The Popular Darling Says She’s Pregnant with My Child - Chapter 7

The Transmigration Diary 7

This time, when Wen Shiyu knocked on the door, it swung open with a bang.

The person who opened it was actually Seraphina.

Though her face was pale, she seemed angry enough to have forced herself up from the sofa, looking as if she intended to personally drag Wen Shiyu inside.

“You actually… hung up on me!”

Before she could even finish her sentence, Wen Shiyu suddenly pulled open her jacket, grabbed Seraphina’s head, and pulled it against her chest.

“How is it?”

Seraphina felt the warmth and heard the sound of Wen Shiyu’s heart.

Shocked into silence, she froze for a long moment before flusteredly pushing her away.

“You—what are you doing?”

Wen Shiyu was still panting slightly. Sweat clung to her temples, and her chest rose and fell rapidly from the recent sprint.

“I ran all the way here. Can you smell it now?”

Seraphina stared at her blankly, her earlobes turning red. However, she quickly looked away and responded crossly, “Of… of course I can!”

Wen Shiyu indeed carried the warm scent of exercise and the smell of sweat. It was basic knowledge that an Alpha’s sweat contained pheromones.

So, of course she could smell it.

Wen Shiyu, on the contrary, was stunned.

She says she smells the pheromones?

It really is a case of ‘if she thinks it’s there, it’s there.’

“Then…”

Wasn’t there a solution, then?

Overjoyed, Wen Shiyu immediately fumbled through her pockets, eventually pulling out a crumpled lollipop.

The packaging looked like the cheapest kind available.

As she unwrapped the plastic, she held the pink fruit candy to Seraphina’s lips.

She spoke in a tone one might use to coax a small child:

“Here, look… I’ll eat this side, you eat that side, and then… we can hold it together and let it slowly turn…”

Seraphina looked at the crudely made lollipop in disbelief, her ears turning redder the more she heard.

“I don’t want to!”

Wen Shiyu hurriedly defended herself. “This isn’t kissing.”

“I still don’t want to!” Seraphina turned her face away. “I don’t want to eat your spit.”

Wen Shiyu adopted an exceptionally serious expression, trying to rationalize everything: “You aren’t eating spit… it’s pheromones exchanged through saliva.”

At the mention of pheromones, Seraphina lost her focus for a moment, but she quickly took a deep breath and steadied herself.

“I said no intimate contact, Wen Shiyu! Can you only play these kinds of ‘edge-ball’ games?”

She tried to put on a stern face, making her voice sound ice-cold.

“If you continue like this, I won’t mention a single word to help you regarding your family’s loan.”

Wen Shiyu helplessly lowered the lollipop.

“Then what do you want me to do?”

“Release your pheromones, of course.”

“Wen Shiyu, stop acting. I’ve had someone look into it; that condition you mentioned about being unable to release pheromones doesn’t exist at all. You’re lying to me!”

Wen Shiyu: “…”

Even though she was in pain, Seraphina stood straight, though her lips were white and her breathing was shallow. “Don’t think I don’t know what your goal is.”

Wen Shiyu opened her mouth and closed it again, eventually following along with the question:

“…What is my goal?”

“You pretend you can’t release pheromones to trick me into agreeing to more direct contact, so that I’ll unconsciously become dependent on your pheromones and get addicted to you. In the end, you’d turn me into your servant. You want me to play the ‘ugly girl’ at school so people will hate me, while I unconditionally buy you clothes, bags, and sports cars so you can be the school belle… and then I’m supposed to introduce you to Alphas, especially Su Yan. Right?”

“?” Wen Shiyu was gradually becoming dumbfounded. What on earth is all this?

Oh, wait. Thinking carefully, this might actually be the daydream the original owner of this body had…

“So, you insist on waiting for me to agree to release pheromones?” She glanced at Seraphina’s pale lips. “Even if you’re suffering?”

“Yes. I told you, I won’t accept intimate contact with you.”

She spoke with stubbornness, but her shoulders were trembling slightly.

Wen Shiyu remained silent for a while, rubbing her forehead in frustration. She knew she couldn’t explain; she had to follow the other’s logic.

But she didn’t want to keep wasting time like this. There was no other way. At this point, she might have to use some special tactics and just roll with the misunderstanding.

Wen Shiyu lowered her head for a long time, brewing her emotions, before suddenly letting out a laugh.

“That’s hilarious.” She looked up, her gaze fixed directly on Seraphina. “Have you ever considered that maybe I don’t care about my family’s business as much as you think I do?”

Seraphina’s brow furrowed tightly.

Wen Shiyu took a slow step forward, looking as confident as if she were a different person.

“What if I’m not in a hurry at all, Seraphina? Are you really going to gamble with your own health and your ‘baby’s’ safety against me?”

“We can keep wasting time like this; I have plenty of time. But what about you?”

“Aside from my pheromones, do you have any other choice? If you did, you would have used it by now, wouldn’t you?”

“In your current state, if you hold out for a few more days, won’t you end up in the hospital? By then, even if I really did release pheromones, it might be too late. Instead of letting it get to that point, you’d be better off accepting this candy now.”

Wen Shiyu paused, her voice dropping lower.

“Or rather… are you actually afraid? Afraid that just this little bit of contact will make you addicted to me?”

“What?” Seraphina’s eyes widened suddenly, her voice rising. “I am a high-tier Omega. If anyone is going to get addicted, it would only be you getting addicted to me.”

“That’s not a certainty.”

Wen Shiyu picked up the lollipop again and shook it.

“Do you dare to try and see?”

Seraphina bit her lip, looking at Wen Shiyu who was inches away. Her heart suddenly began to beat very fast.

“What an utterly childish provocation.”

She spoke dryly, feeling like her mind was clear, yet her gaze never left Wen Shiyu’s face.

Wen Shiyu smiled and leaned in closer. “So, you also think my scheme will work? That with one ‘kiss,’ you’ll become my servant?”

“Of course not,” Seraphina retorted immediately.

“Then what are you afraid of?” Wen Shiyu asked softly. At the same time, she gently pressed the candy ball, which carried a cheap sweet fragrance, against Seraphina’s lips.

“I can tell you clearly, even if my family really goes bankrupt, I won’t release pheromones in any other way. You can keep waiting until your body breaks. Or… accept my pheromones right now.”

As she spoke, the candy ball turned, pressing slightly between Seraphina’s soft lips.

“After all, you don’t think I can control you, do you?”

Damn it, is it because of that tiny bit of pheromone I breathed in earlier? Seraphina’s head felt dizzy.

For the first time in her life, she couldn’t think clearly; she could only hear the sound of her own heartbeat. Her cheeks were burning, the flush spreading to the corners of her eyes.

Finally, as if to prove something, she opened her lips slightly with a stubbornness that bordered on spite.

Wen Shiyu immediately licked the other end of the lollipop and then, carefully, rotated the stick.

The cloyingly sweet taste of industrial fruit candy dissolved on the tip of her tongue. She had no way of knowing what Seraphina was tasting at that moment.

She tried to look at the other woman’s expression, but only saw Seraphina’s eyes squeezed shut, her long, curled lashes trembling violently like a startled butterfly’s wings.

Her warm breath, carrying a faint, clear sweetness of peaches, was so close it brushed against Wen Shiyu’s cheek and nose.

Wen Shiyu actually felt her throat go dry. She gave up on speaking and simply continued.

The two maintained this strange posture; time seemed to stretch and become viscous.

Gradually, Wen Shiyu felt Seraphina unconsciously drawing closer. The girl was almost on her tiptoes, leaning toward her.

“?”

Wen Shiyu instinctively leaned back slightly, but Seraphina followed, pressing closer until… her soft, moist, candy-sweet lips touched Wen Shiyu’s.

Wen Shiyu was completely stunned.

“Mm.” Seraphina’s breath hitched noticeably, but she didn’t pull away. She remained with her head tilted up, eyes closed…

“Wait—mm…” Wen Shiyu let out a muffled syllable, but before she could speak, the world spun.

The lollipop fell to the floor with a snap.

At some point, Seraphina’s hands had found Wen Shiyu’s shoulders, pushing her back gently.

Wen Shiyu stood dazed against the wall, the warm, soft sensation on her lips clear and real. It was no longer the candy, but… Seraphina’s lips.

Seraphina seemed to snap awake at that moment, suddenly pushing herself away.

She covered her mouth, her face crimson and her eyes unfocused, looking extremely lightheaded.

After several sharp breaths, she finally used all her strength to announce to the still-dazed Wen Shiyu:

“I didn’t feel a thing!”

Huh?

Wen Shiyu was utterly bewildered.

Panting, Seraphina emphasized seriously once more:

“You… cannot control me at all.”

“…Oh.”

Just then…

Knock, knock, knock.

A knock sounded abruptly at the door, followed by Su Yan’s familiar voice, carrying concern through the door.

“Seraphina? Are you feeling any better?”

It was Su Yan?

Why was she back again!

Wen Shiyu bounced up instantly, looking around for a place to hide. Her strange behavior made Seraphina frown at her.

“Wait! Don’t let her in—”

Unfortunately, Seraphina didn’t listen to her. She straightened her slightly messy long hair and walked straight over to open the door.

With nowhere to hide, Wen Shiyu could only stand stiffly in place, wearing an extremely awkward smile.

Outside the door, Su Yan’s gaze swept across the room. When it landed on Wen Shiyu, her brow furrowed deeply.

Fortunately, she didn’t lose her temper immediately. Instead, she turned her attention back to Seraphina, gesturing for her to come to the study next door.

As soon as the study door closed, Su Yan turned around. “Why is Wen Shiyu here? I saw her lingering nearby earlier.”

“You suddenly felt unwell… could it be related to her?”

Seraphina instinctively raised her hand, her fingertips lightly touching her lips before quickly dropping them.

“I’ll handle this myself. You don’t need to worry too much.”

“It’s hard for me not to worry.” Su Yan took a step forward. “Your state lately has been very off. Why exactly is she here? Did you allow her inside?”

Seraphina seemed to grow annoyed by the questioning.

“Why do you care about her so much? It’s just Wen Shiyu.”

“Do you think… I would lose to her?”

Seraphina tilted her beautiful face up, regaining that nonchalant expression, even though her lips were still quite red.

“Don’t worry about it. Everything is under my control.”