When the Female Lead Becomes Obsessive – Chapter 188

Volume Eight: Those Years When I Was an Alpha

Good Medicine

Seeing Wen Nuan constantly looking behind her, Feng Ban turned her head and saw Jiang Yichuan, who had suddenly appeared behind them.

A thick wave of killing intent washed over them. Feng Ban frowned, looked at the seemingly irrational Jiang Yichuan, and tried to explain, “It’s not…”

Jiang Yichuan’s jet-black eyes shifted, glancing over the two of them. Without another word, she turned and left.

Wen Nuan naturally wouldn’t let Jiang Yichuan leave at a time like this. She grabbed her hand and said urgently, “Xiao Chuanchuan, I can explain. I have nothing to do with this person.”

“Let me explain it to you properly, can you…”

“Enough,” Jiang Yichuan said, shaking off Wen Nuan’s hand and revealing a smile that was uglier than a crying face. “You don’t need to explain to me. I’m fine.”

It didn’t matter. As long as Wen Nuan could stay by her side, it would be fine.

If Wen Nuan were taken away by someone else, then she would truly go insane!

So, as long as Wen Nuan was still by her side, it was fine.

Wen Nuan hugged her and said quickly, “I was talking to her about the gland differentiation surgery. We researched this surgery together, so we…”

Her expression changed. She abruptly pushed Jiang Yichuan away and looked at Feng Ban, her face grave. “…Take her away!”

Seeing Wen Nuan’s state, Feng Ban’s expression shifted. “No, one of us has to stay.”

Pushed away by Wen Nuan, Jiang Yichuan froze on the spot.

Hearing Feng Ban’s words, she let out a cold laugh. “…Is there even a choice to be made between her and me?”

The system shrieked: 【Help, the female lead’s blackening value, the blackening value has risen to 9.5, ahhh…】

Wen Nuan tried to explain, but the moment she opened her mouth, a painful groan escaped. Her body went limp, and she knelt powerlessly on the ground, her bloodshot eyes fixed on Feng Ban.

“Take her away, I don’t need… you guys. Hurry and go!”

Jiang Yichuan saw Wen Nuan’s pained expression and the pheromones flooding the surroundings.

This was an alpha’s susceptible period?!

Feng Ban was already affected by Wen Nuan’s pheromones. Her body instantly went weak, and she could only manage to stand upright by bracing herself against a nearby cabinet.

She saw the determination in Wen Nuan’s eyes, took a deep breath, and pulled Jiang Yichuan toward the exit.

Seeing Feng Ban leave the combat room with Jiang Yichuan, Wen Nuan slowly let out a sigh of relief.

Then, the surging heat and pain in her body instantly shattered her remaining consciousness.

This susceptible period was just as Feng Ban had said—intense and overwhelming.

After the two left the combat room, Feng Ban immediately gave herself a shot of inhibitor, forcefully suppressing the desire surging through her body.

Jiang Yichuan watched Feng Ban coldly.

Feng Ban took a few gasping breaths. “Wen Nuan’s… susceptible period is here. Her pheromones are too strong… they’ll spread rapidly through this academic building. Anyone who smells them will be drawn in, their desires stimulated. There can’t be anyone in this building. You go and notify everyone… to evacuate immediately. I’ll watch her here.”

Jiang Yichuan didn’t move. Her fingers tightened as she said coolly, “An alpha’s susceptible period can be passed safely with the comfort of an omega. Your glands are intact, perfect for comforting Wen Nuan.”

Hearing this, Feng Ban knew she had taken their earlier conversation to heart.

And cared a great deal.

After all, the killing intent emanating from Jiang Yichuan was already incredibly thick.

Feng Ban swallowed hard and said with difficulty, “If she wanted to mark me, would I have needed to be kicked out of the combat room? Besides, when I went into my heat three years ago and offered her my glands, she flatly rejected my request. So, do you think it’s possible she would mark me now to get through her susceptible period?”

Feng Ban saw Jiang Yichuan freeze. The pheromones in the combat room were still spreading, and she didn’t have time to explain too much to Jiang Yichuan. She could only try to get the situation under control.

“I’ll go evacuate the others first. You watch her here. If she really can’t take it anymore, then… then you just go in.”

Feng Ban had no other choice but to smash a cracked pot¹. After giving the instruction, she immediately turned and ran.

Jiang Yichuan watched Feng Ban run off in a daze, her last words echoing in her mind.

She turned to look at the closed door, from which Wen Nuan’s painful moans could be heard from time to time.

Shrill and agonizing.

Feng Ban, just like her, had once offered her glands to Wen Nuan during her heat, begging to be marked, but both of them had been rejected.

Why was that?

Did Wen Nuan not love her, and not love… her either?

Jiang Yichuan desperately wanted to push open the door and ask Wen Nuan what on earth she was thinking.

The antidote was right beside her, yet she endured the poison’s torment, turning a blind eye.

The desire for an answer grew stronger in her heart, but with her hand on the doorknob, Jiang Yichuan just couldn’t bring herself to push it open.

She was afraid… that Wen Nuan would hate her.

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The academic building’s alarm blared, and all the students were evacuated, confused about what was happening.

Jiang Yichuan heard rushed footsteps behind her. She looked over and saw that Feng Ban had brought Ning Qiu and Xi Chen.

The two had taken precautions beforehand, but they were still momentarily affected when they suddenly smelled Wen Nuan’s pheromones.

Ning Qiu looked at Jiang Yichuan, her expression grave, and said in a deep voice, “The susceptible period of a higher-grade alpha should never be endured by force. At best, they go mad and break down; at worst, they die. How could you let Wen Nuan suffer alone?!”

“Didn’t you confirm your relationship with Wen Nuan? Why are you still standing outside instead of going in to help her?!”

Jiang Yichuan wanted to help, but Wen Nuan’s resistance made it impossible for her to take a single step.

Seeing Ning Qiu get angry at Jiang Yichuan, Feng Ban immediately explained, “It’s Wen Nuan who can’t bear to mark Jiang Yichuan, not that Jiang Yichuan doesn’t want to help her.”

Jiang Yichuan paused, looking at Feng Ban in confusion. “…What?”

What did she mean, ‘can’t bear to’?

Ning Qiu frowned. “What do you mean? Wen Nuan is refusing her comfort because she’s afraid of hurting Jiang Yichuan?”

Feng Ban cut a long story short, summarizing everything into a few brief sentences.

She looked at Jiang Yichuan and said in a serious tone, “The reason Mu Wennuan is doing the gland differentiation surgery is because she is the designer Sun. And she researched the surgery for you. As for why she doesn’t want to mark you…”

“She told me that you would be terrified of being marked, which is why she can’t bear to do it.”

“She loves you, but she doesn’t want her mark to become a cage that traps you. She hopes that in her love, you can be free.”

Jiang Yichuan was stunned, looking at Feng Ban in disbelief. She stammered, “…What did you say?”

Hearing Wen Nuan’s pained screams, Feng Ban had no time for further explanation. She pulled Jiang Yichuan to the door and pushed her forward, saying urgently, “You go in first and release your pheromones to calm her down. I’ll explain the rest in detail after her susceptible period is over.”

“You just need to believe one thing: only you can help Wen Nuan, because Wen Nuan doesn’t want anyone else.”

“She only wants you.”

Jiang Yichuan was pushed into the combat room by Feng Ban. She saw Wen Nuan curled up in pain on the platform. The room was filled with Wen Nuan’s pheromones, like a rose blooming in a secluded valley, its faint, sweet fragrance enveloping Jiang Yichuan.

She felt the glands on the back of her neck begin to swell and burn. The familiar yet strange reaction left her somewhat bewildered.

Ever since her gland surgery, she had never had such a strong glandular reaction.

Ignoring her own discomfort, Jiang Yichuan looked at Wen Nuan’s pained state and immediately released her own pheromones, trying to soothe her.

The scent of freesia was fragrant and elegant, neither too strong nor too faint, with a sweet aroma.

This scent attracted the frenzied beast.

Wen Nuan looked at Jiang Yichuan as she walked in, her bloodshot eyes locked onto her.

Like a predator tracking its prey.

Poised to strike.

Focused.

Full of interest, focused and fierce.

Jiang Yichuan looked at her, softly calling her name.

“…Wen Nuan?”

Suddenly, Jiang Yichuan’s vision blurred as she was forcefully pressed to the ground by Wen Nuan.

The rose scent began to bloom wantonly. The fragrance was rich and assailed the nostrils, yet it wasn’t suffocating. Its unique elegance and freshness were all the more captivating.

Wen Nuan expertly lowered her head, the alluring expanse of white skin swaying back and forth in front of her.

Her heavy breathing instantly made Jiang Yichuan blush.

Jiang Yichuan trembled with nervousness. It wasn’t that she was scared, she was just…

She couldn’t explain this feeling either.

Wen Nuan had been tormented to the point of irrationality. The susceptible period was getting worse, tearing her nerves and mind to shreds.

It was as if she didn’t know who was before her; she only wanted to release the pent-up and surging emotions in her heart.

Jiang Yichuan tried to bring Wen Nuan back to her senses, calling her name over and over.

But in the next second, her vision blurred. The change came too quickly for Jiang Yichuan to react.

She felt as if she was about to shatter…

“Wen Nuan?” Jiang Yichuan cried out in pain.

Her voice was filled with extreme fear and panic.

This was the first time she had been completely dominated by an alpha, with no way out.

The feeling was too intense. The irrational Wen Nuan wanted to mark her.

She was too scared to speak, her body trembling.

She couldn’t help but cry out, her eyes stinging as tears threatened to fall.

It seemed Wen Nuan heard her plea for help…

The person on top of her suddenly froze. Everything seemed to stop as if someone had pressed pause.

All the passion began to recede.

Jiang Yichuan’s vacant eyes gradually regained their clarity. She looked at Wen Nuan, who was hugging herself tightly in the corner, and raised a hand to touch the bite mark on her glands.

Just a little more, and she would have been completely marked by Wen Nuan.

The invasive feeling of her glands being bitten left her nearly panicked, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.

Her reaction seemed to have scared Wen Nuan away.

Jiang Yichuan felt a pang of guilt. She had clearly wanted Wen Nuan to mark her so badly, yet she had shrunk back when Wen Nuan was about to do it.

She slowly took a step closer to Wen Nuan, and Wen Nuan scrambled back a step in panic.

“…Wen Nuan?” she called.

“Don’t come near me!” Wen Nuan growled.

She was like a beast caught in a trap. Those clear eyes had been swallowed by desire, with only a sliver of clarity left, allowing Wen Nuan to maintain a shred of rationality to control her own desires.

Wen Nuan’s throat tightened, her chest heaving violently, her voice trembling.

“Xiao Chuanchuan, be good… and leave first… I’ll be fine… after being alone for a while.”

“Wen Nuan, the real reason you don’t want to mark me is because you think… I’ll be scared, isn’t it?”

She already knew the answer to this question, but she still shamelessly wanted to hear Wen Nuan say it.

Wen Nuan looked up, forcing a relaxed smile. “Actually… whether I mark you or not… doesn’t have a big impact… on my susceptible period?”

“Is that so?”

Jiang Yichuan wrapped her pheromones around Wen Nuan, watching her tremble more and more violently.

“Enough,” Wen Nuan said sternly. “Stop releasing them!”

“You lied to me.” Tears welled up in Jiang Yichuan’s eyes.

So it was her own cowardice that had made Wen Nuan suffer so much.

Wen Nuan lowered her head. “…I’m sorry.”

Jiang Yichuan’s eyes stung, and she choked out, “Three years ago, I wanted you to mark me. The reason you refused was because you thought I hated and feared the act of an alpha marking an omega, wasn’t it?”

That was only part of the reason. Another reason was that, back then, Wen Nuan didn’t dare to steal the male lead’s role, so she went and called him over.

But now, she didn’t want to mark her because the ‘her’ of this world truly disliked the act of marking, fearing and resisting it from the bottom of her heart.

Even though she had begged her time and time again to mark her, Wen Nuan knew in her heart that Jiang Yichuan was just using the act of marking glands to give herself a reason to stay by her side and a shackle to bind them together.

She was clearly so afraid of being marked, but she… was even more afraid of her leaving.

Wen Nuan didn’t want that. She didn’t want to trap her. She wanted them to be without the humble pleading of heat periods, without the shackles and bonds of glandular marks, without the alienation and conflict of ABO class divisions.

She hoped her love for her was free. That was all.

Wen Nuan took a long, deep breath, suppressed the surging desire, and walked over to Jiang Yichuan, holding her tightly.

“Don’t cry, I’m fine. Even if… I don’t mark you, I can get through… the susceptible period.”

Wen Nuan smelled the freesia on her, feeling the scorching heat in her body dissipate significantly.

All this time, she had relied on Jiang Yichuan’s pheromones to get through her susceptible periods. It was only on the Duoluo Planet that the pheromones she had saved had dissipated, so she had no choice but to endure it.

Each of an alpha’s susceptible periods was more intense than the last. Wen Nuan worried that if Jiang Yichuan was right beside her providing comfort, she might hurt her.

But now it seemed that as long as she could touch her, as long as the scent of freesia could linger around her and she could perceive her every being, then Wen Nuan could control herself and thus resolve this poison that she couldn’t escape.

She gently stroked Jiang Yichuan’s trembling back and coaxed softly, “I think… the love between us doesn’t need a mark to be proven.”

“Your pheromones… are the best medicine for me.”

She gently kissed her trembling lips. “So Xiao Chuanchuan, don’t cry. It breaks my heart.”

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