MORIC - Chapter 161

Chapter 161: Who Had a Premeditated Plan

Chi Yueshan's hands were very warm. In fact, when they slept together, holding her gave Xi Zhoumeng the feeling of cuddling a small furnace.

When Xi Zhoumeng read this novel, she often saw the author describe how warm Wen Xinghuo was. Some of the descriptions were quite exaggerated, to the point that many readers secretly commented that the author was biased towards Wen Xinghuo.

But Wen Xinghuo was the protagonist, so it was perfectly normal for the author to show favoritism.

An author who didn't love their protagonist would be the abnormal one, right?

But to Xi Zhoumeng, this supporting character was the one who was truly scorching hot.

If it were Sheng Yangkui describing it, she would probably say Wen Xinghuo was hot enough to scald a dead pig back to life.

Xi Zhoumeng naturally had a low body temperature, both before and after transmigrating into the book.

She liked soft beds, and she would turn on the heat the moment the temperature dropped even slightly.

But after Chi Yueshan moved in, she wasn't as afraid of the cold anymore.

After all, this girl was very sensitive to heat and would kick off the blankets in her sleep. Xi Zhoumeng suspected that Chi Yueshan's good sleeping posture was likely a habit forced upon her because the cage homes in the Lower World were too narrow to turn over in.

Now, her hand was held, and she met Chi Yueshan's gaze.

Goodness, so a person's eyes really could reveal so many emotions.

This person likes me, loves me dearly, aches for me, and wants to be close to me.

How could a single pair of eyes convey so much, so much love?

Xi Zhoumeng even felt a sense of panic, afraid she wouldn't be able to receive something so scorching and precious.

"It's true, I don't want to be in charge anymore."

Xi Zhoumeng gestured for Chi Yueshan to continue eating. "But I grew up 'up there.' The royal palace on the Capital Star is literally in the sky."

"I'd never come down before. Everything I knew about how the people below lived came from video archives and books."

Chi Yueshan thought to herself: That explains it. No wonder the first time I saw her, I had the surreal feeling of seeing a goddess.

So she really did live in the sky.

At the same time, her heart ached for her. Even though Xi Zhoumeng spoke calmly, she could hear the loneliness in her voice as she talked about her past.

An unholy child.

Her mother was her sister, her father her brother.

Then there was the matter of succession.

If she hadn't existed, the next ruler could have been her mother, or perhaps her father. But she was born, and she was born with the Soul Chain of the savior this planet needed. On the surface, power seemed to be within Xi Zhoumeng's easy grasp, but in reality, she had nothing. No real authority, no genuine love.

"And later..."

Xi Zhoumeng sighed. "I came down to work. I wasn't lying to you."

Chi Yueshan asked, "Then before, when you were with the Princess and Senior Wen, what did you mean when you said you knew the future?"

Chi Yueshan already had an answer, in truth.

But she looked at Xi Zhoumeng expectantly, wanting to hear the final, settled truth.

Xi Zhoumeng said, "The future is... this world of yours is a novel I once read."

After she spoke, she let out a soft laugh. A few loose strands of her long hair fell forward, and Chi Yueshan reached out to tuck them behind her ear, asking, "My Interstellar Girlfriend?"

Xi Zhoumeng froze for a moment, a little bewildered. "How did you know?"

"Have I told you before?"

Chi Yueshan shook her head as she ate.

The way she ate always whetted one's appetite; Xi Li had praised her for it before. He'd said something like, "Xiao Yueshan is so adorable, she should consider doing eating broadcasts if she ever gets the chance."

Not long after, Xi Zhoumeng blocked him.

Chi Yueshan said, "I've... learned a few things recently."

As she said this, she subconsciously furrowed her brow. Xi Zhoumeng suddenly grew tense, afraid that their arrival in this world had triggered some other change that was making Chi Yueshan feel unwell.

"What's wrong?"

Chi Yueshan said, "First, tell me what the future you know is like."

"I know that I die during the practical training, the Princess becomes queen, and is later beheaded by Senior Wen."

"Is that really all you know?"

After all, Ling Xun never appeared in the dream, or the dream within the dream. Why was that?

Xi Zhoumeng put down her spoon and looked at Chi Yueshan. "What's happened to you?"

She could be terrifyingly perceptive at times. "Did you have a nightmare? Or did you see something in your dreams?"

Chi Yueshan insisted, "You tell me first."

Her eyes were already red. After all, both that dream and the alternate future within it had left Chi Yueshan terrified.

The difference in Xi Zhoumeng was starkly apparent.

The Xi Zhoumeng from the "past life" that Sheng Yangkui mentioned was clearly not the same soul as the one before her now.

And the "love rival" Xi Zhoumeng from her dream exuded a profound sense of loneliness. In that world, the Xi Zhoumeng and Chi Yueshan of Guyun Academy had barely interacted.

There was no declaration at the opening ceremony, no farcical mix-up with a 100% match, and certainly none of the ambiguous tension from the swordsmanship competition, to say nothing of the elective course.

The "me" in that world hadn't taken drama as an elective; she'd still taken divination.

As a result, she had almost no interaction with Xi Zhoumeng at the academy.

The radiant love rival and Wen Xinghuo were still close, but since Chi Yueshan had already reconnected with Wen Xinghuo and harbored no other feelings, it made her and Xi Zhoumeng seem like rivals only in the eyes of others. Their occasional encounters never involved any harsh words.

That Xi Zhoumeng was aloof and remote, her gaze carrying an inhuman coldness. She was like a flawless jade carving, a solitary masterpiece in a display case.

No one could save her, and she had completely given up on saving herself.

She was just there to glimpse the last bit of liveliness in this strange world.

If it weren't for the sudden onset of her Secondary Differentiation and heat, would the crush of the "me" in that world have been destined to fizzle out with no resolution?

Was she destined to never have a connection with this person, to never delve deeper into Xi Zhoumeng's world and witness this precious soul become touched by the mortal realm?

But Chi Yueshan never dreamed of what happened next. That version of "me" had come to the ZR-Galaxy and must have returned.

How did she get back?

What happened afterward?

Chi Yueshan had no idea, but that version of "me" was also pregnant. Would that Xi Zhoumeng acknowledge the child?

Even the Xi Zhoumeng who was now so entangled with her found it hard to accept having a child. So what would the reaction of that cold-hearted, aloof, and seemingly unthawable Xi Zhoumeng be?

Chi Yueshan's heart clenched.

Perhaps it was the cascade of emotions brought on by pregnancy, but her moods seemed to encompass all four seasons.

Watching her, Xi Zhoumeng actually laughed.

"I came here before I even finished the book. I woke up one day and had become a teenage supporting character with the same name."

Xi Zhoumeng simply started feeding Chi Yueshan, speaking between bites. "As for you, you're the person I got by throwing money around."

Chi Yueshan, of course, knew what this meant. After all, it had been in her dreams.

At that moment, she had a realization: the big-spending sucker from her dream was truly this real-life big-spending sucker right in front of her.

How could someone be such a sucker, no matter the time or place?

Chi Yueshan asked, feigning ignorance, "What do you mean, you got me by throwing money around?"

Xi Zhoumeng hummed. "It's just that I really liked the novel, so I donated a lot. It's... kind of like when you were a streamer. Didn't I throw a lot of money at you then, too?"

Chi Yueshan said, "How does that count as 'getting' me?"

She huffed.

Xi Zhoumeng replied, "It wasn't my idea. The author said I could customize a supporting character, and since I was the top donor, I got to name her."

Chi Yueshan thought to herself: And you wanted to name her Cuihua.

On the other hand, she marveled that fate truly existed. How on earth had this girl managed it?

Chi Yueshan asked, "So you gave her my name?"

Xi Zhoumeng also felt a wave of emotion. She didn't know how to explain, so she just looked at Chi Yueshan.

Her gaze was naturally tender and lingering, making Chi Yueshan push her away, rather embarrassed. "Don't look at me like that."

Xi Zhoumeng offered another spoonful of food, but just as Chi Yueshan opened her mouth, she popped it into her own.

Chi Yueshan glared at her, her cheeks puffed out in a pout.

Xi Zhoumeng just laughed. "We're truly fated."

Chi Yueshan pressed, "So what about the ending? You said you knew the future."

Xi Zhoumeng shook her head. "Actually, I have a secret."

She suddenly adopted a mysterious air, and Chi Yueshan immediately grew tense.

Xi Zhoumeng said, "In here."

She pointed to her head. "There's a 'you'."

Chi Yueshan stared blankly for a moment, then gave her a light punch. "Stop joking around. Be serious."

The pregnant woman was still surprisingly strong. Xi Zhoumeng was worried about Chi Yueshan, but sometimes she felt Chi Yueshan was healthier than she was.

She shook her head helplessly, looking rather wronged. "It's true."

"I only found out a little while ago that she was you."

Xi Zhoumeng pursed her lips. "The you from another world, perhaps."

Chi Yueshan's heart trembled. She asked subconsciously, "Which world?"

Xi Zhoumeng asked, "What, you know about it?"

She was a master at bluffing, and Chi Yueshan could never outplay her. Besides, Xi Zhoumeng was the person she was closest to in this world, so Chi Yueshan decided not to hide it anymore.

"I know. After you marked me, I started having these dreams."

"In my dreams, 'me' and you didn't interact much. We were just ordinary acquaintances."

Now this was something Xi Zhoumeng didn't know. After all, the system in her head had only shown her the later parts of the timeline.

It even kept nagging that I had a long-held scheme and had set my sights on Chi Yueshan long ago.

So it was lying, too?

The most honest person in the world, Chi Yueshan, had also learned to lie.

The first emotion that surfaced in Xi Zhoumeng's mind was, surprisingly, gratification.

Xi Zhoumeng asked, "That other you... I assume Sheng Yangkui didn't steal her fated first encounter? Or did she just not get together with Wen Xinghuo?"

She still had the energy to be sarcastic.

"Hey!" Chi Yueshan protested.

The next second, Xi Zhoumeng fed her a mouthful of food.

Chi Yueshan grumbled, "And weren't you and Wen Xinghuo rumored to be a couple?"

Xi Zhoumeng replied, "I transmigrated into the book, after all. I had to follow the plot. I was originally the villainous female supporting character."

She even had the audacity to mock Chi Yueshan. "Weren't you one, too?"

After all, that's what the 'me' I saw was like.

Chi Yueshan said, "Let's get back to the point. Is there really a... in your head?"

She felt strange again. In that case, wouldn't that other person know everything she and Xi Zhoumeng... did?

Damn it, even if it's another version of me, that's intolerable!

Her emotions must have been too obvious, because Xi Zhoumeng comforted her, "It's fine. The things we've done, she's done with that other 'me' too."

Chi Yueshan slammed her hand on the table. "And how would you know that?"

Xi Zhoumeng said, "What's there to be angry about? After all, the 'me' and 'you' from that world already had a child together."

She wore a complicated expression after saying this.

"Why would anyone want to have a baby! It's so annoying. Does this mean we can't do it later? But it's bound to enter your reproductive cavity."

"If I'm marked and don't go all the way in, you'll scratch me to death."

Chi Yueshan retorted, "What do you mean, I'll scratch you to death? You were the one who said we should just try it and then... and then..."

If she weren't pregnant now, Xi Zhoumeng would be holding back, but back when she was marked, the intensity of this girl was something Chi Yueshan simply...

So annoying. I want to experience it again.

The memory was endlessly tantalizing.

Chi Yueshan said, "Alright! Enough about that. Hurry up and tell me how that thing in your head got there."

But Xi Zhoumeng didn't answer. Instead, she asked, "And you?"

"You don't seem surprised at all that I'm from a book."

Chi Yueshan wasn't sure if it was her imagination, but Xi Zhoumeng's aura had become more pronounced after her Secondary Differentiation.

She wasn't the type to overtly throw her weight around; she didn't have the kind of oppressive presence that Wen Xinghuo exuded just from her appearance.

And yet, when she stared at someone, the feeling of being targeted was even more intense.

And this was in a state where no one had any pheromones.

One could only imagine how potent the innate pheromonal pressure of an Alpha would be once they returned.

It would only make a marked Omega even more infatuated.

Chi Yueshan had longed to be marked for a long time and never considered it a form of suppression.

Sometimes, she even craved being suppressed, because it gave her the thrilling sensation of, in turn, locking onto Xi Zhoumeng.

In that moment, she looked back at their past, then audaciously pinched Xi Zhoumeng's cheeks, pulling them outward without mercy—

"What's there for me to be surprised about!"

"Because this damn book was written by the me from another world!"

"Hmph, it's probably that Chi Yueshan in your head, the one who's been with you since you were a child!"

She was naturally strong, and tinkering with machinery required a lot of force, so she was an Omega in excellent physical condition.

In bed, this strength led to a wonderful, evenly matched give-and-take, but right now, it just made Xi Zhoumeng extremely annoyed.

Xi Zhoumeng's face was pinched by this person who was reeking of jealousy and acting with reckless abandon. After Chi Yueshan let go, Xi Zhoumeng, with tears in her eyes, went to bite her hand—

"You really have been plotting against me for a long time!!"

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