Chapter 40: Fated Omega, Love Me Again Part 1

“I’m hungry,” Xiao Luo said.

“Wait a moment.” Xia Lingyu went out and returned ten minutes later with a boxed meal.

“What dishes are there?” Xiao Luo glanced at it, seeing only bland vegetables inside, not a single shred of meat. “Did you get this from your hospital cafeteria? Why didn’t you get me any meat dishes?”

Xia Lingyu placed the boxed meal on the bedside table, then carefully helped Xiao Luo sit up, saying, “Patients should eat light food.”

Xiao Luo picked up the boxed meal, took two bites, and lost her appetite. “Full now. Thanks.”

She set the boxed meal down.

“Eat a little more.”

“Don’t want to.”

Xia Lingyu said, “There’s a fruit salad place downstairs. If you eat a few more bites, I’ll buy you some?”

Hearing this, Xiao Luo reluctantly picked up the boxed meal and ate a little more.

A trace of amusement flickered across Xia Lingyu’s cool, aloof face. She reached out and patted Xiao Luo’s head. “Miss Xiao is so well-behaved.” With that, she turned and walked out the door.

Xiao Luo’s expression grew strange. 【System, could she have some ulterior motive for getting close to me?】

The system responded lazily: 【Mm, there’s definitely a motive.】

Xiao Luo said: 【What motive?】

System: 【You’re so smart. Why don’t you guess?】

Xiao Luo still couldn’t figure it out. Ten minutes later, Xia Lingyu returned, carrying a small fruit salad container in her hand.

“Thank you, Professor Xia.” Xiao Luo smiled brightly.

Xia Lingyu lowered her gaze. “No need for thanks.”

Xiao Luo looked at the box of fruit salad, her face showing some distress.

Xia Lingyu asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Don’t feel like moving my hands. Professor Xia, could you feed me?” Xiao Luo looked up and blinked at her.

She thought Xia Lingyu would refuse, but unexpectedly, the other woman agreed. “Alright, I’ll feed you.”

Xia Lingyu took the container, speared a strawberry with the small fork, and brought it to Xiao Luo’s mouth. “Come, open up.”

Xiao Luo’s gaze toward her turned strange again. She opened her mouth and bit the strawberry, falling quiet. From time to time, she would steal a cautious glance at Xia Lingyu.

“Professor Xia, what does your pheromone smell like?” Xiao Luo asked curiously.

A glint of light flashed across Xia Lingyu’s glasses. “You want to know?”

Xiao Luo nodded. “I do.”

Xia Lingyu pondered for a moment, then smiled slightly. “You’ll find out after you differentiate.”

Xiao Luo said nothing more. She ate a few more pieces of fruit before saying, “Really full now.”

Xia Lingyu set down the fruit salad container. “Miss Xiao doesn’t need to feel inferior. In the future, your gland can return to normal too, and then you’ll be able to smell pheromones.”

Inferior? Xiao Luo couldn’t understand what part of her looked like she felt inferior.

“I’ve smelled omega pheromones before. A whole group of omegas, actually.”

“Oh~” Xia Lingyu gave her a meaningful look upon hearing this. “Miss Xiao, if I’m not mistaken, your physical condition at that time wasn’t very optimistic, was it?”

Xiao Luo frowned, thinking back to her body’s reactions when she first transmigrated.

“It’s because you stimulated your gland that you were able to smell their pheromone scents. Under normal circumstances, you wouldn’t have been able to smell them at all. So, what exactly were you all doing at the time?” Xia Lingyu leaned slightly forward, her eyes carrying a hint of inquiry.

Xiao Luo felt a bit guilty and avoided her gaze, muttering quietly, “Mind your own business what we were doing.”

Xia Lingyu’s eyes darkened, and she smiled. “So Miss Xiao enjoys excitement.”

“Yeah, I like excitement. So what?” Xiao Luo glared at her.

Xia Lingyu smiled faintly. “Alright, I understand now.”

What do you understand? What’s there to understand?

Xiao Luo grumbled inwardly about this woman. Why was she so strange?

A day later, Old Madam Xiao sent someone to bring Xiao Luo home. She even specifically had Xiao Mu and Liu Xuan come out to the entrance to welcome her.

Xiao Luo got out of the car unhurriedly, looking surprised. “Brother and sister-in-law, what are you doing out here? Could it be… you feel guilty toward me? Realized you were wrong?”

Liu Xuan’s eyes were red-rimmed. She was about to say something when Xiao Luo interrupted again. “Oh dear, realizing your mistake is good enough. We’re all family here. I wouldn’t hold a grudge over small things.”

Xiao Mu and Liu Xuan felt a blockage in their chests as they watched Xiao Luo swagger arrogantly past them.

Old Madam Xiao walked by them and shot them a glance. “Xiao Luo isn’t holding it against you. Who are you two putting on that sour face for?!”

Liu Xuan stifled a bellyful of anger. As soon as Old Madam Xiao left, she couldn’t help but sob in Xiao Mu’s arms. “See? Your mother and your sister have teamed up against me.”

Xiao Mu’s expression was also rather grim. He patted his wife’s shoulder and comforted her quietly.

Once inside, it was mealtime, and everyone took their seats at the dining table.

The atmosphere at the table was a bit awkward, but Xiao Luo didn’t feel awkward at all. While serving food to Old Madam Xiao, she said, “Mom, I’ve had my eye on a river-view villa recently, but my private savings aren’t quite enough yet.”

Old Madam Xiao smiled. “Just tell me how much you need. Or I can send someone to buy it for you.”

Xiao Luo said, touched, “Thank you, Mom. You’re so good to me.”

“Mom, I heard there’s an auction coming up. There’s a purple diamond pocket watch from a medieval aristocrat. I’ve always wanted it, but it’s so expensive.”

“No problem. No matter the price, I’ll have someone bid and win it for you.”

Hearing Old Madam Xiao spend several hundred million more on Xiao Luo in just a few short minutes, Xiao Mu and Liu Xuan’s breathing grew unsteady.

After dinner, Old Madam Xiao brought out a box. “Xiao Luo, this is my discharge gift for you.”

“Thank you, Mom!” Xiao Luo smiled brilliantly, then glanced at the two people eyeing her covetously from the side. She quickly unwrapped the box, revealing an antique ring lying inside.

Xiao Luo took the ring out and looked at the small object with some confusion. The carving was exquisite, the patterns ancient. Beyond that, she couldn’t see anything special about this ring.

Meanwhile, Xiao Mu and Liu Xuan’s eyes widened. They said angrily, “Mom, how could you casually give that to Xiao Luo?”

Old Madam Xiao frowned and said impatiently, “It’s just a ring, isn’t it? I’ll give it to whomever I please. Why do you care so much?”

Xiao Mu couldn’t help but say, “Is this an ordinary ring? It’s the Xiao family heirloom. Only the family head can inherit it…”

“Who says only the family head can inherit it? This is just a little trinket, worn to ward off evil. Xiao Luo gets hurt easily, so I’m giving this to her.”

Liu Xuan couldn’t hold back. “Then back when Qingqing said she wanted this ring, Mom, why didn’t you give it to her?”

Old Madam Xiao cast a deep glance at her with her profound eyes. Liu Xuan trembled and lowered her head.

“Give it to her? She said it looked old-fashioned and even complained about it. Why should I offer something only to be snubbed?”

Liu Xuan’s face burned hotly. She thought inwardly that Qingqing was truly disappointing.

Thinking of Xiao Qing, she said cautiously, “Mom, Qingqing has been locked up long enough. Can we find a way to get her out?”

Old Madam Xiao said, “She did something wrong, so she should bear the consequences of her wrongdoing. Otherwise, she’ll just do it again in the future.”

Liu Xuan’s expression grew anxious. “But Qingqing is supposed to inherit the company in the future. If she goes to prison, she’ll have a criminal record.”

Old Madam Xiao said, “You don’t need to worry about that. I’ve already contacted Leng Youran. She’s willing to go to the police station and post bail. So Qingqing only needs to be detained for three months before she can come out. Whether or not she has a record won’t matter.”

“Three months?!” Liu Xuan was shocked. “No, that’s way too long.”

Old Madam Xiao’s face fell. “You’re still not satisfied?”

A flash of fear crossed Liu Xuan’s face, but for Xiao Qing’s sake, she still said quietly, “Mom, Qingqing has never endured such hardship. She definitely won’t be able to take it.”

Old Madam Xiao snorted coldly. “Do you think I run the prison myself? That I can just bring someone out whenever I want? For her, I’ve already used up most of my dignity and old connections. Leng Youran forgave her verbally, but she nearly harmed an omega. She must be detained for three months before she can come out.”

Hearing this, Xiao Luo frowned slightly and asked the system: 【Old Madam Xiao went to negotiate terms with Leng Youran? When did this happen?】

System: 【It happened today. The old madam negotiated with Leng Youran. Leng Youran agreed to the old madam’s terms.】

It seemed Old Madam Xiao still hoped Xiao Qing would get out of prison. She just didn’t know why Leng Youran would agree to the old madam’s request.

Forget it. Xiao Qing coming out in three months wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. After all, she was the scum Alpha from the original novel. If she had to stay in prison for ten or eight years, the mission progress would remain stagnant forever. She still wanted to finish the mission early and leave this world soon.

…

At nine in the evening, Xia Lingyu sent her a message: “Miss Xiao, this evening hour is the best treatment time. I’m already at the estate gate.”

Xiao Luo ran to the balcony. A car was parked outside the estate, and a tall figure stepped out.

Steward Li Ma personally opened the gate for her and led the person toward the house.

Xiao Luo leaned on the railing, watching Xia Lingyu’s figure. She hadn’t expected the other woman, as she drew closer, to raise her eyes and meet her gaze. When their eyes met and she sensed that cool, aloof look, her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

What was going on?

Xiao Luo couldn’t help but recall yesterday, when the woman wore an eye mask, the stray locks of hair at her forehead swaying slightly, her pale, slender fingers trailing down her belly, all the way lower…

She stared wide-eyed, glaring at Xia Lingyu. The other woman didn’t seem to notice her embarrassed, angry gaze, still immersed in examining her body.

At that time, her thoughts had been disturbed. She always felt that Xia Lingyu’s temperament didn’t match her actions.

She had touched her entire body, yet still looked perfectly proper and serious, as if nothing had happened. And her own body had shamefully succumbed.

Xiao Luo closed her eyes, feeling angry. She really wanted to strip this hateful professor of her clothes…

A knock sounded at the door. She went to open it and saw Xia Lingyu and Li Ma standing outside.

Li Ma smiled. “Eldest Miss, Doctor Xia has arrived.”

Xia Lingyu wore a white blazer with a fitted pencil skirt today, making her legs look well-proportioned and long. Xiao Luo’s gaze was once again involuntarily drawn to her legs.

So pale and so long. They seemed even a bit longer than her own.

Xiao Luo was letting her imagination run wild when the professor’s cool voice rang out. “Miss Xiao, what are you looking at?”

“Nothing.” Xiao Luo immediately withdrew her gaze and said, “Let’s go.”

To treat her gland, Old Madam Xiao had specially commissioned a medical room. She also discussed with Xia Lingyu and had all the necessary equipment and instruments transported over. Xia Lingyu only needed to come by every day.

Truly, being rich meant you could do whatever you wanted.

Xiao Luo felt she had been poor for several lifetimes and had never enjoyed such treatment. So this identity in this world was probably the best for her. Not only did she have money, she also had a mother.