Imprisoned by Forced Love! The Yandere Disciple Tied My Hands and Told Me to Be Good - Chapter 5

By the time the “show” ended, an hour had passed. The crowd dispersed, fully satisfied.

Moving against the flow of the departing people, Yue Qi stepped forward with his hands behind his back. He stopped in front of Wei Lingyu, who was lying on the ground, still gasping for breath. He raised his foot and stomped down hard on the chest covered in snake venom.

“Answer one question for this Venerable.”

Wei Lingyu, suddenly crushed, let out a cry of pain. Although he couldn’t see, he could recognize Yue Qi’s voice. He gasped through the pain: “I will… answer truthfully…”

Only then did Yue Qi release his foot. He cut straight to the chase: “Does Mu Chenyuan like Chu Jun?”

Wei Lingyu was stunned by the sudden question, clearly failing to process it immediately. That is, until Yue Qi’s sinister voice drifted down again: “Speak!”

Terrified, Wei Lingyu stammered, “I don’t know… I…”

“You don’t know? One is your Master and the other is your Sect Uncle, and you don’t know?!”

Wei Lingyu wanted to snap back, “Aren’t they also your Master and Sect Uncle?” but he swallowed the words. He knew full well that Yue Qi adored Mu Chenyuan. Not just him the entire cultivation world knew it.

This fox demon, raised personally by Immortal Zhanwang Mu Chenyuan, was madly in love with his Master. He was even willing to abandon his nature as a Spirit Race member to cultivate the demonic path, solely to lock up the Master who had never loved him back and had even dug out his heart. One could only imagine how insane this love was.

Wei Lingyu knew this perfectly well and naturally wouldn’t touch a madman’s sore spot. If he did, he would suffer a punishment a hundred times more cruel than his current state. He quickly changed his tune: “There is no such thing!”

“Truly no such thing?” Yue Qi’s tone sounded much more relaxed.

“Truly!” Wei Lingyu declared solemnly. “My Master, Chu Jun, has long since cultivated the Way of Heartlessness. He cannot feel affection for anyone. The whole world knows this; surely you do as well.”

“As for your Master, Mu Chenyuan, he has always treated Chu Jun merely as an ordinary Senior Brother… I can swear to the heavens, there isn’t a shred of illicit affection between them!”

Though the truth of Wei Lingyu’s words was debatable, they were music to Yue Qi’s ears. Even if it were a lie, he was willing to be deceived—just as he had once been willing to be deceived by his Master.

“Mhm. A good answer. This Venerable is satisfied.”

“Then this Venerable shall ask you one more thing.”

“Please ask, Demon Lord.” Wei Lingyu knew his place; he was, after all, a prisoner.

“Since Mu Chenyuan has already obtained this Venerable’s heart, why have his spiritual veins not yet recovered?”

When he first captured Mu Chenyuan, Yue Qi hadn’t yet sealed his spiritual veins. A light probe had revealed that they were riddled with holes; even without a seal, it would be difficult for him to escape Yue Qi’s palm. A pill refined with a Spirit Fox Heart as a catalyst could heal the most bizarre injuries in the world, even bringing someone back from the dead. Repairing damaged spiritual veins should be simple.

Had Mu Chenyuan not dug out his heart specifically to heal his injuries? Since he had succeeded, why hadn’t he acted? Could it be that he still felt a lingering attachment to Yue Qi, and thus…

He had wanted to ask Mu Chenyuan this himself, but fearing a negative answer, he had delayed it. He didn’t dare ask. Now, he asked Wei Lingyu not because the man knew the answer, but because he was certain Wei Lingyu would provide the answer he wanted to hear.

Sure enough, Wei Lingyu quickly chimed in: “That must be because the Immortal still has feelings for the Demon Lord and couldn’t bear to refine that heart… he must be feeling regret…”

Yue Qi got the answer he desired. The feeling of self-deception was… quite good. Yet his heart remained empty. He remembered every second that Mu Chenyuan said he liked someone else.

If it wasn’t Chu Jun, who could it be? The only way to find out was to ask Mu Chenyuan himself.

Because his mood had improved significantly, Yue Qi specifically instructed Jiuli before leaving: “No need to arrange ‘clients’ for him today. Let him stay in his room.”

Locked to the bed with nowhere to go, Mu Chenyuan was bored to tears and could only sleep. He couldn’t exactly use the System as a conversational partner. While that would have been a good idea, he didn’t want to talk to that “son of a bitch” System at all. It was better to squeeze in a nap.

Ultimately, the System couldn’t handle the loneliness and initiated “chat mode” on its own: Host, you’re really something. You can actually sleep in a situation like this?

Woken by the voice in his head, Mu Chenyuan didn’t even bother to open his eyes. He complained: Don’t you find yourself annoying? I hate it most when people wake me up.

Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a full night’s sleep for a corporate slave who works overtime 366 days out of a 365-day year?

But you’re tied up with chains. Being able to sleep like this is actually impressive.

Heh. Mu Chenyuan let out a cold laugh. 「Forget being tied to a bed; I could sleep standing up during a board meeting.

Not only that, I can sleep with my eyes open while staring at a computer screen during overtime. I can sleep while eating, and I can sleep while submerged in a bathtub during a shower.

Of course, the price is: sleeping while standing leads to bumping your head, sleeping with eyes open makes them hurt, sleeping while eating leads to choking, and sleeping in the shower leads to drowning…

The System interrupted him, speechless: Host… I feel like you didn’t live like a human being in your past life.

Wow even the System can speak the truth.

Mu Chenyuan didn’t find the comment blunt; instead, he agreed sorrowfully: 「Exactly. I’ve long since forgotten what it feels like to be human…

I grew up without parents. To survive in a cruel society, I had no choice but to work my life away… I was afraid of being looked down upon, and afraid of starving to death without money. I forced myself to get used to that life… forced myself to bow for money and swallow my grievances.

Look at me now, transmigrated into this trash book. Even knowing I’m going to be f-ed by a man, aren’t I still enduring it for the sake of fifty million?

When I finish the missions, you’d better make good on that fifty million! I’ve already planned it out: once I have the money, I’m going to buy my dog, July, the biggest and most beautiful kennel.

Then I’ll feed him the most expensive dog food, take him to the most expensive pet salon, and find him a pretty little female dog… I’ll never have to worry about not being able to afford the high vet bills whenever he gets sick again.

System:

Host, is your only ambition in life raising a dog? You’ll have fifty million! Don’t you want to consider a villa by the sea? Or buying out the company so you can be the boss and flip the script?

Mu Chenyuan said emotionally: 「But July is the only living being that ever gave me warmth and companionship. He even saved my life! If it weren’t for him, I’d be a dead man long ago… I sleep holding him every night. He is my whole world.」

The System smiled and suddenly replied: Is it possible that you are his whole world, too?

Obviously. I’m his Master. If he dared to not consider me his world, I’d lock him in the house forever and never let him go anywhere! Hmph!

Host… you and the male lead are truly a perfect match.

Heh, I’m far behind him. That damn lustful fox…

“Master.”

Mu Chenyuan was just about to start cursing Yue Qi when he was interrupted by the sudden appearance of a man’s voice.

Yue Qi?!