Chapter 35: Pathological. Never remember this in this lifetime.
Cheng Yang was aggrieved, Cheng Yang was sad.
Cheng Yang didn’t dare to say a word.
She knew very well that Xu Xun was declaring her sovereignty.
In fact, it was just a bite from an Omega, nothing much at all.
Cheng Yang obediently lay on the tree trunk, motionless, and was marked by Xu Xun for a while.
“Wifey.”
Cheng Yang turned her head with a soft voice. “Wifey, I’m hungry.”
Xu Xun was expressionless, her lips gently rubbing against the gland on the back of Cheng Yang’s neck.
It was covered with a dense layer of tooth marks, red, but not broken.
Xu Xun’s bite didn’t hurt, and Cheng Yang was even a little unsatisfied.
“Wifey, aren’t you going to mark me?”
Xu Xun sat at the stone table, silent, her gaze on that Weibo post.
“How could I hurt you over such a small matter?”
Xu Xun beckoned to Cheng Yang with her finger. “Come here, sit on my lap.”
Cheng Yang obediently listened. She sat on Xu Xun’s lap and wrapped her arms around the other’s neck.
Xu Xun’s palm gently rested on Cheng Yang’s lower abdomen, a gentle smile on her lips.
“I was wrong just now. I lost my composure a little.”
Cheng Yang lay in Xu Xun’s arms, her chin resting in the crook of her neck, and tilted her head to kiss her on the side of her face.
“How can you say that? This has nothing to do with you or me. We are the victims.”
Cheng Yang took the phone and uninstalled Weibo right in front of Xu Xun.
“Alright, now no one will disturb us anymore.”
The moment she finished speaking, Xu Xun’s phone rang again.
The two of them looked over at the same time and found that it was a call from Xiao Qing.
Xu Xun answered it calmly.
“Hello, Sister Xiao.”
“Didn’t I tell you to keep a low profile recently? Why are you two again…”
The corners of Xu Xun’s lips curved. “Sister Xiao, since it can’t be hidden anymore, there’s really no need to be secretive. It will only be criticized.”
After hearing this, Xiao Qing sighed. “Ah, you’re right. This is the best way now.”
The two of them chatted for a while. Xu Xun put down her phone and curved her lips at Cheng Yang.
“Alright, it’s settled. Let’s eat.”
Cheng Yang’s body was weak, and she needed to eat more meat and supplement more protein.
When Auntie Zhang had come today, she had brought a chicken she had raised herself.
Xu Xun had cut it in half, and the other half was stewing in a pot, with the fresh bamboo fungus she had picked today added.
Cheng Yang took the bowl of chicken soup and insisted on sitting next to Xu Xun, her shoulder rubbing against hers before she smiled.
The corners of Xu Xun’s lips curled up. “Drink it while it’s hot. I’ll go to Auntie Zhang’s house in a bit. You stay at home and be good. Don’t run around.”
Cheng Yang smacked her lips as she drank the soup. “Why don’t you take me with you?”
Xu Xun put down her soup bowl and explained with a smile, “You don’t know. To get to Auntie Zhang’s house, you have to walk up a mountain road. You know your body is weak. You can’t walk too much or climb mountains. This time, just listen to me and rest well at home.”
Cheng Yang nodded obediently.
What Xu Xun had said was indeed true. She was half a cripple now, with no strength at all, and couldn’t even lift a bucket of water.
If she really insisted on going up the mountain and fell halfway, wouldn’t that just be more trouble for Xu Xun?
It was one thing not to be able to help, but Cheng Yang didn’t want to worry Xu Xun.
“Okay, I’ll wait for you at home.”
As she spoke, Cheng Yang lowered her eyes and said carefully, “But if you’re going to chat with Auntie Zhang, you have to be back before dark. It’s too scary here at night.”
Xu Xun nodded and stamped a mark on Cheng Yang’s lips.
“Don’t worry. I’ll be back after I deliver the chicken soup and mushrooms.”
After watching Xu Xun leave, Cheng Yang sat in the courtyard, motionless.
She opened her phone out of boredom, wanting to watch a relaxing video.
But the moment she thought of the video of her and Xu Xun’s relationship, she was reminded of those inexplicable malicious comments.
Cheng Yang put down her phone, walked around the small courtyard, and then went to the small vegetable garden in the back mountain.
She looked at the small vegetable garden that had been tilled and watered, and only then did she belatedly realize what Xu Xun had been doing so early.
Cheng Yang looked at the tree stump to the side and sat on it, cupping her cheeks in her hands.
The quiet and dense forest was a sea of dark green.
Cheng Yang took a deep breath, feeling the cool breeze and fresh air.
She slowly stood up, and suddenly, she felt dizzy.
Cheng Yang held onto the railing with one hand, her two legs trembling.
She didn’t know if it was dizziness caused by suddenly standing up.
Cheng Yang pressed her hand against her chest, took small breaths, and stood there, not daring to move.
She had originally thought that she would recover after standing for a while. The moment Cheng Yang took a step, her vision went black and she fainted, the back of her head hitting the stone path hard.
·
“Yangyang… Yangyang…”
A choked voice calling her name sounded by her ear.
Cheng Yang slowly opened her eyes, and what she saw was Xu Xun’s familiar face.
The moment she moved her lips, she was held tightly by Xu Xun, her upper body embraced in her arms.
“Yangyang, you scared me to death… scared me to death.”
Cheng Yang blinked blankly, the faint scent of Night-blooming Cereus from the Omega’s body lingering around her nose.
Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly reached out her arms to stroke Xu Xun’s back.
“Xu… A-Xun.”
Xu Xun sobbed softly, her voice hoarse and with a heavy crying tone.
“You’re finally awake. Thank God.”
Cheng Yang’s eyes were open, her gaze unfocused.
“Mmm, I’m awake. Don’t worry.”
Xu Xun’s palm gently rested on the back of Cheng Yang’s head.
The doctor had changed her gauze and had also said that this fall had caused a slight concussion, and she needed to rest well.
“It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t gone to Auntie Zhang’s house to deliver the chicken soup and left you at home alone, this might not have happened.”
Cheng Yang held Xu Xun tightly. She moved her lips, and two streams of clear tears silently flowed from the corners of her eyes.
“How could it be your fault? This was just a sudden situation.”
The corners of Cheng Yang’s lips slowly curled up, and her gaze was fixed straight ahead.
“If we have to blame someone, then blame me for not staying at home and running around.”
Xu Xun held her shoulders, her scarlet eyes staring straight at her.
Her palm gently rested on the side of Cheng Yang’s face, her thumb slowly brushing over her pale lips.
Xu Xun murmured, “From now on, I will never leave your side for even a step.”
Cheng Yang tentatively and carefully kissed Xu Xun on the lips.
After the kiss, the smile in her eyes grew deeper.
“Okay.”
Just as the two of them had finished their tender moment, the emergency room doctor walked over.
She explained Cheng Yang’s specific situation and then asked Xu Xun to go to her office with her.
Only Cheng Yang was left in the emergency room.
She watched Xu Xun leave with the doctor and curved her lips at her.
After Xu Xun had left, Cheng Yang slowly retracted her gaze and then closed her eyes.
What on earth was Xu Xun hiding from her?
Cheng Yang let out a soft chuckle and lay on her side on the hospital bed.
Although she had sensed that something was wrong, she had no evidence.
Although she had remembered some things, Cheng Yang was still dizzy, and the slightest thought would give her a headache.
It seemed as if her body was preventing her from remembering.
Cheng Yang thought almost pathologically, if possible, she would rather not remember this in this lifetime.
If only there were amnesia pills in this world.
Cheng Yang’s gaze fell on the office door. She stared at the ajar door, desperately wanting to see Xu Xun’s figure.
She didn’t know how long had passed. When Cheng Yang was drowsy, she smelled a faint fragrance again.
She slowly opened her eyes and met Xu Xun’s worried gaze.
The corners of Cheng Yang’s lips curved at her. “Wifey, I’m fine now.”
Xu Xun nodded and sat in front of Cheng Yang, holding her left hand tightly and kissing it.
“Mmm, we’ll go home after a little more observation.”
Cheng Yang slowly closed her eyes, digesting the events of the past few days.
Then, she snapped her eyes open, only to find that Xu Xun was staring straight at her.
“Wifey.”
Cheng Yang gently stroked Xu Xun’s nose with her finger, her eyes full of heartache.
“Your eyes are so red.”
Xu Xun shook her head and explained with a smile, “It was the wind just now. I got some sand in my eyes. Don’t worry about me. Rest well.”
Cheng Yang nodded.
·
After nightfall, seeing that Cheng Yang was awake, Xu Xun kissed her on the forehead.
“Yangyang, the nurse has already removed the needle. Let’s go home.”
Cheng Yang was drowsy, her eyes filled with water.
“Which home?”
Xu Xun sighed. “Of course, back to S City.”
Cheng Yang sat up, exhausted. “But we were doing fine in our hometown. I haven’t even gone to see my mom yet.”
Xu Xun shook her head and helped her put on her clothes and shoes.
“This place is too remote. When you fainted today, it took the ambulance two hours to arrive.”
At this point, Xu Xun’s nose tingled, and she pinched the bridge of her nose with one hand.
“During that time, I didn’t dare to touch you. I… I thought you…”
Xu Xun turned her head, choked with sobs.
Perhaps Cheng Yang was not suitable for this place at all.
Just like their current relationship, it was only a matter of time before the window paper was pierced.
Cheng Yang held her, and only after a while did she speak.
“Wifey, don’t be like this. I’ll go home with you. It doesn’t matter which home it is, as long as I can be with you.”
·
That night, Cheng Yang took a flight back to S City.
It was almost ten in the evening when they landed.
She was drowsy and curled up in Xu Xun’s arms in the car, holding her tightly.
After getting home, Xu Xun wanted to help Cheng Yang to the bedroom to sleep.
“Wifey, I’ve been lying in the hospital for so long. I’m dirty. I want to take a shower.”
The corners of Xu Xun’s lips curved. She had her sit on a chair and not move.
“Sit still. Don’t move. I’ll give you a rinse.”
Xu Xun gently unbuttoned the front of her shirt, and after taking off all her clothes, she showered her with the showerhead.
Cheng Yang slowly closed her eyes.
Xu Xun’s fingertips gently stroked Cheng Yang’s soft skin. She stood behind the Alpha, her gaze on the gland on the back of her neck that she had bitten.
Neither of them spoke.
Cheng Yang was still drowsy.
After the shower, Xu Xun wrapped her tightly in a soft towel.
Cheng Yang lay on her side on the bed, watching Xu Xun go to the bathroom to take a shower.
Seeing the bathroom door tightly closed, Cheng Yang took out her phone and desperately searched her mind for a string of phone numbers.
Cheng Yang’s fingertips rested on the phone keypad. After entering it, she hesitated for a moment.
Her gaze was fixed on the bathroom door.
After a moment, Cheng Yang sighed and deleted the string of numbers again.
She lay on the bed, looking no different from usual.
In less than fifteen minutes, Xu Xun finished her shower and came out.
The moment she pushed open the door wrapped in a bath towel, she found that Cheng Yang was lying on the bed, her eyes sparkling as she stared straight at her.
“Wifey, why did you shower so quickly?”
Xu Xun walked over, took off the bath towel right in front of her, and changed into the pajamas on the bed.
“A quick rinse is fine. I really don’t want to be separated from you for even a second right now.”
The corners of Cheng Yang’s lips curled up as she opened her arms and hugged Xu Xun tightly.
“Me too. I never want to be separated from you in this lifetime.”
Xu Xun lay on her side on the bed and gently held Cheng Yang in her arms.
“Didn’t I tell you not to wait for me and go to sleep? Why didn’t you listen?”
Cheng Yang slowly opened her eyes and rubbed her nose against her chin.
“I couldn’t sleep. I have to hold you.”
The smile in Xu Xun’s eyes gradually deepened.
After a moment, Cheng Yang asked, “Wifey, I want to hear our story from before. Can you tell me?”
Xu Xun was taken aback. “What do you want to hear?”
The corners of Cheng Yang’s lips curled up as she snuggled into her embrace.
“Mmm… high school.”
Xu Xun asked with a smile, “Why do you like to hear stories from high school so much?”
Cheng Yang let out a soft chuckle. “Isn’t it because we were each other’s first love?”
Out of Cheng Yang’s sight, Xu Xun closed her eyes, but the corners of her lips slowly curved up.
Cheng Yang added, “I want to know how I fell in love with you.”
Xu Xun had seen so many movies, but she couldn’t perfectly disguise the fabricated plots from the movies.
She said with a smile, “Mmm, it was actually very ordinary.”
Cheng Yang pressed on, “I don’t believe you. I think my first love must have been earth-shattering. What was it like?”
Noticing the person in her arms suddenly tremble, Cheng Yang understood something.
“Actually, you saw me again after that rainy day.”
Cheng Yang blinked and asked, feigning ignorance, “And then?”
Xu Xun was a little embarrassed.
“It was your eighteenth birthday.”
Xu Xun paused and lowered her head to kiss Cheng Yang’s forehead.
“At that time, I attended your birthday banquet with my aunt.”
Then, Xu Xun smiled helplessly. “Do you know why I was qualified to go?”
Cheng Yang was slightly taken aback.
Xu Xun sighed. “My aunt was a maid in your family. I got in through the back door.”
Cheng Yang’s thoughts were suddenly pulled back to a night seven years ago.
That night, she had worn a million-dollar custom-made gown and had held her coming-of-age ceremony at her family’s manor villa.
In fact, Cheng Yang didn’t like crowds at all.
Her mother, Cheng Yourong, was actually using this banquet to have her meet more friends of the same class.
“Yangyang, listen to your mother.”
The domineering female Alpha stroked her only daughter’s face, personally helped her put on her clothes and shoes, and dressed Cheng Yang up like an exquisite and beautiful porcelain doll.
“Mom is also doing this for your own good.”
Cheng Yang covered her chest with one hand and subconsciously pulled her foot back.
“Mom, I’m not a three-year-old. I’ll put them on myself.”
Cheng Yourong said in a non-negotiable tone, “In my eyes, you’re a child who will never grow up. Why can’t a mother put on her daughter’s shoes?”
Cheng Yang turned her head to the side. “You always say that. From a young age, what privacy do I have? Have you ever considered my feelings?”
“…”
Cheng Yourong stood up and looked down at her.
“Yangyang, you are my only child. I love you and dote on you. Is there anything wrong with what I’m doing?”
Cheng Yang bit her lower lip, enduring until her eyes turned red.
She wanted to say something, but after meeting Cheng Yourong’s eyes, she still obediently admitted her mistake.
“Mom, I’m sorry. I said the wrong thing just now.”
The corners of Cheng Yourong’s lips curled up as she stroked her daughter’s face, which was seventy percent similar to her deceased wife’s, and murmured softly.
“You are the only treasure she left me. You have to know that whatever your mother does is for your own good. You must listen to your mother.”
Cheng Yang nodded. “I know.”
Cheng Yourong carefully checked the makeup on Cheng Yang’s face and then gently wiped the lipstick from the corner of her mouth.
“Yangyang has grown up. She’s an adult Alpha now. Of course, she has to be dressed up beautifully.”
“Don’t look so down. Come downstairs with me later. Mom has invited many business partners. I’ll introduce them to you then.”
Cheng Yang nodded obediently. “Mmm.”
She followed behind Cheng Yourong, her steps elegant, like a beautiful white swan.
Elegant violin music played in the first-floor hall.
Cheng Yang walked down the stairs step by step, a perfect smile on her exquisite and beautiful face.
Cheng Yourong glanced at Cheng Yang’s performance, nodded with satisfaction, and took her arm downstairs.
“Hello, President Cheng.”
“Little Yangyang has grown so much.”
“She was a beauty in the making as a child, and she’s even more amazing now that she’s grown up.”
“I even held you when you were little.”
“…”
Cheng Yang raised her wine glass and responded with a smile.
Little did they know that behind the fake smile on her face was an unspeakable fatigue.
At eight in the evening, surrounded by a group of waiters, several people worked together to push over a huge castle cake.
This cake castle was a full three meters high, and an ordinary person would have to look up to see the top.
Cheng Yang’s face was stiff from smiling.
Everyone accompanied her to blow out the birthday candles and sang the birthday song together.
Cheng Yang closed her eyes but didn’t make a single wish.
She had everything now.
Whatever she wanted, Cheng Yourong would satisfy her.
When it was time to cut the cake, Cheng Yang held an exquisite porcelain plate and took a bite in front of everyone.
The cake was very expensive and exquisite, but it tasted like wax to her.
The waiters began to distribute the cake to everyone.
Cheng Yang took a few steps back. She was wearing high heels, and she wanted to sit down after standing for so long.
She frowned and looked up to see Cheng Yourong standing in a corner, chatting with another male Alpha in a suit.
Cheng Yang breathed a sigh of relief, lifted her skirt, and took the opportunity to leave.
She didn’t want anyone to see her.
Cheng Yang quickened her pace but was bumped into by someone at a corner, and her snow-white evening gown was covered in cream.
“I’m sorry!”
Cheng Yang frowned.
The person who had bumped into her was Xu Xun. She wanted to wipe some of the cake off Cheng Yang’s dress with her hand, but she didn’t expect to make it worse.
Cheng Yang looked down at her and felt that this person looked a little familiar, as if she had seen her somewhere before.
At this moment, Xu Xun happened to look up and met her eyes.
“I’m…”
Her words were cut off. Xu Xun was stunned when she saw Cheng Yang’s face.
At this moment, Xu Xun’s aunt ran over anxiously. “What happened?”
After seeing the disaster, her aunt was so scared her vision went black and she almost fainted.
“You damn girl! How could you get cake on Miss Cheng’s dress? Can you afford to pay for it?”
As she spoke, she was about to push Xu Xun.
Cheng Yang directly grabbed her wrist and threw her hand away.
“Security, there’s someone causing trouble here.”
“Miss Cheng.”
Xu Xun stood behind her and explained, “I’m sorry. Someone pushed me from behind just now, and I lost my balance and bumped into you.”
Cheng Yang nodded. “Mmm, are you okay?”
Xu Xun shook her head. “I’m fine. Thank you for believing me.”
Someone in the crowd started to jeer, “Yangyang, this dress costs over a million. You just believe her like that?”
“Let’s check the surveillance. There will be a lot to pay for then.”
“Yeah, we can’t just let it go.”
The commotion here was noticed by Cheng Yourong. She walked over with a glass of red wine, and her brow furrowed when she saw the cake on Cheng Yang’s dress.
“What’s going on?”
Cheng Yang explained calmly, “I accidentally got some cake on it. I’ll just go back and change.”
Then, her gaze fell on Xu Xun’s face.
“Mom, have someone pull up the surveillance from just now and clear this classmate’s name.”
·
The banquet ended at midnight.
Cheng Yang went up to the second floor. She took off the evening gown that had been stained by the cake and casually found a new dress.
The shoulder straps were not yet ready when the walk-in closet door was pushed open from the outside.
Cheng Yang looked at the door warily and met Cheng Yourong’s scrutinizing gaze.
“Mom! Why did you come in without knocking!”
Cheng Yourong stood behind her. “I’m your mother. Is there a problem with me coming in?”
She walked over calmly, about to help Cheng Yang with her shoulder straps, but was quickly avoided by her daughter.
Cheng Yourong stood in front of Cheng Yang with her arms crossed and curved her lips helplessly.
“I’ve grown up. I don’t need you to dress me. Get out right now!”
Cheng Yourong smiled and chose to ignore this topic.
“Who was that Omega just now? A classmate of yours? In the same class? How come I’ve never seen her before?”
Cheng Yang shook her head. “No, I’m not familiar with her.”
Cheng Yourong asked with a smile, “A few days ago, the driver told me you gave a strange girl a ride home. Was it her?”
Cheng Yang was at a loss for words.
She bit her lower lip and nodded. “It was her.”
“What’s your relationship?”
“Mom!”
Cheng Yang took a deep breath. “I said I’m not familiar with her. I only gave her a ride home because it was raining so heavily that day. Don’t let your imagination run wild.”
The smile in Cheng Yourong’s eyes grew gentler.
“Alright, alright. I won’t ask anymore.”
After going downstairs, Cheng Yang’s face was dark.
The surveillance had already been pulled up.
Xu Xun had indeed not deliberately bumped into Cheng Yang with the cake, but a little boy behind her had suddenly pushed her.
After a moment, Xu Xun recognized this little boy as her lawless and mischievous cousin.
She looked at her guilty aunt, wanting to say something but hesitating.
Cheng Yang took in the expressions of these two.
She turned to look at Xu Xun and said softly, “It was just a child playing. You’ve been wronged.”
Xu Xun shook her head. “It’s fine. Thank you for helping me.”
Her gaze fell on the new dress Xu Xun had changed into. “I’m sorry, your dress… I’ll take it home and wash it for you.”
The corners of Cheng Yang’s lips curled up. “No need. It’s just a dress.”
After saying this, she turned to leave but heard someone whispering behind her.
“As expected of someone with deep pockets. This is a dress that costs over a million.”
Xu Xun stood in a corner, dazed. She stared at Cheng Yang’s tall and elegant back but was called out by a female Alpha.
“What’s your name?”
The person who had come was Cheng Yourong.
Xu Xun knew that she was Cheng Yang’s mother. Not long ago, she had watched her take Cheng Yang’s hand downstairs.
“My name is Xu Xun.”
Cheng Yourong smiled and sized her up. “You and my Yangyang have a good relationship.”
Xu Xun didn’t know what to call her.
Of course, Cheng Yourong could see that. She said with a smile, “Don’t be so formal. You and my Yangyang are the same age. You can just call me auntie.”
Xu Xun mustered her courage and looked directly into Cheng Yourong’s eyes. “Auntie.”
Cheng Yourong continued to ask, “Are you and Yangyang classmates?”
Xu Xun shook her head. “We’re not in the same class.”
Cheng Yourong sized her up without a trace.
Cheap clothes and shoes. From up close, you could smell a cheap perfume on her.
Awkward and cautious.
Cheng Yourong frowned slightly and turned to leave.
After the banquet, Cheng Yang sat in front of the dressing table and closed her eyes.
The makeup artist carefully removed the makeup from her face.
After wiping the lipstick from her mouth, Cheng Yang opened her eyes, only to find that Cheng Yourong had come in at some point.
“I just checked. That Omega is named Xu Xun. Both her parents are dead, and she’s living with her aunt. Her grades are not bad, and she’s in the class next to yours.”
There was a dead silence.
The makeup artist took the hint and quickly left.
After a while, Cheng Yang slowly closed her eyes.
“Mom, what on earth do you want? You’ve investigated the backgrounds of so many people all these years and driven away all my friends. What on earth are you trying to do?”