After Differentiating into an O, Pampered by an A - Chapter 46

Ye Xing ultimately couldn’t bring herself to leave the woman out in the cold.

The door suddenly opened, and Shen Yushu saw Ye Xing’s small face, which was written all over with displeasure.

She immediately asked in a low voice, “What’s wrong?”

Ye Xing’s instinctive response was to say “nothing,” but she felt a bit strange. While she was hesitating, a certain someone took the opportunity to slip inside.

“Come in and talk.”

Closing the door, Ye Xing couldn’t help but roll her eyes at Shen Yushu’s back. She really was treating this place like her own home—

Shen Yushu set her bag down and sat on the sofa, her gaze fixed unblinkingly on Ye Xing.

“Is it because you didn’t like the place I chose for dinner tonight?” Shen Yushu took the initiative to ask softly.

The phrase “didn’t like” acted like an emotional trigger. Ye Xing was feeling incredibly irritable; she licked her red lips and flopped down onto the sofa opposite Shen Yushu.

She said coldly, “Yeah, I didn’t like it.”

Shen Yushu couldn’t help but chuckle. “Then next time, we’ll listen to you.”

Next time?

Ye Xing sat up straight, absentmindedly stroking the fluffy kitten in her arms. “Shen Yushu, let’s forget about a next time. You don’t like being associated with people from the entertainment industry anyway, so why bother eating with me for no reason? You’re just wasting time.”

After speaking, Ye Xing lowered her long lashes and brushed back a stray lock of hair, deliberately avoiding Shen Yushu’s expression.

After savoring Ye Xing’s words, a faint smile slid into Shen Yushu’s eyes, and the corners of her mouth curled upward.

“Did you hear what I said to Tao Jingyun? Are you jealous?”

So that was it. The reason this woman had inexplicably ditched her to come home first, changed the lock, and deliberately refused to open the door was right here.

Reaching this conclusion, the smile on Shen Yushu’s face deepened. Her beautiful “peach blossom” eyes sparkled with brilliance as she leaned back relaxedly against the sofa.

Hearing this, Ye Xing’s emotions flared. She wrinkled her nose and said coldly, “Who’s jealous? I’m just stating facts. Don’t tell me you don’t remember what you said to Tao Jingyun. Since you dislike entertainment industry women so much, why get so close to me and cause scandals? Heh, does the prestigious CEO of the Shen Group actually need hype too?”

Ye Xing’s little mouth chattered away. Shen Yushu watched with a suppressed smile, holding back the urge to lean in and kiss her.

Seeing Shen Yushu’s leisurely and lazy posture, Ye Xing grew even angrier. “So, I’ll have to trouble President Shen not to come looking for me for no reason in the future. We should maintain a proper distance.”

“No. I don’t want to,” Shen Yushu refused point-blank.

“…”

Ye Xing was about to give her another thorough analysis when she saw the other woman’s gaze grow increasingly deep.

“I have your temporary mark on me, and your pheromones affect me. Therefore, I must find you whenever I need to.” As she spoke, Shen Yushu stood up and moved to Ye Xing’s side of the sofa.

Leaning her slender waist over and looking at the inhibitor patch on the girl’s neck, she whispered in her ear, her voice as soft as water: “Unless…”

Heat sprayed into the hollow of Ye Xing’s neck, carrying a scent of rum that made her feel intoxicated instantly. How could a cat that had tasted the joy of pheromones withstand such teasing? Her body buzzed with an electric numbness, and the glands beneath the patch began to burn.

Ye Xing widened her eyes and turned her head to glare, wanting to ask if Shen Yushu was releasing pheromones. Instead, she saw those starry eyes inches away, and her heart skipped two beats.

“D-don’t get so close to me. Are you releasing pheromones?”

Shen Yushu’s eyebrows rose slightly, her tone earnest. “No, I’m not.”

Ye Xing set Little Grape down, intending to use the sofa for support to shift her body away. But those beautiful red lips were opening and closing right in front of her, making her swallow involuntarily.

Unexpectedly, her small hand missed its mark in her panic. Her body fell forward by inertia, and her brain reflexively reached out to grab something to stabilize her balance.

Suddenly, a coolness spread across Shen Yushu’s chest. The pearl buttons on her shirt were ripped open by Ye Xing’s grasp.

A certain someone landed hard against the back of the sofa, letting out a muffled groan, her head spinning.

Ye Xing propped herself up with her elbows and raised her eyes, only to find a snowy-white expanse filling her vision. She immediately looked away and stood up. “That… I didn’t do it on purpose. Look at this button…”

“Tsk. A limited-edition piece, torn apart just like that by you,” Shen Yushu said calmly, her gaze as deep as the sea.

Ye Xing wanted to suggest sewing it back on, but the moment “limited-edition” came out of Shen Yushu’s mouth, she immediately killed that thought. True, Shen Yushu was high-born and refined; she probably wouldn’t wear this shirt a second time anyway.

Ye Xing composed herself, cleared her throat, and stuffed the button back into the woman’s hand. “Fine, I’ll just compensate you with a new one. But I don’t have a limited-edition one, so don’t try to scam me. Who told you to stand so close to me anyway?”

Hearing this, Shen Yushu unhurriedly adjusted her torn clothing. “Fine, but… I don’t think I can walk out the door looking like this.”

Ye Xing looked back. Without the constraint of the buttons, those two soft clouds were partially exposed. Combined with Shen Yushu’s glamorous face, the air in the room instantly became suggestive. Her breath hitched.

“Don’t move.”

Ye Xing quickly brought a set of clean pajamas from the bedroom and stuffed them into Shen Yushu’s arms. “Change into these first.”

This woman is really a handful, she couldn’t help but grumble internally.

But a certain someone remained fixed in place, making no move to change for a long while.

“Aren’t you changing? If not, you can just cover yourself and head back. No one will see you anyway.”

Shen Yushu looked at Ye Xing’s sharp-tongued little mouth, realizing the girl hadn’t even noticed the “sour” scent of jealousy she was radiating. Stroking the water-smooth fabric with her fingertips, she curled her lips. “I never said I didn’t like women in the entertainment industry. I just don’t like Tao Jingyun.”

Ye Xing’s hand reaching for her phone froze in mid-air. Her long lashes lowered, hiding her emotions. “You can like whoever you want, it’s none of my business. I just don’t want to end up on the hot search with ‘someone’ again, with people saying I’m riding ‘someone’s’ coattails.”

The jealousy permeating her words made the smile on Shen Yushu’s lips deepen even more.

After a moment, she replied in a low voice, “Okay. I’ll borrow your bathroom and head back after a shower.”

Hearing the sound of splashing water from the bathroom, Ye Xing’s face scrunched up. She couldn’t focus on the TV at all; her mind was replaying Shen Yushu’s extremely cold “Okay.”

Okay my ass! Don’t you have a bathroom at your own house?

The more she thought, the more irritable she became. She touched her glands; even through the patch, she could feel them throb restlessly. She took the inhibitor from the drawer and sprayed. The cool mist landed on the patch, and Ye Xing exhaled, thinking she’d find relief. Instead, the heat was only suppressed briefly before reigniting like a fresh flame.

“Hiss—”

Ye Xing couldn’t help but hiss in pain, clutching her neck with her hand.

At that moment, Shen Yushu emerged from the bathroom. Her dark hair was still glistening with droplets, and the frost-colored silk robe was draped lazily over her body—she looked like a hibiscus emerging from water. Stimulated by the heat and fragrance Shen Yushu brought from the bathroom, Ye Xing’s glands reacted even more intensely.

Noticing something was wrong, Shen Yushu immediately stepped forward with a worried expression. “What’s wrong?”

In the blink of an eye, fine beads of sweat appeared on Ye Xing’s forehead. Biting her slightly pale lips, she said with difficulty, “Shen Yushu, why isn’t my inhibitor working?”

“What?”

Shen Yushu leaned in, reaching for the inhibitor in Ye Xing’s hand. In the quiet living room, a sharp slap rang out.

“Don’t come over here!”

Ye Xing swatted away the jade-like hand. Her gaze suddenly turned sharp, like a startled little animal curled into a corner of the sofa. Her small hand holding the inhibitor shook violently.

Shen Yushu saw that Ye Xing’s rut was flaring up again. She wanted to help, but as she got closer, Ye Xing seemed to feel an immense pressure. With a thud, the inhibitor rolled off the edge of the sofa.

Suddenly, a milky sweetness reached Shen Yushu’s nose. Shen Yushu, who had been marked by Ye Xing during the day, could not resist it. She walked to the sofa and gently stroked the person curled into a small ball.

Ye Xing’s resistance vanished instantly. Instead, she proactively reached out to wrap her arms around Shen Yushu. Her long eyes closed tight, and her furrowed brow gradually smoothed out.

“Pheromones…” Ye Xing whimpered.

To stop her from suffering, Shen Yushu had to release some of her own pheromones to soothe her, though she didn’t know if it would work for an Alpha. But the result was that a certain someone craved her pheromones even more than she had imagined.

And she felt the same.

Shen Yushu carried the exhausted Ye Xing back to her bedroom. Seeing the girl turned into a puddle of soft water, she couldn’t help but blame herself. She should have controlled herself more just now, but her brain had been completely out of control, crazed with greed for the girl’s pheromones.

The person on the bed had her eyes closed, her face still flushed with a faint blush. She rolled over and licked the corner of her lips with satisfaction, like a child who had finally eaten a long-coveted cake.

Shen Yushu’s gaze fell on Ye Xing’s snowy neck. The delicate skin was covered in mottled marks. Gently brushing away a stray lock of hair, she whispered to the sleeping girl, “Goodnight~”

With that, Shen Yushu pressed the remote for the curtains and left silently.

The next morning.

Ye Xing opened her eyes. With even the slightest movement, her body felt as if it were falling apart, especially the back of her neck, where the pain was particularly noticeable.

“Hiss—”

She felt for her inhibitor patch and found it was gone. The next second, she threw back the duvet and rushed to the bathroom. In front of the full-length mirror, she saw the blue and purple marks all over her body. She bit her lip hard, her eyes closed as emotions surged in her heart.

“Shen Yushu, cough, cough, cough—”

Hearing her own raspy voice, Ye Xing’s beautiful features twisted into a scowl as she clutched the roots of her hair.

“Ye Xing, you’re really crazy. How could… how could you?”

She had slept with Shen Yushu again—

How could the rut be this terrifying?

Ye Xing looked at her glands and couldn’t help but slap her hand against the faucet. “Crap, they’re bitten swollen.”

They were both Alphas; Ye Xing felt that even during a rut, it should be her biting Shen Yushu, just like yesterday at the estate. But last night the rut was so intense she’d lost her senses, and she’d actually been bitten back—!

It was summer, yet Ye Xing wore a turtleneck sweater to cover herself up completely. She stood outside Shen Yushu’s front door, raising her hand to bang on it. But just as her small hand went up, the person came out from inside.

Shen Yushu emerged, dressed in a dark suit, looking elegant and refined. Seeing Ye Xing, the corners of her mouth couldn’t help but turn up slightly. “What’s wrong?”

“What do you mean, what’s wrong? Last night—”

“Good morning, Miss Ye.” Suddenly, Sun Xi’s head popped out from inside the house.

Ye Xing immediately swallowed her words. “Good morning, Assistant Sun.”

Shen Yushu stood there, taking in every expression on Ye Xing’s face, and her smile deepened. Slowly, she leaned down near Ye Xing’s ear. Her red lips curled as her warm breath stirred the hair at Ye Xing’s temples.

“I have an important meeting today. Let’s talk about last night when I get back this evening, okay?”