Chapter 34 Part 1

Who was Lu Shuangshuang?

No idea.

She kept on eating.

Such blatant disregard made the voice even angrier, as he gritted out each word, “Lu! Ning! Shuang!!”

“You’re not responding when called—are you deaf or something?”

Only then did Lu Ningshuang turn around, saying casually, “Oh, so you’re not senile after all.”

“What?!”

The person standing before her was a young man about her age, in his early twenties, with his nose practically pointed at the sky. He was probably an Alpha.

He wore a formal suit too, but managed to pull off a roguish vibe, his collar loosely tied—tsk, he didn’t follow any dress code for Alphas or gentlemen.

Looking up, his face was decent enough, but he had dyed his hair an indescribable shade of green.

Lu Ningshuang’s expression didn’t change at the sight of him. She said lightly, “Oh, so you do know how to say someone’s name properly.”

Though Lu Ningshuang often grumbled that Old Lu and Lady Ning had given her a half-hearted name—just trading “you” and “me” to flaunt their love—it was still the name her parents had chosen.

She had used it for over twenty years, so naturally, not just anyone could casually alter it.

Besides…

She didn’t remember being close enough to this Alpha for private nicknames.

Shuangshuang?

Only her parents and family called her Xiaoshuang!

The repeated syllable was gross.

The Alpha opposite her turned as green as his hair in fury. “You you you—” He stammered for ages without getting anywhere.

Instead, Lu Ningshuang landed another casual blow. “Who are you, anyway?”

Alpha: “…!!!”

Done.

Even greener now.

“You’re the one with senile dementia!”

Diagnosed at just over twenty by the quack Dr. Lu, the Alpha flew into a humiliated rage. “Lu Shuangshuang, think hard—who else would call you by that name?!”

Lu Ningshuang: “Oh, plenty of people~”

“Sorry, I really can’t remember.”

Alpha: “…”

She wasn’t wrong.

Back in high school, she had seemed soft and easy to bully, so the young masters and ladies at the aristocratic school had cutely called her that.

Lu Ningshuang had mostly ignored them.

Super aloof!

Saying his own name was a humiliation for the Alpha, so he started dropping hints in every way he could.

“You know, right before finals, when I asked you to meet in the grove behind Building 5…”

“That happened plenty of times~”

Lu Ningshuang probed carefully. “Which one of the nobodies were you?”

The Alpha gnashed his teeth. “The one you rejected for AA romance…”

“That too—”

The Alpha couldn’t bear to hear more from Lu Ningshuang and straight-up confessed. “The one where you asked, ‘So should I top you then?’!”

“Oh~~ So it was you.”

Hearing that Lu Ningshuang finally remembered, Qian Jaze’s expression softened a bit—only for her to finish her thought.

“Not just AA romance, but the one with the weird fetish too.” Lu Ningshuang realized, then sighed. “That does leave an impression. You’re pretty unique.”

Qian Jaze’s face turned greener than before, greener than the hair on his head—green enough to graze a whole prairie of sheep.

“Lu Shuangshuang, shut up!!”

—He wanted to be remembered, but not like this!!

Lu Ningshuang truly fell silent then, ignoring him completely.

“…”

Qian Jaze was furious and indignant. The young master had no choice but to “lower himself” and circle halfway around before standing in front of Lu Ningshuang again.

“Hey—Lu Shuangshuang.”

Lu Ningshuang didn’t even look up.

“Lu Ningshuang, Lu Ningshuang, Lu Ningshuang!” He called three times. “That should work now, right?”

Amid her busyness, Lu Ningshuang spared him a glance.

Qian Jaze: “You heard everything I asked earlier, right?”

Lu Ningshuang replied, “Didn’t catch it. Say it again.”

Seeing her respond at last, Qian Jaze instinctively wanted to act superior, but with her attitude… whatever.

“How did you end up in a place like this?” Qian Jaze’s brows furrowed tightly, as if he could squash a fly between them.

“Did you win the lottery and get rich overnight or something?”

It wasn’t enough to just get rich overnight; she’d have to invest in business and enter the commercial world to attend an event like tonight’s.

“Nope.”

Lu Ningshuang denied it. “Someone brought me.”

Qian Jaze tensed immediately. “Who?”

Lu Ningshuang looked up and gave him a strange glance. “What’s it to you?”

Sour. Even sourer.

Alphas were arrogant and egocentric, so they inevitably suffered from bouts of “self-indulgent delusion.”

Now, after the initial awkwardness, Qian Jaze as an Alpha reverted to his condescending, disdainful posture.

He said, his expression complicated, “So in the end, Lu Shuangshuang, you still ended up on this path.”

Lu Ningshuang: ?

“Tell me, which pot-bellied middle-aged Alpha are you following now to wear such fine fabric and enter these elite circles?”

“Why not an Omega?” Lu Ningshuang countered.

“Ha?”

Qian Jaze found it amusing and looked her up and down from above.

He had to admit, that old Alpha man had great taste—this outfit made the female Alpha before him look stunning.

And he was generous with it.

Qian Jaze said, “What Omega would fall for an Alpha with your personality? Besides, which Omega is that rich?”

Not just in Qian Jaze’s Alpha eyes—even from the broader AABBOO perspective.

Though Lu Ningshuang was an Alpha, she wasn’t obviously one. She’d been sidelined from the Alpha track from the start and had to compete with other genders.

Qian Jaze’s deduction fit the common mindset.

Ruling out Omegas, among the remaining Alphas and Betas, Alphas still dominated the top tiers due to genetic advantages.

As for why a pot-bellied, average-looking middle-aged Alpha? That was purely Qian Jaze’s petty bias.

“President Qin.” Lu Ningshuang’s tone was calm.

Qian Jaze: “What? Who’d you say?”

Lu Ningshuang said, “I mean the one supporting me now—President Qin Yushu from Tian Sheng. She’s an Omega, and we match perfectly.”

All her food, clothes, and expenses came from Qin Yushu now, so saying she was being kept by her was fine, right?

Their marriage didn’t need hiding anyway, and tonight they were here to show it off. With President Wang spreading the word, as the main party, she chimed in a couple lines… that was reasonable, right?

Qian Jaze was stunned, seemingly fooled for a moment, then threw his head back laughing. “Hahaha, President Qin?”

Lu Ningshuang: “Mhm~”

Qian Jaze sneered. “How could President Qin look at someone like you?”

His mockery targeted Lu Ningshuang, but his tone held respect for Qin Yushu too.

Her Omega wife, even as an Omega, was someone countless people—including Alphas—could only admire from afar in this seemingly equal but discriminatory society.

So Qin Yushu’s dad really had no eye for people!

Just based on his attitude toward Qin Yushu, Lu Ningshuang was willing to chat a bit more. “Maybe because I’m obedient, have a clean record?”

Oh, and maybe add—poor.

Qian Jaze laughed even harder.

“Hahahaha! Lu Shuangshuang, you make up lies without even checking facts? Everyone knows the Qin and Huo families are tying the knot—it’s about to be announced at tonight’s banquet.”

“Won’t happen.”

Lu Ningshuang explained seriously. “It’s fake.”

But Qian Jaze clearly wasn’t listening. He scanned her up and down again. “It must be tough following an old Alpha man now, huh? Do you regret turning me down in the dead of night?”

?

Lu Ningshuang: “Don’t even think about it. Not at all.”

“Heh.”

Qian Jaze kept talking to himself. “How about this—I’ll give you another chance. Cut ties with that guy right now, and I’ll let you follow me again. I can give you everything he gives.”

The male Alpha even looked at Lu Ningshuang with eyes saying, “I’m being generous; I don’t mind that you’re used goods,” “This is a gift!”

?????

Lu Ningshuang’s mind was full of question marks. “Are you underdeveloped in the cerebellum and completely lacking in the brain, so you’re acting like a beast who can’t understand words?”

Qian Jaze: “What?”

Lu Ningshuang beckoned him. “Come here.”

Qin Yushu often did this to her, so Little Dog Lu now beckoned others with practiced ease.

The roguish young master still held onto some pride as he leaned in, his mouth as sharp as ever. “Lu Shuangshuang, even though you missed a few years, agreeing now isn’t too…” late…

Lu Ningshuang’s expression didn’t change. As he drew closer, her clear almond eyes narrowed, lips curving into a faint smile. Under the banquet lights, she looked exceptionally gentle and obedient.

The next second.

Lu Ningshuang hiked up her mermaid skirt, revealing the high heels she wasn’t quite used to wearing, and kicked hard at the man’s calf under his suit pants.

She might not look like an Alpha, but she was one.

The kick packed a punch—his pained howl was minor; she even heard his leg bone crack.

Lu Ningshuang glanced down at him coldly and nobly—this was something she’d picked up from Qin Yushu lately.

She spat coolly, “Idiot.”

Qian Jaze, knocked straight to the ground, felt his calf go numb from the pain. He strongly suspected it was broken.

How did Lu Ningshuang have such strength?

Even more unexpected—what happened? Weren’t they chatting fine just now? It had felt pleasant; why had Lu Ningshuang suddenly attacked him?

His face mixed shock and agony. “You—”

Lu Ningshuang made it clear: Who said we were chatting nicely?

“Your brain’s incurable. Straight up—when you go back to get your leg fixed, shove your whole self back into the womb for a remodel. If it doesn’t take… sorry to inform your parents, but the main account’s done for. Better grind a new alt account overtime while you can.”

Qian Jaze’s eyes bulged.

The commotion drew eyes from the crowd around them. After Lu Ningshuang delivered her “vicious” line with a disdainful glare, she pulled a Sichuan opera face-change.

“Oh my god!”

The Alpha’s face, innocent and harmless like an Omega’s, showed shock and pitiful vulnerability.

“Sir, how did you just trip while walking fine? Is this what the experts call the stroke symptoms in young people?”

After saying it, she acted like she’d misspoke and apologized repeatedly. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to—I was too flustered…”

As she spoke, Lu Ningshuang called over a nearby server to have Qian Jaze carried away, then “kindly” advised with utmost sincerity in her eyes.

“When you go to the hospital for your leg, maybe get a full-body checkup… especially your brain.”

“Lu! Ning! Shuang!!”

See? He could say her real name now, and with full vigor.

In the end, Qian Jaze was carried off fuming by two servers, leaving Lu Ningshuang behind with an expression of startled innocence.

Anyone seeing her would think she was just a fragile, kind, timid Omega.

As the excitement died down and the crowd dispersed, Lu Ningshuang lowered her head and subtly curved her lips.

—Striking from behind was awesome!