Reborn as a Scummy Alpha, I Became Every Heroine's Obsession - Chapter 47

Feng Jiying collapsed, unconscious.

Xiao Bai’s eyes widened in panic. She shouted, “President!” and rushed forward to catch her, gently lowering her into her arms.

She immediately contacted Feng Jiying’s personal doctor. Activating her terminal, Xiao Bai connected via video call, performed a 3D scan of Feng Jiying’s body, and transmitted the data to the doctor.

At the same time, she couldn’t stop thinking about the white flash that had just burst from the screen before Feng Jiying passed out. Could it be that Miss Gu had truly vanished?

But before she could process it further, the screen in front of her suddenly switched.

Not just this one. Across all of Central City, every video platform, digital billboard, and terminal was suddenly overtaken by a roughly eight-minute-long explicit video.

One of the people in the video was unmistakably the perverse headmaster.

At Central City’s largest shopping center, a massive 3D screen was mounted on the exterior of a towering building. Just moments ago, it had been displaying Gu Qiqi enduring electric shocks in the interrogation room. After a final surge of high-voltage energy, Gu Qiqi vanished in a blinding flash of white light. The interrogation room itself seemed to disappear, and everyone believed she had died.

But no one expected what came next.

The screen now showed a new video. The headmaster was on top of someone, speaking vulgar words. The person beneath him had been censored, their face blurred, but the outline made it clear they were male.

The camera angle suggested the footage came from a hidden camera, likely surveillance. Despite that, the resolution was crystal clear. Even the pores on the headmaster’s greasy face were visible.

Everyone in Central City stopped what they were doing and turned their attention to the screen.

After all, the headmaster of Academy 330 held immense power in both the military and government. He controlled the entire military system of the academy. Any influential family’s heir needed to graduate from Academy 330 to have a future in the federal government.

He was second only to the President. His authority was unmatched.

And now, all eyes were watching him fall from grace. No one was talking about Gu Qiqi anymore. In a society rich in material wealth but poor in meaning, gossip was a beloved pastime. Drama and scandal were their favorite kind of news.

What shocked everyone even more was that the person beneath the headmaster was a male Alpha.

In Central City, relationships between two Alphas were considered the ultimate form of deviance. It was seen as repulsive as a contagious disease, something that made people recoil in horror.

Zhao Zhongtian stood beneath the same giant screen. He had originally come to witness Gu Qiqi’s suffering, to see her disappear before his eyes. But instead…

Even though the video had been edited, even though his face was blurred, Zhao Zhongtian recognized himself immediately.

Although most people were glued to the screen, he could feel certain eyes locking onto him. It felt like they knew. That they had recognized him. His expression darkened, and he quickly covered his face with trembling hands, scanning the crowd warily.

The people around him began whispering.

“I thought it was some silly gossip, but turns out it’s an Alpha and Alpha romance from Academy 330. Disgusting. I would never let my child study there.”

“Whoever that other Alpha is, if it were me, I’d already be dead. Who could live after being humiliated like that?”

“This leadership needs to be purged. Not a single one of them is decent.”

Zhao Zhongtian clutched his face and tried to escape. But the voices chased after him like thousands of tiny needles, stabbing into his ears, his skin, his heart.

Even though they didn’t say his name, he was certain they knew. Certain they were judging him.

Each word felt like it peeled another layer off his skin, leaving him raw and bleeding.

It was all Gu Qiqi’s fault.

His face twisted with hatred. All his rage turned toward her.

If it hadn’t been for Gu Qiqi, he wouldn’t be suffering now. The headmaster had wanted her, not him.

She should’ve been the one in that video. Not him.

If she hadn’t been born with such luck, he and his brother could have lived a peaceful life. He could have made a name for himself at the academy, taken care of his brother, and lived without worry.

But her appearance ruined everything. Just a year ago, he had everything.

Why did she get to die so easily? Why wasn’t she the one being cursed, being called a freak?

Blinded by fury, Zhao Zhongtian didn’t watch where he was going and bumped into someone.

At this high-end shopping center, every person there was either rich, powerful, or both.

“Hey, are you blind? Watch where you’re going!” A glamorous Omega stood surrounded by a row of bodyguards.

Zhao Zhongtian didn’t lift his head. His fists clenched tightly, burning with rage.

“So it’s just some filthy Alpha. Doesn’t even look like he’s from Central City. Take him away. Send him to the interrogation room. Alphas from the outer districts should be wiped out.”

The Omega removed a fur coat with a scowl, and a servant immediately handed them a new one.

“No manners at all. Can’t even apologize? Or do you not have the guts to look me in the eye? What are you hiding? Are you just like that freak on the screen?”

At the word “freak,” Zhao Zhongtian snapped.

He had sacrificed everything to take down Gu Qiqi, but she had slipped away, dragging him down in her place.

That was unacceptable.

He bared his Alpha glands, shoving past the bodyguards. He grabbed the Omega’s coat and bit down hard on the back of their neck, releasing his pheromones.

The Omega’s expression turned to horror. Their face flushed, their body spasmed. Saliva spilled uncontrollably from their mouth as their eyes rolled back.

Chaos exploded around them.

The video on the giant screen continued to play. Central City erupted into violent disorder.

People stopped thinking about Gu Qiqi entirely.

The city, known for its calm and wealth, was suddenly drowning in wind and rain.

Academy 330 had fallen into disgrace. Public order across Central City collapsed.

The connection between Central City and the outer districts had never been so vulnerable. Some seized the chance to sneak in, while others used the chaos to escape.

Song Lin, wearing sunglasses, drove along a narrow, winding road.

She was in a long black van with a bed in the back.

Gu Qiqi lay unconscious on a stolen hospital bed. Yun San and Nan Qi sat beside her, guarding her silently.

Yun San looked anxiously at Gu Qiqi.

“Thank goodness we made it in time. Back when Sister Gu and Gu Qingyun went to the borderlands, Gu Qingyun secretly sent me a message. He said if anything happened to them, I had to save her. I didn’t get it at the time. But just a couple of days later, we were all sent to missions in the most remote corners of Central City.”

Song Lin had returned a little earlier than Yun San and Nan Qi. But she was only a Beta.

All she could do was hack into Central City’s network through electronic devices and break into the surveillance system at Academy 330.

Everyone quickly discovered that the principal, that despicable old man, had damaged Gu Qiqi’s gland while she was unconscious.

Song Lin acted with incredible speed. At the moment Gu Qiqi received the strongest electric shock, she breached the interrogation room’s entire control system and deliberately created a blinding white flash to disrupt everyone’s vision.

Yun San and Nan Qi were already prepared. They immediately rushed in and rescued Gu Qiqi.

However, Song Lin had not expected one thing—Wen Cheng actually helped them.

That little video clip that followed was just a small gift from her to the principal and Zhao Ritian.

Nan Qi said, “Gu-jie’s gland has been destroyed. Our Nan family works under the Wen family. Eighty percent of the pharmaceuticals in Central City are researched and developed by them. I’ve seen this type of drug in their research center before, but it’s never been released to the public. Clearly, the Wen family and the principal were working together.”

Yun San nodded. “Gu Qingyun told me if something happened to them, she would wait for us at that location. As long as we get Gu-jie there, everything will be alright.”

Song Lin was a Beta.

In Central City, Betas were only allowed to do the lowest-level work.

Even though having a Central City household registration guaranteed a life without starvation or homelessness, it only ensured the most basic standard of living.

Wealth was always concentrated in the hands of a few. Central City was no exception. The top capitalists controlled 90 percent of the wealth and kept harvesting the working class, again and again.

With the highest birth rate, Betas were like a field of ever-growing grass, always ready to be cut down.

Children born from two Betas were always Betas. Even when an Alpha or Omega paired with a Beta, more than 90 percent of the children would still be Beta.

Yun San and Nan Qi were both daughters of minor families. They were Alpha, but their spiritual strength was average.

Their mothers were Omegas from the edge zones, born with no status or family support.

They were never valued in their families and had to fight for everything themselves. If they failed, they would be trampled on by their siblings.

In times of family crisis, they would be the first sacrificed, pushed forward to take the fall.

It wasn’t until they met Gu Qiqi that they finally understood what it meant to rise above one’s background.

She taught them unity, respect, and loyalty.

They were not blood-related, but they were closer than family.

Gu Qiqi shared her glory with them. She taught them the meaning of honor and standing together through life and death.

That is why they were willing to live and die with her.

Yun San urged, “Song Lin, we need to move faster. Gu-jie’s vital signs are dropping. Without her gland secreting protective spiritual energy and pheromones, her cells are dying twice as fast.”

Song Lin had been a computer genius since childhood.

She had already hacked into Central City’s entire surveillance system.

No one had discovered their presence.

Meanwhile, Gu Qiqi lay in complete darkness, unsure whether she was dead or alive.

Just moments ago, her body had still been suffering from the electric shocks.

Now, all she felt was emptiness.

Endless, formless blackness.

No sensation. No sound. No touch. No sight.

Suddenly, the familiar voice of the system echoed in her mind.

System: Congratulations, host, for breaking through the limits of self-awareness.

System: You chose not to escape. Congratulations on completing the first stage—rebirth through death.

System: The second stage begins now. Please reclaim your true identity, return to Central City, and take back everything that once belonged to the Gu family.

Gu Qiqi didn’t understand what the system meant.

Was she still just a puppet of the system?

System: No, host. The system is no longer controlled by the main game server. It now belongs entirely to you. I will serve you fully, protect your personal interests, and become your most loyal support.

System: Only one restriction remains. You can reclaim your story, but you must trade away another thread.

Gu Qiqi asked, “What does that mean?”

System: You must forget the Omega you developed feelings for in Central City. Forget everything that happened between you. Forget every emotion you felt.

Forget?

Who would she forget?

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Meanwhile, Feng Jiying had been transferred to a private hospital for emergency treatment.

Her private doctor reviewed the results of a full-body scan and frowned.

Xiao Bai stood watch, anxious. “Doctor, how is the president?”

The doctor shook her head. “It’s emotional trauma. Her body is completely healthy. She just doesn’t want to wake up. She doesn’t want to face reality.”

Xiao Bai’s voice tightened. “We need to keep this from the Grand Elder. They can’t know she’s unconscious.”

The doctor nodded, but hesitated.

Xiao Bai was nearly overwhelmed with frustration. “Say it already! If it helps the president, I’ll do anything!”

“There is a way,” the doctor said carefully. “We can help her forget.”

“Forget?” Xiao Bai narrowed her eyes. “Forget what?”

“Forget what she doesn’t want to face. The pain, the memories, everything that’s keeping her from waking up.”

“You still don’t understand, do you? Her body is not ill. She simply doesn’t want to wake up. You can’t wake someone who is pretending to sleep.”

“Although she isn’t doing this consciously, her body is instinctively protecting itself. It knows that if she wakes up, the pain will be unbearable. So her body has chosen to sleep. It’s a survival mechanism.”

Xiao Bai was stunned as she looked at Feng Jiying’s pale face.

Could it be that the president had truly fallen in love with Gu Qiqi?

But she had always said she would never fall for an Alpha.

Since Xiao Bai had come to work with her, she had never seen the president like this.

Did she really have the right to make this decision for her?

Or maybe, deep down, the president didn’t want to forget Gu Qiqi at all?

Xiao Bai had followed her for so long, and now she wasn’t even sure whether Feng Jiying herself realized she had fallen in love.

The doctor added, “There is another way…”

Xiao Bai threw up her hands in exasperation. “Then just say it already! Stop dragging it out like you’re constipated!”

The private doctor stepped up to Feng Jiying’s bedside and said,
“This method is called psychological shock therapy. Since the president doesn’t want to forget, we will constantly remind her of the truth. It will go from unbearable, to unavoidable, until eventually it becomes numb. Once she feels nothing, the stimulus will no longer affect her. This is like treating a dead horse as if it can still be saved. It’s using poison to fight poison. We don’t have any better option right now, so we might as well try it.”

Before Xiao Bai could stop her, the doctor had already leaned down and shouted directly into Feng Jiying’s ear.

“Gu Qiqi is dead! Not even a trace of her is left! President, do you hear me? Gu Qiqi is gone! Completely gone!”

Feng Jiying’s ten fingers were wrapped tightly in thick gauze, yet fresh blood continued to seep out.

Sweat began to bead on her forehead, her elegant brows furrowed, and her face took on a look of fear and unease.

Images flashed through Feng Jiying’s mind in blinding white light. She remembered the look in Gu Qiqi’s eyes before the electric shock, that unyielding, determined gaze.

Feng Jiying suddenly gasped awake and sat up straight.

She grabbed the doctor’s wrist tightly.

“What did you just say? Gu Qiqi… she…”

The doctor replied calmly,
“Yes, President. Miss Gu is dead. She is gone.”

Xiao Bai rushed over and grabbed the doctor’s arm, gritting her teeth in fury.
“Stop it! Are you trying to kill the president? Are you a spy sent by the Grand Elder?”

The doctor responded coldly,
“She woke up, didn’t she? You’re the one who called me here, and now you won’t allow me to do my job.”

Xiao Bai turned to Feng Jiying with concern.
“President, I don’t know everything that happened between you and Miss Gu, but what’s done is done. She was just an outsider. There’s no reason to hurt yourself like this for her.”

Feng Jiying slowly turned her head, her expression numb. Her voice caught in her throat.
“She’s really… gone?”

Xiao Bai hesitated for a moment, her voice softening.
“President, the interrogation room’s feed was linked to every communications device in Central City. Everyone saw it. With electric shocks that powerful, even an S+ level Alpha couldn’t have survived. When that bright white light flashed, even the alloy restraints on her body melted. Her body was flesh and blood, she couldn’t have made it.”

“President, why are you doing this to yourself? Didn’t you say you didn’t like Miss Gu?”

Feng Jiying moved her pale lips slightly.

Yes.

She had said she didn’t like Gu Qiqi.

When Gu Qiqi first entered her life, she was unrefined, lacked any etiquette, like a brash girl from the outer zones.

Hair like a bird’s nest, defiant little wolf eyes, spouting strange, rebellious ideas.

Back then, she had strongly opposed Gu Qiqi being matched through the forced pairings.

So why was this person now etched so deeply into her mind?

She even remembered their very first meeting.

Gu Qiqi was her enemy. She was the descendant of the person who ruined her life.

Then why… why did her heart ache so badly?

So painful that it felt numb. So painful she could barely breathe.

Feng Jiying couldn’t stop her thoughts from spiraling.

She wanted to know what Gu Qiqi was thinking in her final moments.

What it felt like when the mechanical arms touched her body.

She must have been in so much pain.

Did Gu Qiqi regret meeting her?

Damn it.

She didn’t want to think about any of this, but her mind felt like it was exploding, and the thoughts kept forcing their way in.

Her eyes burned. Something warm was about to spill out.

There was a cardiac resuscitation device in the emergency room.

Feng Jiying shakily stood up, took the defibrillator, and pressed it against her own chest.

Xiao Bai tried to stop her, but she was one step too late.

A surge of high voltage electricity surged through Feng Jiying’s body.

She dropped to her knees and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Her eyes looked hollow. She gave a bitter smile.

Her entire being looked like it was falling apart.

So, this was how much it hurt before Gu Qiqi left.

A single clear teardrop fell, landing on a splash of blood on the ground.

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