Returning to the Villain Omega's High School Days - Chapter 3

“I’ll kill you,” Xie Ning said through gritted teeth, hanging up the phone.

She sat on the floor and drank a beer. A few minutes later, a delivery guy called to confirm her address.

Xie Ning told him where she was.

She knew Jiang Qingliu wasn’t lying this time. The book must exist. He and his mother had stolen it from her, hid it, and were now telling her the brutal truth just before her end was supposedly coming.

This was exactly like Jiang Qingliu.

As a four-year-old, he knew how to help Jiang Qin win favor. He never fought or argued but always looked pathetic, using her father’s guilt to get things for himself and his mother.

When he was six, a fire started on a mountain behind his school. Jiang Qingliu faked being trapped, which led to the death of the teacher who went to save him.

He was skilled at psychologically manipulating maids and women. A maid in the Xie household was tormented by him until she took her own life, and some of his partners were driven mad or, even after leaving him, continued to live in his shadow.

Xie Ning hated him and had often “schooled” him with her fists since he was a child, but she also suffered many losses because of him. She never expected to hear him say such cruel, soul-crushing words on the day before her birthday.

If she really was going to die tomorrow, it seemed like good news to her. She wouldn’t have to worry about her father’s life or death, her debts, or her disgusting job. Everything would end tomorrow.

Xie Ning felt an unprecedented sense of relief. She just wanted the delivery guy to hurry up and bring the book. While she waited, she scrolled through her phone, looking at old photos and getting lost in her memories.

Her job didn’t require her to take photos, and she wasn’t into photography anyway. When she scrolled up, she went from 2038 to 2030. The few photos she had seemed to summarize her life over the past few years, leaving nothing behind. She really was an insignificant character in a book.

When she scrolled up further, she saw photos of her and Su Wan traveling together.

Back then, Xie Ning had a private jet and would often fly off to travel. She was a completely different person then—young, rich, and living life on her own terms.

Her favorite place to visit was Mohe, where she could ski every weekend. After marrying Su Wan, she took her all over the world. The farthest they went was Norway, but it was a shame they couldn’t make it to Iceland. Su Wan really wanted to take photos there, but she simply wasn’t physically strong enough for the journey.

Su Wan loved taking pictures, and many of the photos on Xie Ning’s phone were taken by her. But she wasn’t picky about her equipment; as long as the settings were decent, she was happy. She took pictures of the starry sky, waterfalls, and many wild animals. She’d ignore the hundreds of thousands of yuan worth of lenses Xie Ning bought for her, and just have fun with a regular DSLR.

Su Wan’s brother’s girlfriend heard that she was good at photography and asked her to take some photos a few times, but Su Wan refused because she didn’t like taking pictures of people.

But Xie Ning’s photo album had many photos of her taken by Su Wan.

There were photos of her in the pilot’s seat, bathed in the sunset; of her jumping on a snowboard in the vast snowfield; of her surfing on the ocean; and of them diving together. She liked to take photos from different angles. Some were taken while they were chatting and laughing, while others were taken from a distance, capturing Xie Ning as a part of the landscape. She also liked taking candid shots. Sometimes, she would take many photos of a single scene to compare them, and she could never bring herself to delete a single one.

Xie Ning was beautiful, with sharp, striking features. Her skin wasn’t the kind of bright white that stood out, but it was flawless and looked great on camera. Every picture looked like a professional photoshoot.

In contrast, the few photos Xie Ning took of Su Wan were horrible. She lacked patience, didn’t know how to frame a shot, and wasn’t willing to learn, so she eventually gave up on taking photos.

She was filled with regret now.

She scrolled to a selfie Su Wan had taken using a tripod on a grassy field. In the photo, her skin glowed, and the lively sparkle in her eyes was captured perfectly.

Xie Ning zoomed in on the photo, lowered her head until her nose touched the screen, and her eyes welled up.

She didn’t know how things ended up this way. Her first love wasn’t Su Wan, and at first, both of them had their own fiancés.

Su Wan was the long-lost daughter of the Su family, and there was a girl who had taken her place and was deeply loved by the family. Because of this, Su Wan’s life after returning to the Su family was difficult.

When Su Wan was still in high school, the Su family arranged a marriage for her with the son of the mayor of Rongcheng, who was over a decade older than her. Luckily, the mayor was later impeached, and the engagement fell through. A few years later, when the Su family faced a debt crisis, Su Wan was arranged to marry Xie Ning.

Xie Ning had a fiancé too, who, coincidentally, was Su Wan’s brother, Su Xingheng. At that time, Xie Ning hadn’t differentiated yet, and a doctor had insisted she would become an Omega, so the Xie family had decided on the marriage early on.

After Xie Ning differentiated, the first thing she did was beat up that doctor. How could he have been so wrong? Why would he ever think she would become an Omega?

This led to a long, awkward period in Xie Ning and Su Xingheng’s relationship. When she got engaged to Su Wan, Su Xingheng even joked, “You’re getting the raw end of the deal. My good fortune is being passed from me to Su Wan.”

At first, Xie Ning had a mediocre impression of Su Wan. She was quiet and gloomy and seemed unremarkable. And as the unloved second daughter of the Su family, Xie Ning didn’t even know why she agreed to marry her. She had differentiated into an Alpha, so it wasn’t like she couldn’t find a partner.

She believed it was fate.

She started to get to know Su Wan little by little. She couldn’t stand seeing the Su family ignore Su Wan. She would stand up for her when she was bullied and scold her for not taking good care of herself. Then she would find nourishing foods like deer antler, lamb soup, and pork tripe chicken to help her recuperate. Maybe it was an Alpha’s instinct to protect a weaker person, but gradually, Xie Ning started to care for Su Wan, actively looking out for her and inviting her out to have fun.

She began to get involved in Su Wan’s life, the life of a girl who was destined to be miserable.

Xie Ning was certain that her involvement was what made Su Wan even more miserable.

Twenty minutes after the first phone call, the delivery guy arrived at Xie Ning’s doorstep.

Xie Ning gave him a hundred yuan as a tip. It wasn’t easy to work in this heat, and more importantly, he didn’t make Xie Ning wait long.

The book looked old but was in decent condition. The pages inside were yellowed and wrinkled from being handled, and there were childish scribbles on them.

The title page had a line of writing: “To 12-year-old Xie Ning, never lose this book!”

There was no foreword, no publication date or number. Even the font was a rare cursive. Holding it, Xie Ning had a feeling that this wasn’t something that should exist in this world.

“On the night of December 31st, 1999, at the turn of the century, Su Xingheng was born.”

This was the first sentence of the entire book. Like many biographical novels, it started with the trivialities of the Su family until Su Xingheng met Xie Ning at age 12. “She was the eldest daughter of the Xie family, the richest in Rongcheng, a girl whom doctors had determined would differentiate into an Omega.”

“Like all girls her age, Xie Ning fell in love with Su Xingheng at first sight. But unlike the others, the Xie family was incredibly wealthy, beyond Su Xingheng’s imagination.”

“Su Xingheng was disdainful of befriending such a rich girl, but he soon discovered that Xie Ning was cheerful, genuine, and loyal to her friends. Su Xingheng liked this very much.”

“But his sister would get jealous. His lovely sister, who only had eyes for him, would always look so disappointed whenever he interacted with Xie Ning. Not only that, but Su Xingheng also discovered something—his sister didn’t seem to be the biological daughter of the Su family.”

“She doesn’t know it yet. When they did a blood test, Su Xingheng found out she had AB blood type. How could they have a child with AB blood when both the Su family’s blood types were A and O?”

“Su Xingheng decided to protect his sister’s secret. He used an eraser pen to wipe out the ‘B’ on the report, and no one suspected a thing. After that, his view of his sister changed.”

“‘His lovely sister’ became ‘the sister he must protect.’ But all of this changed dramatically when that person arrived.”

“Her name was Su Wan, and she was confirmed as the Su family’s real second daughter after a DNA test.”