After Losing My Memory, I Went After My Archenemy - Chapter 19

Time returned to two hours earlier, just after the school anniversary celebration concluded.

The incident during Xia Rou’s performance was a hot topic among students. Some said it was an accident, others claimed it was deliberate retaliation. Rumors were rampant.

Soon, Bai Chuchu got a piece of news: a male Beta student from the Computer Science department had been caught. After hearing his name, her first instinct was to look at the person next to her.

“Don’t tell me this has something to do with you.”

Bai Chuchu knew about the male Beta student’s connection to Hu Yudie; otherwise, she wouldn’t have suspected her immediately.

Hu Yudie was so frightened she could only admit it on the spot. After all, the cat was out of the bag.

“I… I just wanted to teach that Xia Rou a lesson. Why is she dangling Li Luoyi when she doesn’t like her? She’s so scheming and manipulative…”

“Who gave you permission to act on your own authority?!”

Bai Chuchu was furious, immediately slamming her handbag onto Hu Yudie. Her face was grim, and her whole body trembled.

Hu Yudie closed her eyes in fear but didn’t dodge, only slightly shifting her body.

“Do you know that because of your relationship with that boy, this matter can easily be traced back to me?”

Bai Chuchu glared at her, her eyes practically spitting fire.

“No, it won’t. I’ve already told him… he won’t implicate me. Even if they eventually find out about me, I will take all the responsibility, I won’t drag you into this, Chuchu,” Hu Yudie pleaded, her eyes reddening with anxiety.

However, Bai Chuchu showed no pity or softening. Instead, she said with a mocking tone, “This whole thing was orchestrated by you. What does it have to do with me?”

Hu Yudie lowered her head, remaining silent, allowing Bai Chuchu to scold her.

Bai Chuchu still felt unsatisfied after the tirade. She glanced at her with disgust. “You have the brain of a pig. Your idea to take care of her for me was good, but you acted carelessly and left such crucial surveillance evidence!”

“I… I’ll be careful next time!” Hu Yudie stammered, head bowed in apology.

Bai Chuchu wanted to continue lecturing her, but then she thought that having such a person to use as a pawn might not be a bad thing, so she stopped.

Xia Rou was a person who took things easily. Unpleasantness never lingered in her mind for too long. By the time she returned home from school, her mood had mostly reset. All that remained was the happiness and sweetness of being protected by Lin Xi.

It was the kind of memory that would make her smile even long after the event.

Wu Daiyun, who had come downstairs after checking on her daughter, mysteriously slipped back into bed and woke the drowsy man next to her.

“What is it?” Summer Jianye reluctantly propped himself up, displeased at having his sleep interrupted.

“Do you know what I found when I went upstairs to check on Rou Rou? She was giggling all by herself.”

“What’s that about?” Summer Jianye asked, still slow to react.

“That’s the reaction only young girls have when they’re in love,” Wu Daiyun analyzed based on her own experience.

“Are you saying our daughter is in love?” Summer Jianye looked confused.

“It’s hard to be sure yet. Do you think it might be that person our daughter said she liked before?”

The man shook his head, then suddenly remembered something and instructed, “Find some time to talk to her. Make sure our daughter isn’t deceived by some unscrupulous Alphas in society.”

Wu Daiyun understood his concern. Aside from being taken advantage of financially and sexually, the financial aspect alone was enough to make many people flock to her.

“But our Rou Rou shouldn’t be the kind of young girl who’s easily tricked. Her standards have always been high. She wouldn’t fall for just any ordinary Alpha.”

Wu Daiyun spoke with a hint of pride.

“Ideally, they should also be a good match for our family’s social standing!”

Summer Jianye firmly stated before lying back down to sleep.

“Social standing doesn’t matter. The important thing is good character and that he treats our Rou Rou well, after all, our family isn’t short on money,” Wu Daiyun said.

“They must be a good match for our family…” the man insisted again in a semi-conscious state.

“Such an old-fashioned man,” Wu Daiyun muttered, exasperated.

After blurting out “Goodnight” into the phone in a daze, Lin Xi quickly put her phone down. A sense of indescribable embarrassment ran from her scalp to her toes. It only eased after she ran to the living room and chugged two glasses of ice water.

Time quickly moved to 1:30 AM. The Alpha sat at her desk, burning the midnight oil, organizing the photography materials on her computer.

She first got into photography at the age of 13 when she was still abroad. She had accompanied her designer mother to a photography exhibition, and the seed of interest was planted then. It wasn’t until she entered university at 18 that she truly joined the photography club, nurturing it as a hobby. Over the years, she slowly rose from a member to the club president.

The reason she needed to organize the files was the system’s persistent reminder of low storage space.

And the reason she chose to stay up late tonight was insomnia.

While organizing, one photo triggered a memory for Lin Xi.

It was a sweltering afternoon. The evaporated water vapor distorted the image in the lens—dry, dull, with the plane trees on both sides of the street drooping their branches.

That day also happened to be the annual announcement of the automatic matching results for residents turning 18 by the National Pheromone Testing Bureau.

Lin Xi’s matching results were announced the previous year. She remembered receiving a very long email detailing the personal information of Omegas from all over the country who matched her, ranging from 2% to 49%.

Lin Xi wasn’t interested in any of it. Her uncle wanted to see it at the time, so she let him. In the end, he grumbled, “Niece, are you going to be single forever? How come you don’t even have a single match above 50%?”

In this world with six genders, besides Betas being able to date and marry freely, Alpha and Omega pairs can only conceive offspring if their Pheromone Match Value reaches 50%. The higher the match value, the higher the chance of producing excellent offspring. Of course, the match value is not compulsory. People who choose free love or are non-monogamists are not bound by this, it’s purely for reference.

“50% is required for procreation. I don’t need any offspring, and I’m not interested in that kind of thing,” Lin Xi’s tone always carried a hint of indifference, as if nothing mattered to her.

“Hmph, little girl, you sound so cavalier now, but when you truly meet that person, forget procreating, you’ll be impatient for that ‘making a baby’ business.”

“…Gross,” Lin Xi said with distaste.

A year later, on that same day, Lin Xi was out taking photos with her camera when she received another email from the National Pheromone Testing Bureau. A 100% match notification jumped out at her in the first line: Xia Rou. Lin Xi was practically forced to remember the name; forgetting it would be difficult.

She returned home drenched in sweat and went straight for a cold shower. Her uncle was in the living room, cracking peanuts and drinking beer. Casually, he asked, “I can’t believe I’m still receiving a match email at my age. By the way, niece, did you get an email today? Did you get an Omega over 50%?”

The person in the bathroom didn’t answer.

A moment later, Lin Xi came out, wiping her dark-brown short hair. She intentionally evaded the question, saying, “I didn’t receive any email…”

Then, feigning busyness, she quickly retreated to her room.

A few seconds later, the man’s indignant cry came from the living room: “How is this possible? How is this possible? My niece, my Alpha niece whose looks rival a female celebrity, doesn’t have a suitable match? This is an outrage!”

Lin Xi’s mind was inexplicably chaotic. That afternoon, she wandered around her room aimlessly, organizing this, tidying that.

It felt like there was something constantly hanging over her, something she couldn’t put down or shake off.

This had never happened before.

This state of agitation lasted until late at night. It felt as if something within her was controlling her, pulling her. Finally, in the dead of night, when the dog barking in the alley downstairs stopped, Lin Xi, sitting alone against the headboard, opened the email on her phone again.

Tapping on the name led to a simple profile and a passport photo.

Name: Xia Rou

Gender: Female/Omega

Age: 18

Height: $165text{cm}$

Weight: $99text{jin}$ (approx. $49.5text{kg}$)

She quickly skimmed the personal information, and her gaze finally rested on the passport photo.

The girl in the photo had a lovely, oval face, dark, expressive eyes, and delicate features. Her unadorned face possessed an indescribable purity, and her skin looked so soft it seemed one could pinch water from it.

Passport photos, often criticized as being the least flattering, still couldn’t conceal her beauty.

Strangely, the agitation in Lin Xi’s body miraculously subsided after seeing her photo.

Reality would slap every person who didn’t believe in the doctrine of Pheromone Dominance in the face, and Lin Xi was no exception.

Later, the new semester started as scheduled. That morning, Lin Xi was in charge of the club recruitment when Shen Xuan rushed over and grabbed her.

“Hurry up and come with me. I heard that the most beautiful Omega of the new generation, the number one of the Four Beauties of Linlu, has arrived at our school.”

Lin Xi was unwilling. “Go check out the excitement yourself. I still have recruitment to do…”

“Good friends must share everything. I wouldn’t leave you behind when there’s a beautiful girl to see,” Shen Xuan forcibly dragged her along.

The tree-lined path was crowded with people who had come to watch. Because of her height, Lin Xi could easily see the girl surrounded by the crowd, even from the outer circle.

She was fair-skinned, wearing a halter-neck pure white dress, with long curly hair over her shoulders, possessing a fresh and sweet aura mixed with a hint of charm.

Lin Xi unintentionally fell into a daze, a fact she didn’t even realize herself.

Soon, a voice jumped into her ear: “I found out. The beauty is from the School of Economics, and her name is Xia Rou.”

“…”

Lin Xi’s mind went blank for a moment.

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