Redeeming that Beautiful, Strong, and Miserable Omega [Transmigrated into a Book] - Chapter 20

Chapter 20: Accident

The Omega’s cool fingers were wrapped in the warm palm, and even her body was infused with a scalding temperature from the Alpha’s warmth.

The ferocity hidden in her reddish-brown eyes slowly faded. Xu Ruozhou’s eyelashes fluttered. She interlaced her fingers with the hands gripping hers and softly said, “It doesn’t hurt.”

“You say it doesn’t hurt, but your palm is all red from slapping.”

Wen Yan tenderly blew on her palm. “There’s ice at home. We’ll put a cold compress on it when we get back.”

“You bruise easily. Next time, just leave this kind of thing to me.”

“…Mm.”

Xu Ruozhou suddenly felt a little like laughing and crying at the same time. Wen Yan has such a soft nature. Asking her to slap Xu Mingxin?

It would be more likely for Xu Mingxin to have a moment of conscience and kneel down to slap herself a few times.

Sensing a vicious glare, Xu Ruozhou clearly felt Wen Yan’s movement to leave pause.

Those clear black eyes looked toward the filthy fake daughter, her tone hesitant. “Wife, what about her? Should we call the Xu family to come and pick her up?”

Xu Ruozhou glanced at the fake daughter indifferently, devoid of any emotion, as if the other party was a stranger.

She calmly looked away and leaned closer into Wen Yan’s embrace. “Don’t worry about her.”

“This is a wealthy neighborhood. There are certainly people who know her passing by. Let them help her up. Don’t dirty your hands.”

Wen Yan nodded obediently. “I’ll listen to you, wife.”

The two walked hand-in-hand through the garden. When they saw Lin Xi, Wen Yan proactively walked over and instructed her to watch the fake daughter near the front gate.

She also didn’t forget to remind her not to stand too close, nagging her a bit.

Xu Ruozhou listened distractedly, her eyes lowered, but the emotions in them grew increasingly complex.

Wen Yan was genuinely good to her, so good that she couldn’t even understand why Wen Yan was so good to her.

She not only helped her escape the cannibalistic Xu family and let her take over the company but also hired specialized tutors for her lessons.

Wen Yan didn’t treat her as a pretty vase just because she was an Omega. Instead, she treated her as an equal.

Wen Yan was good in every way, except for one thing. Xu Ruozhou looked at the gentle back.

This goodness wasn’t exclusively reserved for her.

Wen Yan’s kindness warmed everyone around her indiscriminately.

And her possessiveness toward Wen Yan seemed to have reached a very subtle level.

After giving instructions to Lin Xi, Wen Yan finally felt a little relieved. As soon as she turned around, she found Xu Ruozhou intensely staring at her.

Wen Yan curiously touched her face. “Wife, is there something on my face? Why are you staring at me?”

“Nothing.” Xu Ruozhou withdrew her gaze. “Let’s go home.”

Wen Yan found it somewhat inexplicable but didn’t dwell on it. Halfway to the car, she suddenly slapped her forehead. “Oh right, wife, I have something to confess to you.”

A trace of surprise flashed in Xu Ruozhou’s eyes. It seemed she hadn’t expected Wen Yan to be ready to confess so quickly.

She concealed the subtle anticipation in her heart and pretended to be confused, asking, “What do you need to confess?”

The Alpha grinned, revealing her two small canine teeth. “Wife, I hired you a new tutor, from the Materialism Academy at the Omega Aristocratic School.”

Xu Ruozhou’s expectant expression cooled. She shouldn’t have held any expectations for this dense person.

“Hey, wife, why are you walking away?”

“Wife, listen to me. Don’t leave yet—”

The fake daughter’s engagement banquet was held at the Haili Hotel, inviting all the wealthy families and elites from various industries.

As the fake daughter’s nominal older sister, Xu Ruozhou had to attend in formal attire.

Wen Yan started worrying about the engagement banquet a long time ago, anxiously bustling about. Xu Ruozhou, conversely, didn’t seem to care at all, seemingly not taking the fake daughter who had usurped her life seriously.

The driver parked the car outside the hotel.

It wasn’t until the second before she sat down on the leather seat in the back of the luxury car that Xu Ruozhou noticed Wen Yan holding a crocodile-skin bag.

A hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

In her memory, Wen Yan rarely carried a bag when attending events in evening gowns.

Moreover, the bag she was holding was not a purely decorative mini-bag but a large shoulder bag that could hold many things.

“Wife, what are you looking at?”

The Alpha’s palm waved in front of Xu Ruozhou’s eyes. Xu Ruozhou came back to her senses, pointing to the bag Wen Yan was clutching. “Nothing, I’m just surprised. I rarely see you carrying a bag.”

“Oh, you mean this.”

The Alpha revealed her two small canine teeth and opened the bag. Xu Ruozhou looked down, frowning in confusion.

Evening gowns?

There was nothing else in the shoulder bag but two evening gowns. Xu Ruozhou could tell from the stitching of the hems that both gowns were her size.

Just as Xu Ruozhou was about to ask, Wen Yan, as if she had already prepared, immediately explained. “Tonight is Xu Mingxin’s engagement banquet. The Xu family invited too many people, and they are a mixed bunch. What if some clumsy person accidentally spills red wine on you?”

“We just offended Xu Mingxin last night. Maybe she holds a grudge and will deliberately play a trick. Bringing a few spare evening gowns is an extra layer of insurance.”

Xu Ruozhou nodded silently but seriously kept Wen Yan’s words in mind. She would definitely keep her distance from the serving staff carrying wine and anyone greeting her with a wine glass.

As the luxury car started its engine, Xu Ruozhou recalled the events of last night. She frowned and suddenly became curious about the fake daughter, asking, “Wen Yan, do you know how Xu Mingxin left last night?”

“Oh, you mean that.”

“Lin Xi said that last night, Xu Mingxin was helped up by an Omega who knew her.”

Xu Ruozhou’s brow furrowed slightly.

An Omega?

She didn’t recall Xu Mingxin having any Omega friends. The people she associated with most often were the Alphas pursuing her.

Xu Ruozhou asked without much hope, “Did Lin Xi say which family the Omega was from?”

“Lin Xi said she didn’t know the person.”

After a while, Wen Yan suddenly slapped her head. “Oh, I remember. Lin Xi said that person seemed to have visited the house before and was sitting next to Xu Mingxin at the time.”

Xu Ruozhou suddenly realized. “So it was Xu Chenxi.”

“No wonder.”

Xu Chenxi was her second uncle’s child and Xu Mingxin’s cousin. She loved to gossip with Xu Mingxin the most, and there was hardly any secret in the wealthy circle that she didn’t know.

The corner of Xu Ruozhou’s lips curled into a mocking smile of someone watching a show.

Wen Yan looked at her in confusion. “Wife, what are you smiling about? Is there a problem with Xu Chenxi?”

“Mm, Xu Chenxi is alright, but she’s too simple-minded and speaks without thinking. She’ll spread anything she hears.”

Xu Ruozhou smiled faintly. As long as she subtly dropped a hint, with Xu Chenxi’s big mouth, Xu Mingxin’s life would be miserable from now on.

She truly wondered what Xu Mingxin would do when Xu Chenxi, the person who loved to spread rumors about other Omegas, embellished the story and told everyone in the wealthy circle.

The Haili Hotel.

Wen Yan handed the invitation card to the Xu family member responsible for greeting guests. Xu Ruozhou linked her arm with Wen Yan’s, her posture relaxed.

The two walked shoulder to shoulder, extremely close.

Rumors about Xu Ruozhou taking over the Wen Group had long been circulating. The wealthy circle was full of sharp observers. Almost as soon as they appeared, people realized.

The genuine Xu daughter, who married down, had completely captivated the Wen family’s incompetent Alpha and now held the true power of the Wen Group.

Wen Yan took an extra look at the person receiving the invitation.

It was a very familiar face, or rather, a face very familiar to the original host.

The original host had spent a lot of money to curry favor with Xu Mingxin’s second uncle.

In her memory, Xu Mingxin’s second uncle was always arrogant. She was surprised that today, at his favorite niece’s engagement banquet, he looked utterly dejected.

Wen Yan inwardly speculated.

Did the fake daughter try to seduce her second uncle too? That’s too indiscriminate.

But Xu Mingxin isn’t their biological daughter, so if she really got together with her second uncle, it might be quite reasonable?

The banquet hall was magnificent. As soon as the two stepped in, they were surrounded by a large group of people who mostly came to network with Xu Ruozhou.

The pearl that had been submerged in the silt, having undergone the cleansing of the sea, was finally allowing the world to see its brilliance.

Wen Yan smiled and stepped back, leaving the stage to Xu Ruozhou.

Xu Ruozhou, sharply aware of the Alpha’s departure, suddenly stiffened her back. Her reddish-brown eyes looked over.

Wen Yan curled her lips and mouthed to her, “Wife, I’ll be standing nearby. Feel free to chat with them.”

The Omega’s tense shoulder blades finally relaxed. Wen Yan leaned against a pillar in the corner, silently observing the Omega’s ill-fitting dress.

Xu Ruozhou’s evening gown for tonight was one Wen Yan had specially chosen.

Initially, she intended to choose a dress that would highlight her figure, so she wouldn’t be overshadowed by the heavily dressed fake daughter during the upcoming performance. But.

For some reason, she was suddenly possessed and felt that those few dresses were too revealing. She didn’t want Xu Ruozhou’s beautiful shoulder blades and long, fair legs to be displayed in front of so many Alphas.

Wen Yan pinched her philtrum in shame, silently scolding herself.

Straight Alpha Cancer.

The terrible straight Alpha cancer.

She must have been influenced by the damned pheromones in her gland.

How could she, out of jealousy toward other Alphas, prevent the female lead from showcasing her beauty?

Wen Yan guiltily closed her eyes, calmed her emotions for a while, and resolved that she must sincerely apologize to Xu Ruozhou once they safely made it through the fake daughter’s engagement banquet.

Batch after batch of people surrounded Xu Ruozhou. Wen Yan leaned against the pillar, holding her bag, bored out of her mind.

Suddenly, she looked up and saw the Omega, the center of attention, politely decline a person offering her a business card and walk straight toward her.

Wen Yan immediately straightened up, her two small canine teeth unconsciously revealed in excitement.

Wuwuwu, the female lead isn’t networking. She’s worried I’m lonely and came to find me.

She cares about me!

Wen Yan grinned foolishly. Her arm was suddenly pinched gently but firmly by a pair of cool hands.

Wuwuwu, the female lead pinched me.

She cares about me.

“What are you giggling about?”

A serious voice cut through her thoughts. Wen Yan was abruptly woken from her daydream. Seeing the Omega’s tightly furrowed brows, she was slightly stunned, finally noticing something was wrong.

“Wife, what is it?”

Xu Ruozhou’s face was ashen.

“Wen Yan, Xu Chenxi is dead.”

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