Jiang Yi looked up at Jiang Sixian, who stood before her wearing a rose mask. Unconsciously, she asked, “Why shouldn’t I agree?”
Why? Why else? Of course, it was because she didn’t want her to accept Chu Ningning’s confession, didn’t want her to be with anyone else.
Hearing that confession, Jiang Sixian had completely lost control. Her body reacted faster than her mind, practically sprinting in her heels towards Jiang Yi, driven by an uncontrollable urge to stop her from accepting.
Jiang Sixian knew many people liked Jiang Yi; Chu Ningning wasn’t the first to confess. But having witnessed Chu Ningning’s persistence—the gifts, the attempted kiss under the tree, the earnest confession—Jiang Sixian couldn’t treat her like just another admirer.
Chu Ningning’s feelings for Jiang Yi were genuine. And genuine feelings would be met with a genuine response from someone like Jiang Yi.
Jiang Sixian didn’t want Jiang Yi to respond, so now, facing Jiang Yi’s question, consumed by jealousy, her mind blank, she couldn’t utter a single word.
Seeing this, Chu Ningning gathered her courage and spoke up. “Let go of Jiang Yi. I asked her first.” She turned to Jiang Yi and asked again, “Jiang Yi, would you like to dance with me?”
Jiang Yi, still processing the situation, remained silent.
Jiang Sixian bit her lip, thinking, Even if it’s about who asked first, I was first. I was the one who grabbed her hand, I was the one who met her first.
Her mind in turmoil, Jiang Sixian pulled Jiang Yi’s hand and started walking without a word.
Jiang Yi stumbled forward, completely bewildered. Just then, Chu Ningning caught up, grabbing Jiang Yi’s other hand, creating a tense standoff with Jiang Sixian. Her expression was stubborn. “Jiang Yi hasn’t answered me yet. You can’t take her away.”
Jiang Sixian glanced at her, refusing to engage. She turned and pulled Jiang Yi forward again.
Chu Ningning, unwilling to back down, held onto Jiang Yi with both hands, facing off against Jiang Sixian.
Caught between them, Jiang Yi felt like a rope in a tug-of-war, pulled back and forth, maintaining a precarious balance.
What kind of bizarre scene is this? It feels like a showdown.
What’s wrong with Jiang Sixian? Why did she suddenly appear, acting so stubbornly? It was just a confession, not a big deal…
Could it be… Jiang Sixian actually likes her?
This thought made Jiang Yi’s heart pound. She desperately wanted to jump away from Jiang Sixian.
She quickly pulled her hand free, stepping back between the two girls, saying angrily, “What are you doing? Am I a rope in a tug-of-war, to be pulled back and forth like this?”
Jiang Sixian’s hand suddenly felt empty. She looked at Jiang Yi, her heart pounding.
Panicked, she reached out to grab Jiang Yi again, but missed. Her hand, suspended in mid-air, clenched into a fist.
Jiang Sixian looked at Jiang Yi, but Jiang Yi avoided her gaze, turning to Chu Ningning. “Does dancing with you mean I’m accepting your confession?”
Chu Ningning, unwavering, looked directly into Jiang Yi’s eyes and nodded firmly. “Yes.”
Jiang Yi sighed and said seriously, “Then thank you for your feelings, but I’m not interested in dating right now. Besides, we barely know each other. There’s no foundation for a relationship. Even if I agreed, it would only be to fulfill your wish, not because I reciprocate your feelings.”
Jiang Yi’s rejection was swift and decisive. “I won’t fall for someone I don’t know, someone I have no feelings for. I don’t even have the slightest affection for you, so… please accept my refusal.”
With each word, Chu Ningning’s face paled. She clenched her fists, her nails digging into her palms. Struggling, she said, “Then we… can start as friends.”
Jiang Yi, at this moment, seemed utterly heartless. “I won’t be friends with someone who likes me. It makes me feel unsafe. If one day you stop liking me, then we can start as friends.”
Chu Ningning looked at her, tears welling up in her eyes.
Jiang Yi was truly ruthless when rejecting someone. Chu Ningning fought back her tears, but finally, unable to hold back, she mumbled, “You’re so mean!” She turned her back to Jiang Yi, wiped her eyes, and walked away without looking back.
In a corner of the bustling banquet hall, only Jiang Sixian and Jiang Yi remained.
Because of the commotion, the surrounding guests had noticed them and were now watching.
Jiang Yi turned to Jiang Sixian, her voice cold. “And you? Why did you tell me not to agree? Why did you pull me away?”
“Chu Ningning likes me. What’s your reason?”
Jiang Yi’s tone, by the end, was almost accusatory. Jiang Sixian, remembering Jiang Yi’s words about not being friends with someone who liked her, felt her heart sink.
Unable to explain her impulsive actions, the words caught in her throat. She clenched her fists and took a step forward. “I…”
Seeing her approach, Jiang Yi involuntarily trembled. At that moment, she caught a faint, sweet fragrance—Jiang Sixian’s pheromones.
Jiang Yi frowned. “You…” Before she could finish, she was suddenly overwhelmed by a wave of scents from all directions. Besides Jiang Sixian’s sweet aroma, there were other pheromones—water lily, lily, gardenia…
A cacophony of scents assaulted Jiang Yi, making her feel like she was standing in a spring meadow.
Her head began to spin, her body burning uncontrollably, her face flushing crimson. In that moment, she felt like she was being thrown into a furnace, every cell ablaze, the pain so intense she could barely stand, stumbling backward.
What… what’s happening…?
In just a few seconds, Jiang Yi’s mind was a blur, her vision hazy, the world twisting into a kaleidoscope of colors.
She stumbled back, leaning against the wall, the pain doubling her over, forcing her to curl up in a corner.
Vaguely, she saw Jiang Sixian walking towards her, reaching out to steady her, calling out anxiously, “Jiang Yi… Jiang Yi… what’s wrong, Jiang Yi…?”
Jiang Yi’s body burned, her eyes red-rimmed as she looked at Jiang Sixian, shaking her head in confusion.
Jiang Sixian cupped her face, her voice full of concern. “Jiang Yi… are you unwell? Where…?”
The moment their skin touched, Jiang Yi felt something inside her burst open. A powerful cedar scent, like a tsunami, erupted from her, engulfing the entire auditorium in seconds.
In that moment, everyone except Jiang Sixian was overwhelmed by this potent, dominating scent.
The differentiated Alphas instinctively adopted defensive postures. The Omegas, however, all turned towards Jiang Yi, their eyes filled with an uncontrollable longing.
In just a few seconds, almost every Omega lost control, their pheromones flooding the air from their scent glands. The auditorium was instantly transformed into a sea of floral fragrances.
Jiang Sixian, suddenly aware of the overwhelming scent of her fellow Omegas, turned and saw them, like mindless zombies, walking towards Jiang Yi.
She turned back to Jiang Yi, curled up in the corner, clutching her face in pain, and a realization struck her like lightning.
Jiang Yi was differentiating.
And she was differentiating into… an Alpha whose pheromones she couldn’t smell.
A high-quality Alpha, whose scent was undetectable to her.
Every other Omega in the room, under Jiang Yi’s influence, had gone into heat.
Without hesitation, Jiang Sixian pulled Jiang Yi to her feet and dragged her forward. Jiang Yi stumbled after her, her vision blurry, seeing pheromones swirling around her, filling her with an inexplicable fear.
Jiang Sixian led her forward, and Jiang Yi, gazing at the shimmering blue light before her, felt strangely safe.
They’d barely taken a few steps when waves of Omegas, like mindless creatures, swarmed towards them. The pressing crowd made Jiang Yi stumble, and she instinctively clung to Jiang Sixian.
Pressed against Jiang Sixian, inhaling her scent, she felt something inside her tearing, growing…
So painful… so painful…
She clung to Jiang Sixian, moaning softly. As her differentiation intensified, the surrounding Omegas became even more frenzied, pressing closer.
Chaos erupted.
The teachers present, enduring the overwhelming scent of Jiang Yi’s pheromones, quickly activated the auditorium’s air filters, organizing the less affected Betas to restrain the heated Omegas and administer suppressants.
Jiang Sixian, dragging Jiang Yi, with the help of some Betas, managed to escape the crowd. She handed Jiang Yi over to a teacher, who injected her with a suppressant.
However, the moment the suppressant entered her system, Jiang Yi’s pheromones intensified, creating a new wave of chaos, engulfing the room.
Even the Beta school doctor nearly lost control, overwhelmed by the urge to submit to Jiang Yi.
Despite being at the center of this pheromone storm, Jiang Sixian, as an Omega, felt strangely detached, watching the chaos unfold with a cold gaze.
She looked down at Jiang Yi, lying on a stretcher, her face flushed crimson, and felt a strange sense of detachment.
She reached out, unconsciously stroking Jiang Yi’s cheek, a deep sigh escaping her lips. Jiang Yi, as she’d wished, had differentiated into an Alpha, but an Alpha whose pheromones she couldn’t smell.
An Alpha whose scent was undetectable to an Omega wasn’t a true Alpha.
Jiang Sixian watched as Jiang Yi, clutching her hand, unconsciously rubbed it against her face, and felt a desolate emptiness in her heart.
She was so jealous… so jealous of the Omegas who could be affected by Jiang Yi’s pheromones. She desperately wanted to know what Jiang Yi’s scent was like.
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