Returning to the Villain Omega's High School Days - Chapter 22

After Xie Ning finished showering and came out, she changed into clean clothes, then first went to knock on Su Wan’s door.

Her door was not locked and had been left open a crack. Xie Ning waited outside for a while before Su Wan poked her little head out through the gap, looking her over. Her clear eyes shifted up and down, her lips parting slightly, the bead of her lip glowing with a warm, jade-like luster.

Although she did not speak, Xie Ning could tell that she was very happy, like a lively little rabbit.

Xie Ning moved a little closer, raised her elbow, and propped it against the doorframe. In a gentle voice, she said, “Come here and smell me. See if there’s still any cigarette smell on me.”

Su Wan pulled the door open and obediently leaned over, sniffing at her. Her breath landed against Xie Ning’s chest. Xie Ning turned her face away, feeling a little ticklish.

Su Wan seemed to smell something. She lifted her chin and continued sniffing with her eyes closed, her face almost reaching beneath Xie Ning’s arm. Her expression was extremely focused, like a little white rabbit searching for food.

Xie Ning lowered her head to look at her, holding her breath. Her eyelashes trembled lightly, and she could not help wanting to pull Su Wan into her arms.

Who wouldn’t like such a little bunny?

Su Wan opened her eyes, tilted her face up to look at her, rubbed her nose, and said seriously, “There is some kind of smell…”

Xie Ning gave a very pleasant “mm” and still stared at her.

Su Wan blinked, thought about it, and said, “It’s not cigarette smoke. It’s like some kind of floral scent…”

Xie Ning lowered her arm. Her eyes dodged for a moment. She moistened her throat and said, “You probably smelled wrong.”

Su Wan shook her head. She was not sure what that faint, indistinct scent was, only that it smelled very good and made her feel happy and at ease.

“All right, that’s enough.” Xie Ning rubbed Su Wan’s hair, pushing that short hair to one side, then flipping it back again like stroking a small animal’s fur. Finally, she tidied it until it was fluffy, her expression satisfied as she said, “Good night.”

Su Wan stood there without moving, her brows furrowing faintly. Seeing Xie Ning turn to leave, she looked as though she wanted to speak but stopped herself, almost following after her.

Xie Ning went to the living room and said to Fang Lingyu, “Auntie, I should go back after all. I’ll come another day to return the clothes to you.”

“Ah, didn’t we agree you’d stay here tonight?” Fang Lingyu said. “There are guest rooms upstairs. Why are you in such a rush to leave?”

Xie Ning said, “No, I’ve already troubled you a lot tonight. I can’t keep troubling you.”

“What trouble is there?” Fang Lingyu held Xie Ning’s hand, sighed, and said quietly, “Don’t take Xiao Jin’s matter to heart. That child has been like this since she was young. She doesn’t have any bad intentions, she’s just been indulged. You, ah, be a little more tolerant.”

Xie Ning smiled. “I know.”

“After this incident, she has also learned a lesson. She’ll slowly become better. People always need a process like this.”

“Yes,” Xie Ning said. “Once she has someone she’s dating, I hope she’ll become a little better.”

Fang Lingyu sighed and saw the Xie family out.

Xie Minxian had sat on the sofa for a while and was already dozing off. Only with Uncle Ling and Jiang Qin working together did they manage to help him into the car. Xie Ning stood downstairs and looked toward Su Wan’s room.

Su Wan stood by the window, looking at her expressionlessly.

If, when Xie Ning had knocked on the door to find her earlier, Su Wan’s happiness had been visible to the naked eye, then right now, she was definitely unhappy.

Xie Ning waved at her, and Su Wan pulled the curtains shut.

Xie Ning: “…” Was she angry?

Xie Ning could not help smiling. After returning to the car, she felt both amused and heartbroken, repeatedly wondering about the reason Wanwan was angry—

Could Wanwan be upset because Xie Ning had said she would sleep with her, but then failed to follow through?

Xie Ning felt somewhat annoyed at herself. She also did not have Su Wan’s contact information, so there was no way to explain the situation to her.

When she came out of the bathroom earlier, she had wanted Su Wan to check whether there was still any cigarette smell on her, only for Su Wan to detect the scent of pheromones instead, making Xie Ning unbearably embarrassed.

Pheromones leaking out was a sign before differentiation.

There had been many cases in the news of Alphas losing control and biting people while differentiating. Not long ago, an example had also happened at their school. This made Xie Ning extremely worried that such a situation might happen to her.

It was not that she had no confidence in herself. The main thing was that in her previous life, she had hurt Wanwan many times. Those things still made it impossible for her to let go. So long as there was even the slightest possibility of hurting Su Wan, she would not do it.

Nothing happened that night.

The expected differentiation did not arrive. Instead, her period came the next day. Xie Ning changed her clothes and gave them to the auntie to wash, also telling her to wash and dry the clothes before sending them to the Su family.

On Monday, Xie Ning took leave and went to the hospital for a differentiation tendency test. The doctor said she would need to wait three days for the results.

Xie Ning bought a huge pile of suppressants, including oral, inhaled, and injectable ones. She also bought some painkillers and anesthetics, and even prepared syringes.

When Uncle Ling saw that she had bought suppressants for Alphas, he could not help asking curiously, “Who are all these for?”

“Me,” Xie Ning said. “Just in case.”

Uncle Ling was extremely curious. Then, from her large shopping basket, he picked out a bite-prevention muzzle. With the expression of an elderly person on the subway looking at a phone, he asked in disbelief, “This too?”

“Yes. This one is very necessary,” Xie Ning said solemnly.

Uncle Ling looked a little lost. He pinched the flesh on his arm hard, and after a moment, he finally came back to himself and asked Xie Ning, “Young Lady, since when did you start thinking you would differentiate into an Alpha?”

“I only started realizing it recently,” Xie Ning said. “If anyone asks you in the next couple of days why I came to the hospital, tell me.”

Uncle Ling nodded slightly. “I understand. Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone else about this kind of thing.”

When they left the hospital, it was two in the afternoon. They returned to the villa at three. Aside from several servants doing their work, no one else was home.

At four-thirty, Jiang Qin came back from outside. Passing through the courtyard, she saw Xie Ning sitting there drinking tea and asked curiously, “Isn’t today Monday? Why didn’t you go to class?”

Xie Ning lifted her eyes to look at her and answered with a question. “Where did you go?”

The corner of Jiang Qin’s mouth twitched. “Since when did you start managing me?”

Xie Ning said, “Did your son tell you? About the report under his bed.”

Jiang Qin’s face changed slightly. After hesitating, she sat down beside Xie Ning and said, “Xie Ning, I haven’t really controlled you much these days. When the school called me to report your problems, I always spoke up for you.”

“Answer me. Where did you go?” Xie Ning tapped the tabletop with her fingers, her gaze extremely cold.

Jiang Qin disliked Xie Ning very much, especially this Xie Ning with such a strong sense of pressure.

She was silent for a while before saying, “I was following your father, looking for evidence of his affair. Xie Ning, this is between me and your father. You don’t need to interfere.”

Xie Ning immediately became curious. “Aunt Jiang, you’re really good at keeping calm. I didn’t see it at all. He actually cheated?”

Jiang Qin gave a cold hum. “What’s there to be unable to keep calm about? Even if I know now, there’s nothing I can do to him.”

“That’s true,” Xie Ning said. “He can completely marry the woman outside into the family, and neither you nor I can stop him. But I definitely won’t call that person ‘Mom.’”

Jiang Qin laughed. “Xie Ning, you still don’t know your father’s tastes. Marrying one of them into the family is probably impossible.”

“What tastes?” Xie Ning frowned.

The corner of Jiang Qin’s lips curved. A moment later, she leaned forward, moving close to Xie Ning’s ear, and said something vulgar beyond measure:

“Your dad likes sleeping with other people’s wives. Young, pretty, already married ones. He especially likes sleeping with his subordinates’ wives. That’s his fetish. Understand?”

Xie Ning: “…”

Jiang Qin’s eyes narrowed slightly. That gaze of hers was full of ill intent. Xie Ning had seen it for many years and had gradually become indifferent to it.

In the end, she was only trying to survive.

A smart, far-sighted female Omega could probably only do about as much as Jiang Qin had.

Xie Ning had blamed Jiang Qin before, resenting her for taking her son and leaving far away after the Xie family went bankrupt, without caring whether the old man lived or died. Now, thinking about it carefully, Jiang Qin had probably never liked Xie Minxian. She must have wished she could leave this man sooner, and the moment she found a chance, she took her son and disappeared completely.

Xie Ning had once thought of all kinds of ways to deal with Jiang Qin. She had even wanted Xie Minxian to marry a few more wives into the family to make Jiang Qin suffer.

But now that she thought about it, Jiang Qin was also rather pitiful. Why make things so difficult for her?

Xie Ning looked her over and asked, “What do you plan to do?”

“What can I do?” Jiang Qin sneered. “Most of those women aren’t willing. If they don’t sleep with your dad, their husbands might lose their jobs. If I go make trouble for them, how are they supposed to survive?”

Hearing this, Xie Ning instantly felt solemn respect toward Jiang Qin.

She had thought Jiang Qin was the kind of woman who would cry, make a scene, and threaten to hang herself, or if she were a little more skilled, use all kinds of methods against her enemies.

Unexpectedly… the person she had thought despicable was instead noble, while the person she had always called “Father” was actually this despicable.

Xie Ning’s gaze cooled, and she murmured, “I never knew… Xie Minxian was this kind of person.”

Jiang Qin looked at her with ill intent. That gaze practically said, “You’re the same as your father.”

Xie Ning’s mood also cooled. After a moment, she said, “I’ll help you think of a way.”

Jiang Qin said, “Help me think of a way? What’s the price? What do you want me to help you do?”

Xie Ning said nothing. Jiang Qin stood up and said, “You waited here for me to come back because you wanted to catch my weakness and threaten me into doing something for you, didn’t you?”

“Indeed.” Xie Ning moistened her throat. “I want you to help me keep an eye on the Su family and help arrange a marriage for Su Jin.”

Jiang Qin laughed. She said, “Xie Ning, you’re really boring.”

For a moment, Xie Ning had nothing to say. Jiang Qin said, “I thought you were smart and had a good mind. Before, maybe you were muddleheaded and chased after that Su Xingheng without letting go. But what’s the situation now? You’re staring at one Su Jin and trying to wipe her out completely? Don’t you have anyone else you like, or anything else you like doing?”

Xie Ning said, “I do.”

Jiang Qin paused. Seeing Xie Ning’s serious expression, she frowned and thought carefully before saying, “You like that new girl from the Su family?”

Xie Ning lowered her eyelids and said nothing.

Seeing her expression, Jiang Qin became even more certain. She curved her lips in a smile, bent down to look at Xie Ning, and said each word clearly, “Xie Ning, let me remind you. That girl is not a good person. You can tell from her eyes. She only looks obedient.”

Xie Ning laughed softly and returned, “Aunt Jiang, are you qualified to say that about anyone else?”

Jiang Qin had no reply. She smiled and walked away from Xie Ning.

At seven that evening, Fang Lingyu called Xie Ning.

“Xie Ning, I heard from Xingheng that you took leave today and didn’t go to school. Are you feeling unwell? Are you a little better now?”

“Mm, a bit of a cold,” Xie Ning said, rubbing her nose and speaking with a slightly nasal voice. “I should be completely fine tomorrow.”

“A cold isn’t too bad,” Fang Lingyu said. “Xiao Jin also asked about your health just now and urged me to call you. Can you go to school tomorrow?”

“Yes,” Xie Ning said. “Xiao Jin has my contact information. Why didn’t she ask me herself?”

Fang Lingyu seemed to have the call on speaker, because in the next second, Xie Ning heard Su Jin’s voice shout, “My brother sent you a message, and you didn’t reply!”

Xie Ning chuckled and ignored it, saying to Fang Lingyu, “Auntie, I want to talk to Wanwan.”

“All right, I’ll go call… Wait.” Fang Lingyu froze. “Did you say that wrong just now?”

“No.” Xie Ning spoke close to the receiver, saying clearly, “I want to say a few words to Younger Sister Su Wan. Please call her for me.”