Transmigrated as a Cannon Fodder Alpha in a Scum Alpha Novel (GL) - Chapter 20.2

During a break in the night shoot, Fu Suihan heard a staff member complaining about being tired, saying the crew had been working for so long without a single day off.

The speaker was a sweet-looking girl. Qi Yuan heard her but remained impartial: “We need to catch up on the previous schedule. Holidays are external matters, just wait a bit longer.”

Everyone immediately began sighing. Qi Yuan then added, “I’m an Omega and I haven’t said I’m tired. Why are you Betas crying?”

The sighs also disappeared, replaced by gazes of pure reverence.

In the public eye, Omegas were naturally delicate and frail, with overall physical fitness far inferior to Alphas and Betas.

Born with a disparity, they naturally faced discrimination. Taking the entertainment industry as an example, many directors or production teams, when selecting actors, would prefer Alphas and Betas with better stamina.

Omegas in this industry seemed to only have paths like singing and dancing, variety shows, or playing pretty “flower vases,” with no connection to movies. But in fact, these “pretty flower vase” paths required no less physical exertion than acting.

This was simply unacknowledged discrimination within the industry.

To be able to break out in such a distorted environment was enough to show Qi Yuan’s excellence.

But as Fu Suihan listened to those praises, she thought of Song Shixue in the original novel. The latter had pretended to be an Alpha for years, naturally facing and overcoming more challenges than others. She did the best she could, but others knew nothing of it, only blindly attacking her superficially after her Omega identity was exposed.

Fu Suihan’s lips tightened. Her gaze at Song Shixue became complex, and her thoughts inevitably drifted to the future—

While she was in this world, she could naturally handle these matters for Song Shixue.

But what about after she left?

Having cleared several worlds, it wasn’t until today that Fu Suihan truly had time to think about how the mission worlds she had altered would operate after her departure.

Only the system could know this answer, but the system hadn’t appeared for months due to an elusive bug.

Fu Suihan finally sensed something was wrong. But before she could delve deeper, Song Shixue winked at her. This was completely different from her usual dignified demeanor. Fu Suihan subconsciously returned a smile, then noticed Qiao Shu, still playing the maid, hiding half her face behind Song Shixue.

The other party could be considered the first to take an unconventional path: unable to be a protagonist, she monopolized all the “maid” roles next to the protagonist.

Normally on set, upon seeing Fu Suihan, the female Omega would at least give her a look of “caring for a lunatic,” if not outright roll her eyes.

But now, Qiao Shu had lost her usual cheerfulness. Her face was flushed crimson, and she kept glancing back, her lips tightly pressed, looking very anxious.

This was a clear sign of extreme insecurity. Fu Suihan sensed something was wrong but couldn’t pinpoint it, until a female voice suggested, “Director Qi, do you want to take a break?”

The speaker was Chi Qiu. She stood with her arms crossed, her posture lowered. Qi Yuan glanced at her, her face also turning strangely red, and she took a tissue from her assistant, covering her mouth and nose.

The temperature seemed to suddenly rise. Everyone except the Betas smelled the faint scent of pear blossoms in the air.

Fu Suihan finally realized what was wrong.

This was the scent of Qiao Shu’s pheromones.

The next moment, with a heavy thud, Qiao Shu fell to the ground. Only then did everyone realize that the back of her neck, where her inhibitor patch should have been, was bare. Her cheeks were flushed, clearly indicating she had entered her estrus cycle.

[Omegas in estrus release pheromones, naturally alluring Alphas and causing them to enter a susceptible period where they are extremely sensitive to any AO pheromones. If the AO pheromone compatibility is high, or if the Alpha itself has a high affinity for the Omega, the susceptible period will transform into a estrus period, leading to AO bonding.]

Amidst the confusion, a sense of anxiety swept over Fu Suihan. She tried her best to suppress the chaotic emotions, read the long-awaited system prompt, and subconsciously asked: [What about Omegas?]

The system didn’t reply. But Qi Yuan’s earlier reaction seemed to indicate that Omegas could also be affected.

Fu Suihan instinctively took a step forward, walking into the shot, and reached out to pull Song Shixue closer to herself.

The camera was still recording this scene. The system, just about to utter the phrase [Because they experience a susceptible period once every few months, Omegas will be no different from ordinary people]: “…”

Qi Yuan, who merely had a cold and didn’t want to deal with Chi Qiu: “…”

Chi Qiu, whose smile instantly froze: “…………”

Song Shixue seemed not to have expected her to suddenly do this. Before she could react, she was pulled into the Alpha’s embrace.

It was only then that Fu Suihan realized Song Shixue was also very tall, reaching her jaw. Her hair carried a faint scent of peaches, not pheromones, but deliberately used perfume to mislead others.

Song Shixue’s body was as soft as she had imagined. Just holding Song Shixue like this, Fu Suihan felt an unprecedented sense of contentment, as if, only now, the last fragment of her soul had finally been filled.

She lowered her head. The Omega’s vermillion lips and pearly teeth, due to nervousness, had a subconscious glint of moisture in her eyes, making her peach-blossom eyes appear even more gentle and captivating. But the more she showed weakness, the more Fu Suihan heard an inexplicable voice clamoring deep inside her—

[Mark her]

This felt like an instinct. Fu Suihan subconsciously embraced her a little tighter, burying her head in Song Shixue’s shoulder, until a nearly broken scream came from behind—

“Fu Suihan! What are you doing!”

“………………”

The entire set had been silent until Chi Qiu’s scream, at which point the world was pressed back into play.

The next second, everyone moved in unison: spraying inhibitors to purify the scene, taking care of Qiao Shu. Their actions were synchronized, yet they deliberately avoided looking at the two Alphas embracing in the camera frame.

Fu Suihan also snapped back to reality at the scream.

She felt the body in her arms suddenly stiffen. Fu Suihan looked at Song Shixue in confusion, but saw the female Omega manage a smile, her voice uncharacteristically low: “Suihan, would you… let go of me first?”

This was the first time Song Shixue had called her “Suihan.” Fu Suihan was startled again and released her.

Song Shixue regained her freedom but didn’t leave her, only retreating a few steps.

Fu Suihan finally noticed where the strong sense of incongruity came from—

She watched Song Shixue, who stood before her, and several past scenes flashed through her mind.

Why, after a week of joining the crew, was Song Shixue still filming palace drama scenes in a wheelchair? Why, despite it being a major physical issue, did Song Shixue never show any sign of giving up, adapting unusually quickly? And the most confusing and bizarre part—why did Qi Yuan always look at her with guilt?

The answer was revealed suddenly. After a brief flutter of her heartbeat, Fu Suihan returned to her usual blank expression.

Her face showed no joy or anger. She stared at Song Shixue, her eyebrow slightly raised, her voice carrying a hint of a smile that wasn’t quite a smile: “Now, can Movie Queen Song give me an explanation?”