Scum A with a Sweet Black Lotus O – Chapter 62
by Little PandaCome to my room (bushi)
[bushi | 不是 | internet slang indicating a joke or sarcasm | LP: Have I noted this? Well, here it is again]
Fu Chaoyun’s expression turned slightly serious.
The bathroom was brightly lit. Zhao Yujun couldn’t smoke, only leaning lazily against the door panel, head slightly lowered, her gaze downcast, not looking at anyone.
A streak of light happened to fall from above her head.
From this angle, her eyes appeared a bit darker, most of her face submerged in darkness, appearing somewhat gloomy.
In this moment, Fu Chaoyun felt her friend wasn’t talking to herself.
“Thank you.”
She first thanked Zhao Yujun for her suggestion, then said, “I know you’re concerned about me, but I don’t want to do that.”
Zhao Yujun raised her head, her gaze falling down, containing an unmistakable darkness.
“…Oh?”
Fu Chaoyun knew that shadow wasn’t directed at her, and spoke.
“When two people are together, they still need to give each other space to exist.”
“She is still her, I am still me, it’s just that our originally parallel life lines gradually overlap, using this intersection as a foundation to extend, forming a new circle.”
“I hope this process is natural, open, not using moral constraints to completely bind each other. Okay, perhaps this way we could indeed stay together longer—”
Speaking to this point, Fu Chaoyun spread her hands, making a joke, “But I don’t want to become a resentful couple [怨偶 | yuàn ǒu | a couple staying together despite unhappiness].”
Zhao Yujun seemed amused by her description, letting out a light laugh, but the darkness in her eyes hadn’t faded, and she asked again, “What if she wants to run away?”
Fu Chaoyun thought for a moment, “Then it means I haven’t done well enough, I can only do better, even better, and chase after her again.”
Just this one sentence caused more storms and tsunamis to surge in Zhao Yujun’s eyes, “What if you’ve done more than enough and she still want to run?!”
Fu Chaoyun was stunned, still smiling, but her gaze gradually became serious.
“Is it possible that we only think we’re doing well from our own perspective, but in the other person’s view, it’s not so?”
“Or perhaps, what you consider good only makes the other person feel more pressure and pain?”
This time it was Zhao Yujun’s turn to freeze, “Then what would you do in that situation?”
“Let’s both calm down a bit.” Fu Chaoyun said, “But there’s also a possibility that once things cool down, there might never be another chance…”
“Of course, these are all thoughts from stepping back and taking a third-person perspective. Once actually caught in that situation, who knows what would happen.”
Zhao Yujun’s expression showed a moment of confusion, Fu Chaoyun saw it but deliberately looked away, not wanting to disturb.
A moment later.
Zhao Yujun spoke again, “Sorry, I got too emotional just now.”
“It’s fine.”
Fu Chaoyun maintained her relaxed demeanor, not taking it to heart.
After calming her emotions slightly, Zhao Yujun looked at Fu Chaoyun again—
She cared more about her friend than those fox and dog friends, though she hadn’t watched the show from start to finish, she had seen some cuts.
Especially during this period, their relationship had advanced rapidly.
But as someone who had been through it, Zhao Yujun could sense that in these two people’s interactions, in this relationship, whether it was Fu Chaoyun or Pei Xuezhi, they both seemed to be missing something.
She couldn’t quite see it clearly.
Yet she could vaguely feel that Pei Xuezhi harbored some possessiveness toward her friend. Although it was well-hidden most of the time, it would still occasionally show through.
But what about Fu Chaoyun?
Persuading former girlfriend Tang Ying to back off, driving away love rival Qin Zhenyan… Yes, these were indeed actions of fighting for and declaring ownership, but they were also things that matched Fu Chaoyun’s original personality.
Unlike Pei Xuezhi, who would do things she’d never done before because of being in this relationship, Fu Chaoyun’s actions still followed her past behavioral patterns, making it seem like nothing special.
Though appearing to progress sweetly, strictly speaking, Fu Chaoyun’s possessiveness toward Pei Xuezhi seemed too shallow.
Was this not enough love, merely just liking; or was it too much love to the point of being able to lower oneself so much…
Zhao Yujun couldn’t figure it out, didn’t quite understand.
But she herself was a former failure in this regard, and matters of the heart were all different. Even as a friend, some of what she had just said had crossed the line.
“Sorry,” Zhao Yujun apologized again.
“It’s fine.” Fu Chaoyun understood her meaning, smiling, “You mean well, what are you apologizing for? That would make things too formal, you’re my closest—drinking buddy!”
Finally, a trace of a smile appeared on Zhao Yujun’s face, “Go away!”
After a while.
Fu Chaoyun asked, “How have you been lately? Suddenly becoming a love expert, did something happen?”
“Nah, just the usual.” Zhao Yujun resumed her customary casual attitude, “You’re busy with work and variety shows, so I can only go out and play with those omegas or betas.”
“Boring without me around?”
“Get lost.” Zhao Yujun glanced at her, making a gagging expression, “Don’t say such mushy things, I don’t want any rumors about AA romance spreading around. Not only would what’s-her-name beat me up, it’s gross in itself.”
Fu Chaoyun smiled, “I see you’re quite knowledgeable in theory.”
Zhao Yujun spread her hands, “Stuff I saw on TV, plus a teeny-tiny bit of practical experience. Yeah, just a teeny-tiny bit.”
“Forget it, none of it is reliable.” Fu Chaoyun said disapprovingly, then suddenly changed the topic, “You probably won’t see much of me in the future, got any new plans?”
“Me?”
Zhao Yujun continued leaning lazily, the depths in her eyes now completely gone, eyes half-closed, very languid.
“Just continue living aimlessly.”
“Don’t drag others along just because you want to date now. I’m only 23, don’t want to be tied down yet, and don’t want to enter love’s grave so early.”
She paused, suddenly looking up, “Isn’t it fine to just date casually like this, taking what we need, no responsibility needed.”
Fu Chaoyun looked over, suddenly smiling, “As long as Ah Yu is happy.”
“Don’t talk in that tone, it’s disgusting.”
Fu Chaoyun didn’t mind, saying goodbye to her friend, “I’m heading back.”
Zhao Yujun’s tone carried a hint of schadenfreude, “You probably can’t go back.”
“What?”
“It’s over.”
“So early?”
“Mm.” Zhao Yujun responded softly, not saying much more, “Anyway, aren’t you going to find your what’s-her-name at this time? Just get going, it was pointless calling you out.”
Fu Chaoyun didn’t mind, “Did you pay the bill?”
“Mm.”
“What about our Zhizhi’s drink?”
Zhao Yujun had always been very mindful of boundaries. Except for that earlier conversation, she used pronouns when mentioning Pei Xuezhi in chat.
It wasn’t about being impolite, just that speaking her friend’s wife’s name felt strange coming from her own mouth.
Hearing Fu Chaoyun’s matter-of-fact tone now, she couldn’t help but twist her lips, “How dare you expect me to pay for your wife’s drinks?”
That’s even weirder!
Fu Chaoyun just smiled, patted her shoulder and left, adding one more thing before leaving, “Oh right, that PR team I used last time was pretty good, want me to introduce them to you?”
“Don’t need it.” Zhao Yujun waved her hand impatiently, “Hurry up and scram [麻溜地 | má liū de | Beijing dialect meaning ‘quickly’]!”
After Fu Chaoyun and the cameraman had left, Zhao Yujun slowly emerged, looking up at the ceiling where the hallway lights hung like a suspended sun, dazzling enough to make one dizzy.
There was a reason she and Fu Chaoyun could be best friends.
Over these years, Zhao Yujun had dated various little Bs, getting together and breaking up quickly. Like that person, she wandered through flowers but never touched a single one.
She had thought about just letting it be, who cares? But somewhere deep down she had a feeling that if she really touched, everything would be irreversibly changed.
Introduce the PR team to her? How to use it? Explain to whom?
F*ck.
She didn’t even know where that person was now!
No, perhaps with some connections she could find them, she had thought about it, but didn’t dare to search, afraid it would be like that year…
Zhao Yujun smiled lightly, her heroic face showing traces of bitterness. She closed her eyes, and the light before her dimmed.
Let it be.
Let’s free each other.
When Fu Chaoyun left the club, she was still carrying a drink.
It wasn’t surprising that Zhao Yujun brought this up today.
Perhaps because things had been developing rapidly, many people online were joking that Fu Chaoyun had already met Pei Xuezhi’s family—referring to how she often went to A University to pick up or accompany classes, having already met many of Pei Xuezhi’s teachers and classmates.
They were asking when Fu Chaoyun’s family would be arranged? Even if not meeting parents, at least friends should meet, right?
Fu Chaoyun didn’t think there was any point in meeting these fox and dog friends, except for Zhao Yujun the rest were just filling numbers. Meeting them would only taint Zhizhi, and as for Zhao Yujun…her friend’s attitude was already very clear just now, she probably felt awkward about meeting alone.
There was no rush.
As for her family, Father Gu had urged her, but her relationship with Zhizhi wasn’t settled yet, and that wouldn’t be fair to Zhizhi either.
So wait a bit longer, perhaps she should speed up the progress a bit?
On the highway, Fu Chaoyun was driving.
“System,” she called out.
【……】
Fu Chaoyun didn’t mind the system’s routine of playing dead, and smiled, “To be honest, for things to develop to this point today, I should thank you for giving me that mission to join the dating show back then.”
【……】
“Thank you, System Matchmaker.”
【……】
“Perhaps you should change your name to Matchmaker System?”
Repeatedly provoked by its host, the system finally broke, 【Ahhhhh stop talking! You’re so scary, don’t come near meeeee!!】
Sorry, it broke down :)
Fu Chaoyun went to A University again, picking up Pei Xuezhi back to the villa.
Now all of this had become familiar routine for both her and Pei Xuezhi, as if nothing could be more normal.
After dinner, nine people gathered, watching movies while chatting among themselves.
Another week passed.
During this week, two more dates were arranged, but except for Qin Zhenyan’s first time, nobody else went to join the excitement.
First, they’d experienced it before, and no one could pull off moves like Fu Chaoyun’s; second, these two dates were initiated by Qi Changfeng and Xia Shiyi, both targeting Ni Jiaojiao, and those three alone were enough to create a battlefield!
Even so, when the participants were announced that day, Qin Zhenyan’s expression still didn’t look good.
The movie chosen this time was a classic romance, playing slowly while comments continuously scrolled in the livestream room.
【Qin Zhenyan has been so well-behaved lately.】
【Probably given up.】
【True, now that he’s not constantly hanging around Pei Xuezhi trying to show off, he suddenly doesn’t seem so greasy anymore.】
【This effect is way more powerful than constantly advertising that *censored*, isn’t it?】
【Lately he seems to have a bit of interest in Fu Li? Go for it, 33-year-old gege!】
【There are hints, but not as obvious as when he was pursuing Pei Xuezhi. After being defeated once, he’s probably trying to save face now… right?】
【LOL, Fu Li doesn’t care at all, locked their heart away.】
【I’m betting on the little green tea!】
【Qi Changfeng and Xia Shiyi are still fighting.】
【I feel Ni Jiaojiao is so fed up with both of them. They start fighting, and she’s forced to get involved as the female lead, too pitiful.】
【I have a bold idea, why don’t these two As get together, and let Jiaojiao jie be free! How could our Jiaojiao jie be limited to just one or two Alphas? She should harvest the entire forest!】
【Yes!】
【Tang Ying hasn’t used her dating right yet, right?】
【Compared to Qin Zhenyan, Tang Ying, Fu Chaoyun’s ex-girlfriend, has been really quiet, so quiet that… she barely has any presence?】
【What can she do when Chaoyun and Muxue are developing so fast? Getting involved would just mean getting beaten up, Qin Zhenyan’s example is right there, still fresh in memory!】
【Pity allowed.】
【Don’t you think after the amusement park, she’s gotten closer to Jian Yi, that bystander? The day before yesterday they cooked dinner together.】
【BO? Eh eh eh?】
The movie ended, people dispersed.
Pei Xuezhi went upstairs first saying she needed to freshen up, Fu Chaoyun followed a bit later. Meanwhile, Ni Jiaojiao wanted some fruit, and naturally, the two As beside her started fighting over this matter.
Well, a battle of wits.
The two competed, cutting who knows how much fruit, until Ni Jiaojiao couldn’t stand it anymore and distributed all these love-filled fruits to others in the villa.
Seeing Fu Chaoyun, she called out, “Ah Yun, take a plate.”
“……”
Fu Chaoyun looked at that overflowing fruit plate and went upstairs, knocking on Pei Xuezhi’s door.
“Who is it?”
Pei Xuezhi’s somewhat cool voice sounded.
“It’s me.”
That familiar voice heard countless times needed no further introduction.
“Wait a moment.”
The room’s soundproofing was excellent, Fu Chaoyun couldn’t hear what was happening inside. After a while, Pei Xuezhi opened the door, about one-third of the way, revealing a beautiful face.
“What is it?”
Pei Xuezhi had changed into a light-colored dress, somewhat like sleepwear, not as cool and breezy as Fu Chaoyun’s style, but looking particularly pure.
At this moment, Pei Xuezhi had a towel wrapped around her head, with long hair still dripping water.
【Like a lotus emerging from clear water!】
【My wife is stunning!!】
【prprpr】
Fu Chaoyun was also startled for a moment, then without thinking, she very naturally moved to block the hallway cameras.
“Was Zhizhi just showering?”
Pei Xuezhi made a sound of acknowledgment, her gaze falling on the enormous fruit plate in Fu Chaoyun’s hands. It was almost ten o’clock at night, why prepare so much?
She seemed visibly lost for words.
“It’s from Qi Changfeng and Xia Shiyi preparing for Jiaojiao jie, too much to finish so they gave us some.” Fu Chaoyun quickly explained.
Us.
These words seemed to touch something in Pei Xuezhi, making her soften as she turned around with an invitation.
“Oh, come in.”
Fu Chaoyun paused.
She had originally planned to just deliver the fruit and leave, now she could enter the room?… She immediately followed.
【Tch!】
【These wives are completely alike in their stinginess.】
【What’s there to see, I’ve only watched… thousands of times.】
【Wait, something’s not right.】
【If Pei Xuezhi was just showering, she would have been in the bathroom, with the water running she couldn’t have heard Fu Chaoyun’s voice, and her voice just now was very clear, obviously from the room and not the bathroom.】
【So she had already finished showering, what was she waiting for?】
【Look at Pei Xuezhi’s clothes… completely dry without a single water stain, but her hair is still dripping, obviously just changed into, right!】
【Damn, indoor seduction pl*y?】
【Thanks, now it’s getting interesting!】
【Hey above, wake up, you think Pei Xuezhi would let you see? Blocked camera warning.jpg】
【Nooo!!!!!】
Fu Chaoyun carried the fruit plate into Pei Xuezhi’s bedroom, her posture slightly stiff and uncomfortable.
Usually, it was Pei Xuezhi freely entering and leaving her room, while she mostly just called from the doorway. This was her first time stepping into the other’s room!
She occasionally reviewed the livestream content, but naturally wouldn’t watch inside Pei Xuezhi’s room.
That would be too perverted!
Thus, after entering, Fu Chaoyun couldn’t help but look around.
Though the decoration and layout were the same when they moved in, Pei Xuezhi’s room felt completely different from hers.
Fu Chaoyun often wandered outside, frequently bringing back things, now her room had expanded considerably, looking… well… particularly lived-in, with Pei Xuezhi occasionally helping to tidy up.
While on Pei Xuezhi’s side, everything looked the same as initially, her own belongings neatly arranged.
Clean and cool, just like her, lacking some of life’s warmth.
Pei Xuezhi paused, then removed the clothing covering the camera, “Put down the fruit plate, find somewhere to sit.”
“Oh.”
Once the fruit plate was set down, it suddenly added some vitality.
Inexplicably, Fu Chaoyun’s expression softened slightly. Then she obediently sat on the stool, looking up to see Pei Xuezhi not far away.
She must have just come out of the bathroom, her dark eyes somewhat moist, her face still retaining the flush from the steam, like rouge and powder dusting snow tips, melting away her usual quiet demeanor.
Just then she was about to undo the absorbent towel on her head. The hair wasn’t wrapped very carefully, water droplets sliding from the ends onto her dress, spreading dark patches.
Like an enchanting spell.
Fu Chaoyun was startled, standing up, “Does Zhizhi want to blow dry her hair?”
“Mm.”
Pei Xuezhi’s hair was equally long and thick, at this hour, waiting for it to dry naturally would take forever.
“Then, let me do it!” Fu Chaoyun volunteered eagerly.
Pei Xuezhi’s eyes turned to look.
“Before when I was drunk, Zhizhi helped dry my hair once too, so helping each other is normal, right?”
Just in that moment of speaking, water drops had gathered again at Pei Xuezhi’s hair tips, falling and spreading.
Drawing along others’ hearts with it.
Then, she said, “Alright.”
Fu Chaoyun happily went to get the hair dryer, returning to firmly seat Pei Xuezhi in the chair.
“Sit still and don’t move.”
Pei Xuezhi: “……”
This tone, why did it sound like coaxing a kindergartener?
Who knows why someone was so happy, but in a corner where the other couldn’t see, Pei Xuezhi’s lips also curved slightly into a smile.
Though Fu Chaoyun looked like a pampered young lady who rarely tidied her room, her hair-drying skills were actually quite good.
She excelled at all forms of self-indulgence.
At least her technique was much more skillful than Pei Xuezhi’s back then, with appropriate warm air flowing upward. To prevent Pei Xuezhi from getting too hot from the direct heat, Tony Fu even temporarily lowered the room’s air conditioning by two degrees.
“Zhizhi, have some fruit if you’re bored sitting there,” Fu Chaoyun offered.
Pei Xuezhi’s delicate fingers picked up a piece, but instead of eating it herself, she turned and brought it to Fu Chaoyun’s lips, surprising the latter.
Pei Xuezhi met her eyes, “Service fee.”
“……”
Fu Chaoyun was silent for a moment, “I brought the fruit plate up too.”
“Want it?”
Fu Chaoyun directly bit off half the apple piece, then unconsciously frowned.
“What’s wrong, not good?” Pei Xuezhi asked.
“In the future we really can’t let people who don’t know anything buy vegetables and fruits, this apple’s texture is mediocre, I remember Qi Changfeng bought it……”
Before she could finish, another piece was stuffed in her mouth.
Looking down, she met Pei Xuezhi’s dark eyes, which didn’t seem so deep under the lamplight.
“How about now?”
This time it was a piece of honey peach, Fu Chaoyun bit down, juice filling her mouth, bursting with sweetness.
“Sweet.”
Pei Xuezhi smiled, her beautiful features gentle and affectionate, “I bought it.”
“Our Zhizhi is so capable~”
“Zhizhi should eat too.”
【Fu Chaoyun – Famous double standard from ‘Heartthrobe’.】
【Honey peach, juicy and sweet, when she ate it she was looking at someone, so could it be that certain Omega is also……】
【I’m absolutely swooning!】
【Let me off, this isn’t the kindergarten bus!】
【Weld the car door shut! This is the one, this is the one! Hey, you got on the right one!!】
After that.
Pei Xuezhi would eat a piece herself, then turn to feed Fu Chaoyun one, feeding Fu Chaoyun more frequently than eating herself.
At ten o’clock at night, they were still consuming sugar.
No time to worry about that now.
The hair dryer’s heat and air conditioner’s cold air collided, making this area comfortably warm without being too hot.
The atmosphere was just perfectly cozy.
And Tony Fu’s professional skills were impressive, able to dry hair while actively engaging customers in conversation.
“By the way, why did Zhizhi come to participate in this show?”
Pei Xuezhi had stopped feeding at some point, her eyes slightly narrowed, showing both contentment and drowsiness.
Pei Xuezhi’s long black hair was smooth, now in Fu Chaoyun’s hands, occasionally lifted by warm air, naturally voluminous due to its thickness.
Fu Chaoyun suddenly thought of that night when Pei Xuezhi put her hand on her head, asking her to meow.
Current Zhizhi is also like a cat, an all-black one, the most delicate and nimble kind.
It would stand at the highest point, long-limbed, in the most comfortable stretched pose, ready to pounce or slip away at any moment, with black eyes looking down at humans below.
Clever, agile, lazy, guarded… a thoroughly independent cat, born with natural pride.
No one could tame it!
Unless……
Fu Chaoyun now wanted to pat Pei Xuezhi’s head too, to see if there were cat ears there, to hear if she would make lovely meowing sounds.
Or maybe… try a cat ear headband?
While Fu Chaoyun was lost in thought, Pei Xuezhi asked, “What about you? Why did you come?”
The question bounced back.
“At that time, I was just thrown into Xing Dong’s variety department by my family, the conditions were good so I was drafted.” Fu Chaoyun had nothing to hide, except for the system’s existence.
Pei Xuezhi looked up, chin resting on one hand, adding languid comfort to her cool demeanor, her deep gaze fixed on Fu Chaoyun’s face.
“Indeed, jiejie is very beautiful, impressive at first sight, like when you first came……”
Pei Xuezhi’s voice had softened in the warm air, her face smiling, but Fu Chaoyun heard these words – wasn’t she about to bring up old stories again?
She quickly interrupted.
“Then what about Zhizhi?”
Pei Xuezhi paused, ultimately allowing the diversion, “Face value, and early adaptation.”
Fu Chaoyun tilted her head: “?”
“Before this variety show, I signed contracts for a movie and a TV drama.”
“Is Zhizhi going to be a star?”
The author has something to say:
Servant, come to my room—light the furnace!
Good night everyone w
The audience is so funny, LMAOO