After the Nerd Marked the Top Omega - Chapter 21.2

It hurt a little, but it was more of a torturous soreness, like the citrus had turned into a lemon, and her gland was soaking in lemon water.

Without a single bit of sugar added.

Pei Yunci lowered her eyes, wondering, was she really that sad?

Already on the subway, Fang Xu still hadn’t sent her message.

Unexpectedly, a call from Pei Yunci suddenly popped up.

Holding the phone to her ear, Fang Xu said, “Hello?”

“Do you have time tonight?” The cold, pleasant voice came through the phone line.

She hadn’t heard it in a while, making it feel both strange and familiar.

Fang Xu said, “I have time. I can come over right now.”

It seemed her guess was correct; the other person was indeed unwell.

“Where are you right now?”

It was a bit noisy on the subway, and Fang Xu held the phone closer, “I’m currently at…”

[The train ahead is Jiangcheng University Station. Passengers wishing to alight at this station, please prepare to exit through the left doors. Please mind the gap between the train and the platform when alighting.]

The rest of her words were drowned out by the announcement, and Pei Yunci didn’t hear them clearly.

However, she now knew where the other person was.

Even though Fang Xu had already reached the university, she had immediately agreed to come when she received the call, without any protest.

Recalling the previous times, it had been the same.

When she was obedient, she was truly obedient.

But when she was stubborn, she was also truly stubborn.

Pei Yunci looked at the traffic outside the floor-to-ceiling windows and said, “It’s fine. You don’t have to come to the apartment. I’ll come to Jiangcheng University to find you.”

It was rush hour, and the subway was crowded, packed with people at every stop.

Fang Xu struggled to squeeze her way off the subway.

Hearing Pei Yunci’s words, she was slightly stunned: “…Okay.”

Back in the dorm room, only Liu Hanxue was there.

“You’re off work?”

Fang Xu hummed: “There wasn’t much work at the company today. Did you get any homework from the professional course?”

“The professor talked about the major assignment for this semester, the file is in the group chat.”

Liu Hanxue said, “It’s a group project. I thought the three of us could form a group.”

“Sounds good,” Fang Xu agreed.

Liu Hanxue accepted, smiling, “I can finally experience being carried by a top student.”

Fang Xu thought her roommate was a little exaggerated but also laughed: “The presentation might have to rely on you and Xingxing then.”

“Don’t worry, I do that a lot.”

After submitting the names of the three of them, Liu Hanxue asked, “Xu Xu, have you eaten? I’m about to go to the canteen to get takeout. Should I get you a portion too?”

“Not yet, please get me a portion. The set meal is fine.”

“Alright.”

After Liu Hanxue went out, Fang Xu transferred the money for the meal.

She looked at the major assignment file, but her thoughts kept drifting away.

Pei Yunci was coming to Jiangcheng University?

If it was for a marking, the apartment would definitely be more suitable.

Could it be that she wanted to terminate the agreement?

Fang Xu’s heart suddenly stopped for a moment, and her mind went blank.

Most people don’t like to be rejected, let alone someone in a high position like Pei Yunci. Returning the bank card was not only a rejection but also caused her to lose face.

Moreover, her attitude at the time wasn’t good either.

It made sense for the other person to look for another Alpha.

Fang Xu couldn’t describe her current mood; she just felt a little heavy.

Perhaps it was sadness that she had messed things up.

Perhaps it was sadness that the person who had told her “you did nothing wrong” could no longer understand her now.

It’s okay, Fang Xu comforted herself.

After the agreement was terminated, she would have more free time.

So sour.

Souring even more than when she was at the company.

Pei Yunci was driving, and the sourness in her gland became increasingly noticeable.

It was a red light. She gently tapped the steering wheel with her fingertip, a little confused.

What was the other person thinking? Why was she getting more and more distressed?

The car stopped two streets away from Jiangcheng University. There were many trees here, not many people, which made it convenient for them to talk.

Pei Yunci sent her the location.

[Pei Yunci: I’m here.]

[Fang Xu: Okay, I’ll be there soon.]

She didn’t wait long before she saw the person approaching.

Worried that Pei Yunci might be kept waiting, Fang Xu had run most of the way.

Standing in front of her, her breathing was still a little unsteady.

Pei Yunci looked at her clear, moist eyes and asked, “Have you had dinner?”

“Yes,” Fang Xu nodded.

She had eaten in a hurry, only managing a few quick bites after seeing the message before rushing out.

Pei Yunci asked, “Have you been in a bad mood recently?”

Fang Xu didn’t expect her to ask this. Her eyelashes moved, and she replied, “I’m okay.”

The citrus sourness in the gland became more pronounced.

Pei Yunci: “…”

Before she could speak, Fang Xu took a piece of paper from her pocket: “This is the agreement we signed originally.”

Pei Yunci’s expression hardened slightly: “Why are you suddenly taking this out?”

Fang Xu pursed her lips, a little forcefully, making her lips look slightly white: “If I made you uncomfortable, we can terminate the agreement.”

There were no breach-of-contract standards when the agreement was made.

Therefore, to discontinue the agreement, they just needed to destroy the paper, which was why she brought it with her.

When Pei Yunci came, she had thought of various possibilities, but not this one.

She looked at the girl in front of her, tall, slender, and fragile. The cold wind made her long fingers slightly red, yet she held tightly to the corner of the paper.

She was remarkably obstinate.

Pei Yunci’s tone was colder: “Have you thought it through? Do you really want to do this?”

Fang Xu felt the words of the person in front of her were a little strange.

It wasn’t what she wanted to do, but what the other person wanted to do. But arguing was pointless.

If all went well, after the agreement was terminated, the two would have no further relationship. In that case, arguing was meaningless; it would be better to leave a good impression.

Fang Xu nodded: “I’ve thought it through.”

“Ha.”

Pei Yunci’s voice was very cold, very unfamiliar.

Fang Xu curled her fingertips, feeling inexplicably lost and a little wronged.

She had done exactly what the other person seemed to want, so why did the other person look even angrier?

Even a person of clay has a temper.

Fang Xu didn’t want to stand there anymore, nor did she want to see the person in front of her.

She spoke up: “I’ll give you the agreement. I’ll pretend I don’t know you afterward and won’t mention this matter to anyone.”

But Pei Yunci didn’t take it.

The shadows of the trees, beautiful and lush under the night, completely enveloped the two of them.

It was dinnertime, so there were few people here, and it was very quiet, with only the sound of the wind and some birds chirping.

Pei Yunci looked at her, her expression indifferent: “I didn’t expect a student from Jiangcheng University to be so untrustworthy.”

After all these years, it was the first time someone had broken their agreement with her.

Her temper wasn’t good, and now her gland hurt, so she didn’t want to hold back.

“No,” Fang Xu subconsciously denied.

Pei Yunci: “Did I say something wrong?”

“You were the one who agreed to the agreement back then, and now you’re the one who wants to terminate it…”

Fang Xu interrupted her, a rare occurrence, meeting her gaze: “I’m not the one who wants to terminate the agreement.”

Pei Yunci looked at the agreement fluttering in the wind: “If it’s not you, then who is it?”

As she said this, countless conspiracies flashed through her mind.

Had Wei Zhou found out about her and Fang Xu, and deliberately sent someone to threaten her?

Or was her Alpha father pulling strings behind the scenes?

“You.”

The girl’s voice appeared, interrupting Pei Yunci’s thoughts.

“Who?”

Fang Xu repeated her previous words: “You.”

The Alpha pheromones in the gland were becoming more pronounced; the citrus had almost completely lost its sweetness, even tinging the platycodon with bitterness.

Pei Yunci was almost infuriated into laughter: “When did I say I wanted to terminate the agreement?”

Fang Xu’s voice was lower: “You specifically came to Jiangcheng University today. Wasn’t it because you were angry about the bank card incident and wanted to terminate the agreement to find another Alpha?”

Pei Yunci: “…Idiot.”

She usually only thought these words, but now she couldn’t help but say them out loud.

Fang Xu was already feeling wronged, and now being called names, especially by Pei Yunci, her emotions overwhelmed her reason, and the grievance in her heart welled up uncontrollably.

She opened her mouth, but only felt a sting in her nose, and her eyes uncontrollably turned red.

Not wanting to cry in front of the other person, Fang Xu simply shoved the agreement into Pei Yunci’s hand, more resolutely than when she shoved the bank card.

Let’s end things here, Fang Xu thought.

“I’m leaving now, I have things to do tonight.”

She turned and tried to leave.

But she was held back; cool fingertips rested on her wrist bone, applying slight pressure, preventing her from truly walking away.

At this point, Pei Yunci also understood what was going on.

Compared to earlier, her mood had improved significantly, and she had more patience.

Fang Xu paused in place, without turning around.

Pei Yunci changed direction, walked in front of her, and spoke slowly: “I did not intend to terminate the agreement with you.”

Fang Xu was still a little stunned: “Then why…”

Was there any other possibility besides terminating the agreement?

Pei Yunci said, “When I called, I heard the subway announcement and knew you had reached the university. I didn’t want you to run an extra trip, so I came over.”

“Only… that?”

“Otherwise?”

Only then did Fang Xu realize she had completely misunderstood.

Now, not only were her eyes red, but her face and neck were also flushed.

“I’m sorry…” Fang Xu lowered her head very low.

If there was a crack in the ground, she would probably have drilled into it by now.

Pei Yunci looked at her and said, “Look up.”

Fang Xu obediently looked up.

Now, Pei Yunci found some of the girl’s usual demeanor.

It was completely different from her frustrating behavior earlier.

Pei Yunci: “Shall we talk about what happened a few days ago?”

This was also the purpose of her visit.

Fang Xu’s fingers moved, and she looked down, saying, “I’m sorry.”

“Nothing else you want to say?” Pei Yunci asked.

Fang Xu opened her mouth, still struggling internally, unsure whether she should say those things.

Pei Yunci: “Then I’ll go first.”

“I looked into your family situation and knew you were working part-time, so I wanted to give you the remuneration in advance. But everyone has different experiences, and different perspectives, and I may have inadvertently hurt you. I apologize.”

She had thought she wouldn’t say the word “apologize,” but she did.

Regardless, she was the one who hadn’t kept the unspoken understanding.

Fang Xu shook her head, and her tears finally couldn’t be held back: “You… you don’t need to apologize…”

Her voice was choked with sobs as she spoke.

Pei Yunci handed her a tissue: “Wipe your eyes. Others will think I bullied you.”

When one is sad, being comforted only makes one cry harder. Fang Xu wiped her tears, only for more to flow down.

Her eyes were completely red, and her glasses were slightly fogged up.

Pei Yunci: “…Stop crying.”

She had never comforted anyone before and could only come up with those three words.

Fang Xu obediently nodded, wiped away her tears, and slowly said, “I just wanted to say, you don’t need to apologize. I have issues too in this matter.”

“When my mother passed away in a car accident, many people came to our house. They all said they wanted to help, wanted to give my sister and me some money so we could have a better life. So that even without our mother, we wouldn’t be bullied by others.”

“I was especially grateful to them at the time. But later I found out that relatives gave money because they wanted an opportunity to claim the house we lived in. Reporters gave money because they wanted to get firsthand news and exclusive interviews before other media. Some platforms wanted to donate money because they could get a commission.”

These sympathies and pities were mixed with various interests, making Fang Xu habitually refuse.

Fang Xu looked at the person in front of her, trying hard to curve her lips into a smile: “I know you meant well, but I was genuinely a little afraid.”

Pei Yunci was silent for a moment, then softly said, “If you don’t want to smile, don’t.”

The smile on Fang Xu’s face gradually faded. Her eyes moved slightly, and she said, “I never told my sister about these things.”

She had kept these things hidden in her heart for a long time, and today became the breakthrough, letting her tell everything.

“Thank you for listening to me,” Fang Xu said.

Pei Yunci hummed, “Are you feeling better?”

Fang Xu nodded: “Much better.”

“That’s good.”

Pei Yunci said faintly, “If you’re in a bad mood, you better not hide it from me.”

“?” Fang Xu was a little confused and looked at her.

Pei Yunci reminded her: “High-level Alphas and Omegas influence each other, and that includes emotions.”

When the other person is sad, the initial response is to soothe them. If she can’t soothe them, she will also be affected.

The textbook knowledge about secondary genders flashed through Fang Xu’s mind.

No wonder the platycodon pheromones in her gland had felt warm and comforting these past few days.

At first, she thought it was the weather warming up, but now it seemed the Omega’s pheromones were soothing her emotions.

Fang Xu: “…Are you, then, feeling a bit unwell?”

“Mhm,” Pei Yunci confirmed, “The citrus has turned bittersweet. Do you want to smell it?”

Fang Xu: “…”

She gently shook her head and asked, “This afternoon at the company, were you also uncomfortable because of this?”

Pei Yunci thought, she’s not entirely stupid.

“What else?”

Fang Xu said a little awkwardly, “I thought your pheromones were unstable again.”

“And then I drove over here to ask you for a marking?” Pei Yunci guessed, following her line of thought.

Fang Xu nodded.

“Where would we do the marking?”

Fang Xu looked left and right, her gaze stopping on the car parked nearby.

Pei Yunci: “After the marking, you’d go back to the dorm with a full Omega scent?”

Fang Xu’s face felt warm: “Definitely not. I’d find a hotel nearby, clean up, and then go back.”

Pei Yunci: “…”

Sometimes the Alpha was too obedient.

She stopped teasing her and said, “Be more confident in your marking. I don’t have any issues right now.”

Fang Xu also felt relieved: “That’s good.”

With the knot untied, the atmosphere between the two improved significantly, without the stiffness and awkwardness from before.

Pei Yunci held the agreement in her hand and asked, “Do you want to take this back?”

Fang Xu immediately nodded: “Yes.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

“You’re not thinking about terminating the agreement anymore?”

“No, that was just a misunderstanding earlier. I have no such intention.”

The corner of Pei Yunci’s lip curled up, satisfied: “Keep it safe.”

Fang Xu took it, smoothed the wrinkled parts, neatly folded it into a square, and then put it back into her pocket.

It was treated like a treasure lost and found, showing how much she cherished it through her actions.

Pei Yunci: “Get some good rest.”

“Mhm,” Fang Xu said seriously, “You too.”

“I will,” Pei Yunci said, and then paused slightly: “And one more thing.”

“What?”

“I want to have a good night’s sleep tonight, so don’t be sad anymore.”

Fang Xu controlled her rapidly beating heart. Her eyes were still red, but they held a hint of a smile as she replied, “Okay.”

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