A Scumbag Alpha Reforms: Pampering Her Wife Without Limits - Chapter 3

In the book, there was a vicious supporting female character named Zhou Xin. She was the scumbag Alpha’s childhood friend as well as her number one admirer, having been hopelessly in love with her for many years. Unfortunately, the scumbag Alpha had no interest in her.

Villains were apparently incapable of using their brains. Zhou Xin blamed the fact that the scumbag Alpha didn’t like her entirely on the female lead, Xu Fangqing. Driven by jealousy, she constantly stirred up trouble and secretly committed plenty of vile deeds.

She had even been responsible for the scumbag Alpha’s ex-girlfriend getting into a car accident, which ultimately caused the female lead to miscarry.

Thinking about everything Xu Fangqing had suffered because of her, Ning Lingzhou looked at the gaudily dressed woman in front of her and suddenly felt a wave of disgust.

Before she could even tell her to leave, Zhou Xin had already started walking into the room, shouting as she went, “Xu Fangqing, get out here!”

Her voice was loud to begin with, and she was drunk on top of that. Her high heels staggered across the floor with harsh, grating clicks that made Ning Lingzhou’s head ache.

“Keep your voice down. Stop making so much noise.”

Ning Lingzhou lowered her voice, grabbed Zhou Xin, and shoved her toward the door.

“She actually dared hit you? Just watch me teach her a lesson today! Lingzhou, get out of my way!”

Zhou Xin flailed around, trying to squeeze past her, shouting so loudly that the entire building could probably hear her.

Ning Lingzhou lost patience and threw her out the door. “Enough, Zhou Xin. What happens between the two of us is none of an outsider’s business.”

If she hadn’t been afraid of waking Xu Fangqing, Ning Lingzhou definitely would have shouted at her.

Her voice wasn’t loud, but her expression was icy. Anyone could tell she was angry.

Zhou Xin had grown up with her and knew her temper. Once Ning Lingzhou got angry, nothing anyone said could get through to her.

Having been shoved to the floor, Zhou Xin suddenly felt wronged. Her mouth immediately drooped, tears gathering in her eyes as she pointed inside the room and accused, “Ning Lingzhou! You’re actually getting angry at me over that woman? How long has it even been? I’m already an outsider, while she’s become one of your own?”

Ning Lingzhou couldn’t be bothered arguing with her. After letting Lin Zhi inside, she slammed the door shut.

Zhou Xin stared at the closed door, furious and aggrieved. She climbed to her feet and started pounding on it, crying and yelling angrily while continuously cursing Xu Fangqing. She sounded like a resentful shrew, making everyone who heard her feel irritated.

Ning Lingzhou couldn’t stand listening anymore and called the hotel manager.

A little while later, someone came and took Zhou Xin away, finally restoring the peace.

Ning Lingzhou rubbed between her brows, her head throbbing painfully. When Lin Zhi finished her examination, she walked over and asked, “How is she?”

Lin Zhi packed her things as she replied, “Luckily, the suppressant was administered in time. There’s nothing seriously wrong with her physically. She does have a bit of a fever. I’ll have some fever medicine sent over in a moment. Let her take it and sleep. She should be fine by tomorrow.”

“Okay. Thank you.”

At the sound of Ning Lingzhou thanking her, Lin Zhi paused midway through shouldering her medical kit and gave her a strange look.

She had been the Ning family’s private physician for three years and had never once heard Ning Lingzhou thank anyone.

Ning Lingzhou had always acted high and mighty, only ever giving orders and commands without the slightest consideration for anyone else’s feelings.

Lin Zhi almost wondered if she had misheard, though she didn’t particularly care. As long as she got paid, that was enough.

Looking at the weak Omega on the bed, Lin Zhi hesitated for a moment. Before leaving, she still tactfully said, “Wives should respect each other. Something this dangerous should be avoided as much as possible in the future.”

A doctor could tell at a glance what sort of situation they had been in. Ning Lingzhou felt so embarrassed she could barely show her face. Inside, she was screaming that she hadn’t done it and that she couldn’t bear to make the female lead suffer either, but the domineering CEO persona she was supposed to maintain made her turn her face away without saying anything.

Her delicate brows furrowed slightly, her lips pressing into a straight line.

This cold and arrogant appearance was how Ning Lingzhou was supposed to look.

Lin Zhi caught sight of the injury at her temple and asked, “Do you want me to bandage the wound on your forehead?”

As she spoke, she set down her medical kit and took out some gauze.

“It’s just a small injury. No need,” Ning Lingzhou said.

Since she said no, Lin Zhi didn’t insist. She packed everything up again and left.

The fever medicine was delivered shortly afterward.

Ning Lingzhou looked at Xu Fangqing, who was still unconscious on the bed, and suddenly found herself facing a difficult problem.

How was she supposed to give her the medicine?

And then there was the torn dress she was wearing, which was completely soaked through. If she didn’t take it off and Xu Fangqing stayed in those wet clothes, her condition might worsen.

After thinking it over repeatedly, Ning Lingzhou finally decided to help her change.

“Xu Fangqing.” Ning Lingzhou patted her shoulder, then gently shook her. “Wake up.”

“I’m going to change your clothes.”

“If you don’t say anything, I’ll take that as consent.”

“I’m starting now.”

After mentally preparing herself, she helped Xu Fangqing sit up. The dress was already torn to pieces and would be difficult to take off properly, so she might as well just rip it apart completely.

Ning Lingzhou grabbed the dress at Xu Fangqing’s waist and pulled hard. With one tear, Xu Fangqing’s entire body was exposed in front of her.

Ning Lingzhou’s gaze darted away, her heartbeat inexplicably speeding up.

At the same time, Xu Fangqing slowly opened her eyes. Seeing Ning Lingzhou holding scraps of her dress while she herself was almost completely naked, she angrily slapped Ning Lingzhou across the face. “Get out! Get away from me!”

Ning Lingzhou: “…”

I was only trying to help you change.

While Ning Lingzhou covered her stinging cheek, Xu Fangqing clutched the blanket around herself and moved from the bed into the corner by the wall. She looked exactly like a wounded little animal—helpless, frightened, and heartbreaking.

Ning Lingzhou rubbed the cheek that had been slapped and sat on the edge of the bed, patiently explaining, “I gave you a suppressant earlier, and then you passed out. Lin Zhi came to check on you and said there’s nothing seriously wrong, except that you have a fever. I only wanted to help you change into something clean. I didn’t mean anything else.”

Whether Xu Fangqing believed her or not, Ning Lingzhou felt that if she didn’t explain herself, the injustice of it would suffocate her.

Xu Fangqing looked at her with uncertainty and suspicion but said nothing.

“This is fever medicine.”

Ning Lingzhou stood and placed the medicine and a glass of water on the bedside table. “I already poured you some warm water.”

She walked over and opened the wardrobe. “There are some scu—some of my dresses in here. You can choose one to wear for now.”

She walked over, picked up the phone from the bed, and placed it on the bedside table. “Your mother called earlier. She didn’t say anything important. Once you’re feeling better tomorrow, you should call her back.

“And here’s the room card. I’ll leave it here. You can rest assured that unless you willingly open the door yourself, no one else will come in.”

Ning Lingzhou thought for a moment, then went into the bathroom, brought out the hair dryer, placed it beside the bed, and plugged it in. “Dry your hair before you rest.”

That seemed to be everything.

“Then… I’ll leave first.”

Seeing that Xu Fangqing was still watching her warily, Ning Lingzhou turned and headed for the door.

Before leaving, she glanced back and saw Xu Fangqing’s gaze fall on her phone. It was obvious she wanted to make a call immediately, so Ning Lingzhou reminded her once more, “You have a fever. Take the medicine first.”

With a click, the door closed.

Only then did Xu Fangqing’s tightly wound nerves finally relax.

She glanced at the fever medicine and warm water on the table. Right now, she didn’t believe in the slightest that Ning Lingzhou would genuinely treat her well.

Xu Fangqing picked up her phone and was about to call her mother, but the moment she pulled up the number, she hesitated.

She couldn’t let her family know what had happened tonight.

She couldn’t make them worry.

After thinking it over, Xu Fangqing called her best friend, Shi Le.

Other than her family, Xu Fangqing had told no one about her marriage to Ning Lingzhou.

Shi Le still didn’t know that she and Ning Lingzhou were married, and Xu Fangqing had no intention of telling her.

Before Shi Le arrived, she forced herself to get up, went to the wardrobe, and took out a pale blue long dress to change into.

When she saw the hair dryer on the bedside table, Xu Fangqing eventually walked over, picked it up, and dried her hair somewhat. By the time she finished tidying herself up, her head felt even more muddled.

Her whole body felt unbearably heavy, and even sitting upright took effort.

The fever medicine was right beside her. Her fingers brushed the glass, and the water inside was still slightly warm.

Between her heat and the sweat from her fever, Xu Fangqing was painfully thirsty.

Calculating that Shi Le should almost be there by now, she figured that even if Ning Lingzhou really had some scheme planned, Shi Le would arrive in time to stop it.

Xu Fangqing picked up the medicine and swallowed it with the warm water, then leaned against the headboard and closed her eyes to rest.

Not long afterward, Shi Le called and said she was about to arrive downstairs at the Diyi Hotel.

Xu Fangqing opened the door and stepped outside. After looking around and confirming no one was there, she steadied herself and walked toward the elevator.

She took Ning Lingzhou’s private elevator all the way down to the first floor. When the doors opened, Xu Fangqing finally relaxed a little.

Shi Le called again, and Xu Fangqing answered. “I’m downstairs. I’m almost at the lobby. I can see you.”

After hanging up, Xu Fangqing waved toward Shi Le. “Lele.”

“Xu Fangqing!”

Suddenly, a figure rushed out from the side. Before Xu Fangqing could even see clearly who it was, the person had already lunged toward her. If she hadn’t reacted quickly, she would have been knocked to the floor.

Xu Fangqing dodged Zhou Xin’s charge and nearly fell herself. Fortunately, Shi Le rushed over in time and caught her.

“Who the hell are you?”

Shi Le shielded Xu Fangqing behind her and frowned at the woman in front of them, whose makeup was smeared from crying.

Her hair was disheveled, two black streaks ran beneath her eyes, and her entire body reeked of alcohol. She looked like a lunatic.

Xu Fangqing recognized her as Ning Lingzhou’s friend Zhou Xin. Alarmed that she might drunkenly say something she shouldn’t, she immediately took Shi Le’s hand. “Lele, let’s go.”

Shi Le didn’t want to bother with this lunatic either. Seeing that Xu Fangqing looked unwell, she turned to leave.

But Zhou Xin refused to let her go and lunged forward again, grabbing Xu Fangqing’s arm. “Xu Fangqing, stop right there! Today… today I’m definitely going to teach you a proper lesson!”

“Hey, where did this psycho come from?”

Shi Le yanked Zhou Xin’s hand away and snapped irritably, “Follow us again and I’ll be the one teaching you a lesson!”

“Xu Fangqing, don’t leave! You—you’re not allowed to leave!”

Zhou Xin staggered forward again, only for someone to grab her arm. She turned around and stared at Ning Lingzhou, who had suddenly appeared. After freezing for a moment, a smile appeared on her face. “Lingzhou, why are you here?”

Xu Fangqing and Shi Le both turned to look at Ning Lingzhou.

There was a Band-Aid on her forehead, and her face was somewhat pale. Without makeup, her features looked even more cool and striking. Her elegant brows were tightly furrowed as she stared at Zhou Xin and said to the bodyguards beside her, “Take Miss Zhou home.”

Her voice was cool and pleasant, leaving no room for refusal.

“No, I’m not leaving!”

Zhou Xin shook off the hand reaching for her, stepped forward, grabbed Ning Lingzhou’s arm with one hand, and pointed at Xu Fangqing with the other as she complained aggrievedly, “She’s already bullying you right to your face, and you’re still protecting her?”

Xu Fangqing and Ning Lingzhou exchanged a glance, and Xu Fangqing’s expression turned a few degrees colder.

Ning Lingzhou was clearly the one who had bullied her.

She tugged lightly on Shi Le’s arm. “Lele, let’s go.”

The pale blue dress swayed with every step she took. Her entire figure looked like a moving expanse of seawater, flowing straight into people’s eyes and seeping into their hearts.

Ning Lingzhou kept watching Xu Fangqing’s departing figure until she disappeared from view. Then she walked up to Zhou Xin and grabbed her arm.

Leaning closer, she looked down at Zhou Xin from above and imitated the uniquely cold tone of a domineering CEO as she warned, “Zhou Xin, remember this. No one is allowed to touch what’s mine.”