A Scummy Alpha Supporting Character Accidentally Marks the Heroine After Transmigrating into a Book (GL) - Chapter 52

Yan Nanjue’s soul almost left her body as she ran toward them.

She had nearly fallen off her chair when she saw the scene on the monitor. Thank God Luo Shuqing hit the brakes; otherwise, she didn’t dare imagine the consequences. The moment Luo Shuqing stepped out of the car, Yan Nanjue sprinted toward the parking lot without a second thought.

Seeing Bai Wan standing in front of the car from a distance made Yan Nanjue’s breath hitch. She strode forward, grabbed Bai Wan’s wrist, and yanked her behind her back, away from the hood of the car and the mentally unstable Luo Shuqing.

She glanced at the distance between Bai Wan and the car, a surge of lingering panic flooding her heart.

If Luo Shuqing had actually hit her…

While running down, Yan Nanjue had asked the System: if the mission target dies, the mission is automatically judged as a failure.

Her fingertips trembled as she gripped Bai Wan. She had run too fast, and her vision was swimming with black spots.

“Why didn’t you dodge?!”

Anger surged up following the panic. This time, it wasn’t just about the persona; Yan Nanjue was genuinely angry.

She knew Bai Wan’s personality and the faint self-destructive tendencies she harbored—how she would casually crush a cigarette butt in her palm, or how she exposed her true desire to die together with her during the heat of her estrus, completely indifferent to her own injuries.

What she hadn’t expected was that Bai Wan would be this reckless in a situation like this.

How could Bai Wan do this?!!

What if Luo Shuqing had been slower on the brakes? What if Luo Shuqing had truly lost it and decided to kill her regardless? What if there was some other unpredictable accident? Did she never even consider those possibilities?

Yan Nanjue couldn’t tell if the trembling in her fingers was from rage or the terror of almost losing her mission target. She closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her obsidian-like eyes were ablaze with a bright, furious light.

“Are you an idiot? Standing there and letting her hit you?! Or are your legs broken and you can’t move? Have you lost your mind?!!”

Her low, angry shout echoed through the empty parking lot, the vibrations hitting the ears of the two women present, stirring up vastly different ripples.

Bai Wan’s wrist was being gripped very tightly; it hurt. She looked at the person before her in silence. Her pale pink lips moved, but the words she uttered were completely unrelated.

“—Your childhood friend is crying.”

Yan Nanjue knew that! She wasn’t blind! She had seen it the moment she ran over.

But the one she cared about was Bai Wan! Bai Wan was the mission target!

Looking at Yan Nanjue’s face—which appeared even more beautiful in its anger—Bai Wan’s gaze gradually deepened. She tilted her head slightly, falling into thought as if she had encountered an unsolvable riddle.

Yan Nanjue took a deep breath, trying to smooth out the lingering fear. Almost. My mission was almost over.

She coldly threw Bai Wan’s arm aside with significant force, as if venting her frustration. “Get in the car and wait for me. I’ll settle the score with you back at the apartment. This isn’t over.”

“Lin Furuo, watch her. If you lose sight of her, you’re fired.”

Standing nearby, Lin Furuo simply nodded. She didn’t want to provoke her boss while she was in a towering rage, so she respectfully escorted the Madam to the car.

The moment the car door closed, the outside world was cut off. The car wasn’t parked far, giving them a clear view of the two people outside.

Lin Furuo watched with amazement. It was the first time she had seen her boss lose her temper like this since the “other person” went abroad. She was truly enraged. I’m going to be the target of her collateral anger now, she thought. Just as long as she doesn’t dock my pay.

Beside her, Bai Wan remained silent, but she lifted her head just as the two outside were about to speak.

Outside, Yan Nanjue turned around, her face a mask of coldness as she faced Luo Shuqing.

“Who gave you permission to do this?” Her opening was an icy interrogation.

Luo Shuqing lowered her hands, her fair face covered in tear stains. She let out a bitter laugh. “So, you can actually see me now, Sister Nanjue.”

“Your eyes see me, but you have no room for me.”

Yan Nanjue frowned deeply, showing no reaction to those words. “Who told you to try and hit her with a car? You dare to try and hit my person?”

A trace of impatience appeared on her brow. This stunt nearly ruined her mission. “My patience is limited, Luo Shuqing. Answer my question.”

Luo Shuqing stared straight at her, tears pouring from her eyes. “No one ordered me. I saw the bracelet on her hand. Grandma gave it to her, didn’t she? It’s hers, isn’t it? Why her…?”

“Just for a bracelet?”

Luo Shuqing thought: How could it be just for a bracelet? There were too many reasons. Every single one was tied to the Alpha before her, but she didn’t want to say them. Because the person in front of her didn’t want to hear them.

Yan Nanjue clearly knew where the problem lay, yet she only chose to talk about the superficial jade bracelet. So, Luo Shuqing simply admitted it.

“…Yes.” Let’s just say it was for the bracelet.

Yan Nanjue’s brow furrowed tightly. “Luo Huazhi said you had psychological issues. It seems she was right.”

Luo Shuqing’s vision cleared, and she murmured, “How could I have actually hit her?”

—That’s the person you like. How could I hit her? How would I dare?

“Sister Nanjue, this is the final year of the three-year contract. I’ve waited for over five hundred days and nights, constantly looking forward to the end of the contract so you would no longer be connected to anyone… I thought you wouldn’t fall for anyone else. Why? Why has everything changed? It’s only been a few months. What happened that I don’t know about?”

Yan Nanjue paused, her brow lowering. “How do you know about the contract? Did Lin Furuo tell you?”

Luo Shuqing wanted to laugh. She had said so much, yet this person only cared about the contract. Indeed, her feelings—she herself—had never been in this person’s eyes or heart.

“I sneaked a look at your safe. You kept the contract inside. That’s why I’ve been tolerating Bai Wan’s existence; I knew you would eventually leave her, so I’ve been waiting all this time with a heart full of joy.”

Yan Nanjue finally realized why Luo Shuqing had been so confident and had provoked Bai Wan repeatedly. The source of her confidence was right here.

“I finally made it to the last year. I thought it would be settled soon, everything would end, and we would go back to how we were. But now, I’m still the same Luo Shuqing, she’s still the same Bai Wan—only you have changed.”

“Sister Nanjue, you’ve changed…”

Yan Nanjue looked away. She had indeed changed. She wasn’t the original host; nothing about the original host had anything to do with her. She was just a mission-taker, a complete outsider.

Luo Shuqing asked: “Why? Because she’s an Omega? Because of her face? Or what? What is it about her that attracts you? Aside from that face, she’s just an ordinary Omega.”

“I know you don’t like me because I’m a Beta. I’m not beautiful enough, I have no pheromones, and I’m not the heir… those are the reasons, aren’t they?”

Yan Nanjue looked down and saw her face covered in tears. The original host didn’t like Luo Shuqing simply because she didn’t like her; there weren’t many “reasons.” But the obsessed person before her couldn’t figure it out and insisted on an answer.

Yan Nanjue’s slight anger dissipated, replaced only by a headache. “And if I say yes?”

Luo Shuqing bit her lower lip so hard it bled. She spoke through tears and grit teeth, her voice carrying a hint of hatred.

“Do you think I wanted to present as a Beta?”

“I can’t even smell your pheromones. I have to ask others over and over to confirm you haven’t had contact. I confirm every tiny clue of you being together like a lunatic.”

Luo Shuqing closed her eyes and asked, “Will that contract… ever be fulfilled?”

The contract stated clearly: a three-year term, after which the marriage ends and they part ways. Yan Nanjue looked at her with her arms crossed, giving an ambiguous answer: “What do you think?”

“Don’t tell me… you’ve really fallen for her.”

Inside the car, Bai Wan’s gaze shifted away from Luo Shuqing’s lip movements and landed on Yan Nanjue’s back.

Lin Furuo glanced at her several times. Seeing her staring at the two outside, she assumed she was worried about Luo Shuqing and comforted her: “President Yan will handle everything. You don’t need to worry, Madam. I’ve already messaged President Luo about what happened; she’ll be here soon to take Miss Shuqing back.”

“That marriage contract.”

Bai Wan spoke, but she asked about something else. “Aside from you, her, and me, who else knows about it?”

Lin Furuo: “No fourth person knows. The contract is confidential. Even the Old Madam and Chairman Yan are unaware. No one else around President Yan knows either.”

Bai Wan fell silent again. She reached out and pressed the button to lower the window, letting the night wind carry the voices from outside.

“—Yes.”

The familiar voice rang out. Succinct, without a single extra word. That was Yan Nanjue’s answer.

The word was like a light feather. On this sweltering evening, it drifted in on the night wind, brushed against Bai Wan’s ear, circled her shoulders, and settled gracefully into her open palm. The feather curled slightly, kissing her scar. A faint itchiness emerged from the wound where new skin was growing.

Bai Wan’s fingers spasmed slightly, and she instinctively closed her palm, as if trapping that invisible feather. The vines rooted in her heart grew, wrapping around her with countless branches, tightening circle by circle.

She had thought she could burn these branches to ash, but instead, she had ignited a continuous fire in her heart.

“I wonder what President Yan and Miss Shuqing are talking about. If only I could read lips,” Lin Furuo’s murmur reached her ears. Bai Wan’s long lashes trembled.

“Madam, did you hear what they said before?”

Bai Wan closed the window, shutting out the voices. She wanted to return to silence, choosing to cut everything off.

Outside, Yan Nanjue looked down at the person before her. Since she gave the affirmative answer, Luo Shuqing’s psychological defenses had collapsed. She was sobbing uncontrollably. She clenched her palms, every word stuck in her throat—there was no longer any need to speak. The answer was direct enough.

Yan Nanjue lowered her gaze, glancing at the clenched hands by Luo Shuqing’s side. She felt she hadn’t hit hard enough yet, not enough to make Luo Shuqing give up completely.

“So, if anything like this happens again, I will turn against you.”

“Once at the pool, once with the car. Three strikes and you’re out, Luo Shuqing. There won’t be a next time.”

Luo Shuqing bowed her head and said nothing. Silence spread soundlessly. Yan Nanjue waited for a moment, and seeing no response, she prepared to get into the car and have Assistant Lin watch her until Luo Huazhi arrived. Suddenly, she heard the person beside her whisper something.

“…Then what about Su Changyin?”

Yan Nanjue froze instantly. She instinctively looked back at the car. Through the windshield, she could only see two silhouettes inside. Her hair stood on end. She comforted herself: It’s fine. At this distance, the heroine couldn’t possibly hear.

Yan Nanjue was terrified by the name that had just come out of her mouth.

“Don’t you dare mention that name,” she whispered through gritted teeth. “You’re insane, Luo Shuqing.”

Luo Shuqing kept her eyes down. “She just went abroad for grad school; she’ll come back sooner or later. You met her in high school. I’ve been chasing you for twenty years, but haven’t you been chasing her for ni—”

“Luo Shuqing!”

Yan Nanjue raised her voice, cutting her off. Her face was full of erupting rage. She stared directly into the other’s eyes, her voice so calm it was chilling. “You are seeking death.”

Luo Shuqing’s lips curled into a desolate smile. “It doesn’t matter anymore… you already hate me anyway.”

“Can you even distinguish your own heart?” she asked softly.

In the distance, the sound of speeding cars approached. Luo Huazhi had arrived with her people. Yan Nanjue stepped back, making way. “Take her away.” If Luo Shuqing said any more, her mission would be in grave danger!! What if Luo Shuqing was crazy enough to go to the car and tell Bai Wan?

Yan Nanjue looked at Luo Huazhi, her tone carrying a hidden threat: “I can tolerate this incident for the sake of our families’ relationship, but my tolerance is predicated on the fact that Bai Wan is unharmed.”

“Luo Huazhi, you know my bottom line.”

Luo Huazhi understood the unspoken words. She raised her hand. The bodyguards behind her stepped forward, flanking Luo Shuqing and bringing her forward.

SLAP!

A crisp sound echoed. Luo Shuqing’s face was knocked to the side, her golden hair covering half her face. She stayed in that position for a long time before straightening up, staring deathly at the calm Luo Huazhi.

Yan Nanjue was startled by Luo Huazhi’s sudden move. “Holy crap, System, she just hit her without a word.”

Luo Huazhi turned to her. “My apologies, President Yan. The Luo family has failed to discipline our daughter. I apologize to the startled Mrs. Yan on her behalf.” Her tone was strictly professional.

After apologizing as the CEO of the Luo Group, she switched to her personal capacity.

“Nanjue, I will watch over Shuqing. I won’t let this happen again. I didn’t realize her mental state had reached the point of threatening others’ safety. I am truly sorry. I will hire better psychiatrists for her.”

Luo Shuqing shrieked, “Luo Huazhi, I am not a lunatic!!! How dare you say that to me?!” She struggled, but was held firmly by the bodyguards.

Luo Huazhi didn’t even blink as she dodged a kick. She glanced sideways, and the bodyguards immediately restrained the second Miss’s legs as well. “Take the second Miss to the car.”

The bodyguards complied. Luo Huazhi’s expression remained gentle and calm. “After her graduation exhibition, I will take her abroad for treatment. Please tell the other two; she won’t return to the country for five years.”

Yan Nanjue let out a small “ooh” in her heart. This was an unexpected gain! If that was the case, she could finally relax, couldn’t she?

Luo Shuqing, being led to the car, heard the words. Her pupils dilated, and she began to struggle violently, her arms flailing. “I’m not going! Luo Huazhi, what right do you have to send me abroad? You just want to lock me up! I’m not going! I’m not leaving the country!!!”

“You’re the lunatic, Luo Huazhi! Do you think I don’t know what you’ve done?! You put a tracker in my phone, you have people watching me twenty-four hours a day, the house is full of cameras—even the maids in my villa are your people! You’re the crazy one! Luo Huazhi, did you hear me? I said I’m not—”

The sound vanished as the car door slammed shut.

Yan Nanjue was stunned, unable to help but glance at the gentle, almost delicate Omega before her. She couldn’t tell… that Luo Huazhi would do such a thing. She looked so gentle and polite to everyone, yet she did this to her sister behind the scenes!

【System: ? What kind of description is that?】

Yan Nanjue coughed internally. “Ahem, off-topic, off-topic.”

Luo Huazhi glanced at her and explained gently: “Shuqing’s mental state is worrying. I’m doing this because I’m concerned for her; it’s for her own good. —Nanjue, your wife is looking at you. She seems very worried about you.”

“Regardless, I will handle Shuqing’s affairs. I won’t let her trouble you again.”

Yan Nanjue didn’t care for the words that followed. She just turned her head and looked at the half-open car window. She didn’t know when it had been opened, nor if Bai Wan had heard their conversation.

Behind the window, Bai Wan’s face was hidden in the shadows, as beautiful as a siren, quietly watching and waiting for her.

“Your wife is waiting for you. Go back, Nanjue.”

…Her wife, huh.