Villainous Scientist (8)
“Why are you here?”
Song Xuyi was completely flustered as she watched Jiang Qianyu enter grandly, dragging her suitcase, and sit on the bed next to hers.
“I’m here to study,” said Jiang Qianyu with a smile that seemed utterly natural, “I got an ID in Blue Star these last few days…”
She blinked her pretty eyes and looked very innocent as she handed over the ID and the school admission notice to Song Xuyi, her eyes filled with a bit of hope: “I don’t know what happened. When I was getting my ID, I somehow became an Alpha, and then just after the school term started, when I finished registering, I somehow ended up in this dormitory…”
“What a coincidence, Xuyi, I’m in the same dormitory as you!”
……
Song Xuyi tugged at her lips but didn’t feel it was a coincidence at all: So many unreasonable things have piled up together, I would be brain-damaged to think it’s all just a coincidence!
She looked at Jiang Qianyu with complex emotions as she handed over the admission notice for the “Medical College” and then glanced at the room card in Jiang Qianyu’s hand, feeling utterly hopeless in her heart for a moment.
“System, I really have… never seen such a shameless person!”
“It’s okay, Xuyi, you have to believe you can get through this,” the system’s voice sounded overwhelmingly optimistic, “We have to look on the bright side, now that she’s entered the school, she definitely won’t have so much time to research those harmful drugs…”
“And,” the system’s voice grew softer, “you’ve also already encountered a shameless person like this before…”
Song Xuyi didn’t catch the rest of what the system was saying because Jiang Qianyu, opposite her, didn’t know the meaning of “stop when it’s appropriate.” She even had the nerve to lean over and ask Song Xuyi, “Xuyi, are you happy that we’ll be sharing a dorm room in the future?”
The corner of Song Xuyi’s mouth twitched while looking at her flawless face, for a moment really wanting to smack a pillow right onto Jiang Qianyu’s face…
It’s been a long time since Song Xuyi felt this irritated.
Without getting a response from Song Xuyi, the smile at the corner of Jiang Qianyu’s mouth gradually faded. She looked at the silent Song Xuyi, opened her mouth, about to say something—
Suddenly, there were the sounds of urgent footsteps outside, and a group of people burst through the door, swaggering in.
“I heard there’s a woman in this dorm who ranked first in the physical fitness test among all the Alphas?”
“Hah, getting so cocky just after entering school. Dare to come out and compete with me?”
The leader was a tall woman with arrogant red-dyed hair, black tattoos visible on her arm, and a nose ring. As soon as she entered, she unfriendlyly released a strong Alpha pheromone that was aggressive.
Song Xuyi felt the oppression from the other party’s pheromones and frowned slightly: The original Song Xuyi was genuinely top of the Alpha ranking. However, the current Song Xuyi only had the strength of an ordinary Alpha. Compared to an Omega and the average Beta, she was strong, but when compared to powerful Alphas, Song Xuyi’s strength now was not up to par.
Although the woman in front of her seemed to have bad intentions, her surging pheromones indicated that her strength was not weak.
Who leaked her information?
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These past few days, Song Xuyi reviewed the laws of Blue Star, which impose strict restrictions on Alphas, forbidding them from bullying Betas and Omegas in any way, but there is no rule against Alphas challenging other Alphas…
Song Xuyi wasn’t prepared for a fight, yet she didn’t expect the challenge to come so suddenly!
There was a moment of silence.
When the red-haired woman saw that no one paid attention to her, she glanced at the two people in the room. She was visibly startled when she saw Song Xuyi’s appearance, but when she noticed Jiang Qianyu beside her, the woman’s eyes suddenly lit up, the nonchalant expression on her face vanished, and a noticeable blush appeared on her cheeks.
“My name is Chen Xi, I’m a sophomore, a student in the Zhongren Department, and currently an Alpha at the top of the comprehensive ranking list,” she approached Song Xuyi with reduced formality in her tone, “I heard you’re the strongest amongst this year’s new students, so I wanted to come and meet you—”
“How about this! I’ll let you make ten moves first,” Chen Xi’s gaze then shifted back to Jiang Qianyu, coughing awkwardly with a hint of evasion in her eyes, “But if you lose, I… I want to swap dorm rooms with you…”
Song Xuyi’s eyes widened in disbelief; she hadn’t expected such a stroke of luck!
Jiang Qianyu’s abilities were profound and enigmatic. Facing an Alpha as strong as Chen Xi, if the two of them ended up living together, Song Xuyi could already imagine the chaotic life full of ups and downs that would ensue…
Just the thought of that scene almost made Song Xuyi burst into laughter…
But Song Xuyi fought back her urge to laugh. She looked up at Chen Xi, preparing to concede and move out of the dorm room in a straightforward manner, yet unexpectedly, a voice sounded first from the side—
“I think there’s a little mistake—” Jiang Qianyu’s face, which had turned somber at some point, slowly stood up. Her eyes narrowed as she faced Chen Xi, who was a head taller, and looked up at her without expression.
“The one who ranked first in the Alpha list for physical strength during the entrance examination is me!”
Song Xuyi never imagined that Jiang Qianyu, who looked so frail and weak, had such strong capabilities.
It wasn’t just Song Xuyi who was taken aback; almost all the Alphas watching the entire event got chills seeing Jiang Qianyu’s way of fighting: she didn’t even need to release pheromones to exert pressure, yet her speed and strength seemed almost inhuman, so fast that she appeared like a blur. Chen Xi didn’t last even five minutes against her before she ended up lying on the ground, unable to get up…
Song Xuyi was astonished: Even the original owner at their prime would have had a tough fight against Jiang Qianyu and might well have lost.
“Do you still want to fight?”
At this moment, the opponent had already fallen, but Jiang Qianyu showed no intention of stopping. She squatted down, ignoring the horror in Chen Xi’s eyes, and with one hand, she gripped the powerless Chen Xi’s neck, narrowed her eyes, and slowly lifted the person up—
“Enough!”
Seeing that Chen Xi’s eyes were rolling back, as if fearing a fatality might occur, the onlookers didn’t dare to intervene. Song Xuyi could only enter the fray and grabbed Jiang Qianyu’s hand.
Jiang Qianyu turned her head to glance at Song Xuyi, let go of Chen Xi’s neck and tossed her to the ground like a rag.
Worried the situation would escalate, Song Xuyi quickly bent down to check on Chen Xi. Chen Xi lay on the ground coughing desperately, her face drained of color, no longer showing any of her previous arrogance…
However, Chen Xi was more scared than hurt, so Song Xuyi felt relieved. Turning back to look for Jiang Qianyu, she noticed the crowd parting to reveal that Jiang Qianyu had already walked to the dorm building…
Song Xuyi belatedly realized: Jiang Qianyu… seemed to be angry.
But… wasn’t everything fine just before?
……
This is when Song Xuyi arrived at the dorm.
It had been nearly an hour; Jiang Qianyu’s temper should have cooled down by now, right?
But the moment she pushed open the bedroom door, Song Xuyi realized she had been too optimistic in judging the situation—judging by the icy look Jiang Qianyu gave her, Song Xuyi could tell that Jiang Qianyu was still angry.
Song Xuyi could only try to make herself as inconspicuous as possible, to “watch with eyes but think with heart”, and quietly tiptoed into the dorm and sat on her bed.
Jiang Qianyu was at that moment making the bed, and perhaps because she had never done it before, the blankets were all crumpled up in her hands. Her movements had a touch of vindictiveness to them, almost as if she were taking out her anger on the bedsheets, which she seemed about to tear apart…
Song Xuyi looked at the bed that Jiang Qianyu was almost tearing apart and sighed. Eventually, she couldn’t help but speak up softly, “Let me do it!”
Jiang Qianyu’s fierce movements halted, and she glanced at Song Xuyi before stepping aside with pursed lips.
Even though Song Xuyi knew Jiang Qianyu could be scary, she had to admit that an angry Jiang Qianyu looked incredibly cute: Her pretty face softened the fierce look in her eyes, and she looked like a puffed-up little wolf cub that you just couldn’t help wanting to poke at her bulging cheeks…
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Of course, Song Xuyi wouldn’t dare to be so bold, not even if you killed her.
Song Xuyi quickly made the bed.
Feeling that Jiang Qianyu’s mood seemed to have improved a bit, Song Xuyi also breathed a sigh of relief. She sat back on her bed and turned on her light brain.
“You go wash up first, I’m going to look at the school’s map to get familiar with the layout…”
The sound of moving luggage came from next to her.
After a while, however, there was no other sound. Song Xuyi turned her head to look: Jiang Qianyu was sitting at the edge of the bed, pulling at her suitcase without moving…
Song Xuyi’s gaze fell on Jiang Qianyu’s tightly closed suitcase and she instantly understood: there might be some things in Jiang Qianyu’s suitcase that she wasn’t supposed to see…
Song Xuyi looked away and cleared her throat with a little cough: “I’m a bit tired and want to sleep, I’ll go wash up first…”
Song Xuyi intentionally slowed down her showering pace, and sure enough, when she came out after washing up, Jiang Qianyu had already tidied up her things and was carrying a basin into the bathroom.
Listening to the rustling sound of water in the bathroom, Song Xuyi started to browse the school map. After memorizing the layout, Song Xuyi checked the schedule for the next day’s classes and made all the necessary preparations. She then turned off her light brain and lay down on the bed.
She had a vague feeling that she had forgotten something, but she couldn’t remember what it was at the moment.
Not long after, Jiang Qianyu came out of the bedroom.
Because of the steam, Jiang Qianyu’s cheeks were tinged with a hint of red, and her expression seemed a little more relaxed than before, but she still pursed her lips and did not speak.
After Jiang Qianyu lay down on the bed and turned off the lights, the room quickly darkened.
Song Xuyi heard rustling sounds from the bed next to her: it was Jiang Qianyu getting into bed.
In a flash of realization, Song Xuyi suddenly remembered what she had forgotten…
Jiang Qianyu was very angry.
It was Song Xuyi who called herself her friend.
After being saved by Song Xuyi, Jiang Qianyu always had the thought of making amends with Song Xuyi in her heart, wanting to tell Song Xuyi she would not bully her on purpose anymore. However, for some reason, probably because she had never spoken softly before, Jiang Qianyu waited for Song Xuyi on the spacecraft every day, wanting to go to eat with her, but she just couldn’t find the words to express her thoughts.
Jiang Qianyu knew she hadn’t handled some things well, but in the past, no one had ever taught her how to conduct herself in society, and she didn’t care: after all, only the weak needed to maintain relationships through social niceties.
Later, it was Song Xuyi who spoke first, saying that she should regard her as a friend.
Jiang Qianyu had never had a friend as she grew up, and she was really happy when she heard Song Xuyi’s words. So she told Song Xuyi her real name and told her that she would protect her…
Jiang Qianyu left some words unsaid: Song Xuyi was a miracle to her.
The more she looked at Song Xuyi, the more she felt Song Xuyi was to her liking. When she slept in the same room with Song Xuyi at night, she could even fall asleep without listening to the sound of the waves.
Jiang Qianyu wanted to keep her promise to protect Song Xuyi and thought of giving her a surprise, so she secretly enrolled in the military school. She even forcefully used a drug that would quickly turn her into the kind of Alpha she most disliked…
She thought Song Xuyi would stop rejecting her and happily move into the dormitory, but instead, Song Xuyi wanted to push her onto someone else.
Heaven knows how angry Jiang Qianyu was at that time!
However, what made Jiang Qianyu most angry was that even though she was angry, she now couldn’t bear to lay a finger on Song Xuyi, and could only sulk by herself…
She originally planned to ignore Song Xuyi, the liar, but then the liar actually took the initiative to come over and help her make the bed…
Why on earth is there someone like Song Xuyi who makes people so mad and yet they can’t hate her?!
Jiang Qianyu gritted her teeth fiercely and turned over slightly in the dark: Without a cramped, claustrophobic space to help her sleep, now lying on the dorm bed, Jiang Qianyu felt uncomfortable everywhere, her whole body in distress…
However, Song Xuyi is probably already asleep, and Jiang Qianyu doesn’t want to wake her…
Jiang Qianyu bit her lower lip, forcefully suppressing the discomfort in her body, as numerous thoughts flashed through her mind:
Perhaps she shouldn’t stay around Song Xuyi anymore: the two of them weren’t cut from the same cloth to begin with, and Song Xuyi’s current situation was because of her own drug. If Song Xuyi knew the truth, it would lead to endless trouble…
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Yet suddenly, Jiang Qianyu realized she no longer wanted to return to her previous lonely days absorbed in research: Blue Star was a completely different planet, full of vitality and orderly, and although Jiang Qianyu had always thought about overthrowing the Alpha-dominated Empire, she never considered that the Empire could have places like Blue Star…
And even though she didn’t want to admit it, Jiang Qianyu found what she was most reluctant to part with was Song Xuyi.
If she had met Song Xuyi the way she is now at the beginning, would she have still taken action against Song Xuyi?
However, Jiang Qianyu would rather have the Song Xuyi from the beginning – naively and foolishly wanting to claim her – than the current Song Xuyi who seems to want to push her towards someone else…
……
Jiang Qianyu had never encountered such a complex moment before.
Curled up in the darkness, she covered her head and bit her lower lip, feeling a mix of grievances and ferocity growing wildly in her heart like weeds. For a moment, she felt as if she was back in those endlessly dark days, her body stiff and cold…
In that instant, Jiang Qianyu heard a low sigh from nearby, followed by faint movements. A hand reached out from the bed opposite, grasping Jiang Qianyu’s icy, stiff fingers.
“Don’t be afraid, Jiang Qianyu,” Song Xuyi’s sleepy voice came through, her warm palm moved, intertwining her fingers tightly with Jiang Qianyu’s and she lay her head towards Jiang Qianyu, her warm breath spilling on Jiang Qianyu’s ear: “You’re so strong, you can definitely overcome all obstacles…”
Jiang Qianyu wanted to argue, to tell Song Xuyi that she wasn’t afraid at all, but the words were stuck in her throat and she just couldn’t say them…
Song Xuyi started to ramble on as she sang.
Jiang Qianyu wanted to mock her; not one of Song Xuyi’s notes was on key. However, there was an inexplicable power in Song Xuyi’s singing that unintentionally made Jiang Qianyu fall asleep…
In her dream, she was still in the pitch-dark depths of the sea, where time silently slipped away in the deep waters. She could only hear the constant repetition of the waves above…
Jiang Qianyu’s despair grew bit by bit: Maybe she would meet her end in the deep sea.
Her brow furrowed, she subconsciously wanted to wake up, when suddenly the sea parted and the sky poured down a brilliant, dazzling light…
The light was so bright!
The author has something to say:
┭┮ ﹏ ┭┮ ~~ I hate this festival that reeks of hurt!
In the two-dimensional world, my two beautiful characters are living together, even holding hands in their sleep; in the three-dimensional world, my friends are showing off their transfers and gifts on social media…
And me…
Tonight, I have been serenaded by the lonely calls of frogs three times! During the day, I have to face a training exam, and a friend tagged me, telling me I’m the “King of Singles” and that I should start a ‘lonely frog’ business, and I would surely make a killing!
o(╥﹏╥)o
What a delightful evening, huh!
LP: Re-translated on February 08, 2024