A Heartthrob Transmigrated as the Scumbag Alpha's Ex-Wife - Chapter 1

Hot.

Her whole body was burning.

The Alpha pheromones were like magnets with an overwhelming attraction. The burst of rich, lingering fragrance made every inch of her veins feel as if they were combusting. Scalding flames crackled in her blood, scorching her glands and provoking a primal, instinctive urge deep within her. The back of her neck throbbed violently, as if a volcano were about to erupt from beneath her skin. Mu Yu covered her scent gland with her slender fingers, her expression pained, as she fumbled a bottle of medicine out of her pocket.

She gulped down the transparent liquid as fast as she could. A piercing chill spread through her chest, momentarily dampening the excessive, blazing fires of desire.

Mu Yu knelt on one knee, supporting herself with one hand against the edge of the bed. She waited until the swaying world before her stabilized before forcing herself to stand up. As she did, her fingertips accidentally brushed against something smooth and soft.

As if scorched by fire, Mu Yu’s eyes widened, and she jerked her hand away.

At first, she thought she had encountered something supernatural, and her heart constricted in shock. But what met her eyes was a lavishly decorated hotel room. On the white bed lay a woman with her long legs slightly curled. Red silk cords tied around her ankles and the dim, amber lighting cast a hazy, ambiguous atmosphere over the room.

The silk blindfold, the red gauze curtains surrounding the massive round bed, and the bathtub nearby—where water was rushing out amidst rising steam and a faint floral scent—told Mu Yu everything. As an adult, she immediately understood that this was a “special purpose” room in a love hotel.

However, she suspected that what was about to happen was not consensual. The woman on the bed had disheveled hair and an abnormal flush on her face. If her guess was correct, the woman had been drugged with some sort of illicit substance.

【Ding.】

A cheerful electronic chime rang abruptly in her mind. Accompanied by a strange sound effect, the voice actually congratulated her on unlocking the current stage of the plot.

【Success in this mission will cause the female lead’s hatred toward you to skyrocket. However, please do not worry. Afterward, we will deploy a “Vicious Female Supporting Character Salvation Plan” task-agent to ensure you can live out the rest of your life in peace after the mission is complete. You might even gain your own CP (Couple Pairing).】

Mu Yu: “What on earth is this?”

【Emergency situation. Please briefly receive the plot summary and continue the story! 5, 4, 3…】

The moment the countdown ended, a massive amount of information flooded Mu Yu’s brain, making her head throb. For a moment, she didn’t even have the energy to care about the person lying on the bed.

It took a full minute for Mu Yu to sift through the memories and clarify her current situation.

She had transmigrated. She was now inside a “Broken Mirror Won’t Mend” Yuri ABO novel titled You You My Heart, inhabiting the role of the female lead’s vicious, scumbag Alpha ex-wife.

The plot was described as follows: The female lead, Gu Qiyou, was adopted from an orphanage as a child. She was diagnosed with a 99% chance of differentiating into an S-class Omega, yet she remained a Beta even after reaching adulthood. Consequently, she was abandoned and kicked out of her home.

On a freezing winter night, she was picked up by the original character. At the time, “Mu Yu” was desperate for fame and had a sharp eye for talent. She scouted Gu Qiyou, recommended her to a director friend to act alongside her, and the two became an “on-screen couple” before naturally entering a flash marriage.

Gu Qiyou didn’t have feelings for the original character, but the original Mu Yu claimed she was an Alpha who was only interested in Omegas. She promised they would only be a “contract couple” for three years to boost their popularity—neither would fall in love, and they would dissolve the marriage peacefully when the contract ended. To repay the original Mu Yu for saving her when she was at her lowest, Gu Qiyou readily agreed. Little did she know, the nightmare would begin just as the divorce approached.

The original Mu Yu was actually a heavy player. She had heard of rare cases where high-level Omegas differentiated late and was determined to wait until the female lead differentiated so she could forcibly mark her. Two days ago, the female lead suddenly developed a fever. The original character took note and, unable to wait any longer, tricked her into a hotel tonight, planning to use aphrodisiacs to force the “heat” and subsequent differentiation.

After tonight, the beautiful female lead would indeed differentiate into a top-tier Omega. Seeing this, the original character refused to let go, using her own pheromones to “ripen” the process and forcibly marking her.

Not long after taking possession of the female lead, the original character met a young, beautiful Omega starlet. Under the starlet’s instigation, she subjected the female lead to all sorts of humiliation and torture, frequently beating and verbally abusing her. Later, after paying a massive price to scrub the permanent mark from her gland, the female lead met her true love.

The ending saw the female lead rise to power after countless hardships. She stripped “Mu Yu” naked, tied her to a stone, and threw her into a freezing lake in the dead of winter until she was on the verge of death. She then took her to court. The scumbag Alpha was sentenced to life imprisonment, but by the time the sirens wailed to take her away, the vicious ex-wife—now destitute and alone—had already taken her own life.

The story Mu Yu received didn’t go into detail, but she could guess based on her gut—someone as shameless as the original character “committing suicide” definitely had someone else’s hand behind it.

Her task was to take over this role and continue the “scumbag” mission of persecuting the lead. Mu Yu had performed excellently in the flash marriage and public relations stages, but tonight, when it came to bringing the female lead to the hotel for a forced marking, Mu Yu had refused.

The moment she rejected the task, the system stepped in, temporarily wiped her memory, and forced her into “Mandatory Plot Mode.”

“Actually…” Mu Yu looked at the female lead, who was groaning as if about to wake up. She touched her still-burning face and spoke with forced confidence.

【Alternatively, after the two female leads achieve their HE (Happy Ending), you can apply to return to your own world. This system will not force anyone to stay.】

Mu Yu: “Sorry, but as an Omega, I don’t have the ability to help trigger a ‘heat’ for a female lead who is about to differentiate into an Omega herself.”

After saying this lazily, Mu Yu couldn’t help but complain in her heart—how could this inhibitor be such trash? It was probably expired.

There were Alpha pheromones lingering in the air, likely generated by the system to fit the “Alpha” persona of the original character. Mu Yu needed inhibitors to deal with the effect those pheromones had on her. As an Omega, it was a habit to carry inhibitors in her pocket; she usually kept a few bottles on hand.

But this time, the relief brought by the medicine was only temporary. The waves of heat surged back almost immediately. Even though that scent of sea salt pheromones—which she disliked—had dissipated, Mu Yu still felt her body burning, her throat tight and dry.

She felt light-headed.

The system seemed to have gone offline, failing to respond. Mu Yu’s head began to swim. A powerful sense of weakness enveloped her, forcing her to sit down while gripping the edge of the bed.

Beside her, the woman’s curled fingers were trembling. Clearly, she was about to wake up from her stupor.

In the book, the female lead was tricked into the hotel under the guise of “rehearsing a scene.” Because they were a married couple in name, Gu Qiyou hadn’t been on guard. By the time she smelled the strange, thick scent upon entering, it was too late. While she was unconscious and waking up, the plot dictated that the original character should release her pheromones to force the differentiation.

The woman’s slender fingers began to rub unconsciously against the bedsheets. Sensing something was wrong, her returning consciousness urged her to escape the danger.

【Agent, please proceed with the plot immediately!】

【Quick, quick, quick!】

By the third prompt, the female lead’s coughing and the system’s voice rang out simultaneously. The electronic voice in her head was shamelessly demanding she follow the script.

Follow what script?

How was she, an Omega, supposed to use pheromones to force a Beta to differentiate into the same gender as her?

Mu Yu was livid, cursing the system for being insane. But no matter how she screamed in her mind, the electronic voice had vanished completely, leaving no room for negotiation.

Her body was still incredibly hot.

Since birth, Mu Yu had never been this humiliated. Not only was she forcibly bound to a system, but she also seriously suspected the inhibitor she just took was fake or expired. Otherwise, how could the effect be so weak?

There was no time to overthink. Before the female lead could fully wake up, Mu Yu dashed into the bathroom, slammed the door, and turned on the faucet. She let the cool water splash against her burning cheeks, but the restlessness continued to ravage her body, silently screaming to break through the final nerve held by her sanity.

The back of her neck was becoming increasingly hot, causing her Omega body to instinctively tighten. A bizarre sensation of simultaneous craving and danger struck her. Mu Yu knelt on the cold bathroom floor, attempting to use the external chill to dispel the suffocating heat.

At the same time, heavy knocking echoed clearly through the well-insulated room. One could imagine how much force the person outside was using.

Knock, knock-knock, knock-knock-knock!

The series of erratic knocks came from the hotel room door, accompanied by the vibration of the phone in her pocket. Mu Yu frowned deeply, enduring the discomfort as she tapped her phone screen. A name popped up: “Mu Qing.” The voice message was set to auto-play, echoing in the quiet bathroom.

“Yu Yu, open the door! Big sister has something urgent to tell you!”

“Open the door, Yu Yu! Are you asleep?”

This person named Mu Qing had a personality that wouldn’t quit until she reached her goal. Even though Mu Yu didn’t respond at all, she kept calling. Mu Yu used the last of her strength to hang up.

A faint scent drifted in from outside—it seemed to be an aphrodisiac, but Mu Yu had no time to worry about that.

Her consciousness began to blur and fade. Even the cold floor could no longer call back her sanity.

Mu Yu heard footsteps approaching. She couldn’t hold the phone in her palm anymore; it hit the ground with a clack. She no longer had the capacity to hide her presence.

Soon, both the woman’s sharp voice and the irritating knocking disappeared. As the bathroom door was slowly pushed open, the slight pain at her scent gland—triggered by pheromones—made Mu Yu instinctively clutch her clothes.

Clang. An empty bottle rolled out of her pocket as she moved, landing right before her eyes. The moment she saw the writing on the bottle, it felt like a bolt of lightning striking her brain, making her vision turn dark.

Something was wrong with the plot.

The moment the woman’s warm fingertips touched her, Mu Yu realized too late: the one who had nowhere to run wasn’t the female lead—it was her.