Chapter 8: I Like You, Even in Death

The female lead was the female lead. Even cursing looked so pretty and cute.

But Gu Qianqian had no heart to appreciate it. If she could go back two seconds, she would absolutely tear her own foul mouth to shreds.

What the hell did I just say?

Looking at the female lead’s undisguised murderous intent, Gu Qianqian used to think such a thing was something the author made up when she read books. Described so mysteriously, how could it be real?

But now, she believed it.

Those were clearly bright star-like eyes, but now the murderous intent within them was like a sinister poisonous snake, flicking its tongue as it stared at her. It felt like she would be devoured alive in the next second.

And Gu Qianqian had no doubt the female lead could do it.

“I, I… I…”

Dammit brain, think, move! At a time like this, what should I do?!

“Host, this is the moment to get hands-on…”

The system popped out to assert its existence, its tone of watching the fun impossible to hide.

At this moment, Gu Qianqian really wanted to beat the crap out of it: “Scram! You useless dog system that’s nothing without favorability points!”

In reality, Lin Feiyu’s fingers had already dug into her flesh. Gu Qianqian seemed to hear the sound of her jawbone cracking.

“Speak!”

Lin Feiyu’s furious gaze frightened Gu Qianqian into blurting out: “I’m not lying, I really like you!”

Though it was just infatuation at first sight…

“Are you out of your mind or am I? Huh? Gu Qianqian, you’re a girl, I’m a girl, and then you say something like that?”

“I… I like you.”

“Your mother’s… let me tell you, I don’t like girls. I didn’t before, I don’t now, and I never will! Gu Qianqian, you only disgust me!”

“I’ll give you one last chance, say it again!” Suppressing her anger, Lin Feiyu sneered.

Even ten thousand more times, the answer would be the same!

Gu Qianqian steeled herself and said in a low voice: “I like you.”

At this point, even if she didn’t like her, she had to cling to that answer. Otherwise, the female lead who knew she was being tricked would definitely slap her until she couldn’t speak.

To be fair, Gu Qianqian guessed right. Lin Feiyu was already considering slapping her, one that would knock out all her teeth.

“You f*cking…” Lin Feiyu suddenly raised her hand to strike. Gu Qianqian, terrified, shrank her neck and closed her eyes, trembling.

But seeing her like this, Lin Feiyu suddenly laughed again. The laughter grew from small to loud, becoming increasingly strange.

“Like me? Hahaha… hahaha… like me… Gu Qianqian… hahaha…”

Watching the female lead who was clutching her stomach and seemed mentally unhinged, Gu Qianqian swallowed nervously. She hadn’t triggered some strange mechanism, had she?

Fortunately, no one was hanging around here, otherwise hearing Lin Feiyu’s creepy laughter might have caused immediate mental breakdown. After all, Lin Feiyu had always had the kind personality of a pure white flower, so how could she laugh so eerily?

Like me? Lin Feiyu didn’t believe it. But it made her even more convinced that Gu Qianqian might know something, perhaps even be a reborn person! Saying these things and doing these things, all to survive!

And saying ‘like’ so easily stirred up some bad memories from Lin Feiyu’s previous life.

She remembered someone begging: ‘Feiyu, don’t kill me, I like you. Feiyu, I was wrong, spare me. I’ve always liked you, loved you!’

And another voice: ‘Feiyu, he likes me, you’ll support us, right? Give me the thing…’

When she stopped laughing and looked over with a sinister gaze, Gu Qianqian felt like she was being looked at as a dead person.

Seriously? Am I that unlucky? Normally, a confession would at least fluster the female lead, even if not increase favorability. But from Lin Feiyu’s expression, it seemed I was dancing on her minefield, a face like she wanted to kill my mother.

Could the female lead be HRB600 rebar, a straight woman who couldn’t be straighter? Could she not stand any same-s*x talk of liking or something?

After laughing enough, Lin Feiyu placed her hand on Gu Qianqian’s shoulder, and a smile that Gu Qianqian couldn’t understand suddenly appeared on her face: “You like me?”

Gu Qianqian nodded.

“What do you like about me?”

“Uh… that… pretty? Good-looking? Beautiful?”

“You f*cking…” Lin Feiyu couldn’t hold it in, “What else?!”

“Kindness?”

As if hearing an extremely sarcastic word, Lin Feiyu’s mouth twitched a few times. She suddenly felt that the little shorty in front of her definitely wanted to seek death, but looking at the other’s sincere and frightened eyes…

Dammit, this dog thing couldn’t really think she was still that kind and easily bullied pure white flower, could she?

The hand Lin Feiyu had on Gu Qianqian’s shoulders suddenly contracted, grabbing her neck. Although the female lead’s hands were fair and delicate with long fingers, the force was not something Gu Qianqian could resist.

In an instant, Gu Qianqian was lifted by the neck. The force was so great it almost squeezed her eyeballs out. Fortunately, she held her breath and didn’t leak; if she had peed from fear, that would be worse than death.

Watching Gu Qianqian’s pained expression, Lin Feiyu suddenly felt a sense of satisfaction. So this was the feeling of revenge. With just a little more force, she could snap this little thing’s neck.

She dared to bully, scold, and insult me, wasn’t it because she knew I wouldn’t fight back? But now… things have changed…

“Now, do you still think I’m pretty and kind, Gu Qianqian?”

She nodded.

Not to mention that the female lead had only been corrupted by bullying, even if Gu Qianqian didn’t understand her current state, she still believed the female lead hadn’t completely lost her humanity. Kindness doesn’t disappear; it was just hidden, buried very deep, and filled with darkness. That doesn’t mean it’s gone.

Of course, the more practical reason was that nodding might anger her, but not nodding would get her neck broken directly. So it was the lesser of two evils.

But her nod made Lin Feiyu feel angry and irritable, and the force in her hand unconsciously increased.

“One last chance, if you deny it, I’ll let you go!”

But Gu Qianqian still endured the suffocation and pain and nodded. The angry female lead’s words couldn’t be trusted!

Looking at this stubborn little shorty, Lin Feiyu suddenly felt a pang in her heart as if pricked by a needle. She kept telling herself that the other was lying, only trying to please her to survive, don’t be fooled.

Kill her! Kill her! Damn foolish thing, daring to insult me and refusing to repent!

The girl’s grip grew tighter and tighter, just as Gu Qianqian thought she really would die here, the tight hold on her neck suddenly loosened.

She staggered to the ground, coughing and gasping, her face pale.

This was a big gamble, but I won, right? Escaping death, Gu Qianqian thought with bitter humor. But thinking that the future would be spent under such circumstances, she couldn’t laugh anymore.

Lin Feiyu looked at her and said again: “You won’t change your words even in death, huh? Stop putting on a false act in front of me, Gu Qianqian. I know you’re lying.

I could see your change today, so couldn’t you, who always bullied me, see my change? Spit it out, little thing, spit it out. If you say it, I’ll give you a quick death, save me from slowly extracting your secrets and just kill you outright.”

Gu Qianqian, who had said ‘like’ and ‘kind,’ had thoroughly provoked Lin Feiyu. She now felt irritable and really wanted to kill someone to vent.

“I…” coughing twice, Gu Qianqian looked up at her, “I don’t know what you’re talking about?”

“Still trying to argue?” Lin Feiyu grabbed her hand and forced her to meet her eyes. “Look at me! Gu Qianqian, don’t you find my current behavior strange and unfamiliar? I no longer let you bully me; instead I bully you. Don’t you want to know why? For instance, I’m not me…”

Gu Qianqian was startled. Was the female lead about to come clean with her? If she admitted it, wouldn’t she be killed right now?!

“You… if you’re not you, then who are you… Could it be…” Gu Qianqian stepped back two steps in shock.

But Lin Feiyu laughed.

That’s right, finally couldn’t keep up the act, spit it out, say it and I’ll kill you right now!

“Could you have been possessed by a monster outside?!”

Lin Feiyu was stunned, feeling her emotions go out of sync. Gu Qianqian instead stared at her warily and said: “I heard there are monsters outside that can gnaw on people’s brains and control their hosts. You, you wouldn’t happen to…”

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