Chapter 43: I Want to Impersonate Your Fiancee

Her close friend gave Leng Baihe a gentle push, and she smoothly glided toward Feng Yanyan.

"General Feng, hello. I am Leng Baihe, a student under Mentor Feng Xun..."

Leng Baihe extended her hand with poise and elegance. A wisp of pale pink mist burst from her fingertips, vanishing in an instant.

Feng Yanyan frowned.

Leng Baihe chuckled inwardly.

She had used the finest aphrodisiac redeemed from her system!

Just a tiny bit was enough to make a man burn with desire. Once they crossed the line and became intimate, and with Feng Yanyan having taken her away in full view of the public, their marriage alliance would be set in stone. Regardless of who Feng Yanyan had been engaged to previously, the one marrying him would only be her!

For a fleeting second, Feng Yanyan’s gaze turned hazy, and a sudden urge welled up in his mind...

However, the red lotus within his spiritual sea suddenly erupted with a crimson beam, instantly restoring clarity to his consciousness.

His sharp gaze swept toward the young woman before him.

Leng Baihe was still standing there, lowering her head in coy anticipation of being swept up in a bridal embrace by Feng Yanyan.

"Feng Yanyan, this woman is trying to impersonate your fiancée..."

A notification flashed across his optical computer, and Feng Yanyan’s eyes grew even colder and sharper.

"I want to see how much further she plans to fabricate stories about me, so you are not allowed to expose her right now..."

Feng Yanyan paused, said nothing, and turned to walk away.

Leng Baihe: ...

"General Feng, wait for me..."

She gritted her teeth and hurried after him.

"System, has your medication expired?"

She interrogated the system in her mind.

"How is that possible? Anything produced by the system is of absolute excellence! Could it be that 3S-level sentinels have a higher drug resistance? I told you that if you wanted to buy something, you should choose the most expensive one. Who told you to be cheap and buy the budget version..."

Was it that she didn't want to buy the expensive one? Didn't the system look at how many points the premium medicine cost? She had spent two years working hard, enduring nausea and putting up with those hypocritical people just to save up this handful of points. Was she supposed to lose all her progress from a single pill?

Leng Baihe’s fake friend watched with jealousy as she followed closely behind Feng Yanyan, then turned her head and sneered disdainfully at Ye Moxi.

"So what if some people rely on a shred of talent to cozy up to Mentor Feng Xun? He still refuses to introduce you to the Feng family's most outstanding adopted son. Unlike our Baihe, who has caught the eye of General Feng and is going to marry into the family..."

Ye Moxi cast a meaningful glance at her.

"I don't think you're any worse than her. In terms of background and appearance, you two are evenly matched. How come he didn't take a fancy to you?"

You...

The fake friend was both vexed and furious.

"We're good friends, so what's wrong with introducing your own fiancé to me? Isn't happiness meant to be shared? Oh! I get it, are you afraid I'll steal your fiancé..."

When it came to sowing discord, Ye Moxi had read extensively in her past life, so dealing with the likes of them was child's play.

Ye Moxi flicked her sleeves, leaving not a single trace of cloud behind, leaving Leng Baihe’s fake friend's mind spinning in a hundred directions.

...

"Moxi, doesn't your Planting Department finish classes early? Why did you come out so late? Did you run into troublemakers again?"

"No, I was delivering something to my mentor."

They boarded Zuo Xi's hovercraft and headed first to the Guangxian Restaurant for a meal, having scheduled an appointment with Lawyer Wen Boyan for two o'clock in the afternoon.

Wen Boyan's Law Firm.

Such a high-end, magnificent, and luxurious office building.

It possessed a completely different architectural style from the Academy of Talents.

It carried a distinct... scent of money.

"Moxi, later we'll schedule another time with Lawyer Wen. He used to manage my assets for me, and after the property owner's name is changed, there are still some paperwork that require your signature."

Ye Moxi nodded.

Wen Boyan was one of Feng Yanyan's childhood friends. Dressed in a suit and tie with a gentle and refined demeanor, he wore gold-rimmed glasses and sported a black diamond stud in his right ear, exuding the distinct air of an elegant yet rebellious urbanite.

"Wishing the three beautiful young ladies boundless success and a brilliant future! If you ever need any other collaborations in the future, don't hesitate to come to me."

The prominent lawyer was an absolute master of social etiquette.

"Let's get together tonight?"

This was Ye Moxi's first time visiting a club in the interstellar era.

It was magnificent, resplendent, and immersed in decadent luxury.

The gentlemen gently swirled their glasses of red wine, while Luxue and Xingmiao held champagne. Only Ye Moxi had a cup of freshly squeezed fruit juice ordered for her by Feng Yanyan.

Aside from Zuo Xi and Long Mu, Feng Yanyan had invited two others.

He Xu, the First Legion's Chief Medical Officer. An S-class esper with Level 6 healing abilities.

Duan Ningshuang, a mega-star of the Moyun Galaxy and a vocal therapist. An S-class esper with Level 6 abilities.

Despite his somewhat feminine-sounding name, he was a thoroughly straight man and one of Feng Yanyan's childhood friends, though he was also quite close with Zuo Xi and Long Mu.

He was also Luxue's idol.

The prominent lawyer shed his daytime shrewdness and efficiency, turning out to be quite the mischievous instigator!

He actually suggested that everyone perform a talent show!

Duan Ningshuang and Luxue went first.

The singing voices of vocal therapists were truly enchanting and possessed a certain soothing effect on the spiritual sea.

Xingmiao was a fire-type esper and an apothecary; she obviously couldn't demonstrate alchemy on the spot, so she took out some pills she had refined and distributed them to everyone to refresh their minds and sharpen their wits.

It was Ye Moxi's turn.

She placed three seeds on the coffee table, and wood-type spiritual energy burst from her fingertips. The seeds sprouted, grew vines, blossomed, and bore fruit. Within two or three minutes, a half-meter-tall cherry tree was laden with heavy clusters of plump fruit, and a faint, sweet aroma filled the air.

"Oh ho! Impressive!"

"This is so delicious!"

Luxue plucked a cherry and eagerly popped it into her mouth.

"Moxi, so the fruits in our dorm were all grown by you..."

No wonder the fruit Moxi bought always tasted better than what she could purchase.

Well... not entirely!

She only stimulated the growth of fruit trees when she had a craving. After all, a fruit tree growing naturally in the soil could live for thirty or fifty years, but trees forced to grow rapidly through spiritual energy were essentially overdrawing the life force of the seeds. Not only could they only bear fruit once, but the seeds inside the fruit would never sprout again.

Such delicious fruit was impossible for girls to resist, and the gentlemen also began picking them with their own hands. Since they were all close friends, they felt no awkwardness in eating and taking some away.

"Moxi, why are people spreading rumors calling you the 'little diva of the Planting Department'? Everyone in our department admires your big name now..."

Ye Moxi gave a self-deprecating chuckle.

"My mentor took me on as a direct personal student, and they were already deeply resentful. On top of that, I refuse to give senior female students any special deference or do their chores for them. It would be stranger if they didn't fabricate stories about me."

"But Moxi, your spiritual energy is at the S-class level; you're fully qualified to be appointed as a mentor's assistant through a special exception."

Ye Moxi had never attended a regular school, so she couldn't be directly appointed as a mentor, but serving as a mentor's assistant was well within her reach—she simply wasn't willing to do it.

Luxue had stood out among her peers since childhood. She was proud but never arrogant; encountering someone stronger than herself only fueled her competitive spirit, and she would never resort to framing or slandering others out of jealousy.

Xingmiao had a gentle temperament and was well-liked by everyone. Although the Apothecary Department also had its share of backstabbing and intrigue, very few people deliberately targeted her under normal circumstances.

After all, they came from good backgrounds with superior family status, not to mention excellent fiancés (husbands). Yet Ye Moxi came from a fringe star system; despite her high spiritual energy rank, she had no powerful backing!

"You see, family background is also a capital for comparison within the Academy of Talents! If you want to keep a low profile, others will only assume you're an easy target to bully."