After Transmigrating into a Scumbag Alpha, I Sweetly Pampered the Substitute Omega - Chapter 17

Naturally, pursuing a girlfriend could not skip the step of going on a date.

While Qin Ying secretly asked around about Luo Ranjia’s work schedule, she also searched for a suitable place for a date.

A café was too boring, while an amusement park was too stimulating. After thinking it over, Qin Ying discovered a dessert shop.

Luo Ranjia liked desserts. It was just that she rarely had time to prepare a dessert for herself.

Qin Ying also liked preparing herself a dessert when she was tired, letting it neutralize all the unhappiness from that period of time.

So, on a Sunday afternoon, Qin Ying successfully brought Luo Ranjia to this little shop.

“Don’t you think this is a little childish?”

Luo Ranjia had long since noticed that Qin Ying had been sneakily preparing something recently. She just had never expected that Qin Ying was only planning to bring her out to eat desserts.

“Childish?”

Qin Ying stretched out a finger and waved it in front of Luo Ranjia’s eyes.

“What’s childish about eating desserts?”

Luo Ranjia interlaced her fingers and propped them beneath her chin, using her eyes to signal Qin Ying to look around.

It did seem like most of the customers were children.

However, the shop was not noisy. The scattered voices served as background noise, just enough to bring a warm, lively sense of ordinary life.

“It’s not all children. There are lots of couples too.”

Qin Ying stubbornly said this and subtly pointed at the couple nearby who were deeply in love.

Perhaps the atmosphere in the dessert shop was too sweet. The instant the two of them turned their heads, they just happened to see the Omega in the couple quickly snatch the milk jelly roll from beside her Alpha’s mouth.

So envious—

Qin Ying turned back to look at Luo Ranjia. The two accidentally met each other’s eyes, then moved their gazes away at the same time.

The tips of her ears gradually heated up. To avoid awkwardness, Qin Ying pretended as if nothing had happened and asked,

“Do you want to consider ordering two coconut balls?”

The slight hoarseness in her voice stood out especially clearly.

Qin Ying tried her best to focus her attention on the various pastry pictures. She hoped today’s date would be relaxed and pleasant.

“Sure. Maybe you’ll like the soy milk box cake?”

Luo Ranjia did not expose Qin Ying’s discomfort. As if wholeheartedly focused on the delicious desserts, she asked in return.

“Of course I like it.”

Qin Ying had thought Luo Ranjia would not like such an ordinary dessert.

Before coming to this world, soy milk box cake had always been one of her favorites.

Under the warm yellow light, Qin Ying raised her head in some surprise, and regret could not help rising in her heart.

If they had been in the same world from the very beginning, if they had been able to meet at the start, they would probably already be a couple in passionate love by now.

Fortunately, nothing was too late.

Qin Ying smiled lightly, stunning Luo Ranjia, who had just happened to raise her head.

The surrounding voices faded away. For the first time, Luo Ranjia understood what it meant for someone’s eyes to hold stars.

Those warm stars unintentionally broke into her heart. Her heart was moved so unexpectedly.

This was a feeling she had never experienced before.

An excellent pursuer would never give up any chance to make the other person’s heart flutter.

Qin Ying sensitively noticed the difference in Luo Ranjia at that moment. Without revealing anything, she adjusted her sitting posture and lowered her gaze back to the ordering card.

The arm propped on the table made a tempting hollow appear above her collarbone. Her fair skin seemed capable of giving off an alluring fragrance like the desserts, making one unable to resist wanting to taste it carefully.

A few mischievous strands of hair fell perfectly into that little hollow as their owner flipped through the dessert menu. The contrast of black and white brewed an ambiguous heartbeat beneath the warm yellow light.

Her slender fingers gently brushed those distracting strands of hair behind her, then returned to continue flipping through the menu. Every page seemed to control the rhythm of Luo Ranjia’s heartbeat, until those fingers once again reached in front of her eyes.

“What else do you like eating?”

Qin Ying did not give Luo Ranjia a chance to come back to herself. She raised her eyes again, her gaze filled with smiles.

Luo Ranjia seemed to suddenly wake up. In her daze, she did not notice that Qin Ying had also secretly ordered a little couple’s cake meant to be eaten by two people together.

Qin Ying smiled like a fox that had stolen a bite of fish. She had never been so satisfied with her own beauty.

Just as Luo Ranjia was struggling over her sudden heart-fluttering, the desserts finally arrived.

Qin Ying divided the desserts into two portions, then openly placed the couple’s cake to the side.

As expected, Luo Ranjia did not realize anything was wrong.

Qin Ying secretly observed her. She had always felt that Luo Ranjia was someone who had elegance carved into her bones. Every time she watched Luo Ranjia eat, it was a kind of enjoyment.

Just like a noble and elegant ragdoll cat, making people unable to look away.

Qin Ying, who had just been feeling smug, had no idea how silly she looked now. So silly that Luo Ranjia chose to temporarily set aside the panic caused by her heart being moved.

“Is one soy milk box cake not enough for you?”

Luo Ranjia only felt that Qin Ying truly liked desserts. Otherwise, why would she be eating her own portion while still staring at Luo Ranjia’s?

“Huh?”

Qin Ying did not react for a moment. It was only when Luo Ranjia pushed her own soy milk box cake slightly in Qin Ying’s direction that Qin Ying’s cheeks suddenly turned red.

But was Qin Ying someone who would easily admit she had been staring in a daze?

That was right. She was!

Without any justification, yet still full of confidence, Qin Ying complained,

“It’s all your fault for looking too good when you eat.”

Luo Ranjia felt helpless and asked in return,

“Do you not look good when you eat?”

When Qin Ying ate, she made people feel as if every dish on the table was an incomparable delicacy, unconsciously increasing their appetite. Yet her movements were not the slightest bit crude.

Qin Ying still did not know that she had the effect of increasing people’s appetite. She looked at Luo Ranjia and said very seriously,

“Although I used to think I was born beautiful, that was before I met you.”

“Oh? Then after meeting me, what do you think?”

Luo Ranjia looked at her proud little expression and asked cooperatively.

“After meeting you, I think there won’t be anyone in this world better-looking than the two of us.”

Qin Ying believed that a beautiful older sister should be with someone equally beautiful. For example, herself.

“So narcissistic. Then do you think you’re better-looking, or am I better-looking?”

In the past, Luo Ranjia had only thought appearance was nothing more than a skin-deep shell. But now, after hearing Qin Ying’s narcissistic words, she suddenly felt a little proud.

And as for this new hobby of making things difficult for Qin Ying, she still wanted to continue.

Sure enough, after hearing Luo Ranjia’s question, Qin Ying’s brows furrowed in difficulty.

“How about… equally good-looking?”

Qin Ying blinked playfully, trying to muddle her way through.

“But I want to determine a winner.”

Luo Ranjia had long since discovered that Qin Ying was extremely narcissistic. Making her admit that she was not good-looking was harder than stopping her from eating dessert.

“Hmph. Then reluctantly, you’re the number one beauty.”

Qin Ying arrogantly continued enjoying her dessert. The cool beauty had learned bad habits too!

Luo Ranjia shook her head helplessly, not noticing the indulgence at the corners of her lips.

After the two of them had finished most of the desserts, Qin Ying glanced at the couple’s cake placed to the side, then pretended to say casually,

“I’ve heard of this cake before. It seems two people have to cooperate to eat it.”

Qin Ying seemed very curious and did not mention the word “couple” at all.

“How do you eat it?”

Luo Ranjia looked at Qin Ying and asked. She reasonably suspected that someone was doing this on purpose.

Qin Ying shamelessly pretended not to see Luo Ranjia’s gaze and acted like a dedicated instruction manual.

“You hold the small plate and put your hand on the side closer to me.”

Qin Ying directed her.

Luo Ranjia did not understand why, but she still did as Qin Ying said.

Qin Ying also picked up a small plate and placed it beneath the opposite suspended side of the cake. Then, with her other hand, she pressed a special switch on the cake. Two heart-shaped pieces of cake, just enough for one bite each, automatically fell onto the plates. Immediately afterward, an edible candle extended from the top of the cake, then the cake slowly rotated and stopped again.

Luo Ranjia looked at Qin Ying through the tiny candlelight and instantly understood what kind of trick this was.

At some unknown point, the arms with which the two held their plates had taken on the shape of a crossed-cup toast. As long as they lowered their heads slightly, they could complete this ancient ceremony.

Their eyes met. The sweet fragrance leapt and danced in the air. Their distinct lashes cast tiny shadows on their faces.

They seemed close enough to touch, yet also as far away as the horizon.

The first to retreat was Qin Ying.

She pulled her arm back while holding the cake, lowered her head, and ate it. Only after swallowing the last bite did she explain in a small voice,

“This is the dessert shop’s specialty. It’s rare for us to have time to come here, so… trying it once is also pretty good.”

Qin Ying had been thinking of taking things step by step. But love easily bewitched the mind. The couple’s cake, which had not originally been part of the plan, was indeed somewhat inappropriate.

Luo Ranjia gently blew out the candle and smiled. Her meaning was unclear as she said,

“President Qin seems to have very rich experience chasing girls.”

Good. At the very least, Luo Ranjia was still willing to talk to her.

Qin Ying’s courage returned. She carefully observed Luo Ranjia’s expression and, after confirming that there were no signs of anger, said with a serious face,

“What is learned from paper will always feel shallow. After reading so many methods, the only great beauty who can accompany me in practicing them is the one sitting across from me.”

“Smooth-tongued.”

Luo Ranjia had seen Qin Ying while she was working. At that time, she was serious and focused. Even when she spoke gently, people did not dare act recklessly around her. She carried the Qin family’s inherited style when it came to work.

But the Qin Ying in front of her seemed to have many sides. Most often, however, she was like this: a little drama queen.

The difficulties and frustrations of work were things she never brought in front of Luo Ranjia. She always wanted to make Luo Ranjia happy, painting bright colors into her monotonous world.

The night grew deeper. There were only a few people left in the dessert shop, and the two returned to the villa.

“Luo Ranjia, did you like today’s desserts?”

Before going to sleep, Qin Ying knocked on the door of the room next to hers and asked.

“I liked them.”

Luo Ranjia seemed not to hear the hidden meaning in her words.

People who had never come into contact with warmth were always prone to retreating. The fluttering of her heart in the dessert shop was now being forcefully pressed down deep in her heart as she pretended not to understand.

“Then do you like this ‘Heartstar’?”

As if performing magic, Qin Ying revealed a deep blue heart-shaped diamond in her palm, glittering like the stars.

“You’ve seen plenty of things like diamonds, but that doesn’t mean I, as your pursuer, can get away with not giving you one.”

Before Luo Ranjia could react, Qin Ying placed “Heartstar” into her hand, then turned and returned to her own room.

She hoped the great beauty next door would have a dessert-flavored dream tonight!