After Becoming a Scummy Alpha, I Was Spoiled by a Sweet Omega - Chapter 10

Ning Xuan: “…”

This woman’s thought process was truly bizarre!

Bai Meng, with her odd logic, was still edging closer, giving her a look as if to say, “If you’re being kidnapped, just blink at me.” Her eyes were gentle and watery, shimmering as though tears might spill at any moment.

Of course, the whole act was meant to soften Ning Xuan’s heart.

But Ning Xuan’s heart was made of stone. She kept stepping back, trying to put some distance between them.

“Ahem, Miss Bai, we’re recording right now. Could you please rein it in a little?”

That look—so saccharine it could give even a cream cake cavities.

Reminded, Bai Meng pulled back slightly and smiled sweetly. “Then let’s talk after the show.”

Ning Xuan immediately resolved: once the show ended, she’d vanish as fast as possible.

On stage.

It was the team advancement round.

Xu Ke, a contestant the original Ning Xuan had favored, stepped onto the stage.

As the team leader, she wore twin ponytails and a black miniskirt, with a red heart-shaped rhinestone at the corner of her eye—strikingly similar to Ning Xuan’s own signature look.

Seeing her, Ning Xuan recalled her past performances: not impressive at all. She’d even cracked on basic notes. And yet the original Ning Xuan had praised her to the skies, making her team leader just because her family was loaded.

Tsk.

The original Ning Xuan really had been a scumbag.

Not a shred of professionalism.

Now Ning Xuan worried about being embarrassed. If Xu Ke messes up again, how am I supposed to respond?

Just as she was fretting, Xu Ke began singing—surprisingly, in Korean. It wasn’t the song they had agreed on.

The judges’ table was stunned.

They exchanged glances but stayed silent, choosing to listen.

Ning Xuan didn’t understand Korean, but the soft, low voice was beautiful, carrying a healing quality.

Then the chorus hit, and the entire hall was dumbstruck—

“yo he likes the stars

you light up my heart”

Her voice soared high, lingering and ethereal, as though drifting from some distant starry sky.

A true celestial sound.

“Ahhh—!”

“Xu Ke!!”

“So good it made me cry!”

It was, without question, a breakout moment.

Ning Xuan instinctively reached for her phone, glancing at the livestream comments. The online audience was even more excited than the live crowd:

【Oh my god, what kind of heavenly voice is this?!】

【Unreal! That high note was insane—like opera!】

【Blown away by Xu Ke’s vocals. Her tone is criminally good!】

【I knew Ning Xuan had an eye for talent!!】

【To everyone who said Xu Ke had no skill—wipe your dog eyes clean!】

Huh. Not only had she avoided embarrassment, Xu Ke had actually won her some face.

Ning Xuan couldn’t help feeling pleased. She put away her phone and focused on listening.

Soon, the Korean section ended, transitioning back into the originally chosen song, with the other members following along with their parts.

Everything went back to normal.

Honestly, the others sang well too—but compared to Xu Ke’s stunning high note, they all seemed ordinary.

Still, they were a team, and Xu Ke had just lifted everyone.

When the performance ended, the host asked about the change: “Was that a surprise for us?”

Xu Ke smiled playfully, glancing shyly toward Ning Xuan at the judges’ table. “It was a surprise for Miss Ning.”

Caught off guard, Ning Xuan: “…”

The camera zoomed in.

She quickly grabbed the mic and smiled. “I got the surprise. Very good. You’ve improved a lot.”

Xu Ke’s cheeks flushed brighter at the praise. “Thank you, Miss Ning. I’ll keep working hard.”

Bai Meng, watching, suddenly felt that the contestant was flirting with Ning Xuan. Displeased, she picked up her mic: “Songs are the voice of the heart. Xu Ke, it seems you really like our Miss Ning. The rest of us are getting jealous.”

What she really meant was: So you’ve chosen her thigh to cling to? What about the rest of us—are we invisible?

Xu Ke didn’t catch the subtext, but she was clever enough to reply smoothly: “If I get the chance, I’ll prepare surprises for all the judges.”

Bai Meng: “…”

Who needs your surprises?

Though annoyed, she forced a smile and said sharply, “But surprises like this aren’t something I’d dare accept. If everyone started breaking the rules like you, how could the competition continue?”

Xu Ke fell silent.

Not because she had no words, but because she couldn’t really refute a judge.

In her heart, she believed she’d done nothing wrong—wasn’t the whole point of a talent show to stand out?

She wasn’t wrong.

But out of respect, she backed down. “I’m sorry, Miss Bai, I didn’t think it through.”

Even so, her big eyes shimmered red, like a child on the verge of tears.

At just the right moment, Ning Xuan stepped in with a smile. “Haha, Miss Bai, don’t be so harsh. You’ll scare the kid.”

“Kid” Xu Ke was twenty, but with her petite build, baby face, and those fluffy long twin ponytails, she really did look like a child.

Which only made Bai Meng seem all the more unreasonable.

Especially since Xu Ke had just wowed the audience, winning heaps of goodwill.

Realizing her slip, Bai Meng quickly tried to smooth things over with a smile. “Of course, life does need surprises.”

The show went on as usual.

No one else dared to pull a stunt like Xu Ke’s.

Two hours later.

Recording ended.

Afraid of being cornered by Bai Meng, Ning Xuan hurried outside.

In the hallway, Zhao Luoluo had been waiting. When she spotted Ning Xuan, she beamed and handed her a thermos. “Xuan-jie, have some water, moisten your throat.”

Ning Xuan was indeed thirsty. Praising her thoughtfulness, she took it.

As they walked, Ning Xuan drank while Zhao Luoluo flattered her relentlessly: “Xuan-jie, you were perfect today. Absolutely flawless. Before, when you supported Xu Ke, people doubted your professionalism. But now? I’ve checked the comments—everyone’s saying you’ve got an eye for talent!”

Ning Xuan didn’t see it that way. She figured it was just the original host’s luck rubbing off on her.

Speaking of which, wasn’t the original character set up as some kind of universally adored darling?

This luckless streak was unbelievable.

If only she hadn’t invited trouble.

Ning Xuan took the lesson to heart and asked, “I don’t have any other work today, right? Can I clock out and go home?”

Zhao Luoluo nodded. “Mm-hm. Nothing else. You can go.”

Ning Xuan headed to her private dressing room to change, and reminded, “Don’t let Bai Meng in.”

Zhao Luoluo answered, “Okay.”

But when Ning Xuan came out in new clothes, Bai Meng was sitting on the sofa.

Zhao Luoluo shrugged helplessly. “She came in on her own — I couldn’t stop her.”

“Luoluo, you need to leave.”

Bai Meng even tried to clear the room.

Ning Xuan felt her heart skip. For a second she pictured the worst — having her glands ripped out, ending up in a mental hospital.

A chill ran down her spine. She shot Zhao Luoluo a look: if you walk out, you can hand in your resignation tomorrow!

Last time she’d been left alone in the same room with Bai Meng, things almost went badly for her. This time she’d learned: at least leave a witness.

Zhao Luoluo: “…”

Xuan-jie really has changed.

Before, if Ning Xuan stayed put she would’ve been scolded.

Seeing Zhao Luoluo still there, Bai Meng shut up and acted like she didn’t exist.

After all, people who’d been around knew about the flirtation scenes between Ning Xuan and Bai Meng on previous episodes.

With that in mind, Bai Meng turned to Ning Xuan and put on a sweet, coaxing tone. “Ning Xuan, do you have to be like this to me?”

That line made the hair on Zhao Luoluo’s arms stand on end.

To her, Bai Meng was the same as all the other women clinging to Ning Xuan — not someone to trust.

They were married, yet they still schemed to be the other woman. Ugh — green tea, white lotus, shameless!

Luckily, Xuan-jie had reformed and gotten both a wife and a stable home.

Ning Xuan looked at Bai Meng’s pretty, imploring face. Little did she know Zhao Luoluo was inflating her image in her head by a few notches just then.

Ning Xuan felt a headache coming on. It looked like this woman was trying to rekindle something from their past.

She draped her discarded clothes over the back of the sofa, rubbed her temples a few times, and said sharply, “Ms. Bai, I thought I’d made it clear on WeChat. Whatever happened last time — just call it a drunken lapse, an accident.”

Huh?

How did that trite, empty line come out of her own mouth?

“No — what I mean is, we’re both public figures. We should protect our reputations. One scandal and everything collapses. Besides, nothing actually happened between us that night, so”

“So, you just heartlessly abandoned me?” Bai Meng interrupted, eyes filling with tears, looking fragile and pitiful.

Too bad — tears didn’t work on Ning Xuan.

Ning Xuan frowned. “Ms. Bai, how can that be called abandonment? We were never together — there was never a relationship. And I’m married — there’s nothing you could get from me.”

She still remembered the original plot: Bai Meng was calculating and scheming. At first she played the pure little white rabbit to seduce the original protagonist, then kept fanning the flames so the protagonist would go after Yu Yazhi’s fortune.

You could say the original protagonist ended up with her glands removed and a miserable fate largely because of this woman.

Ugh. That so-called innocent act was just a big green-tea routine.

Bai Meng didn’t know Ning Xuan had switched souls. Seeing Ning Xuan cold and distant, she didn’t know how to play the scene anymore — was this woman even more ruthless than she was?

On the show, all she had to do was drop a hint and the woman would take the bait. What went wrong?

Who said she couldn’t get anything from Ning Xuan?

How could she not? She was married into the Yu family and one of the entertainment world’s top beauties — getting close to her had obvious advantages.

She wasn’t about to let go.

“I don’t care, Ning Xuan. I like you. Even if you’re married, it doesn’t matter. I’ll hide myself away and won’t cause you trouble.”

She smiled ingratiatingly, pitifully. “When the media asked about what happened at the hotel last time, I said nothing — for your sake and for the Yu family’s reputation.”

Ning Xuan: “…”

A strong smell of manipulative self-sacrifice mixed with green-tea vibes wafted over.

She found Bai Meng’s worldview incomprehensible. Fine — she’d tear off the mask.

“Ms. Bai, I’ve already been blunt and clear, both now and before. If you keep pestering me like this, it’s — shameless.”

She spat the last words out hard.

Bai Meng’s smile froze, her body trembling faintly.

She’d never been insulted like that before, but she swallowed the humiliation, bit her lip, and forced a smile. “Ning Xuan, I’ll give you space and time. I really like you. Please — give me a chance.”

Ning Xuan looked into those wounded, dramatic eyes and thought: she’s a good actor. If Ning Xuan didn’t know this woman was scheming, that performance would’ve easily stirred an Alpha’s protective instincts.

But — give you a chance?

Go ask Yu Yazhi if she’s going to give me a chance.