Failed to Pretend to Be an Alpha and Got Marked by the Enemy (ABO, GL) - Chapter 62

Chapter 62

In the hotel corridor, two slender figures had just escaped a dangerous situation, their faces pale and their bodies exhausted.

Yu Jing supported Liang Tian, who was so frightened that her legs had weakened, and moved forward with difficulty while looking back.

No one chased them.

Yu Jing felt relieved in her heart but also held some doubts.

At that moment, she had held back the thin man, and Liang Tian seized the chance to open the door and escape. The fat man, furious and enduring pain in his groin, ran out to catch her.

When the thin man restrained Yu Jing, she heard Liang Tian’s cry for help. But it seemed useless; Liang Tian only shouted once before the fat man dragged her back. The two men were aggressive, looking as if they wanted to kill the girls.

Just when Yu Jing thought they would suffer today, Liang Tian raised her phone and shouted loudly, “I called the police!”

The two men exchanged a glance, as if intimidated by her words, and surprisingly let the girls go.

Did they really fear the police? Yu Jing couldn’t figure this out.

The current situation didn’t allow her to think much. She pulled out her room card, opened the door, and brought the weak Liang Tian to her room.

Liang Tian collapsed at the foot of the bed, hugged her torn clothes, and burst into tears with a loud wail.

Yu Jing had felt indifferent toward her before, but seeing her in such a pitiful state, she felt a bit compassionate.

Liang Tian just cried, tears and snot streaming down her face. Yu Jing didn’t know how to comfort her, so she went to the bathroom and got a clean towel for her.

Liang Tian wiped the tear stains off her face, looked up at Yu Jing, and said, “Thank you.”

Yu Jing crossed her arms and asked, “Who were those two men?”

Liang Tian rubbed her swollen eyes with the towel, shivered with lingering fear, and said, “The fat one is a producer, and the thin one is his assistant. The producer wanted to meet me at this hotel, but I refused. He then said he’d treat me to dinner, and I couldn’t decline. At the dinner, they kept pushing me to drink, and I blacked out. When I came to, I realized they had brought me here. If you hadn’t shown up, they might have…”

Liang Tian didn’t continue, and Yu Jing understood her meaning, saying with righteous anger, “You did the right thing by calling the police. When the police come, the surveillance footage will make everything clear.”

When Liang Tian heard the word “surveillance,” a strange glint flashed in her frail eyes.

But Yu Jing didn’t notice, distracted by the sudden ringing of the room’s phone, and hurriedly went to answer it.

The call came from the front desk, asking if she still wanted to book a ticket.

Yu Jing remembered this matter, glanced at the helpless Liang Tian sitting at the bed’s foot, and told the front desk, “I won’t book it for now.”

After hanging up, Yu Jing heard noisy footsteps outside, suspected the police had arrived, and wanted to go check.

Liang Tian grabbed her and said, “My neck hurts so much. Can you check it for me?”

Yu Jing saw her pained expression, didn’t suspect anything, and leaned over to examine her.

As she got close, she smelled a sweet pheromone scent, assumed it was an unconscious leak from Liang Tian, saw the bleeding wound on her neck, and exclaimed, “Your gland is broken!”

Before she finished speaking, Liang Tian wrapped her arms and legs around Yu Jing.

Caught off guard, Yu Jing was pulled forward by Liang Tian’s force, and the two fell onto the bed with Liang Tian beneath her.

“Help!” Liang Tian shouted while holding her.

Yu Jing, bewildered, heard a loud “bang” as someone kicked open the door.

“Police, don’t move!”

“…”

Two police officers rushed into the small room. Before Yu Jing could process the situation, one officer restrained her hands from behind.

The other officer helped the crying Liang Tian to her feet.

Liang Tian trembled behind the officer, pointed at Yu Jing, and said, “Officer, she tried to forcibly mark me!”

Yu Jing looked at Liang Tian, who accused her, in disbelief and said, “What nonsense are you talking about?”

The officer glanced at Liang Tian, who cried pitifully and emitted Omega pheromones, sighed, and faced Yu Jing with a stern expression, saying, “Are you an Alpha?”

“I…” Yu Jing couldn’t answer, as if someone choked her throat.

“Yes, she’s an Alpha!” Liang Tian answered for her, “Her name is Yu Jing, a singer. You can check her Weibo; she posted her gene test reports before. She has suppressants in her bag. She differentiated long ago but deliberately didn’t say.”

The officer didn’t see any suppressants, scanned Yu Jing up and down, and said seriously, “Ms. Liang said you tried to forcibly mark her. What do you have to say?”

What could she say? Yu Jing stared at Liang Tian, dumbfounded.

Liang Tian avoided her gaze, cried to the officer with fake sincerity, and said, “I met her while filming a show. This time, I came to M City for a project and didn’t expect to meet her at the hotel. She took advantage of my drunkenness to try to forcibly mark me and damaged my gland. Look—”

Liang Tian showed her neck, and the officers saw her bleeding gland, looking at Yu Jing with disdain.

Yu Jing felt the situation was absurd and shook her head quickly, saying, “No, I didn’t do it. I couldn’t possibly mark her. She’s lying!”

“Officer, I’m telling the truth. She tried to assault me just now, and you saw it, didn’t you?” Liang Tian said, acting aggrieved.

Yu Jing couldn’t believe she saved Liang Tian only to be betrayed, and explained to the officers, “It’s not like that. Earlier, she was drunk, and two men tried to assault her. I saw it and saved her. If you don’t believe me, check the surveillance!”

A hotel staff member interrupted and said, “The surveillance on this floor is broken and hasn’t been fixed.”

Yu Jing’s mind buzzed, realizing too late that she might have fallen into a trap.

With no surveillance and the suspect denying the crime, the officers handled it officially and said, “You’re an Alpha, alone with an Omega at night, which is suspicious enough. Plus, we saw you pinning this lady on the bed. There are too many doubts. Please come with us.”

The officers took Yu Jing and Liang Tian away. Earlier, Liang Tian’s cries didn’t draw anyone out, but once the police arrived, the whole floor came out to watch.

Being stared at like a spectacle, Yu Jing didn’t feel shame, only endless questions and anger in her heart. She looked at Liang Tian, gritted her teeth, and asked, “Why are you framing me?”

Liang Tian didn’t dare meet her eyes, turned her head, and looked somewhere else.

Yu Jing followed her gaze, saw the fat man and the thin man watching from the crowd with crossed arms, looked at the falsely frail Liang Tian, and felt deep regret in her heart.

Late at night.

A shocking news alert pushed to Weibo users’ phones, with a title that caused confusion and shock: #Yu Jing Attempted to Forcibly Mark Omega, Taken by Police#.

The surname “Yu” wasn’t common. Was it the female celebrity who frequently trended for CP hype? Or just someone with the same name?

With the name’s inherent popularity and the sensitive topic of “attempted forcible marking of an Omega,” curious netizens clicked in and saw an even more shocking video:

The video showed Yu Jing and Liang Tian being taken away by police.

The person who uploaded the video claimed to be an eyewitness, with noisy audio. For clarity, they added text explaining the whole incident: Yu Jing hid her differentiation, took the drunk Liang Tian to her room, attempted to forcibly mark her, and failed. The police arrived in time and took Yu Jing away as a suspect.

The video, only a few minutes long, caused a huge uproar online.

[Oh my God, it’s really Yu Jing and Liang Tian!]

[Yu Jing, an Alpha, tried to forcibly mark Liang Tian? That’s disgusting!]

[With Yu Jing’s character, she still wants to be a star? Get out of the entertainment industry!]

[Attempted forcible marking carries at least a year’s sentence, right? She’s done for.]

[When I watched them on ‘Treasure Hunt’, I thought Liang Tian was annoying and fake. I didn’t expect Yu Jing to be the real schemer, hiding her differentiation and trying to mark Liang Tian. That’s terrifying!]

[Omegas are defenseless against Alphas. If the police had arrived a few minutes later, the consequences are unthinkable.]

[I saw Liang Tian’s gland looked scratched. So pitiful.]

[Wait, you’re convicting Yu Jing based on this blogger’s subjective account? Forcible marking is a serious crime. Don’t speculate until the police conclude.]

Except for a few skeptical voices, the internet overwhelmingly insulted Yu Jing. As the most vulnerable group in society, Omegas should be protected, and attempted forcible marking instantly sparked public outrage.

Two police cars drove away from the hotel under the crowd’s gaze.

The South City Police Station was brightly lit.

A female officer handed tissues to the tearful Liang Tian, gently comforting her not to be afraid. Liang Tian secretly wiped her tears, glanced at the interrogation room ahead, and felt uneasy.

At first, Liang Tian was shocked and scared, calling the police to report the two men. But after she made the call, the fat man grabbed her, grinned perversely, and said, “What’s the point of calling the police? I didn’t actually do anything to you. And you don’t know, do you? The surveillance on this floor is broken. No evidence, so what can you do to me?”

Liang Tian thought he was bluffing, but his confident demeanor, not chasing her when she ran, and threatening her with a contract and penalty fees made her realize the truth.

Liang Tian had just signed as the female lead in a web drama. The pay wasn’t much, but the triple penalty fee could ruin her. She couldn’t afford it, accepted reality, got scared, compromised, took out her phone, and said, “Sorry, Mr. Yu, I won’t report it.”

The fat man refused, grabbed her hand, sneered, and said, “Report it, of course you should. But when the police come, you need to make them believe that the female Alpha in there tried to forcibly mark you.”

Angry that Yu Jing ruined his plans, the fat man wanted to teach her a lesson and made Liang Tian frame her.

Under the fat man’s threats and the influence of alcohol, Liang Tian acted out the scene. While Yu Jing was in the bathroom, she secretly opened the door. The fat man and the thin man were waiting outside, guiding the police when they arrived.

Liang Tian didn’t want to frame Yu Jing, but the massive penalty fee was too much. She felt a bit guilty, but remembering how Ming Zhu was cold to her but warm to Yu Jing during the show, her guilt was quickly overtaken by jealousy.

Framing someone for the first time scared her, but with no surveillance, there was no evidence. Yu Jing couldn’t overturn it, could she?

In the interrogation room, two male Alpha officers stared sternly at the suspect. One asked expressionlessly, “Do you know how serious the crime of forcibly marking an Omega is?”

Yu Jing looked at them calmly, spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly, and answered indirectly, saying, “I couldn’t possibly mark her.”

The male officer thought she was trying to argue.

Yu Jing added slowly, “Because I’m an Omega myself.”

The male officers froze.

Yu Jing lifted her hair, let them see her gland clearly, and released her pheromones.

The scent of strawberry milk filled the room, unmistakably Omega, startling both male Alphas.

She was indeed an Omega!

Yu Jing released only a little before restraining it, fixed her hair, curled her lips slightly, and said sarcastically, “She lied and framed me.”

The questioning officer snapped out of the intoxicating sweetness, shook his head, looked at the girl who appeared tough but was clearly an Omega, and said in shock, “Why didn’t you say earlier?”

Yu Jing’s lips moved, but she stayed silent.

At the hotel, she didn’t speak because too many eyes were watching. After this incident, Yu Jing knew she couldn’t hide being an Omega, but online public opinion could heavily impact a celebrity, so she didn’t dare reveal it rashly.

Another reason was her fear that Liang Tian would change her story if she knew Yu Jing was an Omega. So, she waited until they reached the station and Liang Tian had signed the report before revealing herself.

An Omega couldn’t possibly mark another Omega, so Yu Jing’s revelation cleared her of suspicion, and the officers had no more questions for her.

The situation reversed, and Liang Tian was now accused of framing Yu Jing.

When Liang Tian learned Yu Jing was an Omega, she was stunned. She thought the police would detain Yu Jing, but in the end, they detained her instead.

Cleared of suspicion, Yu Jing could leave but didn’t want to return to the hotel. That place made her uncomfortable, and she couldn’t sleep if she went back. The officers pitied her and allowed her to rest in the lounge.

Yu Jing borrowed a phone from the officers. This time, she didn’t call Ming Zhu but called Shen Jiayu.

Shen Jiayu had seen the video online of Yu Jing and Liang Tian being taken by police and tried calling her to ask what happened, but her phone was always unreachable.

Yu Jing, too exhausted to be upset, calmly told her the whole story.

Shen Jiayu was furious after hearing it, cursing Liang Tian over the phone. Yu Jing reminded her the phone wasn’t hers, and Shen Jiayu stopped, softened her tone, and said, “We bought high-speed rail tickets and are on the way.”

Yu Jing, supporting her forehead weakly, hummed and hung up.

In the small lounge with only a tiny fan blowing warm air on her tired face, Yu Jing, drained from the night’s bizarre events, fell asleep unknowingly on the hard wooden table.

She had a dream where a familiar voice gently called her name by her ear: “Jingjing, wake up.”

Yu Jing’s mind was foggy, lifted her heavy eyelids, saw a beautiful, familiar face, and felt dazed for a moment.

It wasn’t dawn yet, the room’s light was dim, and the face she longed for in her dream was right before her.

“Sister?” she said, her voice groggy from just waking up.

“It’s me,” Ming Zhu said, looking at her with eyes full of concern, her voice soft, “Don’t be afraid. I’m here.”

Yu Jing doubted she was fully awake, couldn’t help but reach out to touch her face.

It was warm, alive.

It was really Ming Zhu.

Yu Jing never expected her to come. Smelling her calming scent, her nose stung inexplicably, and she threw herself into her arms without hesitation.