The Blind Alpha Coveted by the Frail Beauty Omega - Chapter 3

Chapter 3

“Mi Ruian, is that you?”

Wei Jiangxue, who had just uttered those impolite remarks, suddenly choked up. She held onto the door helplessly, her lips trembling slightly. “…”

However, what Mi Ruian did not know was that inside her mind, Wei Jiangxue was secretly crying her heart out to System 233 with a “tearful cat face” emoji: No way… you didn’t tell me the protagonist was such a nice person. I’m such a jerk…

At the thought of Mi Ruian still having to take those drugs to suppress her pheromones at this stage, Wei Jiangxue felt even more guilty, even though it had nothing to do with her.

Furthermore, she was forced to inflict unprovoked malice upon such a pitiful and innocent protagonist. Just thinking about it made Wei Jiangxue feel like she was committing a heinous crime. Consequently, she could only apologize to Mi Ruian in her heart while maintaining a cold expression on her face.

“I don’t need your fake kindness. Even though I can’t see, I have arms and legs and can do things myself. As for you, you’d better honestly clean the rental house. You aren’t allowed to bring random people back. I’ll be watching you. Be careful, or I’ll report you to the landlord for disturbing other tenants and have her kick you out,” Wei Jiangxue threatened fiercely, showing absolutely no intention of thanking Mi Ruian.

Mi Ruian didn’t even get angry; her voice remained steady and soft. “I see. It seems I overthought things. Sorry to bother you, then.”

Under the quiet reminder of System 233, Wei Jiangxue slammed the door, leaving Mi Ruian with a face full of dust.

She hurried back to the bedside and fumbled for her water glass to drink and calm her nerves. “Was my performance okay just now? I didn’t break character, did I?”

[It was fine. I was actually worried you wouldn’t be able to control yourself and would thank the protagonist, but you actually responded perfectly. That’s exactly how a haughty, low-life cannon fodder should act!]

233 was impressed by her reaction just now.

“By the way, I smelled Mi Ruian’s pheromones again. Didn’t you tell me during yesterday’s science lesson? Omegas are supposed to hide their pheromones to avoid affecting passing Alphas, making them frantic and causing an early rut.” If Wei Jiangxue remembered correctly, she had already smelled the rose-scented pheromones several times in the rental house.

She remembered that the protagonist Mi Ruian’s condition was that her pheromones possessed extreme aggressiveness. They would cause any Alpha or Omega who perceived them to have an adverse reaction—ranging from dizziness and nausea in mild cases to limb weakness and loss of mobility in severe ones. Betas were spared because they couldn’t smell pheromones. When Mi Ruian was building her empire, her inner circle consisted entirely of talented, underappreciated Betas.

These pheromone effects could be called miraculous. Wei Jiangxue could think of many ways to use Mi Ruian’s pheromones as a weapon. But in this strange ABO world, pheromones that could cause harm to others were completely unwelcome. Moreover, since Mi Ruian was an Omega, she was required to take special medicine to suppress her pheromones, which in turn led to her own sickly state.

If Mi Ruian were an Alpha, perhaps the opinions of her family and doctors would be different.

Thinking of this, Wei Jiangxue felt it was a pity. She actually quite liked Mi Ruian’s pheromones; they sounded very cool, like the aura of a big boss in a fantasy novel—where the weak would all submit.

However, those rose scents didn’t seem to make Wei Jiangxue feel unwell. Was it because she was an Alpha modified by the system? Were only naturally-born Alphas and Omegas suppressed?

[What you smelled was just the perfume Mi Ruian sprayed on herself. Don’t forget, she is disguised as a Beta. It’s impossible for her to carelessly expose her Omega pheromones. The urban village is still quite chaotic, so remember to be careful, even though you are an Alpha.] The system dismissed Wei Jiangxue’s speculation.

So the fragrance these past few days was just perfume Mi Ruian had sprayed; she had been deliberately masking the smell of her pheromones.

According to the system, pheromones would cause Wei Jiangxue to have a physical reaction: it could be alertness, disgust, or even attraction. It all depended on whether the other person was an Alpha or an Omega. Between Omegas and Alphas, there was also something called “compatibility.”

Simply put, the higher the compatibility, the more in sync the two were. The lower the compatibility, the more unsuitable they were. But how could love in this world be explained so simply? Therefore, there were many AO couples who stayed together despite low compatibility. When compatibility reached 100%, the two were considered a “match made in heaven,” destined lovers.

“Then what about those low-compatibility couples you mentioned? What if they meet someone with 100% compatibility later? What happens to their current partner? Wouldn’t that be incredibly awkward…” Wei Jiangxue’s thin brows furrowed, her face full of confusion and annoyance. “If it were me, I wouldn’t believe in this nonsense compatibility.”

Seeing her getting upset over this—though a beauty’s anger was also quite pleasing to the eye—the system still couldn’t bear to see her unhappy, so it quickly explained: [Well, it mostly depends on the person. Some are like you, sticking to their original true love, while others succumb to pheromones and choose the person with higher compatibility. According to the setting, when an A or O encounters the pheromones of a partner with higher compatibility, they are often more likely to be triggered into a rut or heat.]

“What about me? Will I have something like a rut? Will there be an Omega with very high compatibility with my pheromones?” Wei Jiangxue asked.

[You’ll definitely have a rut, but it’s easy to handle. You can just rest at home or choose to use suppressants. As for compatibility, you don’t need to worry. I specifically picked a very rare pheromone sequence for you. You won’t come into contact with many people in this world anyway. We’ll go back once the task is finished, so no one will have such high compatibility with you. The people you meet in daily life will mostly be low-level Alphas or Betas; Omegas are either at home or in academies.]

[Of course, the protagonist Mi Ruian is an exception. She should be the highest-level Omega you can encounter in this mission.]

After hearing the system’s explanation, Wei Jiangxue felt slightly relieved.

A head controlled by pheromones was not something she wanted. Fortunately, this Alpha identity was arranged by the system and could be revoked after completing the task. If she had to take it back to her original world, it would be too terrifying.

Thinking about it, Wei Jiangxue even felt some sympathy for the people in the ABO world, especially Mi Ruian. In the original plot described by the system, Mi Ruian was constantly being pressured by her villainous uncle, Mi Feng, to find a high-compatibility, high-status Alpha to marry. If Mi Ruian hadn’t discovered that Mi Feng was planning how to use an alliance to maximize her value, she would likely still be in the sanatorium invested in by the Mi Group, receiving “treatment.”

And that “treatment,” while supposedly for Mi Ruian’s health, was actually intended to help her interact and bond smoothly with an Alpha.

In fact, not a single one of those people cared about Mi Ruian’s physical health. Everyone only focused on her abnormal pheromones, hoping Mi Ruian would grow into a harmless, kind, and gentle Omega.

No one was willing to stop and listen to Mi Ruian’s voice.

Under such circumstances, Mi Ruian either had to accept the status quo or resist. Wei Jiangxue was glad to hear the system say that Mi Ruian chose to escape the sanatorium. The fact that she forged an identity and hid in an urban village surprised Wei Jiangxue even more.

Although Wei Jiangxue would become the cannon fodder Mi Ruian retaliates against, that didn’t stop her from admiring Mi Ruian. Anyway, after completing the task, only a string of data would remain in this world to represent this cannon fodder; Mi Ruian wouldn’t be able to get revenge on the real Wei Jiangxue.

“Actually, your missions are quite fun. It’s like immersive role-playing. It’s a pity I can’t pick the script myself,” Wei Jiangxue sighed, lying back on the beanbag sofa.

[After all, someone has to play the villain or the supporting character. If everyone wanted to be the protagonist, these worlds would be unable to continue operating, and our Transmigration Bureau wouldn’t be able to obtain enough energy.]

The system also relaxed and reminded Wei Jiangxue to pick up a package tomorrow and then officially start her live-streaming work.

After her kindness was rejected, Mi Ruian felt slightly displeased. But in the end, it was she who had disturbed the other person first and met with a cold shoulder, so she really had nothing to be angry about.

Her impression of Wei Jiangxue dropped a few points. Mi Ruian’s gaze fell on the door with peeling paint, and she curled her lips, returning to her room with the snacks she had bought.

I’d better not mind other people’s business in the future.

A rare small sprout of kindness that Mi Ruian had grown over many years was thus heartlessly pressed back into the soil.

The next morning when she got up to wash, the soundproofing of the rooms was so poor that Mi Ruian heard the person next door talking in her sleep, shouting “I’m so hungry, I want to eat fried chicken.”

When she looked back at the mirror, Mi Ruian found her eyebrows relaxed and the corners of her mouth actually hooked up.

“So stupid.”

She wiped away the smile, lowered her eyelashes, and quickly finished washing.

Despite saying the night before that she would no longer bother with Wei Jiangxue’s business, Mi Ruian broke her word the very next day.

After finishing her tasks, Mi Ruian turned up the collar of her trench coat to block out the smell of cooking fumes floating from the small buildings in the urban village. She carefully avoided the puddles on the road to prevent dirty water from splashing onto her.

As she was about to turn a corner in a crowded and narrow alley, Mi Ruian spotted a familiar person leaning on a blind cane.

This alley was at most wide enough for two people to pass by pressing close together. Therefore, if someone was coming from the opposite direction, one person needed to step aside to avoid a collision.

But Wei Jiangxue was blind. She was just walking along, holding a delivery box, her blind cane poking everywhere. Meanwhile, a shifty-looking man was walking toward her from the opposite side. He stepped aside, avoiding the cane, and smoothly reached out to pick the phone from Wei Jiangxue’s pocket.

Seeing that his theft was successful, the pickpocket pulled down his baseball cap and turned into another small alley.

Mi Ruian clicked her tongue in annoyance. She took large strides to catch up with the pickpocket and kicked him hard in the back. “Take it out. That girl’s phone from just now.”

Even if she didn’t like Wei Jiangxue, she certainly didn’t want to see tears falling from those eyes.

The pickpocket was caught off guard. He turned around to glare at Mi Ruian, then caught sight of the glinting cold light of the knife in Mi Ruian’s hand.

“…Haha, hey, look at this. I… I’ll give it back to you right now, big sister!” The man instantly lost his nerve, tremblingly pulled out the phone he had just stolen, threw it to Mi Ruian, and then bolted away.

Mi Ruian caught the phone and didn’t continue the chase. As they say, do not press a desperate foe. Besides, she had already remembered the man’s face. In this place, it was easy to find someone to help teach him a lesson.

She returned to the alley leading to the low-rent housing. Wei Jiangxue was still walking slowly, completely unaware that her phone had been stolen.

Mi Ruian walked quietly to Wei Jiangxue’s side and, imitating the pickpocket, stuffed the phone back into her pocket.

Having done this, Mi Ruian intended to leave silently, but Wei Jiangxue suddenly spoke—

“Mi Ruian, is that you?”