Chapter 20: The Villain Senior Brother Is About to Turn Dark, the Psychotic Junior Brother Pretends to Be Blind [20]

Chapter 20: The Villain Senior Brother Is About to Turn Dark, the Psychotic Junior Brother Pretends to Be Blind [20]

"Senior Brother... what are you doing?"

Ye Beiyu narrowed his eyes, looking down at the chains of spiritual energy that had materialized around him.

Being tied up like this didn't exactly hurt, and he had no intention of breaking free. He just lifted his gaze to Bai Yan again, with a low, amused chuckle.

"Just now... it was Senior Brother who made the first move... wasn't it?"

Bai Yan kept that same unreadable, aloof expression, not bothering to respond to Ye Beiyu at all. Instead, he tuned into the luck swirling inside him, mulling over a different problem.

He'd never noticed that when the male lead's emotions spiked, his luck would actually seep out of him.

If that was true, maybe he didn't have to keep Ye Beiyu so tightly leashed.

Bai Yan's original plan had been to drag the guy back to the demon realm.

Then keep him chained up and mess with him good, so Ye Beiyu, the male lead, would never get a chance to bounce back.

Once he'd gotten his hands on the protagonist's luck.

He'd then play out the villain's final fate that 717 had laid out for him, and then slip out of this world into the next one.

But now, watching Ye Beiyu, recalling 717's claim that Ye Beiyu liked him, and the luck he'd actually absorbed from him just now—

Right then, a different idea started brewing in Bai Yan's head.

It didn't matter whether Ye Beiyu liked him or not.

What mattered was that close contact let him siphon off the guy's luck.

[717, what do you think—if I pushed the male lead off that cliff edge right now, would he encounter some kind of opportunity down there?]

Bai Yan mentally asked 717, mulling it over, his eyes drifting to a cliff off in the distance.

That cliff was the divide that cut off the demon realm. He had something on him that would let him cross it without a scratch.

If he tossed Ye Beiyu down there...

Bai Yan thought back to how his past villain missions usually went.

No doubt, with that protagonist halo of his, Ye Beiyu wouldn't kick the bucket—and would even encounter a great opportunity down there.

717, who'd logged off earlier assuming the two would get busy, went quiet for a solid three seconds at that.

[Without accidents, yes.]

[With accidents—if the mission fails, we'll be trapped in this world.]

717's tone was unusually serious. Before he could properly analyze the pros and cons with Bai Yan, he watched as Bai Yan directly yanked the chain and dragged Ye Beiyu to the edge of the cliff.

717: [?!]

Ye Beiyu was also confused by his actions, narrowing his eyes as he stared at the cliff before him, gazing at the swirling clouds and mist below, and asked:

"Senior Brother, are you planning to silence me by killing me?"

A deep, heavy emotion gathered in his eyes as he stared intently at Bai Yan, waiting for his answer.

At that moment, Ye Beiyu's fingertips gave a slight twitch.

The Soul-locking Chain he had refined had already appeared in his palm, hidden beneath his wide sleeve, Bai Yan none the wiser.

Ye Beiyu couldn't help but laugh at himself inwardly. So he really had been overthinking things.

Just now, Bai Yan had been so forward that he'd thought Bai Yan might actually feel something for him...

But even if that wasn't the case, it didn't matter.

After all, he had known from the very beginning that Bai Yan didn't like him—otherwise, why would he be so hell-bent on humiliating him?

Though he still couldn't figure out why.

Maybe Bai Yan himself had forgotten the first time they met, back before he'd joined the Spirit Mountain Sect, and hadn't even planned to.

He'd run into a nasty demonic beast, and Bai Yan had saved him.

Bai Yan was the one who'd said that if he ever had nowhere to go, he could come to the Spirit Mountain Sect to find him.

When he first joined the Spirit Mountain Sect, Bai Yan had smiled at him so warmly.

But once he learned his name, Bai Yan had become like a completely different person.

Taking him in as a disciple in the master's name, he'd become his junior disciple brother, and Bai Yan started seizing every chance to bully him.

Though those humiliations didn't bother him much, he still couldn't let it go.

He couldn't understand why Bai Yan hated him so much.

Ye Beiyu took a slow breath, calming himself, and dragged his thoughts back from those memories.

It didn't matter anyway...

From the start, all he'd ever wanted was Bai Yan himself. He'd never expected Bai Yan to fall for him.

Ye Beiyu's grip on the Soul-locking Chain tightened, his lowered eyes dark and turbulent.

He was ready to break free of his restraints, clap the chains on Bai Yan, and haul him back to the place he'd prepared long ago.

But the next second, Bai Yan reached out on his own, looping an arm around his neck, his eyes sparkling with a smile, that faint smile still curving his lips.

That kind of intimate touch made Ye Beiyu's heart skip, his gaze flickering for just a second.

This was the perfect chance—Bai Yan was so close that with one small move, he could lock him down instantly.

From then on, Bai Yan would be his, completely.

Whether Bai Yan hated him, resented him, wanted him dead, or anything else—

Bai Yan's eyes would only ever see him, and him alone...

Ye Beiyu's heart was bursting with uncontrollable joy and excitement. Just as he was about to act, Bai Yan suddenly spoke up.

"Little Yuer, do you want to become stronger?"

Hearing that name caught Ye Beiyu off guard, a flicker of confusion crossing his brow, clearly not understanding why he'd ask that.

But when he turned to look at Bai Yan, he only met those eyes, now gleaming with even deeper amusement.

Bai Yan leaned in and whispered against his ear, "I know you resent me, hate me."

"What a shame..."

"Right now, you're too weak—there's nothing you can do."

"So, Little Yuer, if you survive, wait until you're strong enough, then come find me..."

A glimmer flickered in Bai Yan's eyes, his gentle voice laced with seduction as his fingertips roamed over his body.

Like an alluring succubus, drawing others to willingly sink into him and serve his every whim...

Ye Beiyu couldn't tell if it was his imagination.

He felt that as Bai Yan's words ended, the man seemed to kiss him, or maybe it was just an accidental brush.

But Bai Yan seized that brief moment of distraction and shoved him straight down!

Ye Beiyu's pupils constricted sharply, catching sight of the figure above, eyes curved in a smile.

He read the silent words on Bai Yan's lips.

Bai Yan said, *I'll wait for you...*

Ye Beiyu's gaze grew darker, the madness coiled within it completely unconcealed.

He could have broken free from his bonds and escaped this situation.

But thinking of Bai Yan's words, and watching the figure above nearly vanish from sight,

Ye Beiyu didn't struggle. Instead, he let himself fall.

A faint smile curved at the corner of his lips as he silently answered:

Alright—

So that's how it is, huh...

Since Senior Brother wants to play this game, then he'd play along.

Senior Brother, you'd better wait for him properly.

When he returns, by then, Senior Brother won't be able to escape anymore...