The CEO Omega’s 'Soft Rice' Alpha - Chapter 39

Chapter 39

He Xia was startled by her expression and pointed again at the bag on the table: “The clothes sent by Little Aunt. They arrived this morning. Both I and a few other juniors got them. Junior Su, like I said, we misunderstood you. I’m sorry.”

Junior Su had never actually specified who gave her the phone; perhaps she had misunderstood her tone at the time. The “her” Junior Su spoke of referred to Junior Lan Yin’s Little Aunt, not the Omega Junior Su liked in her heart. They had even seen the woman in Little Aunt’s passenger seat last night—she was more glamorous and mature than Junior Su, so the two definitely weren’t involved. For this, she had even been scolded by her girlfriend.

“Mm.”

Su Yi’an gave He Xia a deep look without saying a word. She knew her sister had spent this money for her own good after hearing the rumors about her being kept by an “old woman,” but she still couldn’t help feeling a bit jealous. Her sister had given clothes to other women too… Even though her sister had personally picked out over a dozen sets for her, while giving He Xia and the others a random T-shirt chosen by her subordinates, she still couldn’t feel happy. She wanted to be her sister’s only one.

Regarding her sister’s decision, she could only choose to accept it; she wasn’t about to vent her anger on He Xia over such a small matter. Her sister had put so much effort into ensuring she had a good reputation among her classmates; she couldn’t go and ruin it herself. Su Yi’an sat down and packed the textbooks she would need for the afternoon into her backpack, her expression looking quite grim.

He Xia didn’t know if she had said the wrong thing again. She carefully looked at this “Junior Su,” who possessed an innate, intimidating aura, and changed the subject: “Many clubs are recruiting lately. Do you have your eye on any, Junior Su?”

Her girlfriend said she didn’t know how to talk, but this time she hadn’t mentioned Junior Su’s love life—she only briefly mentioned Little Aunt sending clothes and apologized. She truly couldn’t figure out why Junior Su’s expression was so bad. Actually, she felt Junior Su was well-suited for the Art Club or the Martial Arts Club, but after being severely scolded by her girlfriend over the “sugar baby” matter, she didn’t dare make random suggestions anymore. She only asked because the professor wanted her to actively mobilize students to join clubs; the school’s clubs were highly practical and very beneficial for students’ futures.

“No.”

Su Yi’an wasn’t interested and didn’t really want to talk to He Xia. Her current mood was very complex; she missed her sister. After spending two beautiful days with her sister, she was no longer adapted to staying in a dull dormitory. She wasn’t a real graduate student, after all. Back when she was legitimately in grad school, she hadn’t joined any clubs, let alone now. These miscellaneous matters would only interfere with her pursuit of her sister. Having packed her books, Su Yi’an took out her phone and glanced at the silent “Grape” avatar; disappointment surged in her heart once more. Speaking of which, she didn’t even have a photo of her sister, let alone a photo together. She’d have to find a way to get one next time to have something to look at.

“Alright then.”

He Xia didn’t push it. She set out a plate of fresh grapes next to Su Yi’an and merely grumbled in a low voice: “You’re away from school every other day, you haven’t attended many classes, and you’re not interested in anything. You really don’t seem like a student.”

The speaker was careless, but the listener was attentive; Su Yi’an’s fingertips holding a grape paused slightly. True, if she acted too obviously, it wouldn’t matter much if others got suspicious, but what if she aroused her sister’s suspicion? Jiang Mu had mentioned that her sister also graduated from this school. What was the club she joined back then called? It seemed to be a very eccentric “Supernatural Research Club.” She was just worrying about having no topics to discuss when alone with her sister; hadn’t one just delivered itself to her door? Su Yi’an’s eyes flashed as she popped the grape into her mouth and looked at He Xia: “The Supernatural Research Club—is that one recruiting?”

“Huh?”

He Xia almost choked on her grape. “Junior Su, are you serious? Why don’t you reconsider?” This was an incredibly unpopular club with very few interested people. Any student in the school, whether undergraduate or graduate, could join. Their practical activities involved going to places that were… hard to describe, like haunted houses, graveyards, or spooky mansions. It wasn’t helpful at all for a future career. It was said to have been organized by Junior Lan Yin’s Little Aunt back in the day. Coincidentally, Junior Lan Yin was the current president, and there was currently only one other member: her own girlfriend, Zeng Wei. He Xia was scared to death of such things; Zeng Wei had asked her to join many times, but she wouldn’t even consider it. She could understand Junior Lan Yin taking her Little Aunt as a role model, and she could understand Zeng Wei helping Junior Lan Yin prop up the club. She just hadn’t expected Junior Su’s hobbies to be so peculiar as well.

Su Yi’an looked solemn: “I never joke.”

He Xia silently gave a thumbs-up in admiration: “Then go find Junior Lan Yin later. She’s the president.”

Lan Yin? Su Yi’an nodded, her heart filled with both joy and worry. The joy came from the chance to have more contact with her sister; the worry was the fear of being recognized by the little niece. She shouldn’t recognize me, right? Sister called me Tutu, and I was wearing makeup at the time. Seeing Su Yi’an’s expression soften, He Xia couldn’t help herself and pointed at her face: “Haven’t seen you in a while—did you get into a fight with someone?”

Su Yi’an originally wanted to say it was a cat scratch, but remembering He Xia’s big mouth and fearing she would tell Lan Yin, she only gave a slight nod. He Xia didn’t say more; she took a phone call and went out with a smile.

There was only a little time left before the afternoon class. It was too late for a nap, and since she had slept well yesterday, she didn’t sleep. Su Yi’an sat quietly in the dorm for a while before heading to the classroom right on time.

Class time was dull and agonizing. Having finally survived until the end of class, Su Yi’an was just about to go find Lan Yin to ask about the club when the system, silent for a long time, suddenly spoke: “Host, Zhan Ming has been targeted by someone. This person is the young master of the Jiang family, and also the school beauty of Beijing University, Jiang Dong. Zhan Ming is about to sign a fake relationship agreement with him. The Jiang family is second only to the Lan and Zhang families, so they are considered a wealthy clan. This behavior of Zhan Ming’s is also ‘eating soft rice’ (living off a woman/man). Please stop him immediately. Completing the task rewards fifty points.”

With these fifty points, Su Yi’an would have exactly one hundred points, just enough to solve the gland and pheromone issues. However, she didn’t feel a hint of joy; she only felt the task had come at an inconvenient time and found Zhan Ming annoying.

“Where is he?” Su Yi’an’s tone wasn’t necessarily bad, but it wasn’t good either. The money she lent Zhan Ming was enough for him to pay his debts and live on; she didn’t understand why he was still taking this path. Originally, there was nothing wrong with “eating soft rice”—since she herself wanted to eat her sister’s soft rice—but Zhan Ming was clearly bothering her. Currently, she hadn’t even caught up to her “wife” yet; how could she have the heart to worry about a child? So this task had still come a bit too early. Now Zhan Ming wasn’t answering his phone, which was truly annoying.

The system shrunk its neck and said pleasingly: “As you know, Host, the Little Crybaby’s positioning isn’t very accurate. Anyway, Zhan Ming is still on campus. You’ll have to ask around and find him yourself.”

Su Yi’an knew the situation and didn’t blame the system, heading straight toward the school cafeteria. Class had just ended, so it was dinner time. She guessed Zhan Ming and Jiang Dong were there, though not necessarily—after all, for something like signing an agreement, they might find a more private place. But she had no clues and hadn’t seen Zhan Ming’s classmates, so she could only try her luck. There were four cafeterias, all next to each other. The Fourth Cafeteria was the most luxurious and had partitioned private booths; if the two were in a school cafeteria, this would be the primary choice.

Su Yi’an went to the Fourth Cafeteria first. Surprisingly, she didn’t see Zhan Ming or Jiang Dong, but she ran into Lan Yin and a few of her friends. He Xia and her girlfriend Zeng Wei weren’t there, so her ears were at peace. It was a case of “the flower one purposefully plants doesn’t bloom, while the willow one accidentally sticks in the ground provides shade.” Su Yi’an didn’t mind the time and finalized joining the club with Lan Yin on the spot.

Lan Yin gave her a form: “Senior Su, please fill in the basic information. It just so happens we have a practical activity this weekend. The location is at Mount Miao, fifty kilometers away.” She paused, her expression very serious: “Senior Su, I assume you aren’t afraid of those kinds of things and don’t have a heart condition?” Actually, in all the time the club had existed, Lan Yin had never really seen a supernatural event. Choosing to go to Mount Miao was because the scenery there was excellent; she happened to be going there to sketch and decided to take her friends along to relax, have a barbecue, and some drinks. She wasn’t afraid of supernatural things; she was afraid of bad people or things like snakes, insects, rats, and ants. Having Senior Su, a person with extremely high combat prowess, actually provided a great sense of security. It was just that some things had to be asked in advance; it wouldn’t be good if something uncanny happened and harmed Senior Su.

“Mm.” Su Yi’an answered while filling the form. Aside from needles, she really had nothing to be afraid of, let alone nonsense like ghosts and gods. Of course, she would be a little bit afraid if her sister got angry—just a little.

The corner of Lan Yin’s mouth turned up: “Good. I’ll notify Little Aunt then. She’s coming with us too. You won’t mind, Senior Su?” Her Little Aunt had been at the company for a long time and had become much more morose; she wanted to take her out for some fun, and Little Aunt had agreed. It would be best to bring Sister Tutu… wait, no, bring Auntie Tutu along too. Not only could it improve the relationship between the two, but she could also observe what was going on between them up close. It would be best if she could receive happy news from Little Aunt this year. Since it was just for fun anyway, Fourth Uncle had also told her to keep an eye on Little Aunt and her little lover.

Su Yi’an’s pen made a heavy stroke, almost tearing the paper: “Of course I don’t mind.” Her heart couldn’t stop racing. As expected, joining this club was the right choice. Su Yi’an steadied her mind, quickly filled out the form, and thinking that Lan Yin and Jiang Dong were both “school beauties” and might be well-informed, she handed the form to Lan Yin and asked: “Junior, do you know where Jiang Dong is?”

Jiang Dong? Lan Yin glanced at her with a strange expression: “I happened to run into him and a male Alpha going to the library just now. I don’t know where he is now.” Could it be that the Omega Senior Su likes is Jiang Dong? That was Dr. Jiang’s younger brother. Unlike the easy-going Dr. Jiang, this one was not easy to deal with. No, it’s said Senior Su calls the Omega she likes ‘Sister,’ so it can only be a female Omega. I must be oversensitive. Lan Yin picked up her drink and took a light sip to hide her internal awkwardness.

Su Yi’an didn’t notice the subtlety on her face. Having received an answer, she hurriedly took her leave because the system was pushing too hard, as if Zhan Ming were about to sign the agreement with Jiang Dong in the very next second. The library’s location in the school was a bit remote; it was understandable why Zhan Ming’s phone wouldn’t connect—maybe he was still in the library. Are the two in such a hurry? They didn’t even stop for food. To come to the library to sign a relationship agreement—these two were quite the characters. No matter how displeased she was, Su Yi’an quickly rushed to the library. After all, the system had said that although no points would be deducted for this task, once Zhan Ming succeeded and she lost this task line, it meant she really would never be able to have children. Taking precautions was very necessary. What if her sister wanted children? It would be nice to have a child who looked like her sister.

The library was huge. To be honest, it was difficult and a waste of time to go through every single room looking for Zhan Ming. So Su Yi’an could only ask any student she saw: “Hello, classmate, do you know where Jiang Dong is?” Jiang Dong was a celebrity in the school, so quite a few people did know. However, the student looked at Su Yi’an with a strange gaze. Instead of answering, he said: “Are you an admirer of Senior Jiang? Give it up; he has an Alpha now.”

Su Yi’an thought to herself, I know, but he won’t soon.

“No, I owe him money and we agreed to meet today to pay it back. But we only said we’d meet at the library, and now I can’t reach him on his phone, so I’m asking,” Su Yi’an lied with a straight face.

The student pointed half-doubtingly to the second floor: “Reading Room Number Three.”

Su Yi’an said thanks and hurried to the reading room. The student watched her back and shook his head: “She sounds convincing, but who knows if it’s true.” But only students of this school with student cards could enter this library; looking at the female Alpha’s appearance, she likely wasn’t a bad person—at most, she was a pursuer of Senior Jiang. To be honest, this Alpha’s looks were more than enough for Senior Jiang; it was just unknown what she was like in other aspects.

Reading Room Number Three.

Zhan Ming looked at the agreement Jiang Dong handed over, his face livid. He almost wanted to swallow the man opposite him whole. He roared in a suppressed voice: “I’m not signing.”

Jiang Dong arched an eyebrow, unhurried and composed. He took out his phone and made a gesture of opening the photo gallery: “You don’t want to take responsibility?”

Zhan Ming gripped the agreement, silent. Last night, while working part-time at a bar, he had ended up sleeping with this person by an odd twist of fate. As an Alpha, taking responsibility was his duty, but definitely not in this humiliating way. A fake relationship agreement? Who wants to be in a relationship with him, and who wants to sign an agreement with him?

When Su Yi’an’s “hypocritical” second cousin lent him money, she had explicitly said he was not allowed to “eat soft rice” or be kept by anyone in any form. He himself hated these things; otherwise, when the CEO of the Lan family wanted to keep him, he wouldn’t have hesitated—she was an Omega much wealthier and more beautiful than Jiang Dong.

This agreement looked like a relationship agreement, but in reality, it was no different from being kept. Jiang Dong would give him money, and he would help Jiang Dong solve the pheromone problem and deal with his family. These were all rich people’s games; these agreements shouldn’t even exist in the world. Whether for the sake of his second cousin or himself, he would not agree.

Jiang Dong glanced at him, his fingers rhythmically tapping the table, appearing faintly impatient. He was about to say something when he suddenly saw a stunning female Alpha walking toward him. Jiang Dong froze for a moment, forgetting what he wanted to say to Zhan Ming. He had seen this person before, in that newly opened beef hotpot restaurant outside the school. That brief glimpse back then had made him remember her, but seeing her close to Lan Yin at the time, he hadn’t made a move. Now she had delivered herself to his door… Jiang Dong’s eyes lit up. Just as he was about to say something, he saw the Alpha standing behind Zhan Ming with a cold face, snatching the agreement from Zhan Ming’s hand: “He won’t sign.”

Zhan Ming’s spine stiffened, and he reluctantly called out: “Second Cousin.”

Jiang Dong didn’t get angry; instead, he laughed. He stared fixedly at Su Yi’an: “Fine then. It works if the ‘Second Cousin’ signs with me instead.”

“No!” Before Su Yi’an could speak, she was angrily interrupted by Zhan Ming. The look in his eyes as he glared at Jiang Dong was like fire. The atmosphere between the two was somewhat strange.

Since falling for “Sister Grape,” Su Yi’an, who had been a bit slow about these things, had become sharp. She narrowed her eyes, crumpled the agreement into a ball, shoved it into her pocket, and turned to leave. “Nephew, I believe you know the consequences of signing an agreement,” Su Yi’an’s voice was steady and devoid of any emotion. To Zhan Ming’s ears, however, it was a full-blown threat. But this “Second Cousin” was currently his biggest creditor, let alone the massive power behind her—none of it was something he could contend with. He had no choice but to listen to her, and besides, he hadn’t intended to sign this thing today anyway.

“Wait!” Jiang Dong urgently wanted to stop Su Yi’an, but he was held back by Zhan Ming.

System: “…Will this work, Host? Are you sure Zhan Ming won’t sign with Jiang Dong today? Can we complete the task?”

Su Yi’an: “Mm.” Zhan Ming had always been under her control; unless absolutely forced, he would never dare to sign such an agreement with someone without a word. It was something that could be resolved with just a warning. If it hadn’t been for Zhan Ming’s phone being unreachable and the system constantly pushing in her head, she wouldn’t have even needed to make this trip. But what’s the connection between Jiang Dong and Jiang Mu? Their eyes look somewhat similar. Forget it; as long as it didn’t affect her and “Sister Grape,” what did a connection matter? In short, she wouldn’t care about such irrelevant people. She just needed to get the task points tonight; as for how Zhan Ming acted, she didn’t care.

This trip was a hurried one, and Su Yi’an hadn’t eaten yet. She felt a bit hungry. Glancing at her phone, she still hadn’t received a message from her sister. So she returned to the cafeteria, but this time she went to the First Cafeteria, which was known as the cheapest and worst-tasting; ostensibly, she couldn’t afford the Fourth Cafeteria. When she first arrived at school, she ate outside, and lately she had been cooking and eating at her sister’s place; this was her first time at a school cafeteria.

Seeing the strange dishes that were clearly boiled in water, Su Yi’an suddenly felt she wasn’t hungry anymore. But since she was already there, she still ordered one meat dish, one vegetable dish, and a scoop of rice. It only cost five yuan in total, which was indeed cheap. No wonder the place was packed despite students saying the food was terrible.

Su Yi’an finally found a seat, which she had to share with someone else. She didn’t mind. Taking a small taste, she found the flavor wasn’t that bad—it was at least as good as Lan Yin’s cooking. At least it was edible and could fill her stomach. After all, without her sister by her side, whatever she ate was the same.

Su Yi’an ate seriously, not noticing the young girl sitting opposite her had turned red until she called out twice: “Classmate… Classmate…”

“Mm?” Su Yi’an looked up at her, confused. Eating didn’t detract from the innate nobility and elegance that permeated her being. The young girl’s face turned even redder. She took her phone from the side: “Could I… could I add you on WeChat?”

Su Yi’an lowered her head and continued eating: “Sorry.” The girl had finished eating; though disappointed, she left sensibly.

This scene was witnessed by He Xia and Zeng Wei outside the door. “Junior Su’s charm is still as great as ever, huh.” They walked into the cafeteria, sat next to Su Yi’an, and joked: “I wonder how jealous Junior Su’s future Omega will be.”

Of course, Su Yi’an didn’t take the joke to heart; she only gave a slight nod and continued eating. As she ate, her expression froze. Would Sister Grape get jealous over this? Probably not. Sister is so gentle and so reasonable; she would only worry about me being tricked by another Omega. Her sister already knew about those Omegas who harassed her at the Zhang family’s banquet last night, and her sister hadn’t said anything. In the end, her sister still hadn’t taken her to heart. Thinking of this, Su Yi’an lost her appetite.

Little did she know, Lan Yan, working at the company, was also frequently lost in thought today. The secretary had called her several times: “CEO Lan, your signature.” Lan Yan’s expression stiffened. She lowered her eyes and swiftly signed her name on the document, asking as if casually: “Suppose someone frequently makes you think of them…” Pausing, Lan Yan waved her hand: “Forget it, you may go.”

Clearly, her “special period” was almost over, and her pheromones were fine. Why was it that every time she saw her phone, she would instinctively want to look for the little Alpha, to ask how she was doing at school, to ask if she had received the clothes, and to ask if those rumors were still circulating at school? Even with the working lunch at the company today, she would instinctively think of the food the little Alpha made. Perhaps the person who had marked her really was different. Lan Yan didn’t dare think further and chalked it up to pheromone dependency. She took her phone, deliberated for a moment, and still sent a message to the little Alpha: “Is the injury on your face okay? Do you feel any discomfort anywhere?”

Looking at the tenderness in their CEO’s eyes, the secretary was startled. She also didn’t dare look closely and quickly left with the signed document. What CEO Lan meant by asking that just now was… she has someone in her heart? Is this the ‘old tree blooming’? I wonder which Alpha is so lucky, and I wonder if it’s a man or a woman.

Su Yi’an, who was lost in wild thoughts, suddenly received this message from Lan Yan and was immediately revitalized: “I’m fine, Sister.” Although it was just a simple word of concern, it was her sister’s concern, which was very important to her. Su Yi’an’s steps as she walked out of the cafeteria were floating, and she had no time to worry about He Xia and the others.

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