I Was Just a Scumbag Extra, But She Loved Me Anyway [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 23

The Omega’s pheromones slowly spread through the air, gradually overwhelming the carefully disguised Alpha scent. A faint sweetness drifted through the restroom—not overpowering, but enough to prickle Su Chenli’s nerves.

She stood frozen, staring at Xie Xunyu in disbelief.

Xie Xunyu’s teeth were lightly biting her lower lip. Her chest rose and fell rapidly, and her usually cold, elegant eyes shimmered with tears.

Wait—was this… was this a pre-heat episode?

No. No, that couldn’t be right. Wasn’t Xie Xunyu supposed to be an Alpha? How could she suddenly turn into an Omega?

Had someone tampered with her?

Still gripping the Alpha-grade suppressant in her hand, Su Chenli’s mind raced. Nothing about this made sense.

Xie Xunyu, slumped helplessly on the floor, breathed through parted lips. Tears born purely from physiological distress dampened her lashes.

She knew Su Chenli had come in—Su Chenli, the heiress she’d spent so long trying to keep under control. She knew Su Chenli could see her like this, completely exposed and vulnerable. But she didn’t even have the strength to lift her head, let alone bargain with her now.

A deep shame flooded up from the pit of Xie Xunyu’s stomach.

Why did it have to be Su Chenli?

Why did it have to be her?

Xie Xunyu’s fingers curled into trembling fists.

She didn’t know what was happening to her anymore. Ever since that first time she saw Su Chenli in the office, strange images had started surfacing in her mind—out of nowhere. While reading documents. During meetings. Even at home, alone, doing nothing at all.

Those odd visions came with feelings she couldn’t explain.

Even though she’d never been to the places in those memories, even though she didn’t understand why Su Chenli in those visions always wore a white lab coat—she just knew it was real. Somehow, she was certain those memories belonged to both of them.

And the more memories came back, the more impossible emotions took root.

Longing.

Affection that may or may not be reciprocated.

Xie Xunyu knew those things weren’t really hers—those weren’t her experiences. But they still disturbed her. Sometimes, she even dreamed about…

…things she couldn’t say aloud.

Just thinking about her reactions made her bite down harder on her lip in shame.

She had always thought she’d never fall for anyone in her entire life. But these strange, intense feelings for Su Chenli were undeniable.

Breathing was becoming harder.

She could feel air filling her lungs, but it wasn’t enough—like she was suffocating anyway. Her head was spinning, her vision swaying, her senses blurring—except for one thing: the raw, unmistakable need triggered by her own pheromones.

Xie Xunyu knew exactly what this was.

This was the result of years of forcing down her heat cycles. To avoid harassment and discrimination, she’d constantly used suppressants, even altering the scent of her pheromones to mimic an Alpha’s. But over time, those drugs lost effectiveness, and her glands had started to spiral out of control.

She hadn’t been able to make time for proper treatment—not while juggling everything at Su Tech. And especially not now, when the company was on shaky ground and she absolutely couldn’t step away.

“Are you okay?”

That familiar, slightly lazy-sounding voice pulled her back from the edge.

Those teasing, always slightly mischievous eyes appeared in her field of vision. Su Chenli’s voice, calm and warm, floated through the fog in Xie Xunyu’s mind—just clear enough to pull her back to reality for a second.

“I…”

Xie Xunyu looked at her in a daze, lips parting, but no words came out.

Su Chenli steadied her by the shoulders and held her up. Outwardly she looked calm, but internally she was screaming as she called out to her system:

“System!!! Get your ass out here!!!”

She looked composed, but inside she was practically combusting.

The Omega pheromones were affecting her too—far more than she’d expected. Staying clear-headed with a near-heat Omega right in front of her was pure torture.

[Host! I’m here!]

“What the hell is going on?” Su Chenli snapped. “Why is Xie Xunyu suddenly an Omega? Why was that never mentioned in the source text?! Has the worldline glitched? She’s supposed to be the Alpha rival of the female lead—how is this supposed to make sense?!”

[Host, please calm down! Let me check… Um… actually, it does make sense.]

Su Chenli froze. “…What do you mean, it makes sense?”

[You’ve been focusing so much on the A/O female leads, you probably skipped over most of the ‘devoted supporting character’ plotline. Xie Xunyu’s arc was always written as a secret, unspoken love. It’s classic old-school storytelling. And, well… later on, she—]

“You’re saying she’s always been an Omega?” Su Chenli’s brain short-circuited for a moment, not even noticing the system had trailed off at the end. “She never changed, and she knew it all along?”

[Yes.]

Su Chenli looked like her soul had just left her body. “Then why the hell was she acting all guilty about what she did to Sang Jiangyue? Aren’t they both Omegas?”

She didn’t even get to finish her rant before she was tackled.

The frail-feeling Omega fell into her arms.

She was much slimmer than she looked in her sharp suits—but the soft pressure against Su Chenli’s chest left no doubt about her identity.

Su Chenli froze.

But the woman trembling in her arms—Xie Xunyu—had long since lost the ability to care about appearances. Her thin frame quivered uncontrollably, fingers clinging tightly to Su Chenli’s suit jacket. She rubbed the tip of her nose instinctively against Su Chenli’s neck, her voice already trembling with tears.

“…It hurts.”

Su Chenli stiffened. The hand she’d raised to push Xie Xunyu away froze mid-air.

She… really was in pain.

Was it because of the pheromone flare?

In that brief moment of hesitation, Xie Xunyu, still half-unconscious, her lashes wet with tears, had already begun following instinct—reaching out for what her body so desperately craved.

“Wait—don’t move. Just hang on!”

Su Chenli quickly tugged at her disheveled collar, grabbing Xie Xunyu’s wrists and pressing them down to steady her. She held Xie Xunyu on her knees, fumbling one-handed through her bag for the Alpha-grade suppressant. But just as she was about to inject it—

—she froze.

…Wait. Alpha suppressants aren’t the same as Omega ones. Injecting the wrong type could be dangerous.

Su Chenli looked down at Xie Xunyu, bit her lip, and threw the injector aside. She needed to find the proper kind—the one meant for Omegas.

Since Xie Xunyu knew about her condition, she had to have brought an Omega suppressant with her. Su Chenli vaguely remembered seeing her bag out in the lounge.

She flung the Alpha suppressant aside. It hit something on the floor and made a sharp clink as it bounced.

Startled, Su Chenli turned to look—and saw a used Omega suppressant vial roll across the floor, colliding with the Alpha injector she’d just discarded.

Wait…

That was—Xie Xunyu’s suppressant?

She’d already taken one?

Su Chenli stared at the empty vial, then looked back at Xie Xunyu’s anguished face in shock. So the sound she’d heard earlier… that thud on the floor… had been the suppressant bottle?

She didn’t even get the chance to piece it all together when suddenly, something warm brushed against her wrist.

Then pain struck.

Su Chenli flinched, startled, only to realize Xie Xunyu had sunk her teeth into her arm.

And she wasn’t letting go.

Warm bl00d welled up from the bite, carrying faint traces of Su Chenli’s Alpha pheromones—and the moment it reached Xie Xunyu’s tongue, her entire body responded.

Su Chenli’s eyes widened in surprise.

She stared down at the woman in her arms.

This is what it means to be the “deeply devoted supporting character” in this world, she thought. Even in agony, Xie Xunyu refused to beg. If she needed something, she’d get it herself—even if it meant biting someone for it.

Looking down at her tear-streaked face, her delicate build, her trembling figure—Su Chenli was suddenly struck by how much she resembled her beautiful older sister.

She couldn’t bring herself to push Xie Xunyu away.

Instead, she slowly released her own pheromones—soothing, steady, unmistakably Alpha.

The scent filled the small bathroom. The scorching pain at the nape of Xie Xunyu’s neck gradually eased, and her clarity began to return.

Her teeth slowly unclenched from Su Chenli’s wrist.

Her vision cleared, but she was still dazed.

She had never been this close to an Alpha before.

And yet, something about this scent—this presence—felt so familiar, so comforting. Like it belonged here.

Like it had always been here.

Still slightly foggy, she looked up—into the face of the woman she had kissed in countless dreams.

For a moment, Xie Xunyu couldn’t tell if she was still dreaming or not.

She wrapped her arms around Su Chenli’s neck and kissed her.

“Mm!”

Su Chenli’s eyes shot open in shock. Instinctively, she started to push her away—

—but her hands hesitated the moment they touched Xie Xunyu’s waist.

Too familiar.

She looked too much like her. The same soft curves, the same delicate features… even the way she kissed felt the same.

As she held her, Su Chenli genuinely thought—for a split second—that the person she missed day and night had returned to her.

Her eyes fluttered closed. She couldn’t help it. She kissed back, slowly, almost dreamily.

How long had it been since she last saw her beautiful older sister?

In real-world time, it probably hadn’t been that long.

But she missed her so much. So deeply that she wanted to throw the mission away, finish this whole farce, and just go home.

As their lips moved together, Su Chenli’s hands slipped down the smooth fabric of Xie Xunyu’s suit, gently tracing the curve of her spine.

She whispered:

“…I missed you so much.”

“Mhm…” Xie Xunyu murmured back, softly.

But something in that voice… sounded different.

Not quite like the one in her memories.

Su Chenli froze for a second.

Then she abruptly pushed Xie Xunyu away, stumbling back in panic. She backed up several steps and stood there, stunned, as she wiped at her still-damp lips.

What the hell did I just do?!

How could I kiss someone else?!

It’s over—it’s so over. Do I even deserve to have a happy ending with my beautiful sister now?

But I didn’t mean to! I really didn’t!

Xie Xunyu, who had just been pushed away by the small Alpha, stared blankly for a moment. The calming effect of Su Chenli’s pheromones slowly brought her back to her senses. As she pieced together what happened—realizing that she had confused dream with reality during her pheromone episode, and had actually kissed the daughter of the company chairman—her face went pale with fury.

Not far away, Su Chenli was still aggressively rubbing her mouth. She looked at Xie Xunyu and said firmly, “I’m not going to mark you. I already have someone I like.”

Xie Xunyu’s expression darkened even more. A strange and sour feeling welled up in her chest, but she quickly forced it back down.

“I never asked you to mark me,” she snapped coldly.

“Good.” Su Chenli gave her a flat look, then turned to leave the restroom. “In any case, you better start thinking about how you’re going to handle the fact that you’re an Omega.”

Whatever else happened, as long as the worldline wasn’t affected, Su Chenli didn’t really care how Xie Xunyu dealt with her identity—but she hoped she’d do it carefully.

Before Xie Xunyu could say anything back, there was a sudden knock at the lounge door.

The others had arrived for the meeting—the secretary and the two senior executives.

The knock made both Su Chenli and Xie Xunyu freeze.

At that exact moment, they had the same thought:

This can’t be exposed. Not now.

Su Chenli was worried about destabilizing the worldline. If Xie Xunyu’s identity as an Omega was revealed now, there was no telling what kind of chaos it would trigger.

As for Xie Xunyu… she had spent years hiding this. She had risen to power as an Alpha, commanding authority, earning respect. Who knew how many people were just waiting to watch her fall?

She couldn’t let this leak.

“Hey,” Xie Xunyu said suddenly.

“What?” Su Chenli turned, frowning.

“Su Tech just had a major incident. The most important thing right now is to stay quiet and investigate internally,” Xie Xunyu said evenly, doing her best to steady her voice. “If news gets out that I’m actually an Omega, there will definitely be internal unrest. That’s the last thing we need right now… You don’t want that either, do you?”

Su Chenli considered this, then crouched down and said, “…You realize this is a really tough situation, right? Director Li and the others are right outside, and you’re practically leaking Omega pheromones. That’s not exactly easy to explain.”

Xie Xunyu’s eyes darkened.

If Su Chenli had no leverage, she wouldn’t be talking like this.

“What do you want?” Xie Xunyu asked.

Got her, Su Chenli thought in relief.

Thankfully, Xie Xunyu didn’t know Su Chenli was bound to preserve the worldline at all costs. That gave her some room to negotiate.

“We work together,” Su Chenli said calmly. “I’ll help you cover this up. From now on, don’t make things difficult for me. Whatever I choose to do, don’t interfere—of course, I won’t mess with company decisions either.”

Xie Xunyu stared at her for a long moment before replying, “Add one more condition.”

Su Chenli blinked. “What condition?”

Xie Xunyu looked away, adjusting the collar of her damp shirt with a completely calm expression. “Just now… my Omega suppressant stopped working. I need a quiet, reliable Alpha to help regulate my condition. If you’re willing, I can help you deal with Chairman Su when necessary.”

Su Chenli was silent for a beat. “Fine—but I’m not kissing you again.”

Xie Xunyu’s face darkened, and she shot her a glare. “I didn’t ask for that! Just your calming pheromones are enough.”

Su Chenli met her gaze and nodded. “Deal.”

She glanced at her watch. “Your clothes are soaked. You can’t go out like that. I have VIP access to a custom tailor near here. Send me your measurements—I’ll have them bring something over.”

Xie Xunyu lowered her eyes and gave a quiet, “Mm.”

Su Chenli stood. “Then I’ll go deal with the people outside.”

Outside the lounge, the two senior executives and Xie Xunyu’s secretary were standing awkwardly. They had all come for the scheduled meeting, but no one had responded to their knocking.

The secretary glanced down at her phone—no reply to her messages either. She raised her hand to knock again, but before she could, the doorknob turned.

She breathed a soft sigh of relief and stepped back, putting on a professional smile. “President Xie, you—”

Her words froze in her throat when she saw who opened the door.

It was Su Chenli.

Her hair was a mess, her clothes disheveled, and her expression looked anything but pleasant. She opened the door just a crack, blocking the view inside with her body.

A wave of mixed Alpha and Omega pheromones spilled out from the room—tainted by the residual heat of a pheromone spike.

The secretary, one Omega, and two Alphas all froze.

W-wait. Is Young Miss Su… in the lounge… doing what we think she’s doing?!

And wasn’t President Xie in there too? Where is she?!

Su Chenli looked at their stunned expressions and said coolly, “President Xie didn’t tell you the meeting venue changed? …Well, I guess she’ll notify you soon. Just wait out here. Don’t bother me.”

The two executives stared, dazed. “…O-oh. Okay…”

So we really… interrupted something we shouldn’t have? Oh god—these rich second-gens are wild. This is a public lounge!

Su Chenli didn’t care what they were thinking. She gave them one last glance and started to shut the door. Just before it closed, she paused, opened it again, and looked straight at the secretary.

“Don’t knock again.”

The secretary’s expression stiffened. “Y-yes. Of course.”

Without another word, Su Chenli calmly shut the door in their faces.

Inside, Xie Xunyu had managed to stand up on her own. She was adjusting her appearance as she walked out of the restroom.

Seeing Su Chenli waiting calmly with her arms crossed, having successfully driven away the others, she gave a dry comment:

“…You really came up with that on the spot? Pretending you were having an affair?”