Scum A with a Sweet Black Lotus O – Chapter 139
by Little PandaRevelation
Pei Xuezhi forced herself to be patient, suppressing the many emotions swirling in her heart—shock, worry, and even disgust. At the same time, she had to summon all her focus to play along with the “Fu Chaoyun” in front of her.
Fortunately, the other person had just woken up from serious injuries and lacked energy. Even though she forced herself to sit up, wanting to look at Pei Xuezhi more, to touch her more, Pei Xuezhi deftly and imperceptibly avoided her attempts to hold her hand. The latter was ultimately overcome by her body’s weakness.
As her eyelids drooped, the Alpha stubbornly asked in a voice so faint it was barely audible.
“Now that everything’s over, Zhizhi, when are you planning to marry me?”
Pei Xuezhi’s movements paused. She kept her head slightly lowered, concealing the emotions in her eyes—though “Fu Chaoyun” herself wouldn’t have had the strength to see them anyway.
“There’s no rush.”
The Omega said unhurriedly, “Let’s talk about it after your body has recovered. We’re both still young, anyway.”
She paused, then added, “We need to get the certificate first.”
“Fu Chaoyun” blinked. Her amber eyes were a hazy expanse, their gaze unfocused. “Right, get the certificate, make it more official…”
Before falling asleep, she broke into a smile.
“I’ll listen to whatever Zhizhi says…”
Once “Fu Chaoyun” was asleep, Pei Xuezhi called a nurse to look after her and then walked out.
Pei Xuezhi didn’t look too good when she left. The attending nurse saw her but didn’t think much of it. After all, their sweet romance was all over the internet, so she just assumed Pei Xuezhi was worried about her lover.
Once outside, Pei Xuezhi let out a small sigh of relief.
“Fu Chaoyun” had woken up, but the stone in Pei Xuezhi’s heart was far from being lifted.
In fact.
It was hanging even higher.
Pei Xuezhi acted methodically. First, she called Fu Chaoyun’s family to tell them she was safe and sound, and then gently dissuaded them from visiting.
The current situation was clearly not something Fu Chaoyun’s family could know about; it would only make them worry more.
Besides.
She had to resolve this as soon as possible.
“What’s going on?” Pei Xuezhi asked.
She remembered the voice that had suddenly sounded in her head at the same time she sensed something off about the “Fu Chaoyun” in the hospital room.
She didn’t know yet if it was friend or foe, but since the other party had chosen to remind her, it at least proved it wasn’t on the side of that other one. She decided to try engaging with it.
As for what this thing actually was and why it had appeared… Pei Xuezhi had no time to consider that for now.
She had even experienced something as bizarre as “rebirth,” so what was this in comparison?
—No response.
Pei Xuezhi closed her eyes. “Come out.”
The successive surprises had put Pei Xuezhi in a terrible mood, and her tone inevitably carried a hint of cold accusation.
She opened her eyes again.
After waiting for nearly half a minute, the mechanical voice sounded in Pei Xuezhi’s head again.
【Fu Chaoyun’s body has been taken over.】
“I know.”
Pei Xuezhi’s voice was strained, yet calm.
The reactions of the person in the hospital room proved it.
Once she realized this, all the previous reactions of that scum made sense—
Why, despite having kidnapped her, they had leisurely remained in the country without any intention of fleeing abroad;
Why, when their target should have been her, they ended up wanting Fu Chaoyun as a replacement;
Why that gunshot had only hit the shoulder, instead of being fatal;
And those words, full of implications, spoken when the other person was with her…
All of this indicated that from beginning to end, she herself had merely been a decoy. The other party’s elaborate scheme, the thing they wanted to obtain, had never changed—
“Fu Chaoyun’s” body!
By occupying Fu Chaoyun’s body, by taking over everything that was Fu Chaoyun’s… then she could also be with her in this way.
This lunatic!!
“What do we do now?”
System: 【Huh?】
The previous times the Scum A left other people’s bodies, it was because she gave up on her own. But what if she refuses this time?
Pei Xuezhi quickly calmed down, analyzing the various aspects.
“Where is Fu Chaoyun’s soul? What needs to be done to expel that person from Fu Chaoyun’s body without harming Fu Chaoyun’s body? Will this person’s actions cause damage to Fu Chaoyun’s body and soul? If they are switched back, can everything return to normal?…”
Pei Xuezhi had so many questions, but the System only answered the first one.
【Her soul should also be in this body.】
“A struggle for control?”
【You could say that.】The System paused, hesitating. 【However, due to the previous injuries, Fu Chaoyun’s soul strength is a bit weaker… no, much weaker…】
“Once she recovers a bit, she can take her body back.” Pei Xuezhi narrowed her eyes, instinctively feeling a sense of crisis. “Or—”
【No, that won’t work!】
【Their two souls absolutely cannot be together! One will be devoured!】
The System suddenly shrieked as if it were breaking down, 【Devoured! Merged into one! What they’ll become in the end, who will be dominant, it’s impossible to say, ahhh!】
Pei Xuezhi’s gaze sharpened, her tone like an interrogation.
“What exactly is she? And… what exactly are you??”
The System’s aura felt familiar.
Much earlier, she had faintly detected the System’s presence. It must have attached itself to Fu Chaoyun long ago. Those times when Fu Chaoyun seemed distracted, and she got jealous, it was probably Fu Chaoyun talking to this thing in her head.
Now that Fu Chaoyun had met with an accident, this entity had taken the initiative to contact her. Perhaps it was cornered and had walked right into a trap.
The System was also on the verge of a breakdown.
【There’s nothing I can do, really nothing… I can’t intervene, nor am I able to. If I do, things might develop in the worst possible way…】
【It’s already happened once…】
【In short, I would never harm Fu Chaoyun. I’d sooner kill you than harm Fu Chaoyun! She’s—】
Saying this to Pei Xuezhi’s face was quite offensive, but this time, her heart was also focused on Fu Chaoyun, so she didn’t bother with such trivial matters1. Instead, she seized upon the crux of the issue.
“You’ve done it once already, and this is the second time?”
Pei Xuezhi’s question instantly silenced the System; it didn’t dare to speak another word.
The atmosphere became extremely quiet.
Pei Xuezhi, however, turned her gaze back to the hospital room. Countless fragments of clues floated and converged in her mind.
Gradually, they condensed into a point of light, a light that seemed to shine out from her eyes, even imbuing her dark pupils with a brilliant glow.
“Whether it’s Fu Chaoyun or the one inside, this isn’t the first time I’ve met them. There’s an earlier timeline, isn’t there?”
“You know about it. Perhaps you even participated in it, or should I say… sabotaged it.”
“Are you the one who caused all of this?”
Pei Xuezhi interrogated layer by layer. She suddenly recalled what Chi Guisi had told her before.
She murmured.
“In a sense, that one is also ‘Fu Chaoyun’?”
Pei Xuezhi’s questions grew sharper and sharper, practically piercing the System’s core. It first hummed and hawed, trying to hide things, but seeing that it could no longer conceal the truth, it let out a cry and decided to give up trying2.
【See for yourself!!!】
Pei Xuezhi felt her vision darken, and her head began to feel heavy, then pain…
What had it done to her?
She lost consciousness too quickly to hear the System mutter afterwards, 【You had a part in it too. If it weren’t for you suddenly showing up…】
All around was endless darkness.
Drifting, sinking.
After an unknown amount of time, a faint glimmer of light suddenly appeared in this protracted darkness.
But it didn’t bring brightness.
Instead, these lights continuously spun, twisted, and pulled away menacingly…
Finally, like shattered pieces of a mirror, they were reassembled, piece by piece.
“Yun-jie.”
She heard an unfamiliar voice calling.
“There’s a group fight with Seventh High after school today. Are you going?”
As the voice faded, the changes in the surroundings stopped. The reassembly of the mirror pieces was complete, even the tightest seams filled in, leaving no trace of damage.
Before her was a scene.
A school campus.
A classroom.
It should be during a break between classes.
Pei Xuezhi first followed the sound to find the speaker. That person was asking for instructions, their gaze fixed on someone else. Pei Xuezhi followed their gaze and was momentarily stunned.
“Not going.”
The person who replied sounded languid, with a hint of lazy weariness.
She was turned slightly to the side, so her face wasn’t clearly visible. Pei Xuezhi could only see that she was wearing a standard high school uniform. It seemed to be spring, a bit chilly, as the person had a personal jacket draped over her uniform.
It was a familiar custom-made piece from a high-end brand. While it somewhat concealed the girl’s slender figure, it also made her stand out even more.
When she spoke, she leaned her whole body back against the chair, not moving at all, appearing lazy and casual, as if she had no bones.
One arm rested casually on the desk, inadvertently revealing the sense of strength characteristic of an Alpha.
Her five fingers were slender and distinct.
Her nails were clean and neatly trimmed.
This was the back corner of the classroom. The girl looked very lazy and unmotivated, yet despite this, a large group of people surrounded her. And whenever she spoke, everyone’s gaze would unconsciously fall upon her.
Perhaps even when she didn’t speak.
It was clear that the girl was the absolute center here, the focal point of everyone’s attention. She had a devoted following, and no one dared to disobey her.
The people around her said a few more things. Annoyed by the chatter, the girl finally turned her head.
The girl had an extremely beautiful face, bright and full of unrestrained spirit.
It was just after three in the afternoon. The sun was beginning to dip, and light scattered around her. Her long, naturally brown hair, not quite black, was coated with a thin layer of gold, instantly taking on an almost chestnut-like warmth.
Extraordinarily dazzling.
Her skin was snow-white, her features delicate. Her amber eyes were lazily narrowed but still translucent, beautiful, possessing a clarity almost like colored glaze.
She was very young; this was evident from her still somewhat unrefined features. Meeting the gazes of many, she let out a light laugh, sounding partly teasing, partly scoffing.
“How old are you all, still getting into group fights to show off how fierce you are? Isn’t that childish?”
It was an ordinary sentence, yet it caused a burst of good-natured uproar from those around.
“Haha—”
“Yun-jie’s right!”
“Exactly! How old are you, Sun Lin3? Aren’t you being childish?!”
The surroundings were extremely lively, the whole classroom seeming about to explode with noise. The girl, who initially had the air of a leader, soon dropped her pretense, propped her head on one hand, tilted it slightly, and laughed along with everyone.
Her eyes crinkled with her smile, utterly delighted.
It was as if honey was flowing in her still youthful, amber eyes.
Her laughter quickly mingled with everyone else’s. The person whose question had been dismissed no longer felt awkward and just laughed foolishly along with the crowd. Everyone was laughing and joking, brimming with youthful energy.
But even so, the girl sitting in her seat was the one with the most beautiful smile in the crowd.
She was even more dazzling, more eye-catching than she appeared, more than one could imagine—a light bright enough to inspire worship from anyone!
Pei Xuezhi stared intently at the scene before her.
—This was strikingly a younger Fu Chaoyun from her high school days, one that she had never seen before!
The author has something to say:
Good night, everyone! We’re getting closer and closer to the grand finale~
Footnotes
- 鸡毛蒜皮的小事 | jīmáo suànpí de xiǎoshì | An idiom literally meaning “chicken feathers and garlic skins,” used to describe trivial, insignificant matters.
- 破罐子破摔 | pò guànzi pò shuāi | An idiom literally meaning “to smash a cracked pot since it’s already broken.” It describes an attitude of giving up on oneself or a situation when things are already bad, often leading to reckless behavior because one feels there’s nothing left to lose.
- 孙临 | Sūn Lín
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