Chapter 75: Is It Popular Among You Alphas To Say "I Like You" When You Are Joking Around Now?
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The hallway breeze hit Ji Xiao and Qi Qi’s faces along with the awkwardness, and both of them froze on the spot, not knowing how to explain things to the two standing at the door.
Qiao Ni, unlike Wei Qingyu’s calm and steadiness, was the first to break the silence in the room. “What are you two Alphas doing?!”
That sharp, high-pitched voice jolted the two from their embarrassment, and they quickly backed away from each other by a whole foot.
Qi Qi hurried to explain, “Don’t misunderstand, we were just joking around! We’re both Alphas—what could possibly be going on?”
Qiao Ni found that last line from Qi Qi pretty reasonable, and the frustration in her chest eased a little.
Maybe it was because Qi Qi had been sick and just had surgery, but compared to when Ji Xiao had first met her, she now seemed much more mature.
Though she kept scolding Qi Qi—saying things like, “Messing around until the whole room’s a mess, are you two Alaskan Malamutes or what?” and “You Alphas are all the same, nothing like us Omegas”—her hands never stopped tidying up the mess left in the ward.
Ji Xiao looked at the warm scene between Qi Qi and Qiao Ni and could not help but smile with relief. She turned her head and looked at Wei Qingyu who was standing to the side.
But the smile on the girl’s face suddenly froze.
The scent of mint pressed low against Ji Xiao’s temple. Even with a bit of distance between them, she could still feel that thousand-year chill coming from the ice cellar on Wei Qingyu’s body.
Ji Xiao forced herself to break the ice and said to Wei Qingyu at the door, “Why did you come with Qiao Ni?”
“I ran into her at the door. Is that not allowed?” Wei Qingyu asked in return.
She was still standing at the door, her voice calm and indifferent.
Those turquoise eyes slightly lifted to look at the girl in front of her, instantly giving off a feeling of ice sealing a thousand miles.
That familiar lime scent dripped into the icy mint, and Ji Xiao suddenly understood—Wei Qingyu was jealous.
But no matter how hard she thought about it, Ji Xiao just could not figure out why Wei Qingyu would be jealous of Qi Qi. They were both Alphas. There was no such thing as an easy emotional conquest between them.
“Qingyu’s here too? What a coincidence.”
But before Ji Xiao could figure it out, a woman’s slightly amused voice sounded from the doorway.
A tall Alpha wearing a white coat walked to the doorway where Wei Qingyu was standing.
This was An Cen.
“Aunt An.” Wei Qingyu gave a slight nod and entered the ward together with An Cen.
Qiao Ni, who was sitting at the side, immediately stopped the motion of peeling an apple when she saw An Cen come in. She asked politely and nervously, “Dr. An, is there something wrong?”
An Cen rubbed Qiao Ni’s head and spoke gently, “Don’t be nervous. I’m just here for the usual checkup on Qi Qi’s wound recovery.”
Qi Qi lowered her head obediently when she heard that. The bandage she showed Ji Xiao earlier was opened again by An Cen.
Ji Xiao, taking advantage of Qiao Ni and Wei Qingyu both focusing on Qi Qi’s wound, carefully slid the big box she brought under the bed.
An Cen examined Qi Qi’s wound and nodded. “The wound is healing well. Keep taking more vitamins. Yesterday’s test showed your DT gland cells are only 0.01 away from the minimum normal level. Keep it up. Have you felt any discomfort in your gland these past few days?”
“No, everything’s fine.” Qi Qi shook her head, paused, then added, “Mm… sometimes the area around the incision feels itchy and swollen.”
An Cen gently pressed around Qi Qi’s gland, carefully judging under everyone’s gaze, then said, “Don’t worry. Wound healing in the gland will go through this stage. If you still feel swelling a week from now, you must tell me.”
“Okay, I’ll remember, Dr. An.” Qi Qi nodded, while Qiao Ni quickly took out her phone and carefully noted the time in her memo.
Ji Xiao, who was hiding the box nearby, heard An Cen say this but didn’t feel much relief. She quickly asked more deeply, "Doctor An, will Qi Qi’s swelling have any problem? I see her wound is already healed. Why does it still happen?"
An Cen smiled a little and patiently explained, "The structure of Alpha and Omega glands is different from other human organs. The skin only exists as a protective layer above the glands. Healed only means no infection from outside, but the real gland under still continues to recover. So there will be this kind of looking healed, but inside is still slowly healing."
"From all the data, Qi Qi's surgery is very successful. It is also our team's breakthrough in the field of congenital underdevelopment of glands."
Ji Xiao heard this and her heart, which was hanging tight, relaxed a little. In the original text, An Cen did lead her team to complete many medical gland breakthroughs not yet done in the country. She and her team can be trusted.
Ji Xiao nodded slightly and said, "Then I feel relieved. Thank you, Doctor An."
Sister Xiao, I feel like since I got sick, you worry about me more than my mom, like an Alpha mother,” Qi Qi said, looking at Ji Xiao and nibbling on the apple Qiao Ni peeled. “I say, just relax. Doctor An said I’m fine now.”
Ji Xiao looked at Qi Qi lying on the bed enjoying herself. She couldn’t help reaching out to rub her head. “Is that so? Then, say ‘Mom’ for me.”
“Get lost.”
Qi Qi said that and stretched her foot out from under the blanket.
The speed didn’t look like a patient who just had surgery two weeks ago at all.
….
The sun quietly moved from the east side of the sky to the west. After Ji Xiao and Wei Qingyu ate lunch made by Qiao Ni’s mother in the ward, they left the hospital room.
Just after they walked out of the inpatient building, bright sunlight shone on Ji Xiao.
With thick clouds blocking, the summer sunlight wasn’t so hot anymore.
Ji Xiao covered her eyes with her hand and said to Wei Qingyu, “The weather’s really nice today. Do you want to walk back?”
Wei Qingyu didn’t like the sun, but looking at the bright girl beside her, she still nodded, “Okay.”
The poplar trees on both sides of the road grew lush green leaves. Their tops were purposely trimmed, and branches with green leaves hung down toward the sidewalk.
The two walked side by side on the noisy street. The vague feelings between them were like shadows behind them, sometimes close, sometimes far, lingering around.
Wei Qingyu looked at Ji Xiao, who was curiously watching the nearby shops, and gently asked, “You seem to visit Qi Qi often lately.”
"Yeah," Ji Xiao didn’t catch Wei Qingyu’s meaning and honestly nodded. "She’s so sick. Fang Yiming went back to her hometown for summer break, so the only Alpha close to her here is me. Of course, I have to visit her more for Fang Yiming."
Wei Qingyu nodded and then said, "Since you know Qi Qi is sick, don’t grab her wrist and press her against the wall."
Her voice sounded very calm, like she was just reminding Ji Xiao to be careful with Qi Qi, but it still made people feel tense inside.
A car horn sounded across the street. Nearby, a wife was scolding her husband in a shop.
Ji Xiao glanced at the expressionless Wei Qingyu beside her, feeling a little scared.
She holds grudges…
Ji Xiao nervously touched her ponytail hanging behind her head and explained weakly, "We’re both Alphas, so when we joke, we forget limits. It won’t happen next time."
Wei Qingyu frowned when she heard Ji Xiao’s words. "Is it popular among you Alphas to say "I like you" when you are joking around now?”
Her voice was plain, but Ji Xiao’s relaxed heart suddenly hit hard in her chest.
Qi Qi's voice, which was neither loud nor soft, was actually heard by Wei Qingyu!
No wonder her look back then felt like she wanted to freeze her and Qi Qi to death.
If she heard someone say that to Wei Qingyu, she would want to go up and tear that Alpha apart herself.
"It’s not like that," Ji Xiao quickly waved her hand to explain.
But as soon as she started, she stopped.
Those ambiguous words really did come from Qi Qi’s mouth, and she couldn’t erase that from Wei Qingyu’s mind.
The wind by the river blew through Ji Xiao’s long hair. The girl’s golden-orange eyes showed some guilt but also firm determination.
Ji Xiao made up her mind and pushed the words she wanted to say to Wei Qingyu onto Qi Qi: "Those words were actually a confession Qi Qi prepared for Qiao Ni!
At that time, I thought they didn’t sound good, so I told her to think of another. She refused, so we started to fight. Then I told her to stop, but she wouldn’t listen, so I pressed her against the wall."
Ji Xiao spoke very fast. In the backlight, Wei Qingyu couldn’t see her expression clearly.
But those golden-orange eyes made her seem more sincere. Wei Qingyu couldn’t find any flaws and believed her with some doubt.
Ji Xiao saw that Wei Qingyu didn’t ask more questions, so she carefully gave her a full set of warnings: "By the way, I told you this, but do not tell anyone else. Qi Qi still plans to give Qiao Ni a surprise."
"Mm." Wei Qingyu nodded, then said thoughtfully, "You seem to get along well with Alphas of all ranks?"
She got along with Qi Qi, Fang Yiming, and also with Jin Nanfeng.
The usual trait that S-level Alphas dislike other Alphas and are aloof did not appear in her.
Ji Xiao thought Wei Qingyu was giving her a compliment, so she proudly raised her head: "That means I am S-level friendly."
Wei Qingyu heard Ji Xiao’s answer, pursed her lips lightly, and hesitated before asking the question she had kept inside for a long time: "Have you ever thought about liking an Alpha?"
Ji Xiao paused a little before answering, "Actually, liking someone doesn’t need you to care about their attributes."
The tree shadows swayed, and the girl’s golden-orange eyes flickered with light.
She heard Wei Qingyu’s question just now and thought about the world she lived in before, then asked, "Wei Qingyu, have you ever thought about a world with no ABO attributes? A world with only two simple genders?"
Ji Xiao’s question made Wei Qingyu, who had lived in the ABO world since she was little, feel a little curious. "You mean only male and female? Like before the differentiation?"
"Yes." Ji Xiao nodded. "No Alphas or Omegas, everyone’s Beta."
Wei Qingyu frowned hearing this. "Then does that mean I can’t be with you... uh... I mean, Omegas like me can’t be with Alphas like you?"
Ji Xiao gently shook her head. "If two people love each other, they can still be together."
"How can liking someone be tied down by a small thing like gender attributes?"
The wind softly carried Ji Xiao’s words to Wei Qingyu’s ears. She felt like someone opened a window to another world for her.
Ji Xiao’s idea sounded a bit rebellious and like a heretic’s dream, but it also made Wei Qingyu feel her mind open up.
If such a world really existed, could she still be with Ji Xiao?
After a while, Wei Qingyu looked up thoughtfully and said, "You’re right. Of course, love wouldn’t be tied down."
You love the person, not their gender.
The water in the river reflected the light, making the girl’s eyes look like beautiful gems.
Ji Xiao looked and suddenly had many thoughts in her heart.
If I could, I really want to take you to my world.
Source: http://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=5896087
This translation was originally posted on https://love4baihe.blogspot.com please read it there. and check out other stories too.
Show you my little home, the place where I grew up, and my family.
As Ji Xiao thought this, she saw a row of green shared bikes not far away—she used to ride one every day to school in her world.
But in this world, the shared bikes all had a back seat.
Maybe because it was new or just a sudden idea,
Ji Xiao quickly walked to the front bike and said to Wei Qingyu behind her, "I’ll scan a bike and take you home."
Wei Qingyu was a bit surprised, "Since when can you ride a bike?"
Ji Xiao, who had read the original owner’s diary, calmly explained when showing a skill Wei Qingyu did not know, "Of course, it was in middle school when you weren’t here."
Saying that, Ji Xiao pushed the bike forward.
She moved swiftly onto the bike and turned back to Wei Qingyu with a confident tilt of her head. “Come on, get on.”
The action looked childish and smug, yet somehow, it made one’s heart skip a beat.
The girl's ponytail arched through the air, and a hint of a smile appeared in Wei Qingyu’s eyes, impossible to hide.
Just as Ji Xiao looked back, she caught that rare smile on Wei Qingyu’s face and asked curiously, “What are you smiling about?”
Wei Qingyu carefully held her skirt as she sat sideways on the back seat behind Ji Xiao, the corners of her lips slightly raised. “Something that makes me happy.”
Her voice had a faint playfulness to it, like a sudden school of little fish disturbing the calm lake.
A light mint scent floated by with the riverside breeze. Ji Xiao could feel the smile from the person behind her, so she began pedaling the bike as she asked, “So you're really happy now?”
Wei Qingyu looked at the slender figure ahead, the scent of peach brandy lingering in the air.
The breeze blew up the wisps of Ji Xiao’s hair, and the girl’s cool voice gently landed in her ear.
“Of course.”
Then, suddenly, Ji Xiao saw a pair of pale, delicate arms slip into view from below.
The girl’s jade-like hands joined in front of Ji Xiao’s white shirt and, without warning, wrapped around her waist.
Author's Note:
Ahhhhh
