Chapter 109: ABO World (Complete)

This wasn’t good.

Jiang Li began to wonder if Li Huan had developed some psychological issues during the five years she had been away—or perhaps it was a stress response to her departure.

The problem was, Jiang Li had no intention of leaving.

The last time Li Huan had nearly choked her to death wasn’t that long ago, and Jiang Li hadn’t expected to face a repeat so soon.

Without hesitation, Jiang Li yanked her down and pulled her into her embrace.

“Be good. Stay still. I won’t leave you.”

She gently patted Li Huan’s back over and over.

Jiang Li wasn’t sure why Li Huan harbored such thoughts, but they clearly revolved around her.

She had said they were lovers. Jiang Li couldn’t just stand by and watch as Li Huan spiraled into uncontrollable madness.

“Hiss—”

The woman stuffed into her arms paid no mind to Jiang Li’s thoughts. Without a second’s pause, she sank her teeth into the jutting edge of Jiang Li’s collarbone. A sharp pain erupted there, so intense it felt as though Li Huan wanted to dig out the bone itself, flesh and all.

With jaws like that, she could just take you out on walks instead of a hunting dog—better bite, for sure.

Jiang Li gripped the back of Li Huan’s head, tilting her own cheek away to brace against the pain.

No biting…

Her knee nudged forward. Li Huan’s body trembled uncontrollably from the surge of emotions. She clung desperately to the only lifeline before her, refusing to let it slip away even a fraction.

Mm, ha—

An Alpha’s teeth were viciously sharp. After piercing the thin layer of skin, they drove in like sturdy nails, pumping in a relentless flood of pheromones that twisted with malicious precision.

The room echoed only with Jiang Li’s voice and, aside from her pained gasps, the eager sounds of Li Huan gulping it down.

Jiang Li felt like a dog bone in that moment. She turned her flushed cheek aside; clearly, none of her earlier soothing words had gotten through.

Swallow after swallow, breath after ragged breath.

Her fragile neck was caught in someone’s mouth, saliva that hadn’t been swallowed dripping down her side, soaking the edge of her collar.

“Li Huan.” Feeling sorry for the mangled flesh on the side of her neck, Jiang Li rubbed the back of Li Huan’s head firmly and ventured, “Shall we register tomorrow?”

She said it lightly, as if suggesting they grab some of that special cake Jiang Li loved for breakfast together.

But it instantly sobered the woman in her arms.

“Let’s go now.”

Li Huan’s face was expressionless as she reached out, grabbed Jiang Li by the neck, and prepared to haul her up and drag her off. Traces of unlicked fluid still clung to the corner of her mouth.

She moved with lightning speed, her Alpha agility put to ruthless use.

The shift from one moment to the next was so abrupt it defied imagination. In a single breath, the impatient Alpha had pulled Jiang Li upright from her flat position on the bed.

“Wait—wait a second!”

In the blink of an eye, the scene before Jiang Li transformed—from bright lights to Li Huan’s profile.

Li Huan already had one foot planted on the floor, poised to leave. Panicking at the sight, Jiang Li flailed her wrists in the air before latching onto the back of the woman turning away from her.

“Hey, hey, hey! Hold on! Wait!”

“What’s wrong?” Li Huan’s expression was deadly serious as she glanced at the hand gripping her wrist. She had zero intention of delaying here for even a moment.

She was rushing as if she’d pop up at the registry office next second, household registers in hand.

Jiang Li didn’t dare look her up and down—even though she’d seen it all clearly before. She averted her eyes and yanked the foot-on-the-floor Alpha back with all her strength.

She snatched up the blanket and, under Li Huan’s brooding stare, bundled her up tight as a burrito.

“You’re not wearing any clothes!”

Li Huan kept staring at her with the eyes of someone sizing up a heartless playgirl. Only after wrapping her securely did Jiang Li lift her flushed face to meet Li Huan’s gaze, her molars grinding.

How could someone just ignore the fact that they were stark naked? Stepping out like that would get them arrested in seconds.

One moment she’d been ready to bite her to death on the bed; the next, at the mention of registering, she was itching to teleport there in a frenzy. Jiang Li was utterly helpless against her.

Li Huan’s ungentle retort hung in the air. Her dark eyes bored into Jiang Li’s face, silent, forcing her to guess at the turmoil beneath.

“You’re being mean to me.”

Jiang Li’s lips parted and closed. Her brows shot up at the accusation.

She pointed at herself, half-convinced Li Huan had mixed up their names. “Me, mean to you?”

Li Huan nodded without a shred of hesitation.

Jiang Li’s soft cheeks puffed out in a mix of anger and amusement. She pinned down the wriggling blanket with one hand, swept her other back, and pointed at the still-open bite mark on her neck. “What about this, then?”

The two tiny tooth marks that usually appeared from a pheromone injection were now a layered, hideous mess from Li Huan’s repeated bites.

Excess pheromones the body couldn’t absorb seeped out slowly as pheromone liquid, colorless and odorless, mingled with flecks of fresh blood.

The blood threads floated in their combined pheromone liquid, swaying faintly before trailing watery red streaks down her pale, slender neck.

To Li Huan’s eyes, that pale red bloomed into dancing epiphyllum flowers. She blurted out, praising it: “It’s beautiful.”

She remembered why Jiang Li was showing her this. Her face remained unmoved as she met Jiang Li’s gaze with utmost sincerity.

“It’s beautiful. My gift to you, Li Li.”

Jiang Li’s mouth twitched. She gained a whole new appreciation for Li Huan’s double standards.

When Li Huan inflicted this bloody mark on her neck, it was a “beautiful gift.”

But if she raised her voice a little? That made her the bad guy.

“I think you’ve got a bit of a misunderstanding about the word ‘gift.'” Jiang Li wanted no more such presents. She jabbed at her neck again. “That bite hurts.”

She stressed: “It hurts a lot.”

The pain will make you remember me even clearer.

Li Huan schooled her smile, reading the warning in Jiang Li’s expression. Saying that aloud right now would only make her angrier.

And right now, she couldn’t afford to anger Jiang Li more.

But she’d bite her again later—that was non-negotiable.

Li Huan stared straight at Jiang Li, conveying her resolve through her deep, fathomless black pupils that glimmered faintly.

She was stubborn like that.

Jiang Li rubbed her brow, head throbbing in confusion. “Why do you always suddenly grab my neck like that? Last time and this time too—what have I even done?”

Li Huan answered swiftly.

“Because you’re not being good.”

Seeing the flicker of surprise on Jiang Li’s face confirmed it for her. “Not good at all.”

“You always want to leave me. You always look away from me. You always try to shove me aside for other people or other things!”

The pinned blanket bucked wildly up and down, but Jiang Li’s hand held firm, no matter how much Li Huan thrashed.

In a brief lull, Jiang Li defended herself. “I’m right here with you now. And it was because you answered Li Si’s call that I even talked to her.”

Seeing Li Huan gearing up to throw off the blanket and lunge, Jiang Li quickly shoved her back down. She wasn’t done yet.

“Besides, Li Si and I are just normal friends. Nothing more.”

Jiang Li hadn’t forgotten: Li Huan’s sudden attack stemmed from that call from the jealous Li Si.

Li Huan quieted, but her dark eyes still fixed on Jiang Li, brooding.

It wasn’t enough.

Even ordinary friends—she didn’t want Jiang Li’s gaze straying anywhere else. Look only at her, eyes holding only her, always and forever. Was that so bad…?

She stared into those bright eyes blinking innocently. Expressionless, Li Huan thought: Jiang Li must be scheming right now how to stop her from acting out.

But that was impossible.

If she could, Li Huan would lock them both away in a house for just the two of them.

Everything Jiang Li touched, Li Huan would hand her. The only person Jiang Li could interact with would be her. Anytime, anywhere, they could do whatever she wanted.

Such an environment, such a life—how perfect…

“Li Huan.”

Seeing the darkening expression fixed on her, the thick, surging desire in those eyes like tidal waves, Jiang Li frowned slightly and called out.

Li Huan turned her head away, seemingly oblivious that her depths were laid bare. A faint smile played on her face. “What’s up?”

Something was off—very off.

“Mm—” Jiang Li pinched Li Huan’s cheeks, dragging the smile right off her face.

She didn’t let go, her thumb pressing a dimple into the flesh. Gazing at the forced grin, Jiang Li deadpanned, “If you don’t want to smile, don’t. Why make it so creepy?”

Before Li Huan could react, Jiang Li kept hold of her cheeks and laid out her thoughts clearly.

“I know what happened five years ago makes you insecure about me now. You’re suspicious, scared, worried I might vanish again without warning…”

“I can assure you—it won’t happen.”

Jiang Li locked eyes with her, watching the emotions ignite just from hearing the words. Insecurity at its peak.

She gripped harder, hoping to snap Li Huan out of it, to make her hear clearly instead of getting swept away by inner turmoil.

“We’re lovers.” She declared the foundation with absolute certainty.

Jiang Li believed in their bond. She wanted the Li Huan before her to trust it more.

“Marriage, complete marking, living together, jealousy, or your little quirks with me—I’ll accept it all.”

“You’re my one and only, the person I love. So I won’t mind it. I won’t dislike it. And I definitely won’t leave you.”

Jiang Li spoke word by word, her expression soft, her gaze steady and unwavering—firm yet tender.

She shone gently, like a shooting star in the night sky, lighting Li Huan’s dark path, just for her.

Li Huan was greedy.

Everything Jiang Li said was what she craved, but it still wasn’t enough.

She wanted to occupy every inch of Jiang Li’s future, to be the sole focus of those eyes, her irreplaceable choice.

She wanted it all.

But…

The restraint around her loosened. Li Huan poked a trembling fingertip from the blanket, testing cautiously. It was seized firmly without hesitation.

She lifted her lids. Those starry eyes still shone only on her, the smile soft.

A proud, noble Eldest Miss was willingly embracing all her flaws.

Li Huan reached out, and Jiang Li drew her laughing into her arms.

“If you dare leave again, I’ll really bite you to death.”

Fine. She’d endure a little longer for this warm, fragrant embrace.

The fresh epiphyllum scent teased her nose, the hold both cozy and sweet. Li Huan clutched the fabric at Jiang Li’s lower back and closed her eyes.

“Okay,” Jiang Li said.

“Tomorrow we get married—first thing.”

“Okay.”

“Won’t we have to wake up super early? Lately I’ve been…”

“Absolutely! No getting up and I’ll bite you to death!”

“…”

“Okay.”

In the end, Li Huan got everything from Jiang Li—until death.

After marriage, they led a clingy newlywed life, always appearing together wherever they went. Li Huan never got the chance to enact her “bite to death” plan.

On the first day after being completely marked, the Alpha showed up at the office extra early with glaring bite marks on her neck. She rode the executive elevator up and down amid the staff’s stares.

Employees at the president’s office elevator gossiped:

“Thanks. Never seen an ice queen grinning like a lovestruck peacock in full display…”

It only stopped when Jiang Li dropped off lunch at noon.

When she left that afternoon, cute bandages covered the neck marks.

Her radiant smile lingered for ages.

A lifetime of happiness.