After Little Sweet Omega Runs with the Ball - Chapter 31

Under Ji Mingxue’s unilateral release of frustration, she once again successfully lost her Omega.

Song Shuangtian had wanted to push the person away, but the physical craving for Alpha pheromones within her body left her with no choice but to wait like a lamb for the slaughter. The poor Omega was like a swan waiting to be sacrificed; she lifted her neck high, allowing the Alpha to lick and mark her gland over and over again.

Ji Mingxue is a total bastard! A bastard!!!

By the time Song Shuangtian left the M Group headquarters, she was covered in “battle scars.” She curled up in her car, pitifully wrapping herself into a fuzzy ball.

Marked again.

Her body clearly didn’t need to be marked right now. But under the seduction of Ji Mingxue’s Alpha pheromones, her heat had been forcibly triggered. Song Shuangtian should have known that Ji Mingxue had a wicked personality—no matter how sweet she sounded, once she lost her head, she acted like a complete lunatic.

“President Song?”

The driver parked the car in the small courtyard of Song Shuangtian’s home. Since moving to the capital, she had bought a small courtyard not far from the office, complete with a private parking lot. The yard was filled with cold-resistant plants that remained lush even in the dry, freezing capital.

“Alright.”

A hoarse voice came from the back seat. The driver paused, ultimately deciding not to pry into his employer’s private affairs.

The Omega roughly wiped the tears from her eyes. With trembling hands, she took a gland patch from the storage compartment and pressed it firmly onto the gland that had been bitten by the Alpha.

“It’s actually bleeding… QAQ”

Bleeding! How starved was that woman?!

Song Shuangtian wiped her reddened eyes. As the patch covered the injured gland, a sharp, stinging pain made her flinch.

Too much. This is too much. How can she bully an Omega like this?! Especially when she had kindly helped Ji Mingxue through her rut back at Reborn. Ungrateful wolf!

Inside, Guanguan was playing with building blocks on the carpet. When she saw her mother walk in with such a fierce aura and eyes so red they looked like they were burning with fire, she froze.

“Mama?”

Mama is so scary right now.

Guanguan, with her pigtails, suddenly clutched her half-finished Lego set. Her mother was angry. But Song Shuangtian didn’t even glance at the toy; she walked straight into the bathroom. With a loud clatter, the bathroom door slammed shut. Guanguan stared at the door, dazed.

Mama wasn’t mad that she was playing instead of reading. Mama was just in a bad mood. Did someone bully Mama?

Guanguan tossed her toys aside and carefully grabbed a bunny plushie. She tiptoed toward the bathroom.

When Song Shuangtian threw the bathroom door open again, the first thing she saw was a high-held bunny plushie. The little white bunny had black bead eyes and soft, floppy ears.

“Mama, did Guanguan make Mama angry?” “Guanguan knows she was wrong. Guanguan will read her books properly. QAQ”

Song Shuangtian looked down. Her little cub’s face was flushed. Because she hadn’t acknowledged her when she walked in, the little one thought she was being abandoned. The cub didn’t know what she had done wrong; she only knew Mama was ignoring her. And in her world, if Mama ignores her, it must be her fault. Therefore, she had to say sorry.

A child’s world is very simple; its center revolves entirely around Song Shuangtian.

Song Shuangtian sighed and reached out to ruffle Guanguan’s braids. “Mama isn’t mad at Guanguan.”

She felt guilty for losing control of her emotions. “Mama just ran into a bad person.”

Guanguan’s pupils shrank, and her little face tensed up. “If you meet a bad person, you have to find the Police Uncle!”

Song Shuangtian: “…”

She sighed, thinking that the police probably wouldn’t be much help here. She had voluntarily entered the deal with Ji Mingxue. She only had herself to blame for being so focused on Reborn’s future that she missed the clause regarding Ji Mingxue’s “personal needs” hidden in the contract.

“Mama smells like pretty white magnolias!”

Guanguan leaned in close to Song Shuangtian, sniffing left and right. “Did Mama go see the Pretty Sister?”

Song Shuangtian: “.”

You’d better not mention that ‘Pretty Sister’ to me.

Guanguan blinked her innocent eyes and stuffed the soft bunny into Song Shuangtian’s arms. Then, she pulled out a chocolate that He Yanyan had secretly given her. “Mama, eat something sweet. If you eat sweet things, it won’t hurt anymore.”

After her “indulgence,” Ji Mingxue completely lost all news regarding Song Shuangtian.

When the staff from Reborn came to handle business, they simply shook their heads when asked about her whereabouts. “I’m sorry, President Ji. President Song has been traveling for business all over the world lately. As employees, we don’t know her specific location.”

Ji Mingxue’s fingers paused. “I see.” “Wait. Take these to Song Shuangtian.”

Ji Mingxue took a heavy velvet box from her drawer. When the employee opened it, she found a diamond literally the size of a fist. She looked at the big-spending Ji Mingxue with an expression of shock. Even the diamonds on the Queen’s scepter weren’t this large.

“If Song Shuangtian has any other needs, M Group can provide them for free.”

As long as she asked, Ji Mingxue would do anything to make amends.

With the gemstone raw materials provided by M Group, the design progress at Reborn went very smoothly. After a meeting, Ji Mingxue dialed Song Shuangtian’s number.

“I’m sorry, the phone you are calling is switched off.”

Ji Mingxue: “.”

The Alpha stared silently at the calling screen as the automated voice repeated the message. She had messed up. For four years, she hadn’t received any comfort from an Omega. Aside from Song Shuangtian, all other pheromones felt like a dull knife scraping her bones—she’d rather use high-strength inhibitors. Her physical instincts had taken control of her brain before her reason could stop them.

“President Ji?” Lu Xing ran into her in the hallway. “There’s a meeting in ten minutes.”

Ji Mingxue: “…”

She pressed her aching temples; the pain in the back of her head was starting again. The Omega’s pheromones had greatly relieved the anxiety of her rut, but they also made her miss Song Shuangtian irrepressibly.

“If I did something irreversible to Song Shuangtian, what should I do?”

Lu Xing adjusted her cold, gold-rimmed glasses. She was a heartless working machine. “Respectfully, Reborn is doing very well lately.”

She continued without a trace of personal emotion, “Currently, the market price to keep an Alpha monthly is around…”

“In conclusion, if you’ve done something irreversible, given Song Shuangtian’s current financial power, she can afford to keep any ‘budget replacement’ for you.”

Oh, and if a certain royal family member takes a liking to Song Shuangtian, it might even be a ‘premium replacement’.

Ji Mingxue sneered. “Shut up. Let’s go.”

Lu Xing didn’t fail to notice the bloodshot veins in Ji Mingxue’s eyes. The Alpha clearly hadn’t learned how to suppress her own pheromones and instincts during a rut. While this was difficult for most Alphas, if Ji Mingxue wanted to win Song Shuangtian back, she had to learn to suppress her instincts.

During the meeting, the Alpha wore a cold expression. she took small sips of ice water, keeping a clear ice cube in her mouth. The ice helped keep her calm. The bone-chilling cold radiated from her red lips as they held the translucent ice, but no one in the meeting dared to look up at such a seductive sight.

Everyone knew Ji Mingxue was a stunning beauty, but no one dared to actually try and pluck this thorny red rose. The thorns could hurt, but the exquisite rose had finally met the person she was willing to fall for.

So, the proud and haughty rose decided to pull out her thorns one by one, just so she wouldn’t hurt the person she wanted to protect. The rose didn’t want to lose the only owner who could water her.

“What?!”

Song Shuangtian stood up abruptly in the conference room. She made an apologetic gesture and hurried out. “You’re saying Song Yuqing got into a fight at kindergarten?”

Her head spun at the news. The teacher on the other end was also full of apologies. “I’m sorry. If you’re free, please come to the school.”

Song Shuangtian waved to her executives to continue the meeting, grabbed her keys, and sprinted downstairs. Recently, she had rented the entirety of Building A, over fifty stories high. Seeing the big boss rushing out, the people in the room looked at each other.

A fight? Is there a fight in the company?

Amidst the clearing of the chairman’s throat, the room fell silent again.

Song Shuangtian nearly floored the accelerator. When she screeched to a halt at the kindergarten entrance, her tires left a scorched black mark on the asphalt. She had barely avoided a speeding ticket.

She swiped her card and entered the classroom, only to see Guanguan standing there with her hands on her hips, looking fierce. On the floor sat a little toddler wailing at the top of her lungs. The short-haired girl was crying so hard she looked like she might hyperventilate.

Song Shuangtian knelt down and patted the girl’s back. “Don’t cry, don’t cry.” She looked up at her own cub. “What happened?”

Outside the classroom, it wasn’t just Song Shuangtian; the other parent had arrived as well. Actually, the parents weren’t free, so an elderly grandmother had come instead.

The grandmother pointed at a red mark on the little girl’s face. “How do you teach your child?! How could she use a block to scratch my granddaughter’s face! Pay up!”

Guanguan shouted, “She insulted me!”

The teacher was in a difficult position. To make sure her cub had a comfortable life at school, Song Shuangtian had donated a lot of money and was even one of the school’s shareholders now. But the grandmother was aggressive, and the teacher didn’t dare say much. If a bad rumor got out, she’d definitely lose her job.

Song Shuangtian pulled her cub close. “What did she call you?”

Before her mother arrived, Guanguan had a look like she wanted to take someone out. Now that Mama was here, she instantly turned into an innocent, fragile bunny.

“She said I don’t have a mother!” Guanguan cried as she spoke, a large snot bubble popping. “She said I don’t have a mother, said I’m a wild child, QAQ so then I said.”

Song Shuangtian’s eyes darkened. she patted her cub’s back. “What did you say?”

Guanguan shouted her defense loud enough for everyone in the room to hear: “I said HER mom is dead!”

Song Shuangtian: “!”

“You’re straight out of Zuan, aren’t you?”

Song Shuangtian: “…”

Most people would be terrified of trouble in this situation and would force their child to apologize, but Song Shuangtian was no pushover. She listened to her own cub’s explanation first, refusing to take anyone else’s word as gospel. If Guanguan were truly in the wrong, she would naturally punish her; but if others were at fault, she wouldn’t allow her child’s heart to be wounded.

The kindergarten teacher looked ready to faint from terror. The other child’s grandmother pointed a trembling finger at Song Shuangtian, spitting out a string of nasty insults in a local dialect.

Guanguan said innocently, “Then she tried to hit me. She said her grandma told her I’m a half-breed and not to play with me. She said I’m a bad kid, which is why my other relative didn’t want me…”

Song Shuangtian called the school security to check the surveillance footage. Although Guanguan had used a building block to cause an injury, the other child had clearly provoked her first.

The old woman tried to argue further, but seeing the cameras, her face turned a mottled shade of green and white. She had likely seen Song Shuangtian, an Omega with a visible gland patch, driving a luxury car and dressing elegantly but never accompanied by an Alpha family member, and assumed Guanguan was an illegitimate child. In her eyes, illegitimate children were shameful and easy targets for bullying, so she had whispered such nonsense to her granddaughter.

After muttering a few more low-level curses, the old woman dragged her granddaughter away, dropping all talk of medical compensation. However, as she passed Song Shuangtian’s black luxury car, she spat violently on the ground. She didn’t even dare spit on the car itself, seemingly afraid Song Shuangtian would turn around and sue her for the cleaning fees.

After that incident, Song Shuangtian never saw that family at the kindergarten again. To settle the commotion, Song Shuangtian bought small cakes for all the children in the class who had been startled. Everyone, eating their cakes, decided Guanguan was a good kid after all.

Only the “little jar” herself was unhappy. “Mama, I’m not a good kid. That’s why no Mother likes me.”

Song Shuangtian’s heart constricted with pain. She pulled the three-and-a-half-year-old onto her lap and soothed her softly. “Guanguan is the best little jar. Your Mother…” Song Shuangtian paused for a moment. “She isn’t dead. She will like you.”

It’s just that your Mother isn’t ready to meet you yet.

But Song Shuangtian was certain Ji Mingxue wouldn’t bully Guanguan. While she might be a scoundrel, she was a person who could be entrusted with a child’s safety.

Song Shuangtian stroked the jade bracelet on her wrist. The Alpha scent on the white jade had completely dissipated. Song Shuangtian smiled at the child. “Isn’t it enough to have just Mama?”

Guanguan was loved by everyone in Song Shuangtian’s circle: she had her loving Great-Aunt Qiu, Yuan Yin, who brought her new toys every few days, He Yanyan, who slipped candy and pocket money into her pockets, and the best Mama in the world.

“I love Mama!” Guanguan lowered her head in apology. “Sorry, I shouldn’t have said that other kid’s mom was dead.”

Song Shuangtian: “.” “You really shouldn’t have said that.” It’s quite foul.

After this incident, Song Shuangtian was relieved; her Guanguan wouldn’t be bullied by anyone.

“Mama has a business trip abroad tomorrow. Do you want to come with me?” “Yes!”

Song Shuangtian was determined to take Guanguan with her wherever she went. She wouldn’t be like her own mother, who left her alone in the country for Aunt Qiu to raise. As for Song Shuangtian’s own Alpha father… he didn’t like her at all. Song Shuangtian wouldn’t let Guanguan repeat her mistakes. Even if traveling with a child was more tiring, Guanguan wouldn’t have to live a life without her mother’s care.

Unbeknownst to Song Shuangtian, a video of the incident went viral online.

“Hahahaha, who is this little baby in the video? I need her info immediately, I want to catnap this cub!” “A Zuan-tier cub? I’m in love.” “Am I the only one who thinks the short-haired girl is a total ‘green tea’? She started the insults, but now she’s the only one sitting there crying.” “Behind every bratty kid is a bratty parent.” “Plus one. I feel like that girl was only crying for the adults to see.” “Look at that old woman’s aggressive face; she was clearly looking to extort money.” “The parent handled it so calmly. My lady, are you looking for a partner? (Dog holding flower.jpg)” “The baby’s parent didn’t force her to apologize first; she listened to the child’s explanation.” “That parent really respects the child. If only my mom had been like that… QAQ”

The video was blurry, so the children’s faces weren’t clear. It seemed a nosy staff member had filmed it secretly. By the time Song Shuangtian found out, it was already a trending topic. Fortunately, the video was complete enough to show the whole process of the other girl bullying her cub.

Song Shuangtian had someone investigate, and they found the person who filmed it was a cleaner in the kindergarten class. The cleaner usually posted small videos of cleaning the school and hadn’t expected a conflict between two kids to spark such a heated discussion. The woman was terrified the school would fire her, but the result was simply a warning not to film conflicts between children; no actual punishment was issued.

“President Ji, the royal jewelry customization handled by Reborn has been fully delivered.”

Ji Mingxue flipped through the news regarding the royal jewelry. Her staff reported that a banquet was being held specifically for Song Shuangtian. An invitation sat quietly on Ji Mingxue’s desk. This banquet invited celebrities from all over the world; naturally, M Group received one.

The invitation, having crossed the ocean, rested at the head of Ji Mingxue’s desk. Lu Xing leaned against the window drinking coffee. “Is President Ji going?”

“Song Shuangtian doesn’t want to see me.”

This sentence startled everyone in the office. Wait, if Song Shuangtian doesn’t want to see you, you just… won’t go? # What kind of ‘Love Brain’ logic is this? #

Lu Xing cleared her throat. “You represent M Group.”

Is this still the sharp, aggressive head of M Group? Just because the other party doesn’t want to see her, she won’t go? Such a person is unfit to lead a group. But when applied to love… it was damn well reasonable.

Ji Mingxue rubbed her fingers over the surface of the invitation. “Next month is the Diamond Association’s design competition; Reborn has submitted an entry. The month after that is the Basel Jewelry Design Exhibition; M Group is one of the co-organizers.”

Lu Xing: “Understood. I’ll go arrange the ‘behind-the-scenes’ manipulation.”

Ji Mingxue stiffened. “What do you understand?” Lu Xing: “Rigging the results.”

Ji Mingxue choked. Rigging the results wasn’t impossible; in fact, she had plenty of room to maneuver. But did Song Shuangtian really need a rigged first place? That would be an insult to her talent.

Ji Mingxue turned and walked to her private collection room. She bent down, opened the safe, and searched through a pile of expensive asset documents until she found a new mining permit.

“Last year we discovered a new sapphire mine in Africa, which also contains a significant yield of garnets. Use this as the reward for first place.”

Lu Xing sucked in a breath. “What if Song Shuangtian doesn’t win?” Ji Mingxue: “There is no ‘what if’.” As long as it was Song Shuangtian, she would certainly win.

“Aren’t you going to present the award to her personally?” A shadow flashed in Ji Mingxue’s eyes. Song Shuangtian was running all over the world partly to avoid her. Ji Mingxue had used a low-handed method to add a clause to the contract requiring Song Shuangtian to satisfy her ruts. “Now is not the time.”

In the afternoon, Ji Mingxue went to the new Reborn building for a meeting. Since Song Shuangtian had bought the entire Building A, Reborn had become increasingly impressive. The Asian Arowana that Song Shuangtian had “stolen” from M Group and kept at ST Group had miraculously been moved to Reborn’s front desk. Even Ji Mingxue didn’t know how the fish had been moved. Knowing Song Shuangtian, she probably hauled it away in a bag in the middle of the night.

Real corporate warfare is quite primitive.

Lu Xing: “No wonder ST Group’s performance dropped by two percentage points last quarter.” Ji Mingxue: “.”

Ji Mingxue passed through the design corridor and stopped in front of a glass display. “Is this an entry for the Platinum Association competition?” Inside was a long-life lock collar made of platinum. It combined traditional Chinese elements with the brilliance of platinum.

The accompanying Reborn staff member explained, “The boss didn’t enter the Platinum Association competition. This is the boss’s personal creation.”

Ji Mingxue could see that the platinum collar was hand-carved with every detail vivid and lifelike. This material wasn’t as soft as silver and wouldn’t oxidize or blacken. The luster of platinum was softer than silver, naturally carrying a higher sense of luxury.

Ji Mingxue: “How much?” The staff member’s face stiffened. “Sorry, this is a private creation of the boss. It’s not for sale.”

Ji Mingxue’s mind went back to that adorable little ball she saw in the Southwestern disaster area. The collar would suit her perfectly. She remembered wiping the dust off the little one’s face with her handkerchief; she had been wearing dirty, high-end children’s clothes and shoes caked in yellow mud, even digging for candy in the dirt.

Quite messy.

If she were a child held as the pearl of one’s eye, a parent wouldn’t allow her to run wild in a place like that alone; she would have several nannies following her. But that child didn’t. Her mother was gone. Likely, she and her Omega Mama depended on each other; even with some family background, they were probably living a meager, struggling life trying to maintain a facade of dignity.

Ji Mingxue couldn’t find any information on the little ball. A flash of insight crossed her mind, but she failed to catch it.

“President Ji, the conference room is this way.” “Mm.” Ji Mingxue withdrew her gaze.

The Reborn employees were used to Ji Mingxue attending every meeting personally, and they had even developed a subtle sentiment about it. It seemed President Ji was indeed pursuing and trying to please their Big Boss.

At a night banquet for a certain European royal family, Ji Mingxue leaned against a Roman column on the second floor, silently watching Song Shuangtian, who was surrounded by a crowd. She sipped her champagne, staring at her prey like a cheetah in the jungle. The cheetah didn’t choose to approach, only to watch from afar.

Song Shuangtian felt something and looked up, but the space by the column was empty. Song Shuangtian: “?”

Not long after, at the International Jewelry Design Competition, Song Shuangtian’s work naturally won first place. As the golden rain fell, Ji Mingxue sat in the most inconspicuous seat in the shadows. She wasn’t on the judges’ panel under the spotlight but had moved a temporary chair to sit backstage.

The Omega held her work with a confident, calm smile, accepting the flashes of all the media cameras. Ji Mingxue walked to the backstage area, shook a cigarette out of her pack, and held it between her lips. Her Alpha pheromones were becoming active again. Amidst the complex scents in the air, she could always capture those faint strands of orange blossom pheromones instantly.

Ji Mingxue was hypersensitive to Song Shuangtian’s pheromones. But she couldn’t do anything right now. The Alpha endured, her back tensed like a pulled bowstring, exhaling smoke in the dark corridor.

At the end of her vision was the enduring applause and the piercing spotlight. Song Shuangtian held the microphone, explaining that the inspiration for her jewelry came from the Southwestern rainforest—one of the regions with the richest biodiversity.

At the end of the interview: “One last question, Ms. Song, who do you want to thank most in your design process?”

Ji Mingxue’s hand holding the cigarette paused. Her gaze suddenly fixed on the light. Scattered ash drifted to the ground.

Song Shuangtian smiled gently. “It’s my little sweetheart. She has been by my side through my most difficult times. I will love her forever.”

She would love her Guanguan forever.

He Yanyan, watching the live broadcast while holding Guanguan, said softly, “Mama loves Guanguan very much. You can look forward to Mama’s gift for your fourth birthday.”

Guanguan: “!”

Ji Mingxue: “???” “She?” Song Shuangtian has a partner??

The cigarette fell to the ground. The Alpha, enduring the rampant pheromones in her body, stumbled toward the other side of the corridor.

She was going to find that bastard, no matter what.

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