Seductive Beauty - Chapter 71

Chapter 71

Gu Sijiu spent over an entire month convalescing in the hospital before her wounds were mostly healed. True to her word, Song Jinzhi stayed at the hospital every single day to care for her, tending to her with meticulous attention. As for the matter of Gu Sijiu's physical defect, although both the Gu and Song families made every effort to suppress the news, there is no wall in this world impervious to the wind. The story of Gu Sijiu's physical incompleteness still spread throughout the entire empire.

Cases of female Alpha physical defects are not numerous, but they are not exactly a novelty either. Regrettably, Gu Sijiu's status, and her marriage engagement to Song Jinzhi, caused this matter to be magnified infinitely. During this period, Song Jinzhi received calls from her own parents as well as Jing Yu. Faced with their questioning, Song Jinzhi felt agitated. She understood that her family and best friend were concerned about her, yet while looking after Gu Sijiu at the hospital, she truly had no mood to discuss these things.

Song Jinzhi was tidying documents that Staf had organized for her in her room when she felt a little hungry and intended to go downstairs to find a few nutrient supplements. The moment she reached the top of the stairs, she saw Gu Sijiu standing in the kitchen selecting ingredients, clearly about to prepare dinner. It had been a few days since they returned from the hospital, and this was the first time Gu Sijiu intended to cook. Song Jinzhi worried about her injury and hurried over.

"Gu Sijiu, are your injuries well enough for this?" Song Jinzhi had once glimpsed Gu Sijiu's wound when a doctor was changing the dressing. The wound was large and deep, and although it had healed, an enormous scar remained. Song Jinzhi knew Gu Sijiu minded that scar deeply and had never purposely looked at it, also for fear that she herself would not be able to bear seeing it.

"Haven't had anything good to eat in so long. I missed it a little." Gu Sijiu glanced faintly at the nutrient supplement in Song Jinzhi's hand, her lips parted slightly, then slowly closed again. Song Jinzhi could tell the ingredients she picked out were for two, and a sense of joy surfaced in her heart. She herself also realized that after the reporter incident, their relationship had eased considerably, and with a month's worth of care, Gu Sijiu had more or less let go of her anger toward her.

Yet Gu Sijiu's temper and personality being what they were, she was still in a little sulk, but would still voluntarily include Song Jinzhi's portion of dinner. A person like this truly gave others an intuitive sense of cuteness.

Song Jinzhi did not call her out on it, putting the nutrient supplement back into the freezer and turning to sit on the sofa to watch the news. Noticing her actions, Gu Sijiu very much wanted to put the ingredients for two back, but thinking it over, that would be too childish after all. Let Song Jinzhi have this one meal, consider it pity for her.

Gu Sijiu finished making dinner and placed it on the table. To Song Jinzhi, such a delicious meal had truly been long absent. She had already forgotten how long it had been since she last ate food cooked personally by Gu Sijiu, but she could hardly forget that wonderful taste. Tasting it once again this time, Song Jinzhi narrowed her eyes in enjoyment as she drank the soup, then impatiently picked up a cheese shrimp ball and placed it into her mouth.

The cheese was encased in a golden coating of breadcrumbs. The outer shell was fried to a crisp and delicious finish, yet one could not taste the slightest hint of grease. The shrimp ball inside carried the fresh and savory juices of the shrimp meat. The crispness of the shell, the tenderness and softness of the fresh shrimp. The fusion and balance of three flavors, sweet, salty, and savory, made this simple cheese shrimp ball hold a surprise of one hundred percent.

Song Jinzhi finished one and went for another. Seeing how much she loved eating it, Gu Sijiu raised an eyebrow and, without a change in expression, quietly nudged the plate a little closer to her side. The two ate this meal in silence. Gu Sijiu let the AI robot clean up the table and dishes and went upstairs by herself to rest. Song Jinzhi noticed that she did not prepare any post meal fruit, nor did she take the initiative to heat her milk, and couldn't help feeling a small pang of disappointment.

Song Jinzhi had no experience pursuing someone, nor did she know how an Omega ought to chase after an Alpha after angering them. Song Jinzhi liked Gu Sijiu. She had considered it, and if she confessed now, she was certain to be rejected by Gu Sijiu, and it might even provoke the other's disgust.

So, did that mean she had to coax this person back to happiness first?

Carrying this matter on her mind and rubbing her overly full stomach, Song Jinzhi returned to her room. The reminder on her communicator informed her that tomorrow was her heat, once again the days of agonizing endurance. Her previous heat had occurred while Gu Sijiu was unconscious, and naturally, Song Jinzhi could not do anything with Gu Sijiu at that time. She could only have Staf purchase powerful suppressants for her, forcing herself to endure through it.

This time, Song Jinzhi had no way to broach the topic of her heat with Gu Sijiu again. She was the one who had actively distanced herself from the other, the one who had caused their relationship to sour. Now that they once again faced spending a heat period together, even Song Jinzhi herself felt doing so would be far too aggravating to the other.

She sat on the bed, her mind already made up. She would rely on suppressants to get through this heat. Once she coaxed Gu Sijiu back and their relationship was confirmed, then they could be intimate without being too late. Having decided, Song Jinzhi lay on the bed and drifted hazily into sleep. However, come the early hours of the morning, her body gradually showed the preliminary signs of heating up. An Omega's heat always began with warmth, a kind of heat spreading from the inside out, especially in the lower abdomen and between the thighs, where the heating was most pronounced.

A body longing to be cherished emitted pheromones thick with moisture. Song Jinzhi clutched her chest, startled awake from the stifling heat. The warm fluid spilling from between her thighs had long since soaked her underwear and was conspiring to defile the sheets beneath her. Song Jinzhi let out a soft moan. The first reaction in her mind was unexpectedly Gu Sijiu's face. She wanted her so badly, wanted to be close to her. Only that person could help her.

"Gu Sijiu... mm... I can't... this time won't do." Song Jinzhi still retained her reason and had not forgotten the plan she had decided upon before sleep. She staggered her way downstairs to the freezer, bringing up the suppressants she had prepared in advance. She opened one and swiftly injected it into the scorching, heated gland at the back of her neck. That restless blaze was finally somewhat alleviated, though in the brief span it took, Song Jinzhi's entire body was soaked through, as if fished out of water.

She lay exhausted on the bed, quietly waiting for this heat period to pass. Yet her thoughts ran wild uncontrollably, always circling back to Gu Sijiu. That Alpha who belonged to her was right next door, and a demon in her heart urged her to go to her. To forgo the agony of suppressants, to avoid enduring the burning desire in her body. Why not go find Gu Sijiu? She was her fiancee. What was wrong with wanting to be intimate with her?

Wicked notions propagated within her heart, making Song Jinzhi unbearably miserable. She rubbed her thighs together, using the fabric of her underwear to chafe between her legs. The damp desire made Song Jinzhi feel ashamed, especially since that mortifying place had swollen from arousal. Even without looking, she could sense it was more ample than usual, the soft flesh and cleft pressing together, rubbing against the sensitive nub at the apex. The pleasure it brought made Song Jinzhi dizzy. She knew this wouldn't do. If she kept dwelling on it, the suppressant would lose its effect, and then... she would suffer even more.

Song Jinzhi did not know when she had begun to become so delicate, so fragile. It was precisely because she had Gu Sijiu by her side, letting her indulge while her body grew useless. She had clearly endured so many heats by sheer force before, but after being cherished by Gu Sijiu, even her body had been tamed by her. Enduring a heat had become an even more difficult affair.

So hot... Gu Sijiu, can you feel it? My Alpha, I need you.

Song Jinzhi's eye sockets reddened, and the tears spilling over rolled down from the corners of her eyes. She did not want to cry, only that her body felt too wretched and compelled her to shed tears. Song Jinzhi was terrified she would lose control. Once she did, she would, just like the first time, shamelessly run into Gu Sijiu's room and force her to take her. Wouldn't that only make the other person angrier?

Trembling, Song Jinzhi got off the bed on unsteady legs. She opened a drawer, took out a necktie, and tightly bound one of her hands to the bedpost. The tie's fabric was of excellent quality, difficult for someone of Song Jinzhi's strength to break free from. After doing this, she injected the two remaining suppressants in the room into her gland. Her body quivering, she covered herself with the blanket, her teeth clamping firmly onto the corner.

Gu Sijiu was not awakened in the middle of the night. Rising in the morning, she vaguely sensed something was off.

The room held the scent of hibiscus flowers, a fragrance that belonged to Song Jinzhi. For them to be strong enough to drift into her room meant the Omega was now releasing intense pheromones, something that only happened during a heat.

Gu Sijiu paused, then hurriedly opened the reminder on her communicator. It indeed showed that today was Song Jinzhi's heat, but every previous heat had started in the afternoon, so Gu Sijiu had not prepared in advance. It appeared that Song Jinzhi's heat had perhaps arrived a few hours early.

Realizing this, Gu Sijiu immediately rose from bed. The instant she was about to push the door open and leave, she hesitated.

Song Jinzhi had used suppressants during her last heat. Gu Sijiu knew this and could more or less guess that Song Jinzhi would use suppressants again this time. The two had tacitly ended their previous brief relationship as bedmates, and Gu Sijiu did not know whether she ought to go check on Song Jinzhi's condition. She wanted to, yet reason told her that now, Song Jinzhi, whether in heat or otherwise, had nothing to do with you anymore.

Gu Sijiu hesitated in her room for a moment, then decided to ignore it. She intended to go directly downstairs to find something to eat, and then head to the wine estate Yi Wei had previously introduced. Unexpectedly, the moment Gu Sijiu opened the door, the pheromones that rushed to greet her sent a red haze directly into her eyes. The gland at the back of her neck throbbed fiercely, and that restless little thing between her thighs quivered violently, swelling, entering a state of arousal within just a few breaths.

Gu Sijiu had not expected the pheromones outside to be so concentrated. She stared in astonishment at Song Jinzhi's room, its door left ajar. If it had only been a few hours, the scent likely would not be this strong. Such an intensely rich scent, she had no idea just how long Song Jinzhi had been continuously in heat. An Omega in heat would lose control, and it also came with a certain degree of danger. If desire went unrelieved, accidents could occur.

Gu Sijiu was uneasy about Song Jinzhi. After mulling it over, she decided to go into that person's room for a look. Just one look. She would do nothing. Gu Sijiu held her breath, gently pushed open the door to Song Jinzhi's room, and walked in. She had assumed that Song Jinzhi took suppressants and would not be too disheveled regardless of her state. But after entering, she discovered she was mistaken.

That person lay limply on the bed, one hand bound to the headboard, the struggle having left red welts all around her wrist. The sheets beneath her were crumpled messily by her grasping. Her nightgown had fallen to the floor, and she wore only a pair of black underwear, thoroughly soaked long ago, upon her entire body. She had been tormented by the heat for a long while, her fair skin covered in bloody scratches she had inflicted upon herself, the base of her thighs likewise.

The thick, heady scent of hibiscus flowers in the room was intoxicating. Gu Sijiu walked uncontrollably toward Song Jinzhi. Their eyes met, and she looked at Song Jinzhi's puffy red eyes, a pang of heartache striking her. "How did you get yourself so worn out?" Gu Sijiu deliberately lowered her voice, yet her tone still carried a gentleness that she herself did not notice.

"Gu Sijiu... help me, okay? Help me bring the suppressants from downstairs. I feel so terrible. I have no strength left." The area around Song Jinzhi's eye sockets was a wash of pink. Her lower lip had been bitten in several spots, breaking the skin. Even her speech was weak and breathy. Seeing her dampened long hair and her ceaselessly heaving chest, Gu Sijiu had not expected that Song Jinzhi would rather force herself to endure like this than come to find her. Along with the faint sense of loss in her heart, there was also a strong irritation.

"Fine, I'll go get them for you right now." Gu Sijiu said softly. As she turned to leave, her wrist was suddenly grabbed by Song Jinzhi. She turned back to see that person gazing at her mutely, her cheeks flushed pink. Due to the weakness brought on by her heat, the strength with which she held her was not firm, only gripping lightly, looking at her quietly and silently as tears streamed down her face.

"Why are you crying?" Gu Sijiu felt that the current Song Jinzhi was very fragile, and even her voice was cautious, afraid to speak too loudly.

"You're mad at me again, aren't you? Gu Sijiu, don't hate me."

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