After A Secret Marriage Agreement With A Rival Omega - Chapter 28

Chapter 28

◎Can you come over and bite me?◎

Early in the morning, Jian Jixing was already up feeding the horses. Although this was not her usual job, she hadn’t slept very soundly.

She thought she heard Sheng Ruxi cursing her in the morning, but when she opened her eyes, she realized it was a dream.

Wang Renqing handed her a large bunch of fodder. “I didn’t expect you to call Tata over. Why didn’t you go yourself? Isn’t Miss Sheng safer with you?”

“When she and I are together, we start arguing in just a few words. I’m afraid she’d kick me off the horse,” Jian Jixing said, stroking the gentle white horse in front of her. “Qiaoqiao, you worked hard today.”

This horse was specially selected for Sheng Ruxi.

Wang Renqing laughed: “Even if you were kicked off, it would be your own fault for being so stubborn.”

“Jian Jixing will never say a good word to Miss Sheng. It’s just not her style,” Gu Shengci said, yawning as she came over. She put a handful of corn kernels in the trough for Qiaoqiao to eat. “You two are strange. At work, you know what the other person wants, but outside of work, you act like enemies.”

Yesterday, they had a silent argument after work, but at night, Jian Jixing had prepared the horse for her.

Gu Shengci clicked her tongue.

She was a believer in “compatible equals suitable.” In her eyes, Jian Jixing and Sheng Ruxi were rarely, if ever, compatible.

The only thing they had in common was one person: Chu Wu.

Their taste in people was surprisingly consistent, and they were equally stubborn, which was why they hadn’t given up on Chu Wu for so many years.

Qiaoqiao snorted, and Jian Jixing continued to groom it, checking the height and softness of the saddle cushion at the same time.

“If you need so many things in common, why not just fall in love with yourself?” Wang Renqing said with a smile. “When two people are of the same mind, won’t they create many of their own commonalities?”

“You, you’re a pure romance-brain… It’s a wonder you’ve been stuck in this mountain nest for so long. If you were in the city, you would have been scammed a long time ago,” Gu Shengci said, speechless.

Jian Jixing didn’t say anything, watching Qiaoqiao eat the corn kernels. After a while, Wang Renqing suddenly said, “Not long ago, Tata returned the leather pouch that Taoges had sent her. The family was in chaos.”

“Didn’t she get engaged to him three years ago?” Gu Shengci looked up in surprise. She remembered seeing Wang Renqing’s social media post congratulating her. “It’s rare to see an Alpha and a Beta get engaged. Her father must have been furious.”

Locally, the leather pouch was personally made by the suitor, filled with the fine wool of their own sheep, and represented a special meaning. If the other party accepted it, they were accepting the marriage proposal.

Jian Jixing remained silent, still focused on feeding the horse. Wang Renqing nodded and said, “Xiao Jian, Little Dove said you gave a gift to Miss Sheng.”

Jian Jixing didn’t even lift her head: “We’re different from the locals. A leather pouch doesn’t have a special meaning; it’s just for remembrance.”

“But Tata said she was giving you her leather pouch as a souvenir, and you didn’t take it,” Wang Renqing said. “Tata likes you.”

“Huh?” Gu Shengci’s jaw dropped. “How did you get so smart all of a sudden? How could you tell? I’ve seen Shao Wangfeng before, and I couldn’t tell at all…”

She only remembered her as a very heroic and bold woman with a wild side, who looked like she could conquer the world when she was on horseback.

Jian Jixing was unhurried. She threw the remaining corn kernels from her palm. “Wang Renqing, you’ve been on the grassland for so long. Hasn’t your mind been cleansed yet? All that’s left is love and romance.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Jian Jixing paused and suddenly realized that the sentence sounded familiar.

After the memory matched up in her mind, she lowered her eyes and smiled silently.

She actually had a day where she felt Sheng Ruxi was right.

Gu Shengci asked: “Isn’t it? If you hadn’t married Sheng Ruxi, actually, marrying a Beta would also be—”

Before she could finish, Jian Jixing looked up and glanced at her, saying faintly, “Don’t say things like that in the future. It’s disrespectful to me, to Sheng Ruxi, and to Ayi Leta.”

“What are you afraid of? You’ve done nothing wrong; you don’t need to avoid suspicion,” Gu Shengci said. “And she should know that your relationship with Ruxi isn’t ordinary.”

Jian Jixing looked to the side: “She’s a smart person. Whether she knows or not doesn’t matter.”

Gu Shengci yawned several times in a row. She had been getting up early for several days and had to review footage at night. Even though she had come to get familiar with the place a few days earlier, she was starting to feel overwhelmed.

What was unbelievable was that there was not a hint of fatigue on Jian Jixing’s face.

“Aren’t you tired from working so hard every day? It’s one thing for you to be so competitive, but Sheng Ruxi is following you, too. How can an Omega handle it…”

Wang Renqing said, “Alphas and Omegas aren’t tired when they’re together. They can use pheromones for comfort. I saw Xiao Jian go into Miss Sheng’s tent last night.”

“She didn’t go to Sheng Ruxi’s tent to absorb pheromones; she definitely went to argue,” Gu Shengci laughed, and even went forward to sniff. “Smell it. She doesn’t have a hint of an Omega’s pheromone scent on her. It’s no wonder people are flocking to her. Doesn’t she look like a golden, available piece of deliciousness?”

Jian Jixing’s temples throbbed: “Can you talk less? And stay away from me.”

Gu Shengci giggled and went up to her: “Want me to go? Try to suppress me with your pheromones.”

Jian Jixing gave a cold smile and pushed Gu Shengci’s face away expressionlessly.

She took out her phone and opened the camera: “If you come closer, I’ll take a picture of you like this and send it to the work group.”

Wang Renqing watched them mess around. Her gaze happened to sweep over to the side. With her sharp eyes, she immediately saw a thumbnail of a photo of Sheng Ruxi sleeping in the bottom left corner.

“Whoa, what’s that?” Wang Renqing pointed. “You two have such a good relationship.”

Jian Jixing’s face finally showed something resembling embarrassment and annoyance. She quickly put away her phone: “I’m just documenting life. Don’t you document yours?”

I was just documenting my life and happened to take a picture of Sheng Ruxi sleeping last night. What’s so strange about that?

Wang Renqing smiled and stared at Jian Jixing for a long time before saying, “Generally, people who have liked someone for a long time but never ended up together will eventually realize they don’t actually like that person, right? And now Xiao Jian is already married; her heart is no longer with Professor Chu.”

Gu Shengci said “nonono” several times in a row: “No way. You don’t know this, but she even spent a lot of money on Professor Chu’s live stream as a top fan. I don’t know what kind of crazy stunt that was that night. Sheng Ruxi didn’t even show up.”

Jian Jixing: “…” She really didn’t want to remember what she and Sheng Ruxi did that night.

Thinking about it, she glanced at Sheng Ruxi’s tent, which was still closed. After Little Dove came out of her own tent, she spontaneously went to Sheng Ruxi’s tent and poked her head in.

The sound of a pickup truck came from a distance. Old Zhang had arrived. His truck bed was bulging, filled with a lot of things, including a surprisingly wide variety of vegetables and fruits.

Little Dove shouted excitedly: “No wonder you didn’t come yesterday! Were you getting these things?”

It was not easy to get these things here; they had to be bought in the county town. Some were even further away, a round trip of two to three hundred kilometers.

Old Zhang laughed heartily: “Director Jian told me to go. It’s a good thing the list had all the places to buy things clearly written, or I wouldn’t have been able to come back yet.”

Wang Renqing went over and took a look. The variety was rich. She had also gone shopping before and knew how difficult it was to get so many things. But before Old Zhang could praise her a couple of times, Jian Jixing said, “There are a lot of people in the team, and there are many needs. We should try our best to satisfy them.”

Old Zhang said, “Oh, it’s for Miss Sheng! Miss Sheng just got here, after all. Didn’t she keep saying that these foods make her get canker sores? When you were here to film before, you and the team lasted half a month on instant noodles. These things are nothing.”

Gu Shengci: “You’re a heartless boss.”

Jian Jixing: “…That’s not what I meant.”

“You made so many arrangements yourself. Have you said a single word about it to Miss Sheng?” Wang Renqing couldn’t help it. “You don’t have a mouth. If you did, maybe—”

Jian Jixing: “No ‘maybe.’ It was Sheng Ruxi who said there weren’t enough vegetables, so I asked Old Zhang to buy some.”

Gu Shengci: “Aren’t there big cabbages? How are those not vegetables?”

“Is Sheng Ruxi used to eating those?” Jian Jixing shook her head. “Unless they’re made into boiled cabbage in broth, she might deign to eat a couple of bites.”

Gu Shengci was puzzled: “Huh? She didn’t say anything. When I gave out the lunchboxes these past few days, I didn’t see her say anything to the logistics crew. I thought she was adapting well.”

“A princess’s temper. You have to coax her to talk. Didn’t you see? When she’s mad, she won’t even boss me around,” Jian Jixing stretched herself. “I only found out she wanted me last night.”

Gu Shengci stared at Jian Jixing for a long time before saying, “I think you have a bit of a masochistic tendency. When Sheng Ruxi doesn’t boss you around, you get restless.”

Jian Jixing was too lazy to say anything more to her and just played with feeding the horse. Gu Shengci and Wang Renqing exchanged a look. Gu Shengci put a finger to her temple and made a circle, asking Wang Renqing: Is this person still normal?

Gu Shengci was also a person who wouldn’t die without a shocking statement. After a while, she continued to ask: “Between you and Sheng Ruxi, who will end up with Chu Wu?”

Jian Jixing’s hands stopped.

Jian Jixing: “She will.”

Gu Shengci: “You never thought you would win, did you? You’re an Alpha. When Chu Wu rejected you, she clearly said she wasn’t into Alpha-Alpha relationships. After all these years, I haven’t seen any substantial progress between you and Chu Wu. Instead, you married Sheng Ruxi.”

Jian Jixing automatically ignored the part about who she was married to. She just shook her head: “I’m just saying from an objective standpoint that the possibility of an Omega and an Alpha being together is greater.”

And she smells good.

When Sheng Ruxi started pursuing Chu Wu with her in ninth grade, she never used her pheromones.

Now, her pheromones were so alluring. Perhaps Chu Wu would change her mind.

Wang Renqing: “Do you think they’re a good match?”

“No.”

Right. Of course not. Wang Renqing’s face showed a joyful “I knew it” expression. But then Jian Jixing said, “The possibility of a celebrity and a researcher’s marriage breaking is extremely high. Since both of them cannot stay at home for long and have to focus on their careers, it’s hard to balance family life.”

Wang Renqing: “…” Who asked you to analyze it like that!

Jian Jixing calmly stated the facts: “Spending little time together, a hasty end would be their outcome unless one of them makes a sacrifice.”

It was obvious that Sheng Ruxi was not the kind of person to sacrifice her career for her family and set it aside.

And neither would Chu Wu.

Jian Jixing thought calmly to herself.

Wang Renqing: “Then isn’t it more likely for a celebrity and a director to have a long-lasting relationship? You’re both in the same industry and often collaborate, so you can see each other often.”

“Unfortunately, I have never considered placing her and me in that category,” Jian Jixing said.

Wang Renqing: “But you only analyzed the possibility for Miss Sheng and Professor Chu. You don’t seem to have considered you and Chu Wu in that category either. Do you really like Professor Chu, or are you just trying to compete with your wife?”

Jian Jixing laughed dismissively: “Don’t be so absurd.”

Gu Shengci said, “Oh,” and then continued: “If you dislike her so much, why do you care about her?”

“This is just a marital obligation,” Jian Jixing said naturally. “Plus, she’s my co-star now. It’s my responsibility to take care of a colleague, and that’s all there is to it.”

Ayi Leta came out of her tent and walked toward Jian Jixing. But at that moment, Little Dove suddenly screamed, “Oh no! Ahh! Miss Sheng has a nosebleed!”

The background was a chaotic mix of sounds, including the sounds of cows and sheep. But by the time Wang Renqing and Gu Shengci reacted, Jian Jixing was no longer there. All that was left was a few corn kernels scattered on Qiaoqiao’s head.

She had already run to Sheng Ruxi’s tent. Her words were always stubborn, but her actions were always honest.

Little Dove was shouting and making a racket. Jian Jixing pulled her into the tent and immediately saw Sheng Ruxi with a large wad of tissue plugging her nose, her head tilted back. There were several small balls of tissue in the trash can next to her.

Jian Jixing frowned: “What’s wrong?”

“How can you even ask what’s wrong? It’s all your fault.” Sheng Ruxi’s voice was muffled because her nose was plugged. She turned her head stiffly. “You didn’t turn off my electric blanket.”

Jian Jixing: “?”

Sheng Ruxi was about to cry.

It wasn’t just the electric blanket that had been on all night. It might also be because she had seen Jian Jixing last night, fallen asleep, and dreamt that Jian Jixing was taking her horseback riding under the moonlight.

It was an exhausting night. She still remembered being tormented by the ups and downs of Jian Jixing’s tight embrace in her dream… As soon as she sat up, Sheng Ruxi had a nosebleed.

Jian Jixing walked over, held Sheng Ruxi’s chin, and lifted Sheng Ruxi’s arm. She was speechless and was silent for a moment.

Although there was sun during the day, this was a high-altitude ranch, and the temperature difference between day and night was huge. Even though the stove was burning in the tent, Sheng Ruxi’s bed had an electric blanket on it, just in case she got cold at night.

But Jian Jixing didn’t take care of Sheng Ruxi every day, so there were many things she didn’t know. Since the day Little Dove came, she would put two hot water bottles in Sheng Ruxi’s bed every night and turn off the electric blanket before she went to sleep.

Yesterday was the same.

Before she left, she was afraid Sheng Ruxi would be cold, so she had turned on the electric blanket.

Sheng Ruxi’s nosebleed was caused by internal heat and would stop in a moment. But Sheng Ruxi was unhappy: “It’s all because of you. Do you see? I was roasted all night… my skin, my tongue, my hair…”

Jian Jixing: “It’s not that serious.”

“I have a nosebleed! How is that not serious?” Sheng Ruxi cried out, completely disagreeing with what Jian Jixing said.

“Didn’t you wake up in the middle of the night?”

“I did,” she said. She woke up because of the heat, but the hateful Jian Jixing in her dream dragged her back into the “sinful arms,” so “I fell back asleep.”

Jian Jixing smiled: “Then you’re just lazy.”

No! It was all because of Jian Jixing!

Sheng Ruxi got excited. She put her hand down and stopped tilting her head back, as if she was about to get up.

Jian Jixing could only step forward, reach out, and press against Sheng Ruxi’s chin to push her back. “Don’t move. Stay like this for two more minutes.”

Sheng Ruxi struggled. The more she was told not to move, the more she wanted to. She wanted to pin Jian Jixing down right here. Her scent gland also felt swollen, and Sheng Ruxi felt like she was about to get another nosebleed.

Jian Jixing directly grabbed her chin, keeping her in the seat. Sheng Ruxi lifted her foot to kick her. Little Dove, watching from the side, was so anxious she wanted to die. They were just fine a moment ago; why were they about to fight?

“Don’t, don’t fight, sisters…”

Just as Little Dove was thinking about whether to go outside and call her sister to break up the fight, Jian Jixing spread her long legs and easily sat on Sheng Ruxi’s lap.

This move successfully suppressed Sheng Ruxi. Her body was almost flush against Jian Jixing’s, and Sheng Ruxi stopped moving.

But if one looked closely, they would find that Jian Jixing wasn’t actually fully sitting on Sheng Ruxi.

Jian Jixing pointed outside: “Little Dove, you go outside first.”

Little Dove: “W-why do I have to go out…” She was afraid that Sheng Ruxi and Jian Jixing would fight and wanted to stay and break up.

Jian Jixing hooked her lips: “Adults are about to fight. Children shouldn’t watch.”

Little Dove: Huh?

“Jian Jixing, have you no shame?” Sheng Ruxi instantly understood Jian Jixing’s meaning and angrily looked at the top of the tent. Jian Jixing’s hand was still on Sheng Ruxi’s chin, not letting her move. Although her whole body’s weight wasn’t on her, the feeling of oppression from Jian Jixing’s body was all over her, making it impossible for her to move.

Jian Jixing leisurely looked at her: “What shame can I have in front of you?”

“Let me see if there’s anything else that’s uncomfortable.”

Sheng Ruxi sulked: “Everything is uncomfortable. My skin doesn’t look good even after I moisturized it a lot this morning. I have to be on camera later.”

Jian Jixing leaned in closer to look. Her skin was clearly as delicate as it was last night. There were no signs of dryness or fine lines at all.

How dramatic.

“Your hair is fine too.” Jian Jixing reached out and fiddled with a strand of Sheng Ruxi’s hair, confirming that it was okay.

Sheng Ruxi: “…” She felt Jian Jixing’s hand pass over her shoulder, a warmth coming over her, but it didn’t touch her.

It would have been better if Jian Jixing wasn’t pressing down on her now. Jian Jixing was just taking advantage of the fact that she was an Alpha to bully her!

Hateful Jian Jixing, infuriating Jian Jixing. Jian Jixing never does anything decent.

As if she could already hear Sheng Ruxi cursing her in her heart, Jian Jixing’s thumb and index finger lightly pinched Sheng Ruxi’s soft cheek.

“Nothing’s wrong. It won’t affect your on-screen appearance. Miss Sheng, you’re fine now.”

Sheng Ruxi couldn’t help but flinch: “You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you, Jian Jixing!”

Jian Jixing curled her fingers to restrain her malicious desire to do something more. Gu Shengci was right; sometimes she enjoyed teasing Sheng Ruxi a little too much, making it seem like she was never serious in front of her.

Heaven knows, I really just wanted to help Sheng Ruxi stop her nosebleed.

Sheng Ruxi was a rose with thorns. In the process of getting along with Jian Jixing, Jian Jixing found that she—was very good at pricking people, especially her.

Many people were taking care of her and loving her. During work hours these past few days, when it was time for Sheng Ruxi to film, everyone’s eyes would naturally fall on her, and they would be drawn to her.

Even Old Zhang.

When he found out he had to go on a round trip over a hundred kilometers away, he went happily.

This was why Wang Renqing and Gu Shengci felt she was doing so much for Sheng Ruxi. In reality, Little Dove probably took better care of her. Jian Jixing admitted she was not someone who knew how to cherish a rose.

If she were a gardener, she would only want to pluck this most delicate rose and display it in her home to admire every day, instead of watching it bloom for others.

Jian Jixing just stared at Sheng Ruxi. Sheng Ruxi didn’t hear Jian Jixing speak for a long time and finally pushed her again. This time, Jian Jixing moved, releasing her from her confinement.

“There,” Jian Jixing said, standing up. “What else do you need? Just tell me all at once.”

“Get the hydrating mist.”

Jian Jixing did as she was told, but after she brought it over, Sheng Ruxi didn’t take it herself. Instead, she tilted her head back.

“What now?”

Jian Jixing truly didn’t understand what Sheng Ruxi wanted.

“You spray it,” Sheng Ruxi ordered her. “You’re not considerate at all.”

Jian Jixing just went tss tss tss all over her face.

Sheng Ruxi closed her eyes reflexively and tilted her head back a long way. When she opened her eyes again, there were still droplets of water hanging from her eyelashes: “Can’t you be gentler, Jian Jixing!”

Jian Jixing’s patience was about to run out. She took a few deep breaths and put the hydrating mist on the table. “Sheng Ruxi, did I owe you in my past life?”

“Yes,” Sheng Ruxi said, adjusting her breathing and scrunching up her nose. “And you will owe me in this life and the next.”

Jian Jixing was so angry she laughed. She suddenly realized how ridiculous it was for her to worry that Sheng Ruxi not eating and drinking well would affect her mood and condition. Her current agitated look was full of vitality.

Jian Jixing decided not to say anything more. She stood in front of Sheng Ruxi, holding back for a long time. Sheng Ruxi also didn’t say anything, looking up for a moment, and then lowering her gaze.

Jian Jixing couldn’t understand.

Sheng Ruxi was fidgety and hesitant, unwilling to move. Seeing that Jian Jixing seemed genuinely angry and about to leave, she finally spoke: “I don’t feel well. I have canker sores.”

What does that have to do with me? Jian Jixing thought to herself. Just as she was about to leave, Sheng Ruxi said, “Can you come over?”

Jian Jixing said coldly: “No. I’m afraid I’ll make you even angrier.”

“Don’t be passive-aggressive with me. You come here.” Sheng Ruxi held back. She had been feeling that thirstiness since the morning. She was certain that it wasn’t just her body that had heat.

Jian Jixing turned her head, frowning: “What do you want?”

Sheng Ruxi steeled herself: “Give me some of your pheromones.”

Her voice was very soft. Jian Jixing didn’t hear her clearly. She only saw Sheng Ruxi’s soft lips move. Jian Jixing waited a moment longer, and when she didn’t hear Sheng Ruxi speak again, she turned to walk outside again.

Sheng Ruxi pursed her lips, having been building up her courage for a long time.

What is Jian Jixing’s deal?

She just likes to be difficult. She just has to hear something good, right?

Sheng Ruxi knew that if she didn’t say the truth, Jian Jixing would really just leave. She really didn’t want to give in to Jian Jixing right now, but when Jian Jixing started to walk away, she let out a sound and said loudly, “Wife!”

Jian Jixing’s steps came to a halt: “What?”

“I said, wife.” Sheng Ruxi’s words were actually a bit slurred, and those topsy-turvy images crowded into her mind. “Can you come over and bite me?”