My Love Rival and I Are 100% Compatible - Chapter 99

Xi Zhoumeng, scolded by Xi Li for being too talkative, managed to annoy her older brother half to death before cheerfully joking with Xi Chun.

Catching sight of Chi Yueshan standing to the side, she pulled her closer, asking Xi Chun, “Second Brother, is Yueshan’s dress pretty?”

Chi Yueshan mumbled a response, shyly averting her gaze.

Xi Chun: “It’s beautiful! You must have stocked a whole room full of clothes for Yueshan, right?”

Xi Chun seemed far more approachable than Xi Li. He bumped his alpha’s shoulder. “Don’t you think so?”

Wen Mishen nodded.

Just then, someone emerged from the kitchen. At first, Chi Yueshan thought it was a maid, but the person’s attire was clearly not that of a servant.

The face looked incredibly familiar, as if she’d seen it somewhere before.

The tall female alpha approached, leaving Chi Yueshan speechless.

This face was a regular on the main building’s screens at Guyun Academy—the Empire’s renowned Marshal Shen Yu.

Shen Yu was dressed remarkably simple. The room wasn’t cold, with a fireplace burning merrily, and she was only wearing a crew-neck T-shirt, her pants tucked into tall boots, still showcasing her slender waist and long legs.

She was just…unpretentious.

Chi Yueshan was stunned. Xi Zhoumeng said, “We met yesterday.”

Chi Yueshan gave a heavy “Mm,” her eyes practically sparkling.

Shen Yu was an alpha with a chef’s dream. If her S-class mental strength hadn’t forced her into military service, she might have stubbornly pursued a degree at the New Western Culinary Academy.

Shen Yu arranged the dishes before turning to the girl in the blue dress.

Shen Yu had long, striking eyes, and a rather imposing look when not smiling, but in this relaxed setting, she smiled at Chi Yueshan. “We meet again.”

“Are you Zhoumeng’s girlfriend?”

Chi Yueshan stammered, glancing at Xi Zhoumeng.

Xi Zhoumeng, however, was staring at the dish. “Is this the roast goose you caught yesterday?”

Chi Yueshan immediately recalled the woman’s impressive accuracy from yesterday, twitching her lips.

She didn’t understand how people from the old generation could have such bizarre hobbies.

And she actually made it into a dish.

Shen Yu: “I didn’t expect Little Xi to play that roadside game too. Your precision wasn’t very high though; you didn’t catch a single one.”

The mention of it made Chi Yueshan want to laugh.

Xi Li, who hadn’t been happy to begin with, was now furious. “Exactly! So embarrassing! You didn’t catch a single one and still bought all the geese back. Do you know how noisy those things are?”

Xi Zhoumeng calmly sat down, as if the embarrassment wasn’t hers.

“Aunt Shen likes them, so let’s give them to Aunt Shen.”

Xi Zhoumeng then turned to the woman who had been brought over. “Aunt Lan likes lively gatherings anyway.”

Shen Yu hadn’t told Lan Lan about the goose-catching incident, and now felt a little awkward.

Chi Yueshan had never met her before and curiously looked at her twice.

Xi Mingguang and Chu Jing took their seats, just in time to hear Lan Lan ask Shen Yu, “You…caught geese?”

Shen Yu: “When you’re feeling better, I’ll take you. It’s so much fun.”

Chi Yueshan quietly asked Xi Zhoumeng, “Is this aunt also an alpha?”

Xi Zhoumeng nodded.

Lan Lan looked unwell, different from Chu Jing; she looked like she’d returned from the gates of death.

Just being able to breathe was a victory.

Xi Zhoumeng: “She was rescued from the war with the Insect race.”

Chi Yueshan looked in surprise at Lan Lan, who was talking to Shen Yu. They were about the same height, but due to her illness, Lan Lan looked much weaker.

However, the atmosphere between them was clearly intimate.

It was hard not to think too much.

Twenty years had passed since the last Insect race war. Shen Yu was under forty, relatively young at the time.

The consequences of that war were evident on Lan Lan. She would gasp for breath after speaking a few sentences.

Xi Zhoumeng whispered, “Her lungs were damaged, the venom corroded her internal organs, and she’s been having organ transplants for years.”

Even with advanced technology, it wasn’t possible to return someone to their youthful state.

Not to mention the psychological trauma after the war.

Lan Lan said something, and Shen Yu called out to Xi Mingguang, “Senior, do you remember when you went to see Sister Chu Jing, we played that goose-catching game in the M star system?”

Xi Li: “Is there such a game in the M star system?”

The younger generation of the Xi family weren’t exactly high-profile, but that didn’t mean Xi Li lacked experience; he’d traveled extensively in recent years.

Before Xi Mingguang could speak, Chu Jing said, “I remember. Mingguang didn’t catch a single goose and spent all her money.”

Xi Li and Xi Chun stifled their laughter.

Chi Yueshan glanced at Xi Zhoumeng, who took a bite of foie gras and glanced back at her. “What are you looking at? I have endless money.”

Chi Yueshan: …

She was really showing off.

What was there to boast about? It seemed to be a family tradition.

Xi Mingguang coughed. “The geese in the M star system are different.”

Chu Jing: “They’re not mechanical geese. If you can’t catch them, you can’t catch them. Don’t cry about it.”

This was Chi Yueshan’s first time meeting Chu Jing, and she never expected the rumored noblewoman to have this kind of personality—quite lively, in fact.

But she heard she was remarried. So what was Xi Mingguang’s first partner like?

Xi Li was about to die laughing, never expecting their usually serious alpha mother to have been like this when she was young.

Shen Yu nodded. “Exactly. Senior was so angry she was shaking, almost arguing with the owner.”

Xi Mingguang: “I didn’t. We were in the M star system for an exchange; how could I have fought?”

Chu Jing exclaimed, “You wanted to fight?”

Xi Yang: “Really? I thought our Alpha-Mom was pretty reliable.”

Shen Yu chuckled. “We were all young back then.”

Shen Yu hadn’t even finished Guyun Academy when the war with the Insect race broke out, forcing her to enlist. She completed her practical training later.

Lan Lan was the same age as Shen Yu, both enlisting at the same time, and initially didn’t get along.

Shen Yu served Lan Lan some food, saying, “So it’s normal that Zhoumeng couldn’t catch any geese. Like mother, like daughter.”

Shen Yu’s way of speaking was completely different from the formal Imperial representative Chi Yueshan had seen in videos. She was insulting people and their families, and Chi Yueshan had to struggle to hold back her laughter.

Xi Mingguang: “Where’s this game? I’ll go after dinner.”

Chu Jing: “How many years have passed? Why are you still thinking about this?”

Their faces didn’t show their age, but their experience was evident. Sitting with the younger generation, they seemed different, as if they had many stories to tell.

Chi Yueshan ate and listened; there are many talkative people at the table.

Xi Yang and Xi Li seemed to be seeing Lan Lan awake for the first time and asked many questions.

“Besides the M star system, which other star systems are fun? Didn’t the expeditionary forces go to many places for exchanges before?”

“I heard that some star systems exploded, leaving no trace of life, and I don’t know if anyone escaped. It’s strange; the Insect race always attack us.”

“Yeah, we’re all ruled by queens. Annoying! Do they look down on women?!”

“Does Aunt Lan live with Aunt Shen now? Does Aunt Shen cook all the meals?”

…

Xi Zhoumeng propped her chin up, quietly introducing the dishes to Chi Yueshan while occasionally making sarcastic remarks.

Lan Lan’s lungs were still weak, and she coughed frequently. Perhaps it was because she hadn’t experienced such a lively atmosphere in a long time, but she smiled. “I can stay with Shen Yu for a while if she’s not married. If she gets married, I should probably go back to the nursing home.”

The previous questions were ordinary, but this answer seemed to suddenly chill the atmosphere.

Even Xi Yang, who had asked the question, noticed the awkwardness and painfully kicked Xi Li under the table.

Xi Chun was also affected, racking his brains to salvage the situation.

Oh my god! How were they supposed to know that these two aunts hadn’t even broken the ice?

The elders were even more obtuse. “Shen Yu getting married? Didn’t she say she didn’t have the conditions to get married?”

Xi Mingguang said something everyone understood, Chu Jing took a deep breath, covered her face, and her high heels slammed down on Xi Mingguang’s leather shoes.

Xi Mingguang’s face twitched before she corrected herself. “I mean, she hasn’t found a suitable partner yet.”

Lan Lan: “There will always be someone who you’ll match, right? I woke up and I’m almost forty. I clearly remember that alphas would be forcibly matched if they weren’t married by thirty-five, except in cases of serious injury.”

She didn’t look at Shen Yu, her expression somewhat melancholic.

A new message popped up on Chi Yueshan’s holocom, from Xi Zhoumeng, who was sitting next to her.

【I told you, Aunt Shen is…impotent.】

Chi Yueshan gritted her teeth, suppressing the urge to curse.

【Impossible! She looks perfectly normal.】

【Xi Zhoumeng: Didn’t you also read the gossip posts on the academy forum? Everyone says so, and there are posts on Starnet too.】

【Chi Yueshan: But Marshal Shen looks perfectly normal!!】

【Xi Zhoumeng: That’s where you’re wrong. Some people look normal, but have unspeakable secrets.】

【Chi Yueshan: You’re not exactly normal either.】

Xi Zhoumeng looked at Chi Yueshan, mouthing: What do you mean I’m not normal

Then she sent another message—

【Xi Zhoumeng: Why do you always deny it after we sleep together?!】

【Chi Yueshan: Don’t drag yourself into this!】

The atmosphere was incredibly awkward. Xi Li gestured for the maid to pour wine, saying, “Speaking of forced matching, I’m almost thirty, and I’m so afraid they’ll give me an omega I don’t like.”

Xi Yang: “You’re always getting dumped; what can you do?”

Xi Li: …

Xi Chun: “There are legends of magnetic meteorites in every star system in the galaxy. I wonder if they’re true.”

He suddenly changed the subject, drawing Chi Yueshan’s attention.

Chi Yueshan had also heard of it. “Some say the Insect race are afraid of that energy, which is why they become the current Insect tide. Otherwise, there would be peace, but I don’t know if it’s true.”

The Insect tides always followed a pattern, needing to hibernate for twenty to thirty years after each attack. Even if small waves occasionally appeared in the galaxy, no one knew where these lower life forms came from.

They seemed to appear out of nowhere, and once they appeared, they would launch large-scale invasions.

Scientists had studied them for generations, but to this day, they hadn’t found the source.

Xi Zhoumeng lowered her eyes, the momentary gloom giving way to her usual nonchalance. “What can that thing do?”

Her goblet didn’t contain alcohol, but even drinking milk seemed elegant.

Chi Yueshan: “I heard it can change the past and the future.”

Xi Zhoumeng: “Impossible.”

Chi Yueshan: “That’s a prophecy from thousands of years ago, and no one believes it, but there are detailed accounts circulating online.”

Xi Chun also liked to read these things, smiling at Chi Yueshan. “Doesn’t it say that you need to carry the ZR005 soul chain?”

Chi Yueshan nodded, herself not quite believing it. “The gene chain is one thing! Where would a soul chain come from?”

Xi Chun: “It’s a bit far-fetched, but the stories left behind are quite realistic, about saving the world and changing the past.”

Xi Zhoumeng snorted. “Then why are we still on expeditions? Why not just find that magnetic meteorite?”

Chi Yueshan pinched her waist. “You’re being too serious!”

Xi Zhoumeng, for some reason, was still being serious. Seeing Chi Yueshan’s smiling face, she softened. “I was just kidding.”

Lan Lan: “If it existed, we could go back to the last Insect Race war. We were so close to victory…”

She spoke softly, others only hearing the last half of the sentence. Shen Yu heard the whole thing and took Lan Lan’s hand.

“It’s all over.”

Lan Lan took a deep breath. “No one believes what I saw.”

Shen Yu: “I believe you.”

She spoke softly too, but it seemed to trigger something in Lan Lan, who pushed her away forcefully, even knocking over the wine glasses on the table.

The maid rushed forward, but Shen Yu stopped her, personally wiping Lan Lan’s hands.

Xi Mingguang stood up and took them to change clothes. As she passed Xi Zhoumeng, she gestured for her to come over.

As soon as Xi Zhoumeng left, Chi Yueshan felt restless.

She felt awkward facing her in-laws alone. Then she thought again.

What kind of in-laws are these?!

Chu Jing, who was sitting across from her, smiled. “You’re Yueshan, right?”

“You look much younger than our Zhoumeng.”

Chi Yueshan clutched her skirt, smiling. “I’m only one year younger than her…”

Chu Jing: “It must be hard being with her. You’re a good child.”

Chi Yueshan: Do mothers really talk like this? Shouldn’t she say something like, “You low-class peasant, stay away from my precious daughter”?

Xi Li seemed to see what Chi Yueshan was thinking and interjected. “We’re not that feudal.”

“But Little Chi, if you like those TV drama tropes, we can cooperate.”

Xi Chun was quick to understand, immediately adopting an exaggerated expression. “How much money do we have to give you to leave our sister?”

Xi Yang chimed in sarcastically. “At least a few hundred billion.”

Chi Yueshan: …

What kind of people are these?!

The next second, a jade bracelet was placed on Chi Yueshan’s wrist. Chu Jing smiled kindly. “It’s less than a billion. Just wear it casually. Next time, Aunt will find a better material for you.”

Chi Yueshan felt her wrist was about to break; she couldn’t bear this amount.

Meanwhile, Xi Zhoumeng, who had been called over by Xi Mingguang, directly rejected her proposal.

Xi Mingguang: “This is the best option. If you’re worried about your identity, I’ll arrange everything.”

Xi Zhoumeng shook her head. “You can’t be sure when the Insect race will come. How long am I supposed to wait?”

“Besides,” Xi Zhoumeng looked at Xi Mingguang, “I don’t want to leave Chi Yueshan for a moment.”

“I have to be by her side.”

Author’s Note:

The Xi family group chat at this moment.

-Xi Li: I really want to play the villainous older brother!!

-Xi Chun: Then I’ll be the superficially gentle, sarcastic second brother.

-Xi Yang: I’ll be the mean and jealous older sister!!

Chu Jing was added to the group chat.

-Xi Yang: Mom! You’re a wicked stepmother! Ahhh what a great script!

Xi Zhoumeng: Are you crazy?

Turning back, she grabbed Chi Yueshan’s hand. “Baby, I truly love you, but my mother doesn’t approve of us being together.”

“Take her hundreds of billions of dollars in checks, and get a few hundred billion more from my older brother, second brother, and older sister.”

“That way~”

“We can have tons of money and travel the world!~”

Chi Yueshan sneered: A few hundred billion isn’t enough for you to buy bags.