After Ditching Four Powerful Alphas, I Differentiated into an Omega - Chapter 51

Qiao Yu argued with the system for a long time without results, and was still cornered by Jiang Mei at the entrance like a trapped animal, unable to advance or retreat.

The outside temperature was low, and a chill wind whipped up the snow.

Qiao Yu shivered abruptly, her legs a little too cold to stand steady.

She trembled without warning, and her body began to shake involuntarily.

Jiang Mei was momentarily stunned, then held the person in her arms even tighter.

A faint warmth transferred through the fabric, but the effect was minimal.

Qiao Yu couldn’t help but say to the system: “Your female lead has a decent heart even after turning rogue, she’s just a little bit dense.”

Huddling for warmth is pointless.

Couldn’t they just go inside and talk?

Qiao Yu was freezing.

Jiang Mei seemed to realize this and directly unbuttoned her coat, then wrapped the soft, delicate omega inside her clothes like a tamale.

Qiao Yu’s eyelids twitched uncontrollably, and she suddenly realized that the other person was unlikely to let her leave easily tonight.

Qiao Yu glared at the female lead in the dark, without much menace, a little desperate.

“You’ve been out for so long. If you don’t go back now, you’ll be discovered.”

Jiang Mei narrowed her eyes and watched her for a moment, letting out a low chuckle.

“Are you worried about me or yourself?”

She hugged the slightly resistant girl in her arms and leaned in.

“Hmm?”

Qiao Yu choked, daring not to admit it, so she pursed her lips and fell silent.

Sensing the other person’s intention to remain deadlocked, Jiang Mei was in no hurry at all, her tone even hinting at a smug contentment and amusement.

“I don’t care.”

She said, “But if Aunt finds out that you and I are wrestling and huddled together, what do you think she’ll think?”

Jiang Mei had instantly hit Qiao Yu’s sore spot.

Qiao Yu gritted her teeth, annoyed and couldn’t help glaring at her several times.

This person is truly shameless and brazen after turning rogue.

To think the female lead was once an innocent little darling who would blush and her heart would race if she got a little too close to her!

Truly the world is in decline, people’s hearts are not what they used to be, and things have changed completely.

The fiercer Qiao Yu was, the more Jiang Mei cherished her.

In the past, Qiao Yu was always polite and respectful to her, which was nice, but once she calmed down, she realized it was all superficial.

It was courtesy because they were outsiders, and careful show of favor because they weren’t familiar.

She didn’t like this superficiality.

She wanted Qiao Yu to truly treat her as a person with independent feelings, not just a shallow “friend.”

Jiang Mei loved Qiao Yu’s exasperated look.

A soft chuckle sounded in her ear, and Qiao Yu had a huge question mark on her face.

“System, is your female lead insane? I’m treating her like this and she’s actually laughing with joy?”

This was a scene she had never witnessed before.

The system’s eyelids twitched twice.

“Isn’t she the child you painstakingly raised? Why are you asking me?”

What would an artificial idiot know?

Qiao Yu was speechless, unnerved by Jiang Mei’s laughter.

She tried to move twice, but the person in front of her immediately leaned in.

She instinctively turned her cheek, and the other person’s warm, moist breath instantly landed on the tip of her ear.

Jiang Mei’s voice gradually turned cold.

“Yu Yu.”

Qiao Yu’s heart immediately sank.

Jiang Mei continued, “Didn’t I just say that if you don’t obey, I’ll kiss you?”

Her aura grew increasingly dangerous.

Qiao Yu instinctively put on a pained expression.

Please, Your Majesty, spare this humble servant!

Hurriedly leaning back, Qiao Yu quickly tried to soothe her by saying, “I’ll listen, I’ll listen, I’ll listen to whatever you say!”

Jiang Mei finally stopped, narrowing her dark eyes to scrutinize her for a long time, then quietly said, “You’ll listen to whatever I say?”

Nodding her head like a chicken pecking at rice, Qiao Yu didn’t dare to pull the tiger’s whiskers of the female lead now, only agreeing repeatedly, “Yes, yes, yes.”

The other person was instantly pleased and chuckled.

She then spoke, her voice laced with one part nervousness, two parts anticipation, and three parts possessiveness.

“Then kiss me once.”

Her heart thumped violently a few times.

Jiang Mei unconsciously clenched her fingers.

“Kiss me once and I’ll let you go tonight…”

Before the words were finished, Qiao Yu’s moist lips had already lightly pressed against her chin, soft and cool, and just as unbelievably soft as she had imagined.

Jiang Mei suddenly froze, her heart instantly becoming intensely hot.

Qiao Yu kissed the female lead and cautiously observed her expression.

Seeing that she was completely unresponsive, she couldn’t help but stand on tiptoe and tap her twice more, then timidly asked, “Is… is that enough?”

Her gentle voice pulled Jiang Mei back to reality.

She raised a finger to touch the spot that had been kissed, and the curve of her lips gradually widened.

Her fine eyelashes drooped like crow feathers.

Jiang Mei suddenly realized.

It turned out that all she had to do was be more aggressive to get her.

Qiao Yu watched her with expectant yet cautious eyes, as if she would flee the moment she said it was enough.

Jiang Mei curved her lips and deliberately said, “No.”

Qiao Yu: “…?”

How could she be so unfair?!

Qiao Yu was so angry that she was no longer afraid of the other person.

She immediately changed her posture, rolled up her sleeves, and argued with Jiang Mei based on reason.

“You clearly said just one kiss.”

She glared at her.

“But I’ve kissed you three times!  You can’t be so unreasonable.”

“You’re yelling at me?”

The other person suddenly spoke, leaving Qiao Yu momentarily dazed.

When did she yell at her?

Jiang Mei pressed her body closer to hers, her tone becoming increasingly dangerous.

“You’re yelling at me like this. Aren’t you afraid of what I might do to you?”

“…”

Walk by the river often, and you’re bound to get your shoes wet.

Qiao Yu silently tried to comfort herself, but found it impossible.

Gritting her teeth, Qiao Yu looked up at the shameless female lead.

“Then do you believe I’ll call for help?”

She threatened her fiercely: “If I scream right now, Sister Lu will rush over immediately.”

Jiang Mei was surprised to hear this.

“You’re choosing self-destruction?”

She was certainly looking forward to this.

After all, if Lu Shangyi heard the sound, it meant the aunt and uncle would hear it too.

If all three came over and saw her and Qiao Yu wrestling, perhaps it would naturally lead to meeting the parents.

Sensing the excitement in the female lead’s tone, Qiao Yu choked again.

How can you be so despicable?

Qiao Yu was angry, annoyed, and terribly cold.

Finally, seeing her shivering, Jiang Mei took off her overcoat and draped it over her.

“Go back.”

“Get some rest.”

She was suddenly willing to let her go, which made Qiao Yu a little suspicious of her kindness.

Looking at Jiang Mei’s upper body, which was only wearing a thin shirt, Qiao Yu asked her, “Aren’t you cold?”

“I am cold,” Jiang Mei said.

“So if you don’t leave now, I might change my mind.”

She deliberately threatened her to tease her.

“I’ll grab you back to warm me up, and only let you go when I’m not cold anymore.”

As if afraid Qiao Yu wouldn’t believe her, she intentionally walked two steps towards Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu was instantly terrified, pushing the iron gate open and running away as fast as she could, like a jackal or tiger was chasing her, forgetting to even lock the door.

Jiang Mei watched her desperately avoiding her and smiled, but as soon as Qiao Yu’s figure disappeared, the smile in her eyes gradually faded.

She took a deep look at the lit-up window, then touched her cold arm and turned around to leave.

Qiao Yu drank almost a full cup of water in one gulp, and only let out a long sigh of relief after hiding behind the curtain and confirming that Jiang Mei had left.

Sitting face-to-face with the system on the sofa with a serious expression, Qiao Yu began, “This matter is extremely serious!”

The system lifted its eyelids.

“How is it serious?”

“The female lead has gone rogue, and that’s not serious?”

Qiao Yu looked up incredulously.

“This is causing huge disruption and trouble in my daily life!”

The system exposed her without mercy.

“But I saw you looking quite pleased when she was holding you just now.”

“Don’t talk nonsense,” Qiao Yu denied without thinking.

To persuade the system, she even presented her own flawed logic.

“If it were you, would you develop feelings for your foster daughter?”

“I wouldn’t,” the system said.

“But that doesn’t stop me from being affectionate and intimate with my foster daughter.”

Qiao Yu: “…Sigh!

You artificial idiot, why are you learning bad habits from me?”

Shaking her head, “But,” she knitted her brows.

“Won’t the female lead turning rogue have any impact on this world?”

“Impact? The plot of this world has already been derailed by you. You’re only bringing up ‘impact’ now?”

The system said a little angrily.

“I’ve lived for half a lifetime, and I’ve never met a Host like you.”

“That’s half a lifetime already?” Qiao Yu was startled.

“Then your lifetime is quite short.”

The system: “?”

“Only five years.”

The system instantly shut down, not wanting to talk to her.

Good at nothing, first place in annoying people—such a good girl, but she just had to open her mouth.

The moment Jiang Mei entered the door, a faint voice came from the side.

“Where’s your coat?”

Instinctively turning her head, Lu Shangyi was leaning against the doorway with one hand in her pocket, her expression very calm, but her eyes were deep.

Jiang Mei pursed her lips.

“I gave it to Qiao Yu.”

There was silence for a long time.

Jiang Mei looked up, and the woman had already shifted her gaze and started talking about something else.

“We have to go back to the Lu family ancestral home for New Year’s Eve. All the uncles and aunts from the clan will be back. Take this name list and memorize it.”

Lu Shangyi looked back calmly.

“The current you is the first successor in line. You should know what you’re about to face.”

Jiang Mei stared at the name list in Lu Shangyi’s hand.

“Thank you, Aunt.”

Withdrawing her hand, Lu Shangyi’s lips curved into a meaningful arc.

“Everyone in the clan is eyeing the Lu family’s wealth.  Whether you can hold onto it depends on your own ability.”

The woman slowly lifted her eyelids.

“In the Lu family, even a dog is not to be trusted.”

Jiang Mei’s body trembled.

“Then why are you so good to me, Aunt?”

Lu Shangyi gazed at her, but only said, “Get some rest early. Your father will be coming to take you tomorrow.”

Jiang Mei clutched the name list, the emotion in her eyes showing some struggle.

After recovering for a while, Qiao Yu sweetly and considerately checked in on Bai Yiyu.

After learning that Bai Yiyu had arrived home, she continued to chat non-stop for a long time until Bai Yiyu said she was going to shower.

Only then did Qiao Yu reluctantly type: “Then I’ll talk to you after you’re done.”

After this message, the other person genuinely stopped disturbing her.

Bai Yiyu held her phone, her thoughts drifting far away.

Ever since the gene test when she was little, her parents had raised her as a boy.

While other girls were innocently playing with dolls, she was already taken by her father to the military camp, rolling around in the mud like an adult alpha.

While other girls’ wardrobes were full of beautiful dresses, she only had two simple sets of training gear to wear alternately.

Because she grew up with a bunch of rough men, and her intimidating aura after differentiation, omegas were extremely afraid of her.

She had lived this long, and very few omegas dared to approach her.

Even though she later intentionally restrained her aura, her early image was already deeply ingrained, still making those omegas feel lustful but lacking the courage.

A trace of confusion involuntarily appeared in her eyes.

Why wasn’t Qiao Yu afraid of her?

Not only was she not afraid, but she even dared to ask her to carry her.

Wasn’t she afraid that she might suddenly go mad and do something to her?

Getting up and grabbing clean clothes, Bai Yiyu took off her coat.

When her fingers gripped the fabric, a familiar fragrance wafted into her nose.

It was Qiao Yu’s scent.

It must have lingered from when she carried her before dinner and hadn’t dissipated yet.

Omegas were soft and fluffy; one could even tell just by smelling their pheromones.

Her heart felt a tug.

Bai Yiyu stared at the coat, then hung it nearby.

Taking off the hair tie securing her long hair, Bai Yiyu looked at herself in the mirror with a neutral expression, then turned and turned on the shower.

The sound of water running loudly continued until much later before stopping.

Qiao Yu held a warm roasted sweet potato, waiting and waiting, but eventually fell asleep without Bai Yiyu’s reply.

Forced to temporarily abandon her plan to talk late into the night with the other person, Qiao Yu sent a quick good night message, brushed her teeth, washed her hands, and immediately climbed into bed to sleep.

Bai Yiyu wiped the water droplets from her hair and picked up her phone, just in time to see the message from the other person.

The curve of her lips moved slightly.

Bai Yiyu poured a glass of whiskey and quietly stared at the snow falling outside the floor-to-ceiling window, thinking:

People sometimes crave the scorching warmth of the sun.

The next day, Qiao Yu woke up and found that Bai Yiyu hadn’t replied to her message.

The corners of her mouth immediately curved into a smile with three parts mockery, three parts coldness, and four parts casual indifference.

“So aloof? Very good, I like it.”

She actively sent a message to the other person, asking about her plans for the day.

Qiao Yu figured that as long as she worked hard, the iron rod would turn into a needle.

As long as she was thick-skinned, she would eventually warm up this ice-cold stone.

But before her next step could begin, Bai Yiyu replied, “I have a meeting today.”

Qiao Yu: “…”

Fall down somewhere, climb up right there.

Qiao Yu was more determined than ever.

“Then, Auntie Bai, you must have time for lunch, right? I’ll treat you to dessert.”

Asking like this clearly showed she didn’t intend to give the other person a chance to refuse.

Bai Yiyu chuckled softly, and simply played along.

“Yes.”

Qiao Yu was instantly satisfied and immediately asked a scalper to wait in line for her.

Slipping on her slippers and walking into the cloakroom, Qiao Yu picked up a dress and asked the system, “What do you think of this outfit?”

The system moved its eyelids.

“Aren’t you cold?”

Qiao Yu thought about it, agreed, and changed into another outfit.

“What about this one?”

The system: “…”

Is there a difference?

After an hour of deliberation, Qiao Yu finally chose the first dress.

The system secretly muttered,

Books don’t lie.

Women are just asking questions with the answer already in mind; they don’t care what you actually say.

After changing her clothes, Qiao Yu put on exquisite makeup and styled her hair.

By the time the scalper responded, it was almost time for her lunch break.

Not calling the family driver to take her, Qiao Yu directly called a ride-share on her phone.

The snow was heavy today, and traffic in the city was severely congested.

By the time Qiao Yu arrived at Bai Yiyu’s company, it was already an hour later.

Fortunately, Bai Yiyu didn’t mind her lateness and even came downstairs personally to meet her.

Seeing Bai Yiyu’s exquisite, deep features from afar, Qiao Yu beamed and immediately ran towards the other person.

“Auntie Bai, over here, over here!”

Halfway through her run, she suddenly felt something wasn’t right.

There was a gaze constantly following her from the side.

Wherever she went, the gaze followed, subtly emitting a chilling, ice-and-snow-like coldness.

Instinctively looking sideways, when she clearly saw Jiang Mei’s expressionless face and low-pressure aura, she was instantly scared out of her wits.

“!!!”

When did she show up here?!