After Transmigrating Into a Cannon Fodder, I Got a Happy Ending with the Female Lead [Transmigration Into a Novel] - Chapter 18.1

A strong sense of weightlessness hit Yue Xi, and she suddenly opened her eyes to find herself sitting on the ground, leaning against a rock.

There were some hazy fragments in her mind, but she couldn’t piece them together.

“Sister, what did you dream about?”

Xiao Qing’s voice came, like a gentle breeze soothing her agitated heart.

Yue Xi turned her head. Xiao Qing was squatting beside her, looking at her with a concerned expression. Her small face was smudged with dirt, making her look even more adorable.

Seeing that she was unharmed, Yue Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

“I can’t remember.”

It seemed Xiao Qing was in her dream; perhaps she dreamt of her because she was thinking of her.

Xiao Qing reached out and touched her cheek, saying, “You were crying.”

Only then did Yue Xi realize her face was cool. She reached up to touch it, and sure enough, her fingertips were damp.

Yue Xi froze for a moment, a sense of oppression rising in her heart.

“It must not have been a good dream.”

She sighed, used the rock to stand up, and patted the dirt off her clothes. Xiao Qing also helped her, like a busy little cat.

Yue Xi smiled and said, “You have dirt on your face, too.”

Xiao Qing touched both sides of her face with her hands, then leaned in close to Yue Xi.

“I can’t see it, Sister. Can you help me?”

Her face was so close that Yue Xi could almost see the tiny, soft hairs on it. Her skin was so translucent it seemed as if only a thin layer covered her.

Yue Xi couldn’t help but gasp. She reached out and touched her face.

How could someone be this beautiful? She was only fifteen or sixteen and already so pretty. What would she be like when she grew up?

While she was lost in thought, the hairclip that was not very secure in Xiao Qing’s hair came loose. Her long hair fell and billowed in the wind, a sight of incredible beauty.

The hairpin, a stick carved from a tree branch, was swept away by her hair and rolled into the endless darkness.

Xiao Qing looked at the hairpin that had fallen down the slope, looking a little wronged. Yue Xi quickly said, “It’s okay, it’s okay. I’ll carve another one for you later.”

Xiao Qing immediately became happy, and her eyes sparkled.

She was so easy to please. Yue Xi smiled helplessly and led the obedient little cat down the mountain.

After walking a few steps, Xiao Qing suddenly turned her head. “My phone?!”

Seeing that she was only thinking about her phone, Yue Xi’s unretracted smile widened.

“She’s already gone back. We’ll see her when we get down the mountain.”

Xiao Qing let out a sigh of relief, but it was unclear whether she was worried about the person or the phone.

After they left, the rock crumbled into dust, and a man’s figure appeared in its place. He wore a flowing white robe, his posture as straight as a pine, with the grace of a celestial being.

A thin mist obscured his face, and only his hair, which fell to his sides, was visible.

“This is for the best.”

Forget the painful memories. May you have a happy and joyful life from now on.

Another gust of wind passed, and the man vanished without a trace, as if he had never been there.

After they descended the mountain, Ji Shuang gave them a warm welcome.

She rushed forward, wanting to hug them. Seeing that Yue Xi was a bit unapproachable, she hugged Xiao Qing instead.

“Oh, my dear sister, you are truly my lucky star!”

Xiao Qing was confused. She looked at Ji Shuang’s empty hands. “My phone?”

Ji Shuang quickly took out the phone and offered it with both hands.

“It’s a little old, but bear with it. By the way, do you know how to use it? I’ll teach you.”

Ji Shuang taught her very seriously, and Xiao Qing learned quickly. She was very smart and remembered everything after hearing it once.

Yue Xi watched the two of them seriously playing with the phone, her eyes filled with helplessness.

After teaching her enough, Ji Shuang let Xiao Qing play on her own. She leaned close to Yue Xi and whispered, “Taoist Priest, are you interested in live-streaming with me?”

Yue Xi shook her head firmly. “No.”

Ji Shuang wasn’t discouraged and continued, “Look, you two don’t have any money. If you live-stream with me, I’ll provide the equipment, and you provide the talent. We’ll split the profits fifty-fifty.”

Yue Xi was a little tempted, but not much.

“Our sect has rules that we cannot show our faces in public.”

Ji Shuang thought to herself that Yue Xi had already shown her face, but she couldn’t say that. She continued to use money to tempt her.

She glanced at Xiao Qing and suddenly changed her tone. “Oh, integrity doesn’t pay the bills. Shouldn’t we solve the money problem first? Look at little sister Xiao Qing. She’s so old and has never even played with a phone. Can you bear to let her live like a primitive person?”

Yue Xi looked at Xiao Qing’s sparkling eyes, and the temptation increased.

Ji Shuang felt she had a chance and immediately struck while the iron was hot. “Don’t rush to refuse. I’ll be here for a few more days. Last night I went to Fengshan Ghost House, and I still have to go to Fuyu Mountain Temple. I’ll cover our food and accommodation for the next few days. Just relax and think about it, and tell me when you’ve made up your mind.”

With that, she went over to Xiao Qing and asked her if she wanted to eat something delicious.

Xiao Qing looked up from her phone, looked at Yue Xi, and smacked her lips.

This was her way of saying she was hungry and wanted to eat, but if Yue Xi didn’t agree, she wouldn’t go with Ji Shuang.

Yue Xi sighed. “Let’s go, let’s eat first.”

After being hungry for two or three days, even a Taoist practitioner couldn’t stand it.

Because of the previous interlude, the restaurant that should have already closed was still open. When Yue Xi and her two companions arrived, Pei Ying and a few students were also there, with a pile of food in front of them, including grilled skewers and beer, most of which was already gone.

Young people always have a good appetite. No matter what happens, they never delay eating.

Pei Ying saw them and nodded slightly.

A boy stood up and said to Yue Xi, “Master, we meet again!”

This was the student who didn’t think it was a supernatural event when the paper talisman floated in the air to guide them.

He was nearly six feet three inches tall, with slightly dark skin. At this moment, he was smiling with a mouthful of white teeth, looking very honest.

Yue Xi said calmly, “Just call me Yue Xi.”

“My name is Gao Yang. Master, can you teach me spells?” the boy asked with an expectant look.

Yue Xi was helpless. Well, it was like she didn’t say anything.

Ji Shuang took a step forward and stood in front of Yue Xi, saying, “That won’t do. The Taoist priest is my person. How can she teach you so casually? Didn’t a certain person claim to know everything? Let her teach you!”

After saying that, she rolled her eyes at Pei Ying and led Yue Xi and Xiao Qing to a table nearby.

Pei Ying could feel Ji Shuang’s hostility towards her but didn’t know where it came from.

After they sat down, Ji Shuang’s face became fawning again, and she asked Xiao Qing what she wanted to eat.

She was very observant and knew that trying to persuade Yue Xi was useless. She had to work on Xiao Qing.

She had figured it out: Yue Xi was a “sister-con.” As long as she appeased Xiao Qing, there was no need to worry about anything else.

Xiao Qing looked at the words on the menu, not recognizing a single one. She turned to Yue Xi for help.

Yue Xi looked at the menu and ordered a few stir-fried dishes and two handfuls of skewers, as well as a bottle of iced cola.

The plan was for the three of them to share it because the temperature in the mountains was low, and it wasn’t yet the time for iced drinks.

It was in case the skewers were spicy.

Xiao Qing was frail and delicate and obviously couldn’t handle spicy food.

“Here’s your cola. Drink it while it’s cold.”

The boss put the iced cola on the table and popped the cap open with a bottle opener. A “white smoke” came out, and Xiao Qing’s eyes lit up.

Ji Shuang said to Yue Xi, “Taoist priest, look what you’ve raised your Xiao Qing into. She finds a bottle of cola fascinating. Do you really want her to live in poverty forever?”

“As the saying goes, a girl should be raised with money, or she will be easily deceived by men.”

Yue Xi glanced at her, and Ji Shuang corrected herself:

“She could also be deceived by women.”

While they were talking, Xiao Qing set her sights on the cola. She picked it up, took a sip, and thought it tasted good. She tilted her head back and gulped it down.

By the time Yue Xi noticed, she had already finished the entire bottle.

“Burp!”

Xiao Qing let out a long burp and then said, “Iced cola is so delicious.”

She looked up and saw Yue Xi’s helpless gaze, and she said weakly, “The boss said to drink it while it’s cold.”

Although her tone was soft, it somehow contained a hint of righteousness.

Yue Xi had no choice but to order another bottle. This time, she placed it in front of herself, not giving Xiao Qing a chance to get her hands on it.

When the dishes came, Yue Xi put a little of each on Xiao Qing’s plate, letting her taste what she liked.

Xiao Qing tried them carefully, then ate boldly. Her chopsticks flew across the table, and her cheeks were puffed out like a hamster’s.

Ji Shuang was stunned, and she looked at Yue Xi with a complicated expression.

“You should at least feed the child until she’s full!”

She thought Yue Xi was so poor that she couldn’t afford to feed the child. In this situation, what good were the sect’s rules? It was simply pedantic.

Yue Xi: “…”

I only met her today. I didn’t know she had such a hard life before.

Look how hungry the child is. I really don’t know how her parents raised her.

After finishing her meal, Xiao Qing ate the skewers. After eating a handful of them, she stuck out her tongue because of the spiciness. Her face was flushed, and she looked at Yue Xi with a hopeful gaze…

…at the iced cola in front of her.

“Sister, iced cola.”

Yue Xi was a little hesitant. After eating so much miscellaneous stuff, would her stomach be okay?

“Xiao Qing, you can’t drink any more.”

Xiao Qing’s face wrinkled up, and she pouted, looking pitiful. Seeing this, Ji Shuang took the iced cola from in front of Yue Xi and gave it to her, with a loving, motherly smile.

“Drink it, drink it. Your sister is so stingy. Sister Shuang will buy it for you. You can drink as much as you want.”

Xiao Qing gave her a sweet smile, picked up the iced cola, and chugged it down. Her not-so-obvious Adam’s apple bobbed up and down, and her long hair fell behind her, the ends fluttering, as beautiful as a painting.

Ji Shuang propped her chin on her hand and said foolishly, “She’s so beautiful. Watching a beautiful person eat is also a kind of enjoyment.”

A sudden sense of danger arose in Yue Xi, and she gave Ji Shuang a dagger-like look.

“Don’t have any ideas about Xiao Qing. She’s still a child.”

Ji Shuang turned to look at her, her expression unreadable.

“I’m telling you, don’t be such a ‘sister-con’! I simply appreciate Xiao Qing. I don’t have any other intentions.”

She was too cute, obedient, well-behaved, and she ate so well. Who wouldn’t like a child like that?

Ji Shuang looked at Xiao Qing as a senior would look at a junior, thinking that her own child was good in every way.

Xiao Qing finished the iced cola and was finally full.

She patted her round belly and said, “Human food is so delicious.”

Ji Shuang knew they had a bit of a mystical background. Hearing her say this, she immediately became alert.

“Human?”

Xiao Qing didn’t know why she said that. It just came out subconsciously.

“Taoist priest, is Xiao Qing…”

Yue Xi glanced at her and said, “Stop imagining things. She’s human.”

“Oh.” Ji Shuang replied.

Yue Xi felt that her tone sounded a little disappointed.

Ji Shuang was indeed disappointed. If Xiao Qing was a female ghost or something, wouldn’t that be even more exciting?

The three of them were lost in their own thoughts. At Pei Ying’s table, they were originally talking about their final papers, but someone’s gaze fell on the focused Xiao Qing, and the conversation gradually died down.

“That girl has a good appetite.” Gao Yang, a man nearly six feet three inches tall, felt inferior.

Pei Ying looked at Xiao Qing for a few seconds, then shifted her gaze to the side, to the smiling and kind Ji Shuang.

Ji Shuang was smiling, but when her eyes met Pei Ying’s, the curve of her lips suddenly disappeared.

I don’t smile because I’m not naturally fond of smiling!

Ji Shuang glared at her, rolling her eyes to the sky.

Pei Ying: “?”

Pei Ying was good-looking, and her gentle personality made her more stable after becoming a professor. She usually had the demeanor of an old official and never made enemies.

In her twenty-eight years of life, she had only met good people and received kindness in return. This was the first time she had been treated this way.

And this person was someone she had only met yesterday.

Pei Ying felt that the other party had misunderstood her and needed to find a chance to explain.

Ji Shuang rolled her eyes back, and when she saw the adorable Xiao Qing, she couldn’t help but feel happy again.

“Our Xiao Qing is a little angel.”

Yue Xi didn’t know why she said that, but she was clearly lost in her own fantasy.

“She’s not ‘your’ Xiao Qing, she’s ‘my’ Xiao Qing.”

Ji Shuang pouted and whispered, “Being a ‘sister-con’ is disgusting.”

A group of people stared at Xiao Qing, astonished by her appetite beneath her delicate appearance. Chu Tian’s ear was pinched, and he turned around to face his girlfriend’s dangerous gaze.

“You really like looking at other girls, don’t you?”

Chu Tian quickly said, “I was just joining in the fun. My eyes and heart are only for you, of course.”

Dong Zhu snorted and said haughtily, “I’ll let you off this time. If there’s a next time…”

Chu Tian quickly said, “There won’t be a next time!”

Dong Zhu’s expression finally softened, and she had the victorious smile of a winner.

The others teased Chu Tian, saying he had spoiled Dong Zhu. Chu Tian just smiled.

People would say such things from time to time because Dong Zhu had a spoiled-rich-girl temper and was difficult to deal with, but he was more than happy to put up with it.

No one else knew how good Dong Zhu was; they were all too shallow.

The consequence of eating without restraint was being too full to sleep.

Xiao Qing lay in bed, and Yue Xi knelt beside her, rubbing her stomach.

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