I Have the Aura of a Supporting Character in Yuri Novels - Chapter 62

In Rong’an Base, there were many tall buildings. Every day, people were working overtime to build houses, as if no matter the era, houses were the most important thing to people. So, to live in the buildings of the base, one needed to spend a lot of crystal cores or use materials for rent. Those who couldn’t afford it had to find their own way to find a place to live.

The wheelchair rolled over the snow, leaving a trail. Gu Shuyi pushed Zhuyun and looked up at the narrow building. She raised her eyebrows and asked, “Is this what a tenement building from the 70s and 80s looks like?”

“Probably.”

“Why would they build a building like this?”

Zhuyun laughed and said, “Use your head. In these tenement buildings, everyone shares one bathroom. How much space do you think that saves? With that saved space, they could probably build another building.”

Gu Shuyi awkwardly shut her mouth. It seemed to make sense, but how did Zhuyun come up with that?

Her rebellious streak flared up again, and she said unhappily, “How do you know that’s the reason? Maybe it’s not.”

Zhuyun covered her mouth and laughed, scoffing back, “I’m really seeing something new. I’ve encountered a walking contrarian.”

“You!”

Zhuyun didn’t have the time to bicker with her. She shot a cold glance at Gu Shuyi. “Talk back again, and I’ll cut out your tongue! Behave yourself.”

She was serious, giving Gu Shuyi the feeling that she wasn’t joking and could actually do it.

With this threat from Zhuyun, Gu Shuyi completely quieted down. She dutifully pushed the wheelchair, not daring to say another word.

Although Gu Shuyi felt like she had no backbone, she knew when to back down.

Fang Ping, who had been squatting by the door keeping watch, was feeling a little anxious. He was afraid that Zhuyun wouldn’t show up and worried if she could handle Ling Chengze alone. He regretted it all; he should have cornered Tang Zixi instead.

Two days ago, Fang Ping had gone to Zhuyun’s door. He was lucky that Tang Zixi was out on a mission. After much hesitation, he told Zhuyun about the suspicions he and Liang Xing had, hoping to gain her trust.

Zhuyun didn’t give a clear answer but agreed to talk in detail today. In the past few days, Fang Ping couldn’t sleep or eat properly. He didn’t even take on any missions, using the excuse of an injury to stay at home.

His heart was pounding when he suddenly saw Zhuyun in a wheelchair. The person pushing her wasn’t the familiar Tang Zixi but an unfamiliar face. He couldn’t help but take a few more glances at Gu Shuyi as he stood up to greet them.

“Miss Zhu, you’re finally here.” Fang Ping breathed a huge sigh of relief. Her presence meant there was a chance for them to work together.

Gu Shuyi opened her mouth but immediately closed it.

Forget it, I’d better not speak.

Zhuyun lifted her chin, her nonchalant expression containing a hint of coldness. She said, “Are you sure Ma Yinghong is here?”

Fang Ping patted his chest, guaranteeing, “I’m not bragging about my ability, but with my power, tracking someone is so simple. Sun Chen, that big oaf, didn’t even notice I was following him. Old Ma is definitely here!”

He was eager to prove that Ma Yinghong was still alive and immediately planned to take Zhuyun upstairs to see him.

“Wait a moment, how are you going to get Zhuyun upstairs?”

Gu Shuyi was asking Fang Ping, but her eyes were on Zhuyun, clearly wanting her to get out of the wheelchair and walk. Tang Zixi wasn’t here, and she wasn’t willing to carry Zhuyun upstairs.

She didn’t voice her thoughts, but her eyes couldn’t deceive Zhuyun. For someone as simple-minded as her, whose thoughts were all over her face, it would be hard for Zhuyun to not understand.

Fang Ping laughed heartily, showing off to Gu Shuyi, “That’s easy. I’ll just use my power to send Miss Zhu upstairs.”

He then remembered he hadn’t told Gu Shuyi what his ability was. He said sheepishly, “I have a wind-based ability, so this is no trouble for me.”

Gu Shuyi was speechless. Was Zhuyun just destined to live a life of ease?

Zhuyun shrugged innocently. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to walk; it was just that the heavens were helping her.

Ma Yinghong lived on the third floor. It was a low tenement building, so it only took a simple movement from Fang Ping to get Zhuyun up.

A gentle wind enveloped Zhuyun, like a pre-planned track, slowly moving forward.

Floor after floor, until the wind placed her on the landing and then retreated. Before leaving, it even picked up Zhuyun’s dropped scarf, showing remarkable thoughtfulness.

Gu Shuyi watched the whole process, gritting her teeth and glaring at the cunningly smiling Fang Ping beside her. She muttered, “Another sycophant just like Liu Ye!”

How does Zhuyun always run into these people? Her luck is way too good!

Fang Ping took to the air, of course, also taking Gu Shuyi upstairs. However, he grabbed her by the hood of her clothes, nearly choking her to death.

Gu Shuyi bent over, coughing a few times, and was about to start cursing at Fang Ping. But Fang Ping was also startled by her pale face and quickly explained, “Sorry, sorry, I’m used to carrying my brother. Are you okay?”

Since he had said that, what could Gu Shuyi do?

She rolled her eyes at him several times, then stood behind Zhuyun, fuming, ready to push the wheelchair.

Zhuyun looked at Gu Shuyi. Seeing that she was fine, she said, “Push me to the door in that corner.”

Fang Ping’s eyes flickered, a little disbelieving.

Gu Shuyi asked, “How do you know it’s this one? Don’t you need to ask him?”

Fang Ping was thinking the same thing. Why wouldn’t Zhuyun ask me?

Zhuyun smiled confidently. “Fang Ping, did I choose correctly?”

His nerves became highly alert at that moment. This only happened when he saw a dangerous zombie. Fang Ping felt a chilling sense of dread he’d never felt before. He stared at Zhuyun’s smiling face, feeling no amazement, only fear.

He had never told Zhuyun the location of Ma Yinghong’s room, but she had accurately found it. What did this mean?

It meant that Zhuyun had a power and a mystery that others didn’t know about, enough to make Fang Ping wary of her.

“Miss Zhu chose correctly.” He no longer dared to underestimate Zhuyun, putting away his playful demeanor and answering her respectfully.

Gu Shuyi’s expression also changed. She looked at Zhuyun with a critical eye, wanting to ask for an explanation. Why could Zhuyun sense it, but I couldn’t?

Zhuyun tied a knot in her scarf and said, “Let’s go in.”

Mwahaha, how does it feel to act like a master?

“Just so-so.”

Tch, you’re just being stubborn. You found Ma Yinghong’s room before Fang Ping could even open his mouth. What is that if not acting?

Zhuyun remained calm and ignored 857. She couldn’t possibly admit that it was right. Zhuyun also had her pride; she’d rather act like a cold, aloof woman.

She was expressionless and spoke little, a significant departure from Gu Shuyi’s impression of her. Was this still the same sharp-tongued, annoying Zhuyun?

Gu Shuyi’s lips formed a straight line, and she became even more obedient to Zhuyun, making Zhuyun feel for the first time that Gu Shuyi wasn’t that annoying.

The lock on the door was nothing; Fang Ping quickly twisted it open.

It was pitch black inside, without a single ray of light. It was eerily like being underground. A room shouldn’t be this dark under normal circumstances unless the light was intentionally blocked out.

The moment Gu Shuyi stepped inside, she felt something was wrong. She mumbled, “Why is it so sticky? It doesn’t feel like a normal floor.”

Zhuyun let out a soft laugh, scaring Fang Ping, who was looking for the light switch. He rubbed his arms.

“Did you hear that sound? Dong, dong, dong, it’s very rhythmic.”

At this moment, Zhuyun thoughtfully condensed her silver ability in her palm. The ball of light brought brightness, making the uncomfortable Gu Shuyi want to get closer to it.

With the light, Zhuyun finally saw everything in front of her.

A massive object was hanging from the ceiling, seemingly wrapped in silk to form an oval cocoon. It was vibrating rhythmically, inhaling and exhaling. This was the sound Gu Shuyi had heard.

“Holy shit!” Gu Shuyi finally realized what was on the floor. It was a black, viscous liquid that made her feel nauseous.

In a state of extreme panic, people couldn’t make a sound. Fang Ping felt like he had become mute. He had been touching the wall to find the switch and had been internally complaining that whoever plastered the wall was lazy because it was so rough.

But in reality, he wasn’t touching the wall but a series of zombies stuck to it. His hand had been on a zombie’s face.

The intense fear almost made Fang Ping’s legs give out. It was Gu Shuyi’s shout that brought him back to his senses.

“Oh my god, no wonder it stank as soon as we came in. I didn’t think much of it, since all the air smells either bad or sour now. I didn’t know this room was hiding such a huge surprise!” Fang Ping wiped the sweat from his brow, wishing Liang Xing could also see this. As brothers, we should share both good fortune and hardship.

Zhuyun still looked the same, as if she had guessed this scene would greet them from the moment she entered the door. She was calm and composed, observing the cocoon. She said in a deep voice, “It’s about to break out. We came at the perfect time.”

Fang Ping’s hair stood on end. “Miss Zhu, what do you mean? Break out of what?”

Gu Shuyi’s face was pale. She had already gripped her lightning stick, the electric current crackling, as if she was ready to blow up the room.

Zhuyun sat steadily in her wheelchair, watching the cocoon’s vibrations increase in frequency. She slowly stood up.

Everyone step back! Little Zhu is about to show off!

“…”

Zhuyun’s serious expression almost broke. Luckily, she was able to hold it in.

“Holy shit, a medical miracle!” Fang Ping was dumbfounded and stood there for a long time before saying this.

Zhuyun released her ability with both hands. The silvery light instantly filled the room. She looked coldly at the cocoon, which was vibrating faster, and smiled dismissively.

The frequency was like a human heartbeat. The increase in speed was like a CPR, meant to activate the thing inside the cocoon—no, not Ma Yinghong, but a Licker.

She walked forward a few steps. Gu Shuyi was too late to stop her, so she could only follow closely behind.

Gu Shuyi then noticed that the sticky liquid on the floor, as Zhuyun’s ability was released, began to recede. It slowly gathered together until it became a black stream, then tiny droplets, and finally vanished into thin air.

“This is… purification?” Gu Shuyi suddenly thought of Liu Ye. Did he really survive just with the perseverance of an ability user?

Zhuyun’s hands didn’t stop. Her ability converged into a beam of light, courageously striking the cocoon on the ceiling. In an instant, it fell to the ground with a loud bang, only able to let out a weak roar. Zhuyun squinted, waving her hand to cover it with a brilliant light. Soon, she heard a “sizzling” sound, as if something was being scorched.

“Gu Shuyi.”

“I… I’m here!”

Zhuyun pointed at the thing on the ground and said with a smile, “You can dig out the crystal core later.”

Gu Shuyi couldn’t help but roll her eyes. “You’re my great-grandmother, alright. You never give me the good stuff, but you always leave me the bad stuff!”

Zhuyun blinked, acting wronged. “I’m a patient.”

“You…!” Gu Shuyi swallowed her curse. The Licker’s screams were reminding her. She forced a smile and said, “Okay, I’ll listen to great-grandmother.”

If you’re a patient, then there are no weak patients in the world! What patient just goes and takes on a Licker with their ability? No wonder she and Tang Zixi are a pair. Tang Zixi can turn a supportive ability into a powerful offensive one, and Zhuyun is just as capable, turning a healer into a killer who can take down a Licker in one move. Listening to its screams, you know the process of being tormented by that ability must be very painful.

So Gu Shuyi was completely convinced. It was just a great-grandmother; she accepted it! Now Liu Ye shouldn’t even think about trying to steal her title.

Zhuyun praised her quick thinking and said with a smile, “Doesn’t the base want the Licker’s crystal core? You can take the core and ask for benefits.”

Gu Shuyi’s heart sped up a little. She asked softly, “You… you’re really willing to give it to me?”

She sat back in her wheelchair, tidied up her scarf, and said with a smile, “I killed the Licker. The crystal core is mine to give to whoever I want.”

Suddenly, Gu Shuyi finally understood what it felt like to have a powerful backer. She glanced at Fang Ping, who gave her a humble wave. She was overjoyed and said, “Then… then this humble one will take the Licker’s crystal core.”

“Take it, take it.”

Zhuyun looked at the Licker, which was now a pile of烂肉 after the light had faded. She said faintly, “Fang Ping, take this pile of meat and go see the manager.”

“Huh?” There’s something for me to do?

Zhuyun sighed in annoyance. “Take the evidence to the manager. It’ll completely block Ling Chengze’s path. Why do you think I came to see Ma Yinghong with you? I don’t know why he gave the crystal core to Ma Yinghong, but the facts are right in front of us. He privately cultivated a Licker. It’s a done deal. Even with three mouths, he can’t explain his way out of it.”

Fang Ping slapped his forehead. He said admiringly, “So that was your plan, Miss Zhu. I really thought… I really thought you came to fight with Ma Yinghong.”

He actually wanted to say “to have a catfight,” but he remembered Zhuyun’s personality—she would shoot first and ask questions later—so he figured she wouldn’t argue and changed it to “fight.”

Fang Ping glanced at the pile of meat. It seemed that “fight” wasn’t quite the right word; “one-sided crushing” was more accurate.

Zhuyun saw the usually proud Gu Shuyi squatting there, looking for the crystal core, and couldn’t help but smile. “Did you find it yet?”

“I’m looking, I’m looking. Don’t rush me. Its body is so big; I need to look carefully.”

Fang Ping had also opened the windows and other things. The room had been sealed tight before. He truly didn’t know how Sun Chen could have stayed here. Didn’t he find it terrifying?

He had overestimated Sun Chen and Ling Chengze’s trust in him. Sun Chen only came to feed Ma Yinghong a few zombies from time to time. He had no idea what the room looked like inside. He would just open the door, throw the zombies in, and leave. And Ling Chengze never told Sun Chen that Ma Yinghong had become a Licker.

Suddenly, a few rays of natural light entered the room, making Zhuyun uncomfortable. She shielded her eyes.

Seeing the light reminded her of the sky. Zhuyun said with a sigh, “I quite like the gift from the Heavenly Dao.”

[Hmph, if it didn’t give you something you like, how could it make up for the memory blockage?]

The reason Zhuyun was able to find Ma Yinghong’s room so accurately was simple.

The other ability within her was helping her. The successful elimination of the Licker was also thanks to that ability. Otherwise, relying purely on her healing ability would have required more effort to get the job done.

“Why is it so good to me?”

It owes you.

857 didn’t offer any more explanation. Zhuyun pondered for a moment and then put the matter aside. The car will find a road when it gets to the mountain. Sooner or later, I will understand what the Heavenly Dao wants from me. Worrying about it now is completely unnecessary.

“Great-grandmother, I found it!”

“Miss Zhu, I’m ready too.”

Zhuyun smiled. “Let’s go see the manager.”

“Alright.”

However, when they went downstairs, Zhuyun saw the healing ability user she had met before, Liang Xing, a member of Ling Chengze’s team.

Zhuyun smiled meaningfully, causing a shiver to run down Fang Ping’s back. He quickly explained, “Miss Zhu, it’s not that I don’t trust you, it’s just that I was afraid we wouldn’t be strong enough, so I asked Brother Liang to come.”

Liang Xing was still smoking. Fang Ping rushed over, stomped out the cigarette, and gave him a wink while showing him the foul-smelling thing he was holding. Liang Xing took one look and stepped back.

“What is that? It stinks.”

“Ma Yinghong.”

Liang Xing’s face instantly changed, and he said seriously, “That doesn’t look like a normal human!”

“Exactly, he turned into a Licker.”

Liang Xing was terrified and asked, “How did it end up like this?” He was very aware of how terrifying a Licker was.

Fang Ping said proudly, “All thanks to Miss Zhu.” He then pulled Liang Xing aside and told him about Zhuyun’s previous suggestion. Liang Xing thanked Zhuyun and then said, “I’ll go get Sun Chen now.”

Zhuyun smiled with satisfaction. “Smart man.”

Fang Ping heard this and immediately shoved the thing in his hands to Liang Xing, not caring if he was disgusted. He said, “I’m the fastest. I’ll go catch him!”

As soon as he finished speaking, he was gone.

Liang Xing thanked Zhuyun again. Gu Shuyi held her head high with pride.

It feels pretty good to be on Zhuyun’s side.

On their way to see the manager, Zhuyun passed by many people and seemed to hear Ling Chengze’s name and the word “ability.”

Zhuyun looked sideways and said, “Did you guys do this?”

Liang Xing laughed and shook his head, then nodded. “Not entirely. Fang Ping and I were on a mission when we overheard someone mention Ling Chengze and his ability. So we found a person from the underground, gave him a bag of crystal cores, and asked him to spread the news throughout the base.”

“People outside are also talking about Ling Chengze?” Zhuyun asked with curiosity.

Liang Xing explained, “It should be Captain Zhao. I saw that the person was one of his team members.”

“Zhao Yuan?”

Zhuyun hadn’t expected this pleasant surprise. Zhao Yuan was faster than she had imagined.

But Zhuyun didn’t know that Zhao Yuan’s spreading of information about Ling Chengze was also related to Ling Chengze slandering Tang Zixi.

After Tang Zixi’s team entered Rong’an Base, Zhao Yuan also went to another place. As he passed by Rong’an Base, he heard people in a queue badmouthing Tang Zixi. He immediately knew who was behind it. As a friend who had spent some time with Tang Zixi, Zhao Yuan sent Wang Wu to give Ling Chengze a “nice gift”—tit for tat.

Zhuyun smiled warmly. “That’s a huge help. I should give him a nice gift when I see him.”

The three of them chatted and laughed, showing no sign of nervousness about seeing an important figure.

They soon arrived at the meeting hall, and the first person they saw was a familiar face. Zhuyun waved to Huang Wei and said, “Is Zixi still in the office?”

Huang Wei bent down kindly. “Yes, the manager and Secretary Wen are both in the office. Do you need something?”

Zhuyun pointed to the thing in Liang Xing’s hands, saying mysteriously, “Yes, it’s something about a Licker.”

Huang Wei had no idea that the thing in Liang Xing’s hands was a Licker. She didn’t want to get involved, but she remembered her uncle’s instructions and hesitated for a moment before nodding. “Then I’ll go for you. I can’t guarantee you’ll get to see the manager.”

“Okay, thank you for your trouble.”

She jogged over and knocked on the office door. The manager saw Huang Wei and smiled kindly. “What’s wrong?”

“I just saw Captain Tang’s team member. She asked me to tell you that she has something to say about a Licker.”

The manager didn’t take it seriously and said in a gentle and friendly manner, “Tell her to wait. I still have something to discuss with Miss Tang.”

Tang Zixi frowned slightly, seemingly unhappy with the manager’s arrangement. Wen Kehui’s eyes flashed. He seized the opportunity to advise, “How about we ask Huang Wei to find out more about the Licker? After all, it’s about a Licker, and we can’t miss any information. Don’t you agree?”

The manager smiled and nodded. “Old Wen makes a good point.”

Wen Kehui, seeing that Tang Zixi was no longer impatient, was satisfied and blew on his hot water.

Huang Wei obediently agreed. Wen Kehui had just finished his water when Huang Wei ran back, surprisingly fast.

Huang Wei said excitedly, “Miss Zhu said she just killed a Licker that hadn’t fully formed yet, and she even found the crystal core!”

As soon as she finished speaking, Tang Zixi suddenly stood up.

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