The Scumbag Alpha's Plan to Save the Female Lead - Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Ruan Ye’s change today was significant. In the past, she always kept herself meticulously groomed regardless of the circumstances, but today her hair was messy, and her light-grey eyes, staring at the overwhelmed woman, gradually misted over until they were blurry with tears.

After entering the game, everything had logically followed the plot of the book. This was the first time Zhi Qiu had encountered a change in the main storyline.

Seeing Ruan Ye’s eyes turn red, Zhi Qiu instinctively threw away the fresh flowers in her hand and raised her hand, wanting to wipe away the tears at the corners of Ruan Ye’s eyes. However, she stopped midway, realizing something. Her hand awkwardly froze in mid-air, leaving her to stand there, helpless and at a loss for what to do.

In the silence, a tear slid down Ruan Ye’s slightly flushed cheek from running, dropping from the sharp jawline of the frail woman onto the floor.

In that instant, Zhi Qiu seemed to hear the sound of the tear hitting the floor, which allowed her to vaguely understand the emotions behind the tear’s owner.

There was sorrow, resentment, and longing—all wrapped in a torrent of love and pouring out in the form of tears.

Ruan Ye was usually gentle in public, but only Zhi Qiu knew that an unyielding spirit flowed in this person’s veins. Now, this girl, who refused to show weakness in front of others, was crying painfully because of Zhi Qiu’s actions. This made Zhi Qiu shamefully withdraw the hand she had intended to use to wipe away Ruan Ye’s tears. She lowered her head, not daring to look into those tearful grey eyes.

Zhi Qiu felt Ruan Ye’s hand, still damp from the rain, reach toward her cheek. She closed her eyes, feeling a sense of relief.

Go ahead and hit me.

Everything that happened today was her fault, because she was an emotional fraud.

Because she chose to betray her own feelings for the sake of returning home, and because she betrayed the person who had always trusted her.

A chill ran down her neck. The coldness of the rainwater made Zhi Qiu open her eyes. Her slightly lowered gaze saw the woman’s dark hair, silky and smooth like satin.

It was Ruan Ye.

She had wrapped her arms around Zhi Qiu’s neck, nestling into her chest.

The acrid scent of green apple permeated the air. The Omega’s fully exposed nape, vulnerable in her hands, stirred the Alpha’s instinct to possess. Zhi Qiu’s throat bobbed. She grit her teeth, wanting to push Ruan Ye away, but the person collapsing in her arms hugged her even tighter.

Soon, the crisp pheromone of cedar was drawn out by the acrid green apple. The two scents intertwined, creating a wonderful chemical reaction. The cool woody scent of cedar became strong and clinging, while the bitter green apple grew sweet under the continuous entanglement of the wood scent, like a hedgehog that had raised its quills for protection, only to expose its soft, tender white belly when it met someone who would cherish it.

Ruan Ning was kissed fiercely by her lover’s sudden, passionate kiss, which scattered her composure. Her sense of grievance, which had been building since Zhi Qiu’s car accident and coma, reached its peak. She moved closer to her continuously retreating lover. The hands that had been around Zhi Qiu’s neck now held her face like a treasure. She asked softly, “Zhi Qiu, do you love me?”

Do you love me?

At this moment, Zhi Qiu felt as if she was hearing a Siren singing in her ear.

After being pushed away, the woman did not cry or make a fuss; instead, she used soft, sweet words to lure Zhi Qiu into speaking her true answer.

This caused Zhi Qiu, who had been suppressing her emotions, to erupt. All along, she had been ashamed to admit that she had felt desire for Ruan Ye the very first day she entered the game and saw her for the first time.

This desire had been forcefully suppressed by the plot and her strong willpower, but it had not disappeared. Biological instinct overcame Zhi Qiu’s reason. She wrapped her arms around the woman’s waist in return and kissed her clumsily.

The cool woody scent invaded the fresh apple, and in the tussle, the two pheromones truly merged, inseparable and lingering.

Ruan Ning was overwhelmed by her lover’s suddenly intense kiss. She freed a hand from around Zhi Qiu’s neck to turn off the terminal set in her necklace. But just as she pressed the off button, her hand was seized and pressed against the hotel wall.

The proactive Zhi Qiu was now full of aggression. Her tender kisses continuously landed on Ruan Ye’s slender, vulnerable scent gland. Her throat bobbed, and she said hoarsely, “You’re not concentrating.”

The Alpha’s sharp tooth bit into the Omega’s fragile scent gland, injecting the crisp cedar pheromone into her body. Ruan Ning regretted designing this world as an ABO world for the first time. She was now completely powerless. Against the absolute strength, she couldn’t stand straight and could only collapse limply into Zhi Qiu’s arms.

At the hospital, Li Te was watching the exciting scene when the screen suddenly flashed and then went completely black.

He scratched his head in annoyance, shooting a resentful glance at his boss, who was sitting in a chair with her terminal.

The body data of the boss lying on the hospital bed and receiving an IV was rapidly changing on the medical display screen. The doctors surrounding her were writing furiously.

One white-coated, grey-haired old doctor, feeling his wildly beating heart due to excitement, exclaimed, “It’s a medical miracle!”

Thinking of this, Li Te clicked his tongue. The 5’9″ burly man squatted down awkwardly, legs apart, and frantically searched back and forth on the blanket spread on the ground.

Normally, few people came down this street because vendors usually sold the game world’s hard currency, such as AO inhibitors, various fruit-flavored nutrient solutions, and so on.

Anyone who needed these things would buy them on the way through this street. Among these stall owners, only Li Te enjoyed selling small trinkets—oddly shaped accessories and various masks simulating ancient Earth animals. His business was bleak, yet he happily set up his stall every day.

While searching, he swept away piles of rings, bracelets, and earrings with a large hand. Only when the useless items were piled into a small mountain of gold and silver did he finally find the jade token that Doctor Chen had insisted on giving him before he entered the game.

Things were now getting a little complicated.

If Ruan Ye hadn’t immediately taken a liking to the fox mask and had Director Zhi with her, he wouldn’t have risked intervening. The mask had a monitoring function and was an anniversary gift his boss intended to give Director Zhi.

Li Te sighed, repeatedly rubbing the jade token with his thumb. Finally, he chose to contact Doctor Chen rather than remaining silent and trusting his boss.

It wasn’t that he didn’t trust his boss; it was just that whenever his boss encountered something related to Director Zhi, her IQ was crushed as if by five massive tractors—she lost all rationality.

Late at night, the red light of the private hospital’s emergency room had been extinguished. This private hospital hired the best doctors in the entire country, solely to treat high-ranking officials and wealthy dignitaries.

The light that remained on in the deepest part of the hospital was Zhi Qiu’s ward. The attending physician on night duty tonight was Chen Ru, the Director of Neurosurgery and Zhi Qiu’s primary doctor for the terminal treatment.

True to his name, the kindly old gentleman was already in his sixties. He was past retirement age, but his active request to take on this important task, coupled with his brilliant resume, both surprised and delighted the founder of this private hospital, who simply could not refuse.

No one would have guessed that this ordinary-looking doctor, whose hobbies were indistinguishable from an old man feeding birds and playing chess at the community entrance, was once a military doctor who fought on the battlefield during the day and saved lives in the barracks at night thirty years ago.

Chen Ru joined this private hospital after Zhi Qiu’s car accident and coma. Almost immediately after Zhi Qiu was admitted, he proactively took over this important responsibility, as he was one of the original founders of terminal treatment.

It was pitch black outside. The chirping of crickets playing in the grass outside the ward occasionally broke the silence, making the ward seem even quieter in contrast to the noise. In the spacious room, Elder Chen, wearing reading glasses, closely monitored the changing data on the instruments. He spoke very quickly, interspersing explanations now and then. The three nurses beside him had to write furiously just to keep up with his train of thought. All three were terrified of making a mistake or missing a data point, afraid they would learn less.

The woman lying on the hospital bed had fair skin with a rosy glow, showing no signs of pallor or illness, but her originally dark, long hair had been cut into a bob for the treatment. Without hair covering them, her natural delicate features and noble aura were even more prominent.

Although the patient’s physical condition was good, her consciousness could not be roused by any means of stimulation, which had caused Elder Chen much worry, turning his already grey hair whiter.

Li Hui had sharp eyes and ears. The continuous buzzing vibration distracted her momentarily. In just a moment of distraction, she had already lost the thread of Elder Chen’s instruction. Although she felt it was a pity, she had to stop learning for now. She stepped lightly and walked toward the source of the sound.

She thought it was someone else’s alarm, but as she got closer, she realized that what was vibrating was not a mobile phone, but the jade token Elder Chen carried with him all the time.

Remembering the words Elder Chen had emphasized when he took her on as an intern, Li Hui didn’t have time to ponder why a jade token would vibrate. She quickly grabbed the token, hid it in her arms, and rushed back toward the ward.

When she pushed the door open, Zhi Qiu’s physical data had just stabilized. The other two intern nurses, having completed their tasks, exited through another door to fetch medicine. Only Elder Chen was left in the ward, slowly wiping his reading glasses with a cloth.

Hearing the anxious footsteps, Elder Chen slowly raised his head and smiled kindly, teasing her, “Didn’t you go to answer your boyfriend’s call? Why did you come back so quickly?” Li Hui remained silent. She simply turned sideways to block the camera, passed the jade token she had been covering in her arms into Elder Chen’s sleeve.

Chen Ru’s expression immediately became serious. He grasped the continuously vibrating token in his hand and then instructed, “You all get off work early tonight. I will personally adjust the patient’s medicine and stay in the room. Go up to the twentieth floor in a moment and notify the two children.”

Li Hui nodded seriously. She was always quick to act. She turned and took the elevator, rushing to find the other two interns from her cohort.

She knew Elder Chen needed a private space now. She was willing to help Elder Chen, not only because of his brilliant and life-saving medical skills that could teach her how to heal the sick and save people, but also because she believed he was a trustworthy doctor.

In the game world.

Li Te sat casually on the dirty steps, having rubbed the jade token countless times. The later his method, the rougher it became, as if he wanted to carve a hole in the jade.

With no colleagues, no boss, and no peer competition pressure, the elite mask he wore in the real world was completely shattered, leaving no trace.

This world lacked the attentive, patient special assistants that bosses had; it only had a grumpy old man forced into “overtime.”

Just as he was about to conclude that the jade was useless and was about to smash it to relieve his worries, a familiar voice came from the jade token.

“What happened?” It was Doctor Chen’s voice.

Li Te raised an eyebrow, clearly surprised that the jade token Doctor Chen gave him could communicate in this world, just like a terminal. However, he was not interested in other people’s secrets right now; he just wanted to solve the problem of Director Zhi’s coma and get off work as soon as possible.

He honestly repeated what had happened earlier and voiced his concern: “The plot of this game world has been completely changed by Director Zhi. My boss gets extremely impulsive whenever it concerns Director Zhi. She said she’s going to the hospital right now to enter the game world using the terminal, but now is not the best plot point. Will such an impulsive entry negatively affect my going off work… or Director Zhi’s health?” Li Te offered an awkward, fake laugh, “Hehe.”

Elder Chen shook his head with a heavy expression. “The terminal used for the patient’s treatment is connected to the hospital’s machine. Ruan… Ruan Ning’s side, I will handle it.”

Hearing this, Li Te breathed a sigh of relief and was about to answer “Okay,” when he heard Doctor Chen immediately add: “Ruan Ning cannot get involved right now. I’m afraid I need your help with the plot. I need to understand the game’s progress to determine the best time to enter. This jade token has a special function: after rubbing it ten times, it can project your location to the hospital’s terminal. Next, I will have to trouble you to get involved in the plot and set things right.”

Li Te gasped, and just as he was about to object, a thought flashed through his mind.

He stuttered, “Then… can you… see me right now?”

“…Yes.”

Although Doctor Chen had just reached his sixties, he was not unfamiliar with people who were two-faced. However—

It was truly the first time he had seen a formerly impeccably dressed corporate elite, wearing a vest and shorts, with week-old slippers on his feet, slicking his sweat-soaked hair back to reveal a receding hairline, squatting on the street, half-naked, hitting and patting a jade token.

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