Redeeming that Beautiful, Strong, and Miserable Omega [Transmigrated into a Book] - Chapter 40

Chapter 40: Ruan Ruan

“That won’t do.”

Wen Yan played with the blue diamond necklace for a while, then put it back into Xu Ruozhou’s palm. “I already said this was a birthday gift for you.”

“Since it’s a birthday gift, there’s no reason to take it back.”

“Mhm, that’s true.” Xu Ruozhou held the necklace tightly. The deep, captivating blue light seeped through the gaps between her fingers.

Wen Yan stared at the priceless blue diamond, which the original host had bought at auction, and couldn’t help but ask, “Wife, how did you get it back from Xu Mingxin?”

“Get it back?” A mocking smile curved on Xu Ruozhou’s lips. “Xu Mingxin is greedy by nature. It would be a miracle if anything that fell into her hands could be taken back.”

“Ah?” Wen Yan frowned slightly, observing the blue diamond in Xu Ruozhou’s hand. “This doesn’t feel like a fake, though.”

“Idiot.” Xu Ruozhou tapped her head. “The blue diamond in my hand is, of course, real.”

“The reason I got it is because Xu Mingxin was short on cash and put the blue diamond up for auction.”

“Auction House?!”

Wen Yan clutched her heart, showing a pained expression of deep distress. “No way! Did we have to pay again to buy this diamond back?”

“Unacceptable! This is equivalent to paying double the price for this blue diamond necklace.”

“Double!”

Xu Ruozhou smiled. “Who said we paid double the price?”

“The auction house Xu Mingxin went to is owned by you.”

Wen Yan was stunned. The curve of Xu Ruozhou’s lips grew wider. “When she came to sell the item, I happened to be there listening to the manager’s report. I immediately had someone swap the blue diamond in her hand with a fake.”

“She didn’t notice, only stomped her foot, said our auction house didn’t know value, and left.”

Wen Yan: !!!

Wen Yan abruptly lunged into Xu Ruozhou’s arms, cupping her cold and beautiful face, and kissing her twice with loud smacks. “Wife, you are too smart! I love you to death!”

“Smooch smooch~”

Xu Ruozhou’s ears gradually turned red. She coughed lightly. “Alright, stop being affectionate.”

“There’s still a serious matter we haven’t discussed.”

Wen Yan immediately stood up straight. “What is it, Wife?”

Xu Ruozhou looked at those clear and clean black eyes, her fingers clutching the blue diamond necklace tightening slightly.

“Wife, what do you want to say?”

The words reached her lips, but Xu Ruozhou still couldn’t say them. She sighed inwardly.

“Forget it. It’s nothing.”

With so many problems yet to be solved, if she brought up the wedding, Wen Yan probably still wouldn’t agree.

She would wait a little longer.

They had plenty of time.

“Oh, oh.”

Wen Yan spoke slowly. “Actually, I also have something to say.”

Xu Ruozhou collected her thoughts, turned around, and listened carefully to her. “What is it? Can I help you?”

“Yes.”

Wen Yan paused, then a smile suddenly bloomed on her lips. She said teasingly, “And, only you can help me.”

A trace of confusion appeared in the reddish-brown eyes. “What?”

“Wife, let’s get married.”

Xu Ruozhou was stunned for a moment.

Since the night Wen Yan refused to satisfy her with her fingers, she had proactively brought up the wedding several times, only to be brushed off by Wen Yan with excuses.

She genuinely didn’t expect Wen Yan to propose the wedding herself.

Xu Ruozhou was eager to agree, but the sliver of rationality left in her mind made her ask the question that was confusing her, pretending to be reserved. “Didn’t you always not want to have one?”

“Why bring it up suddenly?”

No sooner had she spoken than Wen Yan’s waist was hugged.

Wen Yan buried her fluffy head in Xu Ruozhou’s shoulder. “Wife, I’ve thought it through.”

“Thought what through?”

Wen Yan slowly tightened her arms, her tone solemn and serious. “Forget the other place.”

“Stay in this world that has you.”

For several days straight, Xu Ruozhou was almost deliriously happy. Even the employees at the company, who usually feared her the most, couldn’t resist joking, “CEO Xu, is there some happy event happening at home?”

Xu Ruozhou curved her lips into a faint smile, her face full of sweetness. “Mhm, there is a happy event at home.”

“Wen Yan and I are having our wedding at the end of this month. If you want to come, I’ll have Lin Xi arrange a spot for you.”

The employee looked excited. “Really? That’s great!”

“CEO Xu, I want to go too.”

“Me too, me too!”

Xu Ruozhou was surrounded, but the joy on her face was unmistakable. Just then, Lin Xi emerged from the elevator and handed the newly designed invitation to Xu Ruozhou. “CEO Xu, this is the invitation style the company designer just finished. Would you like to check if anything needs modification?”

Xu Ruozhou held the invitation, a smile on her lips. Lin Xi pursed her lips, not understanding her boss’s meaning. She thought something was unsatisfactory, so she said, “CEO Xu, is something not right?”

“Tell me, and I’ll have the designer change it immediately.”

“No.”

Compared to the initial version Wen Yan designed, this current version was on the artistic level of Van Gogh.

Last night, Xu Ruozhou was so excited she couldn’t sleep most of the night. She looked up and found Wen Yan sitting at the desk, the light of the table lamp turned down low, drawing with a pencil on paper.

Because Wen Yan was skilled in musical instruments, Xu Ruozhou had high expectations for her drawing, but she never expected—

It was completely at an elementary school student’s level.

Xu Ruozhou shook her head helplessly and put the invitation back into Lin Xi’s hand. “No need to change it again. It’s already perfect.”

The entire Wen Group was filled with joy, in contrast to the dire situation on the other side.

Xu Mingxin angrily pointed at the auction house owner’s nose. “Do you even know how to value goods? This is a genuine blue diamond!”

“A blue diamond!”

“How can you, this ignorant fool, be the owner here?!”

The auction house owner narrowed his eyes. “Miss Xu, I personally came out to appraise this for you out of respect for you once being a member of the Xu family and the wife of CEO Li.”

Standing behind the owner were the auction house’s well-trained Beta bodyguards. The owner raised an eyebrow. “Otherwise, you would have been kicked out long ago.”

“In the entire auction industry, no one dares to bring a fake to sell in my auction house.”

“I told you, this is not a fake! It’s real!” Xu Mingxin stomped her foot in anger. “Does the Wen family know? It was the Wen family’s heir, Wen Yan. She bought this blue diamond from an auction house and gave it to me!”

“How could it be fake!”

“Wen Yan?” The owner rubbed his chin. “So it’s the one that little Alpha from the Wen family bid on. It does look very similar, however—”

Xu Mingxin’s eyes brightened. “I said it’s real! I sincerely want to sell it, just give me…”

Before she could finish, Xu Mingxin was suddenly shoved hard by a strong Beta. Her heel caught on the threshold, and she stumbled backward, falling awkwardly onto the auction house steps.

The auction house owner still wore the same smiling face, but his tone was much colder. “However—we don’t accept counterfeits here.”

The large door slowly closed in front of Xu Mingxin. The owner glanced at her coldly. “Miss Xu, think carefully. Your item has likely been switched.”

Xu Mingxin bit her lower lip in humiliation.

She clenched the blue diamond in her hand, trembling all over.

Switched?

She had only visited two or three auction houses today. How could it have been switched?

A thought suddenly flashed in her mind. Xu Mingxin paused, recalling the first auction house she visited.

At the time, the auctioneer had stared at the blue diamond for a long time. His eyes first lit up, then his brow furrowed deeper and deeper.

“Please wait a moment. I need to consult with our boss.”

When he returned, the auctioneer’s face had changed. He said they wouldn’t accept the blue diamond.

That auction house…

She remembered it was owned by the Wen family.

“…”

Xu Mingxin fiercely clenched the blue diamond in her hand, her nails digging into the flesh of her palm, drawing blood. She gritted her teeth. “Wen Yan!!!”

“You’ve ruined my plans again.”

“Achoo—”

Wen Yan sneezed.

Xu Ruozhou quickly ordered a servant to prepare a hot towel. She used the hot towel to wipe the Alpha’s slightly pale cheeks, her tone scolding. “I told you not to eat so much ice cream.”

Wen Yan pouted. “It’s summer! How can I not eat ice cream?”

“Especially in summer, you shouldn’t eat ice cream.” Xu Ruozhou straightened Wen Yan’s face, which was trying to evade her gaze. “You should drink more hot water in summer to feel cool. Look, you’re about to catch a cold again.”

Wen Yan covered her ears and made a face. “I can’t hear you, can’t hear you—”

Xu Ruozhou sighed helplessly. When Wen Yan acted spoiled, she really couldn’t do anything.

“Wen Yan, were you like this with your family normally?” Xu Ruozhou couldn’t help but ask.

Wen Yan paused and changed the subject. “I was, a long time ago. Hey, let’s not talk about that, Wife. Quick, tell me about what happened at the orphanage.”

“I’m super curious about your life and growth at the orphanage.”

Wen Yan cupped her cheeks, like a blooming flower, her eyes sparkling. “Was little Xu Ruozhou the same as she is now?”

“Oh, you mean back then.”

The orphanage.

A small place, full of children starving to death.

Xu Ruozhou squatted in the corner, tiny, completely hidden in the shadows, like a mushroom growing in a corner.

Suddenly the bell rang. All the orphans looked toward the door simultaneously.

The headmistress walked in holding a plate, on which were fresh pastries. She was followed by several adults wearing white masks and holding strange instruments.

The extremely hungry children instantly rushed forward. The headmistress quickly raised the plate of pastries high. “Don’t rush, children. Everyone gets a share.”

“But before eating the cake, shall we have a physical check-up?”

“The child who gets their blood drawn first will get an extra piece of cake~”

The orphans’ eyes brightened one after another.

Little Xu Ruozhou discerned the adults’ deceptive words. She didn’t want to have blood drawn. She deliberately blended into the crowd, creating chaos, inciting the children who hadn’t had blood drawn to snatch cake from those who had.

The children fought over the cake. Xu Ruozhou seized half a piece amidst the confusion, pretending she had already had blood drawn.

The cake was quickly distributed, and the blood drawing was nearing its end.

“One, two, three… sixty-eight. Why is one portion missing?”

The headmistress sounded worried. “Should we do the blood drawing again?”

“Forget it. Just leave it. The results are needed urgently.”

Xu Ruozhou held the cake, coldly observing the people wearing white masks.

Although the headmistress would give them delicious food every time these people appeared, she always felt that these people were not good.

“Xu Ruozhou, why are you eating so fast?”

A small, dirty-faced girl walked over. Xu Ruozhou finally showed a genuine smile. “Ruan Ruan.”

Ruan Ruan, the little girl’s arm, was still bleeding, but she broke her cake in half and handed it to Xu Ruozhou. “Let’s eat together.”

“Okay.”

After the “white coats” left, the orphanage returned to its usual deadly silence. Ruan Ruan looked at the moonlight outside the window. “Ruozhou.”

Xu Ruozhou looked up. “Mhm?”

“When do you think we’ll be able to leave this place?”

Xu Ruozhou was silent for a moment. “I don’t know.”

She wasn’t clear about the future either.

“Never mind. Let’s not talk about that. Let’s continue counting when they’ll come next time.” Ruan Ruan smiled again, drawing a horizontal line on the wall with her fingernail. “I really hope they come a few more times so we can have cake again.”

“Wuwuwu, relying on each other! What a beautiful bond!”

Wen Yan was teary-eyed with emotion. “Ruan Ruan, where is she now? I really want to meet her.”

Xu Ruozhou bit her lower lip.

“Wife, why aren’t you speaking?”

Xu Ruozhou silently looked up at the sky. “Wen Yan, not everything turns out as beautifully as you hope.”

“Ruan Ruan passed away when she was ten.”

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