Dressed as the Scumbag Alpha Mom of the Tragic Female Lead (ABO, GL) - Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Why would someone want to hide such a beautiful face?

That female Alpha—Gu Lingjun heard her colleague call her Jiang Chuxie—Jiang Chuxie had a stunning appearance.

Unlike her deliberately plain style, her nearly translucent pale skin, vibrant red lips, and sharp, upturned fox-like eyes blended coldness and allure perfectly on this female Alpha.

Such a striking, unforgettable beauty shouldn’t be concealed by a pair of glasses, yet, miraculously, it seemed hardly anyone but Gu Lingjun noticed just how breathtaking Jiang Chuxie’s face was.

Their eyes had met several times, but it wasn’t until that moment that Gu Lingjun realized how deep and resolute Jiang Chuxie’s gaze was. It wasn’t just coldness or detachment—through those eyes, which should have carried a dreamy charm, she saw a bright light.

Even now, thinking back, Gu Lingjun could still feel a faint flutter in her heart, a sensation she hadn’t experienced in years.

Since her differentiation, she increasingly felt like a ghost trapped in an Omega’s body. The sights her eyes took in, the touches her skin felt, the flavors on her tongue… all her senses seemed veiled by a thin, transparent gauze. She seemed alive, yet felt as if she’d died countless times, numb.

She lived like a walking corpse as an Omega, watching the Omega named Gu Lingjun grow ever weaker with cold detachment. Her voice couldn’t produce the sounds she wanted, her hands couldn’t do what she wished, and her body couldn’t respond to her expectations.

Gu Lingjun had almost accepted that weakness was her nature, that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t change it.

But in that moment, she felt something different.

Jiang Chuxie’s appearance was undeniably unforgettable, but what Gu Lingjun kept replaying was the cry her body let out in that instant.

She stared blankly at her hands, her mind flashing back to the moment she reached out to stop Zhao Gang’s violence.

She had instinctively tried to stop Zhao Gang from getting rough in the shop… or rather, from hurting Jiang Chuxie, only to be unsurprisingly pushed away.

It didn’t sound like anything unusual, but for Gu Lingjun, who hadn’t felt this way since differentiating into an Omega at twelve, it was significant.

All her impulses and rationality were constantly suppressed by the Omega’s weak, timid instincts. Even when her mind knew what was right, even when she wanted to resist others’ actions, her body would uncontrollably shrink back and dodge.

She gradually became prone to crying, speaking only in soft whispers, unable to defy others—especially Alphas. She became a compliant Omega, just as everyone expected of Omegas.

Gu Lingjun had always thought it was the Omega-specific hormones at work, making her body uncontrollably sentimental, melancholic, and cowardly.

In the years since her differentiation, the boldest thing she’d done was argue with her parents to choose her university and major by her own will.

She attributed her changes to the Omega’s emergency avoidance mechanism, helplessly accepting it as an Omega’s instinct, and pinned her hopes on science—hence her choice of biomedical studies.

But just now, she did something unexpected. Though it was only a moment, in that moment, she felt her consciousness return to her body.

She felt… like she was truly a person again, not just an Omega controlled by instincts.

“Sorry for the wait.”

As Gu Lingjun was lost in recalling those feelings, Jiang Chuxie, now changed out of her uniform, approached the police car.

The other two officers had already taken the suspect in another car back to the station, leaving the remaining two in the front seats.

“Sorry, could I sit in the front?” Jiang Chuxie glanced at Gu Lingjun, sitting alone in the back, and said calmly to the officers. “Or she could sit in the front. I’m an Alpha, and given what this lady just went through, I think it’s better if we sit apart.”

The two officers only now realized Jiang Chuxie was an Alpha, surprised but also impressed by her thoughtfulness.

An Alpha’s dominance over an Omega was all-encompassing. Even without marking, even outside an Omega’s heat, an Alpha’s aggressive pheromones could still affect an Omega if too close.

Though pheromone suppressants existed for Alphas, few used them. After all, they weren’t bothered by their own pheromones, and many even took pride in affecting Omegas.

Jiang Chuxie’s consideration was exceptionally rare.

“Then please take the passenger seat.”

The Beta female officer in the passenger seat got out to let her in, and Gu Lingjun swallowed the words she wanted to say.

She noticed Jiang Chuxie’s aloofness. Despite helping her earlier, Jiang Chuxie now barely spared her a glance. But as her senior Zhao Zi had once said, though Jiang Chuxie’s demeanor was cold and distant, her actions were polite and didn’t feel offensive.

Unconsciously, Gu Lingjun recalled something Jiang Chuxie had said.

“No matter why you met him here, it’s not an excuse for him to commit a crime against you. You did nothing wrong in this, and you don’t need to explain yourself to me or anyone else.”

Gu Lingjun felt something gradually becoming clearer in her heart. This Alpha might be her opposite. She instinctively played the role of an Omega that fit societal expectations, yet inwardly rebelled, isolating herself from the world. Jiang Chuxie, though seemingly out of place, actually held firm convictions and loved life more than anyone.

But what kind of experiences had shaped this Jiang Chuxie? Gu Lingjun gazed at her back, growing more curious.

Jiang Chuxie and Gu Lingjun gave their statements separately. When Jiang Chuxie finished, Gu Lingjun was just done too, and they met in the hallway as if fated.

With any other Omega, Jiang Chuxie, no matter how reluctant to get involved, would’ve at least offered a few comforting words by this point. But knowing it was Gu Lingjun, she didn’t dare. The moment their eyes met, she turned to leave, her desire to avoid entanglement clear as day.

“Miss Jiang!” But Gu Lingjun clearly didn’t feel the same. She hurried after her with small steps, saying softly, “Um… thank you.”

Jiang Chuxie steeled herself, glancing at her coldly. “You don’t need to thank me. I just didn’t want the coffee shop to become a crime scene. If something happened, it’d hurt the shop’s reputation.”

Gu Lingjun seemed unable to handle her coldness, her expression turning aggrieved as she bit her lip.

Oh no!

Jiang Chuxie’s brow twitched, nearly losing her cool facade because of that look.

She hadn’t anticipated how overly adorable the heroine’s mother would be.

Most people who knew her thought she was aloof, and as she became more withdrawn, she thought so too. But meeting Gu Lingjun made her realize her actions weren’t driven only by sympathy for Omegas’ plights or her sense of morality, but also… some inexplicable other emotions.

Even if some mysterious force was influencing her, her feelings were real. And honestly, in her past life, she was the type who liked taking care of others, unable to ignore cute, delicate girls. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have helped those Omegas despite knowing the risks.

“If there’s nothing else, I’ll head back.”

Seeing Gu Lingjun’s soft, aggrieved, yet determined effort to follow her, Jiang Chuxie couldn’t bring herself to say anything colder.

Though most Omegas were gentle, someone as timid and frail as Gu Lingjun was rare.

Gu Lingjun never appeared in the main story, only mentioned repeatedly as the source of the heroine’s early personality, which changed after a miscarriage.

From Gu Lingjun’s current behavior, her weakness seemed strikingly similar to the heroine’s.

Jiang Chuxie had thought that while she liked protecting soft girls, she definitely wouldn’t like this kind of cowardice, just as she’d often grumbled about the heroine while reading.

But now, looking at Gu Lingjun’s face, she couldn’t feel a trace of dislike or the frustration of pitying someone’s weakness.

In short, she was cute—very cute, insanely, explosively cute. Rather than cowardly, it felt more accurate to call her simply delicate. After all, she didn’t shy away from this situation. Even though she was scared, with a tearful expression, she actively cooperated with her and the police.

Cowardly? No, she was incredibly endearing! So much so that it made you want to protect her—no, no, no, as the story’s biggest villain, Jiang Chuxie absolutely shouldn’t be the one protecting Gu Lingjun.

If anything, thinking this way must be the plot’s influence!

But it was too strange. The original Jiang Chuxie, that scummy Alpha, had no feelings for her destined partner, not only stealing her family’s wealth but also conspiring with a mistress to harm her. By the story’s logic, she should hate Gu Lingjun, not like her!

Could this be a change caused by her transmigration?

Maybe… maybe the self-correcting force of the story, seeing her as an upright person, couldn’t lead her down a criminal path. So it made her like Gu Lingjun first, only to set up events to make her abandon her later—that must be it. She wouldn’t fall for it.

She’s just a bit pretty, a bit pitiable. Jiang Chuxie wouldn’t waver over a little reluctance.