Free Web NovelA gush of icy well water poured over her from head to toe. Just as a cool breeze swept by, Gu Qianqian, soaked to the bone, immediately began to shiver uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Ji Yunpei's face showed a hint of unbearable pity. She subconsciously stepped forward, her lips trembling a few times, but ultimately, she didn't speak.
What should she do? She wouldn't catch a cold and get sick, would she?
For some reason, she always felt a strange and inexplicable sense of familiarity with the Little Girl before her, a feeling as if... she was looking at her own daughter?
But it was too strange!
After a few seconds of silence, she looked at the Little Girl controlled by an unknown high-level Spell, then turned around to look in the direction of Lus Sichuan Cuisine Restaurant's kitchen. Biting her lip slightly, she left the Little Girl and ran off.
Passing through the backyard corridor and the main hall, Ji Yunpei stopped at the kitchen door, reached out to lift a corner of the kitchen curtain, cautiously poked half her head in, looked around, and found Xuan Yingluofu, who was cutting vegetables at the counter. After a slight hesitation, she called out softly.
“Sister, Sister, um... can you help me with something?”
Hearing this, Xuan Yingluofu put down her kitchen knife, wiped her hands on her apron, and looked at Ji Yunpei, calmly saying, “If the help you’re asking for concerns that Miss in the backyard, I’m afraid I’m powerless.”
“Before Qing Ji took Wang Yingying out to play, she said she was leaving her to you to deal with, to find out why she was sent here. She didn’t ask me for help, and it wouldn’t be good for me to interfere.”
Disaster is her master, and also the master of this God Kingdom Prototype. And Qing Ji is Disaster's ancestor. Logically speaking, before Disaster gives instructions, although she won't help Qing Ji in battle, for matters like this, she will still follow Qing Ji's wishes.
This is the wisdom of an “old” Spiritual Energy item that has served three masters!
It was as if when Qing Ji saw her staying in the God Kingdom Prototype, always leaning by the attic window, staring blankly at the street outside, she told her to find something to do. After a brief calculation, she cleaned the restaurant inside and out, then reopened it, just to pass the time.
After all, she had served as a “nanny” for a certain master she preferred not to mention for a long time. Whether it was taking care of children or cooking, she was quite skilled.
“But...” Ji Yunpei wanted to continue speaking, but seeing Xuan Yingluofu’s solemn expression, she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
Looking at Ji Yunpei’s expression, which seemed on the verge of tears from anxiety, Xuan Yingluofu shook her head, sighed, and said, “Ah, you were quite quick to pick up on helping that fellow deal with those Eclipse Society members before, weren’t you? Now, how can you not even handle a Little Girl?”
“They, they are different!” Ji Yunpei retorted, “Those guys have done nothing but evil; they should have been punished long ago. But I don’t even know the background of that Miss out there, how can I bring myself to harm her?”
Perhaps because she had been protected too well by her father since childhood, she had a very clear distinction between good and evil, so clear that it was almost naive.
From a certain perspective, even if Lu Yibei hadn't kidnapped her from Sunrise Biotechnology Company, after working there for a while and witnessing more dark and cruel things, she would most likely have left on her own accord.
In fact, Ji Yunpei's presence at the Lu Family Old House also had this factor.
Although she had learned the essence of Lu Yibei's torture methods on those Eclipse Society members, and although those Eclipse Society members were not good people, she still felt unbearable pity watching them being tortured into incoherence.
With the mysterious Spell given by Miss Blue Yi, most Eclipse Society members were already very well-behaved, mainly fearing their stomachs bursting and dying.
Now, those Eclipse Society members had even formed a “rebel party” that spontaneously suppressed and managed the stubborn “conservative party,” so she didn’t need to worry too much.
Therefore, after those imprisoned Eclipse Society members suffered mental breakdowns and gradually settled down, she proactively asked Lu Yibei to let her leave that circular mountain range, only occasionally going to check on the situation.
How could someone like her, who couldn't bear to watch even Eclipse Society members being tortured, possibly bring herself to torture a Miss she had never met?
Moreover, she also felt a sense of familiarity with that Miss.
Pouring two buckets of cold well water on that Miss was already her limit.
On such a hot day, being left out in the courtyard to bake in the sun, pouring some water on that Miss might even make her feel refreshed.
“...” Xuan Yingluofu was silent for a few seconds, then calmly said, “How about this? Just let her suffer a bit, but don’t actually hurt her. When that fellow returns, let her deal with it herself.”
To be honest, Xuan Yingluofu was also a bit unsure how to deal with the Miss outside.
She had seen Lu Yibei's mythological form. When Lu Yibei sent that Miss into the God Kingdom Prototype, she could tell at a glance that the Miss looked eight or nine parts similar to Lu Yibei's mythological form.
She didn't know if she was a thief impersonating Lu Yibei, or if she had some blood relation to Lu Yibei. How could she judge how to deal with her?
In this regard, Qing Ji was very clever. As long as there wasn't a major mess, he would ignore all these miscellaneous matters and only focus on “educating” Wang Yingying.
But Xuan Yingluofu was different. As a Spiritual Energy item, it was her duty to share her master's worries.
What kind of demonic sword or evil blade would a Spiritual Energy item that caused trouble for its master be?
But, in the end, it was all that scoundrel's fault!
If she hadn't, for no reason, brought strange things back to this God Kingdom Prototype like a child bringing home trash they picked up outside, and then not taken care of them herself, how could there be so much trouble?
Xuan Yingluofu thought with a belly full of resentment, her gaze unconsciously drifting towards Ji Yunpei, who was pacing back and forth outside the kitchen door.
Yes, in her eyes, Ji Yunpei was also an existence Lu Yibei brought back on a whim to cause her trouble.
Now the “trouble” was troubled by new trouble, just like a nesting doll.
“I understand!” Ji Yunpei thought for a moment and said, “Then I’ll let her watch ‘Game of Thrones,’ right? Eight seasons straight, no sleeping until she finishes.”
She’d be even less able to sleep after finishing...
But, would it be a bit cruel? Ji Yunpei thought.
Xuan Yingluofu scrutinized Ji Yunpei, and suddenly understood why Lu Yibei had brought her back.
Because she and Lu Yibei were truly birds of a feather, not doing a single useful thing.
“Is it really too cruel?” Seeing Xuan Yingluofu didn’t speak, a hint of awkwardness flashed across Ji Yunpei’s face, and she changed her words, “Then, Sister, could you help me make two dishes? They should be as fragrant as possible, the kind that makes people drool just by smelling them, okay?”
Sitting in front of her, eating fragrant and delicious food, and making her intensely crave it, should count as giving her a hard time without hurting her, right?
Hehe, that's a brilliant idea! Ji Yunpei thought with a touch of self-satisfaction.
Xuan Yingluofu looked at Ji Yunpei, slightly furrowed her brows, pondered for a moment, and then nodded.
“Alright, wait outside for a bit...”
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In the backyard.
Gu Qianqian tilted her head back, gazing at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, watching the fiery red pomegranate blossoms float down from the treetops, feeling like crying.
After the twin-tailed Miss, whose speech emphasized like a system, left, she had tried to sneak away multiple times, all without exception ending in failure.
Thus, her mindset quickly went through the complete process of change, from being full of fighting spirit, to feeling anxious, and then falling into despair.
The Spell binding her was far stronger and more precise than she had imagined, easily suppressing her terrifying immense strength.
The most critical thing was that even the Bamboo Scroll Illusion seemed to be suppressed by some mysterious power and couldn't be opened.
The last time this happened was in that fake Hua City.
Thinking of her experience in that fake Hua City, Gu Qianqian couldn't help but shiver.
“...”
It was most likely cast by Disaster...
Before losing consciousness, she was in conflict with Disaster. When she woke up, she was here. If it wasn't Disaster, who else could it be?
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This was it, the system was in a deep sleep, and she was once again a captive of Disaster; there was definitely no hope. Gu Qianqian thought in despair.
In her opinion, her current situation was not much different from a lost child falling into the hands of human traffickers.
As she pondered, an alluring scent drifted into her nostrils, then, as if it had grown tiny claws, it traveled down her respiratory tract and began to scratch at her chest and abdomen.
“Gulp—!”
Gu Qianqian swallowed hard and looked in the direction from which the scent was coming. She saw the twin-tailed Miss who had left for a long time return, holding two plates. The plates contained spicy fried chicken and oil-poached toothpick meat respectively.
She brought the plates over to Gu Qianqian, placed them out of Gu Qianqian's reach, then turned to grab two chairs, one tall and one short. Without saying anything, she sat down and began to eat, helping herself.
When she ate, she even smacked her lips, clearly on purpose!
“!!!” Gu Qianqian stared at the twin-tailed Miss in front of her, her eyes wide, biting her lip tightly to prevent her saliva from flowing out.
Wow, this person is a devil, right?
She hadn't eaten for almost ten hours and her stomach was already empty.
Moreover, ever since she arrived near Yumen Pass, her three meals a day consisted of either roasted flatbread or unseasoned boiled beef and mutton. Such fragrant dishes, let alone eating them, she couldn't even dream of them.
At this moment, the twin-tailed Miss was not ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) only eating in front of her but also smacking her lips. While enduring the temptation of the food, she also thought that she couldn't let the system down by giving a good face to Disaster's minion. Her emotions instantly collapsed, and the tears she had held back for so long suddenly welled up from her eyes.
However, even though she was already tear-streaked, she stubbornly remained silent, holding her neck stiffly, gazing at the fiery red pomegranate petals falling above her head, as if she saw the reddish soup base splashing from a bubbling hotpot.
Just then, a pair of chopsticks, holding a piece of toothpick meat, quietly reached her mouth.
Ji Yunpei finally couldn't bear to watch anymore.
Gu Qianqian's forced, distorted expression was truly pathetic.
In an instant, her mouth seemed not to be her own, subconsciously opening, and she swallowed the toothpick meat in one bite.
After chewing twice, she suddenly came to her senses, and with a “spit,” she spat the toothpick meat onto the ground.
“Bah! I won’t eat anything from Disaster’s minion!”
After speaking, she reluctantly glanced at the toothpick meat on the ground, unwilling to tear her eyes away.
What a pity, it smelled so good!
If only it hadn’t been given by Disaster’s minion...
Ji Yunpei looked at the toothpick meat on the ground, then at Gu Qianqian, and sighed silently, “Why are you doing this? Even if there’s a deep hatred, you shouldn’t make things difficult for yourself!”
“If it’s really impossible, you can pretend to surrender, eat your fill first, and then talk about it, right?”
Gu Qianqian's eyes suddenly lit up at her words.
Hey, that makes sense!
Wouldn't it be better if I pretended to surrender, ate and drank to my heart's content here with Disaster, and then escaped when I had the chance?
But why did those words sound so much like something the system would say?
Gu Qianqian thought, then looked at Ji Yunpei again, scrutinizing her carefully.
She was small, her skin so fair it seemed to glow, her features delicate, but combined, they always made her look wronged and pitiful, making people especially want to protect her, and then playfully bully her a little.
She didn't resemble the system in any way! Gu Qianqian thought with great disappointment, and then her attention quickly shifted to the spicy chicken that Ji Yunpei was offering with her chopsticks.
Who cares, I'll eat my fill first!
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She didn't know how long she had been unconscious, but when Lu Yibei woke up, she still felt a phantom pain lingering on her face.
It was as if Chatterbox Girl’s punch had caused her face to go numb for a short while, and then the pain finally set in.
But... bringing the pain from a dream back into reality, that's just absurd!
She lay still for a few seconds. Before she could even open her eyes, an indescribable scent of decay, carried by a dry wind, entered her nostrils. Immediately after, she heard a huge sound.
“Boom—!”
Deafening, as if some large building had collapsed.
She snapped her eyes open, her gaze sweeping across the dimly lit space she was in, her eyes widening slightly.
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This seemed to be the interior of an abandoned building. The empty walls were covered in an omnipresent brown, as if it were some cult sacrifice site.
As far as the eye could see, on the walls, on the floor, on the ceiling, there were twisted patterns drawn with dried blood everywhere.
Some of those patterns resembled text, others murals. The notes exuded madness, as if they were final confessions in moments of despair, or warnings to those who came after.
But those notes were too chaotic, and had been weathered by long years, so they were entirely distorted and difficult to decipher what they contained.
This should be inside Yumen Pass... Lu Yibei thought.
“Boom—!”
Just as Lu Yibei was lost in thought, looking at the notes on the wall, the loud sound came again.
She collected herself, looked around, got up and went to the window of the room, leaning her back against the wall. Cautiously, she looked out the window in the direction of the sound, and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.
Outside the window, the sky was dim, like an evening before a heavy rain, a deep gray tinged with a hint of dark yellow.
Beneath the firmament, dilapidated earthen huts rose and fell. On the streets between these buildings, pale-branched plants twisted into humanoid shapes.
Vaguely, in the dark corners of the street, some ominous shadows surged, and laughter, like a hallucination, lingered around, sending chills down one's spine.
Further away, atop a massive structure built from dark grey megaliths, a colossal human figure lay prostrate, its form like a legendary giant, half its body exposed on the building's summit.
He was clad in roughly styled armor. The clothing exposed beneath the armor had long since decayed, and putrid flesh, like black mud, adhered to his pale bones, as if he had been dead for a very long time.
And those booming sounds were coming from the direction of that “giant.”
A figure, with one hand, lifted a stone tower about four or five stories high and threw it at the “giant.”
The stone tower smashed against the “giant’s” body, shattering with a crash. The “giant” then sprang to life, letting out a roar, and punched the figure away.
The figure, struck and sent flying, traced a parabolic arc in mid-air, and then...
With a “boom!” it crashed into the dilapidated house less than five meters from Lu Yibei. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
Dust billowed.
Lu Yibei, “???”
What the hell? How did it fly over here? Isn't this just asking for trouble for me?
Damn it! Is this Yumen Pass’s way of welcoming guests?
