Transmigrating as the Scum A with a Sweet Black Lotus O Female Lead

Scum A with a Sweet Black Lotus O – Chapter 16

by Little Panda

Oh wow~ Happy to hear and glad to see the Asura realm!

(“修罗场” literally means “Asura realm” in Buddhist mythology, but is used colloquially to refer to a chaotic situation with multiple people in conflict, often in romantic contexts.)

After that, Qi Changfeng didn’t cause any more trouble.

The guests had been busy since early morning, and they needed to rest too. Besides, they hadn’t unpacked their luggage in their respective rooms yet.

The afternoon was set as free time.

Of course, if you wanted to hang out with others, it was fine as long as you agreed with each other.

The production team was actually happy for the guests to do so, as the audience loved to watch that.

Fu Chaoyun tidied up her room a bit, then started to “lie flat like a salted fish” (an expression meaning to do nothing and relax), not trying to increase her likability with the others, and also refusing others’ attempts to increase theirs with her.

She lay there until 4:30 PM, then went downstairs to prepare dinner.

The show provided quite generous funding—after all, this was a dating reality show, not some “Extreme Makeover: Hardship Edition”!

Moreover, the production team also tacitly allowed guests to spend their own money to show off.

During the morning’s supermarket trip, the other two groups had bought hot pot ingredients and seasoning packets. Fu Chaoyun and Pei Xuezhi’s group had also picked quite a few vegetables, so they agreed to keep dinner simple and have hot pot together.

The others all agreed, and Fu Chaoyun naturally had no objections.

When everything was ready and they sat down, her left and right “bodyguards” also took their seats again.

Fu Chaoyun: “……”

Alright, as long as you’re happy :)

It must be said that hot pot is indeed a great invention. As the steam rose up, everyone ate and dipped food, and their relationships were subtly improved.

【Ding—As a Southerner who absolutely cannot eat spicy food……】

Fu Chaoyun was stunned for a moment, “But I can eat spicy food.”

【Oh, I’m not talking about you, it’s Pei Xuezhi.】 The system added the subject, 【Anyway, please ensure the other person’s dining experience during this meal.】

“……”

Is this dog system really getting more and more out of line?!

They were using a “yuanyang guo” (a split pot with two separate sections for different broths).

Fu Chaoyun looked up and saw Qi Changfeng, sitting across from her, had just taken his chopsticks out of the spicy side and was about to poke them into the clear broth side.

Fu Chaoyun’s body moved faster than her brain, and she used her own chopsticks to block Qi Changfeng’s.

This move completely confused Qi Changfeng, and at the same time, the noise from the chopsticks colliding was quite loud, causing the others to look over.

“Use the public chopsticks,” Fu Chaoyun said calmly, facing everyone’s gaze.

There were public chopsticks prepared next to the hot pot. Everyone was polite at first and used them, but as they got more into the meal, they stopped paying attention to such things.

Qi Changfeng wasn’t the only one directly taking food from the spicy side. When Fu Chaoyun brought this up, the atmosphere suddenly became a bit tense.

【Ah, is this germaphobia?】

【To be honest, it’s quite awkward.】

【Germaphobia is indeed… hard to deal with, but I remember Fu Chaoyun was eating just fine with everyone at lunch earlier.】

“Do you dislike sharing food with others?”

Fu Li seemed to have truly become “infatuated” with Fu Chaoyun, and was still trying to speak up for her at this moment, “Actually, the temperature of the hot pot is very high, so putting chopsticks in is equivalent to sterilizing them…”

“I can’t eat spicy food,” Fu Chaoyun gave a reason that no one could refuse, “Feel free to use your own chopsticks for the spicy side, but please use the public chopsticks for the clear broth side.”

“…………”

Alright then.

Everyone fell silent, except for Pei Xuezhi who glanced at Fu Chaoyun a few extra times.

In the end, it was Jian Yi, Ni Jiaojiao, and Fu Li who smoothed things over, managing to move past this incident.

Qi Changfeng, being an alpha, had always been excellent since childhood, and his family background wasn’t bad either. When had he ever been openly defied like this?

He was feeling angry, and even with Ni Jiaojiao’s consolation, he couldn’t swallow this anger. He kept staring at Fu Chaoyun afterwards.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

“Fu Chaoyun, didn’t you say you couldn’t eat spicy food?!” Seeing Fu Chaoyun’s chopsticks dip into the spicy pot to swish meat, Qi Changfeng shouted loudly like he’d caught a thief.

Hmph!

He finally caught her, and he wanted to see what she had to say now!

Before Fu Chaoyun could explain, Pei Xuezhi spoke first, “Sorry, actually I’m the one who can’t eat spicy food, not even a little bit.”

As she said this, her clear black eyes looked at Qi Changfeng, as if asking: Do you have anything else to say?

Qi Changfeng was stunned.

He had assumed Ni Jiaojiao was an omega, so the remaining female alpha must be either Fu Chaoyun or Pei Xuezhi.

As an alpha himself, based on his understanding of this gender, he felt Fu Chaoyun was more likely to be an alpha between the two, so Pei Xuezhi was probably a beta.

But for some reason, while he could argue with Fu Chaoyun, he always felt a bit weak when facing Pei Xuezhi…

She’s at most just a beta, what was he afraid of?!

Qi Changfeng mustered up courage and faced Pei Xuezhi again—

Qi Changfeng: “…Then it’s fine.”

【Is this all an alpha male Qi Changfeng can do?】

【I declare, male alphas are indeed useless, female alphas are the coolest!】

【Pei Xuezhi, it’s always for Pei Xuezhi!】

【Fu Chaoyun: Pei Xuezhi, for you I can fight against the whole world!】

【Pei Xuezhi: …It’s not that serious.】

On the side.

Jian Yi once again showed his familiar auntie smile;

Ni Jiaojiao didn’t care about the dejected Qi Changfeng, she looked at Jian Yi next to her who obviously knew something, seeing the latter nod, she covered her mouth in surprise, then looked at Fu Chaoyun and Pei Xuezhi with sparkling eyes;

One of the parties involved, Pei Xuezhi, maintained an indifferent expression throughout;

At the scene, Qi Changfeng and Fu Li were the only two disappointed people, albeit for different reasons.

Fu Chaoyun was busy poking the system, “Why did Pei Xuezhi suddenly speak up for me?”

【Where there’s a will, there’s a way. As long as you do your tasks well…】

Before the system could finish speaking, Fu Chaoyun had already given her own response, “As expected, the female lead was also captivated by my beauty. Everyone’s a face-con! That’ll make communication much easier!”

【…】

The system remained silent for a while, 【Whatever makes you happy.】

Qi Changfeng didn’t enjoy this meal. After dinner, he hurriedly rushed to confront Fu Chaoyun.

“What are you doing?” Fu Chaoyun was about to go upstairs, lazily leaning against the stair railing, her posture casual and not at all nervous.

Pei Xuezhi hadn’t gone far and glanced in this direction upon hearing the commotion.

【Haha, Pei Xuezhi is really keeping a constant watch!】

【Can’t help it, who told a certain little ♂fairy♂ to be so attractive (shrug)】

【No choice, after all, she was the one who made Fu Chaoyun’s waist ♂bad♂, for her own ♂happiness♂, she has to keep a close eye until it heals.】

【You’re not right, I’ve changed color! (meaning: I’m shocked/surprised)】

【Suddenly pervert.jpg】

【But what’s this about?】

【Qi Changfeng can’t deal with Pei Xuezhi so he’s taking it out on Fu Chaoyun?】

Being watched by Pei Xuezhi, Qi Changfeng’s scalp instantly went numb, he hurriedly explained, “It’s not a fight, just some private matters I want to ask about, let’s talk alone.”

“Let’s step aside to talk.”

Confirming there was no problem here, Pei Xuezhi returned to her room, and Fu Chaoyun also moved with Qi Changfeng to a corner where no one was around.

“Go ahead and speak.” Fu Chaoyun said.

As soon as Qi Changfeng opened his mouth, it was a plea, “Teacher Fu, please start your class!”

Fu Chaoyun: “………………?”

Qi Changfeng’s chatterbox simply couldn’t be stopped.

“This morning when Pei Xuezhi came, she was still ignoring you. But after just a trip to the supermarket, you two were alone for only about half an hour. How did you make her suddenly change her attitude and become so attentive to you?”

“Was it the ‘bitter flesh trick’ (a strategy of deliberately getting hurt to gain sympathy)?”

“For that ‘bitter flesh trick’, do you go straight into it, or do you need to set up some backstory first? Oh right, which part is best to injure?”

“Stop!”

Fu Chaoyun called out, looking very strangely at this alpha chatterbox, “Where did you see that she’s attentive to me?”

She still had to complete tasks to pay off her debt, and be on guard against Pei Xuezhi developing any unnecessary thoughts about her kidneys at any moment!

“Wow! At this point, can you stop pretending? After you used the ‘bitter flesh trick’, Pei Xuezhi was so attentive to you! When we were eating hot pot, I was just about to give you trouble, but Pei Xuezhi gave me a look…”

“That’s because I was originally speaking on her behalf,” Fu Chaoyun explained.

Fu Chaoyun’s relationship with Pei Xuezhi wasn’t that good naturally.

Now Pei Xuezhi was getting close to her, entirely because of the bitter flesh… no, because her waist was indeed injured while saving the other person.

Although the later Pei Xuezhi in the original story turned seriously evil, everything hasn’t happened yet, and Pei Xuezhi might look cold, but she’s still a person who can clearly distinguish right from wrong.

“Stop pretending.”

Qi Changfeng’s eyes clearly showed disbelief, “Anyway, we have different goals, there’s no competition between us, just help me out—consider it saving a brother! Please!!”

Fu Chaoyun: “…………”

Thanks, she doesn’t want to gain a stupid brother for free :)

The danmu comments were dying of laughter.

【So Qi Changfeng came to ask for strategies!】

【Fu Chaoyun and Pei Xuezhi’s team is currently progressing rapidly, far ahead! First in the whole class! Qi Changfeng came to copy homework… No problem at all!】

【It’s just like when I wanted to pursue someone, I begged the dog-headed military advisor in my dorm to give me ideas and strategies.】

In the end, Fu Chaoyun was pestered so much that she had no choice but to casually give a few pointers. Qi Changfeng treated them like treasures.

“When I succeed in my love, I definitely won’t forget you!”

“Then I wish you success soon, and don’t come bother me again.” Fu Chaoyun couldn’t count on this person at all.

However, Qi Changfeng showed a meaningful and ambiguous expression, “I understand…”

You want to have a world of two, how can outsiders come to disturb, right?

Fu Chaoyun: ???

What exactly do you understand!

【Haha, these two really make me die laughing!】

【I feel like Fu Chaoyun is also left speechless by Qi Changfeng!】

【I don’t understand either… Now Qi Changfeng is locked as an alpha, right? He’s very alpha in front of Ni Jiaojiao, why is he so weak in front of Fu Chaoyun?!】

【When these two stand together, it feels like Fu Chaoyun is more like an alpha, hmm, probably because her brain seems more normal… But if you switch to Fu Chaoyun and Pei Xuezhi, it seems like Pei Xuezhi has a stronger presence and is more alpha?】

【Dying of laughter, is this a dating show food chain? (meaning: a hierarchy in relationships)】

On this side, Fu Chaoyun finally managed to “coax” Qi Changfeng away, but as she turned around, she was stopped by another person.

“Can we talk?” It was Fu Li.

“…”

Fu Chaoyun just felt so tired, “Can we do it next time?”

Fu Li looked soft, weak, and timid, but this time his gaze towards Fu Chaoyun was particularly determined, “No… we can’t.”

With so many cameras watching, Fu Chaoyun couldn’t completely disregard face (meaning: reputation or dignity), so she reluctantly leaned against the wall, looking lazy and relaxed.

“Fine, go ahead and speak.” Fu “Automatic Chatbot” Chaoyun took on a listening posture.

“Well…” Fu Li gathered his courage to ask, “Are you and Pei Xuezhi locked (meaning: committed to each other) yet?”

Perhaps because Qi Changfeng had repeatedly mentioned Pei Xuezhi’s name in her ear just now, saying it so many times, Fu Chaoyun had lost her initial sense of caution.

Now hearing it again, she felt not at all surprised, at most the question was just a bit more absurd.

“No,” Fu Chaoyun told the truth, but her tone was indifferent.

“Then in the show, are you only considering her… now?”

“What do you mean?” Fu Chaoyun raised an eyebrow slightly, turning the tables.

Fu Li’s face was very red, shy and embarrassed, “Because I saw that you seem to be taking care of her all the time… Everyone knows you two knew each other before coming here, and just now during dinner, you even remembered her taste preferences…”

Fu Chaoyun’s mouth twitched slightly.

That was a task issued by the system. If she didn’t do it, the Fu family would go bankrupt immediately. How could she dare refuse?

Fu Chaoyun pondered that right now, Pei Xuezhi was only forced to be bound to her because of her injury and out of a sense of responsibility.

When they first met, even during Pei Xuezhi’s sensitive period, she was able to maintain rationality and viewed her as a fierce beast. Thinking back to the awful things that scumbag alpha did before, Pei Xuezhi probably hates her to death.

It’s better to clarify this.

She’s already carrying the title of scumbag alpha, and it doesn’t matter if she’s completely rotten, but the female lead is still pure and innocent…

Thinking of this, Fu Chaoyun said, “You’re overthinking it, we’re just friends.”

“But your care for her…”

“That’s just a little hobby of mine.” Fu Chaoyun lied with an unchanged expression.

Danmu: 【Ah yes, yes, it’s all just a hobby… Can Fu Chaoyun’s excuse be any more perfunctory?】

Regardless of what the danmu said, Fu Li heard this answer and suddenly let out a sigh of relief, then suddenly raised his head.

“Fu, Fu Chaoyun…”

Fu Chaoyun: “Hm?”

The eyes of the male omega in front of her were completely different from Pei Xuezhi’s, slightly rounder, naturally youthful-looking, clear and pure, easy to see through, and with a hint of warmth.

At this moment, his eyes were moist, and combined with his slender and petite figure as an omega, he looked even more like a harmless, lively little deer.

“Then… then can you add a little more hobby, or say, add one more person to your list of little hobbies?”

Fu Li’s cheeks turned bright red, but like a gambler, he invested all his courage to add the last sentence.

“Fu Chaoyun.” His voice carried the unique softness and coquettishness of a male omega, “Can you also take care of me?”

【Holy crap! What a direct hit!】

【He really wants to break up the cp and join in himself at every moment, huh?!】

【I have to say, as an omega, Fu Li’s behavior is already very bold, bravely expressing his feelings to the other person… Thinking about myself, I suddenly feel my eyes getting a bit wet.】

【As a fellow omega, I can’t dislike him for daring to pursue love… But how is he so sure that Fu Chaoyun is the remaining female alpha?】

【No! No no no — I still can’t accept it, Chaoyun and Muyu are the best! Double beauties yyds (meaning: forever)!!!】

【Damn, it’s only the first day of the livestream, and you guys already have a cp name? That’s quick!】

Fu Chaoyun lowered her head, looking at the omega in front of her with eyes that seemed to contain some inexplicable depth, instantly making the hearts of many viewers tense up.

【Holy crap, don’t tell me Fu Chaoyun is moved?】

【Hard to say, it’s quite touching after all.】

【Nooo! I won’t allow it! Mom doesn’t agree with you two being together!!】

【Jianyi? Where’s Jianyi? Someone’s trying to break up the cp you ship here, your cp is about to be, hurry up and come save it! It’s! Super! Urgent!】

Before Fu Chaoyun could respond.

Crack——

The door beside them opened.

Fu Chaoyun turned her head towards the sound, and saw Pei Xuezhi walk out of the room. As soon as she looked up, their eyes met.