Accidentally Marking The Vicious Female Lead After Transmigrating Into A Period Novel - Chapter 31

Lin Yishu sat on the bed.

The furnishings in the hospital room were exactly the same as last time, a narrow single bed, a wooden table against the wall opposite it and a chest of drawers standing next to the table. A bouquet of unknown wild flowers sat atop the drawers, nothing else had changed.

Even the wild flowers looked identical to the ones from her previous visit, the only difference was the color of the bedsheets. They had changed from a dark blue grid to a light blue and white grid.

Li Yan’s gaze followed Dr. Xu’s final parting words, then she quickly looked away as if she had been stung. Clutching the ointment in her hand, a silent heat began to rise in the air around them.

Applying ointment should have been a simple task, but after Dr. Xu’s comment, everything felt… off.

Lin Yishu remained silent.

This only made Li Yan feel more awkward. After a long moment, she tried to lighten the atmosphere with forced ease. “Haha, it’s just applying medicine. Dr. Xu must have misunderstood something.”

Lin Yishu still didn’t speak, but her eyes looked at Li Yan with a lingering, hesitant expression.

Feeling even more embarrassed, Li Yan stopped trying to make small talk. She opened the ointment and said with feigned composure. “I’ll apply the medicine for you.”

She squeezed the green anti-inflammatory cream onto a cotton swab and gestured toward the silent woman. Lin Yishu adjusted her posture and turned around. As she turned, Li Yan thought she caught a fleeting, sharp glance from her.

Li Yan was a bit dazed. Thinking it might just be her imagination, she said nothing and approached with the swab and ointment.

The moment the cotton swab touched the Omega’s skin, Li Yan’s sharp eyes noticed the fine hairs around the gland standing on end. Before she could even process it, she heard a sharp intake of breath from the Omega’s lips and immediately understood.

Ah, she didn’t realize Lin Yishu was this sensitive.

The previous few times had been a blur. Though she had some memories of the last time, she had been struggling to control herself and had no capacity to notice the Omega’s reactions. This was the first time she clearly recognized just how sensitive the gland was for an Omega.

Li Yan instinctively softened her movements.

Lin Yishu stiffened her spine, her hands clenched into fists at her waist. Although she had tried her best to prepare herself mentally, she couldn’t help but let out a soft gasp when the cool sensation touched her gland.

Originally, she wanted to get it over with quickly and endure it, but the hand behind her suddenly became even more gentle, tracing the gland slowly and repeatedly in an agonizingly soft manner.

The cooling sensation couldn’t soothe the inner restlessness. It felt like a feather brushing against her, always just a bit off the mark, like scratching an itch through a boot.

Lin Yishu closed her eyes in distress, her breathing growing heavy. Finally unable to take it anymore, her fists unclenched, and she grabbed the arm of the person behind her.

“Enough, stop applying it,” she said, her voice urgent.

Startled by the sudden interruption, Li Yan was confused, but her hand was held firmly. She tried to reason with her: “What’s wrong? Is the medicine uncomfortable? Can you bear it a little longer? Dr. Xu said this medicine is very effective and it will work immediately…”

Before she could finish, Lin Yishu suddenly turned around. Her eyes locked onto Li Yan’s in the dim room, radiating an indefinable intensity.

“Why do you listen to Dr. Xu so much?”

Li Yan was stunned for a moment before answering, “Huh? Because she’s a doctor.”

It was the expected answer, and one she couldn’t find fault with.

Lin Yishu didn’t know why, but she felt unhappy. She irritably shook off the other’s hand and stood up. “Forget it, stop here. We’ll apply the rest when we get back.”

Li Yan didn’t understand why her mood had shifted so drastically, but she could vaguely sense a hint of unease in the Omega’s pheromones. She carefully released a bit of her own pheromones, like a peace offering, letting them brush against the Omega’s calves.

After all, she was the one who had put Lin Yishu in this state. She felt entirely responsible.

As Lin Yishu felt the soothing pheromones against her legs, the blockage in her heart seemed to clear, and her anger dissipated. She turned her head, deliberately keeping a stiff face. “Fine. Let’s go home.”

As the two were leaving the ward, before they could say goodbye to Xu Xinlan, a sudden commotion broke out in the hospital.

“Dr. Xu! There’s a patient at the entrance with a bleeding gland! Director Chen wants you to come quickly!”

Xu Xinlan followed the young nurse toward the hospital entrance. Seeing that she was busy, Li Yan and Lin Yishu decided to leave.

Li Yan put the ointment and swabs into her bag, then reached into her pocket for the movie tickets. She was just about to find the right words to ask her out when the person beside her spoke in surprise.

“Is that her?”

Li Yan followed her gaze. An acquaintance? Who?

When she saw the person being carried, she also asked in confusion, “Is that Youth Yang?”

Although she wasn’t close to her, Yang had lived in their village for two years and they had just eaten together yesterday. She wouldn’t mistake that face. Especially when she saw the person carrying her, Li Yan was certain.

Wasn’t that the male youth from the other day, the one who had been so impolite, staring directly at Lin Yishu?

Li Yan frowned, wanting to pull Lin Yishu away. But Lin Yishu stopped in her tracks, her expression grave. “Let’s go take a look.”

Originally, Lin Yishu had recognized the person but wasn’t interested. However, just as she planned to leave, the System in her mind, which she thought had died, suddenly “came back to life.”

[AHHH!!! How could Xuexue be so badly injured? This gland bleeding plot was supposed to happen to YOU! Why did it suddenly transfer to Xuexue? What happened? What went wrong?!]

Lin Yishu froze, her expression instantly turning cold.

What did it mean by “this plot was supposed to happen to her”?

Her eyes were dark with resentment. If she could, she would have dragged that thing out of her head to interrogate it. She immediately changed her mind. She wanted to see exactly how this “shitty plot” had intended to torture her.

Li Yan was dazed for a moment, and by the time she reacted, Lin Yishu had already walked away. She felt a bit uncomfortable. If she remembered correctly, that guy was also an Alpha. And the way he looked at Lin Yishu last time… it felt wrong.

She quickly chased after her. “Lin Yishu, wait for me!”

The two reached the front of the ward but were blocked outside. Standing there with blood on his hands was Fu Sinian.

Fu Sinian hadn’t expected to see them here. He lowered his head and explained, “It’s because of me. Youth Yang almost had her gland carved out. It’s all my fault.”

Though he spoke to both of them, his gaze never left Lin Yishu. He looked completely dejected. “I’ve burdened Youth Yang.”

Li Yan found his behavior incredibly awkward. But since they were in a hospital, she didn’t say much. She just pulled Lin Yishu closer to herself.

[Quick! Ask him what happened!]

Lin Yishu didn’t notice Li Yan’s protective gesture and asked as the System wished: “What exactly happened? What’s going on?”

Fu Sinian assumed she was concerned about him. His gaze became even more blatant as he put on a sorrowful expression. “I went out to mail a letter today and ran into Youth Yang. Since we met, we decided to walk back together. But we ran into a group of thugs. I got into a fight with them, and then one of them recognized our glands and shouted about carving mine out to sell on the black market. Youth Yang was accidentally injured while trying to help me. A passerby helped us, and we managed to escape.”

He looked remorseful. “I knew we were the same kind from the first day I arrived. Later, I saw Youth Yang was the same, so I thought we should support each other. I didn’t expect to bring her such trouble.”

Listening from the side, Li Yan’s frown deepened. She couldn’t help but retort, “So what you’re saying is: you caused the trouble, you’re perfectly fine, and instead, Youth Yang almost had her gland removed?”

Fu Sinian sensed the hostility and defended himself. “They were looking for trouble. There were many of them, and we were outnumbered. I didn’t expect them to attack a woman.”

He looked toward Lin Yishu for sympathy. Alphas were naturally competitive, he didn’t care if one didn’t understand him, as long as she did.

To his shock, Lin Yishu opened her lips and coldly spat out two words.

“Useless.”

Fu Sinian doubted his ears.

As if afraid he hadn’t heard clearly, Lin Yishu repeated, “You are useless.”

She looked at him as if he were a pile of trash. “If you can’t win, don’t start trouble. If you start trouble and let someone else bear the consequences, what are you if not useless?”

The thought that, according to the original plot, she would fall in love with such a man and might have even been the one sacrificed for him, made her feel physically sick.

The System in her head went silent. It wanted to defend the Male Lead, but then it remembered that the person lying inside was its beloved “Xuexue,” so it stayed quiet. Fine, her words are harsh, but she’s not wrong.

His face turning bright red and eyes bloodshot from the insult, Fu Sinian panted heavily, staring at Lin Yishu with a venomous glare.

Li Yan felt relieved that Lin Yishu had called him out, but seeing the man’s expression, she immediately stepped in front of Lin Yishu to protect her. She stared back at him. “What’s with that look?”

Fu Sinian’s eyes flickered between the two of them. After a long moment, he withdrew his gloomy gaze, gave them a cold look, and left the hospital without a second thought.

[Wait, he’s just leaving???]

The System couldn’t believe it. If the person inside was a “vicious female supporting character,” it would think the Male Lead was being loyal. But the person inside was Xuexue! The System felt its worldview shattering.

Lin Yishu ignored it and looked at the back in front of her. Lean but strong.

She remembered the scene from this morning. The smooth lines of thin muscle, the distinct veins. In this “shitty plot,” her taste was clearly demanding. Even the person in front of her barely met her standards, how could that “useless man” compare?

And he had the nerve to act pitiful in front of her. Did he take her for some naive little girl? Did he think she would feel sorry for him? What a joke. The truly pitiful one was Yang Xueying, who was still in the operating room!

“Let’s wait here a while and see what the situation is,” Lin Yishu said, gently lowering the protective hand of the person in front of her.

Li Yan turned around and nodded. “Okay.”

She had the same thought. Thinking of the man’s parting look, she warned, “Don’t talk to people like that in the future. His eyes are ‘unclean.’ He looks like someone with a heavy heart who might do something extreme if provoked.”

“I know what I’m doing,” Lin Yishu said, seemingly unconcerned.

Li Yan was about to use her own words against her to persuade her further.

But then Lin Yishu added, “Besides, I still have you.”

“You’re not like that useless guy. You’ll protect me, right?”

It was a question, but she looked at Li Yan with absolute certainty. Her deep brown eyes were clear and bright, filled with 100% trust.

Li Yan felt a part of her heart soften completely.