MORIC - Chapter 103

Chapter 103: The Big-Spender Patron is Actually My Wife

Chi Yueshan's face looked like it had been sprayed with red paint from her chat with Xuan Ping, and she didn't even dare to look at Xi Zhoumeng.

Xuan Ping was shouting from the other end, "We were talking about whether Yueshan would choose some exaggerated erotic constitution if she had the ability to time travel, hahaha, just like in that funny romance drama!"

Xi Zhoumeng: "The one called 【I Wake Up and Whoever I Stare At Gets Pregnant】?"

Xuan Ping: "I didn't expect you to watch it too, Senior."

Xuan Ping: "Oh, I won't disturb you two anymore. My girlfriend is still alive and well! Hanging up, bye-bye!"

Xuan Ping hung up so hastily that Chi Yueshan was left with the dial tone beeping in her face.

The next second, however, Xi Zhoumeng pressed her entire body against her. "You knew Xuan Ping before?"

Chi Yueshan let out an "ah." Perhaps the topic of their conversation had been too risqué, leaving her a bit embarrassed.

She reached out to push Xi Zhoumeng away. "No, we only started talking after coming to the academy."

Xi Zhoumeng: "But you two are very close."

It was late at night, and the city lights below seemed poised to burn until dawn. Everywhere the eye could see was a scene of prosperity.

Chi Yueshan: "Of course. In our year, Pingping and I are the only Omegas."

She couldn't even remember the names of the other three now.

Xi Zhoumeng snuggled against Chi Yueshan's shoulder again. "I'm an Omega too. Why aren't you a little closer to me?"

Did she take the wrong medicine? Why is she suddenly so clingy?

Chi Yueshan thought about it carefully and realized Xi Zhoumeng had always been quite clingy.

She was the type to be subtly clingy, usually manifesting in reaching out to pull on her. And even when she pulled, she did it with an air of condescension, as if Chi Yueshan had forced her to.

What kind of high-class crybaby was this?

Chi Yueshan: "Aren't we already together? How much closer do you want to be?"

Xi Zhoumeng narrowed her eyes. "This close."

She was clearly asking for a kiss.

Chi Yueshan let out an "uh" and frantically turned her head away. "What are you doing? Is your heat here? Why do I remember Alphas don't have heats? Oh, you're an Omega now, but you can't really be considered an Omega, can you?"

She mumbled on, being very indecisive about a simple kiss. Xi Zhoumeng had practically pressed her entire weight onto Chi Yueshan.

If the academy's dream Omega were to step on a scale, the number would probably scare someone to death.

She looked to have a slim waist and long legs, but in reality, she was a high-tonnage individual.

Chi Yueshan: "We'll talk when we get back."

Xi Zhoumeng: "Is there no justice in this world? You've eaten me up inside and out, and you still won't let me kiss you?"

If they were outside, Chi Yueshan would have wanted to clamp a hand over her mouth.

Her mouth is unrestrained… Damn it, this person has seriously polluted that idiom!!

"Kiss what kiss! Are you plotting something? Don't tell me after I kiss you, you're going to charge me for how much this lipstick costs."

The lighting in the hovercar was dim. Even though Chi Yueshan intentionally tried to reduce the ambiguity, she still couldn't resist the spreading… atmosphere.

Xi Zhoumeng blinked innocently. "Am I that kind of person?"

Chi Yueshan: "Aren't you? You're the best at swindling people."

Xi Zhoumeng: "I'm not short on money. Why would I swindle you?"

Her hands were already wrapped around Chi Yueshan's waist, her face slowly drawing closer. It looked like she was about to kiss her.

Chi Yueshan almost gave in, but just then, a car passed in the next lane. It was a convertible, filled with a group of flamboyantly dressed punk youths yelling and making a racket.

Chi Yueshan: "I'm not in the mood for kissing."

Xi Zhoumeng sighed and leaned back a little. "Because of the movie? It's just a story, no need to be like this."

Chi Yueshan cupped her face. "What do you know? This feeling of being loved is so touching. Even 'until death do us part' seems like a perfunctory phrase."

Xi Zhoumeng's light-brain screen floated in mid-air. Xi Li had sent her an invitation to the palace banquet.

The queen was unwell this year and had a major surgery scheduled soon, so the banquet had been moved up.

In previous years, Xi Zhoumeng would start preparing her look a week in advance. The palace banquet was the annual occasion for these noble young ladies to outshine one another.

Even though Xi Zhoumeng felt it was nothing special compared to the past, she still enjoyed playing this game.

Chi Yueshan leaned over to look at her messages, saying, "It was just very moving. You were the only one in the entire theater who almost fell asleep."

Xi Zhoumeng didn't mind Chi Yueshan seeing her messages. "I wasn't sleeping. I just thought that Omega wasn't as good-looking as you, so I'd rather look at you."

Chi Yueshan's teeth felt sour from the sweetness.

She was well aware of her own looks. Although she used to think she wasn't ugly, she was definitely a far cry from her current girlfriend.

But strangely enough, she was completely placated now.

It was a sour sort of delight. "What if I died? If you had the ability, would you come find me?"

Even though Xi Zhoumeng had been in relationships before, no one had ever asked her such a question.

In this new phase of her life where she had changed her identity to experience life to the fullest, the girlfriends she dated were not this naive.

The question had a kind of adorable innocence.

It seemed love was full of such hypotheticals.

While asking Xi Li to send her the guest list, Xi Zhoumeng nodded. "Of course, I would."

Chi Yueshan scoffed. "I don't believe you."

She was now certain that she liked Xi Zhoumeng and didn't mind being with her. The thought of their intimacy made her heart race and her face flush.

But she couldn't help but weigh it. If love could be measured by weight, her love was definitely heavier than Xi Zhoumeng's.

"You're the type to marry another wife after I die."

Chi Yueshan grumbled, stoking her own anger again. "I don't know who could stand your temper. You're narcissistic and fussy, with a sharp tongue and a mean streak…"

Xi Zhoumeng couldn't help but laugh. "Is there not a single thing about me that you like?"

Last time, Chi Yueshan had found it difficult to find Xi Zhoumeng's good qualities. Now, it was happening all over again.

Chi Yueshan stammered, "There are."

She had shot herself in the foot. She was the one who asked the strange question, and now she was the one who was embarrassed.

Xi Zhoumeng, however, didn't mind. She pointed to her own lips. "Come on, this beauty is waiting for a kiss to calm your anger."

The beauty, of course, referred to herself.

Chi Yueshan didn't hold back and planted a kiss on Xi Zhoumeng's lips.

Her own lips were now stained with the color of Xi Zhoumeng's, looking exceptionally alluring under the dim yellow light.

Xi Zhoumeng turned off the light-screen and asked solemnly, "What about you?"

Chi Yueshan: "What?"

Xi Zhoumeng: "If I died, would you come find me?"

Chi Yueshan had never considered this question. "You look like the type to live a long life."

She counted on her fingers, "Your family is powerful and influential. Even if you're not an Alpha, you don't have to go to the front lines. You have older brothers and an older sister, and you're the youngest in the family. What danger could there be?"

After saying that, Chi Yueshan tilted her head. "Besides, you have me. Don't worry, even if I'm an Omega, I'll protect you."

Then Chi Yueshan felt how stupid that sounded. "Forget I said that. It's not like you need my protection."

"I do."

Xi Zhoumeng took off her gloves, which still bore Chi Yueshan's teeth marks.

"After all, I'm delicate, soft, and easy to push over. Even if I really became an Alpha, I'd be a useless one. My Omega girlfriend, on the other hand, is going to become the number one mecha master in the galaxy. Her future is bright and glorious."

The first half of her sentence made Chi Yueshan's scalp tingle, while the last half made her blush with embarrassment.

At this moment, she suddenly thought of a privilege she could exploit.

"Can you write me a letter of recommendation?"

Chi Yueshan: "The kind for transferring to mecha theory. A letter of recommendation that can be stamped with your family's crest."

Xi Zhoumeng: "I can."

Just as Chi Yueshan broke into a smile, Xi Zhoumeng closed her eyes. "It depends on how you plan to pay with your body."

Chi Yueshan thought: That's easy.

Xi Zhoumeng: "I want to be kissed like yesterday."

Before Chi Yueshan could react, Xi Zhoumeng continued, "It would be even better if you could sit on my lap while kissing me."

"Hmm… this dress isn't pretty. Let's change into another one."

Damn it, she was even ordering off a menu now.

Just as Chi Yueshan was about to curse her for being debauched, Xi Zhoumeng opened her eyes and said with a half-smile, "The letter of recommendation."

This kind of threat involving physical payment would have seemed utterly depraved to the old Chi Yueshan.

But now, even if she were a wooden doll, she understood what was meant by "amorous fun."

Sigh, forget it.

If she likes it, I'll just let her have her way.

Chi Yueshan: "While you're at the palace banquet, I'll go out for a bit."

She kissed distractedly, her mind already on playing with her new light-brain.

Xi Zhoumeng was lying on the back seat. Chi Yueshan could always see passing hovercars, and even though she knew people outside couldn't see in, she still felt a kind of furtive embarrassment.

Xi Zhoumeng: "Isn't Xuan Ping going home?"

Chi Yueshan: "Can't I have my own secrets! You're so annoying! Control freak!"

She even bit Xi Zhoumeng.

Xi Zhoumeng snorted coldly, condemning Chi Yueshan's escalating behavior. "How am I a control freak?"

Chi Yueshan ignored her.

Xi Zhoumeng's hand touched her soft skin, very puzzled by Chi Yueshan's act of applying foundation to her chest. "I never said the tattoo was off-putting. Why did you put on so much?"

"Isn't it uncomfortable?"

This person was always like this, her points of concern were different from ordinary people's.

Chi Yueshan knew that if her special constitution were discovered, most people would probably be a bit lecherous about it. But Xi Zhoumeng was actually afraid she had some kind of problem.

Previously, Chi Yueshan had been furious with her, but thinking back on it, she felt touched.

Even though their relationship had progressed by leaps and bounds, Xi Zhoumeng never had that oppressive feeling of an Alpha partner.

Oh, right, she wasn't an Alpha yet.

But this had struck a chord in Chi Yueshan's heart, paradoxically making her want to hide it.

If she's happy, I'll be happy too, right?

"It's not uncomfortable. You're the one who cares about it."

Chi Yueshan pulled at her clothes. Xi Zhoumeng let out an "eh." "I don't care. I think it's fine even if you don't wash it off. How exciting would that be?"

Chi Yueshan exclaimed, "Hey! If you're a pervert, can you not say it out loud!"

So off-putting. I'm so sorry, Senior Wen.

The thought of having you tattooed on my body is so embarrassing now, uwaah.

The tattoo artist was right back then.

Adolescence is always impulsive.

Xi Zhoumeng felt that Chi Yueshan was like a hedgehog, prickly and restless, her temper coming and going quickly.

She coaxed her with a few words, saying, "Then go have fun, don't worry about money."

Without another word, she transferred money to Chi Yueshan, each transaction an excessive amount.

The young miss found the excessive amounts annoying, so she simply took out a physical card and gave it to Chi Yueshan.

"No limit. Buy whatever you want. Just don't buy anything too ugly and bring it back to annoy me."

Chi Yueshan was already stunned silly by the balance. What was even more terrifying was that she saw Xi Zhoumeng's transfer username.

【Y】

The letter itself was nothing special, but the person hadn't tried to hide it when she made the transaction. The profile picture behind the bank's central platform was incredibly familiar to Chi Yueshan.

She felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

The hovercar had already returned to the Xi residence, and she was being led into the house in Xi Zhoumeng's arms before she finally snapped out of it.

The swan from the lake had been dealt with by Xi Li, moved to some unknown location.

The annoying honking of the swan was gone, and only the sound of the fire crackling in the indoor fireplace could be heard.

Xi Zhoumeng: "What's wrong? Not enough to spend?"

She took off her coat and handed it to a maid, then removed Chi Yueshan's scarf and pulled her upstairs.

One step after another up the spiral staircase, just as she was about to be pulled into the room by Xi Zhoumeng, Chi Yueshan finally reacted.

She grabbed Xi Zhoumeng's hand forcefully.

Xi Zhoumeng placed her hand on Chi Yueshan's forehead. "You're not sick. Why did you suddenly go mute?"

Chi Yueshan grabbed Xi Zhoumeng's collar, stood on her tiptoes, and glared at her. "You knew all along, didn't you?"

Xi Zhoumeng asked with a smile, "Knew what?"

Chi Yueshan: "That I was the one… that one… you tipped…"

The expensive fabric was crumpled in her grip. The aromatherapy in the room was making one drowsy.

Xi Zhoumeng: "Hmm?"

Her eyes shone like peach blossoms, full of teasing.

She did it on purpose.

Absolutely on purpose.

Chi Yueshan was furious, yet she also felt a sense of relief.

And she felt that this was truly fate.

She bit down fiercely on Xi Zhoumeng's lips, pushing her onto the bed.

Like a child at their first equestrian lesson, she clumsily adopted a domineering, interrogative posture—

"When did you find out?"

Xi Zhoumeng cooperatively let herself be at her mercy, not forgetting to thoughtfully unbutton Chi Yueshan's dress.

The dress's frog closures were a hidden type, not obvious at first glance. It had taken Chi Yueshan a long time to put it on, and it was Xi Zhoumeng who had personally fastened them one by one.

The one who fastened them was also the one to unfasten them. Her fingers were long and slender, unbuttoning them with a casual air, yet her fingertips would always inadvertently brush against Chi Yueshan's skin.

The woman's languid voice accompanied her smiling reply—

"The first time I saw you naked."

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