My Sister Never Said She Was a Creepy Tale - Chapter 51

Always… Always… Always…

These words broke into Yue Yiyue’s vision, constantly magnifying, growing, expanding.

The room was unnaturally quiet, save for the occasional hum of the computer case.

Yue Yiyue stood there, watching these few lines of text, her expression inscrutable.

After a long while, she walked up to the computer and looked at the post creator’s ID: “Goddess, I Beg You to Look at Me More.”

Before, Yue Yiyue would have glanced at it and ignored it; after all, there were too many usernames like that.

But now…

Who could it be?

Is it a passerby who briefly crossed paths with Gu Nanqiu?

Or is it one of her current classmates?

Or is it Wu Zhen?

Figures flashed through her mind, but Yue Yiyue couldn’t find the answer.

The original novel clearly mentioned it, but whenever she reached a crucial plot point, those scattered wisps of fog would appear in her brain, preventing her from getting a direct answer.

Tch. If that’s the case, why did the book let her read it in the first place?

What was the use of her transmigrating into this book?

What was her purpose here?

A deep sense of guilt over her inability to help Gu Nanqiu quickly rushed into Yue Yiyue’s mind.

Her head pounded violently, almost causing Yue Yiyue to collapse onto her knees.

Inside her mind, little figures were constantly jumping out, screaming shrilly, “It’s useless.”

“Yue Yiyue, it’s useless.”

“You don’t know the plot, it’s useless!”

“If you’re not needed, then hurry up and die!”

“Heh heh! Go die!”

The surrounding space gradually warped. Outside the window, pairs of blood-red eyes stared intently at the person in the room.

Beautiful hands emerged from their eye sockets, waving at Yue Yiyue like a wave: “Come here~”

“Come with us—”

“You’re not needed anymore—”

“Come on—”

The reflection in the glass became clearer. Yue Yiyue saw her own reflection: a plain face dotted with sparse freckles, her eyes bloodshot.

And her body was covered in the word “USELESS” written densely all over it.

Useless.

Go back.

One step…

Two steps…

Yue Yiyue’s steps grew faster, moving closer to the glass window. The voices outside the window became gentler, but the pounding pain in her head did not diminish.

Only the scent of strawberry cake in the air grew stronger, as if rewarding Yue Yiyue for her obedience.

“Come on—”

“Good girl, come with us—don’t drag Gu Nanqiu down anymore—”

“Only by coming here will you always, always be qualified to stand beside Gu Nanqiu…”

“Come, hurry, jump, and you’ll be free… Your head won’t hurt anymore…”

If a third person were in the room, they would see the computer screen flickering before finally turning into a smiling face.

Just as Yue Yiyue’s hand was about to touch the window.

The phone resting quietly on the desk let out a piercing shriek, followed by a cheerful ringtone.

“Hello—Mom…” Yue Yiyue was immediately drawn to it. She answered the phone dazedly, calling out the title without hesitation.

The other end of the line still had that inexplicable static, and her mother’s voice was as ethereal as always.

“Yiyue, I heard about the incident with your classmate recently. It just so happens that Mom has a friend, a very wonderful psychological doctor.”

“At your age… go… zhao… ta…”

The voice became stranger toward the end, finally breaking into fragmented syllables.

The call was still connected. A constant gū jī gū jī gū jī gū jī sound kept coming from the other side, like some slick, slippery objects rubbing together.

Occasionally, there were sharp screams and faint pleas for mercy.

After a moment of chaos, a sizzling sound came from the other end, and Mom’s gentle voice returned.

“Baby… I’m sorry, I was at work just now. You didn’t hear clearly, did you? I’ll say it again. Her name is Fayi (Forensic Doctor), and you should also pay attention to your mental health.”

“Do you still have enough money?” A low chuckle came from the other end, as if suppressing some complex emotion: “Baby, you haven’t asked me for money lately.”

“Everything I have belongs to you…”

“Baby… use more, okay? This is what I can give you. This is the only thing I can give you…”

“Baby… I miss you so much.”

Yue Yiyue stood by the desk. She looked at the computer, which had gone black sometime during the call. The woman’s words from the other end smoothed away the pain in her head, sentence by sentence.

It was like returning to her mother’s womb, wrapped in warm amniotic fluid, where everything was safe.

Mom continued to complain that her daughter was too sensible and unwilling to bother her, talking about her loneliness and the sadness of not being able to see her daughter.

At the very end, Yue Yiyue had to promise, “Okay, Mom. I’ll try my best to spend three thousand [RMB] every month.”

“Yes, that’s right, Mom. I… I miss you too. You’ve given me too much… Mom… I’ll come to see you later…”

After the call ended, Yue Yiyue looked at the phone number that had been sent to her. What a coincidence—why did everyone she knew seem to know this “Fayi”?

And the sounds on Mom’s side of the call were just as strange as before.

It belatedly dawned on her that she had been looking at the computer consultation just moments ago, and then, the window had mutated.

Yue Yiyue subconsciously looked up at the window. Intertwining red blood stains covered the entire pane, as if something had evenly smeared them.

And in the very corner, there was an inconspicuous little heart.

It didn’t look like a warning to the people inside, but rather a strange display of affection.

The headache had completely disappeared. Yue Yiyue finally remembered that she had been so out of control that she had almost opened the window and jumped.

The thirty-second floor…

Yue Yiyue stood still for a moment. Does cleaning this require extra money for the janitor…?

She held her phone, hesitated, and finally dialed Gu Nanqiu’s number: “Nanqiu, I’m sorry. Something bad seems to have happened here…”

Two minutes later, Gu Nanqiu and Gu Ye appeared in the room simultaneously.

Gu Nanqiu looked at Yue Yiyue, who was crouching in the corner looking confused. She walked over and easily picked her up: “Poor Yiyue… how could something like this happen in your room… Can you promise not to leave our sight from now on?”

Yue Yiyue nodded obediently.

Feeling somewhat complex, Yue Yiyue thought, I seem to have troubled Gu Nanqiu again.

She sniffled, burying herself in Gu Nanqiu’s embrace: “I’m sorry…”

“No, Yiyue, you don’t need to apologize.” Gu Nanqiu rubbed against Yue Yiyue, patting her back as if soothing a child: “Yiyue, you are just doing what you want to do.”

Gu Ye looked at their work with satisfaction. It was just a shame that the little heart in the corner was drawn too small… If it were her, she would show her affection for Yiyue more passionately—that was her only advantage.

She was new.

“Yiyue, don’t worry about anything. I will clean up everything for you.”

Living Room

Yue Yiyue forced herself to stay alert and told Gu Nanqiu that someone was targeting her, intending to use the strange Wishing Cake item to force her to fall in love with that person.

As she spoke, Yue Yiyue paced back and forth anxiously, rubbing her hands uneasily: “This sounds absurd, but… that’s what Xie Ying was trying to warn you about before.”

“The previous cake delivery might have been a warning. I’m sorry, I was too slow and only noticed these details now.”

“I’m sorry, Nanqiu.”

“Can we take a leave of absence for a while? I’ll stay with you in the house, and then…”

“And then what?” Gu Nanqiu listened patiently to Yue Yiyue’s continuation, waiting for her thoughts.

But all that came was Yue Yiyue circling more anxiously in place.

After a brief sigh, Gu Nanqiu stepped forward and pulled Yue Yiyue toward her. She cupped Yue Yiyue’s face in her hands, pressing their foreheads together: “Is this something that can’t be avoided?”

Yue Yiyue’s eyes darkened…

It couldn’t be avoided.

They couldn’t possibly stop going outside forever.

Besides, there seemed to be many things watching them outside the house.

Yue Yiyue closed her eyes, disheartened. In that moment, she felt truly insignificant.

As a transmigrator, she was incompetent to this degree.

She couldn’t prevent things that were about to happen, and she constantly caused trouble for Gu Nanqiu.

If she had opened the window just now, those things would have rushed to Gu Nanqiu’s location, brainwashing her and making her fall in love with someone she didn’t love, fulfilling the wish.

That absolutely cannot happen!

Thinking this, Yue Yiyue trembled slightly. She urgently needed to cut something to force herself to calm down, or maybe bite her fingernails.

But she couldn’t do anything.

She could only look at Gu Nanqiu in front of her.

“Yiyue, do you trust me?” Gu Nanqiu’s hand descended to Yue Yiyue’s icy hands, covering them, then slipping between her fingers, clasping them tightly. The slightly higher temperature gently chased away Yue Yiyue’s anxiety.

Gu Nanqiu gazed at Yue Yiyue with gentle determination, saying each word clearly and earnestly: “You don’t need to overthink things. Whatever happens, you and I will face it together. We don’t need to fear the future that hasn’t happened yet.”

“Trust me.”

“Yiyue, please trust me.”

The Next Morning

When Yue Yiyue woke up, she was still nestled in the arms of Gu Nanqiu and Gu Ye.

Hugging the two of them, Yue Yiyue had a fleeting moment where she thought she was back in the orphanage, sleeping in the communal room.

She sat up, feeling a relaxation she hadn’t experienced before.

It was as if someone had given her a comfortable massage while she slept.

After sitting still for a moment, a jolt went through her mind. She realized with alarm that she had dreamed of snippets from the original novel.

And what the novel constantly emphasized was the importance of that webpage.

She pulled the sleepy, dazed Gu Ye and rushed to the study.

The windows had been cleaned completely, without a trace of the residual blood.

But Yue Yiyue’s focus wasn’t there.

She opened the computer and clicked on the browsing history.

A blank page.

Nothing at all.

She refreshed the page in disbelief, confirming that she hadn’t been using incognito browsing.

Yue Yiyue didn’t give up and searched the forum, quickly switching to the date she remembered.

The post about the Wishing Cake was still there, but the chaotic, garbled profile picture had disappeared.

All of this felt like Yue Yiyue’s nightmare…

She immediately grabbed her phone and looked at the number she had been unable to block.

The conversation from yesterday—she had indeed left a message for someone.

“Sister Yiyue, what’s wrong?” Gu Ye yawned, rubbing her eyes as she looked at Yue Yiyue. She staggered a few steps and finally sat down in Yue Yiyue’s lap, murmuring, “So sleepy. I’ll just lean on you and close my eyes for a bit.”

After saying that, she greedily took a deep breath.

“I’m sorry,” Yue Yiyue wrapped an arm around Gu Ye, adjusting her position so Gu Ye could lie more comfortably. She placed her phone on the desk and continued to search the forum post, even typing in the strange URL from memory.

All she got was: The page you are looking for does not exist.

She switched to different browsers and searched several times.

Without exception, the result was the same.

Yue Yiyue leaned back in the chair, looking defeatedly at the ceiling.

Damn it.

Damn it!

Damn it!!!

So close, just a hair’s breadth away!

The snippet Yue Yiyue dreamed of was the biggest warning given to the public in the original novel.

The first person to make a wish on that webpage became the site’s Devotee (供奉者).

He or she nourished that poor, lost person, using wishes as sustenance to feed the monster that craved power and aspired to become a true god.

Yue Yiyue glanced down at Gu Ye, who was soundly asleep in her arms.

It will have to do for now.

At least for the present, this is all she can do.