Reborn as a Scummy Alpha, I Became Every Heroine's Obsession - Chapter 59

After Xiao Bai finished speaking, the air between them froze momentarily.

Gu Qiqi looked down at Feng Jiying, who had collapsed into her arms. Her intuition told her that Feng Jiying wasn’t faking it.

Feng Jiying’s wrist displayed the terminal projection tiny Xiao Bai and even tinier Xiao Qi, with the latter biting the former’s finger.

Gu Qiqi: “I suggest you tell the truth, or else your CEO’s life is on the line.”

Xiao Bai made an awkward kitten-pouting expression. “Miss Gu, is there a possibility that I’m telling the truth? The CEO’s allergic reaction caused her to faint due to respiratory suppression. Right now, she’s unconscious from lack of oxygen. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation could temporarily supply her with air, so she really would wake up.”

Gu Qiqi’s expression was a mix of disbelief and skepticism.

“Miss Gu, our CEO’s life is in your hands now. Whether you save her or not is up to you. I’ve already called the private doctor, who should arrive at your location in about half an hour.” With those final words, Xiao Bai ended the video call.

Feng Jiying lay unconscious in Gu Qiqi’s arms.

Her usually exquisite and beautiful brows were now furrowed in pain.

[System: Host, remember she’s Zhao Zhongtian’s omega. Getting too involved with Feng Jiying won’t benefit you.]

Gu Qiqi’s fingers twitched slightly.

The system had a point.

Feng Jiying had changed too quickly, she was unpredictable, impossible to read.

Surviving in this world was already difficult enough. She shouldn’t add more risks to her plate.

By the time Feng Jiying woke up, Gu Qiqi was already gone.

Feng Jiying sat up.

The car door had been locked from the outside, and the interior lights were still on.

She glanced at the rearview mirror, where the light clearly revealed a small but noticeable bite mark on the corner of her lips.

Just then, Xiao Bai rushed over with the private doctor, who had clearly just rolled out of bed.

The disheveled doctor knocked on the car window. When there was no response, she was about to let out a shrill scream until Feng Jiying opened the door and stepped out.

Xiao Bai: “C-CEO… you’re okay.”

So mouth-to-mouth really works?

Xiao Bai craned her neck to look behind Feng Jiying but saw no sign of Gu Qiqi.

“CEO, Miss Gu, she…”

The private doctor shook Xiao Bai’s shoulders, cutting her off. “Do you really want to get fired? The CEO already experienced respiratory arrest, she can’t be exposed to this cat anymore.”

Feng Jiying rubbed her temples and said coldly, “Take Xiao Qi for a bath.”

Private Doctor: “Understood, CEO. I’ll do my best to develop an anti-allergy vaccine.”

A wise person knows when to yield, she didn’t want to lose her job.

Xiao Bai secretly wanted to ask whether Gu Qiqi had actually performed CPR on the CEO, but in the end, she held her tongue.

Gu Qiqi returned to her student apartment.

The lights in Zhao Zhongtian’s unit were off, but someone was waiting for her at the door.

Liu Huaiqing, unusually not dressed in a qipao, wore sneakers and shark-patterned leggings, exuding an unexpected youthful charm.

Gu Qiqi: “What’s wrong, Miss Liu? Surprised to see me still alive?”

Liu Huaiqing leaned lazily against the doorway, the corner of his lips curling up. “How could that be? You’re under someone’s protection. Even if I wanted to intervene, I wouldn’t be able to help.”

Gu Qiqi knew Liu Huaiqing wouldn’t appear without a reason.

Liu Huaiqing continued, “Your sister has been captured. I haven’t yet identified who took her. If you want to rescue her, you’ll have to leave Central City with me and return to the Border Zone.”

Gu Qiqi’s heart jolted.

She immediately pressed urgently, “When did this happen?”

Liu Huaiqing: “Two days ago. You’ve been at Feng Jiying’s place all this time. I couldn’t enter the Feng family villa or reach your terminal. I’ve had my subordinates searching everywhere. What we know now is that your sister is in the southern Border Zone.”

[System: Host, don’t forget the Main System’s requirement. If you leave Central City, your personality will be erased by the Main System.]

But Gu Qiqi couldn’t care about that now.

Liu Huaiqing grasped Gu Qiqi’s wrist. “I know you’re anxious, but panic won’t help. The Border Zone is vast you can’t search it alone. Think carefully: who might know your sister’s whereabouts?”

No wonder Liu Huaiqing wasn’t wearing his usual qipao today, but casual clothes instead.

Gu Qiqi turned back, narrowing her eyes at Liu Huaiqing. “Even if you help me, I have nothing to repay you with.”

Liu Huaiqing suddenly chuckled softly. “You’re quite self-aware. But I truly don’t need repayment. I’d be satisfied just if you weren’t so guarded against me.”

He gently rubbed his thumb against Gu Qiqi’s wrist. “At least when I gave you this news today, you didn’t immediately question its validity. Doesn’t that prove you still trust me deep down? That’s enough for me.”

Retreating to advance was the simplest strategy.

Gu Qiqi found herself at a loss for words.

Her wrist tingled slightly, and she quickly withdrew her hand.

Liu Huaiqing: “When I learned you’d been captured, I tried everything. But the military-political world is separate from ordinary society. Even if I reached out, my arm couldn’t stretch that far. Still, seeing you safe now makes me happy.”

Under the vast night sky, the streetlights stretched their shadows long across the road.

Gu Qiqi: “Didn’t you say Chen Luofeng, the principal of 330 Military Academy, was trafficking omegas from the Border Zone? How did you handle his downfall?”

Liu Huaiqing laughed again, this time with a hint of mockery. “It’s all interconnected officials shielding each other. Without certain people turning a blind eye, he wouldn’t have dared act so brazenly. Gu Qiqi, I grew up in the Border Zone. I know its suffering. Central City people can’t comprehend the hardships there. They sit high above, playing god, doling out pity to the Border Zone, thinking their hypocritical charity can absolve their consciences. It doesn’t work that way.”

“That’s why I need you to be strong too, Gu Qiqi. I need allies like you. Because I came from the Border Zone just like you, I understand this feeling best.”

Gu Qiqi rubbed her fingertips together, silent for a long moment. “I’ll go with you to the Border Zone. To save my sister.”

[System: Host, have you gone mad? Gaining self-awareness is an incredibly rare opportunity, the only chance for a nobody to turn their life around. After struggling for so long, do you really want to casually become cannon fodder?]

Gu Qiqi clenched her fists.

But what was the point of her rebirth if she couldn’t even save those closest to her? If even her dearest sister could vanish before her eyes like this?

Liu Huaiqing: “Alright.”

In just three short days, Central City seemed to have undergone significant changes, yet everything appeared undisturbed on the surface.

Feng Jiying went about her usual work routine at the company.

The voices from the video conference lingered in her ears.

But suddenly, everything before her turned blank.

Her surroundings dissolved into nothingness.

These past few days, whenever she fell asleep, these images would appear in her mind now they expanded before her eyes like a rapidly unfolding panorama.

She saw Gu Qiqi as a child.

Eating scraps in the winter snow.

Delighted over snatching a chicken leg in autumn.

Her dirty little face.

Walking alone down increasingly dark roads, watching others return home.

Eyes filled with numb loneliness and emptiness.

Feng Jiying’s chest tightened again with throbbing pain.

Little Gu Qiqi looked only three or four years old, yet her eyes already held the steadiness of an adult.

She was exceptionally perceptive.

Knowing she lacked the ability to protect herself, she took care not to provoke anyone, avoiding becoming anyone’s punching bag.

The fringe districts had no rules strength was the only rule.

It was even more brutal than Central City.

Feng Jiying didn’t understand why these images appeared in her mind.

Though there had been discrepancies in her cognition and memory before, with the emergence of the virtual terminal system.

Yet after choosing to jump from the 46th floor, she remained unharmed.

Feng Jiying gradually attributed it to the medicinal powder on Xiao Qi causing memory hallucinations.

Even after waking again and noticing many real events overlapping with her illusory memories, she still clung to science.

But how to explain this now?

Then suddenly, Feng Jiying saw another scene before her.

Howling north winds, snowflakes swirling across a vast white expanse.

Beside Gu Qiqi’s tiny figure, a large hand firmly held hers.

They walked forward purposefully, leaving paired footprints in the snow one large, one small.

The person holding Gu Qiqi’s hand wash her.

“President… President…”

Xiao Bai’s voice pulled Feng Jiying back to reality as the ethereal images vanished.

“President, the reports are all concluded. Shall we end the meeting now?”

After the incident with the elder, the other council members had become extremely cautious, careful not to provoke Feng Jiying.

Feng Jiying frowned. “End the meeting!”

But as she spoke these words, she noticed everything around her had frozen, Xiao Bai’s mouth hung open mid-sentence, the terminal meeting paused completely, as if the network had stalled.

The electronic screen version of the terminal system appeared before her once again.

[System: Detected deviation in main system plot once again. Game players remain dissatisfied. Main system confirms the disruption is still caused by supporting character Gu Qiqi. Query: Would you like to correct the plot to preserve Gu Gu Qiqi’s life? You may make one reasonable request, which the system will consider fulfilling.]

System

Feng Jiying removed her metal-framed glasses and carefully examined the electronic panel before her.

“I want to know all the details of this so-called plot you mentioned.”

[System: Request accepted. Transmitting complete plot details to the user.]

The moment Feng Jiying made this demand to the system, it signaled her willingness to do anything to protect Gu Qiqi.

When Gu Qiqi left Central City and stepped into the border zone, her heart rate spiked to 140 bpm.

She had already prepared herself for death.

Each heartbeat felt like a countdown to her demise.

Hmm?

Wait!

She was unharmed?

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