The Villain Loaded My System

Chapter 75

“What is this? Where did it come from?” Gu Xiyu’s trailing voice carried a light tremble.

It was probably because he was idly thinking about the mission target every day, so much so that this ordinary word “Yan” could make him associate it with the Great Demon. The words left on the jade tablet may not be related to the Third Prince and may have been engraved by the carver, or the words happened to be engraved for other reasons.

It’s just that when you think about it, this is his mission world, and the odds are that anything that appears around him is related to the mission target.

Moreover, this jade was of rare and high quality in terms of texture, material, and carving. It was not something you could easily find in a roadside stall or shop.

Wei Chiyan didn’t miss the urgency and anxiety in Gu Xiyu’s eyes, and he could even feel that the other party was excited.

For some reason, he suddenly forgot the excuse that had come to his lips.

He was silent for a moment, then his lips moved slightly: “You are right in thinking that this jade is indeed related to Wei Chiyan, it was originally from the imperial palace.”

Wouldn’t it be great if he directly told Gu Xiyu of his identity? Hadn’t this person always claimed to like him? No matter what, he had to go to the palace to meet him. He was curious about how he would react when he found out that the person he was chanting about day in and day out was right in front of him and what he said was all heard…

Wei Chiyan did not hide the origin of this jade, and Gu Xiyu was as emotional as he expected after hearing it, clutching the jade tablet until it was gradually tainted with his body temperature. After a long time, he questioned him incredulously: “You… I know I always talk about Wei Chiyan, but how…how dare you take his stuff out?!”

Wei Chiyan, who was expecting Gu Xiyu to suspect his identity, was slightly surprised. “……?”

Gu Xiyu had a bit of a headache, and felt that Chen Wei was right: “You are already challenging the authority of the palace by privately imprisoning me in the fortress, if the Third Prince knew that you also stole his valuables, wouldn’t that be an additional crime?”

The first thing that came to Commander Gu’s mind was that the fortress master had used his extensive connections to obtain something of Wei Chiyan for him. He had always trusted the information given by the main system, and did not think that the Great Demon, would leave the imperial palace and come to be a bandit king.

The palace was full of people, which prince could be away from the palace for months and not be discovered? Besides, the people outside have always said that Wei Chiyan is in the palace, but he never thought that Wei Chiyan had actually managed to make it impossible for the people in the palace to tell the difference between him and Murong Heng after wearing the mask.

Wei Chiyan figured this out, and came back to his senses, smiling lightly at Gu Xiyu.

This person looks quite shrewd, but in some ways, he is so slow …… that he is inexplicably cute.

Gu Xiyu looked at the eyes that suddenly curled up in a crescent moon and the lips underneath that curled up high. He pursed his lips and asked, “What are you smiling at?”

Was it possible that the fortress master was really the Great Demon in disguise? However, this cannot be explained.

Wei Chiyan originally had the mindset of going with the flow and was in no hurry to reveal his identity, so he did not directly point it out.

He slightly raised his chin and said in a careless tone, “As long as you want, I can get you not only Wei Chiyan’s belongings, but also other people’s things in the palace.”

Gu Xiyu frowned and tried to return the jade tablet, but was stopped by the other party.

The fortress master even told him, “Isn’t this good? Later on, you can even say that you stole back his important items. He might even love you more out of gratitude.”

Gu Xiyu sneered at his words.

The Great Demon wasn’t easy to deal with in the initial meetings, he might even suspect that he was a person with ulterior motives and would think of ways to punish him.

He was hesitant, but after confirming that the jade tablet in his hand belonged to Wei Chiyan, Gu Xiyu finally took it.

It was good to have something of his when he couldn’t see him.

The man in front of him suddenly asked him, “Actually, how am I compared to Wei Chiyan?”

Gu Xiyu was a little confused by the question, not understanding why the fortress master was asking him this.

Then he heard the other party cheekily start to boast, “To be honest, there are many people inside and outside this fortress who want to be my wife. If you are just looking for a sense of security, then just know that I am highly accomplished in both scholarly and martial arts, so you don’t have to worry about anyone touching you. I am both talented and handsome; my only shortcoming is my blind right eye.”

“If you look closely, I am not necessarily inferior to Wei Chiyan, except for the fact that I am not a prince. Since you and I are already married, why don’t you just follow me? You’ve been trapped in the palace for so many years, and you’ve finally gotten your freedom, yet you want to plunge headlong into another prison?”

The fortress master said and arrogantly added, “In conclusion, I don’t think I’m worse than that Wei Chiyan.”

Gu Xiyu did not expect this fortress master to have such a thick skin, and the first thing he did was to open his mouth to retort. But then his eyes fell on him, and he carefully sized up the man from head to tail, Gu Xiyu found that what he said… seemed to be correct.

To be fair, Ah Wen was quite outstanding.

The only pity was that he was not the mission target.

Gu Xiyu exhaled lightly, and while Wei Chiyan was ready to hear him compliment “himself,” he said, “You’re right, Wei Chiyan… may not be better than you.”

Wei Chiyan: “?”

This was not following the script.

He was feeling depressed in his heart when Gu Xiyu continued, “He must have a terrible personality, perhaps even a bad childhood and memories, and be surrounded by people who always upset him, so I guess he might also have a heavy heart. Judging from other people’s impressions and rumors about him, he’s probably a lunatic feared by everyone, so you’re probably better than him.”

Wei Chiyan: “……” He was so correct that he even felt a little chill inside.

Gu Xiyu was right, he wasn’t a good person. It was too naïve of him to think that he had finally met someone who wanted to approach him with a purely joyful heart.

Come to think of it, who was he to think that? It should have been clear to him long ago that Gu Xiyu’s desire to reach out to him so strongly was just for the so-called mission.

What Gu Xiyu wanted to save was Murong Qingwan and that fourth prince, called Yuchi Rong. He just wanted to rush to his side on that pretext to stop him.

Wei Chiyan’s thoughts cleared a little, and he was trying to warn himself not to fall into Gu Xiyu’s trap easily when the man in front of him continued.

“So someone like you doesn’t have to worry about whether you will meet someone who will take care of you and keep you company in the future. But for Wei Chiyan, if I don’t take the initiative to approach him, he might make worse choices in despair and resentment.”

Gu Xiyu gently raised his eyes, but he was looking at the panel between him and the fortress master, his attention on the 55 risk value. “If you ask what I want from him, it’s probably to take back his disgust for the world, to show him that not everyone who walks up to him will only bring him unhappiness.”

The past was too long ago—so long that he’d almost forgotten he’d experienced the darkness himself.

Only, he was probably a little more unlucky than the Great Demon. No one reached out to him, and his feelings went from confusion at first to numbness at the end. He had to admit that he too had complained and hated the injustice around him, but he didn’t think like the Great Demon. If fate insisted on suppressing him in such ways, then he had to try to be stronger than it and suppress it back. If others despised him, he would do things his way and shine brighter than the others, gaining respect on his own merits.

The small worlds were generally related to the main soul’s past encounters, and after experiencing three worlds, Gu Xiyu now understood that the Great Demon King must have experienced many injustices as well. Having thought about this, he now had a different state of mind when doing missions to defeat the great demon.

In fact, he was quite looking forward to the day when the Great Demon’s soul fragments reunite with his(Gu Xiyu’s) original body. Perhaps he could sit outside the prison and have a hearty talk with him about the weather.

Gu Xiyu was so engrossed in his thoughts that he did not notice the stunned look in the eyes of the fortress master in front of him. The fortress master looked a little puzzled and very surprised, like he was deeply shaken by his calm remarks.

Wei Chiyan had never heard anyone say these words to him all his life, and he was more or less shaken.

Especially since Gu Xiyu didn’t even know who he was now and didn’t need to say anything nice to deceive him.

He was stunned for a long time, then his eyes darkened, and he subconsciously murmured, “Is he worthy?”

Perhaps Gu Xiyu really knew him well, for he was right in all that he said, he had grown up as a man struggling between being disliked and trying to survive in the deep palace. He did hate; he hated all the cold-blooded and heartless ‘relatives’ around him, and he hated the injustice the world had done to him. So he was determined to stir up the politics of the Yao Kingdom. There were bound to be many rotten insects in the great kingdom. As long as he started attacking those corrupt officials, his brothers and their handlers in the palace would kill each other, and both sides would lose.

He didn’t necessarily want the throne of the Yao Kingdom, he just wanted to make the world chaotic.

He was indeed abnormal, for example, now, the more Gu Xiyu revealed that he wanted to be kind and gentle to him, the more the desire to bully him ruthlessly increased. The more vulnerable Gu Xiyu was, the better he could control him. Otherwise, if he was allowed to freely walk this world, he could not guarantee what would happen to him.

As he wandered off, Gu Xiyu, who had heard his whisper, gave him a rare, light smile, and said carelessly, “I’ll decide whether he’s worthy or not.”

This attitude was even a little bit arrogant, something Wei Chiyan had never seen in Gu Xiyu.

Wei Chiyan looked at him and felt as if a string in his heart was being gently tugged.

He stared at Gu Xiyu deeply, and didn’t say anything more about his comment, but gave him some sympathy and a wake-up call: “Wei Chiyan is a very selfish person.”

So selfish that once he accepts the little bit of tenderness and kindness flowing towards him, he would never give it up to anyone else. And as soon as he sensed the first signs of something belonging to him leaning towards someone else, he would simply destroy it.

No one else should get what he liked but could not get, and what once belonged to him, no one else should ever have.

Gu Xiyu looked at him in confusion, and Wei Chiyan smiled. He raised his hand to give him two pats on the head, and without saying anything more, he turned to leave.

It was only when his figure disappeared that Gu Xiyu returned to his senses, in his hand was the jade tablet that had already become warm.

Wei Chiyan’s breath lingered above his head, not completely disappearing.

He felt something was wrong, but he couldn’t tell what was wrong.

It seemed like a long time since the intelligent system had spoken to him, and he called out to it a little uneasily, “System?”

[?] The familiar question mark was quickly sent back, calming the panic that was building up inside him.

After a while, he replied, “Nothing, just checking to make sure you’re not malfunctioning.”

There was a pause for a few seconds, then the system’s mechanical chuckle reached his brain, and it added, [Got it.]

[I will try to chat with you a bit more.]

Gu Xiyu wanted to say that he didn’t mean it that way, but the words didn’t come out in the end, and he only acquiesced to the system’s decision.

The weather became cooler after the sun went down, and Gu Xiyu started coughing more frequently—a reminder that it was time for him to go back to his room.

He could only glance at his surroundings with nostalgia, then he gathered his coat and returned to his room.

Just as he closed the door to his room, a familiar notification popped up.

[Target’s risk value -5; the current risk value is now 50.]

He stared at the risk value on the panel and didn’t move for a long time.

Wei Chiyan, who had returned to his bedroom, was also staring at the same notification.

Wei Chiyan had already discovered the meaning of this ‘risk value’. As long as he expressed extremely pleasant emotions from his heart, this value would drop.

So he always tried to suppress his mood when around Gu Xiyu so that he would not reveal any flaws.

The stirring in his heart was still lingering, and he stared at the value on the glowing panel. If this was the ‘recycling of his disgust for the world’ that Gu Xiyu was talking about …… then he was willing to try to believe him for once.

——

After the conversation in the front yard that day, Wei Chiyan and Gu Xiyu also became a little more harmonious.

The main reason was that Wei Chiyan had made some secret concessions and decided to relax and get along with Gu Xiyu from the shallowest of relationships, slowly getting to know and observing the other party’s ‘sincerity’.

…… Then he noticed that during his absence, his wife seemed to have struck up a good relationship with his right-hand man.

Compared with the time spent with him, Gu Xiyu seemed happier when he was with Chen Wei.

He had just come out of the training camp and saw his wife and Chen Wei walking together and chatting like best friends, and he had some mixed feelings.

To put it in perspective, it was he who asked Chen Wei to take good care of Gu Xiyu. But for the first time, he felt a sense of dislike towards this friend, whom he had trusted for many years.

Just as he finished thinking this, the two people in his sight suddenly came very close to each other.

It seemed that Gu Xiyu had accidentally tripped or hurt his foot in the process of walking, and Chen Wei at the side had only helped him a little, but Wei Chiyan felt a discomfort in his heart.

“…… tsk.”

The feeling was irritating.

He had to send someone outside to get more tonics so that Gu Xiyu’s weak body would be restored as soon as possible.