Chapter 58

I like you, I love you.

Wei Jiangxue stared at the desk in front of her. If looks could kill, she would have shattered it into pieces long ago.

Of course, she still had to find a way to go to the bookstore and drag out that system called 233 to torture it severely—Wei Jiangxue had indeed returned to her own world.

However, the system did not tell her that they returned to a time point four years ago, when Wei Jiangxue was still one year away from taking the college entrance examination.

Wei Jiangxue was almost laughing out of anger.

"You look so resentful, Wei Jiangxue. Are you annoyed to see me here to lead your morning reading?" The Chinese teacher lightly tapped Wei Jiangxue's head with a book, reminding her to snap out of it. "As the class monitor, you can't be reading with your head down like that."

“Yes…” Wei Jiangxue took a deep breath. So be it. Returning to this time wasn’t all bad. She could help her grandmother and sister avoid the car accident and recall certain important events that could change history. Just for these two points, she had already made a huge profit.

Moreover, Mi Rui'an has also become four years younger, and at this age, she has not yet lost her mother.

Thinking of that person made Wei Jiangxue feel much better.

After the twenty-minute morning reading session ended, the Chinese teacher returned to the podium, clapped her hands, and asked all the students to put down their textbooks to listen to her: "Today, we will have a new student transferring to our class. Now, let's all give her a round of applause!"

today?

Wei Jiangxue was stunned. Mi Rui'an clearly said next week, so why was she lying?

But before she could even condemn Mi Rui'an's lies, Wei Jiangxue looked up, trying to be the first to see the new classmate who had come in.

The door, which had kept the air conditioning locked in the classroom, was pushed open, bringing with it the restless chirping of cicadas. Those indifferent eyes found Wei Jiangxue precisely among the crowd.

Mi Rui'an smiled at her, then stood on the podium and introduced herself with grace and poise.

The Chinese teacher tapped the table a few times to signal everyone to be polite and not to stare at Mi Rui'an like they were infatuated with Wei Jiangxue.

"You can sit next to Wei Jiangxue in the second row, third row from the right. I've already told her. She's the class monitor and will show you around the campus."

In fact, the teacher hadn't greeted them at all. Wei Jiangxue retorted inwardly, watching Mi Ruian walk towards her with a half-smile. While the teacher was still announcing other things, Wei Jiangxue whispered to Mi Ruian, "Oh, didn't you want to enjoy your happy life a little longer? Why are you in such a hurry to come to school?"

“Don’t you know the answer? Because you’re at school.” Mi Rui’an winked at her.

Wei Jiangxue blushed. Every time Mi Rui'an looked at her like that, it meant "I'm going to kiss you." But they were at school! Neither of them were even adults yet!

This is outrageous! It's all 233's and the Transmigration Bureau's fault!

*

When they first returned to this world, Wei Jiangxue and Mi Rui'an were separated.

One was terrified to find himself still in school, and the other was shocked to discover that his mothers had come back to life. They then began searching for the other person's whereabouts.

They opened the door at the same time and discovered that the two lived in the same community, or even were neighbors living across the hall from each other.

This time travel also brought some changes. At least Wei Jiangxue's family no longer had to rent an old house that leaked when it rained and whose roof plates would be blown off by the wind, nor did they have to share a public toilet with other families.

As for Mi Rui'an... Wei Jiangxue was genuinely worried for her. The reason was simple: could Mi Rui'an, who was used to the life of a young lady, adapt to the life of an ordinary family?

Mi Rui'an's mother, Mi Jia, is an illustrator, and Ji Ruo is a publishing editor. Compared to their incredibly impressive identities in the other world, their current professions are utterly unremarkable.

But it's good that she's still alive. At least Wei Jiangxue saw that after Mi Rui'an reunited with her family, her condition was completely different from before. The consciousness of the small world truly loved Mi Rui'an and gave her the best ending she had never imagined.

Furthermore, she also gave Mi Rui'an and Wei Jiangxue a push, introducing their families directly. Wei Jiangxue was unaware that her maternal grandmother was so open-minded; almost everyone assumed that Wei Jiangxue and Mi Rui'an would be together when they grew up.

Unfortunately, they are still minors, so certain behaviors are strictly prohibited. Wei Jiangxue felt that the resentment on Mi Rui'an's body was almost solidifying.

“Don’t you think the ABO world is quite open in some ways? It’s not all as good as I thought…” Mi Rui’an lay on Wei Jiangxue’s bed, sulking because Wei Jiangxue had dodged her kiss earlier.

Wei Jiangxue approached her with a fruit platter, unzipped the can of iced cola, and pressed the still-bubbling soda can against Mi Rui'an's face.

The latter shrank back from the cold, reluctantly got up, and took the can: "I'll forgive you for the sake of the soda."

After setting up the small table on the bed, Wei Jiangxue placed the fruit plate on it and pushed it in front of Mi Rui'an: "No need to rush, we only have 300 days left until the college entrance examination."

It would have been better if she hadn't said anything; her words only made Mi Rui'an more depressed.

"That means we can't kiss for another 300 days."

"Yes, so focus on your studies." Wei Jiangxue forked a piece of watermelon and fed it to Mi Rui'an, then took another piece of watermelon from Mi Rui'an.

"Eating the same piece of flesh from the same watermelon is like kissing the watermelon, and rounding it up, it's like kissing you," Mi Rui'an muttered.

"How can you round it off like that?" Wei Jiangxue said, amused and helpless. "It's just that we can't kiss, but we can hug and hold hands. Maybe it's because you've lost the ability to sense pheromones that you feel insecure in this world. It's okay, I'll be with you."

Wei Jiangxue's guess was not unreasonable. Ever since arriving in the new world, Mi Rui'an seemed to have suddenly developed a skin hunger disorder, always wanting to stick close to Wei Jiangxue. The two of them had been caught by the adults from both families several times. No one asked or answered, but they both knew that the adults understood their relationship, and they had kept it a secret ever since.

Only the younger sister, Wei Meng, is still not quite good at reading between the lines. Whenever Mi Rui'an comes to visit and sleeps in the same bed with Wei Jiangxue, she always insists on sleeping with her two older sisters.

Wei Meng liked Mi Rui'an quite a bit because she told stories much more interestingly than Wei Jiangxue.

After Wei Meng falls asleep, Wei Jiangxue will carry her back to her grandmother's room before returning to keep Mi Ruian company. With Wei Meng around, Mi Ruian won't show her anxiety or unease at all. Only Wei Jiangxue, who knows her well, knows that Mi Ruian is extremely agitated because she can't perceive her lover's emotions.

It seemed that only by touching Wei Jiangxue could this emotion be relieved.

The longer the bond lasted, the more stable Mi Rui'an's emotions became, and she behaved herself at school. Therefore, Wei Jiangxue always tried her best to cooperate with her. After all, Wei Jiangxue, as an ordinary person, had been an Alpha for a period of time, and she was still somewhat unaccustomed to the removal of her Alpha glands and pheromones, let alone Mi Rui'an, who had been an Omega since birth.

People need a period of adjustment.

"After the college entrance exam, you can't refuse me anymore." Mi Rui'an nestled into Wei Jiangxue's arms and buried her face in her lower abdomen.

"I promise, and I never wanted to reject you in the first place, it's just the circumstances. Perhaps I haven't told you this, but even without the pheromones, I'm certain I want to be with you forever, not just out of a sense of responsibility." Wei Jiangxue patted Mi Rui'an's head, now relying on this method to comfort her.

"Why?" Mi Rui'an turned her face towards him.

"Maybe it's... an intuition. I chose to listen to my first instinct, and my heart told me to give it a try with you. It also told me that after a one-month trial period, I wouldn't be able to bring myself to reject you. Sure enough, before a month had even passed, I was already very conflicted." Wei Jiangxue pondered for a moment and gave Mi Rui'an an answer that didn't quite satisfy her.

"Is it so hard to just say you like me?" Mi Rui'an jumped up and pinched Wei Jiangxue's cheek. "Tell me, do you think I'm a hassle when you're with me?"

“It’s no trouble at all. When I was blind, you were the one who took care of me the most. Whether it was intentional or unintentional, I am very grateful. For example, the sponge strips you put in the rented room, or the makeup and hair you did for me,” Wei Jiangxue replied.

Wei Jiangxue saw the corners of Mi Rui'an's mouth slowly turn up, and the latter coughed lightly: "So, you're actually quite happy being with me, right?"

"right."

"What if we continue living like this? Can you accept it or not? Remember, I'll kiss you from time to time, or pull you to do other things."

“It’s acceptable. How is this any different from how we’ve spent time together?” Wei Jiangxue asked in return.

"What if it wasn't me doing these things, but you and someone else?" Mi Rui'an said through gritted teeth, clearly unable to tolerate the hypothetical situation herself.

Wei Jiangxue quickly shook her head: "How could that be? I can't imagine anyone else but you. And putting myself in your shoes, I don't even dare to think about you dating someone else. If that were the case, I would want to erase your memory, clean you up, and then we could get back together."

“That’s right.” Mi Rui’an felt much relieved after hearing her words. “So you see, aren’t you and I a match made in heaven? In the original world, your pheromones already told me the answer. If you really disliked me, it would be difficult for our pheromone compatibility to reach such a high level, so that you wouldn’t be affected by me. How did 233 explain it to you?”

“It said it was your opinion of me that was at play,” Wei Jiangxue recalled.

Back then, 233 claimed that Wei Jiangxue's limitations in front of Mi Rui'an depended entirely on Mi Rui'an's level of affection for her, and Wei Jiangxue thought she was almost doomed. However, it turned out that Mi Rui'an's pheromones didn't attack her at all, which made Wei Jiangxue suspicious for quite some time.

Now, Mi Rui'an says that 233 is talking nonsense.

233 played a negligible role in this regard; the changes in Wei Jiangxue after integrating into the ABO world were more dependent on Wei Jiangxue's own genes.

In the original world, Mi Rui'an had no official love interest; she enjoyed life on her own from beginning to end.

Therefore, Wei Jiangxue's existence naturally attracted the attention of the small world's consciousness and aroused Mi Rui'an's curiosity.

Do you believe in destiny?

"I believe now because I met you."

*

Wei Jiangxue only realized after the college entrance examination that Mi Rui'an's constant clinging to her wasn't because he was uncomfortable in this new world. It was purely a pretense of insecurity. Mi Rui'an genuinely craved more contact with her, and playing the victim was the most effective way to do so.

As Mi Rui'an continued to play the pitiful character, it probably became a habit, and she even forgot that she was faking it.

Despite having such a bright mind, he always pretended not to know certain questions and insisted on having Wei Jiangxue explain them to him.

Once the results are out, everything will be clear.

Wei Jiangxue pointed at Mi Rui'an's combined science score on another screen with a dark expression: "Is this what you mean by not being able to understand physics? You scored more than 20 points higher than me in combined science! 297? Who are you kidding? I really thought the little world's consciousness had taken away your IQ too..."

Mi Rui'an remained silent, then snuggled up to Wei Jiangxue in a fawning manner, rubbing against her.

Wei Jiangxue, who wasn't angry to begin with, sighed softly: "So all those more concise problem-solving ideas that I tucked into my workbooks were written by you, right? You even lied to me back then, saying that you bought them online."

Seeing her shifty eyes, Wei Jiangxue didn't pursue the matter further about where she was feigning affection. After all, Wei Jiangxue had indeed enjoyed Mi Rui'an's dependence on her, and this special relationship had given her an inflated sense of confidence.

Now it seems that I must have looked incredibly stupid to Mi Rui'an.

“I know what you’re frustrated about, it’s actually quite cute,” Mi Rui’an suddenly said. “Haven’t you noticed? When you’re explaining problems to me, your gaze is incredibly focused, without a single distraction. Do you know what I’m thinking about at times like that?”

"What are you thinking?" Wei Jiangxue asked, following up on her question.

"I'm wondering, if someone suddenly kissed you, would you blush and freeze up, or would you stand there like an NPC and yell, 'We're still students!'"

Mi Rui'an leaned in and put her arms around Wei Jiangxue's neck: "Thirty days have passed since the college entrance exam. And half an hour has passed since our last kiss. I'm going to exercise my legitimate rights as lovers now."

Wei Jiangxue smiled, but before Mi Ruian could make a move, she reached out and pushed aside the two laptops used for checking grades, picked Mi Ruian up and placed her on the table, tilted her head slightly, and kissed her.

Mi Rui'an's waist was held tightly, and her breath trembled slightly.

This wasn't the first time they'd done something like this since they were adults, but none of them had been as exciting as today.

The sticky feeling lingered, and tears welled up in Mi Rui'an's eyes. Still lost in her passion, she looked down and suddenly noticed Wei Jiangxue raising her head, her lips glistening with moisture.

Wei Jiangxue smiled at her, then stood up, cupped her head, and kissed her deeply again.

The words, mumbled from between his lips, escaped: "I like you, I love you."