After the System Called Me Mom, My Arch-Nemesis Omega Fell for Me - Chapter 38.1

“Of course it feels bad,” Fang Yuan blurted out. She immediately realized something was wrong and turned around in terror. “Who are you?”

Click.

With a soft sound, the bright lights in the bathroom suddenly went out. Only the faint daylight filtering through the window outlined a tall figure standing against the light in the doorway. A powerful Alpha pheromone pressure hit her like a tidal wave dozens of meters high.

It was terrifying.

She released her own Omega pheromones to resist, but she was only a B-class. In the face of this absolute, crushing power, her resistance was like an ant trying to stop a carriage.

A wave of intense dizziness and nausea surged to her head. Her legs went weak, and her vision blurred and spun. In the final second before her consciousness plunged into darkness, she forced her eyes open to see the person’s appearance.

The person had dark circles under their eyes, like a “yandere” character, exuding an ominous aura of danger. Most terrifying of all was that one of the person’s eyes reflected a ghostly blue light in the gloom.

What kind of eye was that? It was as deep as an underwater dragon palace and as ethereal as a heavenly palace, shimmering and dreamlike, so magnificent it was suffocating, making her blood freeze.

Her phone was snatched away, unlocked via facial recognition, and then stuffed back into her hand. With the sound of a closing door and then a lock clicking, a yellow “Under Maintenance” sign was placed in front of the bathroom.

She had been locked in. But she had no strength left, she collapsed on the floor.

After doing all this, the figure seemed to have exhausted a great deal of energy and swayed slightly. She walked to the Alpha’s sink and turned on the faucet.

The “dark circles” were actually smudged full eyeliner. She took out a makeup wipe and began to wash her face; she was going to the hospital soon.

Drip… drip…

Under the clear stream of water, drop after drop of bright red blood surged from her nose, falling and blooming into circles of faint red ripples on the water.

She looked up at herself in the mirror. The azure blue pupil had faded the moment she looked up. Besides the eyeliner she hadn’t finished washing off, there was blood on her face. She couldn’t help but complain in a low voice.

Lu Lingzhi said, “Why am I starting to have a nosebleed again? I’ve slept for over ten hours and I’m still weak. Unbelievable. I ate so many tonics and it’s still not enough.”

She took out her phone to record: Sept 29: Differentiated into an Alpha. A total of three nosebleeds. Once from seeing Jiang Mingyue’s body, once when Jiang Mingyue kissed me, and the last time from using pheromones to teach Jian Cheng a lesson. Sept 30: One nosebleed after using pheromones (Fang Yuan bullying Jiang Mingyue).

Panamera

The air conditioning in the car hummed softly, isolating the noise from outside. Jiang Mingyue sat in the car, her finger sliding across the phone screen as she browsed the Med-U campus forum.

To her surprise, she found that the overwhelming false rumors and malicious posts targeted at her had vanished completely. Even more surprising was a pinned post, a sincere apology from Fang Yuan, detailing how she had spread rumors out of jealousy and offering a formal apology to Jiang Mingyue.

This was so unlike Fang Yuan. With her paranoid and proud personality, how could she bow her head so cleanly? What exactly happened behind the scenes?

The car door opened, interrupting Jiang Mingyue’s thoughts. She looked up to see Lu Lingzhi sitting down, looking slightly exhausted. Most noticeably, one of her nostrils was plugged with a small cotton ball, the edge of which was tinged with faint red.

Another nosebleed… was that why she insisted on going to the bathroom alone? Is this body… too weak?

That “Ten-Ingredient Tonic” meal the day before, sea cucumber, shark fin, abalone, bird’s nest… they had eaten every expensive ingredient for tonifying Qi and blood. Could it be that the Qi was too reinforced?

“What are you looking at? I’m not weak, I just over-supplemented,” Lu Lingzhi glanced at Jiang Mingyue. “Let’s go to the hospital.”

Lu Lingzhi opened the live stream backend. She had let the system manage her stream as a customer service bot earlier. After one stream, she had received 610 “Carnival” gifts and 1,000 “Mythical Sports Car” gifts.

She calculated that in those ten minutes, she had earned 2 million.

• Top Donor 1: AAA Chip King
• Top Donor 2: Lu Ningzhi
• Top Donor 3: Little Mommy
• Top Donor 4: Auntie Jiang (Jiang Mingyue’s mother)

That meant she had the money to buy the car. However, looking at the rules, she had to split the earnings 50/50 with the platform and pay taxes. She felt a bit of a sting in her heart.

Just as they drove a short distance, Lu Ningzhi’s call came through. Lu Lingzhi and Jiang Mingyue looked at each other, one could only say that Lu Ningzhi’s discipline over Lu Lingzhi was strict, even from thousands of miles away, she had to interfere.

The moment the call connected, Lu Lingzhi accidentally hit the speakerphone.

Lu Ningzhi’s displeased voice: “Why are you hanging out with Jiang Mingyue again? And why did you help her stream? Why did you stick your neck out? You promised me you’d never care about the Jiang family’s affairs again. Have you forgotten how the Jiang siblings bullied you?”

Hearing Lu Ningzhi mention her relationship with Jiang Mingyue in that tone again, Jiang Mingyue’s hand on the steering wheel tightened, and the car slowed down involuntarily.

Lu Lingzhi, sensitive to her mood change, immediately reached out and patted Jiang Mingyue’s hand on the gear shift, silently comforting her while mouthing “I’m here” to her.

Lu Lingzhi coughed. “Sister, Mom said that in order to prevent the great villain from having no heirs, she has kicked me out of the Lu family. She wants me to be the heir to the Taiyu Group. From now on, I am the Second Miss Xie. Did you know about this?”

The other end of the phone fell into a deathly silence.

Lu Ningzhi said, “CEO Xie’s health… is fine. She’s doing very well.”

It was a confirmation. The “great villain’s” health really was in trouble. From her sister’s tone, it sounded quite serious. It wasn’t surprising that she knew.

Realizing she had said something she shouldn’t have, Lu Ningzhi snapped back, “Yes, I admit you are legally CEO Xie’s adopted daughter now, and CEO Xie has no biological children. But the Xie family still has the Eldest Miss, Xie Zhixia. The matter of the heir won’t fall to you.”

The car stopped at a red light. Jiang Mingyue watched the red countdown timer, the numbers decreasing from 99 felt like her rating in Lu Ningzhi’s heart, only getting lower. She disgusted Lu Ningzhi to the core. She couldn’t help but open the window to let the frustration out of the car.

Lu Lingzhi listened quietly to her sister, her finger tapping unconsciously on her knee. It seems Mom didn’t lie to me. Sister really didn’t know about this plan.

She looked up and saw Jiang Mingyue’s profile, clear and peerless. The faint, elegant scent of perfume on her body lingered in the air, intoxicating her. Her gaze drifted down to the other’s soft, red lips, she swallowed instinctively and gathered her thoughts.

She had to change the subject quickly, or Jiang Mingyue would be unhappy.

“How could it not fall to me?” She spoke to the phone with mock seriousness. “I discussed the live stream with the Taiyu Group. It was to increase my exposure and build a good persona. Loyal, eloquent, humorous with beauty on top of all that, it’s a winning hand.”

Jiang Mingyue: “…” When did you discuss this? Why don’t I know?

Lu Ningzhi obviously didn’t believe it. “What does the little bit of money Dr. Chang gave you prove?”

Lu Lingzhi began to bluff solemnly: “Taiyu Group is the national leader in chips. So who is the ‘AAA Chip King’? It must be Chairman Xie. Even they support me.”

Lu Ningzhi was stunned on the other end, unable to refute for a moment.

Lu Lingzhi struck while the iron was hot. “Sister, you know my personality. I like to lie flat. How could I take on the heavy responsibility of Taiyu Group? I’m so innocent and pure, what if I get cheated? You have to protect me. No matter how awesome your sister is outside, at home, I’m still your little sweetheart. I’m going to the hospital now to check my diff.”

Before Lu Lingzhi could finish, the other party hung up.

Far away in the US, Lu Ningzhi remembered that last month, while visiting her mentor at a private hospital, she had seen CEO Xie there.

【Lu Ningzhi: Mom, what illness does CEO Xie have?】

【Lu Ningzhi: Has CEO Xie always had this illness? Is that why she never married or had children? Is she terminally ill?】

【Mrs. Lu: Ningzhi, CEO Xie’s private affairs should be left to your sister to ask. The family has discussed it, from now on, the official story is that Lingzhi is no longer your biological sister. She is the daughter of Xie Fuyun and Chang Xi, the Second Miss of the Xie family. She only lived in the Lu house because we helped CEO Xie raise her.】

【Mr. Lu: Ningzhi, it’s best for your sister to be by CEO Xie and Dr. Chang’s side.】

Lu Lingzhi stared at the disconnected call. “What’s her problem?”

Jiang Mingyue couldn’t help but ask, “Is that ‘AAA Chip King’ really Chairman Xie?”

Lu Lingzhi turned around with a look that said ‘I can’t believe you fell for my lies too.’ She blinked. “How was my reaction time? Did it scare you? I was just playing with my sister. Why would Chairman Xie give me a hundred thousand? I’m not the real Second Miss Xie. They probably just took a fancy to my peak beauty.”

Jiang Mingyue listened to her narcissistic words. Recalling the conversation with Lu Ningzhi, it had been so logical, even she had been fooled.

She asked casually, “Then why didn’t you turn off the speakerphone?”

Lu Lingzhi pretended not to hear. If I turned off the speakerphone, how would you hear my sister’s words, and how would you know that I am a responsible Alpha?

You were…

Her gaze unconsciously landed on the back of Jiang Mingyue’s slender, white neck. She could faintly smell the light cherry pheromone scent she had left there. A secret sense of satisfaction and possessiveness arose.

You are the Omega I temporarily marked.

Of course I have to protect you.

Just as she was about to look away, her gaze paused once more.