My Heat Cycle Is Coming Up Again Soon

After Lin Meng had sounded out Su Yutang's stance and soothed her, she immediately scrolled down to the contact labeled 'Poor Little Pearl' and tapped it open.

[Miss Yun, have you been all right these past few days? Last time, I got the feeling that woman Su was up to no good where you're concerned. She didn't do anything over the line to you, did she?]

Lin Meng sent the message and waited, but got no reply. So she continued: [If she really did something terrible to you, please protect yourself. Tell me right away, and I'll help you!]

After sending that, she also forwarded legal documents and case examples about 'how intentional injury is sentenced and how to defend your rights against domestic abuse before marriage.'

[Don't worry, I'll always be on your side. And if you have any troubles you can't talk about, you have to tell me everything. Keeping your mouth shut really does cause so many misunderstandings. Once the misunderstandings are cleared up, life will definitely get better and better!]

……

As the city lights came on, Jing City's night view was as dazzling as ever.

Whenever night fell and thousands of household lights flickered to life, a loneliness would wrap around Yun Huaizhu and nearly suffocate her.

Perhaps she had never had a home since her mother passed away. No, that wasn't right… she had never had a complete home to begin with.

Just then, one message after another popped up on her phone, shattering that loneliness. When she saw the messages Lin Meng had sent—so much like the ones before—she couldn't help but sneer.

Even though Lin Meng kept telling her to explain some misunderstanding or hidden trouble, Yun Huaizhu felt she had no hidden troubles to confide in anyone. If anything, Lin Meng was the one who had misunderstood something.

A month ago, Su Yutang intercepted a batch of export orders that should have belonged to the Yun family, causing goods worth hundreds of millions to pile up in the warehouse.

Yun Huaizhu knew full well that if that batch of goods still couldn't be sold, the Yun family's cash flow would collapse, and the Yun family's properties would be auctioned off to cover the shortfall.

So for the past month, Yun Huaizhu had traveled all over the country just to find a glimmer of hope for the Yun family.

Fortunately, her month of running around wasn't in vain. In the end, she sold the goods at two-thirds of the original price. Although the payment fell short of the budget originally intended for export, at least the hole was filled, and the Yun family still had a sliver of hope.

At that thought, Yun Huaizhu began to reply to Lin Meng: [I'm an adult. I know how to protect myself. Don't send these things anymore.]

Meanwhile, Lin Meng—who had just finished eating fried chicken—hurriedly took off her gloves when she saw Yun Huaizhu's reply and typed on her phone: [I'm just worried about you. I'm afraid you'll get hurt.]

Poor Little Pearl: [So when you wiretapped me back then, was it also because you were afraid I'd get hurt and wanted to show up at the critical moment to save me?]

Lin Meng saw the message and guiltily rubbed her nose: [Since that's already in the past, let's not bring it up.]

Poor Little Pearl: [Fine, I won't bring it up. But there's one thing I need your help with.]

When Lin Meng saw this message, an inexplicable excitement stirred in her heart. She was just an unremarkable beta—she never expected Yun Huaizhu to actually ask her for help. Right now, she was intensely curious about what exactly Yun Huaizhu wanted her to do: [Go ahead! If I can do it, I'll definitely help you!]

Yun Huaizhu smiled meaningfully: [My heat cycle is coming up again soon. Help me get through it like last time, how about that?]

On Lin Meng's end, a sticker of a cat tilting its head up and meowing 'okay' appeared instantly, but she quickly unsent it and then went completely silent.

……

Lin Meng flipped her phone face-down and burrowed under the covers, pulling them over her head. The 'help' she'd meant was helping Yun Huaizhu clear up her misunderstandings with Su Yutang—not helping her through another heat cycle.

What happened last time, when she'd taken Yun Huaizhu to the hotel, was really just an accident!

After Lin Meng buried her head like a quail, her phone buzzed several more times—all messages from Yun Huaizhu: [Didn't you say you'd always be on my side? Why aren't you saying anything? Is it because I'm an omega, so you think I'm useless too?]

Lin Meng saw the messages and instantly sat bolt upright. Flustered, she replied: [No! Miss Yun, you're an S-rank omega! How many S-rank omegas are there in the whole country? You're even more precious than a giant panda. How can you put yourself down like that? It's a bad habit!]

Meanwhile, on the other end, Yun Huaizhu—just about to reach her apartment—saw Lin Meng comparing her to a panda, and the corner of her mouth twitched slightly.

Suddenly, the gloom and irritation in Yun Huaizhu's heart faded quite a bit. This fan of hers might seem silly, but she did have a way with words; at the very least, she could genuinely make her happy.

She still didn't know how this person had comforted her during her last heat, but this time she wanted her to come help again. After all, a heat cycle was nothing but the source of the filthiest desires.

Whether it was alphas or suppressants, she hated them all. This person was the only exception—she didn't particularly hate her.

Yun Huaizhu continued typing: [Next Saturday, come to my place. If I don't see you that day, then I'll have a good talk with the police about those listening-device earrings you gave me.]

When Lin Meng saw this message, she rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

What? The gentle, kind little pearl from the novel had learned how to threaten people?!

Whenever Lin Meng felt uneasy, she bit her fingers. She typed with one hand: [I'll come, I'll come, I'm begging you… can we leave that matter behind us? I really am… very sorry, and I'm very scared.]

Yun Huaizhu saw the fear practically overflowing from that sentence and curled her lips upward: [This time, as long as you satisfy me, I'll destroy what you gave me and pretend nothing ever happened.]

What else could Lin Meng do? She had no choice but to agree.