I Topped the Aloof Omega in a Scummy Alpha Novel - Chapter 48

She is only allowed to smile for her alone

Countless question marks popped up in Xuan Yuchi’s mind. She raised her hand and wiped the spot where A Fan had kissed her.

Was A Fan’s head really damaged from the collision?

A Fan’s eyes dimmed slightly. She turned her head away and rubbed the bedsheet with both hands, her expression looking like… shyness?

Xuan Yuchi put her hand on A Fan’s forehead: “You didn’t get a fever and burn yourself silly, did you? Did you see clearly who I am? Who did you mistake me for?”

A Fan looked straight at her, her eyes full of conviction: “You are Xuan Yuchi.”

“I… love… you.” She said, word by word.

Xuan Yuchi’s mouth formed an O. She still felt that A Fan’s head was damaged, or had she been possessed?

A Fan: “I never understood my feelings for you until this time when I almost died. Before I fell unconscious, the only person I wanted to see was you.”

“A Xuan, we’ve known each other for so long, been to so many places together, and experienced so many things. Do you really feel nothing for me…”

The abrupt sound of high heels interrupted her words, followed by a cold, distinguished face that looked down at her.

A Fan recognized who this was. She was clearly somewhat surprised by Bian Yunchen’s appearance, and also a little guilty.

She would never forget the front-page news printed in various newspapers three years ago, after she took Xuan Yuchi and ran away from the wedding. The woman in the photo looked extremely shocked, wearing such a beautiful toast dress, yet in that moment, she looked as pathetic as the most miserable person in the world. Although such a state probably only lasted for a second, it was still captured.

And she was partly responsible for all of it.

She almost wanted to jump down and bow to Bian Yunchen.

It was too late. It seemed she had already heard everything just now.

“I have no romantic feelings for her!” Xuan Yuchi held up three fingers and swore.

Bian Yunchen grabbed those three fingers and folded them into Xuan Yuchi’s palm, her movements gentle. She leaned in close to Xuan Yuchi’s ear and comforted her: “I know. It’s not your fault.”

It was just running away from the wedding with the person on the bed.

It was just wandering around with this person for three years.

It was just secretly running here in the middle of the night.

She really, absolutely, didn’t mind at all.

“You go out first.” Bian Yunchen smiled, turned Xuan Yuchi around, and ushered her out.

She closed the door. The door to this hospital room didn’t have a lock, but without her permission, Xuan Yuchi probably wouldn’t barge in easily.

Or maybe she would…

The room instantly quieted down, and it was silent outside the room as well. Xuan Yuchi pressed against the door, anxiously watching the two through the small window.

What could Yunchen possibly say to A Fan? She really hoped she had nothing to say to A Fan. A Fan was a patient, after all.

A Fan’s expression gradually became timid, as if the person standing in front of her was not a human but a goddess about to stab her with a spear. For a patient, this was truly too cruel.

Xuan Yuchi couldn’t bear to watch any longer. She pressed the doorknob. Yunchen turned around and gave her a cool look, then grabbed A Fan’s wrist, seemingly highly displeased with Xuan Yuchi’s flustered concern.

Xuan Yuchi entered, and A Fan’s face turned even paler.

“I, I’m a little thirsty. Is there any water here?” Xuan Yuchi asked cautiously.

“You look very nervous.” Bian Yunchen smiled faintly, looking cold as a stone statue from a distance, but a crack had opened up in her back, seeping with lava-like rage.

Xuan Yuchi faintly smelled the anger in the air. She believed Yunchen wouldn’t do anything too excessive, and A Fan wasn’t a petty or sensitive person. It would be better for her to retreat to avoid escalating the conflict.

Then she saw Yunchen’s finger brush across the back of A Fan’s hand and pull out the patient’s IV needle.

A Fan shivered in fright.

Mama, she had met a lunatic!

“Yunchen!” Xuan Yuchi blurted out, taking one step forward, afraid to make any sudden moves.

Bian Yunchen took a breath, lowered her eyes to the floor, as if she didn’t want to see Xuan Yuchi’s anxious expression, then looked at the IV bottle, saying in a joking tone: “Oh, I thought this bottle was finished, and I wanted to help her.”

Xuan Yuchi knew what was really going on, but played along, chuckling: “There’s still a little left, but it can be changed. A Fan, press that button by the bed and call the nurse.”

A Fan was still shaken, but not completely terrified. She immediately pressed the button, and the nurse arrived a few seconds later.

Xuan Yuchi said that she was done for the day and should leave, and she pulled Yunchen away.

A Fan’s mother had bought breakfast and smiled, asking if Xuan Yuchi wanted to eat with them. Xuan Yuchi quickly said there was no need.

When only A Fan and her mother were left in the room, A Fan complained: “Mom, it was all your and Mother’s brilliant idea. I was almost killed!”

Her mother said sternly: “We’ve indulged your recklessness for the past few years, that’s enough. It’s just asking you to make a sacrifice for the family. Why are you so resentful?”

A Fan: “Do you really have to choose the Bai family as your backer?”

Her mother sighed: “It’s not for us to choose.”

Xuan Yuchi pulled Bian Yunchen into the elevator and pressed the button for the third basement floor. Only then did she remember that Yunchen had come here openly without any disguise. Fortunately, this hospital was somewhat remote with low foot traffic, so hopefully, no one had seen her on the way.

The two didn’t say a word in the elevator, as if they were in a cold war.

The elevator showed signs of stopping on the second floor.

Sure enough, the door opened, and a few young girls came in.

Xuan Yuchi immediately turned around and pressed Bian Yunchen into her arms. Right after, she was bitten on the shoulder, and she groaned in pain.

The young girls left on the first floor. Xuan Yuchi pushed the person away and rubbed her shoulder. The bite was not light, and her eyes were still teary.

“Didn’t you say you didn’t blame me?” she complained.

Bian Yunchen didn’t explain. She stepped out of the elevator first. Xuan Yuchi followed her, got into the car, but didn’t close the door.

She wanted her to explain. Being sullen was bad for her health, especially for a certain picky eater!

“Xuan Yuchi.”

She heard Yunchen call her name.

Bian Yunchen’s hair covered her face, and her voice was muffled and gloomy: “I am a petty person.”

“It’s okay,” Xuan Yuchi comforted her. “You are already amazing. You have been outstanding since childhood, and you have been very tolerant of me. It’s normal for people to have flaws. Your flaws are also cute, every part of you is cute, and I love…”

As she spoke, her words became more flattering, a blatant attempt to please.

Because in her eyes, this was Bian Yunchen’s concession, and it made her feel affectionate towards her.

Bian Yunchen suddenly sneered: “You didn’t understand at all.”

Ten years were not enough time to see a person completely inside and out.

Especially someone like Bian Yunchen, who hid certain thoughts very deeply.

She had read many books and watched many movies. She learned everything about love from them. She also gradually understood that the younger sister she grew up with didn’t feel romantic love for her.

She saw this point before Xuan Yuchi did.

But what did it matter? She always tried to guide her, create some ambiguity, and use her beautiful facade to make Xuan Yuchi feel a surge of emotion during her adolescence, making her mistake it for love.

Even a block of wood would find it hard not to be moved when faced with Bian Yunchen’s deliberate scheming. Of course, no one else was privileged enough to see that side of Bian Yunchen.

She wasn’t entirely honest either. She had never told Xuan Yuchi that she hated her smiling at others, hated her meticulously preparing gifts for those friends, and even hated others calling her name.

If Xuan Yuchi hadn’t run away from the wedding, Bian Yunchen might have pretended for a lifetime, allowing those dark thoughts to remain tightly wrapped by her facade.

The next day, Xuan Yuchi woke up at home.

At nine in the morning, she slowly answered Yunchen’s call.

Yunchen said she saw a bag and asked Xuan Yuchi to go to the mall to get it and give it to A Fan, to apologize to A Fan on her behalf.

Xuan Yuchi thought Yunchen had calmed down and quickly agreed, swiftly washed up, and hailed a car outside, heading straight for the shopping district.

It was already past ten when she arrived at the shopping district. The flow of people was recovering, and looking around, trendy young girls and sophisticated urban women crisscrossed on the street, like two timelines converging. Then, someone smiled at Xuan Yuchi.

Xuan Yuchi walked towards the mall, feeling strange looks. Looking to the left were a few young girls. A white-collar worker walking towards her also quickly glanced at her. Even a distinguished middle-aged woman turned her head to look at her, only to be caught by her.

Someone tapped her, and she chased after the person and caught them.

That person smiled cheerfully and asked, “Are you Xuan Yuchi?”

Before she could answer, the girl next to that person exclaimed excitedly, “You really are pretty, no wonder Bian Yunchen cheated for you!”

Cheated???

Before Yunchen’s divorce, they were innocent!

“That’s not true. Don’t spread rumors,” Xuan Yuchi solemnly warned her.

According to the current national law, an omega who cheats must go to jail along with their paramour.

“What are you afraid of? Didn’t Bian Yunchen say she only ’emotionally cheated’ with you?” The young girl, young as she was, saw through Xuan Yuchi’s doubts.

She had only recently differentiated into an omega. If any alpha was willing to risk universal condemnation to rescue her from an unhappy marriage in the future, she would truly be moved to tears.

She told Xuan Yuchi: “That’s a very romantic thing.”

More and more people were taking photos. Most of them were omegas, looking at Xuan Yuchi as if she were some kind of rare species.

The alphas, however, looked like they wanted to spit on her. Enticing a married woman, and only in a ‘spiritual’ sense at that—how shameful.

Xuan Yuchi feigned composure, quickened her pace, and went to the mall to pick up the bag, but the sales associate informed her that the item had already been shipped.

Xuan Yuchi’s trip was in vain, and she suddenly realized that Yunchen had tricked her.

She found a place to hide and took out her phone. There were hundreds of new messages, all asking for information.

Only then did Xuan Yuchi learn that Yunchen had admitted to a media outlet that her previous marriage was unhappy, and thankfully, she had Xuan Yuchi for comfort. She also said they had known each other for a long time, were once engaged, but missed their chance for various reasons, which was an unintended mistake.

This troublemaker! Knowing that saying this would cause an uproar, she had practically launched Xuan Yuchi into stardom. All sorts of details about her were being dug up online, garnering more attention than a top-tier actor, all thanks to Bian Yunchen.

Director Chen also joined in the fun, revealing that his movie had intimate scenes between Bian Yunchen and Xuan Yuchi, and also said that Xuan Yuchi was acting out of love, instantly boosting the movie’s anticipation and saving the investors a fortune in preliminary promotion costs.

Xuan Yuchi was furious and called Bian Yunchen, asking how she could live a normal life now since she had no intention of becoming a celebrity.

Bian Yunchen said: “Yes, what should we do? Everyone knows you now. You’ll be watched everywhere you go. So many people know about our relationship now. Why don’t you go into hiding?”

Like a child playing a prank.

However, Xuan Yuchi did feel that she should avoid the spotlight and reduce her outings.

She requested a leave of absence. Bian Yunchen readily agreed and sent a car to pick her up, but it didn’t take her home.

When Xuan Yuchi stood at the manor gate, surrounded by a deathly silence, she forced a smile that was uglier than a cry.

She had a bad feeling that she was going to be locked up for a long time this time.

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