The Mad Beauty and the Sick Young Lady [Transmigration Novel] - Chapter 18

Su Li paused for a moment, then realized:

“You want to help me find a partner? No need, there are very few Alphas in your entertainment industry anyway, and my current situation… is very complicated. I just plan to live out this life happily on my own, I’m not planning on dating.”

Jiang Zhuoye had just taken a sip of juice. Upon hearing this, her expression was strange. She forced the juice down, displaying a wry smile.

“Do you think dating must be with an Alpha?”

Su Li blinked her beautiful peach blossom eyes. After walking around for most of the day, her cheeks were flushed with color. The lipstick on her lips had faded from eating, leaving a light pink like a peach blossom petal:

“Otherwise? I’m a top Omega. Because I’m in poor health, my dream since childhood was to marry an Alpha who would pamper and love me, who was strong and healthy preferably a top Alpha as well.”

As she spoke, her tone darkened again.

Jiang Zhuoye let out a mocking chuckle:

“So you chose Ying Feiyan? Then why did you break off the engagement? Didn’t she perfectly fit your requirements?”

Su Li gave a perfunctory smile and turned her gaze toward the bustling street. Sensing the sarcasm in Jiang Zhuoye’s words, she did not answer.

Jiang Zhuoye, however, seemed to be speaking from the heart, and her tone became sharp:

“A top Omega and a top Alpha are naturally compatible biologically, but what about psychologically? Top Alphas grow up being praised by everyone, possessing infinite possibilities, monopolizing the best resources in the world. Can they truly understand the plight of Omegas? Can they have any respect for an Omega locked in a cage? At most, they might love them like a pet, right? Is that the true love you pursue? Don’t you find it laughable?”

Su Li turned back in surprise. She noticed Jiang Zhuoye’s cheeks were flushed, and her gaze, usually as gentle as water, now carried an intense resentment and coldness.

She didn’t seem to be speaking to Su Li, but rather questioning some non-existent person in the void. The usual elegance and sophistication that permeated her entire being shattered like a glass cover.

Revealing a corner of her true humanity underneath.

It was dark, paranoid, ironic, filled with hatred, and full of mockery and betrayal towards the whole world.

It made Su Li’s heart pound in fear at that moment, feeling that the person was completely different from the Jiang Zhuoye she knew utterly unfamiliar and terrifying.

This fear even kept her from pondering the meaning of Jiang Zhuoye’s words, making her only want to escape quickly. She abruptly stood up, her hand brushing the unstable table:

“I need to go to the restroom…”

She rushed away, yet simultaneously confused as to why she was running.

Jiang Zhuoye had only revealed a slightly unconventional thought. Su Li thought she wasn’t that fragile, that she was at least an art student who could accommodate all kinds of ideas.

But when truly confronted with Jiang Zhuoye’s questions, Su Li was at a loss, stunned by the other’s powerful aura.

Taking a moment in the restroom to recall the scene, setting aside the instinctive panic, Su Li suddenly realized that Jiang Zhuoye had a point.

For two people to understand and respect each other, there must be a prerequisite a similar foundation of values. Yet, the environments top Alphas and top Omegas grow up in are almost completely opposite… Wasn’t Ying Feiyan a prime example?

Su Li used to love Ying Feiyan so much, but looking back now, Ying Feiyan only chose her because Su Li’s condition was acceptable and because Ying Feiyan had feelings for her that were cultivated since childhood.

Did Ying Feiyan truly love her? Probably not much.

Once Su Li understood this, she felt a sense of relief and also began to wonder if Jiang Zhuoye’s intense reaction was because she had been hurt before? Had she also been hurt by an Alpha?

Thinking this way, Su Li felt that Jiang Zhuoye was truly a kindred spirit, which explained why they had gotten along so well all this time.

That moment of losing composure just now wasn’t a bad thing. Su Li felt that Jiang Zhuoye was willing to show her anger in front of her, meaning she truly considered Su Li a good friend. Perhaps this was a sign that their relationship was growing deeper.

Su Li washed her hands, reapplied some lipstick, and returned to the food stall. Just as she was about to continue the conversation with Jiang Zhuoye and share her views, she saw Jiang Zhuoye looking at the left side with a grave expression.

Su Li followed her gaze and saw two familiar faces standing by the roadside. Ying Feiyan and Yu Xianxian.

Yu Xianxian was holding one of Ying Feiyan’s arms with both hands. They looked like an ordinary couple, a beautiful pairing.

The only issue was that everyone knew that just a week ago, Ying Feiyan was publicly pursuing Su Li. A week later, she was walking arm in arm with Yu Xianxian in a snack street.

Su Li gave a cold smile, sat down next to Jiang Zhuoye, and spoke in a low voice:

“I largely agree with the point you just made, but I also have a different idea. I believe there are good enough Alphas in the world, and there can definitely be a spiritual harmony between them and Omegas we just haven’t met them yet. It is precisely because spiritual resonance between people is so rare that love is so precious and worth pursuing forever. I won’t be discouraged by one setback. I will always believe in the value and beauty of love.”

Jiang Zhuoye listened attentively, her gaze deep and calm, like an undisturbed lake.

Su Li had almost never discussed this topic with anyone. After speaking, she felt very uneasy, watching Jiang Zhuoye’s face intently and nervously licking her lips:

“What do you think?”

Jiang Zhuoye smiled, and the angry, pained expression from just now instantly vanished. She lowered her head to look at the grilled items on the table, resuming her gentle and elegant demeanor:

“That’s very well said. Hurry up and eat, the barbecue will get cold if it sits too long and won’t taste good.”

Su Li’s attempt to communicate ended in failure. Jiang Zhuoye was clearly unwilling to discuss it further, and Su Li was helpless.

She slowly tasted one skewer after another. She didn’t actually eat much, but the variety was extensive. Every bite was something she had never eaten before, which was particularly novel.

Jiang Zhuoye sat across from her, watching Su Li’s peach blossom eyes widen and narrow, occasionally hearing her exclaim:

“This is so delicious, the beef fat is crispy and fragrant!”

“Wow… the skin on the grilled chicken wings is amazing!”

“Delicious, delicious, what kind of meat is this?”

She seemed completely unaffected by the earlier conversation.

She is not as easy to control as she appears… Jiang Zhuoye secretly mused.

Her venting-like angry monologue just now was largely feigned, used to gauge Su Li’s reaction.

From the moment she first saw Su Li, Jiang Zhuoye had selected this person. So pure and innocent, frail and naive she was an excellent test subject.

Jiang Zhuoye’s experiment was not complicated. She simply wanted to make someone who seemed to live in a sterile environment fall heavily into the mundane world, suffer the pain and betrayal of friendship, destroy their innocent cheerfulness, and stain a blank sheet of paper.

Just as someone had once done to her.

Jiang Zhuoye hated all simple and innocent people. Why? Why could they naturally believe the world was beautiful and enjoy the happiness of innocence?

She wanted to make these people utterly collapse.

Starting by controlling them to depend on her and trust her.

The plan was going well, everything was natural, and Jiang Zhuoye and Su Li had become close friends.

At this point, Jiang Zhuoye believed it was time to develop a more intimate relationship, so she first threw out some probing words.

Su Li initially fled, but her reaction upon returning exceeded Jiang Zhuoye’s expectations.

She wasn’t running on an empty head following Jiang Zhuoye’s train of thought. On the contrary… she possessed a firm, independent logic that she could use to directly counter Jiang Zhuoye.

It must be said that if Jiang Zhuoye had thought of Su Li as a rag doll to be kneaded at will before this moment, then after this moment, Su Li in Jiang Zhuoye’s eyes had become a slightly tougher porcelain doll.

That is to say, though difficult to knead, by breaking and then firing her, she could still be manipulated as desired.

Jiang Zhuoye smiled, peeled a shrimp, and gently placed it in Su Li’s small bowl:

“Eat more, this one is very fragrant.”

Today was the first time Ying Feiyan had gone out for a change of scenery since her injury healed.

She hadn’t wanted to come, but Yu Xianxian kept pestering her, saying something like, “To celebrate your official return to single status, we must clear out memories of the ex-girlfriend,” and insisted on dragging her to the snack street.

Ying Feiyan fundamentally looked down on Yu Xianxian. The other girl was spoiled, her family background was merely average, and her looks and aptitude couldn’t compare to Su Li in any way. How could she possibly be interested in someone like that?

But it was currently an empty period. The embarrassing video of Ying Feiyan at that gathering had spread throughout the wealthy circles, and Ying Feiyan’s reputation in the circle had plummeted. Her former suitors had all disappeared, and only Yu Xianxian remained by her side, offering warmth and comfort.

So Ying Feiyan agreed to Yu Xianxian’s request.

As the two arrived across from the food stall, Yu Xianxian cooed for milk tea and insisted on a buy one get one half off deal. Ying Feiyan didn’t want the same flavor and argued for a moment, but when Yu Xianxian looked like she was about to throw a public tantrum, she quickly changed her mind.

The two were holding identical cups of milk tea. When they turned to leave, Ying Feiyan suddenly saw Su Li and Jiang Zhuoye sitting opposite each other at a table in the food stall, eating barbecue.

Ying Feiyan stared fixedly at the two. It wasn’t until she heard Yu Xianxian’s surprised gasp that she realized the paper cup of milk tea in her hand had been crushed, and the chestnut-colored milk tea and black pearls were spilling all over her hand.

“Ahhh, wait, I’m looking for tissues, I found them, I found them! Feiyan, hurry and wipe it off!”

Yu Xianxian frantically offered tissues, helping Ying Feiyan wipe the milk tea from her hands, but Ying Feiyan continued to stare across the street.

Su Li was eating skewers one after another, her cheeks flushed, smiling happily.

Jiang Zhuoye had pushed her sunglasses up to her forehead, revealing an extremely exquisite face with a gentle expression that struck Ying Feiyan’s heart.

The cold wind blew, and her wet hands felt sticky and cold, a chill that reached deep into her heart.

A thought suddenly occurred to Ying Feiyan:

Jiang Zhuoye only said before not to pester Su Li anymore, but she never said I couldn’t pursue her!

Jiang Zhuoye… a top Omega, a famous celebrity. Everything about her was several times better than Su Li.

She would make Su Li watch her get together with her own friend and regret it to the point of spitting blood.

Ying Feiyan revealed a determined smile, tossed the paper milk tea cup, and strode toward the food stall table.