MORIC - Chapter 61
Chapter 61: So Who's the Jealous One?
Everyone present shut their mouths in unison. Only the electronic dog, its neck pinned down by Wen Xinghuo, relentlessly tried to break free.
But the Alpha's strength was immense, and the electronic dog, meant to prevent accidents, let out a series of beeps.
The Omega standing at the door wasn't wearing a school robe. Her skirt reached her ankles, and her white socks had a diagonally knitted black butterfly pattern that disappeared into her shoes.
Xi Zhoumeng had half of her hair clipped behind her ear with a barrette. The other half, hanging down, was as black as ink. Chi Yueshan clearly remembered that her hair wasn't this dark yesterday.
Just how much does this person love dyeing her hair?
And she's clearly a sunny blonde, but her personality has nothing to do with sunshine at all!
The axe inside the glass case didn't look big, but it was not light at all. Even an ordinary Alpha would find it a bit difficult to lift.
So, most of the time, this emergency device was just for show, rarely ever activated.
Now, the axe lay quietly on the floor. Cracks radiated from it as the center, making it look as if they had exploded from Xi Zhoumeng's side, like an ancient magical sigil, imbuing her with infinite power.
"Xinghuo, you can let go. Don't abuse the electronic doggy, okay?"
Xi Zhoumeng didn't mind that no one answered. She gracefully walked forward. Wen Xinghuo released her grip, and the electronic dog, its task completed, let out a happy "awoo" and trotted away.
Wen Xinghuo suddenly felt a bit awkward.
She didn't know why she was awkward. Maybe it was because Chi Yueshan was gripping her hand too tightly.
And the grip was getting tighter as Xi Zhoumeng approached.
How could an Omega have so much strength? Xi Zhoumeng, too.
Are these two normal people?
Chi Yueshan's heart was pounding. The moment she saw Xi Zhoumeng, her heart leaped into her throat. For some reason, she felt as if Xi Zhoumeng was about to pick up the axe and chop her down.
Why does it feel so much like I cheated on her, and now she's going to chop me and my lover to pieces?
The problem is, she and I don't even have that kind of relationship! Besides, how could Senior Wen be the lover? If anything, she's the main wife!
Damn it, then what does that make Xi Zhoumeng? I don't even have a name in the gossip on the forums!!
Chi Yueshan was completely unaware that she was practically plastered to Wen Xinghuo's back, trembling.
Wen Xinghuo really wanted to push Chi Yueshan away, but felt it would be too damaging to the Omega's pride. Besides, Xi Zhoumeng's gaze was fixed on the point where she and Chi Yueshan were connected.
It was as if she wanted to chop her own hand off. The problem is, I'm not even touching Chi Yueshan!
That's not right! They're both Omegas, so why am I thinking this way?!
Chi Yueshan was tense to the extreme, completely forgetting that her heat period wasn't over yet. Even though she was hiding behind Wen Xinghuo, she had still been bitten by the electronic dog just now.
It wasn't as painful as she'd imagined, but it felt like getting an injection, and she was a little drowsy.
Just as the atmosphere reached its most awkward point, Ling Xun, who was outside the window, chose to jump through it.
This was probably the most uncivilized thing she had ever done in her life.
The first-year Alpha's face was flushed red. Staring at the dog bite mark on Chi Yueshan's hand, she tried to take it, asking with concern, "Yueshan, does it hurt?"
"Damn it! Ling Xun, can't you show some concern for me, your cousin?! I'm bleeding like a river here! Control your feisty girlfriend!"
Xi Shuang's head had been cracked open with a potted plant by her cousin's Omega crush. She was helpless and miserable.
Ling Xun let out an "ah," then an "oh." Before her hand could reach out and grab Chi Yueshan's, Chi Yueshan stepped forward.
The onlooking Alphas were all dumbfounded.
Most of them had thought Xi Zhoumeng would ask if Wen Xinghuo had been bitten by the dog. Unexpectedly, Xi Zhoumeng didn't even look at Wen Xinghuo. Instead, she took Chi Yueshan's hand and asked with utmost care, "Does it hurt?"
Her voice was so gentle it could practically drip water, tinged with a coquettishness that made Chi Yueshan tremble so much she nearly foamed at the mouth. It was also a little nauseating.
You're fucking squeezing me so hard it hurts!
Chi Yueshan was furious but didn't dare to speak, allowing herself to be pulled away from Wen Xinghuo by Xi Zhoumeng's feigned gentleness.
She even gave Wen Xinghuo's school robe a reluctant tug, only for the Alpha to pat down the hem of her own robe.
Chi Yueshan's eyes dimmed, vaguely feeling that she had been disdained.
Xi Zhoumeng pushed her down onto a low stool to the side and squatted down to examine her wound. "The bite mark is nothing. When the electronic dog warns about pheromone leakage, its teeth are rubber. There's a tranquilizer needle in its throat. You just got pricked."
Her voice was still gentle. She held Chi Yueshan's hand to inspect it and saw a cut on her palm.
"What's this?"
Chi Yueshan wanted to pull her hand back, but her instincts told her that the current Xi Zhoumeng was terrifying. It was better not to struggle.
"I-It must have been from when I grabbed the potted plant just now."
Chi Yueshan didn't dare to look at Xi Zhoumeng at all. She raised her eyes to look at Wen Xinghuo, who had picked up the axe from the floor, returned it to its place, and then tapped the button to report it for maintenance.
Her back still looked broad and dependable. Her shoulders were a bit wide, but her waist was slender, not as exaggeratedly "tiger-backed and bear-waisted" as others claimed.
"Wipe your drool."
Xi Zhoumeng reminded her nonchalantly, then applied a bandage to Chi Yueshan's hand.
Chi Yueshan subconsciously went to touch it and realized she'd been tricked. Just as she was about to curse her, she met Xi Zhoumeng's gaze as she looked up. For some reason, she turned her face away again.
Xi Shuang was helped up by Ling Xun and handed over to a junior student. She still tried to kick Wen Xinghuo, her tone a bit sour. "And here you are, being protected by an Omega."
Her words were sarcastic and even a little funny.
But everyone knew that just now, Chi Yueshan had climbed in and jumped through the window in one smooth motion, then foolishly spread her arms to protect Wen Xinghuo.
The tall Alpha didn't need protection at all. No matter how you looked at it, Wen Xinghuo was destined to become a military officer protecting the galaxy in the future.
Yet, an Omega had been so reckless for her. It was both amusing and moving.
After savoring the thought, Xi Shuang glanced at her cousin again. Ling Xun didn't seem to have much of a reaction and was looking at Chi Yueshan with concern.
She thought: What a messy love life! I'm so miserable!!!
Wen Xinghuo didn't know what to say. She turned silently, apologized to Xi Shuang, and then said to Ling Xun, "Please take her to the infirmary."
The other girl nodded.
Xi Zhoumeng asked Chi Yueshan, "Why are you here?"
With Ling Xun, no less. Staring at each other affectionately on the roadside right after exams, without any shame.
She couldn't bring herself to say these words out loud.
The system, on the other hand, seemed to be emotionally stirred, asking in a strange tone: Are you in love with her?
Xi Zhoumeng didn't reply. She just looked at Chi Yueshan.
She had originally come to watch the show. After all, even if Xi Shuang was venting her anger for her, she definitely couldn't beat Wen Xinghuo. Although she was certain Wen Xinghuo would be measured in her actions, she still felt it was necessary to be present.
She never expected to witness such a grand spectacle as soon as she arrived.
Chi Yueshan's reckless devotion to Wen Xinghuo, and that obvious protectiveness.
Her actions, expression, and voice all perfectly illustrated her favoritism towards Wen Xinghuo.
Of course, Xi Zhoumeng knew about Chi Yueshan's affection for Wen Xinghuo.
It was part of the setup. The author had also established the cause and effect for her character.
Love needs a beginning, development, turn, and conclusion. Unrequited love is the same, except that the conclusion for love is often a "happily ever after," while unrequited love usually fades away without a result.
I clearly know everything, and I also know your ending is death.
Why am I jealous that she can receive such pure affection from you?
Even if this affection seemed a bit childish in Xi Zhoumeng's eyes, don't humans love stories precisely because they love the purity that remains after stripping away all complexities?
Pure love, pure protectiveness, the pure sense of "it has to be you," the pure feeling that "you are my destination."
Wen Xinghuo is so lucky.
Xi Zhoumeng should have remained detached, but at this moment, she found it hard to stay calm.
She stared at Chi Yueshan, her gaze so deep it seemed capable of devouring her.
Chi Yueshan suddenly thought of the Xi family's eyes. It seemed only Xi Zhoumeng's were smoky gray.
Just like her pheromones, they were hazy and misty, having nothing to do with clarity.
That day, when I was beneath her, looking up at her, she looked at me just like this.
You are so distant, like a shooting star that can be seen but vanishes in an instant, untouchable.
But a shooting star is at least bright. Why are you like ashes that have already burned out?
You clearly have everything. Such a good family. Big Brother Xi Li might be nonchalant, but he's quite steady when it counts.
That gray-haired Second Brother is good-tempered, Xi Yang is very enthusiastic, and so talented.
The best combination of siblings a rich family could have. Xi Zhoumeng, what do you have to be sad about?
Even Wen Xinghuo is so good to you.
Everything I don't have, everything I want, you have it all.
Yet, Chi Yueshan remembered the tears she had vaguely felt from Xi Zhoumeng that day.
This person is beautiful even when she cries, but I'm the one who feels bad. That single teardrop from her, what was it for?
Why does it make my heart tremble, and make me feel like I can empathize?
"I..."
"I invited her."
Ling Xun interjected. She stood to the side, hesitating, looking like she wanted to step forward but didn't.
Xi Zhoumeng let out an "oh." She didn't even glance at Ling Xun, her eyes still fixed on Chi Yueshan. "Here to see what?"
She reached out and pressed on Chi Yueshan's pheromone patch, right on the gland that an Alpha like Ling Xun would never dare to touch.
The rose-patterned pheromone patch was magnificent, as if it were gilded with the world's most precious gold, turning Chi Yueshan herself into something priceless.
Chi Yueshan's heart thundered. She didn't know what she was nervous or afraid of.
She subconsciously looked towards Ling Xun. Xi Zhoumeng's grip on her hand tightened, forcing a pained whimper out of her.
"Can't I be here to earn some extra money?!"
Chi Yueshan decided to throw caution to the wind.
She tried to break free from Xi Zhoumeng's hand, but found she couldn't. So, she stomped on the other's expensive leather shoe, shot to her feet, and looked down at Xi Zhoumeng. "Stay out of my business."
No matter how you heard it, those words made it seem like their relationship was anything but ordinary.
Even the surrounding Alphas were completely bewildered, but in the next second, Wen Xinghuo came to clear the area.
Before leaving, Xi Shuang was still yelling for Wen Xinghuo to think it over carefully.
At that moment, the tall Alpha walked over. Outside the window, the twilight sun was as red as blood, casting the shadows of everyone inside onto the wall.
It was as if the shadows on the wall were the slumbering people of the original world.
Xi Zhoumeng slowly stood up. She released Chi Yueshan's hand, staring quizzically at the red mark around the other's wrist.
When she lowered her gaze, Xi Zhoumeng once again concealed her emotions completely. She let out a laugh. "Your payment has already been transferred. You still need to come out and earn extra money?"
Only then did she shift her gaze to Ling Xun, her eyes flitting between the two of them. She let out a light "oh." "You two are dating."
Chi Yueshan: "No, we're not!"
She had been injected with a tranquilizer from the electronic dog. The tide of emotion that had surged after her emotional fluctuation had long since been calmed by the dual effects of the pheromone patch and the tranquilizer.
But her heart was still beating fast. She mistook it as her feelings for Wen Xinghuo and glanced at her a few times with a hint of shyness.
Wen Xinghuo remembered the scene in the car when she saw Xi Zhoumeng applying lipstick on Chi Yueshan.
And just now, Xi Zhoumeng's silent rage.
Xi Zhoumeng had always been someone with a considerable temper deep down. If you weren't close enough to her, you would probably only see her as others did.
The model of a young lady, gentle and dignified.
She would act as if nothing was wrong even when angry, or rather, as if she never got angry at all.
Wen Xinghuo had known her long enough, but she still couldn't see through Xi Zhoumeng.
Yet, she keenly sensed that Xi Zhoumeng was different towards Chi Yueshan.
After all, Xi Zhoumeng was fundamentally solitary. This solitude wasn't because she had no one to talk to, but because she would never entrust her heart to anyone.
Even if it wasn't love, friendship was also dispensable in her eyes. It was as if she had no expectations, had lost all desire.
Everything was just a process, from beginning to end. Once it was over, it was over.
But Chi Yueshan was a variable.
At first, Wen Xinghuo thought Chi Yueshan's affection for her was that kind of affection.
But now, she could be absolutely certain that this girl's affection was merely simple admiration. Her recklessness was also admiration, like a subconscious form of repayment.
Why?
How could my memory be wrong?
The one I met back then was clearly A'Kui. She was a poor girl who went out on a day off and was abducted by traffickers to be sold.
If I hadn't saved her, she might already be dead.
It rained so heavily that day. I was injured and unconscious that day. She took me to find a doctor that day.
That day, she said, "Meeting you is the happiest thing that's ever happened to me in my life."
They were both very young that year. Wen Xinghuo found it amusing to hear the word "lifetime" come from a child's mouth.
How old are you? What lifetime are you talking about?
But why is Chi Yueshan so certain that we are old acquaintances?
"Have you seen enough?"
Xi Zhoumeng spoke up. Standing to the side, Ling Xun could clearly feel that this second-year senior was angry.
On the surface, it looked like Xi Zhoumeng was angry with Chi Yueshan because she liked Wen Xinghuo.
But Ling Xun's intuition told her that wasn't it.
Ling Xun's mind was a complete mess, and it was at this exact moment that Wen Xinghuo spoke.
For the first time, she ignored Xi Zhoumeng and instead looked seriously at Chi Yueshan—
"I have something to tell you."
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