She's a Poor Beta

Upcoming novel: The Golden Boy and Jade Girl Come to See Us Off, a mildly spooky comedy set in the modern-day ABO world. It’ll start around the Lunar New Year. If you’re interested, please add it to your collection! Arrogant elite Alpha × pathetic, penniless Beta × cruel, obsessive Omega (temporarily one-on-one) Melodrama warning! * In this world, Alphas and Omegas are born to be the main characters. After all, rare things are precious. Most are born into high society and want for nothing. Once their stomachs are full, they start noticing how empty their lives feel. These people are the ones most likely to experience overwhelming love and hate, becoming tangled in passionate relationships that end only in death. Luckily, Chen Yun is an ordinary Beta, as ordinary as they come. The love and hate between Alphas and Omegas usually have nothing to do with her. She only needs to stand aside, watch the drama unfold, and occasionally play a supporting role in their grand love stories. Then she can leave unscathed. But that’s the Beta’s place in Alpha and Omega stories. What is the real world like for Betas? They grow up in an ordinary way, get ordinary jobs, then marry another ordinary Beta and have ordinary little Betas, carrying on the unremarkable mission of these worker ants. At least, that’s how Chen Yun’s Beta mothers lived. Maybe she’ll end up the same way. Really? Staring at the Alpha and Omega blocking her path, Chen Yun can’t help asking herself. Why on earth would two Alphas and Omegas get hung up on a broke Beta like her?! Worse, these two are engaged to each other! It all starts with a marriage alliance between two families. The two most influential students at school are forced into an arranged marriage, agreed to with smiles by their elders. But the two people actually getting married don’t seem happy about it. One is a top student in the law department, an elite. The other is the brightest star in the combat division, a genius. Neither can stand the other. They can’t even keep up appearances in public, getting into a quarrel right there in front of everyone. Chen Yun is just standing nearby, grinning as she watches the show, when she hears the beautiful Omega say, “I’d rather date a Beta than marry someone like you.” Chen Yun: ??? Hold on, what do you mean, “rather”? Betas did nothing wrong. Before she can even finish grumbling to herself, a slender, bony hand grabs her wrist. The Omega says, “There’s no time to pick. You’ll do. Be my girlfriend, right now!” W-Wait, is this right? If you’re not going to be picky, I still get to be! “You two already have such exciting lives as an Alpha and Omega. Why drag a Beta like me into your little game?” “Does a Beta’s life not matter?” You don’t really think Chen Yun has the guts to say any of this out loud, do you? Hahahaha. She only dares rant to herself, then meekly nods and kowtows to the two Alphas and Omegas. What can she do? She’s just a penniless Beta with no money or influence. * Reader’s guide and content warnings: 1. Female characters have no extra appendages. 2. All the main characters have varying degrees of moral flaws. 3. A nontraditional ABO world, not a strong Alpha/weak Omega dynamic. 4. The ending leans toward an open ending in the conventional sense. 5. A fictional interstellar setting, with all sorts of details that won’t hold up to close scrutiny. 6. The main storyline follows a Beta’s rise to success and romantic adventures. 7. The writing style may be a little strange, swinging between comedy and pretentious literary flourishes. 8. The leads switch roles. * Theme: Live hard and never stop striving