MORIC - Chapter 125

Chapter 125: Seducing Me Again!

Chi Yueshan's little secret about giving a gift was ultimately kept under wraps.

Xi Zhoumeng had exacted her price for that silence the night before — thoroughly and at length.

The price was that she couldn't close her legs and, in a fit of shame and anger, slapped Xi Zhoumeng hard enough to leave a red mark on her chest.

The final result, naturally, was the one who turned the tables whining and insisting that Chi Yueshan was into S&M with her.

The Omega junior was ultimately innocent; an O-O relationship was enough to open a new world for her, but she hadn't expected there to be new terms.

After looking it up, she was even more furious. But the culprit couldn't stay and be affectionate with her in this dorm where even sleeping was a struggle, and with a casual smile, said she was going to see where the mecha was placed.

Chi Yueshan, who had planned to catch her breath, shot up like a carp and followed her.

She was already obsessed with mechas. Her entire vacation was spent either messing around with Xi Zhoumeng or tinkering with mechas.

Even without a mecha license, Chi Yueshan had still made a name for herself in mechanical construction and mecha disassembly principles. The occasional videos she uploaded had gained her StarNet account quite a few followers.

It was just that the comments urging her to post more videos outnumbered her followers, all insisting on watching Chi Yueshan explain disassembly principles.

Omegas studying mecha theory wasn't exactly new, but very few were actually good at it.

Everyone knew it was just something to add a little extra flair at matchmaking events.

Chi Yueshan didn't show her face in the videos, but the parts of her that were visible never fit the usual descriptions of an Omega.

Whether it was her small hands stained with machine oil or her dirt-smudged pants, not to mention the speed at which she dismantled machinery.

Many people started watching with a mocking attitude, but later found themselves drawn in.

Perhaps encouraged by this, Chi Yueshan found it even harder to walk away after encountering the mecha bound to Xi Zhoumeng.

If it weren't for her classes at the academy, she wouldn't even want to go.

Lately, Xi Zhoumeng had been incredibly busy. Even though she still walked at a slow pace, Xi Zhoumeng clearly felt that the time she spent sprawled on the sofa had decreased.

On the afternoon of the second Monday, there was still a week until the practical training.

The Queen announced the time for the declaration of the heir.

The headlines on StarNet were all about this news. Even though Chi Yueshan didn't really follow the news, she heard enough about it on the academy paths.

Xuan Ping's chosen course for the semester, Spatial Quantum Mechanics, had its monthly exam coming up. She looked tormented, leaning against Chi Yueshan, practically being dragged along by her.

A coffee cart passed by, and Xuan Ping bought a cup.

Seeing Chi Yueshan looking at her light screen, she asked, "What's wrong? Do you have an exam for your elective too?"

Chi Yueshan shook her head.

"Xi Zhoumeng was supposed to come to the academy, but now she's not."

Her voice was indignant, yet tinged with a faint, coquettish whine.

Xuan Ping was holding a thick stack of documents. Interstellar Spatial Quantum Mechanics was already profound and not a primary subject for Guyun Academy students. Those who studied this course were cultivated from a young age, and it wasn't unheard of for some to be scouted in their early teens—those were beings of extremely high talent. On top of that, Xuan Ping had also passed the exam to become an intern at Professor Duan's Spatial Folding Laboratory, so she was studying with the energy of someone on stimulants.

Even Mu Lai had asked Xuan Ping why she signed up for such an elective and internship.

Because the topics were all too lofty and impressive, the students who chose this elective were mostly there to show off, predominantly Alphas and Betas.

Omegas were few and far between, and those who were there had likely been dragged along to make up the numbers.

But Xuan Ping was extremely persistent when it came to studying, on par with Chi Yueshan's dedication to mechas.

Mu Lai could only sigh and accompany her in burning the midnight oil, making the third-year students who saw her in the library feel like the sky was falling.

They suspected that Mu Lai, the prodigal daughter, had truly turned over a new leaf and was going to marry this Omega from the Lower World.

Xuan Ping squinted, wishing she could inject the coffee directly into her body.

"If you miss her, just give her a call."

Chi Yueshan's face turned red. "Who—who misses her."

Even though they had been fooling around together for so long and liked each other very much, Chi Yueshan was still too shy to say it out loud.

Xuan Ping chuckled. "When you're with Senior, do you two not say these things much?"

Chi Yueshan grunted. In the chat window, Xi Zhoumeng was very impatient, sending several question marks when Chi Yueshan didn't reply.

After all, it was the weekend tomorrow. She was asking Chi Yueshan what restaurant's food she wanted to eat.

The problem is, you're not even home, so what's the point of asking what to eat!

Chi Yueshan got angry and replied, "I'll eat by myself."

Then she said to Xuan Ping, "Who would say things like that all the time? It feels like something you only say during life-or-death partings."

The romantic notions of an ordinary Omega were useless on Chi Yueshan.

She seemed to be born missing a screw. Her wandering childhood was enough to sever any tendency for baseless whining, and she found it hard to learn the principle that crying would get you candy.

Even though she was raised by Zhou Fengqin, she had blossomed with a resilience like tempered copper; wind, frost, rain, and snow could hardly break her toughness.

Xuan Ping hooked an arm around Chi Yueshan, hugging her affectionately.

She exclaimed, "Life-or-death partings sound so sad. Besides, what chance would we have for a life-or-death parting?"

"You have to say these things all the time, so that when that person thinks of you, they think of these words. It's actually a form of brainwashing."

Chi Yueshan frowned as she listened, feeling that a single romance had ripened Xuan Ping to the point where she could start teaching classes on it.

Could it be that the popular StarNet relationship post, "How to Turn the Tables and Handle a Prestigious Alpha Even if You're from the Lower World," was written by Pingping?

Chi Yueshan strongly disagreed. "Xi Zhoumeng is different. She'd be smug to death."

She's annoying enough on a normal day. She whines while sleeping with me, and then throws a tantrum and smashes cups because I got off and she didn't.

Please, let's not even talk about how the cups cost several million each. You're making such a damn commotion, how am I supposed to face Big Brother the next day?

Smashing it on the carpet would be one thing. But she just had to smash it against the window. Big Brother still hasn't taken the bandage off his forehead.

Xuan Ping shook her head. She was really sleepy, her mind still full of calculation formulas.

It was as if some unfamiliar force inside her was urging her to choose this course. Her classmates complained it was difficult to learn, but Xuan Ping surprisingly found herself handling it with ease.

Mu Lai was also surprised and praised her for her high talent. She then urgently tried to connect her with experienced teachers, and even found out about the intern position with Professor Duan for her.

The two Omegas from the Lower World walked with their arms around each other's shoulders. Xuan Ping swayed as she walked, so Chi Yueshan had no choice but to stagger along with her.

Xuan Ping said, "Senior Xi's personality is just like that. What's wrong with letting her be a little smug?"

She hummed. "I've never seen Senior look like that."

Chi Yueshan muttered, "Just look at your Senior Mu, isn't that enough?"

Xuan Ping reached out, pinched Chi Yueshan's cheek, and teased her openly, "Yueshan, are you like a puppy peeing to mark its territory? You're keeping such a close watch."

Chi Yueshan exclaimed, "Hey! What kind of comparison is that!"

Xuan Ping chuckled. "Really, being in a relationship is all about coaxing and spoiling each other. Look how good Senior is to you. She lets you play with the mecha that none of us ever get to see."

Chi Yueshan said, "You have no idea, she actually asked me who was more important if the mecha and her fell into the water at the same time!"

Xuan Ping laughed heartily. "Who would be so childish if they didn't love you?"

Chi Yueshan: "She loves me?"

Xuan Ping, clutching her documents, nodded.

But Chi Yueshan felt a little embarrassed. "What's all this about love? It's good enough that we can be together."

Xuan Ping: "Cherish the present. After all, my wish is for world peace."

After saying that, she pointed to the constantly flashing blue dot in front of Chi Yueshan's eyes. "Is that Senior looking for you?"

Chi Yueshan sighed.

Under a laurel tree ahead stood a slender Alpha. Mu Lai had come from who-knows-where. She wore long boots and trousers, her long hair draped over her shoulders, the colors in her braids like something from a dyehouse.

Her school robe was draped over her arm, and passing students who knew her would greet her.

Seemingly having spotted Xuan Ping, Mu Lai turned and strode over with a smile.

Chi Yueshan had been looking at her light-brain, still in Xuan Ping's embrace, but that girl, upon seeing her love, forgot her friend, pushed Chi Yueshan away, and ran towards Mu Lai.

It was dusk, and the ground, freshly washed by rain, seemed to be covered in a dim, yellow light.

Chi Yueshan looked up. Xuan Ping threw herself at Mu Lai and was caught in a full embrace, documents and all.

It was just that the cup of coffee, which a newly enrolled Xuan Ping would have considered very expensive, had spilled.

The two people in the embrace laughed out loud again.

Chi Yueshan thought: They're quite a good match.

But has Senior Mu really changed her ways just like that?

I clearly remember at the beginning of the school year, everyone said Senior Mu was a scumbag, the kind that made Xi Shuang look like a model ex.

Is this the legendary return of the prodigal daughter?

So annoying. These two being all lovey-dovey is making me really miss Xi Zhoumeng right now.

Why is she so busy? Even though she told me some things that will happen in the future, she doesn't tell me everything, and she doesn't want my help.

Telling me to just relax and play with my mecha, but then picking a fight because I'm playing with the mecha and not her.

So annoying.

In the future, if something really happens that's outside of her known future, will she be scared?

That girl is so delicate. What if—what if she gets hurt trying to rewrite the future?

The more Chi Yueshan thought about it, the more flustered she became. When Xi Zhoumeng's umpteenth call came in, she quickly answered.

The person on the other end hadn't even had a chance to speak before being hit with an earful of Chi Yueshan's "I miss you so much."

Xi Yang, who had been waiting for Xi Zhoumeng to change, went in when she took too long to come out.

As a result, she saw her gorgeously dressed younger sister drawing on the mirror with lipstick.

Stroke by stroke, it was Chi Yueshan's name.

"Miss me?"

Xi Zhoumeng asked with a smile.

Chi Yueshan coughed. "What are you off to do now?"

Xi Zhoumeng: "I called you a dozen times before you finally said you miss me."

"You sound like a bad woman who's cheating and trying to placate me with sweet nothings to make me feel at ease."

Chi Yueshan: "What nonsense are you talking about! Even if you cheated, I wouldn't!"

Xi Yang was also speechless.

How can someone in a relationship talk about such a high-risk topic with such certainty?

We old A-O married couples don't even dare to test those boundaries.

Xi Zhoumeng: "Who were you with just now?"

Chi Yueshan thought, How is it that this person acts like she has a tracker on me?

Chi Yueshan: "Pingping."

"Why aren't you coming home? Is there something important?"

Xi Zhoumeng nodded. She hadn't let the maids help, but she was surrounded by piles of accessories.

She caught a glimpse of Xi Yang in her peripheral vision, but the other woman had already gone out again.

Xi Zhoumeng: "Didn't you see the news? The Queen is going to announce the heir."

Chi Yueshan lowered her voice. "Isn't she just going to announce Sheng Yangkui?"

Xi Zhoumeng sighed, the sound trailing off, as if she were both exhausted and about to stir up trouble.

"I don't know if she's capable or not. Since she could help get the eldest sent into exile, and the second one is gone too, what's wrong with just letting herself be marked by Wen Xinghuo and the two of them going to the Lower World to live a simple life?"

She really dared to say that.

Chi Yueshan hummed. "If it were me, I wouldn't want that either. If you really like someone, how could you be willing to gamble with their future?"

Xi Zhoumeng: "Why are you putting yourself in her shoes? No substitutions allowed."

Chi Yueshan: ...

"It's a metaphor! Who could possibly substitute for someone like you with no future!"

Xi Zhoumeng put on the scorpion-tail ring that Chi Yueshan had given her on the day she treated her to dinner, as if recalling the flutter of her heart at that moment.

The most terrifying thing was, she still felt that flutter now.

Because there was a future, she was filled with anticipation.

The new world's chapter, in essence, still required her to lead the charge.

But this time, she wasn't doing it for others, only for Chi Yueshan.

Chi Yueshan was still very worried. "Then what about the practical training? Sheng Yangkui is supposed to be with us, right? But if it's already been announced, her..."

Xi Zhoumeng thought of the tragedy from her past life. In truth, if it were anyone else, no matter which of the triplets it was, none of them could have escaped their predetermined fate.

Sheng Yangkui was very much like the former Xi Zhoumeng.

Both were puppets on a high pedestal, with no value in their own lives.

But what made Xi Zhoumeng different from her was that she possessed an innate power.

And it just so happened that this power, etched into her soul, could be used in this world.

So is my value ultimately here?

Or is it this person who's currently chattering away with me?

"Aiya, it's so annoying. I'm just afraid something will happen during the practical training. With us Omegas together, it's obvious I'm stronger and better suited for work, so when the time comes..."

Xi Zhoumeng: "Mhm, you'll have more 'work' to do."

Chi Yueshan: "Can you not emphasize your words so lewdly?"

Xi Zhoumeng used her light-brain to take a photo and send it to Chi Yueshan. "Is this lewd?"

Chi Yueshan opened the photo and, in the next second, quickly checked her light screen's privacy status.

What is this.

This dress is too revealing! Xi Zhoumeng, you still have my handprint on your chest! Don't go to the royal palace like that!

And what's with the little figure on the mirror? Why am I drawn all squashed flat with so many hearts popping out?

Shameless!

Xi Zhoumeng received a super-duper extra-long cursing voice message from Chi Yueshan and laughed out loud happily.

Xi Yang came in and berated her, "Is it fun to deliberately change into a dress just to take a selfie?"

"Wear something more dignified for me when you go to the royal palace."

That evening, on her way home, Chi Yueshan witnessed Xi Li's roar in the family group chat on her light-brain.

It was just about Xi Zhoumeng borrowing his precious stones and turning them into elements for a handbag, which was very disrespectful to him.

Xi Yang, on the other hand, posted a photo of Xi Zhoumeng leaving the house.

As Chi Yueshan saved the photo, she thought, Did she deliberately change into that dress just to show me?

Now she's leaving all bundled up. What's she pretending for!

Seducing me again!

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