The Wheelchair Scum Alpha Has Something to Say (GL) - Chapter 19
Although Bai Yue disliked Wang Yao, she still offered her a tissue. Just then, the crew called for Bai Yue to watch the screen test, so Bai Yue followed Wang Yao out.
The purpose of the screen test was to give two actors who had never worked together a chance to find their rhythm with an important scene before filming began.
They had to do this because both leads were new replacements and had no prior experience acting opposite each other. The two actresses had changed into costume and stood face-to-face. Bai Yue took one look and thought: Mm, very pleasing to the eye.
It truly was pleasing. The Gong (Top) actress, whom Bai Yue had chosen herself, was tall and long-legged, slender but not fragile—the kind of beautiful older sister. Originally wearing the costume of a minor role, she looked somewhat plain, but with the protagonist’s costume and makeup, her aura immediately shone through.
She wore black trousers and a white shirt, with the sleeves rolled up to reveal a section of a fair arm, her expression holding a mix of tenderness and melancholy. The young woman opposite her, the Shou (Bottom) actress, was as beautiful as a Barbie doll, her eyelashes fluttering like butterflies whenever she blinked.
They were a perfect match, aesthetically pleasing, and exactly to Bai Yue’s taste.
She quietly asked Wang Yao: “The Omega protagonist’s actor was replaced too, right? What was the original actor like?” Although her voice was quite low, Su Xi was standing right next to her. After a moment of silence, Su Xi exchanged an awkward glance with Wang Yao and then spoke.
“It would actually be faster to ask me.” She pulled out her phone, tapped it twice, and placed it in front of Bai Yue: “He was my online boyfriend before, and he looked like this.”
Bai Yue subconsciously looked up and saw a face that was—overly angular and unnatural, and it was a man’s face. In that instant, Bai Yue was shocked. The two graceful, beautiful people in front of her were replaced by two men in her mind.
One was the “vulture face” on the phone, and the other was the former rising star Alpha male actor.
Well, then! So the original casting was two men?! Then hadn’t she done an incredible deed! She had turned a gay male film into a lesbian film!
Alright, Su Xi also put in a lot of effort; Bai Yue mentally credited Su Xi for her contribution.
While they were chatting, the screen test had already begun. They were performing the final scene where the two protagonists were on the cliff, and the Shou (Bottom) was supposed to push the Gong (Top) off the cliff.
The two were performing without props, but they both acted very well. Especially the struggle, heartache, pain, lust, and possessiveness in the Gong’s eyes were all brilliantly portrayed, and the Shou’s expression was equally complex. All in all, it was a highly tense exchange between two equally matched actors.
Hmm, with their performance, did the morally questionable script seem less… strange?
Bai Yue keenly sensed that something was wrong. If they continued to act like this, wouldn’t this film actually become a massive hit?
Before Bai Yue could ponder further, a clamor suddenly erupted outside. She heard a staff member seemingly trying to block someone, hearing the words, “I’m sorry, you can’t come in, we are filming right now.” But the barrier was useless; the person walked in anyway.
Not only did he walk in, but Bai Yue also smelled a pheromone scent… it was a pungent odor. She subconsciously raised her hand and covered her nose.
It was an Alpha’s scent. Alpha pheromones were for seeking a mate for Omegas, but such unrestricted release was a challenge to fellow Alphas. Moreover, pheromones could be targeted. Normally released pheromones would only be perceived as annoying or slightly irritating by a fellow Alpha, but they wouldn’t provoke aggression. The scent this person was releasing clearly carried intentions of provocation and dominance.
In that instant, Bai Yue’s pupils contracted. Instinct told her: Go punish the one who dares to challenge me! Make any fool who doesn’t submit to me tremble at my feet!
But reason told Bai Yue that she was also at fault because she hadn’t taken a suppressant either. If she had taken her suppressant properly, this scent’s effect on her would have been minimal.
However, the doctor had told Bai Yue that due to her pheromone disorder, her pheromones were contained closely around her, and one wouldn’t smell them unless they were very close. Also, there was a reason she didn’t take suppressants: she couldn’t randomly take them because of her condition.
For various reasons, Bai Yue still felt the other party was more at fault.
Most importantly, the person was releasing pheromones specifically to provoke the crew and establish his authority. Bai Yue’s head throbbed from the pheromones, and the pupils of Su Xi next to her also contracted due to the pheromone influence.
Wang Yao, being a Beta, couldn’t sense the pheromones, but she knew Bai Yue suddenly looked distressed. She subconsciously crouched beside the wheelchair, asking Bai Yue: “Miss Bai, what’s wrong? You’re sweating on your forehead, and your face is very red… Are you okay?”
Wang Yao was sometimes truly less effective than other assistants. She looked like this; how could she be okay? She was very much not okay!
While covering her nose, she couldn’t help but bend over, her eyes fixed on the front. The figure of the Alpha appeared in her sight. She recognized that face; she had seen it many times while scrolling through the super-topic last night—confident and arrogant, perfectly matching the Alpha personality.
He truly had the capital to be arrogant. Judging by his pheromones, his ranking was not low. It was a relatively high-grade pheromone among ordinary people, capable of suppressing many Alphas.
It is worth noting that there was also a ranking system within the ABO system. The pheromone ranking system in this world was very comprehensive.
Before transmigrating, Bai Yue read many ABO novels. The ABO concept originated in the West, essentially created for erotic fiction, stemming from the wolf pack hierarchy.
The Alpha is the leader wolf, the Beta is the subordinate wolf, and the Omega is the peripheral wolf. Evolving into intimate relationships, it became Alpha being dominant and acting as the aggressor, superior in both physical qualities and other aspects; Betas simply followed, making up the majority and being the most mediocre; and Omegas were the weakest in the setting, responsible for reproduction.
This was the basic setting, but when a setting develops into reality, it often deviates from its original form. Omegas are indeed physically weaker, limited by their biology, but there are Omegas unwilling to submit. Powerful individuals always arise within any population, and they would attempt to rise to a higher level.
The same applied to Betas. There were definitely Betas who were unwilling to be mediocre and craved more glory.
As for Alphas… well, Bai Yue always felt that the Alpha class, yes, she considered Alphas a class rather than just a gender. They naturally occupied the majority of society’s resources, prided themselves on being powerful and elegant, but were actually a bunch of jerks.
They relied on their nature to conquer, to conquer, and to do despicable things.
Just like this rising star Alpha male celebrity in front of her. He brazenly used his pheromones. Even if criticized, he would simply shrug and say: “Can’t help it. Releasing pheromones to make others submit is an Alpha’s nature. Did my pheromones make you uncomfortable? My apologies, I didn’t realize you were so weak you couldn’t handle just this much pheromone.” This was the arrogance inherited from birth by high-ranking Alphas.
It was ubiquitous among high-ranking Alphas.
Alphas not only wanted to conquer Betas and Omegas but also other Alphas. After all, Alphas, in the setting, were the leader wolves. But there were many leader wolves in this world, and the number of Alphas wasn’t small, meaning he couldn’t be the only leader wolf.
In the decades of internal Alpha conflict, researchers discovered that there were also ranks within the Alpha class. High-ranking Alphas had a natural suppressive force over low-ranking Alphas, and pheromones were their best weapon.
Initially, researchers wanted to categorize and rank the Alphas, but this was jointly resisted by the Alphas themselves. It made sense; how could people accustomed to being superior willingly be ranked by others? If they happened to be ranked very low, wouldn’t that be a total humiliation?
However, even without official ranking, there were still agencies that could test and assign a score to an Alpha’s rank. This score was not made public; only the Alpha and their close relatives knew it.
Everyone knew the average score. By comparing their own score to the average, they could gauge their approximate rank. Of course, some Alphas with very high scores would post them on social media to show off. Bai Yue didn’t know others’ scores, but she knew the score of the celebrity in front of her.
Because—his score was often flaunted by his fans.
He certainly had the right to show off. His score was as high as 78. In a situation where the average score was only 50 and failed the pass line, his 78 points certainly gave him the right to stand tall among the crowd. Unfortunately, there were two Alphas present whose scores were far higher than his.
Su Xi was one of them. Bai Yue had seen it when reading the novel. Although she forgot the exact score, she remembered it was at least 90 or above. At the time, she wondered if the score was too exaggerated.
And the other one was Bai Yue herself.
Bai Yue had pheromone disorder, which meant her pheromones were chaotic, but it didn’t mean her score was low. Her measured score was 96. This score made her Alpha mother so happy she nearly had it framed and displayed in the foyer for everyone coming and going to see.
This guy releasing his pheromones like this had just kicked a steel plate.