Forced to Live Together After Picking Up the Child of My Rival Alpha - Chapter 7

Yu Jin shot her a sidelong glance without saying a word.

Song Yuan, freeing up a hand, pointed at herself. “And me too, while you’re at it.”

Perhaps it was Song Yuan’s imagination, but she thought she saw the corner of Yu Jin’s mouth twitch twice, as if she were speechless.

Fortunately, the next second, there was a click.

The car door opened.

Song Yuan, taking the hint, immediately picked up Luoluo and got into Yu Jin’s van, repeatedly thanking her, “Thank you, Ms. Yu.”

Then she instructed the driver, “To Jingxi Beiyuan, please. Thank you.”

The driver, Xiao Liu, who had been with Yu Jin for many years, gave a cool nod in response.

The car sped along the highway, and from inside, rows of shaded trees flashed by outside the window.

Song Yuan, holding the child, drifted off in thought. Yu Jin had disliked her so much back then, and now Luoluo was inexplicably calling her “Mommy.” Would she think Song Yuan was deliberately using the child to, get close to her?

Unable to figure it out, Song Yuan hugged Luoluo and shrank into the corner, trying to minimize their presence.

Although Luo Wei had told her to build a good relationship with Yu Jin, given Yu Jin’s indifferent attitude, Song Yuan felt that in private, it was best to avoid provoking her and keep her distance as much as possible!

So, Song Yuan held the soft little bundle that was Luoluo and squeezed herself into the far side of the car seat.

Doing her best to reduce the presence of mother and child.

Luoluo, of course, had no idea of her well-intentioned efforts.

Her little hand reached out toward Yu Jin again, murmuring, “Mommy, hug.”

Song Yuan’s eyes widened in shock again as she manually pulled Luoluo’s hand back and admonished, “This is Auntie, not Mommy!”

Luoluo pouted. “She is Mommy!”

Song Yuan looked up at Yu Jin, frantically explaining, “She’s just a child; she mistook you for someone else.”

Yu Jin responded with a cold laugh.

That derisive snort grated on Song Yuan’s ears.

Song Yuan, reminded of their unresolved grievances, couldn’t help but frown.

But recalling Luo Wei’s advice, she forced a smile and said, “Kids, you know. I’m really sorry.”

The apology received no response.

The car smoothly arrived at Jingxi Beiyuan, and Song Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Being in the car with Yu Jin inexplicably made her feel under pressure.

Just before getting out, Luoluo was still clinging to Yu Jin, calling her Mommy.

Yu Jin crouched down, her voice gentle and clear. “Be good, Luoluo. We’ll see each other tomorrow.”

Only then did Luoluo release her arm, muttering softly, “Okay, Mommy~”

Song Yuan felt a pang of guilt but couldn’t understand why Luoluo, having met Yu Jin only that day, was already so attached.

Hardening her heart, Song Yuan played the villain, scooping Luoluo up and carrying her away.

Yu Jin watched them leave before getting back into the car and raising the window.

Parting from Luoluo pained her as well.

She hadn’t failed to notice the instant dimming of light in Luoluo’s eyes.

But what could she do?

She wasn’t a good mother. She had brought Luoluo into the world but couldn’t fully care for her. The somatic reactions from her emotions made her chest ache faintly again, and her head grew heavy.

Yu Jin pressed her fingers to her temples, trying to ease her discomfort, but the pheromones inside her were gradually becoming disordered. Forcing herself to endure the unease, she grew restless.

Trembling, she searched the van’s drawer for a pheromone suppressant, but as luck would have it, the emergency injection she needed had been used up last time.

Furious, Yu Jin slammed her hands on the drawer, veins bulging.

The loud bang caught the driver’s attention.

“Ms. Yu, what’s wrong?”

“Ms. Yu?”

Driver Xiao Liu inquired with concern.

Due to the partition, Xiao Liu couldn’t see the situation in the back seat.

After calling out several times without a response, Xiao Liu had no choice but to lower the partition himself. There, he saw Yu Jin painfully crouched on the seat, her face flushed with an unhealthy redness.

Xiao Liu panicked: “Miss Yu? What’s wrong?”

Tormented by the pain of hormonal imbalance, Yu Jin squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth upon hearing Xiao Liu’s call: “To the hospital.”

Upon receiving the instruction, Xiao Liu stepped hard on the accelerator and drove to the hospital at the fastest speed possible.

Xiao Liu quickly delivered Yu Jin safely into Chen Man’s hands and only then felt relieved enough to leave the hospital room.

Chen Man’s expression shifted slightly: “How did this happen?”

Xiao Liu shook his head, indicating he didn’t know.

Chen Man had no choice but to carefully take Yu Jin and lay her down in the doctor’s private lounge.

Yu Jin was murmuring something, but Chen Man paid no attention.

She decisively took out a suppressant and injected it into Yu Jin.

After a long while, Yu Jin’s slender body finally relaxed and settled.

Only then did Chen Man retract her worried expression and let out a helpless sigh: “Haven’t you thought of any other solutions?”

Yu Jin lowered her gaze, but her words didn’t answer Chen Man’s question.

She said, “I’m not a good mother. Luoluo has become much more cheerful since she went to live with her.”

Chen Man couldn’t deny this: “Indeed but regarding Luoluo’s matter, you could actually talk to her and clarify things.”

After Chen Man said this, a long silence followed so long that Chen Man felt helpless.

After a while, Yu Jin spoke: “Prepare a few more suppressants for me.”

Hearing this, Chen Man, both helpless and angry, tossed the needle she had just used on Yu Jin onto the tray: “If you keep injecting these suppressants, not only will you not revert to being an Alpha, but it will also cause significant harm to your body!”

After Chen Man finished speaking, she still didn’t receive a response from Yu Jin.

“If you continue to harm yourself like this, I won’t prescribe any more suppressants for you.”

After a long pause, Yu Jin’s brows twitched slightly: “I can’t accept it.”

She couldn’t accept turning from an Alpha into an Omega, nor could she endure the recurring heat cycles, let alone an Alpha’s advances toward her.

She had been an Alpha herself, but after being marked by Song Yuan, she became an Omega.

She also couldn’t accept Song Yuan’s attitude after the incident acting as if nothing had happened at all.

What a scoundrel!

While enduring physical pain, Yu Jin was also tormented mentally.

Chen Man lowered her gaze and remained silent for a moment. She wasn’t a psychologist and truly felt at a loss for words, unable to think of how to comfort Yu Jin.

She could only explain from a medical perspective: “After an Alpha is marked and turns into an Omega, forcibly injecting suppressants not only has side effects on the body but also makes future heat cycles prone to going out of control!”

“If I tell Song Yuan that Luoluo is her child, how would she react?” Yu Jin whispered softly.

Chen Man heard every word clearly.

“I think it’s best to clarify things.”

Over the years, Chen Man had always supported her in explaining the situation about the child and the marking to Song Yuan, but Yu Jin had always been troubled and hesitant about something.

Yu Jin closed her eyes and tilted her head back, as if all her energy had been drained.

Chen Man sighed helplessly. She knew Yu Jin couldn’t overcome her psychological barrier it felt like forcing someone to take responsibility for her.

She had no choice but to take off her white coat and hang it on the office chair: “It’s time for me to get off work too. Come on, let me buy you a drink!”

A faint smile tugged at the corner of Yu Jin’s lips. Sometimes, she felt grateful to have such a good friend with whom she could share her thoughts.

In the club, at the wine table.

Yu Jin crossed her long legs, leaning slightly against the edge of the table. Her goal was clear to numb herself.

Listening to the upbeat music, the aroma of alcohol wafted past her nose as she downed glass after glass of the pungent, spicy liquor.

Chen Man didn’t know how to offer comforting words, so she could only accompany Yu Jin drink for drink, doing her best to stay sober enough to send the intoxicated Yu Jin home.

After several rounds of drinks, Chen Man felt she couldn’t handle any more.

“I can’t do this, Ah Jin, I’m going to throw up.”

Letting out a drunken belch, she quickly rushed to the restroom to vomit.

Through the clear, gleaming wine glass, Yu Jin watched Chen Man’s retreating figure as she ran off to vomit.

She thought that not being able to throw up from drinking wasn’t necessarily a good thing. All she could do was slowly feel the alcohol rush to her head, her body growing slightly warm, and the restlessness coursing through her veins.

Her mind was filled with memories of that night five years ago, the night she had been mistakenly marked by Song Yuan, only for the other to deny any responsibility afterward.

Groping for her phone, she opened the contact that had been saved for five years Song Yuan.

Whether it was the alcohol clouding her mind or the pent-up frustration of five years finally erupting, Yu Jin tapped the call button.

The phone rang for a long time before it was hung up.

Yu Jin persisted relentlessly.

At Jingxi North Court, Song Yuan hung up the call with her eyes closed and tried to drift back to sleep.

But just a few minutes later, the phone rang again.

Afraid that Luo Wei might have something urgent to discuss, Song Yuan squinted at the screen to see what was going on.

When she saw Yu Jin’s name displayed on her phone, Song Yuan nearly threw the device, her sleepiness vanishing instantly.

Yu Jin still had her number saved?

Song Yuan sobered up slightly, glanced at the peacefully sleeping little one, Luoluo, beside her, and tiptoed to the living room to answer the call.

“Hello?”

The other end of the line was somewhat noisy.

Yu Jin said, “You jerk!”

Hearing the harsh tone, Song Yuan instinctively pulled the phone away from her ear to double-check the contact name.

“Are you sure you didn’t dial the wrong number?”

Yu Jin, intoxicated, replied in a lazy yet provocative tone, “I didn’t dial the wrong number, Song Yuan.”

The way she uttered “Song Yuan” was filled with venom, sending an inexplicable jolt of unease through Song Yuan’s heart. She waited anxiously for what would come next, but the person on the other end fell silent.

“Yu Jin?” Song Yuan ventured cautiously.

“Jerk,” the other person murmured softly, the volume barely audible.

It was so quiet that Song Yuan thought Yu Jin might be joking.

But then again, Song Yuan didn’t think Yu Jin was the type to play such pointless games, so she asked again, “What did you say? I didn’t hear you clearly.”

On her end, Yu Jin leaned on the wine table with a bitter smile, repeating and emphasizing, “I said you, Song Yuan, are a jerk!”

Song Yuan’s eyes widened in shock.

Her mind filled with question marks.

What was wrong with her?

Was it trendy now to call people in the middle of the night just to curse them as jerks?

This was utterly absurd.

The words to retort were on the tip of Song Yuan’s tongue, but all she could hear in her mind were Luo Wei’s repeated warnings: “Don’t offend Yu Jin, don’t offend Yu Jin.”

Fuming, Song Yuan hung up the phone, deciding not to argue with a drunk. She returned to bed, about to fall asleep, when the devilish ringtone assaulted her ears once more.

Song Yuan forcefully pressed the end call button and decisively shut off her phone.

Now, sleep was truly out of the question. She could only curse Yu Jin eight hundred times in her heart before forcing her eyes shut.

What’s going on with Mom and Mama?

On the other end, Yu Jin, holding a phone that could no longer make calls, let out a bitter laugh.

But then she recalled the “jerk” she had hurled at Song Yuan and felt as if she had finally released a long-suppressed breath of resentment.

Chen Man, knowing full well how Yu Jin behaved when drunk and fearing she might not be able to handle it much longer, coaxed and persuaded Yu Jin until she finally agreed to go home.

With great effort, Chen Man tossed Yu Jin onto the bed, then brushed off nonexistent dust from her hands and grumbled, “I’d rather go home and coax my wife than waste time dealing with this mess!”

As she was leaving, Chen Man noticed Yu Jin’s leg dangling off the bed. She rolled her eyes but resignedly walked back to lift the leg back onto the mattress.

Meanwhile, in Jingxi North Residence in the northern part of the city, Song Yuan’s mind was a battlefield of internal conflict. The turmoil lasted until three or four in the morning before she finally fell into a fitful sleep.

But this sleep brought no relief instead, it drenched Song Yuan in cold sweat. In her dream, Luo Luo insisted she marry Yu Jin. The scene shifted, and suddenly they were wed. In the dream, every time Yu Jin got drunk, she would point at Song Yuan’s head and call her a bastard and a scoundrel.

The dream was heavy and drawn-out they grew old together, surrounded by children and grandchildren. Just as their lives reached a picture-perfect happily-ever-after, Yu Jin transformed into a ferocious ghost, clawing toward her while snarling through moving lips: “Scoundrel! Scoundrel.”

The absurd dream only ended when her alarm clock shattered the illusion.

Song Yuan bolted upright, heart still racing, chest heaving, with beads of cold sweat clinging to her forehead.

Luo Luo stretched sleepily and asked with innocent curiosity, “Mommy, what’s wrong?”

Song Yuan turned her head stiffly. “Mommy’s fine.”

Luo Luo remained silent, still watching her mother with concern.

Heavy dark circles under her eyes, Song Yuan took a deep breath. “Luo Luo, except during the show, you can’t call that auntie from yesterday ‘Mommy’ anymore.”

Luo Luo frowned, tilting her head in confusion. Which auntie? Does Mommy mean Mommy?

Her small brow furrowed deeply. “You mean Mommy?”

Song Yuan gently covered Luo Luo’s mouth and shook her head. “She’s only Mommy during the show! The rest of the time, we need to stay away from her!”

Song Yuan expected Luo Luo to nod obediently as usual, but this time the child just stared at her in puzzlement.

The gaze made Song Yuan sigh repeatedly. Luo Luo racked her little brain but couldn’t understand the reasoning.

Mommy is really nice!

Even though she doesn’t come home often and sometimes can’t help losing her temper, she’s still really nice.

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