CH 53

While Youyou was still in a daze, Yao Yue carried her back to the inn.

At this moment, Bai Qu and Su Ling had also realized that Youyou was missing.

With a grim expression, Bai Qu watched as Yan Yue Yao entered openly through the door.

Bai Qu took a deep breath before reluctantly suppressing the discomfort in his heart.

“Bai Qu.”

Upon seeing Bai Qu, Youyou immediately clamored to get down from Yao Yue’s arms. She happily ran towards Bai Qu, throwing her arms around his waist and excitedly exclaimed, “Bai Qu, I want to marry her! I want to marry Yao Yue and bring her home.”

With just one sentence, Yan Yue Yao beamed with joy, while Su Ling was utterly shocked. As for Bai Qu, one look at his expression was enough to reveal just how uncomfortable he felt.

He scrutinized Yan Yue Yao for a moment. Bai Qu and Su Ling, as taskers, had already gathered information on the influential figures of various countries in the Wuxiang Continent since their arrival in this world. Among them, the most prominent were the royal families of the four nations.

Bai Qu was familiar with Yan Yue Yao.

After all, they had cooperated before.

One instance of this was when she had assisted both he and Su Ling regarding the matter of swiftly gaining control over the situations in their respective nations. Of course, they had also promised that after their goals were achieved, they would elevate her to the throne, and naturally this throne referred to the position of Empress once the nations were unified.

Yan Yue Yao was cunning, ruthless, elusive, and unpredictable. After discussing with Su Ling, they decided that she was the best candidate for the throne. The reason they didn’t choose Emperor Mo Qing was because Mo Qing had no heir.

At least, that’s what Mo Qing believed, that he had no heir.

Moreover, Bai Youyou is also unsuitable for such a significant role.

As taskers in the Main God Space, Bai Qu and Su Ling will never be constrained by their respective identities when carrying out their missions.

The royal courts of the White Tiger and the Black Tortoise have long been corrupt.

As such, they never considered aiding these people to ascend the throne

Although Yan Yue Yao is a woman, after several collaborations, Bai Qu and Su Ling understand that she is indeed a natural-born leader. Their choice was not wrong, but the premise is that Bai Youyou is still the previous Bai Youyou, not Bai Qu’s sister.

The more Bai Qu looked at Yan Yue Yao, the more displeased he felt. He sat down on a nearby chair and gently pulled Youyou onto his lap, tenderly patting her head. “What nonsense are you talking about? There’s no one named Yao Yue in this room. She’s the Princess of the Vermillion Bird nation, whom you met at the banquet. Be good, Youyou. We can’t afford someone like her.”

A perverted, meticulous woman who loves to disguise herself as others, Yan Yue Yao has at least seven or eight identities, as far as Bai Qu knows.

The identities of the Demon Cult Leader, Business Genius, and Foreign Strategist are just a few among many.

“Vermillion Bird’s princess?”

Seems like that rang a bell, huh?

“Yes, Vermillion Bird’s princess.”

With a disdainful glance at Yao Yue, Bai Qu gently explained to Youyou.

“Do you know what Vermillion Bird’s princess is, Youyou? She is the future Empress of the Vermillion Bird nation, and the Emperor/Empress usually has three palaces, six departments, and seventy-two concubines, and spends each day with different men or women. You should have seen it on TV before.”

Knowing Youyou’s level of acceptance, Bai Qu waited for a few seconds before continuing.

“So, Youyou, we can’t afford someone like her. She is the Empress of Vermillion Bird, who will marry many people to fill her harem. She won’t belong to just you, understand?”

Although the young girl has a gentle temperament, she is also extremely possessive. The concept of sharing is out of the question for her, just like the time when he was so infuriated by her that he casually mentioned finding a more obedient and trouble-free younger sister. The young girl cried bitterly upon hearing this and then didn’t speak to him for a long time.

Truly, she can be quite stubborn.

That’s why Bai Qu doesn’t believe Youyou would accept someone like Yan Yue Yao.

Sure enough, after listening to Bai Qu’s words, Youyou was completely stunned.

She stared at Bai Qu blankly, as if she might burst into tears in the next moment.

“Don’t scare her, okay?”

Yan Yue Yao, who had been silently reminding herself to leave a good impression on Bai Qu and not to act impulsively or cause trouble, finally couldn’t bear it anymore. She strode over to Youyou, pulled her up from Bai Qu’s lap, and hugged her, gently soothing her.

“Be good, don’t listen to Bai Qu’s nonsense. When did I ever say I wanted to fill the harem? I only have you, and I only want you, understand?”

With a dazzlingly beautiful face full of tenderness, Yan Yue Yao lifted Youyou’s chin and gently kissed the corner of her slightly damp eyes.

“If you don’t like the identity of Yan Yue Yao, then I’ll continue to be Yao Yue, okay? I’ll wait for you to marry me and be a peaceful and obedient wife.”

With a slow and languid voice, imbued with undeniable determination and indulgence, Yan Yue Yao’s appearance of being willing to bare her heart and soul for Youyou astonished both Bai Qu and Su Ling. After all, no one knew better than them how sick and twisted Yan Yue Yao could be, how unpredictable and manic she was. But now,

this person seemed to have been tamed by Youyou, unbelievably obedient and docile.

“R-really?”

Looking at Yao Yue with some doubt, Youyou still remembered Bai Qu’s words.

“Of course, why wouldn’t you believe me?”

Arching her exceptionally beautiful eyebrows, Yan Yue Yao looked at Youyou and suddenly smirked, whispering something in her ear.

“I’m already yours, don’t you believe me?”

“But I’m capable of doing anything for Youyou, you know?”

Youyou:……

Blushing slightly, Youyou shyly glanced at Bai Qu and Su Ling, then covered Yao Yue’s mouth.

“Don’t say such things.”

Her fair and delicate little face turned sulky again. Youyou thought for a moment and said, “Yao Yue, I…I’ll believe you, but if you’re really as bad as Bai Qu says, then I don’t want you.”

Yes, those emperors are seen as emotionally unreliable in Youyou’s eyes. She never imagined herself falling for an emperor.

She has always liked those who show affection towards her, treat her well, are faithful, and won’t make her uncomfortable.

Releasing Yao Yue’s mouth, Youyou then looked at Bai Qu and Su Ling, blinked her eyes, pouted, and coquettishly said, “Bai Qu, I want to marry her.”

The girl blinked her round, big eyes, intentionally acting coy. Bai Qu and Su Ling couldn’t stand it, and they rubbed their temples with a headache. Bai Qu furrowed his handsome brows slightly and suddenly said to Youyou in a cold tone, “If you choose between brother and her, whom do you want?”

“I want both.”

Without the slightest fear of Bai Qu’s expression or concern for his question, Youyou ran towards Bai Qu again and, as usual, hugged his waist.

“Brother, I don’t want to hear you say that I can only choose one of them anymore. I want both you and Yan Yue, I want both, both, both.”

“Youyou.”

With a sigh of resignation, Bai Qu’s expression became complicated as he locked eyes with Youyou.

“This time, brother can fulfill your request and not make things difficult for you. But what about next time? Someday, you will have to face this difficult choice.”

If possible, he would certainly want to protect her for eternity.

But what if he died in some unknown corner?

Bai Qu’s assumptions were too far-fetched. At least in Youyou’s impression, whatever she wanted, Bai Qu would give her. Even if sometimes Bai Qu would deliberately say such things, forcing her to choose only one, in the end, he would relent to her demands.

Looking at Youyou, who appeared bewildered because of his words,

Bai Qu suddenly smiled.

“Alright, brother promises you can marry Yao Yue.”

She didn’t understand, which meant she was still young. She lived a very happy life, and at the same time, it showed that he had protected her well, never letting her encounter any difficult situations. However, facing Youyou’s suddenly bright eyes because of the surprise, Bai Qu opened his lips and said.

“However, can Youyou let me talk to Yan Yue Yao alone?”

Youyou:……

Even when Bai Qu pushed her out of the room to keep Su Ling company, Youyou still looked dazed and timid, glancing back at the wooden door behind her. Youyou’s appearance, wanting to eavesdrop but afraid to disobey Bai Qu’s orders, amused Su Ling greatly.

“Don’t worry, your brother won’t bully Yan Yue Yao.”

Perhaps as Youyou’s brother, Bai Qu might not approve of Yan Yue Yao, but knowing about the events of the previous world, his beloved would certainly want to compensate for the harm Youyou suffered in other ways, and Yan Yue Yao would obviously be a good candidate for that.

“Oh.”

Sitting on the ground, counting ants, Youyou’s obvious disdain made Su Ling impatient. He glared at Youyou, then took something out of his pocket and said to Youyou without much patience, “You heartless little thing, do you like this?”

A blood-red bead, with a vibrant color and containing mysterious and ancient streams of light, looked stunning.

It’s the origin of a small world that he happened to obtain by chance. He didn’t know its purpose, but he thought she might like it, so he kept it.

As expected, Youyou, who was bored out of her mind, glanced at it casually, but then stared at it intently, her face full of “I really like it, I really want it,” leaving Su Ling amused.

Taking out a red thread of unknown material, Su Ling threaded it through the middle of the bead, then pinched the ends of the thread between his two fingers.

The place where it was sewn together got sealed up.

“Here, wear it around your neck, it won’t disappear.”

…

At this moment, at the Demon Sect’s altar thousands of miles away.

The empress development system, which had been stuck in self-repair, finally woke up.

Once it understood the current situation, the Empress Development System asked Lan Deng: “[Host, do you want to release the binding, or do you want to continue doing tasks in a different world?]”

At this moment, Lan Deng already had one foot in the grave.

She had thought of dying countless times, of ending her own life, but after hearing the system’s words, Lan Deng suddenly didn’t want to die anymore.

“Continue the mission.”

With a throat parched from long-term lack of water, Lan Deng moved her lips and apologized to the Empress Development System with all her strength, “I’m sorry, System.”

Having experienced hardships, she now understood the preciousness of life.

The system saved her, and regardless of the reason, she shouldn’t complain.

“[Um.]”

The Empress Development System, who had just experienced a lost love, no longer cared about the host’s thoughts. After confirming the coordinates of the nearest world, it took action.

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