When a Yandere Cannon Fodder Meets a Dark, Twisted Villain - Chapter 8

Shi Yining cast a spiritual spell, quickly enveloping her junior sister in a protective barrier to disperse the surrounding yin energy.

“Thank you, Senior Sister.” Yu chang sniffed her delicate nose. As the biting cold vanished, she immediately felt herself recovering. “Senior Sister, just now, what on earth was…”

Shi Yining naturally knew the reason. Last night in the room, she could still brush it off as an illusion, but now it was far too obvious for that excuse to work.

After a moment of silence, she said ambiguously, “A powerful ghost just happened to be passing by.”

“What?” Yu chang’s eyes widened instantly, and she immediately scanned the surroundings with vigilance.

After a long while, she scratched her head and pulled back her gaze. “Senior Sister… I didn’t find anything.”

Shi Yining cleared her throat lightly. “That ghost is very powerful and hard to track. It has already left.”

She lied. In fact, Jiang Liuyue was currently standing right beside her.

For some reason, it seemed only she could see this ghost and sense its presence.

Fortunately, Yu chang didn’t dwell on it and instead brought up the matter of dealing with the evil cultivator again.

“Senior Sister~ please agree, okay? I want to act together with you…”

Shi Yining gave a helpless smile and nodded. “Fine, fine, I agree. However, that evil cultivator won’t appear for another three days. We have to wait.”

Yu chang squeezed her knuckles, her eyes full of eagerness. “It doesn’t matter. No matter how long it takes, I can wait! Once we encounter the evil cultiator, let me handle them first—I want to test the power of my newly mastered lightning technique! By the way, Senior Sister, shall we stay at this inn or go somewhere else?”

Shi Yining pondered. “Three days isn’t exactly short, but it isn’t long either. Let’s stay at the Huoyan Inn. We can also wander around the city to gather various news. What do you think, Junior Sister?”

Yu chang’s brows curved slightly, her face beaming with a smile. “I’ll follow your lead, Senior Sister!”

Having reached an agreement, Shi Yining quickly called the manager to book two top-tier “Heaven” rooms.

Hearing her request, a look of difficulty appeared on the manager’s face.

“Valued guests may not know, but we’ve had many visitors lately. There is only one Heaven-class room left…”

Hearing this, Yu chang immediately said, “One room is fine. I’ll stay with Senior Sister.”

The manager looked at Shi Yining. Seeing no objection, he nodded promptly. “Alright then! I’ll go arrange it immediately!”

In a place they couldn’t see, Jiang Liuyue was leaning against her beloved’s ear, constantly breathing cold air onto her.

The jealousy surging in her heart almost threatened to swallow her whole.

Miss Shi actually agreed… she agreed to stay in the same room as her junior sister…

The tempting fragrance kept wafting to her nose. At this moment, the jealousy-driven Jiang Liuyue stopped enduring and gently bit the woman’s slender neck.

The sudden pain caused Shi Yining to subconsciously hiss.

Yu chang was drawn by the sound. She turned her head, and her expression changed instantly. “Senior Sister, you… you’re bleeding?”

Reacting quickly, she scrambled to take out a blood-stanching pill, intending to feed it to her sister, but she was blocked in the next instant.

Covering her neck, Shi Yining cast a healing spell and said in a muffled voice, “I’m fine… no need to worry, Junior Sister.”

“How can you be fine?” Yu chang stamped her foot. “You were injured out of thin air, and yet I didn’t even notice the enemy. I’m so useless!”

Her voice was full of self-reproach.

Shi Yining explained helplessly, “Rest assured, she… isn’t an enemy.”

“You know who attacked you, Senior Sister?”

“Yes…”

Yu chang’s knuckles cracked. “Tell me who it is, and I’ll go take revenge for you!”

Under the effect of the spell, the wound on Shi Yining’s neck had begun to heal slowly. Looking at her indignant junior sister, she let out a small laugh. “It was just a petty ghost. She has already left. Don’t worry about it. See? I’m perfectly fine.”

Hearing this, Yu chang acted as if she were facing a great foe. “That ghost came back? The one from earlier that almost froze us to death?”

Shi Yining didn’t deny it. “It was her…”

“Has she left again?”

“Yes…”

This response was extremely quiet. If one listened closely, a hint of guilt could be detected.

Unfortunately, Yu chang didn’t catch it. Or rather, because her Eldest Senior Sister had always commanded great respect and fear in her heart, she couldn’t possibly think in that direction.

Although her sister had been much gentler these past two days, the deep-seated impression in her heart could not be easily changed.

The “petty” ghost, Jiang Liuyue, was currently clinging tightly to Shi Yining in an intimate posture.

Shortly after, the inn manager returned and invited the two sisters to Heaven Room No. 9.

The manager had already sent people to add an extra bed. The two beds were separated by a certain distance with a landscape-painted screen in between.

Seeing this, the unvented jealousy in Jiang Liuyue’s heart faded slightly.

She thought to herself that this manager was at least tactful; otherwise, she would have certainly plagued him with endless nightmares.

Since it was still early, Yu chang was a bit restless.

“Senior Sister, do you want to walk around the city now?”

Shi Yining replied with a smile, “You go first, Junior Sister. I’ll head out a bit later.”

There were some things she had to settle with the ghost clinging to her, lest she cause more trouble later…

After Yu chang left, Jiang Liuyue immediately manifested herself and said gloomily, “Miss Shi, there is more than one inn in Kaiyuan City. Since there weren’t enough rooms, why didn’t you choose another place instead of staying with your junior sister?”

Shi Yining had indeed intended to do so, but since her junior sister had agreed first, she felt it would be awkward to object. Thus, she had chosen to remain silent.

However, she didn’t plan to voice that thought. Hearing the ghost’s words, she simply replied calmly, “Choosing another inn would be a hassle. This is more convenient.”

“How is it a hassle? The matters in Xichi Town are resolved, and the evil cultivator has yet to appear; we have plenty of free time.”

“Jiang Liuyue, I don’t want to argue about this with you. You bit me again earlier—don’t you want to explain yourself?”

At the mention of this, the ghost’s imposing aura instantly deflated.

“I… I just felt terrible after hearing Miss Shi agree to stay with that Yu chang… I’m sorry. I won’t do it again. If Miss Shi is angry, you can… you can just bite me back, okay?”

Shi Yining was so exasperated she actually laughed.

“Jiang Liuyue, I have no such hobby. Furthermore, you are a soul; you can touch me wantonly, yet I cannot touch a single hair on your head. How exactly am I supposed to bite you?”

“Actually, there is a way for Miss Shi to touch me…”

Hearing the ghost’s voice suddenly turn bashful, a faint sense of dread began to surface in Shi Yining’s heart.

In the next instant, the ghost leaned close to her ear again and whispered softly, “As long as Miss Shi agrees to practice dual cultivation with me, once it is finished, I will be no different from a living person to you. You can touch me as you please, do whatever you wish… and only Miss Shi will be able to feel my presence. I will belong completely and utterly to Miss Shi alone…”

The ghost’s words carried an endless, enchanting allure.

The tips of Shi Yining’s ears turned red uncontrollably, and her jade-like face was stained with a layer of rosy color.

Just as she was about to sink into the temptation, a sudden knock-knock at the door called back her remaining sanity.

It was An Lan.

Snapping back to her senses, Shi Yining shot a fierce glare at the ghost who had tried to bewitch her. She quickly flicked her sleeves, walked forward, and opened the door.

“Miss An, is there something you need?”

An Lan cast a subtle glance into the room.

Just now, she had sensed an abnormal surge of yin energy in Heaven Room No. 9. Worried that something had happened to her benefactor, she had rushed over immediately.

Strangely, the moment her benefactor opened the door, that sensed yin energy vanished…

Since she had no proof, it wasn’t appropriate to voice her suspicion. An Lan composed herself and said sincerely, “You saved Mu’er’s life, so I have come to thank you. Mu’er just finished devouring the power of the Heart Realm and is currently in a deep sleep to advance. Once she wakes up again, she will shed her mortal form and become a cultivator. This kindness is something we sisters can never repay. If… if you are willing, we would like to follow you from now on and serve by your side.”

Jiang Liuyue, hidden once more in the shadows, felt that suppressed jealousy flare up again upon hearing these words.

Serve by her side? Did they harbor improper thoughts about Miss Shi?

And just now, Miss Shi was almost about to agree to her request—this An Lan did it on purpose! She purposely came at this time…

She admitted her behavior was despicable, using methods of enchantment… she knew it wasn’t right, but Miss Shi’s distance was truly unbearable to her…

Jiang Liuyue hid in the darkness, gloomily watching the two figures standing opposite each other. An impulse rose in her heart to step forward and kick this eyesore of a ghost out of the room.

Just as she was about to act, Miss Shi spoke. Her crisp voice, like pearls falling on jade, reached her ears and miraculously soothed her increasingly agitated heart.

Miss Shi had rejected An Lan.

Jiang Liuyue was overjoyed.

At this moment, she was like a cat that had been bristling with fur but was suddenly calmed by its master’s touch; all the negative emotions in her heart dissipated instantly.

In contrast, An Lan’s face showed obvious disappointment after being rejected.

If possible, she truly wanted to stay by her benefactor’s side.

Unfortunately, not only did her benefactor refuse, but she also told them not to hold onto this debt of gratitude, saying that saving her sister was merely a casual act that required no reward.

Recalling the yin energy she had sensed earlier, An Lan hesitated for a moment and whispered a warning: “There is a high possibility that one of Lan’er’s kind is here. Please be very careful, benefactor.”

“Alright, I will keep it in mind,” Shi Yining replied with a smile. She naturally knew who this “kind” was, but she offered no explanation.

For now, the fewer people who knew of Jiang Liuyue’s existence, the better. Although she was annoyed that the ghost had used underhanded methods to enchant her, she was unwilling to use someone else’s hand to hurt her.

Doing wrong because of an obsession… in this regard, the ghost was very much like her own past self.

Shi Yining thought to herself that in her previous life, her various actions probably seemed no different from those of a madwoman to many… perhaps Shu Mo thought so as well.

In her past life, she had ultimately walked a path toward destruction.

In this life, she had met Jiang Liuyue, who possessed a similar obsession… perhaps what she truly ought to do is slowly guide this ghost toward the righteous path…

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