Esper X Family – Chapter 581 – Good Girl

Ye Yao had Yi Ling project a bucket of popcorn. It seemed to be something she had eaten before, and the flavor was perfectly replicated.

However, its essence still seemed to be mental power, making it a superior alternative to Jiang Huashen’s ability.

Food drawn by Old Jiang was only good for its appearance, whereas the food projected by Yi Ling could be perfectly recreated to the texture and taste.

Little Yi Ling won big!

But considering that Yi Ling possessed tens of thousands of base mental power, she was probably destined to win anyway.

Ye Yao and the others cleared out a space for Standard Xia Lian and Parallel Xia Lian, letting them handle their “personal grudge” themselves.

Ye Yao had no intention of stopping them.

Playing peacemaker in this situation would probably just get her ganged up on by two weaklings, each taking a turn.

Sacrificing herself to benefit the two was just too much of a loss.

“Come on, come on~ One bucket of popcorn for everyone. Chat about whatever you want, treat it like a get-together. There’s even entertainment. We’re all family, so don’t be shy.”

Ye Yao led Yi Ling in handing out a bucket of popcorn to each person. The scene was incredibly theatrical.

The older Fang Tang unceremoniously took the popcorn and started eating without a word, stuffing her cheeks full.

“ Munch… Cat, what about the other me? Why didn’t she come?”

“Human, she’s busy with something and can’t come for now.”

What a joke.

One Fang Tang was already over the sugar limit.

Two Fang Tangs would bring double the sugar, which would require who knows how many shots of insulin to suppress.

Plus, there was the possibility that one plus one would be greater than two.

It was better to let the fission body keep the other Fang Tang under control.

The older Wu Mi looked at Standard Xia Lian and Parallel Xia Lian, who had started pulling each other’s hair in the distance.

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“Is it really okay to leave them be?”

“Definitely fine. They won’t die.”

Ye Yao responded, glancing over briefly.

Standard Xia Lian was being completely dominated by Parallel Xia Lian.

After all, both of their abilities came from the same origin.

Parallel Xia Lian had higher proficiency. Fighting Standard Xia Lian was like a father whipping his son with a belt, a pure matter of suppression.

Standard Xia Lian’s blood mist hadn’t been out for long before Parallel Xia Lian stole control of it.

Unable to win with abilities, they quickly devolved into pulling each other’s hair and brawling.

“Stinky woman! Did you feel no guilt when you attacked White Catty!?”

Standard Xia Lian hissed viciously.

“You have the nerve to talk about me? I heard you blew White Catty to smithereens right from the start! At least I never hurt her!”

Parallel Xia Lian hissed right back without hesitation, attacking at a ruthless angle.

The other girl’s face instantly turned red.

“Th-That doesn’t count! It’s just a friendly spar… how can you call that ‘hurting’ her? She definitely doesn’t mind that kind of thing!”

“You don’t get to decide what counts just because you say so! Ugh, it’s always people like you who gets to enjoy the most. I definitely need to teach you a lesson on behalf of White Catty!”

There were no grand principles at play. Just pure personal grudge.

Thinking about how she had struggled to make her way through this timeline, how she had fought and subdued parallel Jiang and parallel Gu, then forcefully corrected parallel Mu with violence, all to help the little ones grow up healthy…

During that time, she had also suppressed her instincts and had never sought emotional comfort from the little ones.

But the her from the other world had received support from Ye Yao.

Throughout the entire process, she had barely done anything that could be called “becoming a dragon”. It was all either petting “cats” or being on her way to pet “cats”.

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She had even managed to build good relationships with Wu Mi and the others with Ye Yao’s help and could pet them too.

After learning everything, Parallel Xia Lian’s jealousy burned so hot that her eyes turned red.

Although her eyes were already red anyway.

No, the more she thought about it, the angrier she got. They were both Xia Lian, so why did the other one get to eat so well?

“Since White Catty can’t bear to teach you a lesson, I will! Give me back the life that should’ve been mine!”

Seeing this scene, even Buddha couldn’t bear to watch.

Ye Yao couldn’t even be bothered to point out how Parallel Xia Lian was using her as an excuse to vent her personal grudge on Standard Xia Lian.

Sigh, it was clearly just pure personal grudges.

And the last sentence had exposed her true feelings.

Turning her head, she saw that everyone else was also finding it a bit hard to watch. It seems none of them could bear to look.

No matter which world’s Xia Lian it was, both were a bit embarrassing.

At that moment, Ye Yao had to admit that the sugar content of these two had surpassed that of Fang Tang’s.

“Sen Tong, film this! We can’t miss out on this dark history.”

“Understood, Master!”

Sen Tong immediately entered the state of a professional camcorder, honed through countless trials.

Then, Mu Luo and the others looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar blonde girl.

“Yin Yi?”

Mu Luo clearly remembered everyone he had “picked up”.

Even though Yin Yi had since grown from a little girl into a young girl.

“I didn’t expect that you never disappeared in this world. The Yin Yi from our world still hasn’t been found.”

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“Eh?”

Yin Yi’s expression became somewhat subtle.

It took her a few seconds to realize that Ye Yao probably hadn’t told them the truth yet.

She looked over to see the white-haired girl watching the two Xia Lians pulling each other’s hair with great relish, seemingly oblivious to what was happening here.

Did she forget?

No, it was definitely intentional.

Although their time together had been short, Yin Yi knew enough about Ye Yao’s love for watching the show.

She probably wanted to surprise the other group of companions.

Yin Yi took a deep breath. Of course, she would play along.

“Actually, I am the Yin Yi from your world.

I just happened to run over here by accident when I was in danger back then.

It seems that’s how Ye Yao was able to find this world.”

Upon hearing this, the few from the original world widened their eyes.

“Something like that actually happened?”

Mu Luo and the others, who had long developed a sense of belonging and group pride towards Sequence Zero, felt the surprise of “losing something and finding it again”.

Under Ye Yao’s influence, they also placed great importance on their companions.

Even for Yin Yi, who had disappeared from the very beginning, everyone was deeply concerned.

Now that the lost Yin Yi was finally found, everyone felt nothing but joy and relief.

Especially Mu Luo. After knowing that everyone he had brought back was safe and sound, he let out a deep breath.

The huge boulder that had been hanging over his heart finally fell.

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“Yet, when those scenes appeared a few days ago, you were nowhere to be seen. You really hid yourself well.”

Jiang Huashen sighed with emotion, unable to help but glance at Ye Yao, who was munching on popcorn and enjoying the show.

The white-haired girl turned her head and smiled.

“How did you like this surprise? I told you, I wouldn’t give up on a single comrade. A mere parallel world can’t stop me.”

The male group didn’t hold back their praise.

Gu Wenxin: “Not bad.”

Mu Luo: “Impressive.”

Jiang Huashen: “As expected of our Ye Yao.”

Yu Jin: “Good girl.”

This barrage of praise made Ye Yao puff out her chest with pride. She was insufferably smug right now.

Praise me more! I love hearing it!

【Through your efforts, you have successfully brought a lost family member back home, reuniting her with her original companions. Reward: 10 attribute points.】

【Unallocated attribute points: 540】

The only thing missing was Xia Lian’s praise.

She was currently still wrestling with Parallel Xia Lian, unable to defeat her parallel self despite giving it her all.

Such a weakling.

Author Note

Yesterday’s heavy rain made the weather much cooler. It’s rare to sleep without the air conditioning.

Text: Life is so bitter