Reborn as a Scummy Alpha, I Became Every Heroine's Obsession - Chapter 60

Feng Jiying saw many scenes from a god’s-eye perspective.

She realized this was a system world.

The protagonist of this world was Zhao Zhongtian, and everything revolved around him.

No matter how unsuccessful she was, she was merely a supporting halo to Zhao Zhongtian’s alpha status.

She had to become Zhao Zhongtian’s omega, only then would the plot remain intact and Gu Qiqi wouldn’t lose her life.

But there were still too many mysteries. For instance, why was it her who appeared alongside Gu Qiqi when the latter was a child?

Feng Jiying didn’t know how long time had frozen.

By the time her consciousness returned to her body, the surroundings had already changed.

From night to day, then back to night, all shifting before her eyes in the blink of an instant.

Xiao Bai: “President, someone just reported that Miss Gu has left Central City and gone to the Borderlands with Liu Huaiqing.”

Feng Jiying remained in the same posture, still looking at Xiao Bai.

“What time is it now?”

Xiao Bai: “It’s 6 PM. Didn’t you say you’d be working overtime today?”

Feng Jiying glanced at the terminal on her wrist, two days had already passed.

What else had happened in those two days?

Feng Jiying: “Were there any other traces of people in the Borderlands? Like Zhao Zhongtian.”

Xiao Bai stared at her in shock. “President, how did you know Zhao Zhongtian is also in the Borderlands? Worried he might affect Miss Gu, our people drove him out of Central City. But he went to the northern Borderlands. Our investigation found that he kidnapped Miss Gu’s sister. That’s likely why she left with Liu Huaiqing.”

“Should we intervene, President?”

Feng Jiying stood up. “Prepare a car. Contact the federal government.”

Though Xiao Bai didn’t understand why, she complied.

Feng Jiying gazed into the distance through the floor-to-ceiling window.

As if silently making a decision.

Every effect has a cause.

To resolve anything, one must untangle its cause and restore its effect.

She still hadn’t figured out the cycle of cause and effect at play here.

But she had to protect Gu Qiqi.

To protect Gu Qiqi, Zhao Zhongtian couldn’t die. She had to follow the virtual scenes she had witnessed let Zhao Zhongtian become Central City’s protagonist, while she became his omega.

When Gu Qiqi returned to the Borderlands and saw her sister again, she never expected such a scene.

“Zhao Zhongtian, why did you kidnap my sister? How did you even know I had a sister in the Borderlands?”

The northern Borderlands were a frozen wasteland. While Central City basked in spring-like warmth, heavy snow already blanketed the north.

For physically strong alphas, such conditions were negligible, but for ordinary people without any abilities, it was deadly.

The cave before her felt familiar, yet Gu Qiqi couldn’t recall where she had seen it before.

Zhao Zhongtian hid inside, gripping her sister’s throat.

But the sister before her now was nothing like the one in Gu Qiqi’s memories.

Her face twisted in fury, tears brimming in her eyes. “Why did you leave the fringe district for Central City? How many times have I told you not to return there? You’ll only bring me trouble. Why can’t you just listen and live as an ordinary person?”

What did this even mean?

“What’s so great about the fringe district? I’ve never told you anything about it, you’re just insane, your mind filled with delusions!” Her sister screamed hysterically at Gu Qiqi.

“Why can’t you leave me alone? You’ve haunted me my entire life. All I want is to be normal!” She clawed at her own head like a madwoman, biting Zhao Zhongtian.

Gu Qiqi stepped forward, only for Liu Huaiqing to seize her wrist. “She is indeed your sister. After learning your background, I had people watching her. But I told you, your sister isn’t who you described. She never wanted you in Central City, and she’s always been like this.”

“How?”

Gu Qiqi stood frozen, torn between choices.

The commotion in the cave grew louder.

The northern fringe district was bitterly cold, home to the Gu family’s branch line. Her sister’s shrieks drew attention from nearby villagers.

Zhao Zhongtian had lost his mind. One lunatic choking another, his eyes gleaming with vengeful satisfaction as he smirked at Gu Qiqi. “I want you to feel the pain of losing family. I’ll repay my hatred a thousand fold, make you regret ever entering Central City. You should’ve listened to your sister, stayed a worthless nobody in the fringe district. Why did you have to cross my path and take everything from me?”

His grip tightened. Her sister’s face purpled as she thrashed, yet her stubborn glare burned with equal hatred. Even suffocating, she forced out words through gritted teeth: “You, shouldn’t exist should’ve died with the Gu family.”

Suddenly, Wen Rui appeared. She tossed two prepared sedatives to Gu Qiqi, who used psychic energy to instantly inject both targets. Resistance was impossible.

Zhao Zhongtian released his hold.

Just then, Gu clansmen surrounded the cave. Their elder entered, spotting the kneeling woman. Trembling, he struck his cane against the ground. “You! It was you, the traitor who stole the young mistress!”

The woman clutched her throat, gasping, eyes bulging from oxygen deprivation.

Gu Qiqi frowned, stunned by the twist.

[System: Wolf whistle Could the host’s true identity finally be revealed? More layers uncovered mean higher chances to shed cannon-fodder status! Seize this opportunity!]

The kneeling woman lifted her gaze to meet Gu Qiqi’s.

The elder from the Gu family’s branch was over a hundred years old, his hair streaked with white. He grabbed the woman’s shoulders in agitation, “Tell me now, where did you take the purest bloodline of the Gu clan? Before the great battle of the four families, you stole away the young mistress, sparing her from this calamity. If you reveal her whereabouts now, I might spare your life.”

Just as the woman gasped for breath and was about to speak, Zhao Zhongtian suddenly gathered his strength. Lifting his hand, the psychic energy concentrated in his palm sharpened like a blade, poised to pierce the woman’s heart. At the critical moment, someone abruptly stood up and shielded the woman, taking the blade’s impact on their own shoulder.

Gu Qiqi had finally had enough of Zhao Zhongtian.

Though she was merely the protagonist of an unspeakable yellow-game system with questionable morals, repeatedly harming those around her was something she couldn’t tolerate even as a cannon-fodder character.

Her fury surged, her psychic energy erupting from her body as a powerful pheromone aura spread.

The oppressive force of her anger forced everyone to their knees, struggling to breathe.

Zhao Zhongtian laughed maniacally, “Gu Qiqi, see? The people closest to you don’t even like you. They want you dead. You can’t kill me. Once you’re gone, there won’t be any alpha in the Central City or the Borderlands with a higher psychic rank than mine. I’ll mark every omega, make them bow before me, and then both the Central City and the Borderlands will be mine!”

Gu Qiqi gathered an overwhelming surge of psychic energy, solidifying it into a tangible force that shot toward Zhao Zhongtian like a shockwave. He closed his eyes, as if expecting it, but just as the attack was about to strike him, Feng Jiying suddenly appeared without hesitation, she shielded Zhao Zhongtian, taking the full brunt of the devastating blow. Clutching her chest, she coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Gu Qiqi: “Feng Jiying!”

She instinctively called out her name, regret flashing through her as she withdrew her hand.

Yet, when the kneeling woman caught sight of Feng Jiying’s face, her pupils constricted in shock. Trembling, she recoiled, muttering under her breath, “No… impossible. After fifteen years, how can she still look the same?”

Feng Jiying wiped the blood from her lips.

Liu Huaiqing frowned in confusion. “President Feng, your timing is rather impeccable.”

Wen Rui clutched her injured chest.

Gritting her teeth, Gu Qiqi could only help Wen Rui to her side first.

She didn’t understand why Feng Jiying had done this, but she knew there had to be a reason.

The Gu family elder, undeterred, continued pressing the woman for the whereabouts of the clan’s sole pure-blooded descendant.

But the woman remained frozen on her knees, staring at Feng Jiying as if paralyzed with fear, her mouth hanging open without a single word escaping.

After a long while, as if mentally disturbed, she kept muttering to herself while shaking her head, “I don’t know, I don’t know anything. Please let me go.” Covering her head and shaking it, she then crawled to Feng Jiying’s side, clutching at her pants leg. “Please spare me. I’ve done everything you asked. I stayed by her side for over a decade. I don’t know why she returned to Central City. She wouldn’t listen to me, but it’s not my fault. I don’t want to die. I just want to live peacefully.”

Feng Jiying didn’t even glance down at the woman at her feet. Instead, she instructed Xiao Bai standing at the cave entrance, “Take Zhao Zhongtian away for medical treatment. The federal government officials have arrived. Zhao Zhongtian will be my next alpha entering the mandatory matching period. None of you are to touch what’s mine.”

Gu Qiqi’s frown deepened so much it could crush a fly.

Feng Jiying had changed again, just like last time the transformation so rapid it caught her off guard.

Yet Feng Jiying clearly knew what kind of person Zhao Zhongtian was. Why would she choose to side with him?

The woman fainted from terror.

The Gu family elder ultimately didn’t get the answers he sought.

As Feng Jiying left the cave, she passed by Gu Qiqi.

The scene felt unbearably familiar.

But Gu Qiqi still couldn’t remember.

Yet her heart ached terribly.

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