"Wait a minute. Although this story is really tragic, and I feel sorry for you and understand you, but..." Lin Qiao said, "I still don't understand why you pretended to be Luo Nanchen?"
Could it be that Yang Haoyu knew some inside story, knew that in the original story it was Luo Nanchen who found a way to save Bai Moling, and thought that only Luo Nanchen could save Bai Moling, so he pretended to be Luo Nanchen to find a way to save Bai Moling?
Oh, this plot is really unexpectedly chaotic.
Whenever Lin Qiao thought the plot couldn't get any more complicated and chaotic, the god of the novel would teach her a lesson, showing her what it meant by the cruelty of the world and that even without the author manipulating the plot, it could still be chaotic beyond the bottom line.
Yang Haoyu sighed. "Sorry. I've been following you in the black market just now."
Lin Qiao: "???"
Zou Lvrui: "???"
Sure enough, a master in the late stage of the distraction realm was really awesome. He had been following them, yet they didn't notice at all...
But wasn't this behavior a bit...
Yang Haoyu looked dejected. "I heard your conversation. You said there was a way to solve this plague, but I couldn't understand your words. It should be a very confidential matter. I thought you wouldn't tell me, so I pretended to be that young master. I'm sorry."
Lin Qiao: "..."
Zou Lvrui: "..."
It seemed that this explanation didn't match the tense and solemn atmosphere just now. It sounded... a bit childish?
Lin Qiao forced out two dry laughs and removed the barrier. "You should have said so earlier. We're all friends."
Zou Lvrui quietly tugged at the corner of Lin Qiao's clothes. "Hey, do you know Li Dan?"
Lin Qiao nodded. She didn't understand why Zou Lvrui suddenly spoke so quietly, but she also lowered her voice. "Yes, why?"
"The two laughs you just gave were just like Li Dan's'social laugh'. It was so vivid."
Li Dan was a talk - show actor in the 21st century. Although he looked like a balding marinated egg, he was highly professional. He could handle both comedic and profound performances with ease.
Although many people would always quote a famous person after boasting, and those people usually couldn't think of any profound celebrities when bragging and could only mention Lu Xun, who was the most well - known. But Li Dan, who defined the'social laugh', had really read Lu Xun's "On Taking a Stand", and "On Taking a Stand" was really written by Mr. Lu Xun.
Original text of "On Taking a Stand":
I dreamt that I was in a primary - school classroom, preparing to write a composition. I asked the teacher for advice on how to take a stand.
"It's difficult!" The teacher slanted his eyes at me from behind his spectacles and said. "Let me tell you something.
"A family had a baby boy, and the whole family was overjoyed. When the baby was one month old, they carried him out to show the guests - naturally, they hoped to get some good omens.
"One person said, 'This child will be wealthy in the future.' He was then thanked.
"Another person said, 'This child will die someday.' He was then beaten up by everyone together.
"To say that the child will die is a certainty, while to say that he will be wealthy may be a lie. But the liar gets a good reward, while the one who tells the certainty gets beaten. You..."
"I don't want to lie or get beaten. Then, teacher, what should I say?"
"Then, you should say, 'Oh! This child! Look! Well... Oh! Haha! Hehe! He, hehehehe!'"
The real meaning of the'social laugh' was that when people entered society and didn't know how to handle a situation, they would laugh a couple of times to cover up their embarrassment and uneasiness. It was simply called the'social laugh'.
When Lin Qiao read this passage back then, she thought it was both humorous and satirical. She never thought that she would have a chance to use it one day.
Lin Qiao forced out two more dry laughs. "You're overpraising me."
...
Since they didn't know if zombies would suddenly appear, the three of them walked to Meng Erliu's hideout, that cave, nervously all the way.
The front of the cave no longer had the strict guard it used to have. It looked empty.
There was a Chinese idiom, "Three for gods, four for ghosts", which meant that generally, three lanterns were hung in front of a temple for gods, while four lanterns were hung in front of a temple for ghosts.
And in front of this cave, there were four lanterns hanging.
Although Meng Erliu was really a human... it still looked a bit creepy. Especially with the darkness inside the cave, it seemed even more gloomy.
But it had to be said that although Meng Erliu was a human, he never did anything decent.
Lin Qiao steeled herself. "Let's go. We're already here."
Suddenly, Zou Lvrui shouted, "Be careful!"
A hideous and terrifying zombie suddenly pounced on them from behind. It waved its stiff arms, and its body twitched. It looked extremely scary.
Lin Qiao instinctively turned around to block it. She used her spiritual power to stop the zombie from getting closer. "You go in quickly and find the notebook. I'll deal with this..."
Before she finished speaking, Yang Haoyu swung his sword down. A purple light shot into the sky. The zombie was directly split in half from the middle. Its pus - oozing skin and blood were mixed together, and then it fell to the ground.
The scene was extremely bloody and made people want to vomit.
Lin Qiao was stunned for a moment.
Wasn't she at the energy - absorption stage at least? Why did she feel so useless? She seemed so weak in front of Yang Haoyu.
... Could it be because she was a medical cultivator rather than a combat cultivator?
Was the difference really that big?
No, no. She had to practice harder when she got back. She was really too weak.
Lin Qiao sighed and turned to walk into the cave.
After this not - so - fierce battle, Lin Qiao's fear of the cave had vanished. She was even eager and full of fighting spirit to defeat the demons and ghosts in the cave and under the cliff.
But the moment she turned around.
Everything in front of her went black, as if God had covered her eyes.
What kind of black was this black in front of her...
What kind of white was the white you were talking about...
It was someone who had hugged her and completely blocked her sight.
Lin Qiao instinctively wanted to use her spiritual power to push away this audacious person in front of her. The next second, a deep and hoarse voice came into her ears.
"Xiaolin, I miss you so much."