After Becoming an Alpha, I Became a Charmer (GL) - Chapter 31.2

For a moment, whether from nervousness or something else, Zhao Sheng’s palms were sweaty.

“No need, Brother Zhao. I have something else to do and won’t be going home yet.”

Zhao Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and subconsciously said, “Alright, be careful. It’s not safe at night.”

Xia Zhiyu looked at him strangely. “I’m an Alpha, not an Omega. I won’t lose out in any situation. You’re so humorous, Brother Zhao.”

Zhao Sheng felt truly humorous inside. He despised people like Xia Zhiyu the most, yet he kept losing focus in front of her and was even concerned about her safety.

“Hahaha, Brother just thought you might need a ride since you don’t have a car and was worried you might get robbed on your way home. It would be a shame to lose the ruby bracelet you just received.” As the words left his mouth, Zhao Sheng suddenly realized something. Damn it. Why did I actively remind Xia Zhiyu?

As expected, Xia Zhiyu’s eyes lit up. “Brother Zhao is right. It is inconvenient without a car. It’s a shame I’m short on cash and can’t afford one. I wonder if you, Brother Zhao, would be willing to sponsor me a bit?”

Zhao Sheng parted ways with Xia Zhiyu outside the Haoting and his face instantly darkened as he walked to his car.

Xia Zhiyu was truly audacious, asking for a car worth 500,000 yuan.

When their plan succeeded, he would definitely make her regret her exorbitant request today.

Xia Zhiyu walked to a place where Zhao Sheng couldn’t see her and sent a WeChat message to Ruan Wu.

XiaZhiyu: Ruan Ruan, he’s gone. [Location]

RuanWu: Okay, I’m coming to find you now.

The four of them met up. On the way home, Xia Zhiyu recounted her conversation with Zhao Sheng in the car.

“Right now, he’s only asking simple questions that I can easily answer. But it won’t be that simple later. I asked him for 500,000 yuan for a car, and he didn’t refuse. It shows that his ulterior motives are certainly not simple.”

Ruan Wu said, “I’m aware of all this. But you, don’t ask him for anything too expensive next time. I’m afraid he’ll resent you and retaliate later.”

Xia Zhiyu said, “He’ll hate me even if I don’t ask for things. The more I ask for now, the more he’ll trust me. The things he buys for me will become evidence of my collaboration with him. When he eventually tries to coerce me to work for him, that’s when I can truly access their core secrets and understand their movements.”

“Actually, I can solve this without you taking any risks. You are too much in danger right now,” Ruan Wu couldn’t help but say.

“Don’t worry. I’ll be fine. I’ll explain it in detail when we get home. I have a plan to get away unscathed.”

In the original novel, Ruan Wu did get the evidence and successfully dealt with Zhao Sheng and the other two, but she was almost caught by Zhao Sheng. Nothing is certain. The Ruan Wu in the book managed to escape, but that might not happen in real life. Xia Zhiyu must eliminate all possibilities of Ruan Wu being harmed.

Just as Ruan Wu worried about her safety, she worried about Ruan Wu’s safety.

It was almost midnight when they got home.

Ruan Wu went to take a shower. While waiting, Xia Zhiyu wanted to see if Zhao Sheng had sent her any WeChat messages.

After all, Zhao Sheng had spent nearly 700,000 yuan to add her on WeChat.

Unexpectedly, she didn’t see any messages from Zhao Sheng, but the group chat Song Yourui had created at noon, [Dating Training Camp], had 99+ new messages.

Xia Zhiyu curiously clicked into the group and saw that they were still awake at this hour, sending messages one after another. Every message was exceptionally sweet and sappy. Xia Zhiyu couldn’t imagine having such a sickly sweet conversation with another person.

XiaZhiyu: Sweetness overload.

SongYourui: Zhiyu, you just got home??? Where did you go all that time this afternoon?

PangJingyi: Where’s Ruan Ruan? Hurry up and come learn!

XiaZhiyu: We didn’t go play. We had some business to take care of.

XiaZhiyu: Ruan Ruan is taking a shower.

XiaZhiyu: Speaking of which, Yourui, is your husband’s fever gone? I see him sending a lot of messages.

ZhouZhang: All better, all better. Thanks to my dear wife’s attentive care, I’m fully recovered now. Thank you, dear wife~ Kiss, dear wife~ I super love my wife~

XiaZhiyu: “…” Are real couples this sappy???

Zhou Zhang’s clinginess doesn’t seem like an Alpha at all. Just as Ruan Wu said, Song Yourui was very good at dating. Zhou Zhang was supposedly a tall, strong man, but you definitely couldn’t tell from his messages.

XiaZhiyu: That’s good. The temperature fluctuates a lot in spring, so be sure to take care of yourselves.

Xia Zhiyu decided to find a different couple to learn from. This couple was not a good fit for her and Ruan Wu.

XiaZhiyu: @JingYan, is your boyfriend in a better mood now?

JingYan: He’s completely back to normal thanks to my kisses and comfort. @Xu Mi, say something.

Ruan Wu said Jing Yan’s boyfriend, Xu Mi, was a gentle and shy male Beta.

XuMi: Thank you for your concern, Zhiyu. Yan Yan comforted me non-stop after she got back. We kissed a hundred times. My mood is up, up, up! I’m completely back to normal now. Yan Yan is my medicine. She can cure all my persistent ailments. If I lost Yan Yan, I would definitely drag the whole world down with me.

XiaZhiyu: “…”

This is gentle and shy? He sounds more like an obsessive yandere.

JingYan: I feel the same way. If you left me, Xu Mi, I would be too heartbroken to live.

XuMi: Yan Yan~

JingYan: Xu Mi~

XiaZhiyu: Haha, Yan Yan, you and your boyfriend look truly in love. I’m envious.

Xia Zhiyu immediately crossed this couple off the list. In comparison, Song Yourui and Zhou Zhang were surprisingly normal.

But there’s still one more couple to check.

XiaZhiyu: @PangJingyi, how is your girlfriend’s mother? Is accompanying her in the hospital tiring?

PangJingyi: Haha, my girlfriend and I are both here with her mom. Take a look at our late-night snack. [Photo]

Xia Zhiyu clicked on the photo. In a single hospital room, an older woman with a blank expression was sitting up in bed, staring straight ahead. In front of her, on a bedside table, was a spread of barbecue, milk tea, and crawfish. A woman who resembled the older woman by about 50% was peeling crawfish, her disposable gloves stained with tempting red oil.

PangJingyi: Jiang Xue’s hands are busy. I’ll chat for her.

XiaZhiyu: “…” Before seeing the photo, I thought this couple was very normal—not overly sweet or obsessive.

XiaZhiyu: Is your aunt very ill? She’s not sleeping even at this hour.

PangJingyi: JiangXue said: No, my mom’s body is fine. She’s just having trouble sleeping because she’s craving food. The doctor forbade her from eating junk food.

PangJingyi: Haha, Jiang Xue’s mom is already yelling at her. Jiang Xue is getting a good scolding right now.

XiaZhiyu: “…” This couple’s schadenfreude is also not a good fit for her and Ruan Wu.

After all that effort, Xia Zhiyu realized she had learned nothing useful.

SongYourui: Has Ruan Ruan still not finished showering? Is something wrong? Zhiyu, go check the bathroom quickly.

Xia Zhiyu looked at the time and saw that only ten minutes had passed. Isn’t it normal not to be done showering in that amount of time?

Before she could reply, Song Yourui’s husband, Zhou Zhang, decided to share his personal experience.

ZhouZhang: It’s really dangerous to shower alone. If you faint inside, it’s hard to be noticed, and you can easily suffocate. I remember when I was newly married to Rui Rui, she accidentally fainted in the bathroom. She had only been in there for five minutes. Thankfully, I missed her so much that I couldn’t help but call her name outside the bathroom door. I pressed my ear against the door and heard her faint cry for help. I broke the door down and saved her. Ever since then, no matter when Rui Rui wants to shower, I always join her.

XiaZhiyu: “…” This seems like a genuine story, but why does it sound more and more absurd the more I think about it?

Although she was skeptical of Zhou Zhang’s story, Xia Zhiyu couldn’t help but worry about Ruan Wu, who was currently showering.

She walked to the bathroom door and could only hear the sound of the shower running. Remembering that Zhou Zhang had to press his ear against the door to hear the cry for help, she turned sideways and pressed her ear against the glass door… The door suddenly opened from the inside, and Xia Zhiyu was enveloped in the gushing mist.

“What are you doing?”

Ruan Wu looked at Xia Zhiyu with a strange expression.

Xia Zhiyu: “…I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m going to take a shower.”

Xia Zhiyu walked straight into the bathroom and locked the door.

Xia Zhiyu’s actions just now looked exactly like a peeping tom’s, but Ruan Wu knew she wasn’t that kind of person. That’s why she was so confused. Why would Xia Zhiyu suddenly do something like that?

The sound of her phone ringing quickly solved the mystery for Ruan Wu.

She took out her phone, clicked into the group chat, and read the entire conversation between Xia Zhiyu and the others, finally finding the culprit.

RuanWu: @SongYourui, @ZhouZhang, how did I not know about this incident?

SongYourui: Ruan Ruan, you’re done showering! I was wondering why Zhiyu suddenly stopped sending messages.

RuanWu: She thought I really fainted…

PangJingyi: [Ears up] And then? Did she break the door down to save you?

RuanWu: No. I came out before she could act.

JingYan: Ah…

Ruan Wu said seriously: “Don’t joke about my safety with her next time. She’ll believe it.”

The group went silent for a moment, then everyone started apologizing profusely, promising they would never joke about Ruan Wu with Xia Zhiyu again.

At the same time, in Song Yourui, Jing Yan, and Pang Jingyi’s private group chat.

SongYourui: See? Just a little teasing, and Ruan Ruan is already getting defensive.

JingYan: This is true love. It must be!

PangJingyi: What’s our next step?

SongYourui: Rest first. We need to recharge. Tomorrow, it’s time to show off what they learned tonight.

JingYan: Okay.

PangJingyi: I’m so looking forward to tomorrow.

The group apologized in the main chat, said goodnight, and went to bed.

Ruan Wu wanted to wait for Xia Zhiyu to finish showering so they could sleep together. She took out her laptop and started working, not wasting a single moment of free time.

Time passed unknowingly. Ruan Wu finished processing the last email and checked the time. Over twenty minutes had passed since Xia Zhiyu entered the bathroom.

Xia Zhiyu never took this long to shower before.

The image of Xia Zhiyu fainting in the bathroom popped into Ruan Wu’s mind. Worried, she immediately put down her laptop and walked to the bathroom door.

“Xia Zhiyu,” Ruan Wu called out to her. She heard no reply, only the sound of the shower running.

Ruan Wu’s heart tightened. “Xia Zhiyu, are you okay?”

Still no one answered.

Just as Ruan Wu was debating whether to try pressing her ear against the door, the sound of the shower suddenly stopped.

Ruan Wu was relieved, thinking Xia Zhiyu was fine. However, even after the shower stopped, Xia Zhiyu still hadn’t come out.

“Thump, thump!” Ruan Wu knocked on the glass door twice.

“Xia Zhiyu, are you alright?”

“I’m fine, but I think I have a problem.” Xia Zhiyu’s voice sounded slightly muffled. Then Ruan Wu heard footsteps, and the bathroom door opened slightly, revealing Xia Zhiyu’s slightly embarrassed face.

“Ruan Ruan, I forgot to bring my robe in. Could you help me grab one?”

Xia Zhiyu’s pale cheeks were flushed in the steam. Her eyes were moist, her lips full and rosy. Her dark hair was draped over her chest, obscuring the curves…

Ruan Wu quickly looked away. “Okay, I’ll go get one for you.”

Xia Zhiyu isn’t wearing any clothes. She’s not wearing any clothes.

This thought kept repeating in Ruan Wu’s mind.

She habitually grabbed the robe she had just been wearing. She returned to the bathroom door, knocked, and handed the robe inside when the door opened.

Only after the bathroom door closed again did Ruan Wu manage to shake off the spell in her mind.

Then, she realized what she had just done. Her movements froze, and a blush instantly spread to her neck.

I just gave Xia Zhiyu the robe I was just wearing?

The robe I wore is a bit damp. Xia Zhiyu will definitely notice. What will she think of me? A manipulative Omega who doesn’t want to sleep with her but is trying to seduce her with her used robe?