Because of My Stupidity, I Became a Timid Vampire

Chapter 82 : No Way, No Way, No Way

Marriage?

This word seems somewhat distant for Xifeng now. She had once been a working adult who would soon need to consider starting a family, but after experiencing the contract incident, she had regressed to a fourteen-year-old girl—talk of marriage was still too early.

According to China's legal marriage age requirements, that would be at least six years away.

"Though I don't want to discourage you, but... same-sex couples can't legally marry in our country, right?" Xifeng replied to Bei Yaoyue with complex feelings.

"Haven't you heard that saying?"

How would I know if I've heard it if you don't tell me!

Xifeng couldn't help but complain inwardly. She patiently replied: "What saying?"

"What the law doesn't prohibit is permitted. Anything the law doesn't prohibit can be done. Marriage law only recognizes heterosexual marriage, but has never prohibited same-sex marriage."

"That may be true, but..."

Xifeng sighed lightly. Though the law didn't explicitly prohibit it, since same-sex marriage wasn't legal, it wouldn't be protected by the state and law either.

Whether they had the ability and courage to break through all obstacles to reach that point was still unknown. Moreover, they say marriage is the grave of love. Now they loved each other deeply with passionate blood, but if they truly became same-sex partners forming a family, they would inevitably be worn down by life's daily necessities, becoming numb, exhausted, or even bored.

Of all the vows made before marriage, how many people truly managed to love each other until old age?

If someday in the future love gradually faded, a marriage relationship without legal protection would be fragile enough to shatter at a touch.

Xifeng had never been a pessimistic person who liked to worry about everything all day, but their future was truly too uncertain to be optimistic about.

"Setting aside the same-sex issue, our country's law at least prohibits sisters from marrying, right?"

"Are you confused about something?"

"What?"

"The law prohibits marriage between blood relatives within three generations and direct blood relatives, but you and I are only adopted sisters."

"Ah, is that so?"

Xifeng scratched her head. As a rough engineering graduate, her understanding of this area was quite poor. She had always thought marriage was prohibited between any legally recognized relatives within three generations.

"So there's actually nothing that can stop us."

For a moment, Xifeng almost got caught up in Bei Yaoyue's logic, but she quickly realized what was wrong.

"Even if the law doesn't prohibit it, this still goes against ethics and morals, right?"

"As long as you don't care about others' opinions, it's fine."

"Hey hey, don't say it so matter-of-factly. How could I not care? Do you want to part ways with the entire world and live alone?"

A world with just two people... no matter how beautiful this dream was, there would come a day to wake up.

People ultimately still have to live in society.

"If it's with you, I'm willing."

Here it comes again. Xifeng pursed her lips. After these past few days of conditioning, she had developed some immunity to Bei Yaoyue's sweet talk.

"Alright, stop being glib. I want to discuss something with you."

"Go ahead."

Xifeng hesitated, not knowing how to bring it up. After thinking left and right, she decided to be direct: "That new task... you saw it, right?"

"Mm, I saw it." Bei Yaoyue was unexpectedly honest.

"Can't we just give up on it? Please."

"No."

The expected answer, but Xifeng still wanted to try her best: "Why not?"

"I can't bear to lose those items."

"Those items were all drawn by me, what can't you bear to lose? Besides, those few broken items aren't useful anyway."

"Mm-hmm."

Bei Yaoyue's shameless attitude completely ignited Xifeng's anger. If it weren't for being in class right now, she could jump up from her chair and run to Class 101 to argue with Bei Yaoyue.

"Mm-hmm your ass! I'm warning you, Bei Yaoyue, if you dare make a move on me without permission, I'll never speak to you again in this lifetime!"

"Oh."

Seeming to know Xifeng wouldn't actually do this, Bei Yaoyue completely ignored Xifeng's threat.

Bei Yaoyue's indifferent reply made Xifeng so angry that she immediately locked her screen without another word.

She shouldn't have chatted with Bei Yaoyue in the first place. Every time she'd get so angry her soul would leave her body.

Nothing else to say—Bei Yaoyue's skill at making her angry was truly something else.

But these were all minor issues. What currently made Xifeng's mind chaotic was that Bei Yaoyue seemed to have no intention of abandoning this task. What could she do?

She really didn't want to experience that night's events again, though... it was indeed quite comfortable.

Xifeng thought this without backbone. What should be acknowledged must be acknowledged—lying to herself would be meaningless.

Staring seriously at the blackboard writing while pretending to listen, Xifeng wondered if she should escape to Ji You's place for these three days.

But unless she didn't appear at school for these three days, otherwise with her family status and physical condition, Bei Yaoyue could easily catch her like catching a little sparrow.

The result of skipping classes for three days without reason would definitely be expulsion. Xifeng was naturally unwilling—she still had to attend school. In this era, diplomas were too important. You needed diplomas for everything, and graduate degrees were just superior to undergraduate ones.

Although Xifeng felt Bei Yaoyue would definitely be willing to support her, she considered herself a three-principled good youth. She really couldn't bring herself to be a kept woman living off someone else.

If possible, Xifeng wanted to use her own abilities to earn money and support this household, rather than rely on Bei Yaoyue or even the Bei family's wealth.

"Does anyone know this problem?" As soon as Mo Yu finished speaking, more than half the students in the classroom raised their hands in unison.

Though not comparable to Class 1, this was still considered an elite class. This problem was too simple for most people.

But Mo Yu didn't choose from those who raised their hands. His gaze penetrated through several layers of raised hands, focusing on Xifeng who was obviously spacing out: "Come on, Xifeng, you answer this problem."

Bai Pu nudged Xifeng with his elbow, who hadn't heard Mo Yu call her name at all, and whispered: "Xifeng, the teacher's calling you."

"Ah!?"

Xifeng, who had been thinking about Bei Yaoyue just a second ago, was startled. She stood up looking completely confused, glancing around with bewilderment, her small eyes filled with big confusion.

Who am I? Where am I? Who's hitting me?

"Can you solve this problem?" Mo Yu pointed at the problem on the blackboard and smiled to signal Xifeng to relax.

"①Cl2, ②Na2O2, ③NaOH, ④HCl, ⑤H2O2, ⑥MgF2, ⑦NH4Cl, which of these belong to covalent compounds? _______?"

This was quite a basic problem, but Xifeng had been forcibly awakened from an absent-minded state, and with current excessive nervousness, she couldn't remember what the definition of covalent compounds was.

The entire class's attention focused on Xifeng. She felt like sitting on pins and needles, and some people's questioning gazes seemed to be saying: You can't possibly not know how to solve even this kind of problem, right? No way, no way, no way???

Instantly Xifeng became even more nervous, but the more nervous she got, the more chaotic her mind became, and the less she could figure out how to find the answer to this problem.

Seeing Xifeng's face flushed red from embarrassment, some people's gazes changed again, as if saying: She's getting flustered, she's getting flustered, she's getting flustered.

"The answer is ④⑤⑧."

Suddenly, a very quiet female voice reached Xifeng's ears—like a ray of dawn in darkness for her current situation.

Without time to consider whether this answer was correct, Xifeng immediately replied without thinking: "④⑤⑧."

"I just explained this, how did you forget again?" Mo Yu laughed and sighed, "The ammonium ion's properties are almost equivalent to metal ions, so of course it forms ionic bonds with chloride ions. This problem's answer is only ④ and ⑤. Sit down."

Although she got it wrong, she was finally free. Xifeng sat back down in her chair with relief.