Flash Marriage with a Seductive Beautiful Omega After Being Dumped/Having the Engagement Broken - Chapter 22.1

But Bai Youxi’s mind was still immersed in the lingering effects of the movie. The sudden intersection with reality only made her smile in astonishment. “You acted so well, so real.”

It was a genuine compliment.

Chu Yucheng’s underlying meaning suddenly lost its target. Her prepared sarcasm had nowhere to vent, making her feel quite frustrated.

But perhaps because of Bai Youxi’s straightforwardness, Niannian in her arms also followed up, “Yucheng is super awesome.”

Chu Yucheng became happy and leaned down to tease Niannian, not forgetting to remind Bai Youxi, “There’s an Easter egg.”

Bai Youxi quickly shifted her gaze back to the TV, but even after all the end credits rolled and the screen went black, she couldn’t find any Easter egg.

Next to her, Chu Yucheng’s laughter became unrestrained, and Niannian’s laughter was also clear, seemingly having fun.

At this point, her brain, which had been immersed in the movie’s plot, gradually cleared. Bai Youxi somewhat came back to herself and smelled the escaping sweet apricot scent.

She touched the back of her neck. The scent blocker patch had indeed lost its effect. She quickly stood up to change it.

The temporary mark’s feedback was too minimal for her, completely wearing off in less than a day yesterday. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have lost control last night.

However, even the powerful solace from last night was gradually starting to lose its effect.

She left in a hurry, afraid the scent would spread into the study, and completely failed to notice that Chu Yucheng on the side suddenly sniffed, frowned, and fixed her gaze on Bai Youxi’s retreating back.

Even now, the Alpha’s inherent territorial instinct has not been completely eliminated from the genes over time, despite significant individual differences. Generally, the higher the rank, the more complete the retained part.

Chu Yucheng was arrogant, outspoken, and had a strong sense of territory a very difficult S-class Alpha to deal with.

Especially in a space shared with an Omega in heat.

Physiological disgust spread to her eyes, causing her to gently place the Niannian in her arms aside and walk straight towards the room where Bai Youxi had disappeared.

Niannian was a little confused, watching Chu Yucheng’s movements eagerly. After recognizing where Chu Yucheng was going, she still climbed up from the floor and followed. “Where are you going, Yucheng?”

Chu Yucheng suppressed her irritable mood, looked down, gave a smile, and rubbed Niannian’s head.

Without saying anything, she turned and knocked on Bai Youxi’s door.

Bai Youxi opened the door with the neutralizing spray in her hand. She was already flustered while changing the patch, and the knock on the door made her even more anxious, with no time to leisurely finish spraying the neutralizer and put it back in place.

When the door opened, there were still faint mists of the neutralizer floating behind her. The sweet apricot scent dissipated before it could spread. What remained in Chu Yucheng’s nasal cavity seemed to be only the slight pheromones Bai Youxi had left in the living room before she went in.

“So, a wife who sleeps in a separate room.”

Chu Yucheng sneered and subconsciously released her pheromones, aggressively pressing down on the bewildered Bai Youxi.

The most primal form of territorial demarcation is scent marking.

As one of the rare S-class Alphas, her pheromones naturally suppressed lower-ranking Alphas, rarely failing in territorial disputes.

But Chu Yucheng ran into Bai Youxi.

In the instant she couldn’t even distinguish the scent, Bai Youxi quickly raised the neutralizing spray and spritzed it onto Chu Yucheng’s neck.

Without any hesitation.

The cool mist immediately landed on Chu Yucheng, stunning this Alpha who was usually so domineering.

Before Chu Yucheng could react, Bai Youxi quickly sprayed the area around her, sniffed to confirm that there were no residual pheromones in the air, and then lowered the neutralizer to look at Chu Yucheng.

“Don’t add any burden to Shen Jiangxu.”

Those slightly round, seemingly easily bullied eyes showed no fear of being suppressed, clean and transparent, just looking at her.

Even, aggressive.

Chu Yucheng suddenly regretted taking off her high heels and putting on slippers. This left her with no height advantage standing in front of the similarly sized Bai Youxi. Instead, under the gaze of those eyes, she felt subtly disadvantaged.

But looking into those eyes, Chu Yucheng felt she couldn’t get angry. She could only forcefully reassure herself that at least Bai Youxi was considering Shen Jiangxu.

Yet, her question still slipped out, “Are you an S-class?”

Bai Youxi nodded, then remembered something and added, “By the way, that movie is not suitable for me. I will never hurt Shen Jiangxu and Niannian.”

While frantically dealing with the scent blocker patch, she suddenly realized the deeper meaning of Chu Yucheng’s words.

Chu Yucheng’s “suitable” was just a way to make her realize her fate, and the words spoken along with the movie lines were meant to convey the same.

She had been too engrossed in the movie and hadn’t noticed it at the time.

“However,” Bai Youxi continued, “if you stop being a big star someday, a police officer would really suit you.”

Suddenly, Chu Yucheng laughed, a hearty laugh. Her voluminous curly hair shook with the laughter, and she even bent down, holding her knees, unable to stand straight.

She laughed until she was breathless, choked on her breath, and started coughing. Instead, Niannian was exceptionally steady, trying hard to reach her back to help her calm down.

The tiny cub spoke in a sweet, childish voice, trying to dissuade her, “Slow down, slow down.”

Bai Youxi was a little creeped out by her laughter, but also felt pity for her, seeing the tears in her eyes from coughing. She awkwardly asked, “Do you want some water?”

Chu Yucheng shook her head, swallowed the last of her cough, stood up straight, and looked at Bai Youxi again. A bright smile hung on her face, which was slightly red from coughing. “You are very interesting. Want to add me as a friend?”

Bai Youxi was a little confused. “Aren’t you afraid I’ll leak it out?”

Chu Yucheng scoffed. “I have an entire legal team backing me up.”

Alright, she certainly had the confidence.

But Bai Youxi still shook her head. “I think I won’t. My wife told me to stay away from you.”

Chu Yucheng’s smile instantly froze. She looked at Bai Youxi with an expression that seemed to be uttering profanities, only restrained from speaking by the little Niannian standing next to her.

Bai Youxi, however, grinned at that expression.

Although she didn’t know exactly how to “act the part,” being firm about their wife-wife status should be enough, right?

Chu Yucheng’s expression seemed to get even dirtier.

On the side, Shen Jiangxu, who had come out at some point, suddenly spoke up, “You can add her.”

Hearing the voice, Bai Youxi poked her head out to look and saw Shen Jiangxu leaning against the study doorframe, unsure how long she had been standing there or how much she had heard.

She met Bai Youxi’s gaze and continued, “You can look for her if you need anything. Her legal team is quite effective.”

Chu Yucheng immediately let out a “Hey!”

Unexpectedly, Niannian was very supportive and nodded. “Yucheng is very loyal.”

Chu Yucheng lowered her head to look at Niannian, saying “Hey” again, but with a completely different tone.

Niannian smiled with curved eyes, hugged her legs, and looked up at her small face. “Yucheng~”

Chu Yucheng awkwardly turned her head to look at Bai Youxi, furrowing her brows. “Are you adding me or not!”

Since Shen Jiangxu had spoken, Bai Youxi had no reason not to add her and quickly pulled out her phone.

Scan code, add, note “Chu Yucheng.” Bai Youxi now had the private WeChat of a big star.

After adding her, Chu Yucheng glared at her, snorted, turned around, and led Niannian away again.

Bai Youxi watched her go, then turned to look across the living room at Shen Jiangxu by the study door, her mind feeling a bit blank.

Shen Jiangxu’s pine smoke gray eyes coolly met her gaze, then suddenly she lowered her eyes and took out her phone.

Bai Youxi thought it was work-related for Shen Jiangxu and was ready to watch Shen Jiangxu return to the study.

However, the next moment, a notification sound came from the phone in her hand.

She looked down. The contact noted as “Wife” had sent a message.

【What are you thinking about?】

Bai Youxi quickly opened the chat interface and rapidly typed a line of text, but just as she was about to finish, she deleted all of it.

This repeated several times, and the “The other party is typing” notice under Shen Jiangxu’s note never ended.

Shen Jiangxu wasn’t looking at her phone. She kept her gaze on Bai Youxi’s moving hand, feeling that the message she would receive would surely be a very long one.

Finally, the buzzing sound of a notification rang. Bai Youxi looked up, her expression very shy, her ear tips slightly red.

Shen Jiangxu looked at her phone, only to see a short line of text:

【Can I call you “Wife”?】

So, that was what she was worried about.

After thinking for a moment, she typed:

【You can call me ‘Jiejie’ (Sister)】

In the evening, Chu Yucheng wanted to sleep with Niannian, hugging a quilt, but Shen Jiangxu ruthlessly chased her to the guest room that had already been tidied up.

She had been here all day, and Niannian’s hair was a mess. If Chu Yucheng slept with her again tonight, who knew how messy she would look in the morning.

Besides, tomorrow was Monday. Niannian had to wake up early for school, and Chu Yucheng had to attend an event. Neither of them could afford to delay, so sleeping together was absolutely out of the question.

Niannian was very thoughtful and didn’t say anything to refuse. However, Niannian, who was usually full of energy, was drowsy the moment her head hit the pillow and didn’t need to be coaxed at all.

This was enough to prove Chu Yucheng’s destructive power. It was hard to tell who was keeping whom company.

Perhaps because of this, Chu Yucheng didn’t cause much of a fuss. But when she walked one step at a time to Bai Youxi’s room, she suddenly turned back to look at the two of them. “Are you coming over to sleep tonight?”

Bai Youxi’s mind buzzed. She turned to look at Shen Jiangxu.

Shen Jiangxu’s habitually cool voice had no fluctuation. She simply said, “No.”

Although Shen Jiangxu refused plainly, Chu Yucheng’s question was righteous and completely undisguised, as if clearly telling her that they used to sleep together.

Bai Youxi couldn’t describe her feelings, only feeling increasingly confused.

But then, Shen Jiangxu continued, “Of course she sleeps with me.”

Bai Youxi involuntarily widened her eyes. She looked at Shen Jiangxu, then at Chu Yucheng, completely failing to understand.

So, could it be that Chu Yucheng was asking her?

And Shen Jiangxu was answering for her?

Chu Yucheng’s reaction confirmed her guess. She said, “Perfect, I like this room. I’m sleeping here.”

The room Chu Yucheng pointed to while holding her quilt was the one Bai Youxi had been using these past few days, the other guest room next to the one prepared for Chu Yucheng.

Bai Youxi was thoroughly confused, but Shen Jiangxu was clear. “This isn’t for you.”

Chu Yucheng snorted, unconvinced, and turned around, walking away with her quilt.

Bai Youxi’s brain was like a blender, with colorful pigments being added one after another. Before they could be evenly mixed, the crushed color blocks were already so mottled they couldn’t be distinguished.

“Stay away from her. She always pushes her luck.”

Finally, Shen Jiangxu turned her face and summarized Chu Yucheng to her this way.

Then she added, “Bring your pajamas and come to my room.”

Bai Youxi’s brain was already confused enough, but the added confusion didn’t affect her reaction. She nodded blankly.

Because of Chu Yucheng, they had only tidied up Niannian and put her to bed, so neither of them had washed up yet.

When Bai Youxi arrived at Shen Jiangxu’s room, holding her pajamas and walking in a stilted manner, Shen Jiangxu had already entered the bathroom.

The rushing sound of water, along with the fine, gloomy rain outside the window, made the atmosphere naturally hazy.

She sat on the chair and waited, just like last night, but her mood was completely different.

She had entered Shen Jiangxu’s room several times, but never once was it to wash up in this room, and then honestly lie down with Shen Jiangxu and simply sleep without doing anything else.

Wait, she hadn’t brought a toothbrush, and she had forgotten a towel.

Her drifting thoughts were gradually pulled back. Bai Youxi finally stood up, placed the clothes in her hand on the chair, and turned to walk out. After a second thought, she picked the clothes back up and walked stiffly towards the door.

Shen Jiangxu’s voice came from behind her, with a hint of doubt, “Where are you going?”

Bai Youxi froze, then turned back. She smiled, “I’m going to wash up over there.”

The pine smoke gray eyes rested on her, showing no emotion but emitting a faint chill.

Bai Youxi blinked unconsciously, slightly avoiding those eyes that seemed to see through everything. She curved her lips, trying to explain, “All my things are over there. I didn’t bring anything…”

“It’s all here.”

Shen Jiangxu interrupted her. “You don’t need to wash up elsewhere.”

Under Shen Jiangxu’s gaze, she obediently walked into the bathroom.

After pointing out which items were for her use, Shen Jiangxu exited the bathroom, leaving Bai Youxi alone.

Bai Youxi held the full cup of water Shen Jiangxu handed her and the toothbrush with toothpaste already squeezed onto it, looking blankly at herself in the mirror.

So… so unreal.

After staring blankly for a while, she finally picked up the cup and took a mouthful of water.

The water was warm.

The shower water was also warm.

The rain outside the window showed no sign of stopping, the dampness intertwined with a hint of coolness.

Bai Youxi lay under Shen Jiangxu’s quilt. Her naturally high body temperature quickly warmed the entire bed.

The sound of running water was still rushing. Shen Jiangxu was still washing up in the bathroom.

Before coming out of the bathroom, she had thought Shen Jiangxu would prepare another quilt for her. When she didn’t see a second quilt after coming out, she even thought it might be somewhere Shen Jiangxu couldn’t easily reach and volunteered to get it herself.

But Shen Jiangxu just looked at her strangely, pointed to the extra pillow on the bedside and the unchanged bedding, and said it was enough for her to sleep.

It was just acting, of course, they had to go all out.

Bai Youxi comforted herself this way, but now, having been rushed under the covers by Shen Jiangxu after sneezing from the cold, and smelling Shen Jiangxu’s scent in the quilt, her neck gland was clearly stirring.

She had just injected another dose of inhibitor. The secreted pheromones could still be blocked by the scent patch, but she knew clearly that it absolutely wouldn’t last the entire night.