After Being Transmigrated into a Cannon Fodder Scum Alpha - Chapter 18

Yun Qi wandered and wandered until the next morning arrived.

The feeling of not sleeping all night wasn’t great, but she didn’t want to return home while being driven by pheromones.

Speaking of which, after being here for so many days, she had only learned about her family’s company through documents; she hadn’t visited it in person yet.

Yun Qi remembered it was supposed to be a company that produced plush dolls, founded by the third Grand Duke to commemorate his young daughter who died prematurely. Every doll was embroidered with a warm yellow “M,” his daughter’s name.

Developing to the present day, each Grand Duke also required the company to add their own child’s name to the dolls. For instance, the Old Duke requested the company embroider “MQ” on the dolls produced the year Yun Qi was born. “M” was to commemorate the ancestor, and “Q” represented the Qi in Yun Qi. Since then, every year on Yun Qi’s birthday, the company would produce special dolls to celebrate the young master’s birthday. Even after the original host’s parents passed away, the company maintained this tradition.

Originally, the same would have happened when Lin Xi was born, but the original host loathed this Omega daughter so much that she vetoed the decision submitted by the company.

After reviewing that memory, Yun Qi felt that the original host’s intense hatred for Lin Chen might have been largely due to Lin Chen’s mother. Madam Lin was a close friend of the original host’s mother, Demi, and thus became a target of the original host’s displaced anger.

Yun Qi sent her location to Xu Jilin and told her to come pick her up.

“Grand Duke, Jack did not return home after resigning. His family has no news related to him either,” Xu Jilin reported the investigation results in the car.

“Did they never suspect anything?”

“After Jack was sent to the Garcia family, his parents had a second child that same year. Because Jack only returned home once a year on a regular basis, he wasn’t close to them. They didn’t even know he had resigned.”

It seemed no clues could be found from his family’s side.

“Have you checked Jack’s room?” Yun Qi rubbed her head.

“There were only some ordinary pieces of furniture, no personal belongings. However…”

“However what?”

“While investigating Jack, I discovered that there was already a file on him in the old records.”

That must have been requested by the original host’s father. The previous suspicion might be true.

Yun Qi told Xu Jilin to drop the matter. Although Xu Jilin wondered why Jack was being investigated twice after such a long interval, she knew better than to ask. Even if she grew up with the Grand Duke and shared blood ties, she had to respect the boundaries of status.

This was what her father had taught her the day before she came to Yun Qi’s side.

They soon arrived at the company, where the CEO was waiting outside for Yun Qi.

The interior structure was almost identical to the company Yun Qi worked at before she transmigrated, giving her a sense of “coming home.” As she went deeper, a strange emotion surfaced in her heart—it was like a copy-paste job!

She walked quickly toward the office she had occupied in her past life. The person inside was startled by her sudden intrusion. He wanted to reprimand this uninvited guest, but he stopped the next second when he saw the CEO following her in.

Yun Qi walked toward that familiar desk. she remembered a small line of text carved on it by her grandfather on the day she joined the company.

Seeing the empty desk, Yun Qi breathed a sigh of relief. The sense of spatio-temporal confusion slightly eased.

Little Scum, is this world connected to my original world? Why is this place identical to my previous company?

[No. Isn’t it normal for there to be similar buildings among ten thousand worlds?] The system denied Yun Qi’s speculation and told her not to overthink.

[Failing to stay by an Omega’s side to soothe her during a special period, causing her pain. Scum Value +25.]

The system’s words successfully diverted Yun Qi’s attention. She had been negligent. Lin Chen’s special period started first, which then triggered Yun Qi’s own due to the leaking pheromones. Therefore, Lin Chen must have suffered much more than her last night.

How did she not realize how much an Omega in a special period would crave the soothing pheromones of her partner! Yun Qi felt a bit annoyed; this was basic common sense in this world, yet she hadn’t considered it.

“Back to the mansion,” Yun Qi said to Xu Jilin, losing interest in touring the company.

There was nothing worth visiting in a place she had already spent eight years in during her previous life.

Seeing Yun Qi’s poor complexion, the CEO following behind was filled with trepidation. He didn’t know what the Grand Duke was dissatisfied with; she had seemed very pleased during the previous meetings.

“Is there something you are dissatisfied with?” he asked after a moment of hesitation. In recent interactions, he felt the Grand Duke wasn’t as tyrannical or irritable as before.

“No,” Yun Qi didn’t explain further.

Before Yun Qi left, the CEO brought a large pink bear plushie to Xu Jilin, saying it was an anniversary limited edition. All the others were beige; only this one was pink. He hoped the Grand Duke would like it.

Yun Qi accepted it. This pink bear reminded her of the beige one Lin Xi always held. If the little Omega liked it, the big Omega would probably like a similar one too.

I used to think a certain behavior was particularly scummy.

[?]

A husband fools around while on a business trip, then buys a cheap gift at the airport to placate his wife. The wife treats the gift as something precious, grateful that her husband remembered to bring her something.

[And?]

What do you think of this bear? It’s free, a gift from someone else, and I’m going to give it to Lin Chen and lie to her, saying it’s a carefully selected gift. Using a cheap gift to gain her gratitude?

The system didn’t respond.

Little Scum, think about it. The Scum Alpha watches his “drab wife” be coaxed into smiles by a cheap, thoughtless gift. She smiles on the surface, while in her heart she mocks her partner as being as cheap and easy to control as the gift. How scummy!

[Scum Value +20.]

[Thank you for opening my eyes.] The system’s voice was sarcastic.

You’re welcome. Yun Qi had grown accustomed to “climbing up the pole” (taking advantage of a situation), but the system was quite piqued.

When Yun Qi returned to the mansion, the butler told her that Lin Chen had stayed in her bedroom the whole time. She tactfully advised Yun Qi to be better to Lin Chen, emphasizing that Omegas are quite weak during this period.

Softening her footsteps, Yun Qi walked slowly to the bedroom door, wondering if she should knock. But this was her own bedroom, and the original host’s persona wouldn’t knock even to enter Lin Chen’s room.

Inside the bedroom, Lin Chen had heard the movement long ago. She originally thought it was the butler and didn’t intend to pay attention. But as the footsteps drew closer, her physical discomfort eased slightly, and the scent of Sea Lavender followed. She knew the person she was waiting for had returned.

During a special period, she was extremely sensitive to Yun Qi’s pheromones; even through a door, she could sense them clearly.

After a thought, Lin Chen crawled into the quilt and curled into a ball, waiting for the person outside to enter.

Yun Qi eventually just walked in. The lily fragrance in the room was very dense—stronger than when she left—which also relieved her own discomfort. The fangs in her mouth began to rub against each other uncontrollably.

She saw a large mound in the middle of the quilt on the bed. Scattered around were clothes from her own wardrobe, styles she found very familiar and had worn recently. Some were draped over the quilt, while some were half-in and half-out.

Yun Qi set the large pink bear aside and approached quietly. Faint breathing came from under the quilt. She slowly lifted a corner; there were even more clothes inside. The Omega was curled into a ball, her entire face buried in the wrinkled garments. Sleeping like this must be uncomfortable.

Yun Qi reached out to remove the clothes, but she was immediately entangled by Lin Chen. The Omega abandoned the clothes with their meager pheromones and buried her face in Yun Qi’s extended hand. The rich scent of Sea Lavender made the sleeping Omega’s furrowed brows smooth out, and she let out a kitten-like purr.

As if afraid the arm would leave, Lin Chen held on tightly, trying to maximize the contact between her body and Yun Qi’s arm.

Yun Qi didn’t expect she wouldn’t be able to pull her hand back, but the contact with Lin Chen’s delicate skin was so comfortable she didn’t want to withdraw it.

A Scum Alpha never mistreats herself, right?

[So you’re going to hug her?]

That’s how Scum Alphas are—they only care about their own pleasure and don’t care about anything else. Their attitudes shift constantly. Even if they don’t like their Omega, they won’t restrain their instincts because of it.

While Yun Qi communicated with the system, Lin Chen was restless under the quilt. She sensed a larger “Sea Lavender” beside her, so she moved along the arm in her embrace, trying to cling to it.

Yun Qi sensed the Omega’s movements but didn’t stop her, watching with a “let nature take its course” attitude.

However, Yun Qi was standing by the bed, not lying on it. No matter how much effort the Omega made or how she shifted her posture, she couldn’t fully align. She pinched the uncooperative “Sea Lavender” under her hand in dissatisfaction.

Seeing Lin Chen’s movements increase as if she were about to be woken up, Yun Qi finally lay down. Since half of her was being held tightly by Lin Chen, she could only lie on the bed fully clothed.

As soon as she lay down, Lin Chen wrapped around her like a giant octopus.

Due to the angle, Yun Qi saw the gland on the back of Lin Chen’s neck, still bearing Yun Qi’s bite marks.

They were a bit shallow. A surge of dissatisfaction rose; Yun Qi opened her mouth without even realizing it, slowly approaching that gland.

Suddenly, the person in her arms moved, startling Yun Qi back to her senses. She moved away from Lin Chen’s neck, turned her head toward the wall, and gritted her teeth hard. After a moment, the fangs in her mouth seemed to realize they had no hope of piercing the gland and stopped acting up, becoming quiet.

Lin Chen buried her face in Yun Qi’s chest. She didn’t smell the strong scent of other Omegas on Yun Qi, which proved Yun Qi hadn’t been fooling around with anyone last night. Even though Yun Qi’s own special period had been triggered, she had behaved herself outside. This fact slightly soothed the anger she felt over Yun Qi staying out all night.

But! She smelled a faint jasmine scent—a very familiar smell belonging to the star Yun Qi used to be with. The scent was very faint, as if there had been no physical contact; Yun Qi likely rejected the other person as soon as their pheromones touched her.

Knowing her “property” was being coveted by someone else made Lin Chen unhappy. So, when Yun Qi tried to bite her gland, she made a movement, not wanting Yun Qi to get her wish.

How is this Alpha so disobedient?

Her hand slid to Yun Qi’s waist, found a patch of soft flesh, and pinched it hard. Sensing the body she held stiffen instantly, Lin Chen felt a slight sense of satisfaction.

Surrounded by Yun Qi’s pheromones, Lin Chen gradually felt sleepy. Omegas are naturally lethargic during this period. No longer forcing herself, she released her grip on Yun Qi’s waist and entered dreamland.