After Going on a Blind Date With My Omega Love Rival (ABO, GL) - Chapter 64

Chapter 64

The liveliest person on the bus was Teacher Cheng, bantering with a female beta, an English teacher. Teacher Cheng had once tried to set up Zheng Qin with Chi Ruixi, so they often ate together. But after the Zheng Qin incident, she felt awkward around Chi Ruixi, especially since Chi Ruixi could be cold at times.

Teacher Cheng was different—warm, lively, and straightforward, getting along with everyone. Clearly, the English teacher was her kind of person.

“Teacher Zhang, why didn’t you bring your partner?” Teacher Cheng asked, munching on sunflower seeds. She wasn’t mean, just loved gossip.

Teacher Zhang, the English teacher, was about thirty, married with a kid.

“If we both came, who’d watch the kid?” Teacher Zhang replied, casually grabbing some seeds to crack.

They were the chattiest on the bus, and since everyone was familiar, others joined in occasionally.

But not Chi Ruixi and Yu Heyi, who sat a bit apart from the group.

They didn’t mind the distance, but Teacher Cheng wouldn’t let them off.

Chi Ruixi was already uneasy about her little lie, and with Yu Heyi’s smiling gaze fixed on her, her eyes darted nervously.

If Yu Heyi kept staring, Chi Ruixi might crack—not to confess the truth, but because her flushed cheeks would betray her.

Just then, Teacher Cheng called from afar, like a lifeline.

“Teacher Chi…”

Chi Ruixi stood slightly, bending due to the tight space between seats.

“Teacher Chi, won’t you introduce the person next to you?” Teacher Cheng was like a gossip-hungry bystander…

Her words drew everyone’s attention to Chi Ruixi.

What she thought was a lifeline turned into a death knell…

Chi Ruixi steeled herself and said, “This is… my alpha.” Her voice was soft, but everyone heard. Teacher Cheng, the biggest gossip, glanced between them.

She knew Yu Heyi and their vague relationship—Zheng Qin’s situation proved it. But she hadn’t expected Chi Ruixi to bring Yu Heyi.

Saying “my alpha” didn’t clarify their status, but those in the know understood: it meant married or soon-to-be.

Others didn’t care, but Chi Ruixi was mortified… her neck faintly red.

This shyness differed from when Yu Heyi teased her; she felt utterly awkward.

Yu Heyi, however, stood confidently. Sitting on the aisle, she stepped out. She didn’t know most people, but Teacher Cheng, who often ate with Chi Ruixi, was familiar.

“Some of you may have seen me, but let me formally introduce myself. I’m Yu Heyi, Teacher Chi’s alpha.” Yu Heyi smiled openly, glancing at Chi Ruixi.

Thin-skinned, Chi Ruixi didn’t meet her eyes, just smiled at everyone.

Her shyness was so obvious that Teacher Cheng couldn’t hold back a laugh. Noticing it, she teased, “Oh, look, Teacher Chi’s shy…”

Yu Heyi, who’d been looking at others, turned to Chi Ruixi. Already embarrassed, Chi Ruixi, now teased, glared at Yu Heyi in frustration.

She squeezed Yu Heyi’s hand, which she was still holding.

It wasn’t painful—nothing like a waist pinch.

Chi Ruixi’s shyness kept surprising Yu Heyi. It started with their blind date, when Chi Ruixi, in her heat, was passionate and bold. Yu Heyi never imagined she’d be so shy.

During her cold phase, Yu Heyi thought it was genuine. Now, she saw Teacher Chi was faking it.

Like now—others couldn’t tell, but Yu Heyi saw clearly: Chi Ruixi’s neck and cheeks were strikingly red.

“Sit down, we’re starting,” Teacher Zhao, who’d boarded unnoticed, barked sternly. The others stopped joking and sat.

Chi Ruixi and Yu Heyi sat last. Before sitting, Yu Heyi caught Teacher Zhao’s hostile glare. She knew what he was thinking—a toad lusting after a swan.

Failing, he was humiliated and angry.

Soon, the bus started. Yu Heyi sat obediently beside Chi Ruixi, trying to hold her hand.

Chi Ruixi dodged.

Yu Heyi pouted, a bit helpless…

“Teacher Chi, everyone knows about us. No need to be shy.”

She grabbed Chi Ruixi’s hand again. Chi Ruixi made a token dodge but let her hold it.

Chi Ruixi glanced down, then turned to the window, watching the scenery.

Yu Heyi… played with her hand.

After a while, feeling done, Yu Heyi looked up and saw Chi Ruixi with her eyes closed, as if asleep.

Chi Ruixi’s new hairstyle really got to Yu Heyi.

Not that she disliked the wavy-haired Chi Ruixi, but everyone has preferences.

And Chi Ruixi, by chance, hit Yu Heyi’s exactly.

Yu Heyi loved long, straight black hair since childhood.

Staring at Chi Ruixi’s profile, Yu Heyi couldn’t help thinking: back in high school, Chi Ruixi had long, straight black hair, but with awful bangs covering half her face, hiding her beauty.

If… if high school Chi Ruixi had been like this…

She might not have liked Jingwan.

No, she definitely wouldn’t have.

The more she looked, the more excited she got, imagining if Chi Ruixi had this hairstyle back then, showing her face clearly.

They might not have had so many misunderstandings. She’d have fallen for Chi Ruixi early, and by now, their kid might be in school.

Speaking of kids… she’d marked Chi Ruixi several times. Why no news?

Wasn’t permanent marking during heat supposed to make pregnancy likely?

Next time, during Chi Ruixi’s heat, she’d have to try harder.

Unaware, her gaze grew hotter, staring intensely.

Chi Ruixi wasn’t asleep, just dozing. She hadn’t slept well, excited and insomniac.

Now, half-asleep, she felt a gaze… and a faint oolong tea scent…

It was Yu Heyi beside her—no question.

The culprit behind her sleeplessness was disturbing her again. Annoyed, Chi Ruixi opened her eyes.

Yu Heyi’s fiery gaze was too obvious. Chi Ruixi paused, suppressing her irritation, glanced around, and whispered, “Tone it down.”

“What…?” Yu Heyi, lost in Chi Ruixi’s beauty, didn’t realize her pheromones were leaking.

It was faint, thanks to the suppressant patch. Only Chi Ruixi, close and marked by her, could smell it.

But even if others couldn’t, Chi Ruixi was upset.

The bus had alphas and omegas.

Staring was one thing, but releasing pheromones…

“Control your pheromones,” Chi Ruixi repeated, her displeasure clear.

Now Yu Heyi got it.

She didn’t know Chi Ruixi’s possessiveness was at play. If Chi Ruixi hadn’t clarified, she’d have thought her gaze was the issue.

She touched her suppressant patch, reined in her pheromones, but her eyes still sparkled at Chi Ruixi.

Unteased, Chi Ruixi would flirt; teased too much, she’d get shy.

She’d buy couple’s mugs and outfits but deny it.

Pretending to be aloof, she was a little girl inside, fiercely possessive.

Oh, and hiding a secret.

Yu Heyi was curious, not overly so, but loved unraveling Chi Ruixi’s secrets.

She was certain Chi Ruixi loved her deeply, yet was shy.

Only when pushed hard would she admit it.

Uncontrollably, Yu Heyi recalled that day in the car, Chi Ruixi crying, saying she loved her over and over…

Stubborn people don’t realize they’re stubborn.

Yu Heyi was no different, thinking herself honest, yet planning to tease Chi Ruixi.

“Ruixi, do you really, really like me?”

After telling Yu Heyi to tone it down, Chi Ruixi had turned back to doze. Her words jolted Chi Ruixi, who turned to see Yu Heyi grinning.

What was she up to?

Last time… didn’t she already admit it? What was Yu Heyi doing?

“Yes,” Chi Ruixi answered crisply, then countered, “Do you really, really like me?”

Yu Heyi was thrilled at her admission, but her question caught her off guard. Without thinking, she retorted, “In your dreams… I only like you a little.”

She forgot she’d said, during Chi Ruixi’s seduction, “I really like you.” Seeing Chi Ruixi’s half-smile, she realized.

She’d contradicted herself again, eyes full of desire, pheromones slipping, yet claiming “a little”…

Chi Ruixi’s reluctance to say she liked her was shyness.

But hers was denial.

She loved Chi Ruixi to death, yet said “a little”…

The words were out. Taking them back would be too embarrassing, right???

Pouting, Yu Heyi tried a new angle. “Who’d our kid look like more?”

She met Chi Ruixi’s look, like she was staring at an idiot…

Author’s Note: Slapping your own face is quick—one second “only a little,” the next dying to say you love her and want a kid!!! Thanks to the little angels who sent 霸王票 or nutrient solution from 2021-06-10 17:20:47 to 2021-06-11 16:46:02~

Thanks to the little angel who sent a grenade: Flying Fish That Farts, 1;

Thanks to the little angels who sent mines: Like Fire, Cat Person Langston, 1 each;

Thanks to the little angels who sent nutrient solution: Starry Sea, 15 bottles; Like Fire, 8 bottles;

Thank you all so much for your support, I’ll keep working hard!