Chapter 39.1

“Yes, your sister—meaning me—has indeed been possessed.”

On the stage after the event, facing Luo Xi’s obvious probing, Luo Yan still replied with a straight face and a smile, as if it were truly the case.

Sure enough, seeing Luo Xi’s shocked and disbelieving expression, she could no longer hold it in and burst out laughing with a “pfft,” finding her sister far too amusing. “Sister, what are you thinking? Haven’t you studied historical materialism? Or have you been reading too many cultivation novels?”

“You brat, how dare you play me like that.” Luo Xi knew immediately that she was joking, but the fact that she said it so seriously was enough to infuriate her.

“If I were truly possessed, would I admit it so flagrantly?” Luo Yan’s eyes remained fixed on hers, steady and unshrinking, as if to tell her that her sister was still the same sister and hadn’t been replaced, so there was no need to fear her.

She only needed to know that she would always be on the same side and would never betray her.

“But… Yanyan, you truly have changed a lot compared to before. Not only can I feel it, but others definitely can too.” Although Luo Xi believed Luo Yan’s words, it didn’t mean she was entirely without suspicion.

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to believe her.

“Sister, if someone were either completely stagnant or occasionally changing, which one would you fear more?” Luo Yan knew that if she broached this topic today, she needed to make it crystal clear, or there would be lingering consequences.

That wasn’t what she wanted. She had worked so hard to integrate into this world and gain a second chance at life; she couldn’t just give it up. As for the situation with the big villain, she no longer expected a happy [unauthorized copy]ending; she only hoped that when the other regained her memories, she wouldn’t come back for revenge.

From now on, she had better focus on her studies and career, or she would end up with nothing in the end.

Actually, according to her original plan, she would have already worked her way into the internal structure of the Luo Group by now, and her efficiency would be higher. Xue Wu wouldn’t have appeared either, because in her original plan, her relationship with the big villain was supposed to end at the breakup. It was only because the big villain had a sudden car accident that things turned out this way by a twist of fate.

No one was truly right or wrong.

The only mistake was that they… were simply not a good match.

“Naturally, I fear people who never change,” Luo Xi said almost without thinking.

“Exactly. If I were to forever be antagonistic toward everyone and lack any ambition… just thinking about it is terrifying, even unacceptable.”

“Sister, perhaps you won’t believe it, but one night after hanging out with those fair-weather friends, I suddenly woke up. I realized, what am I doing? Hanging out with them every day and achieving nothing? Even though both you and I want to deal with that mother and daughter, the methods we used were completely different. I was mostly escaping… leaving you to struggle alone.”

“I actually didn’t quite agree with your methods; I truly couldn’t bring myself to play nice with them. I suspect the reason you’ve been so indulgent without immediately turning against them is because the time wasn’t right… perhaps also because I wasn’t helpful enough, which forced you into that position. It was my responsibility to share your burden, yet I didn’t. I’m the one who should feel guilty and reflect, not you.”

Luo Yan was someone skilled at summarizing and moving forward, and looking back at the original owner’s actions made her feel this even more. Luo Xi was stuck with such a “pig teammate” like the original owner; how could she not adopt a roundabout policy? But even with all her caution, she still couldn’t escape a tragic death in the end.

Before transmigrating, Luo Yan was an only child. Although her cousins were very kind to her, it was never the same as having a biological sister. She had always dreamed of having a brother or sister, and she never ​Read on BaiLianTales​expected that dream to come true after transmigrating. She was overjoyed and cherished this relationship immensely.

Now, her identity as a transmigrator obviously couldn’t be revealed, or she would be treated as a monster. So, she didn’t expose her greatest secret but chose to narrate it from a different perspective.

After all, the original owner’s core intentions hadn’t changed; she had simply matured. This answer was naturally much easier to accept.

“A-Yan, if you think that way, then that’s for the best,” Luo Xi sighed. “Speaking of which, it’s not just you who should reflect, but me as well. I shouldn’t have allowed such a misunderstanding; I should have explained it clearly to you. Your sister has never changed; I’ve always wanted to protect the half of the family assets left by our mother. That mother and daughter shouldn’t dream of taking them.”

“Yes, Sister is right.” Luo Yan saw her attitude soften and breathed a slight sigh of relief. It seemed her gamble had paid off; at least for now, she wouldn’t have to live in danger of her identity being exposed.

“Alright, it’s getting late. You have class later, right? Go attend to your business. I need to get back to the office to handle today’s affairs.”

“Okay, then I’ll respectfully see Sister off.”

“Your mouth is always so sweet.”

After walking a few steps, Luo Xi suddenly remembered that her sister was no longer alone; she had a partner now. However, their family still didn’t know. Although the Luo family wasn’t some scholarly clan, they still observed certain rules and couldn’t let an Omega be mistreated.

“By the way, find a time to bring that Miss Xue back for a meal to confirm your relationship. We can’t let her feel neglected.”

Luo Yan hadn’t expected Luo Xi to suddenly bring this up and was briefly stunned. She snapped back only under [unauthorized copy]Luo Xi’s suspicious gaze: “…But Sister, Sister A-Wu and I probably won’t be getting married so soon.”

She had once dreamed of bringing Xue Wu back to meet them to formally fulfill the engagement—whatever other Omegas had, her Omega would certainly have; she couldn’t let her be mistreated.

But saying these things now… seemed too ridiculous. It felt as if half of her life since transmigrating was a failure; she simply wasn’t suited for a romantic relationship.

“Regardless of when you marry, once you’ve committed to someone, you should give them a formal status instead of dragging it out. That’s not right. Besides, don’t we still have a trial marriage period? If you truly aren’t a match…”

“There’s a trial marriage period…?” Luo Yan asked in confusion, showing her lack of worldly knowledge and cutting her off. Luo Xi was laughed into frustration: “Not bad, Luo Yan. What happened to the ‘ABO Partner Law’ you were supposed to learn in school?”

Luo Yan: …I never learned that stuff at all.

“You don’t even know the ‘ABO Partner Law’ right now, and you still want to have a trial marriage with an Omega?” Luo Xi thought her surprised and pensive expression meant she was going to suggest a trial marriage to Xue Wu. If she didn’t feel embarrassed, her sister certainly did.

“Ah… no… I’m just thankful my dear sister is helping an ‘illiterate’ like me with the law. I’ll definitely brush up on the ‘ABO Partner Law’ so I don’t embarrass you!” Luo Yan said sweetly. Luo Xi found it impossible to keep a straight face and couldn’t see anything wrong with her sister.

“Hmph, you better. Since you’ve acknowledged her, you can’t let her follow you so shabbily. You should arrange some gifts for her.” Luo Xi seemed to take her sister’s engagement quite seriously and chose to believe her for now: “I remember there’s an auction or something in the west of the city in a few days? There should be some good items. Go bid on a few for Miss Xue.”

“Yes, yes, I’ll do whatever Sister says.” Luo Yan didn’t find her annoying at all; on the contrary, she quite enjoyed this sisterly concern.

As for the auction? She would go, but it ​bailiantales.com​was impossible for her to bid on things for the big villain anymore.

“Alright, hurry up and get out of here. Looking at you makes me annoyed.” As Luo Xi spoke, she realized she was being a bit long-winded. Although she had more advice to give, she ultimately stopped and let her go.

“Got it, I’m going.” Luo Yan immediately scurried off to class, the smile still on her face with no trace of gloom. Yet somehow, in Luo Xi’s eyes, it seemed she was putting on a brave face.

In reality, once Luo Yan was completely out of Luo Xi’s sight, the smile on her face vanished entirely, a sight that was painful to behold. It turns out that pretending to be happy is actually quite difficult. But she might have to keep pretending from now on.

What Luo Yan didn’t know at this moment was that her sister—the sister who doted on her—had pushed her straight onto the trending searches without spending a cent, thanks to the video of her on-site speech being distributed to everyone in the company.

When the video circulated internally, it was naturally given priority to Luo Qing and her mother, which nearly killed them with rage.

“Mom, those sisters are becoming more and more arrogant. If this continues, I won’t be able to endure it.” Luo Qing said hatefully as she stared at the face on the screen, which was eloquent yet radiantly alluring.

“Then what do you want to do? What way do you have to deal with them?” It wasn’t that Luo Qing’s mother was pessimistic, but rather that they had entered the family as a mistress and an illegitimate daughter. With such an unmentionable status… if it weren’t for Luo Debai’s pride, why would he have brought them back?

Furthermore, although Luo Debai couldn’t be said to favor Alphas over Omegas, his impression of Omegas was extremely rigid. He didn’t allow Luo Qing to touch group affairs, only permitting her to study what she wanted so she could marry into another family in the future and seek more benefits.

His thinking was naturally understandable, but it didn’t mean Luo Qing had to accept it.

Luo Qing naturally knew what Read on BaiLianTalesher mother meant, but she didn’t want to surrender. she had to fight for something in her life.

And now she needed to find a breakthrough, rather than blindly trying to deal with those Alpha sisters.

So for now, other than swallowing her pride and waiting for an opportunity, she had no other way to deal with Luo Yan. Actually, she had already teamed up with that Alpha son of the Yang family once before to deal with Luo Yan, but she found Luo Yan too cautious. Their scheme had no effect and instead made her more famous.

Now, looking at this video which was clearly a provocation to her and her mother, Luo Qing was even more infuriated. She faintly felt that Luo Yan had become very powerful—the kind of power others couldn’t compare to—giving her a great sense of crisis.

If this continued, it would be very bad, she thought. she had to find another way to pull her down!

While Luo Qing was gnashing her teeth in distress, other parts of the internet were very joyful. Thanks to Luo Xi’s deliberate arrangement, the video of Luo Yan’s school speech trended again. Many people were discussing it.

Xue Wu, after returning to her ward after another checkup, also saw Luo Yan’s trending search. She watched her give such a long speech without a script. She could not only quote classics but also timely add humorous remarks, controlling the rhythm throughout and preventing the atmosphere from being too stiff. Although she had seen part of the live stream earlier, she still felt this was simply beyond what an Alpha her age could achieve.

It seemed that only when she wasn’t in her presence could she truly be herself. In front of her, she was always constrained, trying to please her and hide things from her to the point where she didn’t dare do anything. It was good that she could be herself; it was truly good. But… why did she still feel so unreconciled?

This time, without the interruption of that report, Xue Wu watched to the end, fascinated. She increasingly realized that she truly didn’t know what kind of person Luo Yan was, and the memories of her in her mind were gradually blurring.

Xue Wu knew this was a dangerous thing. She knew she was subconsciously denying the past they had shared before her accident. She would fall into a void again and repeat the same mistakes, and this time no one would come to see her regardless of their own injuries.

“Ahhh, Luo Yan is looking at me as his wife!”

“What wife? She’s the husband!”

“Yes, yes~ I really want to take her away wuwu~”

…

Xue Wu snapped back, and hearing the students below shouting that Luo Yan was their new wife made her unhappy again. But it was useless; what right did she have to care about her affairs now? Even though an Omega’s possessiveness is strong, it was futile.

She didn’t really want to watch the rest of the video. Luo Yan had publicly admitted she had someone she liked under those circumstances. Although she guessed Luo Yan might have said that to shut people up, and more importantly, to put her sister’s mind at ease, watching it made her truly sad.

“Boss… that report just now… it didn’t say much, did it?” Chen Jia had been guarding Xue Wu and truly couldn’t stand seeing her with such an expression, so she could only change the subject.

“It didn’t say anything, don’t worry.” Xue Wu well-hid the strange look in her eyes and continued looking down.

She had already seen many people tagging her regarding the person Luo Yan liked. Modern netizens are truly smart, as they had clearly guessed from the context that the person Luo Yan liked was very likely Xue Wu.

Normally, she might have ignored it, but now, looking at these things, she felt like a total joke. So she instructed Chen Jia: “Remove the trending searches mentioning me and those speculations.”

“…Okay.” Chen Jia looked at her ​read the original at bailiantales.com​phone screen and sighed inwardly, still cautiously asking: “Boss… are we really going to be strangers with Miss Luo like this?”

“…You overestimate me; I simply can’t do it.” Xue Wu gave a bitter laugh, though she actually hadn’t thought about what to do.

She wasn’t good at bowing her head or compromising. Perhaps she was in her previous life, but it ended in a tragic death. Now, she could die at any moment, so there was even less need to force herself to compromise. But the person who did wrong this time… was clearly her. She owed Luo Yan an apology.

“Did you confirm the things I asked you to confirm a short while ago?” Xue Wu decided not to mention the issue and asked about something else.

“I confirmed them… they’re actually about the same as what Miss Luo said. They are both Omegas deceived by Xin Jingchun. In fact, it wasn’t just the two of them; there were more. It’s just that these two… the younger sister became so obsessed with Xin Jingchun that she took a risk, and the older sister took an extreme path to avenge her.”

“As for that Eldest Miss Omega… her identity remains unknown. She might have maintained good confidentiality out of caution. But regarding her encounter with Miss Luo, Miss Luo hid nothing; she just delivered medicine to her just now and didn’t even enter the ward…”

To be honest, Chen Jia didn’t really want to help Xue Wu investigate these things. She knew Xue Wu wasn’t doubting the truth of Luo Yan’s words; she just wanted to confirm the truth for herself. Perhaps Luo Yan had suffered some hardship… and then hadn’t said anything and kept it from her, so she could better reflect and apologize to her.

“What else…” Xue Wu likely already had an idea but didn’t say more, instead continuing to ask.

“Boss… please don’t force yourself to listen anymore, okay? You weren’t wrong, and Miss Luo was even less wrong. You both care about each other, otherwise how could it turn out like this?” Chen Jia didn’t want to continue; she truly couldn’t stand seeing Xue Wu like a walking corpse.

“Go on,” Xue Wu said stubbornly.

“…I found the private doctor at Miss Luo’s house. She said that on the night she was first [Read on BaiLianTales]injured, Miss Luo’s bleeding wouldn’t stop… but to hide it from you and her family so you wouldn’t worry, she toughed it out…”