The Frail, Alluring O Always Wants Me to Mark Her (GL) - Chapter 18: 018
Lin Yang had never seen Zhu Lexing like this. Her expression was cold and menacing, like an Alpha whose protective scales had been touched.
The first thing she felt was fear. Unsure how to answer, she pursed her lips and stepped back a few paces: “I… it was an accid…”
“An accident?” Zhu Lexing looked at her. “An accident could cause an injury like that? Lin Yang, don’t be so shameless.”
“I told you before,” Zhu Lexing said. “I’m not interested in you. No matter who you cause trouble for, the answer is the same.”
Lin Yang was astonished: “I, why? Weren’t we the closest before?”
“Who was close to you?” Zhu Lexing found Lin Yang completely incomprehensible. She glanced at the clear red mark on Yan Mian’s jaw and felt even more distressed.
Yan Mian, the protagonist she revered like a goddess.
She herself was careful, holding her for fear of breaking her, melting her for fear of dissolving her.
What was wrong with Lin Yang for treating her like this?
The more Zhu Lexing thought about it, the angrier she became: “This matter—”
She wanted to say that this matter wasn’t over and told Lin Yang to call her family and teachers. Zhu Lin was also at home.
No apology, no clear explanation of the whole situation—no one would leave.
“I’m fine.”
A soft voice suddenly sounded, abruptly halting Zhu Lexing’s anger.
Yan Mian had already picked up her bag from the floor and slowly patted the dust off it: “Let’s go, Lexing.”
Hearing the address, Zhu Lexing was stunned, but Lin Yang was even more enraged: “Who allowed you to call her that?”
In just a few words, the Alpha who had been shoved by Zhu Lexing also finally recovered, saying discontentedly, “You hit someone and think you can just leave?”
Zhu Lexing thought, What a bunch of like-minded psychopaths.
Shoving is “hitting someone”? They exaggerate so much. Were they raised in a vacuum?
Seeing that the few of them were about to get crazy again, Zhu Lexing said directly, “How we resolve this is up to me, but if you touch a single hair on my body, Lin Yang should know the consequences.”
In a Mary Sue novel, the villain’s background is always high-class and grand. When trouble arises, the villain always threatens to chop off hands or feet, or vows to feed people to sharks.
Zhu Lexing wasn’t so anti-social. Her words were more restrained.
The Lin family and the Zhu family had a decent relationship. Otherwise, the two wouldn’t have been “colluding” before.
Lin Yang’s expression turned cold. She said to the people behind her, “Don’t be crazy.”
Zhu Lexing said, “You should be the one listening to that.”
Zhu Lexing’s expression cooled: “Lin Yang, I’ll say this one last time. I don’t care what you think of me or what kind of nonsense is in your head. Stop bothering others.”
“Especially Yan Mian.” Zhu Lexing said, “She’s part of the Zhu family. Touch her again, and I’ll—”
She drew a finger across her neck, the threat fully conveyed.
Lin Yang’s expression was colder, but she still didn’t say a word, watching with her own eyes as Zhu Lexing picked up Yan Mian’s backpack from the ground, casually took the girl’s slender wrist, and left under the watchful, discontented eyes of the Alphas.
Dusk.
From the moment Zhu Lexing suddenly appeared and spoke up for her, Yan Mian felt her thoughts freeze. She couldn’t snap out of it.
The phrase “I’m fine” was the last rational thing Yan Mian could say.
She knew how crazy an impulsive Zhu Lexing could be and didn’t want to see her… get into trouble because of herself.
But after Zhu Lexing took her wrist, Yan Mian completely lost all thought, feeling as if she was drowning in a daze, unable to breathe.
She had envisioned many ways to be rescued.
Li Nian suddenly appearing, Li Nian appearing with other people, or maybe Li Nian wouldn’t show up, and Lin Yang would just lose interest in her and decide to leave.
But the person who finally appeared was Zhu Lexing.
The source of the whole farce.
How is this possible?
The girl, backlit by the setting sun, looked even more outstanding.
Her palm was warm, lighter than the sunset.
Yan Mian finally realized belatedly and tried to pull away. Only then did Zhu Lexing seem to come back to her senses, letting go immediately.
As for her sudden appearance, Zhu Lexing’s explanation was: “I left something in the lounge, and I saw Lin Yang on your floor.”
“…” Yan Mian didn’t press the issue. Instead, she said softly, “Give me my bag.”
Zhu Lexing obediently handed the bag back to her.
For the next part of the journey, neither of them spoke. But only Qin Jun was waiting at the school gate. Yan Mian subconsciously looked at Zhu Lexing.
“…” Zhu Lexing said, “Uncle Lin took Song Yingying home first.”
In this situation, Zhu Lexing would have to take a taxi home herself. She accepted it well, saying casually, “You go ahead. I’m going to buy something else.”
“…” Yan Mian was stunned for a few seconds. Even though countless memories of Zhu Lexing’s past actions flashed through her mind, at this moment, she softened.
Yan Mian said, “…If you don’t mind, let’s ride back together in Auntie Qin’s car.”
Zhu Lexing: “!”
Zhu Lexing hadn’t expected Yan Mian to offer.
But this was definitely a great opportunity to get closer! Zhu Lexing didn’t refuse. On the surface, after a brief silence, she just said awkwardly, “Well, since you put it that way—”
Settling into the familiar chauffeur-driven car, Zhu Lexing let out a long sigh of relief.
Qin Jun, in the driver’s seat, was confused for a few seconds when she saw her. She only dared to continue driving after Yan Mian quietly reassured her that everything was fine.
After the car had driven for a while, Zhu Lexing’s heart finally relaxed completely. As her emotions calmed down, she finally felt a stinging pain in her left arm.
She was wearing a gray jacket today. When she lifted the sleeve to look, she found that a piece of skin on her arm was inexplicably broken, a wound about 2 cm long. A few drops of bl00d had come out, but it was almost insignificant.
The system explained: [This is because the Alphas the Host encountered today were in an aggressive state. Their pheromones will harm the person they intend to attack.]
That can actually happen!
Zhu Lexing was deeply shocked. As expected of an ABO world! Pheromones can even hurt people if you put your mind to it. How terrifying.
But she wasn’t curious about the combat system. Instead, she thought of the other form of pheromones—scent.
Novels always describe the protagonist’s pheromone scent. Zhu Lexing had been curious for a long time and now asked the system: [What are my pheromones like?]
On the day she transmigrated, she and Yan Mian were in the lounge… there was a vague scent in the air, but the memory of that day was too awkward. Zhu Lexing had forced herself to forget it, but there was still a shadow in her mind that reminded her that Yan Mian’s pheromones were a kind of floral scent.
“Your hand…”
In the silence, Yan Mian suddenly spoke. The car was small, and Zhu Lexing’s every movement fell into her eyes.
After speaking, Yan Mian paused, thinking, Why am I caring about Zhu Lexing? Although… she was indeed injured today because of her. But back at the Zhu house, Zhu Lexing wouldn’t lack people to care for her.
“I’m fine,” Zhu Lexing said, then paused. “Don’t worry about Lin Yang.”
“I’ll have a serious talk with her later,” Zhu Lexing said. “I won’t let her bother you again.”
That’s what she said, but someone as thick-skinned as Lin Yang—unless something serious actually happened—wouldn’t stop causing trouble just because of a few words.
Zhu Lexing thought, Do I really have to become the woman who controls the economic lifeline? Once I’m powerful enough to “destroy” the Lin family with a few words, none of this will happen.
In the end, she was too weak. Otherwise, Yan Mian wouldn’t be inexplicably bullied.
As she spoke, her tone became depressed again.
Yan Mian couldn’t tell what she was thinking, only that Zhu Lexing talking to her so calmly was incredibly unbelievable.
“There’s medicine in the car. You should… take care of it first?”
Neither Qin Jun nor Yan Mian was in good health. Plus, Yan Mian occasionally suffered minor cuts, so a first-aid kit in the car wasn’t unusual.
The smell of alcohol was pungent in the small space.
Yan Mian dipped a cotton swab into the alcohol and handed it to Zhu Lexing, not wanting any physical contact.
Zhu Lexing took the cotton swab and slowly wiped her arm.
This wasn’t a major injury. It was just a scratch. In modern times, the accidental injuries she got while filming were much more severe than this. Zhu Lexing didn’t care.
But in Yan Mian’s eyes, for a spoiled rich girl like Zhu Lexing, even a small scratch was a big injury.
Zhu Lexing wasn’t used to the smell of alcohol. She tilted her head and opened the window a bit.
Yan Mian thought Zhu Lexing hadn’t controlled her strength and was in pain. She subconsciously said, “Otherwise…”
Otherwise, let me do it.
The next second, Yan Mian realized the person in front of her was Zhu Lexing.
So, she stiffly changed her words: “…Otherwise, let Dr. Song take care of it when we get back.”
Zhu Lexing was busy breathing fresh air and didn’t notice Yan Mian’s pause. She only said, “It’s a minor injury. There’s no need to call Dr. Song. She’s very—”
Very busy.
Mid-sentence, Zhu Lexing realized that an arrogant person like the original owner would never care about others.
In her world, people were only divided into two categories: those who could be used and those who couldn’t.
“…She’s very annoying,” Zhu Lexing finally said.
Besides, she hadn’t forgotten the psychological assessment form Song Yun brought last time.
Zhu Lexing’s life was too busy every day. She had no time to work on the questions.
If Song Yun really came and wanted to collect the forms, what would she do—
She couldn’t possibly say she hadn’t written a single word.
Zhu Lexing was too embarrassed to say it.
Yan Mian didn’t suspect anything either.
After simply applying alcohol for disinfection and wrapping a token amount of gauze, Zhu Lexing saw that Yan Mian was no longer as worried as before and put the medicine back in the first-aid kit.
The rest of the journey was quiet. When they got home, Zhu Lin was sitting in the main seat, wearing an apron. He was visibly surprised to see the two of them enter together.
Jiang Yue, sitting next to him, was even more delighted. She immediately stood up: “You came back together today? Where did you go to play?”
“…”
Zhu Lexing silently rolled her eyes. She put her bag on the sofa, washed her hands, and sat next to Zhu Lin.
Yan Mian hesitated for a moment, also placing her bag opposite Zhu Lexing’s bag before answering: “I had a lot of homework. Lexing and I… came back after finishing it together.”
“Oh, oh,” Zhu Lin smiled. “Uncle Lin told me Lexing forgot something, and I wondered what was going on. It’s good that you finished your homework at school, but you could have brought it back to write too. There’s no rush.”
“Here, Xingxing, this is the soup I simmered this afternoon. Try it—”
Saying that, he started to fuss over serving Zhu Lexing soup. Only then did Zhu Lexing notice the apron on him, realizing that Zhu Lin must have cooked these dishes.
And the two of them had waited for her and Yan Mian for a long time.
“Don’t wait for me in the future.” No one had ever waited for Zhu Lexing to come home and cooked for her. After a few seconds of silence, she still said, “I have a lot going on at school.”
“You’re only in the second year of high school. What could you have going on?” Zhu Lin asked. “Student Council? Didn’t you not want to do that? Mianmian, you have a bowl, too—”
Yan Mian parted her lips, about to answer, but Jiang Yue on the side quickly said, “I can do it—Mianmian, Uncle Zhu asked you a question. Why don’t you answer? Really, you’re getting more and more introverted.”
Yan Mian then fell silent again, looking at the bowl placed in front of her by Jiang Yue.
Zhu Lexing hated this kind of manipulative talk the most: “Can’t Yan Mian answer for herself? Why do you have to speak up?”
Jiang Yue was stunned by the retort, frozen in place. She subconsciously looked at Zhu Lin.
Zhu Lin said, “Your Auntie Jiang is just concerned about Xiaomian. Tomorrow is the stage play, and today—”
His words were interrupted halfway by a ringing phone.
Separated by a few bowls, Zhu Lexing couldn’t see the name. She continued to drink her soup until Zhu Lin spoke: “Xiao Yang? What’s wrong?”
Zhu Lexing: “…”
This “Xiao Yang,” it can’t be the Lin Yang I’m imagining, can it?
The next second, Zhu Lin’s gaze fell on her face, confirming Zhu Lexing’s suspicion.
“You had a bit of a disagreement with Lexing today. Lexing seems to be injured?”
Zhu Lin’s expression darkened. Jiang Yue also frowned: “Xiaomian, what happened?”
Yan Mian put down her chopsticks: “I…”
“It’s nothing serious,” Zhu Lexing clicked her tongue and directly rolled up her left sleeve.
Zhu Lin became even more anxious: “Wrapped up like that, and you call it nothing? We’re going to the hospital now!”
Someone save her from this Mary Sue world!
Zhu Lexing couldn’t stand the spoiled rich girl script anymore. She tore off the gauze, showing the barely reddish, mostly healed wound to the others: “I said it’s nothing! I was the one who wrapped it up so seriously. If Lin Yang had called any later, the place where I broke the skin would have already healed.”
“Besides,” Zhu Lexing paused, looking at the phone screen still in a call, and said impolitely, “Lin Yang has the nerve to care about me, but she doesn’t have the nerve to say she went to bother Yan Mian?”
Zhu Lin was stunned.
Lin Yang and Yan Mian were the two people in Zhu Lin’s eyes who had the least interaction.
If there was any, it was only through Zhu Lexing, and they were merely nodding acquaintances.
Bothering her? When did this happen? Why?
For once, even Jiang Yue didn’t immediately blame Yan Mian. She frowned, wanting to hear what Zhu Lexing had to say.
Lin Yang’s motive… was too Mary Sue to explain easily.
To get rid of Lin Yang, at least at this stage, she needed Zhu Lin’s help.
Zhu Lexing looked at Yan Mian. The girl looked up, bewildered. Her eyes were full of confusion.
“…” Zhu Lexing said, “Lin Yang thinks I like Yan Mian.”
Zhu Lexing spoke the nine words calmly. To the three people present, it was like a sudden bolt from the blue.
Zhu Lin slammed the table, startled: “How could that be? Nonsense! What’s wrong with Xiao Yang?”
Jiang Yue, however, frowned, realizing that Zhu Lexing was genuinely uninterested in Yan Mian.
Otherwise, why would she suddenly bring this up in front of Zhu Lin?
Zhu Lin was a man who attached great importance to family values.
To him, since Yan Mian was Jiang Yue’s daughter and was now under the same roof as Zhu Lexing in the Zhu family, she was like his own daughter.
How could two daughters be together!
Utterly ridiculous.
Zhu Lin was furious. This time, he didn’t call Lin Yang back. Instead, he immediately contacted Lin Yang’s father.
The two didn’t have any business dealings, but they were both from Silver City and saw each other frequently in social circles. The call was answered, and the other party was very polite.
Zhu Lin couldn’t talk about this in front of Zhu Lexing and Yan Mian. He was about to go upstairs when Zhu Lexing didn’t forget to say, “Oh, and that other thing—”
Who was it? She couldn’t remember the name of the Omega Lin Yang mentioned last time. According to the original work, these second-generation rich kids definitely had their own private circles for matchmaking…
To put it harshly, they were high-class pimps, arranging promiscuous hookups.
Zhu Lexing was about to ask the system when Yan Mian suddenly spoke: “Shi Ruofeng. She hasn’t been to class for a long time.”
“…” The name matched her memory. Zhu Lexing was slightly surprised that Yan Mian also knew Shi Ruofeng. She quickly said, “Yes, Shi Ruofeng. Lin Yang seems to know where she went.”
Zhu Lin made a gesture, indicating that he would ask.
Yan Mian calmly served herself soup.
Zhu Lexing calmly ate her dinner.
The atmosphere between the two inexplicably became harmonious until Jiang Yue laughed awkwardly: “Xiaomian and Lexing… are really in sync.”
Zhu Lexing only had to give the beginning, and Yan Mian could follow up with the rest.
If this isn’t synchronization, what is?
Zhu Lexing almost choked.
She thought, Auntie, wouldn’t it be better to read some books and enrich your life when you’re free? Why do you have to say two more nonsensical sentences! Silence is golden. Can’t you just shut up!
Zhu Lexing cautiously looked at Yan Mian, worried that she would be embarrassed by this sentence again.
But the girl in her gaze was just quietly drinking her soup, her expression unchanged.
Listening to the system’s prompt [Yan Mian’s favorability increased by 20] in her ear, Zhu Lexing pondered for a few seconds. She thought, In necessary times, listening to someone talk nonsense for a bit can be quite useful.