Returning to the Villain Omega's High School Days - Chapter 6

The original book never described the process of Xie Ning being hit and killed by the truck. It did not say whether it happened in the morning or afternoon, nor did it say which street it happened on. But what was known was that this incident would definitely happen, and that it would become the fuse that led Su Wan to lay everything bare in front of Su Xingheng.

Looking at it from this angle, she still held a certain place in Su Wan’s heart.

Xie Ning felt as though she were licking honey from the edge of a blade. Even at a time like this, she actually felt… a little happy.

Someone like her was already completely beyond saving, but Su Wan was different. She had walked over step by step, endured so much suffering no one knew about, and only barely made it to today. If she could live on and get rid of Su Xingheng, her life should be able to become happy.

According to the book’s description, she was very satisfied with her current husband, Xiang Yihai. This Mr. Xiang was already sixty-six years old this year, a history professor at Rongcheng University.

When Professor Xiang married Su Wan, he was fifty-nine, while his son Xiang Tao was only eight years old, and his stepdaughter Cheng Fen was sixteen.

When Su Wan studied medicine at Rongcheng University, she had attended this professor’s public lecture. Back then, she had already heard about Professor Xiang’s situation.

Usually, people gossiped about someone on campus either because there was something wrong with their private life that had gotten out, or because they had character problems and mistreated students. But Mr. Xiang Yihai was discussed because of a marriage that no one looked favorably on.

“Do you know? Professor Xiang married a Beta wife. That woman only has an elementary school education, comes from the countryside, and it’s even her second marriage with a child. And someone like that actually managed to marry a man like Professor Xiang?!”

“Oh my god, I seriously can’t believe it. How pretty is this woman supposed to be? Second marriage, child in tow, born in the countryside, and she still gets to marry this well?!”

“She looks pretty average, honestly. Her clothes are old-fashioned too. I really don’t understand why Professor Xiang married her?!”

“Professor Xiang is kind and generous. He must have been deceived by this woman!”

“If he were that easy to deceive, why didn’t Professor Xiang get married before? He was almost fifty! With his reputation and status, what kind of woman couldn’t he marry? You don’t know this, but several of his students had designs on him, yet Professor Xiang has always been very clear-headed and never took the bait!”

“I really can’t accept a second marriage with a child. I genuinely don’t understand. He has completely shattered my understanding of men!”

Xiang Yihai never cared about other people’s gossip and strange looks. He devoted his entire life to scholarship, and his wife always managed his life in perfect order. Shortly after he turned fifty, his wife gave birth to a son for him. Having a child in his old age, he treasured the boy like a precious jewel and did everything he could to nurture him.

But the malice from the outside world never stopped.

“Why does she get that? Her son receives such a good education. He could write with a brush at three and recognize oracle bone script at five. I heard Old Xiang personally taught him hand by hand. Not only that, Old Xiang treats his stepdaughter incredibly well too. He personally teaches her English and even plans to send her to a British aristocratic school?! This is completely like a sparrow flying up to become a phoenix!”

“All she can do is drive and cook. What’s the difference between finding her and finding a nanny? What nanny has a life as good as hers?”

“I heard her ex-husband came looking for her before, and Old Xiang spent money to settle it. It’s one thing for someone like her to be rotten herself, but she’d better not drag Old Xiang down with her!”

Sometimes, rumors really could kill.

Mrs. Xiang herself suffered from lupus and was later diagnosed with severe depression, so she could only be hospitalized.

At that time, Su Wan’s marriage was also suffering torment. Once, when she was hospitalized, she happened to share a ward with Mrs. Xiang. She recognized Mrs. Xiang, and Mrs. Xiang, for the first time, heard a belated blessing from the mouth of someone she had never met.

“I saw the two of you when I was in school. Back then, I had an evening class. When I came out, it was raining, and there were people holding umbrellas outside the teaching building. I followed the professor out of the classroom, and he spotted you in the crowd at a glance and called out to you. His expression at that time made me feel that he must have been very happy with you.”

“In my heart, the two of you were like an immortal couple.”

Su Wan’s words made Mrs. Xiang weep until she could not speak. She admitted frankly that all these years, what she had heard was always malicious slander from the outside world. She needed to hear this kind of encouragement far too much.

Su Wan sighed. “Actually, marriage is a matter between the two of you. Everyone else will gradually fade out of your lives.”

When Su Wan said these words, she was also thinking of Xie Ning.

When her marriage had been at its happiest, she had thought this relationship could heal the wounds of her entire life.

If she and Xie Ning could have been happy, she would have gradually forgotten the hatred of the past, forgotten those people’s ugly faces, and focused on a new life. But no. She and Xie Ning had not managed to remain happy, and now, her heart would never be peaceful again.

She wanted revenge against the Su family. Revenge against those who had hurt her and Liu Ya.

After divorcing Xie Ning, the Su family had successively introduced many matches to her. As an Omega who had miscarried and lost the ability to have children, Su Wan did not have many choices.

If she repeatedly refused the Su family’s arrangements, then she had no way to gain the Su family’s trust.

At that time, Mrs. Xiang had already passed away for more than two years. It was also the second year after Su Wan’s divorce. She suddenly paid a visit to Old Professor Xiang, and not long afterward, she and the old professor decided to marry.

The Su family was very surprised by her decision. On the other hand, Su Xingheng’s wives enthusiastically helped arrange things for her, and the gifts they gave her were all very interesting:

One gave her a portrait of Guanyin who grants children. One gave her a walking cane and reading glasses. The other gave her a pile of stepmother-themed novels. All of them were extremely mocking.

From the moment Su Wan moved into Old Xiang’s home, she slept in a separate room from Old Xiang. This was Old Xiang’s idea.

He believed he was already old enough, and Su Wan had already lost her fertility. The two of them could simply get along like ordinary relatives.

The Xiang family had a nanny who carefully looked after the old professor’s food and daily life, while Su Wan’s role was more like that of a family tutor. She appeared during the loneliest and most painful period of Xiang Tao’s childhood, and also during the most rebellious and confused period of his stepdaughter Cheng Fen’s life. Her appearance saved these two children, and she herself also gained redemption.

Su Wan was exactly this kind of person. She was very good at living. Even when her life was already rotten to the core, she could still sort out a terrible hand of cards and play it to an effect beyond expectations.

After leaving Xie Ning, had she not lived very well on her own?

If she did not tangle with someone like Su Xingheng to the bitter end, then the rest of her life should have been complete and happy, instead of suffering some prison disaster.

After finishing Rongcheng, Xie Ning had already made her decision. She wanted to change the ending of the original book. She wanted Su Wan to obtain the happiness she deserved. For that, she could do anything! She was merely a cannon-fodder character. It did not matter how she died.

She spent money to buy herself an accidental death insurance policy, then called her boss and asked for a revolver.

These years, Xie Ning had built up a rising reputation in the circle. Her boss had long wanted to train her as a killer. The pay would be far higher than being hired muscle.

But Xie Ning had her laughable principles. In the past, she had never killed anyone, and she would not go kill anyone either.

This time, when Xie Ning asked for a gun, her boss gave it to her very readily and did not ask what she planned to do with it.

According to the book’s plot, tonight, Su Xingheng was going to send his mother to Little Fragrant Mountain in the suburbs of Rongcheng to escape the heat. To her, this was an opportunity.

At four in the afternoon, when the weather was insanely hot, Xie Ning went to a gas station and filled up her car, then drove more than forty kilometers and arrived at the entrance of Little Fragrant Mountain Summer Resort.

The temperature on the mountain was indeed much cooler. Tall trees lined both sides of the road. There were guide signs showing how to go up the mountain, as well as advertisements for hotels that received tourists. Xie Ning saw a bright LED sign that read:

Summer Resort special room tonight: 6,000 yuan/night.

The inflation at this time was only a tiny bit higher than ten years ago. Xie Ning worked herself half to death and only earned a little over a hundred thousand a month. It was far less profitable than this resort.

And even more ironic was that this summer resort had once been Xie Ning’s home.

Had she known this lousy resort could make so much money, she never should have sold it back then.

She parked the car at the entrance of the summer resort and began waiting in advance.

At seven in the evening, several luxury cars appeared one after another. Su Xingheng and his wives got out of the cars, and a group of children noisily followed them out. Su Xingheng supported an old woman. From her back, that should be Su Xingheng’s mother.

After them, Su Wan got out of the car with Xiang Tao.

Xie Ning’s heartbeat sped up. She could hardly wait to rush forward and call out to Su Wan, but reason told her she absolutely must not alert them.

If she showed herself now, the Su family would definitely become vigilant. At that point, she would never find a chance to act.

Xie Ning did not follow them into the summer resort. Instead, she climbed over the wall from the back mountain and slipped into the courtyard.

This place had undergone renovations and alterations, but the overall layout was still the same as before. Xie Ning was very familiar with it. She found a private room in the dining hall with practiced ease. The Su family was eating inside.

At seven-thirty, Xiang Tao left the private room to go to the restroom. After ten minutes passed and he still had not returned, Su Wan went out to look for him.

There was a courtyard outside the dining hall, open to the sky, with osmanthus trees planted there. Su Wan saw Xiang Tao sitting alone on the steps beside the courtyard, so she walked over and spoke to him. “Xiang Tao?”

Xiang Tao gave a muffled grunt, lowering his head to look at the pebbles on the ground.

Su Wan said, “Are you bored?”

“I don’t like listening to them talk.” Xiang Tao lowered his head and complained, “It’s so meaningless.”

Su Wan smiled faintly. “Adults have adult topics. It’s normal for you to feel bored listening to them.”

“No,” Xiang Tao emphasized. “I just don’t like listening to them talk.”

Su Wan said nothing. Sensing that someone was nearby, she glanced toward the wall.

Xie Ning immediately drew back, so nervous that her palms broke out in sweat.

Xiang Tao was still pouring out his grievances. “They’re annoying every single time. Either they talk about the stock market and finance, or they act like old ladies and ask whether I’ve differentiated yet, whether I’m engaged or not. I’m only fifteen. What kind of partner I choose in the future is none of their business!”

Su Wan said, “Indeed, it isn’t something they should be managing.”

“Even if I never marry in the future, it has nothing to do with them,” Xiang Tao said sulkily. “A group of self-righteous people. They controlled your life, ruined your life, and now they want to control mine too!”

He suddenly paused, as if realizing something. But seeing that Su Wan’s expression was very calm, he hesitated and said, “Sorry, I… didn’t mean it that way.”

“It’s nothing,” Su Wan said lightly. “It’s normal for you to think that way.”

Xiang Tao explained, “I was talking about what happened to you before. I heard others say your ex-wife treated you badly. You’re better now. You have us. We’re your family.”

“I understand,” Su Wan said with a smile. “There’s no need to explain.”

The two chatted for a few more moments. Xiang Tao vented his anger and was just about to follow Su Wan back to the private room when, as he turned around, a huge sound exploded by his ear, shocking both of them into a daze.

“Bang, bang, bang.” Three consecutive shots, deafening.

“It’s gunfire!” Xiang Tao reacted, his face deathly pale. He looked at Su Wan and made a prompt decision. “Leave this place quickly. I’ll go see what happened!”

As he spoke, he got up and headed toward the private room. His reaction was so fast that Su Wan did not even have time to stop him.

“Xiang Tao!” Su Wan shouted, but her voice was buried in a sea of screams.

Two more gunshots rang out. Su Wan was so frightened her legs went a little weak, but she still staggered after him!

The door of the private room was violently knocked open. A person covered in blood rushed out from inside. Xiang Tao yelled and threw himself over, using all his strength to hold that person down.

He succeeded!

With a young boy’s fearlessness and solitary courage, he appeared in this unexpected way and stopped the criminal who was about to escape!

But he did not notice that the person still had a gun in her hand. As long as she pulled the trigger, Xiang Tao could lose his life.

Su Wan’s face changed drastically. When she saw Xiang Tao throw himself at the criminal, she was overcome with panic. But when she saw more clearly, a trace of confusion flashed through her eyes—

Xie Ning?

She would not mistake her!

The person pinned to the floor was covered in blood, but that face, that aura, were all things Su Wan was most familiar with. It was Xie Ning?!

How could this be?!

Why was Xie Ning here? What was with the injuries on her body and the gun in her hand? Had she come here to kill someone?

Xie Ning felt that this was fucking bullshit!

She had disguised herself as a server and entered the private room, but the moment she pulled out the gun, Su Xingheng suddenly picked up his three-year-old son and started laughing and talking—

The child completely blocked Su Xingheng’s face and body, causing her to hesitate for a few seconds. At that moment, someone else in the room fired a gun. She could not dodge in time and was shot in the shoulder. The area around her shoulder blade was pierced through.

Xie Ning had completely failed. She could not bring herself to act against a three-year-old child. Even if she fired, the probability of hitting Su Xingheng was very low.

How could his luck be this good? At the exact instant Xie Ning took out the gun, he happened to pick up the child and block himself with him.

Xie Ning slammed open the private room door. At that moment, Xiang Tao rushed up to stop her, even blocking her escape route.

This was truly fucking bullshit!

Not only had she failed to kill Su Xingheng, she might even end up losing herself here!

She heard Su Wan’s voice, and her mind went completely blank.

Perhaps she would die tomorrow, but more humiliating than death was this—

Being so wretched in front of Su Wan.

She lowered her eyes and drew in a soft breath, almost ready to give up struggling. At that moment, Su Wan suddenly rushed over, grabbed Xiang Tao, and desperately dragged him away, shouting, “Stay away from her!”

Su Wan could not understand what was happening before her. She did not understand why Xie Ning was here, but she could see that Xie Ning had the chance to shoot Xiang Tao, yet she did not.

Xie Ning was pinned to the ground, turned sideways toward her. That downcast look in her eyes seemed to touch some string in Su Wan’s heart.

Xiang Tao was startled by Su Wan’s shout. Su Wan had never spoken so loudly before. His attention was distracted, and the moment his strength loosened, the person on the ground suddenly broke free from him—

The courtyard had fallen into complete chaos. People surged over in a crowd, but that woman was like a ghost, suddenly disappearing into the masses.

Xiang Tao seemed as though he could still hear her panting.

Like a dying hound.