The Cold Alpha's Black Lotus O Strategy Plan (GL) - Chapter 4

At that moment, the Alpha’s innate dominance instantly seized Jin Sique, freezing her in place, unable to move at all.

Lü Zhongcai was taken aback. She immediately looked away, placed a hand on the back of her neck, and apologized in a low voice: “I’m sorry…”

Jin Sique gently bit her lower lip. She pressed down slightly with her teeth, leaving faint, whitish marks on the edges of her red lips. “I… I…”

She looked on the verge of tears.

Lü Zhongcai panicked internally, furrowed her brow, and said, “Don’t cry. I, I just wanted to know what happened at school, Sique…”

Jin Sique sat on the edge of the bed, clasping and rubbing her hands together, staring at the floor, helpless. “I…”

“Please, you must let me finish!” The female Alpha grew anxious, her breathing quickened, and the rush of Alpha dominance instantly made Jin Sique quiet down.

Jin Sique stood obediently, carefully listening to the female Alpha’s confession. The female Alpha was so nervous she could barely articulate.

“I, I only applied to A University for you… Senior, I…” She stumbled through her confession, not even realizing she had reversed the word order, completely losing her composure due to Jin Sique’s increasing expression of difficulty and guilt, and found it impossible to continue.

“…I’m sorry, you’re excellent, but I don’t have plans to date right now,” Jin Sique said softly.

The female Alpha froze: “I… Senior…”

Jin Sique nodded apologetically to the female Alpha, turned, and took Zhu Wanqing’s arm, slipping with her through the crowd.

Jin Sique: “Excuse me, please let us pass.”

“Hahaha, how many times has it been this month?” Several male Alphas laughed loudly, raising their phones to film the surroundings.

Jin Sique turned her face away. One of the men aimed his camera at the Alpha who had just confessed and shouted, “Look, look, a freshman Alpha, oh dear… so sad…”

The conflict erupted instantly. There were screams in the crowd, a phone hit the ground, and curses and shouts rose in succession.

Jin Sique and Zhu Wanqing stopped and looked back.

The male Alpha cursed, “My phone! What the hell are you taking your anger out on me for?”

The female Alpha said coldly, “Don’t talk about her like that.”

The man froze, then his face darkened: “What do you mean?”

The female Alpha’s face was completely red. Having failed the public confession, she was already on the verge of tears but forced herself to maintain composure. She pulled out a few banknotes and handed them to the male Alpha, glanced wistfully at Jin Sique, and then turned to leave.

Zhu Wanqing: “Let’s go.”

Jin Sique nodded, forcing a slight movement of her lips. The crowd loosened and dispersed to both sides, creating a narrow aisle. Jin Sique walked through the people, surrounded by scrutinizing, judging, and teasing glances.

These gazes seemed infinitely lengthened and magnified, like scorching cigarette butts pressed onto every inch of Jin Sique’s skin.

A few male Alphas remained resentful, and cursing, aggressive shouts came from behind them.

“Damn it, all for a slut.”

“What’s with the attitude, you cheap piece of work.”

“Bitch…”

“She’s being kept, isn’t she? Why pretend?”

“Even if she’s an Omega, she doesn’t need to wear inhibitor patches every day. Is it to cover hickey marks?”

“Who knows how many people she’s been with…”

“Are you guys sick!” Just as they were about to exit the crowd, Zhu Wanqing finally couldn’t hold back. She darted back like an eel, pointing and cursing at the men.

She even chased forward a few steps and grabbed one of the male Alphas, “Chen Gang, what do you mean by this? You got rejected by Sique, so you have to frantically slander her? What is wrong with you?”

“Forget it, Wanqing.” Jin Sique stepped forward, pulled Zhu Wanqing’s arm, and whispered, “I’m fine.”

“You’re fine! But they are the ones with the problem. Slandering someone because you can’t have them—that’s just inhuman!” Zhu Wanqing’s anger flared. She put her hands on her hips and started swearing, “You pathetic losers…”

Jin Sique: “…”

“What happened next?” Lü Zhongcai asked.

Jin Sique’s face was slightly red. She gripped her hands tightly. It seemed repeating those insulting words had used up all her strength.

“Later, later…” Jin Sique looked up, seemingly thinking of someone, and smiled, “Wanqing cursed them all away.”

Lü Zhongcai remained silent.

“Let’s eat.” Jin Sique stood up, tucked a pillow behind Lü Zhongcai, and insisted on feeding her. Every movement was thoughtful and meticulous.

After the meal, Jin Sique borrowed a wheelchair from the hospital and pushed Lü Zhongcai downstairs for a walk. Under the moonlight, the Omega’s eyes were full of tenderness.

Jin Sique squatted on the ground, placing a hand over her knee, picked a wild flower, and gently tucked it behind Lü Zhongcai’s ear.

“It’s beautiful,” Jin Sique’s voice was slightly soft, carrying an Omega’s shyness. She looked at Lü Zhongcai intently, like a beloved pet, quietly gazing at its owner.

Did Jin Sique truly love her, or did she despise her as depicted in the book? Lü Zhongcai continuously observed Jin Sique, observing her gaze and the meaning contained within it.

Why?

Why would they reach such an ending?

Lü Zhongcai furrowed her brow, seriously pondering the reason. In the book The Canary, the plot she could recall was too vague regarding the backstory and future events, besides what was immediately about to happen.

The only thing that was clear was her tragic fate as a supporting character. If it was fake, just a chaotic dream, then why did the novel she saw in the dream correspond accurately with reality?

If it was true, what should she do to avoid the ending of bankruptcy, paralysis, and gland removal?

“Ding-dong.”

“Congratulations, Host, you have activated System 052.”

Lü Zhongcai was deep in thought, her brows furrowed. She was startled by the voice that suddenly appeared in her mind and leaned back slightly. “Who!”

Jin Sique paused, looked left and right in confusion, and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Lü Zhongcai: “…”

Lü Zhongcai pressed her temples, shook her head with a dazed look.

Jin Sique glanced at her a few times, then relaxed, stood up, and continued pushing Lü Zhongcai’s wheelchair around the park.

The voice in her mind sounded again: “Host, don’t be afraid. I am System 052, your Transmigration AI Butler, here to sweep away all obstacles on the path of the Scum Alpha Villain’s rebirth!”

Lü Zhongcai: “…”

Jin Sique’s expression paused. She lowered her gaze and subtly sized up Lü Zhongcai.

She was an Omega, and as Lü Zhongcai’s Omega, the intimate relationship of marking allowed her to perceive her Alpha’s emotions, just like now.

Lü Zhongcai’s inner state was extremely unstable.

Why?

Jin Sique frowned, thinking. Then, she saw Lü Zhongcai pick up her phone, and right under her nose, log into the official website of Chang’an Hospital to book a neurological examination for herself.

Jin Sique: “…”

“Where exactly are you uncomfortable?” Jin Sique asked.

Lü Zhongcai placed a finger against her temple, saying, “In my head, there’s a voice.”

052: “…”

Jin Sique: “?”

052: “Host, please do not casually mention my existence to irrelevant people, especially Jin Sique! She is the female protagonist! In one year, she will take revenge on you!”

“When is the examination? I’ll go with you.” Jin Sique leaned closer, positioning herself near Lü Zhongcai’s face to look at her phone.

052 screamed loudly, “Get away from her! That wicked woman!”

Lü Zhongcai looked sideways, her brow deeply furrowed, and looked at Jin Sique: “…It’s doing it again.”

Jin Sique: “…”

Jin Sique let out a soft laugh, crouched down, and asked in a low voice, “What did it say? Was it speaking Chinese?”

Lü Zhongcai: “…”

052 roared with laughter in Lü Zhongcai’s brain: “Hahaha, no one will believe it anyway!”

“…”

Lü Zhongcai could only sigh, waving her hand: “It might be a lingering effect of the car accident’s concussion. I’m probably just too tired.”

Jin Sique: “Then let’s go back.”

Back in the ward, a nurse helped Lü Zhongcai onto the bed. Jin Sique poured a glass of water for Lü Zhongcai, thanked the nurse, and began to tidy up the other bed in the ward for a companion.

Lü Zhongcai was surprised and asked, “Not going back to school today?”

“No.” Jin Sique turned around, her voice laced with a smile, “The doctor said that a weak Alpha can recover faster if they have an Omega to look after them.”

Lü Zhongcai gave a faint “mm” and calmly looked Jin Sique over from head to toe.

052: “Fake, fake, it’s all an act!”

Lü Zhongcai ignored the voice.

“I told you, Jin Sique is the protagonist. She won’t like you,” 052 said helplessly in Lü Zhongcai’s mind. “You’re also suspicious, aren’t you? You’ve already experienced the pain of losing your legs, having your gland removed, and losing everything. If you weren’t scared and didn’t suspect Jin Sique, you wouldn’t have activated me.”

“I will arrange for someone to handle the school matter,” Lü Zhongcai said to Jin Sique.

Jin Sique smoothed the sheets: “No need. Don’t trouble yourself. I can manage it myself. And your work is so busy, don’t worry about my little things, okay?”

052 clamored: “She’s lying! She doesn’t want you to go because the marriage agreement states you cannot actively expose the fact that Jin Sique is married.”

“She doesn’t want you to go to school! She’s waiting, waiting for your three-year marriage term to end so she can move cleanly on to the next person!” 052 said angrily. “With only a short year left, how could she let her efforts go to waste? Especially when there’s a White Moonlight waiting for her!”

“When the time comes, she and the White Moonlight will fly off together, and you’ll be paralyzed in bed. Seeing her so glorious—won’t you resent it?”

Lü Zhongcai: “…”

“Host, there’s a chance now to directly avert the future crisis of being humanely destroyed by Jin Sique. Do you want to hear it?” 052 emitted a sinister, chilling cackle.

Lü Zhongcai: “…”

Jin Sique finished making the bed and went to wash up in the private ward’s bathroom. Her smile completely disappeared, and she looked at herself in the mirror with a cold, severe expression.

Lü Zhongcai seems a little off today.

Jin Sique peeled off the inhibitor patch on the back of her neck, slightly tilted her head, revealing the swan-like, long segment of her neck. Beneath the patch, the mark Lü Zhongcai had left two weeks ago hadn’t completely faded, still visible on her snow-white skin.

Lü Zhongcai has been hospitalized for almost two weeks. In a couple of days, she can be discharged to recover at Jingwan. This temporary mark is almost gone.

Jin Sique stroked the back of her neck. The spot her fingertip traced felt a surge of itchiness. A hot flush quickly spread to her earlobes, decorating them with a slight pink color.

“Host! Snap out of it!” 052 screamed. “She’s a Black Lotus! What’s a Black Lotus? Someone who looks pure and innocent but is actually a venomous woman with wicked intentions! What are you looking at?”

052: “Yongye Technology investment plan, stock offering… financing… Ahhh, what is this? My head is spinning! Can we just relax and watch some TikTok for a while?”

Lü Zhongcai quietly looked at the document in her hand, completely ignoring the voice in her mind.

The bathroom door was pushed open. Jin Sique walked out, bringing with her a warm, steamy moisture. Lü Zhongcai turned her head to look, and the 052 in her mind instantly went silent at that moment.

Jin Sique smiled shyly, her face noticeably rosy. She carefully tugged the edge of her bath towel and whispered, “I forgot to bring a change of clothes…”

Lü Zhongcai mumbled an acknowledgement.

Jin Sique quickly explained: “I hand-washed my top and pants and hung them up in the bathroom, so I can wear them again tomorrow. I…”

Lü Zhongcai nodded, signaling to Jin Sique to do as she pleased.

Jin Sique immediately relaxed and smiled, going to the side to blow-dry her hair. Her hair was long, reaching about the middle of her chest. It wasn’t Lü Zhongcai’s meticulous, straight black hair; the ends were slightly curled inwards, making her look very obedient.

Jin Sique was 168 cm tall, with a slender, tall, and perfectly proportioned figure. Her two long legs were bare, her knee joints were pinkish-white, and the parts of her long legs and hips that were covered revealed an appropriate fleshiness belonging to an Omega. She looked like a ripe peach, plump and ready to be picked.

Lü Zhongcai’s gaze was direct. She felt the back of her neck warm up slightly.

She doesn’t guard herself against me.

Lü Zhongcai thought, unable to help recalling the empty operating room scene in the book. Was Jin Sique’s refusal to sign and attend truly real or false?

“The Black Lotus is offering herself up!” 052 started screaming in terror after a brief silence. “Host, go for it! Go for it, Host! Permanently mark her, make her never be able to leave you! Make her devoted to you! That way, she won’t be willing to abandon you!”

052 shouted: “It’s because her temporary mark is fading! She’s afraid of being affected by other Alpha’s pheromones, so she’s using you! Wake up!”

Jin Sique put down the hairdryer, casually ruffled her bangs with her hand, then turned around and smiled sweetly at Lü Zhongcai.

Lü Zhongcai: “Do you want to…”

“Knock-knock.” The door was knocked.

Jin Sique looked left and right, casually grabbed a shirt from the sofa to throw over herself, and opened the door a crack.

“Hello…” Jin Sique’s delicate voice carried to Lü Zhongcai’s ears, like a sharp hook, gently teasing her nerves.

She’s doing it unconsciously. Lü Zhongcai thought. Jin Sique never understands these things. She is pure and white as paper, completely oblivious to the dirty intentions of Alphas.

052, upon hearing Lü Zhongcai’s thoughts: “?”

The ward door closed. Jin Sique looked at Lü Zhongcai with a nervous smile.

Lü Zhongcai asked, “Was that the doctor on rounds?”

Jin Sique nodded: “Mm.”

Lü Zhongcai: “What did he say?”

Jin Sique rubbed her face, lightly cleared her throat, and said, “He told me it would be best if I could comfort you. Your body, um…”

Lü Zhongcai: “?”

“Then I’ll sleep next to you.” Jin Sique slipped the bath towel out from under the shirt. Her two long legs, concealed beneath the white edge of the shirt, were raised one by one onto Lü Zhongcai’s bed.

Lü Zhongcai moved sideways, trying to make room for Jin Sique.

A smile surfaced in Jin Sique’s eyes. She carefully avoided Lü Zhongcai’s injured left leg. The grass-scented Omega pheromones rushed over. She giggled at Lü Zhongcai, rested her head on Lü Zhongcai’s pillow, carefully lay down, and turned off the bedside lamp.

She doesn’t mean anything by this. I just had surgery…

Lü Zhongcai couldn’t help but think.

052 roared in her brain: “She’s faking it! She’s faking it! She’s playing hard to get! She’s trying to use you! She wants your pheromones! Host, don’t be love-struck!”

The grass-scented pheromones filled her nasal cavity. The familiar scent effectively soothed Lü Zhongcai’s restless mood. She gradually calmed down, put her arm around Jin Sique’s shoulder, and slowly fell asleep.

In the darkness, Jin Sique gently rolled over. Her eyes were wide open, filled with boredom.

Lü Zhongcai just fell asleep. This was genuinely unexpected for her. Jin Sique reached out and stroked the gland on the back of her neck. The gunpowder-scented pheromones had a slight pungent sensation—not pleasant, but too aggressive, carrying a scorching heat that gradually made her breathing warm up.

Jin Sique frowned in distaste, but even with millions of unwilling thoughts, she couldn’t avoid the drive of instinct, and gently rubbed her neck against Lü Zhongcai’s shoulder.

Omegas develop varying degrees of psychological or physical dependence on the Alpha who marks them.

“A-cai,” Jin Sique whispered softly.

“Mark her, mark her,” 052 roared. “Tame the female protagonist O and become the legitimate female A, and you’ll reach the peak of life! Host! Host? Host??”

Lü Zhongcai twitched her brows. She finally couldn’t help but ask in her mind: “If it’s truly written in the book that she doesn’t love me, wouldn’t doing this only make her hate me more?”

052 responded as a matter of course: “Yes! Trample her! Patronize her! Control her! Make her completely yours, and then use your means to eliminate the Black Lotus’s White Moonlight in advance. That way, you can avoid being humanely destroyed!”

Lü Zhongcai sighed faintly: “I’ll schedule a psychiatric appointment tomorrow.”

Jin Sique: “?”

Lü Zhongcai lowered her head, and a light kiss landed on the back of Jin Sique’s neck. A current shot from the gland site into her limbs. Jin Sique stiffened slightly, her body curling up slightly like a soft, collapsed banana.

“A-cai…” she moaned.

052’s voice was like a devil’s, softly ringing in Lü Zhongcai’s ear: “Deeper, a little deeper. Permanent mark…”