MORIC - Chapter 37
Chapter 37: Speaking of Suckers, Who's the Real Sucker?
Wen Xinghuo glanced at Chi Yueshan.
Chi Yueshan timidly let go of her hand, then immediately turned her face away, as if getting this close to Wen Xinghuo had already exhausted all her strength.
"Is that okay?"
She asked again, her voice carrying a very obvious tremor.
Wen Xinghuo lowered her eyes. She was certain she had no impression of Chi Yueshan.
Life in the Lower World was a long time ago for her. The only thing she knew for sure was that she had met a "deity" who had saved her.
"Okay."
Wen Xinghuo had no reason to refuse. Not to mention they were from the same academy. Plus, Chi Yueshan was also from the Lower World, so Wen Xinghuo felt a bit of that "fellow countryman" sentiment.
It was just that Chi Yueshan's previous behavior had been far too bold, and Wen Xinghuo didn't know how to interact with such a girl.
Most of the Omegas she interacted with were nobles, and males and females were not quite the same. Xi Zhoumeng already had an unusual personality; the rest were more or less reserved. Even if they were enthusiastic, they would still consider other things.
Chi Yueshan was like scorching magma, making Wen Xinghuo feel at a loss.
Chi Yueshan successfully scanned Wen Xinghuo's communication code as she had wished. She was so excited she couldn't speak, and in the end, she just lowered her head and wiped away tears.
Wen Xinghuo: ...
"Did you mistake me for..."
"Senior."
A gentle voice came from nearby. Chi Yueshan turned to look even before Wen Xinghuo did. A few steps away, Sheng Yangkui was looking over timidly.
Xi Zhoumeng was enjoying the show so much she wished she had some melon seeds to snack on. She was especially curious about Sheng Yangkui; this useless system didn't even have an encyclopedia function.
Xi Zhoumeng might as well look it up herself.
The fate of a queen has always been to bear it alone. After confirming their succession, their glands would be removed, and they would live out a not-so-long remainder of their life.
The royal family also had some recessive genetic diseases. So far, Xi Zhoumeng only knew that this was the consequence of this group of people procreating through inbreeding.
Sheng Yangkui looked like she wouldn't live long. If she was Wen Xinghuo's [the one], how could they have a happy ending?
This was just too difficult.
【System: You're recording again. You're such a pervert.】
Xi Zhoumeng once again activated her light-brain's recording function, specifically selecting Sheng Yangkui and Wen Xinghuo.
She thought she would study it again when she got back.
【System: Anyone who didn't know better would think you were a director obsessed with details.】
【Xi Zhoumeng: I knew someone who was a director before. I guess you could say I audited their classes.】
She didn't get particularly emotional when she brought up the past.
While bantering with the system, she watched Wen Xinghuo turn and walk towards Sheng Yangkui. Chi Yueshan was left behind again.
"Left behind" was a bit of an exaggeration.
She and Wen Xinghuo had never had any kind of intimate relationship.
But at this moment, it gave Xi Zhoumeng a strong sense of loss. Even though Chi Yueshan didn't look up, Xi Zhoumeng could still feel her emotions.
Surely not?
Xi Zhoumeng pressed her lips together. Just as she was about to go over, the first-year Alpha standing to the side stepped forward before she could.
"Yueshan, shall we go to the cafeteria?"
Ling Xun's attire was always simple. Even with the unchanging school robe, she wouldn't pile on complicated elements underneath.
Just like her temperament, she gave off an aura as pure and bright as the moon.
Chi Yueshan looked up and said, "Oh."
She stared at the "contact added" notification on her light-brain, then couldn't help but glance at Wen Xinghuo, who was talking with Sheng Yangkui.
She felt so pathetic, actually thinking: if I were also in poor health, would Senior look at me more?
"Yueshan?"
Ling Xun asked again.
Only then did Chi Yueshan retract her gaze and nod.
After it ended, many people were coming and going. Xi Zhoumeng was the center of attention wherever she went, and many people came up to greet her.
By the time she was done dealing with them, she found that Chi Yueshan had already left with Ling Xun.
【System: Do you need me to report your anger index right now?】
【Xi Zhoumeng: I'm aware. But why is my perception of Chi Yueshan's emotions getting stronger and stronger?】
【System: Maybe it's your compatibility rate?】
【Xi Zhoumeng: When can you ever say anything with certainty?】
【System: I haven't been fully repaired yet.】
Xi Zhoumeng ignored the piece of junk.
A pile of data that didn't know why it was here, let alone why it had to maintain the plot.
Its only function was to discharge electricity.
Xi Zhoumeng decided to go back and study the recording she had just made.
She planned to find an opportunity to meet the first-year triplets.
Chi Yueshan wasn't in a hurry to message Wen Xinghuo. As she walked with Ling Xun, her mind was still in a bit of a daze.
The fellow first-year Alpha looked gentle and soft, but she was curious after all, and asked, "Did you know Senior Wen before?"
Chi Yueshan kept her head down, only letting out an "ah" after a long while.
"I think we did."
Ling Xun thought about the look in Wen Xinghuo's eyes just now; it wasn't the expression of someone seeing an acquaintance.
She had a deep impression of this second-year senior. From the time she enrolled until now, she had lost to her many times in mecha trials.
It could be said that in front of Wen Xinghuo, the possibility of winning was zero.
She was only a first-year; third-years who lost to Wen Xinghuo were everywhere.
Alphas also admired the strong. This admiration also carried an instinctual challenge, making Ling Xun more determined with each setback.
Xi Shuang, on the other hand, was very open-minded. She often counseled Ling Xun when she was sulking alone in the training room: "What's the big deal? We'll all be comrades-in-arms in the future. As long as we can defeat the enemy, it's all the same."
Her cousin was carefree and casual, but Ling Xun still wanted to climb higher.
Especially since in the last general Alpha assessment, Wen Xinghuo had used a standard-issue school mecha to defeat Xi Shuang, who already had a high-spec mecha. This made Ling Xun unable to let it go.
She wanted to try a mecha with a high compatibility rate with her.
The prices of assembled mechas on the market varied, while the military's vanguard mechas were custom-made for individual Alphas.
Relatively speaking, they could bring out one's greatest abilities.
For example, Marshal Shen already had her own exclusive mecha back when she was at Guyun Academy.
And the one who modified her mecha was the once top-tier mecha master, Zhou Fengqin.
But that master had been missing for many years.
Ling Xun still had an impression of this mecha master.
Seven years ago, she was on a call with her mother. The background was dim, but a little girl with her hair in an apple-style topknot accidentally entered the frame.
Zhou Fengqin called her Yueshan.
But Ling Xun wasn't sure which Yueshan it was.
She was young that year, after all, and her mother's conversation with Zhou Fengqin didn't last long. They had crossed paths because of some old matter.
Zhou Fengqin had also given her mother a small mechanical dog.
After so many years, it was still as vivid as life.
However, Ling Xun's mother was frail and sickly. She passed away before she could see Ling Xun differentiate.
Her father remarried, but it didn't shake Ling Xun's status.
An Alpha was also very precious to a merchant family, so they were naturally willing to use all their resources to cultivate her.
But the chasm in spiritual power was too deep. The older Ling Xun got, the more she understood that this chasm was difficult to cross.
She had a strong competitive spirit, but she had never once gotten first place.
It was always second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth.
At Guyun Academy, even though Alphas were divided by year, everyone treated it as a mere formality.
In the eyes of an Alpha, being first in one's year was useless; what mattered were the results of the overall Alpha general assessment.
This competitive awareness was forged generation after generation, and it was also the most powerful motivation for tempering Alphas.
"Ling Xun, thank you for coming to see my rehearsal."
Chi Yueshan replied to Xuan Ping's message. The semester was already nearing its end.
Electives were about to conclude, and the next month would be the tense final exams for the core courses.
Xuan Ping's messages were all teasing Chi Yueshan about her relationship with Ling Xun.
Chi Yueshan felt that after getting into a relationship, Xuan Ping seemed much livelier and was merciless with her jokes.
Even though Chi Yueshan was deliberately getting close to Ling Xun, she still felt embarrassed.
She couldn't gauge Ling Xun's feelings for her. As for whether Ling Xun liked her, she hadn't really felt it that strongly.
She also didn't think she was that charming.
The weather outside was nice today, clear and bright. Outside the theater were long steps, and in the distance was a lawn where many people sat talking.
Chi Yueshan smiled at Ling Xun. "So, let me treat you to a meal?"
Her originally messy hair had been cut short, the ends just reaching her shoulders. The bangs that used to cover her eyes and brows were also much neater.
The clunky black-framed glasses were also gone, replaced by a pair with silver frames that looked much lighter, making her emerald-green eyes as stunning as if a thick fog had been cleared away.
It made Ling Xun feel as if she were being blinded by the sunlight.
Ling Xun: "You have to give me a chance to treat you sometime, right?"
Even though teasing posts about them appeared on the school forums every other day, and Ling Xun was often joked about by Xi Shuang.
But she was well aware of Chi Yueshan's personality. To say she was impervious was a bit of an exaggeration, but she was indeed very difficult to open up to.
She didn't like to talk about her past. Even though she had a cute personality and wouldn't make you feel uncomfortable when she spoke.
Ling Xun still felt a great distance between herself and the other girl.
This depended on Chi Yueshan's attitude.
Ling Xun didn't quite understand. Was it that she wasn't doing enough?
They could read books together in a VIP room in the library, but Chi Yueshan still wouldn't say how she and Wen Xinghuo knew each other.
Nor was she willing to bring up her past in the Lower World.
Even though Ling Xun had ulterior motives, at this moment, she actually felt a little disappointed.
Chi Yueshan shook her head. "You always come to see me, but I've never gone to watch you train. Thinking about it, it feels very unfair."
Standing next to the Alpha, she always seemed a bit smaller. When she looked up, her eyes seemed to sparkle.
Ling Xun was nowhere near as battle-hardened as her cousin. She had come thinking she would dig up some information, but it was easy to fall for it.
At this moment, she felt she couldn't quite handle it and let out an "erh."
Chi Yueshan pressed her advantage, sighing, "I'm so unreasonable. I clearly know that an Omega needs an Alpha's permission to watch their training, and yet I said something that would trouble you. I'm sorry."
After her performance, she had also put on her school robe. For this preview, Chi Yueshan had finally been willing to change out of her pants that were covered in pockets.
On her lower body, she wore a pair of wide-hemmed trousers, which made her feet look even more delicate.
She stood slightly on her tiptoes, and her fluffy bangs swayed along.
Ling Xun took a small step back, her tone a little stuttering. "It's... it's no trouble."
"Really?"
Chi Yueshan was jumping for joy on the inside, but on the outside, she bit her lip and looked at Ling Xun with an expectant expression.
Her looks were naturally of the sweet and youthful type. It was just that she didn't like to dress up before, and with the added touch of sloppiness, most people couldn't appreciate her cuteness.
Now, it was simply on full display.
A blush rose on Ling Xun's face.
In her mind, she even pictured the shape of the pheromone patch on the back of Chi Yueshan's neck when she was talking to Wen Xinghuo earlier.
It was shaped like a flower.
Ling Xun could, of course, recognize the price of such a pheromone patch.
It didn't seem like the kind of material possession Chi Yueshan would pursue. The next second, she felt she was being rude. Ling Xun nodded and pushed up her glasses to hide her embarrassment.
But Chi Yueshan reached out, as if to take her hand, and grabbed the sleeve of Ling Xun's school robe. "Then let's go eat, shall we? What do you want to eat? My treat today—"
Seen from behind, they looked completely like an AO couple that had something going on.
"Ah, I didn't realize this first-year Omega was so cute, huh."
Xi Shuang came out from another door, a cheeky grin on her face. "Looks like my cousin still has a chance."
She even turned her head to glance at the Omega beside her.
"Right, Zhoumeng?"
Xi Zhoumeng snorted. She didn't say anything else, just got into her car, which was back from maintenance, and left.
Xi Shuang shouted from behind, "Hey! Won't you give a beauty a ride?"
Xi Zhoumeng ignored her.
【System: You're jealous! Definitely jealous!】
Xi Zhoumeng lowered her gaze, feeling like she had seen this routine somewhere before.
She asked the system: Do you remember that little streamer I used to tip?
Why do I remember that during one of her streams, she had a book on her desk called something like The Art of Seducing High-Quality Alphas?
【System: I was always in hibernation mode at times like that.】
Xi Zhoumeng said, "Oh."
【System: No matter how you look at it, Chi Yueshan can't be the streamer you met back then. Otherwise, how could you not recognize each other?】
【Xi Zhoumeng: I didn't show my face and used a voice changer. She didn't speak, just danced.】
【System: But the ages don't match up. And I remember you saying that Omega was really good at swaying her hips.】
【System: No, no, if that's true, then this plot is completely different from the original work!! This would have to be the content of a fanfiction!】
【System: Ahhh, I'm going crazy! I don't believe it!! How is that possible!!】
Xi Zhoumeng thought to herself: So noisy. If it's true, I'll deal with her on the spot.
She furrowed her brows, even more annoyed with her current state of mind. This was completely, utterly not how she was supposed to be.
Is this the power of a one hundred percent match?
And Chi Yueshan was still exchanging tender glances with Ling Xun??
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