MORIC - Chapter 81

Chapter 81: What's Wrong with Eating a Milk Ball?

Xi Zhoumeng and Chi Yueshan were both wearing long dresses, their skirts overlapping, which in Ling Xun's eyes created a unique sort of intimacy.

In Ling Xun's memory, Xi Zhoumeng was someone to be admired from a distance, never intimate with anyone. Even with Wen Xinghuo, she maintained a strict distance.

More like a princess than the actual princess.

But now, she was talking face-to-face with Chi Yueshan, looking very familiar with her.

After a moment, Ling Xun figured it out.

A direct senior, they performed together, and they played lovers. It was only natural for them to have a good relationship.

Little did she know that under the skirts, Chi Yueshan's high heel was stepping on Xi Zhoumeng's shoe.

She was most annoyed by Xi Zhoumeng's whining, demanding a confession from her while still acting pitiful.

Even with her foot being stepped on, Xi Zhoumeng's expression didn't change. Her eyes just welled with tears, taking her pitiful act to a whole new level.

Chi Yueshan, with a heart of stone, whispered in Xi Zhoumeng's ear, "Didn't you say you were an Alpha? Were you lying to me again?"

With that, she left without a backward glance.

Xi Zhoumeng stood stunned for a long while, muttering to herself on the spot, "It's not that you don't believe me, is it?"

The system popped up at the right moment.

【Words alone are not proof.】

Xi Zhoumeng pondered for a good while. "Is the timing right now?"

Are Wen Xinghuo and Sheng Yangkui dating or not? After being carried like a princess, there must be something going on, right?

So what if she's a bad woman? With Wen Xinghuo's physique, it would be a piece of cake to do her until she fainted. That could be another strategy.

That way, a satisfied Sheng Yangkui certainly wouldn't try to kill me and Chi Yueshan.

【System: I advise you not to lie to her anymore. Be careful, or she might really leave you.】

Xi Zhoumeng stood by the railing, looking down at the bustling hall below, where the milk ball had attracted a crowd of onlookers.

While thinking, she also kept an eye on Ling Xun and Chi Yueshan, who were talking off to the side.

She was completely unaware of the terrifying possessiveness in her own gaze.

"I feel like your attitude has completely changed. Before, you couldn't wait for me to stay far away from Chi Yueshan."

"Now you're hoping we get together quickly?"

The system took a long time to reply.

【Because my data has been repaired.】

Its voice had also changed from the initial emotionless AI to an emotional vocal tone.

It was as if a living person was controlling it from behind the scenes, or perhaps it was a living being itself.

Xi Zhoumeng chuckled. "I was just thinking that once this is resolved, things would get boring again. Is there someone else behind all this?"

The system vanished again.

Xi Zhoumeng didn't pay it much mind. She stared at the lively scene for a good while.

She had a strange feeling, as if she had experienced all of this before.

But that wasn't strange; it had happened in the book.

However, the original Xi Zhoumeng in the book never had such a glorious school life.

Sheng Yangkui wouldn't have appeared so early, and Wen Xinghuo was still that honest, hardworking protagonist.

Xi Zhoumeng opened her light-brain, entered her student ID on the "Milk Ball Battle" interface, and linked it with Chi Yueshan's student ID.

Duan Daizhen immediately sent her a message.

-No way, Xi?

-You and that first-year?

-Rivals to lovers?? This is too hasty.

-Quick, tell me it's fake. Deny it now, or I'm going to join the betting on the forums.

Duan Daizhen was also someone who loved a good spectacle. Her greatest passion in life was planning events, and her dream was to plan the perfect wedding.

Unfortunately, she had yet to be in a relationship.

Xi Zhoumeng replied to her.

-I'll give you money. You bet the biggest stake on it being real.

Duan Daizhen was taken aback.

-Isn't that cheating?

Xi Zhoumeng: A small bet is just for fun.

Let's earn some tuition money for our little fir tree.

Chi Yueshan had no idea that Xi Zhoumeng was helping her solve her tuition problem, and in such a devious way.

Ling Xun had come to talk to her about the practical training.

The annual practical training began in the second semester. Most students chose to team up with second-year seniors to get higher scores.

After all, the risk of random assignment was too great, and the training projects were divided by level.

Before applying, everyone would match their comprehensive abilities.

The practical training for Omegas was relatively easy. They would go to some minor planets to collect flower seeds or conduct month-long local cultural studies.

Meanwhile, the Alphas were in deep water and scorching fire, very likely to encounter space pirates and remnants of the Zerg race.

In times of danger, they could activate the academy's alarm, which would contact the interstellar patrol forces the fastest.

However, in recent years, it had been changed to mixed secondary-gender missions, where they acted together, supposedly to test the students' cooperative abilities.

"You're inviting me to your practical training team?"

Chi Yueshan was a little surprised.

Ling Xun nodded. She thought of her own mecha. Chi Yueshan's ability was just as she had expected; not only did she possess foundational knowledge of mecha theory,

but she could also enhance a mecha to its maximum potential.

It was just that her resources were currently insufficient, limiting her in many aspects.

Ling Xun still felt that Chi Yueshan should go further and not end up like Teacher Zhou Fengqin, disappearing into the world, unknown.

Chi Yueshan was tempted, but she knew that a team needed five or more people, and anyone who joined needed the consent of the others.

"Do all the people on your team agree to me joining?"

Ling Xun: "I haven't formed a team yet. I invited you first because I was afraid you wouldn't be willing."

Chi Yueshan shook her head. "I'm very happy."

She smiled at Ling Xun. In the distance, Xi Zhoumeng lowered her eyes, thinking: She's always so improper in front of me.

But with Ling Xun, she's so quiet and gentle.

So unfair.

【System: I can replay the clips of you bullying her.】

Chi Yueshan: "The practical training is too important. At the very least, the other students have to agree. You can tell me when you have definite news."

She was genuinely happy, her eyes sparkling.

Ling Xun had always felt that Chi Yueshan's eyes only shone so brightly when looking at Wen Xinghuo. To be the recipient of that gaze now made her feel ecstatic.

Ling Xun: "Okay!"

She turned to leave, but a few seconds later, she turned back. "Can I... can I have a dance with you?"

Chi Yueshan let out a small "ah." Just as she was about to say she didn't know how to dance, she heard a crisp "ding," accompanied by the sound of Duan Daizhen's holographic microphone.

"The list for the Milk Ball Competition is out! All students, please check your light-brain information promptly."

"Or you can look directly at the floating light screen."

Chi Yueshan cursed under her breath, "My seven million!"

I haven't even signed up!!!!

She ran off at top speed, heading for the railing. Ling Xun didn't even have time to say another word before Chi Yueshan was gone.

Money came first; she had completely forgotten that her high heels were hard to walk in.

Chi Yueshan ran like a short-legged pigeon. Leaning against the railing, Xi Zhoumeng watched her with a lazy air.

"Finished chatting?"

"Don't you want to chat a little longer?"

Chi Yueshan: "You're so annoying, I didn't even sign... huh?"

She stared in disbelief at the giant light screen.

Her name was right there, second row, on the right. And next to her was Xi Zhoumeng!

Chi Yueshan turned her head in a daze. The flamboyant young lady was staring at her, the corners of her mouth slightly upturned, as if waiting for Chi Yueshan to ask her.

Chi Yueshan blinked. "You signed me up?"

Xi Zhoumeng nodded slightly. The list for the other activity had also been announced, and the crowd here was thinning out.

Xi Zhoumeng spoke without restraint, "Aren't you going to thank me?"

Chi Yueshan was always stubborn with her words. "You can't guarantee we'll get first place."

Xi Zhoumeng frowned in feigned difficulty. "I'm really not very good at licking milk..."

"Hey!" Chi Yueshan exclaimed.

Xi Zhoumeng: "...balls."

The tips of Chi Yueshan's ears turned red.

Down below, Xuan Ping, holding onto Mu Lai's arm, waved at Chi Yueshan, signaling for her to come down.

Chi Yueshan glanced at Xi Zhoumeng and suddenly felt embarrassed.

Xi Zhoumeng: "It's fine. There are plenty of Omega-Omega pairs participating."

She looked down and saw Beta-Beta pairs as well, and even a familiar face.

Jiang Xian was also there. When Chi Yueshan and Xi Zhoumeng came downstairs one after the other, she even came over to greet them.

Duan Daizhen stood on the stage hosting, catching Xi Zhoumeng's eye and nodding.

"Announcing a last-minute addition."

"A student felt the prize pool was too low and has added another five million Star Coins for the top three, along with an unlimited annual card for a luxury brand."

Although most of those present came from families with some spare cash and didn't care much about these things,

the amount offered was too generous. Moreover, the brand card that was shown was valid throughout the entire galaxy; you could even use it while traveling to the neighboring star system.

"Why didn't you say so earlier!!! If I'd known, I would have signed up too!"

"Damn you, you cunning rich person!"

"I'm more interested in the second prize, that practical training card. Who gets it? It feels like a human rights card, letting you join any training team you want."

"Senior Duan's plans are always foolproof. I'm curious to see how they're going to finish such a huge milk ball in half an hour."

The entire venue was filled with the sweet smell of milk, mixed with the aroma of high-quality chocolate.

Wen Xinghuo didn't expect the event to have reached this stage when she came in from outside. Sheng Yangkui, standing beside her, was also seeing this for the first time.

She said in a small voice, "This is way too big. How can anyone finish it?"

Sheng Yangkui's brow was perpetually furrowed with a kind of sorrow, so much so that after Sheng Qiuyu's tragic experience was made public, many people went to criticize the eldest for not loving her sister.

Conversely, no one went to say anything to Sheng Yangkui.

And no one knew who the true instigator was.

The master of the royal palace was furious, but Sheng Yangkui remained detached, coldly anticipating the ceremony for Sheng Qiuyu's demotion after the semester festival.

On a festive day like this, naturally, no lady-in-waiting would be so tactless as to follow the little princess.

Sheng Yangkui really wanted to take Wen Xinghuo's hand, but she still didn't dare. She could only stare enviously at the lively crowd in front of them.

Suddenly, someone squeezed through, whether intentionally or not, and bumped into Sheng Yangkui, knocking her off balance.

Wen Xinghuo instinctively caught Sheng Yangkui in her arms.

The next second, Xi Shuang's cheeky voice sounded out, "It's so lively right now. Protect your princess well."

Xi Shuang even earnestly advised Sheng Yangkui, "Our Xinghuo is certainly big. The princess just needs to stay close to her."

Wen Xinghuo hadn't yet caught Xi Shuang's teasing, but Sheng Yangkui's face turned red.

She felt the waist that Wen Xinghuo was holding burn, and the hotter it got, the more she wanted to shrink into the other's embrace.

Xi Shuang brazenly cleared a path. "Zhoumeng added to the prize pool, right? Only she's that rich."

Ling Xun followed behind Xi Shuang. The two cousins looked nothing alike, and their temperaments were worlds apart. Yet, both were stunningly beautiful, causing the Omegas in the crowd to look over frequently.

Ling Xun: "How did you know it was Senior Xi?"

Xi Shuang sighed and put an arm around her cheap cousin's shoulder. "That's where you're wrong. After her breakup, our goddess Xi has become increasingly doting on her love rival."

She lifted her chin. Xi Zhoumeng was just leading Chi Yueshan into the designated area.

The lights swirled. Eating such a large chocolate milk ball was actually very ungraceful.

But the prize was substantial, so the participants couldn't be bothered with appearances.

Even though they were provided with knives and forks, some people were still very primitive.

Chi Yueshan was one of them. Her method was extremely violent; she directly smashed a hole in the chocolate milk ball, stuck a straw in it, and handed it to Xi Zhoumeng.

The people below were dumbfounded.

The special lava-filled chocolate milk ball looked quite hard. Even if it could be broken, no one would be so crude.

Xi Shuang: "This junior is truly an A-flavored O."

Ling Xun chuckled. "It's quite cute."

Sheng Yangkui noticed Ling Xun. She was still held in Wen Xinghuo's arms, completely hidden from behind.

Wen Xinghuo lowered her eyes. "What's wrong?"

Sheng Yangkui asked in a small voice, "Does she like Chi Yueshan?"

Wen Xinghuo glanced at Ling Xun, then at the two Omegas in the competition, who seemed to still be arguing.

Xi Zhoumeng was complaining that Chi Yueshan's technique was ungraceful, while Chi Yueshan complained that she was a dead weight.

Judging by their expressions, they looked ready to roll up their sleeves.

To anyone else, it might not have seemed like a big deal.

But that was Xi Zhoumeng, the Xi Zhoumeng who was so distant with everyone.

Even if her words were intimate, she still didn't seem approachable.

The way she smiled at Chi Yueshan was completely different from before.

Wen Xinghuo: "I don't know."

Wen Xinghuo only looked slow; she wasn't that slow-witted. Having grown up with Xi Zhoumeng all these years, she had received a fair amount of care from her.

Otherwise, those relatives from the Wen family would have disowned her long ago.

Wen Xinghuo wasn't that curious about Xi Zhoumeng's secrets, but from a friend's perspective, she still hoped the other would have something worth focusing on.

This person was picky, incredibly dramatic, yet had no particularly strong hobbies.

Wen Xinghuo had several times felt that when Xi Zhoumeng was spacing out, she looked like she didn't want to live anymore.

And now?

The way she looked at Chi Yueshan was so fervent. Had she also found a meaning worth protecting for a lifetime?

That they could turn eating a candy ball into a competition truly astonished Xi Shuang.

Especially seeing Xi Zhoumeng participating, she couldn't help but want to record a video.

Unfortunately, the young lady would never have an ungraceful moment. The main force was still Chi Yueshan.

Xi Shuang: "Chi Yueshan is trying too hard. Is it really necessary? It's just a small competition."

Ling Xun: "She needs to save up for tuition."

Xi Shuang: "It's only a million. I can pay it for her."

Ling Xun smiled. "She's not that kind of person."

Xi Shuang said "oh," and watched as Chi Yueshan stuffed a piece of milk candy into Xi Zhoumeng's mouth.

It directly shut up Xi Zhoumeng, who had been complaining it was too sweet.

Xi Shuang: "I feel like she's the only one who can handle Zhoumeng."

As if remembering something, she turned to ask Wen Xinghuo, "Speaking of which, I heard that Zhoumeng's mother is back. Have you heard any news?"

As a fellow noble, Wen Xinghuo was always slow to get news.

She shook her head. Sheng Yangkui really wanted to be part of Wen Xinghuo's circle and envied their casual, oblivious-to-the-world chats.

She said in a small voice, "I know."

Several pairs of eyes turned to look at her. Sheng Yangkui shrank further into Wen Xinghuo's embrace.

"The Zerg Tide might really be coming early."

Sheng Yangkui thought: Then my time is running out too.

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