Transmigrated into the Villainess Alpha Who Marked the Female Lead (GL) - Chapter 14

“Is this height okay?”

Bai Yueli finished adjusting the lever, then looked up at Bai Yun.

The woman on the hospital bed looked haggard, her lips a sickly white, yet even so, it was hard to conceal the brilliance emanating from her delicate features. Though already in her thirties, time had left few traces on her face; her tender skin appeared like congealed fat under the cool, white light.

Bai Yun nodded. She raised her hand, the back of which was pricked with a needle, and weakly patted the nearby chair: “Yueli, stop bustling about, come and sit for a while.”

Bai Yueli acknowledged, saying okay.

As soon as she entered the hospital room, she opened windows, fetched hot water, and then, seeing that Bai Yun was having difficulty getting up, adjusted the bed’s angle for her. Now, finally seated, she picked up the thermos she had neglected for a while.

“Auntie, I don’t know if these dishes suit your taste. I made them myself, so my cooking might not be great, but I thought it would be lighter and healthier than outside food.”

“You’re very thoughtful,” Bai Yun said, nodding with satisfaction.

Bai Yueli offered a slight smile, a polite response.

Although the aunt and niece lived under the same roof, they didn’t have many opportunities to meet.

Bai Yueli had school, while Bai Yun was busy with the company every day. Moreover, for each of them, the other was an unexpected relative, not as deeply bonded as someone they had watched grow up since childhood.

Bai Yun sipped her porridge, looking preoccupied.

“What’s wrong, Auntie?” Bai Yueli asked, “Doesn’t it taste good?”

“No.” Bai Yun simply put the thermos back on the bedside table and looked at Bai Yueli again, her gaze warm and gentle: “Yueli, you’ll be an adult in May, won’t you?”

Bai Yueli nodded in affirmation.

“There are some things you have the right to know and the right to be involved in now,” Bai Yun said, looking at her, her deep-set eyes making the listener involuntarily focus.

“Old President Bai personally designated you as the heir to the Bai Group. Before you came of age, I was to manage the company on your behalf. The Bai Group’s foundation is solid, and it has flourished over the years. However, the Bai Group is ultimately just a traditional offline operating business, and it no longer aligns with current development trends.”

“Yueli, have you understood up to this point?”

Bai Yueli nodded.

“There are only two paths before us. First, we stick to the original business model, but this will slowly lead to us being eliminated by the market.” Bai Yun looked at Bai Yueli and continued, “The second is to transform the Bai Group, but this will inevitably touch upon the interests of some people. I hold too few shares and lack the strength to contend with these individuals.”

Having finished speaking, Bai Yun assessed Bai Yueli’s expression, observing her deeply: “Yueli, what do you think we should do?”

“Then,” Bai Yueli pondered for a moment, “Auntie, do you mean…?”

Bai Yun took a deep breath, her thin lips uttering decisive and sharp words: “Rather than being eliminated, it’s better to proactively seek change.”

Bai Yueli looked thoughtful: “Mmm.”

When she smiled, she was amiable and gentle; when silent, she was eccentric and quiet. After all these years, Bai Yun had long taken for granted that she had a good grasp of her temperament.

“The board meeting is next week. I have too few shares; even if I had the will, I lack the power,” Bai Yun said earnestly. “Yueli, these are the things old President Bai and A-Yong left for you. If it weren’t absolutely necessary, I wouldn’t have come to this point to ask for your help.”

Bai Yueli: “Auntie…”

Bai Yun suddenly placed her hand gently on Bai Yueli’s hand. “Don’t worry, once we get through this difficulty, I will retire. By then, you will have finished your studies, and what’s rightfully yours will all be yours.”

Bai Yueli fell into deep thought.

Bai Yun struck while the iron was hot: “Yueli, time is running out for us. I will find a notary and ensure that the entire signing of the agreement is recorded to protect your rights.”

With things said to this extent, Bai Yueli was already in a difficult position with no easy way out.

Just then, a head peered through the doorway. She looked at the people inside with both excitement and surprise: “Senior!”

Hearing the voice, Bai Yueli’s tense heart finally found a moment to breathe. She looked back, offering a faint smile: “Xiao Ci.”

Bai Yun looked at the newcomer, her brows slightly furrowed, seemingly annoyed by the interruption at a crucial moment.

Ji Ci ignored Bai Yun’s gaze, giggling and politely waving at her, “Hello, Auntie.” She then looked at her senior: “Is this Senior’s mother?”

She asked this on purpose.

Bai Yueli’s parents had long passed away; she grew up with her aunt.

Just at the door, she had accidentally overheard their conversation.

She thought: This aunt is indeed not a good person.

The original owner forcibly marked her niece. Not only did she side with an outsider, but she also repeatedly instigated their engagement. For this reason alone, Ji Ci couldn’t bring herself to like this aunt.

As expected, Bai Yueli shook her head, “No, she’s my aunt.”

Ji Ci played along, awkwardly scratching her head, “Sorry, I just thought you looked a bit like Auntie, so…”

“It’s okay,” Bai Yueli smiled gently, “Xiao Ci, why are you here?”

Ji Ci replied naturally: “Oh, I’m here to find…”

Her words stopped halfway.

Ji Ci’s smile froze on her face. ?? She almost forgot that Ji Liangying was her aunt’s first love, and Ji Liangying was also in the hospital right now.

“Hm?” Bai Yueli looked at her, puzzled.

“I…” Ji Ci wanted to say, “I’m here to find my mom,” but before the words left her mouth, a cool voice came from the hallway: “Xiao Ci.”

Ji Ci: “…”

What kind of shura field was this?

Almost instantly, footsteps stopped right behind Ji Ci.

“Have you had your bl00d test?” The woman, dressed in a white lab coat, with round-framed glasses perched on her nose, carried some documents and looked intelligent and mature.

“Yes,” Ji Ci mumbled quietly.

She kept an eye on Ji Liangying’s expression. As the other woman’s gaze slightly shifted to the hospital bed, her surprise and astonishment were all taken in by Ji Ci.

At the same time, a voice popped up in Ji Ci’s mind:

Oh no, oh no, has she changed the plot trajectory again?

In the novel, they didn’t meet until the female lead’s university arc, which became the catalyst for the original owner to move into the Bai family.

But with her meddling (although her original intention was to help the female lead get out of trouble)… what should happen next? She wouldn’t be moving into Bai Yueli’s home now, would she?

“You…” Ji Liangying looked at the person on the hospital bed, her lips slightly parting.

Bai Yueli was probably the only person present who was unaware of her aunt’s past with Ji Liangying. She didn’t have Ji Ci’s omniscient perspective. Since coming to the Bai family, her aunt had always been alone.

She only knew from conversations between her aunt and father that her aunt once had a lover.

Even if she was completely ignorant, seeing the change in expressions of those present, her sensitive and perceptive mind could guess most of what was going on.

Ji Ci was still lamenting the plot changes, momentarily failing to manage her own expression. In Bai Yueli’s mind, she had already determined that Ji Ci was feeling uncomfortable due to her mother’s relationship with another person.

“Let’s go, let’s go.” Ji Ci was still confused when she heard Senior’s soft whisper in her ear. Her palm was suddenly taken by a warm hand, the abrupt contact and hot temperature making her heart skip a beat.

Bai Yueli’s profile was beautiful, her gaze firm.

In a moment of distraction, Ji Ci was led by her into the hospital corridor.

Cool air rustled in from the window, and her senses were infinitely magnified.

Ji Ci was taken aback by being led like this, feeling disoriented. She was so nervous that she couldn’t help but tug her arm.

The movement was small, but Bai Yueli clearly felt it. Only then did she release Ji Ci’s hand, and her pace halted.

In fact, she had never been so proactive,

Nor had she ever held someone else’s hand, especially not an Alpha. She had always maintained a good sense of personal space.

However, her mental fortitude and experience interacting with girls were far superior to Ji Ci, this shy and awkward little “gay cub.” What should have been an awkward situation for both of them, she handled with immense composure.

“Sorry,” Bai Yueli said softly. In the past, she might have had a slightly teasing smile, but now her expression was quite serious: “I just didn’t want you to stay there, because I felt you wouldn’t be happy seeing it.”

“Huh?” Ji Ci was startled.

She hadn’t expected Bai Yueli to be so perceptive, having already anticipated the emotions she might feel.

However,

For her, Ji Ci, it was actually fine.

If it were the original owner watching her mother and another woman exchanging loving glances, she might indeed feel uncomfortable.

But for her, how should she put it, she couldn’t empathize with such emotions in the short term. At most, she could only sigh from an outsider’s perspective.

“It’s okay, Senior,” Ji Ci scratched her head a few times, smiling somewhat artlessly.

“Really… are you okay?” Bai Yueli looked at her tentatively. In her eyes, this was perhaps the best interpretation of a “forced smile”…

“Mhm.” Ji Ci nodded heavily a few times.

Then, she became completely uncomfortable again because she accidentally caught sight of the female lead’s beautiful face.

Bai Yueli was infected by her innocent, slightly foolish smile. In fact, she herself didn’t even notice that every time she saw this junior, she would reflexively smile.

A smile on her face wasn’t particularly special.

But for Ji Ci’s sake, it was always special.

Ji Ci secretly glanced at her, seeing that she was in good spirits now. So, she stretched languidly, feigning ease, and let out a long breath, finally uttering the words she had been brewing for a while.

“Ugh, these past few days, my friend has been telling me about her family troubles, and it’s giving me a headache,” she complained, pretending it was casual.

As expected, Bai Yueli asked with concern, “What happened?”

“When my friend was very young, her parents left her. She’s always lived with her uncle. Her parents ran a small business when they were alive and owned two houses. Recently, her uncle’s son got married and didn’t have money to buy a wedding house, so he started eyeing the things her parents left her. Her aunt and uncle cried and complained about being poor every day in front of her, and my friend couldn’t resist signing the houses over to them. Now, her uncle has what he wanted, and he’s not even willing to pay for her tuition anymore.”

“So, I just feel like, sometimes, relying on unreliable relatives is truly not as good as relying on yourself,” Ji Ci said, secretly observing Bai Yueli.

As expected, the other person looked thoughtful.

Sigh, she could only hint like this. She hoped she would get it.

At the end of the novel, if not for the protagonist’s halo, the huge Bai Group would not have been inherited by the female lead. In the first half, the female lead dug too many holes for herself, almost always agreeing to her aunt’s requests. These details weren’t extensively covered as they weren’t part of the main plot. However, Ji Ci speculated that the female lead likely sensed her aunt’s malicious intentions early on, but tolerated it due to her non-confrontational nature.

Just then, the hospital room door “clicked” shut softly.

Ji Liangying’s cool demeanor appeared in her vision, startling Ji Ci.

“Mom, Mom, how did you get out so quickly!”

Ji Liangying gave her a cold glance, “Do I need to stay in there for a long time?”

Ji Ci: “…”

Bai Yueli politely greeted Ji Liangying. Ji Liangying nodded and then gestured to Ji Ci: “Come with me.”

“?” Ji Ci was led away just like that.

Before leaving, she mouthed “wait for me” to Bai Yueli.

Bai Yueli understood.

Ji Ci stood obediently in Ji Liangying’s office. Not long after bringing her in, Ji Liangying was called out by a colleague, leaving Ji Ci bored and fiddling with her fingers.

Ji Liangying was simply too cold today, and there were no other chairs in the office. If she were to sit in Ji Liangying’s chair for a bit, she would probably be glared to death.

After fifteen minutes, Ji Liangying held a form in her hand, radiating an unspoken authority.

Ji Ci: “…”

Ji Liangying slapped the form onto the desk. “Honestly tell me, have you had s3x with an Omega?”

“Huh?” Ji Ci was bewildered.

“Do you think I don’t know about the bite marks on your glands?” Ji Liangying said coldly. “Alright, and the other person is an Omega of no low rank. How far have you two developed? Is it just a game or what?”

What the hell, what the hell?

Ji Ci seriously wondered if she herself had suffered from a one-night stand, why did her words sound so awkward?

“I… I haven’t had s3x with an Omega,” no matter how much she complained internally, back to reality, Ji Ci could only explain softly and weakly, “It’s just… I was accidentally bitten by an Omega.”

Ji Liangying’s brows furrowed slightly: “Did she bite you during her estrus period?”

Ji Ci: “Yes.”

“Do you know who she is?”

Ji Ci hesitated for a moment, then shook her head, “It was that night during the heavy rain. I tripped over a branch and couldn’t see her clearly, and I had no strength to resist…”

Ji Liangying nodded thoughtfully. This explanation was absurd, but she knew her daughter’s constitution to some extent.

“Then this won’t be easy,” Ji Liangying said, lowering her gaze.

Ji Ci: “What?”

“Your glands show signs of secondary growth. I suspect it’s due to that high-ranking Omega reversely marking you. If you remember who she is, you might be able to ask her for assistance at this stage, and you’ll have the possibility of upgrading your rank. Conversely, if you don’t receive her pheromone comfort, you will completely de-differentiate into an Omega, or even a Beta.”

“This…” Ji Ci was at a loss for words to describe how she felt right now.

Ji Liangying shook her head, beginning to tidy her desk: “Forget it. Actually, being a Beta isn’t so bad either.”

Ji Ci: “…”

Outside the slightly ajar door, Bai Yueli leaned against the wall. After waiting for a long time without the person returning, she found her way here.

The conversation inside fell into her ears, word for word.

Cool, white light spilled over her,

She seemed to be deep in thought about something.