After Transmigrating into a Scumbag Alpha, I Sweetly Pampered the Substitute Omega - Chapter 12

“You… have you eaten lunch?”

After a moment of silence, Qin Ying habitually revealed a smile. Then she shook the dessert in her hand.

“I passed by and thought this shop’s desserts tasted pretty good, so I brought you a portion too.”

Luo Ranjia looked at the dessert, but did not move or speak.

The smile on Qin Ying’s face gradually disappeared. She turned around awkwardly.

“Since you don’t like it, I’ll put it in the fridge first.”

They all said that the one who fell in love first was the loser. She had only just developed feelings, yet she was already beginning to lose.

“Qin Ying.”

Looking at Qin Ying’s disappointed back, Luo Ranjia could not hold back and called her name.

Qin Ying felt a little delighted. The corners of her mouth, which had been drooping downward, could not help lifting. Then she reservedly pressed them back down again.

Pretending to be calm and casual, Qin Ying turned around and looked up at Luo Ranjia.

“You don’t need to do these things. Between us, there are too many obstacles.”

Looking at the obvious joy in Qin Ying’s eyes, Luo Ranjia could not bear it and shifted her gaze away.

Qin Ying could not help feeling disappointed. She sighed inwardly, yet there were also a few traces of joy.

For Luo Ranjia to say this at least proved that during these past few days, she had seriously considered the matter between them.

Besides, there was still that unknown restraint preventing Luo Ranjia from leaving her.

Thinking this, Qin Ying could not help cursing herself for being despicable. That thing had once been an accomplice that caused Luo Ranjia pain, yet Qin Ying was secretly happy because of its existence.

“If, and I mean if, one day we got divorced, and we met again afterward, would there be a possibility for us to fall in love?”

When Qin Ying asked this question, her heart felt light and drifting, like a lone boat helplessly floating on the sea.

Luo Ranjia froze. She had never thought about such a thing.

For so many days, the Marriage System seemed as if it no longer existed. In the past, it would occasionally issue missions requiring her to increase the family happiness value. But after this personality of Qin Ying appeared, the Marriage System’s connection with her had grown weaker and weaker.

But divorce was clearly not allowed. The Marriage System was extremely strict about that rule.

“Perhaps there would be.”

Thinking of this, Luo Ranjia gave a self-mocking smile.

If the Qin Ying she had met at the very beginning had been this Qin Ying, what would she have done? Would she have continued immersing herself in work, or would she have lost herself in Qin Ying’s raised smile at some moment?

The working Qin Ying looked a little more capable than her usual casual style. The well-tailored clothes carefully outlined her superior curves.

However, looking at Qin Ying’s brows and eyes, Luo Ranjia felt that no lecherous person would probably dare offend such a Qin Ying. Compared with the easygoing manner Qin Ying showed when she was with her, the aura of someone in a superior position made people not dare to blaspheme her at all.

The instant she opened the door, there had actually been an undeniable sense of amazement in her heart.

“Luo Ranjia, go do whatever you want to do. Whether you want to return to the Luo Corporation, start your own business, or if you feel tired and want to travel around to see different places—even if you want to find a place without me and live there for a long time—as long as you feel free, it’s all fine.”

Qin Ying’s gaze landed on Luo Ranjia’s face. After several days of rest, Luo Ranjia’s complexion had gradually become rosy, and the sadness and fragility in her eyes had also gradually been replaced by calm.

Qin Ying had never thought she would like someone like this. Extreme strength and fragility blended together and became a coldness that kept people a thousand miles away. She was difficult to melt, and she did not love her.

When Qin Ying followed her heart and pursued this love, she had actually begun to feel glad because the other person was not free.

The moment Qin Ying realized this, cold sweat broke out all over her body. One minute ago, she had still been thinking of every way to get closer. This minute, she hoped Luo Ranjia would truly leave.

Was it the influence of the original scumbag Alpha? Or had this been the ugliness in her own nature all along? Qin Ying was afraid that because of this liking, she would hurt Luo Ranjia.

Harm done in the name of love was still harm.

“You want me to leave?”

Luo Ranjia suddenly found it funny. She looked down at Qin Ying from above. This person had just been asking whether she wanted dessert, but now she was saying she wanted to set her free.

“Luo Ranjia, what you need has never been the love of an Alpha named Qin Ying. What you need is your own career.”

Qin Ying did not dare look at Luo Ranjia’s expression. Was it as cold as always, or would there be reluctance and sadness?

No matter what it was, this time, she turned and left first.

At seven o’clock in the evening, the city lights flickered. Qin Ying sat at the dining table, looking at the Luo family across from her, feeling somewhat irritated.

She had only unilaterally broken up with Luo Ranjia during the day, and at night, she had to meet this group of troublesome relatives. At first, Qin Ying had been unwilling.

However, when she thought of how this group of people had ignored Luo Ranjia, Qin Ying could not help wanting to see just what kind of heartless people had made it so Luo Ranjia in the book did not even have a way back home.

“Why didn’t Ranjia come? Did she anger you?”

Father Luo wanted to put on the airs of an elder while also trying to curry favor with the Qin family. The glass of wine he toasted was neither one thing nor another, and this sentence was also utterly heartless.

Qin Ying did not believe that Father Luo truly did not know what kind of life Luo Ranjia had once lived in the Qin family.

Seeing Qin Ying remain silent, Father Luo felt a little embarrassed and gave his son beside him a look.

“Sister Qin, Omegas are all this ignorant. If they really don’t behave, just beat them once, and they’ll listen.”

Luo Jichen looked at Qin Ying ingratiatingly. Clearly, he did not care about how Luo Ranjia was doing now. As long as Qin Ying agreed to cooperate with the Luo Corporation, he did not even care whether Luo Ranjia lived or died.

Qin Ying raised her eyes and looked seriously at this only Alpha of the Luo family, the one being raised as the successor. No matter how she looked, she felt that he was nothing but trash.

Not only did he have no ability, he also had no conscience.

“What is your purpose today?”

Qin Ying’s gaze made Luo Jichen unable to breathe loudly, but he did not dare refuse to answer her words. He could only turn his pleading gaze toward Father Luo.

Little did he know, Father Luo was also a coward. He was used to being slick and flattering. After saying enough nice words, those Alphas stronger than him were usually happy to be praised. How could he have expected to encounter someone like Qin Ying, whose thoughts he could not read?

“Sister Ranshi.”

Seeing that his face had already turned red from holding it in, Luo Jichen finally managed to squeeze out three words.

“I heard that you also think Sister Ranshi is pretty good. Look, she and Sister Ranjia are completely different styles. If you like her—”

Qin Ying felt a wave of disgust as she listened.

The Luo family had once been on equal footing with the Qin family. How had it become full of people like this after only two generations?

Before Qin Ying could say anything, Luo Ranshi, who had been sitting quietly to the side, could not stand it anymore. She directly slapped Luo Jichen across the face, then pointed at Qin Ying and shouted hysterically,

“Are you even my younger brother? You actually want me to seduce this useless waste?”

“It’s one thing for that slut Luo Ranjia, but if you dare sacrifice me, I’ll—”

“Quiet.”

After enduring this dinner until now, Qin Ying finally realized that her brain must have been flooded for her to come meet these outrageous people.

“Who did you just call a slut?”

Perhaps they had not expected Qin Ying to become so furious because of those two words, so the Luo family froze in place, trembling as they looked at her.

“Without Luo Ranjia, the Luo Corporation has fallen to this state in just a few short months. Your abilities are truly… surprising.”

Although Qin Ying’s words were spoken lightly, the Luo family all felt as if their faces were burning with pain.

“Back then, you relied on Ranjia’s biological Omega mother to pull the already crumbling Luo Corporation back from the edge of bankruptcy. Later, you made Ranjia work for the Luo Corporation for free for so many years. Should I be glad that Ranjia isn’t anything like you?”

Qin Ying looked at Father Luo, who showed not the slightest guilt. When she mentioned that Omega who had still worried about the Luo Corporation while pregnant and had ultimately passed away after giving birth to Luo Ranjia, Father Luo’s face showed only that he thought it was right and proper.

“Since it was Ranjia’s Omega mother who saved the Luo Corporation back then, then returning the Luo Corporation to Ranjia now should also be right and proper.”

Qin Ying placed the prepared contract in front of Father Luo.

“Either take the money and let go cleanly, or watch the Luo Corporation slowly go bankrupt.”

Father Luo looked at the contract placed in front of him with trembling hands, his face pale.

He could not understand it. Qin Ying was clearly useless. That unlucky daughter clearly was not loved. How had things reached this point?

“Even if you’re a member of the Qin family, you can’t do this. This is a crime!”

Father Luo looked at Qin Ying hatefully, but the instant he met Qin Ying’s sharp gaze, he lowered his head in a wretched manner.

“I’m committing a crime?”

Qin Ying found it laughable.

“When Ranjia’s biological Omega mother married you, she signed a prenuptial agreement, didn’t she? You couldn’t have forgotten the contents about the Luo Corporation’s share transfer, could you?”

The reason the Alpha protagonist in the book had been willing to cooperate with Luo Ranjia was precisely because of this agreement.

The moment Father Luo heard this, his face turned livid.

The people who knew the inside story were clearly all dead. Why did Qin Ying know the inside story? Could it be that that slut had left a backup plan?

If he had known earlier, he should have let her die with the child back then.

Greedy people would never be satisfied. Greed was like a demon, making people abandon even their closest family.

Qin Ying naturally saw the viciousness on Father Luo’s face, and warning bells rang loudly in her heart.

A person like this had to lose the ability to harm others. Otherwise, who knew what he would do!

“So, have you thought about what you should do?”

Qin Ying continued asking without revealing anything.

“Fine. I’ll sign.”

Father Luo seemed to age ten years all at once. In front of Qin Ying, his hands trembled as he signed his name.

“Dad, you can’t sign this contract. You said the Luo Corporation would be mine!”

Luo Jichen, who had been so frightened that he had hidden to the side, finally reacted at this moment. He directly lunged over and tried to snatch the pen from Father Luo’s hand.

The identity of Luo family heir was the capital he was proud of. But without the Luo Corporation, the title of Luo family heir would be a joke!

“I’ll kill you!”

At that moment, Father Luo, who had seemed to submit, suddenly burst up. He picked up a fork from the dining table and stabbed toward Qin Ying’s neck.

“Hiss—”

Warm liquid flowed down along Qin Ying’s fingers as she blocked it. The pain made her unable to help frowning.

The pheromones of a powerful Alpha caused Father Luo to completely lose strength after one strike. In a spot the surveillance cameras could not capture, Qin Ying revealed a triumphant smile to him.

“Ah! Murder!”

At some unknown point, the door to the private room had opened. The server’s scream drew everyone’s attention.

Luo Ranjia, who had been having dinner with an old friend, casually looked over, then instantly held her breath.

The moment Qin Ying pretended to stagger out of the private room, she saw Luo Ranjia, who had somehow become covered in tears.

Don’t… don’t cry. It’s all fake—

In the instant she lost consciousness, Qin Ying suddenly somewhat regretted the arrangements she had made on impulse.