She Won’t Be The Alpha In A Redemption Novel - Chapter 6

“You’re saying that granddaughter of mine has finally agreed to mark another Omega?”

The Shen family’s ancestral residence was a traditional garden estate. In the very center of the main house stood two mahogany chairs. On the mahogany chair to the left sat an elderly woman with silver hair.

Beneath that silver hair, her features bore less the marks of age than the coldness of someone who had long occupied a position of power. That lofty air was like a blade gleaming with cold light.

Old Madam Shen took the documents the butler handed over and casually flipped through them twice. At last, a long-lost smile appeared on that aged face beneath the silver hair.

“Yes, Old Madam. Miss has finally overcome…”

The butler stopped immediately at this point.

“Only, I heard that this Miss Su already has an Alpha. And she is already married.”

When the butler reached this part, his tone slowed, and a trace of hesitation entered his words.

For a colossus like the Shen family, this was not exactly an honorable matter.

If it were any other family of the same scale, most likely the person in power would already be preparing to separate the two of them by force.

If it were the Shen family of the past, they would also have sealed off every possible news outlet at the first moment, then forcibly torn the two apart.

But now, everything was different.

Hearing the butler’s words, the smile on Old Madam Shen’s face did not lessen. Instead, it deepened.

“You think this is a bad thing? I, on the other hand, think it’s a good thing.”

“Since she is someone else’s wife, Banyan absolutely cannot end up like those two bastards again…”

At this point, the smile on Old Madam Shen’s lips suddenly stiffened. The arc of that smile slowly disappeared, replaced by a trace of hatred.

“Dying for love.”

“Abandoning their own mother! Abandoning their own child! Just leaving this world like that!”

“Married? Being married is the best thing…”

“This is the best and simplest reason to separate the two of them.”

Old Madam Shen casually opened the documents the butler had handed over. The smile on her face appeared again, even gradually deepening.

“A compatibility rate of 10%. Is this the latest data?”

Hearing the old madam say this, the butler immediately nodded.

“Only, that Omega’s Alpha identity is a bit troublesome. Her Alpha is the head of the Bo family. With the resources currently in Miss’s hands…”

The moment Old Madam Shen heard this, she waved her hand, signaling that the butler did not need to continue.

“What’s so troublesome about that? Originally, she was only given half the authority, and she could already fight the Bo family to a standstill. Since that’s the case, give her some more…”

“Wait, Old Xu, are you trying to ask for more power on her behalf?” Old Madam Shen suddenly changed the direction of the conversation and lightly smacked Butler Xu with the documents in her hand.

Butler Xu did not answer directly with yes or no. Instead, he looked at Old Madam Shen and said gently, “You know this. I only don’t want to see Miss have such a hard time.”

“You really do spoil her.”

“If what happened back then had never taken place, I could have been a loving grandmother too…”

Old Madam Shen sighed. Seeing that the butler was about to persuade her, she waved her hand.

“No need to persuade me.”

For three days.

During these three days, Shen Banyan had encountered the greatest problem of her life.

She could do absolutely nothing about Su Xiqiao.

From the moment this large flat had been purchased, it had actually been bought for Su Xiqiao.

Back then, Shen Banyan had bought it because she had seen in the plot that Su Xiqiao would have her heart utterly broken by Bo Yi’an, then end up with nowhere to go.

After she left, because she had no money, she was nearly forcibly marked by certain people with ill intentions.

Only at the very end, when Shen Banyan appeared, did she save Su Xiqiao.

When Shen Banyan saw that scene, she hated that kind of trash plot.

It was as if the only way to emphasize an Omega’s suffering was to display it through such low and vulgar means.

This redemption novel was nothing more than tearing apart the heart of a gentle and kind person to redeem a piece of trash.

On what grounds?

So she bought this apartment.

Shen Banyan’s plan at the time had been that if this plot really had to happen, then when the time came, she would trick Su Xiqiao into coming here.

She would let the scene play out while causing Su Xiqiao the least possible harm.

So…

Shen Banyan had never imagined that she herself would move into this apartment.

The apartment was very large, so naturally, it had plenty of rooms.

After Su Xiqiao clearly saw the rooms, she refused no matter what to let Shen Banyan leave.

“There are five rooms. You can choose first. I’ll sleep in whichever one is left.”

Su Xiqiao had her arms crossed, a smile in the corners of her eyes and brows. After breaking free of the plot, she seemed to always be this light and effortless.

But the final result…

“You know this. Right now, only when I smell your pheromones can I keep resisting the force of the plot.”

“If you don’t live here, what if I go straight to find Bo Yi’an because of the plot’s force?”

When Su Xiqiao said this, there was no trace of panic left on her face. That smile remained there the entire time, and then she looked at Shen Banyan and continued speaking.

“Besides, if I really do become the plot’s puppet, there’s no guarantee you won’t become its puppet too.”

Hearing this, World Consciousness 001 also popped out.

[I’ll tell you the truth, and I’m really not lying to you. If you refuse, you won’t die. Because the plot has already changed, you’ll only become a puppet with no autonomy…]

By the time Shen Banyan heard the latter half, she could only rub the space between her brows. Without saying a word, she took off her suit jacket and walked into one of the secondary bedrooms.

She could die suddenly. She could have her corpse abandoned in the street. She could die by any kind of accident…

But she absolutely could not die for love. Shen Banyan did not dare imagine how devastated her grandmother would be at that time.

Blood ties were not some precious thing. She was not important. There were plenty of collateral branches in the Shen family.

But the Shen family could not, absolutely could not, produce another hopeless romantic.

Seeing Shen Banyan truly obey, World Consciousness 001 immediately realized that Su Xiqiao was the one who could truly control Shen Banyan.

Unfortunately, she was currently restricted by the rules. Otherwise, she would have gone straight to stay with Su Xiqiao instead.

Shen Banyan did not know what World Consciousness 001 was thinking, nor did she care.

All she needed to do was wash up and hurry to sleep. Tomorrow, there was a contract at the company that she needed to keep an eye on.

Since she had not died, then she had to properly do what she was supposed to do.

Unexpectedly, Shen Banyan slept very well that night.

It was not until Shen Banyan woke up the next day that she understood what Su Xiqiao had meant by “you can sleep anywhere.”

In her world, the softest thing was clouds, and the smoothest thing was silk. The former was something she could only admire from afar and never reach, while the latter accompanied her night after night in the form of her four-piece bedding set.

However, Shen Banyan had never before come into contact with something that combined the traits of both—soft, smooth, and warm…

A person.

Yes. Su Xiqiao was lying right beside her.

Shen Banyan looked at Su Xiqiao’s sleeping face. It was completely different from her usual forceful appearance.

Right now, Su Xiqiao’s eyes were closed, and she slept so peacefully that she looked just like an angel.

Shen Banyan was not good at finding excuses for the things she did. If she did something, then she did it. She did not need an excuse.

Until she met Su Xiqiao. For the first time, she had found the excuse of her heat for herself.

And now, Shen Banyan had already used up that excuse.

Perhaps because she was awake, Shen Banyan’s movements also became stiff. Only, even after waking, her mind was still completely blank…

She clearly should have immediately gotten out of bed, then gone to prepare for today’s work.

But right now, she did not even know which leg she should move first.

Before Shen Banyan could figure out how to face the current situation, Su Xiqiao also woke up at this moment.

Su Xiqiao had been sleeping on Shen Banyan’s arm as a pillow. Sensing that her “pillow” was a little off, she also opened her drowsy eyes.

Before Shen Banyan could speak, Su Xiqiao threatened her with a hazy, half-awake look.

“You’re not allowed to get up!”

“You’re not allowed to move around!”

Su Xiqiao’s fierce tone had absolutely nothing to do with the “gentle and kind” female lead from the plot…

She was a little fierce, but also somewhat cute…

Shen Banyan’s calm heartbeat suddenly became disordered for a single second.

This feeling was a little peculiar, a little strange. It was like the heart-stopping thrill Shen Banyan had felt when she first rode a horse at five years old, and also like the terrifying entanglement of love and hate she first saw in Wuthering Heights when she was fourteen…

She should run…

Shen Banyan warned herself this way.

Su Xiqiao was not the kind and gentle person from the original text. She was clearly a vigorous, flourishing vine. As long as she was given an opportunity, she would use every support she could use to climb to the highest point she desired.

She would use Shen Banyan. She might even strangle Shen Banyan for the sake of what she wanted.

The former was an undeniable fact.

The latter was a highly possible future…

Su Xiqiao was not the partner Shen Banyan had hoped for as a child. The person she liked should have been a gentle, quiet woman who would give her a hug at any moment.

Su Xiqiao did not know what Shen Banyan was thinking, but Su Xiqiao smelled something wrong on Shen Banyan.

Shen Banyan’s pheromones had become very chaotic. The originally pleasant scent of whiskey had changed. The smell of alcohol was no longer pure. It was as if something else had been mixed into it, making it especially sharp and irritating…

“Why aren’t you sleeping!”

She attributed this change to Shen Banyan not sleeping properly.

Su Xiqiao was still muddled from sleep, and her tone became stern. Her breathtakingly beautiful face was full of anger.

Before Shen Banyan could say anything to pull distance between them, Su Xiqiao directly covered Shen Banyan’s eyes with her hand.

Her anger over Shen Banyan not sleeping was obvious…

Shen Banyan wanted to explain and take the chance to leave this place, but the person lying beside her changed position and directly pressed down on top of her.

From hand to leg, even half of Su Xiqiao’s body was stacked on top of Shen Banyan.

So soft.

Shen Banyan only felt as if she had been pinned down by a lump of soft jade.

She should push her away, but for some reason, Shen Banyan could not bring herself to do it.

Someone had once said that after a highly compatible Alpha and Omega got together, they would gain an extremely high quality of sleep.

Shen Banyan, CEO of Shen Group and famous workaholic.

Was late for the first time.

“You Shen Group people have absolutely no sincerity in doing business with us!”