After the Soft Sister Differentiated Into A

Jin Sinming frowned deeply, “Be careful, there’s something wrong with the person behind you.” 

Yao Jin’s gaze moved to the right, behind Jin Siming’s shoulder, and she noticed an adult man wearing a striped shirt. The people around him all seemed normal, except for him. He continued to move towards them, subtly shifting closer, and even brushed a hand against Jin Siming’s back twice. 

Yao Jin’s expression immediately changed and she glared coldly at the man.

The man noticed her glare and his heart jumped in surprise. He didn’t expect this beautiful weak-looking girl to have such sharp and fierce eyes that told him she wasn’t someone easy to provoke. 

He dared not provoke such a tough-looking character, and nervously he swallowed his saliva as he refrained from shifting towards them. At the next stop, he even moved slightly further away from Jin Siming.

Yao Jin withdrew her glare only after the man disappeared. She raised her chin and then said softly to Jin Siming, who was still towering over her, “Thank you.” 

Jin Siming stared at the ceiling, refusing to meet her eyes, “I suspected that the person might be one of those train perverts, that’s all. D-Don’t think too much about it, I would’ve done the same for anyone else. And…we’re not that close anyway. 

Yao Jin felt a little amused at hearing Jin Siming explain in such a hurry, as if she was trying to hide something. She couldn’t help but want to tease her: “So we don’t know each other that well?  But aren’t we already….” 

The words reached Yao Jin’s lips, but she swallowed the rest of her words. 

She was afraid that perhaps her teasing was a little too much, and Jin Siming might feel like she was being too “willful again”. Also, perhaps Jin Siming doesn’t like it when she acts like this. Yes, she could clearly feel the other party’s heart speeding up, but if she went too far the other party may just reject her entirely. 

This person is just so….annoying to deal with. 

Yao Jin glared at Jin Siming’s raised chin with a resentful look in her eyes. For the first time ever she was questioning her own charm. 

She knows that Jin SIming may have had a crush on Senior Lu before her differentiation, but now … .she’s not sure if Jin Siming likes Omegas or…Alphas.

A few stops later, they finally arrived at their destination. 

The hot pot restaurant already gets a lot of traffic due to a popular online celebrity recommending the place, but today was also a Friday so there were even more people than usual lining up outside the door. Fortunately, Gao Mei was smart enough to use her phone to make a reservation first before they arrived. When she added her number to the online queue, there were only a dozen or so parties in front of her. In order to avoid missing their reservation due to the long journey, they took turns entering the online queue every 10 minutes. So by the time they arrived at the restaurant, they only had to wait 4-5 minutes before they got in.

The waiter then led them to the second floor. 

The theme of the restaurant is rather old-fashioned, much like an inn in ancient China. There is a large hole in the middle of the second floor with a wooden railing around it, so those on the second floor could look down and see the big stage set up on the first floor. Apparently they occasionally had performances here on the weekends. 

Chen Mianmian scanned the QR code on the table and then asked everyone for their order, “Come, come, tell me what do you all want to eat?” 

“Shrimp!” 

“Sliced beef!” 

“Beef tripe!” 

“Baby bok choy!” 

Once everyone had finished shouting out their orders, Chen Mianmian looked over at Jin Siming, who had been silent the entire time, and asked with a smile, “Siming, do you have anything you want?” 

Jin Siming only ever ate the things that everyone loves, so they’ve already ordered everything she wanted. She shook her head. 

Chen Mianmian continued, “If you don’t like spicy food, how about we order a plate of glutinous rice cakes with brown sugar?” 

Jin Siming actually doesn’t like to eat such sweet and sticky things very much, but just as she was about to speak up she heard Yao Jin say, “Sounds good, I want to eat some too.” 

They were sitting at a big round table and Yao Jin was sitting to her right with Su Xiaohang between them.

Jin Siming glanced out of the side of her eye at Yao Jin’s exquisite side profile and immediately swallowed her words of rejection. 

“Aiya~ So bored! Why don’t we play a game while we wait for the food to come?” Fang Yuan suggested. 

Li Yong, who was sitting next to him, glanced at Yao Jin sitting across the table from him. He was quit annoyed at not being able to sit closer to her, “What do you want to play? Truth or Dare?” 

Fan Yuan wiggled his eyebrows and said in disgust, “How old are you? Why would you still be suggesting such a game at your age?” 

Li Yong, who suddenly found himself being looked down upon, nonchalantly leaned back in his chair, “What else is there to play but this? We have no tools or other objects to use, so we can only play this unless you have some new game to suggest?” 

Hearing these words, Xu Ruzhou’s eyes lit up as he thought of something and said hastily, “There are many little games that one can play on social media apps nowadays, either online or offline. I can create a group and start a game for us.” 

After he finished speaking he looked shyly over at Jin Siming and got straight to his main objective: “Siming, can I get your Wechat so I can add you?” 

“Ahem. “Chen Mianmian cleared her throat and raised her chin, “Siming and I have already added each other as friends so you can just add me and then I can add Siming~” 

Yao Jin, who was sliding a finger mindlessly across her phone screen with her head down, paused her movements after hearing Chen Mianmina say this sentence. 

Meanwhile, Su Xioahang sat with a frozen posture as she nervously swallowed. 

She was already feeling a little tense in the beginning when she first sat between Jin Siming and Yao Jin, but now she could feel a low pressure coming from Yao Jin’s side and it made her even more uneasy. 

She sneaked a glance to her right. Yao Jin’s pretty eyebrows were slightly pinched and although she was looking at her phone, her gaze was wandering elsewhere

Su Xiaohang’s racing heart instantly jumped into her throat and she glanced to her left, but Jin Siming’s expression was as normal as usual and there was no reaction from her. 

Her excited heart immediately sank again. 

Tsk, it seems that things are progressing differently on each side. 

At that moment Fang Yuan stood up again and raised his phone as he waved it around, “No need to make things so complicated! It’s troublesome to add everyone individually. I have a magic tool, and that is my phone! My phone is enough, so come! Let’s play hot potato first starting with Jin Siming and then go around counterclockwise.” 

As he spoke he placed the phone into the center of the table and then the screen filled with rows of potatoes making funny, angry expressions. 

Li Yong craned his neck for a better look and asked with a curious tone, “What is this? How do you play it?” 

Fang Yian: “It’s a little like Minesweeper. In this case, everyone randomly clicks on a potato and if that potato explodes they’ll have to take a penalty.” 

With everyone’s expectant eyes on her, Jin Siming stood up and reached towards the phone Fang Yuan pushed over. She randomly tapped on one of the potatoes. 

And as a result, the first potato to be chosen exploded. 

“Hahaha, Jin Siming! Look at your face, it’s so angry!” Li Yong laughed after seeing the first potato to be exploded was Jin Sming’s. 

“Penalty time, choose a punishment!” Fang Yuan followed and stretched out his hand to click a selection box on the screen, “There’s sending red envelopes, drinking spicy hot pot soup, tell a truth, or do a dare, you choose~” (T/N: Sending/giving out red envelopes mean to give someone money, usually through online payment)

“I’ll send out red envelopes.” Jin Sming chose the first choice without a second thought. 

“Put a group chat together! Make sure the amount it’s too small, and you can’t choose this penalty continuously! Otherwise it would be too boring.” Fang Yuan said with a wicked grin. 

The group chat was quickly created and Jin Siming sent 50 yuan into it. 

Several of them yelled out and rushed to grab it, but in the end Yao Jin was the one with the most luck. 

Gao Mei tsked, “Wow, Jin-Jin, you’re so lucky.” 

Yao Jin’s lips curled up into a smile. She bit her lower lip as she stared at Jin Siming’s avatar for a long time. Then with a swipe of her finger, she added her to her contacts. 

The hot potato game continued until it went around a full circle. Jin Siming was the only one with an exploded potato and soon enough the phone landed in her hands again. 

This time, there were not as many potatoes left. Jin Siming did not have the same decisiveness as her first time and so she hesitated before choosing one. 

And as a result….another potato exploded. 

“Hahahahahaha—-!!!” Li Yong laughed loudly. 

Jin Siming glared at him with a sullen face. What kind of humor does this guy have for him to laugh so hard at something so dumb? 

Chen Mianmina, “Aiya, why is it our Ming-Ming again? Our Ming-Ming is so pitiful.” 

Su Xiaohang sympathetically patted Jin Simign on the shoulder. 

Fang Yuan grinned and said, “You can no longer choose the red envelopes anymore~” 

Jin Siming raised an eyebrow and looked at the hot pot that had just been served. The bottom of the pot had not been fully boiled yet so there was still a thick layer of chili oil floating on top. She gave up on the soup penalty and decided to choose the truth option.

Fan Yuan stared at his phone and then read aloud the question that popped up after spinning a wheel: “What is your ideal type?” 

“Whoaaa!” Everyone at the table clamored and several pairs of eyes focused on her, making Jin Siming feel even more nervous. 

Jin Siming frowned and thought about it. In the past, she would’ve just said that she liked Alphas with long legs and good looks, but now….Alphas didn’t seem that attractive to her anymore. As for Omegas….

She pursed her lips and said, “I don’t have a–” 

Gao Mei immediately interrupted her: “You can’t say you don’t have a type or you haven’t thought about it before!” 

Chen Mianmina’s eyes twinkled, and she echoed Gao Mei’s words, “That’s right! The unspoken rule of truth or dare is that you can’t say you don’t know for the truth option!” 

Yao Jin didn’t say anything as she lowered her head and fiddled with her manicured nails. She subtly raised her eyes to study the expression on Jin Siming’s face. 

And so, Jin Simign had no choice but to carefully think again. 

 She used to like long and good-looking legs and now she was a bit of a face-con, focusing on looks even more and especially when it came to legs. 

Speaking of legs….Yao Jin’s are long, fair, smooth and beautifully shaped. The picture of Yao Jin’s legs unconsciously flashed in her mind. 

“I like people with….good-looking legs.” Jin Sming blushed slightly, “Does this answer suffice?” 

Yao Jin subconsciously glanced down at her own legs. Although she doesn’t know if Jin Siming’s superficial-sounding answer was sincere or not, she can confidently say that her legs are pretty good. 

Chen Mianmian was surprised, “So Siming’s ideal type is only someone with good-looking legs? Then how good-looking must they be?” 

Jin Siming sighed, “That’s beyond the scope of the question.” 

Chen Mianmian, “Fine, you pass, for now. Next!” 

Meanwhile, Xu Ruzhou wore a mournful expression on his face. After all, he is notoriously known for his short legs. 

After playing another round and the phone was about to land in Jin Siming’s hands, she took the opportunity to excuse herself by saying she needed to go to the bathroom. She was wary of her luck today and afraid a potato would explode in her hands a third time so she chose to avoid it altogether. 

She walked into the hallway on the second floor and slowly made her way to the bathroom. 

In front of the mirror, by the sink, stood a tall, long-haired woman in a short skirt. The woman was applying her makeup and Jin Siming didn’t pay much attention to her at first until she passed by her. Her footsteps paused. 

Because she smelled the faint scent of Omega pheromones. 

But this is clearly an Alphas-only bathroom! 

Jin Siming was a little surprised, but thought maybe she had smelled wrong and then she didn’t think too much about it as she went into a stall to do her business. 

When she came out, the woman was still standing in front of the sink. 

Jin Siming stood at the sink next to her and washed her hands as cold water sprayed against the back of her hands. The pheromones from the Omega next to her smelled a little like mellow red wine. 

Could this woman really be an Omega who had come to use an Alphas-only bathroom?!

Jin Siming turned her head in shock only to find the tall woman to be staring back at her with a half-smile on her face. 

Ji Lingfei crossed her arms and sauntered up to Jin Siming with her long legs. She leaned against the smooth marble counter, a smile that looked quite seductive under this lighting blooming across her face, “What’s the matter little mei-mei? Have you never seen a jie-jie as beautiful as me before?” 

Jin Siming: “….”

Author’s notes: 

Ming-bao is someone who prioritizes looks first and Jin-Jin is someone prioritizes feelings first