After Transmigrating into a Scumbag Alpha, I Sweetly Pampered the Substitute Omega - Chapter 5

“Hiss—”

Qin Ying had originally wanted to say something, but who would have thought that the medicinal powder would catch her off guard and wound her dignity as an Alpha? Although, to be fair, she really did not have much self-awareness as an Alpha either.

Her warm breath sprayed over Luo Ranjia’s fingertips. Luo Ranjia’s movements paused for a moment, then she continued slowly spreading the medicinal powder until it covered the entire wound.

Qin Ying looked at Luo Ranjia accusingly. This was misplaced anger. Clear and obvious misplaced anger. The previous scumbag Alpha had made the mistake, but she was the one enduring pain she should not have had to bear.

Seeing her resentful and wronged appearance, Luo Ranjia’s movements unconsciously became much gentler, but there was no pity in her words.

“This little bit of pain is nothing to an Alpha.”

Qin Ying really wanted to say that she had been a woman for twenty-four years, so she truly did not have much sense of identification with something like an Alpha.

“It doesn’t matter if you act like this around me, but when facing other people, you’d better show the arrogance an Alpha should have.”

Luo Ranjia felt that Qin Ying’s face clearly had three big words written across it: Too lazy to pretend.

“I don’t know what your world was like, but since you’re an Alpha now, you need to understand the relevant knowledge. Otherwise, one day I might receive a report saying someone called the police because you released Alpha pheromones in public and acted like a hooligan.”

Luo Ranjia had not wanted to remind Qin Ying, but seeing that this person seemed to have absolutely no desire to understand common sense or integrate into this world made her chest feel a little stuffy.

“If you knew an inaccurate prophecy, and although part of it had already been changed, the grand ending was clearly written with the word ‘tragedy,’ what would you choose?”

The medicine had already been applied, and the wound had gone numb from too much stimulation. Qin Ying had not wanted to speak, but after suddenly transmigrating into a book, facing an entirely new world and a predetermined ending, who could avoid feeling lost and conflicted?

“Since it’s an inaccurate prophecy, what is there to fear?”

Luo Ranjia’s voice was full of firmness.

“Do your best and leave the rest to fate. What the ending is actually doesn’t matter.”

Qin Ying could not help thinking of Luo Ranjia’s ending in the original novel. Under the restraint of an unknown force, she had indeed done her best and left the rest to fate.

Qin Ying still wanted to say something, but Luo Ranjia pressed her finger against Qin Ying’s soft red lips.

“The wound hasn’t healed yet.”

Perhaps it was because Qin Ying’s expression at this moment was fragile and helpless, but Luo Ranjia rarely softened.

Clearly, the one who had just escaped the devil’s hands was herself. Clearly, the one whose psychological wounds had not yet healed was also herself. Yet Luo Ranjia always could not help showing a few extra traces of gentleness toward this Qin Ying who had suddenly appeared.

But she did not dare indulge that gentleness. Someone who had been held underwater and experienced the despair of suffocation would never easily approach water again.

Qin Ying obediently shut her mouth. Looking at Luo Ranjia’s calm and still appearance, she could not help wailing inwardly.

Do you know you’re flirting with people right now, Luo Ranjia?!

By the time the two of them finally went downstairs, Luo Ranshi, who had been left out in the cold, was indeed already gone.

Qin Ying could not help letting out a sigh of relief. She truly did not want to go against the female lead. At the very least, she could not go against the female lead when she had nothing prepared.

“Next, you’ll have to be careful.”

Seeing Qin Ying look at her in confusion, Luo Ranjia could not help feeling curious. How had such a silly existence managed to make the original Qin Ying disappear?

In A City, inside the Qin family’s old residence, the retro Chinese-style decorations made the entire villa seem especially quiet. The carved windows were spotless. Amid the elegant surroundings everywhere, someone not quite so elegant had arrived.

Qin Ying wore a long dress. Its flamboyant red color was like a walking flame. The irregular hem leapt around the fair skin of her calves. A metal skull hung loosely at her slender waist, and above her graceful curves, a matching necklace swayed lightly as she walked. Her long wavy hair was casually scattered behind her, making her look even more aggressive.

Beside her, however, was an elegant ink-wash painting.

Luo Ranjia also wore a long dress. Its ink-wash style carried an ethereal air everywhere. Her every movement revealed elegance. A plain-colored silk ribbon was tied around her equally slender waist, tangling softly with the long hair that flowed around it. A white jade ornament in the shape of pear blossoms hung from her neck. As she walked, she looked like a fairy untouched by the mortal world.

The two walked side by side. Qin Ying looked at the style along the way and could not help quietly complaining,

“Why do I feel like, compared to me, you’re more suited to be the Qin family’s granddaughter?”

Luo Ranjia felt helpless inside. She glanced calmly at Qin Ying, trying to make this person, who had been complained about, act a little more serious.

The reason the two of them had appeared at the Qin family’s old residence today was because all the “good deeds” done by the original scumbag Alpha had been exposed to Grandma Qin.

With the attitude of coming to apologize, Luo Ranjia had advised Qin Ying many times to keep a low profile, but this person simply refused to listen.

“Based on my previous personality, it would be impossible for me to obediently come and apologize.”

The mistakes committed by the original body could no longer be changed. Rather than sneak in miserably like a rat fleeing famine, she might as well muster her courage and act like a warrior. Maybe that would make Grandma Qin feel that she was not beyond saving.

When the two reached the main hall, there were indeed people already waiting there.

Qin Ying looked around. The old woman who was always stern in her memories had not appeared. Two pairs of eyes looked over at the same time—one malicious, the other taking pleasure in her misfortune.

Clearly, when it came to watching Qin Ying make a fool of herself, neither of them wanted to miss it.

“Second Miss, the Old Madam is already waiting for you upstairs.”

As the housekeeper who had stayed in the Qin family for decades, Ning Li naturally knew how big of a disaster Qin Ying had caused this time. Even though Qin Ying looked different from before at this moment, it was still difficult for Ning Li to feel any goodwill toward her. Her gaze turned even more pitying as she looked at Luo Ranjia. Such a good Omega, yet she had married Qin Ying. She had truly suffered terribly.

But Qin Ying had no time to analyze the meaning in the housekeeper’s eyes. She turned to look at Luo Ranjia, indicating that Luo Ranjia should just wait downstairs. Then she took a deep breath and finally followed the housekeeper with heavy steps, walking up to the second floor one step at a time.

Now that things had come to this, she absolutely could not back down.

Standing at the door of the study, Qin Ying hesitated for two seconds before gently knocking on the door and saying in a small voice,

“Grandma, I’m back.”

She pushed the door open and entered. What met her was a pair of stern eyes. The powerful aura made Qin Ying’s legs go weak, and she almost knelt down on the spot.

The old woman frowned and did not speak.

Qin Ying could only brace herself and walk toward Grandma Qin step by step, moving as slowly as a snail.

“You still dare to come back!”

Grandma Qin had clearly been infuriated.

With just one sentence, Qin Ying felt her legs turn as soft as noodles. They trembled as they supported her entire body, as if she would collapse in the next second.

“Tsk. The old lady is still so scary when she gets angry.”

Qin Wei clutched her chest, feeling that watching this joke was too painful. She might as well stroll around the villa instead.

The suppression of a powerful Alpha toward those of the same kind was terrifying. Even downstairs, Qin Wei and her mother Qin Xue, both Alphas, felt varying degrees of discomfort.

As an Omega, Luo Ranjia had been invited by the housekeeper to the villa’s small garden to avoid being accidentally affected.

But Qin Ying had not yet realized what the reason was. She only thought the old lady had spent many years in the business world and had a powerful presence. She stubbornly held on to her dignity and refused to show weakness.

Sweat gradually appeared on her forehead. Drop by drop, it fell to the floor and soon left marks of varying depth on the carpet.

“I know that because of your body, you’ve always abandoned yourself to despair. The Qin family can have an Alpha who can’t mark an Omega, but it absolutely cannot have an Alpha who ignores the law and discipline.”

The pressure that suddenly eased made Qin Ying feel as if her whole body were floating in midair. In a daze, she heard Grandma Qin’s scolding voice, filled with heartache.

Unable to mark an Omega?

Wasn’t that the lie she had made up to reassure Luo Ranjia?

Seeing that her granddaughter had become hollow-eyed and confused because of her words, staring straight at her in a daze, Grandma Qin could not help sighing.

“When you were little, because of your physical condition, your temper suddenly became violent. The people around you were all flatterers who followed the wind, and you refused to listen to advice. You were possessed by the need to ruin yourself. We watched you, who were once so gifted, become like this. Our hearts ached, but we had no way to persuade you.”

Grandma Qin looked at Qin Ying, who would rather endure pain than fall, and seemed to see Qin Ying when she was four or five years old. The decision she had originally made—to directly take back all the privileges Qin Ying had as a member of the Qin family—wavered.

“Over the years, I was unwilling to restrain you again. I thought that even if my granddaughter was ordinary and ignorant, it was fine. The vast Qin family could afford to support such a person.”

“But this does not mean the Qin family can tolerate you touching certain bottom lines. Even if you are the Qin family’s granddaughter, when it comes to certain matters, the law shows no mercy.”

“This time, Qin Ying, I’ll ask you one last time. Are you willing to change?”

Qin Ying stared blankly at Grandma Qin.

The explanations she had prepared, the excuses, the reasons to defend herself—all of them had no room to be used.

But Qin Ying did not feel relieved. She could not hold back as her eyes reddened, and the sourness in her heart spread uncontrollably.

Such a good elder. Why had the original owner just refused to cherish her?

The shock brought by the news that she could not mark an Omega completely disappeared. Only determination remained in Qin Ying’s eyes.

“I will change. I won’t be like that again.”

It was as if a ball of cotton had been stuffed into her throat. Qin Ying’s voice was hoarse.

Grandma Qin looked fixedly at Qin Ying, as if assessing her resolve.

“I came this time because I wanted to tell Grandma that I realized I actually like Ranjia very much. I’m going to live properly with her from now on.”

This was also the result Qin Ying and Luo Ranjia had discussed.

Any grand declaration would sound like a slogan. But after Qin Ying left the study, that simple sentence—“live properly”—made the always strict Grandma Qin unable to help believing in her granddaughter’s change.

Luo Ranjia, who had been waiting in the small garden, could not help worrying as early as the moment Grandma Qin released her Alpha presence.

She felt that given Qin Ying’s complete lack of self-awareness as an Alpha, Qin Ying was very likely to stubbornly endure it.

It was also her fault. On the way here, she had not thought at all that once Grandma Qin became stern, she would show absolutely no leniency, even toward her own granddaughter.

“Luo—Ranjia!”

Just as she was worrying, she saw Qin Ying walking toward her.

Like a gorgeous butterfly, Qin Ying was clearly trying hard to walk properly, yet she still could not suppress the joy in her heart.

“I only have one piece of good news to tell you. Do you want to hear it?”

Qin Ying asked with a bright grin.