After Becoming an Alpha Upon Meeting an Alpha - Chapter 10

The fact that Leng Zhuoyan was bullied at school could not be separated from Qu Yanting’s deliberate indulgence. If Qu Yanting had truly been willing to stand on Su Cha’s opposing side, it would have been impossible for her not to protect one person. But she had not. She had even given tacit permission for it.

Afterward, she would pretend to be a good person and approach Leng Zhuoyan, showing just the right amount of concern. Wouldn’t that make it easy to control her?

The reason she did this was to break Leng Zhuoyan’s pride, make her accept her, and make it so Leng Zhuoyan could only rely on her.

Her plan had originally been proceeding naturally. Leng Zhuoyan had already been willing to give her pleasant expressions, and had even started to rely on her a little. But where exactly had things gone wrong? Why had Leng Zhuoyan gone somewhere without sending her a single message?

Qu Yanting could not figure it out no matter how much she thought about it. Then, from her father, she learned a piece of news: Su Cha had been driven out of the Su family. From now on, she no longer needed to approach Su Cha.

Before Qu Yanting even had time to feel happy, she heard her father say, “Although Su Cha is no longer viable, you still need to pay attention to other omegas. The young master of the Zeng family, Zeng Yu, has already differentiated into an A-rank omega. Remember to interact with him. When necessary, prepare for a family marriage alliance.”

Qu Yanting: “…”

She had a breath trapped in her chest. She did not understand how her father could so easily tell her to enter a marriage alliance. That young master of the Zeng family was arrogant and overbearing, and she had heard he was even dissolute. At such a young age, he had already been involved with many alphas.

Her father could tell her to marry such an omega without even blinking?

She took a deep breath, shut her eyes hard, and asked hoarsely, “Father, we are already one of the empire’s great general families. Why do we still need to rely on marriage alliances to maintain our status?”

“I’m an alpha. I can rely on my own abilities to establish achievements. I can maintain the pride and status of our Qu family.”

Qu Zhe looked at his rebellious daughter with cold eyes. “With that A-rank mental power of yours?”

Qu Yanting felt wronged inside and said stubbornly, “Aren’t you also an A-rank alpha…”

Smack!

The crisp sound of a slap echoed through the silent room. Qu Zhe did not hold back at all. Half of Qu Yanting’s face immediately swelled red. He furrowed his brows and scolded her mercilessly. “Defying your parents—is this the upbringing I taught you?”

Qu Yanting clenched the fists hanging at her sides and gritted her teeth, swallowing all her grievances and resentment.

Qu Zhe also knew that after using the stick, he needed to give a sweet date. Clearly understanding that his attitude just now had been too forceful, his expression softened slightly, and he stiffly said, “It’s not that Father wants to force you to marry an omega you don’t like. I’ve seen that Zeng Yu. Although his personality is a little arrogant and unreasonable, his potential is high. Among the omegas in the Imperial Capital who are worthy of your status, he is one of the few. Don’t be too picky.”

“Your current task is to marry an omega and have a talented child. Only a strong union can achieve our goal. In any case, with omegas, as long as you mark him, he won’t be able to leave you for the rest of his life. What are you worried about?”

Qu Yanting’s face cooled. “To you, Father, is that all I’m useful for?”

Qu Zhe did not move his gaze away from his official work. Calmly, he said, “Of course not.”

“Second Brother is also an alpha, and Eldest Brother is an omega. They can both complete this matter. So why must you keep your eyes fixed on me?”

Qu Yanting lowered her eyes, hiding the disappointment within them.

Qu Zhe instinctively said, “Naturally, because you have the highest talent in the family.”

After saying this, knowing he had misspoken, he stiffly changed direction. “Because you are the family heir. Only a child born from you can be even stronger and lead our Qu family to a higher position.”

“You must not disappoint me.”

After saying this, he patted Qu Yanting’s shoulder, as if pressing everything onto this daughter of his.

The corners of Qu Yanting’s lips reluctantly curved. Was that so? Was it really like that?

“You are the one in our family with the greatest hope of surpassing Su Hanmo. You must understand that when talent differs by one rank, the height one can reach in the future will also be different.

“From the moment your differentiation was complete, you already could not compare to Su Hanmo. If you still don’t work hard now, you will be left even farther behind by him.”

Qu Zhe had brainwashed Qu Yanting this way since she was little. Especially after learning that Su Hanmo had differentiated into an S-rank alpha, he had constantly pressured his daughter, trying to make her stand at the same height as Su Hanmo and also become an S-rank alpha.

Unfortunately, Qu Yanting had ultimately only differentiated into A-rank. Although she had almost broken through to S-rank, “almost” was still “almost.” This nearly made Qu Zhe spit blood and die.

In order to let his daughter focus on breaking through to S-rank, he had not given her too much pressure recently. But clearly, the other party did not appreciate it. She had even started resisting his arrangements, which made Qu Zhe very dissatisfied.

Qu Yanting lowered her head and said calmly, “If I can never surpass Su Hanmo in this lifetime, will Father still think I’m useful?”

Qu Zhe slapped Qu Yanting across the face again and said in uncontrollable fury, “You are not allowed to say that. You must surpass Su Hanmo. Even if you cannot surpass him, you are absolutely not allowed to fall a single step behind him!”

Qu Yanting stood in place, covering her swollen face. She smiled self-mockingly and said with unusual calm, “I understand.”

Qu Zhe had originally wanted to say more, but when he saw Qu Yanting’s expressionless face, he immediately felt irritated. He waved his hand at her, indicating that she could leave.

Qu Yanting tightened her jaw and turned to leave that suffocating home. After leaving the general’s residence, she looked at the house where she had lived for nineteen years. For a moment, she felt as if it were a prison pressing heavily down on her back.

All passion would eventually be buried here.

She could not see the future, nor could she find herself.

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Su Cha brought Norma back to her manor. The place had already been completely refreshed. Norma was a little shy and afraid, and did not dare let go of Su Cha’s hand.

“Don’t be afraid. From now on, this will be your home.”

Su Cha crouched down and comforted her patiently. “The robot beneath you is called 66. From now on, it will be our family’s robot butler. If there’s anything you feel embarrassed to say, just tell it. It will take good care of you.”

Norma looked at Su Cha pitifully. “Then what about you, Sister?”

Su Cha said, “I’m going to order you a wheelchair that can transform into a robot, so things will be more convenient for you in daily life.”

Norma obediently let go of Su Cha’s hand. “Mm. Thank you, Sister.”

Su Cha went to the shop where she had bought the robot before and asked the owner about the price of that kind of mechanical wheelchair. Then she explained some of her ideas. In the end, she also bought a nutrition pod and a treatment pod.

Treatment pods were extremely expensive. One cost fifteen million, so Su Cha chose the cheapest nutrition pod, which was one million. Together with the wheelchair and an automatic detector, the thirty million the Su family had given her was now completely spent. Su Cha had even paid several million of her own money on top of it.

Su Cha looked at her account, which only had three million left, and let out a soft sigh. There was not enough money to spend.

The money in this account was the pocket money the original owner had saved up over the years, but for this poor planet, it was still only a drop in the bucket.

Still, it was better than nothing.

Su Cha took out a tube of nutrient solution and handed it to Norma. “There’s only this kind of nutrient solution at home. As for other food, we’ll have to wait until I grow something.”

“Thank you, Sister. I’m fine eating the cheapest kind.”

Norma accepted it. Usually, she ate the cheapest nutrient solution, so to her, this was already the best food. Besides, what Su Cha bought was high-grade nutrient solution, and there were even different flavors to choose from.

The cheapest nutrient solution only came in the original flavor. She had never eaten other flavors before.

Su Cha’s eyes were gentle. She raised her hand and rubbed Norma’s soft blond hair, saying firmly, “Don’t be afraid. In the future, we’ll have lots of food.”

Norma was a little confused, but she still nodded, showing that she would support everything Su Cha did.

The affection in Su Cha’s eyes deepened. Everyone liked cute, sensible children. Besides, she herself liked children to begin with. It was just that her sexual orientation meant she was destined not to have children.

Now that she was in the interstellar era, this problem could be solved, but she did not want to be with anyone. She would rather stay single.

That night, 66 helped Norma bathe, then carried Norma to bed. Norma was very excited and could not fall asleep at all.

66, who had been sent over to keep Norma company, thought for a moment and pulled up a storybook suitable for children from its limited database. Using its flat, proper mechanical voice, it began telling Norma a bedtime story.

“Once upon a time, in the sea, there was a country called Blue Sea Kingdom. Its king was a big fish. It was cruel by nature and loved devouring its subjects, because they were truly too delicious.

“Then one day, its delicious subjects finally could not bear it anymore and chose to voluntarily jump into a human fishing net. It wanted to cry and complain to the humans it secretly watched every day, but unfortunately, the humans could not understand what it said. In the end, it became a plate of sliced raw fish on a human’s table.”

The flat, unmodulated voice erased all sense of emotion. In fact, this fairy tale might even have been the dark version.

Su Cha, who had secretly come over to see whether 66 was doing a good job: “…”

Whether or not it was doing a good job, she did not know. But she knew she was hungry.

Sliced raw fish… She wondered whether this world had fish.

While Su Cha was spacing out, 66 told two more brutal censored stories. Norma also froze. She swallowed and quietly requested, “Brother 66, I want to sleep now. Can I listen to your stories again tomorrow?”

66, which was still searching for more stories, paused. Somewhat reluctant, it said, “All right. I’ll tell them to you again tomorrow.”

Su Cha wanted to speak but stopped herself, then forcibly comforted herself: Fine. This was still better than making both of them feel uncomfortable.

The next morning, Su Cha got up to exercise. While she was at it, she went to the manor’s little garden, which was full of fake flowers, to see whether she could turn over the soil and use it to grow vegetables.

She had just taken out a small shovel and was preparing to dig up a small patch of earth when 66 hurriedly ran over on its short legs and said Wendy had arrived.

Su Cha blinked, not expecting the other party to come so quickly.

“She came to see Norma. Norma should be awake by now. Let her in.”

Su Cha patted her hands, stood up, and carried the small shovel into the main hall.

There were some things she still had to ask the locals. They should understand this planet’s situation better.