Scum A with a Sweet Black Lotus O – Chapter 69
by Little PandaGently yet assertively, inviting her into her own world.
“……”
Fu Chaoyun glanced at the text on the screen, suspecting that Pei Xuezhi was mocking her.
【Hehe.】
The System revived again, 【Let’s be honest, she definitely is.】
Danmu:
【The chat records are so pristine, seems like nothing really happened after all…】
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【So will I ever get to see some spicy content before this dating show ends?!】
Fine ba [叭 | ba | casual variant of 吧, indicating resignation].
The children’s amusement park would be fun too.
Fu Chaoyun lowered her head to type when she inadvertently noticed one of her fingers.
Among the five digits, the middle finger was the longest. She didn’t maintain nail extensions, and her nails were trimmed neatly and roundly, complementing her skin tone perfectly. When stretched out, they appeared particularly slender yet carried an inherent Alpha strength.
At this moment, under the illumination, her finger appeared exceptionally fair, seemingly carrying a subtle fragrance that only she could detect. [LP: HEYYY]
Fu Chaoyun wasn’t angry, she simply replied.
[That works too.]
[Whatever Zhizhi decides ba.]
On that Saturday, there were two people who initiated forced dates.
Pei Xuezhi to Fu Chaoyun.
Tang Ying to Jian Yi.
【How remarkable.】
【This dating show started with Fu Chaoyun taking all the initiative, who would’ve thought their first date would be initiated by Pei Xuezhi instead.】
【This fishing-style beauty [钓系美人 | diào xì měi rén | someone who appears passive but actually takes initiative] was fake all along~】
【It was announced beforehand, so this counts as fulfilling the promise… right?】
【Fulfilling my ass! Weren’t they supposed to go to the children’s amusement park? Why did it change to the aquarium?】
【We want childish, we want childish!】
Some attention also fell on the other two.
【I was really startled when Tang Ying walked out, thought she was going to forcefully participate with an arrow mark, but she ended up asking out Jian Yi instead.】
【First Fu Li stopped causing drama, then Qin Zhenyan, Tang Ying… with these two examples in front of her, Tang Ying’s drama ended before it could even begin.】
【Tang Ying, how pitiful you are, Tang Ying!】
【Despite having the title of Fu Chaoyun’s ex-girlfriend, Tang Ying’s presence in this show has been really, really low. When did she even get close to Jian Yi?】
【Didn’t notice.】
【But didn’t she say it was to show gratitude?】
【That ankle sprain happened two weeks ago, and she’s thanking him now? Specifically asking him out just to say thanks? You believe that??】
【Well, let’s pretend we don’t see what’s really going on.】
After both dates were initiated, no one stepped forward to forcefully insert themselves, and finally, both pairs set off with the dating funds provided by the production team.
I have to say, even though the children’s amusement park was changed to the aquarium, Fu Chaoyun was having an absolute blast!
Rong City truly lived up to its reputation as a prosperous metropolis, with this aquarium being fully equipped with facilities.
Walking through the underwater tunnel, every time a school of fish or large fish swam by, Fu Chaoyun would inevitably throw her head back and exclaim in amazement, looking no different from the four or five-year-olds being led around by their parents nearby.
Childish and… somewhat cute.
【Fu Chaoyun seems to find everything so interesting.】
【She’s the ultimate product promoter.】
【@XX Aquarium, hurry up and arrange that sponsorship!】
…Indeed.
Wherever Fu Chaoyun went or whatever she randomly bought, it would mysteriously turn into product promotion.
This earned her quite a following of career fans [事业粉 | shì yè fěn | fans who support someone’s professional endeavors] (…).
At this moment.
She looked at the school of fish, while Pei Xuezhi was looking at her.
The underwater light wasn’t particularly dark, making Pei Xuezhi’s eyes exceptionally clear as they carefully took in Fu Chaoyun’s silhouette.
People moved about around them, some as families, others as cuddling couples, while they alone walked shoulder to shoulder.
Pei Xuezhi’s fingertips suddenly felt itchy.
Wanting…
However, she wasn’t particularly bold by nature. Even without being teased or influenced by pheromones, inviting Fu Chaoyun out was already the limit of her initiative. Anything more than that, she couldn’t handle.
Her extended fingers slowly retracted.
Wait a bit longer.
Suddenly, her hand was grabbed and held tightly in a palm. Pei Xuezhi looked up in surprise, meeting Fu Chaoyun’s bright amber eyes.
They were flowing with honeyed affection.
“I almost forgot,” the Alpha said, “There are so many people here, Zhizhi mustn’t get separated from me.”
Her heart felt sweet, yet there was also embarrassment at having her thoughts exposed.
Pei Xuezhi couldn’t help but turn tsundere, “We have phones to contact each other.”
Fu Chaoyun stopped watching the fish and just stared at her. As she turned to the side, a school of fish swam past behind where she stood, their brilliant golden tails stirring up the spring waters, ripples shimmering all around, making the Alpha before her appear equally radiant.
Everything was perfectly romantic as she gently curved her eyes in a light smile.
“I misspoke.”
“It’s me, I’m the one who absolutely can’t get separated from Zhizhi, so Zhizhi, hold onto me tighter.”
Not hiding her childishness at all.
Whether it was the fish scenery or the Alpha’s overly brilliant smile before her, the 21-year-old Pei Xuezhi gave a light cough, still taking on the burden of caring for the 23-year-old adult Alpha.
“Little Friend Fu Chaoyun, you must hold teacher’s hand tight and not wander off.”
“Okay, okay~”
After speaking.
The two looked at each other, both unable to help smiling.
So childish, yet so romantic.
In her consciousness, Fu Chaoyun was still pestering the System, “Hey, can you control the fish to make them form a heart shape or something?”
【……】 The System chose to play dead.
As if such coincidences existed – the school of fish suddenly swimming by earlier was Fu Chaoyun directing the System to cause mischief.
Having unique thought processes doesn’t mean completely brainless, okay! And sometimes these types of people are even more capable of causing trouble!
“Can you? Can you really?”
Fu Chaoyun kept poking at the System, perfectly demonstrating what it means to push one’s luck. Seeing that she was about to cause more trouble, the System finally exploded in frustration.
【Fish have rights to freedom too!!】
Fu Chaoyun: “Tch~”
System: 【……】
It was so angry!
Meanwhile.
Fu Chaoyun’s hand was intertwined with Pei Xuezhi’s, their distance gradually closing, breaths mingling.
“Teacher Pei,” Fu Chaoyun called out, still playing the role of a student, casually pointing at a passing fish, “What kind of fish is this?”
“You don’t know?” Pei Xuezhi glanced at her.
“Nope.”
Fu Chaoyun replied righteously.
“……” Then what were you exclaiming about earlier?
Fu Chaoyun understood the meaning in the other’s eyes, “Well, I just thought they were big and beautiful, so I was just randomly calling out~”
“Besides, Teacher Pei deceived me first! You said we were going to the children’s amusement park, and I even did my homework in advance, but then suddenly we’re at the aquarium… Though Zhizhi knows all these fish, right?”
“Mm.” Pei Xuezhi gave a soft response, then glanced at the fish Fu Chaoyun had pointed to and began explaining…
【This scene feels strangely familiar somehow?】
【It was just like this at the museum back then!】
【Pei Xuezhi, my superhero! How many more surprises do you have that I don’t know about?!】
【This feels so nice, like an old married couple taking an evening stroll in the park after dinner, but is Fu Chaoyun really going to commit to this ‘know-nothing’ persona all the way through?】
【Is there a possibility that she’s doing this on purpose? Deliberately playing dumb to highlight Pei Xuezhi’s intelligence, giving our gaokao top scorer a chance to shine on camera?】
【Wuwuwu she’s so gentle and lovable~ I’m crying!!】
Pei Xuezhi was like a high-end smart reading device – wherever Fu Chaoyun’s finger pointed, she would explain about that spot. Even when Fu Chaoyun stopped pointing at fish and indicated the marine plants below, Pei Xuezhi could still answer everything.
During this process, their held hands gradually changed to interlocked fingers.
Gradually, some parents and children gathered around to listen in on the impromptu lesson. Pei Xuezhi paused briefly upon noticing, then continued explaining.
After a while, Fu Chaoyun led her to a different spot, and the onlookers gradually dispersed.
Fu Chaoyun walked with light steps, and suddenly leaned close to Pei Xuezhi’s ear, “Zhizhi is amazing.”
She paused.
“Did Zhizhi study in advance for me?”
Under the swimming fish tails, the Alpha’s eyes before her were impossibly bright. Pei Xuezhi saw them, tried to resist, and failed.
Finally closing her eyes before bravely meeting that gaze again, “Yes.”
She chose honesty.
Even with Pei Xuezhi’s extremely high learning efficiency, during those late nights, gradually taking in all these things she had no interest in, carrying an excitement and trembling she didn’t even recognize herself, just because–
That person might like it, so it was worth it.
【Aaaaahhhh!!】
This time only the bullet comments turned into screaming chickens, not the System – after that night, the System had broken down, given up completely.
The Alpha tilted her head slightly, tone light, “Zhizhi specially did this for me, I’m so happy today.”
Then.
Her hand was squeezed by Pei Xuezhi.
“Is Jiejie satisfied just with this?”
“…Huh?”
If Fu Chaoyun’s eyes were bright like jewels, then Pei Xuezhi’s were as deep as a treasure cave.
You never know what lies hidden beneath such a seemingly calm exterior.
“Jiejie.” Pei Xuezhi also leaned in, calling her, this time neither of them had muted their mics, “The more exciting part is still to come.”
【Aaaaah!!】
【Pei Xuezhi is so forward, she’s going straight for the A-move [A上去 | A shàng qù | to take aggressive initiative]!】
【Is it just my imagination? I feel like these two’s recent interactions have been so ambiguous, every move seems to have string-pulling vibes, and they’re not even trying to hide it from the cameras, have they become this unbridled already?】
【I’m starting to suspect that on that deep night, during those missing forty minutes, something really did happen…】
【If this is true, then– motto motto!】
Indeed, the implications in Pei Xuezhi’s words really got Fu Chaoyun extremely excited.
Fly rubbing hands.jpg [苍蝇搓手 | cāng yíng cuō shǒu | internet meme expressing anticipation]
Then, she was led by Pei Xuezhi to the performance hall.
Fu Chaoyun: “……”
Pei Xuezhi noticed Fu Chaoyun’s momentary silence and turned to ask, “Seal performance, you don’t like it?”
“……”
The internet mouths began to voice:
【Fu Chaoyun: I like it, but this isn’t the kind of excitement I was thinking of!】
【Fu Chaoyun: I was already on the highway, but you just brought me here for this?】
【Fu Chaoyun: Woman, don’t think you can do whatever you want just because I like you!】
They were seated near the front, and regardless, before long, Fu Chaoyun forgot her embarrassment and became absorbed in the animal performance again.
Just like before, even though the date activities and location were all chosen by Pei Xuezhi, she herself didn’t watch much, more often looking at Fu Chaoyun beside her.
Finally, it was time for the seal performance, and when the person on stage said they would pick a lucky audience member to interact with the seal, Fu Chaoyun eagerly raised her hand, lifting it high.
Pei Xuezhi, who had always considered such behavior quite childish, after slight hesitation, also raised her hand.
In the past she would have called it stupid, but now she only called it childish – comparatively, it carried more of a cute connotation.
If she got picked, she’d see if she could pass the chance to Fu Chaoyun; if not, she could go up herself, and at worst let the other person touch where the seal had touched her afterward…
But alas, the ideal was beautiful.
In the end, a child was chosen to go on stage. Fu Chaoyun was envious and jealous, radiating lemon flavor, even making a bold declaration.
“I’m only about ten years older than him!”
Pei Xuezhi: “Pft.”
【That’s right that’s right, our Ah Yun is only 23, who isn’t still a baby!】
【When I was little I couldn’t afford to come to the aquarium, can’t I bring myself to see it now that I’m grown up?】
【Strongly demand to file a complaint against the performance hall for discriminating against adults! (dog head)】
Before Pei Xuezhi could decide whether to comfort her, Fu Chaoyun quickly achieved self-consolation.
“Never mind, won’t argue with a child.”
“…Mm.”
Pei Xuezhi reached out and patted the beautiful cat’s head.
Though Fu Chaoyun said she was consoled, she was still processing it, continuously finding reasons for herself, while unconsciously leaning her head against Pei Xuezhi’s shoulder.
“If I went up, what would Zhizhi do here alone!” Pei Xuezhi’s movement paused.
At eighteen, she differentiated into an Omega, supposedly the weakest existence in ABO society, but Pei Xuezhi never felt that she was the one who needed protection. She could perform better than most Alphas.
This might sound narcissistic, but it was also fact.
If it were anyone else saying this normally, she might have felt displeased, but if it’s this person before her…
She understood clearly the meaning in the other’s tone, and now just smiled, turning her head, her lips coincidentally brushing past someone’s brow and eyes, like a gentle kiss.
“Yes, what would I do?”
Pei Xuezhi didn’t feel she had become weak, becoming someone who needed to rely on an Alpha to survive. She was just selectively showing her soft side to a specific person.
It was coquetry [撒娇 | sā jiāo | acting cute to get one’s way], and more… a form of flirtation.
The beauty’s lips grazing past her eye corner, seemingly unintentional, yet bringing a tingling sensation.
From this angle, the camera’s view wasn’t very clear, but the throbbing in Fu Chaoyun’s heart refused to subside.
She also lifted her head slightly, lips gently brushing against Pei Xuezhi’s jaw, her voice soft and tender.
“I can’t leave Zhizhi, and Zhizhi can’t leave me, so… let’s stay like this.”
“Mm.”
After another moment.
“Not watching the seal performance anymore?” Pei Xuezhi asked.
As she turned her head, she found Fu Chaoyun’s gaze fixed on her face, bright and dazzling.
“The seals aren’t as beautiful as Zhizhi.”
Pei Xuezhi paused, “Live seals, you can only see today.”
The implication being.
She could see her anytime, so treasure this.
“It doesn’t matter.” Fu Chaoyun naturally understood Pei Xuezhi’s implication, her gaze burning and filled with smile, as if tangible, tracing over Pei Xuezhi’s face thousands upon thousands of times.
“But what can I do?”
She suddenly buried her head down, leaning on Pei Xuezhi’s shoulder, and after blocking out that burning brightness, only her voice remained exceptionally clear, still scorching hot and impossible to resist.
“No matter how many times I look, I never get tired of looking.”
In front of the camera, Pei Xuezhi’s actions naturally couldn’t be as bold as Fu Chaoyun’s. She merely reached out, gently ruffling Fu Chaoyun’s hair, letting out an almost inaudible.
“…Mm.”
Me too.
【I order you two to get married right now!!】
【What, the venue isn’t red enough? Someone come kill me to liven things up, I want to use my blood to dye this wedding venue red!】
【The emotionally excited audience above please calm down a bit, there’s no need to go that far…】
The aquarium had fewer facilities than the amusement park.
After having a playfully themed lunch at the themed restaurant at noon, they wandered through several other halls briefly, and had seen most everything.
They were just about to head back.
But as soon as they came out, Fu Chaoyun spotted the goldfish scooping stall nearby and once again successfully came to a standstill.
Pei Xuezhi: “……”
The aquarium was mainly for ticketed sightseeing, not retail business. The main visitor groups were children and parents, and after a visit, children would more or less fall in love with the cute little fish – the surrounding vendors had seized exactly this business opportunity!
Today’s date was initiated by Pei Xuezhi, and all the cash funds from the production team were in her hands, while Fu Chaoyun was empty-handed.
Pei Xuezhi thought.
The way Fu Chaoyun was looking at her now was pretty much the same as how the children around them were staring at their parents.
Originally she thought she was more mature and that’s why she should be called “Jiejie,” but now she had been gloriously promoted to parent-level guardian.
Complex feelings.
The Alpha didn’t say anything, just stared at her expectantly.
Finally, it was Pei Xuezhi who spoke first.
“You like them?”
Fu Chaoyun nodded repeatedly.
Pei Xuezhi now, just like those parents, didn’t immediately indulge with “buy buy buy,” but instead asked.
“Earlier you said you liked cats, now you like goldfish?”
Fu Chaoyun thought for a moment, “I like them all!”
This reason obviously couldn’t convince a certain guardian.
Meeting Pei Xuezhi’s gaze, Fu Chaoyun added, “Besides, today Zhizhi brought me to the aquarium, and after looking around I’ve grown to like the fish and want to take two home to raise… that’s pretty normal, right!”
Righteously justified.jpg
【Reasonable, reasonable.】
【Buy them for her, buy them for her!】
“……”
Unexpectedly, this responsibility had been thrown onto her head again.
“Since I can’t keep cats, let me at least keep some goldfish as emotional comfort.”
Pei Xuezhi glanced at her, seeing Fu Chaoyun’s attention completely focused on the goldfish in the pool, clearly very fond of them.
Pei Xuezhi felt for a moment that bringing someone to the aquarium today was really the right choice, a hint of happiness welling up inside.
But then she thought.
Was there anything this person didn’t like?
She spoke up, “What kind of comfort is that, because cats eat fish, the cats you like would eat the goldfish you like?”
Fu Chaoyun was stumped for a moment, then earnestly said, “That’s actually another kind of liking too.”
Pei Xuezhi: “……”
【Hahaha!!】
【Indeed.】
【I can testify, liking food, well… how can that not count as liking? (dog head)】
Under Fu Chaoyun’s bright-eyed gaze, Pei Xuezhi, like every parent present, led her kid to pay the vendor, playing the role of the big sucker.
Then dumped everything into Fu Chaoyun’s hands.
“Go play.”
“Okay~!”
Fu Chaoyun happily went off.
【Hm? Did Pei Xuezhi just pay by scanning a code?】
【Is something wrong with that?】
【The production team gave an envelope this morning with cash, and Pei Xuezhi has been using cash all along, but just now she switched to scanning with her phone!】
【You mean, this time she used her own money?】
【What does that mean?!】
【If Fu Chaoyun catches goldfish, she’ll probably take them home to raise them herself, and since Pei Xuezhi paid with her own money, this gift is completely from Pei Xuezhi, having nothing to do with the production team.】
【I get it, the meaning is more pure?】
【There’s one more thing — wouldn’t the goldfish they take home to raise be like their shared children?】
【!!!】
【You’re so clever!】
【Holy sh*t! Having kids before marriage, going that far?!!!】
【Wait, I’m dizzy, this is moving too fast…】
Pei Xuezhi stood watching.
The vendor had set up a large inflatable plastic pool, and because mostly children were playing, and to accommodate more people at once for more profit, small stools were placed around it.
The size meant for kindergarteners.
Fu Chaoyun sat there.
She was surrounded by children scooping goldfish, with occasional adults who were being directed by chattering children. She alone was there by herself, wearing designer clothes, and even in the umbrella’s shade, she sparkled brilliantly as if straight off a fashion runway.
So exquisitely beautiful that she seemed somewhat out of place.
Several children around had stopped scooping goldfish and just stared at her, but Fu Chaoyun seemed naturally oblivious to awkwardness, completely unbothered and thoroughly absorbed in watching her scooping net, lost in enjoyment [乐不思蜀 | lè bù sī shǔ | idiom: so happy one forgets to return home].
Pei Xuezhi bought 7 scooping nets for 20 yuan, but Fu Chaoyun had already broken two with nothing to show for it, the bowl still empty without a single fish caught. Her initial happiness had slightly diminished as she frowned now.
Looking pitiful. Surely she couldn’t just leave her there alone… right?
Pei Xuezhi was thinking this and about to step forward when Fu Chaoyun happened to look up.
“Zhizhi!”
She called out.
In the instant their gazes met, or rather the moment the other saw her, all the Alpha’s troubled discontent vanished, replaced by boundless radiance.
She beckoned, “Zhizhi, come here quick!”
【What an incompetent Alpha.】
【Couldn’t catch a single one, oh, now you remember your wife?】
【What to do when a child misbehaves? Pei Xuezhi shouldn’t indulge her, you’re the one who paid for this!】
【How to punish? Only through a thorough scolding!】
Pei Xuezhi still walked over, approaching and slightly bending down, deliberately looking at Fu Chaoyun’s bowl.
“Not a single one.”
“So now jiejie remembers me?”
That tone carried more teasing than complaint.
Fu Chaoyun glanced at her, looking puzzled, “You didn’t let me play this at first, I thought you didn’t like it, plus there are many children here, it’s noisy.”
“…Mm?” Pei Xuezhi responded casually.
Personality-wise she indeed didn’t particularly like children, but she was just aloof rather than cold-blooded, and wouldn’t ignore children in trouble.
Just like last time at the amusement park.
“So what about now?”
“But when Zhizhi was standing alone over there just now, it felt so lonely, I couldn’t help but call Zhizhi over.”
Pei Xuezhi paused.
Was it like that?
She had been so focused on watching Fu Chaoyun, she hadn’t known that without this person, was this how others saw her?
Before Pei Xuezhi could think it through, she felt a weight in her palm – Fu Chaoyun had handed over all four remaining nets to her.
“I’ve already tried it, it’s quite fun, just a bit difficult, now it’s Zhizhi’s turn.”
Pei Xuezhi looked at the Alpha before her, then at the small nets in her hand.
The Alpha’s gentle voice continued to reach her ears.
“It’s okay if you can’t catch any, the main thing is to have fun, and I just asked the children next to me, if we really want some we can buy them, it’s even cheaper than scooping!”
This person was always like this, gentle yet assertive, inviting her into her world.
Pei Xuezhi gripped the things in her hand, suddenly smiled, and the cool beauty instantly bloomed with confident radiance.
“Well then, jiejie, you seem to have underestimated me.”
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