MORIC - Chapter 91

Chapter 91: Who Was Caught in the Act

Chi Yueshan was wide awake after her shower, but Xi Zhoumeng hadn't received a reply from the damn system. Coupled with her hormonal imbalance, it wasn't long before she was overcome with drowsiness again.

Unfortunately, the new residents of Swan Lake were particularly excited, their calls rising and falling one after another.

A moment ago, when Xi Zhoumeng and Chi Yueshan were lying in bed, speaking their minds without reservation, they hadn't noticed it at all.

Now, the sound was piercingly loud.

Xi Zhoumeng covered her head with a pillow. "I'm going to die."

Chi Yueshan wanted Xi Zhoumeng to talk more, but the other girl's agony was written all over her face. It looked like she would start wailing the moment she threw off the covers.

"You're the one who bought them."

Chi Yueshan said, holding back her laughter.

Xi Zhoumeng: "Don't remind me that I did something so stupid."

She felt that her problem wasn't from drinking cheap alcohol at all; it was clearly that her body's ailment hadn't fully healed yet.

Xi Mingguang had said it wouldn't have any major effects and that she would recover naturally.

But no one except Xi Zhoumeng knew what it truly felt like.

Xi Zhoumeng: "I might as well be dead."

She whined and grumbled. In the past, when she truly wanted to die, she never said such things out loud.

Now, she was wailing under the covers. Chi Yueshan sighed. "I thought a house as luxurious as yours would have excellent soundproofing."

Xi Zhoumeng's voice was muffled. "This house is hundreds of years old. If Mother hadn't said I have to get married before I can move out, I would've wanted to live in a high-end apartment sooner too."

After she spoke, she fell into a strange silence for a few seconds.

Chi Yueshan was still searching on her light-brain for ways to fall asleep quickly when Xi Zhoumeng suddenly pulled her under the covers.

Chi Yueshan: "What are you doing!"

Xi Zhoumeng hugged her. "Why don't we just get married?"

Chi Yueshan: "No way!"

She refused instantly, with the same disdain for Xi Zhoumeng she'd had right after they were matched.

Xi Zhoumeng: "Why?"

Her voice was a little hoarse and nasal, whether from soaking in the bath for too long or from the injection, it was hard to say.

Chi Yueshan: "I think you're really out of your mind. Have you forgotten you're also an Omega? How are we supposed to get married?"

Xi Zhoumeng let out an "oh."

The geese outside were still hyperactive, and Chi Yueshan wasn't sleepy either. She snuggled under the covers and asked Xi Zhoumeng in a low voice, "Since you can't sleep, can you tell me about your past?"

"Were there really no Alphas in your world? Does that mean anyone could pilot a mecha?"

Xi Zhoumeng: "There were no mechas... and no light-brains."

Her voice was drowsy. "As for other things... a lot was different from here."

Chi Yueshan accepted this rather quickly. She was exceptionally curious. "Then what was your name before?"

Xi Zhoumeng: "It was the same name."

In the dim, enclosed space, their heartbeats and breaths were exceptionally clear. Chi Yueshan asked again, "So what did you do for a living?"

"No proper job. Just coasting through life."

That's so you, Chi Yueshan thought.

"What did you usually do?"

Xi Zhoumeng buried her face in Chi Yueshan's chest. "Spend money."

Chi Yueshan didn't think Xi Zhoumeng was lying to her and asked a few more perfunctory questions.

Xi Zhoumeng was getting drowsy, and her voice grew softer and softer.

Chi Yueshan: "Then why did you come to this world?"

Chi Yueshan had just looked up the novel Xuan Ping mentioned. The female protagonist transmigrated after falling into water.

In that case, if Xi Zhoumeng was also a rich young lady over there, why did she transmigrate?

Falling into water was definitely impossible; this person seemed to even have a diving certificate.

Xi Zhoumeng: "I didn't want to live anymore."

Chi Yueshan thought she had misheard. "What?"

But Xi Zhoumeng didn't say anything more. Her breathing was deep and heavy; it seemed she had really fallen asleep.

Chi Yueshan thought about it for a long time. When she finally managed to fall asleep, her dreams were filled with that phrase: "I didn't want to live anymore."

By all accounts, this person was good-looking and had a sophisticated sense of aesthetics. She was skilled in many things, didn't seem like she had ever lacked money, and there was no sign of any emotional trauma. Why wouldn't she want to live?

Did she commit suicide?

What kind of people were Xi Zhoumeng's parents?

The more Chi Yueshan thought about it, the more she felt she was doomed. Xi Zhoumeng was like a puzzle game, always having something that drew her in.

How frustrating.

If only this person could like me a little more.

But then again, Chi Yueshan didn't know how much "a little more" would be enough to satisfy her.

The inferior geese of Swan Lake honked all night, and few people in the Xi household slept well.

When Xi Yang drove over around noon, she was greeted by the sight of such an exaggerated Swan Lake.

She asked Butler Li Rong, "New breed of swans? Why are they so dirty?"

Butler Li Rong, whose hometown was not in this star system, maintained perfect control over her expression and answered sincerely, "Miss Zhoumeng bought them."

Xi Yang took a photo and said, "Oh. What breed is this? Are they swans from a rare planet?"

The geese in the water honked again. It was a sound that made it difficult for Xi Yang to express genuine admiration.

But hearing from Li Rong that Xi Zhoumeng had bought them, Xi Yang didn't think much of it.

Faced with the Third Miss's expectant gaze, Li Rong fell silent for a moment.

"They are common domestic geese, bought from the outskirts of the outer ring's Mechanical City."

Last night, the geese arrived before Xi Zhoumeng.

If the shopkeeper hadn't shown her the receipt of the transaction with Xi Zhoumeng, Li Rong would have nearly driven the person away. She almost thought she was seeing things.

Even now, Li Rong still found the situation too bizarre.

Xi Yang let out a heavy "Ah?" "Mechanical City? Common... domestic geese?"

She glanced again at the geese swaggering across the lake and at the black swans shivering on the side, many of their feathers having fallen out.

After a moment's hesitation, she asked Li Rong, "Did something happen to Zhoumeng?"

Xi Zhoumeng had never shown such a lack of taste. She must have been provoked by something.

The question was, what could possibly provoke her invincible little sister?

Li Rong hesitated. "Miss Zhoumeng just went to a dinner party."

Xi Yang asked in shock, "A dinner party?"

For so many years, let alone a dinner party, it was rare for Xi Zhoumeng to even attend a banquet. She was a natural homebody, as if she could stay at home until the end of time.

Xi Yang: "What dinner party? Whose?"

Li Rong: "With her classmates from the academy."

Xi Yang asked as she walked, "Classmates? Wen Xinghuo?"

Li Rong: "And the third princess of the current royal generation and Miss Chi. There should have been two other classmates as well."

Xi Yang's knowledge of royal affairs came from her Alpha husband. She nodded slightly at this.

"Wen Xinghuo again."

"You said that little classmate Chi was there too?"

Li Rong nodded.

Xi Yang quickened her pace. "I was just thinking of meeting her."

Xi Mingguang hadn't been back for long either. She wasn't the type of feudal matriarch and had little intention of disciplining her children.

In a normal family, an elder's return might call for a family dinner, but she couldn't be bothered to organize one.

During her vacation, she was always out, either visiting Shen Yu to watch her train new recruits or bothering her wife, who liked to live elsewhere to conduct her research.

Today, Xi Mingguang hadn't gone out. Just as Xi Yang entered, she ran into her Alpha mother, who was coming downstairs.

Xi Mingguang didn't look well. Seeing Xi Yang, she asked, "What brings you here?"

In Li Rong's eyes, this family's relationships were already much better than those of ordinary noble families.

There were no disputes over the division of property or power. The four children didn't seem competitive and none were interested in inheriting the family business.

Their relationships were also quite good.

Most people would find it hard to imagine that the children were not all full siblings.

Even fewer knew that Xi Li and Xi Chun had no blood relation to Xi Mingguang at all.

Xi Yang: "Can't I come? Mother, you're not happy to see me."

If Xi Zhoumeng's speech was naturally noble and soft, then Xi Yang's was purely feisty and coquettish.

She was decisive and efficient at the company, acted very much like a "wifey" towards her own Alpha at home, and wasn't polite with her Alpha mother either, readily resorting to pouting and complaining.

If Chi Yueshan were present, she would probably marvel that they were indeed born from the same Omega.

Xi Mingguang hadn't slept well all night. With the domestic geese being unable to acclimate yet still running rampant, it was likely no one had slept well.

She adjusted her cuffs as she walked up to Xi Yang and patted her on the shoulder. "Of course not."

Xi Mingguang had a slender build and her physique wasn't imposing. What was intimidating had always been her aura.

In front of her family, however, she was very amiable, looking just like an ordinary noble Alpha.

Xi Yang linked her arm with Xi Mingguang's and leaned against her affectionately. "I brought a chef and also called Xi Chun. Shall we all have dinner together tonight?"

Xi Mingguang was so closely pressed against that she almost took a step back.

Xi Yang had clearly already made the decision. Xi Mingguang nodded. "What about your husband?"

Xi Yang: "He's on a business trip and isn't back yet. The price of ore has gone up again this year. But I told him to come back early, so he can definitely make it."

Xi Mingguang let out an "oh."

Her son-in-law, also a noble, was unfortunately completely under Xi Yang's thumb, but the couple had a very good relationship.

"Don't pull me. What are we going upstairs for?"

If Xi Yang could have physically carried her mother, she probably would have tried to lift Xi Mingguang upstairs.

Xi Yang: "To check on Zhoumeng, of course. What time is it? Why isn't she up yet?"

Everyone was late today. Xi Li was supposed to go to work today but just didn't go.

He was still sound asleep at this moment.

Xi Mingguang: "Isn't it normal for her not to be up?"

Xi Yang: "Mother, aren't you curious about her and that classmate? Oh, right, have you met little Chi yet?"

Xi Mingguang followed Xi Yang upstairs, nodding. "I have."

Xi Yang: "What do you think of her?"

Xi Mingguang didn't have a deep impression of Chi Yueshan. The Xi children were basically raised free-range. She herself was away all year round, and sometimes communications failed, making proper conversation impossible.

So she just let things be.

Most of the news she received came from Xi Li.

"A very polite child."

Xi Yang: "I like her a lot. Zhoumeng brought her over to be a model for me before."

Xi Mingguang: "Is that so?"

Xi Yang: "Mother, you're so boring. Did you not even know that Zhoumeng's design is the crown jewel of my brand?"

Xi Mingguang shook her head honestly. Her hair was tied back neatly in a bun, and the lines of her face were very smooth.

She was just too thin. The years had stolen the recklessness of her youth. When she smiled, wrinkles appeared, and even her scars were like medals.

Xi Yang: "Aiya, I sent you a communication about it before! You read it but didn't reply again!"

Xi Mingguang: "Sorry, I was just too busy."

Xi Yang could be feisty with anyone, but it was hard to be that way with Xi Mingguang.

This Alpha mother was just too easygoing, doting on her children almost unconditionally. Even though Xi Yang wasn't that much younger than her two older brothers, she could still feel Xi Mingguang's favoritism.

Xi Yang opened the communication she had sent before. "Here, this dress! Isn't it beautiful? It's been quite a few years, though."

She wasn't angry, though. "Honestly, Zhoumeng is so amazing at everything she does. It makes me, her older sister, lose face."

Xi Yang complained for a bit, then shrugged. "But she's my little sister, so I can still ride on her coattails a little."

Xi Mingguang: "This is the first I'm hearing that she knows how to do this."

Xi Zhoumeng's excellence was known to all. Even when Xi Mingguang attended victory banquets, the Alpha officers who were married with children would always be at one table, and when the topic of children came up, they would all praise Xi Mingguang's kids.

The Xi family officially only had one Alpha, and since Xi Li, with his playboy demeanor, didn't join the military, people didn't bring him up much anymore.

Xi Yang sighed. "She just suddenly threw the design draft at me, saying she was inspired, that she had met her muse."

"But I think this muse is probably our little classmate Chi."

Xi Mingguang: "Hm?"

When she thought of Chi Yueshan, the first thing she remembered was that pair of emerald-green eyes from their first meeting.

In truth, green eyes were just rare, not nonexistent. After all, inter-galaxy marriages were common in the interstellar era.

Moreover, Xi Mingguang was away all year round and occasionally attended important political events, where she had seen people with such eyes.

If she were to think of someone she was somewhat familiar with, only one person came to mind.

Xi Mingguang hadn't seen that person much; after all, she was already a superior officer back then.

Shen Yu, her subordinate, led a team, and that group of young people hung out together, so they were more familiar with each other.

But a child from a Lower World could also have been born to someone who had drifted there from another planet.

Xi Yang: "No wonder Mom says you're no fun. Talking to you is exhausting!"

Xi Yang sighed, shook off the hand of the famous Commander of the Expeditionary Force, and trotted over to knock on Xi Zhoumeng's door.

Not long after, the door opened.

Rooms nowadays had automatic switches. Xi Zhoumeng, annoyed by the knocking, subconsciously went to press the mute button but pressed the wrong one by mistake.

She pressed "open" instead.

Chi Yueshan had been awake for a while. She was just thinking about getting out of bed to open the door when it suddenly swung open. She looked up in horror.

She could only hastily pull the covers over herself.

This is so embarrassing!

That bastard Xi Zhoumeng has a habit of stripping me in her sleep!!

How am I supposed to explain this!!!

I'm not in heat right now, so where did that come from!! Idiot! Lunatic! Psycho!!

Was she deprived of this as a child??!!

Time seemed to stand still.

Before Xi Yang could react, Xi Mingguang covered her eyes and turned around with her.

Xi Zhoumeng groggily opened her eyes and subconsciously asked what was wrong.

Chi Yueshan swung a slap across her face and cursed at her with restraint—

"Time to take your medicine!"

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