The Anti-Alpha Protagonist is Exceptionally Biased Towards Me (GL) - Chapter 30

The profile picture was unfamiliar, and the username was different, but when she clicked on it, she saw the familiar chat history. The most recent message was the money the person had transferred to her some time ago, saying they were paying back the money they had taken from her.

It was obvious that it was the same scammer who had cheated her before, but they had changed their profile picture and username.

But Ming Xin still couldn’t believe it. She felt that her phone must have a bug. So she swiped her finger to go back and then clicked on it again, and it was still the same page.

“…”

“What’s wrong? Is something not right?” Liu Yanxi saw this and stood up from her chair, asking worriedly. The incident with the sasaeng fan had just happened, and for a moment, she was on edge.

Before she could see the phone screen, Ming Xin’s hand trembled and she pressed the screen off.

“Nothing.” She pretended to be calm, but her heart was already in chaos.

Gu Yu, with a cool face, who was always cold to everyone, was that scumbag alpha?

Ming Xin felt that the world was an illusion.

Putting aside Ming Xin’s complicated feelings for now, the police’s investigation results came out quickly.

••••

The next morning, Gu Yu, Song Xinran, Liu Yanxi, and a few police officers were in a room on the set.

Since this time was not like the last, where they had no clues, with a definite person in mind, the investigation was naturally much faster.

“Surveillance shows that the person who snuck into the room got the room key card that night.” The police officer talking to them was a female beta. Her tone was gentle, which to a certain extent, helped the people she was talking to relax. She handed over a document, which was a printout of a screenshot of the surveillance video.

The police officer pointed at a person at the hotel’s front desk and said, “The person found the card when the counter was changing shifts and no one was there. Based on Miss Ming Xin’s previous statement, the person probably knew that they were about to be exposed, so this time, their actions were not as concealed as the last time.”

In the printout of the surveillance video screenshot, the person in front of the counter showed almost half of her face. Sure enough, it was Xiao Xue’s familiar features.

Ming Xin pursed her lips. Her usually lively apricot eyes had no hint of a smile. She said, “Thank you, officer. To protect my rights, I will not let this person off easily.”

She couldn’t be blamed for being ruthless. The unpredictable factors of sasaeng fans were too many. If she hadn’t found out in time, she couldn’t imagine what the consequences would be.

The beta police officer nodded and said, “Miss Ming Xin, I understand your request. Don’t worry, the law will give you a just answer.”

She then turned to Gu Yu. “Miss Gu Yu mentioned to us before that there was a problem with a prop on the set. Someone put glass shards in a whip, right?”

Gu Yu nodded and said, “Yes.”

When she was giving her statement, she remembered the prop incident on the set last time. The person in the surveillance video, whose face was unclear, was also holding a handkerchief. Before, she wasn’t sure if the mottled colors on the handkerchief were just her imagination, but now that the sasaeng fan incident had given her some clues, she told the police about it.

The beta police officer said, “According to the lead Miss Gu provided, we did find some evidence that proves that person was also this one.”

When Gu Yu heard this, she didn’t look surprised. She had already guessed it.

Ming Xin, on the other hand, looked up sharply when she heard this and looked at Gu Yu. She looked very guilty.

The police officer’s voice continued, “In addition, when we were looking at the surveillance, we found an additional thing.”

“What?” Everyone present looked at her.

“According to the surveillance, Zou Xue once went here in the middle of the night.” Zou Xue was the full name of the assistant Xiao Xue.

She took out another printout of a surveillance video.

Liu Yanxi took it and her face immediately became serious.

The environment shown on it was the current set, and the direction Zou Xue was heading was… the place where the heavy equipment was stored.

In the middle of the night, everyone was already asleep. There was no one on the set. Even the security personnel arranged by Xingchen Entertainment were mostly at the hotel during this time, not on the set.

Liu Yanxi thought of something and immediately stood up. She said, “I’m going out for a bit.”

She walked out the door, called her assistant, and together they walked toward the heavy equipment.

Since Path of Immortals was a fantasy drama, there were many scenes that required wires, and there were several large hanging equipment. These were covered with waterproof plastic and left outside, so the surveillance was not as complete.

Because of the heavy rain a few days ago, the ground was still soft, and the wire scenes were all postponed. The equipment was currently not in use.

At this moment, she called several equipment inspectors and had them carefully check each one.

A few minutes later, one of them suddenly called out, “Director Liu, there’s a problem here!”

Liu Yanxi’s eyelids twitched, and she immediately walked over.

The inspector pointed to a small corner and said, “The screw in this place has been tampered with.”

The place he pointed to was a very small part. Normally, a place like this wouldn’t have a problem. Although there would be a special person to check the machinery before filming, they wouldn’t check it so meticulously, especially a corner that was so inconspicuous. Not to mention that the crew had just moved to a new set, and the equipment was recently installed, so it was even more likely to be overlooked.

“This screw won’t have a big impact on the machine’s operation, but since it’s a high-altitude job, any small flaw can cause a problem,” he said.

“The one with the problem is a medium-sized machine.”

Liu Yanxi felt a heavy heart. Medium-sized machines were generally used for scenes that didn’t require hanging too high, and the person who had such a scene recently was Gu Yu.

She couldn’t imagine what a huge safety hazard this negligence would have caused if the scene hadn’t been postponed due to the weather.

At this moment, she was truly grateful for that rain.

On the other side, Ming Xin sat alone in the lounge. She hadn’t figured out how to face Gu Yu yet, or how to get along with her.

“How did the investigation turn out?” A few steps away, Sister Chen walked over hurriedly with a bag.

She had been out of town. When she heard about this, she immediately bought a plane ticket and flew back. She came here as soon as she got off the plane, so she looked a little haggard.

Ming Xin told her the results of the police investigation. Sister Chen felt a little annoyed. “If only I had been more careful when I screened the assistants.”

She had been too busy recently. An artist under her had a scandal, and she had been running around for it every day, not getting enough sleep. Naturally, she had neglected Ming Xin.

Because of this, she felt very guilty.

But no matter what, this matter had come to a conclusion. The person who had committed the crime was caught, which made people feel a little relieved.

However, when it was time to film, a new problem arose.

“Cut! Ming Xin, the emotion you’re showing is wrong. Let’s do it again,” Liu Yanxi shouted with a megaphone.

A few minutes later.

“Ming Xin, why didn’t you say your lines? Again.”

“Slow reaction. Again!”

After several retakes, Liu Yanxi frowned and stood up from her chair with the megaphone. Her features were well-defined. She was wearing all black today, and her stern face made her look serious.

“I’m sorry, Director Liu.” Ming Xin pursed her lips. She also knew she was wasting time and felt a little embarrassed.

“You’re not in the right state today. Why don’t you take a break?” She only thought that Ming Xin hadn’t gotten over the sasaeng fan incident yet.

Ming Xin didn’t refuse. She avoided Gu Yu’s confused gaze and walked to the side.

Their scene was a confrontation. Maybe Liu Yanxi didn’t notice, but as someone acting with her, Gu Yu noticed that Ming Xin started acting strange every time it was her turn to speak.

What’s wrong? She’s been acting so strange since this morning.

“Gu Yu, let’s film your solo part first.”

“Okay.” Her thoughts were pulled back. Gu Yu looked away and answered.

••••

In the afternoon, Song Xinran was being bombed with phone calls from her friend.

“Xinran, Xinran,” Xu Ru shouted on the phone. Her phone must have been placed somewhere on speaker, as her voice sounded a little hollow.

She said, “I’m really curious. What were you thinking, spending a million to hire so many online trolls? You didn’t reply to me last time. I sent a voice message, and we were chatting, and then you suddenly disappeared.”

If she hadn’t mentioned this, it would have been fine, but now Song Xinran remembered the awkward scene in the elevator.

Xu Ru didn’t mind that she wasn’t talking. She just continued, “But I looked at the comments and I think it’s pretty interesting. As soon as you hired those trolls, some netizens actually speculated whether they were hired by Gu Yu’s benefactor.”

“Hahahaha, I really can’t believe that one day, someone would connect you with an alpha, and in a relationship of benefactor and sugar baby.”

“But seriously, is that Gu Yu really that photoshopped? I saw a picture of her from before that netizens posted. She really wasn’t as stunning as she was in that bus photo.”

Song Xinran pursed her lips and said, “How would I know?”

Her tone was a little cold, so Xu Ru assumed that she didn’t want to talk about alphas and quickly changed the subject.

“But, are you not planning to come back yet?”

“No,” Song Xinran said as she walked outside, putting on her Bluetooth headset. She had heard that there would be a beautiful sunset tonight, and she decided to go see it.

Listening to her friend’s voice on the phone, she didn’t plan on telling her about last night’s incident, for fear of worrying her.

“You’ve been gone for so many days. Is the crew really that fun? If you don’t come back soon, your Mimi will become close with me.” Xu Ru let out a long sigh.

She and Song Xinran were close, so she should be at the Song family’s house right now. Song Xinran could faintly hear a cat meowing, and her friend’s sweet voice calling out, “Xi~ Come here, come here. Big sister will give you some dried fish~”

A few seconds later, the meowing sound got farther away, and Xu Ru continued on the phone, “Why is your Mimi so cold? I’ve been here for a few days, and even though it lets me pet it, it still won’t let me hold it.”

Song Xinran said, “It’s a little shy. You have to spend more time with it.”

Xu Ru heard this and said, “Okay, then. How long did it take for Mimi to let you hold it?”

Song Xinran thought about it and her tone was a little proud, but she didn’t want to show it too much. “Less than a day.”

“What?!” Xu Ru immediately couldn’t sit still. “How did you do it? Quick, tell me your secret.”

Song Xinran said, “There’s no secret.”

She just… had some alpha pheromones on her at the time.

Just thinking about that day made Song Xinran’s heart skip a beat for some reason.

“Also… don’t call it Mimi. It has a name now.”

“Huh?”

“It’s called Xi Xi,” Song Xinran said, looking up at the sky. “The Xi from sunset.”

“Xi Xi? That’s a nice name. You finally decided to name it?” Xu Ru, on the other end of the phone, squinted her eyes. She felt that there was something fishy.

“I didn’t name it,” Song Xinran said, a little uncomfortably.

Xu Ru wanted to keep asking, but Song Xinran said, “Just remember that it has a name now, okay? If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up now?”

“Wait, wait, don’t hang up. There’s something you can’t forget.”

“What?” Song Xinran was stunned. She thought for a long time but couldn’t think of anything.

Xu Ru’s voice was a little surprised. “No way, you really forgot. Did you forget what day it is today?”

••••

It was evening. The sky was filled with a beautiful orange-yellow sunset. The wind had picked up a little. Song Xinran tucked her hair behind her ear.

After hearing what Xu Ru said, she looked at her phone and said, “It’s Thursday. What’s wrong?”

“Exactly, Thursday!”

“Did you forget? Xianxian’s partner, the one who works at the radio station, her shift is on Thursdays. I even followed that radio station on your phone before.”

Song Xinran was silent. To be honest, she really had forgotten.

Xu Ru said, “So today is Thursday. Her partner is the host of the radio show. Their radio station is not very popular, and there aren’t many people. Just now, Xianxian sent me several messages, asking me to show some support. Don’t even think about escaping. I already told her that you also followed the radio station.”

Her tone was deliberately fierce. Sure enough, not long after she said this, a few message pop-ups appeared on Song Xinran’s phone. The sender was Liu Xian.

They were all asking her to listen to her partner’s radio show on time.

The three of them had always had a good relationship. Since Liu Xian had spoken, Song Xinran didn’t refuse such a small matter.

The radio show started at 5:30 p.m. It was only about four or five minutes away. Song Xinran simply turned on the radio. She didn’t take off her Bluetooth headset and just left it on her ear. When she looked down, her rose-gold teardrop earring dangled slightly.

The page on her phone loaded. It was clear that Liu Xian had not only sent messages to her and Xu Ru, but also invited many other people to show support.

The comments section was already very lively, even before the show started.

“Here, here.”

“Came to show support.”

“Front row. Where’s Sister Xian?”

Song Xinran looked down. Because it was an authorized login with a personal account, she saw many familiar usernames and profile pictures. They were mostly people from their circle, like children of wealthy families.

Song Xinran quietly watched the comments scroll. When Xu Ru had told her that Liu Xian’s relationship might be serious this time, she hadn’t taken it seriously. Now it seemed that Liu Xian was taking this relationship very seriously.

After all, she had never called her friends to show support like this before.

What kind of alpha is it? she thought to herself.

A few minutes passed, not too fast, not too slow, but it was enough for her to walk to the place that was said to be the best for watching the sunrise and sunset.

The weather had been very good the past two days, which made the sunset especially beautiful.

There was a pavilion at the viewing spot, which was at the top of a steep slope. Because of this, the wind was strong, but luckily she had a jacket on. The loose hem of her jacket swayed in the wind, so it wasn’t too cold.

She looked toward the sky, where a mixture of golden and light red colors formed a magnificent and dreamy sea of clouds.

The sunset here was indeed beautiful.

Her headset made a slight “hissing” sound, and the radio show began.

A gentle and beautiful voice sounded, like a spring breeze, giving people a sense of comfort from the inside out.

This must be the alpha partner Xianxian is dating. The voice sounded surprisingly gentle.

“Hello, everyone. Welcome to today’s radio show. I’m your host, Aru. I wonder if you’ve noticed that today’s sunset is truly beautiful. Have you invited someone to watch it with you?”

“The topic we’re going to talk about today is as dreamy and heart-stirring as this sunset. Yes, I’m sure you all already know. Today, we’re talking about ‘love’.”

Song Xinran’s actions slightly froze.

Love?

For some reason, her heart rate silently sped up.

“I believe everyone is familiar with the word ‘love,’ but some people might be confused and don’t know what love is.”

“Some people’s love is passionate, some people’s love is innocent, and some people feel a liking for a specific person without even realizing it.”

“Of course, everyone has different ideas about love. So now, let me see what you, who are listening to the radio, think about love.”

The comments section was very lively. Most of Liu Xian’s friends were people she had met through social events, but this liveliness was very well-mannered and wouldn’t make people feel offended.

On the radio, Aru read the comments one by one in a gentle voice. Song Xinran rested her hand on the pavilion’s railing and looked into the distance.

“What is it like to like someone? What is liking? And how do you know if you like someone?”

“That’s a very profound question.”

“We see that a user named ‘XianxianlovesRu’ has posted a comment.”

“She said: What is liking? I might not fully understand, but I know that when a person turns around, or when they encounter something interesting, or when two people meet, the person you look at first is the person you like.”

The wind grew stronger. Her hair and the hem of her jacket were blown up, and the sleeves of her jacket billowed.

“Miss Song!”

In the wind, not far behind her, someone suddenly called out.

“Miss Song, what a coincidence! Are you also here to watch the sunset?” It was a group of crew members, huddled together and walking toward her.

When Song Xinran heard the voice, she subconsciously turned her head. In the group of people, the first person she saw was the cool and clean alpha.

Gu Yu was walking toward the back. She wasn’t even in the middle of the crowd, but Song Xinran saw her in an instant.

When a person turns around…

When two people meet…

The person you always look at first…

The voice from her Bluetooth headset was still on. Song Xinran looked dazed.

A friend once told her that the sunrise and sunset were the most beautiful things on the mountain. At the time, she just smiled and didn’t fully understand the meaning of that sentence. But at this moment, she felt that her friend was right.

The sunset was eye-catching. A group of people walked together, their long shadows cast on the ground, pulled into long lines. The alpha just glanced at her, and her heart lost its rhythm.