After Being Transmigrated into a Cannon Fodder Scum Alpha - Chapter 10

Nan Yue hadn’t seen Lin Chen in a long time, and given that Yun Qi had finally permitted Lin Chen to work, she clung to her and chatted in the research building for ages. Lin Chen also deeply missed this friend from her school days. It wasn’t until she saw the ink-black sky outside that she realized she had long surpassed her usual time to return home.

Hurrying back, Lin Chen assumed that since the dinner hour had passed, the servants wouldn’t have prepared anything for a “transparent person” like her. Instead, she saw a servant who usually followed Yun Qi holding a plate and waiting for her, his expression odd and tinged with a hint of pity.

The servant didn’t think the Grand Duke would use such a clumsy method to poison the Madam to death. He suspected the Master simply couldn’t tolerate a loathed person carrying her offspring anymore—it was likely a warning of sorts.

The image of the Alpha fleeing with red ears that morning flashed through Lin Chen’s mind. She didn’t believe the other’s acting skills were so superb that she could fake it seamlessly for so many days. She sniffed the food; it didn’t have the familiar chemical scents she dealt with during experiments.

She took a tiny, gentle bite. The taste seemed normal, so she let herself go and began to eat heartily. She was hungry, and the delicacies tasted quite excellent.

Madness seemed engraved in her blood and bone. Compared to living in a daze, she preferred high-stakes gambles time and time again; the vivid sense of reality fascinated her.

If it weren’t for those repeated bold choices, she might not be the Lin Chen she was today.

Return home, eat, wash up, return to the bedroom to sleep. This was Lin Chen’s usual nightly trajectory, but she didn’t want to follow it tonight. Perhaps that mysterious dish had heated her brain.

…

Yun Qi stared blankly at the Omega standing at her bedroom door.

This seems… to be my bedroom, right? Or did I walk into the wrong room?

But the furniture she saw every day told Yun Qi that this was indeed her bedroom; she hadn’t gone the wrong way. The only thing out of place was this Omega standing there in pajamas, knocking on the door in the middle of the night.

A rich scent of lily drifted through the air, possessing a dizzying magic.

Yun Qi had smelled it the night she brought Lin Chen back, but the lily scent that night felt suppressed, as if its owner didn’t want anyone to catch a whiff. Tonight was different; it was like a lily in full bloom, revealing the joy of blossoming, uncontrollably showcasing its beauty to those nearby. Upon finding that the only audience member wanted to evade it, it grew discontented and threw a tantrum, making its fragrance even more intense.

Presently, the air in the bedroom became sweet and sticky due to this lily pheromone.

Yun Qi felt her breathing tighten. The ubiquitous lily scent invaded the air around her, aggressively expressing its anger toward this spectator who wanted to escape.

A strange sensation rose in Yun Qi’s heart, traveling through her blood to every part of her body. Inexplicably, she felt that the creator of this rich lily scent was inviting her to “first peel the rounded zongzi, then help her row the dragon boat.”

Yun Qi didn’t realize that her own body was also uncontrollably emitting the light, elegant fragrance of Sea Lavender (Limonium). On the surface, it seemed to be resisting the cloying sweetness, trying to carve out a closed space free of lilies, yet it ultimately surrendered, tangling and flirting with the other scent.

Lin Chen looked at the dazed Yun Qi and found it somewhat amusing.

‘How does this silly Alpha not even know her own pheromones are leaking out?’

Although the scent of Sea Lavender wasn’t as intense as the lily, it reached Lin Chen’s nose nonetheless. She remembered that night surrounded by a sense of security, the powerful embrace transmitting waves of warmth that drove away the chill from the depths of her body.

In that moment, she felt as if she had returned to her childhood, back when her mother was still there. Her mother hadn’t disliked her then; the word “love” was as common and visible as air to her. She could easily obtain everyone’s favor and affection.

Actually, white and purple are the best match, aren’t they?

Sea Lavender usually doesn’t wither easily; the flowers and colors remain for a long, long time. The fragrance lasts through four seasons, unafraid of wind or snow—it is a plant representing “eternity.” Would a person with Sea Lavender pheromones be the same as her flower language?

Lin Chen felt that perhaps soon, she could possess a stalk of Sea Lavender belonging only to her.

Thus, the mischievous Omega emitted an even richer lily fragrance.

Back to Yun Qi.

Yun Qi felt that something contradicting her common sense was about to occur. She should have been afraid, yet a contrary emotion emerged from deep within, seemingly anticipating the coming change. Suddenly, she remembered the bizarre settings of this magical world and pinched herself hard, trying to regain clarity.

[Oh, you’re awake—] The system asked, intentionally drawing out the tone.

Fine, she was completely awake now. With such a system in her head, Yun Qi felt she could remain a saint for a lifetime.

“So why didn’t you speak up to warn me back then!” Perhaps driven by a sense of shame, Yun Qi was somewhat annoyed.

[Didn’t it look like you were enjoying it quite a bit?]

“Aren’t you afraid my Scum Value will be deducted?”

[Didn’t you say it yourself? A true scumbag should be hot and cold to their partner. Besides, it’s perfectly normal for a scumbag to be physically enticed by their partner without actually loving them, isn’t it?]

…I feel like I’m the one who’s supposed to say these things, Yun Qi felt a sense of confusion. Usually, wasn’t she the one convincing the system? Why were Lin Chen and the system both being so weird today?

“Have I been too kind to you lately? Letting you knock on my bedroom door so casually?” The Duke looked coldly at her wife.

Today, the little Omega had obediently worn fluffy pajamas, blocking the early spring chill but failing to hide the “spring scenery” within. Although she couldn’t see it, she could imagine how rounded and lovely the gland exposed on the neck was; otherwise, it wouldn’t be breathing out such a sweet, seductive scent.

Yun Qi realized for the first time that Lin Chen actually had a very good figure. Yet she herself seemed unaware, gazing at Yun Qi with an innocent face.

Yun Qi struggled to control her gaze, keeping it from wandering where it shouldn’t. She would return to her original world one day, and Lin Chen would meet her true beloved. Even if the person before her was her legal wife, she couldn’t disrespect her like a lecherous rogue.

Still, it had to be said that Lin Chen’s courage was truly much greater than when she first arrived in this world…

“While I was bathing, I suddenly remembered that tomorrow is Xi’er’s birthday. I was wondering if you could come with me to take her to a movie?” The Omega asked with her head bowed. “I’m truly sorry for disturbing you, but the wish Xi’er made on her last birthday was to have her Mama and Mother take her to a movie together.”

“Just for this?” The Alpha, disturbed in the middle of the night, laughed out of sheer anger. For an Omega daughter—an unacknowledged daughter she wouldn’t even give her surname to—she dared disturb the head of the house’s rest?

“Perhaps you should return to school to retake the course on ‘Basic Post-Marital Etiquette for Omegas,’ shouldn’t you?” the angry Duke added.

[Scum Value +20.]

Thinking of the drawing of a family of three she had accidentally seen Lin Xi making in the living room, Yun Qi’s heart softened. Going out for a movie to celebrate her daughter’s birthday wasn’t much, was it?

As the Omega prepared to turn away in disappointment, the wicked person called her wife back.

“Perhaps I was too cold before. I want to take Xi’er out for a movie with you tomorrow and have some fun to make it up to her.” Facing the Omega’s confused expression, the Duke smiled with extreme gentleness. “I’ll decide the tickets and the itinerary; I want to personally prepare a birthday gift for Xi’er.”

[?]

“Like I said before, an ultimate scumbag should be like a cat, chasing a mouse unhurriedly and teasing her,” Yun Qi explained to the system internally. “I’ll pretend to agree to Lin Chen’s request, making them look forward to tomorrow’s trip and think their partner has finally remembered her maternal duties. In reality, her partner is just bored and wants to see their expressions change from excitement to despair.”

“Most Omegas in this world are very fragile, and Lin Xi is so small. If I take her to see a horror movie, celebrate at a haunted house, and ride roller coasters, I will absolutely give her a birthday experience like a childhood trauma.”

[Scum Value +20.]

Yun Qi calculated that her total Scum Value couldn’t buy an item yet, so she didn’t check the Mall.

She wanted to sleep, but the moment she closed her eyes, a faint lily scent filled the room. The silhouette of the Omega standing at the door played on a loop in her mind like a movie. The difference was that the Lin Chen in her mind wasn’t cowering like the real one; the mental Lin Chen was incredibly bold, her eyes brimming with laughter as she looked at Yun Qi, flaunting her beautiful curves.

Through “Yun Qi’s” memories, she knew Lin Chen’s father, Lin Jue, had married his current wife after his first wife died.

She didn’t know what Lin Chen was like as a child, but she felt that if the Omega’s mother hadn’t passed away—if she had grown up in love and hadn’t married a piece of trash like herself, but instead married Mu Yu, who respected Omegas and rose up step by step through his own strength—she might have looked just like the one in her mind: flamboyant, confident, and possessing a soul-stirring charm.

Her body felt faintly hot again, and Yun Qi’s face gradually darkened. To ensure she could get a good night’s sleep, she stiffened on the bed for a while. After a fierce battle between the “little people” in her mind, the victorious one shook its head at her and pointed toward the bathroom.

Yun Qi ground her teeth, changed her clothes, and went to the bathroom for a cold soak.

‘The “Old Cadre” of my past life has finally reached the day of total reputation ruin,’ she couldn’t help but complain to herself.