Lin Qiao was in a great hurry. "Do you still remember what Li Yingmeng's identity is?"
In the original work, Li Yingmeng was extremely beautiful, almost like a celestial maiden descending to the mortal world. She was perfect but very mysterious. Her identity remained a mystery until near the end of the story.
By that time, Lin Qiao had lost interest in following the book. She just skimmed through it carelessly and couldn't remember at all.
Zou Lvrui was confused. "She seems to be the saintess of some mysterious sect... Why are you bringing Li Yingmeng up again?"
"Did you see her when you came this time?"
"I don't know either. Although I'm a fan of the book, after all, Li Yingmeng is just a character in the book. How would I know what she looks like?" Zou Lvrui looked blank. "Don't scare me. What on earth is going on?"
Lin Qiao's tone turned solemn and her face looked serious. "If, and I mean if, Li Yingmeng didn't show up and didn't save Luo Nanchen, would Luo Nanchen die?"
Zou Lvrui was stunned. "Are you kidding? How could Li Yingmeng..."
As she was speaking, Zou Lvrui suddenly stopped.
Right. In the original work, Li Yingmeng was present during this spring hunt. She even dressed up as a man and stole the show during the hunt.
But thanks to Luo Nanchen, Lin Qiao had been at every hunt in the past few days and had never seen anyone stealing the show.
The only one who had been stealing the show was Luo Nanchen. After showing off, he would always turn to look at Lin Qiao's reaction, simply to look cool for her.
That meant the plot had changed and Li Yingmeng never showed up at all.
Lin Qiao was unsure and even a bit scared. "If Luo Nanchen died like this, what would happen to this world?"
Zou Lvrui involuntarily swallowed. "In a story with the male protagonist as the main focus, if the male protagonist dies, then the story will surely..."
[The male protagonist has died. The outcome of mutual destruction has been achieved. The world collapses.]
Lin Qiao immediately ran out.
Zou Lvrui shouted behind her, "Hey, take me with you when you save the world!"
Lin Qiao was out of breath. "Little Siri."
[What service do you need, host?]
"Do you have a service for disguise?"
[...Yes.]
"Help me disguise as Li Yingmeng."
At the Thousand - God Temple in the back mountain.
By the time Lin Qiao arrived, there was no sign of Luo Nanchen.
Although she had informed Lin Qi to lead the main troops here, Lin Qiao still felt unsure.
The book said that the hiding place Luo Nanchen found was a remote cave.
But there were so many caves. Lin Qiao searched one after another, but there was no sign of Luo Nanchen. It seemed like looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Ah—"
It sounded like a child's cry.
Lin Qiao found it strange. How could there be a child in the deep mountains?
She quietly crept closer and saw a strange and grotesque beast.
Lin Qiao was so scared that she stumbled and quickly hid behind a tree.
No way, sir! Was this thing eating a child?
Was this thing possessed by Wang Dalu?
[The Longzhi. Its cry sounds like a baby's. It eats people.]
Longzhi?
So was it just that its voice sounded like a baby's or was it really eating someone?
This time the system didn't answer. It was really unreliable, sometimes working and sometimes not.
However, the name Longzhi seemed to have been mentioned by the outside soldiers during the chaos just now.
Lin Qiao quietly peeked out and saw the legendary Longzhi.
Goodness! It had nine heads and nine tails. Its head was like a fox's, its tail like a wolf - dog's, and its claws like a tiger's. It was really strange - looking.
Thankfully, it didn't seem to be chewing anything in its mouth, so it probably wasn't eating a child.
"Crunch—"
A small snake fell at her feet.
"!!!"
Ancestor! Why did you have to fall now? Are you just looking at me不顺眼?
Damn it!
Lin Qiao involuntarily widened her eyes and listened to the heavy footsteps of that huge monster.
The nine heads of the Longzhi were looking in nine different directions respectively. One of the heads had been attracted by the sound on her side.
The sound of it stepping on the dry branches was very heavy, step by step.
...Like the steps of a devil.
Lin Qiao made a prompt decision and started running.
The Longzhi howled and chased after her closely.
There was a classic saying from the online users about the so - called "爽文" (stories where the protagonist has a smooth and satisfying life): The protagonist is always the protagonist. Usually, they have unlimited lucky breaks and an indestructible protagonist aura.
Even if they get injured, they can still be safe and sound and save the people around them from danger.
The essence of it is just one word: You feel good, I feel good. The protagonist feels good and the audience feels even better. Everyone feels great.
Lin Qiao swore that if she could get out of this safely this time, she would definitely take the words of those online users as her motto in the future.
She was just running and didn't even react when Luo Nanchen suddenly jumped out of nowhere and pulled her over.
Then he made a series of left - and - right turns. The series of maneuvers made Lin Qiao dazzled. She was so stunned that after watching, she just wanted to give Luo Nanchen a thumbs - up.
After Luo Nanchen led Lin Qiao to get rid of the Longzhi, they entered an unknown small cave.
Lin Qiao: "..."
Sure enough! Her online users!!! Were the real philosophers!!!
She must think carefully about what else those online users had said when she got back...
Luo Nanchen looked Lin Qiao up and down. "Are you okay?"
Lin Qiao looked at Luo Nanchen's body. His calf had a very obvious bite mark and was oozing blood. His arm was also covered in blood, in a complete mess.
...Sure enough, having nine heads gave it an advantage. Even the 17 - year - old male protagonist couldn't defeat it.
Luo Nanchen had a bruise on his lips and a scratch on his nose. But he obviously looked very worried about Lin Qiao. It seemed that he even wanted to strip Lin Qiao to check her carefully.
Brother? Do you still have time to care about others?
Lin Qiao helped Luo Nanchen sit down. "You should take a look at your own injuries first."
Luo Nanchen pursed his lips and sat down coldly without saying anything more to Lin Qiao.
Seeing that Luo Nanchen ignored her, Lin Qiao actually felt a bit guilty. After all, Luo Nanchen had been waiting for her birthday gift here until it got dark. As a result, not only did he not get the gift, but he also got seriously injured.
Although this injury was required by the plot and irreversible...
But after all, that was just the root cause. The direct cause was that Luo Nanchen had been waiting for her birthday gift and she didn't come.
Lin Qiao tore off a piece of her clothes and wrapped it around Luo Nanchen's calf to stop the bleeding.
During the bandaging process, Luo Nanchen was very conflicted inside. He involuntarily wanted to look at Lin Qiao. He stole a glance, then another.
In the end, he stopped struggling. His eyes never left Lin Qiao again. He watched her every move very carefully.
Lin Qiao was oblivious to it.
After bandaging, Lin Qiao was eager to know the progress of the current plot. Since she had come with Li Yingmeng's face, she had to satisfy her curiosity.
"Hey, do you know me?"
Luo Nanchen was stunned for a moment and then looked at Lin Qiao with a look as if she were a fool. He seemed a bit disgusted. "What do you think?"
Wow, what a domineering tone.
It seemed that the plot was still on track. On the day of the Lantern Festival when she got drunk, Luo Nanchen must have already met Li Yingmeng.
Since the plot was okay... Didn't it mean that she had to help Li Yingmeng and Luo Nanchen fall in love?