Scum A with a Sweet Black Lotus O – Chapter 24
by Little PandaA Kiss
The danmu explode!
【Pei Xuezhi: Your way of addressing me is nice, now it’s mine.】
【Fu Li: Listen to me, thank you…】
【This is the correct way to use terms of address √】
【Things like ‘Sister Yun’… when Fu Li says it, it feels greasy [creepy], but when Pei Xuezhi says it, it’s just perfect!】
【This is what being a double-standard dog [hypocrite] is like, but dbq [duibuqi = sorry], I am one too】
【I declare, today’s Pei Xuezhi is no longer wood, she is firewood, such a fire! [wordplay on 薪/xin meaning both firewood and salary]】
【No! She is the King of Fire!!!】
【Ahhh—haha kswlwskl [button smashing]】
【Motto motto! [Japanese: more more]】
【Someone come sha [internet slang: kill] me now to help their excitement! Consider it a wedding gift!!!】
The system is even more explosive than the comments, 【Ahhhh what are you doing? Fu Chaoyun, quickly push that person away!】
The system is so anxious its CPU (…) is about to burn up!
It scolds Fu Chaoyun, but Fu Chaoyun chooses to play dead [pretend to ignore], so it can only grumble and turn its attention to Pei Xuezhi.
【Female lead! Pei Xuezhi! What are you doing now?!】
【The one in front of you is a scummy alpha!】
【If I hadn’t suddenly appeared to issue missions, you would definitely have been tormented terribly by this person. Weren’t you doing so well keeping your distance these past few days? Why are you suddenly getting close again?】
【Don’t you remember how she caused you trouble by pursuing you at school before?】
【You never learn!】
【This makes me so angry!】
【You might as well not be the female lead anymore, let! me! do! it!】
Of course, every heartfelt word that the system screams out in its mechanical voice, Pei Xuezhi cannot hear a single character.
In the end, the one being harassed is still its host, Fu Chaoyun :)
At this moment.
The light is dim, creating an ambiguous atmosphere.
It seems like the perfect breeding ground [environment] for nurturing all kinds of emotions.
Fu Chaoyun stares steadily at Pei Xuezhi, as if deeply enchanted by the other’s flowing gaze at this moment.
Fu Chaoyun has always been two points [a bit] taller than Pei Xuezhi. There are natural physical differences between alphas and omegas that no amount of later training can make up for. Plus, at this moment, Pei Xuezhi is perhaps doing it deliberately, lifting her head to look at her.
This posture undoubtedly makes her look more beautiful and enchanting, but invisibly puts herself in a relatively vulnerable position.
At this moment, if the other person just leans down slightly, she will have nowhere to retreat.
Fu Chaoyun indeed does exactly this.
As she leans down, the powerful aura belonging to an alpha comes face to face, carrying an irresistible dominance and aggression, instantly enveloping Pei Xuezhi in a single moment.
“Pei Xuezhi,” Fu Chaoyun calls her.
Her voice is also somewhat low, this time using her formal full name rather than playful teasing.
In the darkness, even Fu Chaoyun’s warm amber eyes become somewhat deep, as if turning into thick honey, yet also like a wrapped blade, striking straight at her heart!
Fu Chaoyun asks: “Have you thought it through?”
Pei Xuezhi doesn’t respond.
Too close…
Every breath she takes is filled with Fu Chaoyun’s scent, warm, clear… and that bit of pheromone smell that even suppressants can’t control.
Fu Chaoyun’s pheromones smell like red wine, rich with a hint of astringency, unlike ordinary strong liquor, requiring one to savor it slowly.
But, as the saying goes, wine is a color matchmaker, only making people confused and disordered.
Just like its owner, it’s a thoroughly bad thing.
At this moment, Pei Xuezhi finally realizes she seems to have been too impulsive. As that person gradually approaches, Fu Chaoyun’s aura gradually comes toward her, thread by thread, strand by strand, enclosing her layer by layer, finally weaving into a dense cocoon, completely…
Completely locking her within, then violently devouring her whole!
Getting closer and closer.
Pei Xuezhi can clearly see Fu Chaoyun’s beautiful peach blossom eyes, tall and elegant nose bridge, especially those thin bright red lips, and the full, smooth forehead when lowering her head.
This position… it seems she’s going to kiss her?
Pei Xuezhi forces herself to calmly maintain eye contact, but just as Fu Chaoyun’s lips are about to touch her cheek, with only a hair’s breadth remaining.
She quickly turns her head away.
—No!!! Way!!!
This is both bodily instinct and a weakness.
“…Heh.”
Coincidentally, the movie reaches a scary part, the lights dim, an eerie BGM [background music] plays. In the darkness, Fu Chaoyun’s light laugh becomes particularly clear.
“Little Sister Xuezhi, you don’t seem very sincere.”
The form of address changes back, with Fu Chaoyun’s usual half-smiling teasing tone.
“Not quite working~”
But at this moment, because of the feeling of pressure, because she dares not look at the person, Pei Xuezhi cannot distinguish the truest emotion in the other’s words.
This can’t go on, should she hand over all initiative?
Pei Xuezhi’s hands hidden beneath her body clench tight, she forces herself to calm down, after several rounds of mental preparation, she finally brings herself to turn back—
“You…”
Just as she speaks one word, a shadow quickly flickers in the darkness, then her forehead feels warm, and quickly withdraws.
Pei Xuezhi is stunned.
Looking up, she meets Fu Chaoyun’s eyes.
Having just successfully sneak-attacked, Fu Chaoyun is in a good mood, lightly swaying the hand that just tapped Pei Xuezhi’s forehead—she had only lightly touched Pei Xuezhi’s forehead with her bent finger.
The joint still seems to retain the beauty’s warmth and softness, making Fu Chaoyun quite satisfied.
Her peach blossom eyes curve slightly, full of laughter at the bottom, corners lifted up, full of self-satisfaction, just like a little fox secretly pleased after successfully causing mischief.
Fu Chaoyun is also looking at her, her beautiful eyes returning to their warm and soft glow, as if the previous dark depths were just a small joke she played.
Fu Chaoyun is still smiling, bright and burning, without any malice, “Little Sister Xuezhi, why pretend to be strong?”
Pei Xuezhi bites her lower lip, and with the lowering of her head, reveals that fair and graceful neck, so delicate and distinct.
This usually dominant omega rarely shows a trace of vulnerability.
“If you don’t like it, don’t force yourself.” Fu Chaoyun says.
Her lightly swaying hand has already been withdrawn, and even her body has turned back, no longer looking at Pei Xuezhi, focusing entirely on the projection screen in front, seeming to be drawn into the movie’s plot again.
Only her voice comes through.
“Taking the initiative to get close doesn’t suit your personality and character setting to begin with, let me do it instead. Everyone should be used to my ‘no face no skin’ [shameless] behavior anyway~”
Fu Chaoyun speaks casually, seeming very open-minded and accepting, without showing any disappointment from Pei Xuezhi’s evasive rejection.
But Pei Xuezhi understands clearly, this is meant to comfort her.
There’s no movement beside her, only silence.
After a while, Fu Chaoyun speaks again.
“Don’t worry, tomorrow’s tiramisu won’t forget you, hmm… since Zhizhi just performed well, very brave, I like it, I’ll add an egg tart too.”
“It’ll sweeten you to death~!”
Word by word, sentence by sentence, though seemingly casual, it makes Pei Xuezhi’s heart unconsciously relax, and the distance between the two people returns to her comfortable zone.
But when she should feel at ease, why does she still feel so difficult to bear?
“Fu Chaoyun.” The clever Pei Xuezhi can’t figure it out, can only call Fu Chaoyun’s name.
For people with three-character names, being called by their full name inevitably feels unfamiliar and distant.
But if the person calling is Pei Xuezhi, it couldn’t be more normal.
At least it’s much more natural than her pretending to be intimate by calling “Sister Yun.”
Fu Chaoyun thinks to herself, she still prefers and is more used to Pei Xuezhi’s cool and aloof appearance.
“…Hmm?”
Fu Chaoyun is deeply absorbed in the movie, not turning her head.
Why…
Why is it that she clearly ignores Fu Li and others, why only, only…
Pei Xuezhi understands clearly that her initiative attack has failed this time. Since she’s failed, she should withdraw now, but for some inexplicable reason… she still approaches Fu Chaoyun.
Her heart feels blocked and bitter, very uncomfortable, but strangely, when she tries to get close to the person she once avoided at all costs, that bitter feeling slightly recedes, showing rare relaxation.
But immediately after, that unbearable bitterness surges back, doubled in intensity.
Pei Xuezhi’s mind is in turmoil, that clear and pleasant voice becomes hoarse, “Why? Why are you so good to me?”
Weren’t you just trying to forcefully possess and mark me… regardless of everything?
Fu Chaoyun finally turns back, in the darkness, her eyes are already bright and brilliant, without a trace of desire’s impurity, yet warm as if able to embrace everything.
“Didn’t I say it before?” Fu Chaoyun tilts her head, this naturally powerful alpha unexpectedly shows a hint of cuteness.
“I like beautiful things—’as long as it’s beautiful, anything goes,’ just like what you said back then. Zhizhi is very beautiful, so it’s okay to be a bit willful sometimes.”
Fu Chaoyun laughs lightly, under Pei Xuezhi’s gaze, her voice becomes soft, “Zhizhi is still young, so it’s okay. As long as it’s not too excessive, I will be tolerant of you.”
“Ah! Can this be said? The show’s production team seemed to say we need to keep it secret…”
“But tonight the ages and occupations will be announced anyway, so revealing a little bit early shouldn’t be a big problem… right?”
“Besides, I’ve been calling you Little Sister Xuezhi for so long, it would be stranger if people haven’t figured it out by now.”
Fu Chaoyun mumbles to herself, now displaying her powerful talent for silliness [sha diao = foolish/silly], truly a master at ruining the atmosphere.
The danmu comments are probably cursing again, but this behavior undoubtedly makes Pei Xuezhi much more relaxed.
Pei Xuezhi looks at her.
Suddenly feeling that—
Fu Chaoyun, who is talking about her being “beautiful,” is actually more beautiful and radiant than ever, and…
Makes one’s heart flutter endlessly.
Thinking this way, watching, the darkness in Pei Xuezhi’s black eyes gradually fades away, and her lips, which have been pressed straight since the beginning, move slightly.
…Forming a faint, not-quite-formed arc of a smile.
sO good
Fučk the systemmm
Finally got some progress, Fu Chaoyun.The system is in agony!
The system should just burn out, it is just evil with its actions against someone innocent who got dragged into the incompetence of the system.