MORIC - Chapter 55
Chapter 55: Who Rides the Crest of the Wave
Tonight's event was heavily promoted on StarNet.
Xi Yang's clothing brand had already made a name for itself across the major star systems. This time wasn't a grand affair, just a small-scale event she had planned.
However, inviting the royal family to support her meant it was destined to become a hot topic.
A few selected video clips were enough to be widely reposted.
The most reposted was a montage of the entire event, from arrival to conclusion, perfectly capturing the glitz and glamour of high society. The actual runway show content was glossed over, focusing instead on the guests' faces, as if telling a story through the language of the camera.
It really did resemble a story; some people even started writing novels in the comments section.
Nowadays, most brand events invite celebrities, but Xi Yang never dabbled in that. Many nobles were fond of the entertainment industry, but for Xi Yang to be able to invite a royal princess wasn't a gimmick at all; it was purely a sign of the Queen's favor towards the Xi family.
The video's perspective started from the guests arriving and getting out of their vehicles, cutting to the pre-opening cocktail party pleasantries, then to the opening declaration. The camera panned across the guest seating, the models preparing backstage, and even the departing crowd, all possessing sufficient narrative quality. Humans have always been visual creatures, and with the event's male and female servants all being very attractive, it was enough to make netizens wail through their screens.
-This quality is so good. It probably wasn't shot with a light-brain's built-in camera. I wonder what kind of equipment it was.
-The style is so different this time. It's not that cold and detached kind. The models' expressions are quite varied.
-[Image][Image] This young lady is so beautiful!!! Please tell me! Does she have an account? I want to follow her!
-The looks in the first row on the right are ridiculously high, for real. The handsome blond guy is even more eye-catching than the male models on the runway.
-I prefer the beauty with long hair in the black dress! I can't quite tell if she's an Alpha or an Omega. I just feel like she's so... that...
-The royal family actually has triplets. I'd vaguely heard about it, but this is the first time seeing them attend this kind of event. Just a one-second shot, what a pity.
-You're lucky to see them at all. They're even wearing veils and haven't revealed their faces. They're very well-protected!
-I'm more interested in the super blurry Alpha sitting between the triplets... That is an Alpha, right!!
-Wuwuwu, my beloved model Heyi is so beautiful!!! But the Omega behind her is so small! Such a sweetheart!
...
Footage of the royal family was rarely made public. Even though it was released this time, their faces couldn't be seen clearly, but it was still enough for people to appreciate the Xi family's prestige.
They were, after all, the number one noble family of the Capital Star. Even though the new generation hadn't produced anyone who joined the military, they still possessed the Queen's favor.
StarNet's trending topics tonight were all about this event. Even the good-looking people involved had their names dug up.
The gossiping power of the masses is absolute. An hour later, even their IDs were being reposted.
-Reporting! [Image] This is an Omega! A second-year student at Guyun Academy! It's the Xi family's youngest daughter, Xi Zhoumeng!
-LMAO, the moment she was identified, I also had my heart broken. She already has an Alpha! The one with the royals! [Image] It's a bit blurry, but I found a photo of the Alpha from the academy [Image]. A chocolate-scented Alpha, I guess! They're... a match, I suppose.
-The person above, you're really forcing it! This is clearly Beauty and the Beast!
-Damn! Someone from the Guyun Academy Alpha Division is here to support our senior!! Our Senior Wen is very strong, okay! She's a noble too! Not from a fallen household! 【Megaphone】
-Isn't she just a fallen noble who sold herself to cling to the young miss?! I heard she used to be Xi Zhoumeng's servant?
-What kind of script is this??? I thought this dark-skinned, fierce female Alpha was the Knight for one of the royal princesses!
-Oh oh [Image] This green-eyed sweetheart model also likes this Alpha! She's love rivals with the Xi family's youngest!
-What a mess! Why! How is an Alpha who doesn't look gentle and refined at all a heartthrob??
-Fun fact: Alphas rely on strength! S-rank spiritual power and a perfect physique for piloting mecha—that's infinite potential!
-Am I the only one who finds it a pity that the goddess-like older sister isn't an Alpha? If she were an A, she would perfectly fit the Empire's aesthetic standards for Alphas.
-Not only is she not, but she's a pair with the one you think isn't a match! I will defend the love of Xinghuo and Zhoumeng!
...
"'I will defend the love of Xinghuo... Zhoumeng...?'"
On the way back, Chi Yueshan was still reading the constantly refreshing news. She subconsciously glanced at Xi Zhoumeng in the seat to her right.
The other person was sending some message, her expression quite serious.
Xi Li, drunk, sat in the front like a dead pig. His handsomeness was of no damn use; he was still just a stinky man.
For some reason that was hard to admit, Chi Yueshan really didn't have a good impression of blond hair.
Especially after learning that Xi Zhoumeng's natural hair color was blond.
This wasn't good, but she couldn't help but think of that lavish Alpha who had bought out her livestream room.
Of course, she wasn't sure if the person was a Beta or an Alpha, but only an Alpha would be so generous as to buy out an Omega's time, right?
Most Betas were also oriented towards Betas.
Chi Yueshan couldn't bear to read any more of these people's comments.
She could also understand why everyone was so excited. After all, for commoners, this was perfect entertainment.
What could be more thrilling than gossip about nobles and the royal family?
Every time Chi Yueshan opened StarNet, all she saw were scandalous news items about some rich second-generation kid and some celebrity.
Or about an Alpha male star's extramarital affair, and so on.
The problem is, now I've become the entertainment!
Being praised would have been one thing, but for Chi Yueshan, finding a comment praising her among so many was like finding a needle in a haystack. When she finally saw one calling her a sweetheart, it was deleted in a second.
The rest were all short essays about how well-matched Wen Xinghuo and Xi Zhoumeng were.
The tone and style of writing made it obvious they came from the school forums!!
A match my ass! A pervert like Xi Zhoumeng, who even does people's nails after sleeping with them, is no good match at all!
Chi Yueshan found it hard to imagine Wen Xinghuo waking up every day after marrying Xi Zhoumeng to see her own new manicure.
She's an Alpha who pilots a mecha; having a manicure would be so inconvenient!!
If you like manicures yourself, don't drag an Alpha who doesn't like them into it!
As Chi Yueshan thought about it, she started to feel a little sour. Why do they have to get married!
What married life? Does Xi Zhoumeng even deserve it!
An Omega who can sleep with someone and then leisurely eat breakfast the next day isn't considerate at all!
And she made me so...
Even walking the runway hadn't made Chi Yueshan's heart race, but at this moment, all her indignation surged up, and in the next second, it felt like a dam had burst in her chest.
She froze completely.
While instructing people on her light-brain to delete the StarNet topics about Chi Yueshan, Xi Zhoumeng was also listening to the girl's indistinct muttering.
She didn't expect the girl to suddenly fall silent, which actually felt a bit strange.
"What's wrong?"
The hovercar moved along the sky-track, the city nightscape below still bustling.
Chi Yueshan let out a grunt. She hunched her back, biting her lip, thinking she seemed to have forgotten to change her absorbent patch.
"It's nothing, leave me alone."
She replied fiercely.
Xi Zhoumeng said, "Oh," and went back to looking at her light-screen.
The next second, a hand reached out and grabbed the long tassel of her shawl. "Do you have... that thing..."
Without turning her head, Xi Zhoumeng asked, "Which thing?"
The technicians deleted a large number of posts about Chi Yueshan and, under Xi Zhoumeng's orders, also deleted some of the more outrageous speculations about wealthy noble families.
She only left the youthful anecdotes about her and Wen Xinghuo, the evidence refuting their compatibility, and promoted the posts speculating that Wen Xinghuo would become a Knight for a royal princess.
Perfect.
I hope Wen Xinghuo doesn't find out.
But it wouldn't matter if she did. Anyway, there was something ambiguous going on between Wen Xinghuo and Sheng Yangkui.
Chi Yueshan's palms were sweating, purely from embarrassment.
She tugged at the long silk ribbon on her clothes, which in turn brushed against Xi Zhoumeng's long hair. Xi Zhoumeng finally looked over. She stared at Chi Yueshan's hand, her gaze traveling up from the hand, to the arm, to the shoulder, and finally settling on her chest.
Xi Li was already snoring. If she hadn't been afraid he'd be picked up by some Omega, Xi Zhoumeng wouldn't have let him in the car.
After all, the Xi family still needed this legitimate head steward.
Chi Yueshan's shirt was wet again, as if the absorbent patch, unable to bear the load, had begun to leak fluid.
Xi Zhoumeng smelled an even richer pheromone and scent.
She didn't like milky scents, always feeling they had nothing to do with fragrance. A true milky fragrance should be the scent of processed cream.
Yet, the person exuding this scent was attractive to her.
Chi Yueshan's palms were sweating. She didn't look at Xi Zhoumeng, just kept her head down.
The hair that had been tucked behind her ear came loose, as if considerately hiding its owner's predicament at this moment.
Xi Zhoumeng said, "Oh," and opened a storage box between the seats. Inside were quite a few suppressor patches, suppressants, and vacuum-sealed disposable handkerchiefs.
"You want to change here?"
Chi Yueshan glanced at the soundly sleeping Xi Li and shook her head.
Xi Zhoumeng did something, and a pink partition curtain appeared between the front and back rows. "Either wear my coat and change when you get back to school. Just bear with it."
It was already very late, and Chi Yueshan had no intention of going back to Xi Zhoumeng's home again.
Xi Zhoumeng indeed didn't look well. Chi Yueshan didn't dare ask if her heat symptoms had gotten any better.
The thought of it brought back memories of Xi Zhoumeng's panting in the middle of the night. The dim light seemed to have been cut into tiny, sparkling fragments, and she hadn't been able to get a good look at the other person before her eyes were covered.
There was still some time before they got back to school, and Chi Yueshan could no longer stand this damp, sticky feeling.
She gritted her teeth and said, "Change here... Are you sure no one will see?"
Xi Zhoumeng took out a patch for her. "The windows are all anti-peeping. Besides, this is a sky-track. If you're still not reassured, I can draw the curtains."
"My big brother... I'll just toss him on the roadside."
Xi Zhoumeng actually did as she said. The hovercar stopped at the nearest station, and she directly operated the automatic device to drop Xi Li off.
Chi Yueshan: ...
She watched, wide-eyed, as the dead-drunk Xi Li was cruelly dumped on the station platform.
The hovercar started up quickly, and the blond Alpha disappeared from sight.
After being refitted, Xi Zhoumeng's hovercar had a strong girlish atmosphere, which was evident from the interior decorations. Back then, even the little lamb sitting on the hood had been dressed up in such a grand manner. Most people would subconsciously assume the owner of this car was also a young girl.
But Xi Zhoumeng's girlishness was elusive.
Most of the time, it only manifested in minor details, like the sentence the stylist exclaimed before removing Chi Yueshan's nail polish while doing her styling—
Your manicure is so pretty.
A pink gradient, like a ripe peach that looked like it would burst with juice at a single poke.
Chi Yueshan had no idea why this person would do such a thing.
After they had intimately pleasured each other, Xi Zhoumeng could stay awake and grab her hand to paint her nails?
Yet Xi Zhoumeng's own nails were like scorched chocolate, dotted with hazelnuts, just like the threads on her skirt's hem.
The pink window curtains were drawn, along with the pinkish-white partition curtain, making the space even more cramped.
Xi Zhoumeng showed no shyness at all, while Chi Yueshan hesitated a little as she lowered her head to unbutton her shirt.
Xi Zhoumeng hated people who dawdled.
"Take it off."
That word, for some reason, struck a nerve with Chi Yueshan. She trembled all over, hastily unfastening the second button, revealing the tattoo of someone else's name on her collarbone.
For a moment, Xi Zhoumeng felt a stinging sensation.
Suppressor patches prevented pheromones from leaking, so others couldn't smell Chi Yueshan's pheromones.
But Xi Zhoumeng, who was a one hundred percent match with Chi Yueshan, was not "others."
As if they were destined partners, she could smell all of Chi Yueshan's scents.
Like a wave crashing against the tide's head, surging and ravaging.
The water-logged patch, no longer held in place, fell off, a single drop still clinging to its tip as if about to fall.
Chi Yueshan bit her lip, inexplicably thinking of that sponsor from the livestream room.
Always interacting with just one or two words.
Take it off.
Turn around.
Dance.
Mm.
...
If she could choose, Chi Yueshan certainly wouldn't have taken this path.
But she had no choice, and to some extent, she was also a willing participant.
This was supposed to be a mutually consensual agreement.
She would also wonder what kind of person they were, and why they were so different from the sponsors of other streamers.
In that instant, she actually felt that Xi Zhoumeng was a bit like that person.
As the cool patch was pressed against her skin, Chi Yueshan cried out subconsciously.
Xi Zhoumeng covered her mouth with her other hand. "Shut up. What are you spacing out for?"
"Hurry up."
Xi Zhoumeng's light-brain was alerting her to a new video call.
Chi Yueshan was so startled she shivered again, and the other, still-uncovered nipple left Xi Zhoumeng speechless.
It was a call from Xi Li. The night wind had sobered him up a bit, and he was staring blankly at the empty track station.
What's going on?
Didn't I fucking get in the car?
In the video, his little sister's face was partly obscured. Xi Zhoumeng was slowly and methodically wiping her hands, asking Xi Li with a terrible attitude, "What is it?"
Xi Li: "You actually dumped me on the roadside? Are you even human?"
After wiping her hands, Xi Zhoumeng started applying hand cream and said lazily, "Your snoring is very loud."
Xi Li: ...
Chi Yueshan had already tidied herself up, but right now, her mind was filled with the image of Xi Zhoumeng's face with her milk on it.
So... that...
I also feel very sorry... but why am I secretly thrilled, wuwuwu.
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