My Sister Never Said She Was a Creepy Tale - Chapter 102

The noisy complaints grew louder and more numerous.

It seemed that more and more ordinary people were being brought into this room, which was weird in every sense.

Yue Yiyue’s heart skipped a beat. Impossible, she thought.

What should she do?

What could she do now?

Yue Yiyue stood still, listening to the distant people shouting about how to get out of this place.

On the other side, the rustling sounds were also increasing, as if something was rushing over, eager to divide and devour the food.

In this sudden emergency, Yue Yiyue looked at Gu He next to her.

Gu He stood there as if nothing was happening, staring at the gold coin not far away, as if the whole world contained only that gold coin.

Oh, and herself.

Gu He turned to look at her in confusion, her eyes showing only puzzlement.

“Yiyue, what are you looking at over there?” Her eyes widened slightly, and she covered her mouth: “Ah, sorry, I usually only call my colleagues by the last two characters of their name, so I called you Yiyue. I hope you don’t mind?”

Yue Yiyue nodded absentmindedly. It was just an appellation: “Didn’t you hear the growing sound of people?”

“Shouldn’t we try to save those people?” Yue Yiyue felt the clothes on her body. Since she hadn’t entered the next room yet, the white jacket should still be effective.

If she were Gu Nanqiu…

If she were Gu Nanqiu, what would she do?

Yue Yiyue kept replaying Gu Nanqiu’s methods in her mind, trying to find a suitable approach.

Rules…

White clothes…

Right… There were still many white clothes in the room. If she went back to get them now, there would be time.

There would be time…

“I remember the last room wasn’t far from here. I’ll go back and grab some clothes.” Yue Yiyue turned to retrace her steps, but Gu He grabbed her hand: “Have you… never experienced a dungeon before?”

Gu He’s expression was somewhat serious, as if Yue Yiyue were attempting something absurd.

Yue Yiyue paused: “I don’t quite understand what you mean?”

“There are people there, and I have to find a way to help them—that’s my logic.” Yue Yiyue looked at Gu He, hoping she could understand her thoughts and motivation.

Gu He reached up and pointed to her twitching right eyelid: “No, no, no, Yiyue, I know what you mean.”

She leaned against the mottled wall with her hands in her pockets: “It’s just that what they are experiencing is different from what we are experiencing. The rules they randomly received are also different from ours.”

The rest of the words were left unsaid.

The previous area was the same way.

The rules she received were different from everyone else’s rules.

But the closer the sounds got, the more panicked Yue Yiyue felt.

Gu He stood by, looking indifferent, merely continuing to ponder the matter of the gold coin.

Yue Yiyue looked up at the ceiling, and after sitting in place for a moment, she said: “I still want to save them.”

“Or, is there a way for me to convey a signal to them, at least letting them know what kind of monsters are inside?”

Gu He was not surprised by this statement.

She crouched down and looked directly at Yue Yiyue: “But merely transmitting a signal might not save them.”

“What if the signal you transmit is wrong and leads them into a mistaken area instead?”

The two consecutive questions plunged Yue Yiyue into silence.

She lost her energy and sat there, feeling somewhat lost.

If Gu Nanqiu were here, she would probably have thought of a suitable solution by now, wouldn’t she?

If she recovered her memory, perhaps she could also find other opportunities.

But despite everything she had experienced, she felt as though she hadn’t grown at all, and her fragmented memories offered her little guidance.

In that instant, Yue Yiyue realized that she seemed fundamentally unable to leave Gu Nanqiu.

Whether in real life or when dragged into such strange affairs.

She lowered her head, feeling a bit frustrated: “You’re right.”

“What I plan to do is indeed inappropriate.”

Gu He looked at Yue Yiyue, who had become immediately disheartened, and reached out to stroke Yue Yiyue’s hair: “If we resolve this matter more quickly, the people inside will also have a chance to live.”

After speaking, she stood up: “I have a way to deal with that monster, though it might be a little violent.”

She smiled at Yue Yiyue with cunning. Her somewhat plain face instantly became vivid, like a little fox who had secretly tasted a sweet grape.

The appearance of the person before her overlapped with Gu Nanqiu’s appearance for a moment, and even the action of reaching out to touch her head felt uncannily familiar.

“Yiyue, if it’s convenient, I hope you can wait over there. I’ll handle things here.”

Yue Yiyue nodded hesitantly, followed Gu He’s suggestion, and walked to the corner she designated.

However, she quietly took out her phone from her pocket and opened the video recording system.

The Room’s Discovery and Revelation

Pushing open the purple door revealed another room, but this one was different from the previous one, as it was divided into two parts.

The left part seemed to be a study, with a computer desk, some white papers on the table, a cup of steaming coffee, and a pen.

There were also some papers scattered carelessly on the floor.

The right part should be Ye Qiu’s room.

After a quick scan of the other room, Yue Yiyue immediately understood who the true owner of this room was.

The sofa and the accent wall, as well as the half-full glass of whiskey on the table—she had seen these things when she was on a video call with Ye Qiu before.

The clothes draped over the sofa were also very familiar to Yue Yiyue; these were clothes Ye Qiu had worn previously.

Yue Yiyue vaguely felt that something was wrong with this place, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on it.

The last room was about Gu Nanqiu, and this room belonged to Ye Qiu.

What about the next room?

Gu Ye?

Or Curator Qiu?

What was the purpose of arranging these rooms?

She walked forward two steps, bent down, and picked up the paper on the floor.

The A4 paper was densely covered with many words. Yue Yiyue only took a few glances and saw familiar handwriting, as well as notes on the side.

“Here, Yue Yiyue must be made an outsider, only this way can she be free from plot control.”

“For this part, care must be taken to prevent Yue Yiyue from getting hurt.”

“Setting it up this way should be reasonably logical and allow Yue Yiyue to interfere with the plot to the greatest extent.”

Yue Yiyue bent down and picked up another piece of paper: “Ah ah ah—do they absolutely have to meet at this point?”

Below it was another line of elegant script: “Absolutely must.”

And the main text on the A4 paper was the original text of the book she was following before she came to this world, 《Unknown Ghost Place.

Standing amidst this pile of manuscripts, she subconsciously looked back at Gu He, who was standing at the door, worried that these things might be discovered by her.

“Yiyue, is there any information you need on these white papers?” Gu He stood at the door and asked curiously: “Then you search this side of the room, and I’ll go check over there.”

Yue Yiyue looked down at the item in her hand and then gave Gu He a meaningful glance. She thought to herself, perfect, she had been wondering how to send Gu He away so she could check the video she just recorded, and now Gu He brought up the idea herself.

“I will definitely tell you what I find on my side, and you have to tell me what you find on yours too, okay? We need to hurry and save those people.”

Gu Nanqiu: The Toy and the Betrayal

She picked up another sheet of paper, which was about the family setting for “Yue Yiyue,” including the background of her mother.

Even Yue Yiyue’s grades were preset, with a note on the side: “I found the report card from that world.”

Sheet after sheet of paper constituted the current world.

These things were clearly the work of the great author Ye Qiu. Her ability might be related to constructing worlds.

Or perhaps, this world existed because of her.

Was she merely a passerby whom Ye Qiu had pulled into this world?

Well, perhaps a key NPC was a better description.

This would also explain why the plot often changed after she entered here.

Because Ye Qiu had given her a new identity, one that was outside the main plot yet intimately related to it.

The new question then arose: Why did Ye Qiu drag her into this?

The only certainty was that she was not a character designed by Ye Qiu.

After all, the settings regarding Yue Yiyue were filled out by her own hand.

No matter how fragmented her memory was, she could still recognize her own handwriting.

She skimmed through the character setting outline for Gu Nanqiu written on the paper, which meticulously detailed the kind of standard lover Yue Yiyue expected.

What kind of underlying personality should be assigned to this “Gu Nanqiu.”

Yue Yiyue’s fingers delicately rubbed the familiar face in the red-backed photo nearby.

In that case, could she also be said to have been manipulated by Gu Nanqiu?

How should she confront this matter?

She walked a few steps forward, and a thin sheet of paper slowly drifted down from the ceiling, landing precisely in Yue Yiyue’s hand.

A small line of text appeared on the paper: “You are merely a toy of Gu Nanqiu’s. When she tires of playing, she will naturally discard you. Do you want to remain her toy, or do you feel angry about this?”

The signature was Greed.

Yue Yiyue looked at the two answers below, which kept flickering like a low-quality advertisement that pops up when a webpage is opened.

But Yue Yiyue had to admit that this item certainly caught her eye.

So, which option should she choose?

As the words on the paper flickered faster and faster, it seemed to urge Yue Yiyue to quickly select an answer.

“Don’t worry about Gu Nanqiu retaliating against you. As long as you choose me, I will set you free.” Greed thoughtfully added this line, seemingly worried about Yue Yiyue’s fear of being pursued.

Seeing this line of text, Yue Yiyue seemed to understand why Greed had brought her here to see the items in this room.

If that was what the other party needed, Yue Yiyue wouldn’t mind clicking that option—she felt angry about this.

After the answer was selected, the paper in Yue Yiyue’s hand began to burn, then fell to the floor. The entire room instantly ignited with an orange fire, but it carried no heat.

The flames eventually formed a line of text: “I understand your choice. This candle will lead you to the next room. We will be waiting for you at the end.”

That “we” was quite telling.

This area should be connected to that Greed.

Logically, she and Greed had gone through the last dungeon, and they should now be enemies.

Translating this back to the original plot, this was the point where she betrayed Gu Nanqiu and died at Greed’s hands.

Now, Greed was very interested in her and really wanted her to join her.

Something felt wrong.

Well, actually, nothing was wrong.

From the moment she chose that option, she could indeed be said to have betrayed Gu Nanqiu.

Everything seemed to be falling back into place completely, and Yue Yiyue had a feeling that her own storyline was about to end.

Fine by me.

Yue Yiyue recalled the last few words on that paper: “Gu Nanqiu disappears from the world forever, replaced by Yue Yiyue, and Yue Yiyue lives safely and happily.”

This was not the ending she wanted.

The Final Stare

Gu He’s voice came from the side: “Yiyue, did you find anything useful over there?”

“I can’t hear any movement from you.”

At this moment, Yue Yiyue was enjoying the video clip she had filmed: the familiar tentacle nimbly moving through the corridor, taking out the gold coin, and in the instant it handed it to the Notebook Head, it swiftly pierced the monster, then dragged it along into the picture frame on the wall next to it.

In one minute, the monster that could have given Yue Yiyue a headache for a long time was eliminated.

Being this powerful, pretending to be troubled earlier must have been exhausting.

Yue Yiyue turned off the screen. She picked up the candle that had formed after the flame disappeared and gripped it carefully.

“I’ve found the way to get over there. We have to rush to the next room before this flame burns out.”

Yue Yiyue calmly responded to Gu He’s call: “I’m coming now. Is there anything else you need to add from your side?”

Opening the door, Yue Yiyue looked at Gu He, who was also holding a candle: “It seems like this is all we need to safely get there?”

“But if there are any other unexpected situations, Gu He, you will definitely be able to protect me.” Yue Yiyue looked at Gu He with a smile, though there was little genuine sincerity in it.

Under the flickering candlelight, it was slightly unnerving.