Conquering The Love Rival Alpha - Chapter 1

“Qingyu, this is your little aunt’s husband. Say hello.” The middle-aged woman standing behind the hospital room door forced a smile as she stepped aside to introduce him. After waiting for the person on the hospital bed to let out a hoarse greeting, she continued explaining to the visitor, “Xiaoyu hurt her head, so her memory is a little confused. That’s why…”

The man immediately nodded in understanding. “You’ve had it hard, Sister-in-law. Have they found the person responsible for the accident?”

“Not yet. I really don’t have the heart to deal with that right now. I’ll wait until your brother-in-law comes back later and see what he says.” As the woman spoke, she sighed, turned around, pulled out a tissue, and wiped her eyes. For the nth time, her voice trembled. “Fortunately, nothing too serious happened to Xiaoyu. The more I think about it these past few days, the more terrified I feel.”

After lying there for seven days and listening to Feng Qingyu for seven days, Feng Qingyu had already gotten used to this scene. She stared numbly at the pure white ceiling above her. When her eyes grew tired, she closed them and pretended to sleep.

She was as quiet as a motionless vegetable, but inside, everything churned like a tsunami—because her own grandmother had just passed away, and she, who had been raised by her grandmother, had not even been able to see her one last time.

Hot, stinging tears slipped from the corners of her tightly shut eyes and quietly hid themselves in the black hair by her ears.

Time rewound to that dawn seven days ago.

Feng Qingyu, who had just finished working overtime, dragged her exhausted body back to her place. On the washstand, her phone lit up with a new message. She bit down on her toothbrush while tapping it open to check.

[Cat Cat Head: Let’s break up. Don’t look for me again.]

With a thud, the brush head covered in toothpaste foam stabbed against the ceramic sink. The buzzing vibration suddenly grew louder, and dots of foam of various sizes kept falling around it.

Feng Qingyu’s eyes were filled with only the words “break up.” How could she still care about toothbrushes or toothpaste? She immediately held her phone in both hands and started typing.

But the “Why” she tapped out on the keyboard failed to send. The other party had refused to receive her message.

She had been blocked.

She switched to making a phone call. The automated voice said, “Sorry, the number you have dialed is currently busy…”

She had been blocked there too.

A cliff-drop breakup, and damn it all, they were even in different cities. She did not even have the chance to rush over and question her face-to-face right now. Fuck!

She said break up, so they broke up? She was not even willing to give her a reason?!

The electric toothbrush stopped vibrating. The cramped bathroom returned to silence. Under the dim light, only the sorrowful eyes in the mirror still held any color.

The exhaustion from the past few days mixed with the collapse of her emotions, and Feng Qingyu finally could not take it anymore. Covering her face, she burst into tears.

She forgot how long she cried. She only remembered that later, she truly could not fight off her body’s sleepiness anymore. Not long after she fell asleep amid her restlessness, a piercing ringtone suddenly rang beside her ear.

And when she clearly saw the word “Mom” on the caller ID, a numbness spread from her scalp all the way to her heels.

It was a call informing her of a death.

Her grandmother was gone.

The sky was almost bright when she traveled several hundred kilometers back to her hometown. She threw herself before the bed where her grandmother had already been dressed in burial clothes. She knocked her head once against the ground, then knocked it again beside her grandmother’s hand through the sleeve of the burial clothes.

The icy sensation spread from the space between her brows. Her numb heart suddenly clenched painfully. She did not even have time to cry out “Grandma” before a feeling of weightlessness bound her to this hospital room.

Then, in the darkness, she heard a long string of crying voices.

Listening to the familiar yet unfamiliar calls of “Qingyu,” “Xiaoyu,” and “Yu,” she thought they were relatives who had been estranged by time. She never expected that when she could finally open her eyes and take a look, they really were relatives.

Only, those relatives were not hers, Feng Qingyu’s, but “Feng Qingyu’s.”

As for how she was able to understand that, speaking of it, she had to thank that system clanging around in her head, complete with subtitles.

“Hello, I am the book transmigration system, Wanxing. I am very happy to serve you.”

[Congratulations on successfully merging with the original owner, Feng Qingyu!]

Feng Qingyu: “…”

She truly, truly wished she had simply not woken up from a nightmare.

But her body hurt far too much.

Forget it. It was not as if she had never read book-transmigration novels or watched short dramas. She accepted it. If her name had been changed, then it had been changed.

So what now? Who had she transmigrated into? Where had she ended up? What did the system want her to do?

At that moment, Feng Qingyu, whose ability to accept things was terrifyingly strong, had a whole string of question marks pop up in her mind.

However, no person and no system responded. What she had just heard and seen seemed to be nothing more than her hallucination.

Feng Qingyu: “…………”

At this point, she suddenly began to suspect that she had been unable to withstand the shock and had gone insane.

The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Just as she was about to start doubting life again, the hospital room door swung open with a whoosh. New footsteps surged in along with worried cries.

Her sore eyes opened a narrow slit. In Feng Qingyu’s blurry vision were two girls who looked at most seventeen or eighteen years old, identical in appearance, and small… Mm, perhaps it would be better to say they were young, but very well-developed and tall girls.

They leaned over, wiping away tears as they called, “Qingyu, Qingyu, are you okay? Where are you hurt? When we heard you got into a car accident, we nearly died of fright. Auntie said just now that you injured your head and have trouble recognizing people? Is that true? Look at us.”

“Do you recognize us?”

“Can you tell which one I am? Huh?”

“I’m your deskmate. Remember?”

Hearing the word “deskmate,” Feng Qingyu’s dazed eyes shook hard. The seed that was just about to sprout in her heart was met with a ladle of hot water and stopped moving.

It was not a hallucination. She really was no longer Feng Qingyu. Feng Qingyu did not know any girls this young, nor did she have any deskmate who was this… tall, strong, and fit.

Not from kindergarten all the way to university.

After successfully making sense of everything, Feng Qingyu began seriously playing the role of Feng Qingyu from the second day onward. She cooperated and diligently tried to remember every person who came to visit her. Who would have thought that over seven consecutive days, not a single visitor repeated?

That system called Wanxing also never appeared again.

And because the original owner had injured multiple ribs, her hospital life would have to continue for at least another three days.

As expected, people still came to visit her during those three days.

Recalling the dozens of people she had met over the past ten days, Feng Qingyu walked into the bathroom inside the hospital room with the help of the original owner’s biological mother, Xia Lu.

Inside the bathroom, whose facilities could rival those of a hotel, she saw her current appearance clearly for the first time. It was actually not much different from how she had originally looked. What shocked her even more, however, was that her altitude had risen by a lot!

Looking at the top of the cabinet that was almost level with her line of sight, Feng Qingyu estimated that she was now at least 1.8 meters tall. For the first time in these ten days, she revealed an expression that looked somewhat like a smile.

After rinsing clean, she stood in front of the full-length mirror in satisfaction and admired her new body. The more she looked, the more she felt that being tall really was good-looking. She could not help feeling emotional.

Her originally suppressed and gloomy mood also improved along with the gradually thickening scent of green grass… Hm? Where was this green-grass smell coming from? Wasn’t the shower gel milk-scented?

She turned back in confusion. Her peripheral vision swept over the mirror, and Feng Qingyu suddenly froze.

That flash of pink at the back of her neck—what was it?

She turned back around and, in a painful posture, looked at that patch of tender flesh. Wrapped in an even stronger grassy fragrance, her breath caught. At last, she woke up as if from a dream.

No wonder she was so tall. No wonder the twins she had seen that day were also so tall. No wonder she was called Feng Qingyu.

So she was that green-grass-scented Alpha, Feng Qingyu!

She was clearly the infatuated female supporting character from the novel her ex had written!

The person standing upright in the mirror closed her eyes. In her mind, those memories she had deliberately sunk to the bottom began to shine again like specks of starlight, gathering into that bright, sunny afternoon.

That was the first month after they had been separated by distance. It was the first time she went to visit her.

They had just finished eating a pretty, picture-perfect meal together and were resting in a café they happened to pass by. The winter sunlight was very warm, spilling over them in their light-colored sweaters, making everything seem especially cozy.

Feng Qingyu narrowed her eyes. It was as if, across the distance, she could once again see her smiling and saying, “I’m planning to base the second female lead of my new book on you. Do you have any requests? Hurry and tell me!”

“The second female lead? Why not the female lead?” the Feng Qingyu in her memory asked softly.

The person across from her said, “Female lead? No way. You’re too gentle. A personality like yours wouldn’t have enough highlights as the female lead. Oh? I remember you once said that if you could, you’d want to grow ten centimeters taller. How about I arrange a height of 1.8 meters for you?”

“Sure.”

“All you know how to say is sure, huh? Then if you don’t make any requests, I’ll make it up freely?”

Feng Qingyu heard herself answer with a smile, “Sure.”

And the person across from her smiled even more happily than she did. Clasping her hands together, she decided, “Good! A 1.8-meter Alpha, pheromones that smell like green grass, successful in school, with a happy family… Aside from the bitterness of love, she won’t have to suffer any other hardship!”

A knock sounded at the door. Xia Lu’s voice came from the other side of the bathroom door. “Xiaoyu? Are you done washing? Let me know once you’ve put on your clothes. Mom will come in and help you put on your suppressant patch.”

Startled awake from her memories, Feng Qingyu hurriedly responded, “Just a moment.”

The door opened, and Xia Lu came in with the suppressant patch. Seeing her daughter take the initiative to expose the back of her neck, she said with heartache, “Did it hurt when you put on your clothes? If you can’t manage it, have Xiong Jie help you once we go back.”

After these few days of crash-course amnesia tutoring, Feng Qingyu had gained a rough understanding of the original owner’s life and social network. She knew that the Xiong Jie Xia Lu mentioned was the original owner’s bodyguard and driver. Hearing this suggestion now, she understood that the other person was probably also an Alpha, so she did not directly refuse.

Xia Lu carefully smoothed down the edges of the patch and kept reminding her, “Outside isn’t like the hospital room. You’re in a sensitive period right now, so you must be extra careful. Mom knows your recovery ability is strong, and the doctor also said one month would be enough, but to be safe, try not to go out before school starts, okay?”

This time, Feng Qingyu did not remain silent. She cooperatively nodded in agreement.

After all, she really did need time to digest everything that was currently happening.

“Good. Then let’s go home.” After Xia Lu finished speaking, she threw away the extra packaging bag in her hand, then stood in the hospital room and continued directing the helper to pack things up.

On the way home after being discharged, the car was very quiet. Only Xia Lu’s phone rang from time to time. Feng Qingyu looked at the phone, which was thinner and more responsive than the one in her memory, and could not help studying it a little longer.

Xia Lu, however, thought she was thinking about her own phone. After casually switching hers to silent mode, she said, “Your phone was crushed. Your dad bought you a new one and left it at home. None of us touched it. When you get back, install the SIM card yourself.”

“Okay.” Feng Qingyu realized that Xia Lu had misunderstood what she meant, so she withdrew her gaze and turned to look at the scenery rapidly retreating outside the window.

Unexpectedly, this reaction still took on another meaning in Xia Lu’s eyes. “Are you angry that your dad didn’t come to pick you up from the hospital? Blame me for forgetting to tell you. He went to the estate to pick up your grandpa and grandma.”

“The elderly can’t take shock at their age, so we’ve been hiding what happened to you from them. A few days ago, they remembered that you were on summer vacation and called to ask us to send you over to stay and play for a few days. At the time, you couldn’t even get out of bed. How would we dare agree? We could only say you had tutoring and couldn’t go back. Since you were discharged today, your dad and I discussed it and decided to bring the elders over so we could all have a meal together. When you see them at home later, you absolutely must not let anything slip.”

Hearing the smile in Xia Lu’s final words, the flecks of light in Feng Qingyu’s pupils trembled uncontrollably. “Grandpa and Grandma are coming over?”

“Mm.” Xia Lu nodded. She reached out, took her hand, and rubbed it twice, as if rubbing away the relaxation from just now as well. Her tone grew heavy. “Xiaoyu.”

Feng Qingyu instinctively answered and turned her eyes to her. When she met those worried eyes, Xia Lu’s low voice also reached her ears.

“Can you tell Mom why you went to that kind of place alone that day?”

That kind of place?

Feng Qingyu, who had no idea where the original owner had gone, was completely confused.

Xia Lu looked at her bewildered eyes and seemed to have long been prepared not to receive an answer. Yet when she truly faced it, she still could not help feeling helpless and disappointed, so her smile was strained. “You don’t remember that either?”

Feng Qingyu truly did not know what she could say, so she silently lowered her head.

Xia Lu sighed softly, rubbed the bridge of her nose, and compromised. “Fine. If you don’t remember, then you don’t remember. After dinner later, if Grandpa and Grandma want to take you back with them, remember to refuse. Don’t give in no matter what.”

Hearing the words “Grandpa and Grandma” once more, Feng Qingyu’s heart gave a heavy thump, and the light in her eyes completely sank.

Today was the eleventh day since she had transmigrated here. If the timelines of the two worlds were parallel, then even her grandmother’s first seven days after death had already passed.

She did not know where her grandmother would be buried.

With that selfish pair of parents at home, for the sake of face, they should have properly seen Grandma off, right?

Right. Since she was in this state now, it counted as a soul transmigration. Did that prove people really had souls?

Since souls existed, then Grandma’s soul should have seen her return, right?

Then, could Grandma have also transmigrated somewhere else to live, just like her?

She hoped so.

May any god up in heaven, whoever it was, bless her.

Her mind spun uncontrollably. Because of that, the wave of sadness that had surged up instead lessened somewhat.

The car drove into a place that looked like a park. Feng Qingyu gazed at the lush greenery outside the window, and her eyelid suddenly twitched. She remembered an even more important question.

She had transmigrated by soul—then where was her body?

Had it become a vegetable, or had it been buried together with Grandma?!