After Transmigrating into a Ridiculous Alpha, I Saved My Aloof Omega Wife - Chapter 36

After some thought, Cheng Jianli finally spoke in a calm tone, “Alright, I actually know who sent it.”

Jiang Muyan, who had been reciting her textbook, looked up and said, “Teacher Cheng, you know?”

Cheng Jianli: “Mhm.”

Jiang Muyan immediately pressed, “Then tell me who dislikes me so much.”

Cheng Jianli quietly closed her textbook. “If you actually liked the sandwich and soy milk, don’t you think the person might have meant something else?”

Jiang Muyan blinked. “I don’t think I could possibly like eating those things.”

Cheng Jianli said, “I’m saying hypothetically. Just imagine it.”

Jiang Muyan replied, “But even if I did like them, I’ve already given the breakfast away.” She rubbed her chin thoughtfully. “I keep feeling like that girl was afraid I’d take her breakfast, but I really don’t like it. She had nothing to worry about.”

Cheng Jianli: “…”

Cheng Jianli said, “That breakfast was from her.”

Jiang Muyan looked up in surprise. “Who?”

Cheng Jianli said, “That girl just now, Shen Xiaohui.”

“From her?” Now Jiang Muyan was even more confused. “I don’t remember having any issues with her. Why would she dislike me?”

Cheng Jianli frowned slightly. “Don’t you think her giving you breakfast might mean she… likes you?”

“???” Jiang Muyan’s expression immediately turned shocked. “Likes me?”

Cheng Jianli nodded.

Jiang Muyan stared blankly. “Why?”

Cheng Jianli said, “You could ask her yourself.”

Jiang Muyan glanced back and indeed saw Shen Xiaohui with red-rimmed eyes, looking utterly dejected. The girls around her were patting her shoulders in comfort, while the sandwich and soy milk sat untouched on the desk.

Jiang Muyan turned back and whispered, “I’m not going.”

Cheng Jianli raised a brow. “Why not?”

Jiang Muyan said, “If she likes me, I definitely shouldn’t go. What if her friends force me to eat those things?”

Cheng Jianli: “…”

Jiang Muyan continued, “Besides, I don’t like her at all. If she starts crying, I wouldn’t know what to do.”

“You don’t like her?” Cheng Jianli asked casually.

“Definitely not,” Jiang Muyan said. “Teacher Cheng, have you ever seen me say a single word to her?”

Cheng Jianli thought for a moment. “True. I also think you probably wouldn’t like that type of girl.”

Jiang Muyan grinned. “Yeah, the type I like doesn’t really have a standard.”

Cheng Jianli nodded. “Got it. Now get back to memorizing the poem.”

Jiang Muyan obediently picked up her literature book and started reciting.

On Friday afternoon, Gu Xi and Cheng Jianli arranged to meet at the study room.

Jiang Muyan insisted on joining them to study, so Cheng Jianli asked Gu Xi if they could add one more person. Gu Xi agreed.

After school, Uncle Liu came to pick up Jiang Muyan and Cheng Jianli.

In the car, Jiang Muyan said, “Uncle Liu, take us directly to the Serenity Study Room on Happiness Street. Teacher Cheng and I are meeting classmates there to study today.”

Uncle Liu asked, “Will you be back for dinner, young miss? The chairman mentioned that the two young masters from the Song family are coming to meet you today.”

The Song family?

Jiang Muyan was slightly taken aback upon hearing the name. “Who are they?” she asked.

Uncle Liu replied, “You probably don’t remember, but you’ve met them before. Chairman Song came to visit the chairman today and brought his two sons along. They thought it would be a good opportunity for you to meet.”

Jiang Muyan found it troublesome. “Forget it, let’s not meet. Who knows how long my lesson with Teacher Cheng will take?”

Uncle Liu thought it over and agreed. “Alright, just send me a message when you’re done, and I’ll pick you and Teacher Cheng up.”

Jiang Muyan and Cheng Jianli arrived at the Serenity Study Room, but Gu Xi hadn’t shown up yet. They had agreed to meet at 7:30, yet Gu Xi was late.

Jiang Muyan suggested, “Teacher Cheng, why don’t we go in first and wait for her?”

Cheng Jianli nodded. “Sure, I’ll send her a text.”

Just as Cheng Jianli sent the message, Gu Xi, who was browsing a forum on her phone at a street corner, saw the notification pop up.

She had been scrolling through the Hongchuan Seventh High School forum, her frown deepening with each post. The complicated shipping threads and overly enthusiastic replies were something she hadn’t anticipated.

1st Floor: [Any new content today? Feed us more, OP!]
2nd Floor: [Reporting in! I saw someone bringing breakfast for the young miss the other day!]
3rd Floor: [For real? Wouldn’t Teacher Cheng get jealous? (snickers)]
4th Floor: [The young miss returned the breakfast and said she’d already eaten crab roe buns, rice noodle rolls, and pork trotter soup with Teacher Cheng. Holy crap, are they living together?!]
5th Floor: [Replying to 4th Floor: Well said, absolutely well said.]
6th Floor: [Damn, you guys really know how to ship…]
7th Floor: [Living together! My OTP is thriving again, waaah!]
…

Gu Xi rapidly scrolled through the replies.

She hadn’t expected that, in just over a month, Cheng Jianli and Jiang Muyan had grown so close.

Gu Xi and Cheng Jianli didn’t attend the same school, so they mostly communicated via text. Knowing how hard Cheng Jianli studied every day, Gu Xi rarely disturbed her.

But she never imagined that someone as aloof and composed as Cheng Jianli would actually get along with the heiress of the Jiang Group.

A faint sense of frustration and unease settled in Gu Xi’s chest.

Suddenly, her phone rang. She answered, “Hello?”

“Where are you?” Cheng Jianli’s voice came through. “We just got to the study room, but it’s closed today.”

Jiang Muyan’s voice chimed in, “They said it’s closed for the day and won’t reopen until next week.”

Over the phone, Cheng Jianli asked, “Should we still have our study session today?”

Gu Xi replied, “I’m almost there. Let’s talk when I arrive.”

When Gu Xi finally reached them, she found Jiang Muyan and Cheng Jianli idly standing outside the entrance. Jiang Muyan spotted her first and greeted warmly, “Hi.”

With her bright, cheerful face, Jiang Muyan was the kind of person few could dislike. Gu Xi’s earlier frustration faded, and she said, “Hi, sorry I’m late.”

“It’s fine,” Cheng Jianli said. “We didn’t wait long, but the study room is closed today, so we can’t study here.”

Gu Xi stepped forward and saw that the door was indeed locked with an electronic keypad, the room empty inside.

“What should we do then? Let’s find another place,” Jiang Muyan suggested. “Do you know of any other study rooms?”

Gu Xi shook her head: “That’s the only one I know.”

“Then I’ll check on my phone,” Jiang Muyan opened the map app. “Let me see, the nearest study room…” Her voice suddenly filled with shock, “Wow, a full twelve kilometers away.”

Cheng Jianli said, “That’s too far. Maybe we should call it off today and reschedule another time.”

The three fell into silence. Not wanting to see Cheng Jianli in distress, Jiang Muyan broke the stalemate: “How about I call Uncle Liu and we can just study at my place?”

“Your place?” Gu Xi was taken aback.

“Yeah, Teacher Cheng was supposed to tutor me today anyway,” Jiang Muyan said. “Might as well go to my house. Plus, we have a big living room that’s perfect for studying.”

“I’m fine with it,” Cheng Jianli, who already tutored Jiang Muyan at her home, turned to Gu Xi. “Is that okay with you?”

Gu Xi thought for a moment and nodded, “Sure.”

Hearing that Cheng Jianli would be coming to her house again, Jiang Muyan immediately called Uncle Liu in high spirits.

In less than fifteen minutes, Uncle Liu arrived.

He was driving the aqua-blue Bentley. Jiang Muyan kindly asked Gu Xi, “Do you get carsick? You can sit in the front if you do.”

On the day Gu Xi first met Jiang Muyan, she had assumed someone from such a wealthy family would inevitably be spoiled and capricious. But after talking for a while, she realized Jiang Muyan had an excellent temperament genuinely kind-hearted and surprisingly guileless.

Gu Xi said, “Thank you, I’ll take the front seat then.”

Jiang Muyan added, “Uncle Liu has motion sickness medicine if you need it,” then turned to Cheng Jianli. “Teacher Cheng, hop in!”

The three got into the car.

Uncle Liu had initially thought something urgent had happened when the young miss called suddenly. Upon asking, he learned the study room was closed for the day.

Uncle Liu said, “Perfect timing the two young masters from the Song family haven’t arrived yet. You and your friends can study a bit longer, Miss.”

Jiang Muyan nodded vigorously, “Yes! I absolutely love studying.”

Cheng Jianli’s lips curled slightly, “Do those words actually come from your heart?”

Jiang Muyan declared, “I never say anything I don’t mean,” then leaned toward the driver’s seat, “Right, Uncle Liu?”

Uncle Liu chuckled, “That’s true. The young miss always speaks her mind.”

“Speaks her mind and her words could kill with frustration,” Cheng Jianli added earnestly.

Jiang Muyan: “…”

Her wife was criticizing her sharp tongue again! She really wasn’t that bad!

The drive was short. Jiang Muyan’s mansion was an imposing European-style villa, with every plant in the garden meticulously cultivated and pruned. It was Gu Xi’s first time seeing such luxury, and she couldn’t help feeling awed.

As she was lost in thought, Jiang Muyan called out, “Come on in!”

The three entered. Jiang Muyan usually studied in her second-floor room, but with Gu Xi joining today, she suggested using the adjacent living room instead.

A housekeeper brought out five plates of fruit, smiling, “Miss, have some cherries. They were freshly picked today exceptionally sweet.

Jiang Muyan cheerfully thanked her and immediately handed a plate to Cheng Jianli, “Teacher Cheng, you must be thirsty. Have some fruit first. I’ll have them make fresh juice for you later.”

Cheng Jianli took a cherry. It was indeed incredibly sweet.

Gu Xi also ate a few candies before opening her homework to start on the test papers. Sitting next to Cheng Jianli, she could ask for help whenever she encountered difficult problems. Cheng Jianli answered each question with remarkable patience and attention to detail.

Jiang Muyan watched the two of them and only belatedly realized,  Wait a minute?!

Had she just brought her love rival home?!

Jiang Muyan abruptly stood up, the sudden gust of wind flipping the pages of the books.

Cheng Jianli looked up in confusion. “What’s wrong?”

Jiang Muyan sulked. “I’m tired. I want to play with Gu Xi.”

Gu Xi: “???”

“Maybe you shouldn’t,” Cheng Jianli said gently, assuming Jiang Muyan’s willpower was wavering again. “Aren’t you aiming for C University? How can you get in if you keep playing all day?”

Jiang Muyan had a sudden idea. “Then I’ll tutor Gu Xi!”

Cheng Jianli: “? You’ll tutor her? Do you even know how?”

Jiang Muyan huffed. “Of course I do!”

She squeezed herself between Gu Xi and Cheng Jianli. “Let me teach you.”

Gu Xi: “Are you sure this isn’t just the blind leading the blind?”

“Relax,” Jiang Muyan said. “I know everything.”

Ten minutes later, the scene in the living room had completely changed.

Jiang Muyan yelled, “It’s the square root of seven! You got it wrong!”

Gu Xi’s voice was equally deafening. “You’re the one who’s wrong! It’s clearly the square root of five! Do you even know the ellipse equation?!”

Jiang Muyan snapped, “Of course I do! Are you looking down on me?! Listen up, x squared over a squared plus y squared over b squared equals.”

Cheng Jianli watched the chaos unfold, silently put on her earplugs, and moved to the farthest corner to study alone.

By the time they finally finished all their weekend assignments, it was almost dark.

Cheng Jianli rubbed her shoulders and said to the two still arguing over an English reading passage, “I’m going out for some fresh air. I’ll be back soon.”

Gu Xi and Jiang Muyan were drenched in sweat from their heated debate. Hearing Cheng Jianli was leaving, Gu Xi immediately said, “I’ll go too. ”

“You’re not going anywhere!” Jiang Muyan finally lost her patience. “Not unless you admit the answer is A!”

“Even if the heavens descend, it’s D!”

Cheng Jianli: “…”

She left alone. Outside in the hallway, Uncle Liu saw Cheng Jianli by herself and asked curiously, “Teacher Cheng, why are you alone? Where’s the young miss?”

Cheng Jianli replied, “She’s studying with Gu Xi. I didn’t want to disturb them.”

Uncle Liu sighed. “The young miss is really working hard… The two young masters from the Song family will be arriving soon. Let her finish studying first.”

Some time later, inside the room, Jiang Muyan and Gu Xi finally completed their assignments amidst their bickering.

Gu Xi wiped her sweat with a tissue, wondering what sin she had committed to end up agreeing to come to Jiang Muyan’s house today.

Meanwhile, Jiang Muyan was looking around in confusion.

Where was her wife?

Where had her big, beautiful wife gone?!

“Where’s Teacher Cheng?” Jiang Muyan asked.

“She went out for some air,” Gu Xi said, mentally lighting a candle for herself. “Probably because we were too noisy.”

Jiang Muyan grumbled, “If you had just listened to me earlier, this wouldn’t have happened.”

Gu Xi shot back, “Why should I listen to you? I don’t think my reasoning was wrong either.”

Jiang Muyan looked at her homework notebook, then closed it: “Fine, you win. I’m going out to find her.”

As she spoke, Jiang Muyan moved to push back her chair and leave when Gu Xi suddenly remarked from behind, “I’ve seen those posts on the forum too.”

Jiang Muyan turned her head in confusion.

What was Gu Xi talking about? What forum posts?

Wait, could it be the Hongchuan Seventh High School forum?

Just as Jiang Muyan was about to speak, Gu Xi added hesitantly, “Some of the stories in there… are quite explicit.”

“???” Only then did Jiang Muyan realize Gu Xi had indeed seen the posts on the Hongchuan Seventh High forum.

“Let me make this clear, I didn’t write those!” Jiang Muyan hurriedly distanced herself. The thought of those bizarre posts made a faint blush spread across her face. “Even if you try to tattle to Teacher Cheng, it won’t work.”

Gu Xi said, “Why would I tattle?”

Jiang Muyan shrewdly replied, “Aren’t you into her?”

Gu Xi said, “So you knew.”

“Of course,” Jiang Muyan said. “I’m not blind.”

“Was I that obvious?” Gu Xi mused. “I thought I was the least noticeable among everyone secretly crushing on her.”

Jiang Muyan caught the key detail: “? You mean there are others who like her too?”

Gu Xi nodded. “Though I wouldn’t call it a secret crush more like an open one.”

Damn it!!! Why are there so many rivals?!

Jiang Muyan was losing it completely losing it.

“Tell me who it is! I won’t let them get close to Teacher Cheng!” Jiang Muyan shouted.

“The problem is, there are so many people who like Cheng Jianli, can you really stop them all?” Gu Xi found Jiang Muyan somewhat amusing. “Or do you have some kind of absolute leverage?”

Jiang Muyan declared, “I definitely do.”

Gu Xi asked, “What is it?”

Jiang Muyan put on a fierce expression. “Teacher Cheng said she won’t date in high school, she wants to focus on studying. So all of you can just dream on!”

Gu Xi: “…”

“It’s getting late. I should head back,” Gu Xi said, standing up. “Thanks for letting me study at your place today.”

Hearing Gu Xi’s gratitude, Jiang Muyan reverted to her usual self. “No problem.”

“Oh,” Gu Xi added, “weren’t you going out to find her? Why aren’t you leaving yet?”

Jiang Muyan nearly forgot!

“Just have the bodyguards escort you out later they’ll arrange a car to take you home,” she said hastily before thundering down the stairs.

Gu Xi watched Jiang Muyan’s retreating figure and couldn’t help but smile.

She wondered could someone with Jiang Muyan’s personality really win over someone as aloof as Cheng Jianli?

In the garden, Cheng Jianli sat on a swing, lost in thought.

For some reason, though she appeared calm on the surface these past few days, she often felt unsettled inside, even slightly irritable.

Perhaps she hadn’t fully recovered from the recent “cheating incident.” Zhang Siyuan had only transferred in recently, yet he’d already schemed with classmates to bring her down. Cheng Jianli kept revising her understanding of him.

Truthfully, she should have realized long ago back when everyone except her grandmother forbade her from attending school, demanding she work in a factory instead that she had no real family.

So-called “family” was just a tool for making money and a stepping stone for their own advancement.

Cheng Jianli didn’t care about such people, but she couldn’t ignore Jiang Muyan who had done so much for her. She knew exactly what kind of scumbag Zhang Siyuan was the farther away from such a person, the better.

But Jiang Muyan was always straightforward. Even after Xiao Lei dropped out of school, Jiang Muyan still hired a lawyer to fight the lawsuit for Cheng Jianli. She said she wanted to teach Xiao Lei a lesson so that no one else would dare bully Cheng Jianli.

Thinking of Jiang Muyan’s sincere and gentle face, Cheng Jianli felt a deep sense of peace in her heart. It was a feeling of being protected, one that Jiang Muyan had given her.

Suddenly, rustling sounds came from behind, interrupting her thoughts. Just as Cheng Jianli was about to turn around, Jiang Muyan abruptly emerged from the bushes.

“Boo! Teacher Cheng!” Jiang Muyan raised her hands playfully, grinning. “Did I scare you?”

Cheng Jianli saw a few tiny leaves stuck to Jiang Muyan’s fair face, making her look both ridiculous and utterly adorable. Unable to help herself, Cheng Jianli curved her lips into a faint smile. “Mm.”

Support