A Cannon-Fodder Omega’s Self-Saving Guide - Chapter 15

After hearing Yin Yin’s words, Xia Weichen was slightly stunned.

Yin Yin always spoke in a very organized manner, so for her to suddenly say something so unrelated was truly a little strange. It rather sounded like she was trying to deny something too obviously.

She wasn’t overthinking? Could it be that just now, Yin Yin had really thought Xia Weichen might go back with Lin Langruo?

Was Yin Yin worried she would leave?

Xia Weichen thought for a moment and quickly became certain. Yin Yin must be worried that she still could not let go of her past with Lin Langruo…

Was Yin Yin minding it?

Thinking of this, Xia Weichen slowly wrapped her other hand around Yin Yin’s neck. The cold touch of her fingertips made Yin Yin instinctively shrink back.

But Xia Weichen did not give Yin Yin a chance to slip away from between her fingers. The faint smile between her brows and eyes rippled like water. “Is Sister afraid I’ll leave?”

A certain ominous premonition rose in Yin Yin’s heart. Not too far beyond her expectations, she felt a light, warm touch by her ear—wet, hot, and lingering.

Xia Weichen had actually kissed her in public.

Although there were not many people in the shopping center, and even fewer noticed such a small action between them, Xia Weichen’s behavior could absolutely be called bold. If unscrupulous paparazzi who had been lying in wait nearby secretly photographed it, it would be enough to keep them on trending searches for at least half a month.

Yin Yin’s face flushed red all at once.

Xia Weichen caught sight of Yin Yin’s face turning so red it looked as if blood might drip from it. She laughed softly again, turned sideways, and held Yin Yin’s shoulder, burying her head in Yin Yin’s neck.

To someone who did not know the inside story, this action looked extremely ambiguous, almost like marking someone in public. Only, the one doing the marking was an Omega, while the one being marked was an Alpha. This made the scene seem strangely fascinating.

Yin Yin wanted to push Xia Weichen away, but Xia Weichen clung to her like soft cotton fluff and refused to come down no matter what. Then, another soft laugh from Xia Weichen sounded beside her ear.

“Has Sister never had any experience being kissed before? Is that why you’re so flustered?”

“How is that possible?”

Yin Yin denied it without hesitation, but she was completely flustered. Even if her perception of emotions was slow, under Xia Weichen’s kind of offensive, she still found it somewhat difficult to withstand. She steadied herself, only to realize that Xia Weichen’s arms had already withdrawn from her. They were now standing apart properly, without the slightest trace of the extreme ambiguity from just now.

She instinctively touched her neck.

The faint wet warmth that had just lingered around her neck was still there, reminding her that what she had just experienced had not been an illusion.

“Miss Xia had better not…”

“Not?”

Although those were the final two words Yin Yin had wanted to say, once they were singled out like that, they somehow sounded a little strange, making it hard for people not to overthink.

“If Sister hadn’t blocked her just now, Lin Langruo might already have hit me. Let me think about how I should repay Sister.” Xia Weichen deliberately dragged out the end of her sentence, her beautiful eyes flickering faintly. “I remember there’s a very nice restaurant nearby. Does Sister want to go with me?”

Without waiting for Yin Yin to answer, she took the initiative to lift Yin Yin’s hand and place it around her waist.

Yin Yin’s fingertips trembled slightly, but she did not pull her hand away.

When they arrived at the restaurant, it was a place Xia Weichen and Ming Lanyi often came to. The servers still remembered her. Xia Weichen ordered several dishes she usually liked, then excused herself to touch up her makeup and went to the restroom.

Such closeness was not without reason.

After all, who could refuse constantly rising points?

Based on the two changes that had happened to the system, Xia Weichen focused her attention on Yin Yin. She faintly sensed that the system’s evolution was most likely related to intimate contact with Yin Yin.

Among the various actions she had tried just now, a kiss gave more points than holding the waist, while holding hands came last.

However, the points gained from holding hands were continuous. A kiss only lasted for a brief instant, and if it went on slightly too long, there was even a risk of losing points.

“Host did very well.” The system praised her by her ear. “If this continues, Host will soon be able to unlock the exchange shop.”

“How many points are needed to unlock the exchange shop?”

“Ten million points, Host.”

Hearing that number, Xia Weichen’s heart went cold halfway through. She had originally thought she had gained quite a lot of points just now, but compared to ten million, it was far too insignificant.

She steadied herself. “How many points do I have now?”

“Host currently has twelve thousand five hundred fifty points.” Afraid Xia Weichen would suspect it of poor calculation, the system hurriedly added, “A kiss gives ten thousand points. A hug gives one thousand points. Holding hands gives ten points per minute. The accumulated remaining amount is one thousand fifty points.”

“So how exactly am I supposed to get ten million points as quickly as possible?” Xia Weichen thought about it, then suddenly discovered a loophole. “Wait. You just said holding hands is ten points per minute, but I didn’t hold her hand for nearly two hours just now.”

The exchange system had probably opened when the system notified her, or perhaps slightly later than that. Yin Yin had only actively held her hand during the confrontation with Lin Langruo. Added together, it was only around a dozen minutes. How could it have reached two hours?

The golden ball flapped its wings, as if using its limited brain capacity to search as hard as it could. After a long while, it finally said, “It’s like this, Host. When the duration of intimate contact between you and Yin Yin reaches a certain level, there are extra point rewards. For example, holding hands for one minute gives ten points. The second minute becomes twenty points, the third minute becomes thirty points, and so on…”

Xia Weichen thought for a moment. “Tell me, if she held me while sleeping for an entire night, would the points instantly max out?”

Hearing Xia Weichen’s words, the system was so startled that it forgot to flap its wings and fell straight down from its hovering state.

Although it knew its host had always had some very bold ideas, this was the first time it had seen something this bold.

“Host…” The golden ball weakly tried to persuade her. “It’s not only point-adding actions. The points are also related to Yin Yin’s subjective willingness. There may be point deductions too. But…”

“At least for now, they’re adding points. That’s enough.” Xia Weichen blinked and reapplied her lipstick in front of the mirror. The woman reflected in the mirror was bright and gorgeous, like a blooming flower. Perhaps because she was too beautiful, she seemed somewhat unreal at that moment.

Under the soft light, her skin showed a faint warmth, making her eyes appear especially bright, like black gemstones set in the night sky. Her whole person looked like a female lead who had walked out of a book.

Only, in the end, she still could not become the true protagonist. She was merely a supporting figure in a long storyline.

After touching up her makeup, she returned to the private room. At that moment, Yin Yin was looking at documents on her phone.

Now Yin Yin would tell her about problems she encountered and would also ask her opinion on the prospects of certain projects. Xia Weichen knew that Yin Yin was not actually going to do exactly as she said. Yin Yin was most likely only reporting work to her. From Yin Yin’s perspective, they were collaborators.

As for Xia Weichen, they were indeed collaborators too. Only, in this cooperation, she was not as honest as Yin Yin.

“Sister always uses such a businesslike tone.” Xia Weichen blinked, casting a flirtatious glance. “If others saw us, they might think we came out for a company team-building dinner.”

Then she paused, the end of her tone carrying a slight grievance. “Even team-building dinners aren’t this serious.”

Yin Yin paused slightly, but she still maintained a polite tone. “Then what would Miss Xia like to talk about?”

Xia Weichen smiled lightly. “Perfect. Then I’ll tell you about my childhood.”

She began with the time when she had lived at Huanyue Embroidery House as a child. Her parents had not had much time to manage her, and Xia Qiuling also did not trust the Xia family’s branch relatives to properly treat the Xia family’s future sole heir. So she entrusted Xia Weichen to the Yang family, old friends of the family. The person in charge of the Yang family was none other than the current master of Huanyue Embroidery House, Yang Shuhe.

Huanyue Embroidery House was located in a water town in the southeast. The water town had scenery different from that of a metropolis, as well as interesting sights and stories completely unlike those of bustling cities. Yang Shuhe often accepted large international projects. When Yang Shuhe gathered the other people in the embroidery house to study and research together, Xia Weichen would secretly lie by the small window and watch. Sometimes, she would imitate them and fiddle with needles and threads. She had quite good talent in this area and high comprehension, and what she made looked rather proper. Yang Shuhe saw in her the shadow of her own younger self.

Without a doubt, Xia Qiuling had firmly opposed Yang Shuhe taking Xia Weichen as her successor. That would have been equivalent to Yang Shuhe handing the entire Yang family over to the Xia family. But helplessly, Yang Shuhe had already taught the true transmission of moon embroidery to Xia Weichen before Xia Weichen even knew how important it was, so Xia Qiuling had no choice but to compromise.

Xia Weichen’s story was very long and lasted through the entire late-night meal. In truth, Xia Weichen was not only trying to let Yin Yin understand her. She also very much wanted to know Yin Yin’s past.

In the overall plot she had seen, there had not been much information about Yin Yin at this stage, when her career had not yet fully matured. The current Yin Yin was undoubtedly still the young, growing version of the boss. When she officially appeared before everyone as a villain, Yin Yin was far less three-dimensional and vivid than she was now. She was almost completely cold and stern like a symbolic label.

This might be related to Yin Yin’s past experiences. Sometimes, wounds from childhood would worsen and split open with age, tormenting a normal person into becoming an unapproachable iceberg.

Xia Weichen did not expect herself to be of too much help to Yin Yin. She only hoped that during the brief years she and Yin Yin spent together, she could slightly change Yin Yin, so that in the future, Yin Yin would not lose people’s support because of her personality and give Lin Langruo, with her excellent acting skills, an opportunity to exploit.

The final dish was dessert. A delicate light cream cake was brought up. The strawberries on top had been cut into thin slices and arranged into the shape of roses, adding an ambiguous atmosphere beneath the swaying candlelight.

Xia Weichen interlaced her fingers and propped her chin on them, looking through the thin candlelight into Yin Yin’s eyes. In that instant, she caught a strange glimmer in Yin Yin’s gaze.

“Miss Xia mentioned earlier that when Master Yang held her touring moon embroidery exhibition, she went to Yichuan City. I lived in Yichuan City when I was little.” Yin Yin seemed thoughtful, as if mentioning it completely unintentionally. “But after I went to university, I never went back again.”

Xia Weichen did not interrupt and continued listening to Yin Yin.

It was not that she did not want to join the topic. Rather, after the car accident, there were many trivial matters she could no longer remember clearly. But since it did not affect her much, she had not deliberately intervened to force herself to recall them.

After all, what she wanted to hear was Yin Yin’s past, not simply to talk about her own matters.

“When I was very young, my parents divorced. I have an older sister. She followed my father, and I followed my mother. My mother then brought me back to her hometown, Yichuan.” Yin Yin sighed lightly.

This was the first time Xia Weichen had learned about Yin Yin’s family background. Before this, she had thought Yin Yin had no relatives left alive.

After all, in order to preserve the mystery of Yin Yin as a major villain, the creator of this world had been especially stingy with information about her.

“Then does Sister want to go back and take a look?” Xia Weichen asked tentatively.

Yin Yin shook her head gently. “I’ve thought about it, but I can’t get away right now. If…”

“If Sister wants to, I’ll go back with Sister. You’ll have company on the road, so Sister won’t be too lonely.” Xia Weichen pushed the cake in front of Yin Yin. Her fingertips seemed to brush over Yin Yin’s palm unintentionally, lightly grazing it.

At the same time, she heard the system’s announcement beside her ear:

“Points: +5000.”