After Transmigrating into a Scumbag Alpha, the Female Lead Can Read My Mind (GL) - Chapter 17
Jiang Beiwang carefully controlled her pheromones.
She was worried that releasing too many pheromones suddenly would make Yu Dong uncomfortable, yet also afraid that releasing too little would be overwhelmed by the room’s gardenia scent and be ineffective.
This amount was difficult to gauge, so Jiang Beiwang expended a lot of energy.
However, it was indeed effective.
Watching Yu Dong’s slightly furrowed brow gradually smooth out, Jiang Beiwang subtly moved her pressed hand.
Yu Dong, who was using her hand as a pillow, didn’t react this time.
Jiang Beiwang slightly relaxed, slowly and gently withdrawing her hand. After a while, her wrist was somewhat numb from being used as a pillow, but she didn’t mind at all.
The sensation of Yu Dong’s cheek seemed to linger in her palm.
Finally, no longer being held by Yu Dong as a pillow, Jiang Beiwang could straighten up.
She had been maintaining a slightly bent posture, and a slight lowering of her head allowed her to see Yu Dong’s beautiful face, which had quite an impact on her.
••••
When Yu Dong’s consciousness slowly returned, she only felt a heavy weight on her body.
She opened her eyes.
The familiar ceiling met her gaze.
She was still lying in her room, but unlike before she fell asleep, an extra blanket was draped over her.
Two layers. No wonder it felt so heavy.
There was a faint rustling sound beside the pillow. Yu Dong followed the sound and saw Jiang Beiwang sitting on a chair by her bed, fiddling with something.
So.
The calming scent that had soothed her runaway pheromones wasn’t a dream or her imagination; it was real.
She no longer felt so hazy. Although her scent gland was still faintly warm, it wasn’t unmanageable, and her body no longer felt cold.
Jiang Beiwang looked back.
The person on the bed lay quietly, long eyelashes casting shadows beneath her eyes, looking as if she were deeply asleep.
Jiang Beiwang didn’t notice anything and continued to focus on the object in her hand.
Is this ointment really effective?
[Host, this is a special formula from this system, and the effect is very good.]
Jiang Beiwang glanced around.
The system only provided a medicine bottle, not even a tool for application. How was she supposed to apply it to Yu Dong’s scent gland?
[Host, you can use your finger.]
[Apply it quickly before the female lead wakes up. It will be mostly absorbed by morning, leaving no trace.]
This… this might not be appropriate.
Jiang Beiwang glanced at Yu Dong.
Such a place, I can’t just touch it casually, can I?
[Host, the female lead is still asleep. It will be even harder to apply it once she wakes up.]
Since the system said so.
Jiang Beiwang stood steadily beside the bed. There was no light in the room; it was terribly dim. Finding the exact location of the scent gland was still an issue.
However, soothing with pheromones alone wasn’t quite enough for the female lead.
After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Beiwang still leaned down, her fingertips slowly moving across Yu Dong’s neck.
Perhaps she was a bit nervous; her face showed no emotion, her lips were tightly pursed, looking very serious.
Heaven knew how nervous Jiang Beiwang was right now.
As a scumbag Alpha, her closest physical contact with the female lead before this had only been a mere, almost accidental, catch of Yu Dong when she nearly fell.
The sleeping Yu Dong might not feel it, but Yu Dong was very certain she was awake right now.
However, the moment Jiang Beiwang looked back, she instinctively closed her eyes.
Feigning sleep.
With her eyes closed, Jiang Beiwang’s movements became even clearer.
It was a little ticklish, sometimes her fingertips grazed the scent gland, bringing a tingling sensation.
Yu Dong felt extremely uncomfortable. She wasn’t unfamiliar with heats, but this feeling was completely different from before.
She couldn’t describe it precisely.
In short, she felt very uncomfortable. The extremely slight touch seemed to be magnified infinitely for her, making her instinctively want to pull away to get a moment of relief.
Fortunately, Jiang Beiwang’s movements were quick. After locating the scent gland, she swiftly dabbed some ointment with her fingertips and lightly pressed it onto the gland.
The ointment was cool. Applying it to the scent gland reduced some of the burning temperature.
Jiang Beiwang used her fingertips to spread the ointment evenly in circles, while constantly keeping an eye on Yu Dong’s expression. The moment Yu Dong showed any sign of waking, she would immediately leave.
When she finished rubbing, she withdrew her hand.
Normally, one wouldn’t notice, but Yu Dong’s sleep quality is actually quite good.
Such big movements, and she still didn’t wake up.
Jiang Beiwang felt that it was probably because she was being very careful, coupled with Yu Dong’s fatigue from being caught in the rain during the day, which allowed her to accomplish all of this so smoothly.
Little did she know that Yu Dong’s face had already flushed a subtle red.
Jiang Beiwang was completely unaware of the anomaly. After putting away the medicine bottle and ensuring there were no traces, she looked around.
Good, a perfect conclusion.
She could finally leave.
After all that trouble, a wave of drowsiness clearly swept over Jiang Beiwang once she relaxed.
She yawned silently by the bed and walked to the door in a few quick steps.
Jiang Beiwang didn’t notice at all that behind her, Yu Dong had slowly opened her eyes, watching her back from a distance.
Here, the moment her hand touched the doorknob, Jiang Beiwang seemed to suddenly remember something.
Her silhouette swayed, and she turned back in a few steps.
Yu Dong quickly closed her eyes, continuing to feign sleep.
[Something feels off.]
Jiang Beiwang looked left and right, her gaze directly on Yu Dong’s eyes. They were indeed closed, and her posture was exactly the same as before, with no sign of movement.
Her gaze gradually moved downwards, stopping at Yu Dong’s lips.
The lips were very beautiful, full and tinged with crimson, looking very soft.
Her gaze continued downwards…
Yu Dong was somewhat flustered by this slightly scrutinizing gaze. Just as she thought her feigned sleep had been discovered, she heard a positive, light sigh from Jiang Beiwang.
[Oh, so the blanket wasn’t properly covered.]
Yu Dong: “…”
Jiang Beiwang looked at the blanket that had slipped down to Yu Dong’s shoulder at some point. She clearly remembered covering her neck thoroughly before.
Fearing Yu Dong might catch a chill from the night wind again, she even specifically found a thinner blanket to layer on top.
Two layers should definitely keep her from getting cold, right?
Jiang Beiwang didn’t think much about why the blanket had slipped down a bit.
She tugged at Yu Dong’s clothes, covering the exposed half of her shoulder, then slowly adjusted the blanket back to its previously snug position.
[Sleep well.]
After Jiang Beiwang left, Yu Dong sat up and pushed the topmost blanket away.
Once the weight disappeared, Yu Dong exhaled.
It was smothering her.
••••
The room was so empty it was as if no one had ever been there, only the lingering pheromones in the air proved Jiang Beiwang’s recent presence.
Yu Dong touched her gradually calming scent gland. The ointment hadn’t been fully absorbed yet, and a translucent white paste stained her fingertips.
It smelled faintly fragrant, not unpleasant.
At the same time, the system was staring blankly at the medicine bottle on the panel.
If.
Just suppose if.
The medicine bottle that should currently be with Jiang Beiwang suddenly appeared on the system panel.
What did that mean?
Jiang Beiwang was still savoring the scent of Yu Dong’s pheromones.
The emotionless mechanical voice appeared unseasonably.
[Host, it seems the wrong medicine was used.]
Jiang Beiwang, who had been lying flat on the bed, suddenly sat upright.
She had a feeling.
Just knew things wouldn’t go that smoothly.
[However, the medicine the Host used earlier was a failed predecessor to the official medicine. Its efficacy is largely the same, so there aren’t any major problems.]
“No major problems meaning…?” Jiang Beiwang asked.
[Probably just minor issues like slight disorientation, drowsiness, occasional headaches, etc.]