After Transmigrating as a Scumbag Alpha, I Marked the Crazy Hotshot – Chapter 97

My Wife

This was a live stream!

The wireless receiver on her lower back was knocked downward by the person behind her, and only then did Cheng Jiqing snap back to reality. She quickly turned to cover Bai Xin’s mouth.

But it was already too late.

She looked up and saw everyone staring in shock at her and Bai Xin…

Including the live stream camera, which was pointed right at her.

Cheng Jiqing: “…”

Cheng Jiqing fell silent.

The guests, the camera crew, and even the director in her earpiece fell silent.

The guests were thinking, Did Bai Xin just call her wife? I heard that right? And they were hugging, right?

The director was thinking, Did Bai Xin’s actions get caught on camera? Will the live stream be flagged for indecency¹?

Only the bullet comments were going insane.

‘Ahhh, holy f#ck, holy f#ck, holy f#ck!!’

‘???? What did I just see? What did I just hear?’

‘Is this something I should be watching? Director, cut away!! Was that a hand I saw copping a feel?!’

‘…This is the fastest my idol’s image has ever collapsed², but I’m not even hurt hhhh, why is this kinda thrilling?!’

‘Holy sh#t, that voice is going to be the death of me…’

‘I knew there was something up with these two.’

‘Ahhhhhhhhh, are they putting on a live show?! That wild?’

The director quickly gave instructions through the earpiece: “Uh, Chengcheng, take Bai Xin upstairs for now. Teacher Lu, switch topics, just move things along, mention that Bai Xin is sick.”

Over at the Peninsula TV set.

With her mouth suddenly covered, Bai Xin instinctively leaned back, her footing a little unsteady. Cheng Jiqing had already pulled the other woman into her arms. She looked down at Bai Xin, who was unexpectedly still in her pink nightdress, and frowned.

Bai Xin tilted her head up to meet Cheng Jiqing’s expression, her eyelashes trembling slightly. She said nothing and lowered her gaze.

Her hands were clutching the fabric at Cheng Jiqing’s waist, unwilling to let go.

Seeing the somewhat chaotic scene, Cheng Jiqing turned off her own microphone, then gave a grateful nod to the remaining guests on the opposite sofa. Then, in front of everyone, she took Bai Xin’s hand and led her upstairs.

The voice of Lu Xi trying to smooth things over echoed through the living room.

“Bai Xin is sick, maybe she wasn’t fully awake yet… How about I share my new song with you all?”

Cheng Jiqing led Bai Xin to the foot of the stairs. As soon as she stepped onto the first stair, she realized Bai Xin’s legs were ridiculously weak and trembling uncontrollably.

It’s a good thing she didn’t fall on her way down just now, she thought suddenly.

Now that things had come to this, Cheng Jiqing didn’t overthink it. Besides, there was nothing left to think about.

She bent down, lifted Bai Xin into her arms, and carried her steadily up the stairs.

Lu Xi and the others were on the sofa, trying to save the live stream, but their eyes and attention couldn’t help but drift toward Cheng Jiqing. Lu Xi happened to be taking a sip of soda, tactically pretending not to see the flood of questions in the bullet comments.

‘Are they together?’

‘I want to see the two who left!’

‘Ahhhh my mind is full of lewd thoughts! Help!’

‘So were they together before the show or did they get together during the show?’

‘Can we please see what happens next?’

Before she had even swallowed her drink, she looked up and saw the two on the stairs blatantly hugging again. She choked violently.

“Sorry, cough, cough, cough… This, uh…”

A fierce Alpha tells no lies, she kinda wants to see what happens next, too!

Qin Yufu’s surprise was different from the others. She had thought that the two of them would be found out by the public one day, but she had never imagined it would be in this way.

But then again… it fit Bai Xin’s personality.

She gathered her wistful thoughts and handed Lu Xi a tissue. “Are you okay?”

Lu Xi shook her head and put down her iced coke. “I’m fine, I’m fine. It was just hot.”

Zhou-jie, being older, had seen more of the world. Aside from her initial surprise, she remained largely unruffled.

She smiled and said, “Everyone, stop asking. Chengcheng will definitely tell you all what’s going on. Asking us now will only get you perfunctory³ answers, so what’s the point?”

Plain talk.

And it was the truth.

Lu Xi secretly gave Zhou-jie a thumbs-up.

When you least expect it, expect it⁴. This incident would probably hit the trending topics before the live stream even ended. No matter how things ultimately turned out, Cheng Jiqing would inevitably have to respond.

The only question was how.

The door to the second-floor room opened.

Cheng Jiqing placed Bai Xin on the bed and tucked her back under the covers. Although the living room was heated, Bai Xin had gone down wearing only a nightdress. In that short time, all her body heat had dissipated.

Her hands were cold.

Cheng Jiqing didn’t speak. She first took the thermometer and checked the temperature on Bai Xin’s forehead. Perhaps because of all the commotion, her fever had gone up again.

She asked, “Are you dizzy?”

Bai Xin sat on the bed with her hands resting flat on the covers, her head lowered as she nodded.

Cheng Jiqing looked at her. She looked just like a child who had done something wrong and was waiting to be scolded. Cheng Jiqing gave a helpless, silent smile.

Then her expression turned serious. “Did you know just now that we were live?”

Bai Xin pursed her lips and was silent for two seconds. “Mhm…”

She had been angry when she went downstairs and had forgotten about the live stream at that moment. She only remembered when she heard Lu Xi reading other bullet comments.

But remembering didn’t calm her down, especially with her head buzzing, which made it impossible to think.

So, in a way, she had done it on purpose.

She glanced up at Cheng Jiqing’s expression and scooted closer, resting her forehead on Cheng Jiqing’s shoulder. “Are you angry?”

Cheng Jiqing asked, “Well, do you think I should be?”

Bai Xin didn’t answer.

They had agreed to talk about this after her heat period was over, but she had suddenly blown the whole thing open, leaving Cheng Jiqing completely unprepared.

And on a live stream, no less.

Bai Xin said in a stuffy voice, “I woke up and you weren’t there, my body felt awful, and then I heard them calling you ‘wife.’ How could I think about so much…”

Cheng Jiqing said, “Miss Bai, your way of reasoning by being unreasonable is, frankly, very unreasonable.”

She didn’t even try to beat around the bush, immediately turning it into her problem.

Bai Xin raised her hands to wrap them around Cheng Jiqing’s neck, shaking it gently. “But I’m sick, so my mind isn’t clear.”

“…”

That lilt in her voice is cheating, Cheng Jiqing thought to herself.

It scratched an itch right in her heart, making her feel soft and tingly.

She found it hard to keep up her stern act.

Bai Xin added, “I just wanted them all to know that you’re mine alone. You’re my wife.”

Cheng Jiqing truly had no retort left.

When it came to Bai Xin, she was always helpless.

She cupped Bai Xin’s face and said in a gentle voice, “You knew you were dizzy, but you still came downstairs, and you didn’t even bother to put on a jacket. Besides being dizzy, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere else?”

From Cheng Jiqing’s first sentence, Bai Xin knew she wasn’t truly angry.

She admitted that she was now giving an inch and taking a mile. “I do.”

“Hm?” Cheng Jiqing’s attention sharpened.

Bai Xin said, “Here.”

She grabbed Cheng Jiqing’s hand and placed it over her heart. “Rub it for me.”

Cheng Jiqing: “…”

She hissed lightly and pulled her hand back to pinch Bai Xin’s tender white cheek. “How can you be so improper even when you’re this sick?”

Hearing this, Bai Xin let out a low laugh. After a few chuckles, her breathing became shallow due to the fever.

It was just that in front of Cheng Jiqing, she always wanted to act up a bit.

Even when she was sick, she wanted Cheng Jiqing’s eyes on her.

But the fever was agonizing. Her already sore and weak legs felt even worse with the fever, and she had no strength at all. Bai Xin threw herself into Cheng Jiqing’s arms. “Cheng Jiqing, I feel awful.”

Cheng Jiqing’s heart trembled. No matter the reason, whenever those three words came from Bai Xin’s mouth, her heart couldn’t help but shudder.

Whether it was an enticement, a show of vulnerability, or a display of affection, she was fated to be moved.

After understanding this point, Cheng Jiqing felt a sense of resignation, as if accepting her destiny.

What can be done?

Cheng Jiqing hugged her and gently stroked her back, coaxing her in a low voice, “I know. You still need to take some medicine in a bit. After you take it, you’ll be a good girl and go to sleep, understand?”

Without waiting for a reply, she added, “I’ll go downstairs and deal with the rebellion you started, then come back up to stay with you.”

Hearing this, Bai Xin had a hint of rebuttal in her tone. “I didn’t rebel.”

Cheng Jiqing squeezed Bai Xin’s lower back. “The director and the others were in a total mess.”

Bai Xin snuggled deeper into her embrace. “Fine. What should we do, then?”

The person in her arms was sick. Her voice and her demeanor lacked any of their usual coldness; she was exceptionally soft.

She was also more agreeable than usual, and even seemed a little remorseful.

Bai Xin was used to being assertive. For her, matters that could be solved with money didn’t require much thought. She wasn’t one for putting herself in others’ shoes.

According to her usual nature, once she caused trouble, it was caused. As long as Cheng Jiqing wasn’t angry, she couldn’t care less about anything else.

To say nothing of how others saw her. At worst, she would just give the production team or the guests adequate compensation.

Cheng Jiqing understood Bai Xin’s way of thinking.

It wasn’t that Bai Xin was completely ignorant of social graces; it was just that Bai Xin’s social graces were reserved for the business world, and only for profit. At other times, this person would mostly feel that ‘useless social niceties’ were a waste of time.

Rarely, Bai Xin was asking her what to do.

Cheng Jiqing’s gaze softened. “At the very least, we shouldn’t leave the problem to others at a time like this, right?”

Bai Xin didn’t speak. Hearing the serious tone in Cheng Jiqing’s voice, she actually felt a tiny flicker of regret for not being calmer.

Cheng Jiqing ruffled the hair at the back of Bai Xin’s head and said in a low voice, “But deep down, I’m actually quite happy.”

Bai Xin: “Really?”

Cheng Jiqing said, “Really.”

Just the thought of being able to hold hands with Bai Xin openly from now on was enough to make her smile.

How much she looked forward to it.

How wonderful.

Perhaps it was inappropriate to feel this way at this moment.

But, Cheng Jiqing’s heart was truly at ease, joyful.

That wonderful feeling.

It was as if the winter snow had been warmed by the sun and melted, the trickling water flowing over her fingers, like spring was about to arrive.

“So I did the right thing, didn’t I?”

Bai Xin rubbed her head against her and said in a hoarse voice.

Hearing this, Cheng Jiqing’s hand stroking the back of her head patted her gently. She said, amused, “Still so proud? What right thing did you do to be acting so smug?”

“I’m dizzy,” after saying a few sentences, Bai Xin’s energy was completely drained. Even the sound of her voice grew faint. “Pat my head.”

Her voice made Cheng Jiqing’s throat feel itchy. She gently pressed her fingertips to Bai Xin’s temples, bent down, and placed a kiss on the crown of her head.

She’s so cute, Cheng Jiqing thought.

A sick Bai Xin was so moving.

Outside the window, the sky was a deep, foggy blue.

The windows were all closed. The wind wasn’t strong, but it made a faint, rustling sound against the glass. Yet, Cheng Jiqing found herself surprisingly unable to imagine the cold outside. She only felt the warmth from the person in her arms, the warmth in the room, enveloping her completely.

Warm and serene.

She only needed to hold Bai Xin.

And she felt—

It could withstand the frost.

It could withstand the seasons.

It could withstand the years.

Cheng Jiqing helped Bai Xin drink some hot water and take her medicine. After calming her down, she left the room.

What Cheng Jiqing didn’t know was that as she carefully closed the door, Bai Xin took out a phone from under her pillow. It was a new one, with a temporary SIM card.

Fighting off her dizziness, she languidly opened the live stream for 《Let’s Go Together》.

Before long.

Cheng Jiqing’s figure appeared on the screen.

Cheng Jiqing sat down on the sofa.

Occasionally, she would hear people use the term ‘camera face⁵‘ to describe Cheng Jiqing’s features, but it never meant much to her. Because in her eyes, Cheng Jiqing could capture her attention no matter where she was.

But suddenly, in that moment, she seemed to understand the meaning of those two words.

She sat in the same way as everyone else, yet Cheng Jiqing, sitting there, was different.

Bai Xin’s face was pressed against the pillow. In the dim room, the light from the phone illuminated her sickly yet stunning features.

She was exhausted, yet she watched Cheng Jiqing intently.

Then, from the phone’s speaker, came Cheng Jiqing’s voice, a voice that resonated deep in her heart.

“First, I’d like to apologize to everyone and to all my friends on the production team. We originally needed a little more time before sharing this with you all, but as you saw from what just happened… ahem, that person is a bit impulsive, and on top of that, she has a fever and is a little groggy.”

Bai Xin gazed at Cheng Jiqing’s face on the screen and curled her lip into a smile. She savored the sound of that gentle voice.

On the phone, Cheng Jiqing paused, her eyes filled with a doting and indulgent color. “In any case, we’ve caused trouble for everyone, and I’m sorry. But this is also a good opportunity for me to formally introduce to you all—”

In the next second, Cheng Jiqing looked at the camera.

Bai Xin’s heart stirred.

In that instant, her eyes and Cheng Jiqing’s met through the screen. She raised a finger and touched Cheng Jiqing’s eyes on the phone.

She heard Cheng Jiqing say.

“My wife, her name is Bai Xin.”

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The author has something to say:

Bai-jie: I can openly monopolize my wife now

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