After Losing My Memory, I Went After My Archenemy - Chapter 8

An Uninvited Guest

It turned out that under the current circumstances, it was not the right time to reason with this person.

She could barely listen to anything.

In fact… she seemed to be getting worse.

Watching the Omega’s provocative attempt to rub her nape against her, Lin Xi’s brow furrowed so tightly it could almost clamp a mosquito to death.

The next second, she held her breath and painstakingly used her hand to pull up the thin blanket stuck between the person and the wall behind her. With a swift and decisive motion, she pulled it up, covering the other’s head and tucking it in tightly, preventing her from continuing to be reckless.

There were only a few steps left on the way home, and Lin Xi did not want any more uncontrollable accidents to occur.

This time, squeezing out of the alley, she practically ignored the squirming body she was firmly holding onto and made a determined dash to the entrance of her uncle’s antique shop.

She was starting to regret it now.

Regretting why she had gotten a sudden idea to bring the person back when she could have just ignored everything.

After all, being punished at home for avoiding a blind date… had nothing to do with her.

Turning on the light, going upstairs, her movement to casually dump the person onto the sofa abruptly stopped.

This old sofa was usually her uncle’s resting area, scattered with his various belongings. Cigarettes and lighters were one thing, but sometimes she could even find melon seed shells and peanuts; Lin Xi herself found it disgusting.

Frowning briefly at the sofa, she turned and strode towards her bedroom, eventually placing the person on her own bed.

She then went out to the living room, opened the second drawer of the blue and white antique cabinet by the window, and easily found the medication for a heat/feral period. She also fetched a glass of water. Just as Lin Xi was turning back towards the bedroom door, her footsteps paused slightly.

She looked down at the white pill in her palm. The Alpha’s medication and the Omega’s medication had similar ingredients, so they should be interchangeable?

As this type of drug was a special prescription medication, strictly controlled by the government, it wasn’t something she could buy anytime, anywhere. Given the current situation, Lin Xi had no choice.

Giving her the medicine was also a difficult task, harder than Lin Xi participating in her department’s professional competition.

After all the struggling, she was dripping with sweat. Fortunately, the medicine took effect quickly. Xia Rou, who had taken the pill, finally calmed down, no longer whimpering or writhing her limbs. The flush on her face was also gradually receding.

This medicine was brought back by her uncle from abroad through a connection. Due to its rare production materials, it was expensive and uncommon in the domestic market, but it was remarkably fast-acting.

Based on Lin Xi’s past experience, when she took this medicine after entering her heat, most of the discomfort would ease within about an hour, allowing her to move independently and go out normally. After two hours, she would be completely indistinguishable from a normal person, and even a medical test would barely detect the excessive secretion of heat pheromones in her body.

It was 9:10 PM now.

If all went as expected, the person would wake up in an hour, leave, and go home.

Coming out of the room, Lin Xi casually closed the door. She had been holding her breath inside for a long time and desperately needed fresh air.

Though not much, her room was now permeated with the scent of that Omega’s pheromones, making her feel like her territory had been invaded and instinctively wanting to escape.

Especially that scent, which for her, felt like a fatally attractive poison she could never escape from in her destiny.

However, shortly after she came out, a sound of something falling came from the closed bedroom. Concerned, Lin Xi pushed the door open with a single stride, only to find that the sleeping person on the bed had accidentally knocked over a book on the bedside table with her arm.

She stepped forward, bent down to pick it up, and confirmed once more that the other person’s condition was improving. Just as she was about to leave, the hand that intended to close the door suddenly paused. She decided to leave it ajar, so she could detect any situation inside immediately.

Lin Xi then took the cloth cover off the sofa she disliked in the living room and threw it into the washing machine. Only after replacing it with a clean cover did she sit down.

Half an hour had passed since the person in the bedroom took the medicine. In another half hour at most, she should wake up.

The ancient clock on the wall ticked and tocked, clear and loud, which only made the night seem even quieter.

Lin Xi, sitting alone on the sofa and spacing out, involuntarily recalled the narrow alley and was forced to remember the warmth, eagerness, and subtle anxiety of those lips.

If the forced kiss was unpredictable and sudden.

Lin Xi’s biggest problem was that during the process, a thought of fiercely possessing her had actually surfaced. In fact, she had lost control for a brief two seconds.

This self-reflection made her blood boil again, and her throat felt dry and hot. She quickly stood up, poured a glass of ice water, and drank it down to ease the feeling.

Drinking water, sitting down, drinking water.

After this back and forth, an hour had passed before she knew it, but the person lying on the bed showed no signs of waking up.

Things were not going as she predicted. Lin Xi, who was usually calm and composed, felt a hint of panic for the first time.

She returned to the room and used a body temperature monitor to confirm that the person was no longer feverish, and her temperature was good, with no sweating, normal heart rate, and normal blood oxygen.

Everything had returned to normal, yet the person hadn’t woken up.

Feeling a headache coming on, Lin Xi had no choice but to search online: [What are the side effects if an Omega in heat takes Alpha’s medication?]

Before the age of fifteen, Lin Xi had lived abroad, where her physiology teacher had mentioned that in special circumstances, Alpha’s medication could be used for an Omega in an uncontrollable heat, otherwise, Lin Xi wouldn’t have acted so decisively.

The answer she found online was close to her psychological expectation: it was permissible to use.

Only one result stated: [It cannot be ruled out that the drug’s effect is too strong, causing the Omega to enter prolonged sleep, but it’s not a big deal; she’ll be fine after a good sleep.]

Lin Xi: …

So that was it.

However, even so, she still couldn’t completely put her mind at ease and stayed up almost all night alone in the living room, constantly watching the movements in the room.

“Water, water…”

The person on the bed let out a faint murmur, easily missed if one wasn’t paying attention.

Like a radar receiving a signal and being activated, Lin Xi immediately darted into the room with a glass of water she had already prepared.

She was not good at taking care of people; clumsiness and fumbling were evident at this moment.

The Xia Rou before her now resembled a small cat recovering from an illness. Her eyes were clear, meek, and pitiful. As she was being fed water, she unconsciously clutched Lin Xi’s sleeve. Her fingers were fair and delicate, looking as if they would break with a slight force.

Just then, a drop of water leaked from the corner of the Omega’s mouth, instantly leaving a silvery, transparent water mark on her exquisite chin, creating a captivating and indescribable image.

Lin Xi unconsciously shifted her gaze away from the other person’s face.

Her heart also inexplicably skipped a beat.

It was precisely at this moment that her uncle, who had returned at some point, was humming a tune as he walked up the stairs, and he just happened to witness this scene.

Time seemed to freeze at that instant, and a myriad of expressions rapidly crossed the man’s face—surprise, delight, and various others.

“…It’s not what you think.”

Lin Xi hurriedly stood up from the bedside.

“Niece, don’t say anything, you don’t have to explain. Your uncle is an experienced man; I understand everything!” Zhou Mingde gestured with his hand.

Lin Xi: …

You don’t understand.

“Lin Xi?”

Xia Rou, who was sitting up in bed, tentatively called out. She had just been fed water and her mind was gradually clearing, realizing that she wasn’t in her own bed.

Zhou Mingde rubbed his hands and said ecstatically, “Your girlfriend is awake. You haven’t had breakfast yet, have you? I’ll go downstairs and buy some right now!”

Lin Xi: …?

This guy wouldn’t even give her a chance to explain.

After her uncle went downstairs, Lin Xi quickly returned to the bedroom and said to the person inside, “You should go now, immediately.”

“I’m sorry, did I cause you trouble?” Xia Rou said apologetically as she got out of bed.

The Alpha, leaning against the door with her arms crossed, her eyes flickered, looking at her with an exploratory gaze.

So… she didn’t remember what happened last night?

Her expression softened slightly, and her dark eyes regained their calm, unruffled appearance. Lin Xi then said, “I don’t want to cause unnecessary misunderstandings. You need to leave this house before my uncle comes back.”

At this moment, Lin Xi looked indeed a bit cold and ruthless, but Xia Rou felt that this was not her true self.

The scene of her being fed water by the bed a while ago still lingered faintly in her mind.

…She was gentle.

Not wanting to cause the other party’s displeasure in this situation, Xia Rou naturally hurried to pack up and leave, rushing so much that it was the first time she had been to Lin Xi’s house and she hadn’t even had a chance to properly look at the layout and appearance of the place.

The alley was lively in the morning, with people coming and going, full of a local, vibrant atmosphere, which was unfamiliar and novel to Xia Rou, who came from a privileged background.

After walking only a short distance, she thought she heard Lin Xi’s voice, paused, and looked back. To her surprise, it really was her.

Lin Xi, who was a full head taller than her, approached without a word and handed over a phone. Xia Rou then realized that she had left it behind in her hasty departure.

“Thank you, I…”

“Whatever your motives are, stop playing games. I don’t want to be a toy for a pampered young lady like you. That’s enough. Don’t continue to disrupt my life.”

After saying this with a cold face, Lin Xi turned and left without giving her a chance to reply.

Xia Rou’s smile, which had been frozen at the corner of her mouth, slowly dropped.

She wasn’t playing games…

At least not these past few days.

When Lin Xi arrived back home, her uncle had already bought breakfast and returned. His first question was, “Where did your girlfriend go? Did you just let her leave?”

“She’s not my girlfriend.”

Too lazy to explain, Lin Xi went back to her room, gathered her clothes, and entered the bathroom.

The man still persisted, standing outside the bathroom door and saying, “That Omega is quite pretty, I mean unusually pretty. Is she really not your girlfriend? Or did something happen between you two, and you haven’t confirmed your relationship yet?”

“NO-THING-HAP-PENED-BE-TWEEN-US.”

Furious, Lin Xi directly opened the door, gritted her teeth, said the words, and then closed it again.

Zhou Mingde innocently smacked his lips and muttered softly, “If nothing happened, why are you taking a shower so early in the morning…”

Lin Xi: …

On the way home in the car, Xia Rou looked at the countless missed calls and messages on her phone and felt an instant headache.

To cover up the fact that she hadn’t spent the night at home, she had to go to Jiang Yimian’s place first, talk to her, and coordinate their stories.

Coincidentally, Jiang Yimian had spent the previous night alone with her little nephew, which perfectly provided a false alibi for her.

She finally arrived home around noon.

As expected, her anxious, nearly-driven-mad mother and her father, whose temper was about to explode, were all waiting neatly in the living room after receiving her message that she was coming back, prepared to interrogate her thoroughly.

“Jiang Yimian asked for my help; I couldn’t just stand by. The child was indeed very fussy and difficult to manage. I can play the voice message for you to hear.”

Xia Rou said this and played the pre-recorded voice message.

“Even with such special circumstances, you shouldn’t have been completely unreachable by phone. Your father and I were worried sick.”

Wu Daiyun, who always doted on her daughter, had the temper she had built up all night instantly dissipate after hearing the explanation.

“It’s because I ditched that second young master of the Rongsheng Group at the golf club yesterday, and I was afraid you’d scold me.”

Xia Rou mumbled softly.

“You still know you’d be scolded!” Xia Jianye was furious but also helpless and wronged. “Do you know how the other party contacted your eldest uncle, and how your eldest uncle lectured me? I’m almost fifty, a man who knows his destiny, and I still have to be lectured like that!”

Wu Daiyun also echoed worriedly, “Yes, I was listening next to him yesterday. Your eldest uncle was truly angry this time.”

“Eldest Uncle, Eldest Uncle, why are you always so afraid of him? I’m a person, not a commodity for a marriage alliance. I never wanted any blind dates, and besides, I already have someone I like in my heart.”

With things having progressed this far, Xia Rou didn’t want to hide it anymore. She had had enough of the endless blind date arrangements.

“Rou Rou, you’re not just saying that out of anger, are you?” Wu Daiyun tentatively asked. She knew her daughter’s temper; she had been proud and aloof since childhood and wouldn’t easily fall for anyone.

“You don’t believe me, do you? I can send her a voice message right now, and you can listen.”

With that, Xia Rou opened her phone and brought up the chat page with that person on Boke (a likely social media or messaging app name).

“These are fresh vegetables that my dad’s colleague brought back from the countryside this weekend. They’re all organic. My mom said we can’t finish them all and insisted I ask you to come and take some.” Shen Xuan said.

“Please thank your aunt and uncle for me.”

Coming out of Shen Xuan’s house, Lin Xi was carrying a full armload of vegetables. Just as she was going down the stairs, her phone chimed with a notification.

The message was a voice note from Boke.

She opened it, only to see that it was a voice message sent by her.

She hadn’t intended to listen, but after descending a few steps, Lin Xi inexplicably brought the phone to her ear.

“Whether you believe it or not, I like you. I never believed in destiny before, but now I have to admit, I’ve fallen for you…”

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