I Pursued My Scummy Ex’s White Moonlight – Chapter 61

Love Rival

When Su Wenwen woke up, she saw Luo Xi lying by her side. That beautiful side profile was crystal clear, so clean it was without a speck of dust. It felt like an unreal kind of beauty; no matter how many times she looked, she still found it impossible to look away.

She couldn’t hold back the throbbing in her heart and moved a little closer. She had originally wanted to steal some fragrance and pilfer jade¹, but she suddenly discovered that the clothes on her body had been changed. Only then did she remember that in her daze last night, she had heard Luo Xi whisper in her ear: “Be good, change into some clean clothes to sleep first.”

Su Wenwen was normally a very deep sleeper, but having drifted about outside during the apocalypse, her tense nerves had never once relaxed, so she naturally slept very lightly and uncomfortably. She hadn’t expected that this time, after relaxing slightly, she wouldn’t even know that her clothes had been changed.

The moment she thought about how her naked body had been seen all over by Luo Xi, Su Wenwen became so shy she didn’t know what to do, and she quickly hid under the covers, playing the ostrich.

Luo Xi was woken by her movements. Turning her head, she saw a large, arched lump of blanket. She smiled, turned over, and pulled Su Wenwen into her arms, blanket and all. However, Su Wenwen shot up like a startled rabbit and accidentally bumped into the wound on Luo Xi’s right shoulder, causing Luo Xi to suck in a breath. With her eyes lowered, she said with an aggrieved expression, “It hurts.”

Su Wenwen quickly apologized, her cheeks turning as red as apples. I’m an adult, after all, so how am I still like a child who won’t grow up, losing my composure over the slightest thing.

The clothes on Luo Xi’s body were still the same ones from yesterday. Su Wenwen frowned, “You changed my clothes, why didn’t you change your own?”

“I can’t lift my right hand, but relying on mental power, changing your clothes with one hand was no problem.” This statement from Luo Xi was half-truth, half-lie. Her hand indeed couldn’t be lifted because it was too painful, but it wouldn’t have been a problem if she had gritted her teeth and endured it.

“You should have woken me up last night. Your wound was soaked in the sea for so long, who knows if it’s gotten inflamed.”

Su Wenwen’s face was tense. As she spoke, she got up, took out the first-aid kit from her spatial backpack, first used scissors to cut open Luo Xi’s sleeve, and then carefully unwrapped the bandage. The moment she saw the wound, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it wasn’t inflamed.

Luo Xi smiled faintly. “I know my limits. If the wound had gotten inflamed, I definitely would have woken you up.”

Su Wenwen shot her a glare, but this look wasn’t the least bit fierce; instead, it held an indescribable charm. She lowered her head and diligently disinfected and cleaned the wound, her soft, long hair draped over her shoulders, making her appear quiet and gentle.

After the wound was cleaned, Su Wenwen hesitated for a moment, then lifted her head to look at Luo Xi, only to see Luo Xi’s eyes filled with a tender, smiling expression. She couldn’t help but blush and asked, “Do you want to take a bath first, and then I’ll apply medicine and bandage it for you?”

Luo Xi was already born beautiful, and upon hearing Su Wenwen’s words, the smile on her face grew wider. But in the next moment, she reined in her smile, making people feel it was just a flash in the pan and feel a sense of pity.

“I’d like to take a bath too, but my hand isn’t that flexible yet…” Luo Xi looked as if she wanted to say more but stopped, lowering her eyes as if in a difficult position, and said, “Can you help me?”

Su Wenwen had the experience of giving Luo Xi a sponge bath last time, so she figured she could handle helping her bathe. She gave a light nod, then went to find clean clothes and prepared everything needed for the bath.

She thought she could remain calm and composed, like an old monk in deep meditation², but when Luo Xi followed her into the bathroom, her heart thumped disobediently. She raised a hand to touch her earlobe; it was also shockingly hot.

She could only brace herself and undress Luo Xi, trying her best not to look and not to think, silently counting numbers in her head. When she had finally endured it to the point where she could leave, Luo Xi asked her to help scrub her back. She did as she was told, but the water from the shower head more or less got her own clothes wet.

“Since your clothes are already wet, why don’t you…” Luo Xi raised an eyebrow, the beauty mark at the corner of her eye exuding charm, full of endless temptation.

In the end, Su Wenwen fled in disarray under Luo Xi’s smiling and teasing words. Luo Xi had asked her to bathe together, but Su Wenwen was no Liu Xiahui³; she was afraid she wouldn’t be able to stop herself from doing something. And since Luo Xi’s wound hadn’t fully healed yet, she naturally wouldn’t dare to do anything at all.

After Luo Xi finished her bath and had her medicine applied, Su Wenwen herself couldn’t wait to rush into the bathroom for a cold shower. Afterward, she and Luo Xi went to stroll around the streets. Although there were few people on the streets and it was deserted, this was the first time since the apocalypse that she had felt a moment of leisure, so it was naturally exceptionally precious.

Many people wore black identifiers on their wrists, sitting under the shade of trees to cool off, yawning lazily from time to time, looking completely idle. When they saw the white identifier on Su Wenwen’s wrist, their eyes showed surprise, but in the blink of an eye, their eyes seemed to be coated with 502⁴, their gazes stuck to Luo Xi.

Luo Xi’s long hair was draped over her shoulders, and she wore a slim-fit ladies’ shirt that outlined her exquisite figure. Her jeans made her legs look both thin and long. Although her eyes were a bit cold, the beauty mark weakened the coldness by a few degrees. With the two alternating, a different kind of charm was produced.

Su Wenwen disliked their direct stares, but Luo Xi was rather indifferent, one could even say she was used to being looked at like this. From the day she was born, she had been like the moon being cupped by stars⁵, and the people who tried to curry favor with her were innumerable. She had long since developed an aura that told strangers to keep away. Only when facing Su Wenwen would she restrain that arrogant background of hers.

Su Wenwen held Luo Xi’s hand, using her body to block these people’s gazes. But they clearly had no self-awareness. One person walked over with a grin to strike up a conversation, wanting to invite them to a meal, but he was refused by Su Wenwen. The man didn’t leave and just followed behind the two of them on his own, rambling about things that were completely south-pointing shafts and north-going ruts⁶.

“Although the base is very safe, people still have to eat. The food reserves at the base are dwindling day by day, and the restaurants will be closing soon. If you don’t eat now, you might not have the chance to eat delicious food in the future.”

Luo Xi stopped in her tracks and looked back at him.

Seeing this, the man quickly smoothed down the short hair on his head and said, “How about it, will you two beauties do me the honor?”

Before Luo Xi could answer, another man spoke up, “She won’t do you the honor. How about I accompany you for a meal instead?”

Su Wenwen followed the voice and turned her head, her eyes inevitably widening. The newcomer was a handsome mixed-race man with blond hair and green eyes, red lips and white teeth. He was tall and thin, and his skin was so fair it could compare with Luo Xi’s. In all her life, she had never seen such a handsome man. Her first impression upon hearing the man speak up for them was quite favorable, but when she saw the man’s gaze was also stuck on Luo Xi, her face immediately fell.

I knew I shouldn’t have come out.

Luo Xi’s gaze had been on Su Wenwen the whole time, so she naturally saw her ever-changing expressions. She didn’t explain much, but instead reached out and tightly gripped Su Wenwen’s hand, her fingertips hooking the palm of that soft hand⁷, slowly placating the other person in her own unique, teasing way.

Sure enough, Su Wenwen’s attention was quickly diverted. She lowered her head to hide her slightly red cheeks, her whole body nearly hiding in Luo Xi’s embrace.

The handsome mixed-race man was accompanied by guards, and the people around who saw him quickly ran off. How would they dare to continue trying to strike up a conversation?

“Luo Xi, long time no see.”

The handsome mixed-race man was called Auge⁸. He was previously a business partner of the Luo family. After the apocalypse, he had always stayed by the Luo family’s side. The Auge family had also made considerable contributions to the establishment of the Sea Base, so he held a certain status in the base. At the very least, when it came to the allocation of resources, the Auge family received a significant share.

Su Wenwen kept her head down. After hearing the man’s name, her heart jolted. Auge was a supporting character in the book. He fell in love with the villain at first sight and was always looking for a chance to get close to the villain, but was always thwarted by Wang Kelin. It wasn’t until after Wang Kelin died in the plot that Auge finally had a chance to get close to the villain.

Wang Kelin had become a zombie and was discovered by Luo Xi. When Luo Xi wanted to find the main culprit, she had asked Auge to help find them. He was Luo Xi’s most loyal licking dog⁹. So, the moment Auge heard that Luo Xi had returned to the Sea Base, he couldn’t sit still and had come to find her early in the morning to get on friendly terms.

Su Wenwen knew that Luo Xi would not like Auge, but she couldn’t help but feel a sense of unease in her heart. However, the plot had already changed now; Wang Kelin hadn’t died, so Auge’s chances of getting close to Luo Xi should be few.

“Long time no see.”

Luo Xi replied politely. She wasn’t very familiar with Auge. When she introduced Su Wenwen and Auge to each other, she just simply stated their names. Afterward, she prepared to take Su Wenwen to find a restaurant to eat, but was stopped by Auge.

He smiled and said, “I haven’t eaten yet. Since we’ve met so coincidentally, let me be the host. I can also take the opportunity to introduce you to the current situation of the base.”

Luo Xi glanced at the unresponsive Su Wenwen, couldn’t help but pinch her cheek, and asked, “Wenwen, what do you think?”

Su Wenwen came back to her senses and said like a wilted vegetable¹⁰, “You can just decide for yourself, why are you asking me?”

“Because I listen to you!” Luo Xi said with a smile.

Su Wenwen’s cheeks burned. This sentence from Luo Xi was more effective than taking a heart-calming pill¹¹. All her unease dissipated. She lifted her head, looked at Auge frankly, and said, “We’ll have to trouble you to spend money.”

Auge smiled and shook his head, but his gaze sized up Su Wenwen seriously. At first, he hadn’t paid her any mind, but he hadn’t expected Luo Xi to be so gentle with her. It was truly enough to make one so jealous that they had to take her seriously.

There weren’t many restaurants in the base. Auge took the two to a relatively clean shop. He knew Luo Xi had mysophobia and even specifically instructed the kitchen that all tableware had to be sterilized before use.

Su Wenwen glanced at the menu. The prices on it were indeed all marked in crystal cores. One dish for one crystal core. It didn’t seem expensive, but every single crystal core was something others had exchanged their lives for. It felt like every bite of food was eating one’s own life, so precious that it made one unable to start eating.

Auge looked at the white identifier on Su Wenwen’s wrist and said, “As an ordinary person, if you want to earn crystal cores, you have to go work in the outer perimeter.”

No wonder so many people were looking at Su Wenwen just now. It turned out they were wondering why Su Wenwen hadn’t gone to work in the outer perimeter. As for ability users, their source of crystal cores would be faster than that of ordinary people, especially in construction work. For example, for a strength-based ability user, whether it was moving bricks or carrying sandbags, it was both fast and easy, so the crystal cores they obtained were naturally numerous.

Ordinary people would have to work overtime just to barely obtain the same number of crystal cores as an ability user. That’s why the ability users in the inner circle appeared very lazy and idle.

“Because the base is still under construction, some regulations are not yet perfect. It’s best for you two not to get into conflicts with people. If you happen to encounter someone with a bit of power, you can only consider yourselves unlucky.” Auge smiled as he looked at Luo Xi, “But then again, no one would dare to provoke you.”

Although most people in the base didn’t yet know that Luo Xi was the commander-in-chief’s daughter, given Luo Xi’s skills and methods, even without this connection, anyone who provoked her would definitely not have good fruit to eat¹².

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