After Transmigrating Into a Cannon Fodder, I Got a Happy Ending with the Female Lead [Transmigration Into a Novel] - Chapter 18.2

“Does it hurt?”

Xiao Qing nodded pitifully.

Her stomach was heavy, and she felt very uncomfortable.

Yue Xi said, “Next time, you can’t eat so much. Stop when you’re full. Don’t be like a child who doesn’t know when they’ve had enough.”

Xiao Qing nodded obediently.

After rubbing her stomach for about half an hour, Xiao Qing hugged her arm and said, “It doesn’t hurt as much. Sister, lie down and sleep.”

Yue Xi lay down straight, and Xiao Qing also lay down straight. A stranger would think they had been immobilized with a touch.

After a while, the sound of even breathing came from beside her. Yue Xi turned to look, and the little glutton was already asleep.

The wind was cold and the dew was heavy in the middle of the night. Yue Xi felt a little cold. She moved closer to Xiao Qing, who subconsciously hugged her.

Yue Xi stiffened for a moment, then relaxed and pulled Xiao Qing into her arms.

Xiao Qing’s body temperature was similar to hers; she wasn’t very warm, but being together, they were both warmer.

Ji Shuang stayed in the room next to them. After eating, she went back and live-streamed for a while, answering questions for her fans, such as encountering ghosts, and about the beautiful little sister and the very powerful Taoist priest.

By the end, she got excited, and her voice became louder and louder. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, which startled her.

“Who is it?”

Ji Shuang opened the door with a hint of resentment. Pei Ying was standing at the door.

Her resentment grew stronger. “Did I disturb Professor Pei’s rest again? Fine, I’ll end the live stream immediately!”

With that, she slammed the door shut. Pei Ying was a little confused and muttered, “That’s not it…”

However, this helped her guess why Ji Shuang was angry.

She must have been holding a grudge because Pei Ying told her to be quieter last night.

Ji Shuang went back and ended the live stream. The fans were very disappointed and spammed the comments in the live stream.

After she fell asleep, the part where she “encountered a ghost” was clipped out and spread like crazy.

Fengshan was pitch black at night, like a lurking beast, and the nearby Fuyu Mountain seemed even more sinister, completely silent.

The guesthouse sandwiched between the two mountains, except for a single light in front of the door, was completely swallowed by the night, as if it were prey to these two behemoths.

The students stayed on the first floor. The window of the innermost room opened right onto the mountain, giving a sense of suffocation.

The students booked a double room. The boys slept in one, and the girls slept in the other.

Dong Zhu was a night owl and played with her phone until two in the morning. Shortly after she lay down, she heard a noise from the room next door, followed by a sound similar to dragging in the hallway.

The room next door belonged to Gao Yang and Chu Tian.

“Are they crazy? What are they doing in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?”

Dong Zhu cursed under her breath and got out of bed.

She was brave. She turned on the flashlight on her phone and opened the door, only to see the tall and strong Gao Yang walking forward in a stiff posture, holding something in his hand.

Dong Zhu looked down and saw her poor boyfriend lying on the ground with his eyes closed. One of his legs was being held by Gao Yang, who was dragging him forward like a little chicken.

Dong Zhu followed him and called Gao Yang’s name several times, but he didn’t seem to hear her.

She realized something was wrong and quickly called Pei Ying. As soon as the call was connected, Gao Yang in front of her turned around.

His eyes were blank, and he smiled sinisterly. “Are you calling me?”

Dong Zhu was so frightened that she trembled, and her phone fell to the ground. Gao Yang’s mouth stretched as wide as it could, and he walked towards her.

“Come and play with me.”

Pei Ying picked up the phone, and only a terrified scream came through. No matter how she called out, there was no sound on the other end.

Pei Ying quickly put on her clothes and went to the first floor. She only saw the flustered Jiang Yu, who shared a room with Dong Zhu and was a child with regular sleep habits. She had been woken up by Dong Zhu’s scream.

“Professor, when I came out, only Dong Zhu’s phone was on the ground. The three of them were gone.”

Her voice was full of fear, and she moved closer to Pei Ying.

Pei Ying had received a higher education, with a master’s and a Ph.D. She didn’t believe in these supernatural things at first, but the things that had happened recently made her have to doubt the existence of certain things.

“Don’t panic. Let’s look around the guesthouse first. Maybe they went out for something.”

Pei Ying knew something must have happened, but she still had to comfort her student and not let her fall into panic.

Jiang Yu nodded, no longer so anxious.

In her heart, the professor was always incredibly reliable. If she said it was okay, it was okay.

The two of them went outside. The boss was sleeping soundly on a small bed behind the counter, completely unaware.

Pei Ying had originally wanted to ask him, but seeing this, she gave up the idea.

It looked like asking him would be useless.

The area around the guesthouse was pitch black. Jiang Yu followed closely behind Pei Ying.

Although the professor was with her, this environment still made her feel uneasy and her hair stand on end.

They didn’t find anything around the guesthouse, so they walked a little farther. As they were searching, Jiang Yu felt something was wrong. Why was the professor’s body so cold? She could feel the chill even from behind her.

“Professor, it’s too cold. Why don’t we call the police?”

The “professor” heard her, turned around, and asked, “What did you say?”

Her voice was also wrong!

Jiang Yu’s hands were stiff as she slowly raised her flashlight. The faint light shone on a face with no color.

The person grinned and suddenly leaned in front of her. “What did you say?”

Jiang Yu looked at its mouth, which stretched to its ears, its eyes that spun 360 degrees, and its nose, which was just a black hole. Her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.

Yue Xi and Xiao Qing slept soundly, completely unaware of what had happened last night. They were woken up the next morning by a series of urgent knocks on the door.

Xiao Qing saw that Yue Xi didn’t want to move, so she went to open the door wrapped in a bath towel. Seeing this, Yue Xi quickly stopped her and opened it herself.

She had washed her clothes last night, so she could only wear a bath towel, but she could wear it, not Xiao Qing.

She was still a young girl. Every inch of her body had to be protected. It was best to only show her face.

Yue Xi was wrapped from head to toe in two large bath towels and slowly opened the door. Ji Shuang and the guesthouse owner were standing at the door.

“What’s wrong?”

Before Ji Shuang could speak, the guesthouse owner said anxiously, “Taoist priest, please help me!”

Yue Xi looked at Ji Shuang, using her eyes to ask what had happened. Ji Shuang said, “You know Pei Ying, right? She and her three students went missing last night. The survivor was so scared she was incoherent, only saying that they encountered a ghost.”

Jiang Yu was discovered by a tourist who arrived in the morning. After waking up, she immediately called the police and said her classmates and professor were taken away by a ghost.

The police searched for them but couldn’t find them and had already set up a cordon. The owner was afraid of bad publicity, so he had to come and ask Yue Xi for help.

After Ji Shuang finished explaining, the owner quickly said, “Taoist priest, as long as you can find them, I’ll give you as much money as you want!”

The Pei family was a powerful family. How could he possibly offend them?

Yue Xi thought for a moment and said, “You two go wait for me in the lobby. I’ll get ready and be there soon.”

Ji Shuang and the owner left. Yue Xi went back to get dressed and wash up. Xiao Qing copied her, brushing her teeth and washing her face. After they were ready, they went downstairs.

Before going down, Yue Xi had already used a spell to investigate. Fengshan was full of spiritual energy, and there was very little Yin energy left.

However, the other mountain nearby seemed a little off.

Jiang Yu was also there. Yue Xi said, “Tell me what happened at the time. Don’t leave out any details.”

Seeing Yue Xi, Jiang Yu calmed down a lot. She wrapped the blanket tightly around herself, took a sip of hot water, and began to tell Yue Xi everything that had happened after she was woken up.

Yue Xi thought for a moment and said, “Before you fainted, in which direction were you walking?”

Jiang Yu paused, looked outside, and pointed in one direction. “That way.”

Yue Xi looked and saw that it was indeed towards the other mountain.

“Is that the Fuyu Mountain you mentioned?”

Ji Shuang nodded and said, “Fewer people go to that mountain because those who do come back always experience bad things. Over time, not many people go there anymore.”

“What about the temple you mentioned?”

“A long time ago, when Fuyu Mountain wasn’t abandoned yet, it was said that there was a temple on the mountain that only those with good fortune could see. People said it was very effective in granting wishes, so many people went to try their luck but returned empty-handed. Once, a young couple went there, and only the man came back. No matter how he was asked, he said he didn’t know where his girlfriend was. The police filed a missing person report and put him under surveillance as a suspect. Soon after, the man became rich, but through legal means. The girl was neither found dead nor alive, and there was no evidence to prove that the man had harmed her, so he couldn’t be convicted.”

“It’s been more than twenty years. I only heard about it from others. Not many people remember this anymore. At first, the girl’s family would often cause a scene at the man’s home and company, but after the man gave them a sum of money, they stopped.”

As Ji Shuang was talking, her voice rose. “What’s even more amazing is that since that couple went there, everyone can see that temple! People used to think it was just a gimmick to attract tourists, but it turns out there really is such a temple.”

Xiao Qing listened very seriously and didn’t forget to ask, “And then?”

Yue Xi felt she was like a curious baby and couldn’t help but smile.

“Since it’s a sacred temple, many people must have gone to worship, right? But that temple is very evil. Nothing happens if you don’t worship, but if you do, you’ll either break an arm or a leg.”

The owner agreed. “That’s right. At that time, the hospital even set up a temporary medical station at the foot of the mountain to treat the injured people who came down.”

“And then fewer and fewer people came to Fuyu Mountain because people who are not firm in their beliefs are always inexplicably tempted to worship the temple. And no matter if they worship the temple or not, people who go up the mountain always experience various bad luck. Who would want to come here?”

After hearing this, Xiao Qing let out a long “oh,” her big eyes blinking, looking very cute.

Ji Shuang couldn’t help but feed her, offering her a snack from her hand.

Xiao Qing wanted to eat it, but she remembered the discomfort from last night and slumped down listlessly.

Ji Shuang raised an eyebrow and looked at Yue Xi. Yue Xi said, “She ate too much last night and was uncomfortable for half the night.”

Ji Shuang chuckled. “So that’s it.”

Jiang Yu seemed to have thought of something and suddenly started crying.

“Taoist priest, you must save the professor and Dong Zhu and the others. If you don’t, they’ll surely die.”

Remembering the monster she encountered last night, Jiang Yu was still shaken, and her body couldn’t help but tremble.

The owner followed suit and said, “Taoist priest Yue, please lend a hand. Money is not a problem.”

Yue Xi got up and walked out. Xiao Qing quickly followed, naturally holding her hand. The others also followed them.

Fuyu Mountain was only a ten-minute walk from the guesthouse. The group walked to the foot of the mountain and were shocked to see Yue Xi raising her hand and forming a seal.

Yue Xi sent the incantation out, but it was bounced back by an unknown object, and her formation broke.

It seemed that the thing on this mountain was more powerful than the one on Fengshan.

Xiao Qing looked at Fuyu Mountain, her eyes deep.

For some reason, she felt a sense of familiarity with this place, as if something was calling her, making her want to go up.

Yue Xi decided to go up and investigate, but there might be danger, so it would be better for Xiao Qing to stay at the guesthouse.

When she said this, Xiao Qing strongly objected. She hadn’t been separated from Yue Xi since she met her, and she wanted to go with her now.

“The situation on the mountain is unknown. What if there’s danger…”

Before she could finish, Xiao Qing’s eyes filled with tears.

Yue Xi: “…”

Sigh, I’ll take her.

Xiao Qing didn’t say anything, but she had Yue Xi wrapped around her little finger. Ji Shuang saw this and felt that Yue Xi’s “sister-con” image was becoming more and more concrete.

“I’ll go too. I can help you look after Xiao Qing.”

Yue Xi thought about her performance last night, which was calm in a crisis. With her looking after Xiao Qing, it would ease her worries.

She took out two protective talismans and gave them to Ji Shuang, instructing her, “If the situation is not right, just take Xiao Qing down the mountain. Don’t worry about me.”

Ji Shuang said, “Trust me. I’ll handle it.”

Xiao Qing tugged on Yue Xi’s sleeve and protested softly, “I don’t want to. I want to be with my sister.”

Yue Xi was unusually serious and said to her, “The situation on this mountain is complex, and there might be danger everywhere. You must be obedient, or I won’t take you.”

Xiao Qing pursed her lips, feeling very wronged.

“I’ll be obedient. Take me with you.”

Yue Xi stroked her head. The three of them walked up the mountain.

After walking less than a hundred meters, Yue Xi already felt a sense of evil.

Unlike the Yin energy of Fengshan, this was a malevolent aura mixed with a bloody smell. The presence of this aura could only mean that there was an evil spirit that had committed many wicked deeds.

A very powerful and evil spirit. This was tricky.

Yue Xi held Xiao Qing’s hand tightly, protecting her behind her. Every step was taken with caution.

The legendary temple was halfway up the mountain. It was similar to the broken house on Fengshan, but it was even more dilapidated. It was filled with trash and animal droppings.

This shouldn’t be a spiritual temple, right? Otherwise, how could it tolerate other things defecating on it?

Yue Xi used a talisman to investigate, but the temple had no barriers or evil aura. It was just an ordinary, broken temple.

Could it be deeper in the mountain?

The mountain was steep. Looking up from here, the dense forest blocked out the sky, making people feel in awe.

After walking for a while, the three of them came to a fork in the road.

To go left or right? That was the question.

Yue Xi was about to use a talisman to find the way when Xiao Qing grabbed her hand.

“Go this way.” She said, pointing to the left.

Given that she had pointed them in the right direction yesterday, Yue Xi fully trusted her and walked to the left.

Sometimes, a person’s intuition is a very mystical thing. Although Xiao Qing didn’t understand Taoism, her intuition was very accurate.

They walked for most of the morning, and it turned out to be a dead end.

There was no path going up. Going down would just lead them back to the broken temple.

In front of them was a cliff.

Xiao Qing lowered her head like a child who had done something wrong. Ji Shuang quickly said, “You must be hungry after walking for so long. Let’s eat something.”

She took out bread, biscuits, and bottled water from her bag. She had been carrying this heavy bag for so long that she was exhausted and could take a break.

Xiao Qing was disappointed and didn’t take the food. Yue Xi took the bottled water, unscrewed the cap, and handed it to her.

“It’s not your fault. Don’t blame yourself. You must be thirsty after being in the sun for so long. Have some water.”

Xiao Qing took the water and drank two sips, then offered it to Yue Xi. After Yue Xi took a sip, she saw Xiao Qing walking towards the edge of the cliff.

“It’s too dangerous, come back quickly!”

She threw away the water and went to pull Xiao Qing, and they fell together.

They didn’t fall downwards but seemed to have entered another space.

Looking at the swirling black mist, Yue Xi felt that the evil entity must be here.

Xiao Qing looked at her, her eyes shining brightly.

Even though she didn’t say anything, Yue Xi understood what she meant.

“Our Xiao Qing is so amazing!”

“Hehe.”

Yue Xi threw a talisman out, but it didn’t float far before being swallowed by the black mist. She immediately knew how dangerous this place was.

“Stay close to me.”

Xiao Qing immediately held her hand tightly and said obediently, “Okay.”

Yue Xi stroked her head and said with a smile, “You’re so well-behaved.”

Xiao Qing’s eyes widened, and she felt the warm hand on the top of her head. Her face relaxed, and her eyes were filled with a smile.

Sister praised her again, hehe.

While Ji Shuang was eating her bread, she saw the two sisters fall off the cliff. She ran over in a few steps and saw them being swallowed by something, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

She still had a mouthful of bread in her mouth and stood there in a daze.

“What do I do? Do I jump, too?”

She looked at the bottomless cliff and felt dizzy for a moment, but she couldn’t just leave Yue Xi and Xiao Qing.

Jump!

She chewed a few times, swallowed the bread, and then jumped.

It was impossible to tell directions in the black mist. Yue Xi drew a talisman with her hand and sent it out. The black mist surged back and swallowed them.

However, after a while, the thick fog dissipated, and the scene in front of them had changed.

The two of them were in a forest, and there was a firelight not far away.

After making sure the person beside her was safe, Yue Xi held Xiao Qing’s hand and walked towards the firelight, where they saw three students.

They were sitting together to keep warm. Seeing Yue Xi, they were overjoyed and all stood up.

“Taoist priest!”

Yue Xi signaled them not to get too excited and asked, “Where’s your professor?”

The three of them looked at each other and said, “Was the professor also caught?”

It seemed they hadn’t encountered her, and it was very likely that the entity that took Pei Ying was not the same one that took the students.

Because here, she didn’t feel that strong, evil aura.

Yue Xi made a formation around them and gave each of them a protective talisman.

“I’ve surrounded you with a formation. Ordinary small ghosts won’t be able to get close to you. This protective talisman can deal with most evil spirits. If you encounter something you can’t handle, just put the talismans together and burn them. I’ll be able to sense it.”

“Okay, thank you, Taoist priest!” Gao Yang was full of admiration for Yue Xi and almost knelt down.

Yue Xi didn’t stay and went to look for Pei Ying.

The guiding talisman finally worked here. The two of them followed the talisman.

It was already dark in the forest. The moon was high in the sky, hazy and indistinct. The shadows of the tall trees were flickering, as if they had come to life and were standing in the distance, staring at them.

After walking for a long time, the guiding talisman suddenly burst into flames. Yue Xi walked forward and saw a broken temple.

No, it was a temple, but not broken.

There seemed to be someone kneeling inside, muttering a lot of things.

Yue Xi stared at it for a few seconds, and many voices echoed in her mind. Her thoughts gradually went out of her control.

Xiao Qing saw that her eyes were blank and suddenly shook her sleeve.

“Sister, what’s wrong with you?!”

Yue Xi was startled awake by her voice and immediately became alert to the temple’s evil nature. She held a lightning talisman in her hand, ready to investigate.

Suddenly, a strong wind blew, and the moon was covered by dark clouds. Everything fell into darkness.

“As expected of a Taoist practitioner, you can’t be trapped. Then let me see your heart’s true desires!”

The temple suddenly shook, and an eerie wind blew. A thick fog rose from the ground and wrapped around Yue Xi.

Xiao Qing held her hand tightly and was also swept into it.

“Buy one, get one free? Hahaha, today is a good day!”

A sinister female voice echoed through the dense forest. When her voice faded, the temple had disappeared.

Xiao Qing was carried by a gust of wind. When light appeared in front of her eyes, Yue Xi was already gone.

She stood in a small courtyard where a large locust tree was in bloom, and the fragrance of the flowers was very strong.

Under the tree was a large rattan chair, and two people were sitting in it.

One was Yue Xi, and the other was very beautiful. Her eyebrows were like distant mountains painted in ink, her nose was high and delicate, her lips were red and small, and her long hair fell quietly to her side.

—There was a strange sense of familiarity.

The two were in an intimate state. Yue Xi fed a peeled grape to the person beside her and then kissed her lips, which were stained with juice.

“Is it delicious?”

The person beside her smiled shyly and replied, “It’s delicious.”

Yue Xi pulled her into her arms and deepened the kiss.

“Qing he, I love you so much.”

Qing he? Xiao Qing’s body trembled, and she remembered something.

No wonder she felt familiar. It was that face. When she looked, it was as if she was looking in a mirror.

But there were also many differences. The girl named Qing he had a birthmark on the side of her ear. She had a gentle and mature temperament, her eyes were full of affection, and when she smiled, it seemed to melt a person’s heart.

Qing he, Xiao Qing…

No wonder she was named Xiao Qing. It turned out she was just a substitute.

They had entered each other’s dreams, and our Xiao Qing had become smarter and even knew the word “substitute.”

The spells and such in the text were all searched online. The police were included to make the story logical since it’s a modern world. There’s no intention to slander or have any other negative thoughts. If there are any mistakes, it’s due to the author’s lack of skill, and it’s definitely not a problem with my mindset.

If you still feel it’s not good, then scold my friends Li Sinuo, Suhe Gaoge, and Sangzhi. Don’t scold me. I’m a bit sensitive, but they can handle being criticized.