Chapter 47: The Omega Abandoned After a One-Night Stand (4)
Su Mingxiu’s gaze fell on the Omega’s jeans, which looked almost brand new.
The ash-grey pants had been pristine last night at her place, but now there was a large hole near the knee, with frayed threads hanging from the edges. Even though Chu Ruan was facing away from her, Su Mingxiu could vaguely see bloodstains on the fabric around her calf.
A brownish-red stain.
As the little Omega stood frozen like she had been hit by a paralysis spell, Su Mingxiu walked towards her step by step. The thin heels of her flats clicked against the clean hospital corridor tiles, creating a rhythmic sound.
But to Chu Ruan’s ears, it sounded like the grim reaper’s footsteps.
Her nerves on edge, she finally couldn’t hold back and bolted towards the exit like an arrow leaving the bow—
Unfortunately, before the bow could even be drawn, her collar was grabbed.
Instantly, Chu Ruan was like a kitten being held by the scruff of its neck. She instinctively shrunk her neck, stumbled, and was forced to take two steps back by Su Mingxiu’s grip.
“How did you get injured?”
Although Su Mingxiu asked the question, she already knew she wouldn’t get an answer from Chu Ruan. So, as she spoke, her charming eyes, crinkled with a smile, turned towards Chu Ruan’s friend.
Under the gaze of this tall and handsome Alpha, Zhao Chun’er clutched the strap of her shoulder bag and betrayed her friend without hesitation: “We were shopping outside just now, and someone tried to snatch my bag. This friend of mine is a bit naive. She chased after the thief and fell while being dragged along with the bag.”
Saying this, Zhao Chun’er patted her chest, still shaken. She sighed: “Thankfully, there were a lot of people around, so it wasn’t serious. Doctor, please examine her and see if she broke any bones.”
“I said I’m fine,” Chu Ruan said impatiently, turning her head to emphasize to her friend: “I know my own body. We just need to buy some cotton swabs and alcohol from the pharmacy.”
She seemed to think that as long as she could convince Zhao Chun’er, she could immediately escape from this hospital.
The grip on her collar suddenly loosened.
A chuckling sigh followed. “Wow.”
“So you’re a good citizen who bravely fought against a criminal.” The praise was only superficial. While everyone else smiled at Su Mingxiu’s words, Chu Ruan’s face darkened.
This person was mocking her again!
“Snap.”
The sound of a rubber glove snapping against skin as it tightened.
The young nurse and Zhao Chun’er looked over and saw Su Mingxiu pulling open a drawer by the triage counter, taking out a pair of disposable examination gloves, and putting them on. She said to Chu Ruan, who was still frozen in place: “Still standing there? Do you want me to carry you in for an examination?”
Chu Ruan: “!”
Zhao Chun’er and the young nurse: “!!”
Their gazes towards Chu Ruan instantly changed, filled with complex emotions, a mix of envy and jealousy.
***
“Here, does it hurt?”
Inside the emergency treatment room, a doctor and a patient were behind a curtain, getting an electrocardiogram. Outside, family members with medical records and examination forms rushed back and forth, asking doctors and nurses questions. In this secluded corner, Chu Ruan was only given a high stool. And the area around the wound on her leg was being gently pressed by a finger.
Su Mingxiu wanted to determine if she had any bone fractures to decide whether an X-ray was necessary.
Unfortunately, her patient seemed uncooperative and unwilling to communicate.
Ever since entering this room, she had been silent, not saying a word about whether she was in pain, just sitting there quietly.
Zhao Chun’er sat beside her, her gaze shifting between her friend and the doctor, feeling that the atmosphere between them was rather strange.
She didn’t want to speak, but afraid that Chu Ruan’s stubbornness would affect her treatment, she whispered: “Ruanruan, cooperate a little.”
Chu Ruan, her light brown eyes glancing at her friend, looked away again. Su Mingxiu, who was half-squatting in front of her, examining her wound, chuckled softly.
She turned to a passing nurse and said: “Get me a bottle of hydrogen peroxide, a bottle of saline solution, and three gauze pads.”
Chu Ruan’s wounds were just abrasions, the deepest being three cuts below her knee. They looked quite scary, but they were only flesh wounds, not even requiring stitches—
But when the hydrogen peroxide was poured on, the person who had been sitting calmly on the stool suddenly jumped up!
Even Zhao Chun’er, who was accompanying her, leaned back, seemingly unable to bear the sight. The white foam bubbling from the hydrogen peroxide on the exposed wound made her feel the pain vicariously! She even felt her own knees start to hurt!
Chu Ruan wasn’t a stranger to injuries, especially before her differentiation, when she often got into fights with the boys from the Chu family. But she had never been treated so harshly!
If she hadn’t bitten down on her cheek, her scream would have startled the patient getting an electrocardiogram nearby.
Even so, her face was still flushed red from suppressing her pain, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on her forehead.
And those clear eyes were now burning with anger, glaring at Su Mingxiu.
The person who had poured the hydrogen peroxide without even a tremor in her hand, and even had the time to use gauze to prevent the liquid from dripping down Chu Ruan’s leg, still had that gentle expression. Facing Chu Ruan’s anger, she asked calmly: “Does it hurt?”
No shit!
Chu Ruan wished she could make Su Mingxiu experience this pain.
But seeing that the bottle in Su Mingxiu’s hand was about to tilt again, remembering the searing pain from earlier, the Omega reluctantly squeezed out a word through gritted teeth:
“It hurts.”
Su Mingxiu looked surprised. “So you can still feel pain? I was wondering if you had lost sensation and if we should schedule an amputation with the operating room.”
“Ugh…” Chu Ruan was grinding her teeth.
This Alpha! She was doing this on purpose!
Evil! Psychopath!
Just as Su Mingxiu was about to switch to normal saline solution to continue cleaning the wound, Chu Ruan caught a glimpse of the ID card hanging around her neck. Seeing the words “Psychiatric Consultation Department” clearly written beside her name, Chu Ruan’s eyes widened in shock.
She quickly raised her hand to stop Su Mingxiu.
“You’re not an emergency doctor?”
The person in front of her smiled, her eyes crinkled, as if silently asking if she had any other questions.
Remembering the disinfection that had practically peeled off a layer of her skin, Chu Ruan felt that Su Mingxiu was definitely taking revenge. She desperately called out to a passing nurse:
“Hello! Can I change doctors?”
The nurse who was addressed happened to be the young nurse from the triage counter earlier. Seeing that Su Mingxiu was personally cleaning a patient’s wound, and was even being rejected by the patient, she was stunned. She hesitated for a moment and replied: “You mean… you don’t want Dr. Su to treat you?”
Chu Ruan nodded resolutely.
Even though she didn’t understand medicine, she knew that the Psychiatric Consultation Department was very different from other departments! This Su Mingxiu was definitely messing with her! If she let this person continue treating her, Chu Ruan suspected her leg would really end up broken.
For the sake of her own safety, she even ignored the pain and jumped off the high stool with one leg, wanting the nurse to take her to another doctor.
But before she could even take a step, a hand landed on her shoulder. As the person in front of her stood up, her shadow enveloped Chu Ruan—
“No.”
Su Mingxiu asked with a gentle smile: “Are you here to order food?”
Nurse Liu had originally wanted to reluctantly agree. After all, having Dr. Su clean a patient’s wound was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
But after hearing Dr. Su’s words, she subconsciously echoed: “Yes, the department is quite busy today, the other doctors are all occupied.”
After a pause, she said in a soothing tone: “Dr. Su is very skilled, you can rest assured with her treating you.”
Wuwuwu! I also want to go out and fall right now!
I wonder if Dr. Su would be willing to personally clean my wounds?
Chu Ruan: Thanks, but I’m even more worried now.
But she couldn’t escape. Pressed back onto the stool by the hand on her shoulder, she stared at Su Mingxiu’s movements, preparing to endure the next wave of pain.
Seeing the liquid about to be poured onto her wound—
Chu Ruan even held her breath.
But until the gauze gently wiped away the remaining dirt from her wound, she didn’t feel any pain.
“Ugh…” Damn it! This person was definitely messing with her earlier, right?
Chu Ruan sat there with a dark expression, letting Su Mingxiu finish treating her wound. Then she saw the gentle-looking person stand up, remove her gloves, and pat her head: “See, it’s much better when you’re obedient.”
She casually took out a candy from her white coat pocket and placed it in Chu Ruan’s hand. Before she could say anything else, she heard a nurse outside say: “Two patients from a car accident on National Highway 302, arriving in one minute!”
“Coming.”
Su Mingxiu responded and hurried over. Before leaving, she grabbed Nurse Liu and said with a smile: “That was my fiancée just now. She’s going for an X-ray later. Please bring me the results when they’re out.”
Nurse Liu: “!”
What?!
Dr. Su already has a fiancée?!
***
“Ruanruan…”
Inside the treatment room, sensing that her friend had calmed down, Zhao Chun’er, holding the medical records in one hand and supporting Chu Ruan with the other, leaned closer with a gossipy look. “Do you know that Dr. Su from earlier?”
“No!”
Chu Ruan denied it without hesitation and tossed the candy she had just received to Zhao Chun’er, thinking: Who would want to know that psychopath?
But as soon as they reached the imaging department, the nurse at the reception desk looked up from her phone, her eyes fixed on them. Then, she smiled at Chu Ruan warmly: “Chu Ruan, right? Give me your medical card, I’ll register you.”
“Huh?” Chu Ruan was confused, wondering how the nurse knew her name.
Zhao Chun’er, however, reacted quickly and handed over the card. The nurse swiped it absentmindedly, her gaze lingering on Chu Ruan. After glancing at the number of people in line on the screen, she reminded them of their turn. Seeing that no other patients were behind them, she seized the opportunity and asked: “Can I ask how you know Dr. Su?”
“Blind date? Or were you matched by the Genetic Matching Center? We’ve never seen Dr. Su with a partner before, we’re so curious.”
Chu Ruan: “…”
Her entire face froze.
Zhao Chun’er looked at her with a betrayed expression. “So you lied! You just said you didn’t know her! Could it be that Dr. Su is the one you were matched with at the Genetic Matching Center?”
Wait!
Come to think of it, she remembered that when Chu Ruan was late this morning, she said that she had met her marriage partner yesterday!
That meant that they might have… last night…
Zhao Chun’er’s eyes widened in shock and disapproval!
And the nurse at the imaging department caught the keywords: “Matched by the Genetic Matching Center? What’s your compatibility rate? Do you mind sharing it with us so we can be envious?Wuwuwu”
“Uh…”
***
Chu Ruan felt like she was drowning in a sea of nurses.
After finally enduring the ordeal at the imaging department, she wanted to leave with her scans. However, in those few hours, the emergency room had become less busy. Nurse Liu, remembering her “family member” status, kindly took her to the Psychiatric Consultation Department during her break.
Unconsciously, she was brought to that cozy office.
There was even black tea and snacks waiting for her.
And Zhao Chun’er, after confirming that Chu Ruan was fine, had already slipped away with the excuse of not wanting to disturb their “couple time.”
Chu Ruan was now alone in the office.
She turned her head and saw a cute humidifier by her side, silently releasing a dense mist of water vapor, like white fog.
Thinking about the owner of this office, Chu Ruan angrily swatted at the white mist, scattering it.
“Knock.”
The knock on the door startled her, and she retracted her hand like a frightened rabbit.
The person outside spoke: “Is Su Mingxiu here? Delivery.”
The nurse who had received her earlier was nowhere to be seen. The voice outside was deep and unfamiliar. Chu Ruan looked around and had no choice but to say slowly, asking the person to come in and leave the package on the desk.
“Grumble…”
Chu Ruan didn’t know how many times her stomach had growled. She wondered with a blank expression, why was she so obediently waiting for someone in this office?
She could understand the doctor’s recommendations on the scan results, was it necessary to wait here foolishly for that psychopath?
Thinking of this, as if suddenly enlightened, she abruptly stood up from the soft sofa. Just as she was about to leave, the office door was pushed open again—
A pair of long legs, accentuated by the white coat, stepped in. The dark red striped tie on the dark suit set off the person’s jade-like face. Those beautiful, alluring eyes looked at her with surprise:
“Waiting for me?”
Before Chu Ruan could decide whether to say yes or no, Su Mingxiu seemed to remember something and walked towards her. “Let me see the scans?”
Chu Ruan could only purse her lips and hand over the paper bag.
Su Mingxiu placed the scans on the lightbox behind her desk, turned on the light, and the wheels of her office chair rolled across the floor. Her gaze carefully scanned the contents of the scans, and she nodded. “No bone fractures.”
Seeing that the girl who had accompanied Chu Ruan earlier wasn’t there, Su Mingxiu took the scans, put them back in the bag, and stood up. “Haven’t eaten yet, right? What do you want to eat? I’ll send you back after.”
“No need.”
Chu Ruan replied stiffly, as if completing a mission. She turned to leave.
“With your limping leg, do you want everyone to know that I’m someone who abuses their fiancée before we’re even married?” The person sitting behind the desk asked with a raised eyebrow, her tone calm and composed.
Now that Su Mingxiu had said this, Chu Ruan abruptly turned to look at her. “I already apologized for what happened before last night. When are you going to break off the engagement?”
Oh, I have to figure out how to avoid doing the system’s mission first.
Su Mingxiu thought nonchalantly, then gave the stubborn little beast in front of her a bright smile.
“Have dinner with me, and I’ll consider it?”
***
Because Chu Ruan insisted that Su Mingxiu not touch her again, but the wounds on her leg looked too pitiful, she ended up being pushed to the car in a hospital wheelchair by Su Mingxiu.
She was also holding a large cardboard box.
After getting into the passenger seat, the little Omega’s face, for some reason, darkened again. This made Su Mingxiu, who was about to fasten her seatbelt, raise an eyebrow in amusement. The knowledge points in her mind popped up again at the wrong time, and she couldn’t help but tease: “Omegas have a variety of hormones in their bodies, and anger can lead to the following diseases…”
Chu Ruan, knowing she couldn’t win in a fight or an argument, covered her ears and comforted herself that as long as she returned to school, she would never have to see this hateful person again.
The next moment—
That dangerous aura approached, making her turn her head abruptly. She saw Su Mingxiu reaching out to pull down the seatbelt beside her. At such close range, Chu Ruan smelled a faint, cool scent.
It was the Alpha’s pheromones…
Unlike Omegas, who needed high-tech suppression collars to prevent their pheromones from leaking, block the effects of Alpha pheromones, and protect their vulnerable glands,
Alphas didn’t have so many worries. They only needed a simple suppression patch made of synthetic materials to solve the problem.
But the suppression patch needed to be replaced every few hours, and its effectiveness could be shortened by strenuous exercise, water contact, and other factors.
She noticed that the hair on Su Mingxiu’s neck was still slightly damp. She didn’t know if it was sweat from being too busy or something else, but it was clear that the Alpha’s pheromones were leaking slightly.
It smelled like… the mint candy she had refused earlier and given to Chun’er.
Su Mingxiu, being stared at intently, was confused. But she didn’t ask. After sitting back, she saw Chu Ruan still holding the cardboard box and chuckled: “Do you want to help me open the package? You’re holding onto it so dearly.”
Then, she remembered that the little Omega liked to carry a paper cutter with her. As the little girl was about to throw the box at her in anger, she softened her voice and asked Chu Ruan to open it for her.
Chu Ruan initially wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, she took out the small paper cutter she always carried and violently stabbed the cardboard box.
—Like a kitten’s angry prank.
The next moment.
The contents of the box spilled out.
Su Mingxiu, who hadn’t even started the car yet, turned her head upon hearing the noise and looked down. She saw a long box that had fallen out, picked it up, and opened it, revealing a…
A braided leather whip.
Then she saw the other scattered items: small flower-shaped clips, an oval object connected to a long electric wire…
All sorts of things were scattered around the driver and passenger seats. They were all brand new and clean.
But illuminated by the sunlight streaming through the car windows, they gave off a sense of absurd debauchery.
Both of them, recognizing what these things were, fell silent.
Chu Ruan instantly became like a startled bird, pressing herself against the car door, her hands raised high, as if realizing she had touched something dirty. Her face screamed: Pervert! She’s truly a pervert!
“Click.” The sound of the box being closed startled her.
Chu Ruan looked over and saw the woman beside her looking at her with a smile. After observing her for a moment, Su Mingxiu said softly, as if talking to herself or asking for her opinion: “Look, the box is broken.”
“How can I bear to take these things back home?”
The Omega in the passenger seat felt her hair stand on end. The words “It’s none of my business” were on the tip of her tongue, about to burst out—
Just then, Su Mingxiu’s eyes lit up, as if she had found a solution. She glanced at Chu Ruan and said: “How about… asking the culprit who broke the box to take them home for me?”
Chu Ruan’s eyes widened, and she instinctively refused: “Impossible!”
Su Mingxiu’s palm stroked the wooden box containing the whip. Hearing her refusal, she looked at Chu Ruan with a regretful expression, then confirmed again: “You don’t want to take them?”
“Then do you want to wear them and go home with me in another way?”
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