MORIC - Chapter 119
Chapter 119: A Kiss Will Wake Her Up
Chi Yueshan looked at Xi Zhoumeng expectantly, but unfortunately, the band was also getting carried away. The music grew wilder, and so did the sound system.
She could only see Xi Zhoumeng's lips opening and closing, but the flickering lights made it impossible to even read her lips.
She simply pulled her away.
The liveliness outside was a stark contrast to the inside.
Chi Yueshan removed her veil, then went to take off Xi Zhoumeng's.
The two stood under the ivy. The academy's light strips stretched from the distance, and there were even automatic lights buried in the ground.
It just felt a bit like the underworld, as they happened to be standing over a green ground light.
Chi Yueshan said in frustration, "This is so annoying! Why was the music so loud when I was talking!"
Xi Zhoumeng watched her stomp her foot in irritation, but Chi Yueshan's new tattoo was like a pattering rain, rising and falling with the wave-like rhythm of her body.
Like rain falling on snow, it made one want to take a second look.
Chi Yueshan complained for a bit, but Xi Zhoumeng didn't say anything. When she looked up, she found Xi Zhoumeng staring at her.
Chi Yueshan grumbled, "What are you looking at? It's not like you haven't seen it before."
Xi Zhoumeng: "I like you, so I can't get enough of looking."
She even nodded to herself. "And I can't get enough of touching, either."
Perhaps because Xi Zhoumeng's reaction when they slept together before was somewhat at odds with how she was now, Chi Yueshan huffed.
The atmosphere just now had been too perfect; asking was only natural.
But now that the romantic mood had dissipated, Chi Yueshan felt embarrassed again. She finally understood why couples in movies had so many opportunities to speak openly but chose to remain silent.
It was indeed hard to say, hard to ask.
So annoying.
She let out a heavy sigh, and the next second, Xi Zhoumeng took her hand.
"Let's go back."
Chi Yueshan was a little disappointed but still managed an "oh."
The night breeze was cool, and Xi Zhoumeng draped her jacket over Chi Yueshan's shoulders.
The two walked to the hovercar parking spot.
Chi Yueshan was still feeling annoyed when she noticed something was off with Xi Zhoumeng.
Her hands were cold, she looked weak, and she was breaking out in a cold sweat.
When they were dancing close together earlier, Chi Yueshan had been a little surprised that this person who rarely sweated would actually sweat from dancing.
"What's wrong with you?"
Chi Yueshan asked hurriedly.
Xi Zhoumeng gripped Chi Yueshan's hand. "I'm fine."
Chi Yueshan: "What are you pretending for! You're trembling! Why didn't you say so earlier?"
After so many rounds of dancing, she had forgotten that Xi Zhoumeng was a delicate and soft-bodied Omega.
Even with the possibility of becoming an Alpha, after so many years of being pampered, she was no match for the strength-based type.
Even if she knew a lot, even if she learned everything with ease.
Xi Zhoumeng leaned into Chi Yueshan's arms. "You looked very happy."
Chi Yueshan was about to curse at her, wondering what she meant, but in the next second, she realized Xi Zhoumeng was talking about how happy she looked while dancing.
"Are you an idiot? Can't you just say it if you're not feeling well?"
Chi Yueshan quickly opened her light-brain, muttering, "You're so annoying. Of course you're more important."
"Should we go to the school infirmary?"
Just as Chi Yueshan finished speaking, she realized the person in her arms had gone silent.
"Xi Zhoumeng?"
"Wake up, what's wrong??"
Chi Yueshan was at a loss. She scrolled through her contacts and finally made a call to Xi Li.
After hearing the situation, Xi Li told her to change her route and head directly to the Xi family home.
Chi Yueshan was on the verge of tears. She could clearly feel Xi Zhoumeng growing colder in her arms. If it weren't for her breathing, she would have thought Xi Zhoumeng was dying.
"But Big Brother, it'll take a long time to get to the Xi residence now..."
Xi Li had been out drinking, but he ignored his friends' urging and stepped outside to give instructions.
The usually boisterous little Omega sister's voice was laced with tears, but Xi Li, in contrast, was very calm.
"Just put the hovercar in high-speed mode. It will automatically select the fastest route."
Chi Yueshan: "But Xi Zhoumeng is unconscious, I can't operate the hovercar."
Even manual operation required the owner's command.
Xi Li actually laughed. He was, at his core, a gentle older brother. "Why don't you try?"
Chi Yueshan opened the hovercar's control panel and found that she could actually unlock it.
Xi Li comforted her, "Don't worry."
Chi Yueshan glanced at the person in her arms.
When did she register my fingerprint? she thought.
This Xi Zhoumeng, she keeps so many things to herself. Even when it comes to liking me, she has to be so roundabout.
Frivolous yet cautious, a strange and contradictory person.
Sigh, but she's the person I like.
Xi Zhoumeng rarely got sick in this world.
But even for a small cold, there would be people fussing over her. Xi Li's concern was more motherly than Chu Jing's. He would take leave from work under the pretext of caring for Xi Zhoumeng, then summon the entire team of family doctors, insisting on making a big fuss.
Xi Chun was very much in sync with Xi Li when it came to taking leave, seizing any opportunity for a break to come over.
If Xi Yang could make it, she would come home with a pile of things. If she couldn't, she would have a truckload of items delivered.
From things that calmed the nerves and nourished the brain to those that strengthened the body, she even considered Xi Zhoumeng's picky palate and chose things that tasted good.
As a result, Xi Zhoumeng didn't dare to get sick.
This meticulous care had permeated every aspect of her daily life, completely matching the image of a family she had once imagined.
It was also very noisy.
When Xi Chun and Xi Li came to visit, they would sit on the sofa and play online games, occasionally forgetting that their sister needed quiet rest and letting out a curse.
Xi Chun's child, Xi Zhoumeng's little niece, would sit by the bed to keep Xi Zhoumeng company.
The child's eyes were clear, and she would chatter on about "Auntie this, Auntie that," insisting on telling Xi Zhoumeng stories.
She told nothing but bloody fairy tales, leaving even Xi Zhoumeng, who had truly experienced bloodshed, speechless.
Yet, the more she told, the happier she became, waiting for Xi Zhoumeng to praise her.
Xi Zhoumeng only had a cold, but she felt like she was experiencing a final burst of energy before death.
The liveliness filling the room had absolutely nothing to do with quiet recuperation.
Yet, it was a stark contrast to her previous life.
Before, she had been frail since birth, and with the high spiritual power that came with her Soul Chain, there wasn't a time of year when she wasn't taking medicine.
Her mother wouldn't look at her, and neither would her father.
They each had their own families and were terrified of this product of incest.
From the moment Xi Zhoumeng was born, they had hoped for her early death, but as fate would have it, Xi Zhoumeng was the once-in-a-century God's Arbiter.
The one in power raised Xi Zhoumeng but did not love her.
The queen only needed the planet to survive and her people's status to be everlasting.
The product of incest didn't matter.
As long as she had value.
No one truly loved this child born of a bitter day.
Xi Zhoumeng also felt that no one loved her.
And she wouldn't truly love anyone either.
But she gradually began to feel a sense of reality in this world.
Xi Li might be noisy, but he had a genuinely good personality.
Although her Second Brother was a shut-in who loved games as much as his own life, he knew what Xi Zhoumeng liked.
He would send precious fabrics on Xi Zhoumeng's birthday.
Not to mention Xi Yang, who wished she could share the brand she had built with Xi Zhoumeng.
Unfortunately, Xi Zhoumeng found it too troublesome.
Countless times, when Xi Zhoumeng returned to the Xi residence from the academy, the greetings of "welcome home" seemed to overlap year after year. Even if her heart was as hard as stone, these words, like water dripping on a rock, had still carved a hole in it.
Xi Zhoumeng felt a severe headache. In fact, she had already felt dizzy after her mecha theory class.
The flower garden was under her name. It was basically untouched by others, and no one could enter without her permission.
But Chi Yueshan was different.
Xi Zhoumeng shared all her access rights with Chi Yueshan.
It was just that this silly girl hadn't discovered it yet, thinking anyone could come over.
Her mind was filled with the sound of static.
Xi Zhoumeng thought of that noisy system and called out to it a few times.
No voice responded, only a louder static, as if it had broken through time and space to slowly approach her.
This sound made Xi Zhoumeng feel uncomfortable all over.
In a daze, she even saw scenes from her past: endless medicine to drink, endless lessons to learn.
Etiquette, languages, rules, laws...
She was raised as an heir and had to be in contact with the planet's lifeblood every day.
That Magnetic Star Meteorite.
A meteorite that originally had no energy upon landing was sustaining the planet's operation.
Every generation of God's Arbiters had to sacrifice themselves, or the planet would perish.
Is my only value to maintain its operation?
What about "me"?
Even though Xi Zhoumeng chose to start over, that world was like a brand new book to her.
But she found it difficult to immerse herself.
Weighed down by a chronic illness, she had no strength to turn back.
Death was the destination she had to reach.
Yet, a God's Arbiter couldn't even take their own life.
【Do you still want to live now?】
After an unknown amount of time, the familiar system voice sounded.
Only, that voice wasn't as flippant and annoying as usual. It even carried a hint of serious stagnation. After asking, it added—
【Don't you like Chi Yueshan?】
Xi Zhoumeng's consciousness was hazy. The past events were like quicksand brushing against her face, a fine, stinging pain.
-I do.
After saying that, she felt a little like laughing: You really care about this question.
-If I say I don't want to live, can I just die?
Her voice was as faint as a thread, as if she were really about to die.
The voice in her head grew somewhat exasperated. "How can you die?"
After saying that, it muttered aggrievedly.
Xi Zhoumeng said, "Hey, my current body isn't the type that only has a few years to live, is it?"
The other party quickly replied: 【How could that be! You have a long life ahead of you!】
【And child...】
Xi Zhoumeng: What?
The other party didn't answer for a long time, as if it was about to play dead again.
Xi Zhoumeng asked with a hint of a smile in her voice: The data has been restored?
Before the other could answer, Xi Zhoumeng immediately followed up: Chi Yueshan, is it fun to pretend you don't know anything?
For a moment, the static grew even stronger, as if it had shaken the channel of that time and space. Even Chi Yueshan, who was holding Xi Zhoumeng, felt this change.
Her tears wouldn't stop, making Xi Li sigh. "Xiao Yueshan, you don't have to be scared. Hong Sa already said she's fine. Maybe she'll wake up as an Alpha."
Xi Li thought: Your crying really makes it seem like we're holding a funeral.
I originally thought it was nothing, but your crying is making me want to cry too.
This girl usually seems so cheerful, yet she can cry so heart-wrenchingly at a time like this.
Xi Li glanced helplessly at the still-unconscious Xi Zhoumeng. Hong Sa had just given her an injection.
The needle was a bit thick. The adhesive bandage on Xi Zhoumeng's arm was a patterned one, made according to Xi Zhoumeng's previous requests.
It didn't look serious at all.
Yet Chi Yueshan was panicking, and for some reason, she started to wonder what she would do if Xi Zhoumeng died.
Then she started wailing and cursing Xi Zhoumeng again.
"So annoying. You're always so unpredictable. You're the one who's lively and has a sharp tongue, and now you're the one who's pale and looks like you're about to stop breathing."
Xi Li: ...
That actually rhymes.
She's not about to stop breathing, she's just twitching a bit.
Pale?
He took a serious look at Xi Zhoumeng's face. As expected of the flamboyant and vain young lady, even when she was unwell, she had to maintain her perfect makeup, her lipstick evenly applied.
She's just a sleeping beauty.
Xi Li still had the mind to joke, "Stop crying, Yueshan. Maybe if you give her a kiss, she'll wake up."
This was clearly a joke.
Even Hong Sa, who was writing notes on the side, laughed.
But Chi Yueshan's brain short-circuited, and she actually leaned in and gave her a kiss.
A kiss on the lips they had already kissed on the dance floor.
Xi Li felt like he'd seen enough.
Hong Sa exclaimed, "Oh my, Zhoumeng's heart rate is becoming irregular."
Xi Zhoumeng's heart rate was indeed irregular.
She hadn't expected to guess correctly.
This system that was sometimes explosive, sometimes noisy, and sometimes biased towards Chi Yueshan.
Was actually a person.
【System: How did you know! When did you know? What else did you guess?】
Her three consecutive questions were trembling. Even though it was an AI mechanical voice, Xi Zhoumeng could hear a hint of familiarity.
Xi Zhoumeng: Which version of Chi Yueshan are you, from what point in time?
Her voice was calm, even carrying an unparalleled sense of security.
Even though the system had always been in her consciousness, it was difficult to see through this person.
It didn't know when she had figured out the temporal relationship.
【System: After the end of the Zerg War.】
Xi Zhoumeng said "oh." So your data has been restored? The data source is that timeline?
The system hummed in affirmation.
【System: I am just a wisp of consciousness, not her completely.】
Xi Zhoumeng asked: So what is this world? Did she send you in to accompany me?
【System: In the final battle of that world, both sides suffered heavy losses. To save her, you...】
Xi Zhoumeng went "wow." I died for Chi Yueshan?
【System: You didn't die completely. Otherwise, how could you start over?】
Xi Zhoumeng had many questions, but she picked the most crucial one.
-I completely marked Chi Yueshan? And had a child with her?
The system hesitated for a long time before finally humming in affirmation.
Xi Zhoumeng also fell silent.
She asked: If this world is a success, can the child be stuffed back in?
I really don't want that kind of monster.
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