MORIC - Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Are You a Fan or a Suitor?

Wen Xinghuo watched, startled, as the two Omegas fell.

Xi Shuang cursed, nearly pressing her face against the glass. "That looks like it hurts."

Xi Shuang wasn't a noble, but she was a rich second-generation kid whose family had money.

Her A+ spiritual power was even superior to some nobles.

Before differentiation, everyone compared family background and wealth. After differentiation, all those criteria took a backseat to spiritual power.

Especially for Alphas.

But there were exceptions.

For example, Wen Xinghuo was not favored at home. Even as an Alpha with S+ spiritual power, her family's wealth had nothing to do with her.

She was a genuine down-and-out noble with high spiritual power.

Xi Shuang had always thought the Wen family had rocks in their heads.

An Alpha with S+ spiritual power should be cherished no matter what, right? Why would they still care about that little bit of money?

My family has plenty of money. If Wen Xinghuo were my dad's illegitimate daughter, I'd definitely call her 'good sister'.

Xi Shuang had a sharp, teasing tongue and always loved to joke with Wen Xinghuo.

At this moment, she asked with a grin, "Which one are you worried about?"

Xi Zhoumeng, her face still buried in Chi Yueshan's chest, didn't move, forcing Chi Yueshan to struggle to her feet by pushing off the ground with her hands.

She shook Xi Zhoumeng's shoulder. "Hey, are you okay?"

Xi Zhoumeng's hands hung at her sides, the backs of them clearly red. Immediately, Omegas of all sorts rushed out from the private baths, panting delicately and exclaiming as they ran toward Xi Zhoumeng. "Senior Zhoumeng, are you okay?"

Xi Zhoumeng was quickly pulled up from Chi Yueshan's chest.

Chi Yueshan immediately clutched her bathrobe, trying to cover up the strange sensation.

This bathhouse is so annoying. You have to get completely naked to bathe. I was originally planning to wear my underwear in.

Hiss... that hurts.

Don't tell me her teeth hit... there... when she fell?

Chi Yueshan's face twisted. Over on the other side, a crowd of Omegas in bathrobes were exclaiming one after another—

"Xi! Your hand is red! Does it hurt?"

"Senior Zhoumeng, are you alright? You have a nosebleed..."

"Goddess... your lips are bleeding??? Ah!!! Quick, take her to the infirmary!"

Compared to Xi Zhoumeng, who was surrounded by a crowd, Chi Yueshan stood alone and unconsoled.

In truth, she was in pain too.

She rubbed her butt, and as soon as she looked up, she saw the blurry face of the Alpha standing by the glass.

"Holy crap!"

Chi Yueshan cursed. Wen Xinghuo's face was indistinct through the steam, her expression unreadable.

The Alpha standing next to her, however, was winking and making faces at Chi Yueshan, looking like a monkey spirit.

Chi Yueshan then realized her hand was still grabbing her butt. She quickly dropped it and gave an awkward wave.

Some Omegas over there also noticed Wen Xinghuo and Xi Shuang, and another round of delicate cries erupted, making Chi Yueshan feel like she was in some strange sort of place.

Surrounded, Xi Zhoumeng had a mouthful of blood, and a strange sensation lingered on her lips.

It felt like she had accidentally bumped into something.

No way, it can't be, right?

She pressed her lips together, took a damp handkerchief, and wiped her nose, seeming particularly disgusted by her own nosebleed.

"Thank you."

"No, no, it's nothing! Are you alright? Are you dizzy?"

"How could she be alright? Didn't you see Lady Xi frowning? Falling on the ground must hurt so much."

Why are these Omegas sucking up to another Omega like this?!

Chi Yueshan pouted, thinking: She clearly fell on top of me.

So heavy. Is this the weight a goddess Omega should have?

Aren't noble Omegas supposed to weigh themselves a dozen times a day and wear corsets so tight that a single bite of food feels like too much?

She nearly crushed me to death.

"Thank you all for your concern. I'll make an appointment with a private doctor to take a look later."

Xi Zhoumeng's voice could switch infinitely between delicate and clear, but no matter how it changed, it was always the voice of an expensive beauty. Even though Chi Yueshan couldn't see the expression on the surrounded Xi Zhoumeng's face, she could guess what she looked like.

Just a moment ago, she was threatening me, so fierce.

What an act.

"Ah! It's Senior Wen!! She's still looking at me!"

another Omega said.

"In your dreams. Senior Wen wouldn't look at you even if you were naked. Your chest isn't even as big as hers."

"Oh, stop it~ I can be happy even if hers are bigger~~~ Besides, what's the point of comparing chests~"

Chi Yueshan: ...

Are all Omegas these days so uninhibited?

Senior Wen's chest is indeed huge, and she's developed pecs, not to mention abs and all that. Sob, sob, it makes one feel so secure.

Chi Yueshan couldn't help but look over again.

Wen Xinghuo was talking to Xi Shuang. Through the haze, her face was turned to the side, her profile still flawless in Chi Yueshan's eyes.

The white bathrobe made Wen Xinghuo's skin look darker, yet it possessed an indescribable sexiness.

"Wipe your drool."

A handkerchief was handed to her. Chi Yueshan took it subconsciously and realized it was Xi Zhoumeng who had offered it.

This handkerchief had been taken from her private bath cubicle by someone, and it carried the exact same fragrance as her.

It was just that the bloodstains on it somewhat ruined the handkerchief's delicate quality.

Chi Yueshan pouted. "You should keep it for yourself."

An Omega interjected, "Have you no manners?"

Chi Yueshan nodded. "Senior, you should keep it for yourself."

She said this neither humbly nor arrogantly. Xi Zhoumeng glanced at her, then nodded at Wen Xinghuo, mouthing that she was fine and telling her to leave.

As her crush walked away, Chi Yueshan's gaze still followed her.

Only then did Xi Zhoumeng look this love rival up and down.

The little cannon fodder has a pretty good figure. Her butt got even wetter when she fell on the ground just now. Clutching her bathrobe like that is a bit of a shame, Xi Zhoumeng thought with some regret.

The moment she fell on her, she felt like she had seen a birthmark.

But she wasn't sure. After all, it was possible her memory was mistaken.

The other Omegas gradually went back to their baths.

Xi Zhoumeng said, "Stop looking. She's gone."

Chi Yueshan: "Is there a rule that says I can't look?"

Xi Zhoumeng: "On this floor, I am the rules."

The second-year senior's hair was long, hanging down smoothly. A few strands fell over her chest, a few draped down her back. Its dampness made her eyelashes seem to shimmer with light, and when she looked down at someone, her gaze was naturally filled with deep affection.

No wonder so many people were utterly captivated by her.

Chi Yueshan pouted. Even Wen Xinghuo gave her an extra glance just now!

"Then I'll leave."

It was true that Chi Yueshan didn't understand the rules. Every year, there were a few new students like her.

As long as they didn't barge into the royal students' territory, it was generally fine.

After all, even nobles had to abide by the previously established regulations.

Besides, Omegas had a special status. Even if they were no longer rare, they still required special treatment.

This was also why even when Chi Yueshan got into conflicts in the Lower World, her fate wouldn't be the same as a Beta's, who might be killed.

The unnatural death of an Omega would affect the political achievements of an entire district's administration.

If an incident occurred, the involved Alpha would also be executed.

As long as one wasn't a high-ranking A or O, they were all ants, but even ants had ranks.

This was true even in the Lower World.

Xi Zhoumeng: "Aren't you going to take me to the school infirmary?"

Her voice sounded pitiful and lovely, enough to stir the heart of any ordinary Omega.

Chi Yueshan held great animosity toward her and naturally didn't fall for it. She smoothed back her hair, a hint of mockery at the corner of her lips. "Didn't you say you were going to call a private doctor?"

Xi Zhoumeng: "I was injured because of you."

She blinked, and a droplet of water from her hair rolled down her cheek, past her collarbone, over her chest, and finally disappeared into the V-neck of her overlapping bathrobe.

"And the academy doesn't have private doctors."

Chi Yueshan noticed the hands she was using to hug her chest; the backs of them were an unnatural red.

Xi Zhoumeng was very fair-skinned, and that touch of red made it look as if she had been bullied, making it all the more jarring.

Chi Yueshan huffed. "I haven't taken my bath yet. We can talk about it later."

Xi Zhoumeng: "How long will you be? Are you going to the public bath?"

Chi Yueshan didn't really want to go.

With her glasses off, her face looked even smaller. She wasn't ugly at all.

Her lips were pink, the tip of her nose was pink, and her emerald eyes shone brilliantly like jewels on a crown.

Chi Yueshan thought of Xuan Ping and her own awkward encounter, and she couldn't estimate the time.

Xi Zhoumeng: "Or did you get a private bath?"

She's so annoying.

Chi Yueshan's maiden heart was crushed to pieces, and she was still heartbroken over the money.

Getting a private bath cost one hundred Star Coins. What free? It was clearly a scam.

The Omegas in the public bath clearly stuck together in cliques, most of them second and third-years.

Chi Yueshan was already famous among the Omegas for harassing an Alpha on the first day of school.

If she went, she would just be gossiped about.

She had originally planned to squeeze in with Xuan Ping.

Xi Zhoumeng watched Chi Yueshan bite her lip and saw her evasive gaze.

She thought to herself: This little cannon fodder is actually quite good-looking.

In her original world, Xi Zhoumeng's reissued ID card showed she was a legal citizen of the interstellar year 2390. During her working years, she had dated people with similar looks before.

But they were more delicate, soft all over, as if made of water.

Xi Zhoumeng herself was also delicate, and it was mostly her girlfriends coaxing her into doing it. Unfortunately, they never made it to the final step.

She didn't know what was missing.

It got to the point where she was roasted: "Having a girlfriend like you gives no sense of security at all. No wonder you're always breaking up."

Xi Zhoumeng didn't find it much of a pity.

She understood that it was hard for her to stay in love for long. A person's life was so long; how boring would it be to be tied to one person?

Freshness and excitement were the best.

Either that, or a primal, absolute attraction, but she had never encountered that.

The other person sighed: "Being with someone you love can also be fresh and exciting every day."

Xi Zhoumeng didn't believe it, because most of the bed partners she'd met preferred a daily life as placid as still water.

But Xi Zhoumeng's life had nothing to do with placidity. At that stage, she had even changed her face and name. She was a complete madman, looking down on the idea of a long, steady relationship.

Her "friend" clinked glasses with her and said with a wicked smile, "I most enjoy watching people like you get played by fate and then admit defeat."

And then Xi Zhoumeng transmigrated into a book.

The worldview in this book didn't forbid free love.

But Xi Zhoumeng, hindered by this somewhat deformed body, had no desire to date and could only watch things to relieve her loneliness.

Even if I were to really date someone, should I date an Alpha or an Omega?

In an O-O relationship, they wouldn't want a woman who has a dick, right?

There are male Os in O-O relationships too, and they'd probably also be disgusted by a female O with a dick.

Xi Zhoumeng sighed.

"My hand is scraped."

She held out her hand. Chi Yueshan went "Ah," and said, "And?"

Xi Zhoumeng: "My bath card is activated for an hour."

Chi Yueshan gave her a puzzled look. "Are you transferring it to me?"

The young lady before her snorted. "Am I short on this little bit of money?"

Chi Yueshan rolled her eyes. "I'll buy my own."

Her precarious self-esteem needed protecting; she wouldn't accept handouts from a love rival.

Xi Zhoumeng: "You're taking me to the infirmary, and you'll have to pay my medical bills."

Chi Yueshan: ...

So annoying! It was my fault, but you made the first move!!

But... but when she saw the other's dangling hand, she felt she was in the wrong.

Chi Yueshan had thick skin and wasn't afraid of pain at all. Sometimes she even forgot she was an Omega.

But at this moment, she clearly felt what a traditional Omega was like.

So delicate.

"Fine."

Chi Yueshan thought: Worst case, I'll just take an advance on my living expenses and find a part-time job somewhere.

Xi Zhoumeng chuckled. "So you can use my bath. Saves you the trouble of running off."

Chi Yueshan was furious. "Fine, I'll go!"

When Chi Yueshan walked in and witnessed the pool, which had been freshly filled with a milk bath, and the essential oils that looked expensive at a glance...

She hesitated again. "Why don't you name a price?"

Xi Zhoumeng closed the door. Chi Yueshan couldn't understand how someone's bath skirt could even have a pannier. It was just too much.

A particularly complex, braided red cord was tied around her ankle, coiling against her snow-white skin, looking both pure and bewitching.

"What price? I'm very expensive."

Xi Zhoumeng took down a bottle of essential oil and, while applying it to her hair, said, "This one costs ten thousand Star Coins per hundred grams. Do you want it?"

Chi Yueshan: ...

Xi Zhoumeng lowered her eyes and looked at the fresh milk bath. "This is milk from the finest cows on Planet Airlie. It can make the skin even silkier. The price is..."

Chi Yueshan could tell she was mocking her.

She angrily stepped in, determined to "ruin" this bath that probably cost more than her four years of tuition, and snapped without courtesy, "So what? Have you bathed in here with Senior Xinghuo?"

Chi Yueshan thought this question would deflate Xi Zhoumeng's arrogance.

Unexpectedly, the person bent down, reached out, and pushed open Chi Yueshan's bathrobe. "Of course. Is there a more outstanding Omega by her side than me?"

Chi Yueshan fell silent.

Xi Zhoumeng also fell silent.

Because she saw the tattoo and the bite mark on Chi Yueshan's chest.

The tattoo was a heart with Wen Xinghuo's English name written on it.

The bite mark was on her breast.

The milk in the bath came just up to Chi Yueshan's chest, and the light sprinkled a pale gold over it, as if plating it with some unusual material.

For the first time in a blue moon, Xi Zhoumeng felt an awkward predicament: Getting hard for a love rival is not a good thing.

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