MORIC - Chapter 159

Chapter 159: Two Hers

Xi Zhoumeng had rarely been this busy.

She was someone very good at letting her mind go blank, unless she was forced to do something.

Chi Yueshan was her complete opposite. She was the type of person who wouldn't let a single moment go to waste. Even when utterly exhausted from her activities with Xi Zhoumeng, she would still be thinking about the final calculations she needed for her mecha design drafts.

It made Xi Zhoumeng want to go back even more.

With the boost from the ABO world, the absolute dominance of an Alpha's pheromones could completely make Chi Yueshan forget such things.

Even Xi Zhoumeng had to admit that Chi Yueshan, this Omega from Planet M-13, was really… durable.

This desire to return spurred her to submit her drafts with great speed, which further convinced Xuan Rujia on the other end that she had really gotten her act together after getting a wife. Deeply moved, she sent Xi Zhoumeng a pile of high-end maternal and infant products.

Chi Yueshan wasn't idle either. She had been fixated on the flaws in Xi Zhoumeng's mecha, and their last battle had allowed her to directly observe a core weakness.

It was too flashy and ornate.

But why couldn't something flashy and ornate also be perfect?

She mulled it over, thinking about it from the moment she opened her eyes.

Now, their small rented apartment didn't have the swarms of maids from the Xi family home, nor did it have scheduled meal delivery services. Besides, while it was fine for Chi Yueshan to eat poorly, she was carrying another life inside her. With a headache, Xi Zhoumeng began searching the city for someone who could cook.

Chi Yueshan really disliked having anyone other than herself and Xi Zhoumeng in the house. She insisted on cooking herself and also felt too embarrassed to keep asking the restaurant owner to deliver ingredients.

As it turned out, even though she was someone who had thrived in the terrible environment of the Lower World, it didn't mean her culinary skills were any good.

It was merely at an edible level.

Xi Zhoumeng asked, "Back when you were with your master, who did the cooking?"

Chi Yueshan replied, "We drew lots."

Xi Zhoumeng: ...

What a pair of oddballs.

She asked again, "Your master can't cook?"

Chi Yueshan said, "We both followed recipes. You know there isn't much good food in the Lower World."

This was also the reason why Sheng Qiuyu had cried her heart out when she was thrown into the Lower World to live happily ever after with Chu Li.

Before them was the lunch Chi Yueshan had made. Of the three qualities—color, aroma, and taste—it could only be said to possess a bit of taste, and even that was just at a passing grade.

In the eyes of a young lady who was used to eating what was practically a Manchu-Han Imperial Feast every day, it was truly unpresentable.

From Xi Zhoumeng's expression, Chi Yueshan knew she found it quite distasteful.

She huffed. "Can't you be the type who, because I made the food, will eat it all no matter how bad it is and say with a smile that it's delicious?"

Xi Zhoumeng looked up and stuffed the piece of beef into Chi Yueshan's mouth. "My dear sister, this isn't an idol drama."

She didn't forget to praise herself, "Although I do have looks that surpass any idol drama heroine."

Chi Yueshan jabbed her fiercely with her chopsticks.

Feeling a bit dejected, she said, "Then let's go eat at a restaurant."

But she also felt it was a pity to waste the food filling their refrigerator.

Xi Zhoumeng asked, "Don't I look like I can cook?"

Chi Yueshan retorted, "You turn shrimp into mush when you peel them, and you get it all over your manicure."

Xi Zhoumeng said, "It would be such a waste for my beautiful hands to peel shrimp. They're for pinching your..."

Chi Yueshan already guessed what she was about to say and glared at her fiercely. "Shut up."

Xi Zhoumeng gracefully rose and went to the kitchen.

Chi Yueshan didn't quite trust her and followed.

Xi Zhoumeng actually knew how to cook, and her movements looked quite practiced.

At least she wasn't like Chi Yueshan, who had to slowly weigh ingredients while looking at a recipe.

The kitchen was small, and it was a bit cramped for two people to even turn around. While scooping up vegetables, Xi Zhoumeng said to Chi Yueshan, "Go look at your mecha blueprints. I'm just a cook."

This person would probably still be spewing sarcasm from her coffin after she died. Chi Yueshan didn't know what to say.

At the same time, she was dying of curiosity, hating how Xi Zhoumeng had so many different facets, making every day feel new to her.

I'm doomed. There's no way I could ever not love her.

To what extent would I have to go to stop liking her? This is so annoying.

"How do you know how to cook?" Chi Yueshan watched as Xi Zhoumeng skillfully chopped vegetables and started the wok. Even holding nice utensils, those long, beautiful hands, devoid of any calluses, gave one the feeling of a terrible waste of a precious thing.

"Did the Xi family require you to cook?"

She was purely asking what she already knew, trying to indirectly inquire about Xi Zhoumeng's past.

Xi Zhoumeng could even flip the food in the wok. Chi Yueshan let out a "wow," watching with rapt attention.

Xi Zhoumeng said, "Of course not."

While looking at the recipe stuck to the fridge with a magnet, she said, "I was a food blogger for a while."

Chi Yueshan exclaimed, "You?"

She couldn't imagine it at all.

If Xi Zhoumeng were a designer, she would find it perfectly normal. After all, this person looked like a big shot, not someone who would work a proper nine-to-five job.

A job that would nail her to an office desk was completely unsuitable for her.

Xi Zhoumeng said, "What's wrong? Are you disappointed I wasn't that kind of streamer?"

She nearly said it outright, looking at Chi Yueshan teasingly.

Chi Yueshan just circled around Xi Zhoumeng. A loose slip dress concealed her belly, and her face was a little rounder than when she had first come looking for Xi Zhoumeng. Her eyes were even more beautiful.

The morning light was perfect, and the glass in the kitchen was stained glass that Xi Zhoumeng had installed. Sunlight streamed through, dappling their bodies as if they were both shrouded in a colorful mist.

Chi Yueshan had no intention of bickering with her. In fact, her neck was covered in red marks, not to mention her chest, which was hidden from view.

An Omega with a strong constitution was indeed very vigorous. Ordinary Omegas only lactate during pregnancy, but she would during her heat periods. Now that she was pregnant, it was like that every day.

Yet, Chi Yueshan didn't feel the same distress as she had during puberty. After all, Xi Zhoumeng was here.

She provided all-around service. Even when resentfully cosplaying as the "brother-in-law" who was cursed as a scumbag, she was gentle with her words.

Unfortunately, Chi Yueshan in this state didn't need gentle words; she needed to be taken from and to bloom with force.

She hummed and whined, "Then do it. Do it for me to see."

What's wrong with me? I actually really want to see it.

Xi Zhoumeng doesn't usually put on airs, but I just want to see her like that.

Although the conditions in the cave were poor, the Xi Zhoumeng from that time...

So sexy.

She was feeling a bit nostalgic. Xi Zhoumeng finished chopping the vegetables, washed her hands, and leaned in. "Who are you thinking about?"

A cool sensation touched Chi Yueshan's chin, forcing her to look up and into the other's smoke-gray eyes.

The morning mist had cleared, and they were filled entirely with her reflection.

Chi Yueshan said, "I'm not telling you."

Xi Zhoumeng released her and went to lift the pot lid, leisurely sprinkling in seasonings. "It's definitely me," she said.

Chi Yueshan retorted, "It's not!"

Xi Zhoumeng asked, "If not me, who else could it be?"

Her confidence was innate, nurtured by the finest material comforts into an unassailable loftiness.

At this moment, even amidst the smoke and fire of the mundane world, she still possessed a heart-stopping beauty.

Chi Yueshan changed the subject. "What was your old account name? It's from this world, right? Can I see it?"

Her attempt to change the subject couldn't have been more obvious. Xi Zhoumeng turned her head slightly, a faint smile playing on her lips as she looked at Chi Yueshan.

Chi Yueshan reached out and poked her waist. "Hurry up."

The weather was turning cold, and new heating had already been installed indoors. Xi Zhoumeng was a fussy germaphobe; she enjoyed her comforts, but her care for Chi Yueshan was exceptionally meticulous.

Xi Zhoumeng said, "Search for it yourself."

Chi Yueshan took out her phone, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Xi Zhoumeng. "What do I search for?"

Xi Zhoumeng said, "That ID from the streaming site."

Chi Yueshan urged, "Can you stop dawdling? Hurry, hurry."

Xi Zhoumeng said, "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World."

Chi Yueshan paused for a moment. She didn't type anything into the search bar for a long time, then looked up and asked, "Are you serious?"

Xi Zhoumeng replied, "Am I not?"

For a moment, Chi Yueshan was actually unable to refute her.

Where did the virtue of modesty in ordinary beautiful women go? How come she didn't have any of it?

"Because I'm not an ordinary beauty."

Xi Zhoumeng even heard this muttered complaint and solemnly offered an explanation.

The aroma of the food was already wafting out. Chi Yueshan was sent to sit on the sofa, where she focused on the videos on her phone.

The ID had actually been deleted, but there were still some scattered screen recordings on the internet.

With a casual search, Chi Yueshan found traces of it.

A food blogger who didn't show her face, but the woman's figure in the background was enough to turn heads.

But Chi Yueshan noticed that there was a difference between this Xi Zhoumeng's figure and the current Xi Zhoumeng's.

She didn't seem as tall.

Was it because of the different worlds?

But she was definitely beautiful. Her taste in clothes was a cut above other bloggers of her kind, and her tableware and kitchenware were so high-end they left netizens speechless.

Yet this person was genuinely cooking, and the exposed hands and chin made one feel as if there was some mistake.

Why would a rich woman cook for herself?

Indeed.

And this rich woman is now my cook.

Chi Yueshan was instantly filled with satisfaction. Then, a thought suddenly struck her.

If the current Xi Zhoumeng is the Xi Zhoumeng from this world who traveled over, then the original Xi Zhoumeng... is she dead?

Although Xi Zhoumeng had revealed that she didn't really feel like living.

This question plunged Chi Yueshan into deep thought, and she was still dazed when Xi Zhoumeng had finished setting the table.

Xi Zhoumeng handed her the chopsticks. The "not ordinary" beauty's attentive service was already a feast for the eyes. Even if their heights were different, one could tell that the figure in the video was also very good.

A nice figure, and she wasn't even doing anything suggestive, yet people still cursed at her.

How infuriating.

Xi Zhoumeng asked, "What are you thinking about so hard that you've clenched your fists? Is this the kind of violent prenatal education you're planning?"

Chi Yueshan grabbed her hand, and Xi Zhoumeng took the opportunity to sit down beside her.

Chi Yueshan hugged her arm and called out, "Hey."

Xi Zhoumeng replied, "At night, you call me 'good sister,' and now it's just 'hey'?"

Chi Yueshan retorted, "Well, you're still the scumbag who got me pregnant."

Xi Zhoumeng said, "Alright then, I'll atone with my body tonight."

Chi Yueshan felt she was completely outmatched by Xi Zhoumeng in arguments, and she couldn't outlast her in bed either, which made her even more frustrated.

She pinched Xi Zhoumeng's waist fiercely and demanded in a harsh tone, "How did you get to my world?"

"You didn't travel through time by jumping off a building, did you?"

Xi Zhoumeng chuckled, admiring the beautiful plating of her revived culinary skills as she ladled a bowl of soup for Chi Yueshan.

"Even if I wanted to die, I wouldn't do it in such an unseemly way. How ugly would that be?"

Chi Yueshan: ...

Ah, that really fits her character.

Xi Zhoumeng said, "I tried to commit suicide by slitting my wrists before, but I failed. My hands are still covered in scars."

She smiled helplessly, but without a trace of sorrow. "I can't die."

In the next second, she looked at Chi Yueshan. "Because I am the guardian of the ZR-Galaxy, the God's Arbiter of the home planet."

"Unless the Magnetic Star Meteorite seizes all my power, unless a God's Arbiter with the same genetic chain kills me."

She said this with a smile, but even though her brows weren't knitted with that usual, impenetrable coldness, it still made Chi Yueshan's heart ache.

Her lover in bed and true wife out of it hugged Xi Zhoumeng, comforting her, "Living a long life is a good thing, too. Live beautifully."

"Are you saying that the original you still exists in this world?"

Xi Zhoumeng nodded. She had tried to log into her planet's royal terminal.

It had confirmed this speculation.

Chi Yueshan said, "Then what do we do? I've seen movies where something major happens when people from different timelines meet."

Xi Zhoumeng said, "Don't worry."

She took the opportunity to hug Chi Yueshan, affectionately feeding her.

"The soul of the 'me' from this timeline has already crossed over."

But the body was still alive.

Xi Zhoumeng thought, Finally, I can kill myself with my own hands.

A God's Arbiter inherently possessed a Soul Chain, and her current soul was the same as before.

Besides, I want to live with my current identity.

As Xi Zhoumeng of the Xi family, a Xi Zhoumeng with a real family, with people who love me and whom I love.

Chi Yueshan was still a little worried. Although she was a person who could let things go, once she got stuck on something, she needed time.

Xi Zhoumeng let out a laugh and asked in a low, mischievous voice—

"You're not thinking about me and the 'me' from this world having a threesome with you, are you?"

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