When a Yandere Cannon Fodder Meets a Dark, Twisted Villain - Chapter 9

After An Lan left, Shi Yining gazed at the figure re-emerging from the shadows. Watching the silhouette attempt to draw near once more, she pursed her lips, her voice turning cold.

“Jiang Liuyue, from this day forward, we shall have three rules between us. If you cannot abide by them, then please vanish from my sight and never appear again.”

The malevolent spirit’s form froze. “Please speak your mind, Miss Shi.”

“First, you are not to use any spells of enchantment or bewitchment on me. Second, without my permission, you are not to bite me as you did before. Third, do no evil.”

“Very well, I promise.”

“Jiang Liuyue, this is no joke. You agreed so readily—do you truly intend to keep your word?”

“For Miss Shi to ask such a thing… do you not trust me?”

The ghost slowly drifted closer, her tone thick with wounded sorrow. Shi Yining gave a cold snort, remaining unmoved.

“Stop acting pitiful. I won’t fall for it.”

Jiang Liuyue gently pulled her into an embrace from behind. “Miss Shi, you harbor such prejudice against me…”

The sound of her breath was inches away. Shi Yining tried to pull away but could not break free from the restraint.

“Let go of me!”

“I don’t want to… Miss Shi set three rules, and none of them said I couldn’t hold you like this.”

Shi Yining felt a twinge of regret. She should have been more thorough just now; she had left a loophole for this ghost to exploit.

“Jiang Liuyue, do you really intend to be entangled with me for the rest of your life?”

As soon as the words left her mouth, she heard the ghost behind her give a soft chuckle. “It is my greatest wish.”

“You…” Shi Yining had completely lost her temper. “Jiang Liuyue, you said you only remember things related to me. Do you not wish to recover your full memory?”

“I do not.” The answer was crisp and immediate, without a hint of hesitation.

Shi Yining’s expression faltered. After a moment of silence, a thought began to surface in her heart.

“Jiang Liuyue, you keep clinging to me because you want to be with me, correct?”

“Of course. Miss Shi should be well aware of that.”

Shi Yining nodded. “I can agree to that, but I have one condition.”

The ghost’s voice suddenly became much more excited. “As long as Miss Shi agrees, I will do everything in my power to fulfill any condition!”

“I want you to recover all of your lost memories!”

“Fine… if I can achieve that, will Miss Shi keep her word?”

Shi Yining’s hands, hidden within her sleeves, quietly clenched into fists. “Of course. If, at that time, Miss Jiang still wishes to be with me, then I will be true to my word!”

An intuition rising from the depths of her soul told her that Jiang Liuyue’s origins were extraordinary.

Currently, she clung to her mostly because her memories were incomplete. Once her memories returned in the future, she might not feel the same way—perhaps, by then, she would avoid her at all costs…

At that moment, Shi Yining thought of her past life.

When she died in her previous life, she was loathed by all. She didn’t believe anyone could truly love the person she was then—someone of such poor character.

Perhaps… when Jiang Liuyue’s memories returned, she would be just like the people from her past life and look upon her with utter disgust. She wondered what Jiang Liuyue’s reaction would be when she remembered the things she had done while her memory was gone.

Would she be overcome with shame and anger, distancing herself forever? Or would she seek to act on behalf of heaven and strike her down to vent her resentment?

Shi Yining couldn’t guess the answer. In truth, from start to finish, Jiang Liuyue had always given her a faint, inexplicable sense of familiarity. Many times, although she didn’t want this clingy ghost to get too close, she felt no real repulsion in her heart.

Having experienced a past life, she possessed secret techniques and cultivation methods unknown to others. If she truly hated Jiang Liuyue’s presence and wished for her to vanish, she could likely achieve it if she were willing to pay a high enough price.

But she hadn’t done it. Though she was loath to admit it, the fact remained: Jiang Liuyue was different to her.

Once, she believed she would never love anyone other than Shu Mo. Now, it seemed reality had dealt her a blow to the face.

As it turned out, she didn’t love Shu Mo quite as much as she thought… She wondered if her previous life would have ended differently if she had met Jiang Liuyue then and been pursued by her.

The moment the thought appeared, she dismissed it.

In her past life, the System existed. Even if a ghost had appeared, what difference would it have made?

…

Shi Yining’s mind was a whirlwind of thoughts. Knowing that overthinking was useless, she slowly walked out of the room.

“Jiang Liuyue, I am going to look around outside the inn. Do not follow me for now.”

“Why can I not follow? Does Miss Shi want to go find Yu Shang behind my back?”

The voice held a hint of grievance, but Shi Yining remained steadfast.

“You know that I have only recently been reborn. There are many things I need to investigate. You can use the time while I am away to think about how to recover your memories. If you follow me blindly, you may never remember your past life.”

“Fine…”

After a moment of silence, a very quiet response reached her ear.

Actually, Jiang Liuyue really wanted to say that she wasn’t truly dead. But she was afraid that if she said it, Miss Shi would distance herself… Compared to being an evil spirit, she was more afraid of Miss Shi treating her like a monster that was neither human nor ghost.

She didn’t agree with the last thing Miss Shi said.

Her lost memories were more likely to be found by staying at Miss Shi’s side, not by staying away.

If Miss Shi wouldn’t let her go openly, she would just follow her in secret! At this moment, in the teahouse, a storyteller held a folding fan, speaking incessantly about the great events that had occurred in the Houtu Realm.

“Everyone, our discussion regarding the movements of the demon race ends here. Next, I shall speak of the recent incident where the Eldest Senior Sister of the Xuanqing Sect traveled to the Yuehua Sect and fell into Cloud Marsh Lake.”

Upon hearing this, Yu chang, who had just sat down on the second floor of the teahouse, raised her willow-leaf brows. She was about to slam her hand on the table and stand up in indignation, but Shi Yining reached out to stop her.

“Senior Sister?”

“Calm yourself, Junior Sister. Let us hear what she has to say first.”

“Fine…” Yu chang cracked her knuckles. “If this storyteller dares to speak nonsense, I’ll definitely beat her until she’s teeth are all over the floor!”

Seeing her Junior Sister’s protective nature, Shi Yining was moved. At the same time, she recalled Yu Shang’s fate in her previous life.

Four years from the current timeline, the great war between the human and demon races would break out.

At that time, as the Eldest Senior Sister of the Xuanqing Sect, Shi Yining had been completely obsessed with Shu Mo of the Yuehua Sect and failed to fulfill her duties.

To resist the demon race, her Junior Sister had led a group of disciples to guard Wuya City. To protect the citizens of the city, she fought against one of the Ten Great Demon Kings and unfortunately perished…

When the news reached them, her Master stated clearly that the duty of guarding Wuya City should have fallen on Shi Yining’s shoulders.

It could be said that her Junior Sister died indirectly because of her.

Now that she had been given a second life, she would never allow that tragedy to repeat. If the war between the two races remained unavoidable, she would fulfill her proper responsibilities.

Meanwhile, the storyteller was detailing the events related to her.

“There is a rumor outside that the Eldest Senior Sister of the Xuanqing Sect ‘accidentally’ fell into Cloud Marsh Lake to gain Fairy Mo’s sympathy. However, this is not the case. According to reliable sources, Fairy Ning was pushed into the lake; it was not a deliberate act on her part.”

As soon as these words were spoken, a clamor erupted among the cultivators in the teahouse.

Passing cultivators outside stopped in their tracks. Nearly half of them entered the teahouse with hearts full of gossip, ordering pots of spiritual tea and fragrant melon seeds to snack on while they listened.

“Where did this news come from? Is Master Lin the Storyteller at liberty to disclose the source?”

An inquiry rose from the crowd and was quickly met with many echoes of agreement.

On the third floor of the teahouse, Lin Zhiyi folded her fan and stood up, giving a polite bow to the crowd.

“I am afraid I cannot reveal the source of this information. However, I can guarantee with my life that the news is absolutely true.”

That person’s status was noble, and Lin had promised her never to reveal her identity to the outside world…

Not getting the answer they wanted, the cultivators felt a bit disappointed and urged her on one after another.

“If that is the case, please continue at your original pace, Master Lin. We are all waiting to hear—who exactly was the person who pushed Fairy Ning into the water?”

Lin Zhiyi coughed lightly. “The information did not reveal a specific identity, only that it was someone with an old grievance against Fairy Ning. The person took advantage of the opportunity to retaliate, using a spell to seal Fairy Ning’s spiritual power before pushing her into Cloud Marsh Lake.”

Someone in the crowd sighed with emotion. “So that’s how it was… I was wondering, Fairy Ning is a Golden Core cultivator after all; how could she be pushed into the water so easily and fall into a coma? To think the truth was actually this!”

On the second floor, as the sequence of events was revealed, a sense of indignation gradually grew in Yu Shang’s heart.

“Senior Sister, is what Master Lin saying true?”

By now, there was no longer any need for concealment. Shi Yining nodded and replied, “That is indeed the facts.”

Yu Shang clenched her fists. “When Senior Sister woke up, why didn’t you tell us? To suffer such a grievance in silence… If it were me, I would definitely make the perpetrator pay the price they deserve!”

Looking at her Junior Sister, who was bristling like an angry kitten, Shi Yining gave a reassuring smile. “I have kept this grudge in mind. The reason I didn’t speak out was due to a lack of evidence; it was highly likely the other party would bite back. The Dao Discussion Assembly is in six days; I plan to take my revenge then.”

“Does Senior Sister mean… that person is on the list of participants from the Yuehua Sect?”

“Mhm…”

“In the Three Sects Dao Discussion, each sect has one hundred spots. Can Senior Sister tell me who that person is?”

“When the time comes, you will know.”

“Senior Sister~ I want to know now! Just tell me, please?”

“No. Given your temperament, if I told you now, you would likely seek a private vendetta. If you were framed by them instead, it would be extremely disadvantageous for us.”

Having her thoughts read so easily, Yu Shang scratched her head, feeling a bit embarrassed.

“I would be very careful, I wouldn’t be found out…”

Shi Yining remained opposed.

“Even so, it won’t do. That person holds a significant position in the Yuehua Sect and rarely travels alone. If you strike privately, it would be extremely difficult not to leave a trace. Let this matter rest for now; you are not to mention it again.”

“Fine…” Yu Shang felt a bit dejected, sitting there listlessly with her head hanging.

At that moment, on the third floor of the teahouse, the storyteller’s topic shifted, bringing up another matter related to the Yuehua Sect…

Fifteen minutes later, on the main street of Kaiyuan City.

Shi Yining sent a message to her Junior Sister, and the two soon met at a teahouse.

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