The Scumbag Alpha and the Movie Queen Omega's Arranged Marriage - Chapter 5

Sheng Lan doesn’t like listening to voice messages.

If the relationship is good, she’ll make an effort to listen to the beginning.

If it’s bad, she’ll just pretend she didn’t see it.

Yu Cheng belonged to the “good relationship” category.

She clicked on it and listened to the beginning and end, and it was all cursing and swearing.

It was only then that she remembered she had forgotten her friend-who-was-just-a-tool-for-the-job at the hospital.

It could still be saved.

Sheng Lan coughed once and, in a string of voice messages, very carefully sent a text message: Didn’t you go sightseeing?

Yu Cheng blew up.

Sheng Lan went into hiding.

Her current residence was very close to Star Ocean Entertainment. It was a large, flat apartment with a river view, and the price was even higher than many villas in Jinhe City. The security was also top-notch.

No one could follow or secretly take photos of her. Sasaeng fans couldn’t get in, which allowed Sheng Lan to relax.

It was a great place to catch up on sleep.

If it weren’t for the consecutive calls from Jiang Ling as soon as she got out of the elevator, she would have slept for an entire day and night.

Jiang Ling said there were many reporters outside Lu Xueyin’s residence.

Lu Xueyin had a total of two residences: a condominium she had bought and a dormitory provided by her company.

The dormitory was also where the company’s trainees lived. Her room was often filled with “little cards” for escort services, which bothered Lu Xueyin so much that she moved out as soon as she had enough money.

The condominium was a middle-to-high-end residential area, but the security was not as strict.

The security was just so-so, not particularly good, but not particularly bad either.

Sheng Lan was confused. “Did she say she was coming to my place?”

Seeing how untrusting Lu Xueyin was of her, she would probably rather be surrounded by reporters than come here, right?

Also, “Can’t you live at your own place?”

Jiang Ling asked for her address. “Hurry up. People have already noticed my car here.”

Sheng Lan gave her the address, and the call was disconnected.

She scratched her head full of pink hair.

If her mood had a color, her hair color would have been upgraded to rainbow Mary Sue.

It was truly complex and hard to understand.

Before Lu Xueyin arrived, Sheng Lan moved all of her personal belongings in the living room into her room.

She also tidied up a guest room.

And, as an afterthought, she ordered some takeout.

This marriage.

She was acting like a live-in little nanny who had been framed.

Uncertain of how long they would take to arrive, Sheng Lan grabbed a carton of yogurt and curled up on the sofa, slowly drinking it through a straw.

Her phone had become boring, so she clicked on Lu Xueyin’s social media.

This person was so boring.

Her social media was managed just like her Weibo, filled with promotional posts. Some of the people who liked and commented were mutual friends, but Lu Xueyin hadn’t replied to a single one.

She was so cool and detached.

Her latest post was: Taking three days off. Do not disturb.

Three days was just enough for a wedding leave.

The first day was meeting the parents, the second day was registering the marriage, and the third day was for the wives to get all lovey-dovey.

Sheng Lan realized she also had three days off and immediately sent a photo to her manager, Liang Jiao.

It was proof of her 102.5°F (39.2°C) fever, and it was also her determination to take a leave.

She couldn’t get a divorce for now—the main reason being that she couldn’t force Lu Xueyin.

So, she would just avoid her and treat the marriage as a secret one, not letting the netizens catch any clues.

Liang Jiao sent her a voice message. “You want to avoid Lu Xueyin, right? Then get to work early.”

Sheng Lan: “Jiao Jiao, you’re busy.”

Since she was offering herself up, Liang Jiao wasn’t going to be polite. She hung up the phone and sent her a document, telling her to read it and give her a reply.

“Your rival also wants to be on this show. She’s already started her warm-up promotions. I got in ahead of her and snatched it for you. You have to give me an answer by noon tomorrow at the latest.”

Sheng Lan had been in the industry for three years, and her only real rival was Ji Xinlan.

They were both from the same talent show and had been fighting for resources since the beginning.

This was a small matter; competition was everywhere in the entertainment industry and was not worth mentioning.

It was when Ji Xinlan tried to create a celebrity couple with Sheng Lan, a top-tier Alpha with a soft, sweet Omega.

After Sheng Lan refused, Ji Xinlan immediately tried to leak a story that Sheng Lan had tried to forcibly mark her.

Too bad for her.

Sheng Lan was a very cautious person.

She didn’t believe that a woman who couldn’t get her to agree to create a celebrity couple would invite her to meet in her room late at night for a heart-to-heart.

She went live on a livestream instead.

This grudge had been going on for a few years.

Ji Xinlan was also a ruthless person and started an act of deep affection that day.

Sheng Lan had been forced into being “loved” by her for over two years and was finally freed at the beginning of this year.

Ji Xinlan found another Alpha. Besides showing off her affection for her, she also loved to belittle Sheng Lan.

Sheng Lan loved to steal her resources.

There was no problem with the reality show that Liang Jiao had brought to her.

Sheng Lan also wanted to avoid the situation and create some distance from Lu Xueyin, so she agreed without hesitation.

“Thank you, Jiao Jiao, for giving me work.”

She didn’t even look to see what kind of reality show it was.

Takeout couldn’t be delivered to the residential area, so Sheng Lan had the delivery person leave it at the security booth.

She also called the security guard and told them that a friend would be coming soon and to bring the food with them.

Jiang Ling arrived with an attitude and scolded Sheng Lan for not coming down to get them.

Sheng Lan was very reasonable. “If I went down to get you, the reporters who followed you would take a bunch of pictures.”

Jiang Ling put down her things and helped Lu Xueyin to sit on the sofa.

Since she was staying at someone else’s house, her temper softened a bit. “Didn’t you say you had a public relations team for the next few days?”

Sheng Lan unpacked all the takeout and placed it on the coffee table. “Let’s give the public relations ladies a break, shall we?”

Jiang Ling: “…”

Sheng Lan handed Lu Xueyin a pair of chopsticks.

Lu Xueyin glanced at them, and her expression seemed to say, Alphas really are pigs. They eat two meals in one morning.

Sheng Lan then picked up a pair of chopsticks for herself.

In the hospital, she had ordered plain porridge and simple dishes. She didn’t know Lu Xueyin’s eating habits.

She was afraid that if she ordered a large portion, Lu Xueyin, who didn’t like to waste food, would eat it all even if she was full. So she ordered small bowls of porridge.

It was just the right amount for Lu Xueyin, the patient, but for her, a top-tier Alpha who had used up a lot of her physical and mental energy, it was like she hadn’t eaten at all.

She pointed to the kitchen. “There’s rice, noodles, meat, and vegetables. You can cook for yourselves.”

What a bother.

Jiang Ling urged Lu Xueyin to eat more. “Eat something and then rest. It’s worse to be woken up by hunger.”

It was the same simple pair of disposable wooden chopsticks, but when Jiang Ling handed them to her, she took them.

Sheng Lan felt a little disgruntled. She scooped a bowl of winter melon and pork ribs soup for Lu Xueyin.

She could have just put it on the table, but she insisted on handing it to her.

Lu Xueyin’s skin was a very clear white, like a handful of snow on a cliff that hadn’t been touched by any color.

The blue veins under her skin were faint, like strings of a zither waiting to be plucked.

The back of her hand also had a small dot of bl00d from the injection.

This reminded Sheng Lan of the feeling of Lu Xueyin’s hospital gown sleeve brushing against the back of her hand when she was “provoked” last night.

Her fingertips felt itchy.

She really wanted to peel off the thin scab on the small bl00d dot on Lu Xueyin’s hand to see if the bead of bl00d that seeped out was the color of a rose.

This thought made her voluntarily surrender in the standoff.

Drinking the soup herself was her last act of stubbornness.

As the hot soup went down, she thought she heard Lu Xueyin laugh.

Sheng Lan looked over, but it seemed to have been an illusion.

Jiang Ling went out onto the balcony to answer a call.

Sheng Lan asked Lu Xueyin why she had come here. “This shouldn’t be your first choice for a place to stay, right?”

If all else failed, staying in a hotel room would be better than coming here.

Lu Xueyin just couldn’t get over the “fake Alpha” thing.

She said, “You being a fake Alpha gives me a great sense of security.”

She really held a grudge.

The person was already in Sheng Lan’s territory. She could have changed her lines and tone, said that she trusted Sheng Lan, and made her happy.

But she insisted on poking a sore spot, with that subtle, mocking look in her eyes.

It was as if she was lamenting that such a good-looking, top-tier Alpha was useless.

Sheng Lan took another sip of soup.

“Be serious. Are you just staying for a day, for a few days, or for a long time?”

Lu Xueyin said it depended on the situation, but they could count it as a few days.

“Don’t your family members care about our marital situation?”

Sheng Lan found an opportunity to be sarcastic to Lu Xueyin. “After all, you’re the number one most beautiful Omega in the entertainment industry. My family has no idea that I’m impotent.”

Lu Xueyin’s tone was calm. “I can help you inform them.”

Sheng Lan didn’t want to talk to her anymore and focused on eating.

Jiang Ling came back from her phone call and, seeing the frigid atmosphere between them, expressed her concern about Lu Xueyin staying here.

She was completely against Lu Xueyin staying here.

After all, using a large amount of inducing agent on your wife on your wedding night and sending her to the hospital was a scumbag move no matter how you looked at it.

Lu Xueyin insisted.

She even explained for Sheng Lan.

To be honest, Jiang Ling was even angrier after hearing the explanation.

She couldn’t rest easy leaving Lu Xueyin here alone, so she said she would stay as well.

Sheng Lan was fine with everything.

“I’ll be starting work tomorrow. You guys can stay as long as you want.”

If they stayed for a long time, she would just buy another house.

She had a bit of a temper, too. After dinner, she showed them the guest room, explained that they could use any space except her room, and then went back into her room.

After tidying up and washing up, she played a few rounds of a mobile game before looking at the file Liang Jiao had sent her.

It was a dating reality show called “Trial Period.”

The guests invited were all single people in the industry. They would draw cards to randomly be paired up and begin a one-month dating life.

It would be live-streamed with edited versions.

The last time Sheng Lan was on a reality show, it was a a variety show.

For her, it completely ruined her character. She had always portrayed herself as a “cool younger sister” to the public.

But on the show, she became a walking idiot.

She had tried so hard to act serious.

But because she was too serious, it had the opposite effect.

To this day, there are countless video clips of her circulating, and the emoticons… don’t even get me started on the emoticons.

As for a live-streamed reality show…

Her idiocy would be completely exposed.

In comparison, dating would be a small matter.

Who could date an idiot?

She would turn their romance into a a tear-jerking sisterly bond in a matter of minutes.

Moreover, in a dating show, she wouldn’t be stealing Ji Xinlan’s resources, but most likely her Alpha’s resources.

What if Ji Xinlan came on the show and they were paired up…

Hiss.

Sheng Lan weakly poked at Liang Jiao’s chat window, tactfully expressing that she still wanted to be a cool sister and that it was impossible for her to have a trial relationship with Ji Xinlan.

Liang Jiao cruelly refused. “Your real personality is more appealing to fans than your public image. I’ve already sent a reply to the production team.”

Liang Jiao also gave her a good sales pitch. “You don’t want people to know about your relationship with Lu Xueyin, right? If you go on a dating show, who would ever think you have a relationship with her?”

Then she reassured her. “The director and I are friends. I’ll pull some strings for you.”

Sheng Lan was immediately at ease and sent Liang Jiao ten thumbs-up emojis in a row.

[Mountain Wind]: Jiao Jiao! You’re the best!

Then she threw her phone aside and went to bed to catch up on some sleep.

Outside, Jiang Ling had checked the guest room and confirmed that Sheng Lan hadn’t done anything to it.

There were no cameras, no listening devices, and she hadn’t tampered with the daily necessities. She had checked the suppressants one by one, and they were all normal.

Only then did she come to tell Lu Xueyin to go back to her room to rest.

Lu Xueyin had just finished filming a movie, and since her schedule wasn’t rushed, she was arranged to get married.

She had some work lined up, but she didn’t need to join a film crew, so she was relatively free.

And when she was free, she had to stay at home.

And it was Sheng Lan’s home. This wouldn’t do.

Jiang Ling said that she had rejected too many opportunities in the past, so things were a bit difficult to manage now.

“Now it’s mostly endorsement ads and scripts, but you’re an experiential actress. After every film shoot, you need to rest for a while, and going into a new one would be too mentally exhausting.”

Jiang Ling scrolled through her emails, automatically filtering out the invitations that didn’t have a name attached to them—accepting them would lower her status.

As she looked, she also said, “At the beginning of the year, you also rejected a reality show. Now, everyone in the industry assumes there’s no point in asking you again, that it’s a waste of time—”

Jiang Ling was surprised. “Trial Period?”

Lu Xueyin looked up.

She didn’t participate in reality shows, but she still kept up with what was popular in the industry.

This dating show was currently the most popular one.

In the entertainment industry, any slightly famous celebrity would have some fans who shipped them with others.

For someone like Lu Xueyin, who had starred in many TV shows and movies, there were countless fan videos pairing her with different actors.

She had two top spots in her fandom groups, each with a different character she had been paired with.

The biggest highlight of the show was that the director actually dared to invite popular celebrity pairings to be on the show.

The fans were going crazy.

Lu Xueyin asked about the length of the show.

It would start in three days and last for one month.

She said to Jiang Ling, “Let’s do this one.”

Jiang Ling frowned. “It’s a live-streamed show, and you’ve never been on a reality show before. Going straight to this kind of show…”

Lu Xueyin said it was fine. “I know how to act in front of a camera.”

Jiang Ling felt that choosing a script for a film would be better, since it was all acting anyway.

She finished scrolling through her emails and also messaged her friends in the industry.

Besides this show, there was also an extreme sports reality show.

Extreme sports shows were very unfriendly to Omegas, and the audience was divided.

Half of them wanted to see an Alpha easily pass all the challenges, and the other half wanted to see an Omega cry and complain.

The cast for “Trial Period” would be finalized at noon tomorrow.

The filming location was in this city, so she didn’t have to worry about the effects of being in a new environment. She could also avoid Sheng Lan for a month.

Jiang Ling sent an email back to the production team.

The two newlyweds, who were trying to avoid each other, had no idea that they would be meeting again on the same show.

In the afternoon, when she received a call saying someone was coming to take a statement, Sheng Lan got up and accompanied Lu Xueyin.

While they were waiting, Sheng Lan, suppressing her happiness, deliberately acted for Lu Xueyin. “I really wanted to stay at home with you, but unfortunately, Jiao Jiao found me a job. I’ll be leaving in a few days.”

Lu Xueyin didn’t care what she was going to do or what kind of gig she had accepted.

She said, “Don’t worry, I won’t be in your house for long either.”

She’ll be gone in a few days.

Sheng Lan heard a hint of relief and happiness in her voice.

It seems Lu Xueyin wasn’t too happy to take refuge here today either.