I Have the Aura of a Supporting Character in Yuri Novels - Chapter 92

In the special department’s hospital room, a frail fox lay silently on a bed. The severed tail behind it was a clear indication of its severe injuries. If not for Bai Xuiqiu using its last ounce of strength to protect Bai Que before its death, it would have already perished in the wolf clan’s siege. Perhaps even in its final moments, it would’ve failed to comprehend how the wolves found it and how it was defeated so miserably.

Bai Que breathed with difficulty, its vision blurry from a gouged-out eye. It moved its mutilated limb, its clouded eyes filled with immense hatred. The thought that it was Lang Qing who had reduced it to this state made Bai Que wish it could die with him.

“You’re awake.”

The panda doctor greeted it with concern. When met with a cold stare from Bai Que, she was unfazed. As long as the patients she saved recovered, that was enough. She was a doctor, and she was fulfilling her duty.

She looked down at Bai Que, stripped of its beautiful fur and a healthy body. A flicker of pity crossed her eyes. She bent down to tuck it in and then made a phone call to Jiu You, saying, “You can come over. Bai Que has woken up.”

Jiu You was in the middle of interrogating Lang Qing, a tall, scarred man who was the young master of the wolf clan. Jiu You hung up the phone and for the first time, a smile appeared on her face in front of Lang Qing. For a moment, Lang Qing felt a chill down his spine, as if something terrifying was watching him.

Jiu You twirled her phone and asked in a gentle voice, “Bai Que is awake. Do you want to come and see him with me?”

“Tsk, that flirtatious creature is still alive? I’m telling you, Jiu You, you hate the fox clan to death, so why did you stop our wolf clan before? Wouldn’t it have been a good thing for you if I had brought my people to wipe him out?”

The man in front of her was brave and a wolf, as if he had an endless supply of energy. Before the spiritual energy became scarce, the wolf clan had encroached on other surrounding species, causing widespread devastation and heavy casualties. Later, when the fox clan moved there, the two clans’ powers were evenly matched. The ever-victorious wolf clan had finally met its match. With the fox clan’s suppression, the wolves became more restrained. Therefore, it was crucial that neither the fox nor the wolf clan went extinct; this was the balance that the special department upheld.

Jiu You’s smile deepened. She would have loved for the fox clan to be annihilated, but for the sake of peace, she had to suppress her dark thoughts. Without the fox clan, the wolf clan would become a major threat. Jiu You didn’t want to create more problems for herself. After several considerations, she decided to save Bai Que, which was how she preserved its pathetic life.

When Lang Qing saw Jiu You’s half-smile, he felt that she was plotting against him. Lang Qing couldn’t keep his thoughts straight and spoke first, “Everything I said in the interrogation room is true. I couldn’t ignore Bai Que after he had already taken human form. My subordinate also investigated and found that Chen Wei’an, who was close to Bai Xuiqiu, had a strong scent of Bai Que. With Bai Xuiqiu and Bai Que’s scent, of course I’d suspect that Chen Wei’an was Bai Que! Thinking it’s better to kill the wrong person than to let a potential threat live, I immediately took my people and attacked. If we had waited for the fox clan to cause trouble for us, we would have been sitting ducks!”

The previously assertive Lang Qing suddenly lost his confidence. He scratched his short, crew-cut hair and said, “But how was I supposed to know my subordinate was wrong? Chen Wei’an is just a human. Bai Que, that sly creature, must have been using this human as a shield.”

Lang Qing felt lucky that he had seen Bai Que in the car and fortunate that he didn’t burn the car. If he had accidentally killed a human, the people in the special department probably wouldn’t have let him off the hook. Human weapons were not to be underestimated, and there were also other special personnel. Of course, Lang Qing wasn’t willing to go against humans. It was better to kill ten foxes than one human; this was the wolf clan leader’s instruction to prevent his clan from doing something foolish.

Jiu You glanced at the camera in the interrogation room, and the screen suddenly went black. She asked, “How did you find out that Bai Que had already taken human form?”

“Pei Tingyun, my confidante.”

Lang Qing’s eyes showed a hint of murderous intent when he said this. He wouldn’t keep a useless subordinate who could get a message wrong.

Jiu You looked thoughtful. When she spoke again, the camera, which had been recording the entire time, was back to normal. Clearly, Jiu You didn’t want a third person to know about the interrogation.

The calculating Jiu You guessed that Pei Tingyun was probably Zhu Yun’s informant. With her help, Zhu Yun was able to know the movements of the two clans.

Although she didn’t know how she had developed this secret line, this great war between the fox and wolf clans was initiated by Pei Tingyun, which was a favor to the You Tan clan.

Jiu You planned to find an opportunity to ask Zhu Yun. If she wanted to save Pei Tingyun, Jiu You could help her do it.

She took a sip of bitter tea, and her cold gaze softened slightly towards Lang Qing. Jiu You smiled and said, “You’ll probably be locked up for a few years for this incident.”

“Why!?”

Jiu You stood up gracefully, her smile unchanged. “First, you started a war without authorization. Second, you severely disrupted the lives of humans. If the special department hadn’t intervened, there would have been more human casualties on the highway. The third reason is that although you didn’t kill Chen Wei’an, the doctor’s examination showed that he was already poisoned, and the shock prematurely triggered the poison. So, you were indirectly used by Bai Que.”

Lang Qing twitched his mouth. “Jiu You, don’t you think you’re too biased towards humans? We’re the same kind!”

“Your crimes will be judged by the laws of the special department. It has nothing to do with me.”

Jiu You seemed to remember something and added, “There’s also a fourth point: Bai Que, the young master of the fox clan, has suffered irreversible injuries. Your crime is compounded.”

“Damn it! I had no idea what was wrong with Bai Que! I brought my ax down on him, and any sane creature would have dodged, but Bai Que acted as if he was blind and ran right into my ax. When he was practically offering himself up, why wouldn’t I chop him?”

Lang Qing was also confused by the strange part of the fight. He felt that Bai Que was possessed. Its current pathetic state was entirely because Bai Que was too cooperative. He didn’t dodge a single one of Lang Qing’s attacks, so every single one landed on him. It even made Lang Qing wonder if his own cultivation had advanced.

Jiu You held her teacup and walked out. Lang Qing shouted, unwilling to give up. As the interrogation room door closed, the dark environment made Lang Qing bang on the table. He started thinking of ways to escape the interrogation room, but a faint voice slowly came through, “If I let you escape from the interrogation room, then the demon who sits in this position will be you.”

Lang Qing’s handsome face fell, and he gave up on struggling because he couldn’t defeat Jiu You. Unless he called his father, but Lang Qing’s father wouldn’t want to make the relationship with the special department too strained. To the fox clan leader, a few years was nothing for a demon, so he would let him stay in the special department. It was also a way to avoid the fox clan’s pursuit, a kind of safe protection.

“Sister Jiu, who are you looking for?”

It was already past midnight. Jiu You looked at the time and realized what she had done. No wonder she hadn’t found Zhu Yun and Tang Ruorui; it was already so late.

She pinched her eyebrows and said, “Did Ruorui and the others get home safely?”

Qing Que nodded and replied, “Don’t worry, Sister Jiu. Lan Cui and I escorted them home.”

Jiu You smiled and nodded again, saying, “I didn’t pay attention to the time in the interrogation room, so you’ve been busy until now. It’s getting late, you should go rest.”

Qing Que was not so fragile. She patted her chest with a spirited look. “You’re the one who’s the most tired, Sister Jiu, you’ve been busy since morning. Aren’t you going to get some rest?”

“No, Bai Que is awake, I’m going to see him.”

Qing Que then said, “Sister Jiu, why do you think Bai Que poisoned the human Chen Wei’an? Now, he was caught red-handed by the special department’s human leaders. He’s really unlucky.”

Jiu You sneered, “Based on Bai Que’s character, Chen Wei’an was probably no longer useful to him, so he used poison to get rid of him.”

She and Qing Que parted ways there, and Jiu You went to see Bai Que, who was a step away from death.

Counting it, the last time she and Bai Que met was many, many years ago.

Jiu You looked at Bai Que on the bed. Their situations had changed drastically. Now she was the leader of the special department, and it was a severely injured, crippled fox that had lost its former charm.

Jiu You felt a great sense of satisfaction. Bai Que had already sensed Jiu You’s joyful eyes. It glared at Jiu You, at this You Tan clan that was supposed to be its medicine.

“I’m very pleased to see you in this half-dead state.”

Bai Que was so angry that it spat out a mouthful of blood. Refusing to admit defeat, it mocked, “There’s nothing for me to say. I lost, and I accept my fate. But do you really think that if one of me dies, your You Tan clan will live forever? Dream on! If one of me dies, thousands of foxes will come to avenge me. When will your You Tan clan learn to accept your fate?”

Jiu You chuckled and reached out to stroke Bai Que’s back. Everywhere her fingers touched, Bai Que felt immense pain. This was not a comforting touch, but a form of torture.

She said, “Why should we accept our fate? You’ve accepted your fate because you can no longer save yourself, but we’re different. We, the You Tan clan, will save ourselves. So, I’ve finally found a glimmer of hope. You know, I found an ancient formula, an ancient formula for a shapeshifting elixir. With it, our You Tan clan will never again be your fox clan’s meal. If your fox clan wants the elixir, then come and beg me.”

Blood dripped from Bai Que’s mouth again. It shook its head in disbelief. “How is this possible? Then…will my clan still be willing to avenge me?”

Jiu You grabbed the scruff of its neck and said in a cold voice, “Bai Que, your current misery has nothing to do with the You Tan clan. You have only yourself to blame. If you hadn’t spent so much effort on Chen Wei’an and used magic to make him handsome, then how could he have your scent on him? Because of your cleverness, the wolf clan thought Chen Wei’an was you. They were worried that if you took human form, you would pose a threat to them, which is why Lang Qing launched a surprise attack.”

She held up the ugly Bai Que and sneered, “This is what happens when you plot and scheme.”

Bai Que’s spirit was severely crushed. It could endure the physical pain, but the psychological humiliation shattered all its defenses.

There was a reason it hid by Chen Wei’an’s side. The human identity could help it ward off danger, and Bai Que could also use Chen Wei’an’s identity. If its plan had gone smoothly, Chen Wei’an would have been disguised as the young master of the fox clan, giving it a double layer of protection. Even when a crisis came, it could have performed the ‘golden cicada shedding its shell’ trick.

But its plan was disrupted by Zhu Yun and Tang Ruorui before it could officially begin. From the time Bai Xuihong started chasing it, its whereabouts were exposed. One wrong step, and every step that followed was a failure.

In the original world, Bai Que’s plan went very smoothly. Chen Wei’an was thought to be the shapeshifted Bai Que by the wolf clan, so his every move was closely watched. When the wolves discovered that Zhu Yun was important to him, Pei Tingyun had a killing intent, wanting to use Zhu Yun’s life to trap Chen Wei’an. However, the wolf clan was terribly wrong. Chen Wei’an was not the fox demon Bai Que. The real Bai Que had already orchestrated and controlled the entire situation. The human Chen Wei’an also didn’t forget that everything he had now was given to him by Bai Que, so Chen Wei’an used his human identity to get close to Tang Ruorui. The final victor was the cunning fox Bai Que.

Jiu You looked at the Bai Que in her hand that had lost the will to live. She disdainfully threw Bai Que back onto the hospital bed and said calmly, “Please wait for the law to pass judgment.”

The memories of the past vanished like smoke. She no longer needed to be trapped by the past; everything had to move forward.

The special department was still running in the early morning because some people online were still discussing the clouds from the day and the disappearing highway, as well as the strange navigation.

Strange things would still happen, if not today, then tomorrow. After all, with demons still existing in this world, such supernatural events would never be in short supply.

I’m telling you guys, stop discussing those clouds and all that messy stuff. Let me tell you about something that just happened? I suspect there’s a flower demon in my apartment complex! Guess why? I saw a balcony of an apartment full of flowers, they were so beautiful. It’s all because my phone was charging, so I didn’t have it when I went to the bathroom. Otherwise, I would have definitely taken a picture and posted it online. And I’ve searched online, but I couldn’t find this type of flower at all. That’s not even the weirdest part. The strange thing is, the flowers only bloomed for a few seconds. I’m so lucky I saw it today.

Are you sleepwalking? It’s autumn, and you saw a balcony full of flowers? Are you talking about chrysanthemums or osmanthus?

Why do people think only chrysanthemums and osmanthus bloom in autumn? I have a real intolerance for stupidity. If you lack basic knowledge, you shouldn’t be on the internet.

I’ve sent you a private message. I graduated from an art academy. You can describe the flowers you saw to me in detail. If I can draw them, it might help you, and then we can post it online.

[Yeah, yeah, let’s work together!]

This world was full of night owls. Tang Ruorui never expected that simply stretching her back by the window would be noticed. If Zhu Yun hadn’t closed the window in time, Tang Ruorui, the flower demon, would have been ready to dance in the wind.

In the spacious living room, Zhu Yun hugged Tang Ruorui tightly. Beneath them were layers of You Tan flowers, each petal flowing with a silver light. The scattered light was like dancing butterflies, surrounding Zhu Yun and Tang Ruorui, leaving a faint, elegant fragrance.

“Juju, muah!”

Tang Ruorui bit Zhu Yun’s face, and it hurt a little. Zhu Yun didn’t need to touch it to know there was a tooth mark. She shook her head helplessly and said, “If I had known you were a lightweight, I would never have let you drink.”

When others got drunk, they went crazy, which was a terrifying sight. But when Tang Ruorui got drunk, she was very clingy. She would hug Zhu Yun and not let go. She also proudly showed off her true form. Before Zhu Yun was ready, she was already submerged in the You Tan flowers.

When Zhu Yun climbed out of the dense cluster of You Tan flowers, she looked up and saw Tang Ruorui sitting alone in the middle of the stamens.

She wore a white dress, and a You Tan flower was in her black hair. Because she was drunk, she swayed back and forth as if on a swing. Her fair feet, hidden under her dress, also playfully swayed with her.

Zhu Yun just watched, easily becoming mesmerized.

At that moment, all she could think of was Tang Ruorui. How fortunate she was to have met this adorable flower demon.

At that moment, Zhu Yun was still thinking about romance, but when she saw Tang Ruorui with a cluster of flowers about to rush out the window, Zhu Yun ran after her at the speed of a sprinter. She even forgot to breathe, afraid that she would be too slow to close the window.

Zhu Yun decided to completely seal off this balcony!

So, Zhu Yun, afraid that Tang Ruorui would do something silly again, simply held her in her arms. They clung together, and petals floated everywhere, making the scene as beautiful as a fairy tale.

The petals beneath them swayed, and Zhu Yun felt a little drunk herself.

She kissed Tang Ruorui on the lips and saw her still-dazed eyes. Zhu Yun chuckled softly, “Are you that happy to see Bai Que get a taste of his own medicine?”

“No, no, no, there are other happy things! I can be with Juju forever now. I don’t have to die, hahaha.”

Tang Ruorui rubbed against her chest. Even though her eyes were blurry from drinking, she didn’t forget the joy in her heart. It was the first time she had ever felt this kind of feeling. Even after eight cups of wine, she could still remember it clearly.

“Mhm, I’ll be with Ruirui forever, too.”

“Juju.”

“What is it?”

Tang Ruorui seriously cupped Zhu Yun’s face, gave a silly smile, and then devoutly kissed her on the forehead. Her voice was soft and sweet. “I love you. I super, super, super love you!”

Zhu Yun couldn’t help but laugh. Now that she thought about it, getting Tang Ruorui drunk was actually a good thing. It was wonderful to see this side of her.

She gently held Tang Ruorui in her arms and sighed softly, “In this world, I’ve become a protagonist. You are my heroine, and Chen Wei’an and Bai Que are the villains. Does this mean we’ve completely rewritten the entire script?”

“Hmm? What are you saying, Juju? I don’t understand.”

Zhu Yun deliberately said this while she was drunk and incoherent. Zhu Yun didn’t explain to Tang Ruorui. She just patted her back and hummed a song to lull her to sleep.

May my darling have sweet dreams.

Goodnight.

The spring airport was filled with a faint floral scent. A woman with a beautiful red lip and sunglasses held a chubby child and slowly walked out of the airport. Zhu Yun pulled her sunglasses down slightly with her finger, so she could clearly see the group of fanatical fans.

“I’m telling you, Ruirui, there must be a mole in your studio. You need to investigate as soon as you’re done with your work, or you might get into a big mess.”

Zhu Yun bounced Tang Ruorui in her arms. Tang Ruorui, also wearing sunglasses, sighed like an old pro. “Got it, I’ll take your advice.”

Her sunglasses were a bit too big, and Tang Ruorui had to constantly hold them up, otherwise, her small ears couldn’t keep them on.

Zhu Yun couldn’t help but laugh triumphantly. She said in a low voice, “It’s a good thing you’re a demon, otherwise, you would have been blocked by the fans at the airport today.”

“Hmph.”

Zhu Yun kissed her pouting little face and said sorrowfully, “You’re a big star now. I’m like a stone waiting for my wife at home. I calculated that you still had a few days left before you came back, and I couldn’t wait any longer, so I bought a ticket to see you. But now you’re giving me a cold shoulder. You’ve changed. Do you have someone else?”

Tang Ruorui kicked her with her foot and teased, “What else could I have? Two months ago, who was it that confessed to you and I caught you red-handed? Compared to you, I’m the one who’s full of grievances.”

When it came to this, Zhu Yun was also speechless. “I want to carve ‘taken’ on my forehead. I show my affection all the time, so I don’t understand why people still have a crush on me.”

Tang Ruorui leaned on her shoulder and poked Zhu Yun’s cheeks. “It’s because everyone loves you.”

“It’s not just that everyone loves me, is it? The flowers like me, too.”

Tang Ruorui feigned disgust and turned her head away, but the curve on her lips couldn’t be hidden. “After being with you for so many years, you’ve become more and more narcissistic.”

Zhu Yun lowered her voice mysteriously. “Where did I say something wrong? I’m telling the truth. Isn’t my girlfriend a flower demon?”

“Ugh, you’re so annoying!”

Tang Ruorui reached out and covered her mouth. Zhu Yun bit her fingers and then patted Tang Ruorui on the bottom. She smiled and said, “It’s time for us to go home.”

Back to the small home that held all their memories, and then slowly grow old together.

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