After the Scumbag Alpha Heard her Inner Thoughts (GL) - Chapter 23

Wait a minute—
Was a company something you could just casually hand over?
And Lanqing Yishe—hadn’t it been co-founded with Cheng Zhuo? Even Lu Chen had invested; it was a joint project between three families.
How did it suddenly become hers?
And transferring a company didn’t need a formal contract?

Su Wanqing was completely lost, forgetting she had been crying just moments ago.

Across from her, Chu Muqing’s face turned dark. Xu Chengke had just rattled off a whole string of information like firing beans, without even giving her a warning.
Shouldn’t he know what could and couldn’t be said?
Obviously, he had done it on purpose.
“Have you forgotten how to do your job?” Chu Muqing asked coldly.

Xu Chengke, startled by the glare, shivered and broke into a cold sweat.
But despite that, he actually felt a little relieved.
Soon, he’d be fired—and he wouldn’t have to live every day on edge anymore.

“You two…” Su Wanqing crossed her arms and stood by the door, her eyes sharp and cold.
“Shouldn’t you give me an explanation first?”

Earlier, when Xu Chengke entered to report, she had planned to quietly slip away.
But seeing him looking so panicked, she thought something serious had happened to the Chu Group and decided to stay.

Seeing how guarded they were around her only fueled her anger again.
She grumbled to herself, planning to just leave and not get involved—
until she accidentally overheard their conversation.

Chu Muqing and Xu Chengke turned to look at her.
Su Wanqing stood with her arms folded, her almond-shaped eyes filled with confusion and suppressed anger.
Even her tone, questioning and cold, had a trace of Chu Muqing’s sharpness.

Xu Chengke thought, They really are compatible after all. They’re starting to act alike.

“Madam, about the company…” Xu Chengke started awkwardly.

But Chu Muqing cut him off.
“I had too many businesses to handle. Xu Chengke wasn’t good at managing that kind of work, and Cheng Zhuo didn’t want to be involved.
After some discussion, we decided to give it to you.”

She hadn’t expected such a misunderstanding.
At the time, Chu Muqing thought Su Wanqing didn’t seem like someone who would just take over so casually.
After finding out the real reason, she didn’t even know how to explain it anymore.
So she simply went along with it.

“We did sign a contract,” Chu Muqing added.
“It was included in the paperwork on your first day. Xu Chengke asked you if you wanted it—you said yes.”

Su Wanqing let out a long sigh, thinking back carefully.
Yes, it had happened.

But still!

At the time, she thought Chu Muqing was just messing around.
The family’s interests were her first concern. Even Lu Qinghe had warned her to weigh her options—so she had agreed to join Lanqing Yishe.

After seeing the company’s professional setup and fully equipped departments, she realized Chu Muqing wasn’t joking.
She had willingly signed what felt like a “contract of servitude.”

Later, while Xu Chengke was giving her a tour of the company, he had casually asked,
“If the company were given to you, would you want it?”

Of course, she said yes.
Who wouldn’t want it?
Any normal person, seeing a company this big, wouldn’t have refused.

But how had it actually become hers, just like that?!

“Sun Xiaoxiao?” Su Wanqing narrowed her eyes coldly.
It didn’t matter whose name was on the paperwork—there was no way she’d let someone else take it.

“Yes, it’s her,” Xu Chengke confirmed.

“She’s not smart enough to plan something like this on her own,” Su Wanqing said.

“She found an Alpha,” Xu Chengke explained, “a returnee from overseas—he’s also from the Gu family.”

The news had probably been leaked by them.
That Alpha must be trying to please Sun Xiaoxiao.
Lanqing wasn’t a large company, and not many people actually knew who the real person in charge was.

Somehow, Sun Xiaoxiao had found out that Su Wanqing was currently running things.
She thought that with the Chu family collapsing, she could do whatever she pleased?

“Don’t rush to act yet,” Su Wanqing said calmly. “Just keep an eye on them.”

She added, “From now on, if anything happens at Lanqing, report it directly to me. No need for her to interfere.”

Xu Chengke: “……”

Could you two please just put me out of my misery already?

“The Chu family’s issues are still waiting for you to handle,” Su Wanqing continued. “Since you handed Lanqing over to me, I’ll manage it myself.
After all, what tricks could a pampered young lady possibly pull?”

Xu Chengke had been reporting Lanqing’s situation regularly to Chu Muqing.
Over the past few months, Su Wanqing had picked things up incredibly fast—she clearly had talent for this.
“Understood, Madam,” Xu Chengke said respectfully.

“What about the Chu family? Isn’t the Old Master stepping in?” Su Wanqing asked.

Chu Muqing gave her a complicated look. “How do you even know the news online isn’t true?”

From those headlines alone, anyone would have been convinced.
She had thought Su Wanqing had come here just to kick her while she was down—to talk about divorce.
But now, it didn’t seem that way at all.

The worry in Su Wanqing’s eyes wasn’t fake.
But why didn’t she seem even a little surprised by any of it?

It was Chu Muqing’s instinct—as someone trained to be suspicious, she couldn’t help but pick apart people’s words and read their expressions.

The fact that Su Wanqing could hear her inner thoughts couldn’t be just a coincidence.
She must be hiding even more secrets.

“……”

No—this topic shift was way too fast.
How was she supposed to explain how she knew? Because I read the storyline?
Su Wanqing’s brain was working overtime, burning through cells as she scrambled for an excuse.
Finally, she said, “The stuff online… come on, whether it’s true or false—
You’re still so young. What could it have to do with you?”

“And besides,” she continued, “you shouldn’t believe everything online. You can’t even trust Google for medical advice—why trust gossip? Maybe it’s just your competition spreading rumors. That’s a common trick, isn’t it?
Aren’t you supposed to be a CEO? You didn’t know that?”

The room went dead silent.

Chu Muqing: “……”

Xu Chengke: “……”

Xu Chengke suddenly had a bad feeling.
He was starting to worry that Madam might eventually uncover their entire plan.
Should he confess now? Or wait until everything blew up?

“I’ll tell you when we get home,” Chu Muqing said at last.

She had originally planned for Xu Chengke to explain everything.
But now, she decided she had better do it herself.
Given Xu Chengke’s current performance—and how clearly biased he was toward Su Wanqing—if she let him talk, he might spill everything, not even leaving her a shred of dignity.

“Is there anything else?” Chu Muqing asked.

“No, Boss,” Xu Chengke replied.

“Then let’s head back,” she said.

“And tomorrow—let’s go visit the Old Master.”

Back then, the Old Master had indeed been involved.
Chu Muqing didn’t know, and didn’t really care, what he was thinking or planning now.
As a junior, she simply needed to give him an explanation.
Nothing more.

The three of them headed downstairs together.
It was long past dinner time, and Yi He was noticeably quiet.
Only a few people were scattered around the lobby, and when they spotted the three of them, they stared cautiously, sneaking glances their way.

Seeing this, Su Wanqing immediately became more alert.
In Beicheng, Chu Muqing still held some influence.
With the way the online rumors had been spreading, it was certain that many people already knew what was happening.

Outside, Xu Chengke went to bring the car around.
Meanwhile, Chu Muqing and Su Wanqing waited by the entrance.
The weather had started to warm, and the evening breeze was soft as it brushed against their faces.

Without warning, a group of people suddenly rushed at them.
They carried bags full of groceries—items they had clearly just bought from the supermarket—and began hurling them at Chu Muqing without hesitation.

“How could you hurt such a young child!”
“All the same—capitalist scum!”
“Making money off suffering!”
“Hit her!”

They had rushed out today without bodyguards, caught off-guard.

Vegetable leaves and eggs pelted down like rain.
Chu Muqing frowned deeply, raising her arms to shield her face, protecting it instinctively.

Judging by the crowd’s anger, Su Wanqing quickly realized that trying to reason with them would be useless.
Without hesitation, she pulled off her jacket and threw it over Chu Muqing’s head for protection.

Soon, Xu Chengke drove the car over at full speed.
Su Wanqing grabbed Chu Muqing’s arm and shoved them both into the car.

“I’m sorry, Boss,” Xu Chengke said as he hit the gas, “these people came out of nowhere.”

Inside the car, the air was thick with the sickly sweet smell of raw eggs.
Stray leaves clung to Chu Muqing’s clothes—
she looked down at herself and could barely contain her disgust.

“Drive faster!” Chu Muqing gritted her teeth.
She had to get home and shower immediately.

Xu Chengke could tell that Chu Muqing was teetering on the edge of a complete meltdown.
He pressed harder on the accelerator, getting them back to the apartment in just fifteen minutes.

The moment the car stopped, Chu Muqing yanked the door open and slammed it shut with a loud bang, hurrying upstairs without even glancing back.

“Madam, the two of you have a good talk,” Xu Chengke said, half-encouraging, half-worried.

He didn’t know how much Chu Muqing would confess—
but after all, it was a plan they had been hiding from Su Wanqing for a long time.

“I know,” Su Wanqing nodded.

After saying goodbye to the assistant, she got out of the car and entered the apartment.
Chu Muqing was nowhere in sight—she had already locked herself in the bathroom.

Su Wanqing sat on the couch and waited.
Her own clothes were dirty too, but she didn’t care.
What mattered was making sure Chu Muqing didn’t back out after cooling down.

Half an hour later, Chu Muqing finally emerged from the bathroom.
Her hair was damp, her clothes clean.
She looked toward the sofa and saw Su Wanqing, looking drowsy but stubbornly waiting.

“Tired?” Chu Muqing asked.

Su Wanqing immediately straightened up, her voice clear and serious.
“Tell me—what’s really going on?”

Chu Muqing sat down and spoke in a steady voice:
“That child—he’s part of the Gu family. Three years ago, Gu Heng discovered the issue with my glands. He’s been planning ever since to steal the company.”

“What’s wrong with your glands?” Su Wanqing asked, frowning.

“I have two glands,” Chu Muqing said calmly.

No wonder…

“The doctor said at the time—if I didn’t find a highly compatible Omega, I would die,” she continued.

“Gu Heng intended to wait for me to die and then take over the Chu family.
But then you appeared—
You disrupted all his plans.
So now, he’s resorting to these dirty tricks to seize the company.”

“Didn’t you have a counterplan?” Su Wanqing asked sharply.

“We do. That’s why you don’t have to worry,” Chu Muqing said, not revealing all the details.

“Three days from now, we’ll process the divorce,” Chu Muqing added calmly.
“Let Gu Heng believe you’re useless to me. Otherwise, once I’m gone, he’ll target you next.”

Su Wanqing stared at her, stunned into silence.

“And your glands?” she asked quietly.

“Cheng Zhuo already arranged a doctor. I’ll have surgery next month,” Chu Muqing said.

Su Wanqing looked at her for a long moment.

“You planned everything so perfectly,” she said slowly.

“But what about me? If I hadn’t come to find you today, what then?”