My Sister Never Said She Was a Creepy Tale - Chapter 59

The surroundings instantly became sticky, like a plate after being microwaved. It was also filled with an overly sweet scent, like stumbling into a candy house.

Gu Nanqiu lifted her foot and saw something white and sticky on her sole—it was cream.

She frowned and picked up Yue Yiyao, who was still asleep on the bed.

Then, she placed Wu Zhen down on the bed, thoughtfully covering her with a quilt.

“Say… did I do something wrong?” Wu Zhen asked, looking up at the ceiling in confusion: “I think I made a mistake.”

“Aside from the fact that you didn’t screen out some lunatics when granting wishes, it’s difficult to evaluate.” Gu Nanqiu, following the requirement, did not give Wu Zhen a definitive answer, but asked in return: “In that one moment, were you happy?”

In the instant the flames ignited, Wu Zhen was indeed joyful. Even when she realized she couldn’t escape, she didn’t feel any fear of death. Instead, she took a knife from the kitchen and did the thing she had always wanted to do.

She slashed the two-faced man. And, incidentally, she also killed his favorite, foolish, bastard cousin there.

After being ‘resurrected,’ she immediately nailed that scoundrel down, making him experience death repeatedly, in an endless cycle.

It was just a pity.

She had been so close to escaping back then.

Wait, that doesn’t seem right?

With the entity in her mind gone, Wu Zhen recalled many memories from before her death.

She hadn’t actually escaped that time. He Wu had blocked a knife blow from her already deranged father for her. In the raging fire, amidst the thick smoke, He Wu lay on the ground, pointing forward and roaring: “Run! He’s gone mad; he’s not human anymore!”

It was then that Wu Zhen realized her father had also made a deal.

What followed was a brief struggle, and all the past resentment erupted in that moment.

In that Gu-style setting, she had won.

Wu Zhen remembered she was already nearly dead, clinging to her last breath to retrieve the small cake from the kitchen. It was the birthday cake He Wu had baked, saying it was a thank you for years of his sister’s care.

He Wu was also fading then. He lay on the floor, saw the cake, and barely managed to prop himself up, spitting out a mouthful of blood: “He wanted me to steal everything from you, so your emotions would overflow, driving you mad, turning you into a monster, and then you’d be locked up in that place, controlled by the He family, to be cultivated as the embryo of a new god.”

“I knew what they were planning, but I couldn’t tell you, or he would find another way to kill you.”

“I’m sorry. I didn’t consult you about this, and I didn’t protect you well.”

“I’m pretty rotten, and I deserve to die. You’re good; you should have gotten out…”

How nice.

With the old memories surfacing, Wu Zhen realized how truly stupid she had been.

Too stupid.

A pity, but no regrets.

“Speaking of which, I really was just a pawn. When I set the fire, He promised me eternal life. I was only eighteen then; how could I have known any better?” Wu Zhen laughed self-mockingly.

“I thought I was exchanging their lives for mine, but it was all just word games.”

“Do I deserve this punishment?”

Pale moonlight shone on Wu Zhen. She vaguely thought that when she was being scorched by the flames, she seemed to have seen the same moonlight. It was very bright, very beautiful.

“Not entirely. They truly deserved to die too.” Gu Nanqiu sensed Wu Zhen’s life force weakening: “You can give all your emotions to me now.”

“I will carry your emotions and experience this world.”

“Take them. They aren’t anything good anyway.” Wu Zhen coughed twice. Only now did she understand the principle of voluntariness within the rules. To truly gain her power, the other monster needed her emotions.

So Gu Nanqiu is also one of them.

Wu Zhen could already feel her breath fading: “Can I also make a wish?”

She managed to squeeze out a smile: “Kill the person who tricked me. I’m not resigned to this.”

“The Wu family—the Wu family has always been making new gods…”

“…I’m sorry.”

The person on the bed gradually melted, finally dissolving into a pool of pale white cream.

A strawberry was embedded on top. Freshly red, and quite beautiful.

Gu Ye climbed in from the balcony. She walked over and took the strawberry from Gu Nanqiu’s hand: “He Wu was handled by the medical examiner. She didn’t want to meet you, so she took the people and left directly. I’ll send them off for reincarnation then?”

“And then I’ll go back to that damned place.”

The tentacles behind Gu Ye attached themselves to Yue Yiyao’s leg and then flexibly drilled into Yue Yiyao’s collar.

Moments later, all the scratches and bruises on Yue Yiyao’s body vanished without a trace.

Gu Ye mumbled discontentedly: “I don’t see the others going back to that cursed place.”

“They just keep picking on me.”

Gu Nanqiu affectionately stroked Gu Ye’s head: “Because you are the youngest and the newest born, with the shallowest attachment to this world. You could certainly try to persuade the one in City A to go back. Guess if she’d peel off a layer of your skin.”

Hearing that location, Gu Ye shivered: “Forget it. Even if she was persuaded to go back, she would only talk to Yiyao.”

“But before going back, she would definitely demand lots and lots and lots of benefits from Yue Yiyao.”

“Aaaah, but I really can’t bear to leave! I haven’t cuddled with Yiyao yet! And she doesn’t even know who I am!!!” Gu Ye got agitated as she spoke: “Gu Nanqiu, Gu Nanqiu, Gu Nanqiu, I’m you! And you’re me! Why don’t you let me be you for a bit? I promise I can—”

Gu Nanqiu remained silent, just watching Gu Ye.

After a moment, Gu Ye grumbled as she took Yue Yiyao from her arms: “Just give me three more days. I’ll go back after three days. That way, Yue Yiyao’s danger will be reduced by one point.”

“Also, regarding the Wu family’s plan to create a god, everyone knows about it now. If the next clone can’t go back in three months, this world will move another step closer to collapse, and the Wu family’s entity will become stronger.”

“City D experienced a rule rampage a few days ago, and over a thousand people died. Gu Nanqiu, you guys need to hurry up. Wild Autumn (Ye Qiu) still has to mend the timeline, and the one currently controlling the City Y rule rampage is still busy working. The next one you meet definitely won’t be as easy to talk to as me.”

Mid-mumble, Gu Ye suddenly looked down at Yue Yiyao in her arms.

Sleeping soundly.

Hmm, the next one definitely won’t refuse to go back either.

After all, only when they become one entity can they truly… revive… Yue Yiyao…

After they left, the waiter looked at the dismembered corpse of Wu Zhen’s father on the chair.

He sighed regretfully, having intended to recycle and modify it for continued use.

Those girls are always the same…

This really… brings back memories… I get to fight them again…

This time, I must, absolutely must, peel Yue Yiyao’s skin myself, to see with my own eyes what kind of monster she is made of—

When Yue Yiyao woke up, she felt somewhat breathless from being pinned down by Gu Ye.

She struggled to push Gu Ye, who was lying on her chest, away. She rubbed her eyes and habitually looked to the other side—Gu Nanqiu wasn’t there.

She sat up with a start. Gu Ye was woken up by Yue Yiyao’s movement.

Gu Ye rubbed her eyes: “She allowed me to sleep with you today.”

She yawned widely: “We came back. The medical examiner and I rushed there in the end, broke those wishes, and the rule was completely shattered.”

“What about Wu Zhen?” Yue Yiyao asked curiously.

“Hmm, she created those spooky things. When the things shattered, she died too.”

“But she was already dead anyway,” Gu Ye said groggily: “Yay! Yiyao, congratulations on passing another checkpoint!”

As Gu Ye finished speaking, Yue Yiyao unlocked all her memories regarding this chapter of the original novel.

This instance was actually quite simple: just purify Wu Zhen’s resentment toward her father.

But in the original novel, Gu Nanqiu didn’t do this. Both Gu Nanqiu and Yue Yiyao, as the reader, believed Wu Zhen should hate her scum father. The lifelong degradation and constantly pouring all resources onto another child, pitting the two children against each other. Thankfully, the other child was an idiot.

The novel ended with Gu Nanqiu sincerely taking Wu Zhen’s hand and saying that her hatred was justified, and that she should feel that way.

It was only then that Wu Zhen recovered her true consciousness. This momentary lapse allowed the medical examiner to find a flaw and shatter the rule.

Yes, the medical examiner was in the original novel. The medical examiner, as a special type of police, followed behind Gu Nanqiu and the others, manipulating public opinion and rescuing ordinary people.

Gu Ye…

Was unrecorded in the original novel…

Never mind, her involvement wasn’t in the original either.

Yue Yiyao organized her thoughts. What happened after this?

It was mist again. The only difference was that this time Yue Yiyao couldn’t recall the content of the next chapter at all. It was as if she had never read this book.

She sighed and slowly lay back down: “Alright, let’s sleep.”

Gu Ye nodded. She burrowed next to Yue Yiyao and shifted into a more comfortable position: “Good night—”

Sleeping until she woke up naturally, Yue Yiyao went out to buy breakfast and stayed by Gu Nanqiu’s side afterward. From her perspective, everything about Gu Nanqiu was fine, except for her poor mental state. She looked haggard, and her lips were paler.

Yue Yiyao was considerate enough not to ask what happened to her there. She simply handed over the soy milk and, from her pocket, pulled out a vibrant rose. She had bought it on the way, thinking Gu Nanqiu would like it.

In reality, she truly did. The moment Gu Nanqiu saw it, her eyes lit up, and the fatigue on her face vanished, replaced by joy.

She found a vase with a small chip in the rim from the cabinet, cut the rose stem, and placed it inside.

The vital rose appeared in the dining room, adding a splash of different color to the room.

Gu Nanqiu poked the rose: “Yiyao, your phone has been ringing non-stop. Go check it. I’ll clean the table and wake up Gu Ye later~”

Yue Yiyao looked at the phone buzzing on the table. She nodded: “When I was looking for you, I asked some friends for help. I need to pay them back and thank them.”

She then explained the situation at the time, showing Gu Nanqiu the original list of names on her phone: “Do you think it would be appropriate to treat them to a meal at the snack street next week?”

After getting Gu Nanqiu’s affirmation, Yue Yiyao finally lay down on the sofa, grabbing a cushion to prop herself up.

On the phone screen, the temporary group chat she created had already maxed out at 99+ messages. Most were messages of thanks. The people inside were chatting animatedly.

Yue Yiyao looked closer and saw that people who had somehow found the group were joining to thank her. They were all people who had been harmed by the wishes before.

Some were sharing their experiences and how they saw Yue Yiyao fighting Wu Zhen like a divine soldier last night, and then they returned to their own bodies. One even mentioned she had been turned into a puppet doll and thought she wouldn’t survive.

However, many people still died in the disaster created by the monster.

Yue Yiyao took the list she had screenshotted initially and created another group, hoping to pay back the money.

Everyone refused. Some said they were wealthy, and others said the sisters Yue Yiyao had saved had already evenly split the costs.

Finally, Yue Yiyao stated in the group that if they were free this Friday, she would treat them to a meal at the XX Snack Street. They could choose the place.

To make sure everyone felt comfortable, Yue Yiyao posted the balance of one of her bank cards.

Amidst a chorus of “Yay!” they happily negotiated and collectively booked an all-you-can-eat buffet.