Transmigrated into a Scummy Alpha, Marked Intentionally by a Gentle Omega - Chapter 7

Xie Shimian stood by the window, gazing outside. “There have been many armed guards patrolling the estate lately.”

Ke Rong draped a blanket over the young lady’s shoulders. “The attacks by the Global AI manufacturers on the Xie family haven’t stopped. Even some of the branch families have been in danger.”

Ke Rong looked at the young lady with concern. “Has your headache improved?”

The pain caused by pheromones couldn’t be relieved by ordinary painkillers on the market.

Xie Shimian pressed her middle finger against her temple, massaging it in an attempt to ease the excruciating, drill-like ache.

It was better but not entirely gone.

Ke Rong asked, “Has Hua Zhi been serving you well?”

Although the girl hadn’t presented as an Omega, the young lady had brought her into her room, surely there was a reason.

Xie Shimian: “…”

She served well—but next time, she shouldn’t.

Imperial law and her own moral compass forbade Xie Shimian from laying hands on an underage girl.

Ke Rong subtly hinted, “Shall I find someone to teach Hua Zhi how to serve you properly?”

Xie Shimian’s temple throbbed violently. “Do I look like a criminal to you?”

Ke Rong fell silent.

Her silence was deafening.

“Upon closer inspection not really.”

Xie Shimian thought of the original host’s past actions.

Alright, let’s not talk about that.

Over the next few days, the number of guards outside the estate continued to increase.

In the greenhouse of the luxurious estate.

Xie Shimian lounged on a rocking chair, eating grapes.

Hua Zhi stood beside her, carefully peeling a grape with her fingers, ensuring the flesh inside remained intact.

“Young lady, open your mouth.”

Grape juice dripped onto Hua Zhi’s fair, slender fingers.

The kitten placed the glistening grape at Xie Shimian’s lips, her throat bobbing as she swallowed hard.

Xie Shimian’s tongue curled around the grape, drawing it into her mouth.

The tip of her tongue brushed against Hua Zhi’s fingertip.

A tingling, electrifying sensation.

Hua Zhi’s throat tightened, and she jerked her finger back as if shocked.

Her finger was still glistening with grape juice.

Hua Zhi secretly brought her fingertip to her lips. “So sweet…”

Her finger had been licked by her savior.

By extension, her savior must have some thoughts about her.

Instantly, the kitten’s face flushed as red as a monkey’s bottom.

The pleasant air in the greenhouse grew stiflingly warm. Xie Shimian declined any more grape offerings from the kitten.

Her tongue had just touched Hua Zhi’s fingertip, it still tingled.

“Have you ever attended school?”

She took a sip of a bitter black liquid, the ice cubes clinking in the glass.

Iced Americano, the herbal medicine better suited for the overworked.

Hua Zhi wiped her hands with a wet towel. “No, I haven’t.”

She lied. Her former family wouldn’t tolerate illiteracy. Even as an illegitimate child, she had been sent to school, though her grades were never allowed to surpass those of the legitimate heirs.

Even if she excelled, she couldn’t show it.

Xie Shimian pulled a textbook from the drawer. “Can you read?”

The little orphan nodded hesitantly. “I can read and write.”

Xie Shimian sighed in relief. At least her future big boss wasn’t illiterate.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t even understand the indenture contract she’d signed with the Xie family.

Xie Shimian flipped through the textbook, randomly picking a few questions.

Hua Zhi stumbled through the answers, managing to get some right.

She knew all the correct answers, but she didn’t dare reveal them. A wild orphan from the wastelands shouldn’t perform too well.

Lost in thought, Hua Zhi was suddenly scooped up by a long arm and placed onto a rocking chair.

“Ah!”

The sudden weightlessness and the unsteady swaying of the rocking chair made Hua Zhi instinctively shrink into Xie Shimian’s embrace.

She had been impolite in front of her benefactor.

Would Anran dislike her?

Hua Zhi tightly grasped Xie Shimian’s wrist, her body exuding a sweet scent of grape juice.

She hasn’t even differentiated yet, and she’s already so alluring, what would happen if she became an Omega.

Xie Shimian couldn’t help but recall the whispers of the maids.

Her throat felt dry, so she took another sip of her iced Americano, barely suppressing the rising heat.

Hua Zhi’s body was so small, like a doll that could be easily manipulated.

“Tomorrow, I’ll arrange your school enrollment. You’ll attend classes properly.”

Xie Shimian held her from behind, fingers tracing around her abdomen, whispering softly into Hua Zhi’s ear.

Each breath brushed against her ear, sending shivers down Hua Zhi’s spine, leaving her weak and tingling.

Though their clothes remained proper and no boundaries were crossed, the atmosphere was so thick it felt suffocating.

“I don’t want to go to school,” Hua Zhi murmured. “I want to stay by your side every day and serve you properly.”

Xie Shimian, who had always been disciplined, replied, “I don’t need an illiterate serving me.”

Hua Zhi’s lips parted, speechless.

The little orphan was on the verge of tears.

“Bang!”

A sudden gunshot shattered the tranquility of the estate.

At the sound, Hua Zhi instinctively wrapped herself tightly around Xie Shimian, arching her body protectively over her.

In the distance, birds in the woods took flight in a flurry of wings, scattering into the sky!

A faint smell of gunpowder drifted from the greenhouse.

Then came the heavy echo of footsteps reverberating through the empty hallway. Hua Zhi trembled in fear, her pupils shrinking to pinpricks.

“It’s alright, don’t be afraid,” Xie Shimian soothed, stroking her back. “Kerong, what happened?”

At the door stood Kerong, clad in green camouflage, her long hair tied into a high ponytail, a shallow cut bleeding on her cheek.

The bulge in her clothes hinted at a small quantum submachine gun concealed beneath.

“We caught a bribed maid. The matter has been dealt with.”

The Xie family had leveraged their connections in the Empire’s highest court to pass the Imperial Smart Device Control Act, strengthening user privacy protections, a move that dealt a heavy blow to the global smart device manufacturers who freely accessed user data.

Within the Imperial royal family, opinions were split. One faction supported the global smart manufacturers, as they contributed significantly to the Empire’s tax revenue.

Xie Shimian glanced at the trembling kitten in her arms.

“Zhizhi, don’t be afraid. It’s been handled.”

Hua Zhi’s sapphire eyes were blurred with tears, her body quivering slightly from the shock.

In the original storyline, the family behind the global smart devices was intricately linked to Hua Zhi’s origins.

Hua Zhi had ultimately killed Xie Shimian and the entire Xie family, leveraging the influence of these manufacturers.

They were practically cut from the same cloth.

Yet her Zhizhi, at the first sign of danger, had shielded her without hesitation.

This gesture undeniably pleased Xie Shimian.

“No more gunshots on the estate from now on. Install silencers on everything.” Xie Shimian cradled Hua Zhi like a doting ruler, resting her chin on the girl’s shoulder. “Your commotion is too loud, it scares my kitten.”

Cats were easily frightened, and severe reactions could lead to stress.

Xie Shimian concluded that her Zhizhi was even more timid than the Ragdoll cats she had raised before.

A kitten?

Ke Rong found the situation absurd and gritted her teeth, saying, “I understand. My apologies for disturbing the young lady and Hua Zhi’s pleasant time.”

Hua Zhi was truly a vixen, with a face that could bewitch anyone.

Ke Rong lowered her eyes and said, “Young lady, why are you drinking something so bitter and unpalatable? The manor’s chefs shouldn’t be serving this to you.”

Xie Shimian swirled her cup. “Are you talking about coffee?”

Ke Rong made a disgusted expression. “Even refugees from the most remote planets wouldn’t drink this stuff.”

Xie Shimian: “…”

She felt personally attacked.

Hua Zhi took a cautious sip, and immediately her delicate face scrunched up.

It was too bitter and sour, this black liquid must be poisonous.

She stepped down from the rocking chair, picked up the cat with her left hand, and grabbed Ke Rong with her right, leading them to the open bar area.

She quickly treated the assistant’s wound with disinfectant spray.

“Recently, Global AI might incite some smaller AI brands to protest. Tell Father and Mother to be cautious.”

Xie Shimian fiddled with the bottles and jars freshly prepared on the bar.

Her demeanor was elegant and poised, and even the most ordinary glass seemed to gain prestige under her deft fingers.

The young Alpha exuded an undeniable charm in every gesture.

She had made vanilla syrup the night before simmering vanilla pods and seeds in a pot, adding sugar and stirring until fully dissolved, then bottling it all up. She had found some high-quality vanilla pods in a corner of the kitchen, something almost no one used in this interstellar era.

“This is coffee. It can refresh the mind. I have a cup every morning.”

Xie Shimian gave a brief introduction to coffee, but the two of them looked utterly confused.

She mixed the vanilla syrup with milk, poured coffee over ice in a beautiful glass, and then topped it off with the sweetened milk.

The rich aroma of coffee and milk instantly filled the bar area, the natural vanilla scent making mouths water.

Watching the young lady’s concoction, Ke Rong unconsciously wore a pained expression.

Could these medieval-looking potions really be drinkable?

Her wound ached faintly just from watching.

She felt a pang of sympathy for the young lady, what kind of hardship had she endured to develop a taste for coffee?

“Zhizhi, come try it.”

Hua Zhi, cat-like, took the sweet drink with both hands and tentatively licked it.

Delicious!

She gulped down half the glass in big swallows, letting out a satisfied vanilla-scented burp!

How fortunate she was to taste a drink personally made by her savior!

Seeing Hua Zhi’s expression, Ke Rong hesitated, then took a sip and was instantly amazed.

Xie Shimian’s friend had quit a corporate job to open a café, and she had invested a sizable sum, occasionally visiting to pick up a few tricks.

“Drink it slowly. Too much caffeine isn’t good for your heart.”

A ring of milk foam clung to Hua Zhi’s upper lip like a little mustache.

Ke Rong had never tasted anything so delicious, a hundred times better than the monotonous nutrient solutions.

“May I ask, young lady, what is this called?”

Xie Shimian wrote the recipe on a piece of paper and paused. “Vanilla latte. Also known as wage slave’s life-saving potion.”

Ke Rong: ?

What a terrifying name.

Dazed, Ke Rong left cradling the “wage slave’s life-saving potion,” while Xie Shimian leaned against the bar stool, smiling as she watched Hua Zhi.

“Where’s the ring on your finger?”

Hua Zhi’s hand was now bare, the mutton-fat jade epiphyllum ring Xie Shimian had given her was gone.

Hua Zhi quickly pulled it out from the inner pocket of her clothes. “Sorry, I was afraid of damaging it, so I didn’t dare wear it.”

This was the second gift Miss Xie had given her.

The first gift had been the coat Xie had worn close to her skin, the benefactor’s fruity rum pheromones were the most intoxicating scent in the world.

Xie Shimian looked at Hua Zhi’s eager expression and pinched the bridge of her nose, laughing helplessly.

It was just a ring was there really any need to treasure it so much?

“Come here.”

Xie Shimian hooked a finger into the collar of Hua Zhi’s clothes and pulled the kitten closer.

“Mmm!”

She unfastened the slender platinum necklace around her own neck and threaded the mutton-fat jade onto it. The warm chain pressed against Hua Zhi’s skin as Xie draped it over her.

The motion of putting the necklace on the kitten was almost like an embrace, and Hua Zhi trembled with nervousness, her entire body going weak.

She was being held.

She was being given gifts.

A necklace, a ring these were things that declared ownership.

Her benefactor was marking her!

The kitten’s thoughts spiraled, her ears burning hotter and hotter, nearly overwhelmed with excitement.

Xie Shimian: ?

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