The Anti-Alpha Protagonist is Exceptionally Biased Towards Me (GL) - Chapter 51

A large portion of the cast and crew, including the director, live on the fifth floor, so Zuo Jia is no exception.

While the elevator was going up, Gu Yu carefully held the ice pack, reducing the surface area exposed to heat.

She planned to go to Miss Song’s room first to apply the ice pack and then go to Zuo Jia’s room to get the medicine, so the ice wouldn’t melt from being outside for too long.

Miss Song’s room key was in her pocket. She took it out, and with a beep, the door opened.

Inside, Song Xinran heard the movement at the door, and with a jolt, she immediately got up from the bed, not forgetting to sit up straight with her hands on her knees.

Because of this, the first thing Gu Yu saw when she walked in was Miss Song sitting in an upright, standard posture. Even her back was exceptionally straight. It was just—

Gu Yu looked at the top of Song Ran’s head and silently thought, it’s just that Miss Song’s hair looks a little messy, and the thin shoulder strap of her one-shoulder dress has slipped to the side for no apparent reason, hanging loosely with a hint of an unconscious allure.

She restrained her gaze and looked away: “Miss Song, I brought some ice.”

After saying that, she walked forward, first placing the ice pack on the nightstand, then squatting down and gently lifting Miss Song’s ankle. The whole action was natural and intimate.

The ice pack brought a shocking coolness when it was first applied to her foot. Song Xinran’s toes shriveled up, and she involuntarily wanted to pull her foot back, but Gu Yu was prepared and used a bit of force with her fingertips to hold her in place.

“Miss Song, don’t move. It’ll be over soon.”

“Okay…” Song Xinran’s eyelashes trembled slightly, like the wings of a butterfly about to take flight. She changed her hands to support herself on the edge of the bed. She didn’t resist or object. Instead, she let the alpha hold her foot, and her relaxed body was a posture of complete trust.

Zuo Jia didn’t know what she was thinking, she just leaned against the door, staring blankly at this scene.

She had never seen a Gu Yu like this, and she had never seen a Song Xinran like this. The cool alpha had melted like ice and snow, showing a heart-stopping gentleness, and the usually arrogant omega had put away her sharp claws and chosen to bow her head.

The sunlight from outside made the light inside the room soft. An atmosphere that no one else could intrude on permeated between Gu Yu and Song Xinran.

Zuo Jia felt inexplicably wistful and lonely, and also a little envious.

When Zuo Jia went in to get the medicine, Gu Yu politely waited outside the door. The wide-open door allowed her to see everything inside the room clearly.

Even with the similarly-configured rooms on the fifth floor of the hotel, you could see the difference in people’s personalities. Zuo Jia’s room had very few of her own things, but it was very tidy. The entire room was clean. In the half-open closet were a uniform of black or gray oversized T-shirts, just like the one Zuo Jia was wearing now. The hems were very long, almost covering her entire butt. There wasn’t a single dress.

This screenwriter, Zuo, had always been very quiet. While waiting, she couldn’t help but remember what 087 had told her before.

As early as when she had intervened in Zuo Jia’s situation, 087 had already told her that Zuo Jia had a role in the original plot.

[Zuo Jia, a female beta, came from an ordinary family. When she was young, her alpha father had an affair and was abusive. The six-year-old Zuo Jia saw it and told her omega mother, which caused the mother to be unable to accept the reality and committed suicide by jumping off a building.]

Gu Yu was stunned when she heard this: [Committed suicide by jumping off a building?]

[Yes, Host. Since they got married, Zuo Jia’s father had been mentally manipulating and controlling her mother for ten years. Zuo’s mother’s mental state had already become abnormal, so when she found out her partner was cheating, the first decision she made was to end her life.]

Gu Yu didn’t know what to say for a moment. She felt a little regretful: [What was Zuo Jia’s ending?]

[In the original novel, Zuo Jia’s ending was the same as her omega mother’s. She chose to commit suicide by jumping off a building. Shortly after she died, her story was reported by the media, which caused a huge sensation. When the protagonist, Song Xinran, found out about this, it invisibly intensified her rejection of alphas.]

[Host, Zuo Jia had a dark and oppressive childhood. Her brother had already known about their father’s affair, but because their father and the mistress often gave him benefits, he chose to stay silent and help conceal it.]

[After Zuo’s mother committed suicide, perhaps to shirk responsibility, Zuo Jia’s alpha father and brother both blamed the six-year-old Zuo Jia, constantly instilling negative thoughts and blaming her for telling them about the affair.]

But how could a six-year-old child think so much? She only knew that her father was cheating, which was unfair to her mother, but she never expected that the matter would end in such a tragic way.

“…”

Recalling this conversation with 087, Gu Yu’s eyes quietly turned cold. Zuo Jia’s father had drowned a few years ago, and for the past few years, her brother, Zuo Jian, had been unemployed and idle all day. Whenever he was short on money, he would harass Zuo Jia.

For many years, Zuo Jia had been instilled with the idea that “you killed mom, if you hadn’t spoken up, this family wouldn’t have become like this.” When it came to money, she had always been silent and patient, but this time, for some reason, she refused.

Lost in thought, Zuo Jia had already come over with the spray medicine for swelling and blood circulation. She handed over the spray bottle, bit her lower lip, and said awkwardly, “Sor-sorry to keep you waiting. I haven’t been using medicine much during this time, so-so it took me a little while to find it.”

Gu Yu’s eyebrows furrowed slightly for a moment. She silently wondered, Does Zuo Jia use medicine often?

She had a mind to test Zuo Jia about her online relationship, so she asked nonchalantly, “Does Screenwriter Zuo usually chat with people online?”

This question clearly made Zuo Jia’s body stiffen. She lowered her head, not daring to look at Gu Yu. She looked a little timid and hesitated before telling the truth: “I used to.”

“Hmm?”

Zuo Jia’s smile was forced and a little bitter: “But later, that, that person didn’t chat with me anymore and even returned the money I gave her.”

Gu Yu’s eyes moved, and she asked, “Did they return all of it?”

Zuo Jia shook her head, rubbing the hem of her clothes together unconsciously with both hands: “No, but most of it has been returned.”

After hearing this, what else could Gu Yu not understand? Looking at Zuo Jia’s weak body, her heart felt a little complicated.

There were only three people on the original owner’s list who she hadn’t paid back yet. And now she finally knew who Screenwriter Zuo was on the original owner’s list. Besides Ming Xin and Manager Guan Lincen, whose identities had already been confirmed, there was only one left, the most silent and reserved of the three wealthy older sisters, “Jia.”

Even a person with Gu Yu’s personality couldn’t help but sigh in her heart. The original owner’s list of people to leech off of actually had so many excellent people, especially the three wealthy older sisters, who she had all met in reality after transmigrating.

Anyone who saw this would have to sigh and say that it was fate.

Zuo Jia didn’t care that Gu Yu didn’t answer. She just said gloomily, “Maybe I’m just not a very likable person.”

She habitually blamed herself for everything and habitually belittled herself.

Seeing this, Gu Yu sighed softly in her heart and said, “Screenwriter Zuo, this isn’t your problem. It’s just that the person who was scamming you online wasn’t a good person.”

Gu Yu sincerely felt that the original owner’s character was pretty bad.

Zuo Jia’s heart suddenly felt sour. She couldn’t help but clench her hands, leaving a layer of wrinkles on her clothes. This was the first time someone had told her, “This isn’t your problem,” instead of blaming her.

She said, “I know. That person would often say strange things to me, and, and they would often make up reasons to ask me for money.”

Gu Yu was stunned: “Then why…”

Since she knew, then why did Zuo Jia continue to chat with the original owner? And why did she transfer so much money to the original owner?

Perhaps because of Gu Yu’s previous words, Zuo Jia rarely looked up and met Gu Yu’s eyes. In an almost self-deprecating tone, she whispered, “I was just too lonely.”

Gu Yu, I was just too lonely. I’ve always been lonely, ever since I was a child.

For more than ten years, Zuo Jia had regretted and suffered countless times. Why did I tell Mom about that? If I had thought about it more, or wasn’t so blunt, would Mom have not left me, and would she have not left this family in such a tragic way?

Her brother’s accusation: “You ruined this family.”

Yes, I did.

Her father’s curses: “You killed your mother.”

Yes, I killed Mom.

Her classmates’ disdain: “Everyone, don’t get close to her. She’s a jinx. My family won’t let me play with her!”

What they said is all true. A person like me won’t have friends. I deserve to be disliked.

“Why do you like to talk so much?”

“Why do you have to say so many things?”

“It’s because you talk too much!”

“It’s your fault, it’s your fault, it’s your fault, it’s your fault!”

Later, she didn’t dare to speak anymore.

Sometimes, she would also feel confused. Why was it Dad who cheated, but all of this became my fault?

But this confusion and bewilderment would eventually disappear from her mind with the passage of time, in the midst of everyone’s contemptuous and disgusted gazes. It would be buried deep in her heart, and then a thick layer of dust would cover it, hiding it from the light of day. In the places that could be seen, there was only a huge amount of numbness left.

She thought she was used to it, but could a lonely life like this really be gotten used to?

She never dared to think deeply about this question, for fear that if she did, she would fall into a vicious cycle.

She didn’t dare to communicate with others. Even though she knew she had met a scammer online, she pretended she didn’t know, just because it was the first time in so many years that someone had messaged her so frequently. Even if the goal was to scam her for money, she still had the illusion of being accompanied.

Later, her cheating alpha father died. He was said to have drowned while drunk. He died a miserable death. His body floated in the water for several days. When it was pulled out, it was so swollen it was unrecognizable.

Even later, her book’s copyright was sold, she joined the crew, and she met her former classmate, Lu Feng. Now he seemed to have become a huge movie star. He knew about her past, and the look in his eyes was also full of disgust. She knew that she had to lower her presence even more and not be so annoying.

Her brother also didn’t act like a brother.

No matter where she was, she seemed to be the one who was abandoned and forgotten. She thought she didn’t care. She really thought she didn’t care.

But now, finally, someone had asked. It was as if a small cut had been made in her heart. A small amount of sadness and bitterness flowed out, making her eyes feel a little sore.

She knew she didn’t deserve to cry, but she just couldn’t control her emotions anymore.

She looked at the alpha standing in front of her, who seemed cold on the outside but was actually exceptionally warm, and finally admitted: “I was just too lonely.”

Gu Yu, I really am too lonely.