Scum A with a Sweet Black Lotus O – Chapter 140
by Little PandaPei Xuezhi’s current feeling was very strange.
—She was witnessing everything that was happening from a third-person perspective.
And the face below…
It was “Fu Chaoyun”.
And yet, not her.
The Fu Chaoyun she knew was bright, dazzling, and would occasionally adopt a lazy posture. When in a crowd, you could spot her existence at a glance.
But what about this young “Fu Chaoyun” now?
At this point in time, Fu Chaoyun was only seventeen, not yet differentiated into an Alpha. Her face was more tender, but her aura was even stronger.
The most common sight Pei Xuezhi saw was Fu Chaoyun surrounded by a group of people. It wasn’t even that she actively called friends over; just whenever she stood up, that group would automatically gather around her.
It seemed that was also a kind of glory and something worth showing off.
The surrounded “Fu Chaoyun” was the center of the crowd, the focus of all eyes. That even more dazzling brilliance could not be hidden, nor could it be concealed.
She was the “focus” of the world, and all the myriad affections would converge upon her alone!
Such a scene suddenly made Pei Xuezhi think of the seventeen-year-old genius “Fu Chaoyun” she had learned about from the photo album during her first visit—a Fu Chaoyun different from this one.
Also so dazzling and eye-catching, one couldn’t look directly at her.
She didn’t know how the system operated, or how it had allowed her consciousness to invade this world…
In short.
Right now, Pei Xuezhi was bound to the other person’s vicinity by a strange force. She couldn’t get too far away from her. Even standing from a third-person perspective, like transparent air, or like a gust of wind, she watched everything about this seventeen-year-old “Fu Chaoyun”.
Just as the Fu family had once told her, the seventeen-year-old Fu Chaoyun was exceptionally outstanding.
Good family background, good social connections, and even better looks.
If these were all innate conditions, then she also hardly needed to put in any effort to easily achieve success.
And in—every single thing.
Pei Xuezhi, forced to follow by her side, knew very well that this Fu Chaoyun was not the type of ‘academic poser2‘ who played during the day and studied at night.
She truly didn’t need to put in much effort to obtain everything others dreamed of.
Everything.
At the same time, even if someone was jealous of her, she could easily resolve that displeasure and eventually become friends with that person.
She was born to be heaven’s favored child!
And watching all this, those fragmented memories in Pei Xuezhi’s mind from the past seemed to find their place, piecing themselves together one by one.
But strangely.
Pei Xuezhi also knew clearly that in the correct timeline, she shouldn’t have met Fu Chaoyun at this age.
She was two years different from Fu Chaoyun. Normally, that was about the gap between high school and middle school.
Pei Xuezhi had a high IQ and started school relatively early, so they were exactly three grades apart, a difference that meant they wouldn’t have met. Moreover, the private high school the other girl attended was not something her ordinary family could afford.
Her first meeting with the name “Fu Chaoyun,” with this body, should have been at Rong City University. At that time, there was another Omega by her side…
But at this very moment.
Another voice suddenly popped into her head.
It was telling her.
Everything she knew, understood, and remembered was false, was what ‘TA’3 wanted her to see, and all of it should be shattered!
She didn’t know how much time had passed in the normal world outside. In this temporal domain, Pei Xuezhi remained attached to Fu Chaoyun’s vicinity, passing day after day.
Until one day after school.
Fu Chaoyun was once again urged by the crowd to join in some excitement. Surrounded by people, she could only tell her family’s driver to go back first.
Although she went to the scene, the name “Fu Chaoyun” was clearly too famous in this area. The group fight ultimately didn’t happen, and the other side ran off dejectedly.
Her side won without a fight. Amidst a chorus of cheers, Fu Chaoyun, who wasn’t short on money, treated everyone to a meal. During the celebration, she got up to leave first.
The car she called was on its way. Fu Chaoyun refused her ‘little brothers”4 attempts to follow, waiting alone by the roadside.
Her head was slightly lowered, looking lazy and casual.
Suddenly, the meow of a small kitten came from nearby.
“A cat?”
The seventeen-year-old Fu Chaoyun still really liked fluffy things. Her interest was instantly piqued, and she followed the faint meow.
Pei Xuezhi, floating in mid-air, only felt a destiny-like burning and throbbing sensation well up in her heart.
Her heart pounded.
Thump, thump—
The uniformed female high school student had just reached the corner when a stray cat leaped out nimbly.
Fu Chaoyun saw it, but strangely, she didn’t chase it. Instead, she continued walking straight inside without stopping.
Thump, thump—
The sound of her heartbeat grew increasingly intense, as if some terrifying beast, some extremely dreadful thing, lived inside.
“My luck is really good.”
Fu Chaoyun’s footsteps finally stopped. A smile, light and cheerful to the extreme, flowed from her beautiful amber eyes.
“There’s another little kitten here.”
The streetlight was dim yellow, casting flickering shadows.
Fu Chaoyun’s standing figure cast a long shadow that stretched out continuously. In the dark and silent alleyway, there was another person.
That person looked up at the sound.
The first thing revealed was a pair of dark and wary eyes, so cold they seemed inorganic, chilling to the bone.
Fu Chaoyun, however, seemed not to have heard.
She walked closer, squatted down not far from the person, and extended her hand.
“Pretty and pitiful little kitten, want to come home with me?”
As she spoke, Fu Chaoyun tilted her head slightly, her long hair falling over her shoulder, looking exceptionally soft.
At the same time, she also completely exposed her face to the light. Her skin was fair, and her amber eyes held a gentle and translucent innocence.
Her voice was equally gentle.
“I like little kittens the most.”
Pei Xuezhi, who had followed along, was captivated by the sight before her. The person in the alleyway also looked up, and the face revealed was shockingly a younger version of herself.
Not much younger than this Fu Chaoyun; their facial features made them look more like peers. And that icy wariness all over her made her look even harder to deal with.
She also met Fu Chaoyun’s gaze, her expression showing not a hint of being moved, her voice cold and sharp, “—Get lost!”
So fierce.
Pei Xuezhi noticed something.
This young “Pei Xuezhi” seemed even more emotionally violent and unapproachable than she herself had been right after her rebirth.
But how could a favored child of heaven who had always had things go her way be scared off by this?
Fu Chaoyun was seen lightly twirling her fingertips, the movement like she was scratching a cat’s head from a distance. She tilted her head, leaned a bit closer, and at the same time, her smile became even more beautiful.
“Is the little kitten… acting spoiled?”
—Who exactly is the one acting spoiled!
Footnotes
- 镜花缘 | Jìng Huā Yuán | Title of a famous classic Chinese novel, “Flowers in the Mirror” by Li Ruzhen (李汝珍), completed in the Qing Dynasty. The term “镜花水月” (jìng huā shuǐ yuè – flower in the mirror, moon on the water) is a common idiom derived from similar imagery, meaning illusion, mirage, or something beautiful but unattainable/ephemeral.
- 学婊 | xué biǎo | A slang term, literally “study b#tch” or “academic green tea b#tch.” It refers to someone who pretends to not study or care about academics (often appearing to play around all day) but secretly works very hard to achieve good grades, sometimes looking down on others who openly strive or struggle.
- TA | Tā | Chinese internet slang for “he/she/it” (他/她/它), used when the gender is unknown, irrelevant, or to be deliberately ambiguous. It’s a capitalized Pinyin representation.
- 小弟 | xiǎodì | Literally “little brother(s).” In this context, it refers to followers, underlings, or a posse, often in a gang-like or popular group leader sense.
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