After the Scumbag Alpha Heard her Inner Thoughts (GL) - Chapter 21

After receiving the address, Su Wanqing immediately informed the driver, then quickly added, “Sir, could you please drive a little faster?”

The driver wasn’t sure what was happening, but sensing that something was wrong, he stepped on the accelerator and sped up.

Half an hour later, the car stopped at Yi He. Su Wanqing glanced at the location of the private room and, without even pressing the elevator button, took the stairs directly.

Lu Qinghe was experiencing some health issues. Cheng Zhuo was accompanying her at the hospital for tests, unaware that the news had already been exposed.

Su Wanqing searched for related information online, only to find that most of the comments were negative.

Photos of the child who had undergone a gland transplant had been dug up and circulated on various media accounts, albeit blurred for privacy. Netizens, without seeking the truth, overwhelmingly sided with the supposed victim.

Su Wanqing organized the plot details she knew. Back then, she hadn’t understood what had caused Chu Muqing to completely turn dark.

Now she realized—it was due to the gland issue. After undergoing surgery at the age of five, Chu Muqing had been groomed as an heir. She was pushed to study, train, and was even sent abroad before reaching adulthood.

To ensure she stayed focused, Old Master Chu had even forced her to stay away from her own parents, ultimately shaping her into the cold, emotionless person she was today.

On top of that, threats of an arranged marriage loomed over her. Back then, Su Wanqing’s character setting wasn’t positive—she was dull and easy for Chu Muqing and Fang Shucui to manipulate.

The Su family had leveraged Su Wanqing to gain significant benefits from the Chu family: projects, jobs for relatives, and more.

Su Ningxuan ruined a major project, Gu Heng exposed scandals, and everything piled up, making it no surprise that Chu Muqing eventually darkened, leading to the collapse of the entire world.

Putting away her phone, Su Wanqing pushed open the door to the private room. Xu Chengke was standing behind Chu Muqing, whose expression was grim and stormy, as if she was about to explode at any moment.

Su Wanqing was already immune to her temper. Instead, it was Xu Chengke who, upon seeing Su Wanqing, looked as if he had spotted a lifeline, desperately signaling her with his eyes.

“I told my assistant to inform me,” Su Wanqing said, sitting down across from Chu Muqing. “Why are you blaming him?”

“He’s my assistant. Can’t I say a few words to him?”

“I’m your wife. Can’t I ask where you are?”

“……”

Su Wanqing had mastered the art of borrowing power. She invoked her title as “wife” so naturally now, even using it against Chu Muqing herself.

Feeling somewhat redundant, Xu Chengke realized that at this point there was nothing urgent he needed to monitor or report on. “Boss, I’ll head out first.”

After Xu Chengke left, Su Wanqing observed Chu Muqing closely. She didn’t look like she was on the verge of “turning dark” or falling apart. The scandal online seemed to have little impact on her.

Seeing her like this, Su Wanqing suddenly realized—even with news breaking out like this, considering Chu Muqing’s capabilities, how could she possibly not have a countermeasure in place?

She was simply worried and losing her head. After all, Chu Muqing had been in charge of the Chu family for so long; there was no way she hadn’t developed methods to cope. She was, after all, the heroine of the novel—the darkened boss, a ruthless Alpha. It wasn’t Su Wanqing’s place to remind her.

“How are you feeling?” Su Wanqing asked cautiously.

“Still alive,” Chu Muqing replied flatly.

“What about the company?” Su Wanqing asked.

“If they want it so badly, let them have it. Do they really think being the head of the Chu family is that easy?”

“Then…”

“As for the fashion brand, they won’t bother with it. They don’t have the capacity to handle that right now,” Chu Muqing explained, assuming Su Wanqing was worried about the newly established brand.

“But what about you?” Su Wanqing wasn’t concerned about the brand. Even if she lost her job, she still had enough money in her account to get by for quite some time.

The way Chu Muqing had risen to power hadn’t been exactly honorable—coercion, domination through Alpha pheromones, every tactic within the bounds of legality, whether in the light or the shadows, she had used them all.

If the Chu family truly changed hands, would those people seek revenge against Chu Muqing? Would they use some other methods to bring her down, especially when her gland condition was now unstable?

Should she prepare defenses in advance? Stock up on medicine? And what about Cheng Zhuo—was he just going to stand by while something so major happened to Chu Muqing?

“Maybe… you should go abroad for a while, just to be safe,” Su Wanqing suggested.

“Mm.” Chu Muqing nodded along calmly. “I’m planning to leave next month.”

Next month…

Counting the days, there were only ten days left.

Su Wanqing had only meant to make a casual suggestion, but it turned out Chu Muqing had already made up her mind long ago. Her suggestion now seemed unnecessary.

This departure meant surrender. Once Chu Muqing left, the Chu family would not return to her hands anytime soon. With her pride, she would never be able to endure such humiliation.

Which meant—this time, she probably wasn’t planning to come back at all.

And so, it hit Su Wanqing: in all of Chu Muqing’s plans, there wasn’t a single place for her, the legitimate wife.