Pretending to Be a Scumbag A, But Being Targeted by a Paranoid O - Chapter 21

So hot.

Yun Shu struggled to clear her muddled mind as she walked down the narrow path.

She pressed her hand tightly over the gland at the back of her neck, desperate to contain its scent.

But it was futile.

The mugwort-scented pheromones intensified in the air.

Yun Shu felt her body growing increasingly feverish, yet her mind raced with excitement.

Realizing she could no longer control herself, she stumbled into a darkened classroom, locked the door behind her, and collapsed onto the floor, gasping for breath.

Her eyes burned crimson.

Unconsciously, she tugged at her collar, trying to relieve the heat raging within her, but it was no use.

Xie Tang’s fair, beautiful face flashed through her mind, followed by the memory of Xie Tang’s pale collarbones and snow-white skin exposed by her morning robe.

Xie Tang filled Yun Shu’s thoughts. She bit down hard on her lip, fighting to restrain herself from acting rashly.

I can’t let this happen, she thought. I won’t be controlled by pheromones. I refuse to become like that.

At that moment, her phone rang again in her pocket.

She closed her eyes, the longing for Xie Tang overwhelming her.

She wanted Xie Tang by her side, holding her close. She wanted Xie Tang to stroke her hair.

Yun Shu pulled out her phone, her gaze fixed on the familiar name on the screen. She swiped to answer.

“Yun Shu.”

Xie Tang’s voice remained gentle, though a faint, hurried breath could be heard if one listened closely. “Where are you?”

Yun Shu bit down hard on her lower lip, struggling to control her voice as she feigned casualness. “Xie Tang, I’m almost home.”

Xie Tang’s voice tightened. “Yun Shu, listen to me. Tell me where you are.”

Yun Shu glanced at her disheveled state—slumped ungracefully on the dirty, cluttered ground, her body slick with sweat. This is too ugly.

Though she had been used to roughing it since childhood, never staying clean before she started working and earning her own money, people had always avoided her with disdain.

At first, Yun Shu had been hurt and sensitive, but she eventually grew accustomed to it. After all, raising herself alone was already a remarkable feat. She dared not ask for more.

But now, she desperately didn’t want Xie Tang to see her in this wretched state.

It’s too ugly.

Yun Shu exhaled a hot breath. “Xie Tang, I’m really already in the car.”

She awkwardly changed the subject. “Did you wear the clothes I bought you?”

Xie Tang listened quietly, her footsteps never faltering.

“No,” she replied.

Perhaps her Heat Period was approaching, Yun Shu’s voice sounded unusually vulnerable. “Why not?”

Xie Tang’s voice softened. “I’ll wear them for you next time, okay?”

Yun Shu corrected her. “It’s not about wearing them for me…”

The reason she had bought the clothes wasn’t to see Xie Tang wear them for her, but to make Xie Tang’s life more comfortable.

During her last visit to Xie Tang’s home, she had secretly peeked into her closet and found it shockingly bare.

The pheromone scent in the classroom grew increasingly intense. Yun Shu desperately wanted to bang her head against the wall to clear her mind.

She absolutely couldn’t talk to Xie Tang any longer.

Yun Shu feared her willpower might waver, and she might blurt out something foolish.

Steeling herself, she said, “I’m home now, Xie Tang. Get some rest.”

An abrupt beeping sound came from the other end of the line, and Xie Tang finally stopped walking.

A powerful pheromone scent emanated from the classroom beside her.

The usually gentle and warm Mugwort fragrance had become fierce and overwhelming.

Xie Tang crouched down, pressed her hand against the door, and whispered, “Yun Shu, are you in there?”

Yun Shu’s eyes snapped open.

Was she hallucinating from the Heat Period fever?

Why could she still hear Xie Tang’s voice even after the call had ended?

Yun Shu raised her phone again, confirming that she had indeed hung up.

Where was that voice coming from?

Xie Tang patiently asked, “Yun Shu, obediently open the door, okay?”

In that instant, Yun Shu realized Xie Tang was right outside.

At the same time, she was separated from the girl she liked by only a door.

All she had to do was unlock it, and she could hold Xie Tang in her arms, freely inhale her intoxicating scent, and nestle in her warm embrace.

But she couldn’t.

She didn’t want Xie Tang to see her in this state, in this disheveled state.

Outside the door, Xie Tang continued to coax gently, “Yun Shu, be good and open the door.”

Yun Shu shook her head, her voice hoarse. “Go away.”

Xie Tang stubbornly refused to leave, crouching down and whispering, “Let me help you, okay?”

As she spoke, she slowly released her pheromones.

The sweet scent of peaches flooded Yun Shu’s nostrils.

Xie Tang is releasing her pheromones!

Yun Shu’s throat went dry, her mind consumed by a single thought: Open the door.

Gritting her teeth, she snapped fiercely, “I told you to stay outside! Don’t you understand?”

Xie Tang fell silent.

With her remaining shred of rationality, Yun Shu wondered if she had been too harsh.

Would Xie Tang resent her?

Still, it’s better if she leaves. She should go…

Yun Shu planned to stay until 1 a.m., when the school would be mostly deserted. Then she’d check into a hotel room to endure the rest of this agonizing period.

Before she could finish her thought, the door lock clicked softly.

The door slowly creaked open.

The faint peach scent of the Omega suddenly intensified, filling the air.

Yun Shu felt herself being pulled into a warm, familiar embrace. Her eyes snapped open, but she couldn’t bring herself to push Xie Tang away.

She curled up, desperate to hide her disheveled state. Her voice was soft and pleading, barely audible: “Why did you come back…?”

“Didn’t we agree that you wouldn’t disobey anything I said today?”

The classroom was too dark for Xie Tang to see Yun Shu’s face clearly. She could only feel her burning breath and the dampness of her cheeks and neck.

Yun Shu wasn’t the only one affected by the pheromone interference.

Xie Tang’s complexion was no better.

How could a low-quality Omega like her remain unmoved in the face of Yun Shu, an Alpha with the most potent and dominant pheromones?

Moreover, every time she caught a whiff of Yun Shu’s scent, her body instinctively recalled the countless times she had been overwhelmed by that person’s pheromones.

Those were Xie Tang’s darkest moments.

She lay humiliated on the floor of the room, watching Yun Shu laugh with unrestrained glee. Yun Shu deliberately used her pheromones to crush Xie Tang’s breath, deliberately triggering her heat cycle, observing her like a caged animal.

The pride that Xie Tang had cherished since childhood was nearly ground into oblivion during that time.

Yet even with such bleak memories, Xie Tang clearly recognized that this person was Yun Shu.

The foolish Yun Shu who would find any excuse to be kind to her.

Struggling to control her breathing, Xie Tang pressed Yun Shu’s head against her neck.

Xie Tang’s hands still trembled slightly, but her voice remained gentle. “Yun Shu, be good. A little bite will help you feel better.”

Yun Shu’s burning lips were already pressed against Xie Tang’s gland.

She only needed to open her mouth to gently pierce the Omega’s vulnerable gland.

Xie Tang had always recoiled from anyone’s touch.

But if that person was Yun Shu, she was willing to try.

Suddenly, a wet, warm sensation licked at her gland.

Xie Tang’s body jolted, her arms tightening around Yun Shu’s waist.

Yet the expected pain of canine teeth piercing her gland never came.

Yun Shu merely licked it once before withdrawing her mouth.

It was like a person who had wandered through the desert for days finding an ocean, only to take a single sip and then shy away from the vast expanse.

Why?

Why didn’t she bite?

From childhood, Xie Tang had witnessed too many ugly sides of Alphas, all of them craving to possess and exploit Omega glands.

For Alphas in their Heat Period to spare an Omega who willingly offered herself was nothing short of a fantasy. Even more so when that Omega had deliberately placed her glands beneath their sharp teeth.

Yun Shu was nearly driven mad by her Heat Period. Her hot breath sprayed across Xie Tang’s glands, yet her voice carried a rare, undisguised tenderness:

“Xie Tang, you must cherish yourself.”

I didn’t come here to hurt you.

I won’t let you bear the responsibilities and pain that were never meant to be yours.

At that moment, Xie Tang’s heart felt like it had been struck a heavy blow, her eyes stinging with emotion.

Yun Shu simply rested quietly in her arms, even though her breathing was rapid and her pheromones swirled wildly. She lay still, making no improper movements.

Yun Shu’s words echoed in Xie Tang’s ears:

Xie Tang, you must cherish yourself.

In all her eighteen years, no one had ever spoken to Xie Tang like this before.