I Pursued My Scummy Ex’s White Moonlight – Chapter 86

Actually, after saying this, Su Wenwen regretted it a little, feeling she had spoken too harshly. Asking her heart¹, if it were her, she would also worry about Luo Xi and want to guard by the other’s side at every moment. This was not wrong.

She raised her eyes to observe Luo Xi’s expression. The dim light made her unable to see her expression clearly; everything was hidden in another world, pulling open the distance between them and making a thread of panic grow in the bottom of her heart.

“I…” She wanted to say that wasn’t what she meant.

“Is it wrong for me to care about my own girlfriend?”

Su Wenwen choked. The words she wanted to say would have no meaning even if she said them. Playing the zither to a cow²—that was probably this kind of powerless feeling.

The usually considerate Luo Xi seemed to have disappeared. Not only could she not perceive Su Wenwen’s emotions, but she also self-absorbingly urged Su Wenwen to go back to her room and rest well, and brought the heater into the room too.

Su Wenwen sat at the head of the bed, able to see only a faint, beautiful silhouette through the thick ink of the night. Outside the window, the color of the snow under the moonlight shone with a creepy paleness. Her hand, touching the inside of the bedding, was so cold her blood felt like it was congealing.

She herself was sleeping on a cold bed in the dorm, but how was Luo Xi any different? Back then, when Su Wenwen had to go to the training camp, she gave Luo Xi no time to prepare at all. A sudden separation would give birth to endless longing. Waiting time after time in this cold room—was that any easier to bear than the training camp?

That was why, the first time Luo Xi snuck into the training camp, she had said to Su Wenwen, “With so many teammates, it’s very normal not to think of me.”

Thinking of this, Su Wenwen softened her voice. “Let’s sleep together. I want to hold you while I sleep.”

The figure in the night clearly paused for a moment before saying the word “Okay.” She tiptoed onto the bed. Su Wenwen also took off her outer clothes and pants and lay down. A rustling “xixisusu” sound came from the bedding. Feeling Luo Xi carefully approaching, Su Wenwen’s heart softened again, and she reached out to pull the person into her arms.

Smelling the familiar, fresh fragrance, Su Wenwen felt doubly at ease, as if all other matters had become less important. Becoming stronger was certainly urgent, but it couldn’t compare to Luo Xi’s mood. She only wanted Luo Xi to be happy.

I’ll find another way to become stronger!

Su Wenwen thought as she hazily closed her eyes.

After the training at the training camp ended, Ji Qingshuang immediately brought the training plan to the meeting room, letting Su Wenwen and Wang Kelin, who had participated in the training camp, also join the meeting for discussion.

Some people opposed ordinary people undergoing training because, in their view, whether the training’s effect was significant or not was unimportant; rather, the resources were insufficient to popularize training for ordinary people.

They were more in favor of concentrating resources on the ability users.

But ability users were, after all, a minority. Although it could save resources, if some accident were to happen, ordinary people would have no ability to protect themselves at all, and a world-ending event could happen at any time.

After discussing for a long time, everyone held to their own opinions. In the end, they couldn’t afford to gamble. The preciousness of resources, the preciousness of manpower, and the preciousness of time—no one was right or wrong, it was just that they didn’t dare to place a bet easily.

If they bet wrong, the sea base would be finished.

But if they bet right, other bases could also follow their example, and there would be one more thread of hope for survival in the apocalypse.

Luo Tianyang said, “I’ll stick to what I said: invest all resources in the ability users. So what if ordinary people can protect themselves? They can’t even kill zombies. Without ability users, they’ll all die sooner or later.”

“Makes sense,” others agreed.

Su Wenwen and Wang Kelin looked at each other.

Actually, Su Wenwen also felt that giving resources to ability users offered more of a guarantee, but Ji Qingshuang was not an ordinary person. She wouldn’t only consider the matter at hand; she could see problems others couldn’t.

That was why she could sit firmly in the position of Commander-in-Chief. It was just that the choices Ji Qingshuang made would most likely have to go through many tests. If she won, all would be well, but if she lost, Ji Qingshuang would be ostracized.

Thinking of these things gave Su Wenwen a headache. As expected, her fate was only to be a fighter³.

“The reason I had the training camp run for one month was precisely because I anticipated today’s disagreement. How about this: let the ability users and the trainees⁴ have a fair contest.”

Hearing Ji Qingshuang’s words, Su Wenwen and Wang Kelin were both shocked. How could ordinary people fight with ability users? They would definitely lose, right?

The other people in the meeting room thought they had misheard and asked again. After getting Ji Qingshuang’s definite answer, they immediately set the competition for three days later, because the weather on that day would have sunlight, with no snow or strong wind.

After the meeting dispersed, Luo Tianyang gave Ji Qingshuang a deep look, obviously not having expected such a proposal from her. Then he looked at Su Wenwen and asked, “Will she also participate in the competition?”

“She will not,” Ji Qingshuang answered.

“Is that so? Truly a pity.” Luo Tianyang sneered. “If my dad hadn’t stopped me, the matter with Luo Qi wouldn’t have been let go just like that.”

Ji Qingshuang said, “In this matter, Luo Qi was also at fault.”

Luo Tianyang’s face darkened. “Heh, from your tone, it seems you don’t even want to apologize?”

“If I were to apologize, would you accept it?”

Luo Tianyang’s gaze on Ji Qingshuang was like a sharp knife, wishing he could poke her into a hornet’s nest⁵. Afterwards, he let out a cold snort and turned to leave.

Ji Qingshuang shook her head and said to Su Wenwen and Wang Kelin, “Ai, I’ve made a fool of myself in front of you⁶.”

Su Wenwen quickly waved her hands. “It’s nothing. But, Commander-in-Chief, why not let me participate in the competition too? They don’t know my ability anyway. With me competing, it could increase the win rate.”

“Because I don’t have confidence in myself. I’m not a god; I can’t see through every matter and do everything correctly. In this competition, I also want to see if they can truly fight against the ability users.”

Su Wenwen and Wang Kelin both understood and deeply empathized with Ji Qingshuang’s difficult position. But it was only empathy; they were not the decision-makers and did not know how heavy a single command could be. The only thing they could do was cooperate as much as possible.

In the evening, Su Wenwen didn’t go home right away, but went to Wang Kelin’s house to discuss things. The two of them discussed the matters from the meeting for a long time, and then they chatted about another matter.

“Are the things I asked you to prepare all ready?”

“Don’t worry, they’re mostly done. Just some decorations aren’t finished. I’ll contact the Commander-in-Chief tomorrow and have her help too!”

“Okay, no problem.”

Early the next morning, because quite a few people had died at the restricted zone hospital in the past few days, they were short on manpower, so Luo Xi was sent by Ji Qingshuang to be on duty at the hospital.

She wore a heavy duty uniform, yet standing in front of the hospital’s main gate, she didn’t appear bloated in the slightest. Instead, she exuded a noble air. Tiny snowflakes fell on her shoulders, layering into a cold white that made her look even more cool and detached.

The other personnel on duty would occasionally stand together and talk, but they didn’t dare approach Luo Xi. She was used to being kept at a distance, to being revered by people, and she felt it didn’t matter. But ever since Su Wenwen went to the camp, she was no longer used to the feeling of being alone.

Looking at the dark house, sleeping under the cold quilt, it seemed the whole world was askew, lacking something.

Last night, Su Wenwen hadn’t really spoken to her. When she got up this morning, she discovered the bed was cold. She didn’t know when Su Wenwen had gotten up and left, and only felt that her heart had no place to land, panicked.

Did I watch her too closely? Has Su Wenwen come to dislike me?

Luo Xi didn’t know. She took the phone in her pocket out and put it back several times, back and forth, before finally dialing Su Wenwen’s number.

The phone was answered after only a few rings.

It was unclear what Su Wenwen was busy with on her end; a “ding ding dong dong” sound was a bit noisy. Luo Xi asked curiously, “What are you doing?”

“Nothing, busy with work. Hanging up now.”

Luo Xi was stunned for a moment, then put the phone back in her pocket. The snowflakes from the sky fell on her face, but she couldn’t feel any coldness. She wiped them away casually with her slender fingertips.

“Miss Luo, you can change shifts and go eat now.”

Luo Xi paid no attention to the person who came. While everyone else went to eat, she remained standing at the hospital entrance. No matter who came to call her, she would reply with excuses like “not hungry” or “don’t want to eat.” Seeing her preoccupied and unhappy appearance, people naturally stopped talking to her.

After finally enduring until the evening shift change, Luo Xi immediately changed out of her duty uniform, put on a white down jacket, and ran home. She stood at her front door, panting, and her hands were shaking as she turned the doorknob.

Pushing open the door, the first thing she saw was the heater on the coffee table, which made the surroundings seem pitch-black; she couldn’t see anything else.

What about Su Wenwen? Is she still not home?

Just in her moment of disappointment, the room door suddenly opened. Wang Kelin and Ji Qingshuang walked out, pushing a cake. The warming candlelight on the cake reflected their smiling faces. Before Luo Xi could react, a sudden pop from a party popper behind her scared her into turning around.

Su Wenwen smilingly stuffed a gift into Luo Xi’s hands. “Girlfriend, happy birthday.”

Ever since her father died, Luo Xi had no concept of celebrating birthdays. Only today did she remember that it was November 27th again.

To her, birthdays were no longer important, but seeing Su Wenwen looking so happy, she belatedly looked around. The walls were covered with colorful balloons, and the candles prepared beforehand on the table had also been lit by Wang Kelin.

So, Su Wenwen had been busy celebrating her birthday.

Opening the gift box, she found several photos inside, all taken by Su Wenwen at the camp. The ground was covered with lit candles, arranged around Su Wenwen to form the four characters for “Happy Birthday.”

In the photos, Su Wenwen was smiling innocently and brilliantly, also making various heart gestures with her hands. It was just a pity that the photo’s resolution was a bit blurry, but it wasn’t hard to see that Su Wenwen’s face was dyed a charming rosy color from shyness.

So, Su Wenwen not only remembered her birthday, but was also always thinking of her at the camp. This feeling of being placed on the tip of someone’s heart made her empty heart feel incomparably full, stuffed to the brim.

Luo Xi hugged Su Wenwen tightly.

“I thought… you didn’t want to talk to me anymore.”

“How could that be?”

Luo Xi knew Su Wenwen wouldn’t ignore her. Even if she really did, Luo Xi had plenty of ways to make it so Su Wenwen’s eyes only held her. But was that really good? A relationship that used scheming seemed to be no longer so pure.

“Wenwen, from now on, do whatever you want to do. I won’t interfere anymore. But there’s one condition: you cannot be in danger.”

“Okay.”

Ji Qingshuang looked at the clingy pair and turned her head to ask Wang Kelin, “I’m a bit embarrassed to disturb them. How about… you help Xi’er blow out the candles?”

Wang Kelin: “…”

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