I Was Just a Scumbag Extra, But She Loved Me Anyway [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 26

“How are things going between you and Sang Jiangyue lately?”
Su Chenli set her car keys on the table in the rooftop restaurant and sat down across from Leng Xin, carrying two cups of Starbucks.

Leng Xin sighed and reached for one of the cups, only for Su Chenli to press her hand down without even looking up.

“That one’s not for you,” she said, eyes on her phone. “I need to bring it back with me.”

Leng Xin paused, lifting her sharp, cool eyes in confusion. Her beautiful but aloof expression twitched slightly.
“You know what you’re acting like right now?” she asked.

“What?” Su Chenli replied absentmindedly.

“You’re just like one of those over-attached homemaker Alphas,” Leng Xin said disdainfully, gesturing loosely with her hand. Her legs—wrapped in sheer black stockings—crossed lazily, high heels glinting like weapons.
“Always three sentences away from saying ‘my Omega this, my Omega that,’ tracking supermarket prices like a hawk, and thinking about nothing but ‘go home, go home, go home.’”

This time, Su Chenli finally looked up.

“First of all, I’m not married. I don’t even have an Omega,” she said with a half-smile. “I’m just stuck taking care of a sick one. And second—Alphas like that usually do end up with gorgeous partners. So, what about you? Are you and Sang Jiangyue back together yet?”

Leng Xin’s cocky air faded a little. She coughed softly, lowered her head, and leaned closer across the table.
“Do you think those kinds of Alphas… really do win the pretty ones?” she asked quietly.

“Absolutely,” Su Chenli replied without hesitation. “More real than my dad’s jade Buddha pendant.”

Leng Xin looked thoughtful. “Well… I guess I could try learning how to be domestic.”

“So you’re still not back together,” Su Chenli concluded flatly.

“She’s not avoiding me anymore, at least. That’s progress.” Leng Xin looked away. “Before, she’d dodge me like the plague—always trying to sneak off to find that Xie Xunyu woman. Luckily you kept her occupied…”

Her voice turned bitter.
“She left me for money, and now she acts like she doesn’t care. You were right. I should make her fall for me, then drop her hard. That heartless Omega…”

Su Chenli sipped her fruit tea, resisting the urge to say your mom made her life hell, who’d want to date you after that?

But all she said was, “Willing to meet is a start. Did you try giving her gifts?”

“Haven’t stopped,” Leng Xin muttered, face souring. “But she keeps refusing them. Except one time—she almost ran late for work and let me drive her. That’s it. She won’t take a single thing.”

“There you go. That’s your angle,” Su Chenli said lazily.

“Huh?” Leng Xin blinked.

Su Chenli didn’t explain immediately. Instead, she sent a contact to Leng Xin’s phone.
“That’s our marketing director’s WeChat. I don’t have time to track Sang Jiangyue right now, but they’ll know her schedule. If you’re giving gifts, at least make sure they’re things she can’t refuse. Stop guessing.”

Leng Xin’s eyes lit up. She grabbed her phone excitedly.
“Got it! Find out what she needs, then give her exactly that! You’re the best, sis!”

Su Chenli didn’t respond. She picked up the Starbucks cup and turned to leave. After a few steps, she paused, patted Leng Xin on the shoulder, and added:

“By the way, your mom doesn’t know you’re seeing Sang Jiangyue again, right?”

Leng Xin stiffened. Her expression dulled. “…She doesn’t.”

“Thought so.” Su Chenli’s tone was casual, but her gaze was sharp.
“Didn’t she hate Sang Jiangyue? I heard she’s already looking into possible matches for you. Might even set something up soon. If you don’t want things getting messy, you’d better figure out how to handle her. Sooner, not later.”

And with that, Su Chenli walked away, Starbucks in hand.

In the original story, Leng Xin’s mother—and a faceless, never-appearing fiancée—were the biggest obstacles to the AO female leads’ happy ending. Just a few appearances were enough to create tension between the two women, dragging out their reunion indefinitely.

But now? Su Chenli had given Leng Xin a heads-up.

If Leng Xin failed, it would be on her.

Su Chenli drove back to Xie Xunyu’s apartment. Along the way, she stopped by a supermarket near the complex and picked up some fresh produce. While juggling a call from a delivery driver, she rode the elevator up and opened the door with a fingerprint scan.

“Mm-hm, yeah. Just leave it downstairs—wait, huh?”

She was still on the phone when she opened the door and was immediately pulled inside by someone grabbing her collar.

The “culprit,” Xie Xunyu, was sitting on the entryway bench, clinging to her shoulders with a distressed expression, desperately seeking pheromone comfort. Her breathing was ragged.

“What took you so long?” she murmured.

“…Took a walk,” Su Chenli replied, hurriedly ending the call.

Seeing Xie Xunyu’s state, she frowned in concern.
“Are you sure you’re, okay? Shouldn’t you see a doctor?”

The company was still in chaos—factions fighting, power shifts happening daily. Xie Xunyu couldn’t risk going to the hospital now. She had no choice but to rely on Su Chenli for stability.

Still… she never seemed to want to be too close. Su Chenli was starting to realize that—slowly and painfully.

Ever since Su Chenli first set foot in Xie Xunyu’s home, they had a clear agreement: once things settled down at Su Tech, their arrangement would end, and Xie Xunyu would go to the hospital for proper treatment.

But no matter how you looked at it, her condition now seemed dangerously unstable.

Xie Xunyu didn’t answer Su Chenli’s concern right away. She simply sat there quietly, eyelashes lowered, absorbing the soothing effects of Su Chenli’s pheromones. Only after the discomfort in her glands had gradually eased did she push Su Chenli away with a calm expression and head over to the computer on the bar counter in the living room.

Caught off guard by the push, Su Chenli staggered back a couple of steps and stopped at the entryway.

She glanced down at the spot where Xie Xunyu had shoved her and let out a wry smile.

It hadn’t hurt, of course—Xie Xunyu didn’t have enough force to cause any pain. Still, Su Chenli couldn’t help but feel… like she was nothing more than a walking, talking bottle of medicine. One that occasionally wandered off on its own and gave people headaches.

From the living room, Xie Xunyu responded mildly to Su Chenli’s earlier question.
“There’s no need to go to the hospital early. This isn’t the right time to take unnecessary risks. But don’t worry—I get regular check-ups and have a general sense of my condition. My glands won’t suffer any irreversible damage just because you’re helping me. You don’t need to feel guilty.”

Su Chenli looked up at the woman who always needed “medication” to keep her pheromones in check.
“If it’s so exhausting,” she asked softly, “then why pretend to be an Alpha at all?”

Xie Xunyu’s hand paused on the mouse. After a long silence, she replied,
“You wouldn’t understand… Being seen as an Alpha makes a lot of things easier.”

Su Chenli was taken aback.
“Have people given you a hard time because of it?”

“…A lot, before I became president of Su Tech.”

Xie Xunyu was surprisingly candid as she kept her eyes on the screen, processing documents as she spoke.
“After I joined Su Tech, things improved. But if I had revealed I was an Omega from the start, I probably wouldn’t have made it here at all.”

“…So that’s why you’re trying so hard to protect Su Tech’s market strategy?” Su Chenli asked quietly.

Xie Xunyu hadn’t been with the company for long, but this major expansion plan was the first real project she’d been deeply involved in.

If someone like her had bet everything on her career, it made sense she wouldn’t let it fall apart so easily.

“Mm.” Xie Xunyu gave a soft hum of acknowledgment.

Su Chenli was quiet for a moment, then placed the coffee she’d brought beside Xie Xunyu.
“Here. I saw you drink it often and thought you’d be back soon… but I guess I was gone too long. It’s probably not cold anymore. Want me to order another?”

Xie Xunyu blinked, surprised. She looked at Su Chenli’s neutral expression, then at the coffee cup, and suddenly frowned slightly.

“You don’t think… I’m too ambitious for an Omega?”

“I don’t think anything,” Su Chenli replied flatly, placing the vegetables she’d bought into the fridge.
“I just know that if you weren’t capable enough, someone else would’ve replaced you by now. It’s not my place to judge.”

Xie Xunyu stared at her in silence for a moment… then suddenly laughed.

“What?” Su Chenli glanced back, puzzled. “What are you laughing at?”

“Nothing.” Xie Xunyu turned around, her back to Su Chenli. Her figure was slender, elegant.
“I was just thinking… If you had actually said something like ‘Omegas don’t deserve power,’ or ‘Omegas will always lose to Alphas eventually,’ I really would’ve made sure you suffered a little during this whole mess.”

…Looks like I didn’t misjudge you after all.

Su Chenli had no idea what Xie Xunyu was thinking. She stared blankly for two seconds, a strange mix of betrayal and disbelief creeping over her.

What the hell? She’d just been silently pitying her a minute ago—thinking how hard it must’ve been for Xie Xunyu to make it this far, how painful it must be.

But now? Looking closer, this Omega clearly had fangs—and wasn’t shy about using them. She didn’t need Su Chenli’s pity. Honestly, she’d be better off pitying herself for having such a soft heart.

The more Su Chenli thought about it, the more annoyed she got. Nearly laughing in disbelief, she slammed the fridge door shut and turned back around.

“Hey,” she snapped. “You know I’m not exactly a business genius. That was seriously underhanded.”

Xie Xunyu tilted her head slightly, revealing just a glimpse of her perfect profile—her high nose bridge and the slight curve of her lips.

“What else was I supposed to do?” she said, voice laced with amusement.
“Your dad hired me at a premium, you know.”

Su Chenli: “…”

She had no comeback. Unfortunately, it… made too much sense.

She spun back around and shut the fridge a little harder than necessary. These side-character worlds are never easy, she thought. Almost got outplayed again.

Though Xie Xunyu clearly didn’t need help with work, her condition was still something that couldn’t be ignored.

They had been spending enough time together now that there was at least a bit of trust between them. After thinking for a moment, Su Chenli offered a quiet warning.

“Either way, your glands are already past their limit. We’ve been around each other for a while now, and I’ve never even caught a hint of what your real pheromones smell like. Pretending to be an Alpha is taking too much of a toll.”

Xie Xunyu paused. The smile on her face faded slightly. She touched the back of her neck—gently, absently. Then, as if brushing it off, she responded lightly:

“…Got it.”