After Transmigrating as an Alpha, the Omega Wife Insists on Cuddling - Chapter 13
A few days later, it was Capital University’s graduation ceremony.
Shen Huailü was the representative of this year’s outstanding graduates and needed to go onstage to give a speech. The night before, she wrote her draft in the room and memorized it.
Song Zhuqiu sat on one side of the sofa watching her, looking very interested. Recently, she had grown used to being around Shen Huailü and was no longer as nervous as before.
Shen Huailü glanced sideways at Song Zhuqiu. “Read it once.”
Song Zhuqiu did as she was told. Since she had carried out missions in many places, she had learned all kinds of accents and was very good at imitating how others spoke.
She replayed Shen Huailü’s tone as she read the speech in her mind, then imitated it as she read aloud.
Song Zhuqiu did not only imitate her tone; she even pinched her voice to imitate Shen Huailü’s voice.
Shen Huailü: “…”
“Why does it sound like a pretentious green-tea Omega speech when it comes out of your mouth?” Shen Huailü looked at Song Zhuqiu with ill intentions.
Song Zhuqiu thought, Dangerous.
“This humble one has been wronged, my lord.”
She really should not have been so loose-tongued for a moment.
“Can you speak Lingnan?” Song Zhuqiu asked.
“Mm?” Shen Huailü raised her brows.
“I want to hear you read it in Lingnan.” Song Zhuqiu also knew Lingnan, but she felt the other woman might read it with more emotion.
Besides, she had just noticed that one section sounded like a tongue-twister when read in Lingnan. She did not know if Shen Huailü had done it on purpose.
Without looking at the draft, Shen Huailü’s pleasant Lingnan accent entered Song Zhuqiu’s ears.
“Your voice sounds really nice.” Song Zhuqiu was generous with her praise. “Have you ever participated in the campus Top Ten Singers competition? You’d be very suitable for singing Lingnan love songs as a duet with a female Alpha!”
The original owner had never paid attention to Shen Huailü, so naturally, she did not know that Shen Huailü had been Capital University’s top-ranked Top Ten Singer for four consecutive years.
Shen Huailü looked at Song Zhuqiu with a complicated gaze.
“What would we sing? With a female Alpha? You?” Shen Huailü paused. “Romeo and Kublai Khan?”
She really had to bring up the one thing Song Zhuqiu least wanted mentioned.
Song Zhuqiu buried her head into the small blanket.
Shen Huailü laughed softly and patted Song Zhuqiu’s little blanket.
“Get up and shower. We have to wake up early tomorrow.”
After saying this, Shen Huailü returned to the bedroom.
Hearing the sound of footsteps fading away, Song Zhuqiu poked her head out.
The other woman seemed to be talking more and more. It seemed their relationship had made progress.
Song Zhuqiu very much looked forward to becoming good sisters with Shen Huailü as soon as possible.
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On the day of the graduation ceremony, inside Capital University’s auditorium.
“Hey! Have you heard? The Song and Shen families are connected by marriage. Song Zhuqiu and Shen Huailü got married!”
Gossip was the common hobby of all humanity.
“My campus belle!”
“Bah. Who says she’s yours?”
“Oh my god, didn’t Song Zhuqiu chase Lü Nianning for years? How did it suddenly become Song Zhuqiu and Shen Huailü getting married?”
“Ahhh! Every Alpha in the school has fallen out of love! Song Zhuqiu’s crime cannot be forgiven!”
“You have to exclude Song Zhuqiu herself from those Alphas. She didn’t fall out of love.”
“Help, those two have nothing to do with each other at all.”
“Give me back my goddess!”
Several groups of people were discussing the Song-Shen marriage alliance.
“Nianning, didn’t Eldest Miss Song used to chase after you every day? How did news suddenly spread that she’s marrying into the Shen family?” the roommate beside Lü Nianning asked.
Lü Nianning frowned tightly and did not answer.
She changed the subject and asked, “Is today’s graduate representative Shen Huailü?”
“Yes.”
Inside the auditorium’s control room.
An Omega blinked at the male Alpha sitting in front of the computer. “Senior Shen asked me to help replace this file just now. I can handle it. No need to trouble you, Senior.”
After changing the file, the Omega smiled mockingly.
Done.
Listening to the Omega’s report that the task was complete, Lü Nianning smiled slightly.
In ten minutes, Shen Huailü would go onstage. Backstage, she was going through her speech one more time, completely unaware of what had happened in the control room.
Lü Nianning stared at the stage with burning eyes. After the host finished speaking, it would be time for Shen Huailü to make a fool of herself.
She simply wanted to disgust Shen Huailü.
Who told her to steal her Alpha?
Song Zhuqiu caught all kinds of “group chats” in the auditorium and felt a little speechless.
It seemed everyone loved gossip about prestigious-family Alpha-Omega matters.
There was a woman standing beside her. Unlike the others, the woman was staring intently at the stage.
Song Zhuqiu thought that Shen Huailü really had too many admirers.
She carefully studied the other woman’s expression, wanting to learn from it so she could tease Shen Huailü with it next time.
Something was wrong.
Song Zhuqiu looked more carefully.
The woman’s eyes did not look like someone worshiping a goddess. Rather, they looked like… she was concealing madness deep in her eyes.
Song Zhuqiu had seen that kind of gaze many times. She was certain she had not seen wrong.
But the next person to go onstage was Shen Huailü. What did she want to do to Shen Huailü?
There was no time to think too much. Shen Huailü would be onstage soon.
She grabbed the woman and pushed through the crowd, heading toward the woods outside the auditorium.
While dragging the woman along, Song Zhuqiu sent Jiang Wu a message. Jiang Wu was not busy today, so Song Zhuqiu briefly explained the situation and asked her to help investigate someone.
Song Zhuqiu shoved the woman against a tree trunk.
She pressed her elbow against the woman’s neck, leaned close, and asked, “What are you planning to do to Shen Huailü?”
Song Zhuqiu’s gaze was sharp.
The woman stayed silent, looking at her with reddened eyes.
Song Zhuqiu’s phone rang.
“Eldest Miss! She almost succeeded.” Jiang Wu was panting. “She used AI to synthesize indecent photos of the Young Madam and had someone replace the file Madam originally prepared for the presentation. We’ve already changed it back.”
After stating the main point, Jiang Wu began explaining. “When you messaged me just now, I had Brother Wang urgently break into Capital University’s internal network and access the surveillance. We found the entire process of her and the person she hired committing the act. Brother Wang has good eyes and found the issue at sixteen-times speed. Then he hacked into the main control computer of the Capital University auditorium’s control room and changed the file back. Fortunately, the Young Madam went onstage right after that, and what was shown was the slideshow she originally prepared. Luckily, nothing happened. Although the synthesized photos weren’t especially explicit, in a student graduation ceremony setting like this, they would have been enough to humiliate Madam.”
Jiang Wu did not know how to address the Song family’s daughter-in-law. They called Chairman Song’s spouse Madam Song, so for the future Chairman Song’s wife, she would temporarily call her Young Madam Song.
“I also found other information about this woman. I’ll organize it and send it to you later.” Jiang Wu paused. “But Eldest Miss, do you really not know her?”
Otherwise, why had Song Zhuqiu referred to her as “this woman” when giving Jiang Wu instructions?
Song Zhuqiu was stunned by the question.
What else? Do I know her?
From the moment Lü Nianning was dragged away, she had been a little dazed.
But seeing that the other party was Song Zhuqiu, she had followed Song Zhuqiu’s strength and walked with her.
Even when she was pressed against the tree trunk, no displeasure showed on her face.
It was only Song Zhuqiu’s tone that chilled her heart.
Her eyes reddened.
With one hand, Song Zhuqiu pressed against the other woman’s collarbone to prevent her from escaping and endangering Shen Huailü. With the other, she opened WeChat and looked at the information.
The name “Lü Nianning” seized all her attention.
“?!”
The original owner’s memories had blurred Lü Nianning’s appearance. All Song Zhuqiu knew was that the original owner had started pursuing Lü Nianning in high school, and nothing more.
Besides, judging from the fact that the two of them had barely exchanged a few words on WeChat, Song Zhuqiu had concluded that the original owner had simply clung to the other woman despite receiving a cold face.
Song Zhuqiu was so startled that she quickly released the hand restraining Lü Nianning.
She took a few steps back and continued reading the file, scanning ten lines at a glance and quickly finishing it.
Song Zhuqiu frowned. “Just now, an Omega entered the control room and replaced the slideshow Shen Huailü originally prepared for her speech. You were the one who arranged it, weren’t you?”
The other party still did not speak.
Seeing this, Song Zhuqiu’s gaze returned to sharpness. “Not talking? The evidence is conclusive. You instructed someone else to insult an Omega’s dignity. According to the Omega Protection Act, how many years do you think you’ll be sentenced to? More importantly, it isn’t about how many years you spend in prison, is it? Second Miss Lü, can you bear having your reputation completely ruined?”
Hearing the tone of Song Zhuqiu’s voice, Lü Nianning shed a tear.
“Song Zhuqiu…” she said in a choked voice. “Then what am I?”
Song Zhuqiu: “?”
Could the original owner and Lü Nianning really have had something between them?
But all the evidence in her hands showed that the original owner had been nothing more than a simp who had not gotten even a single taste.
Song Zhuqiu returned to her senses.
She raised the stakes. “Last Saturday, in Room 3001 of Hengcheng Hotel, you stayed alone in the same room with a male Alpha for two hours.”
Song Zhuqiu suddenly raised her voice. Her gaze was like a knife, shooting straight into Lü Nianning’s eyes.
“Lü Nianning! Can you bear the damage to your own reputation and the Lü family being cursed behind their backs?”
Lü Nianning’s eyes were filled with tears. “I… I’m sorry… Don’t be like this.”
Song Zhuqiu: “?”
Like what?
Ignoring Lü Nianning, Song Zhuqiu continued, “You’re coming with me now to apologize to Shen Huailü.”
“On what grounds!?”
“On the grounds that you illegally synthesized someone else’s photos and nearly ruined an Omega’s reputation. The evidence is conclusive, and you still think you’re in the right? Lü Nianning, imagine if you were the one framed today. As an Omega, don’t you know how important an Omega’s reputation is? You casually fabricated a sexual rumor, and the person you harmed might never be able to escape that stigma for the rest of their life!
“Based on this alone, even if you had to kneel and apologize to Shen Huailü today, that would be what you deserve!”
Song Zhuqiu’s words were powerful and firm.
“All right. I promise you.”
Lü Nianning sobbed uncontrollably as she followed behind Song Zhuqiu.
Song Zhuqiu felt annoyed inside and did not look at Lü Nianning again.
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Not long after Shen Huailü finished her speech, she received Song Zhuqiu’s call and waited at the edge of the small woods.
Song Zhuqiu led over a crying Omega.
Shen Huailü: “?”
Song Zhuqiu’s tone was fierce. “Apologize!”
Lü Nianning turned to look at Shen Huailü. “Miss Shen, I’m sorry.”
Shen Huailü did not understand.
Song Zhuqiu made Lü Nianning explain it herself.
Lü Nianning hardened her heart, closed her eyes, and said, “Miss Shen, I hired someone to synthesize indecent photos of you and replaced your original file ten minutes before your speech. I am truly sorry.”
She did not say anything good about Song Zhuqiu in front of Shen Huailü. After all, Song Zhuqiu had been the one to discover it. How could she tolerate the two of them having such a good relationship? So good that Song Zhuqiu could loudly scold her, ruthlessly investigate her information, interrogate her, and force her to apologize to Shen Huailü.
Lü Nianning smiled bitterly.
After hearing this, Shen Huailü sneered.
It was obvious that Song Zhuqiu had found out and brought the person before her to apologize.
But the Lü family and the Shen family had cooperation between them, including several core projects.
Shen Huailü did not want to damage her family’s business because of her own personal feelings.
However, the person had been brought to her by Song Zhuqiu, and Song Zhuqiu was clearly protecting her.
She did not want to chill Song Zhuqiu’s heart, but the current situation was not suitable for an explanation.
Shen Huailü reached out and tugged Song Zhuqiu’s pinky.
“Qiuqiu~ Thank you. Let her leave first. I still have some things I want to tell you in secret.”
Shen Huailü winked playfully at Song Zhuqiu.
“You heard her. Hurry up and leave,” Song Zhuqiu said coldly, not even looking at Lü Nianning.
Lü Nianning looked at their intertwined hands, felt sourness in her heart, turned around, and quickly left.
Seeing Lü Nianning walk away, Song Zhuqiu looked at Shen Huailü in confusion.
“I did want to make her spend some time in the police station. But the Shen family and the Lü family have deep cooperation, and it isn’t good to make the relationship between the two sides too tense. Did you help me, Song Zhuqiu? Thank you, truly.”
Shen Huailü’s tone was sincere.
Song Zhuqiu did not notice the change in the way Shen Huailü addressed her.
As for how to handle Lü Nianning, she did not care.
As long as her sister gave the order, she, Song Zhuqiu, could do anything!
In Song Zhuqiu’s eyes, she and Shen Huailü were: deeply bonded sisters.
“Going back would just mean listening to the principal say the same things he says every year. I heard it last year at the seniors’ graduation ceremony. Want to take a walk around the school together? Once we graduate, we probably won’t come back much.”
Song Zhuqiu had a strong sense of collective sentiment.
There was a smile in Shen Huailü’s eyes. “Is Miss Song inviting me to take a walk together?”
“Let’s go.”
Song Zhuqiu felt this sister spoke in a rather interesting way. She always liked asking rhetorical questions.
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“Breaking news, breaking news!! Song Zhuqiu cheated!!!”
Inside the auditorium, the principal was speaking onstage.
Meanwhile, the students below were all staring at their phones in unspoken agreement, afraid of missing any important information.
Some people read while typing furiously.
“Can any of you get into that ‘Capital University Melon Field’ meeting room!!!”
“There are too many people in the auditorium! The phone signal is terrible! Those underclassmen who haven’t graduated yet took up more than half the seats!”
“Come, come, stretch your head over here and look at mine! I managed to squeeze in!”
“Holy crap, this is explosive!”
“Today Shen Huailü is the graduate representative, and she still dared to do this in front of everyone!?”
“A white moonlight really is worthy of being a white moonlight!”
“You rotten Alphas, cheating on two boats at once and still trying to whitewash it!?”
“Hey, hey! Don’t attack the whole group. The one cheating is Song Zhuqiu!”
“Hmph!”
“Is there any follow-up, brothers and sisters?”
“Report! Someone ran into the Song-Shen wives by Shanshui Lake!”
“Wait, wait! Does Shen Huailü still not know that Song Zhuqiu cheated?”
“Ah!?”
“I know! When Song Zhuqiu took Lü Nianning away just now, our goddess was backstage memorizing her speech!”
“Dog Alpha!”
“Hey! I said don’t generalize to the whole group!”
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