Scumbag A's Plan to Save the Heroine - Chapter 49

Heh, so everything was planned from the start?

Then what am I? A puppet? Why?

Ruan Ye’s eyes were bloodshot, yet she forced herself to stay awake.

Someone hadn’t slept all night.

As the sun rose, morning dew slipped from a green leaf, plummeted vertically, and was caught by another leaf below. Ruan Ye’s dressing table faced the window, and the first rays of dawn bathed the neatly arranged surface, adding a gentle natural light to the beautiful woman reflected in the mirror. The light enhanced her pale cheeks and gave her skin a rosy glow.

Translucent powder concealed the faint dark circles beneath her eyes, masking her fatigue. Ruan Ye lightly applied a pale lip gloss, pressed her lips together, and restored their natural rosy hue.

She smiled faintly at her reflection, her eyes swirling with unreadable emotions. With a gentle tug, she drew the curtains closed, plunging the room back into darkness.

Ruan Ye stood up, her smile radiant, and murmured to herself, “Time for school.”

A storm was brewing.

That day, Ruan Ye accepted Zhi Qiu’s apology, and the two reconciled.

Several weeks passed.

In the early morning at Nolton, Zhi Qiu, brimming with self-satisfaction, swaggered across campus hand-in-hand with her “girlfriend,” flaunting her prize to everyone she knew—and even those she didn’t. No one noticed the slight stiffness in her smile.

On the surface, Zhi Qiu chatted and laughed with her beautiful companion, but inwardly, she was in unprecedented turmoil.

If she had a water buffalo in her heart right now, it would have plowed itself to death countless times.

Why isn’t the female lead angry? Is my act not flamboyant enough?

At this rate, I won’t be able to advance the plot.

Hand in hand, they strolled through the campus until they reached a secluded spot.

During these late summer days, the weather was unusually hot, like a dying person’s sudden burst of vitality. Zhi Qiu and Ruan Ye’s tightly clasped hands and bodies were drenched in sweat.

As they reached the deserted area, Zhi Qiu was about to pull away to wipe her sweat when the woman beside her seemed to anticipate her intention.

They stood before the shimmering lake, bathed in the warm sunlight. The gentle and beautiful Omega pulled a white wet wipe from her bag and tenderly wiped the sweat from her beloved Alpha’s face. Her fair, slender arms and unadorned face radiated natural beauty, like a lotus emerging from the water.

The scene should have been breathtakingly beautiful, but Zhi Qiu felt a chill run down her spine.

Though the female lead smiled warmly as she wiped Zhi Qiu’s sweat, even through the tissue, Zhi Qiu could feel the woman’s meticulous touch tracing the patterns of her skin, as if a surgeon were dissecting a patient’s flesh with a scalpel.

What should I do? If the female lead didn’t get angry, Zhi Qiu would have no reason to confide in her White Moonlight, leading to her eventual betrayal and emotional shift.

Zhi Qiu’s expression turned grave. Suddenly, she caught sight of someone standing across the lake in her peripheral vision. Finally, she gritted her teeth and made up her mind.

Under Ruan Ye’s bewildered gaze, Zhi Qiu coldly flung away the hand Ruan Ye had been using to wipe her sweat.

A scorching glare suddenly pierced across the lake, hotter than the sun itself, as if it could sear the skin on Zhi Qiu’s face.

“Who gave you permission to touch me?!” Zhi Qiu felt her conscience crumbling, but she maintained a facade of fury, shouting angrily at her innocent girlfriend.

Such inexplicable rage.

Ruan Ye froze, caught off guard by this sudden turn of events. Instinctively, she tried to explain, “I just saw you were sweating and wanted to help…”

Before she could finish, Zhi Qiu, burning with anger, cut her off with a sharp, “Enough!”

Zhi Qiu flung the sweat-soaked towel to the ground. A sudden gust of wind carried it onto the shimmering lake surface. Ruan Ye’s gaze followed the towel to the lake, where she quickly noticed a figure standing on the opposite shore.

Alphas were naturally physically superior to Omegas.

Everything that had happened today far exceeded Zhi Qiu’s understanding.

Seizing the opportunity while Ruan Ye’s attention was diverted, Zhi Qiu turned and fled, moving so quickly she left only a blur in her wake.

So that’s how it is.

After catching a glimpse of the unfamiliar yet familiar shadow across the lake, Ruan Ye withdrew her gaze. A smile returned to her face as she hurried after Zhi Qiu in the direction she had just left.

Her smile was radiant, but her eyes remained cold and detached.

As darkness fell, a growing crowd gathered outside Noadon’s gates, mostly drivers sent by wealthy families.

Noadon prohibited luxury cars from lingering at the school entrance to avoid drawing attention from ordinary citizens and disrupting city traffic. Drivers were forced to park in designated lots and wait at the gate for their passengers.

Ruan Ye usually rode home with Zhi Qiu, but today, after Zhi Qiu’s inexplicable outburst, she had to go home alone. As she walked through campus, she was met with gazes from Alphas and Omegas—some curious, some mocking, and others gleeful.

Ruan Ye raised an eyebrow, as if she had anticipated this. Before her awakening, such stares would have felt like daggers. Now, she found them laughable.

Just a bunch of people without self-awareness, she thought, their lives either meticulously planned, drifting aimlessly, drawn to self-destruction like moths to a flame, or ending in despair.

How pathetic and pitiful.

A self-deprecating smile tugged at Ruan Ye’s lips.

And what am I if not another pitiful soul?

Back home, Ruan Ye skillfully opened her notebook and began recording the day’s events. Since discovering the anomalies in this world, she had repeatedly tested those whose behavior toward her seemed abnormal.

A week earlier, she had visited Qian Yan’s office, claiming to have leveraged her connection to the Zhi Family to demand the withheld scholarship funds be reinstated.

Qian Yan had nearly exploded with anger, her words sharp and unforgiving. Yet, ultimately, fearing the Zhi Family’s influence, she secretly used her own money to reimburse the withheld scholarship.

She even went to Fu Jin Yan’s house, lied about being in love with him, and begged his father to bless their union. She had braced herself for being thrown out, but Fu Jin Yan’s father surprisingly invited her in for tea and politely sent her home with his driver. The next day, Fu Jin Yan didn’t come to school, and she didn’t see him again for a long time. The once arrogant Alpha, who looked down on everyone, was now covered in injuries. Though his gaze held a hint of resentment, he never bothered her again.

As for her jealous classmates, she used a combination of rewards and punishments, leveraging the Zhi Family’s influence to systematically break them down one by one.

Indeed, none of this was unchangeable. But—

After she changed her attitude and methods, nearly everyone’s trajectory shifted, some more than others. Only Zhi Qiu remained unchanged, as if tethered by an invisible thread, desperately trying to force everything back to its so-called proper course.

Thinking of this, Ruan Ye frowned slightly, a strange sense of disappointment creeping into her expression.