The waiting process was agonizing. Fu Yi’s heart was a tangle of mixed emotions; as Ye Xunshu remained silent, she began to feel that she should not have asked that question.
Why did she have to seek out her own unhappiness?
Even if Ye Xunshu answered that she had missed her, so what?
How could the Little Rabbit’s feelings for her extend in any other direction? To her, it was nothing more than a form of dependence. It was merely a reliance born out of a lack of security.
But then, Ye Xunshu suddenly smiled.
Fu Yi’s body went stiff.
“Sister Lanxi asked that too,” the young girl’s gentle voice sounded in her ear. Because she had just been forcefully suppressing her excitement, her voice sounded slightly hoarse.
“But Xunshu did not speak.”
When these words entered her ears, Fu Yi felt her heart drop for a moment. At that instant, she felt a flash of茫然 and helplessness. Then, she nodded understandingly and lowered her gaze, hiding the disappointment in her expression.
She stared at the dough figurine stall in front of them. The round body of that “Little White Rabbit” had been in her sight for a long time.
“I will take a Little Rabbit,” she said faintly.
Her voice was calm, so flat that not a single ripple could be heard.
“Coming right up!” The vendor saw that Ye Xunshu’s hands were empty and handed the dough figurine to her.
After paying the silver, the two continued to wander the market. However, Ye Xunshu clearly felt that Fu Yi had become less talkative.
Was it because of what she just said?
But she only said that she had not spoken.
She had, in fact, answered.
Because she was in too much pain, she had not spoken when Xu Lanxi asked her. Although she did not want to admit it, at that time—and even now—she could not understand it herself. Why did she have an answer in her heart when facing Xu Lanxi’s inquiry?
I missed her. I longed for her.
Throughout the entire process, she had been calling out Sister’s name in her heart.
Ever since her pheromones went out of control on the wedding day, Fu Yi had been secretly learning about the differences between Alphas and Omegas in this world. It was said that once an Omega’s heat was triggered once, their subsequent cycles would be relatively unstable. It would take some time for things to gradually settle down.
Back at the small cabin, Fu Yi quietly instructed Ye Xunshu, “You must remember to carry scent-suppressing patches with you these next few days.”
“Okay.” Ye Xunshu sat on a stool and glanced at Fu Yi’s neck.
As dinner time approached, Shen Yiyi gathered all the guests together. After the first day, it seemed that aside from Fu Yi, Ye Xunshu, and Yun Manman, the other three did not have a very good experience.
Zhou Ying and Xu Lanxi’s moods were understandable. The only thing Fu Yi did not understand was why Yun Manman was smiling so brightly while Zhou Zhou looked disgusted, his face even slightly pale.
During dinner, Shen Yiyi announced the dining rules, which involved interacting with the audience. Based on their time together on the first day, the audience would vote in the comments for the couple they felt best fit this episode’s theme of “Friends at First Sight.”
[I choose Fu Yi and Ye Xunshu!! The Big Bad Wolf and the Rabbit… enemies always cross paths, they definitely fit “Friends at First Sight” best!!] [Plus one for choosing Miss Fu and Miss Ye] [Plus one plus one plus one…]
The production crew did a preliminary screening and realized the dinner could not be distributed this way, so they added a rule: [Votes can only be cast based on yesterday’s pairings.]
[I do not care, from now on I am a die-hard fan of the Fu-Ye ship!!!] [Tsk tsk tsk, this is no fun. I will reluctantly choose Yun Manman’s group then.] [Must vote for Sister Fu Yi! Who would vote for that big jerk Alpha Xu Lanxi? Let her starve, let her starve!] [Even so, Xu Lanxi’s pairing is Ye Xunshu. I do not want the Little Rabbit to go hungry.] [Fu Yi, even if she abandoned Zhou Ying halfway, she is still better than Yun Manman watching a pig being slaughtered on a date or Xu Lanxi releasing pheromones everywhere, right?] [Vote for Sister Fu Yi! What are the other two groups? They are clearly just Alphas oppressing people!]
After the count, the group with the most votes was Fu Yi’s, followed by Yun Manman. This meant that Xu Lanxi would have nothing to eat.
[It is all Xu Lanxi’s fault! Otherwise, Ye Xunshu would not be without food.] [Ye Xunshu’s heat was just triggered. Her face looks so pale and you still will not give her food? That is so heartless!]
Yun Manman was strong and ate a lot. Knowing she actually had food to eat, she happily volunteered to cook.
Fu Yi looked toward Ye Xunshu. The Little Rabbit was sitting obediently on a stool with her head down, very quiet.
Meanwhile, Xu Lanxi gave a heavy snort and said, “Who cares about your bit of food?”
Zhou Ying covered her mouth and smiled. “Sister looks very energetic; skipping one meal is no big deal. It is just that Xunshu-Sister seems to have been tired out during the day. This lack of dinner seems to be because of Sister.”
Xu Lanxi was furious. How could a Beta presume to judge her, an Alpha? The atmosphere between the two was very subtle.
Shen Yiyi watched this and felt delighted. Is not this exactly the kind of show effect she wanted?
Fu Yi had no heart to care about Xu Lanxi and Zhou Ying. Her gaze was fixed on Ye Xunshu. The young girl’s waist was already so thin, as if it would break with a single squeeze. If she starved for another night, would she not fall ill?
But in front of the live stream, she could only watch from the side. She watched her sitting there alone, her gaze drifting toward the moon outside the cabin. She looked somewhat lonely.
Fu Yi suddenly thought, since Ye Xunshu longed for the outside world so much, did she also often sit by the window alone before she was married, gazing at the sky like this?
Zhou Ying occasionally placed fish into her bowl, but Fu Yi ignored it all. She did not even hear a single word of the story Yun Manman was loudly sharing nearby.
When it ended, Yun Manman noticed her constant distraction and finally could not help but ask, “Miss Fu, are you worried about Miss Ye?”
Fu Yi turned back and looked at the untouched fish in her bowl. She nodded.
Yun Manman pulled Fu Yi to the side and whispered, “The live stream will turn off at midnight. You can take that opportunity to sneak some food to Miss Ye.”
Fu Yi had originally thought the same, but hearing Yun Manman say it gave her a sense of guilt, as if a secret had been exposed.
Seeing her avoidant gaze, Yun Manman asked, “Were you even listening to me while we were eating?”
Fu Yi was stunned. “Huh?”
Seeing Yun Manman’s narrowed eyes, Fu Yi rubbed her nose and whispered, “No, I was not.”
“So, what did you say?”
Yun Manman simply grinned and said happily, “I performed a pig slaughter for Zhou Zhou. He was so mesmerized watching from the side that he did not respond when I called him several times.”
“Later, when we went to see other things, he seemed distracted. I asked him what was wrong, can you guess how he answered?”
Fu Yi played along. “How did he answer?”
Yun Manman snorted twice, her expression full of pride. “He said that on our very first date I let him watch a pig slaughter; he said I really surprised him!”
Fu Yi was stunned.
Yun Manman became more excited as she spoke, her eyes practically glowing. “He is the first Omega who did not look down on my pig slaughtering.”
“I think I can continue developing things with him!”
Fu Yi’s lips twitched as she gave a dry laugh. “Haha, yeah.”
She finally seemed to know why Zhou Zhou’s face had been as white as if he had just taken a trip through the underworld. Making a delicate Omega watch something as bloody as a pig slaughter.
Fu Yi’s evaluation: Truly worthy of Sister Manman.
After Yun Manman finished laughing, her excitement made her feel quite warm. A breeze blew into the house, and the air was fresh. There was the scent of lake water from the midsummer night and the scent of mountain leaves.
It seemed like…
She looked at Fu Yi.
There was also a very faint scent drifting from afar, of flowers that had bloomed two months early.
The scent of sweet osmanthus?