Transmigrated Before the Scum A Tortured the Female Lead (GL) - Chapter 32
On Saturday morning, Song Jiao received a small ‘bad news’.
Not only did she have to go to the orthopedist that Xu Jinzhao insisted on, but she also had to go to the omega specialist clinic.
All of this was because the estrus cycle, which was expected to arrive before Thursday, still hadn’t started.
Song Jiao felt that Xu Jinzhao was overreacting a bit. After all, her irregular estrus cycle wasn’t a new thing.
In fact, since her differentiation, Song Jiao’s estrus cycle had never been normal.
Her differentiation time was later than usual. The differentiation period for ordinary AOs is around 12 years old. If the scent glands haven’t developed and differentiated after 14, they are generally considered Beta.*
Everyone had once thought Song Jiao was a Beta, including Xu Jinzhao.
Generally speaking, the public and medical professionals believe that Alphas and Omegas are a better match because Betas cannot be marked and cannot perceive, process, or respond to AO pheromones.
Ordinary Alphas and Omegas are more inclined to bond with each other, let alone the extremely gender-chauvinistic Xu Boyang and his like-minded daughter, Xu Jinzhao.
Therefore, even though Song Jiao had already shown astonishing beauty before her differentiation, and Xu Jinzhao already harbored good feelings and possessiveness towards her, the Xu family had never considered arranging a marriage with the Song family.
However, Song Jiao suddenly differentiated at the age of 16 and became an Omega.
Her nightmare also began at the banquet when Xu Jinzhao praised her with a drunkenly infatuated expression, “You smell like peaches.”
The sudden closeness of an adult Alpha made Song Jiao feel instinctively frightened, and her father’s reaction was even more intense.
Song Jiao clearly remembered Song Yikang’s extremely unpleasant expression at that time.
He had almost violently pushed Xu Jinzhao, the Alpha heiress of his boss’s family, away from her.
The Song family didn’t have an Omega mother. Qiao Chu had passed away many years ago, and Song Yikang’s condition had been poor ever since.
After Xu Boyang forcefully verbally set the marriage, he resisted fiercely, his mental tension reaching its peak.
His mind was full of how to help his daughter escape the Xu family, and he even took the risk of doing illegal things, without any extra thought to pay attention to Song Jiao’s estrus cycle.
Since her differentiation, Song Jiao had actually gotten used to this kind of life: an irregular estrus cycle and those excessive estrus reactions.
After discovering that there were no other negative health effects besides this, Song Jiao had been living day by day, letting things slide.
Hearing that she had to go to another clinic, Song Jiao was a little unwilling:
“Do we really have to go?”
It wasn’t that she was against hospitals, but it was true that it didn’t have much impact on most of her daily life. Song Jiao also felt that a longer cycle was fine; it was quite convenient not to have it happen so frequently.
Song Jiao wished that her estrus cycle would never come again, that she could just be an ordinary Beta. And her tolerance for pain and various discomforts was also high, so she didn’t mind it.
Song Jiao acted so nonchalant, thinking her current situation was not bad, but Xu Jinzhao clearly knew the hidden dangers.
Xu Jinzhao knew that Song Jiao’s future estrus cycles would become increasingly severe, not just causing high fever and dehydration, but also developing a tolerance to inhibitors.
When ordinary doses could no longer suppress the pain, she would have to double the dosage and endure the side effects of inhibitor abuse.
Moreover, before her scent glands were removed, Song Jiao already had the problem of neurological headaches, which occurred frequently, and in severe cases, she couldn’t even eat normally.
Xu Jinzhao had originally thought this was caused by life stress, but now that Song Jiao’s mentality was stable and her emotions were normal, her estrus cycle was still disordered.
Perhaps concern made her overthink; it was hard for her not to worry.
Xu Jinzhao coaxed her, “Don’t be afraid of the hospital, and we’ll still go to the park after our appointments.”
Her expression was serious and gentle, her long eyebrows lowered slightly, with some worry in her eyes.
Song Jiao saw her seriousness and concern.
The Omega did want to go to the park on the North Bank with Xu Jinzhao for some leisure time. Hearing her assurance, she had no more objections.
Xu Jinzhao had mentioned her Saturday plans to Aunt Li in advance, saying they were going to the park for the day.
Aunt Li had prepared a picnic mat, portable cutlery, wet wipes, tissues, trash bags, and other items, packing them neatly.
Today, she had also gotten up early to make sandwiches and rice balls, packed fresh fruit, and stewed a meat broth in a thermos.
Aunt Li packed a large backpack and another small box of things, and she instructed them:
“Remember to wash your hands thoroughly after leaving the hospital. There are so many germs in hospitals. Don’t end up getting sick from an infection after not finding anything wrong.”
As she spoke, she also stuffed small packets of herbal tea into the backpack.
Aunt Li was so earnest, treating them like ignorant children, but Xu Jinzhao was very grateful and readily agreed to everything.
Xu Jinzhao didn’t think Aunt Li was being long-winded. Carrying the large bag on her back and Song Jiao holding the small thermos, the two went to the garage and put the bag and box in the trunk of the SUV.
Xu Jinzhao said to Song Jiao with emotion, “Aunt Li is a careful and kind person.”
Song Jiao thought what she said made sense. Although there was an employment relationship with Aunt Li, not every domestic helper would be so meticulous in giving instructions to the employer and preparing everything in such detail.
They were going to the Provincial Hospital that Song Jiao had mentioned that day, one of the best general hospitals in Juzhou City and even Changnan Province.
The provincial orthopedist expert that Qi Yao had booked for Xu Jinzhao had clinic hours today, but due to privilege, Xu Jinzhao could cut in line at any time.
This would definitely cause complaints from other patients, but following the rules was clearly not something Xu Jinzhao would do. She didn’t want to show too many abnormalities to Qi Yao.
In fact, Qi Yao had originally planned to ask the hospital to have the expert stop seeing patients for half a day, just to serve them.
Xu Jinzhao felt this was unethical and would delay other patients, while her issue was just a minor matter, not a critical illness.
It was Saturday, and the hospital was crowded with people.
Led by a nurse who had been informed in advance, Xu Jinzhao and Song Jiao entered the consultation room.
The orthopedist expert was an elderly man with a white beard, looking indeed like a very experienced old expert.
He had just finished seeing a patient with a lumbar disc problem when the nurse said to him, “This is Ms. Xu, who had an appointment.”
The old doctor’s attitude was rather cold. Xu Jinzhao thought that Qi Yao’s forceful ‘appointment’ might have actually made the other person resentful.
But this didn’t affect his serious consultation.
After learning from Song Jiao that there was no more abnormal pain, the old doctor still conducted a detailed palpation, examining each joint of Song Jiao’s left hand in turn and checking its movement.
He finally said, “Isn’t this quite good? It’s fine, very normal.”
Song Jiao looked at Xu Jinzhao. The Omega chose to turn the tables, “I told you there was nothing wrong, it hasn’t hurt for a long time.”
Who knew that this sentence would cause the old doctor to scold both of them equally and unceremoniously.
Xu Jinzhao’s evaluation was ‘making a fuss about nothing’, while he told Song Jiao, “Young people should take care of their bodies and not squander their health.”
The two were completely powerless to retort in front of the old doctor and obediently listened to his lecture.
After leaving the orthopedics clinic, Xu Jinzhao perked up, “As long as there’s no problem, that’s just great.”
Song Jiao watched her being listless when scolded but immediately comforting herself and quickly regaining her vitality after leaving, finding it amusing.
Song Jiao said, “That doctor just said you were wasting medical resources.”
Xu Jinzhao retorted, “The doctor also said that you should have come to the hospital immediately after the pain appeared, instead of taking chances and dragging it out.”
Song Jiao and Xu Jinzhao exchanged a glance, both deciding to forget this matter and stop hurting each other.
Xu Jinzhao said, “That chief physician of the Omega specialist clinic isn’t seeing other patients today, she’s here specifically for us. We need to go to her office.”
The chief physician’s office wasn’t in the outpatient building but in Building 3 within the hospital grounds.
The internal planning and construction style of the Provincial Hospital was consistent with the overall style on the South Bank, which in summary was quite modern, with impressive and cold-looking buildings.
Building 3 didn’t have as many floors as the outpatient building. The chief physician’s office was on the third floor, in the southwest corner.
The other person was younger than the old orthopedist expert, a woman in her fifties, with a very gentle and kind demeanor.
The female chief physician took Song Jiao’s medical history, wrote many lines in detail on the medical record, and ordered three tests, one of which required fasting bl00d draw.
Song Jiao and Xu Jinzhao had eaten breakfast together, so a bl00d test was not possible.
The doctor said gently, “Then come back tomorrow. I’ll be at the outpatient clinic tomorrow. Just come to the clinic to find me when the test results are out.”
Xu Jinzhao asked her, “Doctor, is my wife’s problem serious? What’s causing it?”
The female chief physician used cautious language, only saying that she needed to see the test results and couldn’t make a judgment for the time being.
Xu Jinzhao also understood this, but she was still a little disappointed. Song Jiao, on the other hand, was very calm.
After leaving the doctor’s office, she said to Xu Jinzhao, “Besides the slightly irregular cycle, there are no other bad symptoms. Nothing will happen. Besides, didn’t you say? You should see a doctor when you’re sick and seek medical help to solve it.”
Xu Jinzhao looked at the Omega who was comforting her in return. She couldn’t tell Song Jiao that she knew her future in a certain timeline.
Her subsequent four years would be deeply affected by an unstable estrus cycle, and she might also suffer from severe headaches.
However, what Song Jiao said made sense.
Song Jiao was extremely resistant to Xu Jinzhao. She refused to tell Xu Jinzhao about her condition and refused to ask for help from her.
But now that she was by her side, even if there was indeed some illness, it wouldn’t be untreatable. There would always be a solution.
Xu Jinzhao composed herself. Seeing that her expression had finally calmed down, Song Jiao proactively took her hand, squeezed her palm, and then let go.
“Let’s go to the park. We promised.”
Returning to the first floor, the two were stopped by an Omega woman holding a child. The woman asked for help hesitantly:
“Hello, where is the pediatric pharmacy?”
The woman was dressed out of fashion, even a bit rustic, without any makeup on her face. She looked haggard but was still a pretty Omega, speaking with a very strong local Juzhou accent.
The child in her arms was about two or three years old, very weak and looking shy. He tightly wrapped his arms around his mother’s neck, hiding his small face in her neck.
This young woman didn’t seem very good at socializing, appearing awkward and anxious, and she didn’t dare to look people directly in the eye when speaking.
“They told me it’s on the first floor, but I’ve looked everywhere and haven’t seen it. Do you know where the pediatric pharmacy is?”
Song Jiao’s gaze only lingered on the mother and child for a moment. After observing them, she returned her attention to Xu Jinzhao’s face.
Noticing that the Alpha clearly had some sympathy for these two, Song Jiao suddenly spoke, “First floor of the outpatient clinic.”
She had looked at the hospital map earlier. Song Jiao had an excellent memory and had memorized most of the layout.
Song Jiao then said to Xu Jinzhao, “We also need to go out through the outpatient clinic. Let’s take this sister over there with us.”
When they arrived at the pharmacy, the woman didn’t quite understand the hospital’s medication dispensing process. Song Jiao told her again, “Just report the patient’s name to get the medicine.”
The woman was extremely grateful and thanked them repeatedly.
Xu Jinzhao was a little surprised by Song Jiao’s behavior but also seemed quite happy.
This was not beyond Song Jiao’s expectations.
Song Jiao knew that Xu Jinzhao was a kind-hearted and soft-hearted person, easy to empathize with others, and always happy to help.
Just like the kindness and tolerance she had shown herself after becoming Xu Jinzhao, giving without expecting anything in return, purely out of the goodness of her heart.
Song Jiao wouldn’t become a good person like Xu Jinzhao, but it didn’t prevent her from liking Xu Jinzhao and being willing to do things that the other person would appreciate.
As long as it made Xu Jinzhao happy.
Xu Jinzhao’s reaction undoubtedly showed that Song Jiao’s guess was correct.
She thought with satisfaction that she was always right.
Behind them, the voice of the woman holding the child, with a strong accent, faintly came, “Xu Haiqing, yes, get Xu Haiqing’s medicine.”
The weather today was excellent, with a clear autumn sky, a bright blue expanse, and the sunlight made everything feel warm.
After leaving the hospital, Xu Jinzhao drove Song Jiao north. The new park they were going to was on the north bank of the Cang River.
In terms of the natural environment, the north of Juzhou was indeed much better than the south.
The South Bank was indeed prosperous, with tall buildings everywhere, but it wasn’t as ecologically sound as the North Bank. It didn’t have as many historical sites, and the overall greenery wasn’t as good as the North Bank.
After crossing the river bridge, Xu Jinzhao followed her memory and found the large park she had seen on the way back to the old mansion.
It was Saturday, and there were many more visitors than on Thursday morning.
This park was built along both banks of the Xiaoqing River, so its official name was Qinghe Park.
The park’s management was still relatively lax, and there were many vendors selling small goods here.
Xu Jinzhao bought a folded map of the park from the official kiosk.
The park was divided into several large areas and many smaller ones. They were currently on the southwestern edge, and they would have to go further in to see the Xiaoqing River.
With such a large area, it was naturally impossible to tour the whole thing. Xu Jinzhao handed the map to Song Jiao and asked her, “Is there anywhere you want to go?”
Song Jiao took the map and looked at it intently.
The Omega was dressed very casually today, wearing a loose, light gray fleece sweatshirt. She had also tied her long hair into a ponytail, but it was much longer than Xu Jinzhao’s hair.
The weather had been colder when they went out this morning, so she had brought a knitted wool hat, but now that the temperature had risen, she had taken it off.
Song Jiao looked at the map for a while and said to Xu Jinzhao, “I want to fly a kite.”
Actually, Song Jiao didn’t have any particular place she wanted to go. She remembered the part about kites in Xu Jinzhao’s description of the snack street.
Xu Jinzhao took the map, “Then we’ll go fly kites. I saw some stalls selling kites just now, let’s go pick out two.”
The two got out of the car and went to the stalls to buy kites. Song Jiao usually didn’t interfere with choices in such small matters. Xu Jinzhao took a fancy to two black and white bird kites.
They didn’t look like swallows to her, so she asked the stall owner, “What kind of kites are these?”
The stall owner replied, “They are magpies.”
Xu Jinzhao thought the symbolism was excellent. Magpies perched on branches, beautiful and auspicious.
She turned to look at Song Jiao, who understood her gaze and nodded lightly at Xu Jinzhao.
When they asked for the price, the stall owner quoted an extremely outrageous figure.
Xu Jinzhao was both amused and annoyed. Even if it was a stall in a park, there was no reason to rip off customers like this.
She immediately shook her head and was about to pull Song Jiao to another stall when the stall owner quickly lowered the price.
Xu Jinzhao still ignored him and said to Song Jiao, “Let’s go further in.”
The stall owner said, “The prices get higher the further in you go. Forget it, seeing that you really want them, a fixed price of xxx, take both.”
Xu Jinzhao bargained with him for a while before finally buying the magpie kites.
After the two left with the kites, the stall owner complained to the person next to him, “How can someone driving a Rolls-Royce be so stingy?”
Xu Jinzhao put the magpie kites in the back seat. Song Jiao said, “That boss was cursing you behind your back.”
Xu Jinzhao smiled and said, “Let him curse. If I had really bought them at that price, he would have laughed at me for being a big fool.”
Driving to the large kite-flying field in the East District, this newly developed park wasn’t too crowded even on a Saturday, and parking spaces were still plentiful.
Xu Jinzhao parked the car, and she and Song Jiao took the kites to the square to fly them.
This kite-flying field was specially planned, open and flat, with no trees nearby, surrounded by large lawns, so there was no need to worry about the kites getting tangled in branches.
There was a gentle breeze at the moment. Xu Jinzhao raised her hand to test the wind direction and asked Song Jiao, “Can you fly a kite? Do you want me to teach you?”
Song Jiao indeed didn’t know how. Xu Jinzhao then enthusiastically explained various key points and even wanted to demonstrate for Song Jiao.
The Alpha held the kite in one hand and the string in the other, jogging backward. The kite’s surface billowed in the wind, and she released the black and white magpie.
Song Jiao saw the magpie kite truly take off from Xu Jinzhao’s hand. It soared into the sky on the wind.
She quickly looked at the movements of Xu Jinzhao’s hands, observing how she reeled in and pulled the string.
Xu Jinzhao’s movements were very natural, as if effortless, directing the kite to fly high in the sky, as easily as moving her own arm, extremely graceful.
Song Jiao couldn’t help but feel a little yearning, looking eagerly at Xu Jinzhao.
Xu Jinzhao called out from afar, “Fly yours too!”
But Song Jiao hesitated.
She, she seemed to know how, and yet she didn’t.
Xu Jinzhao saw her hesitation and walked closer, pulling her kite, encouraging her:
“Come on, run against the wind, let out the string when it’s tight, and reel it in when it’s loose.”
She said it so easily that Song Jiao plucked up the courage to try.
But the big magpie that had soared high in Xu Jinzhao’s hands wouldn’t take off in her own, falling to the ground again and again.
Song Jiao rarely felt frustrated, and she had to admit that her athletic coordination wasn’t very developed.
Xu Jinzhao had wanted to bring Song Jiao to enjoy happiness, not failure and distress.
She handed the kite reel in her hand to Song Jiao, “You hold this, I’ll help you get it flying.”
Song Jiao didn’t take it immediately. Xu Jinzhao smiled, “Don’t worry, it’s already flying, it won’t fall easily.”
Only then did the Omega take Xu Jinzhao’s kite.
She watched the Alpha also launch her own magpie kite high into the air. It flew higher and higher, quickly catching up with the first one.
Two black and white paper magpies soared side by side in the sky.
Watching them fly, Song Jiao’s heart seemed to lighten and lift with them.
She couldn’t help but look at Xu Jinzhao again, finding that the Alpha was also looking at her, a beautiful smile as warm as the autumn sun on her face.
The consequence of both owners being distracted appeared almost immediately.
Song Jiao’s hand tightened, and she subconsciously looked up at the sky again. The strings of the two magpie kites had become entangled.
She couldn’t help but let out a small exclamation. At this moment, the wind gradually picked up, and the kites flew chaotically in the sky, no longer under control.
The pull in her hand suddenly loosened, and the kite string fell softly.
The two magpies had broken free, blown higher and higher by the wind, flying intertwined until they disappeared into the unreachable heights.
Song Jiao felt a little regretful. She had just found a bit of fun, and remembering Xu Jinzhao’s meticulous bargaining with the stall owner, she turned to look at her.
The Alpha, who had been so calculating just now, was smiling and said, “Magpies flying high is a good omen.”
Song Jiao looked at her relaxed appearance and also smiled.
She felt that something, along with the high-flying kites, had drifted away from her heart.
Song Jiao clearly realized that she would start a new life with the new person in front of her.
The kites were gone, and there was no need to stay at the kite-flying field anymore.
The two got back into the car. After another ten minutes or so, they saw a man-made lake in the distance.
Not far from the lake was a maple forest. Large patches of maple leaves were bright red, rustling in the wind and occasionally falling, like fire clouds lowered to the ground.
The scenery here was excellent, and it was almost lunchtime. Xu Jinzhao and Song Jiao decided to stop for lunch.
The two carried their bags and the thermos, got out of the car, found a slightly concave, sheltered spot, spread out the picnic mat, weighed down the corners, and laid out the things Aunt Li had prepared.
Xu Jinzhao took out disposable paper cups, opened a small packet of herbal tea, and poured it into each cup.
Aunt Li had boiled water for them before they left and poured it into the thermos. It was still hot.
Xu Jinzhao fiddled with the herbal tea. Song Jiao took out the lunch boxes containing sandwiches and rice balls, and twisted open the lid of the thermos. The meat broth inside was extremely delicious, emitting a rich and mouth-watering aroma.
Xu Jinzhao was so hungry she could barely stand it. She brewed the herbal tea, placed the hot paper cup aside, and took two more cups for Song Jiao to pour the meat broth into.
Each of them held a steaming cup of meat broth, took spoons from the portable cutlery box, and without bothering about anything else, they each buried their heads and enjoyed their meal.
With the meat broth in her stomach, Xu Jinzhao finally felt settled.
She looked up at Song Jiao and saw that the Omega also had a satisfied expression.
After lunch, they put the used disposable paper cups, wet wipes, and other trash into the trash bag, and also packed away the lunch boxes.
Song Jiao drank her herbal tea, watching Xu Jinzhao get up and walk towards the maple forest.
Song Jiao was a little lazy and didn’t want to move at the moment, just watching the Alpha lower her head to search among the trees, picking and choosing, her footsteps rustling on the ground.
She came back with a handful of red maple leaves, spread them out on the picnic mat, picked out the one with the deepest color and most perfect shape, and waved it in front of Song Jiao’s eyes.
Xu Jinzhao’s smile was a little mischievous. Before Song Jiao understood the meaning behind the smile, the Alpha leaned over and tucked the maple leaf into her temple hair.
Song Jiao subconsciously raised her hand and touched the maple leaf by her ear with her fingertips.
Xu Jinzhao quickly said, “It looks good.”
She seemed to think Song Jiao was going to take off the maple leaf, so she assured her.
Song Jiao didn’t dislike the leaf, so she wouldn’t take it off.
After drinking the hot herbal tea, the Omega felt a bit sleepy, her eyelids drooping.
Xu Jinzhao advised her, “Go sleep in the car.”
But Song Jiao didn’t want to leave this environment that made her feel comfortable and at ease.
She rummaged through the large backpack and found the blanket that Aunt Li had stuffed in, wrapping it around herself.
Faced with her willfulness, Xu Jinzhao always lacked resistance.
Xu Jinzhao then patted her own lap, “Okay, then come here.”
The Alpha offered her lap as a pillow, and Song Jiao didn’t stand on ceremony, actually resting her head on Xu Jinzhao’s lap.
Before lying down, she didn’t forget to take off the maple leaf, observe it for a moment, and then stuff it into Xu Jinzhao’s hand, emphasizing:
“Don’t lose it, I’ve memorized what it looks like.”
Xu Jinzhao shrugged, remembering the foxtail lilies that had been made into preserved flowers, thinking that the Omega probably had some kind of collecting habit.
After Song Jiao lay down, Xu Jinzhao pulled up the hood of her sweatshirt and put it on Song Jiao, then pulled the blanket up to block the wind for her.
Her free hand was suddenly pulled by the Omega’s slightly cool, soft hand and drawn under the blanket.
Xu Jinzhao teased her, “Song Jiao, are you a little baby? You can only fall asleep while holding Mommy’s hand.”
But Song Jiao raised her head, counterattacking.
“You called me Mommy.”
Xu Jinzhao: “…”
Please, forget about that.
Seeing her looking utterly defeated, the Omega contentedly closed her eyes again, pulling the Alpha’s warm hand deeper into her arms, clutching it in her palm like a treasure.
One lie, applied twice.
Xu Jinzhao was truly a lovely and honest person, so easily fooled and so easy to keep.
She liked playing with Xu Jinzhao.
Author’s Note:
Pass it on, Song Jiao likes Xu Jinzhao.
These two together are no more than 5 years old, it’s kindergarten love (definitely)