The Frail, Alluring O Always Wants Me to Mark Her (GL) - Chapter 17: 017

To avoid arousing suspicion in Yan Mian, Zhu Xing waited for a class period before calling Yan Mian to the office.

After hearing the purpose of the meeting, Yan Mian hesitated for a few seconds and asked, “Zhu Lexing—”

“…She recommended that you should go.”

Not “hoped,” but “recommended.”

This meant Zhu Lexing had brought her up to Zhu Xing.

“Why?”

Zhu Xing said, “She said, choosing you and choosing her would be the same.”

This was an opportunity to show her face, and Yan Mian wouldn’t miss it. Time was short, so Zhu Xing didn’t require her to draft a speech. Instead, he gave her the speech written by the student who was now hospitalized.

The name signed was Shi Ruofeng. She was unfamiliar with the name, but when they chatted in the lounge after school, Li Nian, who heard the name, said, “She’s in our class. She’s always sick and takes a lot of time off.”

This description sounded like another version of Yan Mian.

Yan Mian lowered her eyes. Li Nian’s tone was also regretful when she mentioned this: “I wonder if she’ll ever come back to class…”

Sensing Yan Mian’s slightly low mood, she asked, “Did you see Uncle Zhu yesterday? How did the conversation go?”

Yan Mian: “Not bad, not good.”

Li Nian said, “Zhu Lexing is—”

Yan Mian subconsciously concealed Jiang Yue’s words and only kept Zhu Lexing’s phrase, “Get better and stay away from her.” After hearing this, Li Nian asked, confused, “Then, wouldn’t that mean you can stay far away from them?”

This was also Yan Mian’s confusion.

Zhu Lexing’s abnormal behavior was too frequent, yet each instance was abnormally perfect.

One moment, she would make you think she was a good person, and the next moment, her words and actions would make you dislike her again.

They both pondered for a long time. Li Nian said, “Forget it! We’ll worry about the future later. I’m going to get my bag and do my homework first.”

She immediately became cheerful again and walked off humming a song. Yan Mian sincerely envied her personality. She flipped through the speech several times, made slight changes, and memorized the main content. Then, the door was suddenly pushed open.

The after-school bell had rung a while ago. Yan Mian and Li Nian had walked out together. Zhu Lexing guessed they had gone to the lounge again. For them, that fixed spot was a kind of “secret base” where they could talk about anything.

Knowing their location, Zhu Lexing was relieved to be lazy.

She dawdled at her desk for a while, finally finishing her homework with Song Yingying’s help.

After leaving the school gate, Zhu Lexing treated her to milk tea. Song Yingying initially tried to refuse, but Zhu Lexing’s enthusiasm made her accept.

During this time, Zhu Lexing noticed her constantly checking the time. The system reminded her that Song Yingying always took the bus home at a precise time, so she quickly suggested, “How about I give you a ride home?”

Song Yingying was startled: “Can you?”

She definitely couldn’t catch the bus this time.

After almost a week of getting along, she wasn’t as resistant or afraid of Zhu Lexing as she had been before.

At least in Song Yingying’s eyes, Zhu Lexing was already half a friend.

The other half depended on whether Zhu Lexing wanted to be.

Zhu Lexing: “Of course. I’m sorry for always taking up your time.”

Song Yingying whispered, “It’s nothing.”

They got into the car, and Song Yingying greeted the driver again. This time, the driver was very enthusiastic.

This was the first time Zhu Lexing had introduced a classmate.

Her past “friends” had all met through various gatherings before school.

In just a few sentences, the driver learned that Song Yingying was an excellent student and felt even more honored.

She’s a good student!

No wonder Miss has been so motivated lately.

Song Yingying felt constrained.

She knew Zhu Lexing’s family was wealthy, but she hadn’t realized she had a dedicated driver for pick-ups and drop-offs.

The address Song Yingying gave was a bit far from the school. On the way, Zhu Lexing took out the script again, wanting to go over her lines with Song Yingying to pass the time.

But soon after she took it out, the system started acting up again, playing a jarring melody.

Zhu Lexing: ???

What’s with this? Is it an FBI raid!

The system’s next sentence made her expression completely lose control: [Yan Mian is in danger! Host, please arrive promptly to prevent irreversible consequences!]

Zhu Lexing: ???

Why do you play music before saying something so important?!

Are you sick!

In Song Yingying’s eyes, Zhu Lexing was holding the script, her expression suddenly becoming gloomy: “Turn around and go back to school. I forgot to take something.”

“…Huh?” The driver was having a good conversation with Song Yingying, but at Zhu Lexing’s request, he honestly turned back. Before they arrived, he didn’t forget to ask, “Then, Miss Song—”

“Take her home!”

In the crimson sunset, the girl’s figure was blurred by the setting sun until she was completely gone.

Song Yingying was stunned for a long time before she heard the driver say awkwardly, “Lexing is always a bit… well… forgetful. It’s nothing.”

Song Yingying smiled: “She’s very meticulous at school.”

The driver laughed heartily.

Song Yingying looked out the window. She had watched Zhu Lexing carefully pack everything away in the classroom before leaving. Forget something? What did she forget?

The only thing that could be forgotten wasn’t an item, but a person.

“Yan Mian?”

Outside the door, Lin Yang was carrying a bag, her hair disheveled, looking completely unconcerned. Behind her were several Alphas. Clearly, they weren’t students but people Lin Yang had brought from outside the school.

Yan Mian felt a genuine chill. A voice warned her that if she didn’t leave now, it would be very dangerous.

She didn’t have time to grab her speech. She grabbed her bag and tried to leave: “Then I’ll just…”

“Trying to leave?” Outside the door, Lin Yang rudely shoved her shoulder with a lot of force. Yan Mian immediately stumbled back a few steps.

Lin Yang slowly approached, looking down at Yan Mian, and smiled: “Don’t be in a hurry. It’s been a long time since we’ve talked. Don’t you want to chat with me?”

Yan Mian’s body trembled: “I—”

What could she possibly talk about with Lin Yang? What was there to talk about?

Lin Yang reached out, wanting to touch Yan Mian’s face. Yan Mian instinctively turned her head, avoiding her touch.

The next second, Lin Yang pinched Yan Mian’s chin with two fingers, looking at her coldly: “I already told you to stay away from Zhu Lexing. Why don’t you understand?”

After being rebuffed by Zhu Lexing, the more Lin Yang thought about it, the more wrong it felt.

How could someone who advocated freedom like Zhu Lexing suddenly talk about loving and wanting to study? Unless she had changed.

Why did she change?

Isn’t it because Yan Mian is interfering!

Lin Yang had been holding in her anger ever since she learned that Yan Mian had become the female lead in Zhu Lexing’s stage play.

She didn’t understand why she was inferior to Yan Mian in any way. Figure, looks, family background, even her differentiated gender—she was already slated to become an Omega!

She and Zhu Lexing should be a perfect match.

But Yan Mian?

A sickly burden. Her father died early, and her mother could only use her looks to serve others, delusionally hoping to marry into a wealthy family.

A background like that should be an eyesore to Zhu Lexing.

How could a thing be seen and focused on so much by Zhu Lexing?

Yan Mian didn’t understand why things had turned out this way.

She frowned, still trying to reason with Lin Yang.

“I have no contact with Zhu Lexing.”

“Oh really?” Lin Yang scoffed. “You took the role, and now you’re saying you have no contact? Who are you trying to fool?”

“Speaking of which, what gender do you anticipate differentiating into? Beta? Alpha?”

Someone outside the door immediately burst into laughter.

Given Yan Mian’s visible frailty, differentiating into an Alpha was simply absurd.

Even though the bl00d type system in this society wasn’t strictly enforced, some people still stubbornly believed that Alphas were the best and strongest, looking down on the weak.

Asking someone who was unlikely to differentiate into an Alpha if she would differentiate into one.

This was blatant humiliation.

When Song Yun accompanied her for a follow-up check-up a while ago, the hospital gave her an anticipated differentiation report.

There was a 95% chance that Yan Mian would differentiate into an Omega.

Song Yun had seen the results after her and said, “You need to be careful in the future.”

Careful of Zhu Lexing.

This advice was direct yet cautious. Yan Mian understood, but she just smiled faintly and didn’t respond.

Living under the Zhu family’s roof, how “careful” did she need to be to be considered careful? In the eyes of those who disliked her, she would be targeted no matter what, just like now.

She was just here doing her own thing, and Lin Yang still appeared like a lunatic to humiliate her.

All because of Zhu Lexing.

Why?

She clearly hadn’t done anything.

Seeing that she still didn’t answer, Lin Yang lost interest. She stood up, her gaze sweeping across the speech on the table.

She glanced at it and saw a familiar name: “Well, Shi Ruofeng.”

“Do you know her?” Lin Yang held the speech, dangling it in front of Yan Mian. Yan Mian remained silent, so she smiled playfully, “It doesn’t matter if you don’t know her. You’ll meet her in the future.”

“She was sold by her family to pay off a debt,” Lin Yang tore up the speech. “You’re not far from that fate yourself.”

The pieces of paper fluttered in the air, blurring Yan Mian’s vision. Convinced that Lin Yang wouldn’t let her go just like that, she slowly stood up, supporting herself on her knees.

“I’ll say this one last time.” Yan Mian tried hard to keep her voice steady. Her fingers clenched behind her back. For the first time, she met Lin Yang’s gaze directly: “I have no relationship with Zhu Lexing. I didn’t before, and I don’t now.”

“But if you appear in front of me again and say these nonsensical things to me, I can’t guarantee that the relationship you imagine between us won’t happen.”

“After all, in your eyes, isn’t that what I am?”

Yan Mian scoffed: “Someone who uses their looks to serve others.”

Yan Mian’s gaze was ice-cold. For the first time, it made Lin Yang feel an inexplicable chill.

But the words that followed made Lin Yang furious after a moment of confusion: “You—”

“You what!”

Zhu Lexing had been cursing the system the whole way, and she finally arrived just when it mattered most. The anger on her face was even more intense. The negative energy radiating from her could wither grass from ten feet away.

The Alphas waiting outside tried to block her, but Zhu Lexing pushed one of them away without hesitation. The move was clumsy yet decisive. Not only the pushed Alpha, but even Zhu Lexing herself was momentarily stunned—

When did I get so strong?

But that wasn’t the main point!

She looked at Yan Mian in front of Lin Yang.

Her eyes scrutinized her up and down, finally resting on Yan Mian’s reddened chin.

“Did you pinch her?” Zhu Lexing said darkly.