What to Do if You Mess With an Omega? - Chapter 38.2

In the end, she was fine, while Luo Tianran’s heat arrived suddenly.

Ning Hanzhu thought of that perilous scene just now and clenched her fists. “Too despicable. How could they use such a low trick?”

The two returned to the hall once more.

Wen Yuan Shuang’s follow-up handling had been timely. The banquet hall was mostly cleaned up, though the smell had not fully dissipated. Ning Hanzhu’s throat gurgled, but she held back from vomiting right there.

The others were quite surprised to see the two enter.

Just now, they had heard an Omega had fallen into heat, sparking today’s catastrophe. Many even said the one in heat was Xu Yuqing.

“Major Hua, please temporarily seal off every entrance and exit of the Wen residence. I have something to clarify here.”

“Ha?”

“Xu Yuqing, on what grounds do you not let us leave?”

“Because I suspect someone spiked my wine with an inducer to force my heat early. So for everyone’s sake, please sit down and wait patiently. Otherwise, I will have to ask you to visit the Audit Department. If this reaches the Omega Protection Association, it will not look good.”

There was actually an Omega Protection Association.

And what was this Audit Department?

Xu Yuqing’s words silenced the previously noisy room at once. Many faces showed fear, and even Wen Yuan Shuang clutched Hua Ge Lan’s arm in fright.

Sure enough, she had sensed something off about this banquet. But who had the guts to target an Omega— and Xu Yuqing at that.

Suicidal.

Hua Ge Lan first soothed his partner. “Miss Yuqing, all entrances and exits were sealed the moment I arrived. Please proceed.”

Xu Yuqing nodded slightly. “I now give you five minutes. Step forward voluntarily, and for the sake of our ties, I can keep it off the record. We will settle all grievances privately.”

Ning Hanzhu stood by Xu Yuqing’s side. Lowering her gaze, she could see the elegant, taut line of her jaw. Xu Yuqing sat there, her presence stronger than all who stood.

Five minutes—long if it felt long, short if it felt short.

Everyone in the banquet hall held their breath, exchanging glances with loaded looks. Two minutes passed, and still, no one stepped forward.

Ning Hanzhu sensed Xu Yuqing seemed utterly confident, as if she already knew who had drugged the wine. She could not help reviewing: the culprit must have contacted the glass.

But there needed to be an opportunity: ensuring that glass reached Xu Yuqing. How to guarantee it would?

Unless it was someone familiar?

The clock ticked onward. Five minutes passed without anyone coming forward.

Xu Yuqing’s lips curved slightly. She rose. “Major Hua, please notify the Audit Department to wait outside.”

“Wen Yuan Shuang, please project all your home’s surveillance footage.”

“…”

The guests in the living room were dumbfounded.

“What, surveillance?”

“Wen Yuan Shuang, how dare you monitor us.”

Wen Yuan Shuang looked troubled at Hua Ge Lan. She had installed all that surveillance purely because her son was too mischievous. One lapse, and who knew where he would run off to. He had even gone missing once.

Hua Ge Lan nodded.

Wen Yuan Shuang pouted. Her temper flared, and she could not help snapping back. “Who wants to monitor you? Please, this banquet was originally just to invite my son’s classmates over to play. You all insisted on crashing the party.”

Hua Ge Lan explained beside her. “We installed these originally just to watch what our son was up to. Not aimed at anyone. Please forgive us.”

Many knew Hua Rui Bo had gone missing once and could somewhat understand the young couple’s anxiety over their son. But plenty still felt displeased. After all, who knew if they had done anything unseemly just now. If caught on camera, the footage was unthinkable.

Thoughts of socially mortifying scenes made everyone there drop their bystander attitudes for once.

“Whoever did this rotten thing, step forward yourself. Otherwise, when we catch you, this old lady will make you pay.”

“Right, do not drag us down.”

“Miss Yuqing, would not projecting the videos be a bit much?”

Xu Yuqing considered the opinions and compromised. “Mm, I have heard everyone’s views. In that case, why not have Major Hua review the footage with me? You should trust Major Hua’s character. Once we find the person, everyone can go rest early.”

“That works.”

“I agree.”

“We trust him, of course we do.”

The outcome gained unanimous approval.

Ning Hanzhu followed along too. Seeing the dense array of screens made her scalp tingle. Even remote corners had coverage. Clearly, Wen Yuan Shuang had spared no inch of the house for her son.

But that made things easier for them.

Three people reviewing doubled the speed. But often, Ning Hanzhu finished while they lagged. Even Hua Rui Bo could not help glancing at her twice.

“Here.”

“And here.”

Ning Hanzhu quickly located those who had touched the wine glasses. She even pulled up the footage from when she had sensed someone in the corner. “Du Wenmei blocked you, and he hid here peeking at you all. Then he ran.”

Upon close inspection of the video, it was Yan Bojing’s sister, Yan Yan.

The glass footage played one after another, and that cup had even passed through Wen Yuan Shuang’s hands. Hua Ge Lan frowned deeply.

“Yan Yan deliberately bumped into Madam Hua here and swapped the glass.”

“We did not see him in the living room just now.”

Harming an Omega was a grave crime, especially targeting Xu Yuqing. Hua Ge Lan did not want this to implicate Wen Yuan Shuang. “Miss Yuqing, I will go fetch the person.”

Xu Yuqing nodded. She kept watching the videos.

The footage grew clearer later, showing even their movements in detail. After Ning Hanzhu left, several groups approached Xu Yuqing. The wine was intercepted by Luo Tianran, who drank it in her stead.

“If nothing unexpected, it should be this glass.”

“Mm.”

Yan Yan had personally drugged that glass. The video captured it crystal clear. Perhaps she had not anticipated surveillance everywhere, even embedded in the service robots’ programming.

That glass had even passed through Wen Yuan Shuang’s hands. Fortunately, guests had interrupted her several times as she tried to drink, so one could not deny her luck was invincible. Otherwise, who knew what might have happened.

Round and round it went, until another Omega on somewhat good terms with Xu Yuqing handed it over midway— only for Luo Tianran to intercept it.

Xu Yuqing’s expression remained indifferent. Ning Hanzhu always felt she seemed deeply saddened, with no joy at all in catching the culprit. She reached out and finally patted her shoulder lightly. “Now that things are clear, what do you plan to do?”

Xu Yuqing looked up at her. “What do you think is the best way to deal with them?”

Ning Hanzhu thought for a moment. “Does your Omega Protection Association really punish offending Omegas?”

In the ABO world, Omegas seemed quite indulged, after all. Reproduction depended on them. Betas could reproduce too, but at a very low rate.

Ning Hanzhu always felt that even if reported, the end result might just be some muddling through.

Xu Yuqing blinked and said outright, “They would assign her a bunch of civilian Alphas who have waited years without a match— all sorts of battlefield-maimed Alphas. As long as their conditions qualify, they become her guardians. She would bear child after child.”

Hiss—

Ning Hanzhu drew in a sharp breath.

The Omega Protection Association was really this harsh?

It amounted to a baby-making machine. Too tragic.

Xu Yuqing could not help repeating, “So, if it were you, how would you handle it?”

Ning Hanzhu scratched her head.

She did not know.

Xu Yuqing suddenly chuckled softly. “Never mind. Send them to the Audit Department first and let Tianran decide how to deal with them. After all, she is the one most harmed.”

Ning Hanzhu felt she had suffered a tiny bit of harm today too.

Those berserk Alphas swung without restraint, and it was a group beating. She could not help touching her stomach, which still ached a bit. “Do not overthink it. Anyway, this is not your fault.”

Xu Yuqing, “Is it not?”

She had not wanted to drink much today, so Luo Tianran had taken that glass for her. Otherwise, the one upstairs now would be her.

Yan Yan’s drugging of her must stem mostly from Yan Bojing.

So in the end, this vile incident had happened because of her.

Xu Yuqing mused idly, her gaze lingering on the videos in various corners. Now it reached the footage of Ning Hanzhu fighting. Her focus sharpened gradually. In the video, Ning Hanzhu had actually tried reasoning with the Alphas at first, only counterattacking after taking a punch— and striking without any method. “Silly.”

Ning Hanzhu, “???”

She had prepared a whole basket of comforting words for this person.

How could she call her silly.

But upon looking, why was she so foolish in the video? Was that really her? Thinking of how furious she had grown later, attacking others’ lower parts.

They said that in desperate times, targeting a man’s lower parts weakened their fighting power and left them in agony. She, she had only tried it a billion times or so.

Ning Hanzhu hurriedly covered Xu Yuqing’s eyes. “Do not laugh. What is there to see? Quick, quick, skip it.”

Xu Yuqing felt her hot palm and trembled her lashes slightly, unable to keep from curving her lips. “I think… it looks pretty good.”

Especially when this person held off the group alone to let her take Tianran away first— exceptionally handsome. Xu Yuqing’s heart still quivered at the memory.

Ning Hanzhu only wanted this black history to pass quickly, especially the later part where she vomited so miserably. Too disgusting; she herself could not bear to recall it.

Better not to taint Xu Yuqing’s eyes.

Xu Yuqing reached out and grasped the hand covering her eyes. “Ning Hanzhu, thank you for protecting Tianran today.”

Ning Hanzhu sensed her gripping fingers were ice-cold, even trembling. As she tried to squeeze back, Xu Yuqing had already let go. For no reason, a flicker of heartache passed through Ning Hanzhu’s eyes. Xu Yuqing must have been terrified today.

“No need to thank me. Is it not what I should do?”

Even if it had been Luo Tianran in trouble, or even a stranger Omega facing such misfortune, she would have charged in.