Starting with a Breakup: Why Is the True Heiress My Possessive Ex? - Chapter 18
Where had that croaking sound come from?
Fortunately, Su Qingya finally stopped her little act of revenge.
Childish games had their limits.
Now that all the dishes had arrived, it was time to eat.
The waiter tactfully excused herself and left the private room.
As she closed the door behind her, she couldn’t help recalling the rumors circulating among her colleagues.
Two exceptionally beautiful girls.
The lobby entrance.
A very passionate scene.
Her gaze unconsciously drifted toward the pair inside the room.
As a girl herself, her face immediately flushed.
Young people nowadays were truly too open-minded.
Not only kissing in public…
Who knew what else they had been doing?
Of course, the reality was much simpler.
Su Qingya had merely been touching Xu Nian’s leg.
Although the speed had been a little excessive.
And the location had been slightly questionable.
That was all.
Meanwhile, Xu Nian covered her mouth.
Her fox ears stood upright.
Her fluffy white tail swayed restlessly behind the chair.
Even now, she hadn’t fully recovered.
Su Qingya, however, acted as though nothing had happened.
She calmly began serving food.
Naturally, she wasn’t going to order any more rice.
At the same time, she hadn’t forgotten Xu Nian either.
After carefully peeling a shrimp, she dipped it into the sauce and brought it directly to Xu Nian’s lips.
Xu Nian took a small bite.
Only half of the shrimp disappeared into her mouth.
The remaining half was immediately stolen away.
“Hey!”
Xu Nian glared at her.
“Why didn’t you let me finish it?”
Su Qingya looked perfectly serious.
“I call this dipping it in Niannian sauce.”
“What do you know?”
“What kind of weird sauce is that?!”
Xu Nian immediately exploded.
“Pervert!”
“Big pervert!”
“Fine.”
Su Qingya shrugged.
“The person who forcibly kissed me in public doesn’t really have the right to say that.”
“Since you want it so badly…”
“I’ll give it back.”
Before Xu Nian could react, Su Qingya leaned forward.
The remaining shrimp disappeared.
As for whose stomach it ultimately entered…
Neither of them bothered to investigate.
Xu Nian suddenly felt that if this continued, she might genuinely starve to death today.
A table full of delicacies.
Yet somehow she couldn’t properly eat any of them.
At times like this, Xu Nian had to admit that Su Qingya wasn’t dense.
She was simply gentle.
Gentle.
Yet stubborn.
Soft.
Yet incredibly determined.
Sometimes Xu Nian genuinely couldn’t understand how such contradictory traits could coexist in the same person.
Thinking about the original manga again, she couldn’t help feeling that some parts were completely unreasonable.
A girl like Su Qingya?
The kind who would order burly men to torture a fake heiress?
Impossible.
Absolutely impossible.
No matter how she looked at it, Su Qingya wasn’t that kind of person.
Reality and manga clearly weren’t the same thing.
Fortunately, both of them were genuinely hungry.
After flirting for a while, they finally focused on eating.
From time to time, Su Qingya would sample a dish.
If she thought it tasted good, she’d immediately pick up another piece and feed it to Xu Nian.
Before long, Xu Nian’s cheeks were puffed up like a hamster’s.
She had no choice but to chew faster.
“Why do you keep feeding me?”
Xu Nian complained vaguely.
“Because Niannian looks cute when she eats.”
Su Qingya smiled gently.
“And besides, you ordered all of these.”
“You should eat more.”
“Idiot Qingya.”
Xu Nian giggled.
“Are you already feeling heartache over your wallet, little fry?”
“Oh?”
Su Qingya raised an eyebrow.
“These dishes seem very familiar.”
“Aren’t they all exactly what my savior ordered?”
“If it were him—”
“Niannian.”
Su Qingya immediately interrupted.
“You’re jealous again.”
“I know I was wrong.”
“There won’t be a next time.”
“Can you forgive me?”
Xu Nian narrowed her eyes.
“A next time?”
“You still want a next time?”
“Eh?!”
Su Qingya instantly panicked.
This question was impossible.
How was she supposed to answer?
Fortunately, Xu Nian wasn’t actually angry.
She simply opened her mouth.
“Ah.”
Then she put down her chopsticks.
“Feed me.”
“If you feed me, I’ll forgive you.”
Finding the solution so easily, Su Qingya immediately brightened.
She happily began feeding Xu Nian one bite after another.
Then, without warning—
She leaned closer.
And lightly licked the corner of Xu Nian’s lips.
Xu Nian froze.
Her face instantly turned red.
“W-What are you doing?!”
“We’re eating!”
“I’m not the food!”
“A starter should be enough!”
“Hehe~”
Su Qingya laughed softly.
“There was food at the corner of your mouth.”
“It would be wasteful not to clean it.”
“Normal people use tissues!”
“That’s normal people.”
Su Qingya’s smile deepened.
“As for me…”
“How could I waste something covered in Niannian’s scent?”
Xu Nian’s face became even redder.
“Idiot.”
“Pervert.”
“Little fry.”
While feeding Xu Nian, Su Qingya also began explaining what she knew about Fluxweavers and Fluxbeasts.
Most of it matched what Xu Nian had already learned from President Lin.
Unfortunately, Su Qingya was still a beginner herself.
There wasn’t much she could add.
“By the way.”
Xu Nian suddenly remembered something.
“What exactly is a Fluxweaver?”
This question had been bothering her for a while.
“A Fluxweaver?”
Su Qingya thought for a moment.
“They’re basically humans who use emotional power.”
“Just like Fluxbeasts.”
“Fluxbeasts create disasters, influence emotions, and absorb emotional energy.”
“Fluxweavers do something similar.”
“The difference is that the power belongs to humans.”
“In a way…”
“Fluxweavers are humanoid Fluxbeasts.”
Xu Nian blinked.
“So if Fluxweavers want to become stronger…”
“They need emotional energy too?”
“Exactly.”
Su Qingya nodded.
“More specifically…”
“Sometimes they’ll be able to see emotional values.”
“Emotional values?”
Xu Nian immediately understood.
Ever since obtaining the reward, scarlet words had occasionally appeared before her eyes.
[Merriment Value: 43%]
“Qingya.”
“I can see something strange.”
“It says Merriment Value: 43%.”
“What does that mean?”
Su Qingya nearly dropped her chopsticks.
“You can see it?”
“Merriment?”
Her eyes widened.
“Doesn’t that mean you’ve become a Fluxweaver too?”
“T-That’s all it takes?”
Xu Nian was stunned.
So the Fluxbeast’s Gaze wasn’t simply a reward.
It was actually a path.
A path to becoming a Fluxweaver.
That completely contradicted President Lin’s earlier conclusion.
“My emotion is Fear.”
Su Qingya explained.
“So I can see Fear Values.”
“If you can see Merriment Values, then your emotional path is Merriment.”
“Then what does the number mean?”
“The emotional threshold.”
“The higher it becomes, the stronger your emotional power.”
“But you’ll also be affected more easily by that emotion.”
“Normally, as long as it doesn’t reach one hundred percent, everything is fine.”
Xu Nian frowned.
“Why can’t it reach one hundred percent?”
“Because once it does…”
Su Qingya’s expression became serious.
“There is no turning back.”
“No matter who it is.”
“They’ll lose control.”
“They’ll become a slave to their emotions.”
“And eventually…”
“They’ll turn into a true Fluxbeast.”
Lose control.
For some reason, Xu Nian suddenly remembered a sentence.
Fluxweavers are pitiful thieves who steal power while walking hand in hand with madness.
“And Fluxweavers also have ranks.”
“There are ten in total.”
“When someone first awakens, a four-pointed star appears somewhere on their body.”
“Every promotion adds another star.”
“The stronger they become, the higher their starting emotional value.”
“After reaching three stars, Fluxweavers gain the ability to perceive other people’s emotions.”
“They can even draw power from them.”
Xu Nian paused.
“So if you can see someone’s emotional value…”
“You can use it to become stronger?”
“That’s right.”
Su Qingya nodded.
“And the effectiveness of your powers changes depending on the target’s emotional state.”
As she spoke, she quietly stared at Xu Nian.
Several scarlet words floated above her head.
[Fear Value: 67%]
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