My Love Rival and I Are 100% Compatible - Chapter 116

Xi Mingguang, after a moment of silence, seriously asked Xi Zhoumeng, “What’s wrong?”

Xi Zhoumeng sat on the sofa, not looking at Xi Mingguang.

Staring at the star chart on the half-wall, she asked Xi Mingguang, “You’ve been on expeditions for so many years, have you discovered the Insect Race’s base?”

Xi Mingguang had been away from her wife and children for many years, rarely sitting down to chat with Xi Zhoumeng.

When the family was together, she would quietly sit beside Chu Jing, watching the children play.

Xi Li and Xi Chun would fight and then start fighting physically; Xi Yang pretended to stop them but actually joined in.

Only Xi Zhoumeng sat quietly to the side, frowning, perhaps finding them too noisy.

When Xi Mingguang thought she was about to leave, Xi Zhoumeng changed her posture and started recording a video.

Her face showed interest and confusion.

As if she didn’t understand why people would act like this.

Even though Xi Mingguang didn’t communicate much with Xi Zhoumeng, her impression of her daughter was always cold.

Even when she smiled, it didn’t reach her eyes.

Chu Jing didn’t think much of it; when they could communicate, Chu Jing said——

Anyway, the other three are fine, Zhoumeng won’t dislike it.

Xi Zhoumeng indeed wouldn’t dislike it; over the years, she had integrated into this family.

Something she never had before.

Her brothers were truly her brothers, and her sister was truly her sister.

Both mothers were good; they didn’t force her to do anything, nor did Xi Zhoumeng need to exchange anything for anything.

It was as if, just because she was a Xi family child, she could receive unlimited indulgence.

Xi Mingguang shook her head.

“No.”

She asked Xi Zhoumeng, “Why are you suddenly interested in this?”

Xi Zhoumeng: “I discovered something, I don’t know how to say it.”

Her tone was light, sealing the recommendation letter with wax, writing the address on the envelope.

Xi Mingguang: “You’ve been busy with this lately?”

Xi Zhoumeng nodded, “Did Grandmother ever say how she came back?”

She had browsed all the documents in the Xi family’s library and her grandmother’s video data.

The female Alpha in the video had a beautiful face, but it contradicted her youthful spirit.

But unlike patients with insect radiation, she wasn’t tired, her gaze remained firm even at the moment of her death.

But the change in pheromones from Alpha to Omega caused irreversible damage to her body.

She passed away a few years later.

That missing past left no trace.

Xi Mingguang shook her head, “She also wanted to remember. It was classified information then; she was interrogated for a long time.”

Because of this experience, the Xi family was once expelled from the nobility. The Xi family was not large to begin with, and Xi Mingguang was the only one. No one expected that she would have four children.

But Xi Mingguang’s previous marriage also had hidden circumstances, Xi Zhoumeng didn’t think it was important and never asked.

Xi Mingguang was a woman of few words, the coldness of her years in the military was evident in her brows and eyes, completely opposite to Shen Yu’s smiling demeanor.

Yet, she was exceptionally gentle at home.

“She only said she went to another place, again and again.”

Xi Zhoumeng stared at Xi Mingguang, considering whether to tell her.

Imperial soldiers were always loyal to the queen; she and Wen Xinghuo weren’t soldiers, and they had their secrets.

But would Xi Mingguang believe her?

“Even if the Insect Race invasion is approaching, if I go with you, it will take a long time.”

Xi Zhoumeng sighed, picking up a goose feather pen and drawing on the paper, it was the shape of an insect.

“If I become an Alpha, I won’t live for a few years, so I’d rather be tormented like this.”

She casually sketched, quickly drawing the queen’s dress from the palace banquet.

The long hem concealed the insects.

Xi Mingguang’s brows furrowed.

“What are you trying to say?”

Xi Mingguang asked.

Xi Zhoumeng: “I used to have a dream.”

It was Xi Mingguang’s study, but Xi Zhoumeng naturally ordered the robot to pour tea for her.

Xi Mingguang: “You don’t seem to want to have dreams.”

Xi Zhoumeng sighed, “World peace is also a dream, right?”

Xi Mingguang smiled, “Do you talk to little Chi like this?”

Xi Zhoumeng didn’t answer, solemnly saying, “I like her very much.”

Xi Mingguang sighed; the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were deep when she smiled, perfectly matching Xi Zhoumeng’s imagined mother.

A symbol.

Not curses and complaints, nor the regret of shooting his distorted face.

Xi Zhoumeng never regretted killing her father, mother, and entire clan; she only regretted not having an ordinary life.

Evening chats, family matters, love.

There was no hazy light of a heart-to-heart talk.

Xi Mingguang suddenly reached out and touched Xi Zhoumeng’s head.

“You can trust me.”

“I’m your family.”

Even if Xi Zhoumeng was mature, Xi Mingguang still saw her as the little girl who stared at her and cried after recovering from a serious illness.

Xi Mingguang had only hugged this child once before; she didn’t have a deep impression.

That year, Chu Jing was anxious for the first time; the Omega who focused on research didn’t act like a mother, but she was afraid her child would die.

Hong Sa was also anxious; the girl, with a high fever and talking nonsense, was still dazed even after waking up.

She was surprised to see Xi Mingguang enter.

Then tears fell.

Xi Zhoumeng didn’t flinch; she said frankly, “I won’t say anything else for now. During my practical training, it would be best if your expeditionary force could patrol that planet.”

Xi Mingguang didn’t ask why; she only said, “Will it be dangerous?”

Xi Zhoumeng: “Dangerous enough to make you a lonely beggar again.”

This was what Chu Jing said; Xi Mingguang married young and was saved by a male Omega; the Omega’s Alpha died, leaving behind a pregnant Omega.

The Xi family wasn’t peaceful that year; the parliament tried to expel the Xi family again, bringing up the old matter of Xi Mingguang’s mother being taken away by the Insect Race and returning unharmed.

Xi Mingguang was young then; even if someone told her someone wanted the Xi family to fall, she wouldn’t know what to do.

Her student record was at Guyun Academy, but she had joined the expeditionary force early on. She didn’t expect that inheriting her family would require a marriage certificate.

She happened to meet Lin Yu during a patrol and got married, having two sons that no one knew weren’t hers.

As a result, Chu Jing thought Xi Mingguang liked male Omegas before they got together.

Xi Mingguang was speechless.

The next second, a knock came from the study; it was Chi Yueshan.

After Xi Mingguang said “come in,” Chi Yueshan cautiously entered.

“Hello, Auntie.”

She looked at Xi Zhoumeng, “Is my recommendation letter ready?”

Xi Zhoumeng: “You’re back?”

She swayed as she stood up, taking small steps, clearly trying to annoy Chi Yueshan.

Chi Yueshan hadn’t planned to return so early; she had fun wandering around the Upper World with Xuan Ping.

They chatted about their great dreams; Xuan Ping said she had recently joined a research lab studying folding space, quantum mechanics, making Chi Yueshan feel like she had watched too many movies.

Chi Yueshan only had a few things to say; “Top mecha engineer in the galaxy” sounded impressive, but she didn’t know her own capabilities.

Xi Zhoumeng sent Chi Yueshan a picture.

The stamped recommendation letter, the kind Chi Yueshan longed for.

She hurried back, but Xi Zhoumeng wasn’t there.

Chi Yueshan usually interacted with Xi Mingguang in the Xi family’s mecha room; Xi Zhoumeng was training with Xi Mingguang, and Chi Yueshan cheered her on.

It was always, “Commander Xi is so cool.”

Xi Zhoumeng became increasingly angry while training; her anger was directed at Chi Yueshan.

Burning both young bodies like vines.

Xuan Ping asked how often they did it.

Every day was too little, so troublesome, making Chi Yueshan need to use something even when not in heat.

Xi Mingguang glanced at Chi Yueshan, then at the suddenly lively Xi Zhoumeng, smiling and urging her, “Go quickly.”

Xi Zhoumeng: “Aren’t we having a heart-to-heart talk? Why are you rushing me?”

Xi Mingguang picked up her book, “I’m busy too, your mother asked me to finish this book before leaving and report to her.”

Xi Zhoumeng: …

So scary.

Chi Yueshan was curious, peeking, “What book? Is it about mechas?”

Xi Zhoumeng: “You only think about mechas and machinery all day, you love machines so much, why don’t you like the thing I bought you?”

She whispered the last sentence in Chi Yueshan’s ear, making Chi Yueshan angry.

She didn’t dare scold her in front of Xi Mingguang, only pinching her wrist, signaling her to leave.

Xi Zhoumeng smiled and was dragged away by Chi Yueshan.

After she left, Xi Mingguang thoughtfully turned to look at the star chart.

The planet where Xi Zhoumeng was going for practical training wasn’t desolate or remote; it was a flower paradise for Omega practical training, with high AI harvesting efficiency, almost supplying a star system’s needs.

The resources for Alpha practical training were also good; there were many wild animals and an immersive battlefield simulating Insect Race invasions, created by mecha and mechanical engineers from the last century.

Moreover, the academy had accompanying supervisors; was there any danger?

Xi Mingguang picked up the paper Xi Zhoumeng had drawn on.

Only now did she realize it was the scene from the palace banquet, the lights drawn with a few diagonal lines.

Underneath the gorgeous hem were ugly insects.

Xi Mingguang understood instantly.

She wasn’t shocked, only sighing.

Xi Zhoumeng had casually mentioned the timing of the Insect Race invasion to Xi Mingguang.

Precise to the month.

It also corresponded to the queen’s announcement of the change of power.

Xi Mingguang calculated repeatedly; she thought of her mother and her childhood experience of the queen’s change of power.

It was the new queen after the Insect Race invasion.

Her voice was gentle, her gaze sharp.

But the closer the next Insect Race invasion, the weaker she became.

She needed to find a new heir.

Xi Mingguang had never thought about it before, or rather, no one dared to think about it.

These seemingly casual strokes on the paper were Xi Zhoumeng’s unspoken worries.

After Xi Mingguang said, “You can trust me.”

And the act of touching her head.

Xi Zhoumeng’s trembling.

She felt the child’s heavy sadness.

Xi Mingguang sat for a while, unable to calm down, and flipped through her mother’s diary.

Some things weren’t easy to overturn, involving nearly a thousand years of changes.

How could it be so simple?

…

“Are you done pinching? It hurts.”

Xi Zhoumeng was being pulled by Chi Yueshan; she felt her wrist was about to bleed.

Chi Yueshan glared at her fiercely, “It’s because you annoyed me again.”

Xi Zhoumeng chuckled, “How did I annoy you?”

“I was so obedient, you told me not to pick you up, so I stayed home all day looking for information.”

“You and Xuan Ping had fun until… um, it’s past ten now. If I didn’t send you the picture, wouldn’t you have stayed out all night?”

Chi Yueshan had only said one sentence when Xi Zhoumeng started rambling.

This person’s nagging was masked by her voice; Xuan Ping, that lovestruck girl, even said being scolded by her senior was also a kind of happiness.

Chi Yueshan replied, “Being scolded by Senior Mu Lai?”

Xuan Ping snorted, “She dares?”

Then why does Xi Zhoumeng dare to scold me?

She didn’t usually scold people; she always used sarcastic remarks.

“When did I stay out all night?”

They walked through the corridor and down the stairs, talking as they went.

“The last time I stayed out all night was at your hotel.”

Xi Zhoumeng smiled meaningfully, “If you like it there, we can stay there for a while.”

Chi Yueshan stamped her foot, “No! I want to stay in the dorm, I don’t want to live with you!”

Xi Zhoumeng: “Why? You’re bored already after just a few days?”

“Am I not pretty enough?”

“Is my figure bad?”

“Am I not good at licking?”

Her continuous questions were increasingly explicit. Chi Yueshan had barely escaped Xuan Ping’s teasing, only to face Xi Zhoumeng’s unreasonable demands at home.

“I don’t want to feel unsteady, okay?”

“I need to study! I’m going to be the top mecha engineer…”

Xi Zhoumeng: “Yes, yes, the top mecha engineer in the galaxy.”

She sighed, lowering her voice, pretending to be dissatisfied, “Someone like me, neither Alpha nor Omega, can’t satisfy you.”

“I’m sorry.”

She was surprisingly polite.

So polite that Chi Yueshan felt a chill.

Xi Zhoumeng continued, “My girlfriend is sleepless every night because of other people’s mechas, I’m just a tool…”

Chi Yueshan finally couldn’t bear it anymore, grabbing the recommendation letter Xi Zhoumeng was holding and tiptoeing to cover her mouth.

The person weakly retreated, leaning against the corner of the stairs.

Xi Li, who had just returned, unexpectedly saw this scene.

“I’m going to get an eye infection, ouch.”

He changed direction, loudly sighing, “Young people should enjoy themselves every night.”

Author’s Note:

Custom-made

Chi Yueshan hadn’t made many accessories before.

The orders she took in the Lower World were mostly repairing antique machinery,

mechas were handled by Zhou Fengqin, leaving Chi Yueshan to study them.

There were also some small orders,

perhaps mechanical pets, perhaps interior decorations.

She never thought her aesthetic was good, but Zhou Fengqin said she was talented.

But her talent was insignificant in front of Xi Zhoumeng.

At least she never thought she would make high heels one day.

Xi Zhoumeng had countless clothes, shoes, and bags; every time Chi Yueshan opened her closet, she felt dizzy.

The shoes were even more dazzling; some looked the same, but the maids told Chi Yueshan they were completely different.

The high heels last time were made by Chi Yueshan by accident.

A customer asked her if she could make a pair of shoes with mechanical legs, different from roller skates,

suitable for attending parties.

The customer was young but wealthy (though not as wealthy as Xi Zhoumeng).

Chi Yueshan made a pair of silver petal-shaped high heels. Because she was so focused, Xi Zhoumeng didn’t see her when she woke up.

And she had a fit.

“What about me?”

“You make high heels for other women, why don’t I have any?”

Chi Yueshan was annoyed, “You’re not short of shoes, I even cut corners.”

Xi Zhoumeng: “I want some too.”

She didn’t usually act coquettish, but a beautiful woman acting coquettish was usually very effective.

Before Chi Yueshan realized it, she had agreed.

Late at night, the person who had achieved her goal went to sleep.

Xi Zhoumeng rarely interfered with Chi Yueshan’s hobbies and possible future work.

Chi Yueshan sighed, looking at the late-night snacks sent by the AI robot.

“I’m like a foolish emperor, why am I increasing my workload?”

Using flowers to describe Xi Zhoumeng was basic; Chi Yueshan had thought about it many times.

Whether during intimacy or quietly reading, Xi Zhoumeng was more like bones.

The skin can regenerate, but she was a thorough hard bone.

Occasionally, Chi Yueshan felt that her past was as desolate as her pheromones.

As if the morning mist concealed the ghastly white bones on the ground, Xi Zhoumeng walked towards her on those bones.

The high heels were made.

Xi Zhoumeng was very satisfied, showing them off to countless people.

Duan Dai Zhen: “Where did you get them made? Give me a recommendation.”

Xi Zhoumeng: “Chi Yueshan made them for me.”

Duan Dai Zhen: “You…”

Xi Zhoumeng: “It’s priceless.”

Duan Dai Zhen: …

Why show off? I can also find a girlfriend… damn, girlfriends are easy to find.

But this kind of girlfriend is hard to find; nowadays, few people do handicrafts, woo woo woo.

She’s been tricked again!!

Xi Zhoumeng showed off happily and decided to pamper Chi Yueshan.

Resulting in Chi Yueshan being late for work the next day.

And getting scolded.