The White Moonlight Omega Has Amnesia and Always Tries to Seduce Me - Chapter 30

Regardless of her studies or personal life, Qin Huai always had a strong sense of purpose. Since her rejection was so definitive, her advisor no longer insisted, refocusing her attention on revising a document on the computer.

About ten minutes later, the other students arrived one after another. After everyone was present, the advisor took a sip of water and said, “There are two things I wanted to see you about today. The first is your experiments, and the second is the matter I sent in the group chat.”

The office was completely silent; apart from the sound of chair legs scraping the floor, there was not a hint of noise.

The advisor put down her water cup, pulled an A4 sheet densely covered in text from a folder, and squinted as she started with the first name. “Hao Yan.”

The Omega with the baby face sitting in the middle immediately raised her hand and answered, “Professor, I’m here.”

The advisor lifted her eyes to glance at her, her words extremely sharp. “I think you wrote this paper with your feet. You left me a message saying the experiment wasn’t rigorous enough. Since you already knew it wasn’t rigorous, why didn’t you revise it? And these data I even suspect you conducted the experiment in your sleep. Look at this conclusion; it’s a complete mess.”

The baby faced Omega’s head sank lower and lower, her expression exactly like an angry doll.

After criticizing her, the advisor, without considering the Omega’s feelings, immediately directed her criticism toward the next person.

Qin Huai sat in the corner, holding a pen and paper. When she heard certain suggestions from the advisor, she would deliberately record them in her notebook to avoid making the same mistakes next time.

Of course, her main focus was still on hearing the revision feedback for her own paper.

But until the advisor finished discussing everyone else’s problems, she still hadn’t heard her own name.

“These are the issues you all need to revise later.”

Having spoken until she was parched, the advisor picked up her water cup to take a sip, and accidentally met eyes with Qin Huai sitting in the corner.

Sometimes, a student who is too eager to learn forces the teacher to be diligent.

The advisor recalled the document Qin Huai had sent suddenly that afternoon and sighed inwardly.

“Qin Huai.” The advisor called out the name of this forgotten student, taking out another sheet of paper from the folder. “I have no issues with your paper, but I looked at the data you sent me this afternoon. Are you planning to research the side effects of inhibitor abuse?”

Qin Huai nodded.

This experiment was an idea she came up with today at Shen Zhi’s house. Many Omegas used Lin Qiu’s family’s inhibitors and experienced a series of adverse reactions. Although no lives were lost, someone had already set this precedent, and it was hard to guarantee that other companies wouldn’t follow suit for profit.

After dinner, Qin Huai spent the afternoon at the library searching for information. She discovered that domestic literature on the abuse of inhibitors was surprisingly scarce. She planned to seize this opportunity to start with the side effects and see if she could make a major breakthrough in inhibitor research.

“I suggest you don’t research this yet.” Compared to before, the advisor’s expression became more serious. “When the first batch of inhibitors came onto the market, it garnered attention from all Omegas in society. And this batch of inhibitors did not disappoint the public; all Omegas who used this inhibitor had no adverse reactions.”

Before inhibitors were listed, they had to undergo repeated trials to ensure they were absolutely safe before being allowed for use by Omegas. Even with extreme caution, Omegas have different body constitutions and different tolerance levels to drugs. Some Omegas might only develop a rash after using the inhibitor, while others could die.

More than twenty years ago, when the internet was not widespread, this event was not reported and did not cause a heated discussion, but it still caused a sensation in the academic world.

After Qin Huai entered university, she used the library and websites to search for a long time but found nothing. As time passed, the few remaining fragments of information were buried under heavy dust, and the entire truth was forgotten in some unknown corner. Eventually, Qin Huai had to give up.

Since the advisor brought it up today, Qin Huai’s pen marked heavily on the paper, and her interest in the matter was rekindled.

“I worked in that lab for a period right after I graduated.” The advisor leaned back against the chair, her eyes flickering. “The team leader was a very excellent Omega, very confident in inhibitor research. But later, this Omega mysteriously disappeared, and the lab was also shut down. In short, it’s not easy to find, but you can try. If you find a major discovery, it will definitely break through the bottleneck in inhibitor research.”

Since the batch of inhibitors researched by Zhou Yue was introduced, domestic research seemed to have entered a maze with no exit. It was intricate and complicated, yet no one was willing to tackle it.

The advisor pondered this, then mentioned a person. “Qin Huai, you can ask your father. He has contributed significantly to inhibitor research in recent years.”

The advisor’s words were merely a suggestion, and Qin Huai did not take it to heart, but she still nodded.

But just as she nodded, a sarcastic snort was heard in the quiet environment.

Qin Huai lowered her eyes, and the pen in her hand paused. She looked sideways.

The Omega who was criticized first by the advisor just now had her arms crossed, her eyes rolled to the corner, showing the whites of her eyes, and her expression was utterly disdainful.

Qin Huai frowned and looked back, not bothering to engage.

However, the advisor squinted, asking her neither lightly nor heavily, “Are you breathing through your nostrils?”

Hao Yan quickly dropped that expression, pouted, and started to act spoiled. “Professor.”

This tactic might work on an Alpha, but the advisor was an Omega and completely ignored her act. “If you have any opinions about me, tell me. You don’t need to make things difficult for your junior.”

Hao Yan had just been heavily criticized, so how dared she argue? She could only unwillingly shut her mouth and glared in Qin Huai’s direction with her eyes.

The first matter was concluded, and now it was the second. Compared to her earlier serious expression, the advisor was now somewhat pleasantly relaxed.

“You should have heard about the matter of mentoring the freshmen.” The advisor picked up her water cup and cleared her throat. “I also have one spot here. Who wants to try?”

In fact, mentoring a freshman was not as easy as the advisor made it sound. The scholarship qualification was not easy to obtain. If the student assigned was a quick learner, it would be a pleasant outcome for everyone. But if the student was incompetent, it would be a waste of time and delay the experimental progress.

Qin Huai’s refusal was because she was afraid of trouble. These freshmen were clumsy in the lab; who knows what kind of trouble they might cause.

After the advisor spoke, there was silence below, and everyone lowered their heads, staring blankly at their notebooks. Clearly, no one wanted to take time out of their schedules.

“I heard the student coming to us is a top scholar.” The advisor leaned slightly against the cushion, her posture relaxed. “She was the top scorer in the college entrance examination and applied to our school.”

At the mention of this, the students, who moments before looked like they wished they could see flowers bloom on the blank paper, all raised their heads.

“I’ve seen a photo; she is a very good-looking Alpha.”

“Many of you Omegas here are single, aren’t you? What’s that popular term these days?” The advisor racked her brains, then slapped her thigh. ” ‘Younger man’ [or ‘younger love interest’].”

“Don’t you want to find a sweet, cuddly Alpha?”

Qin Huai rested her head on her hand and casually twirled her pen.

She glanced at the seniors around her. Most were discussing quietly, but only Hao Yan raised her eyes, which were bursting with eagerness.

Qin Huai raised an eyebrow slightly, then, without a change of expression, stopped twirling her pen, raised her hand, and said, “I’d like to try.”

Almost everyone’s gaze turned towards her.

Qin Huai straightened her back, her eyes briefly sweeping over Hao Yan, whose face showed the annoyance of having her plan hijacked. Qin Huai felt a sense of satisfaction. “After all, she’s a top scholar, so she should be able to help a lot.”

The advisor didn’t expect the Omega who had completely refused earlier to agree. She was delighted and was about to speak when someone stood up.

Hao Yan, her baby face drooping, pulled down the corners of her mouth and said pitifully, “I want to too.”

Advisor: “?”

Hao Yan: “You can’t give all the good opportunities to Qin Huai, right? She’s a first-year graduate student; she should focus on her experiments. What if she’s not focused on her experiments because she’s mentoring an Alpha?”

The underlying meaning was obvious if Qin Huai mentored the Alpha, the advisor would be biased, and furthermore, what if Qin Huai and the Alpha got involved, thus delaying her experiments?

Everyone had witnessed Qin Huai’s dedication to her experiments.

The advisor’s face darkened, and she was about to speak, but Qin Huai spoke first.

“Since Senior Sister said so.” Qin Huai’s tone was light and faint, without any discernible emotion. “Then Senior Sister can take it.”

The meeting ended at 7 p.m. In the afternoon, Liu Nian called her, and the two agreed to have dinner together that evening. After leaving the office, Qin Huai planned to return her laptop to her dorm and then go downstairs with Liu Nian.

In the evening, the temperature had dropped considerably. The dry tree branches along the road swayed slightly in the cold wind.

Qin Huai pulled up her zipper, her chin tucked into the collar, revealing only her eyes. She had one hand in her pocket and the other holding her laptop bag, and her exposed hands were slightly stiff.

All she wanted now was to return to her dorm, change her clothes, and then go for a bowl of hot porridge to warm her body.

The dim yellow streetlights were covered in a thick layer of dust, casting shadows of people coming and going on the flagstone ground. Qin Huai looked up at the corner closest to the dormitory and then paused.

The lights at the entrance of the dormitory building were on, casting a bright glow on the ground, like white snow reflecting on the road. Omegas returning to the dormitory scurried inside, bundled up, and those leaving were also heavily wrapped. And there, under the branches swaying in the wind, an Alpha stood at the dormitory entrance in thin clothes. She didn’t know how long she had been waiting. Her legs occasionally moved a few times to relieve the stiffness in her calves, and once the stiffness subsided, she stood still again, staring intently at the dormitory, quietly waiting.

Qin Huai frowned, her hand gripping the laptop bag stiffened, her eyes and brows carrying an un-scattered frustration. For a moment, she was caught between advancing and retreating.

Her phone chimed.

Qin Huai picked it up and saw it was a message from Liu Nian.

【Liu Nian: Where are you?】

Qin Huai flexed her index finger, typed the two words “downstairs,” then deleted them. After much deliberation, she typed again and deleted it again.

On the other end, Liu Nian grew impatient and messaged her again.

Qin Huai suddenly made up her mind, turned around, and walked in the opposite direction, laptop in hand. Her message finally went through.

【Qin Huai: I’m waiting for you at the cafeteria.】

【Qin Huai: Bring an extra coat and give it to an acquaintance downstairs.】

Liu Nian was completely bewildered when she received the message.

Acquaintance? What acquaintance?

Did Qin Huai have acquaintances at school besides her?

The Omega, looking confused, took a coat from Qin Huai’s closet and rushed downstairs with a curious heart.

At the dormitory entrance, Omegas came and went, either leaving in pairs or chatting with Alphas at the door. Every face was unfamiliar.

Except for Qin Huai’s rumored Alpha, who stood under the barren tree branches with a dejected expression.

This was? An acquaintance?

You’ve already met each other’s parents; how are you still an acquaintance?

Liu Nian was increasingly unable to understand her roommate’s thoughts. She walked over, the coat draped over her forearm.

“Are you Shen Zhi?” Liu Nian asked, stopping about half a meter away from the Alpha.

Shen Zhi hadn’t replied to her messages, and she was going to be reported for her texts, so Shen Zhi had no choice but to wait for Qin Huai downstairs at her dorm. But she had been waiting for three hours, and not only hadn’t the Omega appeared, but she was also half-frozen.

She should have worn more clothes.

Shen Zhi was about to pull her clothes tighter when a delicate-looking Omega stopped in front of her.

Shen Zhi nodded. “I am.”

Liu Nian actually already knew she was Shen Zhi, after all, there were so many photos on the forum; only a blind person wouldn’t know. But she still had to maintain the necessary composure; otherwise, if Shen Zhi misunderstood Qin Huai’s roommate, wouldn’t she think Qin Huai was also not graceful?

So, Liu Nian dramatically handed over the coat she was holding, even enthusiastically emphasizing, “Our Huaihuai asked me to give this to you.”

Shen Zhi looked at the black coat, certain she hadn’t seen any sign of Qin Huai earlier.

Liu Nian continued, “Huaihuai must have told you she’s waiting for us at the cafeteria for dinner. Let’s go, we’ll go together.”

Shen Zhi was pulled along by Liu Nian, feeling confused, until they were almost at the cafeteria when she vaguely understood what was happening.

Qin Huai must have arranged to eat with her roommate and arrived at the cafeteria first. Then, somehow, she saw her standing at the dormitory entrance and asked her roommate to bring her a coat, and that was it. There was no plan to eat together at all.

But the roommate misunderstood and thought Qin Huai had invited all three of them for dinner.

Mistake was a mistake. Shen Zhi figured the misunderstanding was harmless and followed Liu Nian into the cafeteria.

Compared to the long queue at lunchtime, the cafeteria was much less crowded. Tables were sparsely occupied, and the shouts of the food stall owners were particularly clear inside the cafeteria.

Liu Nian saw that the spicy hot pot stall she was craving finally had no line and rushed over, telling Shen Zhi to contact Qin Huai first.

The Alpha stood in place, hands in her pockets, her eyes slowly scanning the cafeteria. Almost all the tables were occupied by people in pairs.

Only in one corner, an Omega was sitting in thin clothes, head buried in her phone.

A slow smile spread across the Alpha’s lips. She walked up to the table and knocked on it with her bent finger.

The faint sound was barely audible amidst the clatter of tableware.

Qin Huai looked up and was met with a pair of smiling eyes.

“Senior, may I buy you dinner?” the owner of those eyes asked.