MORIC - Chapter 133
Chapter 133: What's Just for Show?
Chi Yueshan had always felt that her and Xi Zhoumeng's love life wasn't as thick as thieves as the novels Xuan Ping sent her described.
The main evidence was that Xi Zhoumeng didn't seem very enthusiastic about this sort of thing.
Although she was very passionate during her heat periods.
The one-hundred-percent empathy allowed Chi Yueshan to clearly feel that Xi Zhoumeng's pleasure hadn't quite reached its peak.
This was also why she had been secretly gathering case files on Zerg radiation on her own.
Even if Xi Zhoumeng's physical genetic defects weren't caused by her grandmother.
At least, at least let me find a way to make her happy.
Even though they had laid everything bare and would try new things when they got together, why… why was it still…
Chi Yueshan sighed.
Unfortunately, before they could even properly embrace and sleep, Miss Xi was shocked by the base's terrible dormitory conditions.
Specifically, she refused to enter the room even late at night.
When Chi Yueshan came out after her shower, Sheng Yangkui's door was open. The actual princess wasn't complaining and was already getting ready for bed.
Xi Zhoumeng was still leaning against the balcony, looking melancholic about something.
Noticing Chi Yueshan's gaze, Sheng Yangkui looked over and pointed toward Xi Zhoumeng's position.
Chi Yueshan nodded, her heart aching.
Sheng Yangkui came over to close her door, leaning against it and asking softly, "Did I cause you two to fight?"
Chi Yueshan quickly waved her hands. "No, no."
Sheng Yangkui sighed in frustration. "I'm sorry."
Chi Yueshan said, "It's really not that. She thinks the bed is too hard."
Sheng Yangkui let out an "ah." "It's not that bad, is it? The mattresses are from the same contract factory as the ones in the academy dorms."
Chi Yueshan was a little aghast. A princess of her status actually knew about contract factories. It was probably Senior Wen who had educated her.
"The mattress in her dorm room was replaced. It's this… this thick!"
Chi Yueshan even gestured the thickness to Sheng Yangkui, then asked, "Have you heard the fairy tale of the Princess and the Pea?"
Sheng Yangkui nodded.
Chi Yueshan covered her face, seemingly embarrassed. "She's that kind of person. She can feel it if there's a single grain of sand under the mattress."
Even though Sheng Yangkui had some understanding of Xi Zhoumeng's fussiness, she never imagined it could be this absurd.
Chi Yueshan had nowhere to vent. Xuan Ping was a mindless stan of Xi Zhoumeng, so every time Chi Yueshan complained, she would just say—
"That's normal, she's Senior Xi, the top of the nobility, after all~~"
Damn it, this has nothing to do with being nobility. Big Brother Xi Li could sleep in the garden and be happy even with his head covered in mosquito bites.
Could Xi Zhoumeng do that?
Sheng Yangkui asked, "Then what should we do? Senior can't just not sleep, right?"
She hummed in thought. "How about I give her my mattress?"
The dormitory conditions at the base were much better than in the Lower World. Everyone had their own room. Although a wall separated the Alphas and Omegas, and the main doors were different, it wasn't impossible to communicate.
The supervising teacher also lived far away. The one person in charge was better than nothing, but he had already been drunk under the table by Xi Shuang.
Chi Yueshan quickly waved her hands. "It's fine, it's fine. She's just being dramatic. I'll coax her and it'll be okay."
Even though Sheng Yangkui had accepted O-O relationships, she never imagined their daily life was like this.
Chi Yueshan had it too tough.
Chi Yueshan said, "You don't have to pity me. Xi Zhoumeng is actually pretty great."
She felt her own words were unconvincing and added, "She's just too delicate."
Sheng Yangkui said, "Just take my mattress."
She turned to go move it, but Chi Yueshan stopped her. "Don't! How will you sleep then? The bed board is really hard."
Sheng Yangkui glanced at Chi Yueshan. In that instant, a sudden realization dawned on Chi Yueshan, and she lowered her voice. "Are you going to be with Wen…"
Chi Yueshan's gossipy confidence suddenly ignited, and she almost let out a "wow."
Sheng Yangkui's face turned red. "Am I being very improper…"
Chi Yueshan exclaimed, "How could you be!"
Improper my ass, I used to be a lewd porn streamer! Though my only patron was that big sucker Xi Zhoumeng.
Chi Yueshan said, "Then how will you get over there? There are surveillance cameras in the hallway. Even though the person in charge is drunk, the footage from our station has to be submitted after the practical training."
Sheng Yangkui hummed. In the end, she didn't dare. Her face was beet red. "I was just saying."
There were only the three of them here to begin with, and Chi Yueshan was already embarrassed enough about sleeping with Xi Zhoumeng. At this moment, a sense of righteousness surged within her.
"It's okay, I'll cover for you!"
Sheng Yangkui looked up in surprise. "How will you cover for me?"
Chi Yueshan was also eyeing Sheng Yangkui's mattress. Three mattresses should be enough to shut Xi Zhoumeng up.
Sigh, I want to be close to her in this unfamiliar place too.
We've been so, so busy lately, with no time to talk about other things.
Honestly, so this is what being in love is like. You can see each other every day and still miss them this much.
The two of them whispered for a long time through the half-open door. Xi Zhoumeng, who had been waiting for Chi Yueshan to come and coax her, turned her head only to see the two of them being so intimate.
A fire of jealousy shot up inside her, and she walked over resentfully.
Xi Zhoumeng: "What are you two talking about?"
The two Omegas yelped in unison.
Chi Yueshan punched Xi Zhoumeng hard. "Can you not scare me?!"
Xi Zhoumeng glanced at Sheng Yangkui. She didn't know what Chi Yueshan had said to her, but the other girl's face was completely flushed.
Xi Zhoumeng narrowed her eyes. "You say I bully people, but you're not so bad yourself, are you? Miss Chi, the love guru?"
Chi Yueshan: "Wh-what love guru? You sh-shut up."
She didn't bother hiding it anymore, tugging at the hem of Xi Zhoumeng's nightgown. "I'm going to sneak A'Kui over."
Xi Zhoumeng: "What?!"
Chi Yueshan quickly covered her mouth. "Keep your voice down! There are electronic dogs here too!"
Xi Zhoumeng gave Chi Yueshan a meaningful look. "You're even more… something… than I thought."
Chi Yueshan: "Do you want the mattress or not? Let's get a move on."
In the end, with her face so red it looked like it would bleed, Sheng Yangkui was huddled under an extra-large lamb's wool bath towel, courtesy of Xi Zhoumeng, and carried down the hallway by Chi Yueshan.
Xi Zhoumeng stood where she was and huffed, muttering very unhappily, "I've never even been carried like that."
She made another mental note against Wen Xinghuo.
Over in the Alpha dorm, with a natural life of the party like Xi Shuang present, it was incredibly noisy.
One person could make as much noise as a hundred ducks. They were even playing mahjong, short one player.
Ling Xun had never played before and had a grave expression. Wen Xinghuo, surprisingly, was a natural, though she declared a false win with a cold face.
Xi Shuang had started the game and had already lost several million to Wen Xinghuo.
Ling Xun had no doubt that Wen Xinghuo was just here to make money.
Ultimately, she admired Wen Xinghuo's absolute strength and didn't want to lose either, playing mahjong with the same intensity as mecha training.
When Chi Yueshan knocked, it was a grim-faced Wen Xinghuo who opened the door.
Xi Shuang was still shouting from inside, "Isn't it just us? Who's knocking? Is it a ghost?"
Chi Yueshan directly shoved Sheng Yangkui, bath towel and all, into Wen Xinghuo's arms, then yelled at Xi Shuang inside—
"You're the ghost!!!—"
Xi Shuang: "Huh???"
She turned her head just as the door slammed shut. Wen Xinghuo turned around, stunned, with Sheng Yangkui, wrapped up with only her head showing, in her arms.
Xi Shuang's mahjong tile fell. "Holy crap!"
Ling Xun paid no attention at all. She was still looking at the "Beginner's Guide to Mahjong: The Question of Probability" on her light screen and completely missed the situation.
Xi Shuang: "What's going on? Did takeout just deliver a wife???"
Wen Xinghuo looked at Sheng Yangkui, who was clinging to her, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Sheng Yangkui hid further in her embrace and said in a mosquito-like buzz, "Senior Xi thinks the mattress is too hard."
Wen Xinghuo didn't get it. "So?"
Sheng Yangkui: "So my mattress is..."
Xi Shuang shot up, saying in disbelief, "Is Zhoumeng crazy?! At a time like this, she's still so... so!! So delicate!"
"How dare she do such a thing to our Princess?!"
Ling Xun finally looked up and said flatly, "Cousin, stop acting."
Xi Shuang coughed. "Well, uh, Princess, do you play mahjong? We're playing for a million a game."
Sheng Yangkui looked at Wen Xinghuo.
Wen Xinghuo: "She doesn't have much money."
That was the truth. What she had was just pocket money, which Sheng Yangkui had gone to great lengths to hide.
Wen Xinghuo would never be willing to use it.
Xi Shuang: "Then her losses can count as yours."
Ling Xun: ...
Sheng Yangkui: "Is it fun?"
Her eyes were filled with curiosity; she had clearly never seen it before.
Wen Xinghuo: "Then let's play. I'll teach you."
Xi Shuang took the opportunity to send Xi Zhoumeng a message—
You've really got some nerve.
[Red Packet Transfer]
Xi Zhoumeng didn't even have time to check her messages. Chi Yueshan had already returned in a flurry and was moving the mattress.
In front of Xi Zhoumeng, her wild side was already exposed, her fierceness completely natural.
"What are you doing? Why are you just standing there while I'm working? Come over here and help me move it!"
Miss Xi had just showered, and her hair wasn't completely dry, sticking to her loose slip dress.
Probably because they were staying in a group dormitory, the style of her dress was like layers upon layers of cake.
Xi Zhoumeng: "You're so strong, there's no way you can't move it."
Chi Yueshan kicked her lightly. "Cut it out. You're even stronger."
Xi Zhoumeng nodded, and without warning, she tossed Chi Yueshan on top, carrying her away, mattress and all.
Chi Yueshan was rolled into a ball, cursing and sputtering with rage, but she couldn't struggle and was placed directly in Xi Zhoumeng's room.
The door clicked shut. Outside the window was the desolate scenery of this planet.
Blue night mist floated by, shooting stars streaked across the sky, and occasionally, the sound of some wild beast or the flapping of a bird could be heard.
It gave Chi Yueshan the feeling that she was in another world.
But to Capital Star, this place was indeed another world.
Even though it was a base, Guyun Academy had a long history of practical training here. The most recent buildings on this planet were at least a century old.
The reliefs on the ceiling of this small room bore the distinct features of that era. It was just that the iron bed didn't seem very sturdy. With three mattresses and one Chi Yueshan, it actually creaked loudly when she was set down.
Xi Zhoumeng let out an "oops." "Are we overweight?"
The window was a skylight, covered with green plants. Blue mist drifted by, and there were even a few scattered fireflies.
It was so, so quiet.
So quiet that Chi Yueshan didn't even want to curse her anymore.
She spread the bedsheet, rolled around on it once herself, then sat up smiling against the wall and asked Xi Zhoumeng—
"Miss, is this not soft enough for you?"
The cage houses of the Lower World were the narrowest dwellings Chi Yueshan had ever lived in. The bed was nothing more than something woven together from iron wire. It was wobbly and offered no sense of security even when sleeping.
But at least it provided shelter from the wind and rain, giving Chi Yueshan enough space to do her homework under a dim light.
Have the hard days all passed?
At this moment, Chi Yueshan suddenly recalled the first thing she did after moving into a cage house after Zhou Fengqin's death.
It was also making the bed.
There was no mattress this thick, no window, and no such person.
Right now, Chi Yueshan had no idea how captivating her smile was.
It was like lighting a piece of kindling in Xi Zhoumeng's heart. It wasn't a roaring fire, but it was enough to ignite a chest full of desire.
Xi Zhoumeng leaned down, getting close to Chi Yueshan's face, and rested her head on the other girl's chest.
"This is the softest."
She chuckled. "Although I could live any kind of life with you, at least this part is soft, right?"
Chi Yueshan let out a "hey." "Didn't you say you lived in some pretty bad places where you're from?"
She was still curious. The past that Xi Zhoumeng had sketched out in a few words, a world without mechas and Zerg, what would it be like?
This was Xi Zhoumeng's room. The young miss had a habit of using a bit of aromatherapy wherever she went.
It made Chi Yueshan feel like she was back in Xi Zhoumeng's room at the Xi estate.
Xi Zhoumeng: "You're that curious?"
Chi Yueshan hummed in affirmation.
Xi Zhoumeng thought for a moment. "When this is all over, I'll ask if anyone can create a holographic image and extract my memories."
She said it so casually that Chi Yueshan pinched her waist. "There's no such black technology."
Xi Zhoumeng: "There should be, right?"
They could even restart space. Who knows when the Dr. Xuan Ping of this world will recover her memories.
She was really treating this world like a paradise lost.
Xi Zhoumeng: "But no matter how bad things got for me, my material life was never bad."
She went to kiss Chi Yueshan's eyes, from the corners to the lids. "After all, I could always gamble the money back."
Chi Yueshan grabbed her hand. "You know how to gamble?"
Xi Zhoumeng nodded. "What's wrong? Isn't that a way of starting from scratch?"
Chi Yueshan huffed. "That's not a good habit. You'll lose everything."
As she spoke, she grabbed Xi Zhoumeng's hands again and pinned her underneath.
She looked down at the woman with a smile in her eyes. "It's my turn this time."
Xi Zhoumeng bent her legs and nodded with a grin.
"It was your turn last time, and you were the one who cried."
Chi Yueshan: "That's—that's because I wasn't ready!"
She licked her lips. "Starting tomorrow, we have to be abstinent. The practical training is really tough, and I still have to find seeds. It's so annoying. I really want to watch you guys train in your mechas."
Xi Zhoumeng: "You guys?"
Chi Yueshan: "You brought your mecha all this way. It's not just for show, is it?"
She gave a hard squeeze. Xi Zhoumeng's brows furrowed. Chi Yueshan then smugly kneaded the thing in her hand and said maliciously, "Is it just for show like this thing?"
She hadn't been smug for long before the world spun around her. Her head hit the iron headboard, and the creaking sound only intensified her shame.
The skylight above was open, and occasionally, a shooting star could be seen streaking past the leaves.
The ecosystem on this planet was excellent. There were even squirrels from the books, perched on the roof and watching curiously.
Chi Yueshan was too embarrassed to even open her eyes, but Xi Zhoumeng was extremely competitive, insisting that she open them, insisting that she make a sound.
"Chi Yueshan, don't you regret this."
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