Transmigrated into a Trashy A and Ended Up with My Grudge-filled Best Friend and My Own CP - Chapter 44

Wang Ye’s body stiffened, her mind and body plunging into an icy abyss, trembling from the cold. Her expression was one of utter disbelief as she stared at the other girl. “H-how did you, find out?”

Ye Ye giggled, tucking a stray lock of hair behind her ear with an effortless grace, her eyes sparkling with mischief. “Do you even need to ask? Wang Ye, should I call you stupid or what?”

Wang Ye knew how formidable Ye Ye was, but she never imagined that the Zou family’s long-buried secret could still be dug up after all these years.

“Y-yes, Zou Ye and I… we’re related by blood. But, I never meant to harm Mo Yan.”

“Hmm, don’t rush to deny it. Not like I’d believe you anyway.” Ye Ye snapped her fingers lazily.

“Ding Moyan.”

At the mention of Ding Moyan’s name, Wang Ye’s eyes lit up with an almost desperate intensity, as if she were a withered plant craving nourishment from her very presence.

“What if I told her that you, Zou Ye’s little sister, have been lurking around her with ulterior motives?”

“I didn’t!”

Ye Ye tilted her head. “But who’d believe you? Blood ties are tricky. Who’s to say you wouldn’t sell out Ding Moyan for your sister’s sake?”

From birth till now, Ye Ye had never been a kind person. She was well aware of her own cruelty. She despised Wang Ye and had no intention of letting her off easy.

Dragging Zou Ye here had been nothing more than a warning stay away from Ding Moyan. Until Ye Ye grew bored, she wouldn’t tolerate some country bumpkin touching what was hers.

“Stay away from Ding Moyan from now on, or I’ll tell her all about your connection to Zou Ye and your filthy little thoughts.”

Wang Ye trembled violently, despair creeping into her eyes. Her voice grew weaker, hoarser, laced with pleading.

Watching her, Ye Ye felt not an ounce of guilt.

Yet, for some reason, her mood today was inexplicably foul. She fished out a slender cigarette from her pocket, placed it between her lips, lit it, and exhaled a slow, satisfied stream of white smoke.

The faint scent of tobacco curled around her. Ye Ye inhaled deeply, her eyelids fluttering shut for a brief moment.

Then, footsteps sounded behind her.

Ye Ye’s ears twitched. Who else would come to this dump? She turned her head to look.

“P-President?!”

At the sight of the two newcomers, Ye Ye’s jaw dropped in shock. The cigarette slipped from her lips, scattering embers on the ground.

Why was the President here?

Zong Jia’s eyelids lifted slightly, her dark pupils sharp as blades. Her silver-white hair cascaded down her back like a streak of light in the darkness, starkly out of place in this grimy setting. She strode straight toward Wang Ye.

“Second Miss Zou.” Zong Jia’s voice was icy. She bent slightly, lifting Wang Ye’s chin with the tip of her small scepter.

Wang Ye’s eyes were wet, her long lashes clinging to teardrops. She stared up at the noble Omega before her, lips trembling, but no sound escaped.

This Beta was plain-looking, and crying only worsened her appearance. Freckles dotted her cheeks, which flushed red and puffy when she wept, like swollen buns pitiful, ridiculous, and utterly laughable.

“A tube of the new reagent A-329 has gone missing from the second-tier laboratory of Capital-Level Technology,” Zong Jia stated the information she had received. “Someone reported seeing the reagent in your pocket during the final practical session, and the color code matches.”

Hearing this, Ye Ye quietly tucked the reagent deeper into her pocket. She disliked Wang Ye, that country bumpkin, but not enough to doom her.

A-329 was a new reagent notorious for its destructive effects. Its ingestion could devastate an A-level Alpha’s immune system, cellular tissues, gland, and mental resilience. This substance had ultimately been banned by the Capital-Level Technology Institute. Anyone daring to steal it would face legal consequences.

Wang Ye’s body stiffened as she recalled the raised imprint of the numbers “329” on the reagent tube Jiang Pei had given her. At the time, she hadn’t connected it to A-329, preoccupied with other thoughts.

Ye Ye’s gaze grew complex, tinged with pity. She had just learned some details from Yu Sisi, this reagent had been handed to Wang Ye by Jiang Pei. Apart from the spectator stands in the competition area, there were no surveillance cameras elsewhere, making it impossible to prove Jiang Pei’s involvement. She couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

“Where is it?” Karina, standing beside Zong Jia, demanded, looking down at Wang Ye.

Wang Ye wasn’t foolish; of course, she would feign ignorance now.

Karina’s expression darkened instantly. “Don’t play dumb with me. I have little patience.”

“President,” Ye Ye couldn’t help intervening.

Zong Jia’s gaze slid toward her.

“May I ask if the informant reported seeing the reagent in Wang Ye’s possession during the final session?”

Zong Jia replied, “Yes.”

“I was with Wang Ye the entire time. Her hands were empty, and her pockets are shallow. If she had stashed it there, I would’ve noticed such a conspicuous reagent and would’ve reported it to you immediately.”

“But Wang Ye clearly doesn’t have it. The informant must be lying and should be severely punished.”

The labeling on the A-329 reagent was discreet, with the raised numbers on the side. How could the informant have identified it as A-329 at a glance? That was absurd. The identity of the informant was obvious, no one would know better than the person who had originally handed it over.

“Moreover, as a member of the Student Union, I’m well aware of how dangerous this substance is.” At this critical moment, Ye Ye didn’t hesitate to drag in her close friends, Yu Sisi and Ding Bai. “Yu Sisi and Ding Bai were also present. You know how much Ding Bai despises Ding Moyan she would never protect someone associated with her.”

Wang Ye’s ears perked up, her eyes widening in confusion at Ye Ye’s actions.

Under the president’s scrutinizing gaze, Ye Ye habitually bit her lower lip and dialed a number to summon them. “If you don’t believe me, I’ll call them over right now.”

Her tone was frank, without a hint of pretense.

The air grew heavy with silence.

After several seconds, Zong Jia spoke in a low voice, “Ye Ye, with eloquence like yours, you belong in the diplomatic corps.”

[Wang Ye is currently at the old gymnasium behind the Engineering Institute.]

Ding Moyan had read about the Engineering Institute’s rear mountain in the handbook, a derelict area slated for demolition next year to make way for a new academic building.

Ding Moyan asked, “Why is she there? Is she alone?”

【Apart from Wang Ye, there were also Zong Jia, Karina and Ye Ye. Yu Sisi and Ding Bai were on their way as well. As for why they were at that location anything unrelated to the original plot, the system doesn’t know.】

“The President is there too. What’s so special about the back mountain that everyone’s rushing over?”

“Ding Bai, Yu Sisi, Ye Ye, and Karina are Student Union members, so it’s normal for them to be with the President. But why is Wang Ye there? Or is there something off about Wang Ye?”

【The original work doesn’t provide much information about Wang Ye, so the system can’t give an accurate answer.】

【Perhaps there’s something unusual about Wang Ye. The Host will need to investigate this personally.】

Ding Moyan packed her things and, following the location provided by the system, arrived at the boundary point in about five or six minutes.

Crossing this line would take her to the back mountain.

After stepping over the line, Ding Moyan hadn’t walked far when two slender figures appeared in front of her.

“Yu Sisi, Ding Bai,” Ding Moyan murmured. She slowed her pace, maintaining a certain distance as she followed them.

The stench of the back mountain gradually intensified, the heavy odor making her head throb. Yu Sisi covered her nose, her appetite for milk tea completely gone, and casually tossed her half-finished drink into a broken trash can.

“What a nightmare. What kind of nonsense is Ye Ye up to now, picking this place? It reeks,” Yu Sisi grumbled, her expression clearly displeased and irritated.

Ding Bai snorted. “Then you’ll have to ask her what’s so urgent that she called us here.”

“If it’s something bad, I’ll knock her head off.”

It was nearing evening, the sky gloomy. The rusted streetlights on the back mountain still worked, automatically turning on, though the bulbs were dim. The occasional squeak of rats could be heard along the path, and a chilling wind blew past, as if welcoming their arrival.

Yu Sisi shivered slightly, rubbing the goosebumps on her arms. “Boss, why do I have a bad feeling about this?”

“Me too,” Ding Bai frowned. From the moment they started walking until now, her left eyelid had been twitching nonstop.

The two entered the gymnasium, where, unexpectedly, several others were already present, the atmosphere thick with tension.

They had only come to find Ye Ye, but who knew a formidable figure would be standing there? Ding Bai’s expression turned grave. After a pause, she respectfully called out, “President.”

Yu Sisi forced a strained smile, utterly confused. She poked Ye Ye’s waist with her finger, her eyes questioning, why was the President here?

“Were you two with Wang Ye the entire time during the last event?” Karina asked.

What?

Yu Sisi’s face darkened. Glancing at the tightly bound figure at her feet, her first thought was that Wang Ye had offended the President.

Ye Ye pinched the soft flesh at Yu Sisi’s waist and coughed lightly.

“Damn it!” Yu Sisi’s face twisted slightly in pain. She was about to curse at Ye Ye for acting weird again when, catching Ye Ye’s meaningful look, she instantly understood the situation.

Yu Sisi took a deep breath and spoke up before Ding Bai could. “We were with Wang Ye. We’d been together even before the last event started. During the competition, since we arrived late, there weren’t many seats left, so Ding Bai and I sat behind Wang Ye and Ye Ye. There are cameras in the venue, you can check.”

Ding Bai blinked, catching on, and added, “We were together before the competition, and we sat behind her during it.”

“Did something happen?” Ding Bai asked, puzzled.

Karina explained the reason: “A-329 is missing. The informant reported seeing it in Wang Ye’s possession during the final match.”

“The informant? Who reported it? Could they really identify the reagent type at a glance? I recall this New Reagent is highly hazardous to humans, entirely blue in color, with its labeling positioned quite obscurely. One wouldn’t recognize it as A-329 without close inspection.” Ding Bai spoke eloquently, “In comparison, I find the informant far more suspicious.”

That made sense. Karina recalled the informant, a delicate male Omega named Jiǎng Pèi.

“You’ve been listening long enough. Time to come out.” Zong Jia turned halfway, speaking calmly.

Ding Moyan, hiding outside the wall, froze she’d been discovered.

Brushing the dust off her clothes, Ding Moyan walked in without changing her expression.

Under the sharp gazes of the group, especially the President’s thoughtful look, Ding Moyan felt a slight tension. She swallowed before stating her purpose: “President, I’m here to find Wang Ye.”

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