Chapter 37: Surging. Making love through the phone screen.
Late at night.
Cheng Yang had a rare bout of insomnia.
She lay on her side on the bed, quietly staring at Xu Xun’s sleeping face.
The curtains were not drawn tightly, but were ajar, letting in a pale light.
Cheng Yang couldn’t sleep and just lay there.
The doubts in her heart grew heavier and heavier, but she didn’t dare to think too deeply.
Maybe she was just overthinking it.
What reason would Xu Xun have to deceive her?
Cheng Yang sighed and forced herself to close her eyes and sleep.
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the month.
Xu Xun was going back to her hometown to sweep the graves, and Cheng Yang insisted on going with her.
But the doctor had advised her not to travel too much or too far, and to avoid high-altitude areas until she was fully recovered.
In the end, Cheng Yang had to obey.
She saw Xu Xun off at the airport and, when there was no one around, she took off her mask and gave her a farewell kiss.
“Wifey.”
Cheng Yang held Xu Xun’s wrist tightly.
“Be careful on your way home. Be safe when you’re taking the car, and don’t go out at night.”
Xu Xun rubbed her head. “Mmm, I know. You should go home. The peaches in the manor are also ripe. You can go there and have some fun.”
Finally, the two of them said their reluctant goodbyes for a while longer.
Fifteen minutes before boarding, Cheng Yang let go of Xu Xun’s hand and watched her leave.
Dongdong drove and took Cheng Yang to the peach orchard in the suburbs.
On the first day without Xu Xun, she missed her.
On the way, Dongdong saw Cheng Yang staring blankly into the distance and, for the first time, understood what lovesickness was.
This look, this expression, couldn’t even be acted out in a life-or-death scene in a TV series.
“Teacher Cheng, don’t worry. Teacher Xu will be back the day after tomorrow. It won’t be long.”
Cheng Yang nodded. After a while, she asked, “Dongdong, how long have you been with A-Xun?”
“More than three years. When Teacher Xu was taking on lead roles, I was already her assistant.”
Recalling the abnormal things Xu Xun had suddenly said last night, Cheng Yang still felt a lingering fear.
“Let me ask you, has A-Xun ever done anything that doesn’t match her personality?”
Dongdong’s heart skipped a beat. She wanted to say, of course.
But she absolutely could not let Cheng Yang know about this.
Seeing that Dongdong seemed a little puzzled, Cheng Yang continued to ask, “For example, has she ever been mentally unstable? Have you ever seen her like that?”
Dongdong shook her head. “Never. Has Teacher Xu not been in good spirits recently?”
Cheng Yang nodded. “She’s indeed a little unwell. Has she seen a psychiatrist before?”
“I think she has, but that was a long time ago.”
Cheng Yang’s heart slowly clenched again. “I see. You can continue driving.”
After the car arrived at the peach orchard, Cheng Yang got out.
She was thinking about how to take Xu Xun to see a psychiatrist when a cat suddenly darted out from under her feet and started to act cute, rubbing against her pant leg.
Cheng Yang looked down and saw a beautiful long-haired calico cat.
She slowly squatted down, reached out and gently stroked the fluffy cat’s head, and then picked up the chubby calico.
Dongdong was carrying the suitcase. The moment she saw this, she was so scared that she quickly rushed up and took the cat away.
“Teacher Cheng, Teacher Xu said that you’re allergic to cats. You can’t even touch them.”
Cheng Yang belatedly remembered that Xu Xun had indeed told her about this before.
But she had just subconsciously picked up the cat and had thrown the matter to the back of her mind.
Cheng Yang stood there, at a loss, looking at the cat fur on her two hands.
After Dongdong had given the cat to the nanny, she quickly came over to check Cheng Yang’s hands.
Logically, people who are allergic to cats will have red rashes on their bodies, and they will also sneeze and have a stuffy nose, and even have allergic asthma.
But Cheng Yang had no allergy symptoms at all.
This wasn’t right.
Cheng Yang watched as Dongdong cleaned the cat fur from her hands one by one, and she also found it very strange.
“Dongdong, do you think I’m not allergic to cats?”
“But there’s no need for Teacher Xu to lie to me. She said you’re allergic to cats and had me send the cat to the peach orchard overnight.”
Cheng Yang went back to the living room and sat on the sofa, waiting for the allergy symptoms to appear.
She waited for more than an hour, but still nothing happened.
Dongdong sat in front of her, holding the calico cat in her arms.
This calico kept trying to jump down. It meowed at Cheng Yang, as if it wanted to get close to her.
“Be good, Little Lamb. Lie in sister’s arms and don’t move.”
When Cheng Yang heard the words “Little Lamb,” the corners of her lips slowly curled up.
“Dongdong, give me Little Lamb.”
As she spoke, she held up her hands. “Look, nothing’s wrong. I’m not allergic to cats.”
Dongdong was still half-convinced.
Cheng Yang smiled helplessly and stood up. “How about this? You take me to the hospital, and we’ll know after an allergy test.”
At the hospital, Cheng Yang made an appointment with the dermatology department and had an allergy test.
The results showed that she was not allergic to cat fur.
Back in the car, Dongdong was also stunned.
Xu Xun had reminded her more than once before that Cheng Yang was allergic and that it was best not to have any cats or dogs in her line of sight.
For Cheng Yang’s health, she had sent the cat she had raised for several years to the peach orchard.
But she hadn’t expected that Cheng Yang was not allergic to cat fur at all.
Looking at her own test report, the corners of Cheng Yang’s lips curved.
She opened the cat carrier, and the clingy calico came out and lay on her lap, rubbing against her.
“Little Lamb.”
The moment Cheng Yang thought of the origin of this name, she couldn’t help but laugh.
At this time, Xu Xun should have already gotten off the plane and be on the bus.
Cheng Yang took out her phone and made a video call to Xu Xun.
Unsurprisingly, Xu Xun answered in a second.
“Wifey, where are you?”
Xu Xun’s quiet and gentle profile appeared on the video. She held up her phone to the car window.
“I’m already in the mountains.”
Cheng Yang wanted to give Xu Xun a surprise. At this moment, the Little Lamb in her arms meowed.
“Meow—”
The moment Xu Xun heard the cat’s meow, she thought there was something wrong with her ears.
“Yangyang, why is there a cat meowing?”
Cheng Yang lowered her phone and aimed the camera at the Little Lamb in her arms.
“Wifey, I took Little Lamb out for a ride.”
Xu Xun’s face instantly turned pale.
“Why did you take Little Lamb out? You’re allergic to cat fur! Put it down and go to the hospital quickly!”
Cheng Yang took out today’s test report. “Wifey, don’t worry. I’m not allergic. I even went to the hospital to get tested for allergens today.”
“Really?”
Xu Xun’s eyes were full of anxiety. “Let me see the test report.”
Cheng Yang took a photo and sent it directly to Xu Xun’s phone.
After Xu Xun had read it, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“It’s good that you’re not allergic.”
She wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and then heard Cheng Yang ask, “Wifey, was I allergic to cat fur before?”
Xu Xun nodded. “Mmm, you were allergic before. You had some symptoms, so we never had a cat.”
The Little Lamb that had been lying on Cheng Yang’s lap suddenly climbed up her back and then lay down on top of Cheng Yang’s head.
Seeing how close Little Lamb was to Cheng Yang, Xu Xun said with a smile, “Hurry up and take it down. Don’t let it press on the back of your head.”
Cheng Yang touched the cat’s tail that was hooked around her neck. “It’s fine. It doesn’t hurt. It just has long fur. It’s not heavy at all.”
Seeing Cheng Yang doting on a cat so much, Xu Xun couldn’t help but sigh.
“You should still be careful of its claws. What if it scratches your wound? You’ll have to get stitches again and also get a vaccine.”
Xu Xun rambled on for a while, and Cheng Yang said with a smile, “I’ll remember. Don’t worry, wifey. Little Lamb is very obedient and gentle.”
The moment she finished speaking, Little Lamb lay on Cheng Yang’s face and bit her on the nose.
“Hey!”
It was itchy. Little Lamb licked her nose with its barbed tongue.
“Wifey, I’m fine. Little Lamb is just kissing me, playing with me.”
Xu Xun leaned against the window, watching the two of them playing happily, and blurted out.
“I want to kiss you too.”
The corners of Cheng Yang’s lips curled up. She pressed her lips against the phone screen.
“Kiss. When you get home, you can kiss me however you want.”
Dongdong listened to the two of them being all lovey-dovey and wished she could plug her ears.
After a while, Xu Xun heard a loud purring from the phone.
Of course, Cheng Yang also heard it.
She pinched the cat’s ear and couldn’t help but ask, “Wifey, why is this cat always making noise? Could it have bronchitis? Should we take it to the hospital to see?”
Xu Xun couldn’t help but laugh. “It’s purring because you’re petting it comfortably. It’s not bronchitis.”
Cheng Yang was making a fuss over nothing.
“How strange. So it purrs when I pet it comfortably.”
The corners of Xu Xun’s lips curled up as she pressed her lips against the earpiece and lowered her voice.
“Yeah. When you make me comfortable, I also moan.”
Cheng Yang pressed her lips together and blew a kiss to the Xu Xun in the phone.
“Hmph, I didn’t notice that. When you get home, I’ll have to test it again. You’re not allowed to run away.”
After getting home, Xu Xun said that her phone was about to die, so she was forced to hang up.
The moment the call was disconnected, the house returned to its usual silence.
Cheng Yang held the Little Lamb in her arms and rambled on to her.
“Little Lamb, your mom has gone back to her hometown. Do you miss her?”
“I miss her very much. I want to appear in front of her right now.”
“But I have to be good and recuperate at home. I can only go out and play with her after I’ve recovered.”
The calico in her arms meowed.
Cheng Yang quickly said, “And you. The three of us will go out and play together.”
Little Lamb licked its paw, kissed Cheng Yang’s chin with its very cat-like mouth, and then bit it lightly.
Cheng Yang had never been in contact with cats before. Seeing that Little Lamb would always bite her from time to time, she made a special search.
She found that a kitten’s light bite was actually an expression of affection for humans.
And so was rubbing against her pant leg.
At first, she had thought that Little Lamb had fleas and was deliberately rubbing against her leg to scratch an itch.
She hadn’t expected that such a small cat would be so misunderstood.
Cheng Yang felt a little guilty. In the evening, she opened an extra can of canned food for Little Lamb as compensation.
There was still half a month before the filming of “A Bite of the Traveling Troupe” began.
Cheng Yang always felt that this name was too down-to-earth. It didn’t sound like a variety show, but more like a documentary.
The image of “Master Chen, who had been busy all day, ordered a bowl of instant noodles” instantly popped into her mind.
But this variety show was indeed very suitable for Xu Xun.
She could cook, do stone carving, and farm and grow vegetables. She was simply an all-around artist.
Cheng Yang pinched her own small belly, which was now covered in soft flesh, and felt more and more like a useless person.
She had to exercise more before the variety show was filmed and try to improve her physical fitness.
Although she didn’t know much, she couldn’t drag the team down.
In the evening, Cheng Yang went back to her home in the city.
Although the peach orchard was very nice, it didn’t have Xu Xun’s scent.
Cheng Yang went home, lay on the bed, and rolled around with the quilt.
Little Lamb also wanted to get on the bed but was held by Cheng Yang and put outside the door.
“You’re not allowed on the bed without wifey’s permission.”
Cheng Yang sent a message to Xu Xun, asking if she could let Little Lamb on the bed.
The other mercilessly sent back two words: “No.”
Cheng Yang squatted at the door. “Ah, I only listen to wifey. I’m sorry to you.”
She handed the cat to the nanny and instructed, “Tidy up its old room. For dinner, open another can of tuna for it.”
The nanny looked surprised. “Aren’t you allergic to cat fur? Why did you bring Little Lamb back?”
Cheng Yang explained with a smile that she wasn’t allergic. Seeing the nanny’s half-convinced expression, she had to take out the test report.
After the nanny had read it, she was relieved and then took the cat away.
Cheng Yang waved at the meowing Little Lamb, then closed the door and went into the bathroom.
She took off her clothes and took out her phone.
Just at this moment, a video call from Xu Xun came in.
Cheng Yang answered it directly and met Xu Xun’s somewhat tired eyes.
“Wifey, are you home?”
Xu Xun’s voice was a little hoarse. “Mmm, I’ve been traveling all day. I want to go to bed early…”
Before the word “sleep” could come out, Xu Xun saw Cheng Yang taking off her clothes naked.
She squinted her eyes and took a deep breath.
Just one look, and it was like a surging tide.
Xu Xun’s breathing gradually became heavy.
“Yangyang, take your hand away. Let me have a good look.”
Cheng Yang lay in the bathtub filled with hot water, holding her phone high.
From this position, her upper body could be clearly seen.
Cheng Yang gently tapped her sleep, slowly retracted her hand, and bit her fingertip.
She could see the desire in Cheng Yang’s eyes.
Since she had suddenly fainted that time, the two of them had rarely done it.
This time, it was a prairie fire. Unfortunately, the two of them were thousands of miles apart and could only comfort each other through the phone.
“Yangyang, I want you.”
Cheng Yang bit her own finger, her tongue holding the fingertip.
“A-Xun, don’t stay up too late. It’s time to rest.”
“I’m not sleepy.”
Xu Xun lay on her small bed, her left hand holding her phone, the veins on the back of her right hand raised.
“…”
Cheng Yang leaned her ear closer to listen but was scolded by Xu Xun.
“I want to see your face. Don’t take it away.”
The corners of Cheng Yang’s lips curled up as she stared straight at Xu Xun’s gradually flushed cheeks.
“Wifey, switch hands. I want to see you use your left hand.”
Xu Xun lifted her right hand. After Cheng Yang saw it, she curled her lips into a smile and touched it with her lips through the phone.
“I really want to lick it clean for you.”
The black snake tattoo on Xu Xun’s left hand seemed to come to life, its black tongue flicking out, licking Xu Xun’s wrist and fingertips.
Cheng Yang thought, if only she were that snake.
“Wifey, a little lower.”
Xu Xun closed her eyes. She was wearing headphones, and Cheng Yang’s heavy breathing was in her ear.
“A little closer. I can’t see clearly.”
“…”
The phone’s battery was half-full. Cheng Yang looked at the time. It was almost eleven.
And the water in the bathtub was also getting cold.
She quickly stood up from the bathtub and wrapped herself in a towel.
Xu Xun had already put on her clothes. She stared straight at the phone screen, the flush on her face not yet faded.
Cheng Yang swallowed. “Wifey, it’s too late. Let’s go to sleep.”
Xu Xun let out a soft chuckle. “I can’t sleep. I’m too excited. I want to do it a few more times.”
Cheng Yang bit her lower lip, wiped her wet hair, and placed her phone on the counter.
“Still want more? Your legs were trembling just now. Be good. Go to sleep.”
The corners of Xu Xun’s lips curled up. She looked at Cheng Yang applying a face mask and said with a smile, “Yangyang, my heat is coming soon. Have you thought about how to mark me?”
“…”
At this moment, Cheng Yang’s eyes seemed to be sparkling.
“Really?”
Xu Xun sighed. “I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time. Sometimes I think, if I could take a pill to make my heat come early…”
“Don’t take it!”
Cheng Yang interrupted Xu Xun. “That kind of medicine is bad for your body, and also suppressants. The market says they’re harmless to Omegas, but in reality, the effects are huge.”
Being scolded by Cheng Yang, Xu Xun felt a little aggrieved.
“Oh, I was just saying.”
Cheng Yang knew Xu Xun. Her “just saying” was just to comfort herself.
If she were pushed to the limit, she would definitely take it without a second thought.
She could even carve words on her hand. What else couldn’t she do?
Cheng Yang softened her voice. “Wifey, I’ll wait for you to come back the day after tomorrow.”
After hanging up the phone, Cheng Yang was lost in thought.
She took out her phone and searched online for how to accompany a partner through their heat and make it unforgettable.
First, the Alpha needed to create a warm and perfect little nest for their partner.
Second, the first marking should not be too forceful. You have to control yourself and take it step by step.
Then, an Omega’s reproductive cavity is too fragile. You can’t go too deep, and you can’t be too forceful.
Finally, if you don’t want a child, it’s best to take contraceptive pills after, otherwise it’s very easy to get pregnant.
“…”
Seeing the word “pregnant,” Cheng Yang’s head ached.
She wanted to give Xu Xun a permanent mark, but she didn’t want a child.
Xu Xun had also said that she would take contraceptive pills and told her not to worry.
Cheng Yang bit her lower lip and searched on her phone for contraceptive pills that were not harmful to the body.
She found several types of contraceptive pills, and finally, her gaze locked on one of them.
Cheng Yang had Dongdong go to the pharmacy to buy a box. After getting it, she belatedly remembered that she was not a male Alpha. She needed to rely on technology to have a child with Xu Xun.
“…”
Then why did Xu Xun insist at the beginning that she would get pregnant just from rubbing against her?
Cheng Yang understood. Xu Xun was deliberately provoking her.
“…”
“…”
Cheng Yang pinched the bridge of her nose, experiencing for the first time what it was like to be speechless.
She was indeed inexperienced and didn’t know how a female Alpha and a female Omega got together.
Now, she had made such a big fool of herself.
No wonder she had seen Dongdong hesitating just now.
Ignorance is truly scary.
Cheng Yang lay on the bed, treating her own wrist as Xu Xun’s nape, and wanted to practice which angle to mark without pain.
She bit her own wrist, recalling when Xu Xun had marked her.
An Omega’s mark was light and shallow, like being bitten by a kitten.
An Alpha was different. The mark was deep and fierce.
Last time, Cheng Yang had only bitten lightly and hadn’t fully marked her, but Xu Xun had been in so much pain her body was trembling.
Although she had read online that the Omega would feel comfortable after being marked, she still couldn’t bring herself to be ruthless.
Perhaps, with Xu Xun’s heat this time, maybe after the permanent marking, Xu Xun wouldn’t be in pain anymore.
Maybe. I have to try.
Cheng Yang sometimes thought that it would be better if she and Xu Xun were ordinary Betas.
They wouldn’t have to bite their partner’s nape, and they wouldn’t have to be troubled by heats and ruts.
But a person’s physical structure could not be changed. Even if it were really changed with technology, the damage to the body would be irreversible.
Cheng Yang sighed, lay on her side on the bed, and closed her eyes to sleep.
Her physical fitness was slowly getting better. She fell asleep quickly and deeply, and could sleep for more than ten hours every day.
This time, Cheng Yang slept until ten in the morning the next day before she got up.
No one had called her for breakfast, and no one had given her a morning kiss.
Cheng Yang groggily climbed out of bed, her body went limp, and she lay back down.
This time, the back of her head hit the pillow.
Cheng Yang felt a sharp pain and woke up with a start.
“Hiss.”
Cheng Yang frowned, took out her phone, and saw that Xu Xun had sent her several messages, but had not called.
She quickly dialed a call.
After Xu Xun answered, she heard Cheng Yang shout, “Wifey! Are you okay over there? Why didn’t you call me?”
“I know you usually don’t get up until after ten. How could I bear to call and wake you up?”
Cheng Yang scratched her hair in embarrassment and went to the bathroom to wash up.
She said indistinctly with toothpaste in her mouth, “I was just worried about you. It’s so unsafe for you to be alone in the mountains. I told you I’d go with you, but you wouldn’t let me. Did you dream of me last night…”
“Mmm, I dreamed of you. I also dreamed of our retired life.”
After rinsing her mouth, Cheng Yang went downstairs for breakfast.
She held her phone as she walked. Suddenly, her shoulder felt heavy, and Little Lamb jumped down from upstairs, landing steadily on her shoulder.
Cheng Yang looked at the acrobatic Little Lamb and couldn’t help but say with a smile, “When we retire and don’t film anymore, we’ll have Little Lamb support us. Look, it can even do a backflip. It’s a pity not to send it to perform.”
Sitting at the dining table, Cheng Yang didn’t forget for a moment to show Xu Xun her breakfast.
“Today’s breakfast is red date and bird’s nest porridge, garlic-flavored youmaicai, and mushroom and chicken buns.”
Cheng Yang still preferred to eat Chinese breakfast, such as youtiao, soy milk, and buns.
Although Western breakfast looked very exquisite, she always felt that it was lacking something.
“Wifey, I’ve collected a lot of recipes. When you come back, I’ll cook for you personally. You don’t have to cook anymore in the future.”
As the two of them were talking, Jian Fan also came downstairs for breakfast.
“Where’s your wife?”
Cheng Yang pointed to her phone. “She has something to do in her hometown. Wifey has gone back.”
Seeing Jian Fan’s two dark circles, she took a sip of porridge and couldn’t help but ask, “Did someone hit you? Why are your dark circles so heavy?”
Jian Fan shook her head. “It’s fine. It’s like this after working for a long time.”
Cheng Yang giggled at the Xu Xun on the phone screen, which made Jian Fan roll her eyes.
“Alright, alright. You’re even on the phone while eating.”
Cheng Yang raised an eyebrow at Jian Fan. “It’s none of your business. I’m going to be on the phone, and I’m even going to kiss my wife through the internet. Can you control that?”
Jian Fan pinched her philtrum. “Alright, alright. I won’t listen to you two being all lovey-dovey.”
As she spoke, she picked up two buns and turned to leave.
Cheng Yang asked, “Why aren’t you eating?”
Jian Fan shook her head. “I’m full from all the dog food. I’d better go out.”
Cheng Yang was a little worried about Jian Fan’s health. After all, her dark circles were really too deep.
Jian Fan walked to the door. At this moment, Cheng Yang suddenly turned her head and happened to see a red mark on her neck.
“…”
After Jian Fan had left, Cheng Yang said in a small voice, “Wifey, I just saw a hickey on Jian Fan’s neck.”
Xu Xun pretended to be surprised. “Ah? Is that so?”
Cheng Yang nodded. “Yeah. Is she in a relationship?”
Xu Xun pretended to think for a moment. “It’s possible.”
Cheng Yang looked curious. “Could it be that who… who was it?”
Xu Xun gave a warm reminder, “Su Ran.”
Cheng Yang took small bites of the steaming hot bun. “I think they’re a good match. One is a cold-faced, sharp-tongued person, and the other is passionate and fiery. They’re a perfect match.”
Xu Xun couldn’t help but laugh. “You’re quite good at shipping.”
After hanging up the phone, Cheng Yang felt a little empty in her heart.
But Xu Xun had said that she was going up the mountain to pay her respects, and there was no signal in the mountains, so a real-time call was impossible.
Cheng Yang repeatedly told her to be careful and took out her phone to open Weibo.
Since their relationship had been announced a few days ago, Cheng Yang had felt that Weibo was lagging. Sometimes it would crash the moment she opened it, and she couldn’t even get into her own homepage.
This time, the Weibo system was finally repaired.
Cheng Yang clicked on it and was dumbfounded.
A red word “Explosive” appeared before her eyes.
“Cheng Yang was once engaged to Su Ran, the eldest daughter of the Su Group”