After Going on a Blind Date With My Omega Love Rival (ABO, GL) - Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Chi Ying hadn’t stayed at Chi Ruixi’s place for a long time, especially since Chi Ruixi moved, so she hadn’t visited yet. On the way back with Chi Ruixi, she was chattering nonstop, super excited, and making Chi Ruixi’s head hurt.

She thought her almost-adult niece had become a bit more mature, but now it seemed she was still a little kid.

“Auntie, can I sleep with you tonight?”

“No.”

The excited kid pouted at her aunt’s words, a bit unhappy, and asked, “Why not, Auntie?”

Chi Ruixi stood at the door, taking out her keys to unlock it, while the kid behind her tugged at her arm, whining and making a fuss. Chi Ruixi turned back, a bit helplessly, and said, “Because you’ve already differentiated, and you’re an alpha.”

How could this kid have no sense of gender?

Sure enough, after she spoke, Chi Ying drooped her head and muttered, “Being an alpha isn’t that great.”

“You…” Before Chi Ruixi could finish, she saw the door across from them open.

Yu Heyi was holding a trash bag.

Their eyes met for a moment, then Yu Heyi quickly turned her face away, standing by the elevator.

Chi Ying followed Chi Ruixi’s gaze and turned to look, seeing Yu Heyi’s profile. She felt it was familiar, glanced back at her aunt, and noticed something off about her expression…

Curious, Chi Ying took two steps toward Yu Heyi to get a better look at who it was, but Chi Ruixi pulled her back. At that moment, Yu Heyi, hearing the movement, turned around and saw Chi Ruixi holding Chi Ying’s hand.

This was a young alpha, Yu Heyi was sure, and a student at that.

What was Chi Ruixi up to?

Thinking of the question Li Li asked her during dinner, Yu Heyi’s grip on the trash bag tightened unconsciously.

At the time, she and Li Li were eating barbecue and drinking beer at a street stall. They started by chatting about Li Li’s wife and daughter, and naturally, the topic shifted to Yu Heyi’s personal matters.

“You and Teacher Chi…”

“There’s nothing between me and her.”

As soon as Li Li spoke, Yu Heyi denied it, so quickly that Li Li didn’t even have time to react.

The air froze for a moment, then Li Li raised his glass to clink with Yu Heyi’s and said, “Fair enough, after all, Teacher Chi has a lot of admirers at school.”

A lot of admirers? Hearing this, Yu Heyi frowned.

Li Li saw her expression and burst out laughing. “You say there’s nothing between you?”

Yu Heyi’s face flushed red, and she stammered, “There really isn’t.”

“Fine, fine, I won’t say it then.”

It was so obviously dismissive that Li Li clearly didn’t believe her. Yu Heyi wanted to explain more, but she opened her mouth and couldn’t say anything.

Right now, she and Chi Ruixi weren’t exactly unrelated.

But… it didn’t seem like there was anything more either.

After that, they chatted casually, avoiding the earlier topic, and Yu Heyi gradually relaxed, hitting it off with Li Li.

Turns out, Li Li was also a racing fan, but due to circumstances, he couldn’t become a racer. The two bonded over their shared interest and talked for a long time.

It was already 9 p.m. when she got back. Before entering her apartment, Yu Heyi glanced at Chi Ruixi’s door, unsure if she was home.

But thinking about how Chi Ruixi left without even giving her a friendly look, she got annoyed. And now, there was a young alpha by Chi Ruixi’s side.

Probably for tutoring or something?

Then why hadn’t she come back so late…

Yu Heyi couldn’t sit still at home, listening for noises outside. After nearly half an hour, she heard voices in the hallway.

Two people.

Yu Heyi jumped up from the sofa, heading for the door, but the moment her hand touched the handle, she hesitated.

Then she grabbed a bag of trash and went out again.

She meant to act casual, but seeing those two holding hands tightly, Yu Heyi felt a heavy tightness in her chest and unconsciously started releasing pheromones.

When Chi Ying saw Yu Heyi’s face, she realized who she was.

It was… the new cafeteria lady…

But before she could figure out what was happening, the cafeteria lady released oolong tea-scented pheromones. Even as a newly differentiated alpha, Chi Ying had some of that inexplicable competitive urge alphas feel. She released her yuzu-scented pheromones to resist.

But she quickly lost, her legs trembling.

Chi Ruixi knew Yu Heyi was releasing pheromones and even felt a bit dependent on them, but she soon noticed her niece releasing pheromones too.

Then she saw… Chi Ying gritting her teeth, sweat forming on her forehead.

“Yu Heyi, that’s enough!”

As Chi Ruixi spoke, the elevator arrived, but Yu Heyi was so stunned by the scolding that she forgot to get on or that she was supposed to take out the trash.

She saw Chi Ruixi tightly hugging the alpha beside her, gently asking if she was okay, while the young alpha rested her head on Chi Ruixi’s shoulder.

What was Chi Ruixi doing? Hugging another alpha in front of the alpha who had temporarily marked her?

And what was she doing? That alpha was just a student, probably newly differentiated, and she was suppressing her with pheromones…

She… must have been blinded by jealousy.

Ignoring the elevator opening and closing, Yu Heyi dropped the trash bag and quickly stepped toward Chi Ruixi and Chi Ying.

She grabbed Chi Ying’s arm and asked, “Are you okay…”

But Chi Ruixi slapped her hand away and said, “What more do you want? She’s just a kid.”

Scolded again, Yu Heyi lowered her head, her face flushed with shame. Indeed, she was just a kid, and as a long-differentiated adult alpha, she had released pheromones against a minor alpha.

What had clouded her judgment?

Yu Heyi suddenly looked up at Chi Ruixi.

It was Chi Ruixi.

Chi Ruixi had clouded her judgment.

“It’s okay, Auntie, I’m fine.” Compared to Chi Ruixi’s concern and Yu Heyi’s guilt, Chi Ying was unfazed. It had been tough when she was suppressed, but now she felt nothing.

And she seemed to have figured out her aunt’s secret.

This person’s pheromones were oolong tea-scented, just like the alpha pheromones on her aunt.

“Good, I’m really sorry.” Yu Heyi was a bit dazed, shaken by her own thoughts.

Seeing the young alpha was fine, she relaxed and smiled at Chi Ying, apologizing again. “I’m really sorry about today.”

Chi Ying smiled and said it was fine.

Really, it was fine. Even if it wasn’t, it was, because this person might become her aunt’s partner. As an alpha, she could sense why Yu Heyi had suddenly released pheromones.

She was jealous.

But while she said she was fine, Chi Ruixi wasn’t so sure. Because of Chi Ying, Chi Ruixi gave Yu Heyi a rare cold look, not even sparing her a glance before closing the door.

“Xiao Ying, are you really okay?” Chi Ruixi looked at Chi Ying with concern. She didn’t know what it felt like for alphas to suppress each other with pheromones, but seeing Chi Ying’s discomfort earlier made her heart ache.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. What was Yu Heyi doing? She had to pay for this.

“I’m fine, really, Auntie.”

Chi Ying said with a grin, then sat on the sofa, grabbing an apple to eat.

“Auntie, which room am I staying in later?”

Seeing Chi Ying bouncing around, seemingly fine, Chi Ruixi relaxed and pointed to the guest room. “You’re staying in that one.”

“Oh, okay.”

Chi Ruixi showered first, and after, she grabbed a new set of underwear for Chi Ying. When she came out, Chi Ying was already watching a TV drama.

Chi Ruixi tapped escalating to her head, and Chi Ying yelped, looking at her aunt pitifully. “What was that for, Auntie?”

“Watch less TV. You’re in your second year of high school.”

“Auntie~~”

What’s it like to have an almost seventeen-year-old niece clinging to you?

Chi Ruixi now wanted to give her a good whack.

“Get up, you’re too old for this.”

Chi Ying buried her head in Chi Ruixi’s stomach, shaking it like a rattle, whining, “No, I miss Auntie.”

“Isn’t Auntie right here?”

Chi Ying giggled, then wrapped around Chi Ruixi’s arm, resting her head on her shoulder. Chi Ruixi thought she was being clingy and pinched her cheek. “You’re so grown up, still sticking to Auntie?”

Chi Ying shook her head. She wasn’t being clingy; she was just curious…

“Auntie, was that the idiot you mentioned?”

“Don’t talk nonsense…” Her aunt’s face turned red.

Chi Ying propped her chin, pretending to be deep in thought. “Well, this person seems a bit impulsive, but… she doesn’t know about me and you, right? So, I get why she’d be jealous…”

Before Chi Ying could finish, Chi Ruixi pushed her toward the bathroom.

“Go shower!”

“Auntie, I wasn’t done… don’t be shy!”

Chi Ruixi ignored her and shoved her inside.

When Chi Ying came out after her shower, Chi Ruixi had just set a bowl of noodles on the table. Chi Ying’s mouth watered at the sight of her aunt’s noodles. It was just simple soup noodles, but it was what Chi Ying ate most growing up.

Since differentiating, she spent holidays at the Chi family home and rarely stayed with her aunt, so it had been a while since she had these noodles. Plus, she hadn’t eaten much at the Chi house and was starving.

Chi Ying devoured the noodles, and Chi Ruixi kept wiping her mouth.

“Hehe, it’s always best with Auntie.”

Chi Ying grinned sweetly, and though Chi Ruixi had been stern, she now smiled with her niece.

After dinner, Chi Ruixi told Chi Ying to go to bed. Though it was the weekend and she didn’t need to wake early, students should have good habits.

But Chi Ying wanted to chat with Chi Ruixi and even sleep with her.

Chi Ruixi laughed and tapped her head. “At school, you act all grown up, barely talking to Auntie, but now you’re all over me.”

“That’s… because it’s school.” Chi Ying was a bit embarrassed. At school, everyone knew she was related to Chi Ruixi, and she didn’t want people thinking she relied on her aunt for everything, so she wasn’t as clingy.

“Alright, go to bed. I’ll clean the dishes.”

“Fine.” Chi Ying pouted, reluctantly leaving.

Chi Ruixi had been having trouble sleeping lately, so after cleaning the dishes, she didn’t go to her room. Instead, she stood by the window, letting the breeze hit her.

Looking outside, her mind went blank.

She kept thinking about that day at Yu Heyi’s place. Clearly… there was something there, so why was she always avoiding it?

Lost in thought, Chi Ruixi’s attention was suddenly caught by a figure downstairs. It was Yu Heyi.

She was sitting on a bench under a streetlamp, seemingly deep in thought.

Thinking of how Yu Heyi had released pheromones because of Chi Ying, Chi Ruixi was upset that she had bullied her niece. But on the other hand, maybe Yu Heyi was jealous.

Downstairs, Yu Heyi suddenly stood up, and Chi Ruixi, afraid of being seen, quickly ducked back into the living room.