Becoming the Yandere Omega's Fluffy Pet - Chapter 66

Chapter 66

Liu Ran originally wanted to ask if she could have the bomb removed, but upon hearing the hidden meaning in Ming Siyu’s words, her mind froze, and she blurted out: “You and someone else… did it?”

Ming Siyu’s breathing was unsteady as she looked down at her from above. “I told you long ago, there are plenty of people who want to get into bed with me, many far better than you.”

Liu Ran’s breath turned cold. So Ming Siyu’s words that day weren’t just spoken in anger; she really found someone else the moment she said she would, replacing her as soon as she grew tired of her. Although there was no longer any possibility between her and Ming Siyu, she still felt an incomparable heartache.

At the thought of Ming Siyu tilting someone else’s chin, her eyes coloring with lust for another person, she felt so miserable she wanted to eat the bed.

Restraining herself, she said: “The check was destroyed by you anyway. I just want to say, I didn’t collude with Ming Siwei to harm you.”

Ming Siyu, however, was indifferent to this now. Given the situation, if she could still easily believe Liu Ran, then the lessons she learned from Ming Siwei and Qi Zhen would have been for nothing.

With a cold sneer, she threw Liu Ran’s own words back at her: “From now on, I won’t believe a single word you say.”

Ming Siyu handled everything with thunderous efficiency. After thinking it over, she still didn’t intend to just discard Liu Ran. She decided to go to Country D first, and once the situation stabilized, she would bring Liu Ran over and lock her up, letting Liu Ran experience what it truly meant to cry out to heaven and earth to no avail.

However, before leaving, she slightly loosened her restrictions on Liu Ran, wanting to see what kind of conspiracy Liu Ran and Ming Siwei had cooked up together and exactly what role Liu Ran played in it.

On the day of departure for Country D, Ming Siyu left the house quietly, taking one last look at the Group and the company, feeling inevitable sighs of emotion. Before heading to the airport, she received news: Liu Ran had run away. The nano-tracker placed on Liu Ran was also gone.

Ming Siyu’s expression changed on the spot. She hadn’t expected Liu Ran to have the nerve to run. Once she reached Country D, catching Liu Ran would require international operations, which would be very troublesome. Fortunately, she had kept people watching Liu Ran, and they quickly traced her tracks.

Secretary Wen urged her to get to the airport, as their flight was about to take off. Ming Siyu was unwilling; she wanted to wait until Liu Ran was completely caught before leaving. Liu Ran hadn’t even left City A, so it likely wouldn’t take much time; she had Secretary Wen temporarily reschedule for another flight later that day.

However, before she could wait for Liu Ran, she was met by a joint investigation from government departments regarding suspected irregularities in the approval process for project land use.

The investigation team was clearly well-prepared. They had received a report that Ming Siyu’s company was suspected of development process irregularities involving a piece of former agricultural land in the neighboring city’s pharmaceutical park project. As the company owner and the final person responsible for the project, Ming Siyu had to undergo examination.

Discovering that Ming Siyu was about to go abroad, they believed she might have the intention of fleeing to avoid prosecution and detained her without further discussion.

“Ms. Ming, based on the evidence we have collected so far, we do not believe this matter will cause serious impact,” the deputy head of the investigation team said politely. “However, just to be safe, please cooperate with our work.”

Ming Siyu’s teeth were nearly crushed from gritting them. “Who? Who did this?”

“I’m sorry, we cannot disclose that.”

Secretary Wen said anxiously: “We have important business in Country D. Can the investigation wait until we return? Or, we can cooperate with the investigation internationally from Country D.”

The investigators looked conflicted: “If there’s no problem, the investigation will be very fast, taking only a few days.”

Secretary Wen wanted to coordinate further, but Ming Siyu shook her head: “Go contact the doctor and see if we can reschedule for another time. I know the company’s affairs; the dirty water of ‘irregularity’ won’t stick to me. Investigate who reported me.”

It was just someone trying to use this matter to stall for time.

Ming Siyu felt a series of pains in her cheeks, as if she had been hit with all someone’s might. Actually, she didn’t need Secretary Wen to investigate; she already had a candidate in mind. The park project, the stalling for time, the detriment to her—every arrow pointed toward Liu Ran, who had participated in the park development and was currently fleeing.

The investigation team treated her quite well, arranging for her to stay in a five-star hotel with a good environment, without complete isolation. Considering her physical condition, they even prepared an emergency medical team. Secretary Wen was as efficient as ever, finding the person who reported her that very afternoon.

When Liu Ran’s name came from Secretary Wen’s mouth, Ming Siyu felt no anger, only waves of heartache and utter disappointment. Fairly speaking, if she were Liu Ran and wanted to escape, she would certainly have prepared a move in advance to act as a restraint and buy time for the escape; otherwise, she would be caught easily.

She just never expected that Liu Ran would truly use such a low blow against her.

Ultimately, the deepest and most painful knife was still the one Liu Ran stabbed into her.

From the discovery of Ming Siwei poisoning her until now, Ming Siyu had been driven forward by rage; revenge had become her greatest motivation. She had been full of confidence, imagining Ming Siwei’s defeated look, wanting to laugh out loud in satisfaction. She had returned to the Ming Siyu who had everything under control, handling everything methodically, believing she had everyone under her heel.

In the end, Liu Ran unexpectedly pushed her down from the height, leaving her shattered into pieces.

Time and again, she tripped over Liu Ran.

She suddenly didn’t understand why she had been struggling so much with Liu Ran lately. To make Liu Ran change her mind? To make Liu Ran fall in love with her again? Or was it merely to satisfy her own possessiveness? For a moment, even Ming Siyu couldn’t say for sure; she only knew she had been like someone with a lost mind, thinking only of tying Liu Ran to her side while disregarding everything else.

Yet at this moment, the obsession with obtaining Liu Ran vanished in an instant. She no longer wanted Liu Ran to necessarily be by her side, but she wouldn’t let Liu Ran go easily either.

“They have tracked Liu Ran’s exact location. Additionally, Liu Ran’s mother, Bai Yu, is also in the process of being transferred. President Ming, as long as you give the order, they can be captured immediately.”

“Forget it, let them go.” Ming Siyu’s heart was as still as water. “Don’t stop them, but don’t lose them either.”

After sitting in the hotel for two days, during which Secretary Wen constantly managed connections and even alerted Old Madam Ming—who hurriedly found contacts to speed up the investigation—the results were finally clarified on the third day. There were indeed procedural issues, but it happened during a transition between old and new regulations. Logically, the approval procedures should have been completed according to the new rules, but the matter could be seen as large or small; the nature wasn’t serious, and it would be fine as long as the paperwork was supplemented.

Ming Siyu left Country A with the greatest speed. Before leaving, she found a random person to go to her house and smash Liu Ran’s room and the flowers Liu Ran had decorated in the living room into a total mess.

Liu Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief after boarding the plane. She wasn’t sure if Ming Siyu hadn’t looked for her or hadn’t found her, or if her report had played a role in temporarily restraining Ming Siyu. Now that the day of departure had truly come, she wasn’t as joyful as she had imagined; instead, a heavier, sadder emotion shrouded her.

She had promised Ming Siyu that she wouldn’t use public office for private revenge at the company. But she indeed needed something to distract Ming Siyu’s attention to help her escape smoothly. She had broken her word. She had racked her brains to pull a seemingly problematic but substantially minor oversight from the project and found a way to submit it to the relevant departments in advance. After Ming Siyu returned from abroad, she wasn’t managing her as strictly, which had just given her the opportunity.

When submitting it, she thought nervously that she just wanted to buy a little time; it wouldn’t cause any substantial harm to Ming Siyu or the company. It just required a few days of investigation, and everything would be fine once it was over. By then, she would be far away.

But the sense of guilt made her unable to lift her head. It wasn’t just Ming Siyu who would be investigated, but also her former colleagues. Liu Ran kept chanting in her heart: it’s just a little bit of time, it won’t have much impact, it’s okay. However, the guilt did not decrease by half a point because of it.

After landing, she edited a text message: I’m sorry. She entered Ming Siyu’s number in the recipient field. The new phone didn’t have Ming Siyu’s number saved, but that string of digits had long since been invisibly engraved in her heart.

She deleted it again.

She moved Bai Yu into a local nursing home. The completely new environment, with a local accent in the international common language, made her feel fear from the bottom of her heart. No one could help her anymore; she could only rely on herself. After settling Bai Yu and exchanging some local currency, she suddenly seemed to find nothing left to do, standing dazed on the spot.

A nurse at the nursing home reminded her that she looked like she was about to drop dead. Liu Ran found a mirror to look in and saw a woman with swollen eye sockets, soulless eyes, and exhaustion written all over her. Only then did she remember she hadn’t closed her eyes for two days and nights.

Liu Ran found an empty set of stairs to sit on, staring blankly at the bustling, crowded street not far away and the passing stranger faces. A sense of loneliness arose spontaneously; longing was like a flood or a wild beast. In an instant, she missed Ming Siyu especially, especially much. Even if she hated, even if she feared, even if she wanted to escape every single moment, she had no way to lie to herself. She had never stopped liking Ming Siyu.

A few days later, while staying by the bed, Liu Ran browsed entertainment news. The words “Ming’s Film” slid past her fingertips; she froze, and before her brain could react, her hand clicked in first.

A movie adapted from a popular novel started filming today. In a group photo of the leading cast, Liu Ran saw a familiar face: Zhu Xinghan.

It felt like a heavy blow to her heart. She hurriedly searched for related information. Zhu Xinghan was playing the protagonist’s “white moonlight” female supporting role, a perfect ballerina living in memories. Anyone with a little knowledge of the acting industry knew that this kind of role was the hardest to mess up and the easiest to be loved by the audience. It didn’t require great acting skills; as long as one showed their most approachable and beautiful side, one could easily gain a following and use it as a springboard to successfully enter the entertainment circle.

The original novel was a massive IP with its own traffic, and with the support of Ming’s Film, an industry leader, Zhu Xinghan’s social media account gained over a hundred thousand followers in less than a day.

Watching this, Liu Ran felt as if a lifetime had passed. So back then, when Ming Siyu made Zhu Xinghan lose face in public and said it was to select actors for a new movie, it wasn’t a lie she made up, but she really intended to choose Zhu Xinghan?

She wanted to call to ask about the situation, to ask what exactly was going on. She clicked on the contact page; it was empty. She wanted to find someone to talk to, but didn’t know who to call or what to say. Finally, at a loss, she put the phone back in her pocket.