Chapter 128

For someone who had long relied solely on willpower to endure her heat cycles, the fire of desire burning inside her body would not so quickly make her lose her senses.

Her original plan had been to take advantage of the arrival of her heat, to go with the flow, and have Zhong Ning and her simply do it.

How could anyone see a delicate, soft omega immersed in desire, so alluring and tempting, yet not lay a hand on her?

Zhong Ning’s reaction once again upset her calculations; she had not acted according to her expectations at all.

But she had suffered so many setbacks with this person that Xie Shiqing even felt a strange sense of inevitability about it.

No wonder she was her most beloved Ning Ning — always so different, always beyond her grasp.

She could read and manipulate the hearts of everyone else, but Zhong Ning was the sole exception.

Zhong Ning was always that exception.

Her judgment had been wrong; relying solely on the heat period could not make Zhong Ning get closer to her. The strategy guide was completely wrong — all that nonsense about how once an omega lay down, an alpha would pounce like a wolf or tiger — it had absolutely no reference value.

Since the strategy guide had failed, she could only follow her own ideas.

Zhong Ning was always soft-hearted, and she happened to possess the perfect weapon, didn’t she?

Xie Shiqing cried, wailed, collapsed like a puddle of mud, feigning a mental breakdown. As expected, she got exactly what she wanted.

She received comfort, she received promises, and naturally, she also received a marking.

In this “game,” Xie Shiqing had already understood that Zhong Ning was someone who responded to softness, not force.

If you showed her your weak side, you could gain her pity, her careful gentleness, and her respect. But if you tried to manipulate her with a hard edge, all you would get was her most decisive and merciless side.

How lucky she was to have the perfect conditions to pretend to be fragile.

She truly was a patient — sick in body and sick in mind — perfectly so.

If she did not fit the definition of weak, then no one in this world did.

Xie Shiqing slept peacefully, and in Zhong Ning’s arms, she drafted her future plans of action, studying how to peel back those past scars, one by one, and present them before Zhong Ning.

She would show her the pitiful childhood she had lived, then show her the schemes she had suffered after the car accident… My god, there was so much she could say.

She slept in joy and woke in happiness.

When she woke up, however, she found that the one keeping watch by her side was not Zhong Ning, but the butler.

Zhong Ning had gone to class — fine then.

Xie Shiqing plugged in her phone to charge, turned it on, and began sending apologetic messages.

A sensitive, overthinking person, someone pitiful whose heart had suffered trauma — when discovering that she had once again made a mistake the night before, her first reaction would naturally be panic and unease.

[Ning Ning, I… I don’t even know what happened last night. The heat came on so suddenly, I couldn’t think, I just wanted to get closer to you, a little closer, and then a little more… I…]

[Would you think I’m disgusting? To do something like that — I didn’t want to, but I just couldn’t control myself. I’m sorry, Ning Ning. Did I scare you?]

[Ning Ning, you were right to push me away. I didn’t want to force you to do something you don’t like under those circumstances either. We should be the masters of our bodies, not slaves to our desires. I completely support your way of thinking, it’s just… at that moment, my mind was filled with you… Saying more feels like I’m deliberately making excuses. I just want to apologize. I’m sorry, Ning Ning, I’m sorry.]

[Last night I lost control again, it was entirely my fault. My thoughts at the time were strange and stubborn, and I troubled you into comforting me. I really… I really don’t know what to say.]

[Ning Ning, you’re always so good to me. Actually, you don’t have to take care of me, it really doesn’t matter. When my illness acts up, I always become extreme and easily say things that put others in a difficult position. I can’t say that I’ve never had those thoughts, but they are only one-sided, not the whole of what’s in my heart.]

[Next time, don’t take care of me anymore. Just lock me in the room, and by the next day, I’ll be fine, really… It’s always like this, and it drags you into staying up late. I feel terrible about it and don’t want to burden you or cause you trouble because of my issues.]

[The butler has already come by and brought breakfast. I’ve eaten obediently and also used the tranquilizer. Ning Ning, are you still in class?]

[…About the sheets and mattress that got dirty yesterday, I had someone replace them with new ones. Once again, I apologize. I’m sorry.]

[Ning Ning, can you… can you give me some kind of reply? Anything is fine, my heart feels so unsettled.]

[I really know I was wrong about what happened yesterday. It was my fault. Ning Ning, could you say something, please?]

…

Xie Shiqing sent a message every so often, repeatedly apologizing, saying she had done wrong. Zhong Ning was reading a book and hadn’t looked at her phone, so she never replied. Xie Shiqing then took every single thing she had done the previous night and singled them out one by one, scolding herself for each, saying she shouldn’t have done them, then pleading and begging for Zhong Ning’s forgiveness.

She wasn’t sure if there were cameras in the room, but there was a high chance there were, so not long after waking, she had someone clean up the mess on the bed, then went back upstairs.

Her skin was delicate and easily marked, so any injury looked more serious than it was. Most of the time this was an advantage, but when she cried, if her eyes swelled too much, it didn’t look good.

Xie Shiqing went upstairs to put an eye mask on. As she applied it, she sent messages — and since she was blind, she could send them without looking at her phone, without delaying either task.

The tranquilizer cultivated from Zhong Ning’s pheromones carried the same pomelo blossom scent. It didn’t need to be injected — just twisting open the bottle and letting the scent naturally spread gave the body the illusion of already being marked, and the heat period would naturally fade away.

She lay back in a recliner, two white gel patches covering her eyes, and instructed the butler, “Plant a few pomelo trees in the garden too.”

It had been a scent she had never cared for before, but after falling for Zhong Ning, it seemed to have gradually become her favorite.

After sending another message, Xie Shiqing put down her phone, let out a small yawn, and closed her eyes. Heat periods were like this — most omegas would feel weak and drowsy, and she was no exception.

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