Redeeming that Beautiful, Strong, and Miserable Omega [Transmigrated into a Book] - Chapter 53

Chapter 53: The System

“Master, calm down!”

Inside the operating room, Xu Ruozhou was expressionless, the dark muzzle of a gun aimed at the masked researcher holding a surgical knife.

The researcher from the Association raised his hands. “Please calm down, patient’s family member.”

“The patient is already brain dead. It’s legal and compliant for us to take the patient. Ms. Wen voluntarily signed an organ donation agreement before her death!”

Xu Ruozhou sneered. “Organ donation agreement?”

The researcher nodded hurriedly.

“Then I ask you—” Xu Ruozhou bit her trembling lower lip. “Why are your hands on her legs? What organ transplant requires her legs?!”

Hearing Xu Ruozhou’s words, the researchers in the operating room were stunned. The lead surgeon stared at his hands placed on the patient’s legs, unable to recover for a long time.

“Apologies, Miss Xu. We may have… confused the steps.”

Xu Ruozhou closed her eyes in despair. “Enough. Give her back to me right now.”

The researcher pursed his lips and politely refused. “Miss Xu, we deeply understand your feelings of loss, but Ms. Wen has been confirmed brain dead, and the surgery has already begun. We cannot let you take her. Furthermore, the patient did sign…”

“I said give Wen Yan back to me!”

The researcher frowned, his tone gradually becoming serious and righteous. “Impossible, the surgery cannot be stopped midwa—”

“Bang—”

Before he could finish, a gunshot rang out. The shadowless lamp flickered a few times and went out. The operating room fell silent. No one had expected—

Xu Ruozhou was this crazy. She actually dared to shoot.

The previously indignant researchers put down their surgical knives and backed away, yielding the space in front of the operating table.

Xu Ruozhou stared coldly at these people. Only after confirming they had no intention of seizing the body again did she cautiously lower the gun.

Her reddish-brown eyes fell upon the slender figure lying on the operating table. Xu Ruozhou looked at “Wen Yan’s” face, slowly raised her hand, and gently brushed “Wen Yan’s” cheek with her fingers.

The pale cheek had no warmth, making her feel disoriented and somewhat unfamiliar.

Lin Xi took a step forward. “Master, the hospital is surrounded. You can take CEO Wen’s body away at any time.”

Xu Ruozhou’s hand rested on “Wen Yan’s” cold lips. Hearing Lin Xi’s words, she slowly raised her eyelids. “Don’t call me that. Your Master is Wen Yan.”

“With CEO Wen’s passing, you are now the Master of the Wen family. Please…” Lin Xi held back her tears and bowed deeply. “Lead the overall situation.”

Wen Yan’s death caused an uproar, starting with the collapse of the stock market, followed by various accusations against Xu Ruozhou, and relentless, rampant rumors.

Xu Ruozhou walked out of the hospital entrance. Lin Xi followed beside her. The bodyguards were responsible for clearing the path and transporting “Wen Yan’s” remains.

As they passed the pedestrian street outside the hospital, Lin Xi noticed the gradually gathering crowd. Uncomfortable whispers reached their ears.

“Hey, isn’t that Xu Ruozhou, the one who drove her parents crazy and cursed the Alpha she married to death?”

“Shhh, keep your voice down. Don’t let them hear you. Let’s stay away. Don’t let her bad luck contaminate us.”

Lin Xi clenched her fists, pointed at the two passersby speaking, and yelled, “Hey, you two—”

Xu Ruozhou raised her hand to stop Lin Xi. “No need.”

“But…”

Xu Ruozhou opened the car door, her tone low. “She’s gone. What’s the point of those empty reputations?”

Lin Xi stood by the roadside and slowly lowered her head.

Deep night, heavy rain.

Xu Ruozhou silently opened the ice coffin containing “Wen Yan’s” remains in the pitch darkness.

Her hand gently stroked every inch of “Wen Yan’s” icy body. Xu Ruozhou covered her heart with her hand, wanting it to start beating again.

But after covering it for so long, “Wen Yan’s” body still had no warmth. Instead, her palm became even colder than before.

Xu Ruozhou gave a self-mocking smile.

She had been staring at “Wen Yan” for too long. Tears kept pooling in her eyes.

She didn’t know why, but the image of Wen Yan in her memory seemed to be getting increasingly blurry.

The “Wen Yan” now and the Wen Yan before—she was starting to forget which was which.

Having been in the sub-zero temperature for too long, Xu Ruozhou felt dizzy. She stumbled to her feet, preparing to go to the bedroom to fetch a warm blanket, intending to sleep beside “Wen Yan” tonight.

However, before she walked far, she staggered and was about to fall. Before falling, she instinctively reached out with her left hand for support, but the ring on her finger suddenly fell off.

After Wen Yan left, she completely lost the will to live. She hadn’t expected that even the ring, which originally fit her finger size, couldn’t stay on.

Xu Ruozhou quickly picked up the ring. She carefully blew the dust off the blue diamond. Only after confirming it was undamaged did she sigh in relief.

“…”

Xu Ruozhou stared hollowly at the blue diamond. Suddenly remembering something, she hastily stood up, frantically turned on the light, and went to the ice coffin of “Wen Yan.”

Her ring finger was bare.

Xu Ruozhou’s back slid down against the wall, inch by inch, until she collapsed onto the floor.

Continuous overcast and rain. The sky seemed to have split open.

The downpour arrived, relentless, like a catastrophe that would never end.

Lin Xi walked quickly, holding an umbrella over Xu Ruozhou. Lin Xi looked at Xu Mingxin kneeling in the rain, her voice hesitant. “Master, will this truly work?”

“I don’t know.”

A hint of hesitation flashed in Lin Xi’s eyes. Xu Ruozhou stared at her quietly, seemingly waiting for an answer. Lin Xi’s gaze fell on the ice coffin in the distance. After a moment, she took a deep breath. “Let’s begin.”

Xu Mingxin looked up. In a daze, she seemed to hear Lin Xi and Xu Ruozhou arguing.

“Master, you can’t do this!” Lin Xi grabbed Xu Ruozhou’s arm.

“I make the decisions. Since when is it your turn to criticize?”

Xu Ruozhou looked at her coldly. Lin Xi closed her mouth unwillingly.

“Just an NPC who hasn’t awakened her self-awareness.”

Xu Ruozhou glanced coldly at Lin Xi. Xu Mingxin’s eyes widened because Xu Ruozhou was walking towards her.

Xu Mingxin instinctively wanted to retreat, but the bodyguards held her, making it difficult for her to even look up. Xu Ruozhou saw this and sneered. “Our Miss, how did she become this pathetic?”

“Where is Li Yuan? Your carefully selected high-quality Alpha. Why isn’t he here to help you at a time like this?”

“You—” Xu Mingxin was pinned to the ground by the bodyguards. She heard Xu Ruozhou’s words, struggled a few times to no avail, and then glared with bloodshot eyes, spitting fiercely, “Xu Ruozhou, you will definitely get your retribution!”

“I will curse you for the rest of your life!”

Xu Ruozhou was expressionless, seemingly completely unconcerned by her curse. Xu Mingxin suddenly remembered something, narrowed her eyes, and burst into laughter.

Her laughter was maniacal. She pointed at Xu Ruozhou. “No, I was wrong. Hasn’t your retribution already come?”

“You are a jinx! Anyone who stays with you will suffer! Look, didn’t that transmigrator die because she was with you? Hahahahahahaha!”

Xu Ruozhou’s face turned cold.

Xu Mingxin laughed so hard she couldn’t straighten up. When she opened her eyes again, the dark muzzle of a gun was aimed at her forehead. She froze, only realizing what was touching her forehead after a long time.

Xu Mingxin finally felt fear. She moved back a few steps on trembling legs. “No, no, Xu Ruozhou, no, Sister, don’t shoot! I, I was wrong. I was really wrong. I shouldn’t have laughed about it. I’m sad that Wen Yan died too.”

Xu Ruozhou stared at her expressionlessly, pushed away Lin Xi’s hand holding the umbrella for her, and stepped into the heavy rain.

Lin Xi reached out to block her. “Master, you can’t…”

Xu Ruozhou was blocked. Xu Mingxin hadn’t had time to feel relieved when she suddenly heard a gunshot. She froze, then slowly turned her head.

She looked in disbelief at where the shot came from. Lin Xi was on her knees, clutching her shoulder, her expression pained.

The rain washed away the bloodstains on the ground.

“…No way.” Xu Mingxin’s mouth hung open. “Is this real?”

Was Xu Ruozhou crazy?

Whether in the original plot or the plot altered by the transmigrator, Lin Xi was her confidante!

The sound of leather shoes splashing rainwater grew closer. Xu Mingxin became increasingly terrified. She tugged at the bodyguard’s sleeve, pleading, “Let me go! I don’t want to die! Please, help me! Xu Ruozhou is a maniac!”

“Why aren’t you moving? Don’t you see? She’ll even shoot her own people! If you don’t help me now, when she cleans up the scene, she will definitely kill everyone who knows anything to evade the Association’s pursuit!”

Xu Mingxin’s voice became increasingly frantic, eventually screaming those words, but the bodyguards hired by Xu Ruozhou remained motionless until—

The black muzzle of the gun was pressed against her forehead again. Only then did the bodyguards release her shoulders and retreat to a safer distance to avoid being accidentally hit.

Xu Mingxin was terrified, yelling through sobs, “Xu Ruozhou, you can’t kill me!”

Xu Ruozhou stared at her coldly, saw the circle of liquid around her that was distinctly different from the color of the rainwater, and let out a light laugh. “Xu Mingxin, is this all you amount to?”

“How could the System have chosen someone like you to bind?”

Hearing the name of the System, Xu Mingxin paused. As if grabbing a lifeline, she suddenly lunged forward and hugged Xu Ruozhou’s leg.

Even Xu Ruozhou was startled this time. Xu Mingxin looked up, forcing a smile. Her tone was fawning. “The System made me do all those things. If you agree to let me go, I’ll tell you everything, everything I know.”

“…”

Xu Ruozhou smiled faintly. “Is that so?”

Xu Mingxin’s eyes brightened. Thinking she saw hope, she nodded frantically, daring not to stop for a moment, afraid Xu Ruozhou would change her mind.

“What a pity.” Xu Ruozhou half-squatted, used her free hand to grip Xu Mingxin’s chin, and sneered. “I don’t need your allegiance.”

Xu Ruozhou stood up and cocked the hammer with one hand. Xu Mingxin covered her head in despair, screaming hysterically, “No—”

A flash of lightning streaked across the sky. In that instant, all was silent, save for the overwhelming sound of the rain.

The second gunshot was slow to arrive.

Xu Ruozhou threw the gun from her hand, her reddish-brown eyes looking up at the breach in the sky. The torrential rain poured down from that spot.

Xu Ruozhou was expressionless. “Come out, System.”

“I… I’m okay?” Xu Mingxin held her head, still shaken. After a long while, she recovered and, after confirming her body was intact, repeated Xu Ruozhou’s words. “System?”

“Didn’t the System already leave?”

Xu Ruozhou sneered. “Stop pretending. I wouldn’t kill her. There’s only one bullet in the gun.”

After a long silence, a voice slowly emerged from the void. It seemed to sigh.

“When did you figure it out?”

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