System, You Didn't Say the Villain Can Read Minds! - Chapter 62

Chapter 62

◎Your Majesty, I will escort you back to your chambers.◎

The palace was magnificent and resplendent, its construction an unimaginable feat of wealth.

The women in military uniforms stood in neat rows on both sides of the hall. Every movement, even the precise angle at which they lifted their chins, was like a copy-paste.

“Pledge your allegiance to our Supreme Queen Bee—Mo Jiu!”

Following Yun Wenzhou’s command, they all stepped forward, turned to face the figure on the throne, knelt on one knee, and shouted in unison: “The Queen Bee is the Empire’s treasure! We are absolutely loyal to you, we will protect you with our lives, obey all your commands, and never betray you!”

Mo Jiu stared blankly at the spectacular scene, unsure how to react. She didn’t even have time to properly examine this world’s Yun Wenzhou.

Until the System’s voice echoed in her mind: Jiu Jiu, quickly say “Rise”!

Mo Jiu immediately snapped into action, raising a hand expressionlessly: “Rise.”

“Yes!” Everyone shouted in unison, standing up simultaneously. Their standardized movements possessed a coldness akin to war machines.

Mo Jiu: Are they all military personnel?

System: Soldier Bees, to be precise. The script for this world is called Dawn of the Empire, centered around a Zerg-like empire. Jiu Jiu, you are the Supreme Queen Bee in this world!

System: Only one Queen Bee can exist in a Zerg-like empire, responsible for expanding the entire colony!

Mo Jiu: …I don’t have children.

System: Don’t worry, Jiu Jiu. Reproduction in this world doesn’t happen through the body. You just find someone, and together you inject power into the cultivation pod to create offspring!

Mo Jiu: Goodness, that’s casual!

Mo Jiu: So in this world, I have a supreme status that I didn’t have in the first two worlds. What about Yun Wenzhou? What is her identity? Do I still have to “bully” her in this world?

Mo Jiu: I already know she can read minds. Should I use a different approach for the plot?

System: Take it slow, Jiu Jiu, I’ll explain slowly.

System: First, regarding Yun Wenzhou’s identity, she is the Empire’s Marshal, the supreme commander of the military, holding a status second only to yours.

System: Second, regarding the main storyline, it still revolves around you bullying her—you, the Queen Bee, abuse the Marshal, who possesses the strongest combat power in the Empire, taking advantage of your supreme status and irresistible psychic power. To resist you, Yun Wenzhou secretly accumulates strength, eventually kills you, steals the Empire, and imposes tyranny.

System: Then, ta-da, our protagonist, Ye Lan, makes her appearance! She fights to save the Empire from the Marshal’s tyranny, successfully kills Yun Wenzhou in the end, supports a new Queen Bee to ascend, rebuilds the Empire, and everyone lives happily ever after!

Mo Jiu: …If I may ask, what is your name?

This System, this tone, was neither arrogant nor the “Little Sun,” but the one that guided her at the very beginning of the last world, the one she hadn’t named yet.

System: Jiu Jiu can give me a new name, no worries!

Mo Jiu: Lazy.

System: Eh, well, if Jiu Jiu insists on distinguishing us, you can call me “A-Yan.”

Mo Jiu: So you do have a name. What are the names of the “Arrogant” and “Little Sun” ones?

System: Queen and Er Gou (Second Dog).

Mo Jiu: …Seriously, the naming styles are too different!

System: They are just nicknames, nicknames! But Jiu Jiu truly didn’t give us proper names, given that you created us by exhausting your last bit of power.

System: Ah, on a side note, the one who served you until the end in the first world was “Xiao Bai” (Little White)!

Mo Jiu: The one who called me “Master”?

System: Yes, yes! Jiu Jiu’s memory is really good!

System: Now, please get up and return to your chambers, Jiu Jiu!

Mo Jiu: Going back already? No court session or anything?

System: No need. After all, the Marshal is the one who truly decides where the Empire attacks. The Queen Bee just needs to bully the Marshal.

Mo Jiu: …

Mo Jiu was still pondering her persona when Yun Wenzhou suddenly entered her field of view.

This world’s Yun Wenzhou had long, straight, ash-blue hair, but unlike what she saw in the “dream,” the ends didn’t gradient to red; it was purely ash-blue.

And her eyes were not the gentle orange-red, but a strange, dark red.

She emotionlessly extended a hand toward her: “Your Majesty, I will escort you back to your chambers.”

Mo Jiu instinctively said yes, placing her hand in Yun Wenzhou’s palm, letting her lead her away from the throne toward what must be her bedroom.

Mo Jiu: This world’s Yun Wenzhou is also super beautiful!

System: Hmm… Even if you praise her like that, Jiu Jiu, she can’t hear you. The setting of this world is that only the Queen Bee possesses supreme psychic power, capable of manipulating or healing the minds of her people. Therefore, her psychic power is temporarily sealed. The moment her psychic power awakens is the day you die, Jiu Jiu!

Mo Jiu: Huh?

System: So, Jiu Jiu, you really shouldn’t just bully her in this world. You need to win her over! Flatter her! Otherwise, she really will eliminate you!

Mo Jiu: Oh, wow.

System: You can do it! I believe in you!

Mo Jiu wasn’t sure if she could… she just realized that in the first two worlds, Yun Wenzhou was the aggressor, and now it was her turn to take the initiative?

Yun Wenzhou led her to an empty corridor, then almost impatiently released her hand, as if holding it for one more second would cause her hand to rot.

Mo Jiu: “…”

“Xiao Zhou,” Mo Jiu called out tentatively.

Yun Wenzhou didn’t stop, continuing to lead the way, but she did respond: “What is it?”

The cold tone suggested deep-seated hatred between them.

Mo Jiu thought to herself that the Mo Jiu from the start of the last world would probably love this world’s Yun Wenzhou, as there would be absolutely no confusion with the Yun Wenzhou from the first world.

But unfortunately, the Mo Jiu from the last world had learned some of the truth and knew that this Yun Wenzhou was also her Yun Wenzhou.

My clingy wife suddenly became cold to me.

Sigh…

Mo Jiu felt a little wronged but understood that this world’s Yun Wenzhou had no reason to like her.

She had to give her that reason.

“Is there anything I can help you with?” Mo Jiu asked.

Hearing this, Yun Wenzhou paused, then let out a scoff, and then, continuing to walk forward, she responded coldly: “Does Her Majesty the Queen Bee wish to toy with my body again? There are so many excellent Soldier Bees; you truly are particularly fond of me. Should I be flattered?”

Mo Jiu: …What’s going on?

System: Ah, well, although Jiu Jiu hasn’t bullied her in this world yet, to make this world function logically, she has been implanted with memories of being bullied by you. So, her cold attitude toward you is normal.

Mo Jiu: What kind of messed-up memories did you implant in her?

System: I’ve been wronged! You were the one who implanted them! All worlds, all life, are created based on Jiu Jiu’s power, including us. We don’t take the blame for this!

Mo Jiu: Can I pretend to have amnesia?

System: It’s best not to. The only reason she hasn’t killed you yet is her wariness of your psychic power. If you pretend to have amnesia, she will turn around and stab you.

Mo Jiu: So decisive! Truly Xiao Zhou!

System: This is not the time to be praising your wife!

Yun Wenzhou led Mo Jiu into the bedroom.

The large bed, spacious enough for five people, with red sheets, bedding, and pillows—all of it had a strong presence.

The golden walls, made of unknown material, made everything in the room dazzlingly bright.

Mo Jiu, who had only lived in a small wooden cabin in the last world, was deeply shaken. It took her a long time to recover, and she forced herself to calmly walk to the edge of the bed and sit down.

Yun Wenzhou closed the door unprompted and walked over to her. Her ash-blue eyelashes looked like they were covered in a layer of snow under the bright light.

She knelt on one knee before Mo Jiu, using her elegant eyelashes to conceal all emotions in her dark red eyes: “I apologize for my transgression just now. I don’t know why I… Please forgive me, Your Majesty.”

Mo Jiu: “…”

Mo Jiu: What is this situation now?

System: The implanted memories have some deviation from the character’s actual personality. Yun Wenzhou was implanted with memories of enduring humiliation, pretending to please you first, and then looking for an opportunity to eliminate you. But that’s not her nature.

Mo Jiu: Indeed. She would just eliminate me directly; no need to wait for an opportunity.

System: …Jiu Jiu, pull yourself together! Please don’t die! It takes a lot of power to restart a world. If that power is depleted, we’ll have no choice but to accept even a bad ending!

Mo Jiu: I am pulled together! No matter how cold my wife is to me, she’s still my wife. Don’t I know my own wife? I’ll flirt with her and win her over in no time!

System: That’s a huge flag.

Mo Jiu: Shut up.

Mo Jiu cleared her throat. She first got up from the bed, then, mimicking Yun Wenzhou, she knelt down on one knee before her. She reached up to cup Yun Wenzhou’s cheek, then lifted her chin, saying gently: “No need to apologize. I tolerate everything about you. I admit that before today, I didn’t respect you enough. But today, just now, I realized how important you are to me. I like you. Therefore, from this day forward, I will treat you with greater tenderness.”

Yun Wenzhou’s chin was lifted, but her gaze was still cast downward. Her face remained expressionless throughout.

After a short silence upon hearing this, she first let out a cold laugh, then raised her eyes, locking her dark red, brooding gaze onto Mo Jiu. She said coldly: “What kind of reaction does Your Majesty expect from me? Tears of joy? Clinging to your calves and reflecting on how cold I was to you before today, promising more passion in the future?”

“Although it sounds like I’m joking, I am serious,” Mo Jiu said, blinking sincerely.

Yun Wenzhou lowered her eyes again: “That’s enough, Your Majesty. I have a lot of work to attend to. If Your Majesty wishes to toy with me, please finish as quickly as possible.”

Mo Jiu: “…”

“Fine.” Mo Jiu released Yun Wenzhou’s chin, got up, and lay on the bed. “You go be busy. Come back when you’re done.”

She didn’t like forcing people.

Since Yun Wenzhou wasn’t in the mood, she wouldn’t make a move on her.

However…

“I have a lot of work. It will take at least a month. If Your Majesty permits, I will return in a month,” Yun Wenzhou said.

Good heavens, what kind of work is that? That’s just an excuse to avoid her!

Mo Jiu’s lips twitched twice. She climbed out of bed, her soft, snow-white long hair flowing down her back in elegant, curved waves as she rose.

“What work? I’ll go help,” she said.

“Never mind whether I can help or not, just take me. Or is there no such work at all?” She narrowed her eyes, looking at Yun Wenzhou, who was still kneeling.

Yun Wenzhou remained silent for a while before saying: “If I say yes, what does Your Majesty plan to do? Punish me?”

This wasn’t the first time Yun Wenzhou had used the word “punish” with her, but this was the first time she used a provoking tone.

It was as if she was saying—Go ahead and punish me if you dare. I will eventually take revenge for everything you do to me today.

Because Yun Wenzhou always displayed an obedient side to her, Mo Jiu almost forgot that Yun Wenzhou was inherently proud and also obsessive.

She killed anyone who bullied her.

She killed anyone who intended to bully her.

No one, except the person she genuinely loved, could make her bow her head.

She was never a harmless kitten but a fierce, retaliatory wolf.

To conquer someone like her, any aggressive approach would only backfire.

The key was to earn her trust.

Mo Jiu sighed, conceding: “Go be busy. Come back when you need me.”

Soldier Bees constantly fought on the battlefield. Their minds were highly unstable and faced the risk of collapse at any moment. Only the Queen Bee’s psychic power could soothe them.

Yun Wenzhou would need her help.

When that time came, she would look for a breakthrough.

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