The Side Character Who Wins by Doing Nothing

Lu Sangjiu pushed open the door to her room and stepped out. She scanned the courtyard but didn’t see anyone else.

The entire courtyard was enclosed by a Barrier, and there were likely guards posted outside the main gate. She had merely gone from a small cage into a larger one.

But Lu Sangjiu never expected to escape so easily anyway. So, even though she saw no one in the courtyard, she didn’t make a foolish attempt to run.

Her gaze swept around before finally landing on the guest room next to her own.

’Hmm... Ye Zhiyao must be living here, right? I’m a little curious about how she’s being treated. Should I go take a look?’

Lu Sangjiu was quite confident that even if they were both stand-ins, Ye Zhiyao’s treatment would be completely different from her own.

Driven by this curiosity, she tried pushing on Ye Zhiyao’s door.

To her surprise, it actually opened... ’It seems the Barriers on both rooms are the same. So after Cangming gave me permission to enter and exit my own room, I can apparently open Ye Zhiyao’s door too.’

’I don’t know if Cangming forgot about this or just doesn’t care, but either way, I should take this chance to go in and have a look!’

Before entering, Lu Sangjiu had imagined the room would be magnificently decorated, with Ye Zhiyao being waited on by at least eight maids.

But once inside, she froze. Not only did she not see the scene she had imagined, but she saw Ye Zhiyao suspended in mid-air, her hands bound by iron chains!

Moreover, her body was covered in injuries. Even her face was covered in bloody gashes, with Demonic Qi roiling in her wounds. One look was enough to tell she was in extreme agony.

Her eyes were closed, and if not for the faint rise and fall of her chest, Lu Sangjiu would have thought she was already dead.

The sight left her stunned for a long time... ’Could it be... Cangming has this kind of twisted kink in the bedroom? How come I’ve never heard about it before?’

It wasn’t strange for Lu Sangjiu to think this way. After all, for the most part, the script provided by the Pseudo Heavenly Dao was quite accurate, as long as she didn’t forcefully intervene to change it.

Although she had been captured along with them this time, she hadn’t interfered with the entanglement between Cangming and Ye Zhiyao. Therefore, she felt the script should still be proceeding as originally planned.

Besides, from her perspective, Ye Zhiyao had no grudge against Cangming. He hadn’t even mistreated her, so there was no reason for him to be torturing Ye Zhiyao!

’So, it must be some kind of special fetish, right?’

’It’s just... Tsk, tsk, isn’t this a bit too cruel? No wonder Ye Zhiyao showed him no mercy when she killed him later.’

While Lu Sangjiu was standing there in a daze, Ye Zhiyao seemed to finally regain some consciousness, slowly opening her eyes with a pained expression.

Upon seeing Lu Sangjiu standing before her... Ye Zhiyao actually burst into tears!

Who knew what kind of torture she had endured to place her hopes on Lu Sangjiu? Her face was a tear-streaked mess.

"Junior Sister Lu, Junior Sister Lu, you have to save me!"

"I know I was wrong! I’ll never oppose you again! Please, save me! That Cangming is a madman... sob... I don’t want to stay here another second!"

"Junior Sister Lu, take me with you! I’m begging you, take me with you!"

Lu Sangjiu: "..."

Ye Zhiyao was crying so miserably that, although Lu Sangjiu felt no sympathy for her, she was momentarily at a loss for words.

As Ye Zhiyao continued to beg and apologize, Lu Sangjiu grew annoyed and was finally forced to speak up. "Stop wailing. What makes you think I’m in any position to escape?"

Ye Zhiyao’s wails came to an abrupt halt.

With tears still on her face, she stared blankly at Lu Sangjiu, as if she didn’t understand what she meant.

So, Lu Sangjiu kindly explained again, "I’m a prisoner, just like you. The only difference is that I can move around this courtyard a little. Escape the Cold Crow Sect? I’d love to, but I can’t."

Ye Zhiyao froze for another moment, then let out a wail and began crying even more wretchedly.

Lu Sangjiu: "..."

’Her mental state is a bit concerning... Maybe I should just leave?’

With that thought, she turned to leave. But when Ye Zhiyao saw her going, she suddenly stopped crying and shouted again, "Don’t go!"

Her voice was so shrill it nearly pierced Lu Sangjiu’s eardrums.

Lu Sangjiu turned back, exasperated. "I told you, I can’t save you."

Ye Zhiyao sobbed, "I... I know... But it hurts so much. Can you give me some Elixir Pills?"

’With Demonic Qi swirling in her wounds, of course it’s painful. Honestly, it’s impressive she can still remain sane. Any longer and she’ll probably lose her mind again.’

Lu Sangjiu had no desire to get involved, but she was genuinely curious. Had Ye Zhiyao done something to offend Cangming, or was this really just a bedroom kink?

After a moment of thought, she said, "I have Elixir Pills. But before that, you have to honestly answer a few questions for me."

Ye Zhiyao was in agony, so upon hearing this, she naturally nodded her head repeatedly in agreement.

Lu Sangjiu asked, "Why is Cangming doing this to you?"

As soon as the question was out, Ye Zhiyao started crying again.

She sobbed, her voice full of grievance as she accused him, "He... he’s a madman!"

And so, Lu Sangjiu learned what had happened... It sounded a bit bizarre. From Ye Zhiyao’s perspective, she had certainly been wronged.

To put it simply, she was initially held here without any harm. Even the restrictions were relatively gentle; she could open the window and door to look outside, but she just couldn’t leave.

Then one morning, after she cracked open the door to peek outside, she was noticed by Fa Shan, who then pushed the door open and came in.

Nothing happened at the time, but that evening, Cangming suddenly came to her room.

The moment he entered, he grabbed her by the neck and asked coldly, "Who sent you?"

Ye Zhiyao was completely baffled. ’Wasn’t I captured? Who would have sent me?’

She didn’t understand, so she naturally said she didn’t know. And so, Cangming strung her up and began torturing her!

As Ye Zhiyao begged for mercy in agony, Cangming asked again, "Who exactly sent you? And how would he know what’s on my mind?"

"And this face of yours... what kind of Illusion Technique did you use? Why does it only work on me, while I can’t see through the flaw at all?"

Ye Zhiyao was even more bewildered and naturally couldn’t answer anything. Cangming then flew into a rage out of shame and beat her half to death.

Before he left, he left her with one last sentence: "Think carefully about how you’re going to answer me. Otherwise, I’ll make you wish for death, but I won’t let you die."

After telling her all this, Ye Zhiyao was a complete mess from crying. "I have no idea what he’s talking about! But no matter what I say, he just won’t believe me!"

Lu Sangjiu: "..."

After hearing all this, her expression turned a little strange... Although she didn’t fully understand, she had managed to guess a few things.

’So that’s it,’ she thought. ’Why else would Ye Zhiyao just happen to look like Cangming’s white moonlight? Turns out this is another cheat the Pseudo Heavenly Dao gave her, huh?’

’It’s probably one of those cheats where other people see Ye Zhiyao as just Ye Zhiyao, but when Cangming looks at her, a "white moonlight filter" gets applied?’

’Cangming somehow noticed something was off, which made him think Ye Zhiyao was a carefully designed plant sent to get close to him. So... that’s how Ye Zhiyao got so unlucky!’

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