A Cannon-Fodder Omega’s Self-Saving Guide - Chapter 10

The exquisite flower arrangement sat on the table, sparse and dense in just the right measure. Under the light as bright as moonlight, it looked especially elegant and refined.

“Sister, come look.” Xia Weichen raised her head and softly called Yin Yin over. “Do you like it?”

“It’s beautiful.”

Yin Yin did not know many flowery adjectives. She gazed at the arrangement. Golden, tender stamens dotted the branches and leaves, the shades light and deep in perfect balance. Amid the quietness, it gave off a unique vitality.

“Sister can take it back and place it in your room. It helps with sleep.” Xia Weichen picked up the flower arrangement and handed it to Yin Yin, but Yin Yin did not take it.

“Miss Xia has already given me a lot. You don’t need to go to so much trouble.” Yin Yin shook her head. “I’ll go back first. Miss Xia should rest early too.”

With that, Yin Yin turned and went upstairs, leaving Xia Weichen standing alone beneath the gentle light.

Although the lighting was warm, when it fell on Xia Weichen, it carried a somewhat bleak paleness.

After a long time, Xia Weichen placed the flower arrangement back on the table. Pale golden patterns spread across the white tablecloth, unexpectedly complementing the arrangement very well.

“System, since you’ve already reported my course of action to your superior and finalized it, do you have more authority now?” Xia Weichen turned to the system and asked tentatively. “Your form has changed quite a bit. It should be something like… evolution?”

Seeing that Xia Weichen had guessed most of it, the system did not hide anything and confessed directly. “That’s right. Because I need to tailor a plan for Host, after reporting to the central hub, I can now foresee dangers Yin Yin will encounter within a short period of time.”

“How short?”

“About… ten minutes or so?”

“That really is short.”

The system became a little dejected after Xia Weichen’s merciless comment. It anxiously spun around beside Xia Weichen’s hand, its tone ingratiating. “But it still counts as predicting the future, right? Being able to predict ten minutes into the future really isn’t that short.”

“You actually don’t need to convince me that this is a good skill.” Xia Weichen pushed the flower arrangement toward the edge of the dining table and slowly walked toward her room. “But it isn’t completely useless either. It can indeed help Yin Yin avoid many risks. There are a lot of people watching her.”

Xia Weichen sat on the bed, bored as she fiddled with the corner of the quilt. The system also jumped onto the bed, its round body rolling back and forth across the sheets.

“Host doesn’t need to feel discouraged. Host has to believe in yourself…” The system tried to comfort Xia Weichen, but its little head really could not hold too many words.

“I don’t mean that I don’t believe in myself.” Xia Weichen thought for a moment, then suddenly asked seriously, “Do you think one day, Yin Yin might really fall in love with me?”

“…”

For a moment, the system had no reply.

But seeing how serious its host looked, it still racked its brains and eventually pushed the question back to Xia Weichen. “Then… what does Host think?”

“I don’t know either.” Xia Weichen pinched the corner of the quilt, somewhat troubled. “Sometimes I even have the illusion that I’m very safe by her side.”

This sense of security had no positive effect on her. Feeling too safe would only make her lower her guard.

She trusted Yin Yin, but that did not mean Yin Yin could be trusted at all times. Right now, she had staked everything on establishing a connection with Yin Yin. In the end, what she wanted was still to borrow Yin Yin’s strength to cut off Lin Langruo’s wings before they fully grew. But after removing Lin Langruo, would she really separate from Yin Yin step by step according to plan?

“It might be Host’s psychological effect. After all, Host already knows that Yin Yin won’t harm you,” the system said after thinking. “Just like Host trusts Ming Lanyi.”

Xia Weichen fell silent.

“Host, don’t worry,” the system continued trying to comfort her. “Host doesn’t need to worry that Yin Yin will develop any feelings for Host afterward. Host has to believe in the power of the setting. In the setting, Yin Yin can’t possibly like anyone.”

“Frigid?” Xia Weichen found it somewhat funny.

The system shook its head and said seriously, “According to the supplementary setting, Yin Yin already has someone in her heart whom she knew when she was little. This won’t change. So Yin Yin won’t fall in love with anyone other than that person, including Host.”

Yin Yin sat in the classically decorated room. She had not turned on the lights or taken out her phone. The moonlight outside the window lay thinly across the floor like a layer of frost.

She gazed at Drooping Willows in Cold Mist on the wall.

The drooping willows swayed in the wind, and the cold mist spread faintly, as if the embroidery had a life of its own.

Although this was the first time she had seen this piece of moon embroidery, she felt an unusual sense of familiarity, as if this work contained some kind of aura she knew extremely well.

She did not understand the refined things that wealthy people raised in luxury liked to play with since childhood, but she had an almost obsessive understanding of moon embroidery. After all, her connection with moon embroidery was far from shallow.

“Big Sister, don’t cry anymore. This is for you. I embroidered it myself. I don’t really understand these things, but Master said it’s worth a lot of money. It should be enough to pay for Auntie’s treatment.”

In her memory, a small hand like white jade handed her a round fan. She remembered very clearly that the peacock on the fan was lifelike, perched atop blue shrubs.

That was the first time she had seen true moon embroidery.

Moon embroidery had always been known as being worth its weight in gold. Most of the moon embroidery circulating on the market was made by ordinary embroiderers in the embroidery house. Only embroidery made by those who had inherited the ancient methods directly was the most authentic moon embroidery, and such works were priceless and impossible to find. The white jade-like little hand in her memory had given her the latter.

“Sister.”

A familiar voice broke the dead silence in the room. Then came a gentle knock on the door, as soft as the voice, like someone acting spoiled.

Yin Yin got up, turned on the light, and opened the door.

Under the soft light of the corridor, the beautiful Omega woman stood outside. Her figure looked somewhat slender beneath her plain white dress.

Her appearance was gorgeous yet extremely light, and her shimmering eyes seemed to reflect countless stars.

“I came to bring Sister warm milk. It helps with sleep.” Xia Weichen noticed that Yin Yin had only turned on the light when opening the door for her. She also saw the slight indentation on the bed. “Does Sister sleep this early?”

“I was only thinking about something.” Yin Yin’s gaze instinctively fell back on Drooping Willows in Cold Mist, and Xia Weichen caught it effortlessly.

“Is Sister interested in moon embroidery?”

Xia Weichen would not let go of any possible opportunity. Her shimmering eyes held not only temptation and charm, but also a sharpness that could catch details.

Yin Yin nodded.

“In a few days, there will be a fashion exhibition in Linqi. It just so happens that I know the current owner of Huanyue Embroidery House, and she will also attend this fashion exhibition. Does Sister want to go?”

The owner of Huanyue Embroidery House?

Yin Yin’s heart stirred. The scene from her memory surfaced before her eyes once more. By the time she came back to herself, she realized that she had already slowly agreed to Xia Weichen.

“All right.”

…

At Xia Weichen’s request, Xia Qiuling returned part of the Xia family’s authority to her on the condition that she properly receive treatment for her illness. Sitting once again in the spacious, bright office, Xia Weichen was no longer as nervous and fearful as she had been before, afraid that she would not be able to convince others.

The affairs of a conglomerate were complicated and numerous. All kinds of open and hidden struggles were endlessly colorful. When all these matters were laid out before her at once, Xia Weichen found it somewhat difficult to handle at first. But she knew very well that this was merely Xia Qiuling’s test for her. If she could not hold on, she would have to obediently follow the previous arrangement and marry some Alpha from the circle—

And directly lose this chance to change her fate.

Xia Weichen’s fingers uneasily rubbed against the desk. She stared at the stacks of documents the secretary had carried in, piled up nearly like a small mountain. At that moment, her phone suddenly rang.

She grabbed it and looked. It was Ming Lanyi.

Ming Lanyi’s laughter on the other end of the call was so wicked it made one want to hit her. “Hahahahahahaha, Chenchen, you’re really killing me. Hahahahahaha—”

Ming Lanyi laughed for a long time. Only when Xia Weichen threatened to hang up if she kept laughing did Ming Lanyi barely suppress her laughter. “Chenchen, you just dumped Lin Langruo. Shouldn’t you be following the proper process and shutting yourself indoors at home for a few days? Or is this what they call turning grief and anger into strength?”

She was the youngest daughter of the Ming family, so she did not need to think about the matters that only family power holders had to consider. She knew that Xia Weichen would one day take control of the entire Xia family, but hearing that this day had arrived still surprised her.

“Not at all.” Xia Weichen gently rejected Ming Lanyi’s words. “You have to know that Alphas aren’t worth relying on. If they can do something, why can’t I?”

“…Ambitious. As expected of my good friend.” Ming Lanyi held it in for a long time before squeezing out one sentence. Then she immediately shifted to the topic she was interested in and asked, “What about Yin Yin, the one you took a liking to that day? Any follow-up?”

As Xia Weichen’s childhood playmate, Ming Lanyi knew all of Xia Weichen’s little skills like the back of her hand. She was practically dying of envy over Xia Weichen’s excellent embroidery skills. She did not know what exactly Master Yang Shuhe had seen in Xia Weichen, but Master Yang Shuhe had directly passed her mantle to Xia Weichen.

“There is.” Naturally, Xia Weichen would not give Ming Lanyi a chance to succeed. “She’s living at my house now…”

“Isn’t that just living at your house…” Ming Lanyi laughed. Then she suddenly realized something, and her voice involuntarily rose an octave. “What? Living at your house! Yin Yin can actually live at your house?”

“Why not?” Xia Weichen was very satisfied with Ming Lanyi’s reaction. “She and I have already confirmed our relationship. It happened that very night.”

“…Then hand over the precious vase you promised me.”

Ming Lanyi was still very shocked. “Chenchen, you’re not lying to me, are you?”

“How could I lie to you? If you don’t believe me, just come to my house.” Xia Weichen still smiled brightly. “My relationship with her is very good now.”

Xia Weichen did not plan to tell Ming Lanyi her true purpose. Ming Lanyi had always spoken without much restraint, so it was better to be careful.

Sure enough, Ming Lanyi’s incomparably admiring voice came from the other end of the call. “Eldest Miss Xia, this lowly one boldly asks you for guidance today. How exactly did you manage to get your hands on Yin Yin, that ten-thousand-year-old iceberg?”

Xia Weichen thought for a moment. “Actually, it wasn’t that hard. Just like this, then like that, then like this again, and it worked.”