A Cannon-Fodder Alpha Marked The Future Villainess After Transmigrating Into A Novel - Chapter 7

Liu Dani’s confidence faltered.

How had she managed to provoke someone as terrifying as this?

Pointing at Xie Jing, she forced herself to remain calm.

“This… this is our family’s business. It’s not your place to interfere!”

“That’s right, Xie Jing. It’s rather unreasonable for you to meddle in our family affairs, isn’t it?” Ning Fugui set down his bowl and spoke at just the right moment, putting on the air of an elder.

Xie Jing smiled.

“I can’t interfere in your family affairs, but this is a new society where everyone is equal. Spreading ideas that favor sons over daughters is feudal superstition. Believe it or not, I can report you to the public security team right now.”

With a single sentence, Xie Jing elevated the matter to the level of government policy.

Ning Fugui’s face flushed red.

The farthest he had ever traveled in his life was the town, and the highest-ranking official he had ever met was the production team leader.

The instant he heard that Xie Jing intended to report him to the public security team, all his previous arrogance vanished. Still, he forced himself to sound tough.

“Don’t make false accusations! How could our family possibly engage in feudal superstition?”

“I don’t know whether you do or not. The public security team can investigate and find out.”

As Xie Jing spoke, she turned as though she were about to leave.

“Wait!”

Ning Sanbao hurriedly stepped in front of her. Turning his head, he winked at Ning Fugui.

“Xie Jing, don’t listen to other people’s nonsense. Our Ning family obeys the law and responds to the nation’s call. Ask my fourth sister if you don’t believe me.”

As he spoke, he shot Ning Yunqing a warning glare.

Xie Jing turned to look at Ning Yunqing.

Ning Yunqing bit her lip tightly and shook her head.

Ning Sanbao’s glance had clearly been a threat.

If she dared say anything, they would take it out on Niannian once they returned home.

Ning Yunqing did not care what happened to herself, but Niannian was still young.

She had personally raised Niannian from childhood, and the two sisters had always depended on each other.

The Ning family either beat or cursed Ning Yunqing. She had thought of ending her own life countless times.

Had Niannian not given her a reason to keep going, Ning Yunqing might not have survived until now.

When Xie Jing saw Ning Yunqing shake her head, frustration clogged her chest.

She had eagerly rushed over to stand up for her, yet Ning Yunqing was still siding with the Ning family.

The more Xie Jing thought about it, the angrier she became.

At that moment, 007’s electronic voice rang out.

“Host, the villain is obviously lying.”

Xie Jing closed her eyes.

What useless nonsense!

Did the system really need to tell her that? Was she blind?

This damned system was completely useless and only knew how to aggravate her.

“Can you offer any practical advice?” Xie Jing asked.

“Since the original novel never mentioned the villain’s family circumstances, I’m sorry, Host, but there’s nothing this system can do.”

Ha.

It even had the nerve to speak in a cutesy tone. A damned system pretending to be adorable!

Xie Jing gritted her teeth.

“You may leave if you have nothing useful to say.”

“Understood, Host.”

After a burst of crackling static, Xie Jing’s mind fell silent again.

She returned to her senses and looked at Ning Yunqing with a complicated expression.

After a long while, she smiled.

“Since it was all a misunderstanding, let’s forget it.”

With that, Xie Jing prepared to leave.

“Wait,” Ning Fugui suddenly called after her. “You falsely accused us. How can you simply leave it at that?”

His tone had regained its earlier arrogance.

“What else do you want?”

The instant Zhao Cui’e saw the Ning family trying to bully her daughter, she charged over to Ning Fugui and stood protectively in front of Xie Jing like a mother guarding her cub.

“Ning Fugui, you know perfectly well whether you spread feudal superstition. Can your family withstand an investigation?”

“Well…”

Ning Fugui’s gaze shifted nervously, and he instinctively looked toward Ning Sanbao.

Ning Sanbao had always been the clever one.

His eyes rolled as an idea came to him. Smiling pleasantly, he walked over to Zhao Cui’e.

“Auntie Zhao, don’t listen to my father’s nonsense. It was all just a misunderstanding.”

“So now you know it was a misunderstanding?” Zhao Cui’e snorted. “A moment ago, your father didn’t seem prepared to let the matter go.”

“H-how could that be?” Ning Fugui said ingratiatingly.

“Who was it who said we couldn’t simply forget about it?” Zhao Cui’e raised her voice. “Zhenzhen, go call the production team leader and have him judge who’s in the right.”

“Got it!”

Xie Zhenzhen answered loudly, jumped down from the rock, and prepared to run toward the village.

“Hey, little girl, come back!”

Ning Fugui turned to Zhao Cui’e with a flattering smile.

“A-Auntie Zhao, it was all a misunderstanding. Just a misunderstanding.”

As he spoke, he shot Liu Dani a meaningful look.

Xie Zhenzhen blinked at Xie Jing, uncertain whether she should still summon someone.

By then, the surrounding workers had gathered to watch the spectacle and were pointing at the Ning family while whispering among themselves.

The Ning family immediately grew uneasy.

Liu Dani quickly stepped forward and grabbed Ning Yunqing by the wrist.

Ning Yunqing instinctively flinched from the pain.

Xie Jing caught the reaction immediately.

Ning Yunqing’s body had clearly trembled, and there was also that instinctive motion of trying to pull her arm away…

A terrible suspicion rose in Xie Jing’s heart.

In her original world, she had been a criminal police officer and had handled many domestic violence cases.

A victim’s instinctive reaction to an abuser could not be faked.

Liu Dani cursed out of habit.

“You disgraceful thing! Hurry up and explain everything clearly to your Auntie Zhao.”

Ning Yunqing kept her head lowered.

“Why are you standing there? Speak!” Liu Dani urged.

Ning Yunqing slowly raised her head.

Tears shimmered in her eyes, but she bit her lip hard, refusing to let even one fall.

Xie Jing had seen that expression yesterday, when she had marked her.

The little wildcat had trembled beneath her, stubbornly refusing to shed a single tear.

Xie Jing’s heart tightened.

Most of her anger immediately faded.

Her expression darkened as she stepped forward and seized Ning Yunqing’s wrist.

Before anyone could react, she pushed up her sleeve.

Dark bruises and long, overlapping welts crisscrossed her arm.

Only yesterday, that skin had been as pale and flawless as jade.

How had it become like this overnight?

Xie Jing’s pupils shook, and pain seized her heart as though a large hand had clenched around it.

How dare they?

So when she had grabbed Ning Yunqing’s wrist earlier, Ning Yunqing had not recoiled because she hated Xie Jing’s touch.

She had truly been in pain. Her reaction had been instinctive.

Ning Yunqing tried to pull away, but Xie Jing held her wrist firmly in her palm.

Everyone watching sucked in a breath when they saw her injuries.

“How could the Ning family bring themselves to do that?”

“Exactly! She’s their own daughter, yet they beat her like this. Who would dare marry their daughter into that household after seeing this?”

“Would you dare? I certainly wouldn’t.”

The moment Liu Dani heard the discussion turn to her sons’ marriages, she panicked.

Her eldest son was nearly thirty and still had not found a wife. The second and third sons were also in their twenties and would soon need wives of their own.

If this incident ruined their prospects, who would she complain to?

“Don’t talk nonsense!” she shouted.

“Nonsense? Then what is this?” Xie Jing demanded in a low voice, staring at the injuries on Ning Yunqing’s arm.

“This…”

Liu Dani still wanted to argue, but Zhao Cui’e was already glaring at her furiously.

“She’s your own daughter! How could you bring yourself to do this?”

“Don’t make false accusations…”

Under everyone’s gaze, Liu Dani’s confidence visibly weakened.

When she saw the fury on Xie Jing’s face, she took a step backward.

“Can’t explain it?” Xie Jing shouted. “Go get the production team leader.”

The moment she finished speaking, Xie Zhenzhen took off running toward the village.

“You can’t do this!”

Seeing the truth exposed, Liu Dani simply abandoned all restraint and stubbornly raised her chin.

“She’s my daughter. I can do whatever I want with her! It’s none of your business. Even if the production team leader comes, he has no right to interfere!”

Xie Jing did not bother arguing with her.

She swept her gaze over the Ning family.

The three sons looked as though they wanted to step forward but were too afraid, making them appear ridiculous.

Ning Fugui stood behind Liu Dani, waiting for her to charge into battle for him.

Xie Jing closed her eyes briefly, bent down, and lifted Ning Yunqing into her arms.

Ning Yunqing flinched.

Xie Jing pressed her lips together and softened her movements before carrying her toward the village.

A cry of surprise rose from the onlookers.

Xie Jing was an Alpha.

How could an Alpha casually carry an Omega?

Doing so before so many people could damage the Omega’s reputation.

A few years earlier, the Alpha would have been expected to marry her after something like this. Otherwise, the Omega might never receive another respectable marriage proposal.

When Liu Dani saw Xie Jing carrying her daughter away, she panicked and shouted after them.

“Where are you taking my daughter? I’m warning you, put her down right now, or I won’t let this go!”

Xie Jing ignored her completely.

With a grim expression, she looked down at the silent Ning Yunqing in her arms.

This was the greatest villain in the novel?

She let others bully her without fighting back and even protected that horrible family.

Did she truly care that much about them?

“Put me down. I can walk by myself,” Ning Yunqing said softly.

Her head remained lowered, so Xie Jing could not see her eyes or tell what she was thinking.

007’s electronic voice sounded again.

“Host, that’s exactly what you should do!”

Xie Jing resisted the urge to roll her eyes.

When she ignored it, 007 disappeared amid another burst of static.

For some reason, Xie Jing almost thought she heard reluctance in the crackling sound.

She shook her head violently.

How could a damned system know what reluctance was?

“I can walk by myself,” Ning Yunqing repeated, suddenly lifting her head and raising her voice.

Xie Jing frowned down at her.

Their eyes met.

Ning Yunqing’s exquisite brows, tightly pressed lips, and every line of her face radiated coldness.

She looked nothing like the obedient woman who had stood silently before the Ning family.

“…”

Xie Jing’s heart jolted.

Her arms nearly trembled, almost causing her to drop Ning Yunqing.

In the original novel, the original Xie Jing had been killed by the male and female leads.

Logically, it had nothing to do with the villain.

Had Xie Jing not transmigrated in a daze during the original character’s susceptible period, even yesterday’s accident would never have happened.

Why was she slightly afraid of Ning Yunqing?

Was it simply because Ning Yunqing was the novel’s greatest villain?

Xie Jing steadied herself.

No matter what, she had been a criminal police officer in her original world.

What kind of vicious criminals had she not encountered? There was even…

Xie Jing suddenly froze, her brows drawing together.

Even what?

An image flashed before her eyes, but she could not remember anything.

“I told you to put me down. Did you hear me?” Ning Yunqing asked impatiently.

Xie Jing returned to her senses.

Why should she be afraid of a villain who had not even turned evil yet?

With that thought, her confidence immediately returned.

“Stay still unless you want me to drop you.”

“You!”

Ning Yunqing glared stubbornly at Xie Jing.

Xie Jing ignored her and carried her all the way to the village barefoot doctor’s house.

Fortunately, everyone was working in the fields at this hour, so there were few people on the road.

The barefoot doctor was a man in his fifties named Xie Chun. He had a fairly good relationship with Xie Jing’s family.

When he saw Xie Jing enter carrying a young woman, he was startled.

“Xiao Jing, what happened?” Xie Chun asked, looking at the person in her arms.

“Uncle Chun, please examine her quickly.”

As she spoke, Xie Jing carried Ning Yunqing into the inner room and set her down on a stool.