Transmigrated Into a Scumbag Alpha In a Melodramatic Novel and Been Targeted by My Love Rival - Chapter 28

When Xia Wu received the call from the mercenary leader, she was still auditing accounts with Shen Hong.

They were in the finance office of one of Shen Corporation’s overseas projects. Though it was sunset and everyone else had left, the office was brightly lit.

The finance director hadn’t had time to destroy the ledgers before being apprehended.

Xia Wu flipped through a few pages of the nearly destroyed records. “This is just the external ledger, prepared specifically for the Shen Family.”

Shen Hong glared at the finance director. “Where are the internal ledgers?”

“What internal ledgers? Director Shen, you must be joking. Maintaining dual sets of books is illegal. Why would we ever do such a thing?”

“When I find out, your fate will be very different.”

Shen Hong appeared amiable, but over the years, she had carried out numerous ruthless acts for the Shen Family.

The Finance Director hesitated, biting her lip at Shen Hong’s words, but ultimately chose to remain silent.

Before entering, Xia Wu had thoroughly surveyed the layout of the finance office.

The project office was located in an extremely expensive district of L City, where commercial buildings rented for tens of millions of yuan annually, permeated by the stench of decaying money.

The finance office was situated in the most secluded corner of the floor, its location exceptionally secure.

It was clear that whoever had chosen this location for the project office had been meticulous. Yet even so—

Xia Wu’s iron hammer proved unstoppable.

She ordered her subordinates to break through a section of the wall with a hammer, revealing a hidden safe.

The Finance Director had never witnessed such a scene, his face paling visibly.

Just as he thought Shen Hong and Xia Wu were about to demand the password, Xia Wu waved her hand, signaling for someone else to enter.

A technician arrived with tools. In less than half an hour, they effortlessly cracked the safe’s password.

Xia Wu sat in the Finance Director’s chair, her elbows propped on the desk, chin resting in her hand. Dressed in a black coat, she resembled the grim reaper come to claim a soul.

The trousers hugged her slender ankles perfectly. Xia Wu crossed her legs casually, her relaxed posture bearing an uncanny resemblance to Shen Ruofei’s.

Noticing the Director’s fearful gaze, Xia Wu narrowed her eyes and smiled. “I gave you a chance earlier. You were the one who refused it.”

Her glasses glinted coldly as she tilted her head toward the safe.

The real ledgers were pulled out one by one.

Who could have imagined there was another safe hidden inside?

Cracking the small safe took roughly two hours. By the time Xia Wu retrieved the portable hard drive, the Director’s face had turned as pale as a corpse’s.

His hands were already bound. He crawled to Shen Hong on one knee, pleading, “Director Shen! You must believe in my loyalty! Everything I’ve done was for the Shen Family! Xia Wu harbors ill intentions! She came to the Shen Family to…”

Before he could finish, Shen Hong kicked him to the ground.

Shen Hong flipped through the ledgers in her hands, her expression impatient. “I see now. You were quite devoted to Shen Zhizhi, weren’t you? She flew to Country A three times a year—probably all to see you, right?”

“I, I…”

Even when you get your hands on a portable hard drive, you might not immediately know what’s inside. Some files could trigger a self-destruction program when opened.

Xia Wu handed the hard drive to her subordinate, instructing her to ensure the extracted data was intact and undamaged.

Clearly, Xia Wu was an experienced hand at this sort of thing.

While Shen Hong was examining the paper ledgers, she half-smiled and asked Xia Wu how she had become so skilled at this.

Xia Wu gently flipped through the ledger in her hands, acting as if she hadn’t heard Shen Hong’s probing question. She answered generously, “I used to help Mr. V from Wall Street recover funds. He’d give me a 10% commission for every sum I recovered. That’s how I earned my first fortune.”

A 10% commission was no small sum, proving just how difficult it was to recover these funds—and that such a high fee could even be justified.

Those who paid were the fools, while those who owed were the masters.

But Xia Wu, the debt collector, wouldn’t let such rules bind her.

Though she appeared cold and detached, her mouth became truly infuriating during negotiations.

Mr. V was Xia Wu’s close friend and mentor.

Although she had successfully recovered the funds, her methods had been too unconventional.

As a result, Xia Wu had been severely denounced.

Mr. V summoned her to his estate to teach her the importance of adhering to societal rules.

Xia Wu learned her lesson. Though she restrained herself somewhat after that, her tactics remained as ruthless as ever.

When Shen Hong heard Xia Wu mention Mr. V, she clearly fell into deep thought.

There was no second Mr. V on Wall Street.

This Mr. V had no children, and the wealth he amassed was unimaginable to ordinary people.

To put it extravagantly, he could have easily bought an entire country.

Seven years ago, after Mr. V’s passing, the disposition of his vast estate became the subject of widespread curiosity. However, Mr. V’s will remained confidential, and his heirs maintained a low profile, understanding the need to avoid drawing attention and never appearing in public.

Now, it seemed…

Xia Wu was very likely the one who inherited that fortune.

Shen Hong gasped inwardly.

Even though she had long suspected Xia Wu’s motives for approaching the Shen family were not pure, given her solid background, what exactly Xia Wu wanted became Shen Hong’s greatest curiosity.

The sound of pages being flipped filled the finance office.

Xia Wu knew that Shen Hong’s visit to the overseas branch wasn’t just about auditing the accounts; she was also here to investigate Xia Wu’s background.

Xia Wu could choose her words carefully, leaving them open to interpretation. What others made of them was beyond her control.

Just as Xia Wu finally located the three-hundred-million-yuan transaction and pointed it out to Shen Hong, her phone rang. Seeing the caller’s name, her expression darkened, and she stepped out of the finance office to answer.

“Miss, there’s been an incident with Shen. We need your guidance…”

As the voice on the other end spoke, Xia Wu’s grip on the phone tightened. After the call ended, she took a deep breath and said coldly, “As long as no one dies, stay out of it.”

*****

After hanging up, Xia Wu stood rooted to the spot, biting her lip with a strange taste in her mouth.

It had been a long time since she’d felt this burning desire to destroy someone.

Xia Wu took a deep breath to steady herself, then returned to the finance office and asked Shen Hong if the transaction she’d pointed out was correct. Shen Hong nodded.

“Then I’ve completed my task. The Family Head has gone too far with her games. I need to go deal with her.”

“What has she done now?”

“She’s playing a game of ‘tossing dumplings’—throwing a whole crowd into the pool. I’m afraid she’ll cause a major disaster. I need to go check on her.”

“Good.”

Xia Wu left the finance office with measured steps. Once inside the elevator, she pressed the button for the top floor.

The mirrored walls of the elevator reflected her stormy expression. She gripped the steel pen she had taken from the finance office so tightly it might snap.

As soon as the elevator doors opened, Xia Wu urgently called her subordinate. “I’m sending you the coordinates. Send a helicopter immediately. I need to get to X Island as quickly as possible.”

“Yes, ma’am. Arrangements are being made now.”

The helicopter touched down on the rooftop helipad of Xia Wu’s office building within twenty minutes.

By the time she arrived on X Island, it was already past midnight.

Xia Wu moved with purposeful urgency, her presence imposing.

Shen Ruofei’s actions proved far more extreme than what Xia Wu had relayed to Shen Hong.

The Alphas and Omegas Yan Jin had summoned clearly viewed Shen Ruofei as easy prey. They flaunted themselves before her, secretly discarding their neck rings to release pheromones, deliberately provoking her into arousal.

During the candy game, they even deliberately drugged Shen Ruofei’s drink, their determination to “take her down” palpable.

Shen Ruofei picked up her glass and asked the Omega beside her what was in it, startling the young woman so much that she trembled violently.

Yet Shen Ruofei’s tone held no trace of accusation, only genuine curiosity.

As the Alpha spoke, her pale, creamy chest rose and fell with each breath. The Omega, utterly bewitched by Shen Ruofei, bit her lip and pressed close to her. Like a devout believer, she lowered her head and kissed Shen Ruofei’s knee. “Of course, it’s something that will bring you pleasure.”

“Then how could I possibly enjoy it alone?”

Shen Ruofei gripped the Omega’s chin and poured the entire glass of liquor down her throat.

After emptying the glass, Shen Ruofei casually tossed the cup to the floor. The Omega choked violently, coughing harshly.

Despite this rough treatment, the Omega remained glued to Shen Ruofei’s side, unwilling to be replaced by anyone else.

Shen Ruofei seemed amused by something. The Omega beside her was already rubbing against her, entering heat, emitting high-pitched, irritating whines.

Her arms, shoulders, and chin were covered in crimson lip marks, creating a decadent and alluring sight.

Shen Ruofei glanced at Yan Jin, who stood silently beside her, and tilted her head with a smile. “The candy game is over. What’s next? Let me guess—which of these drinks on the table will make me so dazed that I’ll obediently accept hypnosis?”

Yan Jin’s eyes widened suddenly, her lips trembling. Her gaze darted around uncertainly, as if she didn’t know where to look or why Shen Ruofei would suddenly bring up such a thing.

“What are you talking about? How could I possibly have something like that here?”

“Really? Then look at her—why is she rubbing against me so clingily after drinking? Darling, go find your ‘Sister’ Yan Jin. My pheromones will drive you wild.”

The Omega stared pleadingly at Shen Ruofei, panting and begging for mercy.

Shen Ruofei patted the Omega’s cheek, her expression tinged with pity. “Be good. Go splash around in the pool for a bit, and you’ll sober up.”

Having received Shen Ruofei’s blunt rejection, the surrounding Alphas and Omegas dragged the Omega away and tossed her into the pool, following Shen Ruofei’s instructions.

The pool was where all those who had angered Shen Ruofei were confined. Without her explicit permission, they weren’t allowed to leave.

Yan Jin continued to stare at Shen Ruofei.

The Shen Ruofei before her now carried an aura of authority she had never possessed before.

Simply sitting there, she made Yan Jin dare not move a muscle.

Yan Jin asked stiffly if something had happened while Shen Ruofei was recovering at home, why she was so paranoid.

“Playing dumb is pointless now. I used to play with you because you provided genuine amusement, but now that I’m asking you questions, refusing to answer will make me very angry.”

A wave of Alpha pheromones, unlike anything the pool had ever experienced, radiated from Shen Ruofei. The surrounding Alphas and Omegas suddenly gasped for air, bending double and wailing in agony.

Some couldn’t bear it and dove into the pool. In an instant, the pool was crowded with people, their eyes filled with terror as they stared at Shen Ruofei.

When Xia Wu arrived at Yan Jin’s seaside villa backyard, she found a pile of Omegas collapsed beside Shen Ruofei and Yan Jin kneeling, retching violently, her brows tightly furrowed.

The air reeked of tangled pheromones, but the most piercing, dominant scent still emanated from Shen Ruofei.

So this was the pheromone of the Shen family heir?

Truly domineering.

Xia Wu felt the air grow thin.

The stinging sensation at the back of her neck, triggered by the Alpha’s pheromones, somewhat calmed her anger. She composed herself and walked over to Shen Ruofei, who was reclining on the sofa with her skirt hiked up to her thighs. Her chin, arms, even her thighs and calves were smeared with cloyingly sweet red lipstick.

“Shen Ruofei, having fun?”

Xia Wu’s cheeks twitched visibly, her anger palpable.

No one could have guessed how desperately she wanted to wipe away the marks on Shen Ruofei’s body, to sink her teeth into that fair skin and leave her own mark, to make it bleed.

That would be truly breathtaking.

Shen Ruofei lay there, clearly relaxed, sprawled on the sofa like the others in the pool who had perfected the art of playing dead.

Hearing Xia Wu’s voice, Shen Ruofei lifted her eyelids, seeing the murderous expression on Xia Wu’s face. She curled her legs, feigning innocence. “What should I do, President Xia? They’re bullying me.”

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