100: Chapter 100 Be Careful When Passing By

Night fell.

Qi Yun and the others had already returned from the Orderly Tribe.

Qi Yun pushed open the gate of the 01 Tribe stronghold and let out a long sigh of relief.

The first day had passed peacefully, at least. Today, Li hadn't cleared her way to the center of the island yet.

Only two days left.

On the way back to his room, he calculated as he walked.

If he couldn't win against Li in a direct confrontation, he still had one last trump card—Wuwei Domain.

As long as he touched the opponent, both parties would enter a space where supernatural abilities couldn't be used. There, he might still have a glimmer of hope.

But the problem was, how was he supposed to touch that monster-like woman?

Qi Yun rubbed his brow and continued thinking.

At the same time, after the second wave of the corpse tide, he had five slots to invite people to join the Tribe.

Sophia and the others used three slots, and with Su Mu added, four slots were gone. There was only one left.

If he could convert Li...

The thought made his heart race.

If successful, then upon entering the next game, the 01 Tribe would truly be invincible.

“Time to rest first.”

Qi Yun shook off his thoughts and headed toward the second floor.

The corridor was dim, with only scattered moonlight filtering through the windows. As he passed a door to a four-person room—

A hand suddenly reached out from the crack in the door and grabbed his wrist!

“!”

Before Qi Yun could react, he was dragged into the room by a surge of strength.

The door closed with a 'click'.

In the darkness, four figures surrounded him.

“Qi Bao, don't be afraid.”

A crisp female voice rang in his ear, carrying a hint of nervousness and excitement. “We won't hurt you.”

Qi Yun was stunned.

He could barely make out four girls in front of him by the moonlight.

Members of the Tribe: Xiao Yu, Xiao Ya, Xiao Qing, and Xiao Yue.

“What are you trying to do?”

Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt someone grab his hand.

The touch was soft, and the fingertips were trembling slightly.

“Hey, Qingqing, it's not like what you said.”

Xiao Ya's voice rang out, full of confusion. “Why... is there no reaction?”

The girl named Qingqing gave a soft hum. “Watch me.”

The next second, warm and soft lips pressed against his.

Qi Yun's mind went blank.

The contact between their lips was clumsy yet firm, carrying the unique sweet scent of a young girl.

“Maybe... we shouldn't do this?”

The third girl, Xiao Yu, spoke timidly, her voice filled with hesitation.

“It's too late for that now!”

The second girl, Xiao Ya, said urgently.

“Xiao Yue, hurry up and strip Qi Bao! The rest of us will hold him down.”

The girl called Xiao Yue gave an 'oh' and squatted down.

Qi Yun finally realized what was happening.

Karmic retribution.

During the day, he was still thinking about how to deal with Crazy Baby, and at night it was his turn to be—

“Wait!”

He didn't get to finish.

Through the moonlight, Qi Yun finally saw the appearance of these four girls clearly...

Four girls, four different styles.

Qi Yun's throat felt dry.

“Done!”

Xiao Yue looked up, holding his pants, her eyes sparkling. “What next?”

Qingqing took a deep breath and kissed him again.

This time it was deeper.

Qi Yun could feel her body tensing as her arms firmly encircled his neck.

The girl's body heat transferred through the thin clothing, carrying the fresh scent of someone who had just bathed.

Time flowed slowly in the darkness.

In the dark, Xiao Yu said timidly, “Qi Bao, sorry, it's my turn.”

“It's completely different from a toy.”

“Exactly, exactly.”

“It's finally my turn again.”

Eventually, everything went black before Qi Yun's eyes, and he fainted.

“Did we go too far?”

“It's fine, he's still breathing.”

...

Ye Xi and Su Mu lay on the same bed, with less than a foot of distance between them.

Ye Xi kept her eyes open, staring at the ceiling.

A jumble of images flashed through her mind.

Su Mu's unquestionable posture when commanding the wolf pack during the day, and the aura emanating from her mother, which was far stronger than before.

And that fleeting softness in her eyes when she looked at Qi Yun.

Every detail pointed to the same answer.

“Mom.”

Ye Xi finally spoke, her voice somewhat raspy in the dark.

“Hmm?”

Su Mu's voice was very light, as if she were about to fall asleep.

“On your information,” Ye Xi paused, “it really has been changed to 01 Tribe.”

“Mhm.”

Su Mu rolled over to face her daughter. “This way, Mama can stay by your side forever.”

She said it as if it were only natural, her tone filled with contentment.

Ye Xi bit her lip.

Under the moonlight, the lines of her profile were very tense.

“That's not what I wanted to talk about.”

The air was silent for a few seconds.

Su Mu naturally knew what her daughter wanted to say.

Those obedient wolves, the powerful aura she couldn't fully restrain, and the fluctuations of a Unique Class—to Ye Xi, who was also a Professional, these things couldn't be hidden.

But she still chose to play dumb.

“It's getting late, go to sleep, baby.”

Su Mu reached out, wanting to stroke Ye Xi's hair.

“I won't.”

Ye Xi swatted the hand away and suddenly sat up.

In the darkness, she looked directly at her mother beside her.

The moonlight happened to illuminate Su Mu's face.

That face was seventy percent similar to hers; the contours of the eyes and brows were almost cast from the same mold.

Except her mother was more mature and had more feminine charm.

Ye Xi wanted to ask.

But the words were stuck in her throat.

Yet if she didn't ask, she wouldn't be able to sleep tonight—no, for the rest of her life.

“Mom.”

Ye Xi took a deep breath, her voice trembling.

“Did you and Qi Yun...”

She couldn't go on.

Su Mu forced herself to remain calm. “Me and Qi Yun what?”

Playing dumb.

Still playing dumb.

Ye Xi closed her eyes, her nails digging deep into her palms.

It hurt.

But not even a ten-thousandth as much as her heart did.

“You and Qi Yun connected.” She suddenly snapped her eyes open.

The last word was practically squeezed out from between her teeth.

A deathly silence filled the room.

Su Mu looked at her daughter's bloodshot eyes and the emotions churning within them.

Shock, pain, grievance, and a certain kind of despair from being betrayed.

She could no longer avoid it.

Silence.

A long silence.

Then, Su Mu very, very lightly nodded her head.

Ye Xi's heart broke.

“...”

Tears instantly burst through the floodgates.

Ye Xi didn't make a sound, but the tears kept falling, sliding down her cheeks.

Su Mu panicked.

She propped herself up and hurriedly tried to wipe away her daughter's tears:

“Xi Xi, I'm sorry, Mama didn't know. Mama really didn't know you cared about him so much.”

She had thought her daughter was gay.

In all these years, no boy had ever appeared by Ye Xi's side that she cared about.

Su Mu had even secretly observed that the way her daughter looked at pretty girls was warmer than the way she looked at boys.

So she thought...

“Why.”

Ye Xi's voice was very soft, light as a sigh.

Su Mu was stunned.

“Why...”

Ye Xi looked up, her vision blurred by tears, yet she stared fixedly at her mother.

“Why why why why why—”

Her voice grew louder and louder, until she was practically screaming at the end.

Su Mu opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but found all explanations to be pale and weak.

Finally, she just lowered her eyes and said in a very soft voice:

“Because Mama's heart was moved.”

“...”

“And Mama wanted to gain power, to protect you.” Su Mu looked up, staring straight into her daughter's eyes.

This was the truth.

Ye Xi laughed.

She laughed even as the tears flowed more fiercely.

“This is your way of protecting your daughter?”

Her voice was shaking.

“By snatching away the person your daughter likes?”

“...”

Su Mu was speechless.

Only Ye Xi's suppressed sobbing remained in the room.

After a long while, Su Mu finally found her voice:

“I'm sorry... Mama really didn't know you liked Qi Yun.”

Ye Xi froze.

No one knew she liked Qi Yun; she had even deliberately acted as if she disliked him.

And it was precisely because of this that she was constantly being hurt.

That's right.

Shu Qianxue didn't know.

Xia Jin didn't know.

No one in the 01 Tribe knew.

Even Mama didn't know.

Because she was too fake.

When she met someone she liked, she didn't dare get close, didn't dare express herself, only dared to watch from afar.

Pretending not to care, pretending it didn't matter, pretending 'I, Ye Xi, would never have my emotions swayed by any man'.

So she could only watch helplessly as Shu Qianxue stood by Qi Yun's side.

Watch as Xia Jin and Qi Yun interacted.

Now, even Mama...

It hurt too much.

Ye Xi wiped her face, but the more she wiped, the more tears there were.

It couldn't go on like this.

She had had enough.

Enough of being a bystander every time, enough of hiding her emotions deep in her heart, enough of the person she loved only being able to be with others.

“Mom, I don't blame you, I blame myself. I've had enough.”

Ye Xi suddenly spoke, her voice frighteningly calm.