Scummy Alpha CEO Keeps Courting Death [Transmigration into a Book] - Chapter 23

Dan Rui Jing watched Lu Xi Bie and her group disappear from sight, then turned to Shang Le An and asked, “Did you see everyone around us freeze just now?”

Shang Le An scratched his head: “Freeze? What do you mean?”

Dan Rui Jing: “For a moment, everyone in front of us maintained their original posture and was completely still.”

Shang Le An: “Just now?”

Dan Rui Jing: “Mmm.”

Shang Le An thought for a moment, then shook his head: “No, didn’t you ask me what was going on over there?”

Dan Rui Jing glanced at Shang Le An, recalling the bizarre scene from a moment ago.

That’s right, Shang Le An was also one of the people whose movements were paused.

In a crowd of unmoving people, subtle movements would become very obvious, like a person in color running into a black and white silent film.

Lu Xi Bie was the only person moving in that scene.

No.

Dan Rui Jing remembered the few steps she instinctively took forward at that moment.

And her.

“Does Lu Xi Bie only have one innate skill?” Dan Rui Jing crossed her arms, lightly gripping her elbows, and smiled as she nodded to the people looking at her.

Shang Le An: “Yes, Absolute Defense. Everyone knows that.”

“Hello, Miss Dan!”

“Dan Rui Jing won all three of her matches in the arena today…”

“It’s not surprising, didn’t you hear Teacher Yan Fei Kun say that she has already passed the A-level holographic training room and entered the S-level holographic training room.”

…

“Lu Xi Bie’s Absolute Defense hasn’t been broken yet. Do you think Dan Rui Jing can break it?”

“Dan Rui Jing is even more wicked than Lu Xi Bie during her matches. Her opponent faints and loses the ability to fight in less than a minute after they get on the stage. It’s really hard to say.”

“Right, right! I watched all those matches. You just see a puff of pink mist drift by, and the person goes down.”

“That pink mist should have a hallucinogenic or paralyzing effect. I wonder if Lu Xi Bie’s Absolute Defense can guard against that.”

…

“It’s too early to say now. Let’s wait until they face off.”

“Dan Rui Jing.” Ma Bing Lu finished her match and ran towards Dan Rui Jing when she saw her from afar.

Dan Rui Jing’s gaze merely swept over her, and Ma Bing Lu lowered her voice and stood still beside her.

Time pause?

Controlling time is an extremely powerful ability.

Dan Rui Jing concealed the deeper meaning in her eyes, smilingly gazing at the people around her.

After Lu Xi Bie and the others left, Ruan Song Xi turned the real-time filming drone in her hand over and over, exclaiming, “Marriage really changes things.”

“Yes, it does. Lu Xi Bie married a great wife.”

“Miss Chu is so cute!”

“When she cupped her face with both hands, her cheeks were rosy and adorably innocent. I instantly wanted to call her my daughter!”

…

“You’re the one updating that thread!”

“Are you updating it today? We’re waiting to read it.”

“Before school started, when I heard the news that Lu Xi Bie was getting married, I thought her wife was a poor soul.”

“And now?”

“It’s sweet!”

As Ruan Song Xi was playing with the drone, a few classmates who followed the thread gathered around her, chattering.

“I really want to be friends with Miss Chu.”

“She’s so nice. Last time in our Combat Techniques class, my moves were always wrong, and the teacher scolded me several times. She used her break time after class to teach me.”

“Really? That’s wonderful! I see her full of energy every day, like a little sun.”

“No wonder Lu Xi Bie isn’t so irritable after marrying her.”

“She just finished her Firearm Operation class, right?”

“Yes, she’s wearing the anti-blast suit.”

“Wuwuwu, their relationship is so good. Firearm Operation class is exhausting. After one session, I need to take supplements and rest for a whole day.”

…

A trace of dissatisfaction flickered in Dan Rui Jing’s eyes, but she quickly masked it, walking out of the arena amidst the crowd.

The coarse texture of the anti-blast suit was palpable, and the intermittent warmth on her palm extended and wound its way to Lu Xi Bie’s nerve endings. She gripped Chu Li Ruo’s arm, her soul seemed to drift away, watching the scene where she had summoned the golden house from a third-person perspective.

In an instant, everything was frozen, the figures turned a monochromatic white, and she was the only living thing in the picture, drawing close with a hand that she then pulled back.

Chu Li Ruo raised her eyes, her gaze trailing from Lu Xi Bie’s hand gripping her arm up to her back, and the cold, yet not unpleasant, scent grew stronger.

She…

Chu Li Ruo opened her slightly curled hand, her pinky finger lightly hooking and catching Lu Xi Bie’s hand that was loosely holding her.

Lu Xi Bie stopped walking. The subtle itchiness and warmth hooked her soul and pulled it back. She turned to look at Chu Li Ruo.

Chu Li Ruo saw the impenetrable darkness in Lu Xi Bie’s eyes. Her pupils seemed to be gathering thunderclouds, and a storm was about to break.

Since her rebirth, Chu Li Ruo rarely saw Lu Xi Bie smile. Only when she shared her small accomplishments did her usually straight line of a mouth curve upwards.

Chu Li Ruo smiled at Lu Xi Bie, her delicate hands intertwining through the gaps between their fingers, their palms meeting.

The dazzling blue glass curtain wall on the exterior of the arena, bathed in sunlight, refracted the light outwards. Even though they had walked quite a distance, Lu Xi Bie felt the light was unusually hot, making her temple throb in pulses.

“Why aren’t you walking? Aren’t we going back to the dorm?” Zhu Xiao Tao’s loud voice, as she turned her head, drew attention.

Ji Ning Yu pulled Zhu Xiao Tao’s arm and said to Lu Xi Bie and Chu Li Ruo: “You two continue, you two continue. We’re going to…”

Zhu Xiao Tao: “Going where? Aren’t we waiting for them to go back to the dorm together?”

Ji Ning Yu tugged Zhu Xiao Tao again: “Our dorm is not with yours, so we’ll head off first.” After saying that, she dragged Zhu Xiao Tao forward.

Although Zhu Xiao Tao followed Ji Ning Yu, she grumbled: “Even if we’re not in the same dorm, we can still wait for them and walk a part of the way together.”

Ji Ning Yu: “I’ll take you to buy the jelly you ate the other day. Want to go?”

“Yes, yes, yes! The watermelon flavor?”

“There’s also honeydew melon flavor…”

“Go, go, go! Which way?”

After Zhu Xiao Tao and Ji Ning Yu left, Lu Xi Bie’s gaze settled again on their clasped hands. The undeniable warmth made her mind go blank.

“You don’t want me to hold your hand? If you don’t, then never mind.” Chu Li Ruo pretended to let go, drawing a small gap, which was immediately filled.

“J-Just… just like this,” Lu Xi Bie said haltingly, lightly wetting her lower lip.

“Like what?” Chu Li Ruo lightly shook their joined hands.

“Just… holding hands,” Lu Xi Bie looked at Chu Li Ruo in a daze.

Her vision, under the sunlight, turned a brilliant red, her eyelids felt hot, and the passing crowds automatically became the background. She could only see her.

“If we hold hands, we won’t get lost.”

The surprisingly light words unexpectedly drifted into Chu Li Ruo’s ears. She looked at Lu Xi Bie’s downcast eyes and quietly noted it.

“Daddy and Mommy hold baby’s hand tight, don’t let go, don’t release it, baby follows Daddy and Mommy…”

A neat children’s rhyme sounded in Lu Xi Bie’s ears, overriding the turbulent “Lu Xi Bie” and covering all the complicated thoughts in her mind.

“Daddy and Mommy hold baby’s hand tight…” Without realizing it, Lu Xi Bie murmured one line.

“What did you say?” Chu Li Ruo leaned in, trying to hear clearly.

“Don’t let go, don’t release it…”

The combination of a male and female child’s voice carried a strong sense of a bygone era.

The fresh aroma of honeysuckle and balloon flower drifted into Lu Xi Bie’s nostrils. She blinked: “Nothing.”

She was now in the world of The Omega’s Evolution, and the past was over.

And the present, too, would pass.

“You clearly did say something,” Chu Li Ruo whispered, but didn’t press the question.

“Are we heading back to the dorm now?” Lu Xi Bie asked.

Chu Li Ruo shook her head: “Accompany me to the holographic training room. I haven’t fully mastered the content from today’s Firearm Operation class.”

“Alright,” Lu Xi Bie agreed, allowing Chu Li Ruo to lead her towards the holographic training room.

“Beep beep beep—”

Chu Li Ruo took out her electronic card and lightly swiped it. The door opened in response.

“Room F29 open. Number of entrants: 2. Purpose: Course Review.”

The door closed behind them. Lu Xi Bie watched Chu Li Ruo operating the control panel.

Although Firearm Operation was a course teaching the use of laser guns, plasma guns, electromagnetic pulse guns, and other firearms, its intensity was no less than the Combat Techniques class, and sometimes even greater.

Even Omegas had to complete the disassembly and assembly of specified firearms under five times the gravity. For students whose skills were based on innate talents, various firearms were another life-saving skill.

Lu Xi Bie walked over to the other control panel, lightly swiping her hand across the holographic screen, navigating past the main selection interface, and clicking on a chair in the side resting area.

“Shh—”

The selected chair slowly rose from the floor. She left the control panel and sat down, leaning back.

The holographic image on the control panel’s holographic screen switched from a maglev particle gun to a laser gun.

“Laser gun selected. Reach out and grab to use.”

Chu Li Ruo reached out and grasped the laser gun’s body. The holographic image turned into a simulated laser gun as it was pulled out, and the control panel became flat, facilitating the gun’s disassembly and assembly.

“…If you get lost, don’t panic, stand still and wait for Daddy and Mommy…”

Lu Xi Bie sat back, tilted her head, and her eyes, which were about to close, suddenly snapped open.

Chu Li Ruo picked up the laser gun and glanced towards Lu Xi Bie: “Why are you sitting there?”

“Huh?” Lu Xi Bie straightened up. She had almost sunk into the memory of that storm.

Chu Li Ruo: “You said you’d accompany me to the holographic training room.”

Lu Xi Bie nodded dully: “Yes, I’m here.”

“And you’re just sitting?” Chu Li Ruo pouted slightly, looking at Lu Xi Bie.

She felt that Lu Xi Bie at this moment was like an old object placed on a table, gathering dust.

“Then I…?” Lu Xi Bie’s eyes revealed a hint of confusion.

Chu Li Ruo lowered her head, fiddling with the laser gun, her hand lightly pressing the side of the gun to activate it: “Come over here. You can join me.”

“I haven’t learned the operation of the laser gun yet,” Lu Xi Bie stood up.

Chu Li Ruo aimed the laser gun at Lu Xi Bie. The red targeting light pointed directly at her lips. She suddenly smiled broadly: “Don’t move—”

Seeing Lu Xi Bie stop as instructed, Chu Li Ruo winked mischievously: “Alright, come on now. I’ll teach you if you haven’t learned.”

Lu Xi Bie nodded: “Okay.”

“Why didn’t you dodge?” Chu Li Ruo held the laser gun, and the red targeting light moved from her lips to her brow.

Lu Xi Bie walked forward, allowing the red dot to rest on her face: “Why should I dodge?”

“Aren’t you afraid I’ll shoot, and your head—bang! Will be blown apart.”

Only after saying it did Chu Li Ruo realize what she was saying. Perhaps their recent time together had been too harmonious. Even after the brief flash of Lu Xi Bie from before the rebirth, she could still joke with her lightheartedly now.

Lu Xi Bie stood below the control panel, looking up at Chu Li Ruo, and rested her forehead against the laser gun: “Then shoot.”

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