Scum A with a Sweet Black Lotus O – Chapter 54
by Little PandaSister~
“What did Zhizhi say just now?”
After getting off the cloud-touching flying vehicle [云霄飞车 | yún xiāo fēi chē | roller coaster], Fu Chaoyun kept pursuing Pei Xuezhi with this question.
The speed had been too fast earlier, with only the rushing wind and screams in her ears, inevitably causing her adrenaline to surge, putting her in an excited state. Pei Xuezhi’s voice had been so faint beside her ear that if it weren’t for Pei Xuezhi’s temple hair brushing against her face, Fu Chaoyun wouldn’t have noticed at all.
But somewhere deep down, she had a feeling—
What Pei Xuezhi just said was important, more important than anything else said before.
Fu Chaoyun wanted an answer, but no matter how she asked, Pei Xuezhi kept shaking her head and staying silent.
“It’s nothing.”
She even tried to probe the System.
However, after discovering that the current situation was completely beyond its control, the System had been playing dead for a long time, now even leaving messages on read without responding.
Anyway, given Fu Chaoyun and Pei Xuezhi’s current relationship, they wouldn’t ignore anything that happened, so whether it issued tasks or not made no difference.
Fu Chaoyun thought about going back to watch the livestream replay to read lips, not knowing that Pei Xuezhi had deliberately chosen a hidden corner, with only a tiny bit of her lips captured, making it impossible to interpret.
However, this didn’t stop the livestream audience from speculating.
【Pei Xuezhi said: I like you.】
【Pei Xuezhi said: Choose me!】
【…Don’t just focus on how sweet Chaoyun Muxue are here, look behind them, Qi Changfeng looks like he’s about to die on the spot!】
“How are you feeling?”
Since everyone had gotten on the roller coaster together, naturally they all came down together. Suddenly hearing someone call out Qi Changfeng’s name from behind, Fu Chaoyun turned her head in confusion.
She saw Qi Changfeng with a deathly pale face, a muscular man of 1.85 meters, now trembling as he stood in the sunlight, looking completely drained at first glance.
Ni Jiaojiao and Xia Shiyi and others were gathered around him, though Ni Jiaojiao’s face showed concern while Xia Shiyi seemed to be enjoying the show.
“What’s wrong?”
Fu Chaoyun walked over while holding Pei Xuezhi’s hand, as the amusement park was crowded with people coming and going, and children running around—they couldn’t risk getting separated.
“His complexion looks terrible, is he afraid of heights?”
Qi Changfeng was standing purely through willpower at this moment. Meeting Ni Jiaojiao’s concerned and caring gaze, his direct alpha nature kicked in, instinctively wanting to say he was fine, but seeing Fu Chaoyun approaching, something clicked in his head and his words changed to:
“Mm… feeling sick… want to throw up…”
After saying this, he swayed rather theatrically, looking like he was about to lose balance. Ni Jiaojiao instinctively moved to support him, but Xia Shiyi stepped in first.
“Be careful now, if a big chunk of a guy like you falls, Jiaojiao-jie won’t be able to handle it.”
[LP: What do you guys think of keeping ‘jie’ and other similar things?]
Xia Shiyi’s words were ice-cold, seemingly caring but carrying a sarcastic tone.
Qi Changfeng’s pale face showed a weak smile, “I know, Ah Yi, thank you so much for this.”
Xia Shiyi was suddenly horrified, eyes widening, goosebumps rising all over.
Fu Chaoyun, who witnessed the entire scene: “…”
【Is Qi Changfeng copying Fu Chaoyun’s suffering trick from when she first entered the villa?】
【I believe he’s genuinely afraid of heights and uncomfortable, but… isn’t his performance a bit too theatrical? Completely unnatural, compared to Fu Chaoyun’s deliberate concealment that Pei Xuezhi smartly discovered, the effect is countless times worse!】
【Rating: 22, can’t go any higher!】
【Who cares if it’s bad, as long as it works!】
Even the bullet comments could see through it, so someone as clever as Pei Xuezhi couldn’t have missed it. She immediately turned to look at the person beside her.
Her dark eyes held a hint of mockery, seemingly amused.
Fu Chaoyun hadn’t expected Qi Changfeng’s performance to bring up her own past actions, and hurriedly explained.
“I really meant to handle it myself back then! You were the one who suddenly rushed in, Zhizhi…”
“So you’re blaming me now?” Pei Xuezhi’s voice was soft.
Fu Chaoyun frantically shook her head like a rattle drum, standing there, not daring to move at all.
After a moment.
Over there, Xia Shiyi had already called for a doctor (simple medical service) to check on Qi Changfeng, while here, Pei Xuezhi’s gaze gradually withdrew from Fu Chaoyun.
“Never mind,” she said, “I didn’t lose out anyway.”
Fu Chaoyun: “…”
【Ahhh what didn’t you lose out on, can you elaborate? Tell us specifically?】
【Just one question, can we ship this?!!!】
The patient Qi begged pitifully, and Doctor Jian, putting aside past grievances, finally wrote out a medical certificate.
Due to his acrophobia aftereffects, Qi Changfeng kept pitifully holding Ni Jiaojiao’s hand. Ni Jiaojiao had no choice but to care for this former CP, and naturally Xia Shiyi had to follow along. Suddenly, the long queue was missing a person.
Qin Zhenyan let out a slight sigh of relief.
Earlier, he and Fu Li had been sitting right behind those two, and clearly saw that Fu Chaoyun wasn’t afraid of heights at all, but rather quite excited. At this rate, all his previously set plans would end up benefiting others.
Qin Zhenyan quickly changed his plans.
“How about we try something gentler next? Like riding the carousel?”
Fu Li’s mission today was simply to keep Qin Zhenyan occupied, or rather, just to sit with him.
After a week’s effort, he had discovered that Qin Zhenyan was similar to Fu Chaoyun – all his attention was focused on Pei Xuezhi, showing absolutely no interest in him!
Jealousy aside, he had come to terms with it. Since that was the case, no point in wasting effort – why cast flirtatious eyebrows and eyes at a blind person, it would just be futile.
During the roller coaster ride, he hadn’t even bothered pretending to be scared, just keeping to himself alongside Qin Zhenyan. Now, Fu Li remained silent, just quietly observing.
Sure enough, Fu Chaoyun raised an eyebrow, glancing over lightly, “President Qin really has a childlike heart.”
Qin Zhenyan ignored her directly, “Miss Pei, what do you think?”
The show’s production team had explained the rules when they arrived – everyone else was just accompanying, only Qin Zhenyan and Pei Xuezhi could decide on activity choices.
At that moment, while Qin Zhenyan looked at Pei Xuezhi, she turned her head to look at the person beside her.
Since they were at an amusement park, spending most of their time outside in the hot and crowded environment, Pei Xuezhi hadn’t styled Fu Chaoyun’s hair elaborately, just simply tying it in a high ponytail.
The alpha’s thick hair perfectly suited this style, revealing a beautiful pale neck – which Pei Xuezhi had made sure to apply sunscreen to.
Combined with Fu Chaoyun’s outfit today, she looked increasingly young and vibrant, as if still a student.
Someone was indeed in a playful mood today.
Pei Xuezhi, being indulgent, looked at Qin Zhenyan and said, “Sorry, I’d still like to try something more thrilling. If President Qin finds it uncomfortable, you can wait for me below…”
She paused.
“Wait for us to finish and then regroup for the next activity.”
Qin Zhenyan’s face darkened.
【Ahhhh this is completely unreasonable favoritism!】
【Your uncle dotes on her father!】
【Honestly, Qin Zhenyan should just back off, can’t he see their relationship is developing rapidly with no room for interference? If he keeps jumping around, he’ll just end up humiliating himself. He’s a company president after all, should keep some face…】
【+1】
【Actually, it wouldn’t be bad if he turned his attention to Fu Li instead. Although Fu Li probably isn’t that sincere about Qin Zhenyan anymore, at least he could get an omega as a CP right? Alpha-Omega relationships are better for shipping than Alpha-Beta ones, they could easily create some sweet romance content… He’s a big shot CEO who put aside company matters to join a dating show, surely he’s not really here looking for true love? As adults, keep things simple.】
Afterward, the remaining six people experienced a series of high-altitude attractions, had a meal in between, and took a break.
By the time they got to Qin Zhenyan’s suggested carousel ride, it was nearly four in the afternoon.
The carousel at the amusement park was mainly frequented by children and young people, so the decorations were bright and colorful, full of childlike charm.
Fu Chaoyun, Pei Xuezhi, and Fu Li were all just in their early twenties, blending in perfectly when seated here. Qin Zhenyan was actually dressed appropriately too, but his darkened face made him seem slightly out of place.
No children dared to sit on the carousel horses near him.
Fu Chaoyun, having just gotten off the drop tower, had calmed down from her excitement a bit and finally noticed two people were missing.
“Where’s Yi-ge [Brother Yi]?”
Pei Xuezhi, sitting slightly beside her, looked over with seemingly deep eyes, “Tang Ying sprained her ankle, he went to rest with her.”
Fu Chaoyun nodded, “Oh.”
“Aren’t you worried?”
【Here it comes, here it comes, the death question!】
【Current girlfriend mentioning ex-girlfriend… one wrong answer and the house gets burned down, more more I love to watch!】
【Seriously speaking, these two weren’t actually together, right?】
Fu Chaoyun seemed unaware of the approaching danger, responding naturally, “Huh? Yi-ge is professional about this stuff, with him there’s nothing to worry about, right?”
Pei Xuezhi didn’t speak, just looked at her.
Fu Chaoyun still seemed oblivious, asking to borrow the camera from the cameraman riding another “horse” nearby.
“Zhizhi~!”
After fiddling with it briefly, she turned around suddenly, exclaiming excitedly.
Pei Xuezhi wasn’t startled.
“What is it?”
This wasn’t the first time Fu Chaoyun had filmed her, so Pei Xuezhi was somewhat experienced, looking directly at the camera.
The two weren’t sitting together, but rather staggered half a body’s width apart, each riding their own carousel horse.
Fu Chaoyun was slightly ahead, with Pei Xuezhi behind.
Pei Xuezhi’s horse was pink, very ornate and cute. As the horse naturally moved up and down, her tied-up black hair and hair ribbon floated gently, unconsciously softening her cool demeanor.
“Are you happy?” Fu Chaoyun asked.
“It’s alright.”
Pei Xuezhi wasn’t afraid of anything. Throughout this half day, they’d been doing activities that Fu Chaoyun liked – she herself didn’t really mind either way.
Though not having to sit with Qin Zhenyan was probably good… right?
Over there, Fu Chaoyun held the camera with both hands, supporting herself only with her lower body while filming. Even though the carousel was moving slowly, Pei Xuezhi still cautioned:
“Be careful.”
“I’m awesome at this!” The alph huffed, then continued coaxing Pei Xuezhi, “Come on Zhizhi, smile?”
Pei Xuezhi glanced at the camera.
“Are you sure?”
Someone nodded.
Pei Xuezhi mimicked that person’s expression by raising an eyebrow, her demeanor showing a hint of similarity.
She rarely smiled in daily life, not because of maintaining an image, but because she naturally had a high threshold for humor or perhaps there wasn’t much to laugh about, so she always maintained a cool and aloof appearance.
But at this moment, perhaps because the person opposite looked so silly holding the camera, Pei Xuezhi unconsciously curved her lips slightly, tilting her head up as fragments of reflected sunlight fell into her eyes.
【Ahhh is it coming? Is it coming? Pei Xuezhi’s beauty attack!】
【Wuwuwu Fu Chaoyun is really so casual, showing everyone her wife’s beautiful photos like this.】
【Everyone here shipping Fu Chaoyun isn’t too much, right?】
Just as the livestream audience was filled with anticipation, the screen suddenly went dark.
【???】
Fu Chaoyun’s hand blocked the lens, and the beautiful omega with smiling eyes and a radiant expression could only be seen clearly by her alone.
“My Zhizhi, not letting them see.”
The alpha added quite possessively.
The fine light fell on the corner of Pei Xuezhi’s eyes, where a subtle yet beautiful smile was seeping through, enough to melt glaciers.
Hearing this, her smile deepened slightly, and then, in the darkened screen, only Pei Xuezhi’s voice could be heard.
Soft and gentle.
“Okay.”
The two got off the carousel.
Whether it was due to the stimulation of the past half day that Qin Zhenyan finally came to his senses and decided to give up, at least he wasn’t seen at the moment.
Better not to see him at all!
Fu Chaoyun thought, then spotted an ice cream truck ahead and turned to ask Pei Xuezhi, “Zhizhi, want some ice cream?”
Pei Xuezhi shook her head.
During lunch, she had reapplied sunscreen spray on Fu Chaoyun, and they’d used an umbrella when walking in the sun between rides. Her complexion still looked good, with just a slight flush that was natural after physical activity.
However, after her refusal, the alpha kept staring at her expectantly, as if her invisible tail had drooped down.
Pei Xuezhi: “…”
What wasn’t there to understand? Clearly someone wanted ice cream herself.
Pei Xuezhi nodded slightly, “That’s fine.”
Fu Chaoyun’s eyes suddenly brightened, and Pei Xuezhi couldn’t help but glance behind her – if someone had a tail right now, it would probably be wagging fast enough to create afterimages!
“Then what flavor does Zhizhi like?”
“Anything is fine.”
“No, you must choose one.”
“I don’t particularly like any.” Pei Xuezhi sighed, “If I must say, nothing too sweet?”
Fu Chaoyun thought for a moment, “Then I’ll go look, if it’s not good, we can share and switch.”
“Alright.”
“Then Zhizhi wait here for me—”
As she spoke and was about to leave, Pei Xuezhi grabbed her hand.
“Wait.”
They were still standing under the carousel, away from the sun. Pei Xuezhi looked at the dozen or so people queuing at the ice cream truck, then reached into her bag for an umbrella, handed it to Fu Chaoyun, and said:
“Let’s go together, I’ll… choose the flavor myself.”
Fu Chaoyun nodded.
The two were about the same height, and Pei Xuezhi ended up holding the umbrella. They stood in line together, with Fu Chaoyun standing slightly behind, idly playing with Pei Xuezhi’s hair.
Suddenly, a gust of wind rushed past.
They turned their heads to see a little boy running past quickly, holding a perfectly intact ice cream cone, while a little girl in a dress stood nearby, stunned for a moment before bursting into tears with a “Waa” and calling for her mother.
What wasn’t there to understand?
The little girl’s newly acquired ice cream had been snatched away by a naughty boy.
Pei Xuezhi’s brows furrowed slightly, and she was about to hand the umbrella to Fu Chaoyun, but the latter patted her hand first.
“I’ll go.”
Then the alpha darted out and caught the little boy who had snatched the ice cream.
The little boy was very stubborn, constantly resisting, but such force was merely futile struggling against an adult alpha. Fu Chaoyun placed him in front of the little girl, pressing down on his head.
“Return it, and apologize.”
The little girl stopped crying abruptly upon seeing her returned ice cream; while the little boy, after struggling a bit more, finally yielded to Fu Chaoyun’s pressure and held out the ice cream to the little girl, muttering:
“I was just teasing her, we know each other, and I just took it, wasn’t going to eat it…”
Fu Chaoyun glanced at the little girl, “You know each other?”
The little girl who got her ice cream back nodded, calling out to the boy, “Binbin-gege.”
So they really did know each other.
When Pei Xuezhi walked over, she saw Fu Chaoyun still lecturing the child. The little boy was slightly taller, but only reached Fu Chaoyun’s waist, and she could restrain him with one hand.
“Even if you know each other, you can’t bully people like this. Didn’t you see she was crying? Making a younger sister cry, what, are you proud of yourself?”
Unexpectedly, the little boy had clear logic and talked back, “You’re also bullying me now because you’re bigger…”
“This is called upholding justice and maintaining order!”
Completely matching the intelligence level of a child several years old.
Pei Xuezhi observed that while Fu Chaoyun was restraining the boy, she was also ensuring he wouldn’t get lost in the crowd, so she didn’t intervene.
Instead, she crouched down and used a tissue to wipe the face of the little girl who had been crying. The little girl held her ice cream without moving, just staring blankly at Pei Xuezhi, finally managing to say:
“Jiejie, pretty~”
Pei Xuezhi smiled at this childish speech, which Fu Chaoyun saw and called out “Zhizhi.”
The little boy who had been arguing with her looked over, “Are you two together?”
Fu Chaoyun: “Mm-hmm~”
The little boy drew in a sharp breath, “Then why is she so gentle while you look so fierce?”
“…Shut up!”
Over there, seeing the little girl still staring at her, Pei Xuezhi reminded her, “Eat quickly, or it will melt.”
“Pretty jiejie, for you…”
Pei Xuezhi shook her head, patting the little girl’s head, “Jiejie has money, can buy her own.”
Beside them, Fu Chaoyun and the little boy’s elementary school-level argument had stopped at some point, and in the sunlight, the previously fierce Fu Chaoyun stood there, quietly looking down at her, amber eyes filled with warm light.
She patted the little girl’s head again, “This jiejie helped get your ice cream back.”
“Thank you, jiejie,” the little girl said obediently.
“You’re welcome,” Fu Chaoyun responded gently, but her tone changed when looking at the little boy again, “See how well-behaved meimei [younger sister] is? Learn from her!”
The little boy no longer wanted to discuss these matters with Fu Chaoyun, instead staring at her.
“You’re an alpha, right?”
“Mm-hmm~”
“Alphas are amazing, when I grow up I want to become an alpha…”
In the ABO world, people are born male or female, but the true ABO designation only manifests during adult differentiation.
In short, anything was possible.
“That’s not necessarily true,” Fu Chaoyun looked the boy up and down, saying.
“I’m strong, fast, tall, I’ll definitely become an alpha!”
“Am I good-looking?” Fu Chaoyun suddenly asked.
The little boy’s face flushed red – children his age could distinguish beauty, “Well… barely passable.”
Fu Chaoyun ignored the child’s coy attitude and continued.
“Actually, when I was little, I was pretty and not tall. Everyone thought I would differentiate into an omega, and quite a few people bullied me.”
“Then… then what happened?”
“Then I differentiated into an alpha! Suddenly grew tall, I could take on ten kids like you! Oh, and those people who used to bully me…” Fu Chaoyun suddenly showed a slightly sinister smile, “I got revenge on all of them.”
The little boy looked at the pretty little sister quietly eating ice cream, then at the extremely beautiful alpha before him, and suddenly shuddered.
Finally, the little boy left holding his sister’s hand, and Fu Chaoyun and Pei Xuezhi got their own ice creams.
Fu Chaoyun’s was matcha flavored, while Pei Xuezhi’s was vanilla.
Fu Chaoyun had just bitten off the tip when she heard Pei Xuezhi say, “Miss Fu, don’t you feel guilty lying to children like that?”
Fu Chaoyun looked up, blinking innocently.
“I did it for their sibling harmony, and besides…” she leaned her face closer, looking pitiful, “Zhizhi, am I not good-looking?”
Pei Xuezhi paused.
Good-looking.
How could she not be good-looking?
The face before her could be described as radiantly beautiful, without a single flaw. While she was lost in thought, Fu Chaoyun took a bite of her ice cream.
This had become common since that day they shared bubble tea, so it wasn’t awkward. Fu Chaoyun sampled it thoughtfully.
“Not bad, not too sweet.”
She held out her own, “Zhizhi, want to try mine?”
Pei Xuezhi met someone’s sparkling eyes and finally lowered her head, choosing to indulge that person’s desire.
After a light taste, they switched back.
“But Zhizhi was so gentle with the children just now, you’ll probably be a good mother in the future, right?”
Pei Xuezhi’s movements froze again.
Mother?
This seemed too distant a matter. She looked down at the gradually melting ice cream in her hand.
“I don’t like children.”
“Pff!”
At these few words, Fu Chaoyun suddenly burst out laughing, laughing so hard her head leaned against Pei Xuezhi’s shoulder, yet still remembering to keep the ice cream away to avoid staining Pei Xuezhi’s clean clothes.
“Why does this sound so familiar? Hmm… I remember when I first came, Zhizhi also told me—”
She spoke while laughing, raising her head to imitate Pei Xuezhi’s former cold demeanor.
“Don’t want an alpha.”
“I don’t like being too close to people.”
“You’re not my type.”
Pei Xuezhi: “…”
【I’ve finally waited for this day!】
【Hahaha so satisfying, this woman is finally bringing up old accounts!】
【Fu Chaoyun: I know how to say things that make Zhizhi embarrassed.】
Her imitation was perfect, and even Pei Xuezhi, who was typically indifferent to most external matters, felt her face growing warm.
With Pei Xuezhi’s personality, she really couldn’t say something like “those don’t count.”
And that alpha, after imitating her, looked at her with a smiling face, seemingly teasing yet also as if seeking some reward.
How dare she… just because she had been indulged these past few days?
Pei Xuezhi suddenly reached out her hand.
She first tugged lightly at Fu Chaoyun’s hair ribbon from behind, not undoing it, then her slender, snow-white arm hooked around Fu Chaoyun’s neck, pulling her down while drawing closer to herself.
“Did Miss Fu enjoy the afternoon?”
A sudden change of topic.
Fu Chaoyun carefully considered the potential verbal trap here, but Pei Xuezhi before her was too beautiful, and she still fell for it unconsciously.
“Yes.”
“Then isn’t it time for Miss Fu to accompany me?”
“Sure~”
Pei Xuezhi smiled, her cool dark eyes now rippling with amusement, delicate and subtle, like countless stars scattered across the sky, flowing into the mortal realm.
Pei Xuezhi simply wrapped both arms around her, lips moving to Fu Chaoyun’s ear. In the scorching summer day, each breath was intensely hot.
Her voice lowered slightly, gentle yet bewitchingly seductive.
“I suddenly want to visit the haunted house, is that okay?”
She called out, syllable by syllable, with utmost sweetness—
“Jie~jie~”
She’s using a dangerous tactic LMAOO
Pei Xuezhi attacksss!