Blame the Villain – Chapter 226

Villainous Emperor (26)

At first, Song Xuyi planned to take the risk of waking up Jiang Ruoyu.

Although she might get hurt and face an extremely awkward situation after Jiang Ruoyu woke up, breaking through the paper-thin barrier between them, Song Xuyi had already decided to flee. Even if it was awkward, it would be better than staying trapped in this dream. So she instinctively began to struggle, trying to break free from Jiang Ruoyu’s embrace…

However, Jiang Ruoyu appeared extremely dominant at this moment. Not only did Song Xuyi fail to break free, but her clothes became more disheveled in the struggle. Jiang Ruoyu’s already hazy eyes now looked as if they were burning with fire, spreading intensely, and when Song Xuyi met her gaze, she felt her whole body burning up—

“Your Majesty,” Song Xuyi’s voice came out frighteningly soft and coquettish when she spoke, making her wish she could bite off her own tongue…

Jiang Ruoyu’s embrace grew even tighter.

She breathed with restrained desire, her red lips messily kissing Song Xuyi’s cheeks as she pleaded softly: “Yiyi, please save me!”

“You broke my heart during the day, and now in my dreams, you won’t grant my wish either? Can you really watch me die here from this drug?”

At this point, Jiang Ruoyu seemed completely lost in her own emotions, ignoring Song Xuyi’s words “You haven’t taken any drug, wake up, this is just a dream.” She cupped Song Xuyi’s face and continued: “I truly adore you, I wish I could tear out my heart to show you.” Her voice carried a trembling note of grievance: “You can’t bully me like this…”

Song Xuyi felt her whole body go numb, with heat rushing from her toes to her head. As Jiang Ruoyu leaned in to kiss her lips, she barely managed to turn her head away: “You’re shameless! Who’s bullying whom right now?”

“Yes, I am shameless! I always want to get closer to you, I can’t control myself.” To Song Xuyi’s surprise, Jiang Ruoyu admitted everything. She held Song Xuyi’s waist, buried her face in Song Xuyi’s neck, and pleaded again in a coquettish voice: “Please, Yiyi…”

“Yiyi, I don’t know why I love you so much, but could you be a little nicer to me…”

“Just let me kiss you, just one kiss—”

If Jiang Ruoyu had been sulking like she did during the day, Song Xuyi would definitely not have softened her heart. However, now that Jiang Ruoyu was pleading with such gentle words, looking at her with glistening eyes, Song Xuyi felt her heart melting like water—

After all, it wouldn’t matter for herself, right?

…

As the defenses in her heart began to crumble in that moment, Song Xuyi chose to compromise, her eyelashes trembling as she closed her eyes—

“Remember, just one kiss!”

But Jiang Ruoyu didn’t move for a long while.

Song Xuyi couldn’t help but open her eyes, only to find Jiang Ruoyu’s face magnified right before her. They had never been this close before. The flames in Jiang Ruoyu’s eyes had risen to overwhelming heights. Song Xuyi froze, instinctively sensing danger. Just as she was about to retreat, her waist was gripped tightly, and in the next moment, their lips met…

“Yiyi, you’re so good!” Song Xuyi heard a soft laugh. Her cheeks reddened, and she instinctively wanted to protest, but couldn’t speak anymore—her lips parted, giving Jiang Ruoyu the opportunity to attack the city and seize territory [meaning: to take advantage of an opening].

As it turns out, one should never trust when their lover says “just one kiss” or “just kissing and nothing else”—if such words were reliable, pigs would climb trees [meaning: absolutely impossible]…

That night, Song Xuyi thoroughly learned this lesson through an experience that was both torturous and pleasurable.

Song Xuyi woke up earlier than Jiang Ruoyu the next morning.

After waking up, Song Xuyi deeply despised herself for letting lust cloud her judgment. She never thought she would succumb to Jiang Ruoyu’s beauty trap the night before, developing a relationship that crossed boundaries, nor did she imagine their relationship would turn out like this!

Having completely absorbed Yinshen’s consciousness, Jiang Ruoyu’s body had automatically entered a deep sleep, looking incredibly peaceful.

Song Xuyi glanced at Jiang Ruoyu’s exposed shoulder, involuntarily remembering her alluring figure from the previous night, and how seductively she had called her ‘Yiyi’… Her cheeks immediately reddened as she quickly sat up.

Jiang Ruoyu had shared this spring encounter [euphemism for intimate relations] only because she didn’t know her true identity. Though Song Xuyi had always claimed to see Jiang Ruoyu as her junior, they now had such a relationship. The thought made Song Xuyi feel unable to face Jiang Ruoyu.

Now that Song Xuyi had completely absorbed Yinshen’s power, Jiang Ruoyu would become even more powerful after waking up. Staying longer would risk exposure, so this was the best time for Song Xuyi to leave Jiang Ruoyu’s side.

Song Xuyi took a deep breath, not bothering to pack as she had little to gather anyway. Supporting her sore waist, she got up from the bed, used her accumulated divine power to conceal herself, quickly left the imperial palace of the Jiang Kingdom, and returned to the Nine-Tailed Fox settlement…

When Song’s parents heard about Jiang Ruoyu absorbing Yinshen, they marveled at it. They didn’t question Song Xuyi’s desire for seclusion, but subtly mentioned that a certain deity’s son was quite promising lately, hinting at arranging a match between Song Xuyi and that divine lord…

Song Xuyi didn’t want to deal with anything at the moment and perfunctorily agreed before entering her meditation chamber.

Only after entering the chamber and sitting cross-legged did Song Xuyi truly relax—

The System in her mind clicked its tongue as if wanting to say something, but before it could speak, Song Xuyi covered her reddened face and blocked the System—

Song Xuyi could roughly guess what the System wanted to say.

She knew her behavior seemed somewhat like a scoundrel, running away after being with Jiang Ruoyu, not knowing how worried she would be. But Song Xuyi really couldn’t face Jiang Ruoyu; thinking about their current relationship filled her with an overwhelming sense of guilt.

Song Xuyi could only comfort herself thinking that Jiang Ruoyu would probably get over it soon, then she hid like an ostrich, focusing all her attention on cultivation—

After all, Jiang Ruoyu’s worldview was still normal, and she probably wouldn’t cause havoc in the Three Realms as described in the original plot outline. Song Xuyi could peacefully enter seclusion: for at least the next three to five years, she felt she wouldn’t have the face to see Jiang Ruoyu again.

Not long after Song Xuyi left, Jiang Ruoyu woke up from her dormant state.

She could feel the power flowing through her body, an unprecedented strength that felt like it could control everything. The last remaining consciousness of Yinshen within her had completely vanished from existence.

Jiang Ruoyu knew what this meant: as a human, she had cultivated to become the world’s most powerful deity.

However, Jiang Ruoyu couldn’t feel joy—

She found herself lying on the large bed in the imperial chamber, clothes disheveled, with an unfamiliar sense of satisfaction and contentment, but no trace of the little palace maid anywhere.

What had happened?

Jiang Ruoyu frowned: she had had unspeakable dreams about the little palace maid before, but those scenarios had never felt this real, nor had she woken up in such a state…

Fragments of memories gradually surfaced—

Herself when Yinshen had taken over her body; herself trapped in the dream seducing the little palace maid; the little palace maid’s incredibly real and endearing manner, that almost heavenly pleasure…

Was all of this really just a dream?

Remembering Yinshen’s jealousy towards her, and yesterday’s strange silence, Jiang Ruoyu’s eyes suddenly widened as she immediately understood everything—

…

So, last night wasn’t a dream after all!

But if everything last night was real, what would the little palace maid think of her?

Jiang Ruoyu looked at the empty imperial chamber, feeling unprecedented panic for the first time.

She slowly got up and dressed herself. During this process, Jiang Ruoyu’s cheeks involuntarily reddened: she actually felt somewhat shy, never having imagined things would progress to this point with the little palace maid. But since she had been the one to seduce the little palace maid last night, Jiang Ruoyu felt she should give her enough time to accept this fact, and could take a slower approach in looking for her…

There was no sign of the little palace maid near the imperial chamber. Jiang Ruoyu picked quite a few flowers from the garden, thinking the little palace maid might have returned to her mother Dong Rou’s place, and she could bring the flowers to apologize later…

However, there was no trace of the little palace maid at Dong Rou’s place either.

The smile gradually faded from Jiang Ruoyu’s lips as she clutched the bouquet tightly, an inexplicable sense of panic rising in her heart—

Where could the little palace maid have gone?

Jiang Ruoyu pressed her lips together and released her divine consciousness.

Her divine consciousness was now extremely powerful, and when she released it, it encompassed almost the entire capital city’s landscape. However, as time passed, Jiang Ruoyu’s brows furrowed increasingly deeper—

Once, twice, three times…

Jiang Ruoyu stubbornly searched the entire capital several times but found no trace of the little palace maid!

She questioned the guards at the palace gates, but they hadn’t seen any strangers coming or going; the military commanders guarding the four city gates were also summoned by Jiang Ruoyu, but they too found no trace of the little palace maid…

After searching until midnight and dismissing the soldiers who had been searching everywhere, Jiang Ruoyu’s eyes were bloodshot as she pressed her lips together:

The joy she felt upon waking this morning had completely vanished from her heart, leaving only endless worry and confusion—

—In a single night, the little palace maid had vanished from the world!

Had she left voluntarily, or had something taken her?

What could make a living person suddenly disappear from the world?

Jiang Ruoyu hadn’t failed to consider certain dark possibilities—

She had searched for all souls around the palace but similarly found no trace of the little palace maid…

But Jiang Ruoyu dared not believe, or perhaps refused to believe; in her subconscious, she felt the little palace maid was still alive somewhere in this world.

But how could the young girl vanish overnight?

This was beyond human capability.

Jiang Ruoyu’s gaze grew heavy as she looked toward the Nine Heavens, the gloom in her heart spreading like dark clouds, gradually filling her entire heart—

If she couldn’t be found in the mortal realm, then she would have to go to the immortals’ dwelling in the Nine Heavens.

After all, she was now the new Yinshen, naturally the nemesis of that group of deities, and perhaps one of them had hidden the little palace maid…

But Jiang Ruoyu wasn’t afraid: she would search everywhere, from highest heaven to deepest earth until she found the little palace maid!

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The author has something to say:

The FLAG has fallen, this little world didn’t end today~

It will probably end tomorrow~

Wow, all day today the song “Thank you, because of you…” [謝謝你因為有你, a popular Chinese song] has been echoing in my mind~

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LP: Re-translated on January 07, 2025

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