A Heartthrob Transmigrated as the Scumbag Alpha's Ex-Wife - Chapter 4

At the same time, at the Mu family residence in Jing City.

The woman in the dance floor area had a voluptuous figure. Amid the rhythmic music, she cast seductive glances toward the person sitting on the swivel chair. In the past, Mu Qing had loved watching her perform suggestive dances like this, but now Mu Qing remained unmoved. She had already lowered her eyes to stare at her phone.

After exhausting herself physically for so long, the woman began to feel tired. Looking at Mu Qing’s icy expression, she could not help feeling wronged. She gracefully walked out of the dance floor and came to Mu Qing’s side. The Omega’s fresh and elegant body fragrance spread through the room, carrying a natural temptation that rushed straight into Mu Qing’s face.

In the past, Mu Qing would have rudely pulled her into her arms and played with her properly. But now, she only frowned. The ignorant Omega still wanted to rub against her, but the instant that soft, boneless hand touched her shoulder, Mu Qing seemed to be burned. She struck the woman hard.

“Get lost!”

At this moment, Mu Qing was in an extremely bad mood. Especially after seeing the year-end assessment results of her branch company, she nearly collapsed. She actually raised her hand and slapped the woman across the face, showing no tenderness or pity.

Old Master Mu was a tycoon in the real estate industry. He had three children in his life, and all three were Betas. Among all his grandchildren, there were two boys and three girls. Aside from the youngest grandson, who was only a little over ten and unable to compete with them yet, none of the others were easy to deal with.

In the ABO world, people were not divided by men and women, so there was no such thing as favoring sons over daughters. If large families had a “chain of discrimination,” it was generally Alpha > Omega > Beta. Among the two grandsons, one was a Beta, so he naturally had no right to fight over the family property.

Mu Qing, Mu Yu, and the eldest grandson, Mu Zhiyi, were all Alphas. There was also a third younger sister who was an Omega. The relationship among the three Alphas could hardly be called good. Their open and hidden struggles never stopped, and Old Master Mu simply turned a blind eye.

Although Old Master Mu’s succession plans had already skipped a generation and focused on his descendants, he did not actually mind which industry they developed in. Even if Mu Yu ran off to play around in the entertainment industry, as long as she achieved something, she would still be useful to the Mu family.

At first, Old Master Mu was very dissatisfied when he learned that Mu Yu had suddenly accepted a small supporting role in this drama. He could tolerate his granddaughter going out to play, but this “play” definitely could not be the kind of “play” associated with being a playgirl. At the very least, before she made something of herself, he could not allow such behavior to appear openly before his eyes.

Mu Qing was best at fanning the flames. She had originally already provoked the old master until his anger was surging wildly. But then news that Mu Yu had gone to audition for the female lead reached the old master’s ears, extinguishing much of the fire that had finally been stirred up. Old Master Mu was no longer furious, but Mu Qing became furious instead.

She did not know which wire in that woman’s brain had suddenly connected correctly again. Perhaps it was because that manager beside her was clearheaded. If Mu Qing had known earlier, she should have spent a fortune beforehand to poach that manager away—

“Sister Qing, look!”

The Omega who had been slapped did not lose her temper or act pitiful. Having long since become familiar with Mu Qing’s temper, the woman suddenly spoke in a low voice, interrupting Mu Qing’s thoughts. Before Mu Qing could erupt, she hurriedly handed over her phone.

After Mu Qing’s gaze landed on the gradually rising hot search, her originally angry face eased slightly. After whispering a few instructions into her assistant’s ear, she let out a soft laugh.

“Her? Acting opposite that person? If that isn’t courting death, what is?”

**

“Before my differentiation, Mu Qing had already been unhappy with me for a long time. If I had come out with an ordinary Alpha report back then, she would have torn me apart just to establish her authority. Besides, if an ordinary Alpha became the successor to the family head position, how could the others accept it? Especially my eldest brother and Mu Qing, those two powerful Alphas.”

Facing Gu Qiyou’s questioning, Mu Yu’s answer was that she was a weak Alpha, which was why Gu Qiyou had conquered her. She gave this reason with complete confidence.

Among the few memories in her mind related to the original owner’s family, even though those people all had bad relationships with one another, the original owner had always called the eldest grandson Mu Zhiyi “Eldest Brother,” while she called Mu Qing directly by name.

The grudge between the original owner and Mu Qing had been formed when they were young, and it was the kind that could never be resolved. They hated the sight of each other. Mu Qing’s actual abilities were not that impressive, but she was skilled at scheming. Who knew how many poisonous words she had whispered into Old Master Mu’s ear?

In truth, Mu Yu had no particular feelings about inheriting the Mu family’s assets. Real estate was not a field she was good at. But the current struggle had already reached the point of no return. Once power fell into the hands of Mu Qing or Mu Zhiyi—especially Mu Qing—Mu Yu would definitely not have an easy time unless she left this world before the dust settled.

She should… be able to leave, right?

The headquarters, which had always handled matters quickly and efficiently, had not given her a specific answer on how long it would take. On the road, Mu Yu had urged them once, but the other side only said that there had been a small malfunction and told her to be prepared to wait here for a while, even after completing her mission.

Mu Yu was not sure how long this “while” would be. Fortunately, there were only six months left before her marriage contract with the heroine expired.

Gu Qiyou seemed to be calculating seriously. Mu Yu’s behavior yesterday had been extremely strange—so strange that Gu Qiyou had even begun to suspect certain details. But on the surface, she remained calm. At least in Mu Yu’s eyes, the other woman was only asking out of concern.

“Then if they discover the true result of your test report, will there be trouble?”

“It’s fine. As long as I don’t get into a physical conflict with them, it won’t matter.”

Then Mu Yu smiled and intimately pinched Gu Qiyou’s earlobe.

“Youyou, you should know what can be said and what can’t be said.”

Gu Qiyou froze slightly.

They had been married for nearly three years. Aside from what happened last night, they only held hands and put on an act outside. Mu Yu would not take the initiative to touch her, and of course Gu Qiyou would not touch Mu Yu either. But Gu Qiyou did not dislike this kind of intimate action, which did not quite cross the line. The look she gave Mu Yu quietly gained another layer of scrutiny.

The ear that had been touched still felt faintly warm.

What she did not know was that the original owner really had been an Alpha. Gu Qiyou, who had originally been a Beta, would have had her genes triggered under the original owner’s forced stimulation, differentiated into a high-level Omega, and then been forcibly possessed and marked.

But Mu Yu was actually an Omega, so of course she could not do anything like that to her.

When Mu Yu changed clothes, Gu Qiyou still went out.

The two met again inside the audition room.

Because Mu Yu had been recommended by Gu Qiyou, Director Liu naturally gave her some face. If someone else had brought her up, he most likely would have rejected her outright. It was common knowledge in the industry that this young lady was only playing around. As for the dramas she had acted in before, one could not really tell whether her acting was good or bad. It was standard enough, mainly because the scripts were terrible—mostly melodramatic third-rate idol dramas.

For an actor, even if they were professionally trained, frequently receiving different types of scripts could lead to a world of difference in acting skills. Often acting in melodramatic idol dramas that did not require much acting was entirely different from acting in serious productions. Director Liu could not praise the scripts Mu Yu usually received, so naturally, he did not hold any expectations for her acting.

Moreover, most people knew that Mu Yu had entered the industry only to experience life. Before this, this young lady had even spent a month as a streamer.

The audition scene was the moment when the second female lead, He Xunxun, rescued the first female lead, Jiang Pan, from a brothel. He Xunxun was an upright female constable from the Six Gates, while Jiang Pan was the top courtesan raised in a brothel since childhood, born charming and alluring.

Mu Yu’s own appearance belonged to the sweet and gentle type, but she was highly adaptable. The makeup artist simply gave her a seductive fox-like look, and unexpectedly, it suited her very well. This scene was actually more difficult for Mu Yu than for the others. In public, she was pretending to be an Alpha, and the role she was playing here was also the dominant one, so she had to make sure her presence was not suppressed.

Unlike the finished film and television works that audiences saw, many TV dramas used green screens during filming. Scenes that needed to be composited in post-production required an even greater ability from actors to empathize when they could not personally immerse themselves in the setting.

Taking broad steps across the flat ground and over the pile of props, Mu Yu entered the three-foot empty platform. Her footsteps shifted with ease. At first, they were casual, but the moment she entered the role, they became the elegant, small steps of a courtesan. The crisp sound of her high heels echoed through the quiet room. The long hair she casually loosened danced wildly the instant the cold wind slipped in through the window.

The window had been opened after Mu Yu instructed someone to do so once she went up. The stage was near the window, and a few flakes of the heavy snow fluttering outside were blown into the room. But they were quickly melted by the warmth of the air conditioner. The crystal droplets trembled and fell from her long, thick black lashes, making the woman’s face look seductive with a faint trace of fragility.

“On such a snowy night, all you constable gentlemen have come to my Zuixiang Tower. Could it be that you also wish to drink a few cups of flower wine to warm yourselves?”

There was no one in front of her. Facing the empty ground, Mu Yu laughed softly. Yet her eyes were filled with deep wariness, forming a sharp contrast with her gentle tone.

In the plot, the Six Gates had discovered that Zuixiang Tower was suspected of hiding a wanted criminal, so they had come under imperial orders to search it.

The Six Gates’ true intention was not the wine. They were using the emperor’s decree as an excuse to look here for someone from the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Under the emperor, it had been common for his left and right arms to be at odds for thousands of years. If the Embroidered Uniform Guard had the chance, they would definitely speak ill of the Six Gates in front of the emperor. And the Six Gates were no saints either. Once the opportunity came, they would not stop until they tore a bloody chunk of flesh from the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Zuixiang Tower had always had close ties with the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and Jiang Pan was the top courtesan of Zuixiang Tower. If the Six Gates could not obtain the result they wanted and could not touch the person behind everything, it was not impossible for them to make a powerless courtesan spill blood on the spot.

Jiang Pan appeared to be smiling, but in reality, her hand was gripping the inner garment inside her sleeve, clenched tightly into a fist.

Of course she knew clearly where that lord from the Embroidered Uniform Guard was hiding. But this was not about her alone. The lives of every sister and servant in Zuixiang Tower—over a hundred people in total—were all hanging from her red lips. If she moved her mouth and betrayed that person, today it would be the Six Gates’ blade seeing blood, and tomorrow, her head would be hanging at the marketplace entrance with no one to collect it.

Under the other party’s increasingly impatient gaze, Jiang Pan’s eyes turned bashful. Her slender, scallion-like fingertips had just reached out and touched a man’s shoulder. When the man’s gaze became slightly ambiguous and sticky, her smile grew even more intense.

Men were all weak to this trick. Even though she did not want to give herself to anyone, at a critical moment like this, right and wrong were no longer up to her.

Jiang Pan leaned forward slightly. The special condensed fragrance of Zuixiang Tower warmed her body until it felt soft and pleasant. In the vast winter night, it was a rare, gentle land of warmth, luring people into intoxication. Just as the leading man gradually began to lose his composure and reached out to rub her wrist bone through her sleeve, a thunderous sound suddenly ruined the mood.

There was a loud bang as the tightly shut door was kicked open. A slightly shorter young constable rushed in like the wind, holding a command token. Fury burned between her delicate brows.

“Zhang Yi, you’ve got some nerve!”

The newcomer wore the standard uniform of the Six Gates, her lapels and robe loose. Her voice became even deeper under the dye of anger.

“Not only did you let the person run away, but now you’re handling a case by taking it out on a girl? Are you planning to take your own head back as an explanation to our superior?”

The man named Zhang Yi was this person’s subordinate. Presumably, he had suffered quite a bit under her before. The moment he saw that command token, he abruptly released the hand gripping Jiang Pan, lowered his brows obediently, and hurriedly fled with the others.

The young constable gave a soft snort and used the folding fan in her hand to tap Jiang Pan’s chin extremely lightly. It seemed both like a warning and a reminder.

The short audition script was supposed to end here. Several people at the table, including Director Liu, nodded slightly. They were quite satisfied with the way Mu Yu had controlled the emotion in her eyes earlier.

Just before Director Liu was about to call “cut,” Gu Qiyou, who had already turned as if to leave, suddenly turned back. She lowered her head to look at Mu Yu, who was sitting on the stool, and a faint ambiguous smile whose meaning was difficult to discern appeared between her brows and eyes.

“If it hadn’t been for me just now, Miss Jiang would either have been taken away already or forced to compromise herself.”

Gu Qiyou’s sudden improvisation stunned everyone. Adding lines appropriately was common during official filming, but it was almost unheard of during an audition.

“So, how do you plan to repay me?”

The air fell silent for a moment.

But only for a brief moment.

Just as the smile in Gu Qiyou’s eyes deepened, the woman suddenly stood and hooked an arm around her waist, then leaned forward and actually fell toward the ground. There was no bed here, nor any padding at all. Mu Yu slowed the movement, but she showed no mercy as she pressed the full weight of her body on top of Gu Qiyou. Her slender fingers easily hooked Gu Qiyou’s collar.

“This humble one was born into Zuixiang Tower. What I learned was not limited to serving men.”

Her fingertip scraped across Gu Qiyou’s smooth, soft jaw. Under the other party’s gradually dangerous gaze, Mu Yu continued upward and lightly pinched the round, small earlobe unique to a woman, watching as a faint blush spread over it.

“How is this as repayment?”

“Miss He, you had better not make a sound carelessly. Otherwise, if that Zhang Yi suddenly returns, I wonder what he would think upon seeing such a scene.”

“You—!”

“Cut!”

The instant Director Liu called “cut,” Mu Yu raised her brows in a cheerful mood and pulled Gu Qiyou up from the ground.

Being teased by the woman she had only just pressed beneath her last night made Gu Qiyou’s face flush. As they stepped off the stage, Mu Yu noticed that the other woman intentionally or unintentionally gave her a deep look. Her gaze swept across Mu Yu’s skin, but it was not sharp.

Director Liu did not notice the undercurrent between the two of them. Even if he had seen it, he would only have taken it as a little flirtation between wives. He thought to himself that these two really were worthy of being the model wives in the industry. When acting opposite each other, they were calm and natural.

It seemed his own vision had been too narrow. Although Mu Yu had always acted in bad dramas before, there were actually still many commendable points in her acting.

Thinking this, Director Liu’s gaze toward Mu Yu gained a bit more appreciation.

But there were still a few people waiting behind them, so they had to go through the process. Director Liu waved his hand, indicating that Mu Yu could go down first and wait for news.

When she pushed the door open and went out, her manager, Zheng Lin, was already waiting at the door with a down jacket. Everyone assumed Mu Yu had an Alpha’s constitution, so they had not prepared heating pads or similar warming items.

An Alpha’s body was better than that of Omegas and Betas. Even in winter, they were rarely fragile enough to need heat patches. Mu Yu did feel a little cold in this freezing weather, but she gritted her teeth and endured it. Then she saw her manager answer a call.

“The night after tomorrow? Bring Miss Gu too? All right, Miss Mu is free. As for Miss Gu, she should…”

“It’s a family gathering the night after tomorrow. Don’t tell me she can’t even bring her wife out to have some fun?”

The mocking voice clearly came from Mu Qing.

“Give the phone to Mu Yu. Isn’t that right?”