After Mistakenly Marking Her Stunning Omega Stepsister - Chapter 45

In the end, Wen Xiangzhu moved back with Lin Sui.

Considering her constant following around, all in the name of “treating her illness,” Lin Sui could only summarize it in three words:

Tag-along.

…It was just too fitting.

That evening, the family meal was particularly lavish.

Lin Wei kept piling food onto Lin Sui’s plate, her voice full of concern. “Eat more. You need extra nutrition while you’re recovering.”

“Enough! I can’t eat any more.” Lin Sui lowered her eyes, grumbling, but a smile lingered on her face.

“Alright, alright.”

Lin Wei then turned to Wen Xiangzhu. “Wenwen, no strenuous exercise for the next few days. Make sure your leg heals properly before you start moving around again.”

“Understood, Auntie Lin.”

“Mm.”

After dinner, Lin Sui returned to her room, washed up, and lay down. She was dizzy and exhausted.

Just as she was drifting off, a knock sounded at her door.

“Sister, are you asleep?”

Lin Sui slowly opened her eyes, her throat dry. “No.”

The door opened.

Wen Xiangzhu walked in, holding a cup.

“You haven’t taken your medicine yet.”

Lin Sui paused, realizing she’d forgotten.

“Oh,” she said, looking at the water and the medicine Wen Xiangzhu brought. She frowned. “Is this medicine bitter?”

Wen Xiangzhu gave her a strange look.

“Didn’t you taste it yesterday? You couldn’t have missed the flavor, right?”

Lin Sui: “……”

She really couldn’t remember.

“Besides,” Wen Xiangzhu said, her smile growing sly. She leaned in closer. “Sister, could it be… you’re afraid of bitter things?”

“No! I just asked casually,” Lin Sui replied, leaning back to escape the faint floral scent lingering around Wen Xiangzhu’s nose. “Is that it?”

Wen Xiangzhu chuckled softly and handed her the medicine. “Then take it yourself.”

Lin Sui said nothing, popping the pill into her mouth and reaching for the water. But before she could swallow, the bitter taste exploded on her tongue.

“……”

Her tongue went numb.

Yet her expression remained calm as she swallowed the pill. She shot Wen Xiangzhu a glance.

“What are you looking at?”

“Nothing…” Wen Xiangzhu looked away, then declared with mock righteousness, “Can’t I even look?”

Lin Sui: “……”

Her nerve grows bolder by the day.

Lin Sui was in good health. Between attending school during the day and being well taken care of at home, her illness came and went quickly.

On the weekend, Lin Wei went out to attend to company matters, leaving Lin Sui and Wen Xiangzhu alone at home.

The two went about their own business, and everything was quiet.

Until evening, when Lin Sui suddenly felt a craving and started scrolling through food delivery apps. She was still debating what to order when someone knocked on the door.

“Sister.”

Lin Sui raised an eyebrow. “Come in.”

The door clicked open. She turned to see Wen Xiangzhu leaning against the frame in a pink dress with balloon sleeves, looking delicate and fragile. “Sister… I feel terrible…”

Lin Sui froze for a moment, then got up and supported her. “Another episode?”

“No…” Wen Xiangzhu’s cheeks were flushed, her red lips pressed together. After a hesitation, she murmured, “My heat has started.”

The room fell silent for a long moment.

Lin Sui smelled the faint scent of red wine, the pheromones’ scent growing stronger. Her eyes narrowed slightly, and she almost felt like she couldn’t breathe.

Her heat had arrived, which meant…

She needed to perform a Temporary Mark.

When she agreed to this at the hospital, Lin Sui had been stubbornly determined.

She thought, what could be so difficult about a Temporary Mark? Didn’t you just inject your pheromones into the other person’s scent gland? Besides, she’d done it before…

Though that had been when she wasn’t fully conscious.

She’d assumed it was simple and hadn’t given it much thought.

But now that it was time to actually do it, she felt somewhat flustered.

Hiss…

They’d covered this in biology class, and she’d done it before while drunk, but doing it while fully sober was a first.

She still considered herself a pure Alpha.

“Sister?” Wen Xiangzhu’s eyelashes fluttered as she looked up at Lin Sui.

Lin Sui felt a headache coming on. Before she could speak, Wen Xiangzhu moved, turning to close the door behind her. She then leaned against it, her head slightly lowered, and brushed her hair forward to reveal the scent gland at the back of her neck.

No matter how many times she saw it, Lin Sui couldn’t help but marvel inwardly at the gland’s beauty.

But…

She froze, her heart pounding with panic, even considering pulling out her phone to search for tutorials.

“Hurry up,” Wen Xiangzhu urged softly.

Lin Sui’s face tightened as she stared at the gland, a burning sensation growing in the pit of her stomach. Her palms grew sweaty, and she slowly raised her hand, gently pressing down on Wen Xiangzhu’s shoulder.

The closer she got, the stronger the rich, red wine scent became.

Lin Sui’s mind gradually fogged over, all coherent thought replaced by primal urges: marking, claiming, possessing.

The moment her teeth pierced the gland, Wen Xiangzhu let out a soft whimper, followed by shallow gasps.

Lin Sui’s grip tightened slowly, a heat surging through her, her strength unconsciously growing.

She felt something unprecedented: an indescribable sensation of comfort and fulfillment, like ants crawling across her heart, sending shivers through her body.

Her breathing grew heavier.

The process stretched on endlessly.

In truth, Lin Sui didn’t know how far she’d gone. She’d never done this before and didn’t know what constituted completion.

She simply… couldn’t bear to let go.

*****

After a moment, she slowly opened her eyes and gently released her grip.

The pale scent gland was now marked with red marks, swollen and crimson.

Lin Sui lowered her gaze, a strange sense of satisfaction blooming in her chest.

Now, this gland was saturated with her pheromones.

Wen Xiangzhu could barely stand. Her cheeks flushed crimson as she lowered her head to steady her ragged breathing. Turning, she hooked her arms around Lin Sui’s neck and, before Lin Sui could react, rose onto her toes and kissed her.

Lin Sui’s eyes widened slightly, her mind going blank.

What… does this mean?

The sensation of the kiss was strangely wonderful—soft, warm, and slightly sweet, tempting her to bite down.

More dangerously, it smelled intoxicating.

Perhaps it was the taste of the lips themselves, or the sweet fragrance inside the Omega’s mouth, but Lin Sui’s breathing quickened again.

Almost unable to restrain herself, she gently took hold of the Omega’s waist, instinctively returning the kiss.

It took nearly a minute for her to realize what she was doing.

The heady rush from the Temporary Mark gradually faded, replaced by the irresistible pull of this kiss.

By the time she realized what was happening, she had taken control, pressing Wen Xiangzhu against the door.

Wen Xiangzhu’s arms were tightly wrapped around her neck.

Their bodies were pressed flush together, their lips locked in a seamless union. The temperature seemed to rise, and Lin Sui could feel her own body heating up.

She knew exactly what she was doing. Her rational mind told her to stop immediately, but her body seemed to have a mind of its own.

She almost didn’t want to stop.

In the end, reason won out.

Leaning against the door, she forced herself to stand and pull away from Wen Xiangzhu.

“That’s enough,” she said, averting her gaze.

Wen Xiangzhu seemed still lost in a daze, her eyes unfocused and glistening with tears. Her lips were slightly parted, her breathing shallow and ragged, and her cheeks flushed.

After a moment, she composed herself and turned to look at Lin Sui, saying nothing.

Under that unwavering gaze, Lin Sui felt uncomfortable and turned back to sit on the edge of the bed.

“Once you’re feeling better, go out. Close the door and put on a Blocker Patch.”

Wen Xiangzhu blinked, her cheeks still flushed. She took small steps forward and sat down beside Lin Sui. “My legs are a little weak.”

Lin Sui glanced at her. “Mm.”

Wen Xiangzhu lowered her head, remaining silent for a long moment before asking, “What was that just now?”

“You kissed me.”

Lin Sui’s body stiffened at the words.

Though true, she remembered Wen Xiangzhu had been the one to initiate it.

“Right, you were the one to… to kiss me first.”

Lin Sui frowned, finding the words difficult to say.

“Even though I was the one who started it, you didn’t reject me. You even…”

“I didn’t!” Lin Sui’s expression froze momentarily as she hastily denied it.

Wen Xiangzhu looked at her, bewildered. “Sister, why are you so afraid to admit it?”

“You still couldn’t resist me, didn’t you?”

“No.”

Lin Sui felt an intense torment. Why hadn’t she held back just now?

After a pause, she demanded, “Just tell me, if you were treating me, why did you suddenly turn and kiss me?”

Wen Xiangzhu paused, then smiled faintly.

“Perhaps because I’m in heat and you bear my Temporary Mark, I couldn’t control myself.” She paused again before asking, “So, Sister, what about you?”

“It’s just… I couldn’t help myself, right? You’re not even trying to hold back your pheromones, so of course I…”

Lin Sui tried to sound tough, but the more she spoke, the guiltier she felt, so she simply stopped talking.

“Anyway, it won’t happen again. You’re my little sister, and I wouldn’t bully you,” Lin Sui said.

Wen Xiangzhu raised an eyebrow, savoring Lin Sui’s words, and looked at her with a smile.

“Bully me? If kissing me and marking me counts as bullying, then you’ve already done it.”

Lin Sui: “……”

Thanks, can you just stop talking? I want to find a crack in the ground and disappear!

She choked back a lump in her throat and quickly changed the subject.

“Your… leg injury, is it better now?”

“Mm-hmm, still a little bruised.”

Wen Xiangzhu blinked, then as if struck by a sudden thought, asked, “Does Sister want to see my leg?”

Lin Sui: “?”

“What?”

Lin Sui looked at Wen Xiangzhu with suspicion, but before she could react, Wen Xiangzhu gently lifted her skirt until her pale thighs were fully exposed.

Then she placed her legs on Lin Sui’s lap. “Bending over is tiring. Sister, please take a good look and tell me if my injury is healing properly.”

Lin Sui: “……”

She suspected Wen Xiangzhu was doing this on purpose.

Now, Lin Sui was sitting on the bed with Wen Xiangzhu’s leg resting on hers. She couldn’t move and couldn’t touch it, leaving her deeply conflicted.

“Th-that’s enough. You can put your leg down now.”

“Don’t you want to take a closer look?” Wen Xiangzhu chuckled softly.

Lin Sui felt utterly overwhelmed.

But precisely because she was so flustered, Wen Xiangzhu insisted she look, and she really did examine it closely.

Only she wasn’t looking at the wound…

Wen Xiangzhu’s legs were long and straight, and although she wasn’t particularly tall, her figure was well-proportioned.

After a moment, Lin Sui averted her gaze. “I’ve seen enough. Now put your leg down.”

“No way. My legs are weak. Sister, give me a foot rub.”

Lin Sui: “……?”

“Wen Xiangzhu.”

“Hmm?”

“Don’t push your luck.”

“Okay.”

Wen Xiangzhu finally lowered her leg with a leisurely sigh.

“Sister, now that you’ve seen my body, examined my legs, kissed me, and even marked me, you have to take responsibility for me.”

Lin Sui: “……”

Wait, I think I can still try to fight back.

If I say I didn’t do it on purpose, that I was forced into it, would anyone believe me?

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