Transmigrated into the Villainess Alpha Who Marked the Female Lead (GL) - Chapter 8

That night, Ji Ci predictably came down with a fever.

She had been lying in bed ever since her shower, her body burning. Her grandma applied wet towels and gave her fever reducers, but nothing worked. When she took her temperature, it was 39 degrees Celsius (102.2°F).

The elder woman immediately panicked, pacing back and forth.

The rain showed no sign of stopping, getting a taxi at this hour was difficult, she couldn’t use a phone, and the family’s main support was staying at the hospital for a surgery the next morning.

What could she do?

The elder had thought about calling Ji Liangying.

She carefully dialed once, but it indicated that the other party was busy. She originally planned to wait it out and talk after the other party finished.

But the child was unconscious in bed, constantly muttering “Grandma, Grandma,” which broke her heart.

Her granddaughter rarely called out to people, but tonight she called her more times than she had accumulated all year. With every call, the elder wished it was herself lying in bed.

Finally, the elder decided to call Ji Liangying again and again until she answered.

She knew that Xiao Ying was a highly ambitious person, especially someone whose schedule could not be interrupted by anyone. Over the years, the only exception she had ever made was for that girl from the Bai family. So, when it came to her granddaughter’s problem, the elder was extra cautious.

Fortunately, on the third call, the other party answered and promised to come back after finishing up tonight.

Ji Ci vaguely opened her eyes, and the outline of the woman in front of her gradually became clear.

A woman dressed in a white shirt, looking utterly elite, wore narrow-framed glasses on her nose. She was focused on the syringe in her hand, as if adjusting something.

Ji Ci was startled and quickly shrunk to the other side of the bed.

At first glance, this scene looked somewhat like a murder sequence in a suspense film.

“Don’t move,” Ji Liangying’s voice was cold. Her gaze lifted, startling Ji Ci into staying perfectly still.

The needle pricked her arm. Ji Ci turned her face away. The sensation of the needle entering her bl00d vessel lasted no more than three seconds. Ji Liangying handed her a cotton swab.

“Your pheromones are fluctuating a bit; your susceptibility period seems to have come early, and your concentration this time is much higher than before,” Ji Liangying analyzed earnestly, her tone formal: “Once you feel better, go to the hospital for a check-up.”

“Okay,” Ji Ci said in a small voice.

In the face of authority, this woman’s word was law.

“…Mom, what time is it now?” Ji Ci looked out the window. The sky after the rain was clear and blue, so it shouldn’t be early, she thought.

Ji Liangying looked at her watch and said, “9:47.”

Ji Ci: “!!!”

She shot up, startling Ji Liangying.

“What are you doing?”

Ji Ci: “Going, going to school. I’m already two periods late…”

Ji Liangying’s eyes showed surprise, but her tone remained calm: “You rest well at home. Don’t worry about school; I’ve already requested leave for you today.”

“Oh, okay.”

Ji Ci cautiously observed this person.

She probably thought that her previous statement was a serious “Out of Character” moment for Ji Liangying.

Ji Ci rested at home for a whole day. The next day, not yet fully recovered, she insisted on going to school.

In her own words, she was someone who couldn’t sit still, and staying home was too boring. Although her grandma kept her company, the thought of falling further behind in her studies gave her a massive headache. Debts, after all, always had to be paid.

Perhaps there was also a hidden reason:

Bai Yueli’s whereabouts remained a mystery, and she couldn’t stop worrying. How could this world develop without the female lead?

Ji Ci had indeed overestimated her body’s endurance.

Her fever had subsided, but her whole body felt weak, her nose was stuffy, her throat was sore and itchy, and looking at the blackboard instantly gave her a headache.

Pei Ling saw her lying lazily on her desk. If she hadn’t been flipping through a book occasionally, Pei Ling would have thought she had fallen asleep.

“Buddy, you really are…” Pei Ling shook her head. “You’re so sick and you’re still determined to take ‘artistic photos’ of your Senior Bai. I wish I had your persistence.”

Ji Ci: “…”

She straightened up, her face haggard: “Did you see Bai Yueli? Did she come to school?”

Pei Ling spread her hands: “I don’t know.”

Ji Ci immediately felt weak again.

It made sense. Pei Ling wasn’t concerned about Bai Yueli’s affairs. Besides their shared “interests” in shady activities, she and the original owner had completely different tastes otherwise.

Suddenly, a tall, thin, refined boy entered from outside.

Ji Ci thought for a moment; now, she could only shamelessly ask him.

Ji Feng looked at the abnormally pale girl appearing before him, and for a moment, he couldn’t describe his current feelings with a single word.

“You…” He squinted: “What do you want?”

Ji Ci got straight to the point: “Where’s Bai Yueli? Have you seen her these past two days?”

Ji Feng: “…”

Heh, is this person too lazy to even pretend anymore?

She’s actually asking him?!

Ji Feng lazily lifted his eyelids, looking down on her: “Why should I tell you?”

Ji Ci glared at him fiercely.

The male lead, like this, truly deserved a beating.

She already had a ball of fire in her stomach.

If it weren’t for that damn male lead dumping the blackboard newspaper task on her that day, how would she have been bitten by the female lead? If it weren’t for the overwhelming shame after being bitten by the female lead, how would she have left the female lead alone there? If the female lead hadn’t been alone in the woods in such heavy rain, how would she have worried and gone back in the rain to look for her?

Everything, everything, was Ji Feng’s fault!

She really wanted to point at his nose and lecture him: “This is the plot your birth mother arranged for you, why are you acting this way?!”

“Forget it, you’re useless anyway. I’ll find her myself,” Ji Ci muttered, throwing down her words, and walked away, dragging her sickly body.

Ji Feng: “…”

Heh, what does she mean by “useless”? She talks as if he’s very familiar with her.

Besides, how would he know where Senior was?

The last time he spoke to Senior was the morning before yesterday. These past two days, even Senior Jiang Yi hadn’t replied to his messages.

Sigh…

By the way, that Ji person didn’t come to school yesterday. It seems she took sick leave. With such heavy rain that night, could it be that she caught a cold because he made her stay to do the blackboard newspaper?

If that were true…

He didn’t want to owe anyone anything.

The second period in the afternoon was Physical Education.

Physical assessments were conducted in the second semester of the second year, so the first-year PE classes weren’t just about running a few laps and then free activity. The teacher in charge would design the teaching plan based on the curriculum for the exam.

First up was middle- and long-distance running training.

Her legs were still incredibly sore from running four kilometers two days ago. Ji Ci wanted to ask for leave, but the teacher said:

“Again? You ask yourself how many of my classes you’ve attended? No differentiation, it’s always your period. Differentiated, it’s your susceptibility period every day. Are you just delicate or do you think I’m easy to bully? Run! Go run for me!”

Ji Ci: “…”

The original owner had already used up this teacher’s trust. She had no choice but to blend in with the main group. Pei Ling, seeing her discomfort, thoughtfully slowed her pace to walk alongside her.

But… it was just too slow.

The girls strolling hand-in-hand slowly floated past them. Pei Ling couldn’t take it anymore and dashed off.

Leaving Ji Ci alone,

Calling out to the heavens but no answer, calling out to the earth but no response.

She truly hated it. Why didn’t her parents give her a name like Long Aotian (a common protagonist name in Chinese web novels, implying overwhelming power)? Starting off instantly dominating everything, instead of having to endure this indignity?

Ji Ci didn’t even know if she had completed one lap. She just kept running and running, her throat almost smoking, her head getting heavier and heavier, gradually spinning…

The Technology Innovation Building was located at the far left end of Beiyi High. There were several routes from the main teaching building to it, and passing through the playground was one of them.

“Have you had any symptoms lately, like your estrus coming early?” Jiang Yi recalled the scene of seeing Bai Yueli that day and still felt a lingering fear.

“No,” Bai Yueli shook her head, her thoughts drifting to the scene of Fan Kexin bringing fruit tea into the classroom that day. “Kexin brought us each a cup of fruit tea that day.”

That day, when she noticed something was wrong with her body, Bai Yueli immediately called Jiang Yi.

To her, Jiang Yi was the only trustworthy person.

Jiang Yi nodded thoughtfully: “So, you suspect Fan Kexin tampered with it?”

Fan Kexin was a decent person, easy to get along with, and had a good reputation. But Jiang Yi blindly trusted Bai Yueli.

If Bai Yueli said it was so, then it was so.

“I’m not sure,” Bai Yueli said.

She was actually very cautious that day.

Fan Kexin’s eyes kept darting around, as if very worried that she wouldn’t drink that fruit tea, and some body language clearly corroborated this. But a person always has a motive for doing something. If it were someone she didn’t get along with, then she would never have drunk that fruit tea based solely on these suspicions.

But did Fan Kexin have a reason to do such a thing?

“Ah, let’s not talk about her for now,” Jiang Yi sighed, worried: “Did really no one else come that day? Could it be… that someone marked you and you don’t remember?”

“Jiang Yi, actually…” Bai Yueli recalled the somewhat clumsy girl who said she would call a doctor but ended up falling to the ground, and murmured: “It seems I reverse-marked someone.”

“Ah?!” Jiang Yi exclaimed.

It was truly too shocking.

In the long history of evolution, Omegas gradually gained the ability to reverse-mark Alphas, but this was limited only to the highest-ranking Omegas.

The occasion for using a reverse mark is usually in AO interactions where the Omega initiates it to stimulate the Alpha’s arousal. The higher the Omega’s rank, the more mature their ability. They encourage the Alpha to release more pheromones, making it easier to get into the state when the Alpha initiates an attack.

“Then… did only you mark her?” Jiang Yi couldn’t understand. How could an Alpha be marked by an Omega and just let it go? Wouldn’t she also have to do something to be logical?

“Should…”

Before she could finish, Jiang Yi exclaimed, “Watch out!”

Bai Yueli didn’t have time to react. A soft mass crashed into her arms. She could have twisted away the moment she was touched, but with the faint, elegant scent of ice lemon lingering around her, she preposterously caught this person, allowing them to lean on her shoulder.

“Bai Yueli…” The girl’s eyes were glazed, as if she had drunk strong wine. The next sentence, “You’re okay,” was only mouthed before she buried her face in Bai Yueli’s neck and passed out.

Recognizing the person, Jiang Yi felt both surprised and comical: “It’s her again?”

Bai Yueli and she exchanged a glance.

“Get up, get up, stop pretending.” Jiang Yi patted the girl’s cheek, but there was no reaction. So she roughly lifted the girl’s eyelids, only to see the whites of her eyes.

She looked at Bai Yueli awkwardly: “…”

Author’s Note:

I’m stunned. This can also…