Failed to Run Away After Transmigrating as the Scummy Alpha's Wife of the Villain - Chapter 20 Part 2

Chi Yuan suddenly stopped in her tracks, pulling Jiang Ci behind her as if shielding a baby chick.

 

 

Jiang Ci asked in confusion, “What’s wrong, Chi Yuan?”

 

 

Chi Yuan looked around frantically, then said in a grave, almost devastated tone, “This place is cursed. The feng shui is terrible—how can a simple studio be this dangerous? Tomorrow, I’m buying this place outright, and then—”

 

 

Jiang Ci: “And then?”

 

 

Chi Yuan met her gaze with utter seriousness. “I’m leveling it to the ground.”

 

 

Jiang Ci burst out laughing. “Pfft—President Chi, you sound like such a domineering CEO right now.”

 

 

Chi Yuan: “I’m not joking. This place is actually hazardous.”

 

 

Jiang Ci gave her an indulgent smile and nudged the overly cautious Chi Yuan forward. “Come on, let’s go. Once we pass the front door, we’ll be out of here.”

 

 

Though the exit was only a few dozen meters away, Chi Yuan moved as if trudging through eternity, each step heavy with dread.

 

 

How would danger strike? Would the ceiling collapse? Or would the ground suddenly give way?

 

 

The two receptionists watched Chi Yuan’s exaggerated caution with expressions caught between amusement and bewilderment.

 

 

A petite girl with round glasses timidly spoke up, “Ms. Jiang, do you… need any help?”

 

 

Jiang Ci waved awkwardly. “No, it’s fine. Just carry on with your work, Xiao Ru.”

 

 

Xiao Ru smiled and nodded, then suddenly pulled out a fan banner from the desk. “Ms. Jiang, could I trouble you for an autograph? My little sister adores you…”

 

 

Jiang Ci: “Oh, you mentioned her before—Zhou Xingxing, right? She’s six this year?”

 

 

Xiao Ru nodded excitedly. “She absolutely loves you!”

 

 

Jiang Ci stepped forward, pulling out a pen from her pocket to take the banner—

 

 

Only for a certain “paranoid” individual to intercept it first.

 

 

Chi Yuan scrutinized the banner from every angle, ensuring it posed no threat before finally handing it to Jiang Ci.

 

 

Xiao Ru blinked. “Uh… Ms. Jiang’s bodyguard is really… really thorough.”

 

 

Jiang Ci: More like really unhinged. No need to sugarcoat it.

 

 

She signed the banner with her name and added: To little Zhou Xingxing—Wishing you health, happiness, and endless joy.

 

 

Xiao Ru beamed. “Thank you, Ms. Jiang! You’re so kind.”

 

 

“Ms. Jiang,” the other receptionist, a long-haired woman, suddenly spoke up. “Could I get one too?”

 

 

Jiang Ci didn’t recognize her—she must have been new.

 

 

Well, one autograph or two, no difference.

 

 

“Sure, where do you want it?”

 

 

The woman rummaged in her pocket and pulled out a test tube-like vial, then flung its contents at Jiang Ci with startling speed.

 

 

The sudden attack left everyone frozen. Jiang Ci saw the liquid hurtling toward her face—but then she was abruptly spun around.

 

 

Chi Yuan had wrapped her arms around her, shielding her completely.

 

 

The liquid splashed across Chi Yuan’s back, soaking through her thin jacket.

 

 

Jiang Ci’s heart lurched as she frantically checked for injuries—but nothing seemed amiss.

 

 

Was it just… water?

 

 

She touched the damp fabric and brought her fingers to her nose.

 

 

No harsh, acrid smell—just a faint, cloying sweetness, like perfume.

 

 

Chi Yuan shrugged off her jacket, glaring at the long-haired woman—only to see a triumphant smirk on her face.

 

 

 

Xiao Ru quickly called security, who came in and restrained the woman.

 

 

Jiang Ci coldly stared at the long-haired woman. “Why did you do this? The man with the knife inside is working with you, isn’t he? There’s no way he could’ve gotten in without bypassing the front desk.”

 

 

Despite being caught, the woman remained eerily calm, as if nothing had happened, and didn’t respond to Jiang Ci’s question.

 

 

Jiang Ci rubbed her temples in frustration, her dark eyes heavy with exhaustion.

 

 

Chi Yuan wiped her damp back and asked internally: System, what the hell was that?

 

 

System: After analysis, it’s a perfume-based inducer.

 

 

An inducer? The sudden introduction of this term made it impossible for Chi Yuan not to connect it to the ABO dynamics of the original novel’s setting.

 

 

Chi Yuan: Care to… elaborate?

 

 

System: A pheromone inducer. Judging by the scent, it’s specifically designed for omegas. Those who inhale it will uncontrollably release pheromones, inducing a heat response.

 

 

System: A small amount isn’t harmful.

 

 

Chi Yuan let out a sigh of relief. Thankfully, she had shielded Jiang Ci in time. As an alpha, the inducer had no effect on her.

 

 

Chi Yuan: I thought the danger you mentioned was something life-threatening.

 

 

System: That’s because you didn’t let me finish! The detection system did identify ongoing danger, but the red alert downgraded to yellow—mild risk, got it?

 

 

Chi Yuan: I was just too tense, okay?

 

 

Now that the danger had passed, her clingy behavior today could finally come to an end.

 

 

“Jiang Ci, let me take you home. You—”

 

 

Chi Yuan suddenly noticed Jiang Ci’s expression was off. Oh sh1t, no way…

 

 

Jiang Ci gripped Chi Yuan’s arm and forced out a whisper, “Help me to the car.”

 

 

Beads of sweat formed at her temples, and the scent gland at the back of her neck burned with heat. She could barely suppress her pheromones from leaking, but she wouldn’t last much longer.

 

 

System: This shouldn’t be happening… She only inhaled a trace amount.

 

 

Chi Yuan: …

 

 

Too busy to complain about the system’s unreliability, Chi Yuan half-carried Jiang Ci into the car.

 

 

Jiang Ci tossed her a set of keys. “Thanks. Just get me home as fast as possible.”

 

 

“Do you need a suppressant? I can help.”

 

 

System: Idiot, suppressants don’t work against inducers. She needs a hospital.

 

 

Chi Yuan quickly amended, “Then I’ll take you to the hospital.”

 

 

“No,” Jiang Ci lay in the backseat, her entire body feverish as the scent of lemon from her glands began to permeate the car. “I can’t go to a hospital—I’ll get photographed. Just take me home. Please.”

 

 

Seriously? At a time like this, she’s still worried about being seen?

 

 

Glancing at Jiang Ci’s pained state, Chi Yuan clicked her tongue but started the car toward Jiang Ci’s residence.

 

 

The sports car sped back to Jiang Ci’s duplex villa. By then, Jiang Ci was barely conscious, and the overpowering lemon scent in the car left Chi Yuan flushed and breathless. The stifling heat was unbearable.

 

 

But to prevent pheromone leakage, she couldn’t roll down the windows—she could only loosen the top two buttons of her collar.

 

 

Chi Yuan: Damn, why does it feel like it’s getting hotter in here? Does the pheromone inducer raise the temperature too?

 

 

System: …Host, you’re hopeless.

 

 

System: An omega’s pheromones attract an alpha’s. Your compatibility is sky-high—of course you’re affected. At this rate, if you keep driving, you won’t be able to stop yourself from devouring her.

 

 

 

Chi Yuan took a deep breath and quickly held it in, her mind endlessly repeating the mantra, “Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.”

 

 

Only after safely driving the car into the villa’s underground garage did Chi Yuan finally push open the door, her legs so weak she had to crouch beside the car, not daring to look inside.

 

 

Damn it, she still had to carry Jiang Ci inside—how was she supposed to control herself?

 

 

After crouching for a long while, Chi Yuan steeled herself, pinching and squeezing her own arms and thighs to suppress her desires.

 

 

Jiang Ci, her consciousness hazy, felt as though she were being scorched by flames. When Chi Yuan lifted her from the car, she caught the faint scent of freesia—the alpha pheromones that belonged to Chi Yuan.

 

 

The fragrance wasn’t strong, but it was intoxicatingly alluring.

 

 

Chi Yuan effortlessly carried her upstairs, but halfway there, she noticed the woman in her arms—who should have been unconscious—suddenly stir awake, her dark eyes fixed on Chi Yuan.

 

 

Then, Chi Yuan felt her spine go weak as a pair of soft, boneless hands slid up her back and over her shoulders.

 

 

Jiang Ci’s jade-white arms draped over Chi Yuan’s shoulders as she straightened her upper body, nestling into the crook of Chi Yuan’s neck.

 

 

An Omega in heat seemed to crave security like this, needing to rub against an alpha’s pheromones to dispel the overwhelming heat in the air.

 

 

Chi Yuan’s heart softened at the sight of Jiang Ci—so fragile, so broken.

 

 

But the next second, sharp teeth sank into the sensitive gland on Chi Yuan’s neck, and the scent of lemon flooded her body like a tidal wave.

 

 

Chi Yuan barely managed to stay upright, setting Jiang Ci down on the wooden floor of the living room before collapsing to her knees, unable to recover for a long time.

 

 

Her head spun, nearly making her faint.

 

 

Chi Yuan: System, system—did Jiang Ci just mark me? I think the books say biting the gland means being marked.

 

 

System: …Host, only Alphas can mark Omegas. She didn’t mark you—she just used you to vent for a bit.

 

 

Chi Yuan: ??? What kind of outrageous talk is that?!

 

 

Chi Yuan: But I feel awful right now. Her pheromones are still rampaging inside me, and mine can’t suppress them.

 

 

System: Uh, you don’t have to describe it so… suggestively. Probably just means your compatibility is high, so the effect is stronger.

 

 

Chi Yuan: Then what should I do now?

 

 

System: Two options—either you do her, or she does you.

 

 

Chi Yuan let out a frustrated scream, “I’m being serious here!”

 

 

System: So am I. Whatever, Host. For your privacy, I’m activating the shielding mode—can’t hear or see anything now.

 

 

System: Don’t mind me. Go wild. She started it, after all.

 

 

Chi Yuan: Hah. If I actually do anything to her today, the grass on my grave will be a meter tall by next year. You’re trying to get me killed!

 

 

But the now-deaf-and-blind system had already silently started cheering her on.

 

 

“Huff—Chi Yuan.” Jiang Ci, rubbing against the cool floor, lifted a hand and beckoned. “Come here.”

 

 

Damn it!

 

 

The same gesture had happened on Chi Yuan’s first night in this world when she first saw Jiang Ci.

 

 

Back then, Chi Yuan’s reaction had been: Pretty sister wants cuddles!

 

 

Now, her brain was just a mess of filthy thoughts.

 

 

Chi Yuan: “Jiang Ci, snap out of it. Where’s your suppressant? I’ll get it for you.”

 

 

 

Jiang Ci shot her a coquettish glance. “Suppressants don’t work, but a woman does.”

 

 

“Come here.”

 

 

Chi Yuan shook her head, not daring to take a single step closer. “Then what do we do now? I can’t mark you—an alpha’s mark on an omega is permanent. You’ll regret it when you wake up.”

 

 

“How do you know I’ll regret it?” Jiang Ci’s smile grew even more alluring. The fire in her mind burned fiercer, but seeing Chi Yuan still sitting there so obediently only fueled her frustration.

 

 

Could it be that Chi Yuan really had no feelings for her at all?

 

 

So…

 

 

After being single for over twenty years, the first time she finally developed feelings, it was unrequited.

 

 

Seeing Chi Yuan repeatedly reject her, Jiang Ci finally gave up her ridiculous attempt at seduction.

 

 

“Fine, I won’t tease you.”

 

 

“Do you know how to give a temporary mark? Just like I did earlier—bite my scent gland. It’ll stabilize my condition for now.”

 

 

Seeing that Jiang Ci seemed much more lucid, Chi Yuan nodded and slowly moved closer.

 

 

But as her dry lips pressed against the most vulnerable spot on Jiang Ci’s nape, Chi Yuan hesitated for a moment before tentatively licking it.

 

 

Jiang Ci shuddered violently and instinctively slapped her face. “What are you doing?!”

 

 

Even after being hit, Chi Yuan didn’t get angry, stammering, “I-I-I… I was just moistening it first.”

 

 

Jiang Ci’s face flushed red with embarrassment. “Just do it directly. No need for all these fancy tricks.”

 

 

Chi Yuan felt wronged—Who was the one being fancy first?

 

 

She had no choice but to open her mouth and bite down on Jiang Ci’s slender, pale neck.

 

 

Before biting, Chi Yuan had worried—what if she bit the wrong spot? How much pheromone should she release? But when the moment actually came, her alpha instincts took over completely.

 

 

She bit down hard, her teeth piercing the skin. Like a whirlwind, the distinct scent of orchid flooded through Jiang Ci’s body, spreading from her neck.

 

 

One bite wasn’t enough. As if deeply addicted, Chi Yuan licked the bloody mark with her tongue, meticulously covering every inch.

 

 

Even the taste of bl00d seemed sweet.

 

 

The overwhelming mix of their pheromones in the air finally began to stabilize with the temporary mark, dissolving into nothingness.

 

 

Jiang Ci’s voice was hoarse as she leaned uncomfortably against Chi Yuan’s shoulder. “Carry me upstairs… and then, you should leave.”

 

 

Chi Yuan froze for a moment before obeying, settling her onto the bed. Only after confirming Jiang Ci was sound asleep did she quietly slip away.

 

She closed the door.

 

 

Jiang Ci dreamed she was lying on her back on the ocean’s surface, the usually turbulent waves now undulating in silent tranquility.

 

 

The water flowed gently past her, incredibly soothing.

 

 

The sky was a vast expanse of blue, with seabirds flying overhead. She felt as if she had been here before—more than once—otherwise, how could she be so familiar with the shapes of the clouds?

 

 

A blue dragonfly flying low landed on her finger, which was just above the water.

 

 

But the dragonfly only perched for a moment before fluttering its transparent wings and flying away.

 

 

In an instant, the sky darkened, and the waves surged over her head, dragging her back into the vast, silent depths of the ocean.

 

 

Through the watery veil, she looked up at the sky, but everything now seemed as distant and untouchable as a mirage.

 

 

The alarm clock on her bedside table showed 7:00 PM. The gnawing hunger in her stomach pulled Jiang Ci out of her chaotic dreams.

 

 

Touching the uneven bite mark on the back of her neck, she steadied herself against the wall and made her way downstairs.

 

 

The aroma of food wafted from the kitchen, startling her. A lavish spread was laid out on the dining table. Chi Yuan emerged from the bathroom, drying her hands, and upon seeing Jiang Ci awake, she said, “Perfect timing—saves me the trouble of calling you. Wash up and eat. You skipped lunch, and after sleeping all afternoon, you should have a proper dinner to regain your strength.”

 

 

Jiang Ci was taken aback. “You cooked all this?”

 

 

Chi Yuan rubbed her nose. “Takeout. My cooking skills aren’t that great.”

 

 

Jiang Ci frowned. “I told you to go home.”

 

 

Chi Yuan hesitated. “Well… after what just happened, it wouldn’t feel right to just leave.”

 

 

Jiang Ci shot her a sidelong glance, crossing her arms. “It wasn’t a full mark. What’s the big deal? After today, let’s just pretend nothing happened.”

 

 

She was already certain Chi Yuan had no feelings for her, and the realization left her both angry and heartbroken. But if Chi Yuan kept being this considerate, Jiang Ci feared she wouldn’t be able to rein in her own emotions.

 

 

Jiang Ci never forced herself to endure anything—not even in love and relationships.

 

 

Nothing had happened. Despite having anticipated this outcome, Chi Yuan still felt an inexplicable sense of loss.

 

 

It was as if something she had just grasped had slipped through her fingers again.

 

 

The house was quiet, the two of them lost in their own melancholy thoughts, each wrestling with different troubles.