Blame the Villain – Chapter 231
by Little PandaVillainous Singer (3)
The girl leaned casually against the door, and after meeting Song Xuyi’s gaze, she seemed momentarily dazed before her lips curved into a smile—
The smiling girl looked even more beautiful!
Song Xuyi thought she was radiating light, just like an angel fallen to the mortal realm. Several Bilin Star people surrounding her gazed at her in fascination, chattering away in their language.
“As expected!” The System suddenly sighed: “It’s her again!”
“What’s wrong?” Song Xuyi was confused and was about to question the System when she saw the girl walking toward her with a smile.
“I heard you’re the child of Director Song Yi from the Southwest District?” The girl’s lips curved into a friendly smile: “What a coincidence, I’m from the Southwest District too…”
After advanced civilizations divided up Ruoshui Star, they split it into eight districts – “East, West, South, North, Southeast, Southwest, Northeast, Northwest,” each belonging to different planets. The Southwest District where Song Yi resided was the largest territory belonging to the Bilin Star.
The current Song Yi wasn’t the later Guardian, just a minor director under the Guardian, managing one of the districts.
When the girl mentioned knowing Song Yi, Song Xuyi didn’t think much of it. After all, while Song Yi was capable and shrewd, he wasn’t well-known, and those who knew him were likely from the Southwest District. Moreover, this girl was so beautiful that she didn’t seem like someone who would lie.
“Hello! I’m Song Xuyi,” Song Xuyi greeted softly. Though aware it was impolite to stare at the young girl, she couldn’t control her gaze—
As the girl drew closer, she looked even more beautiful up close: with a face like jade lotus, crimson lips, pearl-like teeth, and especially the red mole at the corner of her eye adorning her snow-white skin, she was so striking it was hard to look directly at her.
“You’re so cute!” The girl’s eyes curved into crescents as she smiled at Song Xuyi.
“This is for you.” Seeing Song Xuyi’s dazed expression, the girl’s smile deepened. She pulled out a gleaming golden chain from her bag, gesturing toward Song Xuyi as if wanting to put it around her neck…
Song Xuyi naturally didn’t dare accept such a valuable gift from someone she just met and kept backing away while waving her hands. Luo Xi, seeing the situation, walked over and frowned noticeably upon seeing the girl in front of Song Xuyi—
“Lin Ruyu, Xuyi isn’t like you! She doesn’t like these flashy things. Don’t try to use your tricks to tempt her!” Luo Xi glared vigilantly at the beautiful girl, her tone clearly wary.
The beautiful girl called Lin Ruyu seemed unaware of Luo Xi’s hostility, blinking her pretty eyes at Luo Xi in apparent confusion: “Luo Xi, what are you talking about?”
Lin Ruyu slightly furrowed her brows: “I’m just trying to give little Xuyi a translator!” Her lips curved into a smile as she looked challengingly at Luo Xi: “Or have you already given Xuyi a translator?”
A language translator wasn’t particularly expensive for Bilin Star people, but it was prohibitively expensive for the poor Ruoshui Star students. Naturally, Luo Xi couldn’t afford to give Song Xuyi a translator.
Catching Luo Xi’s frozen expression, Lin Ruyu’s eyes gleamed with deeper amusement. She unhurriedly walked around Luo Xi, placed the chain around Song Xuyi’s neck, and pinched Song Xuyi’s chubby cheeks: “I never would have thought that Song Yi, that rigid old man, could have such an adorable daughter!”
To send Song Xuyi to Bilin Star, the unmarried and childless Song Yi had falsely claimed that Song Xuyi was his biological daughter from a past romance, which was how Song Xuyi got this opportunity to study at Bilin Star.
Song Xuyi thought for a moment and didn’t avoid Lin Ruyu’s gesture of putting on the necklace: she did need a translator at this stage to understand the Bilin Star language, otherwise her future life and studies would face major obstacles.
However, this didn’t mean Song Xuyi could accept such a generous gift with peace of mind.
As soon as Song Xuyi put on the necklace, she clearly heard a Bilin Star man’s somewhat dissatisfied voice speaking to Lin Ruyu: “Ruyu, this was the translator I gave you. How could you give it to someone else right in front of me?”
Lin Ruyu, however, didn’t seem the least bit guilty: “Once you gave it to me, it became mine. If something doesn’t suit me, naturally I should give it to someone more suitable.”
“But my approach was indeed improper,” she said lazily. “I should have told you before doing it.”
“To express my apologies,” Lin Ruyu curved her lips, speaking of regret while her eyes showed no trace of guilt, as she took out an electronic ticket from her bag and handed it to the Bilin Star man: “I have a performance this Friday night. Would you like to come?”
The Bilin Star man immediately brightened up, carefully tucking away the electronic ticket.
Song Xuyi hadn’t realized the translator was from this Bilin Star man, and felt even more guilty. She tried to remove the necklace to return it to Lin Ruyu, but for some reason, the chain wouldn’t come off once it was on her neck. Song Xuyi spent a long time trying to remove it, while the man beside her kept smiling and waving his hands dismissively.
“Don’t take it to heart, plenty of people give her things,” Luo Xi looked at Lin Ruyu with a complicated expression and pressed her lips together: “Ruoshui Star is in need of reconstruction. We were sent here to learn advanced technology to serve our homeland, but she shows no ambition. While the rest of us work diligently and study hard, she chose to study music and spends every day singing with Bilin Star people.”
“If there’s ever conflict between planets, what will she use to defend against enemies? Her heavenly voice?”
“Though now, with her beauty and voice, she’s indeed made a name for herself, attracting countless admirers from Bilin Star. She’s not even thirteen yet and has already become the best singer, with countless Bilin Star people wanting to hear her sing.” Luo Xi snorted mockingly: “That electronic ticket she just gave that man? It’s worth a fortune on the market.”
Song Xuyi hadn’t expected the electronic ticket to be so valuable and froze in place—
Song Xuyi naturally didn’t plan to take Lin Ruyu’s things without compensation. Since Lin Ruyu had exchanged her translator for a ticket, Song Xuyi secretly planned to repay her with either the equivalent value of the ticket or a gift.
However, the current Song Xuyi was a clean-pocketed poor person [completely broke], so she could only promise Lin Ruyu: “Consider this translator a loan from you. Once I earn money from working, I’ll definitely pay you back.”
“Xuyi, there’s no need to be so formal with me.” Lin Ruyu sighed.
But Song Xuyi wouldn’t abandon her intention to repay the debt despite Lin Ruyu’s attitude. The original owner’s clothes pocket always contained a notebook and pen, and since Song Xuyi had no money now, she took out the pen and wrote an IOU [written promise of debt] for Lin Ruyu: “I, Song Xuyi, borrowed a translator from Lin Ruyu today, and will definitely repay her when I earn money.” She signed her name at the bottom.
The Bilin Star people beside Lin Ruyu seemed to have never seen such antiquated items as paper and pen, and curiously gathered around to look. Lin Ruyu took the IOU from Song Xuyi, her smile deepening: “In all my life, this is the first time I’ve received an IOU.”
“Alright, Xuyi, you’ve said you owe me this.”
Song Xuyi had expected to spend more effort convincing Lin Ruyu to accept the IOU, but unexpectedly, Lin Ruyu seemed to recall something, her eyes darkened slightly, and she curved her lips as she accepted the note, tucking it into her bag.
Lin Ruyu appeared extremely busy, and soon several female Bilin Star people came looking for her. When she saw these women, the smile on her face instantly dimmed.
Looking at the gathering in the hall, these Bilin Star women’s expressions immediately turned ugly—
“Ruyu, why did you sneak here?” A very tall Bilin Star woman frowned, looking around the environment critically: “You’re a future superstar, and these poor hometown folks of yours are like dirt on the ground. Why waste time attending their gatherings? This is purely a waste of time.”
“Come with us quickly, we’re running out of time. The governor from the neighboring state is here, specifically requesting to hear you sing, and wants you to compete with his specially developed song android…”
Lin Ruyu maintained her unhurried, smiling demeanor, but the women who came in were clearly impatient and didn’t wait for her response before pulling her toward the exit…
Song Xuyi frowned.
“Those people are her managers,” Luo Xi explained, seemingly noticing Song Xuyi’s confusion. “She’ll be fine; in fact, she’ll be the most successful among us.” Speaking this, Luo Xi’s lips curved sarcastically again: “She’s already become Bilin Star’s most famous singer, and will live an extremely privileged life in the future. She won’t return to our poor, backward Ruoshui Star…”
…Is that really the case?
Song Xuyi could understand people’s pursuit of a privileged life, but she felt Lin Ruyu wasn’t that kind of person.
By now, Lin Ruyu had reached the doorway.
She seemed to know someone was speaking ill of her behind her back, and turned around once more, winking at Song Xuyi with sunlight dancing on her long eyelashes as she blew a kiss: “See you next time, little sister Xuyi!”
While Luo Xi vigilantly warned ‘don’t get too close to Lin Ruyu,’ Song Xuyi’s mind kept replaying the image of Lin Ruyu blowing that kiss as she left, thinking how spirited she had looked…
Luo Xi then introduced the other people to Song Xuyi.
Some of the older people who weren’t wearing glasses had healthy eyes because they weren’t exposed to crystal radiation at birth, while others had undergone eye surgery.
After surgery, they were required to rest for several months, and many who came out fell behind in their studies.
Song Xuyi felt that rather than Lin Ruyu staying at Bilin Star in the future, those who had undergone eye surgery and had Bilin Star people accompanying them were more likely to stay here…
But Song Xuyi didn’t point this out.
She followed behind Luo Xi, exchanging pleasantries with everyone, and by the time she returned to her room, it was already late night…
Just as Song Xuyi was preparing to read for a while longer, the System spoke again in her mind with a somewhat deliberate tone: “Xuyi, do you really plan to repay Lin Ruyu?”
After receiving Song Xuyi’s affirmative response, the System let out a sigh, though Song Xuyi sensed suppressed amusement in its voice—
“But, according to detection, Lin Ruyu appears to be this world’s villain…”
LP: Re-translated on January 13, 2025
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