When the Female Lead Becomes Obsessive – Chapter 182

Volume Eight: Those Years When I Was an Alpha

Envy

Ning Qiu brought her to an interrogation room. The room wasn’t large, with only a stool and a table.

Wen Nuan sat on the stool, looked at the one-way mirror in front of her, and raised a hand to wave. “Hello, good afternoon everyone.”

A hint of a smile flashed through Ning Qiu’s eyes.

The people behind the glass tensed up, gazing at each other face-to-face, not knowing what was going on.

Xi Chen chuckled, walked to the side, and pressed a switch. The glass instantly became transparent.

Wen Nuan immediately spotted Jiang Yichuan and grinned. “Xiao Chuanchuan, miss me?”

The corners of Jiang Yichuan’s mouth turned up slightly. She didn’t answer directly, but she blinked, as if affirming that she did miss her.

Ning Qiu slapped Wen Nuan’s head, saying in an exasperated tone, “Be serious.”

Wen Nuan’s head was knocked askew. She giggled, “You all look so serious, I was just trying to lighten the mood.”

She looked at Xi Chen and Chu Luo. “I hear everyone else is afraid I’ll kill them during surgery. Are you two considered to be putting your bodies before the soldiers¹?”

The others looked embarrassed.

Xi Chen smiled. “It’s what I should do. I believe in you.”

“Me too,” Chu Luo pushed up his glasses, very confident in Wen Nuan. “Your skill is for all with eyes to see together².”

“Alright, since you’re not afraid to die, I don’t care.” Wen Nuan spread her hands, looking indifferent.

Ning Qiu looked at the crowd and said in a deep voice, “The surgery will be tonight. Crown Prince and Chu Luo, go and prepare.”

Xi Chen and Chu Luo nodded. “Understood.”

“Wait, I have a question?” A Lieutenant Colonel stepped forward, looking at Wen Nuan.

Wen Nuan said, “Go ahead?”

The Lieutenant Colonel asked doubtfully, “I’ve seen your surgical videos. When operating on an omega, you require them to be in their heat period. Is it the same for an alpha and a beta?”

Wen Nuan nodded. “That is indeed the case.”

The Lieutenant Colonel glanced at Xi Chen and pointed at Chu Luo. “This student is a beta. They have no reaction to pheromones at all. How do you plan to perform this surgery?”

This question indeed made everyone feel a sense of doubt toward Wen Nuan.

Wen Nuan understood their doubts and explained, “I require omegas to enter their heat period for surgery because I want their glands to open automatically. The same happens when an alpha enters their susceptibility period. As for a beta’s glands, they will also open, they just need to be stimulated.”

The Lieutenant Colonel continued to ask, “Omegas and alphas can both use pheromones to stimulate their glands to open automatically, but betas don’t react to any pheromones. How do you plan to stimulate them?”

The corners of Wen Nuan’s eyes tilted up. Her pair of enchanting peach blossom eyes³ shimmered with light, her gaze calm and fearless, and her voice was light. “Why don’t you take a guess?”

There was an indescribable quality to her tone—untamable, arrogant, and domineering, making one feel an involuntary sense of submission and conviction.

Ning Qiu coughed lightly and kicked Wen Nuan’s foot, signaling her to tone it down a bit.

“Since Mu Wen Nuan can guarantee the surgery will be performed perfectly, then let’s all witness it together.”

Since Major General Ning Qiu had spoken, no one else said anything.

Wen Nuan got up and went to the sterile room to prepare for the surgery. The moment she walked out of the room, her sleeve was pulled.

“Wen Nuan?”

Wen Nuan looked at Jiang Yichuan and said softly, “What’s wrong?”

Jiang Yichuan swallowed and whispered, “Don’t be afraid, I’m here. If… if you fail, I’ll… I’ll take you away.”

Wen Nuan was taken aback. “If I fail the surgery, that’s the crime of assassinating the empire’s Crown Prince, you know.”

“Don’t be afraid,” Jiang Yichuan’s gaze was firm, her tone serious. “I’ll take the blame for you.”

Wen Nuan’s heart suddenly clenched. “Xiao Chuanchuan, why are you being so good to me?”

Jiang Yichuan thought of what Xi Chen had said to her, bit her lip, and averted her gaze, whispering, “…No reason.”

Wen Nuan was about to say more, but she heard Jiang Yichuan continue, “You’re the same way with me.”

Wen Nuan looked into her ink-black eyes and raised her hands, wanting to hug her, but the next second, she was dragged away by the collar by Ning Qiu.

“…” Wen Nuan looked at Ning Qiu. He was looking at her with an upright and impartial⁴ expression, as if telling her “no playing the hooligan.”

She walked backward, looking at Jiang Yichuan and waving. “Wait for me.”

Jiang Yichuan nodded. “Mm.”

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First was Xi Chen’s surgery. Only she and Xi Chen were in the sterile room; everyone else was outside, watching the operation on a video feed.

“My susceptibility period hasn’t arrived yet,” Xi Chen said first.

He didn’t know how Wen Nuan planned to stimulate his susceptibility period to erupt early, but he still believed in her abilities.

Wen Nuan patted his shoulder and looked at his gland. “Don’t worry, relax.”

Xi Chen let out a breath. “Okay.”

Seeing that Xi Chen was ready, Wen Nuan released her pheromones to stimulate his gland.

Xi Chen took a sniff, and his eyes shot open. He looked at Wen Nuan in disbelief.

“You…”

He was breathing heavily, his chest heaving. A blush spread across his cheeks and his brow furrowed, as if suppressing immense pain.

His eyes gradually lost focus and became hazy. He gasped for breath with his mouth open, his hands gripping the table so tightly he seemed like a beast controlled by desire, about to break out of its cage.

Wen Nuan looked at Xi Chen’s bloodshot eyes and asked, “How does it feel?”

Xi Chen panted, trying hard to suppress himself. He looked confused. “…Why?”

Why was he having such a strong reaction to Wen Nuan’s pheromones?

He could clearly feel that he had entered his susceptibility period, but this time it wasn’t as uncomfortable as before. Wen Nuan’s pheromones were sweet and bewitching, making him lose some of his self-control.

He and Wen Nuan were clearly both alphas, so why was he feeling desire and addiction toward her pheromones instead of resistance and hostility?

Doesn’t this feeling mean that their pheromone compatibility is high?

The people outside the screen were stunned as they watched Xi Chen’s reaction.

“Mu Wen Nuan’s pheromones can actually affect His Highness the Crown Prince?” a Major exclaimed.

“Her pheromones can actually induce His Highness the Crown Prince’s susceptibility period?” the Lieutenant Colonel said in surprise.

“No way, right? How can there be mutual attraction between the pheromones of an alpha and an alpha?”

“But isn’t that what’s happening right now? And looking at His Highness’s reaction, their pheromone compatibility must be quite high, right?”

“For two alphas to have high pheromone compatibility, this is simply shocking to hear.”

“If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears, I wouldn’t dare to believe any of this.”

“Then how will Mu Wen Nuan use her pheromones to affect Chu Luo? He’s an A-grade beta!”

Everyone looked at each other, their eyes filled with disbelief and confusion.

Jiang Yichuan watched Wen Nuan release her pheromones, and the sight of Xi Chen being bewitched by her, unable to control himself, made her frown.

Wen Nuan had already begun operating on Xi Chen. The process was clean and efficient, meticulous, and her technique was superb. The crowd watched, stunned.

The surgery lasted for three hours before finally ending. Wen Nuan rested for a while, and then Chu Luo entered the sterile room to prepare for his operation.

The crowd watched as Chu Luo’s gland opened under the influence of Wen Nuan’s pheromones, his reaction an exact copy of Xi Chen’s from a moment ago.

They were already speechless.

Ning Qiu looked at Wen Nuan, his eyes profound, the corners slowly growing moist.

This technology would change the current structure of the interstellar universe. For most people, it would be a chance and a choice to change their destiny.

From this day forward, the rights and status possessed by ABOs would be completely changed.

A reshuffling of the deck.

Wen Nuan looked at the unconscious Chu Luo and stitched up his gland.

She looked up at the monitor, the corners of her mouth hooking up slightly, exuding an air of domineering and cold arrogance, as if looking askance at all under heaven.

“You were all asking me what certainty I had in performing this surgery?”

Wen Nuan said unhurriedly while wiping her hands, “I think you should all have an answer in your hearts by now.”

She threw the cloth in her hand aside, spread her hands, and looked up, a sharp glint in her eyes. “This is This Daddy’s⁵ confidence and certainty.”

Her wild, domineering, and confident appearance made everyone’s heart and mouth submit⁶.

For a moment they were struck speechless, all of them won over by Wen Nuan’s confidence and certainty.

It was clearly the middle of the night, yet the smile on her lips was like the bright morning sun, piercing through the darkness to bring light.

When Jiang Yichuan saw the infatuated gazes everyone was directing at Wen Nuan, in that instant, resentment sprouted like weeds⁷.

She clenched her jaw, a thought rising in her heart that was both shocking and one she was willing to accept.

She hated the way others looked at Wen Nuan with infatuation and obsession. She was displeased by Wen Nuan’s appearance of a smile like a flower⁸ for anyone. She didn’t like Wen Nuan becoming the light in other people’s hearts.

That gaze should have been Wen Nuan’s for her. That stunning smile should have been for her to see. That ray of light should have been something for her to treasure in her own heart.

She should make that ray of light completely her own.

Jiang Yichuan’s fingers curled. Her ink-black eyes grew even darker. The light illuminated everyone’s eyes, and it also clearly illuminated her heart.

Hiding dirt and concealing filth⁹.

After she was done showing off¹⁰, Wen Nuan got up to leave the sterile room.

The system shouted in her mind: 【Holy crap! The female lead’s blackening value is rising, ahhhhh! The female lead’s current blackening value is 7.5!】

Wen Nuan: “…”

Why!?

“What’s going on?” Wen Nuan asked, confused. “What’s the reason?”

The system scratched its ears and cheeks, jumping up and down: 【I don’t know! It went up right after you finished Chu Luo’s surgery. Could it be the female lead is unhappy you saved Chu Luo? Do they have a grudge?】

Wen Nuan shook her head. “Impossible, they don’t have a grudge.”

【Then why?】 The system thought a hundred times but could not find the answer.

Wen Nuan walked out, her gaze landing on Jiang Yichuan behind the crowd. “I’ll go ask.”

It was faster to ask directly than to guess randomly here.

“Xiao Chuan…” Wen Nuan was just about to walk over when she was stopped by Ning Qiu.

The crowd surrounded her, asking this and that.

Wen Nuan was in no mood to explain to them one by one. She looked at Ning Qiu’s hand holding hers. “Teacher, if there’s nothing urgent, can we talk later?”

Ning Qiu saw Wen Nuan’s rushed appearance and asked, puzzled, “Where are you off to?”

Wen Nuan pointed at Jiang Yichuan. “To find Xiao Chuanchuan.”

She had to figure out the reason for the sudden increase in the blackening value right now.

Ning Qiu gave her a strange look, saying with deep meaning, “You’re… interested in her?”

Wen Nuan was stunned for a moment. “Isn’t it obvious enough?”

“…”

It was precisely because it was too obvious, making her look like a hooligan, that Ning Qiu felt the need to ask what her intentions were.

Harassing an omega was against the law, and he didn’t want his student to get locked up again.

Seeing Wen Nuan’s urgency, Ning Qiu said helplessly, “Even if you like her, there’s no need to be in such a rush, right? Come with me to see the Marshal and the Emperor first.”

“No, Teacher, I’m in too much of a hurry, I can’t stop. Let me pass first.”

The blackening value is more important.

“…” Seeing her like this, Ning Qiu was even more reluctant to let her go. Besides, Jiang Yichuan’s status isn’t something Wen Nuan could casually joke about.

He directly lifted Wen Nuan, slung her over his shoulder, and ordered sternly, “You’re coming with me first!”

Wen Nuan’s feet left the ground as she was hung upside down over Ning Qiu’s shoulder. She shouted, “Hey… hey… Teacher… put me down…”

Jiang Yichuan watched Ning Qiu carry Wen Nuan away, watching their intimate actions.

Her eyes narrowed. She pressed her tongue against her cheek and murmured in a low voice, “…So envious.”

It seems like everyone can touch Wen Nuan, but for her, it’s so difficult.

Really——

“…I’m so envious.”

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