My Ex's White Moonlight O Secretly Likes Me (GL) - Chapter 2

Fu Xi was momentarily dazed by the woman’s beauty, taking a while to regain her composure.

It wasn’t until she caught a bitter scent in the air that she frowned and instinctively stepped back a few paces.

As an Alpha, she had an innate aversion to the pheromones of her own kind.

Although the woman’s pheromones had a soothing scent, they were ultimately Alpha, making her feel utterly pressured.

“Miss Fu, I have Zhao Wan’s agency contact information. You can rest assured if you entrust her to me.”

“Furthermore…”

Ji Tanyue’s gaze fell on Fu Xi’s hand, which was resting on Zhao Wan’s shoulder. Her eyes lowered, and her voice was cool.

“I imagine the news of Zhao Wan being photographed entering and exiting a bar with an unknown Alpha topping the hot search results is something you wouldn’t want to see.”

The implication was subtle, but it truly sounded like a threat.

Fu Xi narrowed her eyes, “To Zhao Wan, aren’t you also an unknown Alpha?”

After all, she was the famous three-time Golden Horse Best Actress; Fu Xi actually knew her.

Only someone with face blindness like Zhao Wan wouldn’t recognize her.

But Zhao Wan had accidentally let slip in the bar that Qin Siyu had cheated, and had a scheming “white moonlight” woman in her heart.

Although it was unclear why the woman in front of her was an Alpha, considering how Zhao Wan’s eyes had been red with grievance, stifling her anger while talking about hating Ji Tanyue, she couldn’t confidently hand Zhao Wan over to this woman.

“Miss Fu, you don’t seem to trust me.” The woman in the car curved her lips and spoke slowly.

“But now, you must trust me.”

She leaned against the car window, the sandalwood prayer beads dangling from her wrist, swaying in the breeze.

Her finger pointed towards a distant commercial building.

At 3 AM, lights were sparse; only the seventeenth floor was brightly lit in a row, clearly peering at the not-so-distant private bar.

“That’s where a certain marketing account studio is located,” Ji Tanyue said softly.

“Miss Fu, how long have you been out with Zhao Wan?”

The unstated meaning was: Aren’t you afraid of being photographed?

Fu Xi was silent for a moment, then shielded Zhao Wan with her body and opened Ji Tanyue’s car door.

“…Take good care of her.”

Ji Tanyue took Zhao Wan and nodded in acknowledgment.

She held Ji Tanyue’s gaze for a moment, then curved her lips slightly and rolled up the car window.

The Land Rover drove out of the alley.

The car’s heater was on full blast. Zhao Wan, who had been shivering, relaxed her brow and eyes, leaning back in the soft seat and falling quietly asleep.

Outside the window, light and shadows shifted. Ji Tanyue said little, instructing her assistant to contact Zhao Wan’s agency.

Shortly after picking Zhao Wan up, a night rain began, gradually intensifying.

The driver turned on the wipers and drove cautiously.

Accompanied by the sound of rain, the atmosphere inside the car was utterly silent.

Ji Tanyue quietly watched the person beside her. After a moment of thought, she pulled the front and back privacy screens, separating the driver’s seat from the back.

In the air, the bitter scent of pheromones lingered once again.

Zhao Wan’s eyelashes were lowered, her breathing gentle, her cheeks still flushed from the alcohol.

At this moment, smelling the comforting Alpha pheromones, her lips slightly parted, and she breathed in eagerly.

Ji Tanyue pursed her lips, her hand hovering in front of Zhao Wan’s face. After a moment’s thought, she still didn’t touch her.

It remained suspended in mid-air, shielding her from the chaotic lights outside the window.

“Teacher Ji,” the assistant, sitting in the passenger seat, yawned sleepily, still curious.

“Why did you turn down work tonight to attend the Golden Phoenix TV Festival Awards Ceremony? This award is quite… superficial.”

Ji Tanyue leaned back in her seat. Hearing this, her gaze shifted to Zhao Wan’s face.

The assistant continued to ramble: “Also, the ‘superficial’ Zhao Wan, who appears aloof and ethereal, actually goes out drinking late at night…”

Her voice, muffled by the privacy screen, was somewhat indistinct and unclear.

“I wonder which big shot she offended.” She took out her phone, scrolled through it, and sighed.

“Now the internet is already full of negative rumors about Zhao Wan.”

The top two trending topics were: #ZhaoWan# and #ZeroScandalAlphaBestActressCollapses#, with a purple “explosion” icon.

Marketing accounts swarmed, completely exposing Zhao Wan’s scandal of being kept by Qin Siyu, the CEO of Qin Group.

A few hours ago, Zhao Wan’s agency immediately handled the public relations, issuing a statement to terminate her contract.

“It’s fine,” Ji Tanyue finally spoke.

“I’ll sign her.”

The assistant was about to argue, but then remembered that Ji Tanyue was the one paying her salary.

Not daring to argue with her boss, she sighed and decided to play dead.

Sign her then, she thought. It just meant the PR department would have to quickly prepare clarification and whitewashing press releases.

Looking at the number she had just dialed, she felt a pang of regret.

When she had contacted Zhao Wan’s former agency earlier, their response was perfunctory, and they didn’t explicitly state they would send someone to pick her up. They coldly told her Zhao Wan’s residential address and then hung up.

Before hanging up, they had even muttered a small, annoyed curse.

Zhao Wan had probably truly become a discarded pawn.

As glorious as her debut at the top was, her fall now was equally catastrophic.

The car was about to drive onto the cross-river bridge.

Suddenly, a faint ringing sound echoed in the confined car.

Ji Tanyue, who had been resting with her eyes closed, glanced at the illuminated screen in Zhao Wan’s handbag at the sound.

The contact was labeled “Uncle.”

Not wanting to disturb Zhao Wan’s sleep, she slid the screen to answer.

“Xiao Wan, why aren’t you home yet? Where are you?” The man’s tone was worried.

“Hello, Zhao Wan is with me right now,” Ji Tanyue glanced at the sleeping person beside her, her voice calm.

“I am her… friend.”

“Ah…” On the other end of the line, the man’s voice was hesitant, “It’s so late, thank you so much for the trouble.”

“No trouble at all,” Ji Tanyue glanced at the person beside her, her gaze softening slightly.

It was Zhao Wan’s family on the other end. She was about to ask for the man’s opinion, but then she heard some commotion and frowned slightly.

In the background, there was a sharp female voice, speaking unspeakable things, clearly having seen the online rumors about Zhao Wan being kept, and she was furious.

“Calm down for a bit,” the man softly appeased, then responded to Ji Tanyue.

“Miss, it’s really too late, I won’t trouble you anymore. Send me your location, and I’ll come pick up Xiao Wan right away to bring her home.”

Ji Tanyue paused.

It took a long time before she replied, “Okay.”

The Land Rover stopped and turned off its engine before the cross-river bridge. The assistant sent the location. Ten minutes later, a dazzling red extended Bentley rushed through the rain and pulled up alongside them.

“Time to go home,” Ji Tanyue said, lightly touching Zhao Wan’s cheek with her thumb.

The car door was pulled open. The man, holding an umbrella, cautiously peered into the car. Seeing Zhao Wan, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he scanned the back seat again.

Upon seeing Ji Tanyue’s face clearly, his eyes widened slightly in surprise.

“Hello,” Ji Tanyue nodded.

The man was flattered and nodded repeatedly.

Zhao Wan was awakened by the cold wind, drowsily rubbing her eyes. The flush of alcohol hadn’t faded from her face as she was vaguely led into the car by the Beta man.

“Be careful on your way back,” Ji Tanyue reminded before they left.

A familiar voice.

Zhao Wan’s drunkenness had largely dissipated.

She stared blankly as the car window rolled up, obscuring the lower half of the woman’s pale chin in the dim light, and those beautiful phoenix eyes.

Watching the silver-grey Land Rover drive away, Zhao Wan touched her face.

For some reason, it felt very hot.

The person who had just touched her face… she had thought it was Fu Xi.

How strange. Why was she in Ji Tanyue’s car?

The car started, driving onto the cross-river bridge.

The warmth inside the car wasn’t as strong as before. Zhao Wan was mostly sober, her shoulders hunched, watching the blurred light and shadows of the rain outside the window rapidly recede.

Her phone in her bag suddenly vibrated.

[Are you home yet?]

[Your rival in love threatened me into handing you over to her, sigh, she wouldn’t sell you, would she?]

Two buzzing sounds, and Fu Xi’s messages popped up.

Zhao Wan’s lips curved slightly.

[No, almost home.]

[Alright.]

[Also, don’t look at any other messages tonight. Get some good sleep. I’ll pick you up to play at the shop tomorrow. [/dog head]]

The shop? It was probably the escape room shop opened by the second-generation rich kid, Miss Fu, right?

But why didn’t she want her to look at messages? Was she afraid of being bothered by her dog ex?

Zhao Wan was a little confused, just about to ask.

A female voice suddenly came from the front passenger seat.

“Back from drinking your sorrows away, how do you feel?”

Zhao Wan tensed up. In the mirror, she saw the middle-aged woman’s blatant mocking face in the passenger seat.

“Aunt,” she lowered her eyes.

“Don’t,” the middle-aged woman coldly refused, “I can’t bear such a title.”

She handed over her phone, its screen still lit, “See for yourself.”

Zhao Wan felt a heavy sensation in her heart, completely forgetting Fu Xi’s earlier words, and scrolled through the trending topics.

A chill ran through her.

Under the top trend #ZhaoWan#, marketing accounts were aggressively spreading rumors, with leaked photos taken near her and Qin Siyu’s villa.

She was seen in a lake-blue evening gown, rushing to Qin Siyu’s house to prepare a surprise, and soon after, pictures of her running out barefoot and being picked up by a stranger were all there.

Netizens condemned and insulted her in the “collapse” scandal posts.

[She looks so cold and otherworldly, I never expected her to be so wild.]

[She didn’t even have her shoes when she ran out. Did she not get the Golden Phoenix Best Actress award, went to her sugar daddy’s house to cry about it, and then got kicked out? LOL.]

It wasn’t like that.

Zhao Wan’s eyes felt a little sore. She pursed her lips and said nothing.

[Wait, isn’t Qin Siyu an Alpha female entrepreneur? Are they an AA couple?]

[The more I think about it, the more horrifying it is. Qin’s sexual orientation is normal. Could Zhao Wan have faked her identity? Is she actually just one of the many Omegas in the entertainment industry?]

“Fortunately, the paparazzi lost track, so the follow-up of you going to the bar to drink your sorrows away wasn’t filmed. You’re still lucky,” the middle-aged woman scoffed, adding.

“But this path of pretending to be an Alpha is definitely cut off.”

After speaking, she seemed to remember something, turned around, her eyes filled with deep interest.

“Speaking of which, Xiao Wan, you got into Ji Tanyue’s car just now, didn’t you?”

“I see she’s quite interested in you. How about you give it a try with her?”

Zhao Wan didn’t hear, still staring blankly at the hot search page.

#JiTanyue #GoldenPhoenixBestActress

In the trending topic, the woman’s leaked unretouched photos showed porcelain-white skin, delicate features, and a red mermaid gown that was exquisite without being vulgar, exuding a noble aura.

Every frame was breathtaking.

In the comment section, besides a large number of flattering comments from fans, one hot comment stood out.

[The moment Zhao Wan and Ji Tanyue exchanged a smile! Ah, I’m done for! Red and blue are indeed the official pairing, I want to ship them!]

[Come on, look at Zhao Wan’s expression after Ji Tanyue won the award. It’s like she ate a pile of sour lemons; she almost had “unhappy” written all over her face.]

[The true nature of the ‘superficial’ actress is finally revealed, hahaha.]

It wasn’t like that.

Zhao Wan’s eyes stung a little. She pressed her lips together, speechless.

She had clearly sincerely congratulated Ji Tanyue; she just, she just desperately wanted to take the trophy home to show Qin Siyu.

But Qin Siyu didn’t want her anymore.

Her vision quickly blurred with tears.

“Xiao Wan, did you hear me?” Her aunt kept babbling, “Tomorrow I’ll set up a dinner party, and you find a way to get close to Ji Tanyue.”

“No,” Zhao Wan refused softly.

“You can’t refuse. Do you really want to ruin your career like this?” Her aunt’s voice sharpened, “You must go.”

“No.”

Zhao Wan looked up, confronting the woman for the first time, her eyes red and showing a hint of stubbornness.

“I hate Ji Tanyue.”

Her voice trembled, but she stubbornly finished her sentence.

“Aunt, your car, your house, your investments, even your capital to enter the socialite circle, I earned all of it.”

“I’m very tired. Please let me rest for a bit, okay?”

After being released from the cage, she was already exhausted; she didn’t want to be anyone else’s canary anymore.

The rain fell even harder, and the car window was covered in a blurry curtain of water.

Her aunt’s expression was displeased. She turned around and glared fiercely at Zhao Wan.

“Why won’t you listen?”

Zhao Wan bit her lips until they turned white, her eyes wet, her voice muffled.

“…I’ve been obedient for a very long time.”

Unfortunately, no one allowed her to follow her own heart.

A flicker of annoyance appeared in the middle-aged woman’s eyes. She leaned towards Zhao Wan’s direction, her right hand raised high.

The Beta man in the driver’s seat was somewhat panicked, steering with one hand and using the other to stop her, “Shuran, calm down.”

Her aunt gritted her teeth, her face flushed red, glaring at Zhao Wan, “Me calm down? I think she needs to calm down.”

Their argument intensified, and Zhao Wan just shrank in the back seat, watching quietly, feeling almost numb.

Her aunt cried and fussed. They couldn’t stop on the cross-river bridge. Reluctantly, the man had to divide his attention, watching the road conditions while struggling to restrain her.

Suddenly, a piercing honk erupted nearby.

Through the rain-soaked, blurred car windshield, a blinding headlight flashed.

Zhao Wan’s eyes widened.

Before she could even react, inertia violently threw her forward into the front of the car, leaving her immobile.

The car swerved and collided with an oncoming vehicle. Combined with the slippery road from the rain and brake failure, the car’s front crashed into the guardrail and then plunged off the cross-river bridge.

Her vision turned black, followed by a terrifying sense of weightlessness.

Cold river water instantly flooded the car.

At first, her aunt’s cries filled her ears, but gradually, the sounds of argument and heavy rain faded.

Breathing became difficult, consciousness thin, and the deadly silence stretched into a straight line.

Zhao Wan closed her eyes, letting herself bob and sink in the water.

This life was just like this.

It was a pity that the negative rumors couldn’t be clarified, and she couldn’t fulfill her promise to her friend to visit the escape room.

And Ji Tanyue. Would she show a gleeful smile, knowing that Zhao Wan had met with misfortune after getting out of her car?

A sense of powerlessness instantly flooded her heart.

Her thoughts were complex. For some reason, the phrase “Zhao Wan resembles you” suddenly appeared in Zhao Wan’s mind.

Even their names were almost identical.

However, the “white moonlight” didn’t die; instead, she, the substitute, died first.

Suddenly, the heavy feeling in her limbs receded, and her mind became incredibly clear.

The surrounding scenery began to peel away and rewind rapidly. At the same time, a clear prompt sounded in her mind.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations, Host, for binding to the “Zhao Wan Doesn’t Resemble Qingqing” system. You are granted one rebirth opportunity. Go and conquer your ex-lover’s “white moonlight,” Qingqing!]

Zhao Wan: QAQ?

She truly didn’t understand.

Author’s Note:

The previous life will be a bit angsty, but after this, it’ll be sweet all the way~