I Was Just a Scumbag Extra, But She Loved Me Anyway [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 29

“Dad, if you ask me, you should just go ahead and press charges.”

Su Chenli was on the phone with Su Kuanghai, gently stirring the coffee on the table with a silver spoon in her other hand.
“Wang Chengshan has already caused the company so much damage. If you don’t send him to prison now, are you seriously planning to let him off out of sentiment?”

“Hmph,” Su Kuanghai let out a snort of amusement on the other end of the line.
“In business, betrayal is unforgivable. What kind of sentiment could I possibly have for that snake surnamed Wang?”

“Then why haven’t you filed charges yet?” Su Chenli pressed.

She was genuinely anxious. She wanted to see Wang Chengshan behind bars before he could go off the rails in public and expose Xie Xunyu’s Omega identity with a stream of malicious nonsense.

In the original, unaltered storyline, Wang Chengshan wouldn’t resign out of guilt until early summer of the following year. But Su Chenli had no intention of waiting that long. She just wanted to wrap up her mission and exit the small world as soon as possible. That’s why she had been pushing hard to speed up the romance between Leng Xin and Sang Jianyue.

Thanks to her intervention, the romantic arc between Leng Xin and Sang Jianyue was progressing smoothly. What she didn’t expect was for Xie Xunyu’s part to change as well.

Originally, Xie Xunyu’s investigation into Wang Chengshan was supposed to encounter lots of resistance. But now? Things were advancing like a rocket—suspiciously smoothly. Su Chenli was starting to worry that it wouldn’t be long before Wang Chengshan stormed into SuTech’s lobby, waving Xie Xunyu’s personal records and causing a scene.

The more she thought about it, the more she realized: the only narrative purpose that arc ever served was to let Sang Jianyue discover Xie Xunyu’s identity and gently, but firmly, reject her affections—so she could move on and find happiness with Leng Xin.

If that was the only outcome needed, Su Chenli could just tell Sang Jianyue herself. There was no reason to let Xie Xunyu endure public humiliation at the hands of Wang Chengshan.

But all Su Kuanghai would say was, “It’s not the right time yet.”

Su Chenli had no idea what timing he was waiting for. Her fingers tapped anxiously on the table before inspiration suddenly struck.
“Hey, Dad—how about I come over and help you deal with it directly? Weren’t you always saying I should learn something useful?”

If Su Kuanghai wouldn’t take action himself, then she’d just go collect the evidence. As long as she could stop Wang Chengshan from going off the deep end, that was good enough.

Su Kuanghai was a bit surprised. “Since when were you this motivated?”

According to her original character design, nothing should’ve made Su Chenli more allergic than the idea of “working.” He should’ve been thrilled.

Su Chenli quickly gave a vague excuse. “I just really didn’t expect Uncle Wang to be that kind of person… So? What do you say, Dad—can I come?”

As expected, Su Kuanghai didn’t say no. In fact, he seemed quite pleased. “It’s rare for you to actually show some initiative. If you really want to understand, then come work with our legal team for a while.”

Success.

Su Chenli hung up the call.

Now, her remaining objectives were simple: make sure the AO female lead’s romance stayed on track, and deal with Wang Chengshan before he had a chance to snap.

The love story was easy enough—Xie Xunyu had said herself she liked someone else. With Leng Xin and Sang Jianyue moving toward a mutual, happy ending, what could go wrong?

Only the Wang Chengshan situation remained… and if she really wanted to handle it, she needed to act fast.

As she was thinking, the system suddenly piped up:

[Host, you’re really going above and beyond here. This is just a minor subplot for the devoted supporting female lead. It won’t affect the main storyline either way. You don’t have to interfere at all.]

Of course Su Chenli knew that. She just felt…

“Well, we’ve known each other this long. There’s at least some sense of camaraderie. No reason to let her suffer that kind of humiliation at the very end.”

[Emmm… technically speaking, if that’s your decision, the system won’t interfere. But I just want to ask one little thing… You’re not falling for someone again, are you?]

“…?”
Su Chenli froze, then immediately flared up. The problem was—this annoying system lived in her own head. There was nothing she could do to shut it up.

“What kind of nonsense are you spouting?” she snapped.
“I just can’t stand seeing the AO female lead fall in love only for someone else to get turned into the emotional punching bag! Besides, this is just a convenient side task. Sure, Xie Xunyu does remind me a bit of my beautiful older sister, but that’s no reason to jump to conclusions!”

The system replied with deep implication: [Oh…]

Su Chenli practically exploded. “Oh what? Shut up. Shut. Up.”

Forcing the system into silence, Su Chenli—still simmering—drove to the Su Group’s headquarters to meet the legal team Su Kuanghai mentioned.

There wasn’t much for her to do on the AO romance line right now, so this was the perfect time to focus on obtaining the evidence she needed.

Only… the difficulty of the task far exceeded her expectations.

She finally understood the phrase “a different profession is like a different world.”

For several days straight, Su Chenli was stuck at the Su Group’s headquarters, unable to return to SuTech. Even Xie Xunyu eventually called to ask why she hadn’t come back. Unable to explain her true reasons, Su Chenli just brushed her off.

Time passed like that—Xie Xunyu failed to get Su Chenli back, but Leng Xin ended up running into her first.

“I heard you’ve been working under your dad lately?”
Leng Xin munched on appetizers while watching her with curiosity. “What’s with the sudden transformation? Didn’t you used to hate this stuff?”

“Don’t even bring it up,” Su Chenli replied, poking at her plate with zero enthusiasm. “If I had any other choice, I wouldn’t be doing it.”

Leng Xin laughed gleefully, clearly enjoying her suffering. “So tragic.”

“Ugh,” Su Chenli rolled her eyes. “What did you come to see me for, anyway?”

If there was no serious reason, she’d rather go back to sifting through evidence.

Leng Xin paused, her smug expression softening a bit as she looked slightly embarrassed.

“Well… I’ve been thinking about proposing to my girlfriend. But I can’t decide how to do it. Qin Jiu and the others are completely unreliable, so… I came to ask your opinion.”

Su Chenli froze for a moment, taking two full seconds to process what she’d just heard. In disbelief, she asked, “You’re doing what?”

Wait—wife? Who the hell is this wife?

“Proposing, obviously,” Leng Xin replied as if it were the most natural thing in the world, sounding genuinely puzzled by Su Chenli’s shock.
“Sang Jianyue finally agreed to take me back. If I don’t propose soon and she runs off again, what am I going to do?”

“Uh… no, no, that’s not what I meant.”
Su Chenli blinked, still a bit stunned, feeling like she’d completely missed a few chapters.

Sure, the original plot eventually phased her—this background character—and the deeply affectionate supporting lead, Xie Xunyu, out of the spotlight. But how had things jumped straight to a proposal?

Had all the other issues already been resolved?

She hesitated for a moment before cautiously asking, “Does your mom know about this proposal?”

Please, for the love of all things good, don’t tell me you’re about to get down on one knee and have your mother crash the scene. I can’t handle another round of melodramatic family sabotage.

Leng Xin’s expression cooled noticeably. Her voice went flat: “She knows. Not just her—my whole family knows. I’ve already informed them.”

Su Chenli: “…Huh?”

That didn’t sound… right.

Leng Xin closed her eyes briefly, then said in a low voice, “I only recently found out… that back then, Sang Jianyue didn’t really want to leave me. It was my mom. She went to Sang Jianyue’s family and threatened them.”

…Su Chenli was quiet for a while.

So while she’d been buried in legal work at Su Group headquarters, Leng Xin and Sang Jianyue had already cleared up all their misunderstandings?

Looking at the flicker of pain on Leng Xin’s face, Su Chenli felt oddly moved. Even if these characters were just part of a constructed world, the hurt they felt in those scripted moments was painfully real.

She sighed, expression complicated, and said—as a reliable sidekick would—“So you blamed Sang Jianyue for everything all these years?”

“Yeah.”
Leng Xin lowered her gaze, visibly regretful.
“That’s why I want to make it up to her—starting with this proposal. Take a look at these ideas and help me choose one? I seriously can’t decide. Sang Sang rarely takes time off, so I want it to be a surprise—but not too over-the-top…”

As she spoke, Leng Xin passed her phone to Su Chenli and began swiping through a series of dreamy, elaborate proposal concepts. The pictures spun before her eyes, making her a little dizzy. She couldn’t shake the feeling that something important hadn’t been dealt with yet.

Suddenly, she reached out to stop Leng Xin’s hand and asked, “Wait—what about the arranged engagement your mom set up? The one with that ‘well-matched Omega’? Is that off the table now?”

Leng Xin paused, then let out a cold laugh. “It’s not like I don’t already have someone I love. After what they did to someone I treasure—completely ignoring my feelings—they still think I’m going to obediently marry some Omega I can’t even remember the face of?”

Su Chenli: …Oh wow. Savage.

Leng Xin didn’t seem to notice her expression. Grabbing Su Chenli’s arm, she said seriously, “Come on, help me decide. Which style do you think is best? Honestly, I think they’re all great—I wanted to do all of them. But the planner said they don’t go together, and if I really want all of them, I’ll have to hold multiple events… but I doubt Sang Sang would enjoy that.”

Su Chenli: “…” At least you’re aware.

Leng Xin: “So I’ve decided to go with a vote. Whichever gets the most votes, that’s the one I’ll do.”

Su Chenli: “…?”
‘We’? Who’s ‘we’?

Apparently, Leng Xin had already dragged a whole group of rich second-gens into helping her brainstorm proposal ideas. Su Chenli hadn’t escaped in time and was pulled into the “planning committee,” working with them all afternoon until Leng Xin finally left to be with Sang Jianyue.

Only then was Su Chenli released.

Back at her downtown apartment, Su Chenli collapsed onto the huge bed in the master bedroom. Under the faint glow of city lights through the window, she stared up at the ceiling in a daze.

…Even Leng Xin was proposing now. The AO female lead’s happy ending was practically guaranteed. No matter what happened next in this world, it would have nothing to do with her.

If she wanted to eliminate the last obstacle in Xie Xunyu’s narrative arc, now was the time.

And honestly… the system hadn’t been wrong. What did Xie Xunyu have to do with her? Why was she so concerned?

Su Chenli turned over, rubbing her temples, troubled by the thought.

Before she could reach a conclusion, the system’s voice chimed in—loud and untimely:

[Host, host~ Your ever-dedicated system is online! Due to your continued and excessive concern for the deeply affectionate supporting character Xie Xunyu, the system would like to inform you: just now, the worldline completion progress jumped significantly! There are no major plot events remaining on the AO female lead’s side, so we can reasonably assume a key subplot involving the supporting lead has been triggered~]

“…What did you say?”
Su Chenli sat up straight in an instant.

Still half-immersed in the playful energy of proposal planning, it took her a second to refocus. And then she remembered—wasn’t the last remaining major plot point for Xie Xunyu the exposure of her Omega identity?

But it was the middle of the night. Would Wang Chengshan really choose now to go berserk?

Almost reflexively, Su Chenli recalled how Jiang Youning had gotten into a car accident in the last world right when she thought everything was finally under control. That experience had taught her—if something important gets overlooked, it will lead to deviations in a character’s storyline.

Her brain buzzed. Without a second thought, she grabbed her phone and quickly called Xie Xunyu.

The dial tone droned endlessly, like it would never end. Only when the mechanical voice prompted that the call had timed out did she hang up.

The call didn’t go through.

Su Chenli stood frozen for two seconds. Then she threw off the blanket, stumbled barefoot out of bed, and immediately contacted a private security agency that had worked with the Su family for years.

Right now, she didn’t know what had happened—didn’t even know if Xie Xunyu was truly missing.

But she had a gut feeling:
If she didn’t find Xie Xunyu soon, something she absolutely did not want to see… was going to happen.