Scum A with a Sweet Black Lotus O – Chapter 96
by Little PandaRubbing off some fortune
The vehicle remained stationary.
Pei Xuezhi’s hand, originally resting on Fu Chaoyun’s forehead, shifted slightly. Not to pat the other’s head, but in a more intimate manner, it descended, turned over, and her soft palm gently rubbed against the Alpha’s cheek.
“What are you doing?” Fu Chaoyun was taken aback for a moment, asking with a smile, “A new exorcism ritual?”
Pei Xuezhi glanced at her.
“Fortune, sharing some with you.”
——Hoping Fu Chaoyun would always have smooth sailing ahead.
Pei Xuezhi said it casually, as if coaxing a child, but the System saw countless golden threads surge from Pei Xuezhi’s body with her words, pouring over Fu Chaoyun.
Fine, strand by strand… yet gathered together, the quantity was immense.
The System issued no reminder.
Because this was its true objective!
But Fu Chaoyun suddenly grasped Pei Xuezhi’s hand. Though she couldn’t see anything, it was as if she knew intuitively. Instantly, following her action, the surging golden threads abruptly stopped, severed.
The System’s heart leaped into its throat.
Fu Chaoyun smiled, her gaze soft. “If you give it all to me, what about Zhizhi?”
“Idiots always need to be luckier.”
The implication1 was that Pei Xuezhi could solve most problems relying solely on herself.
In the visions Pei Xuezhi had seen, Fu Chaoyun should have had a smooth path; it seemed impossible for anyone to imagine her being unremarkable, lost in the crowd2, let alone failing.
And in contrast, herself.
Pei Xuezhi always had a feeling that her own path shouldn’t have been this smooth. Of course, she wouldn’t ultimately fail either, but it seemed she was meant to experience more setbacks along the way. It felt like there was such a period when she was very young, and then later it became like this… Or perhaps her childhood memories were all blurry, indistinct.
The way things were now, it was as if she had stolen Fu Chaoyun’s trajectory of fate.
How despicable.
Pei Xuezhi frowned.
But based on her personality, she shouldn’t be capable of doing something like stealing someone else’s fortune…
Just as she was thinking, in that moment of distraction, she was pulled in by the Alpha, waist held firmly, hooked closer and kissed again and again, until both were breathless, cheeks flushed crimson.
“If we rub fortune like this, isn’t it faster?”
Pei Xuezhi shot the other a look. “Yes.”
Because they had just kissed, a captivating crimson hue lingered on their faces and lips. Even in the air conditioning, Pei Xuezhi felt herself growing warm all over.
She thought it was the lingering flush of passion that hadn’t faded, but the System saw clearly: this was plainly Fu Chaoyun stuffing the fortune Pei Xuezhi had just offered right back into her.
Damn it all… This thing countless people seek but cannot obtain, and you two are doing the whole Kong Rong offering the pears3 routine, making endless excuses4?
Spendthrifts!
No matter how many times it reset, it was always like this. Beauty addles the brain, utterly muddleheaded and inept5!
Seeing things heading this way again, the System was about to go crazy!
But it didn’t dare order Fu Chaoyun to do anything now. This misplaced fortune had greatly diminished its own control; it had nearly blown its cover6 several times recently, barely managing to smooth things over7. The “corporate slave8 tightening screws” persona was originally just something the System assigned to Fu Chaoyun. This person was lazy about everything, but she wasn’t inherently stupid. Moreover, she used to be… and now, with the return of Pei Xuezhi’s fortune, she was incredibly sharp.
If it spoke up again, it would basically be self-destructing!
The System could only endure it, holding back, watching as Fu Chaoyun’s fingertips caressed Pei Xuezhi’s lips, her eyes brimming with a smile. “Then I hope both Zhizhi and I can have smooth sailing. You don’t need to give it all to me.”
Finished speaking.
She leaned in again, gently brushing against Pei Xuezhi’s cheek. “Thank you, Zhizhi, for sharing your fortune with me.”
It shouldn’t…
It shouldn’t be like this.
Pei Xuezhi opened her mouth, another scene flashing through her mind. It seemed to be a younger, more unrestrained Fu Chaoyun, giving this so-called fortune to her. And the her in that scene was much more wretched compared to now. After the injection of the golden, supremely noble fortune, her originally terrible physical condition gradually recovered. In contrast, the light surrounding Fu Chaoyun dimmed somewhat.
That Alpha still didn’t care at all, even saying happily and cheerfully, “It really works!”
A touch of youthful recklessness surfaced on her face, along with some pride. “I’m amazing for even thinking of this method.”
This young, vibrant Fu Chaoyun was completely different from the gloomy Scum Alpha of the previous life, yet shared countless similarities with the Alpha before her now.
So vivid.
“…Zhizhi?”
Fu Chaoyun, without that dazzling radiance now, leaned closer. Meeting the Alpha’s light, smiling eyes, Pei Xuezhi finally said, “…It’s I who should be thanking you.”
Fu Chaoyun’s smile became even more beautiful.
“Do we really need to draw such clear lines between us?”
The vehicle finally started moving.
The chaotic fragments in Pei Xuezhi’s mind gradually dissipated. She heard Fu Chaoyun beside her ask.
“By the way, that Mi Shan probably isn’t one of our CP fans.”
“How can you tell?”
Fu Chaoyun explained, “Just now, when I walked over to you holding Nao Nao, she saw us standing together. Her eyes didn’t light up, she didn’t cover her mouth and gasp. She was incredibly calm.”
Pei Xuezhi’s observational skills were equally sharp. She tacitly agreed with this assessment. “It was probably just something she said. She likely isn’t an assistant either.”
“…Hmm?”
“Teacher An mostly has another assistant busy around her, who also seems to be taking care of her. Even the lead actress herself is quite polite to her. And the clothes she was wearing.”
Pei Xuezhi paused deliberately, looking towards Fu Chaoyun. “Were just as expensive as yours.”
Fu Chaoyun nodded in agreement. “Probably some young miss experiencing the hardships of common folk. Tsk, must have nothing better to do, just full and looking for trouble9.”
“…”
Although Fu Chaoyun herself didn’t seem qualified to say such things.
Pei Xuezhi looked over.
Ever since her rebirth, this Fu Chaoyun had possessed an excellent temperament, rarely offering such blunt evaluations of strangers.
Except for those who approached with ulterior motives.
Sure enough, Fu Chaoyun then asked casually, “Did Zhizhi have any contact with her before?”
“No,” Pei Xuezhi said. “Her bringing Nao Nao out was the first time.”
“Is that so…”
“You don’t like her?” Pei Xuezhi probed.
“Can’t say I dislike her.” Fu Chaoyun thought for a moment before replying. She was currently driving, focused on the road, not turning back, leaving Pei Xuezhi with only a view of her exquisite profile, which held a hint of coldness when not smiling.
Pei Xuezhi: “?”
“It’s more like I find her a bit annoying.”
Pei Xuezhi: “…”
The other person was an Omega. Two Omegas didn’t really pose a threat to each other. Logically, if Mi Shan truly had any designs, they should be directed at Fu Chaoyun; the nervous one should be Fu Chaoyun.
But paradoxically—
The moment she saw the other person, Fu Chaoyun’s emotions had even become somewhat unstable. That momentary darkening earlier wasn’t an act put on to please Pei Xuezhi, but a genuine, brief loss of control.
She quickly suppressed it again.
This shouldn’t have appeared in her. Previously, during the dating show, even when Pei Xuezhi spoke with other Betas, Omegas, or even an Alpha like Qi Changfeng, Fu Chaoyun had been quite relaxed, never showing such strong wariness or displeasure.
Just then, Nao Nao meowed from the back. Through the rearview mirror, Fu Chaoyun saw the yellow and white cat, especially its amber eyes.
Fu Chaoyun said, “That Mi Shan looks a bit like Nao Nao.”
Pei Xuezhi paused.
She had originally adopted Nao Nao because the kitten’s eyes somewhat resembled Fu Chaoyun’s. Now, saying Mi Shan looked a bit like Nao Nao…
Pei Xuezhi pointed out, “Actually, she looks a bit like you.”
Fu Chaoyun’s movements abruptly halted. Just then, they reached a red light ahead. She braked and turned back to look at Pei Xuezhi.
“Zhizhi, are you sure you didn’t see wrong?”
Pei Xuezhi nodded.
Now, Fu Chaoyun also began to recall the other woman’s appearance. She fell silent for a long time. Her own Alpha was currently thinking about another person, another person.
Instead, it was Pei Xuezhi’s gaze that gradually darkened.
After a brief, deathly silence.
Fu Chaoyun was heard hissing, “No! Way!”
“What’s wrong?”
She hadn’t noticed, but Pei Xuezhi beside her had eyes that had deepened slightly.
“Then that’s troublesome,” Fu Chaoyun declared with a solemn expression, causing even Pei Xuezhi’s heart beside her to clench.
Finally.
“Madam Fu wouldn’t possibly do something like that, right?!”
Pei Xuezhi’s lips twitched: “…………”
She had worried for nothing :)
The author has something to say:
Grabbing a bite, should be another chapter before 10 PM, probably two or three thousand words.
Footnotes
- 言下之意 | yán xià zhī yì | Lit. “the meaning below the words”.
- 泯然众人 | mǐnrán zhòngrén | Lit. “disappear into the crowd”; To become mediocre or indistinguishable from ordinary people.
- 孔融让梨 | Kǒng Róng ràng lí | Allusion to a classic story where Kong Rong, as a child, offered the larger pears to his older brothers, symbolizing courtesy, humility, or deference.
- 推三阻四 | tuī sān zǔ sì | Lit. “push three obstruct four”; To make all sorts of excuses, to be obstructive.
- 昏聩颟顸 | hūnkuì mānhān | A literary phrase describing someone as muddleheaded, senile, incompetent, and foolish.
- 露馅 | lòuxiàn | Lit. “the filling leaks out”; To have a secret exposed, to let the cat out of the bag.
- 圆过去 | yuán guòqu | Lit. “circle past it”; To smooth something over, talk one’s way out of a situation, make excuses.
- 社畜 | shèchù | Japanese-origin slang popular in East Asia, lit. “corporate livestock”; Refers to overworked, exploited office workers.
- 吃饱了撑的 | chī bǎo le chēng de | Lit. “stuffed after eating”; A colloquial idiom meaning someone has nothing better to do, is meddling out of boredom, or is making trouble for no reason.
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