Blame the Villain – Chapter 245

Villainous Singer (17)

Although Lin Ruyu had a hideous scar on half of her face, because of the perfect and delicate other half, it didn’t appear horrifying at all; instead, it displayed a strange and mysterious beauty.

Song Xuyi was someone who wasn’t good at concealing emotions, yet this time, upon seeing Lin Ruyu’s appearance, perhaps because the shock and heartache were too intense, Song Xuyi found herself calming down with unprecedented speed, composing her emotions and clearing the bewilderment from her face.

“How did this happen?”

Song Xuyi took a deep breath, bit her lip, and stepped forward, cupping Lin Ruyu’s face in her hands while struggling to control the tears in her eyes as she spoke softly.

Though Lin Ruyu’s words were harsh, since turning on the lights, she had kept her eyes downcast, not daring to meet Song Xuyi’s gaze directly. Her body was taut as a string, seeming ready to flee at any moment.

Lin Ruyu’s cheeks were equally ice-cold; Song Xuyi involuntarily shuddered when touching them. She tried to steady herself as she drew closer to Lin Ruyu’s cheek. With today’s advanced technology, Song Xuyi wanted to see if Lin Ruyu’s cheek could be repaired, but upon closer inspection, she discovered—Lin Ruyu’s facial skin and bone structure were extremely strange, as if something had been added between the bones.

Song Xuyi’s eyes widened, and the tears she had been holding back finally fell—

What kind of person would be cruel enough to do this to Lin Ruyu’s beautiful face?

Song Xuyi sniffled, unable to control her sobbing, then felt embarrassed, thinking her display would make Lin Ruyu feel worse, and unconsciously raised her hand to wipe away her tears…

However, just as Song Xuyi raised her hand, Lin Ruyu grabbed it—

Lin Ruyu drew close to Song Xuyi’s face, her pitch-black eyes gradually examining Song Xuyi’s expression. She moved even closer, suddenly closed her eyes, and tremblingly kissed away the tears beneath Song Xuyi’s eyes.

?!

Song Xuyi stood frozen in place, not daring to move.

Her instinct was to push Lin Ruyu away, but watching Lin Ruyu’s trembling eyelashes, ultimately the feeling of heartache conquered all else. Song Xuyi’s outstretched hand couldn’t bring itself to land on Lin Ruyu, and finally slowly clenched into a fist as she closed her eyes, her face flushed red.

Her nose was filled with Lin Ruyu’s cool, clear scent. Song Xuyi’s heart was in chaos, and she didn’t know how long passed before Lin Ruyu finally released her. When Lin Ruyu spoke again, she seemed to have calmed down, her tone even carrying a hint of amusement: “I did it.”

Song Xuyi was stunned for a moment before comprehending Lin Ruyu’s words—the injury on her face was self-inflicted!

Song Xuyi’s eyes widened, staring at Lin Ruyu in disbelief, only to see Lin Ruyu smiling with unbridled joy: “Xuyi, you should congratulate me, I’m free!”

Meeting Song Xuyi’s astonished eyes, Lin Ruyu told a story:

Lin Ruyu was once a princess of Ruoshui Star, and when the people of Bilin Star massacred the palace, because Lin Ruyu had been sickly since childhood, her mother had taken her out to seek medical treatment, coincidentally avoiding that slaughter.

At that time, Ruoshui Star had no Guardians, and when the Bilin people later received news that Lin Ruyu was still alive, they wanted to capture her to serve as a puppet emperor to rule Ruoshui Star. Lin Ruyu’s mother lost her life to ensure Lin Ruyu’s escape.

Afterward, Lin Ruyu fled from place to place due to her identity, preserving her life under the protection of loyal followers, yet the images of her family’s death constantly lingered before her eyes, reminding her to focus on revenge.

However, the gap between the two planets was too vast; for Lin Ruyu and the supporters of the royal family, defeating Ruoshui Star seemed as difficult as climbing to heaven.

Lin Ruyu originally thought she would have to live like this for the rest of her life, watching Ruoshui Star decline day by day. However, at age ten, Lin Ruyu heard about Ruoshui Star’s plan to send people to Bilin Star.

Everyone was pessimistic about this plan—what could a group of children do on Bilin Star? Some even believed it was a ploy by the notorious Guardians to curry favor with Bilin Star’s authorities…

Yet Lin Ruyu secretly developed an idea. She observed the situation of the first batch of students’ families who remained on Ruoshui Star, collecting information about these students’ relatives, and finally, despite everyone’s opposition, she went to Bilin Star as part of the second batch of students.

Lin Ruyu’s intuition wasn’t wrong—on Bilin Star, she could receive an education countless times more advanced than on Ruoshui Star.

Initially, Lin Ruyu also intended to study Bilin Star’s most advanced robotics system. She worked tirelessly, passed the language test, and during her language assessment, the examiner noticed her musical talent and wanted her to become a singer. Meanwhile, Professor Xu also extended an olive branch to her. He seemed to think Lin Ruyu was just an unworldly child with endless beauty, enticing her by saying he wanted to invite her to participate in a secret experiment. Once successful, Lin Ruyu would become incredibly powerful, and he would teach her all his techniques…

What he didn’t know was that Lin Ruyu had already seen through the greed and arrogance filling his eyes.

Lin Ruyu thought for a long time before finally agreeing to Professor Xu’s proposal. Although she knew she was dealing with a tiger, this was a temptation she couldn’t refuse.

But Lin Ruyu kept an ace up her sleeve—she simultaneously agreed to become a singer under her agent, and quickly made a name for herself with her voice.

Professor Xu was somewhat angry about Lin Ruyu’s decision. Due to her deliberate behavior in front of him, he believed Lin Ruyu wanted to become a singer out of vanity. Though angry, he believed he had found Lin Ruyu’s weakness, proving she was extremely vain. Moreover, if Lin Ruyu became a singer, she would frequently appear in the public eye, allowing the public to verify the perfection of his experiment. If no one discovered her identity as an experimental subject, it would prove his research was flawless.

Therefore, Professor Xu’s anger quickly subsided, and after obtaining Lin Ruyu’s permission, he carried out his plan on her.

When a field reaches its peak, one must either stay stagnant or develop shocking new ideas. Professor Xu had been researching robots for years when he conceived a notion—he wanted to develop the most humanlike robot possible, one with emotions and the ability to think.

Previously, Professor Xu had been relatively restrained, but after witnessing Ruoshui Star’s defeat, a thought suddenly sprouted in his mind: what could be more human-like than a half-human robot? What if he implanted chips into Ruoshui Star people to turn them into cyborgs…

Professor Xu’s gaze turned to the pitiful Ruoshui Star people, and he reported his research direction to the military. The military, frustrated with the disobedient Ruoshui Star territory residents, was overjoyed upon receiving Professor Xu’s report and allocated substantial funding to him.

Professor Xu secretly accepted Ruoshui Star people supplied by the military for his experiments, and the research quickly made tremendous progress. However, after accidentally meeting Lin Ruyu, Professor Xu developed an idea to make her a benchmark specimen. After all, he understood that his research was somewhat inhumane, and if word got out, the reputation he had built over the years would vanish completely. But what if these robots possessed enough appeal? Would people still oppose them then…

Lin Ruyu’s supreme beauty was the ultimate attraction.

Professor Xu implanted a chip in Lin Ruyu’s body, placing it beneath the skin of her cheek, reconstructing it with special materials. As a marker, a red mole appeared under Lin Ruyu’s eye.

Because of this chip’s existence, Lin Ruyu achieved revolutionary progress in both physical capabilities and knowledge. Thus, even while being incredibly busy as a singer, she could master robot maintenance technology, physically surpass Song Xuyi, and use the chip inside her to command other robots and equipment…

Professor Xu was extremely confident about Lin Ruyu’s power—he had deliberately placed the chip under her cheek, believing beauty was Lin Ruyu’s weakness. After all, as a robot, the primary rule to follow was “do not harm humans,” but Lin Ruyu’s type of ‘robot’ was special because she was both robot and human. So Professor Xu smugly implanted the chip in Lin Ruyu’s cheek, thinking that even if she developed second thoughts, she wouldn’t dare act rashly because of her beauty, and simultaneously, the chip’s existence would remind Lin Ruyu to be mindful of her identity.

Professor Xu was too arrogant, and this was the greatest mistake of his life.

Professor Xu believed no one else in the world except him could remove the chip from Lin Ruyu’s cheek, but he didn’t know that the Lin Ruyu he had implanted with the chip wasn’t the merely beautiful vase he imagined. Empowered by the chip, Lin Ruyu became incredibly powerful. While openly performing at various venues, she quietly infiltrated every aspect of Bilin Star, secretly united countless Ruoshui Star people, cultivated her own power base, and obtained data on countless advanced technologies from Bilin Star.

After obtaining this data, Lin Ruyu initially didn’t know who to pass it to. At first, like others, she believed Song Yi, being a Guardian, must be as evil as other Guardians. However, after interacting with Song Xuyi, Lin Ruyu began to doubt: could someone who raised someone like Song Xuyi really be as people described?

Lin Ruyu infiltrated Bilin Star’s surveillance system, heard the conversations between Song Xuyi and Song Yi, and finally confirmed that Song Yi was trustworthy. Afterward, she began secretly passing data to Song Yi…

During her time with Song Xuyi, after discovering that Song Xuyi was being distanced by Luo Xi due to ‘declining grades,’ Lin Ruyu found herself feeling secretly pleased. She then realized she seemed to have a strange possessiveness toward Song Xuyi.

She loved watching Song Xuyi smile, always thought of Song Xuyi when she saw nice things, and didn’t want to see Song Xuyi getting close to others…

Lin Ruyu originally wanted to suppress these emotions, but her eyes couldn’t help following Song Xuyi—

Until one night, watching Song Xuyi concentrate on dismantling a robot with a somewhat cold demeanor, she suddenly had an impulse: she wanted to break through Song Xuyi’s coldness and kiss her tightly pressed red lips…

Lin Ruyu was incredibly shocked by her own thoughts, and what made her feel even more uneasy was that she had a dream that night, where Song Xuyi’s cheeks were flushed red, and they did many things Lin Ruyu had never thought about before…

What made Lin Ruyu feel even more troubled was—not only did she not reject this dream, she even somewhat wanted it to become reality!

It was then that Lin Ruyu realized: she seemed to have fallen in love with Song Xuyi.

This discovery brought Lin Ruyu joy, yet also immense worry: her life was like walking on thin ice, and she could hardly be considered human anymore—would Song Xuyi accept her?

Initially, Lin Ruyu tried to control herself, unconsciously reducing the frequency of her interactions with Song Xuyi. However, longing couldn’t be controlled, and Lin Ruyu discovered she simply couldn’t bear the days away from Song Xuyi. Finally, she decided to follow her heart and began thinking about confessing to Song Xuyi…

She would dedicate her life to Ruoshui Star—that was her duty as royalty, but she still wanted to selfishly embrace Song Xuyi; that was all her madness and obsession.

Lin Ruyu had originally planned to confess everything to Song Xuyi after the exam, but she hadn’t expected to see Professor Xu serving as the examiner—

Professor Xu’s gaze at Song Xuyi was very familiar, because he had once looked at Lin Ruyu with the same eyes…

Professor Xu had also set his sights on Xuyi!

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LP: Re-translated on January 31, 2025

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