The inhibitor patch gradually took effect.
The one Lin Jianheng had given her was a high-strength inhibitor patch.
In simple terms, it first physically cooled the gland, then used medication to suppress certain thoughts in the brain, and finally broke down the excess pheromones.
The process was very unpleasant.
As the minty sensation spread across the back of her neck, Yan Su’s expression grew colder bit by bit.
It wasn’t just that her body felt like it had been doused with cold water.
Her mind finally cooled completely, and the fluttering feelings from the past two hours dissipated entirely.
Lin Jianheng’s pheromones were definitely not B-grade as she had claimed. On the contrary, they were of a very high grade, capable of easily stirring her even when she was suppressed.
Therefore, it was impossible for Lin Jianheng not to have noticed her arousal.
She probably just didn’t want to deal with it, which was why she had deliberately applied the inhibitor patch.
And such an uncomfortable type, at that.
Yan Su no longer wanted to think about who that “sister” was. She silently curled up, shrinking into a small ball.
So-called “like” was nothing more than this, she supposed.
Lin Jianheng was her master, a superior in every sense of the word.
A being who didn’t need to care about her feelings.
So she could tease her at will, invade her mind and body. She could say she liked her, be hot and cold, and then leave with a wave of her hand.
She refused to be troubled by such a person.
It was just…
Hearing Lin Jianheng call out “sister” this and “good sister” that…
Yan Su was ultimately unhappy and buried her head into her body.
Even her tail drooped.
Lin Jianheng was still being pestered by Jian Lingxuan.
“My dear little sister, you’ve really forgotten your big sister now that you have a wife, haven’t you? Buying so many new beds in one go, are you planning to finally get some action?”
Jian Lingxuan looked at Lin Jianheng’s spending records, clicking her tongue in amazement.
The one million she had just transferred was already spent.
Well, whatever. If it was really her…
“Oh, right. It’s probably not ‘planning to,’ but ‘already done.’ Otherwise, you wouldn’t need to replace one today. Who was it with? That succubus you bought?”
“…Sister, can’t you wish something good for me? I haven’t gotten any action. The bed collapsed yesterday because I accidentally jumped on it.” Lin Jianheng was speechless.
Every time she heard Jian Lingxuan jab at her today, she really wanted to jab back.
Her dear sister was truly asking for it, provoking her in creative ways every day.
Even someone as good-tempered as her was getting an itchy mouth from Jian Lingxuan’s words.
“Jumped? You’re telling me that yesterday evening, after taking the medicine, you just lay in bed with a high-class succubus, did nothing, watched square dancing all night, and then the two of you were so delighted that you decided to imitate the old ladies and started clanging away, dancing on the bed?”
The sarcasm in Jian Lingxuan’s voice was so thick it could almost pass through the electronic device and flick Lin Jianheng on the forehead.
“I really didn’t do anything with her! I’m straight, completely straight! How could I do that kind of thing with a pretty sister? I don’t even have the right equipment for it! I was so scared that I accidentally fell and broke it. The quality of your bed is terrible, to think I could break it just by sitting on it!” Lin Jianheng grew anxious and decided the best defense was a good offense.
Jian Lingxuan picked her ear on the other end of the line. “What’s a ‘straight woman’?”
Lin Jianheng was silent for a moment. She had been asked this question by two different people in two days, and she was utterly speechless.
Could it be that she had transmigrated into some all-lesbian novel?
Thinking about it carefully, it was true. The driver and the construction workers she saw today were all women. She didn’t seem to see many men on the streets either.
At first, she thought it was some kind of humanistic consideration of the interstellar era, that because it detected she was a young woman, it automatically matched her with female drivers and workers to reduce risk.
But it seemed she had overlooked another possibility.
Lin Jianheng froze.
There… there are still people of the opposite sex, right?
Right?
It wasn’t that she was interested in men, but-but-but she couldn’t do that with someone of the same sex either!
Lin Jianheng sucked in a sharp breath. Could she just say she was an advocate of non-marriage from now on?
“You’ve always liked girls?” Jian Lingxuan helped her complete the thought from the other end.
“No!” Lin Jianheng still wanted to explain.
But Jian Lingxuan’s voice suddenly turned serious.
“Jian Heng. Come find me at the corporation tomorrow morning. Dress a little more formally, not like today in a shirt and jeans. You know what this is about.”
“…? Wait, Sister, big sister, dear sister, good sister. What is it about?” Lin Jianheng’s voice softened, but she was a little nervous.
It was the same today. Jian Lingxuan had summoned her in a rush without telling her what it was for.
“Asking so many questions, don’t you remember?” Jian Lingxuan’s voice suddenly became very cold.
Lin Jianheng froze for a second. It felt as if in the next moment, a Jian Lingxuan who had already figured something out would drag her away for a reckoning.
Based on her observations throughout the day, although the original owner’s memories indicated a terrible relationship with Jian Lingxuan, like fire and water…
…Lin Jianheng was certain that Jian Lingxuan cared deeply for her younger sister.
She was just a bit sharp-tongued.
Heavens, she didn’t want to be thrown into an interrogation room by her good sister to be questioned about Jian Heng’s fate!
“Of course, I was just trying to annoy you,” Lin Jianheng changed the subject quickly, not letting herself reveal any flaws.
The other end was silent for two seconds, then there was a soft chuckle, and the call disconnected.
Lin Jianheng was covered in a cold sweat.
She’d really been exposed, hadn’t she?
During the few hours she spent with Jian Lingxuan today, she hadn’t deliberately tried to imitate the original owner’s way of interacting with her sister.
Mainly because she couldn’t imitate it.
After all, she had only been here for two days, and her memories of Jian Heng were incomplete. Besides, Lin Jianheng didn’t want to live according to the original’s life trajectory.
That wasn’t living, it was just messing around, and sooner or later she would get herself killed.
But Lin Jianheng realized she seemed to have fallen into a misconception.
She hadn’t “transmigrated into a book.”
Or rather, she hadn’t entered some kind of fictional world.
To the people living in this world, the world was incredibly real.
Every single person was real, their friends, lovers, and family.
Just like her best friend in her original world. Lin Jianheng wouldn’t be crazy enough to treat her best friend as a fictional character. Nor would anyone see Lin Jianheng as a character on a page.
Only Lin Jianheng knew this was a novel’s world. But this knowledge was not only meaningless, it also put her at constant risk of being exposed.
Lin Jianheng hesitated. But she had already done so many things. How could she make up for it?
Should she say that a serious illness had caused a drastic change in her personality and a second development of her gland?
That wasn’t impossible.
Lin Jianheng turned her head to look at the only one who knew the truth, the succubus sister.
Only to find Yan Su curled into a ball, having moved to the floor at some point, seemingly in great pain.
Lin Jianheng immediately put aside those less important matters, went to Yan Su’s side, and reached out to touch her.
“Sister Yan?” Lin Jianheng poked her as if she were prodding a poisonous mushroom.
The poisonous mushroom ignored her, curling up even tighter and trembling imperceptibly.
“Sister, Sister Yan Su.” Lin Jianheng squatted down too, then simply lay on the floor with her.
With the AI butler around, the floor was clean, so it was fine to lie on it, just a bit cold.
“What’s wrong? Why do you like the floor so much? It’s already autumn, it’s very cold.”
Lin Jianheng found Yan Su’s eyes, quietly moved closer, and met her gaze.
Yan Su really wanted to look away.
She already knew that even if Lin Jianheng was different from Jian Heng, her kindness was still a form of charity.
It was the pity of a superior for an inferior, and the so-called “like” was nothing but arsenic coated in caramel. She was supposed to be grateful for any little bit that slipped through the cracks.
She… couldn’t be that debased.
So she couldn’t let herself be moved. She shouldn’t have been in the first place.
It was only two days of kindness, like a fleeting dream.
Yan Su closed her eyes.
So much like a tsundere kitten.
Lin Jianheng thought of her best friend’s pet cat, and a little more joy bloomed in her heart.
She didn’t feel impatient at all, nor did she think Yan Su was moody for being close to her one second and then curling up on the floor ignoring her the next.
Her good temper was one reason, but more importantly, Lin Jianheng could empathize.
She hadn’t read the original novel, and the memories the original owner gave her were incomplete, so she didn’t know exactly how many scummy things Jian Heng had done to Yan Su.
But she had seen the injuries on Yan Su’s body and had sensed Yan Su’s views on her, the outside world, and herself.
That wasn’t something that could be formed overnight.
It must have been long-term and profound.
Therefore, her path to winning favor wouldn’t be over in just a day or two.
Besides, what a pitiful, beautiful sister. Lin Jianheng didn’t even have time to feel sorry for her, how could she possibly be annoyed?
Moreover, this was also related to her own survival.
After shifting a few times, Lin Jianheng quietly reached out and hooked her finger around Yan Su’s.
“Sister, sister.” Lin Jianheng successfully caught Yan Su’s finger and instantly intertwined their fingers.
“Are you angry?” She had never coaxed a small pet, but she had coaxed her best friend and her roommate.
Yan Su was her roommate too, so it should be about the same, right?
“I wouldn’t dare, Master.” Yan Su was uncomfortably cold all over, with only her palm being warm.
The feelings had faded, and her gland was no longer acting up. Yan Su’s emotions were gone, and her voice was flat, almost mechanical.
“Then are you not feeling well?” Lin Jianheng shifted her gaze, carefully trying to judge Yan Su’s tone.
There wasn’t much emotion, so Lin Jianheng could only think in that direction.
“Is it your gland? Is the inhibitor patch wrong?” This was definitely a blind spot in her knowledge.
The original owner hadn’t paid attention in health class, and her personality was both promiscuous and careless.
How could she expect to get any relevant memories from her?
Lin Jianheng had indeed looked it up; both the instructions and popular science articles said this type of inhibitor patch could effectively reduce persistent swelling of the gland and injuries after being marked.
“Is it not working, or is it working too well?” As she spoke, Lin Jianheng moved to peel off Yan Su’s inhibitor patch.
Yan Su couldn’t stop her. She was just Lin Jianheng’s succubus, which, to put it bluntly, was not much different from a cat or a dog.
Whatever Lin Jianheng wanted to do to her, she had to endure it.
Including removing the inhibitor patch and applying it. Inducing her heat period, and then ignoring her during her heat period.
“If you don’t tell me, I won’t know what’s going on.” Lin Jianheng turned the inhibitor patch over and over, smelling a minty coolness mixed with the scent of Yan Su’s pheromones.
Just thinking about it felt both stinging and cold. Lin Jianheng shivered and prepared to try it on herself.
“Don’t, Master!” Seeing Lin Jianheng’s action, Yan Su quickly stopped her.
Lin Jianheng hadn’t expected to bait Yan Su out like this. She stared strangely at her “overstepping” hand.
Only then did Yan Su realize what she had done. Her face flushed completely red, and her eyes grew watery, though her expression was still trying to be cold.
She tried to pull her hand back, but Lin Jianheng caught it in an instant and pulled her forward.
Falling into Lin Jianheng’s embrace, Yan Su’s ears turned completely red.
A succubus’s ears would turn into a pointed, elf-like shape when they lost control.
At that moment, Lin Jianheng felt something soft poke her chest. Looking down, she saw the succubus’s pointed ears.
So cute.
Lin Jianheng smiled and hugged Yan Su tightly, nuzzling her head against the ears that had transformed against her will.
“Oh, sister, sister.” She was certain that Yan Su was definitely hiding some feelings from her.
The reason was unknown, but this reaction was too cute.
No wonder her bestie liked it. Lin Jianheng thought as she sniffed the pheromones the succubus sister had accidentally released due to nervousness.
She really liked Yan Su too.
“So you were lying on the floor because you weren’t feeling well, right?” Lin Jianheng nuzzled all over Yan Su, like she was huffing a cat.
Her nuzzling sent the just-physically-calmed Yan Su’s heart fluttering like a startled fawn.
“Why didn’t you tell me? Did you think you could endure it, but you didn’t want me to have to?” Lin Jianheng had already wriggled into Yan Su’s arms and was refusing to leave.
“…Yes, you are the master.” Yan Su supported her body with as little skin contact as possible, worried about dropping her while also being terrified by her own insubordinate posture.
“I’m not. I only didn’t stop you because you like to call me that.”
Lin Jianheng pressed her weight down without a care, truly treating Yan Su like a good friend from her original world.
She was just this uninhibited and intimate with her good friends.
She had marked Yan Su, coaxed her, and hugged her.
So they were good friends too, and should be this intimate.
Yan Su’s fingertips trembled lightly, but Lin Jianheng snuggled against her thigh.
She was still thinking to herself, Pretty sisters really are the best. Gentle and cute, and they let me use their lap as a pillow.
“We don’t have a superior-subordinate relationship, much less a master-servant one. We’re roommates, good friends.” Lin Jianheng reached out to hook a strand of Yan Su’s hair.
“At least, I want to be your good friend.” A good friend wouldn’t be ground to dust and scattered to the winds, right!
Maybe in the future, when Yan Su becomes a great demon lord, she could even give her some kind of position. Then she could just lie at home and collect two dividends for free. It would be amazing.
“Can we?” Seeing no reaction from Yan Su for a long time, Lin Jianheng resorted to her ultimate weapon against her best friend—puppy-dog eyes.
The light from the crystal chandelier was partially blocked by strands of Yan Su’s hair.
But that pair of eyes was still pure and clear, as full and vibrant as freshly picked pomegranates.
Yan Su admitted defeat.
She extended her fingers—they still carried an uncontrollable tremor, a flush from her endurance, and lingering pheromones.
And with those fingers, she cupped Lin Jianheng’s hand, which was twirling her hair.
“As long as you are willing, Master.” She guided the hand to her own cheek, pressing it gently against her skin.
The sentence was the same.
But Lin Jianheng smiled.
Yan Su’s words finally carried her true feelings.
Lin Jianheng also dared to openly stroke Yan Su’s face and tease her.
“Then I’m very willing. We’re going to be very good friends.” And you’ll give me lots and lots of dividends.
And let me play at being a minor official.
Yan Su looked at Lin Jianheng’s smiling, crescent-shaped eyes and thought.
No one had ever cared for her like this. Applying medicine for her, and even asking if the medicine would hurt. Letting her sleep on the bed, even using a commanding tone to do so.
So, even if she was being deceived.
She wanted to accept Lin Jianheng’s kindness.
Even if it was just a one-day fantasy.
She wanted to be held in Lin Jianheng’s arms.
The two of them slept in separate rooms that night.
After making Yan Su apply her ointment and finish dinner, Lin Jianheng watched an interstellar-era soap opera with her in the living room before finally letting her go back to her room.
“Good night, Sister Yan. Call me if you need anything, or call our AI butler.” She waved and didn’t lock her bedroom door.
Yan Su stood at the door for a long time, repeatedly savoring the word “our” in her mouth.
It wasn’t until she caught the reflection from the AI butler’s saucer-like body in her peripheral vision that she suddenly felt she had chewed on the word until it turned sour and could no longer be swallowed.
Yan Su glanced at the “hibernating” AI butler and silently closed her door.
After finishing her skincare routine, applying essential oils, and dragging a large teddy bear to sleep with, Lin Jianheng was finally ready for bed.
Before closing her eyes, she thought absently.
It seemed like there were many unresolved issues.
For example, why Yan Su had suddenly lost control of her spiritual power.
And why the AI butler, which should have been hibernating, had sent her a video.
Was it really because it detected a spiritual power fluctuation?
She didn’t even know the AI butler could detect that sort of thing.
Lin Jianheng didn’t dwell on it. She made a list of things to confirm tomorrow, recorded it in her optical computer, then cleared her mind and fell into a deep sleep.
The saucer-shaped AI butler hovered outside her bedroom door for a long time.
It only left when the moonlight shifted, and the shadow covering it disappeared.
The next morning, Lin Jianheng woke up naturally.
Yan Su had been awake for a long time. This was the first time in a long while that she’d had a free morning.
She didn’t know what to do and didn’t want to go out and face that AI butler, so she could only lie in bed and pretend to be asleep.
She hadn’t slept well.
A newly marked Omega desperately needs their Alpha’s care. She couldn’t possibly ask, and Lin Jianheng had shown no intention of letting her stay the night.
After all, Lin Jianheng’s home was very large, with a master bedroom and a guest bedroom. Why should they squeeze together?
A master wouldn’t like another presence disturbing her privacy.
Left alone in another room, a cold silence quickly enveloped her body.
She could only roll up the quilt. As she wrapped herself in it, she hesitated, afraid that Lin Jianheng would be angry to see the messy quilt tomorrow.
But then she remembered Lin Jianheng’s words and her sparkling eyes, and in the end, she didn’t overthink it and wrapped herself up tightly.
When she finally heard a sound from Lin Jianheng’s direction—the sound of human footsteps, not the whoosh of a machine cutting through the air—Yan Su breathed a sigh of relief.
She threw off the covers, obediently folded them, washed up, and walked out of her room, just in time to see Lin Jianheng.
“Good morning, Sister Yan.” Lin Jianheng naturally came close and linked arms with her.
“How did you sleep last night?” The topic started naturally.
Yan Su didn’t reveal the truth. “You need not worry, Master. And you?”
“My back is a little sore. I don’t know why, it wasn’t as comfortable as when I slept with you.” In fact, it was the same for an Alpha.
Lin Jianheng had given her first-ever mark as an Alpha.
This Omega would also affect her sleep schedule and emotions.
It was just that both of them had very strong spiritual power, so they didn’t exhibit the kind of symptom where they’d want to die if the other person wasn’t around.
It was just that Lin Jianheng didn’t know this common knowledge, just as she didn’t know what marking meant.
She wasn’t just a straight woman. She was also a resident of Earth, a planet with a less developed level of technology.
But Yan Su wasn’t, and she thought Lin Jianheng was hinting at something.
She wanted to offer to give Lin Jianheng a massage.
She also wanted to suggest they sleep together that night.
But she couldn’t bring herself to say either.
Lin Jianheng wasn’t annoyed either. She cheerfully linked arms with her and went to make breakfast.
“My sister told me to go to the company today,” Lin Jianheng said with a sigh after finishing her meal.
So yesterday’s call was from this sister? Yan Su paused, then looked up at Lin Jianheng.
“Master need not worry about me.” She would be fine at home by herself.
Yan Su’s eyes swept over the AI butler waiting to the side. The two didn’t make eye contact, but there was a turbulent undercurrent.
“Oh dear, I was planning on getting seriously ill. So scary.” Lin Jianheng looked at her optical computer and remembered what she needed to do.
“I guess I’ll have to do it after I get back from my sister’s,” she said, winking at Yan Su.
Before Yan Su could open her mouth to declare her loyalty.
“You’ll have to take care of me~ I’ll have a fever and won’t be able to get out of bed…”
Yan Su hummed in acknowledgment and saw Lin Jianheng out with a blank expression.
Lin Jianheng had indeed dressed up specially. She couldn’t find any makeup at home, so she just put on some skincare products.
She grabbed a random dress from a closet full of them, informed Jian Lingxuan fifteen minutes in advance, and successfully had a car waiting for her when she went downstairs.
The driver saw Lin Jianheng dressed as if for a banquet and understood.
The Little Miss was going to see Miss Li again. The two of them were so close.
When she entered the corporation building, everyone watched her go into the office and immediately started gossiping with their colleagues on their optical computers.
Miss Li is coming today, who dares to ask for an autograph?
Only Lin Jianheng had no idea who she was supposed to meet—the original owner had disappeared again, and Lin Jianheng didn’t want her to show up.
With no relevant memories, and needing to bluff her way past Jian Lingxuan again, today’s appointment demanded a very high level of acting skill from Lin Jianheng.
Meeting the gazes of the corporation’s employees, Lin Jianheng started to sweat.
Why did it feel like everyone was expecting something from her?
It was a completely different experience from yesterday when everyone ran away at the sight of her, but it was also a bit more terrifying.
Entering Jian Lingxuan’s office, Lin Jianheng forced herself to remain calm. Under her dear sister’s scrutinizing gaze, she sat on the sofa and poured herself some tea.
Jian Lingxuan scoffed and leaned against her.
“So you still remember she likes blue.”
“Of course.” Only after replying did Lin Jianheng realize what she had said, nearly spitting out her water.
Wait, who is this “she”?!
Lin Jianheng had a bad feeling.
The Jians were nobles.
If she couldn’t inherit the family business or take on great responsibilities, then…
Just then, the door was gently pushed open by a hand.
A woman who had never appeared in her memories, dressed in a suit and carrying a briefcase, walked into the office.
“Xiao Heng, long time no see.” After nodding a greeting to Jian Lingxuan, she walked straight toward the anxious Lin Jianheng.
And placed a kiss by her ear.
Lin Jianheng screamed internally.
Her guess was right, she really did have a fiancée from an arranged marriage!
Then what about her Sister Yan Su?!
No, the original owner was such a scumbag! She had a fiancée and still bought a succubus
