After Transmigrating into a Scumbag Alpha, the Female Lead Can Read My Mind (GL) - Chapter 22

The several scumbag friends present were all extremely curious about Yu Dong’s sudden arrival.

Especially when they felt that Jiang Beiwang’s attitude towards Yu Dong was subtly different from her attitude towards Jian Feng.

Jiang Beiwang had just sat down when a nearby scumbag friend already leaned over.

This scumbag friend was named Zuo Peiyi, and she could be considered one of the original body’s closer friends besides He Li.

Jiang Beiwang had only barely managed to recognize her after a few meetings.

Unlike He Li, Zuo Peiyi’s personality was more cunning, and her observations were also very sharp.

So, unless absolutely necessary, Jiang Beiwang didn’t want to have too much involvement with this person.

Zuo Peiyi asked her, “Were you just looking for her?”

They all knew that Yu Dong was currently living in the Jiang family’s residence.

Moreover, excluding this time, they had gathered openly with Jiang Beiwang at the Xia family’s birthday party last time. After these two occasions, they had developed some impression of Yu Dong.

Jiang Beiwang’s expression remained impassive, and she simply gave a faint “Mm.”

“I thought you really hated her,” Zuo Peiyi said.

“She’s alright.”

Jiang Beiwang didn’t say whether she hated her or not.

She blurred the boundaries, making it impossible for anyone to guess her true thoughts.

Zuo Peiyi gave Yu Dong, who was sitting alone, a meaningful look. “She seems quite well-behaved.”

••••

This person had just been in a fight, now had a small bruise on her face, and a scrape on her hand that needed treating.

Well-behaved?

Jiang Beiwang’s gaze drifted over.

Yu Dong was currently holding the medical alcohol she had given her, opening it, and with a cotton swab, quickly and lightly dabbed it.

Jiang Beiwang even doubted if the swab touched anything at all.

But Yu Dong seemed to think it was perfectly fine. She placed the alcohol on the table, holding the cotton swab, and touched it to the edge of the wound.

Once, twice.

Not even a third time. Yu Dong, as if completing a task, let out a sigh of relief and capped the alcohol bottle.

Jiang Beiwang’s frown deepened with every glance.

Is that all the disinfecting needed?

She saw it exceptionally clearly: Yu Dong had clearly only dabbed at the broken skin on the edge of the wound, lighter than a tickle, and hadn’t even touched the bleeding areas.

Yu Dong was about to reach for the antiseptic ointment next.

Jiang Beiwang’s temple throbbed.

This person was clearly just going through the motions.

Zuo Peiyi had moved to another spot at some point. Jiang Beiwang leaned back on the sofa, deciding to ignore Yu Dong.

First, there was doubt whether the cotton swab had even touched the wound. Even if it had, those two light dabs wouldn’t have disinfected anything.

Seeing that the antiseptic ointment was about to be haphazardly applied to the wound, Jiang Beiwang closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and resignedly walked over.

Her attitude was very poor, her brows furrowed. She snatched the ointment from Yu Dong’s hand.

“What are you doing?”

Yu Dong looked up at her. “I might be… applying medicine?”

She seemed a little confused as to why Jiang Beiwang had suddenly approached, her eyes so clear that one could almost see their own vague reflection.

Jiang Beiwang casually tossed the ointment onto the table. “I’m not blind.”

“Why didn’t you disinfect it?”

“I did disinfect it…” Yu Dong said this without much confidence, but she had indeed performed that step, just very simply.

Jiang Beiwang watched for a moment.

Suddenly, for no reason, she couldn’t bring herself to be angry anymore.

[Is she an idiot?]

[You definitely can’t apply medicine without disinfecting first.]

[Does something like this need to be taught?]

Yu Dong rubbed her fingers.

Jiang Beiwang called her an idiot?

Yu Dong felt her ears burning a little.

It must have been from the heat.

After all, she had lived for so many years, and no one had ever called her an idiot. Even after the Yu family fell, those people never used such a word.

She thought she was quite smart.

Yu Dong felt a little flustered.

Those people had used many words far more unpleasant than this, and she hadn’t taken any of them to heart at the time. They just went in one ear and out the other.

But hearing such a word from Jiang Beiwang, she was inexplicably a little bothered.

Jiang Beiwang didn’t notice her subtle change. She quickly picked up the medical alcohol from the table, inserted a new cotton swab, and prompted, “Hand.”

Yu Dong’s flush immediately subsided. She reluctantly extended her hand.

It’s a little funny.

Jiang Beiwang felt Yu Dong’s slow, reluctant gesture made her want to laugh a little.

But as a scumbag Alpha, she should be showing extreme impatience right now.

She could only keep a straight face and fix her gaze on the side of Yu Dong’s hand.

Looking closely like this, the scrape was indeed not light.

Although she hadn’t hit the wall, just by looking, one could feel that the alley wall was very hard, its surface unmaintained for years. Occasionally, one could even see a few iron nails stuck in the cracks.

Combined with the wind and the dampness from the rain, it was clearly something Yu Dong’s delicate skin couldn’t withstand.

Not only was the skin broken, but several scraped bloodstains were covered by specks of dust and dirt.

“Hiss—”

When Jiang Beiwang dabbed the cotton swab on the bloodstain, she clearly heard Yu Dong gasp.

To facilitate disinfection, she was bending slightly, so her gaze was only slightly higher than Yu Dong’s, almost level.

Jiang Beiwang could see Yu Dong’s expression with just a glance.

“Does it hurt much?”

“A little.”

Finally, Yu Dong added.

“I can bear it.”

Jiang Beiwang twisted the cotton swab. The part that had touched Yu Dong’s wound had already spread some red.

“Wait for me.”

He Li was still listening to Zuo Peiyi talk about interesting recent events when she suddenly caught a glimpse of Jiang Beiwang’s figure reappearing where she had gotten the medicine earlier.

What is she doing now?

He Li walked over in a few quick steps and leaned on the solid wood table.

“What are you getting this time?”

“Iodine,” Jiang Beiwang said.

“No way, are you using that large bottle of medical alcohol like water? Did you waste it all?” He Li asked.

Jiang Beiwang glanced at her.

The bottle of medical alcohol was sitting steadily on the tabletop, looking as new as before.

“I didn’t see it just now,” He Li put on a very serious expression. “Do you believe me?”

Regardless of whether Jiang Beiwang believed her or not, He Li’s expression changed rapidly, cautiously probing at the edges. “You seem quite concerned about Yu Dong.”

Concerned?

Jiang Beiwang took the iodine, her expression calm. “Am I?”

“Is this not concern? You don’t know how ruthless you used to be. If I could get this kind of treatment, I’d turn pink even if I were burned to ashes!” He Li exaggeratedly followed behind her, making gestures.

Jiang Beiwang looked back at her.

He Li immediately behaved. “Just kidding.”

After switching to iodine, Yu Dong’s acceptance was noticeably better. Jiang Beiwang sat down next to her, letting her disinfect herself.

At this point, she had to reflect on whether she was doing too much.

Although Zuo Peiyi and He Li seemed outwardly carefree, they were both incredibly observant, leading Jiang Beiwang to feel that her situation was very precarious.

••••

The wound had only been numb a moment ago, but now, after a simple disinfection, Yu Dong felt a burning pain that even the cool sensation of the applied ointment couldn’t quite suppress.

She moved her wrist, found a comfortable angle, and evenly spread the ointment.

Finally, the treatment was complete.

Yu Dong packed up the items, putting them together.

She looked at Jiang Beiwang beside her and slowly began to speak.

Coincidentally, loud music was playing nearby, and a group of people were shouting, plunging the entire area into a very noisy, rhythmic environment.

Yu Dong’s voice was completely drowned out by the music, disappearing without a trace, not a single word getting through.

Jiang Beiwang could only hear the poor-quality speakers blasting a very upbeat song at maximum volume.

She was a little curious about what Yu Dong had just said.

Jiang Beiwang moved closer to Yu Dong.

Signaling her to repeat herself.

Yu Dong said.

“Thank you.”

Thank you for coming to find me.

And for these medicines.

At such a close distance, Jiang Beiwang could hear the slight upward lilt in Yu Dong’s voice as she spoke, her voice flowing gently like a stream in the noisy environment.

She hadn’t even had time to react.

Then she saw Yu Dong smile very faintly, her eyes curving a little.

Jiang Beiwang unconsciously thought.

This scumbag Alpha persona can’t be maintained for another second.

Her eyes were having hallucinations now; she felt like even Yu Dong’s hair was glowing.

[Host. That’s just the light from behind accidentally shining on her.]

The system prompted emotionlessly.

[Can you please have some basic scumbag Alpha professionalism? This system feels extremely tired dealing with a host like you.]

The system’s voice appeared directly in her mind, even more penetrating than the music from the speakers.

Only then did Jiang Beiwang shift her gaze, realizing she had been staring at Yu Dong for quite some time.

She returned to her previous seat without a word.

The bar’s lighting was specially designed; there was no overhead lighting, so no matter how one looked, they wouldn’t appear unattractive inside.

Yu Dong’s spot, coincidentally, was illuminated by a slanted warm light.

She looked even better.

For a long time afterward, Jiang Beiwang didn’t speak again.

Right up until they returned to the Jiang family’s residence.

Jian Feng had been talked into drinking some beverages and was drowsy on the way. Jiang Beiwang directly arranged for someone to send Jian Feng back to the Jian family’s residence.

She arranged for He Li to do it.

Jiang Beiwang felt that Jian Feng’s impression of her must have changed this time, so she was in a relatively good mood.

She was just a scumbag Alpha who had done all sorts of bad things, and no one should have any other good evaluation of her.

Not missing a single bad deed, not doing a single good one.

That was her true evaluation.

Just going up to the second floor.

She saw Yu Dong’s room door open.

Jiang Beiwang wasn’t in a hurry to return to her own room. She walked two more steps forward and entered Yu Dong’s room without hesitation.

A scumbag Alpha never knocks before entering a room.

Yu Dong was probably trying to reach something on the cabinet.

Jiang Beiwang remembered that item; she had casually picked up something from the table and placed it there when she was in the room before.

Yu Dong wasn’t as tall as her. Yu Dong would have to step on a stool to reach something she had casually placed there.

Jiang Beiwang watched from the side, silent.

As Yu Dong’s hand touched the item on the cabinet, she felt her vision momentarily black out.

Fortunately, it quickly returned.

These past few days, her vision would occasionally black out suddenly, followed by a dizzy spell. Since it didn’t affect her daily life, Yu Dong hadn’t paid it any mind.

••••

Jiang Beiwang vaguely felt Yu Dong’s movements becoming somewhat sluggish and couldn’t help but recall the side effects the system had mentioned earlier.

She was still wondering if it was an issue with the scent gland from that time when she saw Yu Dong miss a step.

Then, Yu Dong bumped into her.

It was very light; she barely felt anything even with the impact. Jiang Beiwang only felt as if a small cat or dog had jumped on her.

The expected pain didn’t arrive. Yu Dong then realized she hadn’t fallen to the ground; her back had hit someone, thus preventing a fall.

[Host, it’s time to salvage your scumbag Alpha persona. Now’s the moment. Berate the female lead fiercely.]

Jiang Beiwang forced herself to swallow the words “Are you okay?”

Excellent. The system won’t let her rest for a second.

Jiang Beiwang could only resignedly grab the back of Yu Dong’s collar, turn her around, and then switch to holding Yu Dong by the front of her collar.

As a scumbag Alpha, it’s all about technique, no emotions.

Yu Dong was still a little confused about the situation even when her back hit the wall.

Jiang Beiwang had already put on what she thought was her fiercest expression, and her tone was unfriendly: “Clumsy! Are you trying to kill me by bumping into me?”

••••

Yu Dong’s lips tightened.

She and Jiang Beiwang were so close right now.

The inner voice was also clearer, accompanied by someone’s heartbeat.

[Is she stupid?]

[Why isn’t she saying anything?]

[Did I scare her?]