MORIC - Chapter 160

Chapter 160: My Wife is a Fool

Chi Yueshan really hadn't thought of it that way.

But now that Xi Zhoumeng had mentioned it, she actually started thinking about it.

Her body was naturally sensitive, and this sensitivity seemed to increase with every union, specifically manifesting in Xi Zhoumeng's touch.

Right now, Xi Zhoumeng hadn't even touched her, just made a joke, and Chi Yueshan was already like this again.

Xi Zhoumeng clicked her tongue.

Chi Yueshan reached out and covered her eyes. "Don't look."

Xi Zhoumeng sighed. "Do you think I won't know what's going on just because I don't look?"

Her tone was always nonchalant, but now even her teasing was tinged with amazement.

Chi Yueshan was so ashamed she wanted to run away.

But of course, she wasn't as agile as before, even if she considered herself an Omega in peak physical condition.

She had no control over what was happening, both above and below.

Xi Zhoumeng said, "I'm afraid I can't grant your wish. Even if there is another 'me' here, she's probably in a vegetative state."

The dishes on the table were still steaming. Xi Zhoumeng scooped Chi Yueshan up by the waist and carried her to the bedroom to change her clothes.

Even if the young lady had fallen on slightly harder times, and even if she had to acquiesce to her wife's request to live a "hard" life, her food, clothing, and daily necessities would never be on par with the wandering Chi Yueshan of the past.

Even if Chi Yueshan was keen on reliving the past, and no matter how much Xi Zhoumeng disliked having a child, she would always prioritize Chi Yueshan's physical well-being.

Just like now, as she changed Chi Yueshan's clothes, she complained, "It's a good thing I'm rich. Otherwise, with you like this, who knows how many sets of clothes you'd go through in a day."

Xi Zhoumeng even added, deadpan, "And it's not like you can go without wearing any."

Chi Yueshan was too mortified to speak. She leaned against the bed like a doll, watching as Xi Zhoumeng, not very skillfully, changed her clothes.

Back at the Xi family home, most of Chi Yueshan's clothes were chosen by Xi Zhoumeng. Unless they were too complicated, Xi Zhoumeng generally wouldn't lift a finger.

She wished she could have the maids help her get dressed herself.

Since Chi Yueshan's arrival, Xi Zhoumeng had been doing most things herself. Some of the dresses had layer upon layer, with corsets that seemed to frame a person in a bottle. Even though they outlined a waist that could be encircled by a single hand, they still made Chi Yueshan frown.

Xi Zhoumeng, however, never felt uncomfortable. She seemed very accustomed to such tightness.

Even though she was free enough.

Most of her attire was incredibly ornate, with layers upon layers that seemed to wrap her in the various admonitions and responsibilities of her life.

Perhaps only the skirts were fluffy, while the inner linings were tight. The pearl collar of her inner shirt enveloped her long neck, and there were even bandages on her legs to accentuate their lines.

Even though her natural state was already enough to captivate the world, this kind of layered magnificence made her even more unattainable.

That was why Chi Yueshan always acted up, just like at that small dance party.

Xi Zhoumeng's suit had been her choice.

She wanted to see Xi Zhoumeng completely relaxed, completely unrestrained.

Even though she was already unrestrained enough.

"Oh, are you shy?"

Xi Zhoumeng changed Chi Yueshan's absorbent pad, her gaze unconsciously falling on the other's abdomen.

It wasn't as if she had never seen her own clansmen pregnant before.

The continuation of the royal bloodline had always been a celebrated affair. Even a branch family member would be showered with overwhelming blessings.

But she was not like that.

The royal family did not permit miscarriages.

Absolute nobility was an absolute shackle.

Her mother, who later became her nominal sister, must have been terrified when she found out she was pregnant, right?

If she couldn't hide it, she would treat it as a vacation and go to another planet to give birth.

Throwing the child away didn't matter.

But the queen still found out.

And so, Xi Zhoumeng, who had been thrown away and nearly froze to death on the streets, was brought back.

A bastard child was inherently tenacious.

What's more, she was a born God's Arbiter.

She would only die when all her power was exhausted.

Chi Yueshan had been about to shake her head, but she noticed Xi Zhoumeng's hand, which wanted to touch but didn't dare.

The seemingly fearless Xi Zhoumeng also had moments of fear.

Chi Yueshan reached out, took Xi Zhoumeng's hand, and placed it on her own belly.

She gave a silly smile. "It's actually been moving, but I didn't tell you."

Pregnancy hadn't made Chi Yueshan wither; on the contrary, it made her bloom even more.

This Omega was born with a vigorous life force. Even when she was a wanderer, she had the resolve of a dandelion seeking its own soil.

She knew all too well how to prioritize herself. Even when she missed Xi Zhoumeng terribly, she would eat every meal seriously, never letting herself lack essential nutrients.

The skin beneath her palm was warm, and inside, there was another life.

Xi Zhoumeng didn't really have a sense of reality about it. Even after reuniting with Chi Yueshan, she hardly dared to touch this place during their intimate moments.

Of course, Chi Yueshan had noticed.

She didn't force Xi Zhoumeng. After all, some things couldn't be changed just by talking about them.

Xi Zhoumeng didn't like children, but their union was fated to produce an heir. Even if it wasn't this one, as long as they were together, there would surely be another.

Besides, Chi Yueshan liked it.

Xi Zhoumeng said, "It's not good if the baby is like you."

She didn't know if she had felt anything, but her expression was a bit strange as she managed to squeeze out that sentence.

Chi Yueshan let out a "hey." Pregnancy wouldn't make her clumsy, but it did prevent her from sitting up abruptly and throwing herself into Xi Zhoumeng's arms.

"Why not! It's not good if the baby is like you!"

Now in a new dress, Chi Yueshan felt dry and comfortable. The absorbent pads Xi Zhoumeng bought for her were of excellent quality, though her flow was now heavier than during her previous heat periods.

She still had to express the milk.

There was still a bottle on the bedside table now.

Chi Yueshan's face was still red. She huffed twice. "A baby like you would be too annoying, definitely a high-maintenance troublemaker."

For once, Xi Zhoumeng didn't retort. She let out a low laugh and asked, "Do you want me to carry you to eat, or will you go yourself?"

She knelt on the bed, her long hair, now dyed back to black, was like rich ink, lacking the innate brilliance of her blonde phase.

And because she wasn't going out, her long hair was simply held back with a wooden hairpin, carrying a hint of tenderness reserved only for Chi Yueshan's eyes.

Chi Yueshan thought: A baby like Xi Zhoumeng would be fine, too.

As long as she's beautiful.

And not so narcissistic.

After all, being narcissistic requires skill. Someone like me should just forget it.

She licked her lips, avoiding Xi Zhoumeng's gaze, but held out her arms.

Xi Zhoumeng laughed out loud.

Chi Yueshan protested, "Don't laugh, I have no energy."

Xi Zhoumeng picked her up. "But you have the energy to curse at me, don't you?"

The young lady who found even sweating during sex troublesome finally had a day where she actively asked to be held.

It was only a few steps, but Chi Yueshan never thought she'd have such a pampered moment in her life.

Chi Yueshan said, "When did I curse at you? Am I that kind of ill-tempered person?"

Xi Zhoumeng blinked. "If it weren't for the lack of a smart device, I could play back for you how you cursed at me."

Chi Yueshan yelped, her voice nearly cracking, "You even recorded it!"

Xi Zhoumeng felt no shame at all. "Yes, and I took video, too."

Chi Yueshan understood in a second. "You're such a pervert! Back when... back when I was a streamer, did you also..."

Xi Zhoumeng placed her on the stool and earnestly denied it. "No. Am I that kind of lecherous person?"

Chi Yueshan retorted, "You even made me wear... wear that kind of thing!"

Xi Zhoumeng said, "I paid for it. What's wrong with looking? You didn't even show your face."

Chi Yueshan huffed. "Who knows if you only watched me and not others. Then again, other streamers can sway their hips much better than I can."

Chi Yueshan found it hard to deny the figures of other streamers. After all, she wasn't that old back then. Although she felt good about herself, she couldn't compare to some of the beautiful streamers with a mature charm. Some Betas were even dazzling.

Xi Zhoumeng asked, "Did you ever sway your hips?"

As she spoke, she glanced at the messages on her phone. All damn work.

So annoying.

Even if Xi Zhoumeng wasn't in a hurry to go back, she really wanted to go back now.

Go back.

To a world with family and friends. It didn't matter how dangerous it was.

Chi Yueshan asked, "You forgot?"

There was a grain of rice stuck to the corner of her lip, and her expression was one of someone looking at a scumbag. "You actually forgot?"

Xi Zhoumeng blinked innocently. Her eyes were naturally captivating, a complete opposite of Chi Yueshan's clarity.

It had nothing to do with purity; it was pure seduction.

Even her innocence was laced with seduction.

"How did you sway them?"

Chi Yueshan flared up again, her chest heaving with anger. "You even told me to walk closer! I almost pressed... pressed against the camera."

Xi Zhoumeng, of course, remembered. "Because you were very beautiful."

Chi Yueshan's anger was instantly extinguished.

She even felt a little embarrassed. "Wh-what kind of c-contrary words are you saying?"

Xi Zhoumeng said, "It's true."

Chi Yueshan said, "You're so lecherous, you've definitely seen a lot of beautiful bodies."

Hmph, hmph, what 'seen it all'? On second thought, I'm pretty charming myself.

Xi Zhoumeng said, "It's a good thing I'm not an art student. You wouldn't have enough time to be jealous."

Chi Yueshan exclaimed, "Hey! I'm not that kind of person!"

"I-I just..."

Xi Zhoumeng took a sip of soup and nodded as if it were a matter of course. "You just love me too much."

Her eyes held a vibrant and lively smile that made Chi Yueshan's heart pound, leaving her unable to argue.

Being jealous is perfectly normal. When will Xi Zhoumeng ever be jealous of me?

It's always like this. Damn it, damn it, damn it.

Xi Zhoumeng said, "Didn't you want to know why?"

She rarely served Chi Yueshan food during meals. It was probably a huge effort for the young lady to cook herself.

Besides, Chi Yueshan didn't like such mushy gestures. "What?"

Xi Zhoumeng said, "Why I like you. Why it's you."

Chi Yueshan let out an "oh." She felt strange; she found it hard to ask some serious questions, yet she desperately wanted to know.

But when Xi Zhoumeng actually laid it all out, she became embarrassed.

Xi Zhoumeng said, "We are in the ZR-Galaxy right now."

"Next month, we can go to the home planet."

Chi Yueshan nodded.

Xi Zhoumeng said, "This planet is mine."

Her spoon tapped the edge of the plate. "This entire galaxy, it's all mine."

The sheer amount of information in that statement was so explosive that Chi Yueshan couldn't process it for a moment. She suddenly remembered the dreams she had been having intermittently ever since she bonded with Xi Zhoumeng.

In the dream, she and Xi Zhoumeng were rivals, but they never became lovers. However, when the Zerg Tide came, they were forced to bond out of necessity.

That version of her also fell into a Folded Space, and during the fall, she accidentally glimpsed a slightly different trajectory.

Perhaps it was another life for everyone.

She had died during the practical training, and Xi Zhoumeng hadn't even participated. The Xi family had been stripped of their noble status due to an old affair of their ancestors, and the entire family had been exiled to a barren planet. Meanwhile, her idol and savior, Wen Xinghuo, became a great hero of the galaxy, repelling the Zerg Tide, but she discovered the queen's secret.

She joined forces with Shen Yu to plot a coup.

The queen at that time was Sheng Yangkui, a classmate from their time at Guyun Academy. She was beheaded by Wen Xinghuo and died for good.

Chi Yueshan hadn't told Xi Zhoumeng about this dream.

Because this dream also contained a dream within a dream.

The dream within the dream corresponded to Sheng Yangkui's previous life; that was indeed how it ended.

Including her own tragic death during the practical training, and Wen Xinghuo indeed becoming a hero of the galaxy.

But what about outside the dream?

The version of herself who had accidentally bonded with Xi Zhoumeng had also fallen into the ZR-Galaxy.

Was this the Folded Space that Pingping's lab was researching?

It had directly folded that "me" into Xi Zhoumeng's world.

That "me" also had a crush on Xi Zhoumeng. She was both overjoyed and terrified by this union, surviving tenaciously in a strange world while pregnant.

And so she wouldn't forget, she wrote down the other life she had glimpsed in the form of a novel, even presumptuously planting foreshadowing for the future.

At the time, Chi Yueshan's mind was still a mess. She even felt she was seeing fate in this chain of events.

During the days she spent searching for Xi Zhoumeng, Chi Yueshan had tried to search for that novel called 【My Interstellar Girlfriend】 and found that it really existed, exactly as she knew it.

Except the author had never updated again after not finishing the extras.

Xi Zhoumeng was still telling her story.

"My parents were brother and sister. They had me."

Chi Yueshan looked up in surprise, only to find Xi Zhoumeng staring blankly at her spoon, her lips moving as she recounted a past that seemed to belong to someone else. "The life force that sustains the ZR planet is the God's Arbiter that appears in the royal bloodline."

"The planet has a core Magnetic Star Meteorite, which needs to be linked with the power of the God's Arbiter."

"To put it simply, the Soul Chain allows the spiritual power of people from ZR to be absorbed by that stone."

Xi Zhoumeng scoffed. "It's ridiculous, but I've experienced that feeling."

"All my life, I was both a bastard child and the sole heir. I had to learn many, many things."

"After all, I had to save this planet, and the reward was dominion, which was also a responsibility."

She sighed again. "Well, people have their rebellious phases. When I was nineteen, I finally couldn't take it anymore."

"After having my spiritual power drained again, I didn't want to deal with it anymore. I chose to..."

Xi Zhoumeng's eyes curved into a smile. "Kill everyone."

Her smile held no warmth, only a bone-deep coldness.

Chi Yueshan looked at her, feeling that her intuition had been completely right.

Xi Zhoumeng was someone who had never received love.

Even though Chi Yueshan had wandered since she was young, she had been loved by her Omega father and by Zhou Fengqin.

But Xi Zhoumeng, who existed as a tool, had probably only ever been used.

Who would feel sorry for a tool?

But a tool is also a person, and it can also go mad.

Chi Yueshan asked, "But doesn't this galaxy still exist?"

She took Xi Zhoumeng's hand. "You silly liar, didn't you say you didn't want to deal with it anymore?"

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