When the Female Lead Becomes Obsessive – Chapter 179

Volume Eight: Those Years When I Was an Alpha

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“Why?” Wen Nuan felt her head was full of fog¹.

System: 【How would I know? What did you do secretly behind my back again? Did you make another baby!?】

“…” Wen Nuan resisted the urge to break mouth and curse greatly, “Forget it. Maybe it’s because I keep hiding things from her and it made her unhappy.”

In the last world, didn’t Xiao Chuyu dislike it when she kept things from her?

The System figured that was the reason. 【Alright, after this is over, you go carry thorn branches and ask for punishment², get the female lead to forgive you, and bring that blackening value down.】

“Okay,” Wen Nuan pulled the corner of her shirt out of Bian Tuo’s hand. “I don’t like people touching me.”

Bian Tuo endured the surging desire, his fingers curling as he cursed, “You think… I… like… touching you?”

The System said in pleasant surprise: 【The female lead’s blackening value has decreased. Current blackening value is 5.9!】

“What’s going on?” Wen Nuan said, dumbfounded. “Why did it suddenly drop?”

The System guessed: 【Maybe the female lead thought it through and realized everything you do is for her own good?】

“Is that so?” Wen Nuan didn’t quite believe the System’s guess, but she couldn’t find any other reason to prove it at the moment.

Right now, the priority was to get Bian Tuo’s surgery done.

Wen Nuan pursed her lips. “Turn around, let me see how your gland is doing.”

Bian Tuo turned with difficulty. The moment his gland was touched, a moan escaped his lips uncontrollably.

Fuck!

Bian Tuo wished he could kill himself. Going into heat in front of his enemy was simply too humiliating.

“Hehe…” Wen Nuan chuckled softly. “Everyone has desires. There’s no need to hold back.”

“Laugh at your mom, shut up!” Bian Tuo cursed weakly, but his tone was too soft. It sounded less like scolding and more like flirtatious banter with Wen Nuan.

“You still have the strength to curse at me? Your physical constitution is quite good.”

Seeing that Bian Tuo’s gland had already opened, Wen Nuan’s expression turned serious.

Bian Tuo fought against his desire, resisting the urge to get closer to Wen Nuan. Her laugh just now had made his heart pound like thunder. What he was feeling at this moment was a feeling not permitted by Jinjiang³.

He couldn’t elaborate.

He was already enveloped by Wen Nuan’s pheromones. She wasn’t attacking him, nor was she suppressing him.

She was just gently soothing him. That soft rose scent, exuding a faint, clear sweetness, was both enchanting and innocent, both bewitching and gentle, making one feel conflicted yet unable to stop.

Bian Tuo’s face was completely red, his lips bitten until they were dripping with blood.

“Bian Tuo?”

He tried his best to stay lucid, responding, “…What?”

A glint flashed in Wen Nuan’s eyes as she said softly, “Sleep.”

“…What?” Bian Tuo’s mind trembled, his eyes becoming hazy.

He felt as if he had fallen into a rose garden, his entire being lifted by clouds, comfortable and serene.

He vaguely heard some strange sounds, but before he could investigate, his heart was stirred by Chaoyang’s gentle voice.

He had to admit, if Chaoyang wasn’t against him, he could still be friends with her.

Time flew by. Bian Tuo felt as if a long time had passed, and yet it also seemed like a fleeting moment.

He sensed a bright light before him. His eyelids fluttered, and the moment he opened his eyes, he saw Chaoyang’s face.

She was smiling at him, holding a half-eaten apple in her hand.

She raised the apple and took another big bite in front of him. The sweet juice sprayed all over his face, waking him up completely.

Just as Bian Tuo was about to sit up, a tearing pain from the back of his neck prevented him from straightening up.

His brows furrowed tightly, his voice weak and feeble. “…What happened to me?”

Actually, what he wanted to ask more was, where did she get the apple in her hand?

He kind of wanted to eat it.

“My dear patient, your surgery was a great success. With proper post-operative care, you will be free from the interference of pheromones and will no longer experience heat periods. From now on, you can fly free,” Wen Nuan said.

“It was a success?” Bian Tuo said in pleasant surprise. “I really won’t go through heat anymore?”

Wen Nuan nodded. “You have to trust my skills.”

Bian Tuo was ecstatic, his heart surging with emotion. He shouted, “This is great!”

“What are you yelling about?”

Two Privates First Class walked up and saw that Bian Tuo had woken up through the door’s window.

“Quick, go report to Major Rossi and Major General Tong Ming,” one of them said immediately.

“Okay.”

Bian Tuo stared blankly at the large iron door in front of him. The inside of the door was clean and tidy, with only a head-sized glass window. His surroundings were made of four white iron walls, very smooth, even reflecting the images of the two people in the room.

The room’s interior could be described as a home with only four walls.

In the huge room, there were only two iron platforms.

Presumably, one for him and one for Chaoyang to rest on. The clothes on their bodies were gone, replaced by simple white shirts and pants that resembled patient uniforms.

Bian Tuo’s brain couldn’t process everything before him. He stammered, “What… the hell… is this?”

Where was his starship?

Where was his hostage?

Where were his clothes?

Where were Tian He and Xin Zhen?

How did he wake up to find he had nothing?!

Wen Nuan finished the apple and said, “We’ve been captured by the military forces of Planet Tofis. This is the Federation prison. Because your situation is special, we were locked up together.”

Bian Tuo paused, looking at the apple core left in Wen Nuan’s hand. “Where did the apple come from?”

“Dessert after the meal.”

“Where’s mine?”

Bian Tuo still wanted to eat the apple. Maybe it would alleviate the confusion and helplessness in his heart?

Wen Nuan shook the apple core. “This is yours.”

A vein throbbed on Bian Tuo’s temple. “Why didn’t you eat your own?”

On what grounds did she eat his apple?!

“I finished mine,” Wen Nuan said with a grin. “You were unconscious anyway. Wasting food is shameful, so I ate it for you.”

Bian Tuo: “…”

If he weren’t so weak right now, he would definitely pick a fight with Chaoyang!

Bian Tuo took a few deep breaths, telling himself not to court death; he couldn’t beat Chaoyang.

The more urgent matter was to figure out what was going on.

From what Wen Nuan had just said and the names mentioned by the two soldiers, Bian Tuo roughly deduced his current situation.

He looked at Wen Nuan, who was sitting back on the other platform. “You conspired with Planet Tofis to capture me?”

Wen Nuan blinked. “Something like that.”

Bian Tuo’s brows furrowed deeply. “While you were operating on me, Tofis had probably already surrounded my starship. They were waiting for your signal to catch us all in one net?”

Wen Nuan nodded. “Something like that.”

“You’re still wanted by Tofis. You did this to atone for your crimes with a meritorious deed, to get Tofis to let you go?”

“I had that in mind.”

Bian Tuo looked at Wen Nuan’s clothes, which were the same as his. “Then what are you doing here now?”

Wen Nuan spread her hands. “The negotiations fell through, so I got locked up again.”

Bian Tuo sneered. “Serves you right. If you had cooperated with me, you wouldn’t have ended up in this state.”

“It’s different. I’m locked up now, but I’m still alive,” Wen Nuan looked at Bian Tuo with deep meaning in her eyes. “If I had cooperated with you, you would have definitely played me to death. Don’t think I don’t know your little schemes. If the surgery was successful, you would have surely torn up the agreement and killed us all, right?”

Bian Tuo narrowed his eyes, then smiled. “So you decided he who strikes first is strong⁴?”

Wen Nuan shrugged. “The mantis catching the cicada, with the yellow oriole behind⁵.”

Bian Tuo looked towards the main door. “Where are my subordinates?”

“Those who resisted were killed on the spot. Those who surrendered were detained,” Wen Nuan said. “If you want to know the whereabouts of your two confidants, I can tell you.”

Bian Tuo lowered his eyes. “Are they still alive?”

“They were going to fight to the death. I saw their loyalty to their master, so I saved them. They will surely be of great use in the future.”

“How did you convince them?”

Bian Tuo knew the tempers and dispositions of Tian He and Xin Zhen; they weren’t the type to be swayed by threats, promises, or persistent persuasion.

“Very simple. If they didn’t surrender, I would kill you. Then they surrendered unconditionally.”

That was why Wen Nuan said they were very loyal.

Bian Tuo pressed his cheek. “….”

He berated her, “You’re like a running dog⁶ for Tofis now. You did so much for them, only to end up locked up just like me, under heavy guard, like a pitiful dog that has lost its home⁷.”

Wen Nuan let him curse, her casual attitude making Bian Tuo very dissatisfied.

Footsteps came from outside the door. The main door was opened, and two men walked in. They were old acquaintances to Bian Tuo.

Major Rossi and Major General Tong Ming.

Tong Ming looked at the awakened Bian Tuo, a trace of disbelief flashing in his eyes. “You’re awake?”

Bian Tuo snorted. “Major General Tong Ming’s eyesight isn’t very good, is it? Are you that blind?”

Asking such pointless questions.

Tong Ming knew Bian Tuo’s nature and wasn’t angered by his malicious words. He walked over to Bian Tuo and restrained his hands.

“What are you doing?!” Bian Tuo said warily.

But he was very weak now and couldn’t resist Tong Ming’s control at all.

Tong Ming brushed aside Bian Tuo’s golden hair and looked at the stitched-up gland. Under the transparent bandage was a finger-length incision.

He was an A-grade alpha and released his pheromones to try and affect Bian Tuo, but he found that Bian Tuo’s gland had no reaction whatsoever.

Bian Tuo gave a cold smile. “Idiot.”

Tong Ming released Bian Tuo and turned to look at Wen Nuan, who was watching the show from the side. “I didn’t expect you to be able to perform a gland differentiation surgery.”

He pondered for a moment. “What is your relationship with Sun?”

Bian Tuo’s eyes shifted, looking at Mu Wen Nuan.

The Sun manuscript was provided by Mu Wen Nuan. Tong Ming’s question reminded him that perhaps Mu Wen Nuan and Sun had a deep connection.

Wen Nuan’s attitude was casual as she lay lazily on the platform. “What does Major General Tong Ming want? What? As long as I know Sun, you’ll let me out?”

Tong Ming said flatly, “It can be considered.”

Wen Nuan lay on her side, propping her head up with one hand. “Let’s not talk about my relationship with Sun. Why don’t we chat about something else?”

Tong Ming raised an eyebrow. “What?”

“Sending those six students to capture the demon-ghost leader Bian Tuo… you had ill intentions, didn’t you?”

A sharp light flashed in Wen Nuan’s eyes, her ferocity completely revealed.

Bian Tuo was startled by her killing intent.

Major Rossi immediately stepped in front of Tong Ming, looking at Wen Nuan warily. “What are you trying to do?!”

“I presume Major General Tong Ming knew long ago that Jiang Yichuan had undergone a gland differentiation surgery performed by me. And for the past three years, I disappeared from the interstellar universe. Your search was fruitless, so you planned to lure the snake out of its hole⁸.”

“Logically speaking, a high-level mission like capturing Bian Tuo shouldn’t be given to a few students who had just come out of their thatched cottages⁹. But you did it, because you knew Jiang Yichuan’s importance to me. So you used Jiang Yichuan to draw me out, correct?”

Major Rossi looked at Wen Nuan in disbelief, his heart pounding in shock.

A hint of admiration crossed Tong Ming’s eyes. He clapped his hands and said, “As expected of the genius student from the First Military Academy. Such courage and strategy are truly impressive. Everything you said is correct.”

“You must have known for a while that Chaoyang is Mu Wen Nuan, right?”

Tong Ming nodded. “Yes.”

From the moment Chaoyang agreed to help the six-person squad, Tong Ming had confirmed her true identity.

“Good, then let’s continue talking about the purpose of your visit this time,” Wen Nuan pointed at Bian Tuo. “First, you wanted to see the success rate of this surgery. I imagine you are very satisfied with the result, right?”

“Yes.”

“Second, you want to monopolize the gland differentiation surgery, to make it your bargaining chip to control Planet Tofis, and even the entire interstellar universe, correct?”

The Federation Marshal and the Emperor of Tofis probably had no idea about Tong Ming’s plan, nor did they know the truth behind the Jiang Yichuan incident. They were still being kept in the dark by Tong Ming. Otherwise, the one who came to see her today should have been her teacher.

The Federation’s Admiral Ning Qiu¹⁰.

Major Rossi’s eyes widened, still reeling in shock.

Bian Tuo looked at Wen Nuan with surprise, feeling that what she said made a lot of sense. After all, this Tong Ming was not as simple as he appeared on the surface.

Tong Ming smiled, neither agreeing nor denying.

Wen Nuan stood up and walked in front of Tong Ming, a sarcastic smile on her face. “I can tell you, stop your daydreaming. This technology will not become a tool for your power struggles.”

She glanced at the door and said to herself, “If you leave a little faster, you might just make it in time.”

Tong Ming’s expression changed. “What do you mean?”

Wen Nuan smiled faintly. “Such a good technology can’t be enjoyed by me alone. Happiness from enjoying something alone is not as good as happiness from enjoying something with others¹¹, right?”

Tong Ming immediately turned and left, with Major Rossi following closely behind.

Bian Tuo understood the meaning behind Wen Nuan’s words and gave her the middle finger. “You’re ruthless!”

Wen Nuan’s lips curved into a smile. “A woman who isn’t ruthless won’t have a stable status¹².”

Bian Tuo: “….”

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