Redeeming that Beautiful, Strong, and Miserable Omega [Transmigrated into a Book] - Chapter 41

Chapter 41: Li Yuan

“Alas, how could this happen.” Wen Yan sighed. “Did she pass away in an accident?”

Xu Ruozhou shook her head. “I’m not sure. Ruan Ruan was one of the first children adopted from the orphanage. I only heard about her passing from the headmistress.”

“The headmistress said she had a blood disease. Ruan Ruan’s blood type was very rare, and the hospital couldn’t find matching blood. They could only stall, and eventually, she passed away in the hospital bed.”

Xu Ruozhou was silent for a long time. “We promised to grow up together, but in the end, I was the only one left.”

Wen Yan patted her shoulder consolingly. Xu Ruozhou’s gaze rested on Wen Yan, and she said softly, “That’s why I sometimes feel very insecure.”

“I’m very scared that one day, the people around me will also leave me suddenly, like Ruan Ruan, without me realizing it.”

Wen Yan took her icy cold hand, held it against her chest to warm it up, and comforted her. “Don’t worry, Wife. I absolutely won’t leave you.”

“Even if that day really comes, I believe Ruan Ruan’s spirit in heaven will definitely bless us to meet again.”

Xu Ruozhou slowly lowered her eyelashes. Her voice was very soft. “Mhm, I believe you.”

Hurried footsteps interrupted the mood between the two. The newly hired butler rushed over to them, panting. “CEO Wen…”

Wen Yan frowned slightly. “Why so urgent? Speak properly.”

Xu Ruozhou pursed her lips, a hint of ominousness crossing her eyes. “Did Xu Mingxin come to cause trouble?”

The butler shook his head. “No, Madam. A silver-haired Alpha specifically asked to see CEO Wen and has been waiting outside the gate for ten minutes.”

Silver hair?

With that physical description, Wen Yan’s first thought was Li Yuan, Xu Mingxin’s stepping stone, the cannon fodder number two in the original book.

Wen Yan immediately instructed the butler to bring up the gate surveillance. When the two looked, it was indeed Li Yuan.

Xu Ruozhou frowned. “What is Li Yuan doing here at this hour?”

“Could she have found out about the blue diamond and come to settle the score for Xu Mingxin?”

“Wen Yan, maybe we shouldn’t see her.”

Wen Yan shook her head. “No, we have to see her.”

A trace of surprise flashed in the reddish-brown eyes. “Why?”

Wen Yan smiled, her gaze falling on the intact scent gland on the back of Xu Ruozhou’s neck. “Because…”

“I owe her a favor.”

The front yard of the villa.

To show courtesy to the guest, Wen Yan and Xu Ruozhou personally went out to greet her. Before Wen Yan could say hello to Li Yuan, she was startled by Li Yuan’s disheveled appearance.

Her usually immaculate silver hair was messy. There were thick dark circles right beneath her azure blue eyes, and she looked drained. Of course, what surprised her the most was her glabella—a strong, dense dark aura permeated Li Yuan’s glabella, looking like it was about to consume her.

Wen Yan frowned deeply and quickly ushered the Alpha, who was standing at the entrance, inside. She gave Xu Ruozhou a look, asking her to excuse herself first.

Xu Ruozhou understood her intention and nodded slightly. “You two talk first. I’ll go prepare some tea for you.”

Steaming ginger tea. Wen Yan sat on the sofa, looking at the silent Li Yuan, and pushed the teacup toward her. “Have a cup of tea?”

“It’s ginger tea made by my wife. It also has calming herbs inside.”

The silver-haired Alpha looked down at the steaming tea. After a moment of silence, she finally picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea.

Only after Li Yuan finished drinking did Wen Yan speak slowly, asking, “Did something happen that brought you to me?”

Li Yuan paused. After a long while, she murmured, “Mhm.”

Wen Yan looked into her eyes. “Because of Xu Mingxin?”

“…Mhm.”

Wen Yan was asking the obvious. There wasn’t much description of Li Yuan in the original book. The few times she appeared were when the fake daughter needed affection, appearing as a rich, generous patron with a love-struck brain.

Aside from Xu Mingxin, Wen Yan couldn’t think of any other reason for Li Yuan to be here.

Li Yuan lowered her head, irritably scratching her hair with her fingers. “I don’t know how to tell you. I…”

Wen Yan poured her another cup of tea. “Take your time.”

“I found that my wife… seems a little off.”

Late night.

Li Yuan lay on her side, facing the window.

Outside the window was an office building where people were still working overtime, brightly lit.

She was about to get up and close the curtains when she suddenly heard a murmuring voice next to her.

“Why did it have to be Aunt Wang, who used to work for me? Why couldn’t it be someone else to kill Wen Yan?”

“So annoying! I tried so hard to suggest Yin Rong should mark Xu Ruozhou, and you only collected this much energy from Xu Ruozhou.”

“What’s the next step? Making Li Yuan sign the equity transfer agreement? You insist on making me take gradual steps, even though she would agree to anything I say.”

Hearing her own name, Li Yuan froze completely.

The reflection of the two of them was visible on the window. Li Yuan stared intently at the Omega sleeping beside her, then suddenly saw her lift her face and punch the air with her hand.

Li Yuan was very familiar with this gesture of Xu Mingxin. Whenever she said something Xu Mingxin didn’t want to hear, she would use this gesture to lightly hit her chest, heavily implying a spoiled demeanor.

But now, it made her feel terrified.

There were only two of them in the room.

So who was her wife talking to?

Wen Yan pressed her temples, hesitating to speak. Li Yuan was dejected. “Do you think this is me hallucinating?”

“Should I go to the hospital and see a doctor?”

Wen Yan shook her head. “Li Yuan, the person with the problem is not you.”

Li Yuan sighed. Wen Yan patted her shoulder reassuringly. “So you came to me because of this.”

“You need to trust your judgment. If she speaks to the void again, just pretend you didn’t see anything.”

Wen Yan said tactfully, “If possible, it’s best to minimize contact. After all, even the best Alpha-Omega relationships need a certain amount of space.”

Li Yuan was silent for a moment, then shook her head. “Wen Yan, I didn’t come to you for this.”

Wen Yan was stunned. Li Yuan clutched her aching head. “I…”

“I found that I can’t seem to control myself.”

Xu Mingxin pushed open the door of the Li family mansion. The butler quickly greeted her, “Madam, you’re back.”

“Get lost!”

The butler knew about the recent events in the Xu family and retreated quietly, not wanting to provoke her.

Xu Mingxin was full of resentment, looking around.

Li Yuan wasn’t home, and the servants weren’t nearby. There was no one for her to vent her frustration on.

Xu Mingxin became even more agitated and kicked the cat sleeping on the cushion.

“Meow—”

The feigning cat sensed the danger. Its emerald-like eyes opened, and it swiftly jumped onto the coffee table. Xu Mingxin’s foot hit the hard glass, and she cried out in pain. “Ah—”

“You d*mn beast!”

“Don’t let me catch you, or you’ll regret it!”

The kitten glanced at her indifferently, jumped out of the window, and hid in the garden bushes.

Xu Mingxin threw the few unsold pieces of jewelry from her hand, turned, and went into the bedroom she shared with Li Yuan, beginning to search for Li Yuan’s black card.

While searching, she didn’t forget to complain about the System. “Insisting that I take gradual steps! Now look, I can’t get the Xu family’s assets, and I have to personally go ask Li Yuan for her card.”

She wished she had accepted the black card when Li Yuan offered it to her, saving her the trouble of having to lower herself and ask Li Yuan for it now.

The bedroom was empty.

There was no guiding mechanical voice in the void either.

Xu Mingxin sighed, washed up, and redressed, preparing to wait for Li Yuan to return to personally ask her for the black card.

Late night.

Xu Mingxin called Li Yuan several times, but the line was always busy.

She finally couldn’t sit still. She called the butler over and questioned him. “Where is Li Yuan? Why isn’t she back yet?”

“Did she say where she went? How can she not come home this late?!”

A look of surprise appeared in the butler’s dark eyes. “Madam, didn’t CEO Li tell you?”

Xu Mingxin was startled. “Tell me what?”

“CEO Li picked up her mothers and is accompanying them on a cruise to South America to relax.”

Xu Mingxin: ???

The sea breeze whistled through their clothes. The faint salty smell of the sea lingered at their noses. The Royal Caribbean, capable of carrying tens of thousands of passengers, sounded its horn.

Wen Yan wrapped her arms around Xu Ruozhou, pulling her clothes tighter. In the strong wind, she waved to the Alpha on the cruise ship and shouted, “Have a great vacation!”

Li Yuan nodded solemnly. Her two mothers stood beside her, looking at her with gentle eyes.

The Royal Caribbean sailed toward the open sea. Fog arose over the water, and before long, Wen Yan and Xu Ruozhou could no longer see the cruise ship. Xu Ruozhou poked Wen Yan’s arm and smiled. “Only you could come up with such an idea.”

Wen Yan rubbed her head sheepishly. “I had no choice.”

The Wen family mansion.

Li Yuan clutched her head. “I found that I can’t seem to control myself.”

“Sometimes her demands are too excessive, and I don’t want to agree to them. But the moment I see her face, I lose my composure. I completely lose my mind, feeling that as long as I can be with her, what does paying this price matter? But—”

Li Yuan was on the verge of a breakdown. “How can I be like this?”

“This isn’t me at all!”

Wen Yan put down her teacup, her expression gradually becoming serious.

Li Yuan continued, “I was among the most outstanding Alphas since childhood. I desperately studied knowledge to manage the company. After I came of age, my family entrusted the Haili Hotel to me. I gradually built the Haili Hotel’s reputation to be the industry’s best. My two mothers are getting old and were preparing to hand over control of the company to me, but—”

Li Yuan grabbed her hair, pulling at it repeatedly. “How could I kick them out to live somewhere else just because of a word from my wife?”

Wen Yan was startled. “Don’t tell me Xu Mingxin told you she didn’t want to live with her mothers-in-law after marriage?”

Li Yuan looked up in surprise. “How did you know?”

Wen Yan: …

Because this is the plot of the original book.

Silly child.

“So you really kicked your two mothers out?”

Li Yuan bit her lower lip. After a long silence, she still nodded. “Mhm.”

“The day they moved out, they looked at me with such disappointed eyes, but I felt nothing standing next to my wife, until I received a phone call. My mother called me over to the taxi they were getting into.”

Wen Yan sighed. “Did they scold you or hit you?”

“That’s normal. You really lost your head. Who kicks out family they’ve lived with for twenty years just to get married?”

Li Yuan’s eyes were vacant. “No, they didn’t hit me or scold me. They just told me…”

“Little Li, don’t overwork yourself. Come and see Mom more often when you have time.”

The villa fell into a deathly silence. Li Yuan covered her face, kneeling and sobbing. “Wen Yan, please help me.”

“This is not something I would do. I’m not like this, but I can’t control myself.”

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