messing with the tumbler you left. I thought of giving her a little lesson. Who knew she'd have such a temper, and she threw the tumbler at my shoulder, it hurts like hell. You should discipline her properly."
Wei Qingyu's eyes filled with hatred as she listened to the Alpha in front of her.
Her voice was hoarse: "I didn't.”
However, these words weren't meant for Ji Xiao; Wei Qingyu didn't even look at her.
She was stating this for justice to hear.
And Ji Xiao was never her sense of justice.
She could even predict that Ji Xiao would use this excuse from Liu Meina to lock her up in the small dark room.
Then, she would be ruthlessly tortured…
"I know."
An unexpectedly surprising voice came from above Wei Qingyu's head.
Ji Xiao reached out her hand and pulled Wei Qingyu up, who was still sitting on the ground, overwhelmed with despair.
