Puppy Xie's Darkening Diary - Chapter 3

Chapter 3

As it turns out, silence only gives the enemy an opening.

Xie Yuchao hoisted me up and tossed me onto the dragon bed at the back of the hall.

[System, this bed is pretty nice. Can you get me one after I finish the mission?]

The System was nowhere to be found.

I thought Xie Yuchao wanted to get down and dirty with me, but it turned out he just wanted to choke me while looking down from above.

His eyes were beautiful, filled with confusion and anger, but those emotions were quickly drowned out by a wave of resentment, leaving his gaze bloodshot.

The hand gripping my neck tightened several times, as if he wanted to exert force, but in the end, it only trembled uncontrollably.

“Shen Zhaozhao, it’s been five years. I’ve searched for you for five whole years!”

“For the past five years, every time I closed my eyes, your face would appear.”

“You have no idea-I hate you as much as I love you.”

I spotted a crucial detail:

[System, didn’t I leave a box of ashes behind when I faked my death? Why doesn’t he believe I’m dead?!]

System: [Whose ashes are pink?]

Sorry~ I was in such a rush to be cremated that I forgot to choose the color.

“Zhaozhao, I know you don’t belong to this world.”

Hearing this, I shuddered. A bad premonition rose within me.

Xie Yuchao stroked my face. “I also know that when you said you loved me and would stay with me for a lifetime, it was all a lie.”

“Because I am your mission target.”

“You came back this time for a mission again, didn’t you?”

“And after you finish the mission? Are you going to leave again?”

What little conscience I had left began to ache, and I squeezed my eyes shut.

Xie Yuchao let go of my chin and let out a self-mocking laugh.

The sound of silk tearing echoed through the room.

“Since you’re going to leave regardless, I might as well use my own methods to keep you here.”

Three hours later.

My head was spinning from being tossed around. “???”

Is anyone going to check if I’m still alive?

I was dead. But not quite dead enough.

Xie Yuchao seemed to think I could handle dying a few more times.

He said I owed him five years, and now he was going to make me pay him back in full.

To be honest, as a girl with a big appetite, I was being fed very well. But you can’t have ten meals a day!

I’m about to burst!

Wailing inwardly, I gathered my breath and called out to the System: [I heard you’re the most, most, most powerful system in the Task Management Bureau, so can you help me pause time so I can rest for a bit?]

After a long wait, the System’s intermittent electronic voice finally echoed in my head:

[Dear Host, when you hear this message, I am currently undergoing an automatic background update. I should be back in about five, six, seven, eight, or nine hours. Don’t worry, and don’t rush me.]

I want to apply for a new system.

[By the way, once bound, the System cannot be changed~ Mwah!]

%￥@*(*(&)!

Because I got distracted cursing the System, Xie Yuchao increased his intensity as punishment.

“Don’t get distracted.”

“You can only think of me.”

I’m really going to die.

…

In my daze, Xie Yuchao fastened something cold around my ankle.

As long as I moved, it would jingle incessantly.

I forced my eyes open to take a look. I could vaguely see a silver chain swaying back and forth under the shimmering moonlight.

“Xie Yuchao! You…!”

“Hmm?”

“You bastard! Pervert! Aaaaah!”

He took the insults in stride. “Yes, and I’m a madman too.”

…

After a long time, I clung to Xie Yuchao’s neck and whimpered, “Can we stop for a second? I’m so tired I feel like I personally built the Pyramids.”

Xie Yuchao paused. “What are Pyramids?”

“The Pyramids… they’re tombs that look like triangular sugar buns. It’s a place where people rest in eternal sleep after death, praying for their souls to be immortal.”

Wait, no.

Xie Yuchao, are you even listening to me?!

Why are we starting again?!