Chapter 21
Gu Sijiu had come to pick up Song Jinzhi mostly at her parents' behest, but she wasn't about to be so irresponsible as to just bring her home and call it a day. Song Jinzhi had drunk quite a lot tonight and seemed deeply intoxicated; otherwise, she would never have let Gu Sijiu do as she pleased. Once they were home, Gu Sijiu helped Song Jinzhi up. She had expected that supporting a drunk person would take some effort, but when she lifted Song Jinzhi from the car and found it incredibly easy, Gu Sijiu understood all too well that the body of this world was fundamentally different from her original one.
"Wooden Face, we're home. Do you want to sleep stinking drunk, or are you going to take a bath on your own?" Gu Sijiu settled Song Jinzhi onto the sofa and asked softly. She didn't know if the other could even hear her. She was certainly not going to help her bathe, their relationship hadn't reached that level of intimacy. Besides, Gu Sijiu had never waited on anyone in the bath before, and she didn't intend to make Song Jinzhi the first.
"Don't... don't be mean to me..." Song Jinzhi frowned faintly at the sound of Gu Sijiu's voice. She opened her eyes and looked at the person before her, but due to the alcohol, she couldn't make out her face, only that long, deep cherry pink hair swaying in front of her. Though her vision was blurred, her sense of smell encountered no hindrance.
Omegas were always sensitive to an Alpha's scent. Right now, Song Jinzhi could smell a fragrance that put her profoundly at ease. The refreshing coolness of peppermint eased her dizziness, and the faint, crisp hint of lemon soothed her headache. Song Jinzhi found the scent deeply pleasing. The high compatibility pheromones conveyed a definitive statement: this scent belonged to her. The person before her was her Alpha.
Her muddled consciousness drove the Omega to draw closer to the Alpha on pure instinct. Song Jinzhi had long since forgotten every unpleasantness between herself and Gu Sijiu. She reached out, pulled the chattering figure beside her into her arms, and used the momentum to draw her down on top of herself.
"Hey, what are you doing... You started it this time." Gu Sijiu was still muttering about getting Song Jinzhi to take a bath when the sudden change, being yanked down onto the sofa, caught her completely off guard. What Gu Sijiu found even harder to believe was that Song Jinzhi, who had always loathed physical contact with her, who wouldn't even spare her an extra sentence, was now actively holding her and refusing to let go. Gu Sijiu thought she truly had lived long enough to see anything. Song Jinzhi right now looked like she was being clingy.
"Smells so good... it's mine... this place... it's mine." Song Jinzhi had no clear awareness. She didn't know who she was holding; she only clearly understood one thing, she liked this scent. She couldn't resist seeking closer to its source, lifting her head and nuzzling the tip of her nose against the gland at the back of Gu Sijiu's neck. Such a sensitive spot being touched made Gu Sijiu's body go weak, her eyes instantly growing a shade wetter.
"What are you up to, touching strange places again? This morning I let you touch and you wouldn't, and now you're taking advantage of being drunk to grope wherever you please?" Gu Sijiu's understanding of glands wasn't deep, but after last night's events, she knew perfectly well what touching another's gland meant for Alphas and Omegas. Reason told her that the Wooden Face she despised above all others was sexually harassing her, yet the sudden pleasure coursing through her body made Gu Sijiu reluctant to push Song Jinzhi away.
"Smells good. So fragrant." Song Jinzhi felt that merely sniffing the scent with her nose was no longer enough, and what infuriated her was that the source of the scent kept fidgeting, making it impossible to properly savor it. Song Jinzhi lifted her gaze, her pure black eyes carrying a hint of ingratiating brightness. Drowsily, she shifted their bodies, flipping them over so she was pressing Gu Sijiu into the sofa, draping herself entirely over her. She then swept aside Gu Sijiu's long hair, finally finding the spot she liked best, and eagerly buried her face there, nestling against it.
The gentle rubbing of her forehead against the gland brought an indescribable comfort, as if even the post drinking headache was substantially eased by this friction. Song Jinzhi closed her eyes and let out a contented sigh, tenderly nuzzling Gu Sijiu's gland. The pressure was exceedingly soft, causing Gu Sijiu's struggling body to gradually go limp. An Alpha was fond of an Omega's intimacy, and by the same logic, an Alpha naturally could not resist an Omega's closeness.
The gland at her nape grew hot and throbbed under the rubbing, a searing, fire like sensation spreading across the skin, as if a small flame was battering the surface, wanting to burst through. Gu Sijiu's eyes brimmed with moisture, and her cheeks flushed pink. She allowed Song Jinzhi to nuzzle at her gland, the tingling numbness spreading down her neck to fill her entire body, so pleasurable she wanted to moan aloud. Gu Sijiu had never known that having her gland nuzzled by an Omega could feel so wonderful. "Mm... Wooden Face, are you being clingy?"
Gu Sijiu's initial resistance had gradually shifted to enjoyment. She figured that Song Jinzhi had started this, so even if she didn't resist, it wasn't her fault. Gu Sijiu thought the nuzzling felt quite nice, and in her mind she reimagined Song Jinzhi as a cute little kitten. But this enjoyment didn't last long before the kitten dealt her an even greater shock.
A soft, warm little tongue settled on the back of her neck, the slightly rough tastebuds tracing and lapping along the contour of the gland. A light moan spilled from Gu Sijiu's lips. If she had been able to tolerate the earlier stimulation, Song Jinzhi's current actions were truly bordering on erotic. Gu Sijiu started to push at Song Jinzhi with a little more force, whimpering slightly, trying to shove her away. Though Gu Sijiu wasn't exactly a traditionalist in thought, she really had never considered doing anything of that nature with Song Jinzhi. For one, their relationship right now was an utter mess, and secondly, she had absolutely no mental preparation for sleeping with a woman. She might have been able to accept what Song Jinzhi had been doing before, dismissing it as "just playing around," but now she could no longer indulge this. Gu Sijiu retreated, trying to get away from Song Jinzhi.
Song Jinzhi didn't harbor such complicated thoughts. She only knew that the person before her was delicious, and the current tasting was far from sufficient. The scent, carrying a fatal attraction, seeped out from the gland she was licking, filling the entire room. The Omega's gland opened in response, greedily drinking in the scent that brought such comfort.
Song Jinzhi felt her body burn, a heat rising from within that threatened to set her on fire. Only the person before her could resolve this agitation. She reached out and stroked the body beneath her, which was equally feverish. A negative multiplied by a negative gave a positive, and here it was proven: both of them were so hot, yet when they touched intimately, they instead gained a liberating, refreshing release.
Gu Sijiu couldn't help flipping her body over to face Song Jinzhi. Her eyes held unshed tears born of physical pleasure. She pressed her legs together, rubbing them over and over, because a certain spot, that most crucial, most sensitive place at her core, was now throbbing restlessly. Like a tiny, living heart, pounding out its desire.
"You... stop touching." Gu Sijiu spoke, only then realizing how cloying and electrifying her own voice sounded. She noticed that after she spoke, Song Jinzhi paused, then, as if bewitched, reached out to caress her body. From her chest to her lower abdomen, and then, straight down between her legs. A sudden "ambush" made Gu Sijiu's body freeze. She finally couldn't contain the force in her hands and shoved the person far away.
Shoved like this, Song Jinzhi seemed to fall asleep all at once and stopped moving. Seeing that she didn't approach again, Gu Sijiu's suspended heart finally settled. She touched her own burning face and shivered, thinking about how Song Jinzhi had touched her down there just moments ago. She admitted that Song Jinzhi was good looking, had an excellent temperament, and even smelled so wonderfully good. She didn't reject her closeness, and sometimes even quite wanted to get near her. But not rejecting was one thing, actually having relations was an entirely different matter.
After calming down, Gu Sijiu glanced at Song Jinzhi, who had been pushed aside and was now sleeping clutching a throw pillow. She helped her back into her room and then left. Having left, Gu Sijiu naturally would not return. She also had no way of knowing that after she left, in a half sleep, half dream state, Song Jinzhi had stripped off her cumbersome dress and habitually removed her bra and underwear, presenting her body in its most primal state. Song Jinzhi slept fairly well that night; with the help of the alcohol, she slept until nine in the morning before waking.
Song Jinzhi opened her eyes, and the satisfaction of being fully rested made her stretch her body involuntarily, only to immediately notice something was wrong. The sensation of her skin against the sheets was starkly clear, and the empty, airy feeling between her legs told her she had absolutely nothing on. Jolted by this realization, Song Jinzhi bolted upright and quickly checked her gland. There were no signs of having been marked, and her body bore no indication of any violation.
This made Song Jinzhi breathe a sigh of relief, but waking to find herself completely naked was something she couldn't brush off. She had forgotten who had brought her home last night, it should have been Jennifer. And then? Had Jennifer seen Gu Sijiu and handed her over to Gu Sijiu's care? Song Jinzhi analyzed the situation and grew more and more convinced that her guess was correct.
The habit of sleeping naked was something only Song Jinzhi herself knew about; even her best friend Jing Yu would never have guessed it. Song Jinzhi hated feeling restricted while sleeping. For her, sleeping naked was the most comfortable and most relaxing way to rest. But this habit had been broken long ago, ever since she arrived at Gu Sijiu's place. After all, in the face of someone like Gu Sijiu, she couldn't even sleep peacefully, let alone naked.
At the thought that Gu Sijiu had stripped her bare the previous night, Song Jinzhi's face darkened. She simply could not imagine what that person had done to her after removing her clothes. Even if her body hadn't been violated, it still made Song Jinzhi feel utterly disgusted. She hurried to the bathroom and scrubbed herself clean over and over again before finally heading downstairs to find something to eat.
When she came downstairs, she happened to run into Gu Sijiu, who was watching a television drama in the living room. Song Jinzhi shot her a cold glance, her eyes sweeping over her up and down. Being stared at like that, Gu Sijiu thought she was recalling last night's events, and a wave of displeasure rose in her own heart. This damned woman had touched her so casually, had even touched her down there, a place Gu Sijiu hadn't even touched herself since coming to this world, and Song Jinzhi had just helped herself.
Seeing Song Jinzhi glaring at her, Gu Sijiu didn't back down and glared right back. They stared each other down, and then, in tacit mutual agreement, both looked away at the same time.
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