After Transmigrating as a Scumbag Alpha, I Marked the Crazy Hotshot – Chapter 30

Not Very Convenient

The Auntie​¹ who had followed behind saw the situation and didn’t dare rush forward—even though initially, it looked like Bai Xin had suddenly collapsed onto this Miss Cheng due to weakness.

Cheng Jiqing​² had caught her subconsciously.

            

Before her eyes was Bai Xin’s bloodstained forearm. Shock left her blank for a second, then her brow furrowed tightly as she helped the person up. “How did this happen? Why are you running around like this? Isn’t it still seeping blood?!”

Hearing this, the Auntie stepped forward: “Exactly! Miss, you should bandage the wound first. Losing so much blood, who knows how much food you’ll need to eat to replenish it…”

Bai Xin remained silent throughout. She didn’t know why, but originally, she had just wanted Cheng Jiqing to see how much she needed her. Yet, the moment she saw Cheng Jiqing rush towards her, she felt her heart tremble.

            

She actually experienced a long-absent, clear feeling of grievance and heartache.

She wanted to do something, say something, obtain something—to fill the void of her grievance.

Bai Xin let Cheng Jiqing pull her through the door, as if this wasn’t the Bai family’s territory, but Cheng Jiqing’s.

            

She heard Cheng Jiqing speak.

“You have iodine and gauze, right? Do you have any hemostatic or anti-inflammatory medicine?”

“No medicine? Then just bring more gauze.”

            

Cheng Jiqing led Bai Xin to sit on the sofa. The sounds of arguing could still be heard from upstairs. She didn’t consider whether her appearance at this moment was appropriate, only thinking that she needed to quickly tend to Bai Xin’s injury.

She lowered her head to look at Bai Xin’s left arm, not noticing that Bai Xin had already signaled the Auntie to leave with her eyes.

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In the vast living room.

            

Only Cheng Jiqing and Bai Xin were left, sitting side-by-side on the sofa. Occasionally, the sounds of Bai Zhaoliang and Zhou Ping’s arguing and crying drifted down from the second floor.

Cheng Jiqing carefully peeled off the two layers of soaked gauze, speaking softly.

“Bear with it, it might hurt a little.”

            

Suddenly, Bai Xin felt an even deeper sense of grievance well up inside her.

In all her years in the Bai family, none of it had brought her as much grievance as this single sentence from Cheng Jiqing.

It hadn’t hurt originally. She could make it not hurt.

            

Now.

Of course, it hurt.

How could it possibly not hurt.

            

The moment the gauze was peeled away, Cheng Jiqing saw the bloody wound, and her breath hitched. She knew better than anyone how fair and delicate Bai Xin’s skin was; seeing the blood staining that skin red made her chest burn.

How could someone injure a person like this?!

“How did it happen?”

            

“Zhou Ping smashed something.”

Bai Xin finished speaking in a low voice, then paused. “It was also that I didn’t react in time when she threw it.”

Cheng Jiqing’s anger flared straight to the top of her head, her teeth unconsciously clenching tightly. “She actually laid hands on you.”

            

Her tone was cold, but the motion of taking cotton, dipping it in iodine, and wiping the wound was very gentle.

Bai Xin lowered her gaze, watching her movements. “It’s quite normal.”

It wasn’t as if Zhou Ping hadn’t laid hands on her before, just that it was when she was very young, and never this severe.

            

At first, when Bai Zhaoliang wasn’t home, it was cold leftovers, later escalating to pushing and shoving, and then when Bai Xingxing pushed her into the water, Zhou Ping had merely said—nothing happened anyway.

Just like Bai Zhaoliang had said that day at the Special Management Office—aren’t you fine?

It wasn’t until she appropriately let Bai Zhaoliang know about her business talents that her days became slightly better.

            

“Bai Zhaoliang doesn’t care?”

Bai Xin didn’t answer, merely watching Cheng Jiqing’s long, slender, pale fingers wrap the gauze round and round her arm.

When the Auntie had wrapped it earlier, she hadn’t thought it looked this good.

            

Cheng Jiqing didn’t know what Bai Xin was thinking, but after asking, she realized how ridiculous her question was. If he cared, how could Bai Xin be left alone like this?

She remembered that she had also met such a ‘weirdo’​³ parent this morning.

“Cheng Jiqing.”

            

“Hm? Does it hurt? Bear with it, if I don’t wrap this tightly, it won’t stop the bleeding.” Cheng Jiqing looked up while wrapping the gauze, her gaze meeting Bai Xin’s. Bai Xin’s head was leaning slightly against the sofa, her face and lips already looking somewhat pale.

But Bai Xin’s breathing was not calm.

Cheng Jiqing glanced around and whispered, “Hold this for a moment.”

            

She hadn’t forgotten this was the Bai family’s living room; Bai Zhaoliang and the other could come out at any time. Her eyes signaled for Bai Xin to grab her arm, to alleviate the discomfort first, and they could talk more after it was wrapped and they left.

After speaking, her attention returned to Bai Xin’s hand.

The next second, she felt warmth approach her arm, and smelled the light fragrance of an Omega.

            

Bai Xin’s hand rested on the small of her back.

“Is this okay?” Bai Xin asked her.

Cheng Jiqing’s spine stiffened. “…Be careful. Aren’t you afraid Bai Zhaoliang will come out and see?”

            

“My arm isn’t that convenient. Just for a moment.”

Reasonable and well-founded.

It wasn’t an embrace; Bai Xin’s hand was just placed there. It was only because she was close, coupled with Cheng Jiqing’s slim waist, that it visually resembled an embrace.

            

But just having it placed there made Cheng Jiqing more sensitive than a real hug. Cheng Jiqing shifted her thoughts and asked, “Did she treat you like this before?”

Qin Yufu had said Zhou Ping used to treat Bai Xin very badly…

Bai Xin said, “Mm.”

            

Cheng Jiqing firmly secured the gauze with tape, then pressed her hand against the wound to stop the bleeding.

Her voice turned cold. “Truly demented​⁴, has she gone mad?”

“You didn’t even ask why?”

            

Bai Xin meant, she didn’t ask why, yet she was already helping her curse them out.

Cheng Jiqing could guess anyway. Why else would Zhou Ping hit someone? It could only be about Bai Xingxing’s matter and Cheng Jing giving the projects to Bai Xin.

She heard that those projects were originally managed by Bai Xingxing and Zhou Ping.

            

Before Cheng Jiqing could answer, Bai Xin asked again, “What if it was my problem, my fault?”

“Is your elbow sore?” Cheng Jiqing didn’t answer immediately. Bai Xin’s elbow had been propped up for a while, and she already lacked strength; she was afraid Bai Xin couldn’t hold it.

Because the topic was suddenly changed by Cheng Jiqing, Bai Xin was slightly stunned. She looked towards Cheng Jiqing’s profile.

            

Bai Xin said, “It’s sore.”

Cheng Jiqing then lifted her knee, providing a support point for Bai Xin’s elbow, before looking up at Bai Xin again.

“Even if it was your fault, she cannot lay hands on you.”

            

This was the answer to her previous question.

Bai Xin’s eyelashes fluttered. Today was a beautiful day, sunlight streamed in through the glass, and so she saw the light in Cheng Jiqing’s brown eyes.

Passionate yet gentle, transparent yet clean.

            

The corners of her lips curved slightly, revealing dimples. “I thought you weren’t going to care about me anymore.”

Her pale complexion gave her a fragile beauty, as if she could shatter with a light touch.

Cheng Jiqing pursed her lips slightly, averting her gaze. “I never said that, don’t wrongly accuse me. I just said… I wouldn’t marry you, okay.”

            

Her voice was very low on the last sentence.

Bai Xin said, “Isn’t that the same thing.”

“If it were the same, what would I be doing here right now?” Cheng Jiqing said softly.

            

Just as her words fell, the door upstairs suddenly opened.

Bai Xin slowly moved her hand away from the back of Cheng Jiqing’s waist. Whether intentionally or not, Cheng Jiqing felt those fingertips graze her lower back through the thin fabric.

“Little CEO Cheng?! Why have you come?” Bai Zhaoliang and Zhou Ping came out together, apparently having reconciled, his hand patting Zhou Ping’s shoulder.

            

Zhou Ping was also stunned to see Cheng Jiqing.

Especially when she noticed Cheng Jiqing holding Bai Xin’s hand, the two of them very close.

The pair descended the stairs in a few steps. Cheng Jiqing didn’t release Bai Xin’s hand just because they appeared, as the bleeding hadn’t stopped yet.

            

She pressed on Bai Xin’s arm, the warmth in her palm growing hotter as her expression grew colder.

“I was just passing by and thought I’d chat with CEO Bai about our recent cooperation. I didn’t expect to witness a scene of domestic violence.”

Cheng Jiqing said it casually.

            

Bai Zhaoliang and Zhou Ping had just reached the bottom step. Hearing this, both were startled.

Those two words, applied to any enterprise’s face, could absolutely stir up a huge storm.

“Who are you calling domestic violence!” Zhou Ping reflexively raised her voice.

            

Bai Zhaoliang grabbed her arm forcefully. “Shut up! Little CEO Cheng, what kind of talk is this? Oh, you mean Xiao Xin’s injury? Just now, her mother accidentally dropped a cup…”

“You yourselves know clearly in your hearts. I don’t like meddling in others’ family affairs either.” Cheng Jiqing interrupted coldly. “After I go back, I will halt all cooperation between the Cheng family and the Bai family. From now on, our two families need not cooperate anymore.”

Bai Zhaoliang looked at Cheng Jiqing helping Bai Xin. “Little CEO Cheng, these aren’t words to be spoken lightly. How can the cooperation between our two families be severed just like that?”

            

Cheng Jiqing: “If I say it can, it can.”

Bai Zhaoliang’s heart gave a slight ‘thump’.

Zhou Ping: “Don’t listen to this little b%tch’s​⁵ nonsense! It wasn’t domestic violence at all, I was just careless!”

            

Cheng Jiqing paid no attention to Zhou Ping’s words, her expression icy, her speech unhurried. “I was wondering why Bai Xingxing was so malicious. Turns out, like mother, like daughter.​⁶“

“How can the Cheng family cooperate with such an enterprise? Miss Bai, however, is exceptionally capable. If you can’t continue working at the Bai family in the future, the Cheng Corporation welcomes you anytime.”

Bai Xin lowered her head, a faint smile playing on her lips from an angle others couldn’t see.

            

“Then I must thank Little CEO Cheng in advance.”

“You’re welcome.”

“Originally, it was only out of consideration for Miss Bai helping me that I kept these few projects. Now it seems you might not be too willing to continue, so let’s just forget about it.”

            

She lowered her head slightly to check Bai Xin’s hand. Seeing no fresh blood seeping out, she let Bai Xin press it herself.

Then she made a move to stand up, looking ready to leave at any moment.

Seeing this, Bai Zhaoliang truly believed Cheng Jiqing’s visit was sudden, and also believed she treated Bai Xin differently because Bai Xin had helped her.

            

Right now, if Bai Xin really decided to quit​⁷, Cheng Jiqing might actually follow through with severing the cooperation. Cheng Jing doted on this younger sister so much, he might agree to anything.

Hearing this, Zhou Ping felt Bai Xin was even more detestable. Not only had she harmed her daughter, but she was also using Cheng Jiqing to pressure her. Naturally, Cheng Jiqing wasn’t a good person either. She pushed Bai Zhaoliang’s hand away. “Are you muddle-headed? Just listening to her words alone, wanting to sever ties just like that—Ah!”

Bai Zhaoliang slapped Zhou Ping across the face. “I think you’re the one who’s muddle-headed!”

            

Zhou Ping stumbled back a few steps from the slap, looking at Bai Zhaoliang in disbelief. He walked over and hissed a few words through gritted teeth.

This wasn’t just about a few projects; it also involved the Y2 Project he valued most.

Y2 had three investors in total: the Bai family, the Cheng family, and another major player, the Zhou entity.

            

If one party were to withdraw their shares, anyone could withstand the loss, except the Bai family.

Bai Zhaoliang’s voice rose again. “It’s all because you usually fail to discipline your daughter properly! The Cheng family not blaming us is already giving us face, yet you are still so rude! And today you even injured Xiao Xin!”

Finished speaking, Bai Zhaoliang turned around. “Little CEO Cheng, this is just a small family matter, making a fool of ourselves in front of you. The fault indeed lies with our Bai family. The Bai family has always regarded the Cheng Corporation as its best partner… Xiao Xin suffered a grievance today because I, as her father, didn’t do well, but she is an understanding child. She won’t let private matters affect something as big as the project. Xiao Xin.”

            

Bai Zhaoliang gave Bai Xin a meaningful look. Since Cheng Jiqing had just said it was all out of consideration for Bai Xin, they now had to rely on Bai Xin to pull things back.

Bai Xin acted as if she hadn’t heard.

Cheng Jiqing, however, glanced at Zhou Ping, who was covering her face. She didn’t know what Bai Zhaoliang had said, but the previously arrogant woman had actually quieted down.

            

But Bai Zhaoliang’s actions were truly beyond her expectations; striking someone directly in front of his daughter and her, an outsider.

However, she didn’t feel Zhou Ping was pitiful.

Could one slap offset this ‘blood debt’ on the hand?

            

That slap was for Bai Zhaoliang himself, not for Bai Xin.

“I think she will.”

Cheng Jiqing said.

            

Bai Xin looked up at her, their gazes meeting. Cheng Jiqing said calmly, “Unless she indeed wasn’t subjected to domestic violence just now, and holds no grudges against the Bai family. Only then would I believe she can still properly complete the subsequent work.”

This wasn’t stated explicitly, but everyone present understood.

Cheng Jiqing was backing Bai Xin up; that slap just now hadn’t satisfied her.

            

Bai Xin’s gaze softened. When the glass pierced her skin, she had been calm, yet harbored resentment, and even more regret—if she hadn’t ignored her body’s condition, hadn’t come over, she wouldn’t have been injured due to slow reaction.

But now, she felt it was very worth it.

No, perhaps from the moment Cheng Jiqing appeared, she had felt it was very worth it.

            

Bai Zhaoliang looked at Zhou Ping, paused, then walked over. “Although it was accidental just now, you did indeed injure Xiao Xin and caused Little CEO Cheng to misunderstand. Apologize to Little CEO Cheng, and then apologize to Xiao Xin.”

Zhou Ping’s eyes were filled with tears, her eye sockets red. Hearing this, her eyes widened slightly, making her expression look somewhat ferocious.

Cheng Jiqing fiddled with the white jade bodhi bracelet on her wrist, looking impatient. Bai Zhaoliang glanced at Zhou Ping. “Zhou Ping, don’t forget what I just told you.”

            

Zhou Ping took a deep breath and spoke with extreme reluctance. “Sorry, Little CEO Cheng, for the misunderstanding. It was my carelessness just now, my fault. Please, don’t take it to heart.”

After speaking, she bit her lip until it bled, as if it were harder than killing her.

How could Bai Xin not know? Making Zhou Ping bow her head to her was more unbearable for Zhou Ping than taking her life.

            

“What does Miss Bai think?” Cheng Jiqing lowered her head to ask Bai Xin.

Bai Xin said, “As long as Little CEO Cheng is satisfied.”

Cheng Jiqing nodded. “Alright then, let’s leave it at this for now. I don’t have time to manage so much of your affairs. I have other matters, so I’ll be leaving first.”

            

Bai Zhaoliang: “…”

Haven’t you already finished managing everything?

After speaking, Cheng Jiqing looked at Bai Xin again, gave a slight cough, and turned to head towards the main entrance.

            

The next second, Bai Xin called out to her, “Little CEO Cheng.”

“Hm?”

“I need to go to the hospital, but it’s not very convenient for me to drive. Could I trouble you to give me a ride?”

            

“Of course.”

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Cheng Jiqing and Bai Xin got into the car. The door closed, and they looked at each other, both breaking into smiles after two seconds.

Bai Xin: “Little CEO Cheng’s acting skills are quite good.”

            

“But of course.”

Cheng Jiqing readily accepted the compliment, but she hadn’t forgotten the urgent matter at hand. “Let’s get you to the hospital first, see if you need stitches, get an anti-inflammatory drip​⁸ or something.”

“No stitches.”

            

Hearing this, Cheng Jiqing’s voice softened unconsciously. “It doesn’t look like they’re needed, but it’s better to have a doctor check to be sure.” Besides, they still needed to get some anti-inflammatory medicine.

Cheng Jiqing herself didn’t notice the coaxing tone in her voice.

Bai Xin said, “Mm…”

            

After the car had driven for a while, they hit a red light up ahead. Stopping the car, Cheng Jiqing turned her head to look at Bai Xin. Bai Xin was leaning against the seat, her brow slightly furrowed, looking listless.

Evidently, her mood had soured again.

“Does it hurt a lot?”

            

“Not entirely.”

The time she had contact with Cheng Jiqing earlier was short; she was still in a state of need.

But her arm genuinely hurt too.

            

The combination of the two put her in a very agitated state.

Cheng Jiqing tried to distract Bai Xin. “What did Bai Zhaoliang say to Zhou Ping just now?”

“Probably something like, be careful or her daughter will be drinking the northwest wind​⁹ after getting out of prison,” Bai Xin said calmly.

            

Bai Zhaoliang had put the vast majority of his funds into the Y2 Project. If the Cheng family disregarded everything and pulled out, the Bai Corporation would be in imminent danger.

Zhou Ping could risk anything, except for that daughter of hers.

The two chatted idly, off and on. Cheng Jiqing increased the car’s speed within reasonable limits, quickly arriving at the hospital.

            

She had contacted Tang Jia in advance, so they went straight up to the sixteenth floor.

Tang Jia first arranged for Cheng Jiqing to have her blood drawn, then had a nurse separately change Bai Xin’s dressing. After Cheng Jiqing finished her blood draw, she went into Tang Jia’s office. Bai Xin wasn’t done yet.

She sat opposite Tang Jia, recounting what had happened at the Bai villa.

            

Tang Jia snorted lightly, first mocking Bai Zhaoliang and Zhou Ping for a couple of sentences, then said, “Bai Xin has encountered this kind of situation before.”

“What kind of situation?”

Tang Jia pushed up her glasses with a fair fingertip. “Her physical constitution is poor, especially during her estrus period​¹⁰, she becomes weaker. When her reaction speed drops, even if she perceives danger, she can’t dodge quickly… Last time, she was almost dragged into an alley.”

            

Cheng Jiqing’s heart leaped.

Without further elaboration, just hearing ‘dragged into an alley’ sent chills down her spine.

“Fortunately, someone helped, her identity wasn’t revealed, and nothing serious happened.”

            

The time Tang Jia mentioned, Bai Xin had actually taken a suppressant beforehand. It was just that due to the simultaneous agitation of her dual glands, the reaction was excessive, weakening her inherent responsiveness.

When danger approached, she simply couldn’t evade immediately.

“The duration suppressants work for her now is also very short, not as effective as your soothing​¹¹. The last time you two met was still that day, right?” Tang Jia added, “The day you locked me out.”

            

Cheng Jiqing: “…”

Cheng Jiqing nodded. “Yes.”

“Bai Xin just said she hasn’t taken any suppressants these past three days. During this period of chaotic estrus and after-effects, one instance of your soothing can only sustain her for three days…”

            

There was actually another sentence after that: and that’s under the condition of a temporary mark.

As Cheng Jiqing listened, her ears pricked up!

The familiar mechanical sound rang out.

            

——Prevent the villain’s blackening, complete self-redemption.

She rubbed her ears, cursing inwardly.

But at the same time, it felt like sudden inspiration​¹²; this voice always appeared as a reminder. She connected Tang Jia’s words again.

            

She had been wondering what connection existed between Bai Xin’s blackening and marrying her.

Now, everything seemed to fall into place. Cheng Jiqing meticulously unraveled​¹³ the matter.

Suppressants had a short duration and poor effect on Bai Xin, while her soothing could allow Bai Xin to forgo suppressants, maintaining stability for longer.

            

If they had daily contact, Bai Xin could even completely detach from suppressants, wouldn’t be affected by her condition from time to time, and might not encounter situations like today, where she couldn’t react and got injured.

So Bai Xin proposed marriage. Of course, for Bai Xin, this was also a form of security.

The System’s reminder was telling her that if the marriage didn’t take effect, Bai Xin might still encounter the kind of incident Tang Jia described, falling into danger at some point due to her body’s reaction.

            

This danger must be immense, capable of turning this person from good to bad, from kind to evil.

Bai Xin would still blacken as described in the book, becoming the villain… According to the System’s words, as long as Bai Xin blackened, she herself would not have a good end.

Cheng Jiqing: “…”

            

Strangely, after Cheng Jiqing logically sorted things out, her first thought wasn’t about immediately marrying Bai Xin to save her own life.

Her thought was:

I hope Bai Xin never encounters that kind of danger.

            

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Bai Xin received two shots of suppressant at the hospital.

Her arm didn’t need stitches. She was prescribed some anti-inflammatory medicine and just needed to go to the hospital regularly for dressing changes in the next few days.

Cheng Jiqing dropped her off downstairs in the Nanyang Urban District.

            

Bai Xin hadn’t spoken much on the way due to the pain. The car stopped. Cheng Jiqing paused for a moment. “Be careful with your hand these next few days. If you can’t manage, hire a Auntie.”

Bai Xin’s lips were pale. She looked at her for a moment. “Mm, I’m leaving.”

Cheng Jiqing nodded. “Okay.”

            

After Bai Xin spoke, Cheng Jiqing helped unfasten her seatbelt. Just as she pressed the buckle, she heard Bai Xin say, “Are you that eager for me to leave?”

Cheng Jiqing: “…”

She didn’t mean that.

            

Bai Xin retracted her gaze, saying nothing, nor showing any sign of anger. She turned to open the car door, saying softly before leaving, “Thanks for your trouble today.”

Cheng Jiqing watched the woman’s thin figure walk away through the passenger-side window, her feelings complicated.

Since leaving the Bai house, Bai Xin hadn’t mentioned needing to hold hands or… hug.

            

So she hadn’t felt it appropriate to ask, but looking at that figure now, she felt she should inquire.

Cheng Jiqing thought for a moment, then took out her phone and sent Bai Xin a message: 【If you’re really uncomfortable, don’t just endure it. Message Tang Jia promptly. Messaging me is fine too, I’m not busy.】

She waited in the car. Bai Xin didn’t reply.

            

Thinking she probably wouldn’t reply, Cheng Jiqing sent another message: 【Be careful. Be mindful not to exert force with your hand, and don’t get it wet.】

After sending it, she turned off her phone and started the car.

Suddenly, her phone vibrated. Bai Xin replied: 【Why don’t you come help me instead.】

            

Bai Xin knew Cheng Jiqing wouldn’t come up.

These past few days, Cheng Jiqing had been keeping her distance, so she hadn’t been too excessive either. She was afraid that being too aggressive would genuinely scare the person away.

Except for that brief hug at the Bai house, she had restrained herself from touching Cheng Jiqing.

            

Including the entire car ride, right up until getting out.

In fact, if Cheng Jiqing hadn’t left just then, she would have been unable to resist asking for soothing. Even though she had already received two shots of suppressant at the hospital… she would still be more sensitive due to this period.

Bai Xin walked barefoot into the bathroom. The most common thing she did after returning home was to first take off the inner layer.

            

Because of her special constitution, besides the gland on her neck, there was another gland.

Due to the existence of the second gland, she was overly sensitive, which also led to her dislike of wearing tight pants, especially during her estrus period, when she couldn’t wear them at all.

Including underwear.

            

Even if the fabric was incredibly soft, wearing it all day, especially during this current special period, would make her feel stuffy and uncomfortable.

She didn’t have much strength, but she still thought about washing the soiled underwear first.

Thinking about Cheng Jiqing’s earlier message, her pale lips curved slightly. She was alone, so she would inevitably have to exert some force, how could she completely avoid getting it wet?

            

Bai Xin had just turned on the faucet when she suddenly heard the doorbell ring outside.

Her movements paused. She placed the small piece of fabric by the sink, walked to the entryway, and opened the door…

Cheng Jiqing stood at the doorway, rubbing the tip of her nose. “Is there anything you need help with?”

            

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The author has something to say:

Chengcheng: Is there anything you need help with?

Bai-jie takes out the small piece of fabric: Can you handle this?

            

Chengcheng: I cannot.

Bai-jie: A woman can’t say she cannot.

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