Volume Eight: Those Years When I Was an Alpha
Sincerity
Wen Nuan and the System were shocked at the same time.
The System stared at the woman who looked identical to Wen Nuan and said dumbfoundedly, 【Is… Is there a BUG in this world?!】
“You’re asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?” Wen Nuan was stunned. “Hurry up and investigate. What the hell is going on?”
The System immediately scanned the woman’s body and quickly came to a conclusion: 【Holy shit! She has your genetic tissue in her body, which means…】
“Which means what?” Wen Nuan was dying of anxiety. “Don’t leave your sentences half-finished.”
【Genetically speaking, that would make you her mother.】
Wen Nuan: “…”
【When did you give birth to a baby girl behind my back?】 the System asked, astonished.
Wen Nuan: “…I gave birth to your second grand-uncle!1“
The System said seriously, 【Systems and hosts cannot procreate. That technology has not yet been developed.】
“…” Wen Nuan took a deep breath, trying to reason with the System. “You’re with me every time I’m doing a mission. Where the hell would I go to have a baby?”
The System thought about it and realized Wen Nuan’s words were not without reason.
【Then why does this woman have your genes?】
Wen Nuan said frantically, “How the hell should I know?!”
Everyone looked at Chaoyang. She was standing by “Mu Wen Nuan’s” cage, scratching her ears and cheeks2, looking as if she’d received a massive shock.
Bian Tuo looked at Wen Nuan in confusion. “What are you freaking out about?”
Wen Nuan pointed at the Omega in the cage. “Where did you get her?”
“An auction house in Duobang City,” Bian Tuo said truthfully. “She was the first item up for auction. This classmate here was even bidding against me for her.”
Wen Nuan looked at Jiang Yichuan, surprised. “She was auctioned off?”
For some reason, she felt the heartache of a mother whose child was being bullied out in the world.
Because a mask was covering her face, Jiang Yichuan couldn’t see Wen Nuan’s expression, but she could detect a hint of emotion in her tone.
“You know her?”
Jiang Yichuan thought to herself, Now that Mu Wen Nuan has transformed into an Omega and is so beautiful, it’s easy for people with ill intentions to target her.
Could it be that Chaoyang is interested in Mu Wen Nuan?
She immediately looked at Chaoyang warily. “What are you planning to do to her?”
What does she mean, what am I planning to do to her? I’m her mother!
How could a mother lay a hand on her own child?
The System picked its nose: 【Ah, so you finally admit you gave birth to her?】
“…” Wen Nuan was speechless. “Weren’t you the one who said she has my genes? Instead of wasting time messing with me, why don’t you hurry up and find out what’s really going on?”
The System sighed: 【Alright.】
Wen Nuan’s eyes darted. “I’ve seen her on a wanted poster. I never expected she’d end up in a Duobang City auction house.”
She feigned confusion. “How come I remember this Mu Wen Nuan being an S-rank Alpha?”
Bian Tuo explained, “Secondary differentiation. She transformed from an S-rank Alpha into an S-rank Omega. She has great experimental value.”
“Experimental value?” Wen Nuan narrowed her eyes. “You plan to experiment on her?”
“Why not?” Bian Tuo scoffed. “I bought her, so she belongs to me.”
“No.” Before Wen Nuan could figure out where this Omega came from, she absolutely could not let Bian Tuo touch her. “You can’t touch her.”
“On what grounds?” Bian Tuo said, displeased. “Don’t think that just because you destroyed a few of my bases, I’m actually afraid of you.”
Wen Nuan stood in front of the Omega. “It’s the same offer as before. I’ll help you remove the influence of your gland, you let these kids go, and you let me take this Omega.”
Jiang Yichuan and Bian Tuo refused in unison, “No!”
Wen Nuan looked at Jiang Yichuan, puzzled. “Why are you saying no?”
“Who knows if you have improper thoughts about her?” Jiang Yichuan looked at Wen Nuan with disgust. “You damn pervert!”
What improper thoughts could she have about herself? She’s not a real pervert!
However—
Wen Nuan looked thoughtfully at Jiang Yichuan. “You’re so nervous. Don’t tell me you like this Mu Wen Nuan?”
A flash of panic crossed Jiang Yichuan’s face. “…No, she’s my friend.”
“Is that so?” Wen Nuan smiled. “You hesitated for a second or two there.”
Hearing this, Xi Chen suddenly looked at Chaoyang, a trace of shock and doubt in his eyes.
Jiang Yichuan vehemently denied it. “You are just the lewd seeing lewdness3.”
“If you don’t like her, why do you care if she lives or dies?”
Jiang Yichuan couldn’t win the argument against Wen Nuan. She looked at Bian Tuo as a plan formed in her mind.
“Bian Tuo, weren’t you looking for the person who operated on my gland? I can tell you who it is.”
Bian Tuo’s eyes lit up. “Tell me.”
Jiang Yichuan pointed at the woman in the cage. “It’s her. Mu Wen Nuan. She’s the one who operated on my gland.”
“Are you serious?”
“I am. How could I not know who operated on my own gland!?” Jiang Yichuan said through gritted teeth. “If you want Mu Wen Nuan to operate on you, you can’t let Chaoyang take her.”
It’s better for Mu Wen Nuan to be held by Bian Tuo than to be taken away and harmed by Chaoyang. At the very least, Bian Tuo still wants her to perform his surgery, so for now, they won’t be in danger.
Wen Nuan: “…”
She was truly speechless at this chaotic mess of a situation.
Bian Tuo realized the reason for Jiang Yichuan’s actions. He stood in front of her and looked at Wen Nuan with great interest. “Are you going to leave on your own? Or should I see you out?”
Wen Nuan sighed helplessly and pointed at the extremely weak Omega. “…This Omega can barely protect herself. How is she supposed to help you?”
Bian Tuo’s brow furrowed. “What do you mean by that?”
“Can’t you see that Omega is getting weaker and weaker?”
Bian Tuo’s expression changed. He immediately went over to check the Omega’s condition. Just as Chaoyang had said, the Omega was on the verge of death.
“What’s going on?”
Wen Nuan had just been informed by the System that this Omega was not a real human, but a clone created using her genes. The designer had made the clone an Omega from the very beginning, so there was no so-called secondary differentiation at all.
“Because she isn’t human.”
As soon as these words were spoken, the temperature on the starship seemed to drop by several degrees.
Bian Tuo’s gaze darkened. “Are you just messing with me?”
“She isn’t human. Is that simple sentence so hard for you to understand!?”
“She isn’t human?” Bian Tuo grabbed the Omega’s hair. “She can breathe, she has the heats an Omega should have, and you’re telling me she isn’t human?”
“If you want to believe she’s a person, I don’t care. But I can tell you with certainty that she cannot solve your gland differentiation problem.”
Bian Tuo pointed at Jiang Yichuan and sneered, “Do you take me for an idiot? With such a huge living example right here, why would I believe you instead of her?”
【There’s a chip in this clone’s heart. If you retrieve it, you can find out who the designer is.】 The System concluded after a deep scan of the clone’s body, inside and out.
Wen Nuan’s eyes narrowed. “In her heart?”
The System nodded: 【Yes.】
“Okay.”
Bian Tuo saw Wen Nuan suddenly go silent instead of continuing to argue, and he had a bad feeling. He saw a flash of white before his eyes.
It felt as if a cold liquid had been splashed across his face, and his vision was filled with a brilliant crimson.
Jiang Yichuan’s hoarse, desperate cry rang in his ears: “Mu Wen Nuan—”
Bian Tuo came back to his senses and stared at the scene before him, his eyes wide and his jaw slack.
Everyone watched as Chaoyang drew her Sun Longsaber and thrust it through the Omega’s heart. The blood stained Bian Tuo’s clothes and face.
With a flick of her wrist, Wen Nuan retracted the longsaber. On its tip was the very chip the System had mentioned.
The chip was indeed engraved with a mark: [moon]
It’s her?
Jiang Yichuan looked at Mu Wen Nuan’s lifeless body lying in a pool of blood. Her own reflection was mirrored in the clone’s terrified eyes, as if it were pleading with her for help.
She trembled all over, a bone-chilling cold enveloping her. Blood stained her fingertips and her eyes.
She gasped for breath like a fish deprived of oxygen. It took a long moment before she found her voice and let out a piercing scream: “Ahhhhhh…..”
Jiang Yichuan struggled violently. She wanted to hold Mu Wen Nuan, she wanted to kill Chaoyang, she wanted to destroy everything.
The two Alphas were startled by Jiang Yichuan’s sudden frenzy and almost lost their grip on her.
Wen Nuan watched the verge-of-collapse Jiang Yichuan as the System’s roar echoed in her ears. The female lead’s blackening value was skyrocketing, having already reached 9.9!
Wen Nuan walked over to Jiang Yichuan and saw the furious gaze fixed on her.
“Chaoyang, I’ll fucking kill you!” Bian Tuo pulled out a machine gun, aimed it at Wen Nuan, and roared with fury.
Wen Nuan said calmly, “I told you, she wasn’t human. She couldn’t save you.”
Bian Tuo glared. “I think you’re the one who isn’t human! Why did you kill her?!”
“Because I am the real Mu Wen Nuan,” Wen Nuan said, lifting her mask and looking into Jiang Yichuan’s vacant eyes. “And she was just my clone.”
Bian Tuo stared at Wen Nuan in shock. He looked at her face, then at the woman lying in the pool of blood. The two of them looked exactly the same.
“You…” Bian Tuo’s mind went blank. “What the hell is going on? Chaoyang, this was all a setup by you, wasn’t it?”
Wen Nuan ignored the stunned Bian Tuo. She raised a hand to stroke Jiang Yichuan’s face and said softly, “Xiao Chuanchuan, do you still remember me?”
Jiang Yichuan’s gaze trembled. She looked up at Wen Nuan and whispered, “…Wen… Wen Nuan?”
Wen Nuan smiled gently. “Yes, I’m Mu Wen Nuan.”
She shot a glare at the Alpha holding Jiang Yichuan down. The Alpha’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly let go.
Wen Nuan pulled Jiang Yichuan into her arms, rubbing her back soothingly. “Don’t be afraid. That was just my double. She wasn’t going to live much longer anyway, which is why I killed her. I just wanted to find her designer.”
Jiang Yichuan hugged Wen Nuan tightly. She wanted to speak, but the moment she opened her mouth, she broke down into uncontrollable sobs.
“I’m sorry, I scared you.” Wen Nuan tilted her head and kissed her hair. “Don’t be afraid. I’m here.”
The shock of losing something only to get it back can make a person weep uncontrollably.
For a moment, Jiang Yichuan thought she had lost Mu Wen Nuan forever, but in the next second, that very person was telling her she would never leave her.
Xi Chen and the others stared at the chaotic scene in disbelief, rendered speechless.
Xi Chen looked at Mu Wen Nuan, his expression a little lonely.
Bian Tuo watched the two embrace, his brow furrowed tightly. “Mu Wen… Chaoyang, what the hell is going on? Are you playing me?”
Wen Nuan let go of Jiang Yichuan and helped her up. “I’m not playing you. I said I can help you remove the influence of your gland, and I can.”
Bian Tuo said calmly, “Same question as before. Why should I believe you?”
He looked at Jiang Yichuan. “Even if you successfully fixed her gland, how can I be sure you won’t deliberately kill me during the surgery?”
“What do you propose?”
“Jiang Yichuan will be the hostage. If I die, she’ll be buried with me.”
Wen Nuan pulled Jiang Yichuan behind her and refused. “No.”
Bian Tuo spread his hands. “Then we have nothing to talk about.”
The surrounding people instantly raised their machine guns, loaded them, and stood ready to fire.
“Even if you can escape, Jiang Yichuan and her friends will die under my guns,” Bian Tuo said, a ruthless glint in his eyes. “If worse comes to worst, we’ll all perish together.”
He couldn’t wait any longer. He was already at his breaking point.
Wen Nuan took out a short knife. “Since you want an assurance, I’ll give you one.”
Bian Tuo watched her warily. “What are you trying to do? Make a final stand?”
“No,” Wen Nuan looked up. “If I destroy my own gland, would you accept that as an assurance?”
Bian Tuo was shocked. “What did you say?”
Jiang Yichuan grabbed Wen Nuan’s wrist, choking back a sob. “Don’t…”
Wen Nuan pressed the knife against her gland, pierced it an inch deep, and blood flowed out. She said coldly, “Now, can you believe in my sincerity?”
The author has something to say:
Wen Nuan: Don’t be given face and not want face4, hah.
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