Chapter 59: Online Dating a Bad Beta
“Tan Yicheng, Tan Yicheng, you can’t be eroded by sugar-coated bullets. Don’t forget your true purpose.”
Half of the cake was left on the table. The slender figure who had been standing by the table had already left.
Xi Congshuang did not share the cake with Tan Yicheng. She leaned back in her chair, staring at the half-eaten cake in a daze.
The cut cake exuded a sweet fragrance, with cream and fruit in between. Eating it like this would not feel cloying; just like its appearance, it was a very delicious cake.
It would take Tan Yicheng a long time to forget the feeling of eating this cake, and perhaps she would never forget it.
Tan Yicheng raised her hand to cover her forehead and said in a low voice, “What is this…”
The cold smart device on her wrist pressed against her forehead. Her bent shoulders and back paused, and she slowly looked at the thing in her hand.
Her amber eyes were dark and unclear. Too many doubts were struggling in her heart. She actually had a feeling of being unable to sort things out. Her heart had become a maze, and she was walking in a maze with no exit.
Rationally, she warned herself that this was a woman who was a habitual liar and was best at sweet talk. Perhaps such a person’s acting skills would not be bad either.
“…”
After a long while, Tan Yicheng finally made up her mind. A light blue light lit up in front of her.
She would act and lie in person. What if she was facing another person?
Would her true nature be exposed?
The wrist of Xi Congshuang, who was checking a document, vibrated. She looked at the corner of her smart device, and an icon was flashing.
#Soft and cute A is online again#
The messages from this account were all set as special reminders by Xi Congshuang, so that she could receive them as soon as possible. Speaking of which, she had had countless conversations with this persona, but she knew nothing about Tan Yicheng’s own account.
She didn’t know if this disguised persona was her main account, or if the other party had never considered having too much involvement with her, so she had not mentioned her private account.
The other party would not mention it, and Xi Congshuang would certainly not mention it. Her focus now was still on lowering the collapse value. If Tan Yicheng told her that she wanted to go to the sky, and that the collapse value would drop after she went, she would buy a spaceship and send her to the sky without thinking.
Xi Congshuang clicked in, wanting to see what Tan Yicheng’s persona had sent today, to keep the spark alive.
Unexpectedly, today was not just the simple and neat three words “keep the spark alive.” Her wrist moved continuously, and the other party had sent a lot of messages.
Orange: The exam is finally over. I finally have time to go online.
Orange: The exam this time was so hard. I’m worried that my grades are not ideal and I won’t be able to get into the school I want.
Xi Congshuang: “…”
Staring at the QAQ for a long while, Xi Congshuang belatedly remembered that she was in an online relationship with this soft and cute A.
Behind the online dating partner was the heroine, Tan Yicheng. Although she didn’t know why she had sent this message on a whim, it must be for some purpose.
No matter what, this was a very tricky identity. She couldn’t delete it, and she couldn’t treat it coldly. The rise and fall of the collapse value was also closely related to the other party.
Although she herself knew nothing about it, Xi Congshuang, who knew the truth, couldn’t help but think a little more about it.
In short, she was an ancestor.
Her gaze turned to the other side of the wall. Xi Congshuang just wanted to know what Tan Yicheng was planning to do to her again.
Orange: If I can’t get into a school on the Central Star, I won’t be able to see you on Red Tea Star often.
Orange: Will this disappoint your expectations?
Xi Congshuang: “?”
Hasn’t she already been admitted?
The closest planet to the Central Star was Red Tea Star. They were both prosperous planets in the First Galaxy. Even Red Tea Star had a large number of industries with the shadow of Future Pharmacy.
So what did this mean?
She wouldn’t send these messages for no reason.
Her brain, which was full of documents and various data, finally caught a thread. She began to recall all the TV series and novels she had seen and found a glimmer of light.
She realized that in this situation, the most important thing she should do now was to comfort Tan Yicheng?
How should I comfort someone?
This question made Xi Congshuang’s mind go blank for a short while.
In her past life, few people would confide in Xi Congshuang. She herself had a face that rejected being a confidante. Who would be so foolish as to confide in her?
After some thought, Xi Congshuang began to type.
[Snowflake]: It’s okay. If you can’t get in, you can’t get in.
Tan Yicheng’s brow furrowed. A line of “Huh? You don’t want to see me anymore?” hadn’t had time to be sent out when she received a new message.
[Snowflake]: I’ll donate a spot for you.
Anyway, it’s the same person. It worked the first time, so it should work this time too.
What replied faster than Orange was the collapse value. It sounded in her ear almost instantly.
“Collapse value +3. Current collapse value: 84.95.”
Xi Congshuang: “.” No.
The smart device on her cold white wrist vibrated, and a new message popped up on the light screen in front of her.
Orange: But I want to get in on my own. I’m afraid you’ll look down on me in the future.
Xi Congshuang: “.” You’re the heroine. You have the final say.
The high school A is worried about not being able to get into a good school. The root of the problem is here. She solved the problem from the root and assured her that the things she was worried about would be solved. Why would the collapse value still increase?
In the next room, Tan Yicheng said calmly, “So you’re like this to everyone.”
The solution was a duplicate. She had almost forgotten that there were countless alphas in her account. She didn’t know how many alphas she had said this to.
Thinking this way, Xi Congshuang’s solution became n duplicates, and she was just one of them.
“One of them. Didn’t I know that long ago? Tan Yicheng, you’re really crazy.”
The person on the bed silently buried herself in the blanket until Xi Congshuang’s next message called out the pile of blankets, and she continued to chat with a puffed-up face.
Then she said good night to her, turned off her smart device, and fell asleep.
The surgery was in a few days. The doctor had told her to rest well every day, sleep early and wake up early, to prepare her body for the surgery in the best condition.
The next day, Xi Congshuang was indeed questioned by the red apple. “Why did the collapse value rise? What did you do to the heroine?”
Xi Congshuang said calmly, “It’s her birthday today. I bought a cake back in the early morning and comforted her a little.”
“That’s it?”
“That’s it.”
The person and the system fell silent, both looking at the sunny and beautiful weather outside, completely puzzled.
—Why?
This is too in line with the sending-warmth plot. Generally speaking, shouldn’t the heroine be moved by this, feel that the person in front of her is very different from the original owner, become suspicious, and finally have all sorts of curiosity, and can’t help but observe?
Then in the process of getting along, she would discover more differences, gradually separate the two, and unknowingly let go of her grudge, and then the collapse value would drop dramatically?
Why did the collapse value still rise? Shouldn’t it have been lowered because of being moved?
This is different from the novels it has read!
The system would not question Xi Congshuang’s words. Although its host had the potential of a villain in every aspect, and her thoughts were more about life and death, she still had one good point.
Xi Congshuang disdained to deceive it and had an honest personality of telling the truth even if it would anger the system to death.
Damn it, the more I think about it, the angrier I get. This reason is better than Xi Congshuang lying to it.
A heroine’s heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea.
When on earth will this mission be completed?
A few days later, it was the day of Tan Yicheng’s surgery. Xi Congshuang had pushed off her meeting and was staying at the hospital to wait for her to come out.
The surgery would take three hours. Xi Congshuang sat on a chair, waiting in silence.
She had been sitting there since the surgery began. After a long time, Glorie on the side couldn’t help but stand up and move her body, planning to get Xi Congshuang a new coffee.
When she came back with the new coffee, she almost thought that her boss had turned into a still goddess statue. Only the slow rise and fall of her chest proved that she was still alive and breathing.
As a qualified assistant, after some serious thought, Glorie felt that she should comfort her boss.
Glorie put down the coffee cup and said, “CEO Xi, don’t worry. Professor Wei’s medical skills are superb. She will definitely cure Miss Tan.”
The goddess statue-like statue blinked, and finally came to life.
Xi Congshuang: “I’m thinking about something.”
Glorie: “What?”
Xi Congshuang: “There is a certain number of alphas with gland damage. The gland is a very special organ, and its complexity is second only to the brain and heart. Many alphas can’t get a doctor like Professor Wei Lin.”
“Even if they can, Professor Wei Lin is getting old and can’t be everywhere at once.”
Glorie could get this high salary, definitely not just because she was a good lackey. Her professional ability was very good, and she had handled countless company businesses. She was a high-level confidante of the person in charge.
She thought deeply along with Xi Congshuang’s words.
This was indeed true. The number of alphas and omegas was far surpassed by betas, and the number of AOs with gland problems was also far more than imagined.
Perhaps if you searched the entire galaxy, you wouldn’t find more than two hands’ worth of doctors as confident as Professor Wei Lin.
There were always more patients in the world, and good doctors were hard to find.
Xi Congshuang continued, “And there is also a risk of failure in the surgery. I’ve thought of a plan. Can we develop a new project, an artificial gland, like artificial limbs and artificial hearts?”
Glorie: “…?”
Just hearing the first half, Glorie had thought that her boss was in the hospital but still had her heart on the company, and had even been inspired to develop a new business for the company and invest in a new blue ocean project.
The more she heard, the more Glorie felt that something was not right, and in the end, her head was full of black lines.
In the end, the meaning was: I must cure Tan Yicheng and restore her gland.
Even at the cost of investing in a new project.
She had a premonition that if there was a successful gland transplant surgery in the world, Xi Congshuang would definitely do it.
Gland transplant surgery had existed during the White Tower period. Without exception, all the people who had undergone the surgery had died.
Later, the doctor who had proposed this surgery was arrested for suspected illegal human experiments. The interstellar court had sentenced him to death, a rare occurrence, and would not tolerate a repeat offense.
But… Glorie had an idea in her mind. She asked carefully, “If the artificial gland project is really successful and is allowed to exist, will you also have one transplanted for yourself?”
She hadn’t forgotten that her boss had always had an omega dream, but now she felt that Xi Congshuang was more like a calm and composed alpha.
Xi Congshuang looked at her strangely. “How could I? I really like my female beta gender.”
Glorie was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled. “That’s right. The boss is the boss. Her ability won’t change because of anything.”
After three tense hours, the surgery time was over. Glorie’s heart tightened, and she looked at the operating room door.
Xi Congshuang stood up abruptly. She did not look at the operating room door first, but her ear subconsciously tilted to the left.
Because she heard the system’s notification sound:
“Collapse value -40. Current collapse value: 44.95.”
This number was simply an epic progress, exactly as Xi Congshuang had expected.
What Tan Yicheng cared about the most was the gland problem. She was not a very evil person. As long as her gland could be restored, her fate would be changed because of it.
“Half! It’s half!!!” The red apple finally reacted, its voice raised, wishing it could spin 360 degrees on the spot to express its excitement.
Xi Congshuang blocked out the red apple’s sudden scream in her ear and walked towards the operating room a step behind her assistant.
The operating room door opened from the middle. A doctor with a pair of blue eyes and white hair walked out first, her eyes clearly tired.
She hurriedly informed them that the surgery was successful, let out a long sigh of relief, and was about to go out to rest.
Xi Congshuang already knew the result from the system and did not force the doctor to ask more questions, letting Glorie arrange the subsequent matters.
Glorie naturally agreed and turned to do it.
Then, a pale-faced Tan Yicheng was pushed out. The color of her lips was very light, but her eyes were very bright.
The person in the wheelchair was wearing a loose hospital gown, with a large repair patch on the back of her neck, temporarily sealing her wound and the unconsciously leaking pheromones.
The surgical wound in the interstellar era was minimal, and there was no need for a long period of bed rest after the surgery, only a short period of rest to recuperate.
But she had just had surgery and was excited to get out of bed and walk back on her own, but she was still pressed onto the wheelchair by the nurse and pushed out.
Seeing that Xi Congshuang was the first person she saw when she came out of the surgery, a hint of surprise flashed in her heart, and then it gradually subsided. Her eyes reflected the figure of that person walking over step by step.
The other party finally got close. The woody perfume smell washed away the smell of disinfectant that lingered in her nose, and Xi Congshuang’s presence became more obvious.
Tan Yicheng licked her dry lips and said to her, “The surgery was successful.”
Xi Congshuang bent down and looked at her at eye level. “Congratulations. The surgery was successful. You can go and do what you want to do.”
Tan Yicheng did not deny it and stared straight into her eyes, nodding. “You’re right.”
The conversation between the two was vague, and the dialogue was also strange, which made the nurse who was pushing the wheelchair not know what the relationship between these two was. Her heart inexplicably stood still.
The version she had heard before was that a profligate who was indulging in pleasure had finally settled down and had spent a fortune just to cure her lover. The entire hospital was happy to treat this matter as a topic of conversation after tea and meals.
Now, looking at them, they didn’t look like an intimate couple, but more like they had a grudge.
The person in the wheelchair suddenly reached out and grabbed Xi Congshuang’s wrist. The temperature of her palm was very cold, even colder than Xi Congshuang’s.
Tan Yicheng said, “You went to all this trouble to cure me. Now that I have a chance of recovery, do you regret it?”
The hand that was holding her wrist was very strong, leaving a mark on Xi Congshuang’s cold white skin, which hurt a little.
Xi Congshuang did not break free from her hand. “No, I have never regretted it.”
She looked up and said to the shocked nurse, “Give her to me. I’ll push her back.”
The nurse subconsciously looked at Tan Yicheng. She was sitting quietly in the wheelchair, her long hair tied up, revealing her fragile and slender nape. She had also withdrawn the hand that was tightly holding Xi Congshuang’s wrist.
Seeing that she had no intention of resisting, the nurse slowly let go of her hand and was replaced by Xi Congshuang.
The nurse was left on the spot, watching the two of them walk away. At this time, she felt that the rumors in the hospital were still reasonable.
From their aura and atmosphere, they were very much like a couple.
Xi Congshuang personally sent her back to the hospital room. Tan Yicheng was unusually obedient and silent all the way.
The hospital room had long been arranged and cleaned until it was spotless, and the sunlight was warm.
But due to the limitations of the place, no matter how you cleaned, you could still smell the disinfectant. That smell was everywhere.
The hospital was always like this. Tan Yicheng occasionally felt that if she stayed here every day, her pheromones would sooner or later turn into the smell of disinfectant.
As she was thinking this, she was about to stand up and lie back on the bed when an extra force on her shoulder pressed her back in place.
Tan Yicheng: “?” What are you doing?
Xi Congshuang bent down, her cool hair sliding down. The hand that was always cold wrapped around Tan Yicheng’s shoulder, and the other hand passed under her knees. With a force of her hand, she lifted the person up.
Is it an illusion?
Xi Congshuang tilted her head. She seemed to have smelled a fresh fruit scent on the back of Tan Yicheng’s neck.