What to Do if You Mess With an Omega? - Chapter 39.1

When Yan Yan was brought down, she trembled all over, swaying like a willow in the breeze on the verge of collapse.

Wen Yuan Shuang had already learned from Hua Ge Lan that someone had used her as a tool. Upon seeing Yan Yan, she charged straight at her. Fortunately, Hua Ge Lan reacted swiftly and caught her by the waist. Even so, Wen Yuan Shuang kicked furiously in midair. “You said you felt unwell, so I took you to rest and called a doctor for you. But instead, you sneaked off and caused trouble while I was gone. Yan Yan, what have I ever done to wrong you? Why sabotage my banquet like this?”

The thought of her carefully prepared banquet turning into such a disaster made her shake with rage.

Most importantly, if something had happened to Xu Yuqing here, everyone present today would face accountability. No one could escape.

Hua Ge Lan would likely get dragged down too.

She had not hosted such a large banquet since her marriage, and now it had ended like this.

Hua Ge Lan hurriedly carried her away and cooed softly. “All right, all right. Do not get angry.”

Right now, he only felt sorry for his wife. The thought of Wen Yuan Shuang raising that spiked glass several times made his heart nearly stop. “The Audit Department people are already waiting outside. Take them away.”

Besides Yan Yan, there was another Omega. Upon hearing “Audit Department,” her legs gave out, and she collapsed straight to the ground. “I… I did not participate. I really knew nothing about this.”

“Wait a moment.”

“Hm?”

From the moment they mentioned checking the surveillance until everything came to light, Du Wenmei had remained utterly quiet. Now, as they prepared to take Yan Yan away, she suddenly stepped forward. “Just now, Miss Yuqing said she would give them a chance. Yan Yan was not even present at the time, so that does not count.”

Xu Yuqing and Ning Hanzhu were still in the surveillance room reviewing footage. They paused in surprise at Du Wenmei’s near-petty remark.

Ning Hanzhu instinctively glanced at Xu Yuqing.

Xu Yuqing closed her eyes briefly. She felt a bit weary and had no desire to tangle further with this matter, much less hear any more meaningless words like “If it were not for you…”. “The chance has already been given. Have the Audit Department take them away.”

Ning Hanzhu saw exhaustion etched between her brows. “Things are mostly settled now. Let me take you back to rest.”

Xu Yuqing hesitated for a moment. “Tianran and the others—”

Ning Hanzhu nearly forgot about that.

Ever since Yang Xiu had been summoned, she had automatically tuned it out. An Omega in heat, an Alpha called over—what else could they do? Everyone knew full well.

But having such a private matter known to the entire banquet hall still made Ning Hanzhu, who had never even held hands with the opposite s3x, deeply uncomfortable.

She cleared her throat. “Do you want to stay here with Second Miss?”

But heats lasted seven days, did they not?

Xu Yuqing looked utterly surprised. “Why would I stay with her? She has Yang Xiu to accompany her. She will get through the heat quickly enough.”

During a heat, nothing soothed an Omega more than having an Alpha by their side. Even a friend would not do. Besides, Yang Xiu was the one Luo Tianran had called herself.

To become her guardian, Tianran must like him too.

Ning Hanzhu, “Then what are you worried about?”

Xu Yuqing shook her head. She had overthought it.

Wen Yuan Shuang was experienced and would know what an Omega in heat needed most. She would surely prepare everything for Luo Tianran and Yang Xiu.

“Let us go.”

As the two emerged from the surveillance room, they still heard the clamor from the hall.

Most of it came from the guests trapped there for hours. During the incident, they had not known who was responsible. Xu Yuqing had precisely grasped their little secrets and kept them from complaining. Now, with a culprit to vent on, they seized the chance.

“She is Yan Bojing’s sister. You cannot take her to the Audit Department.”

“Miss Du, even if it were Yan Bojing himself here and he committed such a grave offense, he would still have to go through the Audit Department.”

“But what if she did nothing wrong?”

Du Wenmei’s nails dug into her flesh. The signal here was completely jammed. A banquet with surveillance everywhere and signal blockers—they truly should not have come.

She could not even video call Yan Bojing, let alone send a message.

Yan Yan was the Yan family’s treasure. If she went to the Audit Department, could she ever come out?

Yan Yan now slumped on the ground, trembling all over. Horrifying tales of the Audit Department swirled endlessly in her mind. They said few who entered ever emerged, doomed to spend a lifetime inside, beaten daily, and left to die without anyone caring.

“I, I…”

“This was all my instruction to her.”

Du Wenmei seemed determined to speak first and clear things up. She looked deeply at Yan Yan. “So it has nothing to do with her. If you must arrest someone, arrest me.”

Her heart pounded like a drum, but after saying it, she felt a strange relief.

Yan Yan stared in disbelief, her eyes wide.

Ning Hanzhu, “She is lying.”

Xu Yuqing frowned. Du Wenmei’s crush on Yan Bojing was no secret on the capital star. Everyone knew, except Yan Bojing, who played dumb: accepting Du Wenmei’s kindness on one hand while chasing after her on the other.

That was why Xu Yuqing utterly loathed Alphas like Yan Bojing. She even found them repulsive. The thought of marrying such a person was unbearable.

Yan Yan quickly caught on. “Yes, it was all Sister Wenmei’s idea. I knew nothing. Let me go.”

Xu Yuqing’s expression grew complicated. “Miss Du, do you understand what awaits in the Audit Department? They will interrogate you. If everything proves true, you will wait there to be matched with Alphas gravely wounded or disabled on the battlefield. You will bear child after child for them until you can no longer conceive…”

Du Wenmei’s face paled, her breathing nearly halting. She dug her nails into her hand’s back, trying to steel herself against Xu Yuqing’s words.

But it was truly terrifying.

Yan Yan had scarcely dared breathe upon seeing Xu Yuqing. She had always admired and feared her future sister-in-law, drawn to her yet too intimidated to approach. But now, seeing Du Wenmei waver, she panicked. “Sister Wenmei, have you forgotten how my brother instructed you? He told you to take good care of me.”

Ning Hanzhu, “…”

Are you a giant baby? Still needing someone to look after you.

From the fact that she dared drug Xu Yuqing, this girl was rotten to the core—rotten beyond redemption. Had she never considered all the Omegas at the banquet? If the pheromones affected several at once, triggering a collective heat?

Ning Hanzhu shuddered at the thought.

But at the mention of Yan Bojing’s name, Du Wenmei faltered. She could not let harm come to the sister her beloved Yan Bojing doted on. Otherwise, he would blame her. “What happened today was all my doing. Arrest me if you must.”

Ning Hanzhu, “…”

Was this the legendary top-tier love brain?

She had witnessed it now.

Xu Yuqing said no more and simply had the long-waiting Audit Department personnel take them away. Perhaps because the offenders were Omegas, the department had sent a female Beta. Upon seeing Xu Yuqing and Hua Ge Lan, she saluted.

When Ning Hanzhu saw their uniforms, she suddenly recalled that night upon arriving on the capital star, when Yang Xiu had handed Yan Feipeng and Ning Ye over to this group.

The Audit Department.

Yan Feipeng’s crime had been straightforward: he had entertained improper thoughts toward Xu Yuqing. Deserved. But Ning Ye—had they used the same charge?

Once the people left, Hua Ge Lan offered to send them off, but Xu Yuqing declined.

The two picked up the already sleeping Ning Qianqian and headed home.

Along the way, Ning Hanzhu could not help asking, “Is the Audit Department specifically for serious offenses? What is the punishment if an Alpha offends an Omega?”

No one replied for a long while.

Ning Hanzhu leaned over to look and found Xu Yuqing asleep against the window. Looking at Ning Qianqian, she knew not what she dreamed of, but her mouth smacked away, with clear, glistening drool trickling from the corner.

Well, she must be dreaming of something delicious.

Ning Hanzhu wiped it for her, then glanced at Xu Yuqing. She leaned her head against the glass, exposing a fair and elegant stretch of neck— slender, almost fragile.

Being an Omega was truly miserable.

Once heat came, it was like renminbi: drawing every ghost and monster.

She suddenly felt a twinge of heartache, yet also grateful that the original body was an Alpha. Though she disliked it, it beat being an Omega.

Drawing the Omega card was absolutely the worst lot.

Ning Hanzhu thought for a moment, removed her jacket, and loosely draped it over Xu Yuqing. Then she gathered the sleeping, lolling Ning Qianqian into her arms.

Xu Yuqing’s sleep had been restless at first. In her dream, Alphas lurked everywhere with gaping, bloody maws. She ran for her life, farther and farther, until her legs nearly gave out. Suddenly, she caught a faint wine scent. For some reason, it made her feel utterly safe.

“Mm, are we home?”

Only upon rising did Xu Yuqing notice the jacket covering her, still carrying traces of Ning Hanzhu’s pheromones. In her dream just now, that scent had wrapped her securely. She had not expected that in reality, this person… Xu Yuqing turned her face away uncomfortably. “Why did you not just wake me?”

“I saw how exhausted you were today, so I let you sleep a little longer.”

Besides, Ning Qianqian slept like a little pig too.

Now that Xu Yuqing was awake, Ning Hanzhu said, “Since you are home, I will head out first.”

Xu Yuqing did not know what she thought of. By the time she snapped back, Ning Hanzhu had already carried Ning Qianqian far away. She clutched the jacket tightly, paused for a moment, then stepped out of the hover car.

Too much had happened that day.

Fortunately, Wen Yuan Shuang and Hua Ge Lan had quickly contained the aftermath. Ning Qianqian and Hua Rui Bo had played happily, utterly unaware of the earth-shattering events.

Ning Hanzhu carried Ning Qianqian back to her room. Yes, now Ning Qianqian had her own separate room. Ever since Lu Yutang discovered she did not know how to restrain her pheromones during her susceptible period, he had suggested the sisters sleep apart.

An Alpha’s pheromones carried aggression. Anyway, Lu Yutang disliked sharing a room with her. Unless necessary, they stayed one upstairs, one downstairs.

Ning Hanzhu had also considered her pheromone recognition disorder and agreed.

Ning Qianqian had felt a bit scared at first. For so many years, the sisters had depended on each other. Suddenly separating felt very unaccustomed. But with the seven days of susceptible period as a buffer, Ning Qianqian did not throw a tantrum. She just needed coaxing at bedtime.

“Qianqian played herself out? Looks like you had a great time today.”

“…”

Ning Hanzhu tugged at her lips woodenly. “Brother Lu, do you know about the Audit Department?”

Lu Yutang looked baffled. “Of course. Have you not followed capital star news? A few days ago, an Alpha got drunk and harassed an Omega on the street. They arrested him on the spot.”

Ning Hanzhu truly knew nothing of this. Xu Yuqing had mentioned before that the capital star punished such matters severely, but she had not taken it seriously.

Elfa Star had no real laws at all—just a chaotic place where the biggest fist ruled.

Now she knew.

Not only offending Alphas went in; even offending Omegas faced no mercy.

“I just learned today that they sent Ning Ye to the Audit Department too.”

“Is that not great?”

Lu Yutang grinned unkindly. “Looks like Miss Xu handles things reliably. You know, if they had just tossed Ning Ye into some star prison, he would have lived comfortably.”

Ning Ye’s crime might pass as economic offense, or at worst, a disloyal servant bullying his master. In star prison, such a person might get beaten a few times by fellow inmates, but someone as scheming as Ning Ye could easily latch onto a prison boss and live as cushily as he had on Elfa Star.

Out here, they could not reach him with a whip.

But the Audit Department was different. It held only those who had harmed Omegas for various reasons: harassment, possession, or offending some Omega.