After the Scumbag Alpha Heard her Inner Thoughts (GL) - Chapter 31

Before leaving, Su Wanqing, still worried about Chu Muqing’s condition, called Xu Chengke to accompany her to the doctor’s office.

Her English wasn’t very fluent, so she asked Xu Chengke to help translate. They spent over half an hour asking questions, eventually gaining a fairly complete understanding.

Xu Chengke drove her to the airport and only returned to the hospital after watching her board the plane safely.

It felt different from when she first arrived. Back then, she had no idea what to expect. Xu Chengke had told her that Chu Muqing hadn’t woken up for a week after surgery and remained in a comatose state — what kind of surgery would leave someone unconscious for an entire week?

When you care too much, your mind becomes clouded.

At the time, Su Wanqing didn’t know that although Chu Muqing’s surgery wasn’t life-threatening, it was extremely delicate.

An Alpha’s glands support most of their bodily functions. In Chu Muqing’s case, the two glands in her body had been fusing and developing together for over twenty years. Removing one caused the remaining gland to temporarily enter a dormant state.

During this period, an Alpha’s body would become extremely weak, displaying symptoms like fatigue, drowsiness, and loss of appetite — all lasting until the gland recovered.

The worst possible outcome would be that Chu Muqing’s gland could no longer function. Her pheromones would disappear, and she would become a Beta with an Alpha’s physique.

Her body would grow weaker and become prone to illness.

It wasn’t fatal, but for someone who had lived as an Alpha for over twenty years, it would be a fate worse than death.

By the time Su Wanqing left, Chu Muqing’s gland had already begun recovering. As long as proper care was taken during her first susceptibility period, her body would have no major issues.

After having an in-flight meal, Su Wanqing asked a flight attendant for a blanket and slept for a while on the plane.

When the plane began taxiing, Su Wanqing slowly woke up. The blanket had slipped halfway off, so she pulled it back over herself. Her phone, still on airplane mode, lay next to her.

Su Wanqing turned on her screen and reconnected to the network. Instantly, a flood of messages popped up.

Xu Chengke: Madam, safe travels. Please send me a message once you land.

Ji Yu: Qing-jie, I’m waiting outside for you. The license plate number is…

Lu Qinghe: If Cheng Zhuo hadn’t mentioned it, I wouldn’t have even known you had gone abroad. Let’s have a meal when you’re free.

Su Wanqing first replied to Ji Yu, telling her she was waiting for her luggage and would exit once she picked it up.

Wearing a pale blue long dress, Ji Yu stood out in the crowd. They waved to each other from a distance.

After getting into the car, Su Wanqing started replying to her other messages one by one, while Ji Yu chattered excitedly in her ear.

“Qing-jie, you have no idea how much has happened while you were gone.”

“You know that Sun ‘Green Tea’ who’s always been targeting you? Guess what — her shop got reported!”

Hearing this, Su Wanqing looked up curiously. “What happened?”

“It’s a long story. She kept pushing marketing too far, overselling her products. Eventually, someone complained — and not just anyone, but the eldest daughter of the Ruan family from Nancheng. She’s been pampered since childhood, a proper little Omega princess.”

Luxury goods come with both prestige and risk. Most buyers have influential backgrounds. Any mishap, and they won’t simply let it go.

Sun Xiaoxiao, fearing Lan Qingzhen’s potential rise, kept engaging in aggressive marketing — practically sabotaging herself.

Su Wanqing frowned slightly. “Didn’t the Gu family step in?”

“Gu family?”

Ji Yu, who had been excitedly recounting the story, immediately lowered her voice at the mention of that name. “I heard some gossip — the Gu family, which was once the Chu family, is about to go bankrupt.”

“Hey, since you were once Chu Muqing’s ex-wife, you must know — that corporation was basically just an empty shell.”

“She never told you?”

Su Wanqing shook her head. Now it all made sense. No wonder Chu Muqing had so easily given up back then — the foundation had already been rotten from the start.

Yet Chu Muqing had never told her any of this, leaving her to worry for nothing.

“The Gu family?” Ji Yu continued, “They can barely take care of themselves right now. How would they have the time or energy to deal with a small-time Sun family?”

“In the end, it was Sun Xiaoxiao’s father who stepped in and saved some face; only then did the Ruan family let the matter go.”

“I heard Sun Xiaoxiao had a huge fight with her boyfriend over it, and they broke up.”

Su Wanqing listened intently, enjoying the juicy gossip. She knew that during the upcoming summer fashion show, Sun Xiaoxiao would try everything to disrupt them. Sun Xiaoxiao had always looked down on Lanqing Studio, thinking they weren’t even worth her attention, and predicting they would go bankrupt someday.

Sun Xiaoxiao hadn’t focused much on sabotaging them directly; instead, she was too busy aggressively marketing her own brand.

Against luxury brands, regular collections stood no chance.

Su Wanqing hadn’t planned to do anything to Sun Xiaoxiao at the summer show — she simply wanted to use the opportunity to gain experience for her company.

She had already made projections: the few designs she and Ji Yu had prepared would be enough to sustain them for three months.

If they ended up losing money, she still had two million yuan in her account — enough to survive until autumn.

She had done the math carefully. There were no major risks.

She had been guarding against Sun Xiaoxiao’s sabotage — yet in the end, Sun Xiaoxiao had ended up cutting herself.

“Hey, Qing-jie, were you visiting your ex-wife?” Ji Yu asked curiously.

It was known that Chu Muqing had gone to the U.S., but no one was clear on why. Some said she was traveling to recover from heartbreak; others said she was preparing for a comeback.

“You left in such a rush — did something happen?”

“But looking at your mood now, it doesn’t seem like things went badly. Are you two getting back together?”

Su Wanqing: “?!”

How did the gossip suddenly end up targeting her?

Chu Muqing…

She…

Su Wanqing suddenly thought of the words Chu Muqing had whispered into her ear the night before, and her ears burned with heat.

“Just focus on driving,” Su Wanqing said, pointing at Ji Yu’s steering wheel.

She could analyze other people’s relationships with perfect clarity, seeing everything logically and objectively. But when it came to her own feelings, she just wanted to throw a rope around it and call it a day.

Su Wanqing flatly refused to discuss or answer the question.

Ji Yu stuck out her tongue playfully. “So that’s how you are, huh? Total love-struck fool.”

“I am not love-struck,” Su Wanqing retorted. “I’m just keeping all possibilities open.”

The two laughed and chatted as they arrived at the company.

Su Wanqing tossed her suitcase into her office, while Ji Yu went back to her desk and brought over two thick stacks of documents to report on the recent situation.

Su Wanqing listened carefully and attentively.

“You handled everything pretty well. Why were you acting like the sky was falling when I was abroad?” Su Wanqing teased.

“It’s just… you weren’t here, and I had no sense of security,” Ji Yu said cheekily, taking the opportunity to play cute. “Honestly though, how could you leave such a big company in my hands while you went off to chase after love? Was that really appropriate?”

“I was training you,” Su Wanqing said with zero guilt.

“Wow, I never realized, boss. You can lie without even blushing now.”

“…”

“Should we still keep an eye on S.G.?” Ji Yu asked.

“Keep watching,” Su Wanqing replied.

Sun Xiaoxiao’s father was a sharp businessman, part of the same generation as Su Wanqing’s own father, Su Pingwei — though Su Pingwei had always been timid and hesitant in business. Because of that, the Su family had remained mediocre, even gradually declining.

Unlike Su Pingwei, Sun Xiaoxiao’s father was bold yet meticulous. He had single-handedly dragged the Sun family up to its current standing.

If it hadn’t been for the Chu family handing things over to Chu Muqing and pushing their influence upward, the Sun family might very well have secured a seat among the leading families in North City.

He was famously indulgent toward his daughter and would never allow S.G. to simply go bankrupt. Likewise, Sun Xiaoxiao, who had never really suffered any major setbacks, wouldn’t take this loss lying down.

However, none of that had much to do with Lanqing Studio’s current work.

After roughly scanning through the past few days’ tasks, Su Wanqing assigned another batch of work to Ji Yu, and the two of them got busy again.

A pile of big and small matters had accumulated. By the time Su Wanqing finished dealing with everything, it was already well past midnight. She opened her suitcase, found her toiletries, and quickly washed up.

Then she lay down in the small rest area attached to her office.

It was only then that she finally checked her phone — and saw several missed calls and messages from Chu Muqing.

After a moment’s thought, Su Wanqing called back. The line connected quickly.

“What’s the matter?” Su Wanqing asked.

Chu Muqing was standing by the window. After waking up in the hospital earlier, she had found the room empty, with only the faint scent of epiphyllum lingering on the bed.

Su Wanqing had left.

Chu Muqing had always hated wasting time in hospitals. After Su Wanqing’s departure, she immediately discharged herself and arranged a meeting with Amy.

“Working overtime?” Chu Muqing asked, noticing that Su Wanqing’s voice sounded off.

“Mm,” Su Wanqing replied, lying back down with her eyes closed. “Just finished.”

Chu Muqing: “…”

“What kind of work needs to be crammed into a single day?” she muttered. For a fledgling fashion company, was it really worth Su Wanqing pushing herself so hard?

Realizing her tone wasn’t quite right, she softened her voice, “Are you exhausted? If you need, I’ll have Xu Chengke come over and help you.”

“You’re even willing to give me your top general?” Su Wanqing clicked her tongue lightly. “If this were ancient times, you’d be called a foolish emperor. No need — I can handle it myself.”

“Then at least get some sleep early,” Chu Muqing said, sensing that Su Wanqing was speaking in a slurred, half-coquettish way, as if too tired to properly move her lips.

“Chu Muqing…” Su Wanqing turned over, slowly opening her eyes. “Why didn’t you tell me… about the truth behind the Chu family?”

“I was really worried about you back then.”

Chu Muqing: “…”

Chu Muqing, who had been about to say goodnight, froze for a moment.
Worried… about her?

“Our marriage alliance wasn’t your choice, and at that time, I wasn’t sure how you felt about it either,” Chu Muqing thought for a moment and decided to explain. “The Chu family was under my control for three years, and it ended up like that. It was because of my incompetence.”

“An incompetent Alpha, who forced you into marriage and even had defective glands — what could I have said?”

She didn’t want Su Wanqing to see her weak side.

But Su Wanqing hadn’t thought about it so deeply.

Chu Muqing had always been a person of few words, resistant to expressing her emotions to others. Saying this much already represented a huge change.

“Then I forgive you,” Su Wanqing said.

Chu Muqing: Forgiven?
Forgiven for hiding the truth about the Chu family?
So easily?
She didn’t even dare to ask again for confirmation.

“Then get some sleep,” she said softly.

After hanging up, Su Wanqing immediately fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, she dived straight back into work.

Days passed in a blur. It wasn’t until several days later that Su Wanqing finally remembered her promise to Lu Qinghe — it had already been about three months.

During a break, Su Wanqing messaged Lu Qinghe to set up a meeting, booking a restaurant located within Cheng Zhuo’s territory.

Regarding the Gu family, Lu Qinghe would surely know more than she did.

In the original storyline, after Lu Qinghe’s Omega identity was exposed, she was bullied — all incidents that couldn’t be separated from the Gu family’s involvement.

Lu Qinghe naturally held a grudge against them.
Meanwhile, Chu Muqing had once worked closely with the Lu family.
Who knew what secrets lay beneath?

Chu Muqing had dug such a big trap for Gu Heng and even let him fall into it willingly. Gu Heng was ruthless and unscrupulous; no one could predict what he might do.

Know your enemy, stay prepared.

Su Wanqing arrived early and waited in the private room. Soon, Cheng Zhuo helped Lu Qinghe in, greeted Su Wanqing politely, and left.

Lu Qinghe was dressed in loose clothing that concealed her belly, but the slight curve was still faintly visible.

“How have you been feeling lately?” Su Wanqing asked.

“Pretty good,” Lu Qinghe replied. “Last month was rough with all the morning sickness. I didn’t even get a chance to meet you — and then you ran off abroad!”

“How’s Chu Muqing?”

“She’s doing alright.”

“You two patched things up?” Lu Qinghe’s eyes sparkled, filled with a strong interest in gossip.

“Not exactly.”

They hadn’t fought, so there was no real need to “make up.”
Better to wait until Chu Muqing returned home.

“What’s the situation with the Gu family now?”

After all, Ji Yu’s information was mostly second-hand gossip and could easily be inaccurate.

“I’m not sure either,” Lu Qinghe said, frowning slightly. “The people Chu Muqing left behind at Gu’s company were all fired. Their internal news is tightly locked down now.”

Su Wanqing: “…”