Strawberry Flavored A Does Not Want To Be In A Relationship - Chapter 2

Ruan Mei was secretly crying in the cubicle. After crying, she tried hard to recall relevant descriptions from the original novel and finally remembered that the original work had mentioned once or twice:

When a girl differentiates into an Alpha, she will grow… and the… and each person’s unique pheromone are the distinguishing marks of a female Alpha.

With this thing, it meant that this female Alpha possessed the ability to get Omega and female Beta pregnant.

Ruan Mei squatted in the restroom, thought for a long time, and finally figured out the logic of the situation.

She had differentiated into an Alpha last night, possessed strawberry scented pheromones, and grew this strange thing.

Damn it! It was too late to explore the principle; she could only pretend to be an ordinary Beta for now, stay far away from the romantic world of Alphas and Omegas, and prioritize survival!

Besides, a strawberry scented Alpha pheromone was too embarrassing, wasn’t it? In Ruan Mei’s memory, there were more than a dozen Alphas in the school; they smelled like rust, gunpowder, or musk. The original male lead had the cool scent of cedar. What about her? Strawberry scent too soft, right? Such a soft Alpha pheromone wouldn’t attract any Omega, would it?

Ruan Mei sighed deeply.

The class bell had rung long ago. Ruan Mei ran breathlessly to the classroom door and reported to the teacher:

“Sorry, Teacher, I was late coming back from the restroom.”

This period was English class with the homeroom teacher, Zhang Fan. Ruan Mei remembered this teacher as being rigid, strict, and disliking her, so she spoke with downcast eyes and a soft tone, trying her best to act cute.

Zhang Fan turned to look at Ruan Mei, raising an eyebrow slightly. This little troublemaker who only drags down the class grades, how could she show such an expression?

But after looking twice, Zhang Fan turned her head back and said coldly:

“Go in and take your seat.”

Ruan Mei scurried to her seat in the last row, raised her face toward Zhang Fan, and flashed a well behaved smile.

The other classmates also turned to look at her, with surprise in everyone’s eyes.

Ruan Mei wasn’t wearing makeup today, and her hair was neatly tied up. The deliberately permed afro was pulled back with a rubber band, revealing a clear forehead and a bare face.

Seeing Ruan Mei’s features clearly, everyone realized that Ruan Mei was actually delicate-looking, with fine eyebrows and eyes, a gentle expression, and even a bit cute.

Ruan Mei, who became the school bully right after enrolling, cute? Several classmates shook their heads, thinking they must have gone crazy.

Zhang Fan asked a question and called on Fang Zhishui to answer.

Fang Zhishui’s spoken English was excellent even Zhang Fan found listening to her English to be a pleasure, so she loved calling on her in class.

This time was no exception. After Fang Zhishui answered the question, Zhang Fan smiled so widely that her face was full of wrinkles:

“Excellent! Everyone, applaud!”

The class applauded sparsely. Fang Zhishui was usually too aloof and refused to be a class officer, so her social standing was average. She didn’t care and sat down calmly.

Zhang Fan lectured for a while longer and was about to start dictating today’s vocabulary words, intending to call someone to the blackboard to write them down.

Her gaze swept across the classmates, and finally landed on Ruan Mei.

Ruan Mei’s classroom behavior today was acceptable. Her book was open to the correct page, and she was even holding a pen, sketching and muttering to herself, not sleeping or getting distracted, which piqued Zhang Fan’s interest.

“Ruan Mei, come up to the blackboard for dictation!”

As soon as Zhang Fan spoke, the whole class gasped!

“Is she going to be hung on the blackboard?”

“I’m already getting goosebumps; this is so awkward…”

“What does she even know? Is the teacher intentionally choosing her to make us more confident?”

Fang Zhishui unintentionally turned her head and glanced at Ruan Mei.

“Ah, me?”

Ruan Mei was also a little surprised, pointing to herself and asking. Seeing Zhang Fan nod, she stood up and walked to the podium, picking up the chalk with a composed demeanor.

Zhang Fan began to read the words.

Ruan Mei’s chalk never stopped moving; she quickly wrote down all the words. Finally, she used a bit of caution and deliberately misspelled one letter in a relatively difficult word.

This would make her seem more like a high school student, Ruan Mei thought confidently. Surely, no one would notice anything wrong.

After reading all the words, Zhang Fan walked over to look at the blackboard and remained silent for a moment.

Ruan Mei smiled at her with a relaxed expression.

In the past, Zhang Fan hated Ruan Mei’s cheeky smile the most, but today, she didn’t notice Ruan Mei’s expression. She just squinted, staring at the blackboard, checking carefully.

“Except for this one, all correct.”

Zhang Fan used chalk to mark and correct the letter Ruan Mei had misspelled, then turned to scrutinize Ruan Mei meaningfully. After a while, she said:

“Not bad, keep working hard. You can go down now.”

Ruan Mei stuck out her tongue, giving another sweet smile:

“Thank you, Teacher, I will keep working hard!”

Zhang Fan:

“…”

Why… did she suddenly find it a bit cute!

Ruan Mei quickly walked down from the podium, enduring the astonished gazes of the entire class. Those who had been certain Ruan Mei would fail on the blackboard now felt their faces burn.

“Did this person… go to tutoring somewhere?”

“Is there tutoring that effective? She was second to last in the grade, only scoring 10 in English on the last exam… and now this?”

“She must have cheated!”

“Yeah, she must have brought cheat sheets! I saw her writing just now; she was probably writing cheat sheets!”

Fang Zhishui listened to the surrounding classmates’ discussions and naturally looked back at Ruan Mei again.

Ruan Mei immediately stiffened, forced out a smile uglier than crying, and slightly raised her hand to wave at Fang Zhishui.

Not knowing what she was trying to convey, Fang Zhishui turned back, her expression still cold.

It was Physical Education class in the afternoon. The first-year students hadn’t yet realized how precious P.E. class was, arriving at the gymnasium sporadically.

Today’s lesson was basketball. The P.E. teacher was demonstrating the movements, while the students below were giggling and not paying much attention.

Ruan Mei used to be a standard basketball cheerleading member, only responsible for cheering for her class and handing out mineral water from the sidelines. She had never been on a basketball court and didn’t even know how to hold a ball, so she was a little panicked now.

The P.E. teacher finished breaking down the three-step layup movement and asked everyone to form seven-person groups, mixing boys and girls, to compete in six pairs of teams.

Ruan Mei turned around and saw Fang Zhishui quietly standing behind her.

Ruan Mei: …

No way, Miss Female Lead, what are you doing? Are you about to team up with me? What are you thinking, teaming up with someone who always frames you?

Damn, is the Female Lead going to seek revenge on me?

Ruan Mei broke out in a cold sweat. She looked back at Fang Zhishui, then looked again, her eyes pleading pitifully, trying to signal Fang Zhishui to see her incompetence and go to another team.

However, Fang Zhishui was gazing distantly into the distance, seemingly ignoring Ruan Mei’s hint, standing there unmoving.

Ruan Mei silently shrank her body and walked toward another team. Although everyone in that team glared at her furiously, her past bad reputation meant no one in the class dared to provoke her, so they just glared and stopped.

But… Fang Zhishui followed her.

The male student leading that team mustered up his courage and shouted:

“Our team is full!”

Fang Zhishui raised an eyebrow and casually pointed at the male student:

“Then you go out.”

Male student:

“???”

Ruan Mei watched the male student’s face turn red, but he still didn’t dare to resist and reluctantly moved his feet out of that team.

Ruan Mei:

“Impressive.”

Ruan Mei didn’t dare to wander off anymore and was forced to be on the same team as Fang Zhishui. Everyone took turns shooting three-pointers, competing against other teams based on the number of successful shots.

Ruan Mei deliberately placed herself at the end of the line, while everyone deferred to Fang Zhishui, making her the first player on the team.

Fang Zhishui had a slender figure. Her face, bathed in sunlight, had fine downy hair, and her expression was cold and noble. Her movements while stepping and jumping were elegant and standard.

Her long fingers exerted a slight force, and the basketball traced a beautiful parabola, landing squarely in the hoop.

Cheers erupted around her. Even the boy who had just been pushed out of the team was staring with starry eyes and applauding vigorously.

Ruan Mei couldn’t help but look a few more times.

“Fang Zhishui is really so beautiful… I really want to be friends with her, but I don’t dare; she looks so fierce.”

“Fang Zhishui is skilled in all sports, gets top marks in her studies, and has a talent for math. She’ll definitely be an Alpha in the future. People like us ordinary Betas shouldn’t even think about it…”

“Of course, I know, but… people need to have some fantasies!”

The two female teammates in front of her had flushed cheeks, whispering to each other while staring at Fang Zhishui, their eyes shining.

Ruan Mei silently withdrew her gaze. Fang Zhishui would become an Omega in the future—only she knew this secret, but she had to keep it bottled up, and it was agonizing!

P.E. classes were often shared among several classes, and at this moment, another class was on the adjacent court. Voices of discussion drifted over from the next court.

“That Ruan Mei looks so pale today… Is Class 3 of the first year empty? How can the class tyrant be such trash! She’ll definitely be an Omega in the future, and Omegas are all trash and useless!”

Ruan Mei looked over to the side and saw a girl with bright yellow streaks in her hair and an extremely arrogant expression, giving her the middle finger.

Ruan Mei recognized this person as Wan Shanshan from Class 6 of the first year, a Beta and a well-known little delinquent who always saw Ruan Mei as her imaginary rival and had a few past conflicts with the original Ruan Mei.

Ruan Mei didn’t care if she insulted her, but insulting all Omegas as trash made her a little unhappy.

Coincidentally, the basketball was passed to her at that moment. Her teammate looked at her anxiously and spoke the first words since forming the team:

“You must win! It’s a tie right now if you score, our team wins!”

Ruan Mei weighed the basketball. Before she could think much, the movements the teacher had taught floated into her mind, posing no difficulty.

She lightly pushed off the ground and, following the image in her mind, threw the basketball smoothly. It landed steadily.

The ball went in!

The entire court was momentarily stunned, and then someone burst into cheers. Teammates rushed over, looking at Ruan Mei with shock and joy, but not daring to get too close.

Ruan Mei glanced sideways at Wan Shanshan, who got so angry her face turned red. She flicked her sleeve and walked straight out of the gymnasium.

Just as Ruan Mei was about to smile, she ran into Fang Zhishui’s scrutinizing gaze.

A flash of inspiration hit her: No, Fang Zhishui couldn’t discover she was an Alpha! Especially one with a strawberry scent not only was it embarrassing, but it might also lead to plot intersections with the Female Lead; absolutely not!

Ruan Mei reacted quickly. She immediately sat down on the ground with a thud, whining and hugging her ankle:

“Wuwuwu, I sprained my ankle. My constitution is so bad, it hurts so much, wuwuwu!”

The P.E. teacher immediately came over:

“Who will take this student to the school clinic! You are all at the age where you are about to differentiate; no one can afford any accidents!”

Ruan Mei cried with tears streaming down her face, using all her soft-girl expertise. At the same time, she observed the surrounding students from the corner of her eye. Seeing that everyone was surprised and uncertain, but no one came forward, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the original host had poor social relations. She was just acting; if she had actually gone to the hospital, she would have been exposed.

“Wuwuwu… Teacher, forget it, I’ll go myself; no need to trouble everyone… Ah, wuwuwu, it hurts so much, wuwuwu…”

Ruan Mei dragged her left leg and began to shuffle toward the gymnasium exit.

A cool voice suddenly rang out above her head like an explosion:

“I’ll take you.”

Ruan Mei’s scalp tingled.

Fang Zhishui! You’re not the Female Lead, are you? You’re a master of stirring up trouble! Couldn’t you let me act out my drama alone!