Chapter 50: Online Dating a Bad Beta
In the room, the smart device on the table lit up, emitting a message notification sound.
“Ding-ding.”
The sound of water in the bathroom drowned out the message notification. Someone was standing in front of the mirror, constantly changing the hearing aid in their right ear.
In an era of more advanced technology, the use of hearing aids was more convenient and faster, and the appearance was also smaller than what Xi Congshuang had seen before.
It could be made into various favorite styles according to needs and directly attached to the concha.
This type of hearing aid was more hidden and smaller, with a certain adsorption capacity. It would still be injured if it was forcibly torn off.
Xi Congshuang had tried all the new hearing aids she had found in a large box, but none of them could make her right ear hear again.
“These things all look the same. Even if you try them one by one, you won’t find any difference.”
The red apple was about to go offline. The emotions it had eaten today were almost nil. Fortunately, it had the energy supply from the last world’s settlement. Otherwise, it would have been forced to go offline long ago.
Xi Congshuang looked to the left. “This is a hearing aid.”
The red apple was stunned. “Ah.” So it’s a hearing aid. I thought it was an earring.
Xi Congshuang pointed to her ear and asked, “I remember the original owner was hard of hearing in her right ear. Why can’t I hear at all in my right ear?”
Her hearing loss was congenital and incurable. The original owner was very concerned about this problem and had never mentioned it to any of her online dating partners. She usually relied on a hearing aid to maintain her hearing.
But now, she couldn’t hear at all.
Just now, she had thought it was because she didn’t have a hearing aid. She had rummaged through her things and found a new hearing aid. Now it seemed that this ear was completely deaf.
The red apple: “…”
You did it yourself. Why are you asking me?
What does what Xi did have to do with me, a little apple?
But if it didn’t come up with a reasonable reason to convince Xi Congshuang, she might cause trouble again.
Just as the red apple was racking its brains on how to explain this matter and come up with a perfect reason that would both convince Xi Congshuang and make her give up on pursuing the matter.
“It’s not the hearing aid’s problem. It’s the ear’s problem. My right ear is deaf.”
But Xi Congshuang put down the hearing aid in her hand first, swept her hand, and swept all the scattered hearing aids on the table into a box, pushing it into a drawer with a bang.
The red apple felt inexplicably guilty. Soon, it reacted and became righteous again.
I didn’t do it. Why should I feel guilty?
It flapped its wings and chased after the figure in front of it, asking, “What are your plans next? How many steps do you plan to take to complete this mission? Are you confident in completing it?”
To take into account Xi Congshuang’s right ear hearing problem, it had specially flown to her left.
In order to complete the mission as soon as possible, it thought it was necessary to ask clearly what Xi Congshuang was thinking.
The heroine’s collapse value was like a time bomb. No one knew when it would explode. What was even more terrifying was that Xi Congshuang had placed this epic bomb in her own home.
She herself had never cared about her own life or death, but the system cared!
Xi Congshuang: “That sounds familiar.”
The red apple’s heart skipped a beat. It suspected that this person was secretly testing it again. Then it heard Xi Congshuang say, “When facing newcomers in the workplace, the old employees who sit in a row always like to ask this. I’ve heard it.”
“…” If the red apple had hands, it would be wiping away cold sweat.
I really didn’t expect that Xi Congshuang would have such a time. I thought she was just a young miss who never lifted a finger.
The red apple: “Then you…”
Xi Congshuang: “Yes, I also sat in that row of old employees.”
Isn’t that still a young miss who never lifts a finger!
She’s talking as if she’s the newcomer who was being questioned!
It made the system’s sigh of emotion completely in vain!
The red apple felt that it would sooner or later have to take electronic Chinese medicine to regulate itself, and also to brew a bowl of Chinese medicine for Xi Congshuang to regulate herself.
Xi Congshuang walked out of the bathroom, passed the smart device, and the red apple flapped its wings hard to catch up with the person in front. “Where are you going?”
She hadn’t explained her future plans to it yet. It really wanted to hear them and then delete all the unnecessary plans before she tried to repeat her mistakes.
A successful task-taker should not be held back by feelings.
Xi Congshuang stood still. “I’m hungry. I need to eat. Do you want some?”
The red apple politely refused. “Thank you, I don’t eat.”
Xi Congshuang did not ask again and opened the door to go out. She followed her memory to the island counter. There was a refrigerator next to the island counter.
It was late now. Xi Congshuang was not familiar with everything in this world and just wanted to get some food from the refrigerator to fill her stomach.
She opened the refrigerator and saw that both the person and the system were shocked by the scene inside and couldn’t find a place to start for a long time.
It was full of various flavors of nutrient solution. The appearance was like a certain brand of jelly, but the packaging was transparent, with the milliliters and flavor indicated in the corner.
The original owner was obsessed with the online world and had little interest in eating. She would occasionally order takeout on a whim. Usually, she only relied on the balanced, convenient, and fast nutrient solution to sustain her life.
One pack could keep her from being hungry for a day.
Xi Congshuang would not abuse her mouth and stomach unless it was necessary. Faced with the instant noodles of the interstellar era, she was at a loss for a moment.
She did not think that this kind of thing was a proper meal.
And most importantly, no matter how delicious this thing was, it would remind her of the nutritional IV drips she had used to sustain her life when she was seriously ill.
“…”
The red apple: “Still want to eat?”
Xi Congshuang raised her hand. “Yes.”
She picked and chose from the inside, looked at all the flavors, and finally picked out two packs for the final decision.
There was nothing else to eat in this house. The most convenient choice was to eat the nutrient solution.
The red apple’s energy was precarious, but the desire to see Xi Congshuang’s excitement overcame its sense of crisis that its energy for the day was exhausted.
Hahaha, Xi Congshuang, you have your day too, hahaha!
But when it took a closer look, one of the two packs of nutrient solution was apple-flavored, and the other was blueberry-flavored.
The red apple: “…”
The word “blueberry” instantly brought back all sorts of bad memories for the system. It was immediately terrified, suspecting what she was up to again.
The damn historical convergence. If Xi Congshuang were to ask the heroine if she wanted a bite too, it would risk its life to stop her!
Prevent repeating the same mistake! Start with me! Start today!
In fact, Xi Congshuang didn’t care at all that there was another person in the house. She casually picked up a pack of blueberry-flavored nutrient solution and drank it all, put the other one back in the refrigerator, closed the door, and left after just filling her own stomach.
Unexpectedly, the nutrient solution tasted good. It had the texture of freshly squeezed juice in her mouth, without a single bit of discomfort, but Xi Congshuang would never have any good feelings for this kind of thing.
She made up her mind to find time tomorrow to clear out everything in the refrigerator, figure out the driving instructions for the housekeeping robot, and eat all sorts of food that was more like what humans ate.
It was very quiet at night. Xi Congshuang returned to her room alone.
This was a 300-square-meter large flat. Usually, only one person lived here. There were many rooms, and it seemed empty.
And the original owner was an insecure person, always suspecting if the people who took the initiative to get close to her were after something, and even chose the bedroom in the deepest part.
The person who had specially shown off her moon-viewing room lived in a place that was not illuminated by the moon. Xi Congshuang couldn’t help but pass by the medicine room she had opened on her way back.
She stood in front of the door and quickly gave up the idea of entering the room to check under the heroine’s nose.
First, it was easy to attract the heroine’s attention. Second, without all her memories, she probably couldn’t tell what these medicines were for. Looking at them now would just be a waste of time. It was better to rest well.
By the way, the property left by the original owner’s parents also included the stable and well-known Future Pharmacy in the entire galaxy.
She was the president of Future Pharmacy, a veritable person in power, but she usually only participated in major decisions. Although she didn’t understand much, her team of agents usually managed the company’s affairs for her.
At other times, she was focused on online dating, casting a wide net and catching many fish. Her smart device’s contact list was full of various types of alphas.
Recently, she had preferred soft and cute A’s, and her contact list had also been updated. The domineering and cool A’s she had preferred in the past were all at the bottom of the box.
She didn’t care about the money and gifts she had sent out, which made those alphas feel unaccustomed. Just as they were trying to rekindle their old feelings, they found that Xi Congshuang’s account had been deleted, which was a great pity.
She was very rich. This amount of money was just a drop in the bucket and didn’t count for much.
Not starting a business casually and just lying at home and spending money was the most rational thing the original owner had ever done.
So in this medicine room, what was stored were the latest products developed by the company’s R&D department. 90% of their function was—to help Xi Congshuang better disguise herself as an omega.
The purity of the medicine specially supplied to the president by the R&D department’s laboratory was naturally the higher the better, and the safety was also guaranteed. Who knew that an accident would still happen with Tan Yicheng?
***
The door opened and closed again. The almost inaudible sound was still clearly heard by the alpha’s ears.
In the other room, a fair ear tip twitched. The person leaning against the bed opened her eyes. Her thin eyelids were deep, and her eyes were filled with impatience.
“How many times does she have to wash her hands?”
From the moment Xi Congshuang opened the door and walked out, her every move had been taken in by her. It wasn’t that she was deliberately listening, but that an alpha’s hearing was too superior. She could hear all the movements clearly without trying.
She had thought that after she finished eating and returned to her room, she would be quiet.
Who knew that Xi Congshuang had been washing her hands all this time? She was washing her hands again. If she continued to wash, the scabbed wound would sooner or later be washed open again.
After finally waiting for Xi Congshuang to finally turn off her damn faucet, Tan Yicheng had just closed her eyes when she heard an even louder sound of running water.
The thoughts in her mind were interrupted again. She raised her hand and typed a sentence on her smart device, wanting to ask what this person was doing.
In the other room, the smart device that had been continuously neglected rang with a ding-ding reminder.
After sending it, Tan Yicheng always felt that something was not right. This stronger stream of water should not be for washing hands or anything else. It should be for washing something larger.
In her own room, besides washing her hands, what else could she be washing?
Her mind full of plans was forcibly interrupted. She belatedly realized that Xi Congshuang seemed to be taking a shower.
Washing her hands for five minutes, and then taking a shower?
Tan Yicheng didn’t understand what this person was trying to do. She raised her hand and covered her ears.
Xi Congshuang, who was covered in steam, walked out of the bathroom, changed her clothes, and prepared to figure out what kind of era she was living in now.
The red apple had already gone offline. It hadn’t even figured out what kind of era this was. How could it help Xi Congshuang? She could only figure it out herself.
The long-neglected smart device was finally remembered. A light blue virtual screen unfolded in front of Xi Congshuang, and the constantly flashing icon caught Xi Congshuang’s attention.
She remembered that this was the largest and most widely covered social software in this world. With a tap of her finger, the screen changed, and the screen was filled with chat boxes with unread reminders.
Xi Congshuang roughly scanned it, clicked on the avatars of the first few chat boxes to check, and without exception, they were all good-looking young alphas, all kinds of alphas.
Short hair, long hair, wolf tail, curly hair, black long straight, twin tails, no matter what they looked like, they were all alphas.
These alphas were all calling the same name: Xi Xiaoxue.
The original owner had deleted her original account. The new account that had made a comeback still maintained the image of a beautiful and rich omega, but her name had changed. She was now called Xi Xiaoxue.
Xi Congshuang: “…”
Taking a deep breath, she raised her hand and unfollowed all these alphas, deleting their contact information.
She had no interest in online dating, let alone liking anyone. She deleted them all.
As if killing gods and buddhas, Xi Congshuang deleted all the way down and caught a glimpse of a familiar ID. Her hand paused.
There were two messages in total. The first was Tan Yicheng’s probing before she had stormed in, and the second was sent five minutes ago.
[orange]: Why aren’t you replying to me? Are you already asleep? Then good night, sister.
Xi Congshuang scrolled up and finally understood why this person was so talkative. It turned out that before this, Tan Yicheng had been trying to figure out Xi Congshuang, and the two of them had talked about almost everything.
In Xi Congshuang’s eyes, it was a case of enduring humiliation. As expected of the woman who had almost become the king of space pirates.
In front of the light blue screen, Xi Congshuang expressionlessly clicked the delete button.
She was not in the mood for online dating, nor did she want to have feelings for anyone.
On the other side, Tan Yicheng, who had been waiting for a long time without a reply, felt that something was wrong. Xi Congshuang had always been the type to reply instantly. Today, her reply speed was as slow as an old turtle’s walk.
It was too unlike her usual style.
She sent another message to urge her, but saw the red exclamation mark of being deleted.
Tan Yicheng: “?” Deleted? How is that possible?
Her heart skipped a beat. She suspected that Xi Congshuang had noticed something and added her back without thinking.
“Ding-ding.”
“[orange] has sent you an add request.”
Xi Congshuang received another add request, from the same familiar ID. She looked at Tan Yicheng’s room in confusion, not understanding what this person was trying to do.
No matter what Tan Yicheng’s mentality was, whether it was to probe or to cause trouble, she did not want to continue to play along.
She was about to refuse the add again.
“Collapse value +3. Current collapse value: 93.”
“The current collapse value has reached a severely dangerous level. Host, please cherish your life and cherish the moment!”
“…” The sudden notification sound successfully stopped Xi Congshuang’s hovering fingertip.
Xi Congshuang thought to herself, So troublesome. Her fingertip moved, and she clicked the agree button.
However, nothing happened after she agreed. The collapse value did not drop. Xi Congshuang’s hand inexplicably itched, and she really wanted to just delete it.
[orange]: Why did you delete me?
A few seconds later, as if realizing that this tone was not right, Tan Yicheng sent another message.
[orange]: (cat with drooping ears.jpg)
This emoji was very soft and cute. She didn’t know where the other party had collected it from.
If it weren’t for the fact that an hour ago, Xi Congshuang had escaped from her hands with her life, and the scab on her palm was still there, she would have really thought that the other party was a soft and cute A with twin tails.
Xi Congshuang: “…”
She thought for a moment and replied, “I was clearing my contact list and accidentally cleared you.”
With this answer, anyone would back down, right?
“Ding-ding.” The other party replied in a second.
[orange]: So it was an accident. Then you won’t delete me after adding me back, right?
[orange]: Or am I also one of the ones you’re preparing to clear? (fried egg eyes.jpg)
“…”
The “yes” in Xi Congshuang’s chat box was not sent for a long time.
The reminder that the red apple had written for her still worked. Collapse value 93. Cherish your life and cherish the moment.
Xi Congshuang retyped in the chat box, “No, it was a mistake.”
What on earth is there about her that’s worth Tan Yicheng enduring such humiliation?
No, there is. The hope of restoring her gland is on me.
I know the heroine cares a lot about her dream. I didn’t expect her to care so much that she would personally disguise herself and go undercover in her account. The heroine is really enduring humiliation.
Even the cold Xi Congshuang almost felt a hint of admiration.
“Ding-ding.” The smart device sounded again. Xi Congshuang looked over.
[orange]: That’s great!
Xi Congshuang thought to herself: That’s great. Really?
***
After sending “That’s great!” Tan Yicheng expressionlessly said good night to her.
Today’s Xi Congshuang always felt a little off. Her wording style had also changed a lot, becoming more concise.
But thinking of the wound on the other party’s palm, she felt that this was normal. It would be a little inconvenient to type when injured.
She didn’t think that Xi Congshuang knew who she was. This was a perfect account. Everything she had mentioned had a trace to follow, so she wasn’t afraid of Xi Congshuang investigating.
Besides, Xi Congshuang herself was a person who was greedy for fun and wouldn’t care about the truth. As long as she could be fooled, she wouldn’t care.
To let her off so easily would be too unfair to herself. She decided to continue to slowly collect evidence and make it all public in the future.
Doesn’t she love to pretend to be an omega? Then get ready to accept public opinion.
All the previous evidence had been erased by Xi Congshuang, so it was impossible to convict her. But social death was also letting her off easy.
Closing her smart device, Tan Yicheng leaned against the bed and continued to feign sleep.
After a long time, she actually thought of the past.
Perhaps it was because the current Xi Congshuang was too obviously not right, which made her can’t help but compare the two, and the more she thought, the deeper she went.
At that time, she was approaching her second differentiation. Alphas themselves were sensitive to the outside world. As she approached her second differentiation period, her various indicators were unstable. Leaving the school was according to the doctor’s advice, not to continue to stay in a place with chaotic pheromones.
Tan Yicheng’s parents had died when she was young. She had grown up eating from a hundred families. Later, she had been admitted to the First Academy and had gone to school with the scholarship she had saved up before.
In order to save money, she had always lived in the school dormitory. Although it was a single room, there were many alpha schoolmates in the building, and the doctor did not recommend that she continue to live there.
The pheromones that erupted during the second differentiation were more intense and could easily conflict with the pheromones of other alphas, making other alphas subconsciously release their pheromones to mark their territory.
Especially in their mecha department, one was more powerful than the other, and the competitive emotions would only be high.
The doctor had requested that she spend her second differentiation in a safe place with no other pheromone interference. She had also booked a hotel early, and the ordered medicine would be delivered to her room by a robot.
Who knew that at the door, she would run into a few alphas from another school chatting together? A tall alpha was walking and talking to her friends about the joint school mecha department competition.
Tan Yicheng had won the championship in the last joint school mecha department competition. She also knew this alpha. She was her classmate’s younger sister, and she had seen her a few times.
Just as Tan Yicheng was about to leave, she heard the short-haired alpha say, “…I just told her that the Tan Yicheng who won the championship in the last competition was me. That silly and sweet omega is so easy to fool. She believes whatever I say, hahaha!”
“She didn’t ask you for the competition video?”
This was a normal person’s reaction, but the competition video was not made public by the school. Only the contestants and teachers could watch it.
The alpha said, “She did, but I didn’t give it to her. I said the school wouldn’t allow it, and she gave me money to rest well.”
“Then she’s really silly and sweet. She even believes that.”
The short-haired A hooked her friend’s shoulder and said mysteriously, “And I’ve asked her out again at the dessert shop near the school, the same Sweet Tea House as last time.”
“Didn’t you always clamor to see her? Now’s your chance. Her pheromones are a bit faint, but it’s good to feast your eyes.”