The Cannon Fodder Alpha Who Made the Heroine Pregnant - Chapter 62

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Sang Yu confessing to Sang Xia was something none of them had anticipated. It felt like the story had suddenly jumped from a rich family power struggle to a romance.

However, Zhou Lan began to understand something. No wonder Sang Yu lost.

In the novel, Sang Yu was the only one who could rival Chu Zhao. Moreover, Sang Yu controlled the vast Sang family empire, starting the game at max level. So why did she lose?

The key point seemed to be that Chu Zhao helped Sang Xia deal with those male cousins.

The Sang family was then left with only Sang Xia and Sang Yu.

Chu Zhao was excellent, but she couldn’t interfere too much in the Sang family’s internal affairs.

Ultimately, the final showdown was between Sang Xia and Sang Yu.

Sang Yu lost to Sang Xia. At the time, all the readers were baffled, saying the female lead’s protagonist aura could even affect those around her.

After all, Sang Xia did mature a lot later on, but compared to powerhouses like Chu Zhao and Sang Yu, she was still lacking.

But what if Sang Yu had fallen for Sang Xia? Then it wasn’t so hard to understand.

In the novel, Sang Yu lost every confrontation with Sang Xia but was invincible against everyone else. That seemed highly irregular.

Of course, this was just Zhou Lan’s speculation. Whether it was a buried romance subplot by the author required confirmation from the author themselves.

In a CP no-romance novel, romance is a major taboo. Even if it existed, the author wouldn’t state it explicitly.

The novel didn’t state it explicitly, but in reality, Sang Yu really did confess to Sang Xia.

Sang Xia’s reaction, besides shock, seemed to carry a hint of pleasant surprise. In any case, there was no rejection.

When Zhou Lan read the novel, readers shipped the characters.

#SangSang, referring to Sang Yu and Sang Xia it was a very popular pairing. She had read plenty of short fanfics about them in the comments section.

It wouldn’t be bad if they really got together. If Sang Yu and Sang Xia became a couple, the later events in the novel basically wouldn’t happen.

Zhou Lan recalled the novel’s plot. Because of her arrival, many things hadn’t happened. Those events had a massive impact on Chu Zhao.

She felt a little happy that she had still managed to help Chu Zhao.

Regarding Sang Yu and Sang Xia, her opinion was simple: if you like each other, be together; if not, then no one can force it.

Judging by Sang Xia’s reaction, she clearly hadn’t accepted Sang Yu yet.

Chu Zhao knew her best friend very well: a bit clever, righteous, very loyal to friends, and a reckless daredevil.

For this reckless daredevil to be so shocked upon mentioning someone… had Sang Yu done something to her?

“Xiaxia, besides confessing, did Sang Yu do anything else to you?”

After saying this, Chu Zhao glanced at Zhou Lan.

Zhou Lan: “…”

She swore that day she truly had no control over her body; her consciousness was also drowned by the physical heat. If she had even a sliver of control, she would never have done such a thing.

Sang Xia hurriedly waved her hands. “How could that be? Sang Yu isn’t Zhou Lan.”

???

How could someone be so bluntly hurtful?

Zhou Lan awkwardly turned to look out the window. She swore in her heart again, she was truly completely unconscious.

No matter how you looked at it, she had to take responsibility for what happened that night, and she had no intention of shirking it.

It was like someone trying to harm another person pushed her, she lost control and bumped the person next to her into the pool. She was the one who bumped them, but she wasn’t the one who caused the situation.

She would shoulder the responsibility she ought to bear, but she absolutely refused to admit she had any intention of actively harming others.

Chu Zhao gave Sang Xia a helpless look.

Sang Xia didn’t care. “You had a drunken mishap, but she was the one who plied you with alcohol, right?”

Zhou Lan raised a questioning eyebrow. So that’s how Chu Zhao explained it to Sang Xia?

No wonder Sang Xia only wanted to beat her half to death rather than outright kill her.

If Sang Xia knew the truth, she probably wouldn’t have given up on beating her to death just because of Chu Zhao’s word back then.

Zhou Lan instinctively looked at Chu Zhao again, coincidentally meeting her gaze. Their eyes locked again.

Sang Xia stepped between them, blocking their eye contact. “That’s enough. Help me think about how I should face Sang Yu.”

Currently, Sang Xia and her mother’s position in the Sang family was quite stable. Sang Qinzheng treated the mother and daughter quite well, and others didn’t dare act out openly.

Privately, Sang Yu handled things for them. Sang Xia was happy to enjoy the stability.

But now Sang Yu had confessed to her. Sang Xia hadn’t refused, but hadn’t accepted her either.

Her worry was that if she refused, would Sang Yu potentially become angry and humiliated?

Zhou Lan immediately said, “Sang Yu has her own pride. She won’t.”

“However, your carefree life in the Sang family is clearly a safe haven Sang Yu built for you.”

She was telling the truth. Without Sang Yu, what would happen to Sang Xia and her mother had already been demonstrated in the novel.

Sang Xia hesitated. “I know. I’m very grateful to her. But I’ve always seen her as a bl00d-related older sister. Suddenly asking me to accept her confession… I just can’t accept it for now.”

Chu Zhao went straight to the heart of the matter. “Xiaxia, since you’re in the Sang family now, you need to consider sooner rather than later: will you choose to rely on others, or become strong yourself?”

If Sang Xia were a strong person, she wouldn’t be facing this dilemma.

Rather than relying on others, it’s better to become strong yourself.

Chu Zhao was like this, she did everything step-by-step to reach where she was today. She became her own support.

The hardships along the way went without saying. Naturally, she didn’t want her best friend to experience what she went through.

But the Sang family was a behemoth. Even if she wanted to help, she couldn’t.

Sang Xia and her mother returning to the Sang family was a done deal; it was too late to leave. Besides facing it, there was no other way.

Zhou Lan sat on the sofa. Not wanting to see Chu Zhao troubled, she said, “There is a way.”

“What?”

“Tell us.”

Both women looked at her. She immediately cleared her throat. “Sang Xia should enter the Sang Group as soon as possible and secure an important position.”

“Chairman Sang’s children besides Sang Yu are Sang Xia and Sang Fei. Sang Fei is useless, and the Chairman has no intention of heavily employing him.”

“Then there’s Sang Xia. I think if you’re willing to enter the Sang Group, Chairman Sang would be very pleased. As long as you can demonstrate a bit of ability, the Chairman will definitely nurture you.”

In the novel, resentful of her father and the Sang family, Sang Xia refused to enter the group. Consequently, by the time others were high-level players, she was still a beginner just starting out.

A newbie fighting high-level players was just asking to be owned, let alone against a max-level boss like Sang Yu.

Sang Xia wanted to say something but stopped herself. She knew Zhou Lan was right, but she just couldn’t let go of her resentment.

She was the illegitimate child, then her mother was made the official wife. In the Sang family, she was mocked and scorned for this almost daily.

Zhou Lan continued, “So Chu Zhao is right. Either become strong yourself, or rely on Sang Yu. If you choose neither, I think those people in the Sang family will soon show you the consequences of choosing nothing.”

Sang Qinzheng didn’t love Sang Xia’s mother. His feelings for Sang Xia were limited to bl00d relation.

Sang Qinzheng didn’t care about the mother and daughter. After Sang Yu’s identity was exposed, the old man favored the second branch even more. Sang Yu was an Omega, and the old man was typically preferring sons over daughters, AO preferring Alphas over Omegas.

That Sang Yu could still hold an important position in the Sang Group after her identity was exposed was proof enough of her importance to the group.

At least for now, the Sang Group couldn’t do without her.

Only someone like her could be the one setting the questions, not forced to choose.

“But what can I even do at the Sang Group?”

Sang Xia studied directing. She really had no idea what she could do at the Sang Group.

Chu Zhao closed her eyes and thought deeply for a moment. “The entertainment industry.”

In this age of entertainment era, the entertainment industry was one of the fastest ways to make money. Especially in recent years, the ceiling for top-tier celebrities’ pay could reach hundreds of millions.

With the Sang Group’s massive resources, forcefully entering the entertainment industry would be something few companies could withstand.

They could literally blast a hole into the entertainment industry with money alone. With Chu Zhao advising behind the scenes, as long as Sang Xia held steady, there would basically be no problems.

Chu Zhao, starting from scratch without capital or a powerful backing, built Chu Yue to its current state, sufficiently demonstrating her excellence.

With the Sang Group’s strength, they could easily secure resources that even Chu Yue couldn’t get a piece of.

This was the difference between an aircraft carrier and a tractor. No matter how sturdy the tractor is, can it ram an aircraft carrier?

Zhou Lan suddenly remembered something. “Sponsor the Asian Cup.”

“Asian Cup? You mean the national football team?” Sang Xia couldn’t help but frown. Even she, who didn’t watch football, knew how absurd the national team was.

“No.”

She remembered when the novel was being serialized, it was during the Women’s Asian Cup. The Chinese women’s team won the Asian championship, sending the whole nation into jubilation.

To celebrate, the author specifically wrote about women’s football in the novel. Sang Yu left the Sang Group, became the biggest sponsor of the Asian Cup, and made a huge profit.

With this capital, Sang Yu expanded greatly. Backed by the Sang Group behemoth, she vigorously developed her own ventures. Later, when she left the Sang Group, it seemed like a loss on the surface, but in reality, her personal assets rivaled the Sang Group at its peak.

Zhou Lan took out her phone and checked. Sure enough, there was news about next year’s Women’s Asian Cup, but only in a very small section.

Women’s football originally had little attention. Coupled with years of poor results, initially there weren’t even domestic broadcasts, let alone sponsors.

Sang Yu only paid for it out of personal interest, never expecting to make so much money.

Zhou Lan handed her phone to Chu Zhao, who looked at it for a while, frowned, but still chose to believe her.

“I believe Zhou Lan.”

Sang Xia: “…”

“Since you believe her, I believe her too.”

She hadn’t even entered the Sang Group yet, and those old and young ruffians in the group were constantly attacking her. Might as well gamble on this.

Sang Xia believed in Chu Zhao, not Zhou Lan.

Zhou Lan understood this, but there was one thing she still had to say: “You can tell Sang Yu about your desire to enter the Sang Group.”

“Why?”

“You can’t hide it.”

Taking the initiative to say it and the other party finding out on their own were two different things.

Having devised a strategy, Sang Xia fussed over Chu Zhao for a while. Zhou Lan could understand the words, but they felt somehow strange.

An indescribable strangeness, as if Sang Xia didn’t know Chu Zhao had already terminated the pregnancy.

Once Sang Xia left, Zhou Lan and Chu Zhao fell into silence.

She remembered the bird’s nest she bought and planned to go home to simmer some and bring it over. There was a nursing aide here, so things should be fine.

Chu Zhao thought she was leaving. “Weren’t you going to take responsibility? Leaving just like that?”

“Huh?”

Ignoring her question, Chu Zhao said plaintively, “You said you’d take responsibility. At least wait until I finish my postpartum confinement?”

“I…”

“Or is your responsibility just empty words?”

Chu Zhao cut her off, somewhat aggressively.

If Zhou Lan could still hear Chu Zhao’s thoughts, she would know that Chu Zhao didn’t want to hear a rejection from her mouth.

“Of course not…”

Zhou Lan hurriedly shook her head, indicating she wasn’t trying to avoid responsibility.

“Since it’s not, I want chestnut cakes from South Third Road.”

“Roasted sweet potatoes from a granny’s cart on South First Road.”

“Cheese bread from the Taijing store on Hexin Road.”

Zhou Lan silently took out her phone, noted down the things Chu Zhao wanted to eat, and started the navigation.

South First Road was 20 kilometers long. From there to South Third Road was another 11 kilometers.

From South Third Road to Hexin Road was 41 kilometers. The speed limit in the capital was 60 km/h. The round trip plus buying the food would take at least three to four hours.

Zhou Lan’s first thought wasn’t that it was troublesome or too far, but how to keep the food warm on the way back.

She nodded silently and turned around, thinking of a thermal box. So she needed to go to the supermarket first to buy a thermal box.

Chu Zhao thought she was unwilling and was about to say forget it, but Zhou Lan had already walked out.