Scum A with a Sweet Black Lotus O – Chapter 163

She and Her · Side CP

Fu Lingfeng x Wen Wan ⑨

Imperfectly Each Other.

Fu Lingfeng kept her eyes fixed on Wen Wan, staring so intently that the Omega subconsciously moved to bite her lip again.

            

“So, what do you say?”

Fu Lingfeng paused, then answered her own question. “I could post a declaration on Moments​¹, or ask a few friends out to dinner and have them help spread the word. Just like how many people in the past worked so hard to get those rumors to your ears, the truth can always get out.”

“It’s the same now.”

            

“I want everyone to know that the person Fu Lingfeng likes, the wife she formally and legitimately married, has always been Wen Wan. Only Wen Wan, and it has nothing to do with anyone else. I want to let them know, openly and honorably.”

“But, Miss Jiang—” Wen Wan’s attitude was still hesitant.

“Wanwan.” Fu Lingfeng suddenly said her name, cutting off what she was about to say next.

            

The Alpha’s eyes were focused, deep. Paired with everything she had just said, it all made Wen Wan’s heart flutter, just like when they first met. Her heart pounded in her chest.

It was an indescribable nervousness.

Fu Lingfeng said, “This is not a small matter.”

            

Not a small matter… is it because of me? Because it involves me?

“Compared to these insignificant people, the person you should be more concerned about right now is me.”

If Wen Wan was a third party caught in the crossfire, then Fu Lingfeng, who had been mired in rumors of being “love-brained” and having a “cringey past” for all these years, was the one whose reputation had truly been damaged.

            

That was also true.

The Alpha needed comfort right now.

Sensing that Wen Wan’s attention had shifted, Fu Lingfeng pulled her wife into her arms again. After letting out an inscrutable sigh from deep in her throat, she completed her sentence.

            

“And yourself.”

Wen Wan blinked.

Her?

            

What about her?

Fu Lingfeng lowered her head and kissed the Omega’s eyelids again. Her wife was still so timid and frail. They had been married for so many years, yet when she kissed her, her eyelashes would still tremble uncontrollably.

Sensitive and adorable.

            

She could never kiss her enough.

But if this sensitivity got tangled up with a third person… Fu Lingfeng decided to just lay it all out. “Wanwan, how do you think these rumors started in the first place? And how did they reach your ears?”

Fu Lingfeng had mentioned it briefly before. If it wasn’t her, then it must be…

            

“Miss Jiang’s friends?” Wen Wan answered.

“Correct. And perhaps even herself. She’s that kind of person.” Badmouthing an ex in front of a current partner was not a classy move, and Fu Lingfeng wasn’t originally that kind of person.

But the divorce turmoil of the past few days had made her acutely aware of the stubborn, twisted parts of Wen Wan’s personality. So she had no choice but to bring it up and make it crystal clear, once and for all, to stop her wife from making wild guesses in private.

            

She had no idea who had molded that woman into some perfect white moonlight, to the point that not loving her was considered blind and an offense against nature…

It was quite laughable.

Right now, the first thing to do was to shatter that perfect image in her wife’s heart. Besides, in the Alpha’s eyes, her own wife was a thousand, no, ten thousand times better than that woman.

            

“It could also be a misunderstanding…” Wen Wan tried to make an excuse for the other party, her voice soft and small, but it was quickly cut off by Fu Lingfeng’s more pronounced scoff.

“She’s not as innocent as you imagine. She’s played the part of the perfect goddess Omega for long enough. Since she dared to spread those words herself, she should have the psychological fortitude to face the reckoning now.”

Just as she hadn’t stopped it back then, now it was her turn to face the “chasing wife to the crematorium” scenario. It was a case of reaping what you sow.

            

“…”

Wen Wan was silent for a moment, still held in the Alpha’s embrace, face to face. The next second, Fu Lingfeng took her chin and somewhat forcefully made her look up.

Wen Wan: ?

            

The Alpha started bringing up old scores. “From the very beginning, you’ve been speaking up for that Miss Jiang. In fact, she should be considered my love rival, shouldn’t she?”

Wen Wan froze for a second, then hurriedly explained, “No, that’s not it—”

Fortunately, this time her lips were sealed directly by the Alpha’s kiss. When an Alpha sets aside her so-called pride and arrogance and becomes shameless, she is utterly unstoppable, leaving one completely unable to resist.

            

The pushy Alpha kissed her until she was breathless before letting go, then moved on to attack her ear. The tips of her teeth captured the soft flesh of that little earlobe, grinding gently and repeatedly.

It made the Omega lose all conscious thought, leaving only instinct. And still, the Alpha whispered in her ear, “Wanwan, what were you feeling when you mentioned Miss Jiang to me just now?”

“Mmm…”

            

Wen Wan’s mind was still spinning; she couldn’t form a single sentence. Then, her earlobe was bitten by Fu Lingfeng again.

“I want the truth.”

Perhaps it was the intoxicating mix of their AO pheromones, or perhaps Fu Lingfeng’s unusually gentle tactics had made Wen Wan lower her guard. Her mind could only hold a pool of spring water.

            

A pool that had been thoroughly stirred and churned.

After a few helpless and pitiful whimpers, the Omega finally voiced her truest thoughts—

“Jeal-jealousy… sob… I don’t want you to mention her…”

            

She was clearly her wife, so why was it that no matter who it was, whenever they talked about Fu Lingfeng, the first person they mentioned was her white moonlight—Miss Jiang Siyu?

Fu Lingfeng’s movements paused, and then she kissed Wen Wan’s eyelids again.

“Good girl.”

            

This one was a reward.

“This belongs to Wanwan, and even I—belong to Wanwan.”

After that, she didn’t do anything more excessive. She simply guided the Omega down from her previous emotional high, cradling her and soothing her gently until her emotions gradually calmed.

            

Wen Wan’s face instantly turned beet red, even redder than when they were being intimate. Only now did she realize what she had just said, and her face, swoosh, was about to turn white again.

She had always cared.

It was because she cared that she couldn’t stop herself from bringing it up again and again.

            

Just like a moment ago, clarification was already the best course of action. A part of her heart agreed, and was even secretly delighted. But she also knew that doing so would inevitably cause harm to that other person.

Wen Wan didn’t know if her heart at that moment was good or bad.

There were two sides to the matter.

            

It seemed she was happy for herself, yet also worried for that Miss Jiang… but that didn’t seem right either. In fact, whether it was Fu Lingfeng or Jiang Siyu, setting aside the troubles of these past people and events, the only person she had truly cared about from beginning to end was probably herself.

She wasn’t worried about what would happen to Miss Jiang. Fu Lingfeng had already made it so clear, yet she still felt a trace of uncertainty, a trace of worry. She worried that if Fu Lingfeng saw that kind of situation happen to Miss Jiang again, the Alpha might still feel regret, feel heartbroken, and maybe even… have her heart stirred once more, without even realizing it herself.

After all, they were together once, weren’t they? Regardless of the reason, it was possible for old flames to rekindle, right?

            

Ultimately, her heart was actually sensitive, cowardly, dark, and selfish. This was the other side of her that she had always hidden so well, never daring to show Fu Lingfeng.

Moreover, the contrast between her “true feelings” now and her earlier protests made her seem very… “green tea”…

Wen Wan’s body began to tremble uncontrollably again, afraid of being found out, but she was instead held in a warm embrace by the Alpha.

            

The Omega looked up, terrified and astonished, with an unconcealable glimmer of hope and surprise in her eyes.

What she received was another rewarding kiss. “I’m very happy that Wanwan would tell me the truth.”

Is that so?

            

Is she really not afraid? Of this version of me, so full of negative emotions…

Another kiss.

The Alpha’s slightly cool voice softened, and she seemed to let out a sigh of relief. “Finally, I’m no longer hearing about my wife from someone else’s mouth.”

            

The Omega was very surprised.

She opened her mouth, taking a moment to find her voice, which was a little hoarse. “This side of me… is not good…”

“It’s very good. I like it a lot,” Fu Lingfeng immediately affirmed. “In marriage and love, it’s both right and normal for feelings of selfishness and possessiveness to appear. There are even darker ones.”

            

She used herself as an example.

“For instance, just now, when I saw that blonde Alpha standing next to you in the courtyard, I did think about making him disappear—in no less than a dozen different ways.”

Wen Wan’s attention was successfully diverted. The thought of that image was so dissonant with Fu Lingfeng that she couldn’t help but let out a small smile.

            

Fu Lingfeng continued to soothe her, even reflecting on herself. “It’s not just Wanwan. I’m not good either.”

“You are very good—”

“I just praised you, and Wanwan is lying again,” Fu Lingfeng interrupted. “If I were good enough, why would Wanwan have brought up divorce?”

            

Wen Wan opened her mouth, her eyes growing moist, but this time it wasn’t from the heat of passion. She couldn’t explain why, but her emotions suddenly spiraled out of control. “It’s me, it’s because I was too greedy…”

“No,” Fu Lingfeng said seriously, wiping away the glistening tear at the corner of her eye. “Whether it was when we were young or now, when it comes to relationships, I have never presented a good image. I can’t even be considered to have passed.”

“The so-called youthful recklessness and high spirits, in my eyes, are just a long list of cringey moments left behind by my chuunibyou rebellion.”

            

“This might sound very unkind to some people—”

“But I’m glad that when I was young, I didn’t know what true love was; but after marrying you, I learned what regret is.”

“I’m sorry…” Wen Wan said, the Omega’s tear-washed eyes exceptionally bright.

            

“You don’t need to apologize to me. In this marriage, you’ve shouldered enough emotions, taken care of me, taken care of our home. Everything you’ve done is already more than good enough. The one who needs to say sorry is me.”

As Fu Lingfeng spoke, she once again buried her head in Wen Wan’s shoulder and let out a deep sigh.

“There has never been a ‘best’ Fu Lingfeng. I’m just an ordinary person. I can be neglectful, I can make mistakes. But for the rest of our lives, I hope that as a partner, as an Alpha, I can become a better person.”

            

For Wen Wan, for her wife.

“Even if I’ve never tried before, still, I want to try.”

Her tone wasn’t heavy, but coming from Fu Lingfeng’s mouth, it had an unprecedented resonance.

            

It was as if it embodied the meaning behind the name “Fu Lingfeng”—as long as she wanted it, only she could achieve it.

Wen Wan fell silent.

Actually, starting from when she proposed the divorce, or even earlier, her own problems were not small. If she had asked the Alpha sooner, she wouldn’t have refused to answer, right?

            

If she had gotten the answer sooner, she wouldn’t have let her imagination run wild, and she wouldn’t have run away by herself.

Over the course of five years, Fu Lingfeng had inadvertently become the one inflicting pain, and now she had become the one bearing it, taking all the blame upon herself. She, on the other hand, had become the innocent one.

Wen Wan knew in her heart that a relationship is a two-person affair, and for a marriage to end up like this, she was also at fault.

            

She was not innocent.

The shocks Fu Lingfeng had given her today were too many and too great. Perhaps her heart was gradually learning to bear it. This speech was so sincere that the Omega didn’t appear as helpless and flustered as before.

Until the analysis was complete, Wen Wan remained silent, as if an invisible atmosphere was quietly digesting everything.

            

A moment later, or perhaps after a long time.

“I’m sorry…” she said softly.

As she spoke, Wen Wan reached out, her fingertips gently brushing through the Alpha’s long hair, instantly composing her emotions.

            

“Okay, you can do it.” With that, she also gave her affirmation. The Alpha immediately turned her head. Still resting on her shoulder, she looked up at Wen Wan from below.

This posture gave Wen Wan the illusion of being in complete control. The Omega was a little unused to it, but she accepted it nonetheless.

It even felt a little novel, and not bad.

            

Is this what it feels like to be an Alpha?

No wonder…

“What about Wanwan, then?” Fu Lingfeng interrupted her strange train of thought.

            

Finally, under the Alpha’s overly brilliant gaze, Wen Wan came back to her senses and stammered out her own partial promise, “I-I’ll work hard too!”

“For example?”

“!”

            

The Alpha, who had recovered her composure quickly, suddenly turned the tables. Wen Wan’s mind went blank, and she was left speechless.

The Alpha hooked a strand of her long hair and played with it, then picked up a lock of her own and gathered them together.

—Tying our hair as husband and wife, we won’t be parted till our hair turns white.​²

            

“Wanwan can start by being frank,” the Alpha said, settling the matter.

Frank?

For Wen Wan, who liked to keep everything bottled up inside, this was truly a bit difficult. She pursed her lips—remembering Fu Lingfeng’s lesson from just now, she didn’t dare to bite them anymore.

            

She didn’t dare to make a promise so easily, only saying, “I’ll… try?”

“Okay.” Fu Lingfeng held her hand, her gaze locked with the Omega’s, never leaving. “Not just you, but me too.”

“We’ll do it together.”

            

…

The two of them sat in this position for a while longer.

“Um, can we not tell Mom and Dad about my pregnancy just yet?” Wen Wan suddenly asked in a weak voice.

            

Fu Lingfeng’s gaze deepened again, different from before.

Not telling her parents about the pregnancy means that even after all the hugging and kissing, she’s still not ready to fully reconcile.

“There are still some things I haven’t thought through yet…”

            

Under the Alpha’s overly oppressive gaze, Wen Wan still voiced her request.

With just one sentence, the previously quiet and beautiful atmosphere was shattered. The Omega lowered her head, waiting for the storm that might be about to break—

“Okay.”

            

Fu Lingfeng was unprecedentedly agreeable. She even helped Wen Wan add, “Any other requests?”

Perhaps this was what it meant to push one’s luck.

Wen Wan tentatively extended her claws. “Also… also, I don’t want to go back for now. I want to stay here for a while longer. After all, I paid three months’ rent, and the contract is already signed…”

            

“You can.” Fu Lingfeng understood again.

She had come today to discuss a divorce with her wife; to have made this much progress was already quite good.

She knew her wife’s personality. She had to take things slowly and not scare her away.

            

But she couldn’t be too indulgent either.

“I’ll also be staying here during this time. Don’t worry, I won’t be living here. I’ll find a place nearby, so it’ll be convenient to take care of you at all times.”

In the past, her wife had always been the one to accommodate her pace. Now, it was her turn.

            

Choosing a place nearby instead of moving directly into the house was also a way of giving her wife some space and respect.

Nearby was good.

The other was pregnant. If she needed anything, she could rush over immediately.

            

“…Huh?” Wen Wan’s focus had already gone astray. She subconsciously said, “Won’t that be a lot of trouble for your work?”

“It won’t.” Fu Lingfeng glanced at her, seeing that Wen Wan didn’t seem to believe her—after all, her years of dedication and busyness were plain for all to see.

Fu Lingfeng simply raised an eyebrow. “I’ve already dumped it all on Ah Yun.”

            

“…”

Just as Fu Chaoyun had a good impression of her sister-in-law, Wen Wan felt the same about her little sister-in-law. She frowned slightly.

“Wouldn’t it be bad to dump it all on Ah Yun? Will she be tired? Besides, Ah Yun is dating now too. They’ve just started, they should have more time together…”

            

This earned a cold laugh from Fu Lingfeng. “She’s just starting to date. My wife is about to run away!”

Wen Wan: “…”

“Besides, I covered for her for so long so she could go play. Now it’s her turn to work hard and watch me date!”

            

“…”

Seeing Wen Wan fall silent, Fu Lingfeng’s gaze landed on her again, heavy and meaningful. “Wanwan, the one you should be more concerned about right now is me.”

“…”

            

Wen Wan was instantly unable to offer any rebuttal. She could only silently offer her sympathy to her sister-in-law.

Both sides made concessions, and the final conclusion they reached was pretty good. It should be said that while this whole exchange seemed to give Wen Wan a lot of freedom, it was all within a scope that Fu Lingfeng was aware of and in control of.

Fu Lingfeng held the absolute advantage.

            

As expected of a domineering CEO fresh from the negotiating table. That sharpness and edge were now all being used on her own wife.

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Coming out of Wen Wan’s room, Fu Lingfeng once again saw the blonde Alpha.

This time, Young President Fu, dressed in a pink, girlish, and somewhat ill-fitting sweater, didn’t spare the other a single glance.

            

It was no longer necessary.

—Her prey had already fallen into the net. Because it was her wife, the mother of her future child, she had chosen a more tender approach throughout the entire process.

Now that the gentle capture operation was over, Fu Lingfeng thought of some insignificant “little interludes.”

            

She wasn’t as prim and proper as she appeared.

An Alpha has an almost beast-like, keen instinct when it comes to competing for a mate. So, the moment she stepped back into this courtyard and saw the Alpha who was hostile towards her, she had understood his intentions.

So she secretly took a photo and sent it to a friend to investigate.

            

It was the same friend who had helped her check the itinerary before, Wei Jiaming—she’d have to chew her out later.

She had clearly asked her to investigate, yet she couldn’t even find out something as obvious as her own wife being pregnant. She had let her Wanwan suffer for several days for nothing!

The main culprit here was her, but a part of the blame had to be placed on this good friend.

            

The Alpha, having placated her wife, was now starting to bring up old scores.

This time, her friend was extremely efficient. And that blonde’s hands were clearly not clean. Before she could even figure out how to bring the matter to her wife’s attention in a casual way that wouldn’t damage her own image, she had already heard her wife’s rejection.

Yes.

            

Fu Lingfeng had left the room once. After unethically listening in on that scene, she had quickly slipped back into the room and even intentionally struck a seductive pose.

Even the most proper and dignified Alpha can’t stay calm when they hear their wife is about to leave, alright!

Her wife was clear-headed and had struck that person out directly. But there was no need to tell her wife about this little unexpected interlude.

            

Previously, there was a “Jiang Siyu,” whose name was known but who was never seen, yet she had caused so many problems between them.

There was no need for a repeat of the same case, and besides, the other party wasn’t even worthy.

So, during their earlier conversation, from beginning to end, Fu Lingfeng had never once mentioned the name Chen Shimo.

            

It had to be said.

Since the divorce crisis erupted, whether forced or by her own initiative, Young President Fu’s EQ was rapidly rising…

Congratulations are in order :)

            

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The days passed in a plain and warm manner.

It was impossible to completely hide the news about Wen Wan. At the very least, the Fu family knew, but seeing that Fu Lingfeng was making good progress, they tacitly chose not to bring it up, waiting for the moment the good news truly arrived.

But what always arrives sooner than good news is an accident—Wen Wan ran into that “Miss Jiang.”

            

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Good night, everyone~

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