After Transmigrating into a Book as a Cannon Fodder Character, The System Turned out to be Completely Unreliable! - Chapter 63

Chapter 63: “I Love You So Much!”

“System, I want to die.”

After all this time, this was the first thing Ye Lingxi had spoken, and unexpectedly, those were the words she uttered.

The system spirit cat tried to fly over but simply couldn’t move:
“Host, don’t say that!”

“But… but I really can’t hold on any longer.”

This kind of torment—she couldn’t take it anymore. She might as well die. After all, she had nothing to go back to. She was an orphan. The only reason she wanted to return was because she clung to life. After so many years of hard work and finally getting into college, she hadn’t even gotten a chance to enjoy it before being thrown into this world and tortured like this.

In that moment, she truly, desperately wanted to die.

“Host, please, don’t think like that…”

“Then tell me what I should do?” Ye Lingxi’s mouth was dry, her lips cracked and peeling. She licked them, trying to get up, but she had no strength at all.
“I don’t even have the strength to commit suicide anymore.”

“Host…”

“System, seriously, stop trying to convince me. I really want to die.”

The spirit cat’s mind turned quickly:
“Host, there is actually one way.”

Ye Lingxi’s spirit lifted slightly at the mention of another way:
“What way?” she asked dully, turning her head.

The spirit cat said:
“We can use the Hundred Herb Spirit to escape.”

“Escape how?”

“By faking death.”

“Fake death?” Ye Lingxi repeated. “What kind of fake death?”

“I can help you do it.”

Ye Lingxi’s lifeless eyes regained a bit of brightness.
“You’re serious?”

“I’m serious.”

Wonderful. She finally had a way out. That meant she wouldn’t have to suffer anymore.

“You still won’t come out?”

That sentence again. Ye Lingxi was already sick of hearing it.

Ji Fuyu, seeing she showed no reaction, grew angry.
“Those people of yours are all looking for you. But do you think they’ll find you?” Her mocking words pressed down heavily on Ye Lingxi’s heart.

Ye Lingxi turned her head away, unwilling to engage with her at all.

Seeing her refusal, Ji Fuyu burned with rage and yanked away the last shred of fabric covering her body.
“Who do you think you’re throwing a tantrum at now? I’m asking you—why won’t you come out?!”

Ye Lingxi, struggling to control her temper, finally spat out a few words:
“Even if I’m throwing a tantrum, it’s not at you. And I’m not the person you think I am.”

“You’re not? If you’re not, why were you in Lotus Pavilion? Why won’t you come out now that you’re in my hands? Mingyue, are you afraid now? Afraid of being humiliated after I’ve tortured you like this?”

Ye Lingxi stared at her, stubbornly silent, letting her rant.

“Are you that unwilling to be pressed beneath me?!”

Ye Lingxi: “…”

Being pressed by you is pure humiliation. Didn’t you say that yourself earlier?

She no longer had the strength to argue.

Seeing how lifeless she looked but still refusing to come out, Ji Fuyu grew more unstable.
“Am I really that repulsive to you people? What did I do wrong for you all to hate me so much?”

Ye Lingxi froze a little, hearing her express her grievances. She couldn’t help but feel a pang of sympathy.

“I just wanted your attention, that’s all. Was that really so hard? I tried so hard… but you always looked at others. All the kindness you showed me…”

Her previously gentle tone suddenly turned vicious:
“Was all a lie? Why?!”

Ye Lingxi was at a loss for what to do as Ji Fuyu clutched her.

Why was her mood so unstable? And none of those things were even her doing.

“Now that you’ve become an ordinary person, you’re still lying to me!”

Alright, that part is me. But I only lied because I wanted to cling to a powerful ally.

I just wanted to survive.

“I just want to live.”

Ye Lingxi thought she’d only said that to herself, but unexpectedly, Ji Fuyu spoke the same words.

No matter what, no matter how pitiful Ji Fuyu might be, Ye Lingxi couldn’t forgive everything she’d done to her.

“You…” Her cracked lips moved slowly.

Hearing her voice, Ji Fuyu thought she was finally going to reply, but what she said was:
“I’m not a stand-in!”

Ji Fuyu flinched: “What?”

“I said I’m not Mingyue’s substitute.”

“Hahahahahahahahahaha…” Ji Fuyu laughed hysterically.
“You’re not? Why do you keep saying you’re not? You clearly are.”

Is this woman incapable of understanding human language?

Ji Fuyu grabbed her neck and kissed her hard. Ye Lingxi couldn’t breathe. Ji Fuyu bit her lips, and a metallic taste of bl00d spread.

Ye Lingxi frantically pushed her away:
“What are you doing?!”

Ji Fuyu wiped the bl00d from her lips and smiled:
“What am I doing? Didn’t we already do everything that needs doing? Are you scared of a kiss?”

Ye Lingxi felt she’d completely lost it. This wasn’t the same person anymore. She tried to crawl away.

Ji Fuyu reached out and grabbed her ankle. Her voice deepened:
“Where are you going? I’m not done playing yet.”

Terrified, Ye Lingxi instinctively kicked her. Ji Fuyu’s face was knocked aside, her red pupils darkened, and a dusty footprint appeared on her cheek. Her claw-like fingers dug into Ye Lingxi’s ankle, her sharp black nails piercing her fair skin.

“Ow.” Ye Lingxi uttered one word. Before she could grab Ji Fuyu’s hand to pry it off, the other hand grabbed her face.

“Looks like I’ve been too soft on you. You like playing hide and seek so much? Fine, I’ll play with you. Will you come out, or not?” Ji Fuyu bit down hard on her neck, leaving a mark.

“Ah!” Ye Lingxi gritted her teeth, refusing to give in. She used all her remaining strength to push her away. But every time she moved, Ji Fuyu would leave another bite mark on her body, branding her.

Tortured until she was unconscious, she had long gone without food or water. With no strength left, she passed out.

“Am I dead now?”
When she opened her eyes, she found herself inside her own spiritual consciousness. Someone was calling her name.

“Ye Lingxi. Ye Lingxi.”

“Who? Who’s calling me?”

“It’s me.”

Ye Lingxi walked toward the pillar of spiritual awareness in human form. It looked completely different than before.

It now had a face—and it looked exactly like her.

She finally realized: “You’re the High Goddess Mingyue?”

“Yes,” she replied, smiling.

Ye Lingxi was confused. “Right now…?”

“You’re still alive.”

Ye Lingxi’s heart ached. She bit her lip and finally asked the question she had buried deep down:
“Why did you choose me?”

Mingyue said:
“Because all of this was destined by fate.”

“What does that mean?” Ye Lingxi didn’t understand. “Destined? But I’m not even from this world.”

“I know.”

“You know?”

“Yes. I was the one who summoned you here.”

“Why? I’m just a completely ordinary person.”

Mingyue just smiled:
“The time hasn’t come yet.”

Ye Lingxi: “…”

She grew angry.
“Fine! Even if the time hasn’t come, she’s been looking for you all this time. Why won’t you just come out and talk to her? If you don’t like her, tell her yourself. Clear the misunderstanding, and maybe the three realms can finally have peace.”

And maybe this story can finally end, and I can go home.

“I can’t.”

Ye Lingxi: “…”

“You people always say these cryptic things and never finish your sentences! No wonder! No wonder the demon queen is so pissed off!”

Mingyue chuckled.
“A thousand years ago, I already told her. But she thought I was lying. And the truth is, the person she loves isn’t even me. I’ve always seen her as a child—never with romantic feelings.”

Ye Lingxi: “You said that a thousand years ago?”

“Yes.”

Ye Lingxi: “…”

Ugh…

That… sounds exactly like the demon king’s style. She only believes what she wants to hear, not what’s actually said.

“Now there isn’t much time left. You must save her. Only you can do it.”

As Mingyue’s figure drifted farther away, Ye Lingxi shouted:
“Hey hey hey! Can you finish what you’re saying first?! Why do you all talk in riddles? Why only me? I’m not a god!”

She jolted awake in fear—Ji Fuyu was right in front of her.

“Oh, you’re awake.” The one who first spoke was Jing. “Looks like she’s okay,” she said to Ji Fuyu beside her.

Ji Fuyu was impatient:
“I’m not blind.”

She was back? Wait—where was she?

She looked around and realized she was no longer inside that sealed barrier prison. She was even covered by a blanket?

“Did her brain get fried?” Jing looked at her oddly, scanning her up and down.

Ye Lingxi blinked innocently:
“Who are you people?”

“Huh?” Jing looked like she just heard the most unbelievable thing:
“What did you just say?”

“Who are you people?” Ye Lingxi asked again, her big innocent eyes fixed on them.

Ji Fuyu, sitting nearby, frowned deeply:
“Ye Lingxi, what trick are you playing now?!”

Ye Lingxi lifted the blanket and exclaimed:
“Wow, you’re so handsome!” She immediately lunged forward and hugged her, rubbing against her.
“I love you so much~!”

Both of them were completely stunned.