Fake Alpha Daughter's Self-Help Notes - Chapter 26

After seeing the results, the person who was least surprised was Gu Fei.

She knew exactly how strong Gu Qingqing‘s foundation was, and just how hard she had been studying over the past month.

This was a result Gu Qingqing had rightfully earned.

The system was also crying tears of joy in Gu Fei’s mind, “Wuwuwu, Host, I misunderstood you before. I thought you were just pretending to cooperate while actually exploiting system bugs to rack up villainess value, I didn’t expect the heroine’s career arc to stay perfectly on track after all. This is so great…”

“Looks like I still don’t understand humans well enough. Anyway, Host, you did an amazing job, wuwuwu!”

Gu Fei：“……”

Ahem…sorry, she was indeed pretending to obey.

This system was not very smart.

Now Gu Fei was even more certain, this system truly didn’t understand human emotions at all. As long as the so-called “villainess value” stayed above 60 points, the world was considered safe, no matter how the task was completed.

However, although Gu Fei had managed to reach a villainess value of 60 in just one week before, a whole month had now passed with the system issuing various tasks, big and small, yet her value had only just barely climbed to 75.

Taking the opportunity, Gu Fei asked, “System, why have the recent tasks had such low villainess value rewards?”

“Because each task is scored based on the emotional fluctuations of the heroine,” The system explained. “The more times you bully her, the less her emotions will fluctuate. You know…she just gets used to it after a while. And if you go too long without bullying the heroine, your villainess value will also start to drop.”

“Still, you can rest assured, Host!” the system declared enthusiastically. “I’ll keep issuing even tougher missions, so you can bully Gu Qingqing even more ruthlessly! Your villainess value will definitely reach 80, maybe even 100 within the year!”

Gu Fei asked, “You said before that once the villainess value reaches 80, I can choose to reject the tasks you give me. What about when it reaches 100?”

“If you can reach a full 100, your score will never drop again!” The system said cheerfully. “That means, as long as you hit 100 points, you’ll never have to do any more tasks.”

Gu Fei’s eyes lit up. As her relationship with Gu Qingqing grew closer, even going behind the system’s back and twisting the tasks to complete them in her own way was starting to feel a little difficult.

Even if Gu Fei could twist the system’s assigned tasks into something completely harmless, even if Gu Qingqing didn’t seem to mind at all, every time she said those words or did those things to her, Gu Fei couldn’t help but feel a pang of guilt and discomfort.

The system saw Gu Fei’s excited expression and snorted twice before dampening her mood, “But reaching a full score of 100 isn’t that easy. It’ll take at least a year or so, and by then, you’ll pretty much be ready to leave this world anyway.”

Gu Fei nodded perfunctorily, “Mm-hmm, sure, sure.”

She wasn’t going to die! None of her family would follow the original story anymore.

Gu Fei was secretly delighted with her plan. As long as she raised her “Villainess Value” to 100, she could perfectly avoid the BAD ENDING and live happily ever after in this world…with her mom and Gu Qingqing!

Because the Regular class was dismissed later, Gu Fei, as usual, waited a while for Gu Qingqing. By the time the two walked out of the school gates, most people had already left, making the black SUV parked out front especially conspicuous.

“Mom, mommy! Why are you back?” Gu Fei pulled Gu Qingqing and ran over quickly.

The car window rolled down, and Gu Hupo raised her brows at the two of them, “Get in the car, we’re taking you out for something delicious!”

Ju Yan also said gently, “We heard that Qing-Qing did really well on the exam this time, so of course we had to come back and celebrate together.”

“Thank you…Auntie,” Gu Qingqing said. Her voice dropped noticeably on the last two words, so soft it was almost only audible to herself.

Gu Fei naturally draped her arm around Gu Qingqing’s shoulders, leaning close with a cheeky grin, “What are you thanking them for?”

In the front row, Ju Yan saw two girls hugging each other through the rearview mirror. A hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, but quickly disappeared.

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…

While the Gu family enjoyed a lively and joyful dinner, chaos reigned in the Chen household.

Chen Xiaoxian‘s mother had finally returned from her vacation abroad, and her father had just come home from a business trip.

Chen Xiaoxian burst out of her room in tears and threw herself into her mother’s arms, “Mom, I know I was wrong, wuwuwu…please talk to Dad, ask him to let me go back to school, okay?”

During the days Chen Xiaoxian was grounded, she had already worn herself out, her hair was a tangled mess, her complexion pale and sickly, looking barely human. Now that she burst into tears, she looked even more pitiful.

Mother Chen and Father Chen had a political marriage, a union between influential families, and a second marriage for both. There was little affection between them, and neither paid much attention to Chen Xiaoxian. Still, Chen Xiaoxian was her mother’s only child. No matter how indifferent she usually was toward her, when facing Chen Xiaoxian’s father, she would still stand on her daughter’s side.

Mother Chen calmed down and said gently, “What’s wrong? Your dad doesn’t allow you to go to school?”

Father Chen’s face darkened instantly, and he slammed the coffee table hard, “She still has the nerve to talk like that? Ask her yourself, do you even know what she’s done? Two months of grounding is already being lenient!”

Chen Xiaoxian was so frightened that she trembled.

“Oh? I want to know what my daughter has done.” Mother Chen straightened up and patted Chen Xiaoxian on the shoulder, “Don’t be afraid. Mom will support you.”

Chen Xiaoxian sobbed with tears streaming down her face, choking out the events of the past few weeks in a trembling, broken voice.

“That’s it?” Mother Chen raised an eyebrow in disdain as she looked at Father Chen, “Chen Dahua, you’re really pathetic, aren’t you? It’s just a little quarrel between kids, and you actually bowed your head to the Gu family and grounded our daughter for two whole months?”

“Chen Xiaoxian slandered the Gu family’s daughter on the school forum and in group chats, that’s breaking the law! How is that a small matter?” Father Chen roared in fury.

Mother Chen refuse to back down, “The Gu family has a long-standing relationship with us. There’s no way they’d actually send Xiaoxian to jail over something like this. You already made her apologize and kept her grounded at home for a month, that should be more than enough.”

Seeing that Father Chen was about to lose his temper again, Mother Chen leaned back and forced out a few tears, “So their Gu family’s daughter is a precious child, but our Xiaoxian isn’t? If you’re not going to let her go back to school, then tomorrow I’ll take her and move back to my family’s house!”

“You——!” Father Chen was speechless for a moment.

Mother Chen pressed her advantage and said, “Besides, isn’t your partnership with the Gu family going just fine? We’re all businesspeople, everyone values profit. There’s no way they’d let some squabbles between the younger generation affect business, don’t you think?”

Father Chen was silent for a moment, then finally nodded.

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…

It was music class again on Monday.

Gu Fei, as usual, lazily leaned against the window, gazing out toward the sports field.

But she didn’t see Gu Qingqing today.

“Didn’t come to class?” Gu Fei muttered in a tone of complaint.

Previously, Gu Fei had already noticed that Gu Qingqing would occasionally skip Monday’s PE class to stay in the classroom and study. But strangely enough, she had never missed the Wednesday class they had together.

After glancing outside for a while and confirming that Gu Qingqing wasn’t there, Gu Fei pulled the curtains shut and got ready to nap. But just as she turned her head, she was startled to see a familiar face right in front of her.

Chen Xiaoxian was sitting in the back row diagonally across from Gu Fei, staring straight at her. When she saw Gu Fei turn her head, she gave what she thought was a sweet smile.

Gu Fei frowned, “……”

Disgusting!

Chen Xiaoxian used to often skip her own classes just to sneak into their music class, sitting in the last row and staring at her like some kind of creep. Every time, it made her skin crawl.

Now that Chen Xiaoxian had been back at school for two weeks, she seemed much more restrained than before. Gu Fei thought she’d finally learned her lesson and would stop bothering her, but to her surprise, she was back again, trying to get close.

Gu Fei felt a headache. She put on a hood to cover her head and prepared to sleep through the class.

However, the moment Gu Fei thought about Chen Xiaoxian sitting behind her, staring with that sticky, obsessive gaze, an intense discomfort welled up in her chest, so much so that she couldn’t fall asleep no matter how hard she tried.

“System, in the original storyline, was Chen Xiaoxian also a villainess?” Gu Fei couldn’t sleep, so she simply called out to the system.

The system quickly replied, “No, Chen Xiaoxian at most counts as a vicious cannon fodder. In the original story, you and Chen Xiaoxian were birds of a feather, you two got along very well since childhood. The Gu and Chen families even arranged an engagement because of that. Later, when Gu Qingqing returned to the Gu family, you two teamed up to bully her.”

Upon hearing that, in the original story, she actually had an engagement with Chen Xiaoxian, Gu Fei couldn’t help but feel a wave of disgust.

“But in reality, before I even arrived, your transmigration had already completely derailed your storyline with Chen Xiaoxian,” The system continued.” But since she was originally just an insignificant cannon fodder, I never required you to fix your relationship with her.”

Gu Fei breathed a sigh of relief and then asked, “Can I take a look at the parts about Chen Xiaoxian in the original novel? I-I just want to use it for reference, to learn a bit!”

“I’ll fetch it for you right away.” The system immediately agreed.

Soon, rows upon rows of content related to Chen Xiaoxian appeared before Gu Fei’s eyes.

Gu Fei read very carefully. She had previously suspected that the original owner might have been instigated by Chen Xiaoxian to tie Gu Qingqing up and lock her in the storage room. However, after just a short while of reading, Gu Fei dismissed that idea.

The reason was simple— the original owner was really stupid and bad.

Whenever the original owner and Chen Xiaoxian appeared together, they were always plotting how to bully Gu Qingqing. There was even one time when the original owner and Chen Xiaoxian hired some street thugs to sneak into the school and beat Gu Qingqing up on the hockey field during her PE class.

The original host skipped music class and went with Chen Xiaoxian to watch from a distance. At the moment when Gu Qingqing was at her most miserable, she walked over just to stomp on her once more.

Gu Fei frowned in disgust and was just about to turn the page when something suddenly occurred to her. She flipped back a few pages instead.

The original host and Chen Xiaoxian had hired people to bully Gu Qingqing in mid-October, on a Monday during music class, which meant…it was today! Gu Fei snapped her gaze back to Chen Xiaoxian, then looked once more at the empty sports field where Gu Qingqing was noticeably absent. Her expression instantly turned grave.

She sent Gu Qingqing a WeChat message and waited a few seconds. When she didn’t receive a reply, she immediately asked, “System, where is Gu Qingqing right now?”

The system replied bluntly, “Ding ding, non-mission time, host has no permission to view the heroine’s location.”

Gu Fei：“……”

Since she couldn’t rely on the system, she would go to the hockey field herself.

Gu Fei cast one last deep glance at Chen Xiaoxian, then stood up without hesitation. Ignoring the strange looks from her classmates around her, she strode quickly toward the classroom door!

“She found out? H-how is that possible…!” Chen Xiaoxian stared in shock at Gu Fei’s back. After a few seconds of daze, she quickly got up and hurriedly chased after her.

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…

“Student, are you Gu Qingqing?”

Just before PE class started, Gu Qingqing had just stepped out of the school building when a male student in uniform called out to her.

“I’m the PE class rep from Class 5, we’re having PE with your class today,” The boy scratched his head and said, “It’s your class’s turn for duty, right? The teacher asked me to let you know to head to the hockey field and count the equipment.”

The boy had a handsome appearance and a somewhat dazed expression. He was indeed the class representative of Class 5.

Gu Qingqing nodded.

The boy gave a shy smile and walked away, but after a few steps, he turned back and kindly pointed to a small path behind the music building, “If you go that way, you’ll get to the hockey field faster. You won’t have to pass through the playground. Hurry over, once you’re done counting, it’ll be just in time for free activity.”

“Mm, thank you,” Gu Qingqing smiled gently and nodded, making the boy’s ears turn completely red as he stammered and walked away.

Gu Qingqing walked toward the path the boy had pointed out. She didn’t doubt what he said, firstly, because it really was her turn to be on duty today. Every time it was a student’s duty during PE class, they’d help the teacher count equipment or do some other small tasks. Secondly, because she hadn’t sensed any malice from the boy.

However, when they walked along the path to the hockey field, Gu Qingqing clearly felt that something was wrong.

There wasn’t a single person around, and the grass by the edge of the field had grown so tall it was nearly as high as a person.

The atmosphere felt inexplicably eerie.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound behind her. Gu Qingqing turned around and saw four tall male Alphas approaching her, each with a mocking, disdainful smile on their lips.

Sure enough, she was deceived.

Back when she was living in the countryside, she used to encounter situations like this all the time, so how had she lost even the most basic sense of caution after just two months in the city? And of all times, it had to be during PE class, her phone was left on her desk. Gu Qingqing silently sighed in frustration, but her expression remained calm and composed.

Four male Alphas, she probably couldn’t beat them, but maybe she could escape.

She glanced at the grass next to her and saw a few bricks piled in the grass, then she retreated to that side unnoticed.

Those Alphas thought she was scared and laughed even more maliciously, “Oh, I didn’t expect the girl to be so pretty. It’s a pity that she’s just an ordinary person, so we can only beat her up. If she was an Omega, tsk tsk…”

“If an ordinary person looks like this, we’re not really losing out either. Boss, remember to record a video later, we can take it back and enjoy it slowly. No one can tell through a phone whether she’s an Omega or not, right?” The group laughed more and more obscenely.

Gu Qingqing retreated to the bricks, looked up at them, and said in a voice without any fluctuation, “Who asked you to come?”

“You’re called Gu Qingqing, right?” The guy in front glanced at his phone and squinted mockingly, “The one who hired us…was that Gu something from your family—Gu Fei.

So don’t even think about calling the cops or anything. We all know you’re just some worthless trash in your own home. Hahaha…”

As soon as he finished speaking, the three people behind him also laughed mockingly.

Hearing Gu Fei’s name, Gu Qingqing was stunned for a moment, but quickly calmed down.

…she had a pretty good idea who it was.

The only one who ordered people to beat her up and framed the crime on Gu Fei was probably Chen Xiaoxian.

The group of Alphas finished laughing and slowly advanced from the front. Because they underestimated Gu Qingqing as just a frail, ordinary person, they didn’t even bother bringing any sticks.

The leader threw a punch straight at her.

“Boss, don’t hit her face! We still need to record the video later!” Someone from behind jeered.

As soon as he finished speaking, a crisp “smack” sound rang out.

It wasn’t the sound of a fist hitting flesh, it was the sound of a brick smashing against bone.

The other three hadn’t even reacted yet, they only saw their leader get hit by a brick on the side of his neck and shoulder, then sway unsteadily before collapsing to the ground, unconscious. The brick had shattered and landed silently in the grass.

Gu Qingqing tossed aside the half brick in her hand, picked up another one, slightly bent down, licked her lips, and looked at them calmly.

The three thugs blinked in a daze. They looked at their unconscious leader, then back at the slender girl holding a brick, and suddenly, they had the illusion that she was the real hunter.

Gu Qingqing’s entire body was tense. She gripped the brick tightly, ready to feint a move, then seize the chance to escape.

She had managed to knock one out by surprise, but the remaining three wouldn’t be that easy.

Just as Gu Qingqing was about to lunge forward, the three Alphas in front of her suddenly showed expressions of sheer terror. Before she could even make a move, all three of them dropped to their knees.

As if out of fear, they knelt before her, begging for mercy.

Gu Qingqing was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously raised her eyes to look not far away, and her pupils froze for a moment. Gu Fei ran towards her quickly like a little leopard.

Gu Qingqing couldn’t sense any pheromones herself, but judging by the reactions of the three thugs, she could easily guess……right now, Gu Fei must be completely drenched in pheromones. With the wind blowing, it was spreading everywhere.

Including her body, it should be covered with Gu Fei’s pheromones.

It was clearly a cloudy day today, without a single ray of sunshine, but at this moment, Gu Qingqing felt that her whole body had become incredibly warm from the moment she saw Gu Fei.

Gu Fei was not physically strong, and she rarely exercised even during PE class, and if her school bag got a little too heavy, she’d need Gu Qingqing to help her carry it. Yet now, she had sprinted over without a single pause, running faster than ever.

Gu Qingqing put down the brick.

The next moment, Gu Fei leapt in front of her, pulling her tightly into her arms. Then she turned to look at the three men lying on the grass, her eyes glinting with a fierce light, like a true wild beast.

Gu Qingqing was a little taller than Gu Fei, so she gently lowered her head and nestled it against Gu Fei’s chest, wrapping her arms tightly around her waist.

On the grass, one of the thugs lay unconscious from being struck, while the remaining three trembled on their knees in fear. Gu Qingqing, completely unharmed, softly nestled against Gu Fei’s chest with a fragile demeanor, her voice barely audible;

“Gu Fei, I’m scared.”

“Don’t be afraid,” Gu Fei said softly. However, in the very next moment, when she turned to look at the three thugs, her gaze instantly turned fierce. Her pheromones spilled out in a terrifying wave, her body overtaken by the violent instincts of an Alpha.

The three men on the grass were tormented by the overwhelming concentration of Alpha pheromones, eyes bloodshot and veins bulging, yet their bodies were pinned down by Gu Fei’s oppressive aura, so tightly suppressed that they didn’t dare make a single move.

From a distance, another set of footsteps echoed faintly.

Chen Xiaoxian panted heavily, struggling through the thick overgrown grass, so exhausted she was nearly collapsing. But the moment she saw Gu Fei and Gu Qingqing holding each other, a fire instantly blazed in her eyes, so fierce it seemed she was ready to tear Gu Qingqing apart on the spot.

Previously, Chen Xiaoxian had always believed that Gu Fei’s kindness to Gu Qingqing must be fake, and Gu Fei must hate Gu Qingqing in his heart. And Gu Qingqing, as a real daughter, must also have a grudge against Gu Fei, the fake daughter.

As long as she stirred things up between them a little, their fragile, pretend relationship would naturally fall apart.

But it was not until this moment that Chen Xiaoxian completely believed…that Gu Fei and Gu Qingqing had a really good relationship.

The high concentration of pheromones in the air made it clear that Gu Fei was in a state of acute stress, almost completely overtaken by her Alpha instincts. No matter how delicate and adorable she might usually appear, at this moment, she resembled a frenzied beast far more than a human being.

Only the person dearest to an Alpha could trigger this deep-rooted instinct within them, pushing them into such a heightened state of stress response.

Alphas whose animal desires were aroused were very terrifying. Logically, only omega pheromones could calm them down and make them regain their rationality. Yet at this moment, not only did Gu Qingqing show no trace of fear toward the alpha, she instead clung gently to Gu Fei, her entire body curling into her embrace, her posture radiating absolute trust and calm.

Gu Qingqing and Gu Fei…

Real and fake daughter? Sisters? Family? Friends?

No…it’s more like lovers!

Chen Xiaoxian’s teeth were chattering as she slowly walked towards the two of them.

Clearly, the one who should be nestled in Gu Fei’s arms right now, calming her emotions, holding her like a lover, should be her, the omega——!

But why…why is it Gu Qingqing instead?

“Gu Qingqing… you’re just an ordinary person, what gives you the right to be with Gu Fei?” Chen Xiaoxian stared at Gu Qingqing with a crazed look in her eyes.

Gu Qingqing froze for a moment, then lifted her head from Gu Fei’s embrace. Her clear, doe-like eyes blinked gently. That cool and beautiful face was now filled with innocence, there was even a hint of confusion in her expression.

As their eyes met, Chen Xiaoxian was so infuriated she nearly lunged at her.

Gu Fei turned her head warily and pulled Gu Qingqing further behind her in a protective motion. Her voice was low, laced with suppressed anger, “Leave.”

Even under the control of her instincts, Gu Fei wouldn’t resort to cursing. When she said “leave,” what she truly meant was—get lost.

Chen Xiaoxian froze in place, her eyes filled with sorrow, but in the very next second, she laughed and said, “Gu Qingqing, what makes you worthy of Gu Fei’s affection?”

Under the overwhelming pressure of the pheromones, Chen Xiaoxian forced herself to stay standing despite her trembling legs. She didn’t look at Gu Fei, instead, her eyes were fixed on Gu Qingqing.

“You’ve taken a Physiology class, right? Gu Fei’s current state is called an Alpha’s stress response. Right now, she’s just a beast driven by instinct. Only an Omega’s pheromones can calm her down.”

Chen Xiaoxian took out a vial of injection from her bag and jabbed it into her arm.

“And you’re just an ordinary person. Even if Gu Fei likes you, as long as I inject myself with this dose of aphrodisiac, I’ll go into heat and release a large amount of pheromones. By then…guess what? Will Gu Fei choose you, or will she follow her instincts and be soothed by my pheromones?”

The next second, Chen Xiaoxian casually tossed aside the empty syringe.

Gu Qingqing couldn’t sense any change in pheromones, but she saw the three people crawling on the ground begin to twist and writhe in pain. Yet because of Gu Fei’s oppressive presence, they didn’t dare move too wildly. Like insects, they squirmed and crawled toward Chen Xiaoxian, hoarse growls rumbling from their throats.

Even the gang leader who had fainted began to instinctively writhe.

Earlier, when Gu Fei had reacted instinctively, Gu Qingqing didn’t feel much. But now, she clearly realized that an Alpha driven by instinct truly was no different from a wild beast.

Gu Qingqing instinctively hugged Gu Fei’s waist, and a trace of fear flashed in her eyes.

The next moment, Gu Fei let go of the arms that had been holding her.

Gu Qingqing looked up in shock, and in a trance saw Chen Xiaoxian lying on the ground limply due to estrus, but her face was smug.

And as for Gu Fei…

Gu Fei let go of Gu Qingqing for just a moment before immediately grabbing her wrist again, pulling her a few steps back.

Not only did Gu Fei not charge toward Chen Xiaoxian like the other Alphas, she instead leaned entirely against Gu Qingqing, lowering her head and dry heaving in discomfort.

“Wu…” Gu Fei hugged Gu Qingqing tightly, almost crying.

“It smells…bad.”

The author has something to say: 

Hahahahahahaha! Chen Xiaoxian, bet you didn’t see that coming!