After Being Transformed Into Cannon Fodder For Death, The Heartthrob Chapter 15
byA herd of alpacas stampeded through Ye Qingyun’s mind.
What did he just hear? The Scum Gong and his Star Pirate Crew… were gone?
Perhaps his expression was too disbelieving, because Gu Shenyuan actually offered comfort: “The dead cannot be brought back to life. Don’t be too sad.”
Ye Qingyun buried his face in the quilt, pretending he was too heartbroken to speak. In reality, he was frantically calling out in his mind: [System? System, did you hear that? The Scum Gong is gone, gone!]
The System replied in a voice that sounded like it was about to crash: […I heard.]
Ye Qingyun asked again: [What should I do next? The person is dead. Do I still have to act deeply devoted to his corpse?]
The System paused for a long time before saying: [Please maintain a state of profound grief for now, and confirm whether Pu Tian is truly dead. If he is truly dead… I apologize, we need a little more time to analyze the situation, but this is not your fault, please do not worry.]
Ye Qingyun was overjoyed. He understood the System’s implication: there was a possibility that he might soon no longer need to play this damned Vicious Cannon Fodder role!
It was a bit difficult to maintain a state of profound grief after hearing such good news.
Ye Qingyun silently trembled with laughter. He struggled to calm himself down, rubbed his eyes hard to force out two tears, and then lifted his face from the quilt. He said in a trembling voice: “No, I don’t believe it. You must be lying to me! Pu Tian must be fine. I need to go back and see!”
Ye Qingyun jumped out of bed and rushed out the door.
Behind him, Gu Shenyuan’s eyes grew even darker.
He actually cried for such a worthless thing.
He should have known to let Pu Tian die a more miserable death.
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Ye Qingyun returned to where the pirate ship had been docked.
The pirate ship was still there, its hatch wide open. No crew members were visible guarding the ship from the outside.
Ye Qingyun cautiously approached and stepped inside.
As soon as he entered, he saw a pile of people lying scattered everywhere, a rather bloody scene.
Ye Qingyun took a deep breath, moving his slightly trembling legs with difficulty as he navigated through the bodies, trying to find Pu Tian.
“Here.” Gu Shenyuan spoke up.
Ye Qingyun quickly walked over and saw a figure lying face down on the ground at Gu Shenyuan’s feet.
Ye Qingyun couldn’t see the person’s face, so his first glance was at the clothing.
The clothes the person was wearing looked familiar—they were the same clothes worn by the person who had impersonated Gu Shenyuan shortly before, intending to hand him over to others as a plaything.
This… is this Pu Tian?
Ye Qingyun felt suffocated. He bent down and flipped the body over.
The person’s face slowly appeared—a face he was familiar with.
It really was Pu Tian.
Ye Qingyun’s emotions were extremely complex at this moment.
Was it also Pu Tian who had impersonated Gu Shenyuan earlier? Why did Pu Tian suddenly try to harm him? Did Pu Tian’s death also have something to do with being restrained and unable to move?
[Ding—Target detected as deceased!]
The System’s voice suddenly rang out in Ye Qingyun’s mind. The System hurriedly said: [Host, after emergency analysis, we have concluded the following arrangement: You should first pretend to be unable to accept this fact, suffer an internal breakdown, and fly away in a small spacecraft to a remote planet, far away from the plot. After a period of time, once our investigation is complete, we will inform you of the final conclusion.]
Ye Qingyun secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Getting away from the plot, living a peaceful life, and doing whatever he wanted—this was exactly what he had hoped for.
A breakdown? He would act it out right now!
Gu Shenyuan looked at Ye Qingyun’s profile, his heart stirring slightly.
Now that Ye Qingyun knew Pu Tian was the one who tried to harm him, he should no longer be sad for Pu Tian. Pu Tian was completely undeserving of his tears.
He shouldn’t cry. Ye Qingyun was such a good person; he would find a much better partner in the future. Pu Tian should be completely forgotten.
However, the next moment, Gu Shenyuan saw Ye Qingyun’s eyes turn red.
“A’Tian, how could you die…” Ye Qingyun covered his face, his body painfully hunched over, as if he had received unbearable news. “I don’t accept this, I don’t accept this! This must all be fake. You must be alive somewhere, right? Wait for me, I’m going to find you now!”
Ye Qingyun turned and ran toward the area in the pirate ship where the small spacecraft was kept.
He smoothly reached the location, opened the cockpit door, sat down, started the spacecraft, and closed the open hatch.
As long as he flew out, he would be a free man! To hell with the plot!
However, just before the hatch closed, a person jumped in and sat in the co-pilot seat.
The spacecraft started, shot out of the pirate ship, and soared into the sky.
Ye Qingyun looked at Gu Shenyuan: “…”
Big Brother, what are you doing here! How can I get away from the plot if you’re here!
The System weakly said: [Host… for safety, please don’t break character in front of the Protagonist for now. We can’t afford to break character again and again QAQ!]
Ye Qingyun understood, so he fiercely asked Gu Shenyuan: “Why are you following me?”
Gu Shenyuan remained expressionless and said flatly: “The lesson, you haven’t finished teaching it.”
Ye Qingyun: “?”
“My man is dead, and you, my Love Rival, still expect me to teach you a lesson?” Ye Qingyun asked incredulously.
“He is not your man,” Gu Shenyuan instinctively retorted.
Ye Qingyun: “…” Is that the point? The point should be that he refused to teach the lesson, right?
Ye Qingyun pretended to be very angry: “What do you mean? He’s gone, and you’re still mocking me like this? And you specifically followed me just to annoy me?”
Gu Shenyuan looked at Ye Qingyun and fell silent.
Of course he had to stay by Ye Qingyun’s side, both logically… and emotionally.
Logically, he needed Ye Qingyun’s help to successfully create the medicine that could suppress emotions or lift the Bloodline restriction.
Emotionally… he simply didn’t want to leave.
When a person walks too long in a cold world and suddenly encounters a warm and bright flame, they will always want to linger there for a while, even if they know they must eventually leave.
But now Ye Qingyun didn’t want to stay by his side.
This fact made Gu Shenyuan frown.
Of course, he had many ways to keep Ye Qingyun. He could completely use force to suppress him and make Ye Qingyun continue teaching him.
But he didn’t want to do that. He didn’t want to use violence against Ye Qingyun at all.
Gu Shenyuan looked at Ye Qingyun’s profile, at his curled eyelashes, his crimson lips, and his light amber eyes, which held a melting warmth.
How could he use violence against such a person?
If anyone dared to use violence against this person, he wouldn’t mind letting that person taste violence themselves.
Aside from violence, there was another method.
Although Ye Qingyun was stubborn, he was soft-hearted. Gu Shenyuan could completely exploit Ye Qingyun’s kindness to forcefully remain by his side.
Thinking this, Gu Shenyuan manipulated his Ability internally, stirred it up, and immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
Ye Qingyun was startled to see Gu Shenyuan suddenly spitting blood: “What’s wrong with you?”
“Cough…” Gu Shenyuan covered his mouth and coughed lightly, speaking weakly, “I was also on the ship when those hostile Star Pirate Crews attacked earlier. They were numerous and very strong, and I couldn’t defeat them, so when I escaped… I was severely injured. I’ve been enduring it until now, but I finally couldn’t hold on anymore.”
After speaking, Gu Shenyuan closed his eyes, his face pale and motionless.
Ye Qingyun screamed internally, but on the surface, he coldly asked: “Gu Shenyuan, are you dead?”
Gu Shenyuan didn’t respond, remaining motionless.
Ye Qingyun tremblingly reached out to check Gu Shenyuan’s breathing, and finding that he was still breathing, he let out a huge sigh of relief.
Thank goodness, he just fainted—wait, maybe he didn’t faint, maybe he just closed his eyes and didn’t want to deal with him?
Ye Qingyun thought for a moment, then reached out and pinched Gu Shenyuan’s cheek: “Hey, stop playing dead.”
Gu Shenyuan remained still.
It seemed he really had fainted.
Ye Qingyun released his hand and frantically searched the small spacecraft for emergency medicine, but after searching the entire craft, he couldn’t find any.
What should he do? What if something really happened to Gu Shenyuan…
Looking at the spacecraft’s energy, which was running low, Ye Qingyun irritably pounded the control panel and chose the nearest habitable planet to land on.
He needed to give Gu Shenyuan emergency treatment here first, so the man wouldn’t actually die.
The spacecraft stabilized, and Ye Qingyun helped Gu Shenyuan up and walked out of the craft.
Ye Qingyun remembered there was a village not far from the landing site, so he walked in that direction, reaching the edge of the village shortly after.
An old man was sitting at the village entrance smoking. Ye Qingyun walked up and asked him: “Hello, may I ask…”
The old man looked up, saw Ye Qingyun’s face, immediately widened his eyes, turned around, and ran into the village.
Ye Qingyun: “?”
What, was he that scary looking?
Before long, Ye Qingyun saw the old man return, followed by a large crowd of people.
They looked at Ye Qingyun with excited eyes. As they approached, Ye Qingyun heard their voices.
These people were not speaking the common intergalactic language, but a rare regional dialect. Fortunately, Ye Qingyun happened to have studied it, so he understood.
“So beautiful. The God will surely like him.”
“It looks like we’ll have a good harvest next year.”
“Oh, I was worried that Nina wasn’t pretty enough before, but now I can finally relax.”
Ye Qingyun had a bad feeling and asked: “What are you talking about?”
Perhaps Ye Qingyun seemed too unthreatening and outnumbered, so the people answered his question.
“The ten-year Divine Assembly is coming soon, and every time this happens, we must offer the most beautiful young person to our God,” the leading man said, looking at Ye Qingyun with a happy smile. “Originally, we were worried because there hadn’t been a good beauty in the last ten years, but then we saw you. Heh, you are very lucky, young man.”
“Lucky?” Ye Qingyun’s head was spinning. “God?”
It was the intergalactic era; how could there still be such a backward place?
The people answered Ye Qingyun in a flurry:
“Yes, those who follow the God live in luxury and comfort, much better than the people in the village!”
“They don’t even have to work, and their skin is whiter than snow!”
Ye Qingyun couldn’t possibly agree to go; this sounded problematic. He thought for a moment and said with a happy yet confused expression: “Really? That’s wonderful! By the way, your God probably doesn’t require purity, right?”
The people were collectively stunned.
Ye Qingyun pointed to the unconscious Gu Shenyuan: “I’ve slept with this guy over ten times… a few times… once. That should be fine, right? The God won’t mind, will he?”
The scene fell into an eerie silence. After a long time, someone asked: “Are you two… partners?”
Judging by this reaction, they probably didn’t want someone “impure” like him.
To increase credibility, Ye Qingyun gritted his teeth and boldly leaned close to Gu Shenyuan’s face while he was unconscious, kissed him on the cheek, and then turned to the villagers with a smile: “Yes, he’s my husband.”
Gu Shenyuan, who was pretending to be unconscious: “…”