Chapter 9
Gu Sijiu was no stranger to erotic dreams. As a mature, healthy woman in both body and mind, such dreams were perfectly normal. Only, in her old dreams there had never been a clear face. More often than not she was alone in a blank white room, pleasure arriving for no reason at all. But this time, Gu Sijiu's dream had an unmistakably vivid subject, and that person was Song Jinzhi.
The Song Jinzhi in her dream was nothing like the one in real life. She didn't give Gu Sijiu any cold looks, didn't wear that stiff wooden face, and her smile was actually quite lovely. She was as passionate as a torch, leaving Gu Sijiu scorched on the outside and tender within. Pressing down on top of her, hands wandering somewhere, Gu Sijiu didn't know where, she made Gu Sijiu shudder with so much pleasure that even after she woke, a certain place between her legs was still trembling with delight.
Once the last ripples of sensation faded, Gu Sijiu lay staring blankly at the empty room, then slowly released her legs from the quilt they had been clamped around. The dampness between them was unmistakable. That terribly embarrassing slickness dragged her thoughts straight back to the intimacy she had shared with Song Jinzhi the night before. The more she thought about it, the sharper the warning bell ringing in her head became.
Song Jinzhi had smelled incredibly tempting last night. Her chest had felt so soft to lean against, completely different from a hard, solid man. Song Jinzhi: Wooden Face, sharp tongue, not as good looking as herself. Gu Sijiu mentally listed every bad thing she could think of about Song Jinzhi. And then, from the middle of that litany, two enormous scarlet words, "have sex", leapt out, and Gu Sijiu's fair cheeks flushed crimson.
"Song Jinzhi, you're an absolute menace." Gu Sijiu groaned, buried her face into her pillow, and kicked her legs furiously under the blanket. Yet even that didn't chase away the heat clinging to her skin in the slightest. Gu Sijiu felt she was done for. She, a steel straight woman, after coming to this bizarre world, was now showing signs of starting to bend...
She spent the whole morning lying in bed pondering her sexual orientation. Only when her stomach let out a miserable growl from hunger did she finally drag herself up to wash and go downstairs for breakfast. At the dining table, Song Jinzhi was already seated, halfway through a cup of coffee. The moment Gu Sijiu caught sight of her from the stairway, a color shifting filter seemed to activate on her face; it reddened at visible speed.
She kept her head down, not daring to look, afraid that one glance at Song Jinzhi would call back the scene from her dream, and then the fresh pair of underwear she had just put on would need replacing yet again. Song Jinzhi had no idea what was going through Gu Sijiu's mind; she only thought the woman's every move this morning was suspiciously furtive. Before, Gu Sijiu would at least look at her directly. Today it was all stolen glances.
Song Jinzhi didn't care to guess what Gu Sijiu was thinking; she just hoped the woman wasn't up to any nasty tricks. Seeing her coffee cup empty, Song Jinzhi reached for the coffee pot. At the exact same moment, Gu Sijiu reached for it as well. Still keeping her head down, she naturally didn't notice Song Jinzhi's hand, and their fingertips touched. The slight coolness of Song Jinzhi's fingertips made Gu Sijiu yank her hand back like a startled rabbit.
"What's the big deal... Honestly, I don't even like drinking something as bitter and nutritionless as coffee first thing in the morning. Only a Wooden Face like you would enjoy it."
Gu Sijiu rattled off nervously, then turned and fled into the kitchen to find some juice. Out of Song Jinzhi's sight, she touched her burning face and thought she couldn't possibly be more embarrassing. It was all Song Jinzhi's fault. She walked back out with complicated feelings. The moment she sat down again, she saw Song Jinzhi's brow furrow.
For an Omega, an Alpha's pheromones were an unmistakable presence, especially when the Alpha was in a restless state, their scent would become particularly heavy at such times. Most Alphas experienced a period of morning arousal. During that time, they were highly sensitive and craved an Omega's touch. Song Jinzhi looked at Gu Sijiu across the table with a complicated expression. She hadn't expected that the woman's brief trip to the kitchen and back would be enough to release such a dense cloud of scent. There was no need to guess what was occupying Gu Sijiu's thoughts.
Song Jinzhi had thought Gu Sijiu didn't suffer that particular Alpha affliction, since her body was incomplete. But now it seemed she had been mistaken. Even without an Alpha's first sexual organ, this person was still a thoroughgoing Alpha, and spreading such a thick scent at the breakfast table, in the morning, was truly disgusting.
"Can't you control yourself a little? Your scent is revolting," Song Jinzhi said in a low voice. She didn't look at Gu Sijiu again, but turned and went upstairs. Gu Sijiu froze mid bite, then dropped the sandwich she was holding and frantically sniffed at herself. She had just showered and used a heavily perfumed body wash, how could she smell? And even if she did have a scent, it should be a pleasant, fragrant one.
Hygiene obsessed Gu Sijiu cared about this deeply. After all, in the past, everyone had always thought she smelled wonderful. But Song Jinzhi had just said she smelled bad. Why hadn't she noticed it herself? Could the original host have body odor? The thought circled in her head, instantly killing her appetite. She debated whether she should go take another shower.
Up in her own room, Song Jinzhi knew nothing of the spiral Gu Sijiu had fallen into. She sat on the sofa. Gu Sijiu's scent was no longer around her, but the gland at the back of her neck was still contracting at a barely perceptible pace. She had lied, because Gu Sijiu's scent was not unpleasant. It was slightly more intense than last night, clean and fresh, with a faint sweet note. Any Omega would find it delicious, and she was no exception.
The pheromone lingered around her. Her body greedily wanted to drink in more of it. Omega instinct made her react to that scent. It smelled so good. She wanted to get closer. This is my Alpha. When that strange thought surfaced in her mind, Song Jinzhi began to loathe herself as well. If she hadn't quickly covered her nose, there was no telling whether she might have been led along by the nose by that scent.
This troubled her. She wondered if it was because she and Gu Sijiu had been spending more time together recently, but the other woman's scent seemed to have changed. Before, resisting Gu Sijiu's scent hadn't felt this difficult. All she had to do was recall Gu Sijiu's actions and her revolting methods, and a wave of disgust would follow, taking the scent down with it. But lately, Gu Sijiu smelled genuinely alluring.
Song Jinzhi concluded it must be because her own heat was about to arrive. Another possibility was that she had been stuck at home too long, with too much idle time on her hands, which was why such chaotic thoughts were surfacing. If only she could go back to work. She recalled the satisfying busyness of the office, she missed it badly. But she knew that once the wedding date was finalized, if she wanted to work again, she would have to get through Gu Sijiu first. Just thinking about it annoyed her...
That afternoon, Shan Ni'er came to visit. As Gu Sijiu's adjutant, she had to bring military reports and documents regularly. Today, when she arrived, she found Gu Sijiu staring at her holographic computer, searching for something. Getting closer, Shan Ni'er discovered she was looking up how a married Alpha and Omega could avoid any physical contact with each other. Unfortunately, no such method existed, so of course there were no results.
"Major General, what are you looking at?"
"Oh, you're here. I was just curious how an Alpha and Omega are supposed to get along after marriage," Gu Sijiu said, not wanting Shan Ni'er to know the state of things between her and Song Jinzhi. She put away the holographic computer, unaware that the other woman had already seen everything she'd been searching.
"Major General, there is no way for any Alpha and Omega to coexist in peace and safety. Even for those who aren't married, no one can guarantee nothing will happen between an unmarried Alpha and Omega."
"Why not?" Gu Sijiu asked blankly. Many things about this world were still a mystery to her, and pheromones baffled her most of all.
Hearing the question, a flicker of surprise passed through Shan Ni'er's eyes. She remembered that every Alpha received specialized training in this; how could the Major General show such complete incomprehension? Noticing the appraising look, Gu Sijiu vaguely sensed she had asked the wrong thing and hastened to cover herself.
"Shan Ni'er, I'm sorry I asked such a stupid question. I hit my head in that car accident, and a lot of my memories are gone." Right now, Gu Sijiu was discovering that "amnesia" was the perfect all purpose excuse. And her adjutant would believe anything the original host said without question.
"I apologize, Major General. This subordinate actually dared to doubt you just now. As for your question, allow me to explain."
Shan Ni'er promptly apologized, then launched into an explanation about pheromones and heats. Hearing that Omegas went into heat every month, and that an Omega's heat would trigger an Alpha into heat as well, Gu Sijiu felt her head spin. She finally understood why Song Jinzhi had been so shocked yesterday when she'd declared she wouldn't touch her. No doubt Song Jinzhi had been looking at her like she was an idiot.
"Major General, is something wrong?" Shan Ni'er asked, seeing the look of regret that had settled on Gu Sijiu's face after she finished speaking. She hesitated, afraid she had misspoken.
"Nothing... Shan Ni'er, isn't there any other way to endure a heat? Omegas have suppressants, surely Alphas have them too?"
"Major General, there are suppressants specifically formulated for Alphas, but they cause severe side effects. Most Alphas refuse to use them." Shan Ni'er spoke with great concern. Alpha heats were not frequent, and very few Alphas would ever think of restraining their own desires. After all, forcing an Alpha to endure that drive and inject a harmful suppressant was nowhere near as good as spending a few days enjoying an Omega.
"Having them is all that matters. Go and buy some Alpha suppressants for me."
"But... Major General..."
"Go ahead. I know what I'm doing."
Gu Sijiu was not unconcerned for this body's health, it belonged to someone else, after all. But now that she herself was the one living in it, she didn't want anything to happen between her and Song Jinzhi. If heat struck and she couldn't control herself, wouldn't that be slapping her own face? With that thought, she decided suppressants were a genuine necessity.
Shan Ni'er was highly efficient. An hour later, she returned with a case of Alpha grade suppressants. They were sealed in dry ice and needed to be kept in cold storage. Gu Sijiu was carefully placing them one by one into the cold locker when Song Jinzhi came downstairs to fetch something and happened upon the scene. Though the packaging for Alphas and Omegas differed, the three characters for "suppressant" were crystal clear.
She stood there, watching Gu Sijiu happily stowing those suppressants into the cold locker, an indescribable complexity welling up inside her. An Alpha buying suppressants was truly a rarity. Recalling Gu Sijiu's words from the night before, Song Jinzhi couldn't help but wonder. Did this woman truly decide she wouldn't touch her? Or was all of this just another act to keep deceiving her?
She watched for a moment longer, then turned and left. With the knowledge of pheromones and heats now clear in her mind, Gu Sijiu finally understood the reason behind her recent inexplicable "wetness." Realizing it was mere pheromone manipulation that had stirred her sexual impulses, and not any actual desire for Song Jinzhi herself, the knot of confusion in her heart instantly unraveled into nothing.
She had known it all along. A straight woman like herself, how could she possibly feel sexual desire toward an innocent looking white lotus like Song Jinzhi? That sort of thing would absolutely never happen.
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