After Becoming an Alpha, I Became a Charmer (GL) - Chapter 28.2

Xie Ke guessed that Xia Zhiyu must have some hidden background that she preferred not to reveal. He didn’t believe an Alpha with such exceptional looks and manner could willingly settle for the position of a mere secretary.

The three entered the banquet hall. Xie Ke was afraid Ruan Wu would be intercepted by others for conversation, preventing him from completing his cousin’s task. He carefully guided Ruan Wu through less-crowded areas and only breathed a sigh of relief when he successfully led Ruan Wu to Xie Wuyu and Xie Rongrong.

Xie Wuyu was talking to someone. Xie Ke recognized the person as a distant relative of the Xie family. Xie Wuyu was actually bored of the conversation, but he disliked Ruan Wu even more. Seeing Ruan Wu approaching in his peripheral vision, he pretended not to notice her, deliberately trying to make her feel awkward.

Unexpectedly, his daughter, Xie Rongrong, ran happily to Ruan Wu while Xie Wuyu was waiting for Ruan Wu to come over and greet him, completely disrupting his plan.

“Sister Ruan Wu!” Xie Rongrong was celebrating her eighteenth birthday today. She was wearing a magnificent princess gown, a jeweled crown on her head, and expensive-looking gem jewelry on her neck and wrists. As she ran toward Ruan Wu, the jewelry on her body jingled. Xie Ke watched nervously.

As far as he knew, that set of jewelry was worth eight figures and was a special eighteenth birthday gift that Xie Wuyu had purchased for Xie Rongrong at an auction abroad.

“Sister Ruan Wu, you’re finally here! I was worried you wouldn’t come,” Xie Rongrong stood in front of Ruan Wu, looking at her with sparkling eyes. Her admiration was no less than Minister Li’s.

“Rong Rong, happy birthday,” Ruan Wu said with a smile.

Xia Zhiyu promptly presented the birthday gift Ruan Wu had prepared.

Xie Rongrong gasped with anticipation. As she took the gift, she unintentionally looked up and saw Xia Zhiyu’s face.

Xia Zhiyu smiled and nodded at her. “Happy birthday, Miss Xie.”

Xie Rongrong was visibly stunned. “Sister Ruan Wu, who is this lady? I’ve never seen her by your side before.”

Xie Rongrong had a tendency to be a look-lover. She originally thought Ruan Wu was the only person who matched her aesthetic and was the most beautiful person in the world. However, suddenly seeing Xia Zhiyu, and feeling the impact of that dazzling face up close, Xie Rongrong’s cheeks flushed instantly. Her eyes followed Xia Zhiyu’s face, unable to look away.

“Rong Rong, this is Secretary Xia Zhiyu, Ms. Ruan’s secretary,” Xie Ke said beside them.

“So she’s Secretary Xia.” Xie Rongrong reluctantly looked away and continued to talk to Ruan Wu, but she noticed Ruan Wu’s expression had grown a little colder than before.

“Sister Ruan Wu? What’s wrong?” Xie Rongrong asked, looking confused.

Ruan Wu quickly regained her composure, returning to her gentle expression. “Nothing. I just suddenly thought of some work matters.”

Ruan Wu was still displeased inside. Xia Zhiyu’s face is too captivating. Even a recently-turned-adult Omega can’t escape her charm.

Xie Wuyu finally finished his conversation with the distant relative. Ruan Wu approached him with Xia Zhiyu and said with a smile, “Uncle Xie, my parents asked me to send you their regards.”

Xie Rongrong walked to Xie Wuyu’s side, happily showing him the exquisite gift box in her hand. “Dad, this is the birthday gift Sister Ruan Wu gave me~”

Xie Wuyu smiled insincerely. “Hurry up and open it to see what good gift your Sister Ruan Wu sent you. She’s the CEO of the Ruan Group, so her gift must be generous.”

Xie Rongrong hesitated. “Dad, I don’t think that’s appropriate. Gifts should be opened in my room after the banquet.”

As soon as Xie Rongrong finished speaking, Xie Wuyu clapped his hands, signaling everyone to pay attention. “Everyone, Ms. Ruan Wu, CEO of the Ruan Group, has specially come to celebrate my daughter’s birthday and has presented a generous gift. A gift from Ms. Ruan must be extraordinary. Everyone, please come and enjoy it together.”

Xie Rongrong couldn’t defy Xie Wuyu’s command. She could only look at Ruan Wu with eyes that were about to cry, full of apology.

Ruan Wu didn’t notice her look. She was currently whispering to Xia Zhiyu.

“What did you buy?”

Ruan Wu was busy with work, and small tasks like buying gifts were usually handled by her secretary.

In the past, the original “Xia Zhiyu” was extremely obsessed with money. She was frugal with her own spending and also frugal when buying gifts for Ruan Wu. Ruan Wu would typically give her a budget of one million, and “Xia Zhiyu” would spend no more than one hundred thousand, buying things that were hard to judge the value of and wouldn’t be easily criticized.

Everyone who had received a gift from Ruan Wu in recent years knew the pattern of her gift-giving. Hearing Xie Wuyu’s words, they knew he was deliberately trying to embarrass Ruan Wu.

Xie Wuyu was a powerful man and shouldn’t be easily offended, but Ruan Wu was also a seasoned operator. When two tigers fought, the spectators should stay away to avoid being collateral damage.

Therefore, after Xie Wuyu spoke, everyone looked at the scene hesitantly, unsure if they should approach.

Xie Wuyu felt greatly embarrassed when no one moved. His face darkened. “Why is no one coming to admire it? Do you look down on Ms. Ruan’s gift, or do you look down on me?”

Everyone could only reluctantly gather around.

It wasn’t that they were cowards. The Ruan Group and the Xie Group had many business dealings, and their own companies relied more or less on orders from the two families. At a time like this, they had to yield.

Seeing the crowd gathering, Xie Wuyu smiled in satisfaction and said to Xie Rongrong, “Rong Rong, open the gift in your hand and let everyone admire it.”

Xie Rongrong was startled. She withdrew her slightly jealous gaze from Xia Zhiyu, subconsciously forcing a smile, and opened the exquisite gift box in front of the crowd as Xie Wuyu instructed.

“What is this?”

“It’s square.”

“Made of jade?”

Xie Rongrong picked up the gift from the box. After inspecting it closely, she said, “It’s an imperial seal.”

“The jade has good color.”

“It must be worth over six figures.”

“Ms. Ruan is certainly generous.”

Xie Wuyu took the seal from Xie Rongrong’s hand. The seal was about the size of his palm. Engraved on the top was a phoenix, and the base bore the four characters: “Phoenix Flies in the Sky” (凰飞于天).

Xie Wuyu didn’t study seals, but he knew the jade used to carve the seal was definitely expensive. This one detail easily thwarted his plan to embarrass her.

But Xie Wuyu didn’t want to let Ruan Wu off so easily. He frowned. “Rong Rong is an Omega and has no interest in calligraphy or painting. Even if you gave her a jade pendant, she could wear it. Giving her a seal of unknown purpose, I wonder if Ms. Ruan has some deeper meaning behind it?”

Ruan Wu understood why Xia Zhiyu had chosen this gift the moment she saw the shape of the seal. Hearing Xie Wuyu’s condescending attempt to make things difficult, Ruan Wu smiled faintly. She walked over, took the seal back from Xie Wuyu’s hand, and turned to place it in Xie Rongrong’s hands. “Rong Rong, today is your eighteenth birthday. This is my gift to you, and it is my blessing for you. This is not just an ordinary seal. It is the personal seal of the historical Omega Empress Zhu Chen. I hope you can be like Empress Zhu Chen and have the Phoenix Fly in the Sky.”

As Ruan Wu’s words left her mouth, everyone’s expressions grew strange, especially Xie Wuyu’s. His face was extraordinarily ugly, as if he had been slapped in public.

Only Xie Rongrong’s eyes shone brighter and brighter as she looked at Ruan Wu.

Ruan Wu excused herself to leave early, claiming she had work to deal with. Everyone knew she truly loved her work, but they also knew that Ruan Wu was leaving early because she didn’t want to get into a nasty fight with Xie Wuyu.

Xie Rongrong reluctantly escorted Ruan Wu to the hotel entrance. She said emotionally, “Thank you, Sister Ruan Wu. I love your gift very much.”

Compared to the liberal-minded Ruan Wu, Xie Rongrong’s current situation was more similar to that of Empress Zhu Chen. As the Emperor’s only daughter, Zhu Chen had no opportunity to inherit the throne because she was an Omega. But in the end, Zhu Chen defeated all her Alpha cousins and became the highly respected Omega Empress.

“I can start interning at my family’s company after I turn eighteen. Sister Ruan Wu, I’ve received your expectations and affirmation for me. I had already given up on fighting for the things my father didn’t want to give me, but my mind has changed now. It’s all because of the gift you gave me. Thank you, Sister Ruan Wu.”

“Go back now,” Ruan Wu said to Xie Rongrong.

“Sister Ruan Wu, can I visit your company sometime? I want to see what it’s like to be a CEO.”

“If you want to come, you’re always welcome.”

Bidding farewell to Xie Rongrong, Ruan Wu and Xia Zhiyu got into the car waiting on the roadside.

Once in the car, Xia Zhiyu couldn’t help but chuckle. “President Xie will be having a headache trying to curb his precious daughter’s ambitions for a while.”

Ruan Wu also allowed a slight smile to show. “How did you think of giving that kind of gift? I thought you had a very good temper and wouldn’t do something like that.” The landlord was so aggressive yesterday, and she didn’t even hold a grudge in the end.

Xia Zhiyu leaned back against the seat and turned her head toward Ruan Wu. “Because I knew President Xie would try to embarrass you, Ms. Ruan. I was annoyed and came up with a mischievous way to teach him a lesson. If it were just for myself, I definitely wouldn’t have done it, but I don’t know why, I just can’t stand seeing you, Ms. Ruan, being bullied by those unreasonable people.”

The great Omega female lead should do whatever she wants, instead of enduring until the end before fighting back, like in the novel. Even if the revenge is a hundredfold, the grievances she suffered before won’t disappear.

Originally, Xia Zhiyu only intended to watch Ruan Wu walk her destined path step by step, but now she wanted to protect her, to let her walk the broad path of the great Omega female lead without suffering harm.

After transmigrating into the book, due to the uncertainty of the future, Xia Zhiyu had been living a very relaxed life. Aside from exposing a little when she modified a section of code for Yu Qingyi to apologize, most of her time was spent living routinely in this world to achieve the simple goal of paying off her debt.

If she truly wanted to pay off the debt, she could do it within a month. But what then? How would she live her life after the debt was gone?

Now she had finally found a new goal: to protect Ruan Wu and deal with all those crazy Alphas who coveted her and would make her suffer.

Xia Zhiyu’s eyes reflected the rapidly retreating lights outside the car window. For a moment, Ruan Wu heard her heart beat fiercely twice.

Zhao Ze and Zhang Yu: Who can relate? When Ms. Ruan and Secretary Xia look deeply into each other’s eyes, the two of us really wish we could just vanish.

The news that Ruan Wu had given Xie Rongrong a personal seal modeled after the Omega Empress quickly spread through their social circle. This was the first time the public had witnessed Ruan Wu’s outward display of ambition.