After Falling in Love with the Scum Alpha’s Beautiful Original Wife at First Sight - Chapter 18

When Shen Baiyi helped Qi Yue out of the bar, she awkwardly took out her phone.

It was already past midnight.

Xu Qingzhi had sent her two messages. One asked whether she was still coming home tonight, and the other told her to take care of herself.

At this moment, Shen Baiyi’s mind was not very clear. She completely failed to read the hidden meaning behind those two very formulaic messages. Too lazy to reply to Xu Qingzhi, she wondered whether she should simply take Qi Yue to a hotel.

“Qi Yue, want to come with me? It’s a little late now. How about we go to a hotel tonight?”

Qi Yue’s face was flushed from drinking. She could barely walk at all and could only stand because Shen Baiyi was supporting her.

When her alcohol-numbed brain heard the key word “hotel,” Qi Yue sobered up slightly.

“…No. I want to go back to school,” she said sluggishly.

It was true that Qi Yue was drunk, but her intelligence had not completely dropped to zero.

She was an Omega. Going to a hotel with an Alpha—wouldn’t that be like a lamb entering a tiger’s den?

Besides, behind Qi Yue was the Qi family. In other people’s eyes, even if she was a lamb, she was a lamb with golden fleece.

Qi Yue still understood this very clearly. It was fine to fool around with those Alphas, but if she was really taken advantage of and marked by one of them, the consequences would truly be unimaginable.

Shen Baiyi did indeed have some dark thoughts for a moment, but she restrained herself in time.

Before she had completely captured Qi Yue’s heart, if she really forcibly marked Qi Yue, then all her previous efforts would be ruined.

“All right. Then I’ll call a designated driver over and send you back to school in a bit.”

Qi Yue was dizzy and muddled. She was just about to say okay when her stomach suddenly churned violently. Her expression changed at once. She abruptly pushed Shen Baiyi, who was calling the driver, away and rushed toward the flower bed by the road.

She crouched on the pavement and vomited heavily into the flower bed. Shen Baiyi walked over, wanting to help her up, but Qi Yue flung her away.

“…Don’t touch me!”

Qi Yue suddenly growled in a low voice, like a small beast that would bare its claws in the next second.

Shen Baiyi was startled by her tone. Only after a while did she realize that Qi Yue was probably acting drunk.

“Qi Yue—”

“I told you not to touch me!”

She slapped Shen Baiyi’s hand away and swayed as she stood up from the ground. “I’ll call a taxi myself. I’ll go back to school by myself.”

There was no reasoning with a drunk person. Shen Baiyi could only let Qi Yue have her way. She called a car for her and half-dragged, half-carried Qi Yue into it.

Perhaps because she had just vomited, Qi Yue seemed much more sober after getting into the car. Shen Baiyi reminded her to call or message her when she arrived at school. Qi Yue impatiently waved her hand, indicating that she knew.

After Qi Yue left, the designated driver Shen Baiyi had called also arrived.

She originally wanted to make do at a hotel for the night, but after thinking about it, she turned toward another place instead.

Forget it. She might as well go find Jiang Yi.

Inside Jiang Yi’s room, aside from the scent of the incense she had lit, there was also the mixed smell of pheromones and some other kind of drug.

Shen Baiyi sniffed, but did not find it unpleasant. She walked unsteadily toward Jiang Yi.

When Jiang Yi saw her, she had only just gotten close before she smelled the strong odor of alcohol.

Jiang Yi subconsciously frowned. “Sister Baiyi, how did you end up drinking this much?”

With Jiang Yi’s help, Shen Baiyi took off her coat and gave a brief, one-word answer.

“Annoyed.”

Jiang Yi poured her a glass of water and casually asked, “Did something happen?”

That simple question was like an inconspicuous little flame, suddenly igniting the resentment and dissatisfaction that had fermented under the influence of alcohol in Shen Baiyi’s heart.

She sat up and gave a cold laugh. “It’s been a year. I endured her for a whole year. I thought I’d finally be able to get rid of her soon, but I didn’t expect this person to be like a plaster that sticks to you and won’t come off no matter how hard you try.”

Jiang Yi had originally thought Shen Baiyi had drunk so much because of work, but after hearing this, she sensed that something was not quite right.

She asked as if unintentionally, “Don’t tell me you argued with your wife?”

Shen Baiyi did not speak, only scoffed.

That mocking laugh undoubtedly gave an affirmative answer.

Shen Baiyi had no intention of saying more to Jiang Yi. She staggered into the bathroom, planning to wash off the alcohol smell clinging to her body.

But she did not see Jiang Yi behind her, eyes flickering, the corner of her lips curving into a hidden smile.

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Qi Yue almost fell asleep in the car. Under the driver’s urging, she paid the fare and got out unsteadily.

Just as she was about to walk toward the school, a car suddenly sped over from afar and stopped steadily behind Qi Yue.

Qi Yue suddenly became alert and was just about to turn around.

But behind her, with a swift sound, the car door was yanked open. The sound of someone stepping onto the ground was crisp and decisive. Immediately afterward, a cool hand suddenly grabbed the back of Qi Yue’s neck.

A familiar voice, its ending deliberately drawn out—

“Qi Yue, did you have fun?”

Qi Yue’s entire body stiffened, and she sobered up completely. Trembling, she turned around and, unsurprisingly, saw Qi Hengxing standing behind her.

“Aren’t you—aren’t you supposed to be on a business trip?”

Qi Hengxing sneered. “What? You thought that because I was on a business trip, you could act lawless?”

“Qi Yue, how many days has it been since you were discharged from the hospital? Don’t tell me you already can’t remember. Do you need me to take you to the hospital right now and check whether you have early-onset dementia?”

Qi Hengxing, who was supposed to be on a business trip in another city, had actually appeared here. Qi Yue finally understood. That WeChat Moments post from Qi Hengxing’s assistant about a business trip had been posted especially for her to see.

Qi Yue had miscalculated. Qi Hengxing had not asked Fang Xiaotang about her recent situation. Instead, she had used this method to mislead her…

Qi Yue angrily shook off Qi Hengxing’s hand. “Qi Hengxing, was it necessary to play this kind of trick?”

Qi Hengxing looked as if she had heard a joke. “Qi Yue, you’re allowed to secretly deceive me, but I’m not allowed to take a hidden route?”

This younger sister of hers was truly becoming harder and harder to discipline.