After Transmigrating into a Book, I Was Marked by the Beautiful Mad Villain - Chapter 6

The guard team arrived almost instantaneously. A squad of people swarmed into the alleyway, and in short order, they had the gang of hooligans pinned to the ground.

Within this chaotic and noisy alley, the rays of the setting sun fell at an angle, shining upon the chestnut-colored crown of the boy in the public school uniform, as if his hair were shimmering.

And before him, the girl whose wrist he held loosely was staring up at him blankly. She had a waterfall of jet-black straight hair, and though her face was pale, it did not hide her beauty; at this moment, her eyes were filled with tears, looking so fragile as to appear breakable.

Standing on their other side, Su Mi witnessed it all.

Specifically, she witnessed the system subtitles vividly describing the scene of the male and female leads’ encounter right before her eyes.

Su Mi said wordlessly to the system, “Shut up.”

However, them staying like that—one grabbing a wrist and the other standing frozen—really wouldn’t do.

She took a deep breath, and with a pitiful expression, she took a few steps forward and abruptly threw her arms around Xu Nanqiao’s shoulders.

“Nanqiao! I was scared to death just now!” Su Mi wailed with a sob, shamelessly playing the victim.

The system gave her acting a score of 1 point.

Quite deliberately, she squeezed herself in, forcing the male lead’s hand off Xu Nanqiao’s wrist.

But once she held Xu Nanqiao, Su Mi realized that Xu Nanqiao’s condition was even more off than before.

Was she frightened?

The body she was holding was actually trembling slightly.

Su Mi reached out to touch Xu Nanqiao’s forehead; the temperature was somewhat high, and she was covered in a cold sweat.

“Nanqiao, are you alright?”

Su Mi looked at Xu Nanqiao in confusion.

Could it be extreme shock?

“Do you really not know, or are you pretending not to know?”

The male lead stood to the side with his arms crossed, saying, “Your Omega friend has been stimulated by the pheromones of those Alphas to the point of approaching a rut. The correct way to handle this is to use a suppressant or send her to the hospital.”

Su Mi: Alright, I forgot this is an ABO world again…

She gave the arrogant male lead a smile and said, “Thanks.”

Su Mi draped Xu Nanqiao’s arm over her own shoulder and supported her as they walked out. When passing the male lead, she politely handed him the golf club in her hand, which was now stained with a bit of blood.

“A ten-thousand-dollar club?” The male lead took it, speaking with interest.

Su Mi: “Yes, consider it a thank-you gift for your help in saving my friend. It’ll still fetch a good price if you wipe it down. Goodbye.”

Su Mi moved too fast; Xu Nanqiao only had time to quickly say “Thank you” as they passed the male lead before being led by Su Mi to the person in charge of the guard team.

Since both of them were wearing public school uniforms, they scanned their student IDs and identity information with the guard leader and received a guarantee that the guards would handle the aftermath.

Because most students in the public school were from wealthy or noble families, the Loran Public School guard team was extremely professional and closely connected with the capital’s security inspectors. Those thugs were certainly going to pay a heavy price.

Deeply afraid that the male lead would chase after them and cause some kind of trouble, Su Mi hurried Xu Nanqiao into the car. Only then did she remember to ask: “Nanqiao, do you have any suppressants?”

Xu Nanqiao’s face was flushed with an unnatural redness, and she seemed to be struggling to maintain her sanity. It took a moment for her to react to the question, her voice very soft: “No, I… I have to go to the hospital for an emergency suppressant.”

Su Mi let the optical computer locate the nearest hospital. On the way, she couldn’t help but knock on her own head.

Why was this memory-awakening function of the system so hit-or-miss? To this day, it hadn’t provided her with any information regarding “ruts” or “heat cycles.”

After resting for a while, perhaps becoming a bit clearer, Xu Nanqiao happened to see Su Mi’s action of knocking her own head.

Thinking Su Mi was blaming herself, she comforted her: “It’s okay… even though there were many of those Alphas, they probably weren’t even D-rank. Their pheromones are very low-quality, so I haven’t reached the point of being induced into a heat cycle yet.”

Su Mi: Yet another blind spot in my knowledge.

She nodded as if she understood, reaching out to touch her own earlobe.

Speaking of which, so those people were Alphas.

As an Omega pretending to be a Beta, she hadn’t been affected by the pheromones to the point of a rut or anything like that.

The edges of the star-shaped earring were not rough; it felt cool to the touch and radiated a unique sense of presence.

It felt as though it was continuously transmitting some kind of shielding magnetic field to her.

Aunt Fu’s daughter seemed to be a very formidable researcher.

The sports car sped all the way to the hospital. Following Xu Nanqiao’s directions, Su Mi took her to the Omega Pheromone Special Clinic.

Xu Nanqiao registered her information and entered the ward. It seemed she had to undergo some tests first before taking measures related to the passive rut.

Left alone outside, Su Mi stared blankly at the ward door for a moment, then turned and went to a balcony she had seen earlier, letting out a soft sigh.

In any case, she had successfully interfered with this important plot point where the male and female leads were supposed to meet.

Su Mi began to review the events of the day.

According to today’s test, the setting that “major plot points must happen” as claimed by the system probably only meant that various coincidences would be used to make the general events occur; it didn’t necessarily care if the outcome of the plot was exactly like the original text.

That meant it was controllable.

Furthermore, the first step of building a good relationship with the female lead should have gone quite well. She had snatched the majority of the “hero saves the beauty” credit from the male lead, and with the fact that the female lead would be tutoring her in the future, their relationship should get better and better.

As for the male lead…

Su Mi recalled the plot.

In the original plot of this world, the male lead was the “deposed prince” of the Gu family, the largest family in South City. He was originally the designated successor, but due to certain events, he was deposed and exiled to the capital.

After arriving in the capital, the male lead played the part of a pig to eat the tiger, concealing his true identity. When others asked if his surname was related to the Gu family of South City, the male lead would say he was from an insignificant side branch.

Naturally, the profit-driven children of the aristocratic families did not take the male lead seriously. The male lead enjoyed this, walking alone every day and taking part-time jobs in his spare time to solidify his persona in the eyes of others, which was also a disguised way of biding his time.

After saving the female lead, their second meeting would happen when the male lead was mocked at school, followed by various coincidences and misunderstandings. Over time, they would soon develop feelings for each other and fall in love.

So, the next goal was to interfere with the second plot point while maintaining a good relationship with the female lead and improving the villain’s image in her eyes.

And the male lead’s performance today…

Su Mi recalled the male lead’s somewhat pretentious and strange behavior.

The male lead was able to mention her saying the club was worth ten thousand dollars, which meant he had been listening outside the alley wall for a long time.

But why didn’t he show up earlier to save the female lead?

Su Mi made a mental note of this question.

In the original plot, the hooligans cornered the female lead on the outskirts of the alley, so the male lead saw what was happening as he passed by and heroically saved her in time.

But the place the male lead popped out from today was also very strange…

Su Mi roughly organized her thoughts, stretched toward the hospital window, and prepared to go downstairs to buy a bottle of water.

The original owner’s body was not accustomed to regular exercise. After Su Mi’s bout of physical activity just now, her body finally began to feel a delayed sense of fatigue.

Su Mi took the escalator to the first floor, wandering aimlessly to see if there was something like a vending machine.

She walked all the way to what seemed like a side entrance of the hospital.

Su Mi took a distant look; a few people were strangely standing guard over there, and there was no machine, so she prepared to turn and leave.

Unexpectedly, a voice came from behind her: “Miss Su?”

Su Mi stopped in her tracks and turned around to see Secretary Zhuang, Shen Han’s personal secretary, standing behind her with a faint look of confusion on his poker face.

“Miss Su, why are you here?” Secretary Zhuang asked in a flat tone.

“I’m just wandering around,” Su Mi asked. “What about you, Secretary Zhuang? What are you doing at the hospital?”

Secretary Zhuang hesitated slightly and said, “I accompanied President Shen here.”

As expected, Secretary Zhuang would appear wherever Shen Han was.

Wasn’t this a perfect opportunity? Xu Nanqiao was currently approaching a rut—and while she wasn’t entirely sure of the “rut” setting in this world, it would surely bring about psychological vulnerability—visiting her would be an excellent chance to increase favorability!

Su Mi’s eyes immediately lit up.

She asked with some concern, “Is Sister not feeling well?”

As she spoke, she looked behind Secretary Zhuang; the figures standing over there turned out to be Shen Han’s bodyguards, but she wasn’t there.

Secretary Zhuang: “President Shen is here for her monthly routine physical examination.”

Monthly routine.

Su Mi knew then that it must be related to Shen Han’s so-called “heart sickness.”

Secretary Zhuang seemed about to say something else but was interrupted by a new message on his optical computer. He looked down and tapped a few times on the virtual screen, paused for a moment, and then suddenly looked up to ask: “Does Miss Su want to go up and see her?”