Did Scumbag A Get Divorced Today? (GL) - Chapter 25.1
“Tss—”
Sui Yu let out a sharp hiss of pain.
The moment she felt a head buried against the crook of her neck, and the deep, searing pain radiating from her gland, her expression froze.
Even worse, her own scent began to change—her previously cool, crisp pheromones now subtly tainted by something new. It was like a cluster of geraniums blooming in the snow, their fragrance gradually blending with the invading scent.
Sui Yu stood in stunned silence.
Being marked—it hurt, yes, but the pain came with an unbearable tingling numbness, and even… a dangerous, addictive kind of pleasure. Her body shivered, her mind blurred, and she felt an uncontrollable urge rising—the urge to embrace the person in front of her.
Her expression darkened immediately.
Embrace her?
Embrace the one who’s forcibly marking me?!
This—this kind of forced marking… in the A/B/O world, wasn’t it the same as assault?
“Shen Jueshu!” Sui Yu growled, the name torn out between gritted teeth.
“Ah…”
A breathy moan slipped past Shen Jueshu’s lips, brushing hot and cold across Sui Yu’s ear—first warm, then icy.
Sui Yu shivered, her rage intensifying.
Ever since she transmigrated here, she hadn’t done a single thing to harm Shen Jueshu. So why was she being bitten like this?
Even the original owner hadn’t gone so far as to force a mark!
She could feel Shen Jueshu’s teeth pressing deeper into her gland, as if trying to rip out the flesh by force.
The pain shot through her spine, lighting up every nerve. Sui Yu’s gaze sharpened, then twisted with a cold fury. She let out a bitter laugh.
“Shen Jueshu, I didn’t know you had zombie potential.”
In the next instant, she grabbed Shen Jueshu by the hair, yanked her head back, and—despite the agony in her neck—bit her hard, right in the gland.
If you’re going to mark me, then I’m going to mark you back!
Her own pheromones surged wildly, invading Shen Jueshu’s body, flooding her with Sui Yu’s scent and imprint. It was feral, fierce, and intentional.
The moment her scent mingled with that subtle geranium fragrance in Shen Jueshu’s gland, Sui Yu smiled—satisfied.
Even now, we’re even. No loss.
Shen Jueshu froze.
For a moment, she just stared blankly ahead, stunned, unmoving.
Seeing her in such a dazed state, Sui Yu clutched her bloodied neck and began to slowly back away.
Reality hit her like a punch to the gut. What she had just done was truly reckless. She had willingly stepped into a death trap.
The original owner hadn’t even successfully marked Shen Jueshu—and ended up imprisoned in a basement for the rest of her life.
And now she’d done it?
Sui Yu’s heart surged with disbelief, resentment, and fear.
Shen Jueshu marked me without consent, and I retaliated—but somehow I’m still the one in the wrong?!
The blizzard-like scent that had filled the room began to calm. But it wasn’t true peace—it was just the surface settling, with danger still roiling underneath.
Shen Jueshu’s gaze, now no longer vacant, turned sharply—locking onto Sui Yu, who was inching toward the door.
Sui Yu: “…”
“You bit me first!” she blurted, claiming the moral high ground before anything else could be said.
Though her eyes had focused, Shen Jueshu’s expression remained emotionless—calm to the point of cruelty. She took a slow step forward.
Sui Yu instinctively took a step back.
Each movement from Shen Jueshu radiated a chilling, suffocating pressure.
Sui Yu was terrified.
Damn it, Sui Yu cursed internally. This woman’s presence completely overwhelms mine! Is she sure she’s not the Alpha here?!
She backed up until her shoulders hit the door—no more room to retreat.
Watching Shen Jueshu draw closer step by step, Sui Yu tried to steady her voice and snapped, “What are you doing? Keep your AO distance! And don’t think I’ve let you off for marking me—I haven’t even started holding you accountable!”
For a brief moment, Sui Yu seriously regretted her earlier impulsiveness. Why did I bite her back?! Wouldn’t it have been smarter to just report her? Let the authorities handle the violation?
But now, because she retaliated with a mark of her own, it would probably be seen as mutual. At best, they’d both get scolded; at worst, no one would take her side.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. If she could time-travel five minutes into the past, she’d scream at herself until her lungs gave out.
Shen Jueshu’s eyes, gradually clearing of haze, settled on Sui Yu’s hand covering her own neck. Bl00d had seeped through her fingers. Her gaze darkened, and she reached up to touch her own nape—her fingertips coming back stained with bl00d.
Seeing her reaction, Sui Yu immediately snapped, “What are you looking at me for?! You started this! At least I didn’t try to rip out a chunk of your neck!”
Her own gland hurt so badly she couldn’t even turn her head properly.
This woman definitely has violent tendencies!
Suddenly, Shen Jueshu’s hands moved to Sui Yu’s throat, her expression twisted with pain and hatred. Her fingers began to tighten.
“Hey—what are you doing?! You already marked me and now you want to kill me?!” Sui Yu cried out, shielding her neck. The look in Shen Jueshu’s eyes made her shiver—from her spine all the way down to her toes.
She’s serious. She really might kill me.
But just as the grip on her neck seemed about to crush her, Shen Jueshu’s tears fell—silently, suddenly. Her bloodshot eyes shimmered with unshed pain, her voice trembling as it shifted from a whisper to a snarl:
“Why… why… why?!”
Why couldn’t you just be the same person? Why did you have to change? Why do you seem like someone else entirely?
Her gaze, though fierce, held a heartbreaking vulnerability. And that look made something in Sui Yu’s chest clench unexpectedly.
Slowly, Sui Yu stopped resisting. Even her Alpha pheromones faded into silence, retracted fully so they wouldn’t agitate Shen Jueshu further.
If she really wants me dead… so be it.
Maybe I’ll just go back to my original world. And if my death can bring her peace, then at least it meant something.
She didn’t know when she’d become this self-sacrificing. But honestly, she had probably died already—back when she fell down the stairs in her old world. Everything since had just been borrowed time. And if dying now could spare Shen Jueshu further suffering, then maybe… she’d even gain a little cosmic karma.
Still, she couldn’t help but feel a twinge of regret. Regret that she didn’t get to understand what had truly happened to the original Sui Yu. Regret that she didn’t know what had made this Shen Jueshu so different from the one in the novel.
Feeling her go still, Shen Jueshu’s gaze shifted. Her eyes fell on Sui Yu’s calm, upturned face, her mouth curved in an oddly peaceful smile.
But instead of calming her, it infuriated Shen Jueshu.
That face—like she was the rational one, the noble one, the one willing to endure everything—made Shen Jueshu feel like she was the irrational monster.
“Sui Yu!” she bit out.
Her hands moved again—but just then, her pheromones surged uncontrollably, dragging them both into a world of ice and snow. But within that icy storm, her body burned like fire. Her bl00d boiled. The conflicting sensations of burning and freezing consumed her until she could barely breathe.
“Ugh—ah!” Shen Jueshu’s knees buckled. She nearly collapsed, instinctively clinging to Sui Yu to keep herself upright.
Her cheeks were now flushed a deep crimson, like the sky bathed in sunset light. Her tear-filled eyes shimmered like crystal.