Transmigrated Before the Scum A Tortured the Female Lead (GL) - Chapter 19
The Omega’s beautiful eyes, usually described by Xu Jinzhao with adjectives like pure, innocent, and naive, now carried a rare look of contemplation.
Not to the point of being too aggressive, but certainly not the usual feigned obedience.
Under such an unyielding gaze, even though Xu Jinzhao was the taller one looking down, she felt a slight chill of being scrutinized.
*You’re not the same person as before.*
Had Song Jiao discovered something?
The panic was fleeting. Xu Jinzhao quickly calmed down, even the reverie that had arisen from being close to Song Jiao was swept away.
She simply asked, “Do you think the past was better, or the present?”
Xu Jinzhao threw the question back to Song Jiao. The Omega was slightly startled, and then a visible certainty appeared on her beautiful face:
“Of course, the present is better.”
Song Jiao’s answer made Xu Jinzhao very, very happy.
Since arriving here, she had always struggled to find her sense of self. Many things here belonged to [Xu Jinzhao], but nothing belonged to her.
There wasn’t a single trace of the real Xu Jinzhao, nor anyone who belonged to her.
Xu Jinzhao, who had nothing, even began to miss the infamy that had caused her so much pain, and the paintbrush she thought she would never have the courage to pick up again.
But no, she had nothing.
Xu Jinzhao, lost in the whirlpool, could only grasp Song Jiao as her lifeline.
Hearing Song Jiao admit that the current [Xu Jinzhao] was better than before made her feel the value of her existence. Xu Jinzhao almost immediately smiled.
She eagerly asked, “If I’m always like this in the future, wouldn’t that be great?”
“Always like this…” Song Jiao looked at the Alpha’s expectant face. She admitted, “That would indeed be great.”
She saw a bright and dazzling light burst from the Alpha’s naturally charming eyes, shining with joy, but also with other indescribable things.
For a moment, Song Jiao almost thought Xu Jinzhao was going to cry.
Song Jiao rarely felt so confused and helpless. She didn’t understand why the Alpha had such a strong emotional reaction just because she admitted that Xu Jinzhao was good now and would be even better if she could maintain it.
Song Jiao wasn’t a particularly emotional person. She always seemed unusually indifferent in some ways.
She had observed and concluded that she had a normal understanding of emotions like anger, fear, and hatred, but she had very little perception and experience of emotions like joy and happiness, and lacked reactions to sympathy and sadness.
This might not be due to her family environment. After all, although her parents had some shortcomings, they were already very good parents by comparison.
Song Jiao was ten years old when her mother died. She remembered her father’s hair turning gray overnight, and his eyes were swollen from crying.
She knew what death meant at that time. Death meant leaving forever, and she would never see her mother again, just like she would never see the little goldfish buried in the soil.
Thinking of the eternal separation from her mother, Song Jiao was actually very sad, but that was all.
She didn’t even shed tears, and when she was hugged by her father and cried, she asked him not to cry, saying that crying would hurt his eyes.
Later, Song Jiao learned that ordinary people would be devastated when their loved ones died, and she was the abnormal one.
In order not to be regarded as an alien, she began to consciously observe, summarize, and imitate, and therefore became keenly aware of others’ emotional changes.
Xu Jinzhao was also very abnormal, Song Jiao thought.
Perhaps they were both abnormal people.
Xu Jinzhao was indeed filled with mixed feelings.
The wandering soul who had been struggling to survive in this world finally found the land to take root and settle down, no longer troubled by the panic of weightlessness.
Xu Jinzhao’s tears almost welled up with her joyful smile, but she knew that her excessive emotion might trouble Song Jiao, so she forcibly held back.
Her eyes still held unshed tears, and she smiled and promised:
“I will. I’ll always be like this. Song Jiao, although the future is still long, as long as I’m here, I won’t let you down.”
Song Jiao always felt that the Alpha’s words were a bit strange, but she couldn’t tell exactly which part. She looked at the face that had become radiant because of her expression and nodded slowly.
She still had doubts, which was a good habit that allowed her to survive.
But Song Jiao was willing to watch and see what Xu Jinzhao would be like in the future, whether she would still be like she was now.
••••
Qin Lingyue had already sent the location of the party venue, which was in a resort villa in the city.
The resort villa wasn’t far from Bicheng, only about a 20-minute drive away.
Xu Jinzhao guessed that she had deliberately arranged it to be so close. After all, Qin Lingyue’s purpose in holding this party was probably to resolve the conflict between herself and Qin Shaoqian.
To be honest, Xu Jinzhao didn’t think she could coexist peacefully with Qin Shaoqian.
Not to mention the trouble he had brought to Song Jiao. After all, with Xu Jinzhao here, [Xu Jinzhao]’s various atrocities would no longer exist, and she wouldn’t go crazy at Song Jiao because of Qin Shaoqian’s actions.
But Qin Shaoqian was indeed the kind of person Xu Jinzhao found very disgusting. His attitude towards others, those actions that were difficult to call illegal but morally corrupt to the extreme.
As mentioned in “Jiao Jiao,” Qin Shaoqian won the battle with his Beta sister Qin Lingyue. He seized power from his sister and took control of the Qin family.
As for how Qin Lingyue had risen to power before, [Xu Jinzhao] had heard about it.
The mother of these two siblings was a noble daughter from the provincial capital. The eldest branch of the Qin family had only this Omega daughter in her generation, so she recruited Qin’s father.
Qin’s father’s surname wasn’t Qin. This poor boy with no background rose to prominence after marrying Qin’s daughter.
Qin’s mother had a weak and gentle personality, and the dowry husband took control of the eldest branch’s family business.
She didn’t live well, and after the death of the old Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin, she began to suffer mental violence from her husband.
Qin’s father also hated the children who followed his wife’s surname, but he had to keep his wife and the two children who represented his “shame.”
After all, Qin’s was a family group, and other branches were eyeing it, and he was not a member of the Qin family.
Qin Lingyue was ten years older than Qin Shaoqian. The first to grow up, she had been living under her father’s suppression.
She was an ambitious and capable girl, hiding her strength and accumulating power, and finally joined forces with the second branch to drive Qin’s father off the stage.
Everyone thought she would become a puppet of the Qin family’s second branch, but Qin Lingyue used a series of decisive and bold decisions to kick the second branch out of the game and completely take control of the overall situation.
Xu Jinzhao sincerely respected such a smart and courageous woman.
She didn’t know what Qin Lingyue would experience after being defeated by Qin Shaoqian. The original story didn’t mention these, and Qin Lingyue was just a name that appeared in some conversations.
But the image of Qin Lingyue in [Xu Jinzhao]’s memory was strongly colored, a respectable hero.
Xu Jinzhao looked down on Alpha Qin Shaoqian, but admired Qin Lingyue.
But admiration was admiration. Qin Lingyue was definitely not an easy-going and friendly friend.
Xu Jinzhao still had to be careful in this conversation with her.
With the electronic invitation letter sent by Qin Lingyue, Xu Jinzhao’s car smoothly entered the resort villa.
The party venue was set in a villa complex by the central lake of the resort. Qin Lingyue had booked the entire area, which was very generous.
Xu Jinzhao and Song Jiao were obviously not the first to arrive.
After driving near the venue, they could vaguely hear music and voices from the building complex.
Xu Jinzhao got out of the car first and raised her hand to stop the approaching receptionist.
She turned around, opened the back door of the car herself, and bent down to block the top of the door with her palm.
Xu Jinzhao had discussed with Song Jiao on the way that they must show their affection to completely cut off Qin Shaoqian’s thoughts.
The Omega got out of the car gracefully. She didn’t just wear the small dress with the huge contrast between the front and back, but put on a large shawl of the same color, which covered the spring scenery on her back.
After Song Jiao stood still, Xu Jinzhao handed the key to the receptionist to park the car.
But looking at the delicate and charming Omega in front of her, Xu Jinzhao inexplicably felt nervous again, her heart pounding.
Xu Jinzhao took a deep breath and gently hooked Song Jiao’s soft arm.
The Omega had used a strong blocker and sprayed blocker spray. Under the dual effect, she shouldn’t be able to smell any of the other person’s pheromones.
However, at the moment of getting close to Song Jiao, the wonderfully beautiful fragrance of ripe late spring peaches in her memory reappeared in her mind.
She was almost mesmerized, her throat involuntarily rolling, her mouth watering with the imagined fragrance.
“Jinzhao?”
Xu Jinzhao suddenly shuddered at this intimate call, waking up from the hazy dream of holding sweet peaches.
She looked sharply at the person beside her.
Song Jiao also seemed surprised that she had reacted so strongly to the word “Jinzhao.”
The Omega’s clear and pure eyes, like those of a small animal, were also wide with surprise. Because they were so close, Xu Jinzhao even saw a slight contraction of her pupils after being startled.
Xu Jinzhao was extremely flustered, wanting to say something to ease the awkward atmosphere, but couldn’t say anything for a moment. Instead, Song Jiao made the first move.
The Omega leaned over, and her arm skillfully slipped out of Xu Jinzhao’s arm.
Song Jiao was shorter than Xu Jinzhao. Both of them were wearing high heels, but at this moment, she was still looking up at the Alpha.
Xu Jinzhao and Song Jiao were incredibly close, facing the Omega’s dazzling beauty.
It was so nice, Xu Jinzhao thought absentmindedly.
This was the only person she was connected to in this world, the girl she cherished, the value of her current existence.
Because of her arrival, this rosebud wouldn’t encounter the storm and frost of her fate and would soon bloom freely and happily.
Xu Jinzhao’s heart swelled with the satisfaction of being needed and the joy of helping others.
Then, she heard the Omega’s soft reproach.
“Xu Jinzhao, how can you be so clumsy… we agreed to be intimate.”
Author’s Notes:
Ding! Your Song Jiao is now acting spoiled. Please fulfill her request, this will make her more willing to be close to you.
Congratulations on unlocking the “Song Jiao’s Unconscious Spoiling” achievement. Please keep up the good work!