MORIC - Chapter 181
Chapter 181: She Wants to Nurse
Xi Zhoumeng tried for a long time but couldn't get this damn AI to let her in.
The Xi family's access rights had always been fully open to her; how could she have anticipated this today?
Just then, Xi Li was about to pass by on his way upstairs to see Xi Chun, who was also staying here recently.
Xi Li looked like he was slacking off at home every day, but he was actually half a butler, also serving as a mediator, game companion, and provider of various other services.
"Big Brother, help me open the door."
Before Xi Li even got there, he saw a blonde Omega in a black dress standing five meters away. He still wasn't quite used to Xi Zhoumeng's natural hair color. He always felt that even without sunlight, her natural hair had a much better texture than the one he had spent a fortune dyeing.
It was so unfair. The one who doesn't like blonde hair gets to be a natural blonde.
And I, who pursues the ultimate blonde, was born with brown hair. Damn it.
For a moment, Xi Li didn't really want to agree, but Xi Zhoumeng was already striding over.
She was already tall, and even as an Omega, she wore high heels. It was just that she would sit if she could stand, so she never made people feel insecure about their height.
Today's heels were beyond the usual range, and he didn't know what occasion she'd come from, making Xi Li feel a sense of pressure.
It wasn't an illusion, either. Xi Zhoumeng's aura had clearly changed after differentiating into an Alpha.
Before, at most, she was a lazy, extravagant young lady with a somewhat unapproachable air when she was silent. Now, when she was silent and glanced over, she naturally exuded a strong pressure that made Xi Li feel intimidated.
It was purely due to her secondary gender.
Before, being an S+ Omega in terms of spiritual power was no big deal, but being an S+ Alpha was simply terrifying.
Xi Li: "Stay away from me."
But Xi Zhoumeng deliberately walked forward and stood next to Xi Li. "Walk faster."
Xi Li was still carrying a basket for Xi Chun, filled with the sour jujubes that Second Brother Xi Chun had been fond of lately.
Xi Zhoumeng: "Are you that free now, running errands everywhere?"
Xi Li: ...
He glanced at Xi Zhoumeng and found that it was only her blonde hair that was dazzling. Her vitality, however, wasn't as strong as before; she clearly hadn't fully recovered.
Right. She'd only been back for a few days and was already acting all high and mighty, making me think she was completely fine.
Xi Li: "What's the matter? Didn't you put on a pheromone patch? Why does your scent still smell so annoying?"
Xi Zhoumeng: "You have no taste."
She wasn't the type to get physical, so she just urged Xi Li to hurry up and stand in front of the AI at the mecha room door for fingerprint authentication.
Unfortunately, the AI was very ruthless, or perhaps the person inside had heard—
"No opening on behalf of others."
Xi Li understood. So the young couple was having a fight.
He immediately got cocky: "Don't always come to me. Your big brother is busy. You can't even coax your own wife, what kind of person are you?"
Having been oppressed by Xi Zhoumeng for years, now that Chi Yueshan had moved in, Xi Li was as gentle as a spring breeze to her. Ever since Chi Yueshan was brought home, with Xi Chun also there, and Xi Yang occasionally discussing work at home with Xi Chun's Alpha, the atmosphere couldn't be better.
Chi Yueshan blended in as if she were meant to be part of the Xi family all along.
This made the present Xi Zhoumeng snort. "Do you have a wife? Go be smug in front of Xi Mingguang."
Xi Li: "I'm not going. Mother is like a grandson in front of Mom."
Xi Zhoumeng: "I'm recording this."
Xi Li cursed, "Are you even human?"
Chi Yueshan, inside, couldn't listen anymore. "Don't bother Big Brother. And you, get lost."
She was getting more and more adept at scolding Xi Zhoumeng. Xi Li was delighted to hear it and walked away cheerfully.
Xi Zhoumeng stood at the door and called out, "Hey. Are you angry with me because of the Commander?"
Chi Yueshan ignored her. Xi Zhoumeng sighed. Just then, a maid returned, pushing a cart of newly purchased mother and baby supplies, so Xi Zhoumeng decided to leave.
Chi Yueshan took off her goggles and glanced at the screen showing the view outside the door.
She left?
So impatient.
She was quite angry, but more than that, she felt powerless.
After all, going through world after world, Chi Yueshan clearly felt that if the world had a crucial, central, and interlocking link, it was definitely Xi Zhoumeng.
But characters like that, whether in movies, TV shows, or novels, never had a good end.
She hoped that this time, she and Xi Zhoumeng would have a perfect ending.
Chi Yueshan had previously caressed the mecha before her inch by inch. Now, her detection equipment was scanning it inch by inch, from its materials to its structure, attempting to upgrade it once again.
How could she reduce the potential damage?
Xi Zhoumeng followed the maid back to the nursery. This room had been modified at Xi Li's suggestion, and its colors were completely contrary to Xi Zhoumeng's aesthetic—too dreamy, which Xi Zhoumeng found tacky.
But Chi Yueshan now insisted on opposing her in everything. It was different from when they were rivals in love; this was purely to annoy Xi Zhoumeng.
She said everything about it was good, and at least the baby liked it.
What baby likes it? She was only born a few days ago! All she knows is how to drool and drink milk. You expect her to say, 'Wow, this is so pretty'?
But no matter what Xi Zhoumeng said, Chi Yueshan wouldn't allow her to make any changes, to the point that now Xi Zhoumeng felt like washing her eyes every time she walked in.
The little cub sleeping in the crib was born with little hair. Now, a few days later, she wasn't as wrinkled as when she was just born. Anyone who saw her would think she was a beautiful baby.
But Xi Zhoumeng still found her strange no matter how she looked at her—so warm, so fragile, as if she would stop breathing with a single touch.
The maid watched the young miss stand aside and stare at her changing the baby's diaper for a full ten minutes, and couldn't help but ask Xi Zhoumeng, "Do you have any instructions for me?"
Why are you standing so far away?
The little miss isn't a bomb, is there a need for this?
Looking at her like this, it seems the little miss will resemble the young miss, eh. Although it's a bit sparse, her hair is also blonde.
Xi Zhoumeng had a strange expression, rarely hesitating like this. She said, "Follow me. Carry the baby to the mecha room."
The maid: "I can't do that."
Xi Zhoumeng: "What?"
She looked up in disbelief, as if she never expected to be refused in her own home.
The maid: "Miss Chi said that we are not qualified to take the little miss out, except to change her diapers."
Xi Zhoumeng: "Why?"
The maid gave a smile. "We just do whatever Miss Chi says."
In the past, this group of people had always listened to Xi Zhoumeng. But in the two months Xi Zhoumeng was away, and since Chi Yueshan moved into the Xi residence, she had become very well-liked. Even the maids listened to Chi Yueshan.
After all, she was the young miss's lover, and now they were in a natural AO relationship. There wasn't much difference, right?
Xi Zhoumeng: "Then put her in the baby carriage."
The maid refused no matter what. Plus, having been at the Xi residence for many years, she had completely figured out the signs of Xi Zhoumeng's temper flaring up. After changing the diaper, she left in a hurry.
Leaving Xi Zhoumeng standing there alone.
The little cub, now in a clean diaper and a cute baby outfit, was about to fall asleep again.
Xi Zhoumeng took a few steps to the bedside. With Chi Yueshan not around, she truly felt this little thing was a bomb.
The indescribable feeling of being peed on before still lingered on Xi Zhoumeng. What kind of germaphobe could endure such a great humiliation?
But this was her child.
Xi Zhoumeng pulled the baby carriage over from the side. Just reaching out to pick up the baby took a great deal of effort.
Fortunately, the little thing didn't cry today and was quiet even after being placed inside.
Xi Zhoumeng pushed the baby carriage to the mecha room. A maid she passed on the way glanced over curiously. Looking at Xi Zhoumeng again, she saw the young miss had a stern face, as if she were about to explode at any second.
This feeling was too strange.
The Xi family's castle was an antique, basically a building from the Prime Century. Xi Zhoumeng had chosen this piece of land in the Prime Century, and she had even drawn the castle's blueprints herself.
When it was completed, it was brand new, but now it carried the vicissitudes of time and weather.
It was as if she alone had crossed tens of millions of years, always in a daze, unable to tell what time it was.
Xi Zhoumeng hadn't paid much attention to the child she adopted back then, but she had a strong sense of responsibility, and she guessed Wen Liuyun had also taken very good care of the person.
Xi Zhoumeng took the time to look at the family tree. Before, she had no interest in it and didn't care.
Now that she had planned everything, she turned her attention to the second generation. The adopted child had continued this pattern, and the Omega he married was actually a child from the Wen family.
However, families rise and fall over centuries. It was already good enough to maintain one's position through the generations. The Wen family, for example, was now a family of name only, needing Wen Xinghuo to save it.
She was looking down, so lost in thought that she didn't even realize she had almost walked past her destination.
Instead, it was the baby's cry that pulled her out of her thoughts. Then, without needing Xi Zhoumeng's identification, the AI's voice completely changed to Chi Yueshan's—
"Are you sick? Are you crazy, bringing a baby to the mecha room?"
"Xi Zhoumeng, don't use the child to threaten me to open the door."
Chi Yueshan slammed down the electronic pliers in her hand and looked at the screen. Xi Zhoumeng's face was pressed against the monitoring camera, and even though it was a bit blurry, it couldn't hide her stunning looks.
She even had the nerve to smile. "I'm not threatening you."
Xi Zhoumeng lowered her eyes to look at the baby. Interstellar children were probably different. The baby stretched out a hand and happened to grab Xi Zhoumeng's dangling hand.
It was just a light grasp before it suddenly slipped off.
The feeling was as if something had scratched at Xi Zhoumeng's heart. She pursed her lips, helpless and flustered.
Her smile turned into a wry one. "Yueshan, she's crying. What do I do?"
Chi Yueshan: "Hold her."
Xi Zhoumeng: "I don't dare."
Chi Yueshan was simply speechless. Of course, she had also heard the baby crying.
With a click, the door opened. Chi Yueshan took off her work clothes while going to hold the baby, and Xi Zhoumeng took the opportunity to push the baby carriage inside.
Her mecha, Moon-Swallower, was in plain sight. The cuts on its surface paint had been repaired, but the tail hook and guillotine blade had been dismantled and placed to the side. She didn't know what Chi Yueshan was planning to do.
The current Chi Yueshan had no time to spare for that, busy holding and coaxing the baby.
She showed not a hint of impatience, her lips curved in an unconscious smile, and the baby immediately stopped crying.
She then lowered her head to talk to the little baby who couldn't understand human language at all, saying she liked her, that she was a good girl, that Mommy loves you so much.
Xi Zhoumeng listened, the hairs on her arms standing on end, yet she also felt a little dazed.
Immediately after, there was a beep. Chi Yueshan quickly thrust the baby into Xi Zhoumeng's arms. "Hold her for a second. I'm going to check if the forging is done."
She was so busy she was practically flying. Her long hair was coiled at the back of her head, casually secured by an electronic measuring pen. It swayed as she jogged, looking as if it would spill over her shoulders at any moment.
The warm bundle in her arms almost made Xi Zhoumeng's skin crawl, but the next second, the baby snuggled forcefully into her embrace.
She wasn't crying, just whimpering.
Her little mouth pressed against the exposed skin of Xi Zhoumeng's square-collared dress, almost in a sucking motion.
Xi Zhoumeng yelled, "She's hungry???"
She couldn't just drop the baby, and she was so anxious she was spinning in circles, instantly feeling sweat bead on her forehead.
"Chi Yueshan!!"
Xi Zhoumeng started shouting Chi Yueshan's name.
"Chi Yueshan!! The number one mecha master in the galaxy!!"
"Wife!!—"
"Sweetheart!"
"Baby girl!!—"
Chi Yueshan was about to be driven deaf by Xi Zhoumeng, but when she turned around, she almost died laughing at her.
It was truly rare to see Xi Zhoumeng so helpless, spinning in circles while holding the baby. But the child, perhaps experiencing this spinning sensation for the first time, found it quite novel and even waved her hands.
Xi Zhoumeng felt like she had shouted her voice hoarse, and her own Omega was just standing aside, watching her make a fool of herself.
When Chi Yueshan walked over, Xi Zhoumeng complained fiercely, "Can't you show some concern for me? Is the mecha that important?"
"She seems hungry. She wants to nurse."
Chi Yueshan took the baby into her arms and said, "Then you can go."
Xi Zhoumeng: "Why?"
Chi Yueshan: "I asked you to look after the baby and you wouldn't, so just go back and rest."
Xi Zhoumeng indeed didn't look very energetic. Combined with the conversation she had seen between her and Xi Mingguang, Chi Yueshan was still very worried.
Unexpectedly, Xi Zhoumeng leaned over, staring at the happily feeding baby. "I need to replenish, too."
Chi Yueshan stepped on her foot. "You're very weak right now. Go to sleep."
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