After Becoming a Scummy Alpha, I Met the Reborn Omega (GL) - Chapter 8

After being kicked out, Mo Zhaoran grew more and more frustrated.
Her resentment toward Lin Changsheng came from multiple sources.
First, her most beloved elder sister had been married off to Lin Changsheng, forcing her to move out of the family estate.
Second, Lin Changsheng had recently been involved in a cheating scandal.
And third, the girl she had recently fallen for turned out to be a little fangirl of Lin Changsheng’s—constantly singing his praises—which filled her with jealousy.

Mo Zhaoran couldn’t understand why everyone liked Lin Changsheng so much.
Thinking back to that morning when Lin Changsheng had completely ignored her, she impulsively stormed into Lin Changsheng’s office, intending to embarrass her.

Unexpectedly, Lin Changsheng showed no reaction to her sudden appearance and simply continued reviewing documents on her computer.

“Lin Changsheng!”

At that moment, Lin Changsheng had just found something suspicious about Wen Lier and rushed back to her office to investigate.
As she searched, she discovered files she had overlooked before.

Previously, all her attention had been focused on the new drug project, so she hadn’t noticed the other documents.
Now, she realized she had unknowingly been involved in several research projects, one of which concerned differentiation—with Wen Lier as the subject.

Since the first cases of differentiation appeared around 2040, in just a decade the world had fully divided into the ABO dynamics.
Children born after that also completed their differentiation before reaching adulthood.

However, extremely rare exceptions existed—cases of partial differentiation.

Partially differentiated individuals had glands, but their pheromones could not be categorized as Alpha or Omega.
Their pheromones didn’t affect anyone, but they were simultaneously attracted to the pheromones of both Alphas and Omegas.

These cases were extraordinarily rare—less than a hundred documented worldwide.
Research indicated that if such an individual fell in love with an Alpha and was marked by them, their pheromones would gradually shift toward Omega.
Conversely, if they fell for an Omega, they would gradually differentiate into an Alpha.
Yet there were exceptions: some experienced strange physical deteriorations and died before even falling in love.

Generally, undifferentiated individuals didn’t survive past the age of twenty.
Yet Wen Lier’s profile stated she was 21 years old—meaning she should not have lived this long.

Lin Changsheng recalled Wen Lier’s words:
“I’ve been at the company just over a year. I owe it to my sister that I could get in.”

She had joined Mo Corporation a year ago.
Lin Changsheng thought about Zhou Yiyi’s attitude toward her—completely submissive.
Could Zhou Yiyi be hiding something from her, and could it be related to Wen Lier?

Just as she was pondering this, her sister-in-law, Mo Zhaoran, stormed into the office, her face filled with anger.

“Well, if it isn’t my little sister-in-law. What brings you here?”

Lin Changsheng already knew from earlier that her sister-in-law was not easy to deal with.
Still, seeing that she wasn’t fundamentally a bad person—and considering she was Mo Zhaoyan’s sister—Lin Changsheng decided to be civil.

“Lin Changsheng! Did you go find Wen Lier?”

Lin Changsheng was startled.
Again, Wen Lier?
Was she involved in everything somehow?
“Yes, I did. Why?”

“The whole company knows she likes you! And the whole company knows I like her!
Why would you still go looking for her?”

Lin Changsheng was a little embarrassed.
Clearly, this “whole company” gossip did not include herself.
Seeing how angry Mo Zhaoran was, and not wanting to escalate things, she got up to pour her a cup of tea, inviting her to sit down and talk calmly.

“I haven’t even been to the company for days.”

Seeing Lin Changsheng speaking so gently, Mo Zhaoran’s anger immediately subsided by a third.
She was impulsive by nature, quick to come and go, but every time before, Lin Changsheng had ignored her, never even speaking a full sentence to her—let alone treating her so kindly.
Now, pouring her tea?
It was unprecedented.

Mo Zhaoran wondered if she had been too harsh.
It was true Lin Changsheng hadn’t been at the company much lately, and when she was, she locked herself up in the lab—not exactly a good place to hear gossip.

Maybe she had misunderstood Lin Changsheng.
Feeling guilty, Mo Zhaoran apologized first.
“I was too impulsive just now. I’m sorry.”

“You certainly were. That’s not good,” Lin Changsheng replied.
“Even though this is your sister’s company, if you cause trouble, it won’t reflect well on her either.”

Mentioning her beloved sister was like grabbing Mo Zhaoran’s weak spot; she immediately fell silent.
“You’re right… It’s my fault. Please don’t tell my sister…”

Just yesterday, her sister’s attitude toward her had finally softened a little.
If Lin Changsheng went and said anything, Mo Zhaoran felt terrified just imagining it.

Seeing that she had calmed down, Lin Changsheng changed the topic back to Wen Lier.
“Are you really pursuing her?”

At this moment, Lin Changsheng resembled a gossiping paparazzo, making Mo Zhaoran feel embarrassed.
“Since when were you this nosy?”

Lin Changsheng playfully nudged her shoulder.
“Well, I never really had a proper chat with you before.
You’re not a bad kid, after all. Plus, you’re my sister-in-law—family.
Why would I side with outsiders?
Tell me honestly, are you chasing Wen Lier?
Maybe I can help you strategize a little.”

Her barrage of words left Mo Zhaoran stunned.
They had never been this close before—heck, in the past year, they hadn’t even exchanged three sentences.

Had Lin Changsheng changed?
Even someone as straightforward as Mo Zhaoran could sense something different.
“You’re acting weird today.”

Lin Changsheng had thought Mo Zhaoran was too straightforward to notice anything, but clearly, she had underestimated her.
She quickly found an excuse:
“Actually, your sister asked me to get along better with you.
After all, we’re family.”
And with that, she shielded herself once again behind Mo Zhaoyan’s name.

“Big Sister?”
Thinking of how unusually gentle his sister had been yesterday, Mo Zhaoran figured maybe she truly wanted to get along.

“Exactly. Look at you—you don’t even call me ‘Brother-in-law.’ Every time we meet, you just call me by my full name.
Wouldn’t your sister be worried about our relationship? Anyway, let’s get back to talking about Wen Lier.”
Lin Changsheng quickly steered the topic back.

Mo Zhaoran noticed the shift, and although she wasn’t used to Lin Changsheng’s sudden warmth, she didn’t dislike it either.
After all, growing up in the Mo family—as the child born from an affair, often treated like an outsider—she had long craved true affection.

Her mother had essentially sold her to the Mo family for a sum of money, while her father cared more about his reputation.
With a legitimate daughter already in the house, he had no attention left for her.
The vast Mo family mansion held no warmth for Mo Zhaoran, until the day she met Mo Zhaoyan—her half-sister from another mother.

At that time, Mo Zhaoyan’s mother was still alive.
Although Mo Zhaoran lived in the Mo household, she was bullied constantly.
With her father’s indifference, even the servants dared to mistreat her openly.

She had expected Mo Zhaoyan to be no different.
Instead, Mo Zhaoyan went straight to their father and exposed the abuse.
Shortly after, all the bullying servants were dismissed, and Mo Zhaoran’s basic needs were properly provided for.

The person who had never even spoken a word to her became the only one in the entire Mo family to truly see her.

Mo Zhaoran knew her very existence had disrupted Mo Zhaoyan’s family.
Yet, Mo Zhaoyan still treated her with kindness.
A kindness that Mo Zhaoran remembered for a lifetime—a debt she vowed to repay endlessly.
Thus, she cherished this elder sister deeply.

When her differentiation began, the social order heavily favored Alphas, who could suppress Omegas.
Coincidentally, she differentiated into an Alpha and immediately gained favor with their father.

Yet, Mo Zhaoran never intended to fight for Mo Corporation.
She handed everything over to Mo Zhaoyan.
In the end, even as circumstances changed, their father entrusted the company to Mo Zhaoyan.
Mo Zhaoran remained humble and unresentful—this, to her, was the best outcome.

“I like Wen Lier. I want to pursue her, but she keeps rejecting me,” Mo Zhaoran admitted.

Lin Changsheng casually took a sip of water.
“You know about her condition, right?”

“The partial differentiation thing?
Yeah, she told me,” Mo Zhaoran said, sounding a bit sheepish.
“When I first pursued her and she rejected me, I kept pestering her.
Finally, probably just to get rid of me, she told me.”

“What exactly did she tell you?” Lin Changsheng asked.

“She said her situation was complicated.
She can’t properly differentiate and is currently relying on medication to sustain herself.
She said she can’t be in a relationship with anyone.”

Relying on medication to sustain herself?

Lin Changsheng remembered reading that partially differentiated individuals rarely survived past twenty, and there was no known treatment for it.
Then she thought of her own current research.

But that drug wasn’t even ready for clinical trials yet.

The thought sent a chill through Lin Changsheng.
She had always sworn never to gamble with human lives, never to test unproven drugs on living people.
That was a basic ethical line she would never cross.

But it seemed that in the future, she had changed—changed so much she barely recognized herself.

Why have you become like this, Lin Changsheng?

The more Lin Changsheng thought about it, the more fearful she became.
Mo Zhaoran noticed her suddenly pale face and, assuming she was feeling unwell, asked,
“Are you alright?”

Snapping back to her senses, Lin Changsheng forced a calm expression.
“I’m fine,” she said.

Mo Zhaoran, oblivious to the shift in mood, continued on her own,
“Even if she keeps rejecting me, I won’t give up.
I will definitely make her fall for me.”
Young Miss Mo was always this confident.

Lin Changsheng gazed at Mo Zhaoran’s determined eyes, feeling a pang of envy for her confidence.
She knew a little about Mo Zhaoran’s background.
Ten years ago, some paparazzi had exposed her as the Mo family’s second daughter.
Back then, she wasn’t valued by the family.
Entertainment tabloids portrayed her as a good-for-nothing, a lovechild from an affair, a spoiled second-generation rich kid.

But the person standing in front of her now was nothing like those reports.
Far from it.

Lin Changsheng offered a word of encouragement,
“If a partially differentiated person falls in love with someone, it could trigger their full differentiation.
Maybe you can help her escape from this condition.”

“I will. Thank you.
Also… I want to apologize for badmouthing you before.
Brother-in-law.”

Lin Changsheng hadn’t mentally prepared to be called “Brother-in-law” for real.
She had only been joking earlier—now hearing it out loud made her feel rather awkward.

After Mo Zhaoran left, Lin Changsheng turned back to her computer.
The reason she had encouraged Mo Zhaoran was simple:
she hoped that Wen Lier could complete her differentiation through another path, rather than relying endlessly on medication.

To her surprise, another visitor soon knocked on her office door—Zhou Yiyi.
Today was truly lively: one after another, and all because of Wen Lier.

“Chief… I heard from my sister that you went to see her,” Zhou Yiyi said.

“Yes.”
Unlike how she had been with Mo Zhaoran, Lin Changsheng maintained her cold, aloof demeanor before Zhou Yiyi.
After all, the relationship was different—Mo Zhaoran, no matter how troublesome, was still Mo Zhaoyan’s sister, not some outsider.

“Chief, please don’t worry.
I would never switch loyalties.
Please, I beg you—don’t cut off my sister’s medication.
I’ll behave and listen to everything you say,” Zhou Yiyi pleaded, her voice trembling.

Lin Changsheng knew that times were sensitive.
A new drug was about to be released.
Yet at this critical moment, President Mo had ordered a full audit of all medications.
Zhou Yiyi must have feared that Lin Changsheng would misunderstand and take action against her sister.

The look Zhou Yiyi gave her was filled with terror—a kind of fear Lin Changsheng had never seen before.

And in that moment, Lin Changsheng realized something terrifying:
The person Zhou Yiyi feared… was herself.

In Zhou Yiyi’s eyes, Lin Changsheng saw a reflection— the reflection of a version of herself she had never wanted to become.