After Cannon Fodder A Accidentally Marked the Cold Film Queen - Chapter 49

The Alpha’s gaze in her eyes was slightly unfocused.

Seeing Shen Qingyu stand motionless in place, she softly called out again, “Jiejie (Sister).”

Her voice was as damp as she was, which reminded Shen Qingyu: last night, Zhu Songning had also sighed softly like this, licking away the physiological tears that streamed down her face and body, drop by drop, until they were dry.

“Ningning.”

Shen Qingyu stood beside her at some point, looking down at her.

The strong tea fragrance of the Omega was light and elegant, and like her voice, it was icy cold.

Zhu Songning knelt before the mirror, not daring to look up.

But even without seeing Shen Qingyu’s appearance above her head, her sense of being watched was extremely strong, possessing a presence that was difficult to ignore.

What kind of look would those obsidian-like eyes hold now?

Would it be blame?

Would it be anger?

Would she knit her brows and look at her in disbelief?

Would she… slap her across the face as she had in the past?

Thinking that these rich and vivid expressions would appear on Shen Qingyu’s face, Zhu Songning unexpectedly felt that the blood in her whole body was boiling madly, and the sound of her finger bones rubbing against her skin was audible.

With a calloused thumb scraping across her, she closed her eyes and tilted her head back.

Shen Qingyu had only been looking down at her, but only now did she lower her head.

Snow-white strands of hair fell down, spilling all over Zhu Songning’s body. The fine, dense strands brushed against her cheeks, scattering everywhere as they slid from her face.

Shen Qingyu told her to open her eyes.

Zhu Songning’s eyelids trembled slightly but did not move.

An icy fingertip landed on her thin eyelid.

Shen Qingyu pushed aside her eyelid, forcing her to look into the mirror.

“What’s wrong? Brave enough to do it, but not brave enough to face it? Don’t you even have the courage to look at me anymore?”

The traces of dew from last night on the tall, floor-length mirror had not been completely wiped clean by Zhu Songning. Now, new dew drops once again dampened and covered the original water marks.

And in the mirror, the Alpha was kneeling, committing an unforgivable sin against her divine being.

Through the mirror, Zhu Songning finally saw the expression on Shen Qingyu’s face.

There was none of the fierce anger she had anticipated. Shen Qingyu was merely looking down at her placidly, her long, dense eyelashes casting shadows on her pale skin.

At this moment, aside from the Omega’s own pheromone scent, Zhu Songning seemed to also smell the faint scent of incense and prayer beads from the old Shen family residence on her.

Even though Shen Qingyu held no such beliefs in her heart, perhaps because she had stayed there for so long, there was a hint of compassion in her eyebrows and eyes as she gazed at Zhu Songning expressionlessly.

This thought made Zhu Songning’s heart tremble even more.

She watched Shen Qingyu like she was mesmerized, her eyes filled with fervent passion.

The Omega squatted down, resting her tilted head on Zhu Songning’s shoulder: “Tell Jiejie, what are you doing right now?”

Her tone was completely natural, as if she were utterly unaware of what Zhu Songning was doing.

Zhu Songning’s hands were trembling violently, and so was her voice: “I’m thinking about Jiejie…”

Shen Qingyu asked her again, “Thinking about what I’m doing?”

As Shen Qingyu asked, her hand slid down, touching the back of Zhu Songning’s hand. Just as Zhu Songning had done to her last night, she pressed the Alpha’s hand down hard.

The veins on Zhu Songning’s forehead instantly became prominent, and she bit her teeth tightly, yet still couldn’t suppress the sound that escaped her lips.

“Speak, Zhu Songning.”

Shen Qingyu’s voice sounded next to her ear, a tone of command.

Zhu Songning was utterly unable to resist, wanting only to submit to her.

Submitting from body to soul.

“I’m thinking about Jiejie, I am… desecrating… Jiejie.”

No longer hiding or feigning, casting aside morality, honor, ethics, and decency.

I’m laying open all the darkness in my heart, presenting it bare in my hands to Shen Qingyu.

Desire had corroded her body and soul, yet from the ashes of the burning, a more dazzling love was reborn.

The sunlight outside the window was once again covered by dark clouds. Before long, the sky darkened considerably, and the wind and rain began to rage.

Beneath the sky, the sound of water flowed.

“Let me give you a ride.” Zhu Songning went to the bathroom, tidied herself up, took her coat from the hanger, and skillfully picked up the Omega’s suitcase.

She was leaving for a business trip today, and Zhu Songning had known about it for days.

Shen Qingyu looked at her suspiciously: “Are you alright like this?”

Zhu Songning glanced at her, spoke suggestively, and nodded: “I’m not you. Let’s go.”

Shen Qingyu pondered for a moment. Was Zhu Songning mocking her weak physique?

As they walked to the car, Shen Qingyu suddenly said she had forgotten something.

Zhu Songning offered to go with her to get it, but Shen Qingyu refused.

“Just wait for me here. I’ll be quick, right back.”

Zhu Songning wanted to say something more, but Shen Qingyu blocked her words with a kiss.

She leaned against the car, watching Shen Qingyu run back.

She didn’t look away until Shen Qingyu’s figure disappeared around the corner.

Shen Qingyu returned to her residence but did not stay in her room. Instead, she took a string of keys from her pocket and clicked open the connecting door between their dorm rooms.

Familiar with the layout, she found Zhu Songning’s bedroom, pushed the door open, and located the large pink rabbit in a corner by the bed, patting its head unceremoniously.

“Stop playing dead.”

001, hearing the visitor’s voice, its rabbit ears twitched, and it hastily cut off its connection with the main system.

【What… what are you doing?】

“Do you not know why I came to find you?”

A smile played on Shen Qingyu’s lips, but the amusement did not reach her eyes.

“Even though we haven’t communicated for so long, I thought we were still familiar with each other.”

The rabbit’s blue eyes flickered. After a long silence, it conceded defeat in this silent confrontation.

Shen Qingyu picked it up, tossed it casually onto a chair, and sat on the sofa opposite.

She lifted her chin, looking at it.

“Last night…”

001’s electrical current briefly went haywire but was quickly stabilized: 【Yes, that was a mission from the main system.】

Shen Qingyu raised one eyebrow: “What? You’ve had this much time, and you still can’t completely sever Zhu Songning’s connection with the main system?”

The rabbit immediately bristled: 【Don’t ask the impossible! Try doing it yourself if you can!】

First, intentionally exploiting loopholes to send Zhu Songning into this world for a mission, then having it create a programming bug in the main system to prevent the main system from sending the already-completed-mission Zhu Songning back to her original world, instead fabricating the existence of a second Daughter of Destiny to keep her here. And now, she wants it to completely sever the relationship between Zhu Songning and the main system? How could that be so easy?

The previous tasks were at least still manageable. But this last one—Zhu Songning had signed an agreement before doing the mission, and that data was stored in the core of the main system.

To completely separate them was simply an almost impossible task.

【It’s because you made me disguise your identity as the second destined protagonist that the main system has been eradicating bugs for an entire month! The mission release this time already encountered a glitch, and they will probably trace it back to us soon.】

001 was also extremely stressed. Not only did it have to figure out how to do what Shen Qingyu asked, but it also had to secretly sabotage the system, fooling everyone.

Shen Qingyu ignored its complaints and tapped the armrest of the sofa: “Then hurry up.”

001 was about to curse her for being cold-hearted, uncaring about its workload or safety, when it saw Shen Qingyu pick up a fruit knife from the table. After a simple wipe with alcohol, she gestured with it toward her finger a couple of times.

001 was stunned: 【You…】

Shen Qingyu: “Come here.”

The short-legged rabbit comically struggled to flip off the opposite chair and immediately fell onto the floor. Shen Qingyu, lacking patience, bent down, pulled its ear, and dripped blood from her finger onto the doll’s body.

The bright red color quickly disappeared, leaving only the rabbit’s pure white fur.

When 001 opened its eyes again, the blue in its eyes had deepened somewhat, looking a bit similar to Shen Qingyu’s dark pupils.

“Is that enough now?”

【Can… can your body still handle it?】

The electrical buzzing rarely carried such hesitation.

“Caring about me?” Shen Qingyu bent over, resting for a while, before sitting up straight again. “Thanks to your kind words, I won’t die yet.”

001 was originally a wisp of her will that had been split off. The original 001 system was her “Actress Queen Road Transmigration System.” After she completed her mission, she seized the opportunity to have the current 001 substitute for it and sneak into the main system.

It was essentially a clone of her within the system.

By dripping blood onto it, she was essentially giving it a portion of her energy.

【You’re already carrying the identity of the “Daughter of Destiny,” and then you give me this…】

“Without this, do you think you could withstand the main system’s checks?” Shen Qingyu laboriously tossed it back onto Zhu Songning’s bed. “Why are you wasting words now? Why didn’t you stop me when I picked up the knife?”

001 internally grumbled: I wouldn’t dare stop you.

Shen Qingyu quickly treated the wound, tucking the injured hand into her pocket.

“Try to block those confusing, messy missions as much as possible.”

The rabbit opened its mouth, ready to argue.

Aren’t those missions all set up by the main system based on the target’s deepest desires? If you weren’t so fond of her, there wouldn’t be so many strange missions.

But then again, if Shen Qingyu didn’t like Zhu Songning, where would all this trouble come from?

And where would it come from?

【…Got it.】

By the time Shen Qingyu returned to the car, nearly half an hour had passed since she left.

Zhu Songning was still leaning against the car door, but her scarf was wrapped tighter. Shen Qingyu saw her irritably stomp her foot in place, occasionally taking out her phone to check the time.

But she had indeed waited for her obediently, just as she had been told before she left.

She ran a few steps and couldn’t stop, tumbling straight into Zhu Songning’s arms.

“Ouch.”

The Alpha stumbled back a few steps from the sudden impact before stabilizing herself.

“Why did you take so long?”

Shen Qingyu held her waist and stood up straight: “I was just waiting to throw myself into your arms, wasn’t I?”

Zhu Songning was amused by her words and laughed several times, holding a closed fist to her mouth, giggling softly.

When she laughed, her chest vibrated, mixing with the sound of her strong heartbeat, which reached Shen Qingyu’s ears, as she was pressed against her.

It rose and fell.

“Why does your face look a bit paler?”

After getting into the car, Zhu Songning helped her fasten her seatbelt, her eyes scanning her bloodless face.

Shen Qingyu snatched the seatbelt from her hand, fastened it herself, and rolled her eyes dramatically at the Alpha.

“Stop being envious. This is called ‘cold white skin.’ It’s natural.”

Zhu Songning ignored her.

What was she even talking about?

Utter nonsense.

Stepping on the gas, Zhu Songning gripped the steering wheel, restraining herself repeatedly, but still being too young to hide things well, she couldn’t help but ask:

“So, what exactly did you go back to get?”

Shen Qingyu: “Curious?”

“Not really that curious.”

Zhu Songning’s grip on the steering wheel tightened.

“It’s nothing much, just going back to retrieve something that belongs to me.”

At a red light ahead, Zhu Songning stopped the car right before the white line and looked over.

She saw a white headband with golden dark patterns wrapped around Shen Qingyu’s wrist.

Zhu Songning: “………”

No wonder she wouldn’t let her go along.

She had hidden it so well, yet Shen Qingyu had still found it.

She hadn’t even hidden it under the pillow but inside the pillowcase!

Zhu Songning was so busy reflecting on herself that she didn’t realize there had already been a traitor by her side.

—001 had confessed everything after Shen Qingyu threatened it a few times.

However, even if it hadn’t spoken, it and Shen Qingyu were fundamentally one, so it wouldn’t have been difficult for Shen Qingyu to find out.

Shen Qingyu showed off, shaking her slender white wrist, making the headband flutter back and forth.

“You hid it pretty well. It really took me a while to find it.”

Zhu Songning remained silent.

After dropping off Shen Qingyu, she went back and lay down in her dorm room.

Shen Qingyu was scheduled to land around seven or eight in the evening, after which she would travel from the airport to her hotel.

She estimated that Shen Qingyu wouldn’t be able to rest until around nine or ten o’clock.

Suddenly finding herself alone in the bedroom, Zhu Songning felt a little unaccustomed to it.

She tossed and turned under the covers, finally succumbing to helplessness. She grabbed 001, which had been comfortably nestled inside the doll for the past few days, and vigorously shook it: “Get out of there.”

001, who was currently gesticulating and learning a square dance from a video on her phone: 【???】

“I want to hug it to sleep. I humbly request the noble System 001 to move aside for a moment.”

Zhu Songning used the word “request” and the term “noble,” which 001 appreciated. It generously vacated the body, retreating back into the cold, stiff, unmoving earbud.

The familiar doll in her arms should have made her feel secure, but perhaps because she had been sleeping with Shen Qingyu these past few days, even holding the enormous rabbit doll, she still felt an emptiness in her embrace.

But it was adequate enough.

The lights went out, and the world plunged into darkness, with only the faint light of the streetlights outside the window filtering through the curtains.

The silence was broken only by Zhu Songning’s peaceful breathing, suggesting she had fallen asleep.

Soft white light fell upon the doll she held in her arms. In the moonlight, the rabbit’s eyes suddenly changed to a complete black, like glass beads.

The earbud on the desk chirped a few times before quickly going silent.

Before the rabbit could move, it suddenly felt the person holding it turn over.

Zhu Songning didn’t know what she was dreaming about, but she suddenly pressed her face against the doll’s chest, her lips brushing against it.

The familiar scent of jasmine tea poured forth, and in her dream, the Alpha extended her tongue, the tip grazing the doll.

A thousand miles away in Beicheng, in the large bed of the suite, the Omega’s feet suddenly straightened.

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