Redeeming that Beautiful, Strong, and Miserable Omega [Transmigrated into a Book] - Chapter 10

Chapter 10: Taking Charge

“Yes, Master.”

After the black-haired maid left, the chilling feeling behind Xu Mingxin finally disappeared.

She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but verbally complained, “We’ve been here for so long, and Big Sister still hasn’t come down to greet the guests. I never saw her act like this at home. Wen Yan, you should keep her in line.”

“Oh, she hasn’t woken up yet.”

Still hasn’t woken up?!

The Xu family had strict rules; they had to get up before dawn. Even Mother Xu, who doted on Xu Mingxin, didn’t allow her to sleep in.

Xu Ruozhou gets to enjoy life after marrying into the Wen family?!

Xu Mingxin was practically grinding her back teeth. “The guests are here, and the host is still sleeping, making all of us wait for just her.”

“Sister Wen Yan, forgive me for speaking out, but this is against etiquette.”

Father Xu and Mother Xu also showed expressions of dissatisfaction.

Wen Yan internally clicked her tongue.

Nyah nyah nyah, I’ll sleep. This is my house. Can you control me?

Not long after the black-haired maid entered, a cold, refined figure slowly walked out. Arrogant and noble, she was born like a protagonist, commanding everyone’s attention just by standing there.

The Omega wore an apricot-colored chiffon dress with a belt of rubies carved into roses around her waist. The dazzling colors echoed her reddish-brown eyes, making her gorgeous face appear exceedingly captivating.

Oh my goodness!!!

This beautiful face, kissed by the Creator, and this perfectly proportioned body, like the missing arms of Venus! Wuwuwu, as expected of the female lead of this book, she can stun everyone with just a little dressing up.

The fake daughter was highly jealous. Xu Ruozhou’s life was already difficult at the Xu family’s house. Forget dressing up, she had to hesitate even before applying lipstick, fearing the fake daughter would cause trouble again.

Now that she was at the Wen family’s house, the rose finally didn’t have to hide her proud beauty and could fully bloom.

Wen Yan stood by the English-style long table, her dark eyes showing unadulterated astonishment. In front of everyone, she took a few steps forward, walked up to Xu Ruozhou, and took her pale, cold hand.

The Alpha knelt on one knee, tilting her head back to humbly kiss the Omega’s cold, white fingertip. A diamond ring the size of a pigeon’s egg was inadvertently displayed to the crowd.

“Hiss.” The young Omega next to Xu Mingxin gasped and whispered, “Am I seeing this correctly? That’s the Cullinan Dream White Diamond. Oh my god, wasn’t that diamond bought by a European noble? How did it end up on Xu Ruozhou’s hand?!”

Under the English long table, a pair of hands were tightly clasped, as if trying to crush the knuckles and meld them into the flesh.

“Mingxin, say something. Why does your face look so awful? Are you not feeling well?”

Crunch, crunch. Xu Mingxin savagely twisted her finger joints, but the young Omega next to her, who couldn’t take a hint, kept chattering. Finally, she couldn’t help but glare fiercely at the other party.

Seeing Xu Mingxin’s almost venomous gaze, the young Omega immediately shut up, scared.

Wen Yan led Xu Ruozhou to the English long table and bowed slightly to the neatly seated Xu family.

“I apologize for keeping you all waiting.”

“Welcome to Ruozhou’s and my new home. Please excuse the lack of proper reception. We have prepared some humble gifts, and I hope everyone enjoys the meal.”

The Xu family hadn’t expected to receive gifts after entering the Wen family’s home.

As the saying goes, having eaten a person’s food, one speaks softly, and having taken a person’s things, one’s hands are short. Being guests at the Wen family’s house meant they fell into both categories. Everyone started saying nice things.

Some praised the couple as a perfect match, and others talked about the few successful collaborations between the Wen and Xu families in the previous generation.

Wen Yan smiled slightly. “The Wen and Xu families are old friends. In the future, the Wen family will also prioritize collaboration with the Xu family’s businesses on company projects.”

Father Xu and Mother Xu looked up at Wen Yan. The Alpha gracefully nodded slightly to both of them.

At the English long table, the Xu family grew more and more excited as they talked. Xu Ruozhou was clearly sitting in the main seat, yet she was treated like an outsider; no one spoke to her.

Xu Ruozhou was accustomed to this cold treatment. She knew in her heart that the Xu family had never truly accepted her.

“Try this?”

A voice interrupted her wandering thoughts.

Xu Ruozhou lowered her eyelashes. A bowl of chicken soup was placed into the empty bowl in front of her.

Wen Yan whispered, “The doctor said you caught a chill, so it’s best to eat more warming foods. I specifically arranged for the kitchen to make this.”

Xu Ruozhou raised her eyelids, noticing that all the desserts and snacks on the English long table were made in the style of an English afternoon tea, except for the incongruous clay pot placed in front of her.

The faint aroma of chicken soup wafted from the clay pot. Unable to resist the expectation in those clear, dark eyes, Xu Ruozhou picked up the spoon and took a sip of the chicken soup, guided by a strange impulse.

Even though no sugar had been added, her tongue tasted a hint of sweetness.

Throughout the entire banquet, Wen Yan acted extremely thoughtfully. If Xu Ruozhou looked at a dessert for an extra second, that dessert would appear on the silver teaware in front of her the next moment.

The Xu family watched, dumbfounded, having been force-fed a substantial amount of public displays of affection.

When the banquet ended, Father Xu and Mother Xu were flattered by the relatives.

“Ruozhou has married well. The Wen family is also a prominent family. This marriage alliance with the Wen family will help the development of our Xu family.”

“Although Ruozhou didn’t attend an aristocratic school when she was young, she is, after all, our Xu family’s bloodline. She has the elegance you had in your youth.”

Mother Xu spoke modestly, but her heart was delighted. “Not at all. Both of my daughters are much prettier than I was when I was young.”

Wen Yan and Xu Ruozhou escorted the guests out the front door. The luxury car driver opened the door. Father Xu and Mother Xu invited them both to be guests at the Xu family’s house. Wen Yan, however, was not about to let the female lead return to the Xu family’s wolf den and politely declined with an excuse.

Before the driver closed the door, Mother Xu took out an agreement from her expensive crocodile skin bag and handed it toward Xu Ruozhou with some hesitation.

Xu Ruozhou took it. Mother Xu scanned her up and down, and upon seeing those reddish-brown eyes, she was reminded of some unpleasant memories.

Mother Xu frowned in distaste. “Now that you’ve married into the Wen family, fulfill your duty as an Omega wife properly and don’t bring shame to the Xu family, understand?”

“This is a share transfer agreement. I have already signed it. After the marriage, you can manage one of the group’s subsidiary companies. Consider it a small token of a mother’s goodwill.”

Xu Ruozhou was expressionless and nodded slightly. Wen Yan, standing beside her, finally broke into a genuine smile.

Oh yeah!!!

We did it!!!

According to the original plot, although Xu Ruozhou married the original host, she was constantly neglected by her. Mother Xu was worried that these 5% shares would fall entirely into an outsider’s hands and delayed signing.

Before Wen Yan could start celebrating, a somewhat cold voice interrupted her self-congratulations. “Wen Yan.”

“Huh?”

Xu Ruozhou’s fingers, clutching the agreement, slowly tightened. “Send away all those temporary actors you hired. I want to talk to you alone.”

After paying the actors, Wen Yan sat anxiously on the sofa.

She leaned forward, her fingers nervously intertwined. The moment the guest room door on the third floor opened, she immediately stood up.

Xu Ruozhou noticed her nervous expression and frowned slightly. “Why are you so nervous? I won’t eat you.”

The Omega had changed out of her luxurious clothes and was wearing the simplest long-sleeved shirt and trousers, yet her demeanor was still so outstanding.

Xu Ruozhou took off the expensive diamond ring from her index finger and placed it on the table. Seeing Wen Yan’s tense expression, she pursed her lips. “Talk to me.”

“Why did you put on such a show?”

To help you secure the Xu family shares.

Unfortunately, Wen Yan couldn’t speak her mind.

Wen Yan put on a troubled smile. “You know the situation of the Wen family. I didn’t want your family to treat you as a joke after you married me.”

Xu Ruozhou pursed her lips. “Wen Yan, you know I don’t care about these things. We have a collaborative relationship. I…”

“I care.”

Xu Ruozhou was stunned.

Wen Yan raised her dark eyes and looked at her quietly. “Xu Ruozhou, I just want to be worthy of you.”

Xu Ruozhou showed a complex expression that Wen Yan had never seen before.

I guess I passed the test?

Wen Yan tilted her head and waved her hand in front of the female lead’s eyes. “Xu Ruozhou, were you spacing out?”

“No.”

Her reddish-brown eyes reverted to their usual calmness.

Wen Yan poked her fingers together. “Uh, I wanted to say something.”

“What?”

Wen Yan glanced left and right, confirming that Xu Ruozhou’s future ruthless subordinate was not nearby. She leaned in conspiratorially toward the female lead. “You know the Wen family’s business is getting worse, and I have no business sense.”

“You’ll definitely be running the show in our family from now on!”

Xu Ruozhou looked at her. “So?”

Wen Yan offered a fawning smile. “If I ever make you angry, can you please not break my legs?”

Xu Ruozhou: …

Wen Yan saw the look of utter incomprehension on Xu Ruozhou’s face, cried out softly, and offered a compromise. “Then don’t break all of them, okay? Leave me one.”

“Wen Yan.”

“Huh?”

“First, I don’t have a history of violence.”

“Second.” Xu Ruozhou looked at her with a half-smile. “If you’re so eager to provoke my anger, I don’t mind fulfilling your wish to have your legs broken.”

“Nooooo—”

The wail traveled outside. The few remaining servants in the villa rushed over to check the situation.

They hurried to the door, only to see the Omega with a smile playing on her lips, and the Alpha pitifully clinging to her leg, continuously saying, “Wuwuwu, please don’t. I’ll listen to everything you say.”

“My legs—”

Auntie Wang looked surprised, but her heart, which had been hanging high, finally settled. The maids all breathed a sigh of relief. Only the black-haired maid with short hair lowered her head, making it impossible to read her emotions.

Xu Ruozhou hadn’t expected Wen Yan to be so shameless. Her ears flushed when she noticed the servants had been drawn by the commotion.

She pinched the waist of the Alpha who was shamelessly clinging to her leg and whispered, “Wen Yan, get up quickly. There are people here!”

“I’ll get up if you promise not to break my legs!” Wen Yan wailed.

The Alpha she married seemed overly fixated on the issue of her legs. Xu Ruozhou sighed, worn down by her persistence. “I promise you. Get up.”

“Wuwuwu, swear it! Swear you absolutely won’t break my legs!”

“I swear.”

With Xu Ruozhou’s promise, Wen Yan finally averted this “leg-breaking crisis.”

Under everyone’s astonished gaze, Wen Yan dusted herself off as if nothing had happened, scrambled up from the floor, and gave the maids a goofy smile. “Huh? Why did you all come over?”

Auntie Wang gave an exasperated look. “Miss, are you alright? Just now, that was…”

Auntie Wang stopped short. Xu Ruozhou folded her arms across her chest, waiting to see how she would explain. Wen Yan, however, winked mysteriously. “That was just our Alpha/Omega bedroom fun.”

“You’ve heard of ‘leg-breaking play,’ haven’t you?” Wen Yan spoke with a straight face, talking nonsense. “Our Alpha and Omega matters are things you Betas, without pheromones, wouldn’t understand~”

Servants: …

Xu Ruozhou: …

It’s probably your thought process that’s hard to understand.

After registering their marriage, Xu Mingxin stopped contacting Wen Yan. Wen Yan was holed up in the villa, lounging for days, leaving the company entirely for the female lead to manage.

“Life is good~”

Wen Yan had reverted to her pre-transmigration life. She hugged a doll, ate chips, and watched a juicy soap opera on TV with great relish.

A pair of cool hands massaged her aching ankles with skillful pressure. Wen Yan let out a sigh of satisfied comfort. “Ah, so comfortable. I love it~”

“I’m glad you’re satisfied, Master.”

Wen Yan: …

Wen Yan seemed to be moving in slow motion as she locked eyes with the black-haired maid with straight bangs. The chip in her mouth fell to the floor with a crunch.

“Master, is something wrong?”

Although the black-haired maid’s hands were massaging her ankle, Wen Yan felt as if she was being throttled by fate.

“Hahaha, I’m fine.”

After trying to please the female lead these past few days, she had become a bit too smug and almost forgot that Lin Xi, who bore a deep hatred for the original host, was living right next to her.

Wen Yan’s body went slack, and she slid straight off the sofa.

“Master?”

Seeing the other person’s hand reach out, Wen Yan scrambled up from the floor as if she had seen a ghost.

Under Lin Xi’s confused gaze, Wen Yan sat up straight in a very obedient posture and spoke earnestly. “Lin Xi, how long have you worked for the Wen family?”

“It has been five years, Master.”

Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

The original host actually abused her for five years!!!

Wen Yan showed a desperate expression, like a small cabbage killed by frost. She pulled the black-haired maid up, trying to get her to sit on the sofa instead of kneeling all the time.

“Master, Lin Xi cannot sit on the sofa.”

Wen Yan was stunned. “Why?”

“Master, have you forgotten?” The black-haired maid raised her head, her inorganic black eyes looking over timidly. “You said Lin Xi was too dirty, only fit to kneel by your feet to serve you, and not allowed to sit where you sit.”

“Ah.” Wen Yan gave an awkward yet polite smile. “Haha, I think I did say that.”

Stupid brain, think! What should I do now!

The black-haired maid lowered her head, concealing the darkness in her eyes. After a long silence, she suddenly spoke, her pale lips pursed. “Master, you’ve changed quite a bit recently—so much that Lin Xi is a little afraid, afraid that you won’t want Lin Xi anymore.”

Wen Yan slipped off the sofa like a slippery loach, smooth and nimble.

“Lin Xi, if I told you that I hit my head and my brain went a little haywire, would you believe me?”

Lin Xi: ?

“You’ve noticed, haven’t you, that I’ve become very different? Actually, it’s because I’ve thought things through these past few days and started seriously reflecting on the many wrong things I did before.”

Lin Xi lowered her head, hiding the sinister look in her eyes. “Master, what are you saying? How could you have done anything wrong?”

Wen Yan truly wanted to kowtow to this ancestor and tell her to stop pretending.

Only half of the original host’s miserable death was the female lead’s doing; the rest of the torture scenes were almost entirely contributed by this Lin Xi.

Wen Yan recalled the day the original host’s legs were broken.

“Lin Xi, you bitch, how dare you betray me!”

The inorganic, cold black eyes looked down on the Alpha who had lost the ability to struggle.

She held an iron rod in her hand. Her calloused hands tapped the rod into her palm, once, then again, like the Grim Reaper holding a scythe to cut off a person’s head.

“What are you going to do?!”

“Wen Yan” backed away repeatedly in fear.

The black-haired maid, whose tone was usually humble and only dared to kneel beside her to massage her feet, ran the iron rod centimeter by centimeter across “Wen Yan’s” leg skin.

Her inorganic, cold black eyes showed no human emotion, looking at the person lying on the ground as if she were a fish on a chopping board.

“Lin Xi, how did I ever treat you unfairly? You’ve been in the Wen family for so many years. I gave you a job, and I fed you, but what about you? You are ungrateful, acting as Xu Ruozhou’s running dog!”

“You two bitches!”

“Ha.” Lin Xi sneered, slowly squatting down. Her fierce black eyes stared intently at her former employer. Every word “Wen Yan” spoke added another layer to the hatred in her heart.

“Grateful? Wen Yan, did you ever treat me like a person all these years?”

“You probably forgot yourself. You made me lick the bottom of your shoe in front of everyone, just because I spilled a pot of tea and ruined your new shoes.”

“Wen Yan” was stunned. “What are you talking about? When did that happen?”

Lin Xi burst into laughter. Her terrifying laugh made the skin crawl. “You really don’t remember.”

“Then do you remember this?” Lin Xi lifted her skirt, revealing dense burn marks on her thigh. “How you put freshly boiled hot water into a watering can and poured it onto me, little by little.”

“Wen Yan” looked guilty. “What nonsense are you talking about? I didn’t do any of that!”

“Heh heh, fine. Since you don’t remember, then spend the rest of your life lying in bed and thoroughly recall how you treated me!”

The iron rod shattered the knee. The Alpha’s agonizing wails echoed through the villa. In the deathly silent villa, only the sound of bone crushing could be heard.

“Wen Yan’s” legs were bloody and mangled. The Alpha, who was usually arrogant and domineering, lay on the ground, faint and near death.

“Master, should I continue massaging?”

“N-no need.” Wen Yan timidly pulled back her still-intact legs.

“Lin Xi, actually, I think I made a lot of mistakes in the past.”

Lin Xi’s eyelashes fluttered slightly.

Wen Yan sighed.

She truly could not own up to the things the original host did. She could only try her best to compensate and prevent Lin Xi from developing murderous intent toward her too quickly.

“I remember Auntie Wang said your family member was ill, and you wanted to take an advance on next year’s salary, right?”

Lin Xi was stunned. “Yes, Master.”

“You already criticized Lin Xi, saying the company was in a financial crunch and couldn’t issue next year’s salary.”

Wen Yan remembered what the original host had said to Lin Xi at the time.

All you’ve lost is a relative, but what I’ve lost is money! How can your half-dead grandmother compare to my Wen family’s company? Don’t mention this again.

A shudder ran through Wen Yan. The original host was truly despicable, leaving such a mess for her.

“The company is indeed in a temporary financial bind right now, and I can’t advance your salary, but I can arrange for your grandmother to be admitted to the private hospital invested in by the Wen family. When the time is right, I will arrange for the doctor to perform the surgery for your grandmother.”

“You have worked for the Wen family for so many years. This is my… small token of goodwill.”

Lin Xi raised her head, a trace of shock flashing in her black eyes. Her voice trembled slightly. “Master, are you serious?”

Wen Yan nodded solemnly.

If the original host has any conscience left in the afterlife, let her personally apologize to you then.

Xu Ruozhou finished her day of work and pushed open the villa door.

In the warm light, there were chips and cola on the coffee table in front of the sofa, and a melodramatic ethical drama was playing on the TV. All of this was normal.

The only strange thing was that her nominal wife and the family maid were repeatedly kowtowing to each other.

One person kept saying “thank you,” and the other kept profusely saying, “You are welcome.”

Xu Ruozhou had intended to share some good news with Wen Yan upon returning, but seeing this scene, her excellent mood suddenly vanished.

Walking right up to the two of them, Xu Ruozhou glanced coldly at the maid kneeling on the floor.

Her reddish-brown eyes fell upon the soft figure in the warm white sweater. She pursed her lips, her tone carrying a hint of dissatisfaction. “Having fun?”

“Or did I interrupt you?”