#743 - Two-thirds of the truth - I am the villain in the book

Her sobs were intermittent, and the mixture of fear and restraint in her expression revealed Xu Sui Sui's mood at that moment.

Clutching Wei Changtian's clothes tightly, her eyes were filled with helplessness, and her voice was very timid.

Truthfully, Xu Sui Sui's attitude of admitting her mistakes was quite sincere now.

Wei Changtian, on the other hand, looked at her with a livid face, and after a long while, he exhaled a heavy breath.

"Hoo."

"I was a little agitated just now, I'm sorry."

"I'll ask you again, things that haven't happened can't be said, but what about things that have already happened?"

"Can they be said?"

"N-no, they can't..."

Xu Sui Sui muttered with her head lowered, then quickly added, "But it's okay if you ask! I will tell you!"

"Forget it."

Wei Changtian curled his lips: "The future can't be said, and the past can't be said either... So, you can't reveal any plot points from the book? Otherwise, you'll die?"

"Mmm."

Xu Sui Sui replied softly, "That's how it is."

"..."

Wei Changtian's head throbbed when he heard this: "Then is there anything you can say? You can't expect me to guess everything, can you?"

"Like certain people having special identities!"

Xu Sui Sui's cheeks flushed slightly as if she had finally found a way to make up for her mistake: "These don't count as leaking the plot! It's okay!"

Special identities...

Isn't that information like who is the Child of Heaven, who is a spy, and so on?

"That might work..."

Wei Changtian nodded thoughtfully at first, then asked with some suspicion: "But are you sure it's okay?"

"It's okay! I accidentally said it once before! And nothing happened!"

Xu Sui Sui was still tightly clutching Wei Changtian's clothes, excitedly shouting: "I'll tell you everything now-"

"Not so fast."

Suddenly, Wei Changtian waved his hand to interrupt Xu Sui Sui.

He picked up a chair from the ground, sat down and thought for a while, then slowly said:

"Let's talk about these things later."

"I'm going to go over the events from the Battle of Shu all the way to now."

"If I guess right, you nod. If I guess wrong, you shake your head."

"Anyway, these are all things I guessed, it's not like you're actively telling me, so there shouldn't be any problem."

"Whatever you've done or said before, let the past be the past."

"But from now on, I don't want you to be clever again."

"Do you understand?"

"..."

Looking at Xu Sui Sui with a blank expression, Wei Changtian spoke with extreme seriousness.

Xu Sui Sui immediately raised her hand and swore:

"I promise! I will never lie to you again!"

"If I lie to you again... I'm a puppy!"

"Be serious!"

Wei Changtian glared: "This isn't a game! One wrong step and who knows how many people will die!

"I'm already annoyed enough, don't force me to scold you!"

"S-sorry..."

Startled, Xu Sui Sui shrank her neck and weakly said, "Um, you should still have System Points, right..."

"If... if you don't believe me, I can eat the Puppet Pill..."

"..."

Xu Sui Sui actually volunteered to eat the Puppet Pill.

Although it would be easy for her to undo the pill's poison in the future, if she really ate it, at least tonight she would no longer be able to lie to Wei Changtian.

However, after looking at Xu Sui Sui, Wei Changtian did not take out the porcelain bottle from his sleeve.

"There's no need for that, it's a waste of System Points."

"Since I said that I will believe whatever you say tonight, then I will do it."

"Alright, stop crying!"

"Remember, nod if I guess right, shake your head if I guess wrong."

"Let's first talk about why you wanted to stop the imperial army from entering Niutou Mountain..."

"..."

The clepsydra dripped on the table, and the agarwood in the hut had burned out.

It was almost midnight, and the crescent moon outside had risen to the sky amidst the blazing firelight. The wind gradually picked up, and waves of coldness rose, causing the temperature in the house to drop a lot.

The logic behind all of Xu Sui Sui's previous actions can be roughly divided into two lines.

Why did she want to stop the imperial army from entering Niutou Mountain; why did she take Shen Ran and Qin Zhengqiu away; why did she make Qin Zhengqiu stop the war with a sword outside Huailing City; why did she try to save Ning Yongnian? All of the above are the first line.

All of these seemingly unrelated things actually contain an inherent connection.

Or rather, Xu Sui Sui did so much just to build a "Wei Changtian, Ning Yongnian, and herself dividing the world into three parts" situation, and to preserve the strength of the three forces as much as possible.

Stopping the imperial army from entering Niutou Mountain was to save those 200,000 troops.

Taking Shen Ran and Qin Zhengqiu away was to accumulate strength and establish a new Feng.

Making Qin Zhengqiu "stop the war with a sword" was to prevent a large-scale conflict between Wei Changtian and Ning Yongnian.

Trying to protect Ning Yongnian was because the latter was the Child of Heaven.

This line is relatively clear, and the direction of all the clues is also very obvious. In fact, Wei Changtian had already guessed most of it before.

But as for why Xu Sui Sui wanted to build this kind of situation, that is the most puzzling thing.

To be an empress?

For world peace?

Obviously, these reasons are too unconvincing.

Therefore, this most crucial answer may be hidden in the second line.

That is the Moon Picking Sword.

Stealing the Kui Dragon Token with the remnant soul; convening the Elders' Meeting in the identity of the Qingtai Elder; sending a message to tell Wei Changtian that the Moon Picking Sword manual was stolen...

All of the above are related to the Moon Picking Sword, and perhaps it is the motivation behind all of Xu Sui Sui's actions.

Due to the system's limitations, Xu Sui Sui's statement that "the Moon Picking Sword manual was robbed by bandits" must be false.

But on the other hand, Old Zhangtou has really lost contact, which means that something bad must have happened to him.

Therefore, as long as this matter can be clarified, it should be possible to judge whether the Moon Picking Sword has fallen into the hands of others, and then deduce what consequences will arise, and finally understand everything.

But Wei Changtian guessed for a long time on this question, but Xu Sui Sui on the opposite side kept shaking her head.

This undoubtedly proves that the matter of the Moon Picking Sword has developed to a point far beyond his imagination.

"Um..."

Her mouth slightly open, looking at Wei Changtian, who was frowning and thinking hard, Xu Sui Sui suddenly said softly:

"I'll tell you about a person, maybe after you hear it, you can guess something..."

"Hmm?"

Wei Changtian raised his head, feeling that Xu Sui Sui's expression was a little off.

"Tell me."

"Then... then don't be angry after you hear it, and don't scold me..."

Xu Sui Sui asked timidly, "Can you?"

"..."

Glancing at her, Wei Changtian waved his hand: "Okay, I won't be angry."