System, You Didn't Say the Villain Can Read Minds! - Chapter 26

Chapter 26

◎No More Pouting!◎

Ye Lan’s shadow longsword could only form in the presence of light. Therefore, when she discovered that there were Abominations inside the shelter but no light, she had no choice but to tear off the shelter’s roof.

Then, she was responsible for clearing out the Abominations, and Yue Xinghe was responsible for saving people. The two worked tirelessly until the afternoon of the next day.

The afternoon sun was exceptionally red. The sky was like a swimming pool accidentally stained with blood, dyed an unsettling pink.

Under such a sky, Ye Lan handed all the collected Abomination Crystals to Yue Xinghe. Yue Xinghe raised an eyebrow in surprise: “Why give them to me? My ability is sufficient. What we need now is combat power.”

“Are you saying my combat power is insufficient?” Ye Lan asked.

“It’s sufficient now, but that might not be the case in the future,” Yue Xinghe replied.

“Then we’ll talk about it when my combat power is insufficient in the future.”

Yue Xinghe understood: “You don’t want to absorb them?”

“Mhm.”

These crystals were dug out of the corpses of Abominations, and every Abomination in the shelter was once a human.

Unless absolutely necessary, Ye Lan didn’t want to build her strength upon lost lives.

Furthermore…

“Let’s save them for now. Maybe one day, if we find someone capable of researching them, they might be able to develop a cure to turn Abominations back into humans… who knows?” Ye Lan said, looking down.

“Understood,” Yue Xinghe responded, putting the fist-sized red crystals into the cross-body bag she carried. “Then I’ll start researching how to prevent them from invading the human body.”

In Yue Xinghe’s opinion, Ye Lan was too kind. This kindness might lead to her own demise.

But precisely because of this, she was trustworthy.

“By the way, are you not going to tell the Director that last night’s attack was related to Mo Jiu and Yun Wenzhou?” Yue Xinghe asked.

The two seemed to have targeted the Director, but the Director was fortunate enough not to die or turn into an Abomination. She was merely severely frightened.

Ye Lan was silent for a moment, then shook her head: “No need.”

She paused, then explained, “For those who died, I will avenge them because only I have the ability to do so. Those who are incapable of vengeance, even if they know the truth, won’t be able to do anything and will only suffer unnecessarily.”

“Mhm, since you’ve decided, then so be it,” Yue Xinghe replied. “I will always support you, and no matter what happens in the future, I will stand firmly by your side.”

Yun Wenzhou woke up in the tent and saw Mo Jiu lying beside her the moment she opened her eyes.

Mo Jiu’s features were deeper than Yun Wenzhou’s, giving her an aggressive beauty.

When her hair wasn’t tied up, it barely reached her shoulders, adding a touch of unrestrained casualness to her look, but no one would mistake her gender because of it.

Yun Wenzhou had always dreamed of sleeping in the same bed as her sister. She hadn’t expected to actually sleep in the same tent, only to sleep so soundly that she was completely unconscious and missed any opportunity for action…

Wait, a tent?

Yun Wenzhou looked up, staring blankly at the tent ceiling.

Sister actually stored a tent in her space. That’s so thoughtful.

Mo Jiu was woken up by the System. The first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was Yun Wenzhou beside her.

Their eyes met. Mo Jiu cautiously asked, “You’re awake? How do you feel?”

Before going to sleep, Mo Jiu had asked the System to wake her up if anyone or any Abomination approached, or if Yun Wenzhou woke up.

So, the moment Yun Wenzhou woke up, the System immediately alerted her.

The two lay in the spacious tent, staring into each other’s eyes.

Yun Wenzhou didn’t answer Mo Jiu’s question. Instead, she moved closer, trying to hug her waist.

However, Mo Jiu anticipated her move. Before she could raise her hands, Mo Jiu sat up, looking down at her and asking, “Are you hungry? What do you want to eat?”

Yun Wenzhou looked up to meet her gaze, pouting playfully while still lying down: “Anything is fine, but my hands are weak. Can Sister feed me?”

Mo Jiu spent two seconds trying to determine if her hands were genuinely weak, but gave up in the third second.

It doesn’t matter.

‘It’s not like I haven’t fed her before.’

Mo Jiu made a show of opening her backpack, taking out a box of sandwiches and a bottle of water from her space.

Then she tore open the clear plastic box, holding the sandwich with one hand and pushing it toward Yun Wenzhou’s mouth.

The movement was rough and perfunctory, but her heart concealed concern: ‘Eating while lying down is easy to choke on. I need to make her sit up to eat… wait, why am I being so nice to her?’

Yun Wenzhou raised the corner of her lips, opening her mouth while still lying down: “Ah—”

Mo Jiu suddenly pulled back her hand, making her bite into empty air. She then raised the sandwich, attempting to coax her to sit up.

Yun Wenzhou knew her intention but deliberately lay there like she was paralyzed, looking wronged: “Sister, I can’t reach…”

“If you can’t reach, you don’t get to eat,” Mo Jiu said heartlessly.

But her inner voice was: ‘No more pouting! If you keep pouting like that, I’ll… I’ll have to help you sit up!’

Yun Wenzhou suppressed her laughter, pretending to try and get up. She lifted her head a little, then fell back down, letting out a soft hum: “It hurts… Sister, I’m hungry.”

“Hurts? Where?” Mo Jiu hesitated about whether to exchange a bottle of Healing Potion for her, but how would she explain the source of the potion?

Yun Wenzhou didn’t know her thoughts. She reached out and tugged at Mo Jiu’s pants leg: “It hurts everywhere. I can’t get up myself. Sister, help me.”

Mo Jiu stared at her suspiciously for three seconds, finally sighed, put down the sandwich, knelt instead of sitting, bent closer to Yun Wenzhou, and then gently put her arms around her back in a full embrace, helping her sit up.

Their bodies pressed against each other. For a brief moment, Mo Jiu’s lips almost touched Yun Wenzhou’s.

Yun Wenzhou’s face flushed. She instinctively hooked her arms around Mo Jiu’s neck, feeling her body temperature and breath, and didn’t let go until she was sitting up.

She liked this hug, and she lingered in this hug.

She didn’t want to let go, but she couldn’t not let go… so she’d just hold her for as long as possible.

However, for some reason, her sister clearly didn’t dislike her intimacy, yet she repeatedly rejected her closeness.

After Mo Jiu helped Yun Wenzhou sit up, she immediately placed both hands on her shoulders, pushing her away to create distance. Then she picked up the sandwich again and fed it to her mouth.

This time, her movements were slightly gentler.

Yun Wenzhou was a little disappointed, but she didn’t show it. She daintily took a bite of the sandwich, chewed slowly, and after swallowing, she tentatively asked: “Sister, should we find a secluded place and settle down?”

Mo Jiu didn’t respond. She fed her another bite, then spoke plainly: “After we’ve eaten our fill, we’ll head south along the coastline, kill all the Abominations along the way, and collect more Abomination Crystals.”

Yun Wenzhou looked like she wanted to speak but held back.

Mo Jiu glanced at her and proactively explained: “The world has been thrown back into the jungle era by this meteor shower. To survive in this world where the strong prey on the weak, we must become strong enough.”

Sister makes sense, but…

Whatever, as long as I can stay by Sister’s side, anywhere is fine.

Thinking this, Yun Wenzhou obediently said, “Mhm.”

In fact, Mo Jiu wanted to settle Yun Wenzhou in a safe place and complete the rest of the plot alone, but she couldn’t do that now.

She had to wait until they encountered Ye Lan again, put on a show of coercing Yun Wenzhou in front of her, making Ye Lan believe that she was the mastermind behind everything and that Yun Wenzhou was forced from start to finish. This was to make Ye Lan let go of Yun Wenzhou.

Will Ye Lan believe it? It feels a little difficult… okay, more than just a little difficult.

Forget it. I’ll think about the future in the future. At worst, she wouldn’t follow the plot.

Mo Jiu fed Yun Wenzhou absentmindedly while thinking. After feeding her, she noticed a bit of salad on the corner of Yun Wenzhou’s mouth. Instinctively, she wiped it off with her thumb, then didn’t know where to wipe her finger, so she put it into her own mouth…

Mo Jiu suddenly realized what she had done. She mechanically looked up, meeting Yun Wenzhou’s gaze.

Yun Wenzhou’s expression was first surprised, then delighted, and even carried a hint of playfulness.

Mo Jiu: “…”

‘I got distracted and…’

‘…it’s quite sweet.’

The sweetness of the salad lingered on her tongue, refusing to fade.

Mo Jiu drank two sips of water, then handed the water to Yun Wenzhou. She seemed calm, but actually frantically crawled out of the tent.

The sea in the daytime didn’t have the same overwhelming momentum as at night. It looked much calmer.

Yun Wenzhou took the water, left the tent with Mo Jiu, and looked at the sea in the direction she was facing. She wanted to say something, but didn’t know what to say.

She wouldn’t do something so foolish as to vent her emotions wildly to her sister again.

As her sister said, that wasn’t love; it was madness.

She could be as mad as she liked where her sister couldn’t see her.

But in front of her sister, she had to show her best side, not her true side.

But her best side—her beauty, her figure—although it could attract her sister’s attention, couldn’t make her addicted.

Sister likes her, but doesn’t love her.

Without love, how can she keep her sister tied to her, unable to ever escape?

Yun Wenzhou’s face remained still. She turned her gaze to Mo Jiu, pursed her lips, and tentatively asked: “Sister, aren’t you going to put the tent away?”

Mo Jiu wanted to put it away, but…

‘Crap, this tent doesn’t seem to fit in the backpack?’

‘Do I have to leave it here?’

Yun Wenzhou spoke again: “Sister’s backpack is truly amazing. It can fit everything. I wouldn’t be surprised if Sister took out a piano from the bag next time.”

‘No, that would be very strange! But why a piano?’

Mo Jiu: System, bad news! I think she’s found out I have space. What do I do?

System: System analysis in progress…

The System analyzed and analyzed until it disappeared. No matter how much she called, it didn’t respond.

Oh, you artificial idiot! I’m the fool for trying to ask the System for help!

Mo Jiu complained internally while thinking that perhaps she should just come clean to Yun Wenzhou. It really wasn’t that easy to hide the fact that she had space. Even if she managed to fool her today, it would definitely be exposed in the future.

Before she could figure out how to confess, Yun Wenzhou wrapped her arms around her waist from behind and rested her chin intimately on her shoulder, speaking to herself: “This is great. As long as I stay by Sister’s side, I won’t lack anything. I can have whatever I want. It was like this before, and it’s like this now—don’t worry, I’ll keep Sister’s secret.”