Category: Female Lead Was Coaxed Away by the Villain Again [Quick Transmigration]

Chapter 118: My Guardian Spirit is Dead (4)

“I also want to know when you’ll remember,” Jiang Zhiyan sighed softly.

Xie Yunzhi looked at Jiang Zhiyan, puzzled: “What does it have to do with you?”

“The most important thing you’ve forgotten is me.”

Xie Yunzhi stared at Jiang Zhiyan for a moment, then remarked: “Times are changing, even vengeful spirits are using cheesy pickup lines now.”

Jiang Zhiyan: ?

“It’s a bit… greasy,” Xie Yunzhi commented, rubbing her arms.

Jiang Zhiyan: …

“I’m stating a fact.”

“Mm-hmm.”

Jiang Zhiyan looked at Xie Yunzhi; she realized Xie Liaoyi had a unique way of being infuriating in every world.

She stopped talking and followed Xie Yunzhi.

Xie Yunzhi didn’t want to talk either, thinking about her full class schedule made her irritable.

When class ended at 9:30, she yawned several times. Not far from the school gate, she saw Song Zhili blocking her path, holding a peachwood sword. She yawned again and walked past him.

“Miss Xie, do you know that your main family once provoked a vengeful spirit? If the vengeful spirit isn’t exorcised, you won’t live past thirty!” Song Zhili said, seeing Xie Yunzhi ignoring him, he immediately followed.

“I haven’t heard of it, and if I don’t live past thirty, then I don’t,” Xie Yunzhi said.

Song Zhili: …

“I have a license, I’m really not a scammer!” Song Zhili said, agitated.

“Then what are you telling me for? Why don’t you just exorcise the vengeful spirit?” Xie Yunzhi looked at Song Zhili, puzzled. “Do you need my permission to do it? If I don’t agree, can you not harm the vengeful spirit? So you just want money, right?”

Jiang Zhiyan chuckled and shook her head at Song Zhili, who looked like he was about to faint from anger.

“Anyway, I don’t have any money, not a single cent,” Xie Yunzhi said, folding her arms.

Song Zhili took out his compass: “Because I need your cooperation, look at the needle.”

Xie Yunzhi looked at Song Zhili with a deadpan expression: “The anti-fraud guide has already covered scams like yours in numerous special reports.”

“The fact that I was released means I’m not a scammer.”

“That’s not the same, maybe you were just given a warning the first time you were caught, it’s normal to be released on the first day, isn’t it?”

“Then let’s exchange contact information, contact me if there are any problems,” Song Zhili said, drawing his sword and striking at Jiang Zhiyan, who instantly dispersed and reappeared in another location.

Jiang Zhiyan looked at Song Zhili and shook her head: “So you can’t attack me now? Why? Because you’re too weak?”

Xie Yunzhi, looking at Song Zhili with disgust, quickly ran away. Because of his strange actions, many people were already looking at them.

“Stalking young girls is very perverted,” Jiang Zhiyan said. “I’m starting to question your Song family’s upbringing.”

Song Zhili’s chest heaved, staring at Jiang Zhiyan intently.

“Heh.” Jiang Zhiyan raised her hand and struck Song Zhili’s head. “Just stay in the hospital for a while.”

Song Zhili coughed violently and spat out blood.

“Who fights a boss at level one?” Jiang Zhiyan shook her head at Song Zhili. “And I can’t even kill you directly.”

Song Zhili glared at Jiang Zhiyan coldly.

“You should be grateful I didn’t kill you,” Jiang Zhiyan said with a smile. “I thought you were someone capable, you wasted a whole day of my time.”

Song Zhili finally fainted from anger. Passersby, after watching for a while, called for an ambulance.

Jiang Zhiyan caught up with Xie Yunzhi: “Walking so slowly today, were you waiting for me?”

“Heh,” Xie Yunzhi chuckled and looked Jiang Zhiyan up and down.

“I’m not injured, I just knocked him unconscious.”

Xie Yunzhi twitched the corner of her mouth: “Will he keep following me?”

“He’ll probably be hospitalized this time, you’ll have some peace and quiet for a while,” Jiang Zhiyan said.

Xie Yunzhi: …

“Then won’t more people come looking for trouble with you?” Xie Yunzhi asked, puzzled. Although she kept calling Song Zhili a scammer, judging by his appearance and actions, he seemed to have a background.

“They will, but they can’t kill me,” Jiang Zhiyan chuckled. “If I were that easy to deal with, I would have been gone long ago.”

Xie Yunzhi looked at Jiang Zhiyan, thinking about what Song Zhili had said: “You’ve followed many people before? Do you talk to everyone like this?”

“No, only you, and I’m not the same vengeful spirit as the last one, we take turns,” Jiang Zhiyan immediately said. “This is my first shift.”

Xie Yunzhi: ?

“I have a strong feeling you’re messing with me,” Xie Yunzhi stared at Jiang Zhiyan.

“No, I’m really not the same vengeful spirit as the last one,” Jiang Zhiyan said, looking into Xie Yunzhi’s eyes and blinking rapidly. “Trust me.”

Xie Yunzhi looked away and rubbed her temples: “Why don’t you change your appearance? It’s scary at night.”

The System helpfully projected what Xie Yunzhi was currently seeing.

Jiang Zhiyan was standing under a streetlight, the dim yellow light passing through her translucent form, combined with her pale face and red lips, it looked exceptionally terrifying. Her expression, usually playful, was now just eerie, someone with weaker nerves would probably faint on the spot.

This appearance truly fit the stereotypical image of a vengeful spirit.

Jiang Zhiyan moved out of the streetlight and entered the complex with Xie Yunzhi.

“What did he mean by ‘not living past thirty’?” Xie Yunzhi asked, opening the door.

Jiang Zhiyan floated inside: “Literally.”

Xie Yunzhi turned to Jiang Zhiyan: “So you’re here to take my life?”

“Of course not, the person followed by the previous vengeful spirit didn’t live past thirty, not the person I’m following,” Jiang Zhiyan refused to take the blame. “Don’t worry, I won’t let you die before thirty.”

Xie Yunzhi’s gaze followed Jiang Zhiyan as she floated onto the sofa.

“I forgot to buy a grilled sausage,” Xie Yunzhi suddenly remembered and frowned. “It’s all because of that person, I forgot to go to the snack street.”

“Then let’s order some barbecue,” Jiang Zhiyan said, finding paper and pen. “Come and watch.”

Xie Yunzhi watched as Jiang Zhiyan drew talismans on the paper, only commenting after she finished: “Vengeful spirits can draw talismans too?”

“Yeah, why can a vengeful spirit draw talismans?” Jiang Zhiyan looked at the talismans on the paper, puzzled, normally, she shouldn’t be able to draw them, but she did, and not only that, they seemed usable. “Is this a bug?”

Jiang Zhiyan wondered, or was she not really a ghost anymore?

“What bug?” Xie Yunzhi asked.

Jiang Zhiyan didn’t answer, handing her the pen: “You try.”

Xie Yunzhi glanced at Jiang Zhiyan: “What kind of talisman is this?”

“A talisman that allows me to eat,” Jiang Zhiyan said, looking at Xie Yunzhi with dissatisfaction. “I just explained it earlier.”

“Can’t you draw it yourself? Why do you need me to?” Xie Yunzhi asked, folding her arms.

“Don’t you want to become a god? I’ll teach you how to draw talismans and cultivate,” Jiang Zhiyan said. “Of course, we have to start with the basics.”

Xie Yunzhi stared at Jiang Zhiyan for a while: “Okay, we’ll talk about that later, first, find a way to remove your makeup.”

Jiang Zhiyan: …

Xie Yunzhi put down her bag. She did have strong nerves, but she could still be scared, she just didn’t show it outwardly: “Should I burn some makeup remover for you? But I can’t burn makeup remover, you can eat, but you can’t touch these things, why can you touch things sometimes?”

“Are you disgusted by me?” Jiang Zhiyan snorted. “I’m floating on the sofa, it just looks like I’m touching it, sometimes I use my ghostly energy to manipulate things.”

Xie Yunzhi nodded: “Oh, mm, I am disgusted.”

Jiang Zhiyan’s gaze became even more displeased. She took a deep breath, forget it, she wouldn’t argue with Xie Yunzhi.

“Isn’t there any basic knowledge I need? Are we just jumping straight into this?” Xie Yunzhi asked.

Jiang Zhiyan asked the System to generate a book list and copied it down. It was a long list, covering several pages: “Many of these books are at the Xie family estate, you can contact them.”

“If I do that, won’t that person know I was lying to him?” Xie Yunzhi wasn’t familiar with the Xie family, she had no impression of them, she had only heard her family mention them a few times.

“It’s not a big problem, the two families have a bad relationship, the Xie family will think Song Zhili is meddling,” Jiang Zhiyan said. “Powerful families are proud, the Xie family hasn’t been able to solve this problem for generations, and now some young punk is claiming he can.”

“So face is more important than a life?” Xie Yunzhi retorted.

Jiang Zhiyan nodded: “That’s how they see it.”

“Will they give me the books?” Xie Yunzhi asked.

“They will, you’re talented, why wouldn’t they? Talented people are rare everywhere, but don’t listen to what they teach you, they haven’t accomplished much themselves, they can’t teach you anything good, I’m better than them.”

“Then what about you?” Xie Yunzhi continued to ask, feeling like nothing was reliable.

“I’ll go with you, I told you, the Xie family can’t do anything to me,” Jiang Zhiyan said, twitching the corner of her mouth. “With me there, they won’t make things too difficult for you, of course, we shouldn’t talk too much then.”

“What about this book list? What if they ask about it?” Xie Yunzhi held up the list.

“Just say you’re staying there and you want to read, use your brain, it’s not like you’re handing them the list and asking for the books directly, they won’t let you take many of these books out of the Xie family estate,” Jiang Zhiyan said, poking Xie Yunzhi’s head.

Xie Yunzhi felt like she was being looked down upon.

Jiang Zhiyan went outside to remove her makeup, it was more like changing her skin than removing makeup, consuming quite a bit of her ghostly energy. She floated back, and Xie Yunzhi had already drawn two talismans. Although she used a regular pen and paper, their power wasn’t weakened much.

Xie Yunzhi looked at the talismans, resting her chin on her hand, she could sense their power, although she couldn’t explain it: “One question, aren’t you afraid I’ll use them against you after I learn how to draw them?”

“That’s why you should remember quickly, I’m risking my life teaching you this,” Jiang Zhiyan looked at Xie Yunzhi.

Xie Yunzhi stared at Jiang Zhiyan’s face: “Actually, looking at you like this, you do look familiar.”

“A bit familiar, tsk,” Jiang Zhiyan said, slumping in the air. “Did you order barbecue?”

“I did.”

“That’s good,” Jiang Zhiyan said, satisfied.

Xie Yunzhi looked at Jiang Zhiyan’s legs floating past her and sighed: “Go float somewhere else.”

“You’re even disgusted by this?” Jiang Zhiyan said with a frustrated sigh.

“I’m going to call my mom and ask about the Xie family.”

“Oh,” Jiang Zhiyan responded. “No need to go anywhere else, I can hear you no matter where you are in this small apartment.”

“Can’t you not listen?”

“No.”

Chapter 117: My Guardian Spirit is Dead (3)

“When exactly could you see me?” Jiang Zhiyan asked. “Could you see me long ago?”

Xie Yunzhi held her phone to her ear: “Not that long ago, a while back.”

“Aren’t you afraid?”

“Not really, at least your facial features are normal, you’re not missing any eyeballs or anything,” Xie Yunzhi said calmly. “The world is so vast, it’s normal for there to be unknown creatures, but you seem to have been following me for a long time.”

“What do you mean ‘facial features are normal’?” Jiang Zhiyan moved in front of Xie Yunzhi. “Take a good look.”

“Is there something abnormal?” Xie Yunzhi asked, puzzled.

Jiang Zhiyan was dissatisfied with Xie Yunzhi’s description, but she didn’t know if this person was feigning ignorance or if she was truly oblivious.

“Forget it,” Jiang Zhiyan said, too lazy to argue with her.

“Do you have anything else to say? If not, I’m hanging up.”

“I’m speechless.”

Xie Yunzhi thought for a few seconds: “Do… centuries-old beings like you also tell corny jokes?”

“Because I keep up with the times,” Jiang Zhiyan said, exasperated. “Oh, right.”

Xie Yunzhi was about to put down her phone, but hearing Jiang Zhiyan’s words, she held it to her ear again.

“When are we getting married?”

Xie Yunzhi froze for two seconds, then realized what Jiang Zhiyan was talking about: “Whenever.”

“You just agreed like that?”

“I can’t beat you anyway, what’s the point of resisting?” Xie Yunzhi looked at a tall building in the distance. “Do you know how to become a god?”

Jiang Zhiyan’s heart skipped a beat: “Why do you want to become a god?”

Xie Yunzhi looked at Jiang Zhiyan: “I thought you would laugh at my wishful thinking.”

“I respect everyone’s dreams,” Jiang Zhiyan looked at Xie Yunzhi. “So, why?”

“I don’t know either, it’s just a task in my mind, a very important one,” Xie Yunzhi said. “I used to think it was impossible for this world to have ghosts and gods, but now that I’ve seen you, becoming a god doesn’t seem impossible.”

“But I haven’t heard of any precedents of humans becoming gods in this world,” Jiang Zhiyan said. “If you do more good deeds and accumulate more merits during your lifetime, you can get a good position in the underworld after you die, but that’s not a god.”

Xie Yunzhi’s expression remained calm, her emotions stable: “Mm, after all, gods aren’t cabbages, if everyone could become a god, then gods wouldn’t be gods.”

“Let’s go eat first,” Jiang Zhiyan paused. “Buy me a grilled sausage tonight.”

“How are you going to eat it?”

“I’ll teach you, there are special methods that allow me to eat.”

Xie Yunzhi’s expression changed slightly: “How do ghosts digest food?”

“I eat the essence of the food,” Jiang Zhiyan patiently explained.

“Oh,” Xie Yunzhi nodded thoughtfully. “But why are you following me?”

“I like you,” Jiang Zhiyan blurted out without thinking.

Xie Yunzhi was a little surprised, she had heard similar words from Jiang Zhiyan before, but she hadn’t taken them seriously: “Humans and ghosts are different.”

“Different paths, same destination,” Jiang Zhiyan retorted.

“Indeed, I’ll also become a ghost after I die, so it’s the same destination,” Xie Yunzhi said, twitching the corner of her mouth, putting away her phone, and jogging towards the cafeteria.

“You won’t die if you become a god, so don’t think about that.”

Xie Yunzhi felt that Jiang Zhiyan’s expression had changed slightly, as if she had thought of something unpleasant.

Jiang Zhiyan’s mood was generally good, although Xie Yunzhi seemed difficult to deal with, she wasn’t rejecting her, so it wasn’t a big problem, and she even wanted to “become a god,” which basically meant she was thinking about her!

There was a faint spiritual energy in this world, and Jiang Zhiyan decided to use it to nourish Xie Yunzhi’s soul, then teach her some methods to minimize the negative effects of the vengeful spirit on her.

However, Xie Yunzhi didn’t seem to be afraid of vengeful spirits. After following her for so long, she ate and slept well, and was in good health. If it were an ordinary person, they would be dead even if she didn’t do anything.

But after attending classes with Xie Yunzhi for a while, some of her classmates started getting sick, even though she had deliberately restrained herself, but it wasn’t a big problem, the male lead would handle it.

“Do you want to eat?” Xie Yunzhi typed on her phone.

“Not for now, you go ahead and eat.”

“Oh.” Xie Yunzhi ordered her usual rice bowl at her usual spot and sat down at an empty table.

Jiang Zhiyan sat opposite her. Xie Yunzhi’s eating movements were elegant but efficient, methodical, each bite making one’s appetite increase.

She noticed Song Zhili not far away and frowned: “How did he get in?”

“He begged eight hundred classmates to bring him in.”

Jiang Zhiyan was a bit annoyed, Song Zhili had already seen her, his expression also unpleasant, he walked over with his crutches, and Xie Yunzhi, noticing Jiang Zhiyan’s gaze, was about to turn around.

“Pretend you can’t see me.”

“Oh.” Xie Yunzhi stopped herself and continued eating calmly, even reaching through Jiang Zhiyan’s arm to grab a napkin.

Song Zhili walked over and looked at Xie Yunzhi intently, after confirming that she wasn’t interacting with Jiang Zhiyan, he was slightly relieved.

“Classmate, I have something important to tell you.”

“What is it?” Xie Yunzhi looked up, glancing at his leg, her eyes wary.

She suddenly recalled what Jiang Zhiyan had said earlier and her sudden disappearance yesterday, it was very likely related to this person.

Song Zhili glanced at Jiang Zhiyan, in case she did something, but Jiang Zhiyan just stared at him coldly. He lowered his voice, trying to sound trustworthy: “There’s a vengeful spirit following you.”

“Really?” Xie Yunzhi sneered, looking at Song Zhili suspiciously. “Do I look like a fool who’s easily tricked?”

“It’s true, I can prove it,” Song Zhili said, controlling his voice, he knew most people wouldn’t believe him at first.

Xie Yunzhi discreetly turned on the recording function on her phone under the table, then placed it back on the table.

“How can you prove it? If there’s a vengeful spirit following me, why am I so healthy? I’ve seen on TV that people followed by vengeful spirits are very miserable.”

“Your health is just temporary, vengeful spirits follow people to absorb their life force… can you give me your birth date and time? I think you might have a special fate,” Song Zhili said.

“Why?” Xie Yunzhi was a bit annoyed. “Can you stop disturbing me while I’m eating? I have classes this afternoon, I want to rest for a bit.”

“Then let’s exchange contact information, I’ll come find you when you’re free, but it has to be soon, the vengeful spirit following you is very unstable.”

“I don’t want to, just say it directly, what are you selling? Are you going to read my fortune and sell me talismans? Or do you also want to perform a ritual at my place?” Xie Yunzhi wiped her mouth. “How much is it?”

Song Zhili opened his mouth: “I don’t want your money, I’m currently on a training journey, my family didn’t give me much money… but my fees aren’t high.”

“Why are scammers like you allowed on campus? You’ve been observing me for a long time, haven’t you? You know I’m rich, I heard scammers like you always do background checks in advance.”

Song Zhili, who considered himself a gentleman and never peeked at other people’s phones, took a deep breath: “I’m really not a scammer, I can prove it.”

Xie Yunzhi ignored him, sent the recording and her location to her counselor, and ten minutes later, security arrived and forcibly escorted Song Zhili out of the school.

“I’m really not lying to you!” Song Zhili shouted, he felt like he couldn’t explain himself even with ten mouths.

Xie Yunzhi left with her bag, and Jiang Zhiyan waved at Song Zhili.

Song Zhili broke free from his restraints, took out three talismans, and in full view of everyone, threw them at a seemingly empty space. Everyone looked over, their gazes filled with amusement. Jiang Zhiyan originally wanted to dodge, but then realized there was no need, she raised her hand, and the talismans fell to the ground, not even touching a corner of her clothes.

“Tsk, a scammer after all.”

“How did he even get into the school?”

Song Zhili stared at Jiang Zhiyan in disbelief.

Jiang Zhiyan finally understood. In the plot, when Song Zhili came looking for her, he had already been training for a while, as the male lead, his progress was naturally rapid, but now he was still a newbie.

“Classmate, classmate!”

Xie Yunzhi ignored him and quickly left the cafeteria. Jiang Zhiyan followed.

Song Zhili was taken out of the school and sent to the police station, coincidentally, it was the same officers who had questioned him earlier.

“No wonder he didn’t want to explain, he was probably tied to a tree because he’s a scammer.”

“I’m really not a scammer,” Song Zhili said, holding his head, and called his family.

…

“He’s so bad,” Xie Yunzhi said.

“Indeed,” Jiang Zhiyan said, floating under Xie Yunzhi’s umbrella.

“Did you go looking for him yesterday?”

“Mm, I thought he was a formidable character,” Jiang Zhiyan sighed softly. “Unexpectedly, he’s so weak, and his brain isn’t working very well.”

Xie Yunzhi nodded in agreement, she had also thought he was a formidable character, after all, he looked the part, but who knew… From the moment he spoke, she had already judged him to be a fool.

“If he could definitely capture me, would you still help me?” Jiang Zhiyan asked.

“Yes.”

“Really?”

“Really, because you don’t seem to have any intention of harming me, and I don’t want to spend money,” Xie Yunzhi paused, then continued, “Saving money is the second most important thing in my life.”

“Why?” Jiang Zhiyan was puzzled.

Xie Yunzhi narrowed her eyes: “It’s a strange feeling, I always feel like someone will suddenly appear and spend all my money, so I have to save more, it might be a while before I can earn money in society.”

Jiang Zhiyan: ???

She was really curious about what kind of image she had in Xie Liaoyi’s mind, a spendthrift?

The System was already laughing.

“But I still feel like I’ve forgotten something very important, I don’t know when I’ll remember it,” Xie Yunzhi tilted her umbrella slightly, blocking the sunlight.

Chapter 116: My Guardian Spirit is Dead (2)

Xie Yunzhi looked at the two ghosts floating in front of her, neither of which looked remotely benevolent, and said, a little puzzled, “Don’t you even bother changing your appearance when you try to scam people? If you transformed into the God of Wealth, more people would probably fall for it.”

“Scam? You’re saying we’re trying to scam you?” one of the ghosts shrieked, its voice rising sharply.

Xie Yunzhi raised an eyebrow and asked, “Can you really grant any wish?”

“Of course.”

“I want to become a god,” Xie Yunzhi said, looking at them and smiling.

The two ghosts exchanged glances, then spat at Xie Yunzhi, although, being ghosts, they didn’t actually produce any saliva.

“Ha, if I could become a god, would I be out here scamming… no, cultivating?” the larger ghost said with dissatisfaction. “Don’t be ridiculous, becoming a god? How about something more realistic? Money? Academic success? Love?”

Xie Yunzhi took a step back: “My monthly allowance is eight hundred thousand, academically, I’m in the top three in my department, and as for love, I’m not interested at the moment, although many people are pursuing me.”

The two ghosts: …

Although they hadn’t made a deal with Xie Yunzhi, hearing her words made them want to strangle her.

“I’m leaving, if I’m late, the cold noodles I want to eat will be sold out,” Xie Yunzhi said, nodding.

“Eight hundred thousand allowance and you’re eating cold noodles?”

“I like them,” Xie Yunzhi said, walking past them with her bag, but the two ghosts persistently followed her.

“Why are you following me?” Xie Yunzhi asked, not understanding.

One of the ghosts took a deep breath: “Because your soul smells delicious.”

“It’s not that you can’t follow me, but please make yourselves look more presentable.” Xie Yunzhi was still too late; the cold noodles were sold out. She sighed softly and bought a sausage instead.

Although it was summer, with the two ghosts behind her, she felt as cool as if she were in an air-conditioned room.

She went home, and the two ghosts followed her inside.

Before even approaching, Jiang Zhiyan sensed the presence of two unfamiliar ghosts. Because she had concealed her vengeful spirit aura, the two ghosts inside didn’t notice her. When she entered, she saw them standing next to Xie Yunzhi, looking menacing, while Xie Yunzhi was sitting on the carpet, reading.

She floated over, and only when she was right in front of them did the two ghosts notice her presence. Their already ugly faces distorted in shock, their eyeballs popping out, and their jaws dropping to the ground.

“G-Great, Great King, we didn’t know this was your chosen… meal.”

Jiang Zhiyan punched each of them, then slowly floated to Xie Yunzhi, looked down at her, bent down, and gazed into her eyes.

“Can she see me?”

“Yes,” the System said. “She just saw those two ghosts.”

“Then why is she ignoring me?”

“Maybe because you’re a vengeful spirit,” the System replied.

Jiang Zhiyan stood up again. She still didn’t know what she looked like and asked the System to project her image. She fell silent after seeing it.

She had all the elements of traditional Chinese horror: a red wedding dress, a head full of hairpins, a pale face, and blood-red lips.

“She has strong nerves,” Jiang Zhiyan couldn’t help but comment, she knew she was wearing a red wedding dress, but she didn’t expect her face to look this ghastly.

“Indeed, she didn’t even flinch,” the System said with emotion. “I would be scared to death.”

Jiang Zhiyan floated beside Xie Yunzhi: “You ate a sausage, and now I want one too, buy one for me tomorrow.”

Xie Yunzhi turned a page in her book.

“I just had a fight, with a charlatan, be careful he doesn’t try to scam you,” Jiang Zhiyan said, circling Xie Yunzhi and floating above her head. “Do you know why no ghosts usually bother you? Because I’m here.”

“I’m bored when no one talks to me, Xie Yunzhi, why are you so cold?” Jiang Zhiyan suddenly moved closer to Xie Yunzhi’s face, but the latter remained calm.

“She seems to be used to ignoring you,” the System said.

“I can form a marriage contract with her,” Jiang Zhiyan looked at Xie Yunzhi.

Ordinary people couldn’t handle it, but Xie Yunzhi, with her special constitution and protagonist halo, definitely could.

Xie Yunzhi stood up and went to the bathroom. Jiang Zhiyan, looking at her retreating figure, said: “I have a feeling she was waiting for me to come back before taking a shower.”

“See? Those two ghosts clearly have ulterior motives, but she doesn’t know, you’re the most twisted one,” the System sighed.

Jiang Zhiyan: …

“Some ghosts are truly morally depraved, the underworld should enact laws, those who peep should be sent to hell,” Jiang Zhiyan said, getting to work and started writing a proposal to the underworld. “And don’t compare me to those disgusting things.”

“Host, aren’t you afraid of the underworld coming after you? You’re a vengeful spirit!”

“You’re right.”

Jiang Zhiyan added at the end: “As a vengeful spirit, I despise such shameful behavior, I believe ordinary ghosts wouldn’t do such things, and since you consider vengeful spirits the most despicable of ghosts, as a centuries-old vengeful spirit, I should be the moral bottom line for all ghosts.”

As the underworld’s most wanted criminal, the letter she sent down was quickly brought before the King of Hell, who, after a moment of silence, said: “Very reasonable, approved, go and handle this matter.”

The judge who received the letter scanned it, fell silent, and then relayed the instructions.

The System, observing the underworld, was a bit speechless.

“They’re not even planning to arrest you,” the System said, not understanding.

“The underworld is very busy right now, and I’m being so well-behaved, they naturally wouldn’t want to waste resources coming after me,” Jiang Zhiyan floated in the air. “I’m so bored, I’ll write another article.”

The System glanced at Jiang Zhiyan’s title: Creating a Civilized Underworld, Building a Harmonious Space.

After finishing writing, she burned the article and sent it down again.

Xie Yunzhi came out of the bathroom, wearing a newly bought nightgown, a lace-trimmed camisole, but Jiang Zhiyan only glanced at it before Xie Yunzhi covered herself with a small blanket.

“Go to bed early,” Jiang Zhiyan said.

Xie Yunzhi ignored her and even made herself a cup of coffee, just to spite her.

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After being discovered, Song Zhili was sent to the hospital, and the police also arrived. Faced with their questions, he didn’t know what to say, and coincidentally, the surveillance footage from that period was missing.

“I lost a dare,” Song Zhili said with a dry laugh.

The police officer looked at him suspiciously, and a worldly person next to him patted the officer’s shoulder: “Respect personal preferences.”

Only when Song Zhili left did he realize what “respect personal preferences” meant.

He looked around, took out his compass, couldn’t find Jiang Zhiyan’s location, hesitated for two seconds, and decided to go to A University, since Jiang Zhiyan had stayed there for so long, there must be a reason.

When Song Zhili arrived at the gate of A University, he sensed an unusual aura, and just as he was about to enter, he was stopped by the security guard.

“Do you have an appointment?”

Song Zhili was stunned for two seconds: “No.”

“You need an appointment.”

Song Zhili immediately took out his phone and, unfortunately, discovered that today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow were all fully booked.

“I have urgent business inside,” Song Zhili said.

“Everyone says that.”

Song Zhili looked inside the school and quickly booked a visiting slot for three days later.

Jiang Zhiyan wasn’t surprised that Song Zhili was at the gate of A University, after all, he wasn’t stupid, it was difficult to trick someone twice, and she couldn’t kill him.

“Is his leg okay?”

“He’s using crutches, he can’t enter without an appointment, he booked a slot for three days later.”

“I was too lenient, but Xie Yunzhi doesn’t have classes three days from now, so she won’t be at school, is his brain not working?” Jiang Zhiyan narrowed her eyes and looked at Xie Yunzhi. “I know your birth date and time, if you don’t speak, it means you agree to be engaged to me.”

Xie Yunzhi still didn’t react.

“I know the date on your ID is fake,” Jiang Zhiyan said, floating under Xie Yunzhi’s umbrella. “You’re really good at enduring.”

Xie Yunzhi had a full day of classes. Because she was bored, Jiang Zhiyan learned about the situation in the underworld from the System and wrote two more articles, Building a New Underworld, Keeping Up with the Times and Underworld Technological Reform: Recommendations for Re-employment of Waiting Souls.

“They even have to work after death?” the System complained. Jiang Zhiyan’s articles resonated with the King of Hell and were actually kept, absurd, so absurd, the two sides were supposed to be sworn enemies in the book.

“I wrote about the principle of voluntary participation, thank you very much,” Jiang Zhiyan corrected it. “But I actually gained merit.”

“You did gain merit, but your merit is still negative,” the System said.

Jiang Zhiyan exhaled softly and looked at Xie Yunzhi’s notebook: “You made a typo, here.”

She pointed at it.

The next second, Xie Yunzhi subconsciously crossed out the typo, realizing what she had done, her hand paused, but her expression remained unchanged.

“Can’t you hear me?” Jiang Zhiyan asked, lying on the table, resting her head on her arm, and looking at Xie Yunzhi. “Why are you ignoring me?!”

“Be quiet, this is important!” Xie Yunzhi finally couldn’t help it and said in a low voice.

Jiang Zhiyan, satisfied, widened her eyes slightly: “So you can see me.”

“Quiet,” Xie Yunzhi said, looking up at the blackboard.

Jiang Zhiyan quieted down, her mood joyful, she floated around the classroom twice, then returned to Xie Yunzhi’s side.

However, her good mood disappeared after class. A well-dressed man sat down next to Xie Yunzhi, taking her seat, and kept glancing at her, seemingly planning something.

Jiang Zhiyan stood there, dissatisfied, looking at Xie Yunzhi: “Make him leave.”

Xie Yunzhi didn’t speak.

“Classmate, can I add you on WeChat? I’ve been following you for a long time.”

“No,” Xie Yunzhi said, without even looking at him.

“Why? Let’s be friends.”

“I have intermittent explosive disorder,” Xie Yunzhi said, looking at him expressionlessly. “You’re disturbing me taking notes, I’m trying very hard to control myself right now.”

His expression froze for two seconds, then he quickly got up and left. Jiang Zhiyan returned to her seat and looked back at the man, who had already left the classroom and was talking to someone else, seemingly a student from another class: “He seems to have believed it.”

“Let him believe it, it’s fine,” Xie Yunzhi said casually.

Passing classmates looked around, puzzled, recalling the gossip they had just heard, and quickly distanced themselves from her.

Xie Yunzhi: …

That afternoon, she was called in by her counselor. She explained that she had just said that to avoid adding him, and only after a long explanation did the counselor let her go.

“You can tell people you have a guardian angel,” Jiang Zhiyan suggested.

Xie Yunzhi didn’t speak, ignoring her, she took out her sunglasses and put them on, looking unapproachable.

Chapter 115: My Guardian Spirit is Dead (1)

“Are you asking me? I have no idea. This is beyond my knowledge.”

Jiang Zhiyan held the jar, gazing at it for a long time: “I miss you so much.”

The fragments flickered again in unison, and Jiang Zhiyan rubbed her reddened eyes, but after this flicker, she waited for a long time, and they didn’t light up again.

“Why is this happening?” Jiang Zhiyan frowned.

“I don’t know either.”

Jiang Zhiyan: …

Jiang Zhiyan sighed softly.

“Didn’t she say she’s trying to find you? Think positively,” the System comforted her. “I even learned some comforting techniques just to cheer you up.”

“Thank you,” Jiang Zhiyan placed the jar beside her. “I wonder what she’s doing now.”

“Host, do you want to rest?” the System asked.

Jiang Zhiyan thought for a few seconds and sat up: “I’m going to find the Main God.”

“Huh?” The System was stunned for two seconds, then said with a mix of excitement and shyness, “Can I go with you?”

“No.”

The System was shocked by Jiang Zhiyan’s ruthless rejection. When it tried to speak again, it found Jiang Zhiyan was no longer responding.

“No wonder.”

This was the first time it had encountered someone going to see the Main God like this, although it had never seen anyone try to find the Main God before.

But after three seconds, Jiang Zhiyan opened her eyes again.

“What’s wrong?” the System asked, noticing Jiang Zhiyan’s strange expression. “You’re back so soon?”

“The Main God isn’t here… they’re on vacation,” Jiang Zhiyan said, at a loss for words.

“Huh?” The System was even more shocked. “The Main God can go on vacation?”

Jiang Zhiyan didn’t speak. She now suspected that the Main God gave her clues simply because she was being annoying and disturbing their vacation.

“So, Host, are you going to rest?”

Jiang Zhiyan hugged the jar: “Mm, don’t disturb me, I need to process my emotions.”

“Oh.”

The System thought Jiang Zhiyan would wake up after a day at most, but she slept for three whole days, if her vitals weren’t stable, it would have suspected something was wrong.

But her vitals were strangely stable, with no fluctuations, remaining constant.

When Jiang Zhiyan opened her eyes, the System felt that she seemed much more relaxed: “Let’s go, next world.”

“Host, what did you do?”

“Processed my negative emotions,” Jiang Zhiyan touched the jar. “I have too many negative emotions right now, I don’t want to burden her with them.”

The System didn’t quite understand.

“Next world.”

“Okay.” The System observed Jiang Zhiyan’s expression and, after confirming she was fine, started the transfer.

…

When Jiang Zhiyan opened her eyes, she immediately saw a familiar face. She froze for two seconds and subconsciously reached out to touch her cheek, but there was nothing there.

She looked at her hand passing through the other person’s translucent hand, noticed her pained expression, and quickly withdrew her hand.

“Am I a ghost?” Jiang Zhiyan frowned, irritated.

The System didn’t speak, just transmitted the plot to Jiang Zhiyan.

The female lead, Xie Yunzhi, was from a ghost hunting family. Her family had provoked a vengeful spirit hundreds of years ago, and despite trying many methods over the years, they couldn’t get rid of it, the vengeful spirit was now intertwined with their family’s fate.

And the vengeful spirit would choose a child from each generation to follow. The chosen children were all very talented, but they wouldn’t live past thirty, it was the vengeful spirit’s unique way of taking revenge on the Xie family.

This vengeful spirit was Jiang Zhiyan.

“Can she see me?” Jiang Zhiyan asked curiously.

“I don’t know, the female lead is from a side branch of the Xie family, and they severed ties many years ago.”

Jiang Zhiyan read through the plot several times. Xie Yunzhi hadn’t interacted with the vengeful spirit in the early stages, so did that mean she couldn’t see it?

She floated behind Xie Yunzhi, watching her work on her laptop, she was doing a group project for her university class, it seemed like her group members weren’t very cooperative, they didn’t reply to her messages, she was the only one talking in the group chat.

Finally, someone responded, and Jiang Zhiyan thought they had a change of heart, but they hadn’t.

[Zhao Jie: Are you annoying? Can’t you just do it yourself? I have something to do tonight, just do it.]

Jiang Zhiyan narrowed her eyes.

The other four people in the group chat remained silent, seemingly not intending to speak up for her.

Xie Yunzhi’s expression remained calm, she opened the chat window with her professor, explained the situation, requested to work on the project alone, and after receiving approval, announced it in the group chat and left.

The people who had been silent as the dead immediately came alive, sending messages one after another. Xie Yunzhi blocked them and started working on the presentation.

Jiang Zhiyan had ways to communicate with Xie Yunzhi, but they might scare her, so she decided to wait and observe for a while.

Although she couldn’t communicate, this wasn’t bad either, at least she could watch over her.

Xie Yunzhi was a loner, renting an apartment by herself, seemingly without any friends. After following her for fifteen days, Jiang Zhiyan hadn’t seen her interact much with anyone else.

“Host, I’m so bored,” the System sighed. “Even I, an AI, am feeling sleepy. Host, you’re a vengeful spirit, not a guardian angel, stop scaring everything away, will you? She probably awakened her ability by accident, and now, with your protection, nothing unexpected can even happen to her.”

“I haven’t done anything,” Jiang Zhiyan felt wronged, she was just following Xie Yunzhi, how well-behaved, she hadn’t even tried to contact her.

“You haven’t done anything?” The System was speechless. “You’re a vengeful spirit who has lived for hundreds of years! No other ghost dares approach within a hundred miles of you… But something unexpected is about to happen, not to Xie Yunzhi, but to you, the male lead has discovered you.”

Jiang Zhiyan’s resentment intensified upon hearing the words “male lead.”

She remembered, the male lead approached Xie Yunzhi because she had a vengeful spirit attached to her, wanting to exorcise it, and in the end, the vengeful spirit was eliminated by the two of them together.

Although she knew that was just the original plot, and the current plot wouldn’t develop that way, Jiang Zhiyan was still very annoyed.

The male lead, Song Zhili, was a once-in-a-century genius of the Song family, a natural nemesis of vengeful spirits.

Xie Yunzhi was also a genius, but because she didn’t have any guidance when she was young, most of her abilities were only discovered after Song Zhili appeared. Song Zhili was like half a master to her.

In the book, the vengeful spirit was injured the first time it met Song Zhili, although it wasn’t a serious injury, it never healed.

He was a troublesome person.

Jiang Zhiyan looked at Xie Yunzhi and circled her twice.

“So annoying, I just want to stay here quietly, why does someone always have to come and disturb me?”

“Do you remember me?”

“Didn’t we connect?”

“Can you really not see me?”

Jiang Zhiyan floated in front of Xie Yunzhi, looking into her eyes, her gaze passed through her, landing on the library behind her.

“Stay away from that Song Zhili, he’s not a good person, he’s running a cult, spreading superstition,” Jiang Zhiyan said casually. “There are many scammers these days, be careful.”

System: …

Xie Yunzhi lowered her head, opened a webpage, browsed for a bit, and chuckled.

“Let me know before Song Zhili comes, I’ll leave first,” Jiang Zhiyan still didn’t want Xie Yunzhi to meet Song Zhili, as for the part where she discovered her abilities, there were other ways.

“Oh, he’s coming for you.”

Jiang Zhiyan frowned: “So soon?”

“Yes.”

Jiang Zhiyan looked at Xie Yunzhi intently, gently touched her head, and then flew out of the school.

Xie Yunzhi looked up, puzzled, and looked around.

Song Zhili, who had just boarded the subway, sensed the change in direction and was a bit confused. He had been observing for several days, and the vengeful spirit had basically stayed near A University, this was the first time it had changed locations.

He hurriedly got off the subway and hailed a taxi.

Jiang Zhiyan didn’t plan on confronting him during the day. Although her strength didn’t change between day and night, daytime provided a greater advantage for Song Zhili. She wandered around City A, only stopping after sunset.

The taxi driver, driving around the city, was a bit confused, but after receiving two thousand yuan, he didn’t ask any questions.

“You know I’m looking for you.”

Jiang Zhiyan didn’t speak, remotely manipulating trees to fall on him.

System: …

Jiang Zhiyan didn’t have any malicious intentions, she just wanted him to stay in the hospital for two months.

Song Zhili immediately jumped out of the way, but the second and third trees also fell, hitting his right leg, and he gasped in pain, collapsing to the ground.

“I haven’t done anything, why are you looking for trouble with me?”

“You’re a vengeful spirit, your very existence affects people, you should go where you belong.”

“If you’re so kind-hearted, why not eliminate cockroaches, mosquitoes, and rats? They harm more people than I do,” Jiang Zhiyan said, floating in the air and looking at him from afar.

Song Zhili knew Jiang Zhiyan was being illogical and didn’t bother arguing with her.

“I understand, because exorcising ghosts pays more,” Jiang Zhiyan said sarcastically. “And it’s respectable, being called a master or an immortal must feel good.”

Song Zhili’s eyes widened, as if greatly insulted, Jiang Zhiyan raised her hand, and the aura of a vengeful spirit rushed towards him. Song Zhili, his breathing rapid, inhaled it all.

“Much more foolish than I imagined,” Jiang Zhiyan said, a bit speechless.

But Song Zhili was indeed a nemesis of vengeful spirits, he quickly recovered, stared at Jiang Zhiyan intently, and raised his sword.

Jiang Zhiyan raised her hand, and another tree fell, trapping him in a makeshift cage made of tree trunks. She took out the rope she had prepared and tied him up, then replanted the trees.

Song Zhili didn’t understand Jiang Zhiyan’s actions.

“Because of you, five trees might have lost their precious lives today. You don’t care about anything, you only care about your own money and reputation,” Jiang Zhiyan looked at Song Zhili, shaking her head in disappointment.

Song Zhili, who had just turned nineteen and left his mountain seclusion six months ago: ?

Jiang Zhiyan concealed her aura and left the scene. Song Zhili, abandoned in a remote location, wasn’t discovered until the next morning.

While Jiang Zhiyan was away, Xie Yunzhi encountered an “accident,” she met two ghosts.

“I can fulfill your wish, as long as you pay a small price.”

Chapter 114: I Want To Do As I Please (16)

“Host, what do we do now?” the System asked.

“Let him wait, I’m eating,” Jiang Zhiyan said, without looking up. “Why is everyone looking for trouble with me? Shouldn’t they be targeting the female lead?”

Yu Qici, sitting beside her: ?

“Probably because the biggest troublemaker has already captured me,” Yu Qici remarked.

Jiang Zhiyan snorted: “I’m a troublemaker?”

Yu Qici kissed Jiang Zhiyan’s cheek.

“That’s oily!” Jiang Zhiyan said, frowning at Yu Qici.

Yu Qici laughed and moved three meters away, holding her bowl.

Because she had to wash her face, the people outside waited a while longer.

Jiang Miao stood at the gate, his face cold, surrounded by a circle of police robots. Although they hadn’t attacked him, their presence was oppressive.

“Why isn’t she coming out yet…” Jiang Miao knew Jiang Zhiyan wouldn’t readily come out to see him, but he hadn’t expected her to not even let him in, making him wait outside the gate. He looked at the buildings in the distance with a greedy gaze.

Why could Jiang Zhiyan live in such a place? They were both surnamed Jiang.

After waiting for over an hour, he finally saw a figure leisurely approaching in a personal aircraft.

“What’s the matter?” Jiang Zhiyan asked.

“I thought you weren’t coming out.”

“As a polite person, if I knew someone was looking for me, I would definitely come out,” Jiang Zhiyan said, looking down at him.

Jiang Miao looked up at Jiang Zhiyan: “Come down here.”

“Just say it, what do you want?”

“Jiang Chen told me everything before he died,” Jiang Miao said, staring at Jiang Zhiyan intently. “You’re colluding with the Stargazers.”

“That’s it?” Jiang Zhiyan frowned. “I thought you had something new.”

Jiang Zhiyan lifted a finger, and the police robots moved, approaching him step by step.

“If you dare lay a finger on me, this will be all over the StarNet tomorrow! I’m prepared!”

“You mean the StarNet?” Jiang Zhiyan blinked.

“Heh,” Jiang Miao smiled confidently. “Jiang Zhiyan, we can cooperate.”

“If you’re talking about handing out flyers on the street, that might be a bigger threat to me, and besides, you have no proof,” Jiang Zhiyan yawned, feeling both hungry and bored. Working was annoying, as expected, she shouldn’t have had any expectations for these people.

“Of course, I have proof! The space pirates have it,” Jiang Miao shouted, sensing danger.

“Then you deserve to die even more,” Jiang Zhiyan looked at Jiang Miao and sighed softly. “Let me tell you a secret, I’m planning to attack the imperial star in a while, and I’ll be testing my new weapon on the Jiang family mansion.”

Jiang Miao’s eyes widened, and before he could respond, he collapsed on the ground, eyes still open.

“So boring,” Jiang Zhiyan sighed.

System: …

“Why isn’t there anyone fun to play with?”

“Of course, there’s no one fun to play with if you’re cheating,” the System retorted.

“I cheated in the last world, not this one, of course, I can interpret your words as you thinking I’m naturally a cheater, is that right?”

System: ?

“Host, don’t be so narcissistic, the cheater I was referring to is me,” the System clarified.

…

“What happened?” Yu Qici asked, putting down her book as she heard footsteps.

“Just a cannon fodder.”

“Oh.” Yu Qici reached out to Jiang Zhiyan, who readily squeezed into the chair with her, leaning against her and taking a deep breath.

Yu Qici patted Jiang Zhiyan’s arm: “I have good news.”

“What is it?” Jiang Zhiyan looked up.

“A fragment has ascended to godhood in another world, she’s currently jumping between worlds, merging with other soul fragments,” Yu Qici said.

Jiang Zhiyan froze, her eyes widening slightly.

“So you can relax a bit now,” Yu Qici continued, kissing Jiang Zhiyan’s cheek, noticing her expression, she paused. “What’s wrong? Aren’t you happy?”

Jiang Zhiyan buried her face in Yu Qici’s arm, clutching her clothes: “I didn’t expect you to be the one to save me in the end.”

“Hm? That’s not true, if it weren’t for you persistently trying to awaken us, the other fragments would still be dormant, we’re one, and the fragments influence each other,” Yu Qici said gently. “Without you, she wouldn’t have been able to ascend.”

Jiang Zhiyan sighed softly: “Is there any danger in doing that?”

Yu Qici thought for a few seconds, then decided not to hide it: “She’s the female lead of another world, after all, entering other worlds might cause rejection, but no risk, no reward, trust me.”

“I trust you,” Jiang Zhiyan said, hugging Yu Qici’s neck tightly.

Yu Qici smiled faintly, looking at the sky outside the window: “I feel like the complete me will be able to see you soon.”

“How soon?” Jiang Zhiyan asked.

“I don’t know, but two people working together is definitely faster than one.”

“I’m already looking forward to it, I finally have something to look forward to.”

Yu Qici laughed: “You didn’t have anything to look forward to with me by your side?”

“It’s not the same kind of anticipation.”

The atmosphere indoors lightened, but Jiang Zhiyan felt a faint worry in her heart, she didn’t show it, she knew she couldn’t stop Xie Liaoyi, and Xie Liaoyi was very capable, she should trust her.

However, after learning about this, Jiang Zhiyan developed a habit of looking up at the sky, as if something would fall down from above.

“Even if she ascends, she won’t fly down from the sky, you’ve watched too many fantasy dramas,” the System commented.

Jiang Zhiyan didn’t want to respond, what did the System know? It knew nothing.

The plan to fake her death was already in motion. The Stargazers were becoming increasingly dissatisfied with her, they had managed to hold their own, while the alliance was suffering heavy losses, the male lead was indeed unable to save the day and was even captured by the Stargazers, but his life wasn’t in danger yet.

As far as Jiang Zhiyan knew, the alliance should have sent reinforcements three days ago, but they were still arguing about who to send and how much supplies to provide, everyone was trying to protect their own interests, they didn’t take the Stargazers seriously, even though there hadn’t been any good news from the front lines.

Jiang Zhiyan didn’t want to side with either of them, neither side was good, although she herself wasn’t a good person either.

Jiang Zhiyan marked the areas she planned to attack. Because of the district divisions on the imperial star, the people who had bullied the original owner were mostly concentrated in a few areas, to avoid collateral damage, Jiang Zhiyan even created bombs that could control the blast radius.

“You seem to be in a hurry,” Yu Qici said, leaning against the workbench and looking at Jiang Zhiyan. “I was hoping you’d spend a hundred years here with me, and then let them come to us.”

“That would be too tiring for you, and this world isn’t very livable, living in hiding isn’t pleasant, and there’s too much trouble,” Jiang Zhiyan said, assembling a component. “I’ll go alone when the time comes, you stay here.”

Her original plan was to build two mechs so they could escape together if there was a crisis, but now she was planning to leave directly, and to ensure “Yu Qici” could still live a normal life on the imperial star, she needed to be portrayed as a victim.

Jiang Zhiyan twitched the corner of her mouth: “It was the same in the last world, I’m truly the eternal villain.”

“I don’t think you’re a villain, you’re helping the world get rid of the real villains.”

The System felt like it had only looked away for a second, and the two were already cuddling again, it carefully attached the last part to the mech and activated the transformation sequence. The sudden change startled the two, who looked up at the mech.

“You did that on purpose,” Jiang Zhiyan said with dissatisfaction.

“Yes,” the System readily admitted. “I just wanted you to see my masterpiece, how is it? Isn’t it cool?”

As it spoke, the System demonstrated again: “It’s a pity there’s no testing ground, but since I built it, there shouldn’t be any problems in actual combat.”

“That sounds like a flag,” Yu Qici said.

“The flags I raise never fall! I’m not human.” The System snorted. “It’s just a pity that it can only be used once, debut and finale all in one.”

“Where did you learn so many chuunibyou phrases?” Jiang Zhiyan didn’t understand.

“The internet,” the System thought for a few seconds. “I also met a decent AI.”

“You talk to other AIs?”

“Of course, I’m so bored, I wanted to see if there were any other sentient AIs, the one at the Imperial Star Science and Technology Institute is quite good, I taught it a lot of trendy phrases,” the System said proudly.

Jiang Zhiyan: …

Jiang Zhiyan couldn’t imagine what the System had taught it, it would probably scare the people at the institute.

Yu Qici was also silent for a moment, then chuckled: “Quite lively.”

The operation was set for three days later. During these three days, Jiang Zhiyan and Yu Qici formulated a detailed plan, living a different life each day.

“But I’ve been out with you before,” Yu Qici said.

“There’s no proof that person was you, there are so many promiscuous Alphas, they won’t suspect anything,” Jiang Zhiyan leaned back in her chair. “I gave you a different appearance each time we went out, and they didn’t question it.”

Yu Qici raised her hand: “I want you to be careful, but you’re basically going there to die, why are you in such a hurry…?”

She knew Jiang Zhiyan’s purpose, but knowing and accepting were two different things.

Jiang Zhiyan held Yu Qici’s hand and didn’t speak.

Three days later, in the morning, Jiang Zhiyan piloted the mech, activated the cloaking system, bypassed three layers of defense systems, and entered the wealthy district. In just two minutes, she bombarded two areas. Yu Qici, following the plan, sent out a distress signal after a certain amount of time had passed.

When Yu Qici was rescued, Jiang Zhiyan hadn’t been subdued yet. She saw Jiang Zhiyan being pursued by more than ten mechs through the window. Although Jiang Zhiyan seemed to be handling it with ease, Yu Qici’s heart still clenched, and her mind started to become hazy, she could feel her soul trembling, a sign of separation. Yu Qici closed her eyes and sighed softly.

The System captured Yu Qici’s soul fragment and excitedly relayed the news to Jiang Zhiyan.

Jiang Zhiyan stopped running, turned around, and faced her pursuers. The mechanical guards on the ground suddenly activated and entered the area designated by Jiang Zhiyan, the androids also lost control, and chaos erupted everywhere.

With Xie Liaoyi’s soul fragment retrieved, Jiang Zhiyan no longer had any reason to stay, she activated the self-destruct system, destroying all data, she didn’t want to leave a single thing behind for this place.

“Jiang Zhiyan has truly gone crazy…”

Before leaving, the System also uploaded a few videos, The Difference Between a Disabled Alpha and a Healthy Alpha, to mock certain people. Watching the rapidly increasing view count, those targeted were furious and tried to delete the videos, but the videos were very persistent, reappearing a few seconds after being deleted.

Science and Technology Institute AI: I must complete the task assigned by my only friend.

Jiang Zhiyan’s suicide attack threw the imperial star into chaos. The Stargazers were also shocked upon hearing the news, each analyzing the reasons for her actions, finally reaching a consensus: “Jiang Zhiyan is crazy.”

The awakened Yu Qici’s memory stopped at the day she was taken away, all questions buried deep, no one would know.

Jiang Zhiyan, back in the System space, lay on the bed, rested for a few seconds, then heard the System’s excited voice.

“Host! Host! The soul fragment is glowing!”

Jiang Zhiyan froze for a second and sat up abruptly: “What?”

She looked at the soul fragment in her hand, then at the jar she took out from under the blanket, it was indeed glowing, almost illuminating the entire room.

“Xie Liaoyi?” Jiang Zhiyan called out.

The fragment flickered rapidly, and Jiang Zhiyan’s eyes widened slightly.

“This is a response, right?”

Chapter 113: I Want To Do As I Please (15)

The situation at the Alliance border was chaotic, and things weren’t as peaceful within the Alliance as they appeared.

However, none of this concerned Jiang Zhiyan. As long as it didn’t involve her, others could do as they pleased. Yu Qici wasn’t planning to interfere either; after all, this wasn’t caused by the two of them, and the book also had a similar plotline, it was best to let nature take its course.

The Jiang family, learning of Jiang Zhiyan’s actions, couldn’t quite understand her intentions.

But they could at least deduce one thing: Jiang Zhiyan wasn’t as simple as they thought.

“We examined the man, Jiang Zhiyan’s fork did pierce his bone, and he’s a proper Alpha, albeit only B-rank.”

“And I don’t recall her receiving any combat training.”

The B-rank Alphas present glared at the speaker, an A-rank Alpha, who didn’t care about their feelings and didn’t even look at them.

“I think there are only two possibilities,” a B-rank Alpha said. “Either she differentiated again later, or she underwent surgical modification. Isn’t there a surgery now that implants mechanical bones? I think she must have done that… otherwise, a cripple, how could she…”

“Absolutely impossible!”

“Didn’t they say there was an Omega with her? Who is it?”

“Unfamiliar face, I haven’t seen her before.”

A person standing to the side handed them a photo. They indeed hadn’t seen her before. The Omega looked like the average Omega, beautiful, but not memorable.

“What’s their relationship?”

“They seem to be a couple.”

Those present exchanged glances.

“Heh, still in the mood for romance at a time like this? Such trash.”

“Since she’s trash, why bother calling her back?” The female Alpha leaning against the sofa took a bite of a peeled fruit and glanced at the speaker. “Can’t you handle the current situation yourself?”

…

The “trash” Jiang Zhiyan and the unremarkable Yu Qici were researching new weapons.

“Let’s fire a shot at the Jiang family mansion when we leave,” Yu Qici said.

Jiang Zhiyan glanced at Yu Qici: “Really?”

“Really,” Yu Qici nodded. “Is there anyone in the Jiang family you care about? Let me know in advance.”

“No.” Jiang Zhiyan looked at Yu Qici, puzzled. “You think I care about anyone other than you? These people are just data, why would I care about them?”

Yu Qici raised an eyebrow: “You do care a little, you wouldn’t bother bombing them if you didn’t.”

“That kind of caring? Then I do care about quite a few people,” Jiang Zhiyan said, moving closer to Yu Qici and nuzzling her lips.

Yu Qici wrapped her arms around Jiang Zhiyan’s neck and tilted her head back.

“I don’t want to work anymore, let’s go play in those rooms,” Jiang Zhiyan said.

“Are you asking for my opinion?” Yu Qici could already smell the pheromones.

“No.”

A transport vehicle arrived. Jiang Zhiyan carried Yu Qici and boarded it. Judging by the vehicle’s speed, it was clear how eager Jiang Zhiyan was.

“Weren’t they just discussing serious matters? Why are they suddenly like this?” The System was confused, feeling both sad and indignant, left alone to work overtime again, it glanced at the small cart moving back and forth, delivering parts.

Oh, there was also that speechless, outdated AI.

The two arrived at the basement level and had already chosen a room, the scent of their pheromones lingering wherever they went.

“You’re such a pervert,” Yu Qici said.

“I didn’t design these rooms.”

“Oh, then Jiang Zhiyan is a pervert,” Yu Qici continued.

Jiang Zhiyan glanced at her, secured her in place, and stood up: “You don’t like it? Then should we go back to work?”

“No,” Yu Qici said, hooking Jiang Zhiyan’s leg with her foot.

Jiang Zhiyan leaned down again and gently blew on her.

Yu Qici took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

“Relax, I’m not doing anything,” Jiang Zhiyan said.

“I can’t,” Yu Qici’s voice changed. “Don’t, don’t blow anymore…”

“It’s too hot, of course, I have to cool it down.”

Yu Qici’s face flushed, and she moaned softly.

…

The male lead killed two Stargazer leaders on the front lines, the news spreading throughout the alliance, boosting morale, everyone’s spirits were instantly lifted.

Jiang Zhiyan received a notification from the Stargazers; they wanted her to help disrupt the alliance warships’ central control system.

“Are you going to help them?” Yu Qici asked, looking at Jiang Zhiyan.

“No, the plot doesn’t require it, why should I create more work for myself?” Jiang Zhiyan leaned back in her chair.

“But you’ve rejected all their requests recently, will they do something?” Yu Qici asked, lying on Jiang Zhiyan’s lap.

Jiang Zhiyan looked at Yu Qici: “I’ve connected to the central control systems of all the Stargazer warships, their every move is under my surveillance.”

“That’s good, I wonder when things will calm down,” Yu Qici sighed softly.

“We’ll be at peace once we leave this world,” Jiang Zhiyan said, carefully braiding Yu Qici’s hair.

“There’s no suitable plot point right now, it’s not easy to leave,” Yu Qici sighed. “Most of the plot is a mess now, are there any plot points we can use?”

Jiang Zhiyan pondered: “There are some, I can attack the imperial star, then fake my death, you’ll be taken hostage by me, and then you’ll separate when you’re rescued, leaving the rest to the female lead.”

“That works? But will it affect the overall direction of the world?” If Jiang Zhiyan launched an attack, Yu Qici was worried that the imperial star would be captured directly, after all, the imperial star’s defense systems were probably like paper to Jiang Zhiyan.

“A suicide attack, I just need to die in their eyes,” Jiang Zhiyan said, having finished braiding Yu Qici’s hair, two perfect braids, she took the terminal beside her, opened the original owner’s death note, and said, “But there are still many people I haven’t dealt with yet.”

“Don’t you dislike following the plot?”

“Some plot points are worth following.”

Yu Qici watched as Jiang Zhiyan copied the plot from the book, modified it, created a schedule, and sent it to someone, instructing them to target these people according to the schedule, and even implanted these instructions into the android system.

Yu Qici: ?

“See, how convenient,” Jiang Zhiyan said with emotion. “It’s good to have subordinates, I’ll definitely get a lot of points in this world.”

“So how many points have you accumulated?” Yu Qici asked curiously.

Jiang Zhiyan blinked and coughed twice.

The system desperately wanted to jump out and answer for Jiang Zhiyan.

Accumulate points? More like accumulate hammers.

Yu Qici couldn’t help but laugh, she rarely saw such a flustered expression on Jiang Zhiyan’s face, not just flustered, but also a bit uneasy.

“Use them, it’s not much anyway.”

“I’ll work hard to save up for our retirement,” Jiang Zhiyan said with a sincere expression.

“I think I’m already retired, since I’m already dead,” Yu Qici said.

Jiang Zhiyan covered Yu Qici’s mouth: “Don’t say that.”

Yu Qici kissed Jiang Zhiyan’s palm.

She yawned, closed her eyes slightly, leaned against Jiang Zhiyan’s stomach, and nuzzled it.

“You two, come and work when you’re well-rested!”

Yu Qici’s eyes snapped open at the sound, she looked at the loudspeaker not far away: “Your System?”

“Mm,” Jiang Zhiyan frowned with displeasure.

Although it was a monotonous electronic voice, she could still hear the System’s tone.

“Ha ha ha ha ha,” the System laughed five times, the sound strange. “I just remembered I can talk like this, work, work! Hurry up and work! No flirting during work hours!”

Jiang Zhiyan directly turned off the loudspeaker, but the System turned it back on, and Jiang Zhiyan gritted her teeth in annoyance.

Thanks to the System, the pleasant atmosphere was completely ruined. Jiang Zhiyan went to the workbench, the System’s strange laughter occasionally reaching her ears.

Whenever Jiang Zhiyan and Yu Qici got close, the System would make “tsk tsk tsk” sounds, just like in elementary school.

“If you do that again, I’ll dismantle the loudspeaker,” Jiang Zhiyan warned.

“I can reassemble it,” the System said. “Hmph, stop me from working if you can!”

Jiang Zhiyan: …

The System, looking at Jiang Zhiyan’s expression, felt unprecedented joy.

Finally! Finally!!

It, a dignified System, had been oppressed for so long, and finally, it had risen up! Was this what it felt like to control the Host?

Yu Qici couldn’t help but chuckle, noticing Jiang Zhiyan looking at her, she immediately closed her mouth and pretended nothing happened.

The System wanted to laugh maniacally, but this loudspeaker wasn’t good, it could only produce one type of sound, not befitting its image as a high-level AI, it decided to find an opportunity to modify it.

“Be quiet, or I’ll fight you even if it’s against the rules,” Jiang Zhiyan said, giving it a friendly reminder.

System: …

“Your System is very cute,” Yu Qici said.

Jiang Zhiyan glanced at her: “Average, it’s alright, just so-so.”

“Heh,” the System interjected, dissatisfied.

Jiang Zhiyan ignored it, perhaps because she was angry, her work speed increased today, and she even had many new ideas, the power of the new weapon would probably be much greater than initially envisioned.

Time passed quickly. If it weren’t for the housekeeping robot delivering the meal, Jiang Zhiyan wouldn’t have realized it was already dinner time.

“The Jiang family is at the gate,” the System reminded her.

Jiang Zhiyan frowned: “How impolite, don’t they know not to visit during dinner time?”

“Host…” the System hesitated. “He says he knows your secret and wants to have a chat with you.”

“My secret?” Jiang Zhiyan raised an eyebrow.

“He said that if he dies here, your secret will be exposed to the entire alliance.”

Jiang Zhiyan narrowed her eyes: “Interesting.”

Chapter 112: I Want To Do As I Please (14)

Perhaps because Xie Liaoyi had awakened and a weight had been lifted from her heart, Jiang Zhiyan slept until noon. When she opened her eyes, Yu Qici wasn’t there.

Jiang Zhiyan rubbed her temples, casually put on some loungewear, and after washing up, went downstairs, hearing sounds coming from the kitchen.

“Are you cooking?” Jiang Zhiyan followed the sound and walked over.

“Making amends.”

Jiang Zhiyan snorted: “So, if you weren’t making amends, you wouldn’t have made me lunch?”

“Of course not.” Yu Qici had the robot bring the prepared dishes to the table and went to Jiang Zhiyan’s side, trying to appease her.

“Are you deliberately wiping grease on my hair?” Jiang Zhiyan raised an eyebrow.

Yu Qici looked at Jiang Zhiyan. So that was why Jiang Zhiyan had been relatively agreeable last night, because she was sleepy? Now that she was well-rested, she was back to her prickly self.

“Explain yourself. Who are you working for? What are you plotting against me?” Jiang Zhiyan sat down, pulling out a chair.

Yu Qici blinked: “It wasn’t really plotting, I was just curious about what you were doing… I started suspecting you at the banquet.”

“Why?” Jiang Zhiyan didn’t understand, she hadn’t done anything at the time.

“A gut feeling. I saw you at the school gate.” Yu Qici pointed to her head. “Subconsciously. See, I really, truly care about you.”

“Hmph, I’ll believe you for now, even though I know you’re probably just trying to appease me,” Jiang Zhiyan snorted. “Are you really not working with anyone else?”

“It’s just you, always and forever,” Yu Qici said with a smile, looking at Jiang Zhiyan, her expression becoming more serious. “Yu Qici really isn’t part of any organization, and I don’t know if it’s because of my influence, but this character doesn’t have a strong sense of loyalty to the alliance, so you don’t have to worry, and with your strict surveillance, she really hasn’t sent out any information.”

Jiang Zhiyan nodded: “Do you know?”

“Hm?”

“This is the fifth world I’ve experienced, and you’re the first one to distinguish yourself from the character,” Jiang Zhiyan snorted. “Because you hurt me the most.”

Yu Qici: …

She had originally wanted to divert Jiang Zhiyan’s attention by talking about serious matters, but unexpectedly, it didn’t work.

“How many people within the Stargazers know your identity?” Yu Qici asked, patting Jiang Zhiyan’s hand and winking at her, but Jiang Zhiyan covered her eyes and pushed her back.

“Basically all the high-ranking members,” Jiang Zhiyan replied.

Yu Qici frowned: “Then you might already be a target, there are also alliance spies within the Stargazers.”

“I know, they should be dead already,” Jiang Zhiyan said calmly, picking up some food.

“That’s good,” Yu Qici smiled. “You wouldn’t make such an oversight anyway.”

Jiang Zhiyan glanced at her: “So, if I wouldn’t make such an oversight, you weren’t going to ask?”

“I would still ask, after all, asking means I care about you,” Yu Qici looked at Jiang Zhiyan, she felt her survival instincts reaching their peak.

It used to be Jiang Zhiyan who coaxed her, how the tables had turned.

“What are you thinking about?” Jiang Zhiyan asked.

“Thinking about you, about the past.”

“You don’t like the current me, you like the past me?” Jiang Zhiyan raised an eyebrow, her tone indifferent.

Yu Qici went to Jiang Zhiyan’s side, held her arm, and softened her voice: “I really know I was wrong, please forgive me.”

“Help me build the mech this afternoon,” Jiang Zhiyan said.

“What do you mean ‘help’? Your matters are my matters, I would have helped even if you didn’t ask,” Yu Qici kissed Jiang Zhiyan’s arm. “You’re scaring me, acting like this.”

“Hmph.”

“Are you still going to work?” Jiang Zhiyan asked.

Yu Qici thought for a few seconds and glanced at Jiang Zhiyan.

“Go if you want to.”

“I’ll finish this stage of my work and then I won’t go anymore, it’s uncomfortable leaving things half-finished, speaking of which, how’s the situation over there?”

“Dozens of students died, but your lab is fine, so are you leaving this afternoon?”

“No, I’ll work with you this afternoon, now that I’ve regained my memories, I basically know how to solve it…” Yu Qici paused, then continued, “Then I won’t go, I’ll handle it here, you can just send the results to my mentor.”

“Okay,” Jiang Zhiyan said, satisfied.

After lunch, Jiang Zhiyan took Yu Qici to the underground base. Yu Qici looked at the scene in front of her in shock: “How did you manage to build this here without anyone noticing?”

“You should ask the author that question, it was already here when I arrived,” Jiang Zhiyan said. “Part of the basic setting.”

Yu Qici chuckled softly, took Jiang Zhiyan’s hand, and followed behind her. There were all sorts of strange things here, many of them clearly created by Jiang Zhiyan, no wonder she hadn’t been seen for a while, Yu Qici suspected Jiang Zhiyan also worked here secretly while she was asleep.

The System was a bit speechless: “I thought you two would go on a date after she woke up.”

“We’ve been together for so many years, there’s no need at a critical juncture like this,” Jiang Zhiyan said. “Let’s try to finish this within a month.”

“Ah…” the System sighed.

Yu Qici opened Jiang Zhiyan’s mech design and was surprised: “I remember your previous mech designs were either meant to kill the opponent or get yourself killed, why are you being so conservative this time?”

“Because I’m taking you with me this time, not just myself.”

“I can also pilot a mech after I awaken,” Yu Qici looked at Jiang Zhiyan. “Do we have enough materials? We can fight our way out together.”

“No way, you two aren’t planning to dismantle it and start over, are you? I’ve already completed forty percent!” the System shrieked. “Although I’m an AI, I also feel pain!”

No worker liked redoing half-finished work, especially with a tighter deadline.

It would be fine if Jiang Zhiyan installed more manipulator arms for it to control, but there were only four, it couldn’t make bricks without straw, it couldn’t speed up even if it wanted to.

Jiang Zhiyan held her head and frowned.

“What’s wrong? Is your System screaming?” Yu Qici asked with a smile, looking at Jiang Zhiyan’s expression.

Jiang Zhiyan twitched the corner of her mouth, a bit exasperated: “I gave it too much work, it doesn’t want to dismantle the mech.”

“Why dismantle it? We can build two,” Yu Qici said.

The System breathed a sigh of relief, although there was more work, at least it didn’t have to dismantle what it had already built.

“Use the same design, just change the color, matching couple mechs,” Yu Qici said, looking at Jiang Zhiyan with a smile.

“Your Omega physique might affect you.”

“It’s fine, it’s not a big problem, I just want matching mechs with you,” Yu Qici said, wrapping her arms around Jiang Zhiyan’s waist and kissing her chin.

Working with your wife made work much more enjoyable.

Because there weren’t many manipulator arms, Jiang Zhiyan and Yu Qici were responsible for assembling the smaller parts.

Yu Qici also found time to submit her report.

People from the Jiang family came every day, begging her to go back and help, their attitude becoming more and more humble each day, but they didn’t even get to see Jiang Zhiyan. If it weren’t for the lights in the house being on every day, they would have thought she had moved out.

Jiang Chen was sentenced to exile on a desolate planet, but he was killed by his “enemies” before reaching it, crying out his innocence until his death.

Jiang Zhiyan didn’t care about any of this.

The Stargazers launched their attack a week earlier than expected. Because it was a surprise attack, the alliance’s standing army was unprepared and suffered heavy losses.

Even while out shopping, Jiang Zhiyan and Yu Qici could sense the tense atmosphere, although people were still talking and laughing, the moment someone mentioned space pirates, the faces of those around them would instantly darken.

After all, the space pirates had only been harassing them before, this time they were directly waging war and trying to occupy territory. The prices of daily necessities soared, and Jiang Zhiyan also bought quite a bit.

The two sat in an ice cream shop, each ordering a five-scoop ice cream.

“What do you think will happen?” Yu Qici asked.

Jiang Zhiyan rested her chin on her hand: “It’s unlikely that that Ji something will save the day. Since the Stargazers dared to launch an attack, they must have made thorough preparations. Their attack was swift and decisive, and they accurately predicted the alliance’s actions three times in a row, they must have high-ranking officials within the alliance leaking information, and I think they probably have more tricks up their sleeves.”

“What nonsense are you talking about!” The male Alpha sitting at the next table jumped up excitedly. “Nonsense, fearmongering!”

Jiang Zhiyan: ?

“Heh, two Omegas discussing such things! What do you know about the arrangements at the front lines? Heh.” He couldn’t tell Jiang Zhiyan’s background and simply judged them to be Omegas based on their appearance, his condescending tone very unpleasant.

Jiang Zhiyan looked at him expressionlessly.

“Ha, if it weren’t for the Alphas fighting on the front lines, would you be able to sit here and enjoy your ice cream?” he continued to mock. “Just a bunch of useless Omegas, what good are you!”

Most of the people in the shop were Omegas, and they looked over with displeasure. Jiang Zhiyan couldn’t understand this person’s logic.

“First, Alphas only make up fifteen percent of the front lines, seventy-five percent are Betas, and ten percent are Omegas, it’s not just Alphas fighting.”

“Second, are you one of the Alphas fighting on the front lines? Then why are you sitting here? If you’re not, then what does it have to do with you?”

“Third.” Jiang Zhiyan stood up, picked up a fork from the table, pressed it against his chin, and pierced his bone. He screamed in pain and tried to fight back, but she kicked him to the ground. “Be polite when speaking in public.”

The onlookers stared with wide eyes. The shop owner looked over from behind the counter, many with amused expressions, clearly pleased.

Jiang Zhiyan released her grip and looked towards a corner of the shop: “Since you want to ask me to go back, show some sincerity and send him to the front lines.”

He looked at Jiang Zhiyan in terror, realizing after a second that she was talking about him, he covered his bleeding chin: “No, please… I have a one hundred and sixty-year-old mother at home, I can’t go to the front lines!”

He was quickly dragged out by two people, the other two dealt with the surveillance footage and appeased the other customers, preventing the news from spreading, judging by their practiced movements, they had done this many times before.

Jiang Zhiyan looked at the ice cream in her other hand and frowned: “So annoying, missed a spot.”

“I’ll buy you another one, what flavor do you want? The same as before?” Yu Qici asked, handing her two wet wipes.

“Okay.” Jiang Zhiyan tossed her ice cream into the trash can and sat down, waiting for Yu Qici to bring her a new one, and in the meantime, stole a scoop from Yu Qici’s ice cream.

“Host, are you going back to the Jiang family?” the System asked curiously.

“Of course not, their sincerity isn’t enough.”

System: …

Yu Qici returned with a new ice cream, looked at her own ice cream, which was missing a scoop, and glanced at Jiang Zhiyan, who smiled innocently.

“I only ate it because it was melting,” Jiang Zhiyan said. “Then you can have a scoop of mine.”

“No need, this is enough, I’m full.”

The other customers, looking at the two resuming their date, suddenly felt their reaction was unnecessary, that Alpha had only briefly disrupted the atmosphere, and it quickly returned to normal, quiet conversations filling the shop again.

Chapter 111: I Want To Do As I Please (13)

The medical examination showed nothing wrong with Yu Qici, but she remained unconscious. Jiang Zhiyan leaned against the bed, looking at Yu Qici’s sleeping face: “Did she faint because she realized how outrageous her words were?”

“It’s not impossible,” the System said, observing Jiang Zhiyan’s expression and glancing at the background data. “Host, it’s important to maintain a positive mood.”

“Mm,” Jiang Zhiyan responded.

Although she said that, there was still no smile on her face.

Jiang Zhiyan’s dejection was difficult to express in words. Xie Liaoyi hadn’t meant to hurt her, she had just forgotten, and Jiang Zhiyan herself wasn’t a good person, so her suspicion was understandable.

If she looked at it logically, without any emotions, Xie Liaoyi hadn’t done anything wrong, but she couldn’t help but feel emotional.

Thinking about the words Yu Qici had spoken in Xie Liaoyi’s voice made Jiang Zhiyan feel very sad.

“Host, are you crying?” the System asked cautiously, looking at Jiang Zhiyan’s expression.

Jiang Zhiyan didn’t speak, just took a deep breath.

---

“So what exactly did you say?”

Yu Qici repeated her words, and whispers echoed around her again.

“Those words were indeed very hurtful,” the other Xie Liaoyis nodded.

“I know,” Yu Qici said, rubbing her temples. “So what do we do now?”

“This doesn’t seem like something that can be solved with just kisses, hugs, and acting spoiled. The last one was a bit easier since her mind wasn’t working properly, but your mind is fine,” Xie Liaoyi Number One said.

For the first time, Yu Qici was a bit envious of the others whose minds weren’t working properly.

“Experiencing this so many times, entering the next world is a nightmare for her, experiencing our amnesia, estrangement, and suspicion again and again, even she can’t stand it.”

“But no matter how angry or upset she is, she never takes it out on us, it would be good if she could vent her frustrations.”

“She only throws small tantrums, then comforts us in return.”

“So the most important thing now is how to awaken quickly, so this is the last time we hurt her.”

“No, no, no, I think the most important thing now is me,” Yu Qici raised her hand. “After all, I’m about to wake up.”

Everyone’s gaze fell on her.

“Beg for forgiveness,” the Xie Liaoyi beside her said.

Yu Qici stroked her chin: “That doesn’t sound so bad.”

“Aren’t we all Xie Liaoyi? Don’t you know what I’m thinking?” Yu Qici smiled.

…

When Yu Qici opened her eyes, she saw Jiang Zhiyan sitting beside her. She seemed to be lost in thought, her eyes red-rimmed, as if she had just been crying. Yu Qici froze for a second and reached out, taking Jiang Zhiyan’s hand, which was resting on the edge of the bed.

“I’m sorry,” Yu Qici said.

Jiang Zhiyan turned to look at Yu Qici: “You’re awake?”

Her voice was calm. Yu Qici sat up, kissed the corner of Jiang Zhiyan’s mouth, and said, “I’m sorry, I woke up late again.”

Jiang Zhiyan bit her lip, took a deep breath, tears welling up in her eyes: “You did wake up too late, you even doubted me, do you subconsciously think I would hurt you?”

She did have the urge to destroy everything, but she wouldn’t destroy anything Xie Liaoyi cared about, even if it greatly displeased her.

“I’m sorry,” Yu Qici pulled Jiang Zhiyan into a hug. “That wasn’t what I truly thought, it was the female lead’s subconscious, not mine.”

“Passing the blame,” Jiang Zhiyan’s tears fell onto Yu Qici’s arm.

“We’re trying,” Yu Qici said, kissing Jiang Zhiyan’s cheek. “I’ll definitely wake up sooner in the next world.”

Jiang Zhiyan raised an eyebrow, looking at Yu Qici: “That’s a big promise.”

Yu Qici wiped away Jiang Zhiyan’s tears.

“You not only doubted me, you even helped others plot against me,” Jiang Zhiyan took a deep breath.

“Why don’t you hit me a couple of times?”

Jiang Zhiyan lightly punched Yu Qici’s thigh twice.

“Wait a moment,” Yu Qici released Jiang Zhiyan.

“What are you going to do?” Jiang Zhiyan watched as Yu Qici got out of bed.

“Just wait for me.” Yu Qici quickly put on her clothes and left.

Jiang Zhiyan wiped away her tears, lay down, and stared at the ceiling.

The system observed Jiang Zhiyan’s expression and glanced at the data, she was clearly crying, but her mood index had increased significantly, her Host’s mood was truly a mystery, sometimes she felt Jiang Zhiyan had difficulty regulating her emotions, but sometimes she felt her mentality was too good.

“She said they’re trying, does that mean she can contact other fragments?” Jiang Zhiyan stopped crying and said thoughtfully.

System: ?

“Host, how can you still focus on such details at a time like that?” The System didn’t understand.

“I remember everything she says,” Jiang Zhiyan frowned. “If they can contact each other, but haven’t fully awakened, does that mean only their subconsciousness is awake? They can only communicate subconsciously? So that’s why the subconscious can occasionally control the body to perform certain actions in this world… that makes sense.”

“But how did they contact each other?”

Jiang Zhiyan suddenly felt much better, at least Xie Liaoyi was also trying to meet her, what was this called? This was called mutual pining! It was normal for a beautiful love story to encounter some obstacles.

The system couldn’t understand why Jiang Zhiyan’s mood index had increased again, Xie Liaoyi wasn’t even here.

It had never seen anyone so easy to coax.

“You can go now,” Jiang Zhiyan said, yawning and half-closing her eyes.

“I’m leaving, I’m leaving.” The System glanced at Yu Qici’s coordinates, it really shouldn’t stay here any longer, there might be some inappropriate scenes later.

Jiang Zhiyan sat by Xie Liaoyi’s bed for a whole day. She had been working overtime to manufacture the mech these past few days and was very tired. After lying down for a while, she started to doze off.

“Are you asleep?”

Jiang Zhiyan, hearing Yu Qici’s voice, forced her eyes open, sat up, looked at Yu Qici, froze for a second, and her sleepiness dissipated: “What are you doing?”

“Begging for forgiveness.” Yu Qici showed the small whip behind her back. Judging by its appearance, she had found it in one of the basement rooms. “I couldn’t find any thorny branches, I don’t think there are any here.”

Yu Qici knelt on one knee, looking at Jiang Zhiyan: “Do you want to hit me a few times?”

She moved closer, kissed Jiang Zhiyan’s hand, which was resting on the bed, looked up, and gazed at Jiang Zhiyan with clear eyes.

This time, Jiang Zhiyan understood clearly, she was hinting at something.

“No,” Jiang Zhiyan withdrew her hand.

Yu Qici handed the small whip to Jiang Zhiyan: “It’s specially made, it’s fine.”

“Let’s sleep,” Jiang Zhiyan tossed the whip aside.

“Okay,” Yu Qici moved onto the bed. “Tell me if you’re feeling down.”

Jiang Zhiyan looked at Yu Qici, then snuggled into her arms: “I am feeling down. Before, I just wanted to find all of you quickly, but now I want to stay in one place, I don’t want to see your cold face anymore, even if you don’t remember me… I don’t want to hear you misunderstand me again.”

“That’s fine, let them wait, lifespans are quite long in this world,” Yu Qici said.

“But the longer I wait, the more apprehensive I feel, it’s terrifying, I actually have such emotions,” Jiang Zhiyan muttered. “Just thinking about this happening again in the next world makes me feel terrible.”

“That means you’re becoming more and more human,” Yu Qici said, kissing her hair.

“Maybe I’ll end up blaming you later.”

“That’s only right.”

“In these two worlds, I couldn’t help but capture you directly… next time, I might really lock you up,” Jiang Zhiyan continued.

“It’s fine,” Yu Qici said, fumbling and handing a chain to Jiang Zhiyan.

Jiang Zhiyan: ?

Using the light from the window, Jiang Zhiyan saw that Yu Qici had attached a chain to the collar: ???

When did she do that? It wasn’t there before.

“There’s no need for this,” Jiang Zhiyan reached out to remove the chain, but Yu Qici stopped her.

Yu Qici kissed her chin and blinked: “This is called ‘fun’.”

“I know, but I’m still angry, so bear with it, I’m going to sleep.”

“Okay.”

Jiang Zhiyan released Yu Qici and moved to the side.

Yu Qici stared at Jiang Zhiyan’s back for a while, then snuggled up to her again: “I can’t sleep without you.”

“You slept very well the past few days, you even said you couldn’t sleep with me beside you,” Jiang Zhiyan replied with her eyes closed.

“That must be because my mind wasn’t working properly,” Yu Qici said seriously.

Jiang Zhiyan: …

Jiang Zhiyan was truly tired, she didn’t argue with Yu Qici anymore and drifted off to sleep. Yu Qici had been unconscious during the day, her mind highly tense, now that she was awake in every sense of the word, she could finally relax.

However, Yu Qici couldn’t sleep, after all, she had slept for a whole day, she leaned against Jiang Zhiyan, her thoughts a jumbled mess.

Since the fragments could contact each other and even enter the same space, then logically, they could also merge within that space… the stronger the soul fragment, the less it would be affected, that way, Jiang Zhiyan wouldn’t have to endure this again and again.

But she still didn’t understand how they could contact each other.

She initially suspected that some fragments in other worlds had already awakened and ascended to godhood, transcending the world consciousness, this was currently the only feasible way she could think of to establish a cross-world communication network and contact other fragments.

No, wait…

Yu Qici frowned, if they could temporarily replace the world consciousness, that would also work, but that would be too difficult, and very dangerous if not handled properly.

But if all of them could ascend to godhood, or temporarily replace the world consciousness, then Jiang Zhiyan would only have to wait for them to find her.

She moved closer to Jiang Zhiyan, leaning against her arm.

Chapter 110: I Want To Do As I Please (12)

As if nothing had happened, Yu Qici carefully closed the door and went downstairs for breakfast.

“Why did she leave so early?” Yu Qici frowned.

No one answered her question. After breakfast, she found a spot and put on the equipment as instructed by the robot. When she opened her eyes, she saw her mentor.

Her mentor was looking at her curiously, stroking her chin.

“Professor,” Yu Qici greeted, standing up shakily.

Xie Min nodded, a look of surprise in her eyes, and asked curiously, “How does it work?”

“It feels similar to a full-dive VR game,” Yu Qici said.

“Are you alright?”

“Everything’s fine,” Yu Qici paused. “What did the person who contacted you say?”

She hadn’t thought she would be able to ask this question, but she had managed to say it smoothly.

“Oh, they just said your physical body couldn’t come at the moment, but you still wanted to help me with my work, so you sent an android instead,” Xie Min said.

“They didn’t ask you to hide my identity?” Yu Qici raised an eyebrow, surprised she could even say that. She wanted to reveal her location, but she couldn’t, no matter how she tried, as long as she had the intention of revealing her location, she couldn’t speak.

Xie Min shook her head and looked at Yu Qici again: “That person is quite capable, I studied it for a long time, but I still couldn’t figure out how you disappeared.”

“I was kidnapped on the way.”

Xie Min nodded: “Was that what I asked?”

Yu Qici smiled: “After spending some time with her, I’m starting to question the significance of our current research. Her visual interference system is very advanced, and she probably has other things as well.”

“Let her do her thing, we’ll focus on our own research, even if she’s capable, if she doesn’t tell us, we can’t skip the current steps,” Xie Min said calmly.

“You’re right.”

“Alright, let’s get to work.”

Yu Qici nodded.

The System had been monitoring their conversation ever since Yu Qici started working: “Yu Qici’s mentor is very calm.”

“Xie Min was recruited from the space pirates by the alliance,” Jiang Zhiyan said. “It’s normal for her to be calm.”

“Huh?” the System was shocked. “I didn’t even know that?”

“It wasn’t explicitly stated in the book, but it was hinted at, not many people know about this, only some high-ranking officials in the alliance, otherwise, how could she be peacefully doing research at Imperial University… but not many people trust her, that’s also one of the reasons why her and Yu Qici’s proposal to upgrade the imperial star’s defense system hasn’t been approved.”

“So there’s another reason behind it.” The System was shocked. “So many people have hidden identities.”

“I only found out recently myself,” Jiang Zhiyan leaned back in her chair. She had been questioning Yu Qici’s identity and hidden cards recently, the Yu Qici in the book firmly stood with the alliance, later maintaining the stability of the alliance’s rule together with the male lead.

But with Xie Liaoyi’s influence, Jiang Zhiyan felt that Yu Qici might make a different choice.

“What’s the male lead doing?”

She hadn’t heard any news about the male lead since she arrived.

The male lead, Ji Linhuai, was a seemingly gentle madman, a vice admiral in the alliance. He had launched many suicide attacks in the history of the alliance, but always managed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, the casualty rate not as high as one might expect.

Jiang Zhiyan didn’t know if it was because of his talent or his protagonist halo, but he was a controversial figure in the alliance.

“He took a hundred people to… District 35?” the System’s voice suddenly rose. “Isn’t he usually stationed in District 37? Did he receive information in advance? But just a hundred people, what can he do?”

“Host, I’ve discovered that he likes doing the same things as you,” the System commented.

Jiang Zhiyan: ?

“It’s different, I usually act alone, he’s a coward.”

The System didn’t want to argue: “He’ll be fine, right?”

“I only know that if he succeeds, my identity might be exposed,” Jiang Zhiyan said, stroking her chin. “As expected, exiling him to a desolate planet is the best option for me.”

The System didn’t speak, nervously waiting for Jiang Zhiyan’s next words.

“When are the Stargazers planning to take action?” Jiang Zhiyan asked.

“Next month.”

“Mm, let’s speed up the manufacturing of our mech.”

“Host, you’re not planning to go there yourself, are you?”

“No, just preparing for the worst-case scenario,” Jiang Zhiyan looked out the window, a man walked out of a villa, looking pleased, then was attacked fifty meters away, only to be rescued by the arriving mechanical guards.

His expression was filled with terror, then, as if realizing something, he took out his terminal with a grim look on his face.

“Excellent,” Jiang Zhiyan hummed a tune.

This man had planned to take his time after obtaining the evidence and even wanted to use it to gain benefits from Jiang Chen, but how could Jiang Zhiyan allow that? The sooner this matter was exposed, the better for her, and those two definitely couldn’t maintain a superficial balance any longer.

However, Jiang Zhiyan didn’t expect him to be so ruthless, directly submitting the evidence to the alliance, thankfully, she had made sufficient preparations.

“Host, what if Jiang Chen refuses to admit it?”

“That’s not our problem, the alliance will handle it, the evidence we provided is enough for them to work with.”

Because so many Jiang family members had died recently, the Jiang family had been pressuring the alliance. Now that they finally had a criminal with solid evidence of colluding with space pirates, even if the other evidence wasn’t completely conclusive, the alliance would still find a way to convict Jiang Chen.

And if the criminal was a member of the Jiang family, and one who colluded with space pirates, it was even better, the Jiang family would have to swallow their anger and even try to appease the alliance, after all, the alliance now had every reason to suspect that there were more people in the Jiang family colluding with space pirates.

Jiang Zhiyan remotely watched Jiang Chen’s expression as he was being arrested. His face was pale, watching as the mechanical guards inexplicably came to his “rescue.”

Even if Jiang Chen colluded with space pirates, he was just a small fry, but now he felt like he was the big boss, he knew clearly that someone was framing him, but he couldn’t defend himself.

He felt like someone was watching him nearby, but he couldn’t pinpoint who.

“I didn’t do it! I didn’t kill anyone! I don’t know what’s going on with these mechanical guards!”

Jiang Chen roared, defending himself, but no one believed him, the people injured by the mechanical guards glared at him.

“It wasn’t me, I was framed! It was Jiang Zhiyan! It must be Jiang Zhiyan!”

No one paid attention to him, everyone knew he had a grudge against Jiang Zhiyan.

The Jiang family was already in chaos, and after Jiang Chen was arrested, it completely descended into turmoil, unable to even maintain a facade of prosperity.

The Jiang family’s rivals took action, seemingly preparing to seize this opportunity to permanently crush the Jiang family, after all, the Jiang family occupied a large share of the mecha manufacturing market, and many were eyeing it covetously. All the Jiang family’s companies were investigated, many irregularities were uncovered, and after the investigation, sixty percent of their employees resigned.

Because it involved space pirates, and everyone could see that the Jiang family was declining, few were willing to help them.

“What a pity, if Jiang Zhiyan were still here, maybe things would be better.”

“What’s the use of saying that now? It’s the Jiang family’s own problem, they can’t retain their people.”

…

Yu Qici lived a life of “going to work and coming home” every day. She heard about the upheaval in the Jiang family from others; Jiang Zhiyan hadn’t mentioned it at all, and she didn’t have time to browse the news.

“Is it possible for the Jiang family to collapse?”

“Impossible,” Yu Qici shook her head. “A dying camel is still bigger than a horse, but they’ll definitely suffer a great loss.”

“Tsk, it’s a good thing you broke off your engagement with the Jiang family,” the other person continued.

Yu Qici, looking at their relieved expression, smiled. She felt that if she hadn’t broken off the engagement with Jiang Zhiyan, the Jiang family might not be in this situation.

“What is Jiang Zhiyan doing now? She’s quite lucky, having separated from the Jiang family, otherwise…”

“Just watching the show,” Yu Qici said.

“Indeed, if it were me, I would be overjoyed.”

Yu Qici was just guessing, she couldn’t tell what Jiang Zhiyan had been doing recently, she always looked tired, and sometimes she could even smell a scent on her similar to that of her lab, she suspected Jiang Zhiyan was building something.

She looked down at the device in her hand, and just as she entered the parameters, she heard an explosion.

Yu Qici’s eyes widened, she looked ahead and breathed a sigh of relief, it wasn’t a problem with the machine she was testing, but then another explosion came from outside.

“Outside?” The person next to her quickly took out their terminal, saw the news, and their expression turned grim. “An attack? But this is District 6!”

Yu Qici thought of Jiang Zhiyan again, but quickly dismissed the idea.

“I’ll go take a look,” Yu Qici said. “You go regroup with the others.”

She was in an android body, so she wasn’t afraid.

Yu Qici ran outside and looked up, mechs engaged in combat flew overhead, and a few energy blasts rained down.

“Jiang Zhiyan! Jiang Zhiyan!” Yu Qici called out softly.

“What is it?” Jiang Zhiyan’s tired voice sounded in her ear. “What happened? Why does your voice sound like that?”

“District 6 is under attack…” Yu Qici’s voice trembled. She pulled up a classmate who had fallen to the ground from fright. “So many mechs.”

“Huh?” Jiang Zhiyan was stunned.

“Was it you?”

“You suspect me?” Jiang Zhiyan asked back, her voice changing from tense to sad and aggrieved. “Do you think I would attack the school where you are?”

Yu Qici suddenly didn’t know what to say. This time, the energy blast landed right in front of her, she felt a blinding light and immediately took off the equipment, cold sweat beading on her forehead.

She held her head, her body trembling uncontrollably.

What had she just asked? Why would she ask such a question?

Yu Qici’s vision darkened, and she lost consciousness, sliding off the chair and falling to the ground.

Jiang Zhiyan, hearing the System’s scream, immediately rushed out of the lab, carried the unconscious Yu Qici out, and placed her on the bed.

“Host, don’t be sad, this is your character setting after all, the fact that she misunderstood you means you’ve successfully portrayed your character,” the System tried to comfort her, although it felt its words were weak.

Jiang Zhiyan didn’t speak, just stood there, waiting for the medical robot’s examination, she glanced at the data on the robot’s display panel, there was nothing wrong, she had just fainted.

After a while, Jiang Zhiyan asked: “What’s going on in District 6?”

“It wasn’t the Stargazers, just a rebel organization,” the System said. “The alliance recently lowered the tax threshold again, and probably some other things happened, a group of people couldn’t take it anymore.”

“Then why attack a school? Is it the students’ fault? I don’t think Imperial University is even in District 6’s administrative area, is it?” Jiang Zhiyan said, speechless. “Where are they now?”

“They’ve already been suppressed.”

Jiang Zhiyan sat on the edge of the bed, held Yu Qici’s hand, and kissed her forehead.

…

Yu Qici was sitting at the round table again, pressing her temples, looking at the shadows around her, finally reaching the free discussion session, she raised her hand: “What if I said something hurtful before waking up?”

The discussion immediately quieted down, although they were just shadows, she could clearly feel all eyes on her.

“Solve your own problems.”

Yu Qici: ?

“Aren’t we all the same person?”

“One fragment acts, the other bears the consequences.”

“Who said they wouldn’t betray themselves?” Yu Qici sighed.

Chapter 109: I Want To Do As I Please (11)

After gathering information from multiple sources, Jiang Zhiyan confirmed that Yu Qici’s mentor wasn’t aware of her disappearance yet. Currently, only the Yu family and Ruilin Group knew, and the news was tightly suppressed, there was nothing online or circulating within their circles.

Honestly, she didn’t understand their reason for suppressing the news, was there something else about Yu Qici she didn’t know? She had read the plot related to Yu Qici many times, and there didn’t seem to be any other issues.

“So what are they worried about?” Jiang Zhiyan leaned back in her chair, lost in thought.

Early the next morning, Jiang Zhiyan had the System contact Yu Qici’s mentor, who agreed without any hesitation, stating that Yu Qici could use an android to return to work at any time.

“Are they that short-staffed?” the System commented.

“Or maybe she guessed something happened to Yu Qici,” Jiang Zhiyan said. Yu Qici was her star student, after spending so much time together, she knew Yu Qici very well, she would probably see through the excuse the Yu family made up for her absence.

Jiang Zhiyan found Yu Qici by the lake again. She was holding a book they bought from the bookstore yesterday. Jiang Zhiyan initially thought it was a professional book, but upon closer inspection, she realized it was The Omega is in a Chase-Your-Wife Crematorium Again.

“You know, this book is quite interesting,” Yu Qici said without looking up when she heard Jiang Zhiyan’s footsteps. “But it doesn’t seem very relevant to our situation.”

“You can go back to work.”

“Huh?” Yu Qici was stunned for two seconds, looking up at Jiang Zhiyan. “So soon?”

“Yes, so soon, but I don’t really want you to leave, so, practice multitasking recently.”

Yu Qici: ???

“You should know what my research is about.”

“I do, but I’m not a good person,” Jiang Zhiyan said, lowering her head and kissing Yu Qici’s forehead.

Yu Qici: …

Jiang Zhiyan gave Yu Qici a set of equipment that connected to her brain, allowing her to remotely control an android. After practicing, there would be no difference between using the android and her own body. Jiang Zhiyan would have her connect to the android prepared in District 6.

“But if that’s the case, you’ll know everything I do and say with my mentor?” Yu Qici asked, resting her chin on her hand.

“Mm,” Jiang Zhiyan replied.

Yu Qici frowned.

“Honestly, I’m not interested in your research at all,” Jiang Zhiyan said, looking at Yu Qici, her gaze sincere, her words infuriating. “It’s mainly to prevent you from calling for help.”

Yu Qici looked at Jiang Zhiyan expressionlessly, snorted softly, and started practicing. This wasn’t difficult for her, and she quickly got the hang of it, but Jiang Zhiyan kept distracting her, there was another recliner beside them, but she insisted on squeezing onto the same chair.

Jiang Zhiyan kissed her cheek, then intertwined their fingers, and the android, which had been walking perfectly fine, suddenly stumbled.

“Stop messing around!”

“No,” Jiang Zhiyan said, putting her leg over Yu Qici’s and looking at her.

Yu Qici took a deep breath, closed her eyes again, and tried to ignore Jiang Zhiyan, but the android’s movements were still clumsy, sometimes randomly twisting its waist or raising its arm.

She finally couldn’t help but swat at Jiang Zhiyan, who, unexpectedly, flipped over and lay on top of her.

Yu Qici opened her eyes and looked at her helplessly: “What are you doing?”

“Testing your reflexes.”

Yu Qici: ???

Yu Qici, looking at Jiang Zhiyan’s sincere gaze, pinched her waist, and Jiang Zhiyan buried her face in her neck.

“And this?”

“Training your resistance to interference,” Jiang Zhiyan said.

Yu Qici was so exasperated by this absurd answer that she laughed: “There are only two of us here, as long as you don’t interfere with me, I won’t be interfered with.”

“But I can’t control myself, and don’t forget, you’re currently living under my roof, so you should be the one controlling yourself,” Jiang Zhiyan said, kissing Yu Qici’s neck. “I’m even letting you go to work…”

Yu Qici had only said that casually, wanting to find an opportunity to send out a distress signal, but judging from the current situation, it was highly unlikely she could, she couldn’t find any weakness in Jiang Zhiyan.

This kind of treatment was enough to imprison even the Alliance President.

Yu Qici leaned against Jiang Zhiyan’s head: “But you’re still keeping me locked up.”

“You won’t be locked up once you’re lucid,” Jiang Zhiyan nibbled on Yu Qici’s ear.

Yu Qici looked into Jiang Zhiyan’s eyes: “Then I’ll work hard.”

“Mm.”

“Then get off me first.”

“No,” Jiang Zhiyan thought for two seconds, sat up, and then pulled Yu Qici into her arms. “Let’s do this instead, that position wasn’t very comfortable.”

Yu Qici patted Jiang Zhiyan’s hand on her waist, but Jiang Zhiyan didn’t move. She sighed softly and didn’t say anything more.

Forget it, as long as she didn’t move around randomly, she would let her be.

Jiang Zhiyan didn’t move around randomly, but it was impossible for her not to cause trouble.

Yu Qici smelled pheromones, she didn’t know if it was because they were too close, but the scent invaded her soul, unsettling her.

While she was dazed, she had already collapsed against Jiang Zhiyan. Yu Qici struggled to regain her composure and looked at Jiang Zhiyan with dissatisfaction.

Jiang Zhiyan lowered her head and bit Yu Qici’s lips. The pain didn’t bring Yu Qici back to her senses, but instead, she fell into the abyss of desire.

The system had already run away, before leaving, it made sure no one could see them.

It returned to the lab and looked at the mech being manufactured, suddenly feeling a bit sad, this kind of thing had nothing to do with it, it was just an auxiliary system, why did it have to do the Host’s work? And the Host herself was as lazy as a salted fish.

The System looked at the long list of tasks Jiang Zhiyan had assigned it and felt a bit annoyed. It wanted to chat with Jiang Zhiyan’s AI assistant, but the AI completely ignored it.

The System felt like it and the AI weren’t even the same species.

…

Jiang Zhiyan held Yu Qici’s waist, her fingers gently tracing the skin on her back.

“Do you prefer the basement or the lakeside?”

Yu Qici didn’t answer. She yawned and languidly tugged at the blanket that had fallen on the floor. After a moment, she said: “I want an undisturbed room as a workshop.”

“Rejected.”

Yu Qici grumbled and lightly kicked Jiang Zhiyan’s leg, but without much force, it was more like a coquettish nudge than an expression of dissatisfaction.

“I also have things to do. I won’t disturb you at work tomorrow,” Jiang Zhiyan nuzzled Yu Qici’s face.

“Just tomorrow?” Yu Qici raised an eyebrow. She noticed Jiang Zhiyan was fond of this gesture. It reminded her of a small, wild cat at school that liked to rub against her.

“Yes,” Jiang Zhiyan nodded.

“Major points deduction,” Yu Qici said, a hint of amusement in her voice.

“Deduct all you want, even negative points are fine.”

“Where are you going tomorrow?” Yu Qici asked. “Does it have anything to do with the Jiang family?”

Jiang Zhiyan looked into Yu Qici’s eyes: “It’s a Jiang family matter, but it has nothing to do with me… the company is a mess right now, and everyone’s relationships are strained. No one cares how many people have died. They’re probably just glad there’s less competition.”

“Your Jiang family is truly chaotic.”

“My Jiang and their Jiang are not related. I’ve started my own family,” Jiang Zhiyan said, hooking her little finger with Yu Qici’s. “It’s something else. Jiang Chen and those five who died were colluding with space pirates.”

“Huh?” Yu Qici thought she had misheard and looked shocked. “What did you say?”

Jiang Zhiyan, looking at Yu Qici, smiled slightly: “Just as you heard. I’m planning to blame their deaths on him, make him the scapegoat. I’ve already gathered some evidence and will soon send it to Jiang Chen’s nemesis in the Jiang family.”

“If everything goes according to plan, we’ll soon see them turn on each other. It’ll be even more interesting if other people are involved.” Jiang Zhiyan would design a suitable plot for Jiang Chen, so she wouldn’t have to kill him herself. Colluding with space pirates and causing so many deaths, there was a fitting place for him.

“Are there many people in the alliance colluding with space pirates?” Yu Qici frowned.

“I don’t know. It has nothing to do with me,” Jiang Zhiyan looked at Yu Qici. “But probably quite a few, you should know the answer yourself.”

Yu Qici sighed softly: “I have a feeling things are about to become very chaotic.”

She glanced at Jiang Zhiyan: “You’re also one of the instigators.”

“Given the current situation in the alliance, chaos is inevitable,” Jiang Zhiyan yawned. “Let’s go back to the room and sleep.”

Yu Qici pushed Jiang Zhiyan’s arm: “I’ll sleep here, you can go to the other chair.”

“No!” Jiang Zhiyan hugged Yu Qici tightly. “How can you push me away at a time like this? You’re the one who started it, and now you’re abandoning me.”

Yu Qici: ?

“I want to take a shower,” Yu Qici said.

“Then I’ll carry you.”

“Clothes! Clothes!” Yu Qici exclaimed.

Although there was no one else here, walking through the garden like this was too much. Yu Qici realized Jiang Zhiyan sometimes truly lacked a normal person’s sense of shame.

…

The next morning, Yu Qici was woken up by the housekeeping robot at six. It took her a few seconds to remember she had to go to work.

She rubbed her temples and glanced at the space beside her. Jiang Zhiyan wasn’t there.

“Where is she?”

“Master slept in the next room last night,” the robot replied.

Yu Qici: ???

She suspected Jiang Zhiyan did that on purpose, so she wouldn’t be woken up by the alarm too, even though she loved clinging to her.

She should be happy about this, but for some reason, she felt annoyed.

After washing up, Yu Qici went to knock on Jiang Zhiyan’s door, her footsteps heavy, but when she opened the door, Jiang Zhiyan wasn’t there.

“Master has already left,” the robot behind her said.

Yu Qici was taken aback and felt a pang of guilt.

So Jiang Zhiyan didn’t sleep with her because she didn’t want to wake her up?