Transmigrated into the Villainess Alpha Who Marked the Female Lead (GL) - Chapter 21
The next day after school, Ji Ci’s face was grim as she trod with heavy steps onto the sports field. Her eyes scanned the vast field, turning in circles.
One, two, three… she was almost dizzying herself.
Good heavens, a three-hundred-meter track, three thousand meters—that’s a full ten laps!
“Good girl, be obedient. I hope you can still remember the way home later,” Ji Ci murmured, staring pitifully at her feet.
She took a deep breath, with a do-or-die determination, and set off!
By the time she finished her third lap, her body signaled fatigue. Perhaps having experienced this feeling yesterday, Ji Ci had a psychological expectation. She tried her best to purse her lips and steady her breathing.
Unconsciously, her eyes blurred…
Ten laps were truly too difficult. She thought about how she, in the real world, had never suffered such indignity. She had no pressure running the 800-meter physical test for the high school entrance exam in under 3 minutes, alright?
She wondered if she was hallucinating. As she passed the starting point, she vaguely saw a sweet smiling face. The person’s figure swayed violently, and their red lips slightly parted:
“Xiao Ci.”
Ji Ci thought it was a hallucination until a soft, warm, slender hand wrapped around her arm. A rich fragrance lingered at her nostrils. She seemed to be extremely attached to this scent and could no longer resist, recklessly falling into that person’s embrace.
The late March sun already had the momentum of midsummer. The plastic track was scorching hot, and those running on it unconsciously became infected by this heat, expelling sweat.
Bai Yueli didn’t think too much.
She allowed the sweat-drenched girl to lean on her shoulder. A few beads of sweat also clung to the girl’s long eyelashes. At first, she stubbornly tried to open her eyes, but after several unsuccessful attempts, she gave up struggling and calmly closed her eyes.
Bai Yueli smiled helplessly.
How can she sleep here?
She gently shrugged her shoulder: “Xiao Ci, wake up. I’ll take you home.”
Ji Ci smacked her lips a few times. The girl’s low, soft words echoed in her mind a few seconds later, and she suddenly sprang up as if waking from a deep dream, flustered.
“Senior?!” Ji Ci subconsciously wiped the corner of her mouth. This, this, surely no embarrassing liquid came out, right…?
“When, when did you get here?”
Bai Yueli chuckled, “I came when you did.”
Ji Ci: “…”
Bai Yueli looked at her somewhat mysteriously: “Do you know how many laps you ran today?”
Ji Ci pursed her lips, shaking her head.
She had lost count, but it should be… more than yesterday?
Bai Yueli held up her fingers: “Ten, oh.”
Ji Ci: “…” Wow!
As expected of Hurricane Xiao Ji, what if she got a “disabled person” script?
“I was wondering,” Bai Yueli looked at her: “If you really fainted, what should I do? Should I ask a classmate to help carry you, or call…?”
“Stop, stop!” Ji Ci mumbled dully: “Senior, why do I feel like you see me as fragile as paper? You’re looking down on me.”
“Alright, alright, I won’t say it anymore,” Bai Yueli examined Ji Ci: “Can you… walk now?”
To prove her toughness, Iron Ji patted her chest and gave her senior a look, then walked gracefully into the night breeze.
But after only a few steps, she was like an old person with a cough, struggling with each stride.
Bai Yueli looked at her and chuckled helplessly. She strode forward, wrapping her hand around Ji Ci’s arm, “Don’t force yourself.”
Ji Ci: “…”
I am a weakling, I am a weakling, I am a weakling.
Bai Yueli took out her phone, her slender fingers tapping on the screen. With the previous record, she directly placed an order without needing to ask.
As soon as they left the school gate, a black car pulled up. Bai Yueli personally opened the car door for her.
Even after so many interactions, Ji Ci always felt flattered by Bai Yueli’s every meticulous gesture of care.
Who doesn’t love a gentle older sister?
Hmm… but she was still very clear-headed.
Bai Yueli belonged to Ji Feng, to Yuan Ye, to Jing Man. In this world, no one would flirt with Bai Yueli as much as she, the villainess, would.
For several days in a row, Bai Yueli came to the sports field after school to accompany Ji Ci. At first, Ji Ci wasn’t quite used to it, but gradually she got accustomed. If she didn’t see Bai Yueli on any given day, she would even feel empty inside, lacking the motivation to run.
Yesterday, Bai Yueli didn’t show up.
Ji Ci usually didn’t bring her phone to school, so she couldn’t ask for the reason. When she got home, she saw the message Bai Yueli had sent her:
[Going to Huanyu today, might not be back.]
[Keep it up, I believe you can get home without a taxi now.]
Ji Ci stared at the screen, smiling foolishly.
She hadn’t spoken to her all day, and her “chat addiction” was kicking in.
Her personality had always been like this—not the type to get familiar quickly, but once she got close to someone, she was a chatterbox and quite clingy.
Normally, she would just talk about her running experience for the day, but today, Iron Ji chattered on and on, typing many words, spilling all the day’s events to Bai Yueli.
Of course, she still held back a bit, not mentioning her future husband.
The big idiot Ji Feng absolutely had no positive adjectives in her vocabulary.
However, after sending a long string of messages, there was no reply.
Ji Ci stared at the clock, counting sheep. After counting ninety-nine sheep, she finally told herself to give up and stop waiting; Senior must be busy.
She pursed her lips, thinking that tomorrow was the weekend and she hadn’t watched a drama in a long time. As a first-year high school student, there was no need to push herself too hard.
The movie she was watching depicted a revolutionary oo (Omega-Omega) romance. It was an ordinary, realistic slice-of-life film, but it was incredibly touching. By the end of the film, Ji Ci was in tears.
She pulled out a tissue to blow her nose. Just then, her phone sounded with two notifications.
They were two voice messages:
“Sorry, I just got home.”
“Are you still practicing tomorrow?”
Senior’s voice was exceptionally low and alluring through the phone. Ji Ci felt like she missed two heartbeats, then snapped out of it and played it again.
She also sent a voice message: “Yes, I’m going. I’ll go to school tomorrow at noon.”
There was a few seconds’ pause on the other end.
Yue:
“You cried?”
A soft question, the concern unmistakable even through the phone’s external speaker.
Ji Ci: “?”
It was then that she remembered how much that movie had made her cry, so she honestly said:
“Yeah, the movie was so sad.”
Yue: “…”
The next morning, Ji Ci arrived at school early.
She looked left and right, and sure enough, found the familiar figure.
The girl sat in the stands, playing with her phone, occasionally gazing into the distance at the sports field. And at that exact moment, she subconsciously turned her head towards the entrance, precisely meeting Ji Ci’s gaze.
She pursed her lips and smiled, picking up her bag and walking towards her.
Ji Ci excitedly waved her hand.
When her senior saw her, she reached into her bag. Ji Ci’s gaze followed her slender hand, marveling that her senior’s bag was like Doraemon’s pouch of wonders, often producing delicious food and drinks for her.
Today, Bai Yueli brought her an Alpha-specific energy drink, whose main ingredient was a special flower.
“Are you allergic to Iris Root? Some people can’t drink it.”
Ji Ci shook her head. She had never even heard of it, so how would she know if she was allergic or not?
She poked open the seal and finished it in a few gulps. While warming up, she casually chatted: “Senior, did you sign up for any events this time? You’re accompanying me every day.”
Bai Yueli thought for a moment. “You could say yes, or you could say no.”
“What does that mean?”
“The 3000-meter race you signed up for, I’m the timekeeper.”
“Haha,” Ji Ci burst into laughter. “Doesn’t that mean we can rig the results??”
Bai Yueli glared at her playfully, unceremoniously pinching her cheek: “Don’t have such thoughts. Focus your energy on the right path.”
“Oh,” Ji Ci mumbled glumly: “I was just joking.”
She rubbed her eyes, giving her senior a sharp, small glare.
It hurts so much. Why isn’t she gentle at all?
Bai Yueli saw her expression and chuckled softly. She hadn’t expected to make such an ambiguous gesture so spontaneously. Then she suddenly thought, this isn’t their first time, is it?
“Then, Senior, can you at least tell me about my competitors?” Ji Ci said: “Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated.”
“Actually, not many people signed up for the 3000-meter race. Not just your class, but other classes didn’t fill their spots either. I think you’re already pretty amazing. As for opponents, perhaps Liu Sixian…”
“Wait, Senior!” Ji Ci interrupted her: “Is that Liu Sixian from your class?”
“Mm,” Bai Yueli nodded, slightly surprised that she knew this person.
“Senior, you’re really broad-minded. Isn’t this a competition between grades? You come to accompany me every day. Won’t they accuse you of treason?”
“How do you come up with these convoluted thoughts?” Bai Yueli looked at her with interest, gently tapping her head with her slender fingertips. “Don’t worry, Sixian is a sports specialist. Even if I accompanied you every day, even if the two of us combined, we might not…”
“Alright, alright, alright!” Ji Ci covered her ears: “Senior, it seems I overestimated you. You’re an undercover agent sent by the enemy to destroy my morale.”
Bai Yueli momentarily couldn’t keep up with her leaping thoughts. When she snapped back, the junior had already puffed out her cheeks and run off in a huff. She looked at her retreating figure and chuckled helplessly.
After days of continuous practice, Ji Ci had pushed her stamina to five laps. The first five laps were still relatively easy.
But as she ran, she started to feel the urge to use the restroom. She really regretted drinking that entire large bottle of drink. Oh, and she had a cup of soy milk for breakfast too.
It would be strange if she didn’t need to go to the bathroom.
It was also almost noon, and she thought she’d do a few more laps in the afternoon. For now, she wanted to eat her fill.
However, she looked around and found no trace of Bai Yueli. Then she remembered that Bai Yueli had told her when they first met that she had something on in the afternoon, so she had probably already left.
Ji Ci was visibly disappointed.
Sigh, do I have to go to the cafeteria alone again?
Actually, it was nothing. She was originally alone; it was just that Bai Yueli’s appearance these past few days had spoiled her.
Ji Ci walked out of the sports field all alone, wiped away some sweat, and when she lifted her eyes again, she happened to meet a graceful figure approaching.
“Xiao Ci?”
“Senior…” Ji Ci was startled: “You, you didn’t leave.”
Bai Yueli immediately understood that this junior had thought she had left, which was why she ran out. She pursed her lips, saying nothing, and walked over to the person, naturally taking her hand.
“If I had left, wouldn’t you call me?”
“But… I didn’t bring my phone,” Ji Ci said in a small voice: “I forgot it was the weekend when I came out.”
Bai Yueli looked at her with an amused expression, truly confused.
You say she’s naive,
She actually knew a thing or two about the things Ji Ci had done before. Coupled with Jiang Yi’s investigation, it wasn’t hard to imagine what kind of person she was. Wasn’t it normal for such a person to do things that violated morality and discipline?
You say she’s bad,
But she also had that innocent, ignorant look about her, even leading Bai Yueli herself to do abnormal things, like pinching someone’s cheek or touching someone’s head. She would do these things to Washa, but who was Washa to her, and who was this junior to her?
On the weekend, only the competition classes were open at school, and there were very few people in the cafeteria.
A group of five or six people sat around a dining table, each engrossed in their own activities.
Jiang Yi couldn’t hold back and sent a message to Bai Yueli. The person quickly replied, and she looked up, calling out to everyone: “She told us not to wait for her, to eat first.”
“Ah? That’s not good, is it?” Ji Feng looked up blankly, “Isn’t Senior Bai coming?”
“I think so too,” Yuan Ye said in a deep voice: “We’re not meeting them until two o’clock, so we’re not in a hurry.”
Ji Feng immediately felt deflated when he heard Yuan Ye’s voice.
Although they were both aiming for the same thing, he had clearly expressed it first. Why did Senior Yuan Ye have to show off his presence?
Well, actually, it was because he thought Senior Yuan Ye’s voice was too pleasant to listen to. He sat right next to him, and the rich, magnetic voice made even an Alpha like him feel inferior.
Jiang Yi rolled her eyes at both of them. “I’m hungry. You guys can wait, then. Jiajia, Xiao Song, come on, let’s go get food.”
She really couldn’t believe it; they were so dawdling even about eating. It wasn’t like they just met today. But considering their identities, it’s not surprising. Everyone wants to make a good impression in front of Big White Rabbit.
Ji Feng watched the three girls walk away, and his stomach uncooperatively rumbled.
Beside him, Yuan Ye remained as still as a mountain.
What kind of cultivation master is this?!! Having such a person as a competitor was truly a test for him.
“Ahem,” Ji Feng cleared his throat, squinting sideways: “Senior.”
Yuan Ye: “Hmm?”
Ji Feng asked knowingly: “Senior… do you have a girlfriend?”
“What about it?” Yuan Ye pondered for a moment, then chuckled: “If I said no, would you introduce someone to me, junior?”
“Of course not,” Ji Feng showed a shy smile: “I’m just curious. I heard that A University is famous for being a concentration camp for top Omegas. It’s incredible that an Alpha of your rank hasn’t found a partner.”
Yuan Ye took a sip of water, making the mineral water seem like white spirits.
“Junior, you might still be young,” Yuan Ye smiled: “When you’ve met the best person, no one else can be her substitute.”
Ji Feng grunted, silent, his hand under the table tightly clenched into a fist.
Jiang Yi returned after getting her food and saw that the atmosphere between the two boys wasn’t good. Ji Feng’s face was sunken, lost in self-doubt.
She chuckled softly.
He must have been annoyed by Senior Yuan Ye again.
Her junior was actually a good person, he just really liked to get competitive with his rivals. If it weren’t for the motivation from these people, he wouldn’t have improved so quickly and participated in their activities at the first-year high school level.
“Alright, Ji Feng, go get food,” Jiang Yi advised: “Oh, Big White Rabbit is here.”
She looked towards the entrance, squinting.
It’s just… she… doesn’t seem to be alone.
Ji Feng heard that his beloved Senior Bai had arrived, and his gloom instantly vanished. He enthusiastically turned his head.
Seeing Senior Bai’s elegant face immediately made him feel healed. However, when his gaze shifted to the girl beside her, Ji Feng’s smile came and went in a flash.
Fearing there would be too many people, Ji Ci let go of her senior’s hand at the doorway and cautiously followed behind her.
After entering, she realized that there were actually very few people.
But the group gathered there… they were all familiar faces.
“Never mind, Senior, I’ll go over there instead,” she tugged on Bai Yueli’s sleeve, gesturing towards the empty end of the room.
Bai Yueli softly said: “Don’t be afraid. They’re from our school, and they’re all very excellent people and quite fun to hang out with. Won’t you meet them?”
Ji Ci felt quite awkward.
That being said, she also knew that if she could expand her social circle through Bai Yueli, at least she wouldn’t have to worry about activity evaluations when she reached third year.
But those few people, they… they were all from the main character group! Only Jing Man was missing from the most popular characters. Getting involved wouldn’t that just throw her into the center of a whirlpool?
Bai Yueli didn’t know her hesitation; she simply thought Ji Ci was a shy type who needed someone to guide her, and she would be fine once she got familiar.
She patted Ji Ci’s shoulder and led her towards them.
As a central figure in this circle, people joked around when they saw her bringing a stranger. Of course, the jokes were mostly directed at Ji Ci.
To say she was shy, Ji Ci was indeed a bit shy.
Mainly, there was an invisible burden: aside from the main characters, the others were all Bai Yueli’s friends. What if she didn’t perform well and was criticized for privately embarrassing her senior?
But thankfully, all her nervousness vanished the moment she saw Ji Feng’s miserable face.
Bai Yueli went to get food for her, while she and Ji Feng sat facing each other, looking at each other with mutual disdain.
“I don’t know when you climbed your way up to Senior,” Ji Feng said sourly, arms crossed: “If you have any special intentions, then give up now. Numbers one, two, three, four, five, six aren’t even your turn yet.”
After speaking, he gave Yuan Ye a meaningful glance.
Great, someone else to take the fall. The feeling of defeat from being instantly crushed by Senior Yuan Ye has been somewhat alleviated.
He considered himself inferior to Senior Yuan Ye in terms of excellence, but surely not to this guy.
“Don’t worry, I have no designs on Senior,” Ji Ci couldn’t even be bothered to look at him. She crossed her arms and sneered: “What about you? You said one, two, three, four, five, six. You wouldn’t happen to be number six, would you?”
Although he was the male lead,
He was also a male lead propped up by his left and right guardians. Without her, the left guardian, what would he do?
Ji Feng: “You…!”
After eating, Ji Ci excused herself, claiming to feel unwell, and went home. Bai Yueli nodded and didn’t force her to stay.
While waiting for the car,
Jiang Yi deftly inserted herself between the two attentive boys and “Big White Rabbit,” keen to share their sisterly bond.
“When did you get so close to that creepy junior?” Jiang Yi mumbled, hooking her arm through Bai Yueli’s: “You’ve been ditching us these past few days to be with her, haven’t you?”
Bai Yueli smiled: “Don’t call her that. Her name is Ji Ci.”
Jiang Yi froze in place. For a moment, she couldn’t keep up with Bai Yueli’s pace and was left behind. She caught up, tutting.
It’s only been a few days, and she’s already protecting her?
“Okay,” Jiang Yi said: “So what’s the situation between you and Ji Ci now? I see she likes you a lot. Have you fallen for her too?”
She could sense that this time, Big White Rabbit was different from before; it wasn’t like she was just socializing for the sake of it.
Who could understand her indignation now!!!
Wuwawa, Xiao Bai, with so many fresh flowers, why did you have to fall for a pile of cow dung? Beauty and the beast, it’s true.
“Jiang Yi,” Bai Yueli didn’t intend to hide it from her, saying in a low voice: “Do you remember I told you I marked someone that night in the woods?”
“That person was Ji Ci.”
“Ah?!” Jiang Yi was incredulous.
This was too shocking; she needed a moment to process it.
“But…” Jiang Yi frowned: “This Ji person might not be a good person. How do you know she isn’t colluding with Fan Kexin?”
“Actually, I thought that too before, but,” Bai Yueli lowered her eyelids, a subtle ripple flashing in her eyes: “I trust her.”
Jiang Yi: “…”
What more could she say when it came to this? She wasn’t an evil person who would sow discord by relying on her close relationship.
“So what are you thinking now? That because you want to compensate her, you’re offering yourself?” Jiang Yi squinted, seeking confirmation.
She couldn’t be blamed for reaching this conclusion.
Big White Rabbit had been in this state these past few days. She wondered why her timing was so off. She originally thought it was just because she didn’t want to hang out with those seniors and juniors, but it turns out she was with that creepy junior all along.
Perhaps thinking the words too absurd, Bai Yueli chuckled and murmured, “I can only do what I can.”
Through long-term contact, embracing, and marking, she could inhibit Ji Ci’s reverse differentiation. She knew what it meant for an Alpha to reverse differentiate into a Beta or Omega. Previously, she had been confused as to how such a condition could exist, but after learning more, she gradually accepted it—rare, but not impossible.
That Alpha might live under that shadow for a lifetime, becoming a special case study forced into public exposure. Those with poor stress tolerance might even attempt suicide.
If another person were to experience a drastic change because of her, she would not know how to face herself.