How Can Two Scummy Alphas Fall in Love - Chapter 20.1

Chapter 20.1

Han Fufu was stunned.

Sleep with her? Is Qin Qiao insane? Has she resorted to grabbing any random stranger…

“Why are you standing there like an idiot? I just told you to lie next to me.” Qin Qiao’s deep, inscrutable eyes fixed on Fu Fu. After a long silence, the gloom on her face suddenly dispersed, replaced by a mocking smile. “Or, perhaps, you’re hoping to actually… sleep with me?”

“No.” Han Fufu felt utterly disgusted, but on the surface, she feigned shyness, meekly lowering her head.

She was once an actress; her acting skills were naturally top-notch, more than enough to fool Qin Qiao.

Qin Qiao clearly enjoyed seeing Fu Fu blush. Every time she saw Fu Fu’s cheeks flush, she could see Han Fufu’s shadow in this person.

She missed Han Fufu too much. In the dead of night, she had nearly gone mad from longing for Han Fufu several times. Without Han Fufu’s scent, without Han Fufu’s presence, she simply couldn’t fall asleep.

She neither wanted to admit Han Fufu was dead nor believed Han Fufu was still alive, because she had personally watched the body being carried out by rescue personnel.

A year, a whole year. Qin Qiao thought she could endure it. She thought she had never loved Han Fufu.

But only after truly losing her, after seeing Han Fufu’s body, did she realize she couldn’t accept a world without Han Fufu. After Han Fufu left, her mood was unnaturally calm for a period.

That calmness was akin to briefly sealing off all emotions. Qin Qiao was like a robot, arranging Han Fufu’s funeral, orchestrating the asset transfer, and silently bearing the moral condemnation from other families for her power grab and greed.

In fact, Qin Qiao also thought she was unethical. When she first betrayed the Han family, she merely wanted to break free from the Han family’s control and make the Qin company and family independent.

At the time, she had thought she wanted the Qin family to slowly grow and stand on its own. She, Qin Qiao, also wanted to become better. She wanted to stand equally with Han Fufu, not one superior and one inferior. She hoped to reach the top alongside Han Fufu, with neither lagging behind.

To escape the Han family’s grasp, Qin Qiao used a new chat account when Han Fufu was in her final year of high school, pretending to be a schoolmate to strike up conversations. She first used the chats to learn Han Fufu’s schedule and then worked on her own business during the staggered times.

Later, Qin Qiao found their interactions becoming increasingly flirtatious. During those ambiguous moments, whenever Qin Qiao met Han Fufu, she noticed Han Fufu was often distracted, waiting nervously for phone messages.

A major family heir being so emotionally distressed because of love made Qin Qiao realize that if Han Fufu was preoccupied with a relationship, she would have more opportunities to focus on her own family’s grand plan.

Thus, Qin Qiao arranged for a girl to meet Han Fufu in real life, instructing the girl not to reveal that the person chatting online and the person meeting her were not the same.

The girl’s family desperately needed money, so she naturally accepted the payment and the mission.

Just as Qin Qiao expected, Han Fufu became immersed in love, completely neglecting her work.

During this time, Qin Qiao used her tactics to completely free the Qin family’s businesses from the Han family’s control. After they became independent and grew stronger, she even developed other industry chains.

After achieving her goal, Qin Qiao paid the girl she used as a pawn, sending her abroad to study and develop her life, while warning her never to appear in the capital again. She could go anywhere else, but she was forbidden to meet Han Fufu again.

After the girl left the country, Han Fufu immediately hit rock bottom, remaining dispirited and listless for a long time.

Qin Qiao was quite satisfied with Han Fufu’s state. She took advantage of Han Fufu’s low spirits to solidify the Qin family’s status as one of the four great families. She had successfully positioned herself right beside Han Fufu, no longer having to look up at her from a lower position.

Everything should have gone according to Qin Qiao’s plan, but when Qin Qiao came to her senses, she found Han Fufu’s condition to be terrible.

During that time, Qin Qiao noticed Han Fufu was not only spaced out but often had red-rimmed eyes, sitting alone in a corner, saying nothing.

Qin Qiao finally couldn’t stand it anymore and forcefully pulled Han Fufu out of her room. “What’s wrong with you?”

That day, Han Fufu finally cried out loud. She hugged Qin Qiao’s waist, crying so hard her words were fragmented: “Qiao Qiao, I like her. She understands me… just like you understand me… She’s very much like you, and she’s an Omega. I truly love her.”

Qin Qiao frowned, a twinge in her heart.

Love?

Did Han Fufu love that Omega, or did she love Qin Qiao, who was pretending to be that Omega online?

“You love her?” Qin Qiao couldn’t help but ask. “If you love her, does she love you?”

“She clearly sent me messages telling me she enjoyed chatting and confiding in me. I liked it too. Even though I felt she was different in person than online, I still wanted her to stay by my side.” Han Fufu clutched Qin Qiao’s arm tightly. “What should I do, Qiao Qiao? What should I do…”

Qin Qiao said coldly, “You’re sick. Go see a psychologist. You’re not yourself right now.”

“I know. Since she left me, I feel like half my soul is gone.” Han Fufu choked back a sob. “Qiao Qiao, thank goodness you’re still here, thank goodness I have you as a friend.”

“Friend… Yes, we will always be friends. I will stay with you.” Qin Qiao sat down next to Han Fufu and smelled her pheromones. She remembered something. “Did you… sleep with her?”

“No, I only held her.” Han Fufu was disappointed.

Qin Qiao didn’t even notice her subtle sigh of relief. “I’ll introduce you to a doctor. Go see one. Get better soon. I don’t want to see my Fufu so down-and-out.”

“I know.” Han Fufu leaned against Qin Qiao, wiping away her tears, lost in melancholy. “Just let me be sad for one more day, Qiao Qiao.”

“I’ll indulge you for one more day. After this, you’re only allowed to be sad for me, okay?” Qin Qiao asked.

Han Fufu paused, then smiled faintly through her tears: “Okay.”

Han Fufu’s darkest days finally passed with Qin Qiao by her side.

However, after that, the boundary between them was constantly crossed.

Especially after Han Fufu was heartbroken, she became promiscuous out of spite. Whenever she encountered someone she couldn’t shake off, she would ask Qin Qiao to pretend to be her lover.

Similarly, Qin Qiao’s pheromone craving worsened with age. In need of constant Omega companionship, she often encountered Omegas she couldn’t shake off either.

They implicitly and skillfully played the role of each other’s secret lovers. Sometimes, while acting, the lines blurred into reality.

Until that night at the bar, Qin Qiao truly lost control and kissed Han Fufu.

They were completely finished.

They weren’t lovers, yet they did everything lovers do.

They conducted an undefined relationship under the guise of friendship.

They clung to each other for warmth.

Qin Qiao initially thought their arrangement was good, believing they could maintain a relationship beyond that of lovers for a lifetime.

But just as Han Fufu became more and more dependent on Qin Qiao and wanted a definitive answer, trouble finally arose.

Qin Qiao vividly remembered the day she received the anonymous email. The few pictures inside instantly shattered her composure.

She saw her father’s medical records from that year.

The file was placed on the desk of the director of the Han family’s medical research institute, next to the latest research on treating glandular cancer.

Qin Qiao carefully read through all the email content. Her hand, gripping the mouse, trembled uncontrollably.

The truth was heartbreaking.

Qin Qiao’s father had enabled the Han family to prosper through his work for them.

It was only after the Qin family’s business was established that Qin Qiao’s father was diagnosed with glandular cancer.

At the time, Qin Qiao sought out many major hospitals, all of which recommended conservative treatment.

When Qin Qiao was at her wit’s end, Han Fufu stepped forward and told her that the Han family’s medical research institute had developed a new drug for glandular cancer and suggested Qin’s father try it.

The drug had passed clinical trials, was effective, and showed no known side effects or adverse reactions at the time.

Qin Qiao trusted Han Fufu without question and sent her father to the hospital under the Han family’s name, where he received the most advanced treatment.

However, Qin Qiao’s father eventually succumbed and passed away.

The Han family claimed he didn’t receive the medication in time, and his condition rapidly worsened.

But the data in the email Qin Qiao received revealed otherwise.

The truth was that Qin Qiao’s father was used as a test subject for the Han family’s medical institute. The experimental drug was highly dangerous, and Qin Qiao’s father naturally couldn’t withstand it.

After Qin Qiao’s father died, the Han family actually used his body for autopsies and conducted more and more tests.

Qin Qiao knew nothing of this. She had assumed her father was properly buried. She never expected that her father’s body was still in the laboratory freezer, his physical form horribly mutilated.

Qin Qiao verified the authenticity of the email. She sent people to investigate and confirmed everything the email claimed.

Consequently, Qin Qiao concluded that her father had been murdered by the Han family. She also believed that Han Fufu had been deceiving her all along.

It was also possible that the Han family and Han Fufu were trying to suppress the Qin family.

In any case, the Han family had developed ulterior motives towards the Qin family.

Since learning these facts, Qin Qiao began working towards completely overthrowing the Han family.

She didn’t deliberately wish for Han Fufu’s demise, but she had planned, after overthrowing the Han family, to keep Han Fufu by her side as her canary in a cage. She wanted Han Fufu to spend a lifetime of humble companionship to atone for the evil the Han family had inflicted upon the Qin family.

Qin Qiao committed unsavory and dirty deeds to bring down the Han family. On the day of her engagement to Fu Qiao, she tricked Han Fufu into returning to her family estate. She did indeed arrange for people to tamper with the Han family residence beforehand, dismantling the fire suppression system. She also deliberately had people set a fire to retrieve the official seal hidden in the residence.

She had only intended to start a small, easily contained fire to cause chaos, allowing her people to slip in and retrieve the seal amidst the confusion.

But how did it escalate into a small explosion, turning into a massive fire that took over forty minutes to extinguish?

She had never wanted Han Fufu to be injured in the slightest.

Yet, Han Fufu died directly in the inferno.

Qin Qiao got everything she wished for from the Han family, but she lost Han Fufu forever.

After losing Han Fufu, Qin Qiao also broke off her engagement with Fu Qiao. She initially needed to use Fu Qiao, but without Han Fufu, she didn’t need anything anymore—not the Fu family, not anyone.

It had only been one year since Han Fufu’s death.

Qin Qiao was driven to madness by her longing for Han Fufu.

She had to admit that she had completely fallen for Han Fufu the first time she flirted with her online using someone else’s identity.

No, it was even earlier…

From the moment Qin Qiao first saw Han Fufu running down the spiral staircase as a child, her young heart was completely stunned.

Han Fufu, in her eyes at the time, was a shining existence.

Qin Qiao had always, always wanted to stand alongside Han Fufu, which was why she planned everything so diligently.

But in the process of planning, she forgot her original intention, putting the cart before the horse, personally killing her dearest love, and personally destroying the happiness she could have easily attained.

They were both Alphas, but they hadn’t cared about that for a long time.

They simply defined their relationship incorrectly from the start.

One word—friend—cost them so much…

It cost them…

As Qin Qiao thought about this, her gaze toward Fu Fu darkened even more.

A year had passed, and Qin Qiao was at her breaking point.

Suddenly, someone who resembled Han Fufu so, so much appeared. To her, it was like a drowning person seeing a lifeline.