I Was Just a Scumbag Extra, But She Loved Me Anyway [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 30
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- Chapter 30 - Small World II – Part 13
With a cloth strip tied tightly over her eyes, Xie Xunyu’s hands were bound behind her back as someone shoved her forward into a hollow, empty building.
The disordered sound of footsteps echoed around the space. Beneath her feet, she could feel uneven dirt floors—sometimes stumbling over broken bricks and rubble.
…Was this an abandoned construction site?
Xie Xunyu quickly searched her memory. Only the outskirts of the western development zone had partially built factory buildings like this. Had they brought her to the western district?
Earlier today, she had finished clearing her backlog of documents and wrapped up all her pending tasks. Just like any other day, she left the office and drove home. She parked her car in her residential lot without noticing anything strange. But the moment she stepped out of the elevator and glanced down at a message from her secretary, someone clamped a towel over her mouth and nose.
The sharp, chemical stench filled her nasal cavity, and within seconds, she blacked out. By the time she came to, she was in a moving van. Her eyes and mouth had been tightly covered, making any attempt at communication impossible.
What were these people trying to do? Was it for money? Or… was there some personal grudge involved?
Suddenly, a forceful shove from behind nearly knocked her to the ground.
“Didn’t they say she’s an Omega? She sure doesn’t act like one… Still standing firm after all this rough handling,” a crude Alpha voice sneered from behind.
Omega?
Xie Xunyu stiffened.
How do they know?
Before she could process that thought, another voice chimed in, lewd and mocking:
“Heard she pretends to be an Alpha. So damn pretty too… Wonder if she’s any different from the rest of the O’s?”
The moment those words left his mouth, the group around him burst into disgusting laughter—sleazy, expectant, and nauseating.
Xie Xunyu’s breath caught in her throat. A chilling premonition swept down her spine.
Just then, someone yanked off the gag tied around her mouth and roughly shoved her toward the center of the building. “Stand there.”
Her hair had come loose during the scuffle, strands falling messily around her face. Stumbling forward, she had no choice but to move toward the middle of the room.
A video camera, set on a tripod, stood just a few meters away. The moment she was shoved, Xie Xunyu stepped into its frame—though she had no way of knowing that. Her ears strained to pick up any sounds around her as she cautiously asked:
“Who… are you people? Did someone hire you to kidnap me?”
No one responded.
Xie Xunyu took a slow breath, steadying her voice.
“Whatever they’re paying you, I’ll double it. Call this off now and walk away.”
At last, one man—seemingly the ringleader—let out a derisive laugh.
“Big talk, lady. My client is offering me a one-way ticket out of the country. Can you match that? You’d just call the cops the moment we turn our backs, right? Double the money… do I look like a fool to you?”
Xie Xunyu clenched her teeth.
“What you’re doing is a criminal act. Don’t think escaping the country will be so easy. Do you even understand how hard it is to move funds overseas right now? Stop this now, and I’ll drop the charges.”
“Heh,” the leader scoffed again.
“Lady, don’t waste your breath trying to trick us ‘uneducated thugs.’ If you’ve got time to play tough, you should spend it worrying about yourself.”
One of the younger men leaned in close to the leader and whispered, “Boss, we should stick to the plan. They’re waiting on the other end—for the goods and the payment.”
“You’re right.”
The leader nodded, then turned toward another man.
“Camera ready?”
A voice answered from across the room: “It’s rolling, boss!”
Camera…?!
Xie Xunyu tensed—suddenly realizing exactly what these Alphas intended to do.
A wave of cold spread from the soles of her feet, freezing her bl00d in its veins.
The leader of the group let out a sleazy chuckle, casually tossing his jacket aside and pulling up the mask on his face.
“As long as the camera’s rolling, we’re good. But hey, sweetheart—don’t blame us for this. If you wanna be mad, be mad at yourself. Someone’s got it out for you real bad. Looks like they want to drag you down with this.”
…What was that supposed to mean?
Xie Xunyu instinctively took two steps back, racking her brain for an escape plan—even as one thought nagged at her:
Who hated her this much? Enough to orchestrate something this vile, this despicable, just to ruin her?
Drag her down…?
Could it be… Wang Chengshan?!
She had been pressing hard lately, investigating the leaked SuTech project plans without holding back. Maybe she’d pushed him too far…
But she never imagined Wang Chengshan—someone who had held a senior position for so many years—would resort to something this low. Did he really think she wouldn’t fight back?
Meanwhile, in a villa on the other side of the city, Wang Chengshan’s most trusted secretary stood in the study, reporting calmly:
“President Wang, it’s confirmed. She’s already been delivered to the designated location.”
Wang Chengshan sat in silence, his expression dark. “All traces have been cleaned up?”
“Rest assured, we didn’t use any of our own men. Everything’s been handled before and after the job. Unless something unexpected happens, no one will even realize she’s missing until tomorrow morning. Besides, I’ve already told them to drug her afterward—she’ll be completely out of it. Best case, she won’t be found until tomorrow night.”
The secretary chuckled.
“By then, those thugs’ll be in international waters. No way to trace them back. Worst case, it’ll be dismissed as a random attack. No one will know we kept a copy of the video.”
Wang Chengshan let out a cold laugh.
“Good work. If this ruins her, then Su Kuanghai loses his most capable assistant. With no one else to take over her responsibilities, we can even shift some of the blame for our own mess onto her.”
He narrowed his eyes.
“She’s been investigating too thoroughly. Who knows how much Su Kuanghai already knows? At this point, the only priority is protecting ourselves.”
The secretary nodded. “Understood.”
Back in the factory, the gang leader began inching closer to Xie Xunyu.
Her vision was still blocked by the blindfold—but her hearing had sharpened. Picking up the footfalls mixed in with the surrounding noise, she could almost pinpoint his exact position.
Despite being an Omega, Xie Xunyu had spent years pretending to be an Alpha. She’d trained herself to be careful, vigilant. In her quieter work years, she’d even studied self-defense, just in case.
Now, with her hands still tied, kicking was her only option.
The moment she felt the man come near, she took a step back, pivoted, and lashed out with her foot—slamming her high heel straight into the side of his neck. The uneven heel made the impact brutal.
“Boss!!”
“Boss, are you okay?!”
As the gang shouted in alarm, Xie Xunyu reached into her sleeve and pulled out a small blade she’d hidden in her cuff. With one sharp motion, she sliced through the fabric binding her wrists, tore off the blindfold, and bolted toward the warehouse exit.
“She’s getting away!”
Panic erupted. Footsteps thundered after her. Someone knocked over the tripod—glass shattered as the camera hit the ground. Xie Xunyu didn’t even look back. She just ran.
But her shoes were a problem—stylish but useless in this terrain. The factory floor was littered with rubble. Her vision hadn’t fully adjusted. One misstep—and she twisted her ankle.
That second of hesitation was enough. A hand grabbed her suit jacket from behind.
“Got her!”
She was slammed to the ground. Through the daze of pain and dizziness, she heard someone shout:
“Bring the stuff! Let’s see if she tries to run now!”
Xie Xunyu instinctively sensed it wasn’t anything good. She struggled violently—but before she could free herself, a strange-smelling spray hit her in the face. Her vision blurred instantly.
“Whoa, it’s working. She is an Omega after all. I thought maybe she was just a Beta who acted tough!”
Their sleazy voices rang in her ears—distant, distorted, like underwater echoes. Even though she could hear them, she couldn’t react. Her limbs felt heavy, her body sluggish and numb. All she wanted was to sleep.
But the back of her neck was burning—her gland reacting to the threat. Her body knew she was in danger, even if her brain couldn’t keep up.
“Heh, I can definitely smell the Omega pheromones now… Weird though, there’s no scent? Eh, doesn’t matter—get the camera back up, fast!”
Their voices blurred. Numbness crept deeper. A dull hopelessness spread in Xie Xunyu’s chest.
Is this where it ends…?
BANG!
A deafening crash echoed through the warehouse—metal slamming into metal. The iron doors had been thrown open so violently, even in her foggy state, Xie Xunyu jolted with shock.
But just for a moment. Then her consciousness slipped again.
She vaguely sensed the bodies around her being shoved away. Then, she felt herself being pulled into a warm, familiar embrace—soft, secure, and filled with the calming scent of a protective Alpha.
“Xie Xunyu? Xie Xunyu! Are you okay?!”
Su Chenli held her tightly, unable to care about anything else in that moment. Her eyes locked on Xie Xunyu’s dazed and disoriented face, her voice trembling as she gently patted her cheek.
“Come on, stay with me—look at me, Xie Xunyu…”
In Su Chenli’s arms, Xie Xunyu made a soft, unclear sound—like a faint whimper. She seemed half-conscious, still lost in the haze, unable to process what was happening.
Su Chenli didn’t even know what was wrong with herself. The moment she saw the dust and bruises on Xie Xunyu’s face, her eyes instantly turned red.
If she hadn’t driven straight to Xie Xunyu’s apartment complex…
If the system hadn’t pulled up the most likely location of this scene from the original novel just in time…
If she hadn’t happened to be close enough to make a desperate guess and rush in, bypassing the slower routes of checking surveillance and calling the police—
She would’ve been too late.
Su Chenli thought back to how she’d kicked open that rusted factory door and barged in—to find those thugs with their vile expressions in that disgusting room.
She tightened her grip on Xie Xunyu, practically shouting at the security personnel:
“Take them all down! Preserve everything in this place—every camera, every piece of evidence. I want these scumbags to rot in prison!”
“Understood!” the team responded firmly.
Just then, Omega pheromones drifted faintly into Su Chenli’s nose. In her dazed state, Xie Xunyu instinctively curled closer into Su Chenli’s arms, mumbling, “…Uncomfortable…”
Su Chenli froze. She touched the skin near Xie Xunyu’s gland—and recoiled at the burning heat radiating off it.
For a moment, she blanked. Then it hit her.
Because they’d spent so much time together lately, she had emergency meds in her car—the ones Xie Xunyu usually used.
Without another word, Su Chenli scooped Xie Xunyu into her arms and bolted for the exit.
As she left, she turned back and quickly instructed the team, “I’m taking her to the car for emergency treatment. You keep securing the scene and call the police as soon as you’ve collected everything!”
The head of the team gave a thumbs-up.
Su Chenli didn’t linger—her entire focus was on getting Xie Xunyu help. Cradling her protectively, she ran through the dark night toward her car parked in the distance.
They’d parked far away to avoid tipping off the thugs. This part of the abandoned zone was dead silent at night.
Running, Su Chenli mentally retraced where she’d stashed the medication. But the system’s voice suddenly cut in:
[Host… I know this may not be the best time, and I’m really sorry to interrupt, but I need to inform you of something important. The worldline just shifted again.
And at the current rate of change, your mission in this world will be marked complete in a few minutes. Per protocol, I’ll be retrieving your consciousness and exiting the small world shortly.]
Su Chenli stumbled slightly, her heart seizing.
“What did you say? Mission complete? How can that be? Leng Xin just said she was proposing this afternoon—she hasn’t even popped the question yet! How can it count as a happy ending?”
[…Host, your mission is just a background support role. It’s not like the protagonist missions. You don’t need to follow the plot all the way to the end.
As long as the worldline determines that the AO female lead couple is firmly together with no remaining threats to their relationship, your task is considered finished. This is supposed to be a benefit—to let you return home early.
But… because you no longer want to leave, it’s now become a complication.]
The system’s voice grew smaller and smaller. Su Chenli stood frozen.
“So… how long do I have left?”
[At most… ten minutes.]
Ten minutes.
Ten minutes? What could she possibly do in ten minutes?
She paused, then drew in a sharp breath—and started sprinting.
[Host—what are you doing?!]
“Finishing things!” Su Chenli shouted.
The jolting movement caused Xie Xunyu to tighten her grip around Su Chenli’s neck. Su Chenli glanced down, her breathing uneven, and softly reassured her,
“It’s okay. We’re almost there.”
And then she ran faster.
She’d never rushed for anything this hard in her life. She reached the car, threw open the door, and carefully placed Xie Xunyu in the front passenger seat. Her hands trembled slightly as she dug through the compartments, finally finding the familiar bottle of suppressants and pressing a dose into Xie Xunyu’s hand.
Once Xie Xunyu took the pill, Su Chenli turned to grab water. As Xie Xunyu slowly swallowed the tablet, Su Chenli silently prayed:
Work quickly… please work quickly. Just stabilize… she can’t stay like this.
If her consciousness was pulled from this world…
And her original host’s mind took back control…
That person wouldn’t know Xie Xunyu. Wouldn’t understand the danger of pheromone imbalance. Su Chenli didn’t even want to think about what might happen.
Thankfully, within two minutes, clarity returned to Xie Xunyu’s eyes. Her gaze began to focus again.
Not wasting a second, Su Chenli popped open the glove compartment, pulled out a USB drive and several documents, and shoved them into Xie Xunyu’s hands.
“Take these. The USB contains evidence of Wang Chengshan’s embezzlement from the group. If my father tries to protect him, you can take this straight to the authorities. These documents too.”
Xie Xunyu was still groggy. She looked down at the handful of papers, bewildered. “…What?”
“No time for ‘what,’” Su Chenli said rapidly, unlocking her phone with shaking fingers.
“The security team will report those bastards soon. I’ll send you their contact numbers—wait, you don’t have your phone right now. I’ll write them down.”
She yanked a sheet of paper from the notebook, grabbed a pen, and scrawled several numbers, muttering as she wrote:
“Any one of these will work. Just say your name—they’ll know what happened. And the chat logs—I’ll forward those too. If you’re not sure what’s going on, check the logs first when you get your phone back.”
She slapped the note onto the stack of documents.
Only then did Xie Xunyu start to come to her senses. She clutched the papers tightly and looked at Su Chenli in surprise.
“Where did you get all this? Does Chairman Su know you’re handing it over?”
“Not important right now.”
Su Chenli exhaled, pressing her hand over Xie Xunyu’s.
Her expression was unusually serious.
“If in a few minutes, I suddenly act like I don’t know you—if it seems like I’ve forgotten everything—don’t panic. Just leave. Go find the security team I brought. They’ll protect you.”
Xie Xunyu froze. “What… are you even saying?”
“I’m serious.”
Su Chenli looked at her earnestly.
“Listen to me—if I suddenly stop recognizing you, don’t talk to me. Not even one word. Just… don’t.”
She gave Xie Xunyu a complex look as the latter frowned, clearly puzzled, then took the moment to ask the system, “How much time do I have left?”
[Umm… estimating… less than a minute. Ah, countdown initiated—59, 58, 57…]
The system had dutifully started counting down in her mind. Su Chenli’s heart tightened. She grabbed Xie Xunyu’s wrist.
“Out of the car. Now. We have to get back to the warehouse!”
But Xie Xunyu suddenly winced. Pain crossed her face. She shook her head and instinctively reached for her neck.
“Wait… Something’s wrong. My neck… it hurts.”
Su Chenli paused. “What?”
Xie Xunyu didn’t answer.
A moment of silence passed—then a subtle jasmine-like scent wafted through the air.
Su Chenli froze.
Suddenly possessed, she leaned over the driver’s seat to look into the back.
“Jiang…”
But the backseat was empty.
Only the deep night stared back through the rear window.
What?
No… that scent—she had smelled it before. Including that very first time she entered this world.
Twice now. There was no way she was mistaken.
[34, 33, 32…]
The system kept counting down, the pheromones in the car growing stronger—warmer, more familiar.
Su Chenli turned, slowly, in disbelief.
Xie Xunyu—long hair disheveled, cradling the back of her neck in pain—was the only Omega nearby. She hadn’t noticed anything.
Su Chenli stared at her, stunned. All the memories surged forward—Xie Xunyu’s expressions, her mannerisms, her stubborn gentleness…
The same eyebrows, the same habits, the exact same pheromones.
She suddenly grabbed Xie Xunyu’s forearm. She didn’t even realize when tears had started to fall, only that her voice cracked as she asked:
“…Is it you?”
Xie Xunyu, startled, raised her head, frowning slightly. “What are you talking about?”
Su Chenli lowered her gaze, her voice trembling.
“The person who loved me last time… was it you?”
Xie Xunyu blinked. She didn’t find the question ridiculous. Instead, vague flashes began surfacing—unclear memories she hadn’t understood until now.
But she didn’t remember falling in love with Su Chenli. The images in her mind felt more like watching a film than living it herself.
Su Chenli looked at her dazed expression and felt an overwhelming sense of unwillingness.
Why?
Why did it have to be now—just before her task was done and she’d be dragged out of this world? Why couldn’t she have realized it just a little sooner?
The person she’d been searching for had been right here all along.
But now that she knew—it was already time to say goodbye.
“…Why are you crying?”
Xie Xunyu reached out hesitantly, gently brushing the tears from Su Chenli’s cheek.
Su Chenli stared at her, speechless. Then, as reality forced itself back in, she let go of Xie Xunyu’s hand and took a step back.
“Don’t talk to me, remember? If I stop recognizing you, just go find the security team I brought. They’ll protect you.”
[10, 9… Host, stop delaying. Retrieval is about to begin. Prepare for consciousness transfer.]
Su Chenli heard the countdown, turned, and opened the door—stepping out, ready to draw any danger away from Xie Xunyu.
But just before she closed the door, she couldn’t help herself.
Through blurry eyes, she looked back at Xie Xunyu and choked out a whisper:
“…Will I see you again in the next world?”
Xie Xunyu froze. She didn’t understand what Su Chenli meant—but the pain in her chest was so sharp, it felt like her heart was about to split open. She instinctively reached out to grab Su Chenli’s hand—
And then, right before her fingers could touch—
A crisp, distant chime echoed through the air. Familiar, almost musical.
Everything around her stilled.
Even Su Chenli’s face became frozen in time.
[Sigh… Realizing it all in the last minute before departure… And such a subtle confession too… This makes it hard to judge if your mission succeeded or failed.]
The electronic voice was both familiar and unfamiliar.
And then—Xie Xunyu, or rather Jiang Youning—regained all her memories under the system’s intervention.
She remembered everything.
The last world.
The deal she’d made with the system.
And now… the person she had come here for was already gone.
“…So did I succeed or fail?”
Jiang Youning asked quietly, staring at the documents Su Chenli had left behind.
[Hard to say. It doesn’t quite meet the success criteria, but it’s not a total failure either.
Looks like things are back at square one.
You still have two choices:
First, give up. Return to your original small world. The system will ensure you have a very comfortable existence.
Second, keep pursuing her.
The success criteria remain the same—but this time, there’s a new price.]
“…A new price? What is it?”
Jiang Youning asked calmly.
[Let me check… Ah—last time, it was memory. This time, it’ll be your emotions.
If you choose to continue, you’ll have to re-enter the next world with no memories and a suppressed emotional capacity. You’ll have to make her recognize you and fall in love with you all over again.
Frankly, it’ll be harder than last time. Fail, and it’s total erasure.
You got lucky with that close-call success—don’t count on that happening again.
Are you sure you want to do this?]
Jiang Youning lowered her gaze. On her fingertip, she saw the faint trace of the tear she had just instinctively wiped away.
“Will I see you again in the next world?”
That question echoed over and over in her mind.
She had never been someone who chased love recklessly.
But now… the person she had been waiting for was also reaching back toward her.
Silently, Jiang Youning curled her fingers into her palm.
Her voice was quiet—but unshakable:
“I’m sure. Continue.”