The Alpha’s Breakup Scheme - Chapter 1

Imperial A University, Vacation Star New Campus, Training Grounds.

The poor students of the Oil Painting Department, each dressed in dashing and swift training uniforms, possessed bodies that were remarkably fragile. Having just completed physical combat training, they were panting heavily and drenched in sweat.

At the exit of the training ground, a tall, slender figure carrying a training lightsaber walked out slowly.

A few people nearby were drawn to the sight and looked up, only to see Jiang Shixue, who was so beautiful she looked like she had stepped out of an oil painting.

A faint flush from exercise rose on her porcelain skin, and her golden hair was slightly damp with sweat after the training, but this instead added a touch of authentic beauty.

Xi Rui, the teacher responsible for teaching the Oil Painting Department’s physical combat class, approached: “Student Jiang, I just bought a few bottles of electrolyte water. Here, have one.”

“Would you like to have lunch together? I heard a nice new restaurant opened at the school’s East Gate.”

Jiang Shixue raised her eyes. She recognized this person—a teacher who had arrived this semester, a tall and dashing Alpha. Rumor had it she had entered through the back door and had deep connections; despite her loitering, playboy-like demeanor, she remained quite popular among the students.

Both of her parents were professors, and the Xi family’s ancestors had plenty of connections in the Education Bureau; their family background was very substantial.

Supported from birth, such a smooth and steady life was truly enviable.

But Jiang Shixue had no desire for romance, so she skillfully displayed a cute smile, the dimples on her cheeks squeezing out sweetly as she gave a tactful refusal:

“But I’m just a Beta without pheromones. Don’t you mind?”

Jiang Shixue was like a soft and fluffy vanilla cupcake. Being gazed at by her, the person’s ears turned slightly red:

“No, I don’t mind! What’s wrong with being a Beta? Besides, your pheromone deficiency isn’t something you can decide for yourself. How could I have a prejudice against you because of that?”

While she spoke of having no prejudice, she knew herself that these words weren’t very convincing—

In the Empire, Betas truly faced subtle, invisible discrimination.

Although according to the Imperial Constitution, any discrimination caused by pheromone differences was illegal, the law was the law, and the human heart was the human heart.

A University was already a top-tier institution, and the students’ qualities were very high, but the subtle ideas in daily life were, in the end, not something the law could overturn.

However, this was Jiang Shixue!

Not only was she proficient in oil painting, piano, and etiquette, but she was also incredibly beautiful. There were even rumors that her family background was extremely wealthy. Aside from her Beta status, she didn’t have a single flaw.

This was the decathlon-winning, beautiful, and kind-hearted perfect “Department Flower,” Jiang Shixue!

Even if she was a Beta without pheromones, or even a C-class Beta without any mental power, the line of pursuers on campus remained endless!

Jiang Shixue pursed her lips and stood quietly, not taking the bottle of electrolyte water.

The polite refusal was already very obvious, but the Alpha was still undeterred, insistently holding the water out.

The atmosphere was becoming slightly stagnant when, coincidentally, Jiang Shixue’s roommate, Lin Yin, ran over.

Lin Yin was short, but she still unceremoniously shoved the Alpha aside: “Shixue! I bought you your favorite strawberry milkshake. It’s iced. Quick, let’s drink while we head back to the dorm.”

After speaking, Lin Yin gave the Alpha a glare.

Although the person was quite unhappy about being glared at, they couldn’t lose their temper in order to maintain their poise in front of Jiang Shixue, so they had no choice but to leave helplessly.

Once the person was far away, Lin Yin put her arm around Jiang Shixue, pushing up the large black-rimmed glasses that had quite a presence on her small face, and muttered seriously: “Listen to me, they are definitely, definitely all after your body! You must not be moved to tears and then start dating!”

“Okay~” Jiang Shixue revealed her cute dimples and responded sweetly.

The sweet and reserved smile was maintained all the way from the training ground to the dormitory building.

Upon returning to the room and closing the door—

The noble and elegant Department Flower turned into a salted fish, collapsing into a “cat pancake.”

“Aaah, so tired, I want to die!”

“Who invented something as anti-human as making Betas take physical combat classes?”

“It’s simply leaving no way for Betas to live, aaah!”

The cheeks of the little cat pancake were puffed out as she lay on the bed, cursing and grumbling.

Yes, the low-level Beta status was only the first B-side of the perfect persona.

The second B-side of the perfect Department Flower was: a super salted fish, a grandmaster of slacking off!

However, Lin Yin was already used to seeing it.

Only the two of them lived in this dorm, and after a semester, they were already very familiar with each other.

While taking off her large black-rimmed glasses, Lin Yin rubbed her aching arms. She looked at the exhausted Jiang Shixue and said, “You’re a Beta, yet how are you even more tired than us physically weak Omegas?”

Since the high-pressure training began, Jiang Shixue often ended up as a limp cat pancake on the bed from exhaustion.

The high-pressure training was the innovative product of A University’s new Principal.

After the new Principal took office—as the saying goes, a new official applies three fires—having risen from the military, she swiftly decided to adopt an iron-blooded reform policy.

All “superficial” courses like cooking, handcrafts, and social etiquette in all majors were cancelled, and it was mandatory for all majors to undergo mecha, mental power, and physical combat training.

Not only that, the new Principal would personally lead each major through a week-long special training session.

Even the Oil Painting Department was no exception.

Jiang Shixue’s Oil Painting major hadn’t reached the Principal’s special training yet, but the wind of reform had already reached them. Physical combat classes were mandatory, and the intensity was simply perverted for a Beta.

Looking at her roommate, who had melted into a puddle, Lin Yin felt some worry for her.

Jiang Shixue lay limp and weak, saying listlessly, “Don’t you know me by now? Just a C-class Beta, my mental power is so weak it’s practically non-existent.”

“This is just the beginning. The intensity will get higher and higher later. What are you going to do?”

Lin Yin felt some genuine compassion for her roommate.

“What can I do? Just be a salted fish,” Jiang Shixue pouted, flipped herself over, and shed two “noodle tears,” “When the gods take office, it’s the fish in the pond that suffer.”

Thinking of something, Jiang Shixue leaned closer:

“They all say the Principal is terrifyingly fierce, but incredibly beautiful. Is it true?”

Jiang Shixue had never seen the Principal’s face in person—

She was a slacking master. Because she felt the Principal taking office had nothing to do with her, she had skipped the inauguration ceremony without a hint of guilt.

Although everyone was discussing it feverishly, Jiang Shixue still had no real sense of what the Principal actually looked like.

Being nudged around by the little salted fish, Lin Yin laughed:

“Yes, she’s particularly good-looking. In all my life, I’ve never seen such a beautiful Omega.”

Most Omegas’ looks conform to public aesthetics with delicate features, but Lin Yin had also never seen someone as exquisitely and stunningly beautiful as Wen Fei.

Wen Fei looked young, in the prime of her life. With red lips and white teeth, her features were so bright they were almost sharp, but her contours were somewhat soft, neutralizing that sharpness. While she made one’s heart race, she also made people willing to submit.

Lin Yin thought for a few seconds: “Let me describe it to you this way. Generally, Omegas are leaning towards being weak, but the new Principal looks very imposing. Hmm, she’s like a new-era Omega, not the stereotypical type. Although she’s an Omega, she feels like she has a stronger aura than those Alpha seniors. Red lips, white teeth, but particularly fierce. Beautiful, but not to be messed with…”

Halfway through, Lin Yin said indignantly:

“However, despite the new Principal cancelling classes and increasing training… this actually doesn’t stop many people from wanting to be her dog! What is wrong with these people? Are they face-dogs, or just brain-dead in love? I truly pity their misfortune and rage at their lack of spine!”

After speaking, Lin Yin looked at Jiang Shixue very seriously again: “Shixue, you can’t be like them and get love-brain. Ignore all those pursuers!”

“Why do you say that?”

Lin Yin had said these words many times. Jiang Shixue used to just give perfunctory agreement, but this time she suddenly wanted to ask.

“Because lick-dogs definitely never have a good ending! Besides, falling in love is the worst thing in the world!” Lin Yin was a bit excited, her volume rising.

“Stuff like ‘water dungeon,’ ‘coercion,’ or ‘corruption’—stay as far away as possible!”

“Can you understand the fear of a total bottom from the ‘Flower Market’ website?!”

Lin Yin spoke very quickly, and Jiang Shixue didn’t catch those terms clearly, so she blinked her large eyes half-understandingly. She looked at her roommate’s face, which became much prettier just by taking off the heavy black-rimmed glasses:

“Is that why you wear black plano glasses every day and even tan your skin?”

Lin Yin’s face was very pretty, but for the sake of “acting ugly,” she sealed her beauty with glasses every day and specifically made herself darker so she looked gray and unremarkable.

Lin Yin: “…I guess you could say that.”

She didn’t know how to explain to a native that she came from the evil world of the “Flower Market” website, and now her fate of transmigration was likely to be one of the harems toyed with by a female powerhouse…

Lin Yin clearly had some unspeakable, secret history.

Looking at Lin Yin and thinking of herself—who also had quite a story—Jiang Shixue suddenly felt a bit of the humor in their shared misfortunes.

After smiling for a while, she uncontrollably thought of those old matters, and Jiang Shixue sighed again.

The days of the past had already vanished like bubbles.

The version of herself that was once high above, truly perfect without a single flaw, had long… died.

She began to give herself a new name, began to become a low-level Beta, and even began to learn to be a so-called “salted fish” who sought no profound understanding.

It had to be said that she had changed a lot.

But what was wrong with such days?

She lived for herself; of course she could spend her life this way.

It started to rain outside.

It rained often here.

It wasn’t a swaying rainstorm with dark clouds pressing down on the city, just a bit of damp, drizzly sun-shower.

Jiang Shixue didn’t like miserable wind and bitter rain; that kind of rain would make her remember that near-death struggle of the past, the fight that began her transformation into Jiang Shixue.

Rain like this was just fine.

After Jiang Shixue lounged in the dorm for a while, Lin Yin used an app to take commissions for drawing chibi characters. Free time always seemed to pass quickly, and soon it was lunch time.

“Let’s go, time to eat. Let’s go to the new restaurant at the East Gate, my treat.”

Lin Yin had recently made a bit of money from commissions and was spending generously, like a wealth-scattering child.

“Jiang Shixue, even if you are very rich, I can’t always let you treat me. This time it’s my turn.”

The salted fish pancake Jiang Shixue poked her head out: “Then, is it okay to skip class?”

The lunch break at Imperial A University was particularly short. At this time, going out to eat would definitely mean missing the afternoon classes.

Jiang Shixue was used to being lazy; it didn’t matter even if she didn’t go to class.

Lin Yin waved her hand: “It’s fine! Our afternoon classes are all ‘water classes’ (filler classes); it doesn’t matter if we go or not. Besides, you’re a salted fish, and a salted fish’s roommate is also a salted fish. It’s only natural.”

The restaurant’s decor was very stylish, with warm-toned lighting and wooden tables and chairs. Every table had a flower vase, making it feel exceptionally cozy on a rainy day, like being back at a grandmother’s house.

Lin Yin booked a small private booth. The booth was by the window, which Jiang Shixue opened slightly, making it a semi-open environment.

The two ordered several signature dishes that frequently appeared in the “Gourmet Hot Posts” on the Imperial University Alliance forum.

The food was quickly delivered by a robot.

Spicy stir-fried squid, meat sauce pasta, black sesame mousse, corn pastry tarts, and a salad with secret sauce.

Jiang Shixue praised warmly with a graceful smile: “The presentation is not bad.”

Lin Yin: “Quick, try it, little salted fish.”

Jiang Shixue picked up her knife and fork, elegantly cutting the pasta, and sent the pasta coated in rich meat sauce into her mouth, squinting her eyes in enjoyment: “Mmm, delicious!”

Lin Yin watched Jiang Shixue’s ladylike manner of chewing slowly: “It’s really a shame for you to eat out. If I’d known, we should have just packed it back to the dorm.”

Jiang Shixue smiled gently with her fork: “It’s fine, it’s good to come out for some air occasionally.”

After a few words of small talk, the two ate quietly.

In the eyes of other students, Jiang Shixue was the “perfect Department Flower with no flaws other than her Beta status.”

The reason this situation occurred was not Jiang Shixue’s intention. It was simply because she was used to being excellent to the extreme since childhood, and her first time pretending to be weak had a slight mishap.

By the time Jiang Shixue realized something was wrong, she had already become a prominent figure in the Oil Painting Department.

Reversing an established image isn’t an easy task, so Jiang Shixue let it be, maintaining a slightly more reserved image in public.

But Lin Yin didn’t know this. From Lin Yin’s perspective: Jiang Shixue was “faking it” outside and was very focused when eating, not saying much.

Lin Yin didn’t mind.

However, she suddenly thought of something and said:

“Jiang Shixue, let me see your optical computer.”

Jiang Shixue: “For what?”

“I used your account to post on the forum a few days ago. I want to see if it went viral.” Lin Yin chuckled, holding out both hands.

Lin Yin really wanted to be an influencer and had done quite a bit of research on internet forums like the Imperial University Alliance forum.

The scale of the Imperial University Alliance forum was huge, and it was open to all university students in the Empire.

Whether studying on the main planet or at a new campus on a vacation star like them, everyone could post and discuss freely on it.

Jiang Shixue’s own account was just used to vent on the forum, occasionally complaining about the school, without revealing her true identity. So she had very confidently lent it to Lin Yin to start an account.

The content Lin Yin posted later was also just some rants, very similar to what Jiang Shixue had posted before.

Except that to gain traffic, Lin Yin was keen on chasing hot topics. Recently, the new Principal Wen Fei’s popularity on the student forum had remained high, so Lin Yin rode the heat and posted some of her usual dissatisfied rants about Wen Fei.

It rained often on the Vacation Star. Under the fierce midday sun, a sun-shower was pattering outside.

Jiang Shixue handed the optical computer over and wiped the corners of her lips with a napkin.

Lin Yin took the device and began fiddling with it seriously.

Looking at Lin Yin’s serious and hardworking expression, Jiang Shixue thought of the silly, relentlessly hardworking version of herself from the past. She suddenly felt a bit nostalgic and smiled faintly:

“Speaking of which, do you really want to be famous, Lin Yin? Fame brings trouble; do you worry about that?”

Lin Yin expertly scrolled through the data on the forum, saying while she browsed:

“Of course I want to be famous. Who would think they have too much fame or fortune? The more the better.”

“As for trouble, eh, we’ll see.”

The window frame was slightly ruffled by the wind and rain, and the breeze carrying the scent of rain gently brushed across her face.

Her eyes darkened, and Jiang Shixue stretched like a lazy big cat, nodding faintly: “Okay then.”

Jiang Shixue had never told anyone about her past. Lin Yin only thought Jiang Shixue was putting on her persona again.

Lin Yin: Yes, Jiang Shixue’s current persona is being faintly uninterested in everything and remaining calm no matter what happens.

The situation on the forum was a bit complicated.

Seeing Lin Yin staring at the screen, occasionally frowning or biting her lip, Jiang Shixue asked, “What’s wrong?”

Lin Yin’s voice trembled slightly: “It… it really went viral. The heat is in the hundreds of thousands.”

Jiang Shixue squeezed out her dimples: “Congratulations.”

Lin Yin swallowed: “That’s not the point.”

“I’m going to tell you, but you have to stay calm.”

Jiang Shixue smiled shallowly: “Okay, tell me.”

Lin Yin: “The post I made was titled—”

“FORCING A KISS ON THE PRINCIPAL IF LIKES EXCEED 100,000!!!”

“Cough, cough, cough…”

“You!”

“…”

Jiang Shixue couldn’t hold it together.

It was like a bolt from the blue, shocking her into a fit of hacking coughs!