Every Day the Villain Continues to Fail
[Quick Transmigration]
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Ruan Yao's hands were cuffed behind his back to a chair, with black handcuffs.
His eyes were blindfolded with a black cloth, and his pale face was drained of color from fear.
Tears streamed down his face uncontrollably, soaking the rough black cloth until it clung tightly to his nose bridge, leaving the tip of his delicate nose red from crying.
Ruan Yao couldn't see and couldn't call for help.
Wen Siyan had stuffed a perfectly sized rubber ball into his mouth. Ruan Yao's mouth was tightly bound by a leather strap, forcing his slender white teeth to bite down on the ball. Drool seeped out, wetting his flushed red lips, making them glisten. His lips were so vividly red that they looked like a small, forcibly bloomed flower bud.
Once again, Ruan Yao gained a whole new understanding of how terrifying Wen Siyan could be.
He was alone, tied up in an empty equipment room, shrinking in fear, waiting for someone to find him.
No one knew how long this equipment room had been abandoned. The moment they entered, the air was thick with dust, making Ruan Yao sneeze several times, which Wen Siyan mocked him for.
"Yao Yao, just endure it for a little while. Once he's dead, I'll come to save you."
Wen Siyan leaned down and affectionately pinched Ruan Yao's tear-streaked cheek.
Ruan Yao turned his head away angrily, ignoring him.
Ruan Yao was a peach blossom spirit with a gentle temperament, rarely feeling disgust toward humans. Wen Siyan was truly the first human he had ever despised.
"People like him..." Ruan Yao grumbled to the system with reddened eyes "would be rejected even as fertilizer."
Time rewound to the previous night.
Wen Siyan patiently taught Ruan Yao how to play the piano over and over again. The boy's tender fingertips were rubbed raw, but out of fear, he didn't dare act spoiled and refuse to learn as he would at home.
"If it were Yao Yao on top, it would sound even better, wouldn't it?"
Wen Siyan's dark eyes stared deeply at the black and white keys, his gaze slowly shifting from the keys to the boy's thin, willow-like figure. His snow-white nape was half-covered by slightly long black hair—just a light squeeze could leave a mark of dominance.
Such a supple yet stunning body should be playing the most moving melody in the world.
Ruan Yao didn't understand the meaning behind his words. He stifled his sobs and silently prayed for someone to rescue him soon.
"Yao Yao, do you want to see Chu classmate?" Wen Siyan lowered his eyes to the trembling boy.
At the mention of Chu Lingyi, Ruan Yao's eyes lit up. Hope shone clearly in his beautiful eyes, making Wen Siyan's smile turn colder.
"Yao Yao looks so happy. It seems you really like Chu classmate, huh?"
Wen Siyan's fingers twirled a slightly long strand of Ruan Yao's black hair by his temple. The soft, cool lock of hair obediently wrapped around the man's well-defined fingers.
Ruan Yao instinctively sensed that Wen Siyan was up to something sinister again. He quickly hid his earlier joy and unwillingly furrowed his brows. "It's just okay. Who likes him anyway?"
He secretly peeked with one eye to observe Wen Siyan's expression, only to find the man's face hidden in the shadows, making his expression even more unreadable.
"Don't like Chu classmate? Then it must be Lin Xuan classmate."
Ruan Yao unconsciously trembled.
How did this man know everything so clearly?
"I can let Yao Yao meet them."
The man's lips curled into a cruel smile. "Yao Yao can watch how they die."
"If you're obedient, I will love you forever."
The man sighed as if whispering a deeply moving confession. Despite the gradually rising temperatures of early summer, Ruan Yao suddenly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, so cold that even his fingertips went numb.
The dose of anesthetic he had previously avoided was finally injected into the boy's thin body.
His pale, soft flesh glowed with a jade-like sheen under the light. Wen Siyan lowered his head to inhale the faint scent on the unconscious boy's fragile neck.
That slender swan-like neck, with skin so thin it seemed as if faint blue veins could be seen winding across his snowy flesh—a delicate creature so precious that even a little force could harm him.
Like a porcelain doll that could easily awaken the deepest, most brutal and sadistic desires within a human heart.
Even the hand Wen Siyan placed on Ruan Yao's eyelashes trembled slightly. The boy slept restlessly, his lashes quivering uneasily, their soft strands brushing against the man's palm, bringing a faint, illusory tickle.
"Very soon... very soon..." Wen Siyan murmured, as if enchanted.
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Chu Lingyi received that envelope with the annoying smiling face sticker again after a self-study class.
Ever since learning that Ruan Yao had been kidnapped by Wen Siyan, Chu Lingyi had been trying to find evidence of Wen Siyan's murders. From the missing surveillance footage, it was clear that Wen Siyan did all of this for Ruan Yao.
He didn’t know when Wen Siyan had set his sights on Ruan Yao. Since the fire, no, it must have been even earlier.
The good news for now was that Ruan Yao's life wasn’t in immediate danger.
The bad news was... every time Chu Lingyi even imagined what that bastard might do to Ruan Yao, he couldn’t control the murderous rage that ignited within him.
Ruan Yao was so naive and obedient that Wen Siyan could easily deceive him with just a few words.
If he really got tricked into bed—no, even without the need for tricks—with Ruan Yao’s fragile body that anyone could bully, there was a real possibility that bastard would just force himself on him.
Chu Lingyi’s grip on the kraft paper package tightened suddenly, his clenched jaw grinding so hard it made a cracking sound.
"Hey, Lingyi, someone’s looking for you."
Suddenly, someone patted Chu Lingyi on the shoulder. He turned around to see a boy standing at the door whose violent personality was evident at a glance. His uniform jacket was carelessly draped over his broad shoulders, and his short hair was as wild as a lion’s mane. His entire face radiated an indescribable frustration and impatience.
As soon as Chu Lingyi approached, the boy couldn’t hide the fierce hostility in his eyes. He looked like a beast robbed of its treasure, on the verge of going berserk at any moment.
"Do you already know where Ruan Yao is?"
Chu Lingyi had no fondness for this dumb musclehead, Lin Xuan, who had stolen his efforts and gained Ruan Yao's special favor. His tone was icy. "So what if I know? Can you save him?"
Lin Xuan sneered "What, are you scared now? Tell me where he is, and I’ll go find him. No need for a coward like you."
Chu Lingyi barely held back his fury. "If it weren’t for Ruan Yao, do you think I’d share information with you? That’s clearly a trap. If you recklessly go there, not only will you fail to save him, but Wen Siyan will kill you instead!"
Chu Lingyi knew they had to save Ruan Yao as soon as possible. He held the kraft paper package up to Lin Xuan’s face. "This was sent by that pervert. There must be information about Ruan Yao inside."
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Ruan Yao eventually felt like his tears had completely dried up, leaving his sticky face unbearably uncomfortable.
Even with his usual scatterbrained mind, Ruan Yao sensed something was wrong. In a soft, timid voice, he asked "System, is Wen Siyan trying to use me to lure them here?"
The system panicked, seeing its host tied up in such a filthy room. It was heartbroken to the point its motherboard was about to short-circuit. "Wen Siyan wants to use you to kill them. Wuwu, my dear host, are you feeling terrible? If only I could activate the painless mode!"
"Isn’t that only available when I die?"
Ruan Yao’s attention instantly shifted, and the tiny thumb-sized figure blinked its big eyes full of curiosity.
The system seemed a bit embarrassed. Two suspicious red patches appeared on the metallic shell of the little mechanical cube. "Th-that’s because our permissions aren’t high enough. It can only be activated under certain conditions. If we level up, it could be used anytime."
"Ah." Ruan Yao looked quite envious but also realistically knew that earning enough points to level up was unlikely for him.
One person and one system, unfortunately, fell into a mood of deep despair in this equipment room that was almost forgotten by the entire school.
"System…" Ruan Yao called out affectionately.
"My dear host…" the system replied emotionally.
Half a second later, they both sighed heavily in unison as comrades in uselessness.
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"Teacher, do you have the key to the equipment room?" Chu Lingyi asked, holding a card in his hand to a PE teacher he usually got along well with.
This time, the kraft paper package contained only a single card with an address written on it: A306 Equipment Room.
It was actually a storage room filled with discarded equipment. For some unknown reason, this batch of broken equipment was never cleared out and had been locked in the room for a long time. Perhaps it had been so long that even the teacher responsible for it had forgotten about it.
Chu Lingyi often helped out in the office near the gymnasium, earning the favor of the PE teachers.
"Oh, that equipment room? Yeah, I have the key." The teacher, who looked strong enough to punch a bull into the sky, scratched his head and rummaged through a large bunch of keys in the drawer.
"What do you need it for, Chu? That place hasn’t been used in ages and it’s filthy in there."
Chu Lingyi answered without hesitation "Something fell inside. I need to retrieve it."
The PE teacher chuckled and teased "What’s so valuable? If it’s something ordinary, just let it go and buy another one."
Chu Lingyi's expression was unusually serious as he replied word by word "It’s very important."
Holding the key, he stood at the door while Lin Xuan’s eyes fixated on the bronze key. "He's in there?"
Chu Lingyi nodded.
Lin Xuan could no longer suppress his fury and punched the wall hard. "That son of a bitch! How could Yao Yao, being so delicate, possibly endure this?!"
Chu Lingyi said "Wait outside. I’ll go in and rescue him. If anything happens inside, you must call for help."
Lin Xuan sneered "Against that bastard? I can handle him alone."
Chu Lingyi coldly responded "If you keep acting so arrogantly, you’ll end up like the other three he already took care of. The last one’s already turned to ash."
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Ruan Yao felt as if he had completely lost all sensation.
Though the handcuffs were lined with soft, plush padding, the prolonged restraint had left his wrists numb and powerless.
In a weak voice, Ruan Yao asked "System, are my hands still there?"
His eyes, wide in confusion, could barely make out the vague, gray mass beneath the black cloth.
The system’s voice trembled, nearly in tears. "They’re still there, still there!"
At that moment, the sharp sound of a key turning in the lock echoed through the silent equipment room.
Ruan Yao’s entire body trembled as he sluggishly registered the golden sunlight seeping through the cloth.
So it’s already afternoon, he thought dazedly.
Chu Lingyi’s voice was soft, as if afraid of startling him. "Ruan... Yao Yao, are you okay?"
He had never spoken in such a gentle, affectionate tone before. His voice carried a slight hoarseness, as if from the relief of recovering something precious.
The young boy was in a disheveled state, tied to a chair. His white shirt was covered in dust, and his small, palm-sized face was blindfolded with a black cloth.
His mouth was forced open by a rubber ball stuffed inside, and his pale skin was marked with bruises left by a man's harsh grip.
Chu Lingyi's eyes instantly turned red.
If he could, he would make Wen Siyan die a miserable death!
Ruan Yao had almost forgotten what fear felt like, but the moment Chu Lingyi spoke, his sense of grievance grew stronger. Finally seeing the sunlight, his eyes blinked, and clear tears rolled down his cheeks.
"You..." His weak, trembling voice carried the tone of someone who had been severely bullied, the ending note stretched softly, sounding less like a complaint and more like a plea, "Why did you take so long to come?"
The boy's light-colored eyes resembled amber soaked in a clear pool of water. Just one glance was bright enough to break a heart.
Chu Lingyi carefully untied the restraints on Ruan Yao. But when he saw the handcuffs on Ruan Yao's wrists, which couldn't be unlocked without a key, he couldn't hold back anymore and cursed harshly right in front of Ruan Yao.
"Yao Yao, let me carry you, okay?" All traces of his usual indifference were gone, and his tone was even a little humble.
Ruan Yao wasn't used to seeing Chu Lingyi like this, but he knew it was for his own good. He softly replied with a quiet "Mm" and obediently handed his bound hands over to Chu Lingyi.
He seemed even lighter now.
Who knew what kind of torment Wen Siyan had put him through? It felt like Chu Lingyi was carrying a thin sheet of paper on his back.
A strange ache rose in Chu Lingyi's nose.
In his heart, he ruthlessly added another tally to the grudge against that scum.
"Hey, hey, hey, I’m just letting you have a look. Don’t go picking my flower."
A man's cultured and refined voice suddenly echoed through the empty equipment room.
Chu Lingyi's steps halted.
"Has no teacher ever taught you that you shouldn't touch someone else’s flower? Ah, that must be my fault, a failure in teaching."
The equipment room, aside from the small open space near the door, was filled with shelves stacked with miscellaneous items. Wen Siyan strolled out slowly from behind one of the shelves, hands casually in his pockets.
Earlier, when Chu Lingyi opened the door and saw Ruan Yao, he had been so focused on him that he completely forgot to check the surroundings.
"Chu, you'd better hand Yao Yao back to me now, and maybe I’ll let you die a little more gracefully."
Wen Siyan's smile seemed permanently fixed, always curling at just the right angle to appear gentle and kind. Yet, in his steel-gray eyes, there was only the cold indifference of a predator looking down on its prey.
Instinctively, Ruan Yao clung even tighter to Chu Lingyi.
His soft, warm body pressed against the back of Chu Lingyi's neck, every breath he exhaled was impossibly tempting.
Chu Lingyi stood firm, carrying Ruan Yao as he faced off against the man. He spat out a curse that shattered his image as a model student:
"Go fuck yourself and your stupid dreams"
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