Chapter 68
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Volume 3 + Chapter 68: Too Much Gossip
“You…?”
Xia Yi set down her glass of milk and looked at the pink-haired girl standing beside her.
It was breakfast time, and she had just woken up not long ago.
Earlier, Xia Yi had discovered that the school cafeteria offered a special service—breakfast delivery.
Though it was significantly more expensive, the extra few minutes of sleep were worth it. So, gritting her teeth, she had signed up for the service.
And thus, this scene unfolded.
As Xia Yi enjoyed her breakfast, Yue Liu stood nearby, clutching her empty stomach, watching with envy so intense it looked like she might burst into tears.
“Yue Liu,” Xia Yi asked curiously, “why aren’t you eating breakfast? Skipping meals in the morning isn’t good for your health.”
Faced with such an obvious question, Yue Liu was on the verge of losing it—but she refused to admit the truth.
“Hmph! When Heaven is about to place great responsibility on a person, it first tempers their heart and strains their muscles and bones! This is nothing but a trial! One day, these trials will elevate me to the pinnacle of this world! And when that day comes, you—my fated rival—will remain small and stagnant, forever stuck halfway up the mountain, all because of your indulgence in comfort!”
“I don’t really get it, but it sounds impressive.”
Xia Yi took a sip of steaming hot milk and bit into her bread.
She still wanted something meatier—it just didn’t feel satisfying enough.
Too bad the breakfast menu wasn’t customizable. Eating a heavy, meat-filled meal in the morning would be a little weird.
“Can you even finish all that?”
Yue Liu stepped closer, eyeing the spread of food on the table with such longing it looked like her eyes might pop out.
“More like, it’s not enough,” Xia Yi said.
“Not enough?!”
Yue Liu was stunned. How could someone with such a petite, loli-like frame have the appetite of a bottomless black hole?
“How can you eat so much?!”
“That’s not true! Even among dragons, I don’t eat that much! I’m only six—ahem! I mean, compared to other adult dragons, my appetite is actually pretty small!”
Xia Yi barely caught herself before revealing her age in front of Yue Liu.
I’m thirty years old. I’m thirty years old!!
The little princess repeated it like a mantra in her mind.
“…You’re really going to eat all of it?” Yue Liu’s voice was pitiful, her words laced with unspoken disappointment.
“Yue Liu, do you… want some?” Xia Yi asked.
Yue Liu froze, then immediately shook her head. “N-No! I would never eat your breakfast!”
“Then why did you come over?”
“I was just… smelling it! As a celestial fox of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan, I have no need for mortal sustenance! My Divine Fox Secret Arts allow me to thrive on nothing but morning dew! Unlike you dragons!”
Xia Yi wasn’t buying it. If such “Divine Fox Secret Arts” really existed, would this fox girl be acting like this?
Whatever.
She pushed a plate toward Yue Liu.
“Wh-What are you doing?! Is this a bribe? Some kind of scheme?!”
“No scheme. This is on credit. Eat however much you want, and we’ll tally it up later. You can pay me back when you have the money.”
“…”
Yue Liu hesitated, torn between pride and hunger.
After an internal struggle, she finally sat down, seemingly discarding the “Divine Fox Secret Arts” excuse she had just made up.
“Fine! Put it on my tab! When I make my fortune, I’ll pay you back every last coin, rival! Then you’ll have to destroy the IOU!”
“Don’t worry, I’ll keep careful records—and the IOU too,” Xia Yi replied.
Tears in her eyes, Yue Liu dug into the breakfast, unable to resist the temptation of food any longer.
Watching her, Xia Yi felt an inexplicable sense of…
Am I…
Keeping a pet fox?
“Yue Liu, what if you can’t pay me back later?”
“Impossible!”
“But what if? Would you try to weasel out of it?” Xia Yi asked curiously.
“I am a princess of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan! How could I ever go back on my word? A promise is a promise—no matter what it takes!” Yue Liu declared proudly, puffing out her chest.
The dramatic motion caused her ample assets to jiggle slightly, and a few breadcrumbs tumbled down, even slipping into her cleavage.
Ugh.
This sight filled Xia Yi with unreasonable irritation.
Why is this dumb little fox so… well-endowed?!
She couldn’t help but compare.
Sure, she wasn’t flat either, but next to Yue Liu, there was a noticeable difference.
Heck, Yue Liu was even taller than her.
All of this filled Xia Yi with an inexplicable sense of defeat.
Stupid pink-haired idiot. The only thing you’ve got on me is your body.
But it was fine. She was still just… well, if she counted her past life, thirty years old. There was plenty of room for growth.
Given time, she might still surpass Yue Liu.
—
Xia Yi left the dormitory.
She and Yue Liu would never walk together.
If others saw them, the rumors would never end.
In fact, she’d recently heard that some students at Laurel Academy had started shipping her with other girls?!
“Good morning, Xia Yi.”
“Oh, Norma? Morning.”
Xia Yi spotted Norma, dressed as usual in her maid outfit.
But today, she looked particularly upset.
“What’s wrong?”
“My reputation is ruined. Those bastards… they’re the worst,” Norma grumbled.
“What did you do?”
“…Just look at this.”
Norma handed her a magazine.
It was called Laurel Academy Weekly Special—not an official school publication, but something the students had put together themselves.
Originally, it had been a serious publication with little readership. But over time, it had devolved into a gossip rag, becoming so popular even the teachers read it.
The headlines made Xia Yi’s brain short-circuit:
– Pink-Haired Tsundere Top x Scheming Green-Tea Bottom! Ex-Girlfriend Drama Revisited!
– The Schubert Family’s Bold, Straightforward Heiress—Can Xia Yi Handle Her Fierce Pursuit?
– Love Triangle Alert! Yue, Xia Yi, and Lia’s Complicated Relationship!
– The Cold Genius Teacher and Her Problem Student—Forbidden Sparks Fly!
– Loyal Dog Maid’s Secret Love—Will Her Devotion Ever Be Reciprocated?
Xia Yi stood frozen, her mind overheating.
What…
Is any of this?!
Compared to these words, even Gran’s magic lectures suddenly seemed easy to understand.
No, she couldn’t process this.
She shoved the magazine back at Norma.
“Xia Yi, look here! Look at this!! How could they—?!”
Norma angrily flipped to a specific page.
To Xia Yi’s surprise, Norma’s anger wasn’t about the shipping—it was something else entirely.
But when Xia Yi saw what Norma was pointing at, her face twitched. She turned to the legitimate heiress of the Lawrence family with a look that said—
Norma, are you kidding me?!
