After Transmigrating into a Scumbag Alpha, I Became the Female Lead's White Moonlight (GL) - Chapter 11

Chi Huan stared intently at her pale, plump feet, completely lost in thought.

The door creaked open, and Zhao Shu returned. Chi Huan didn’t turn around, facing her with the back of her head.

Her posture was desolate, her tone low.

“We have known each other for so many years.”

Zhao Shu was confused: “President Chi?”

Chi Huan choked up: “We supported each other, accompanied each other, struggled to survive under the Great Demon King’s thumb…”

Zhao Shu: “…”

“But you!” Chi Huan turned around and looked at her accusingly, “You actually think I’m an idiot!”

Here we go again.

Zhao Shu, who had been scolded twice in one day by her direct superior’s biological mother, looked at her expressionlessly.

She coldly thought to herself: Give up. I won’t be swayed by you anymore!

I must stand my ground and absolutely won’t be led astray by you again!

Zhao Shu: “President Chi, the Great Demon King…”

Chi Huan raised an eyebrow.

Zhao Shu: “…”

Zhao Shu mentally wiped her face and corrected herself: “Chairwoman Rong has issued a final order. Whatever you intend to do, please abandon it.”

Chi Huan immediately said: “I want to eat crab roe buns!”

Zhao Shu took out her phone, ready to order takeout, when Chi Huan added: “I want them bought by your own hands! If you don’t personally buy them, I won’t eat them! I will starve myself to death!”

Zhao Shu said with pity: “It’s useless, President Chi. Chairwoman Rong anticipated this move. She said that if you threaten a hunger strike, I am to let you go without food for twenty hours to see if you can truly stick to it.”

Without waiting for Chi Huan to speak, she added: “For any other method of self-abuse—not applying medicine, not cooperating with the doctor, even self-harm, hanging yourself, jumping out of the building… she instructed me to absolutely not stop you.”

Chi Huan: “…”

Is this her biological mother?

She decided to be tough: “Then I’m really going to jump!”

“This is the eighteenth floor.”

Chi Huan: “…”

“Save it. Chairwoman Rong mentioned to us that you have a fear of heights and wouldn’t even dare to jump down three steps.”

Hey, original Chi Huan? Are you there? Care to explain?

Chi Huan lay back down.

She consoled herself: the System hadn’t given her a new task. What’s the harm in being a lazy fish for a while?

Besides, with her current luck, going outside is no different from seeking death. Lying in the hospital is perfectly fine.

Chi Huan idly rolled over and started counting her fingers.

She couldn’t go anywhere with all these injuries. It’s okay. She wasn’t really that keen on going out… Zhao Shu left!

Chi Huan suddenly sat up, slid to the door, and peeked out the crack. She saw Zhao Shu turning a corner at the end of the corridor and entering… the bathroom?

Chi Huan slapped her thigh!

Why didn’t she think of that? When nature calls! Zhao Shu has to go to the bathroom eventually!

Opportunity knocks!

Chi Huan opened the door and grabbed her little crutch, ready to sneak out. However, just as she turned a corner, she bumped into someone because she wasn’t looking where she was going.

“Ah…”

“Ouch!”

Chi Huan covered her head and retreated two steps, looking up at the person she had bumped into.

A pale-skinned boy stood three steps away, clutching his head. His short, curly hair was a warm chestnut color. His features were delicate, and his almond eyes were wide, staring at her unblinkingly, seemingly stunned by the collision.

Chi Huan felt the boy looked familiar but couldn’t place where she had seen him.

She squinted and thought for two seconds but still couldn’t remember, so she gave up.

Since she was the one who bumped into him, Chi Huan quickly apologized: “Sorry, I wasn’t watching the road.”

Fearing that Zhao Shu would catch her, she quickly ran off like a refugee after apologizing.

The bumped boy watched her retreating figure. The look of bewilderment faded, and he narrowed his eyes thoughtfully. He leaned against the wall with his arms crossed, tapping his left finger gently on his right arm.

After a moment, he smiled with interest, pulling out his phone: “Sis, I saw Chi Huan.”

A cool female voice came from the other side: “How is she?”

Mu Zi said: “Just as you said, she seemed to not recognize me at all. She only bumped into me but still apologized.”

Mu Yi was silent for a moment and said: “Find someone to monitor her and send me her movements.”

“Got it.”

…

Chi Huan felt her way downstairs, ready to execute an escape by “oiling the soles of her feet,” but she was grabbed as she passed the stairwell.

Now what? Did her crutch hit someone’s foot? Chi Huan looked back with a pained expression, seeing a round-faced girl glaring at her furiously.

“You animal!” The girl started with a curse, “Are you even human?”

Chi Huan: “?”

Wait, who are you?

“Right, how could a person do such a thing? You’re worse than pigs and dogs!”

Chi Huan tried to pull her sleeve out: “You are…”

The girl was short, but her small hands were fiercely gripping Chi Huan’s sleeve, refusing to let go, “—Xiaoyou has been with you for so many years!”

“So many years! Didn’t you chase her relentlessly in the beginning? Weren’t you the one who first said you loved her?”

Xiaoyou? Lu You?

Chi Huan’s movement stopped.

The girl’s eyes were red with fury: “And you just let your mother humiliate her like that?!”

Chi Huan recalled the plot and actually found the person in the main text based on the girl’s personality and appearance.

—Lu You’s college roommate, the one who helped her add Lu You’s WeChat last night: Su Huanhuan.

It seemed that in the original text, Su Huanhuan was a little girl bursting with a sense of justice, with a fiery personality.

On the day “Chi Huan” and Lu You broke up, she stood in front of Lu You and cursed “Chi Huan” out thoroughly.

Now that she had transmigrated, she was the one being cursed out thoroughly.

But… Chi Huan asked: “What did my mom do?”

Su Huanhuan saw Chi Huan’s bewildered face. Her eyes were beautiful, but her gaze was clear and innocent, like a pampered darling cherished in the palms of her family. She felt even more injustice for her best friend.

It was clearly all Chi Huan’s fault, so why was Lu You the one who got hurt?

Su Huanhuan sneered: “You don’t know, do you? Your mother came to see Xiaoyou today.”

She gave a cold laugh. “We know your family is rich. Does being rich make you superior? Does being rich give you the right to humiliate a young girl with a checkbook?”

Chi Huan was completely baffled.

“Xiaoyou’s family is not as well-off as yours, but she never took anything from you! Her tuition and living expenses during college were all earned through part-time jobs. She didn’t spend a single cent of yours! How dare you… how dare you humiliate her like that?!”

By the end of her speech, the girl was trembling with anger, tears streaming from her eyes, quickly wetting the hand gripping Chi Huan’s sleeve.

Chi Huan was somewhat incredulous: “…Did my mom say all this?”

That shouldn’t be right!

Rong Qing would say that?

If she remembered correctly, in the original text, Rong Qing quite liked Lu You.

Lu You was gentle and reserved, but not lacking in ability.

Her family was not rich. Both her parents worked outside the city. Since her teenage years, Lu You had to manage her own and her grandmother’s living needs while studying.

To be able to enroll in a top domestic university under such circumstances, her perseverance and independence were self-evident.

Most importantly, she was devoted to Chi Huan.

Rong Qing knew her own daughter’s limited capabilities and knew she could never run a company alone. She had always wanted to find an extremely capable Omega for her, but was afraid her silly daughter would be deceived, losing hair in the process.

After a blind cat stumbled upon a dead mouse (Chi Huan found Lu You), Chi Huan insisted on playing the Scumbag Alpha stand-in trope, angering Rong Qing to the point of nearly wanting to hang Chi Huan up and beat her.

So what’s going on now?

Chi Huan quickly poked the System: “System! System, what happened?? Why did my mom… why did Rong Qing suddenly act like this? Wasn’t she supposed to like Lu You very much?”

The System remained silent.

Chi Huan swore: “Stop playing dead and speak up!”

Due to a momentary lapse, the System failed to remind Chi Huan about Mu Zi’s identity in time, resulting in both of them likely being exposed by now. The heartbroken System, unwilling to speak, let out a feeble drip, indicating it was still alive.

【…Can’t you figure it out by reasoning through Rong Qing’s logic?】

Chi Huan: “No.”

【Everything Rong Qing does is for ‘Chi Huan.’ She liked Lu You because Lu You could bring ‘Chi Huan’ benefits, act as her right-hand woman, and help ‘Chi Huan’ take over the company.】

Chi Huan seemed to understand a little: “So… now she sees Lu You is less devoted to me and wants to break up, so she decided to completely sever our ties?”

So, ultimately, she was too invested in acting like a Scumbag Alpha, which caused Lu You to reach her breaking point early and propose the breakup?

Chi Huan covered her face: “But you want me to string people along even though I don’t like them… I can’t do that!”

I cannot do it!

Acting like a Scumbag Alpha is one thing, but acting so vividly and authentically—using the poor little stand-in with only three parts sincerity and seven parts manipulation, stringing her along and never giving her peace…

That’s not just a Scumbag Alpha; that’s just a scumbag.

【More or less. How about you go and console Lu You first? Her continued low mood is not sustainable either.】

If Lu You remains unhappy, Chi Huan will continue to have terrible luck.

Chi Huan shivered but firmly shook her head: “No.”

The System was surprised: 【Why?】

Chi Huan thought for a moment: “Because—Chi Huan is not a good person. I sincerely hope Lu You can be freed early.”

She didn’t really like the stand-in trope. When she occasionally read one or two out of boredom, she always got incredibly angry.

If you don’t like someone, just separate peacefully. Why give them hope, only to repeatedly let them down, leading to some “chasing the wife in the crematorium” scene?

As if the scumbags causing themselves suffering, getting hurt, and enduring hardship can somehow erase all the damage done.

Impossible.

She would never stoop to that level.

If she was going to be a scumbag, she would do it in one decisive step, leaving Lu You with no illusions.

With that thought, she pursed her lips and adopted the authoritative demeanor she had used while tossing her luxury watch at the police station, raising her chin arrogantly.

“So what if we insulted you?”

Su Huanhuan looked at her incredulously, as if she were seeing Chi Huan for the very first time today.

“She wants to break up with me over a small matter, and you expect me to contradict my own mother for her sake?”

Su Huanhuan said angrily: “Small matter? You…”

Chi Huan interrupted her: “Even if she didn’t spend my money, what about other things? Forget about school days. How can a recent graduate get such a leisurely job with generous benefits? Who is pulling strings behind the scenes? Don’t you have any idea?”

“Su Huanhuan, out of respect for Lu You, I’ll overlook your scolding this time. If there’s a next time,” she smiled contemptuously, “it’s not that easy for a prestigious university graduate to find work. Do you understand?”

Having delivered her scumbag performance, Chi Huan prepared to make a graceful exit. Taking advantage of Su Huanhuan’s stunned moment, she pulled her hand free, intending to continue her desperate dash for freedom.

“Miss!!” A thick, dark hand suddenly shot out and grabbed the sleeve of Chi Huan’s other arm.

Chi Huan had a bad feeling.

Zhao Lei?

Rong Qing actually left her bodyguard behind!

Chi Huan instantly put on her mask of pain.

Zhao Lei’s grip was incomparable to Su Huanhuan’s. Chi Huan immediately gave up struggling.

Su Huanhuan looked warily at the suddenly appearing burly man, “Who are you?”

Chi Huan noticed Su Huanhuan’s gaze. Her eyes darted, and the small light bulb above her head dinged brightly.

Running away is impossible… so, then…

Chi Huan turned to look at Zhao Lei and said, “Why aren’t you protecting my mom? What are you doing here?”

Su Huanhuan’s eyes scanned between them, already understanding their relationship.

Chi Huan thought: Worthy of a talented Chinese major. Top-tier reading comprehension!

She pretended to impatiently yank her arm: “I just came to have a look. I’m going back soon. Why are you grabbing me?”

She acted impatient, but her internal gears were whirring.

Rong Qing’s stance = Zhao Lei’s stance.

Rong Qing hates Lu You = Zhao Lei hates Lu You = Zhao Lei will try his best to stop her from seeing Lu You and will list all of Lu You’s faults.

And all she has to do is, after Zhao Lei speaks, arrogantly state that he is right. That way, the evidence that she despises Lu You will be complete!

Sure enough, Zhao Lei spoke with an eager tone.

“Miss, Chairwoman Rong said you are not allowed to secretly go see Lu You again!”

Chi Huan naturally followed up: “I was just… Huh????”

Sensing something was wrong, Chi Huan’s eyes widened, and she turned to look.

Wait, brother, what are you doing?

Aren’t you supposed to be my ally?

Chi Huan quickly retorted: “What nonsense are you talking about!”

“And it’s not allowed for Secretary Zhao to go see her for you! Good thing Chairwoman Rong stopped her in time!” Zhao Lei said, giving Chi Huan a condemning look. “Otherwise, you would have secretly tried to slip her money again!”

Chi Huan was dumbfounded: “Secretly my foot!”

“Don’t pretend, Miss! Secretary Zhao said herself that you instructed her to come quietly and absolutely not let Miss Lu find out! If that’s not secretly checking on her, what is it?”

Zhao Lei wore a smug expression that said, I’m so smart, you can’t trick me.

Chi Huan: “…”

Big Brain.