The Cannon Fodder Supporting Female Character is Still Alive Today - Chapter 18

Chapter 18: The Changing Situation

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How should one read a book?

The ancient saying goes: Read good books, love reading books, and reading books is good.

Bai Yao says: Flip the pages with your hands, look carefully, and engage your brain.

Bai Yao has always been confident in her memory of book plots, even remembering many small details.

But can someone please tell me, who is this ordinary-looking man who suddenly appeared?

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When the two groups of people finished their meal and went upstairs, Bai Yao noticed that the ordinary-looking man was staying in the room right next to hers.

Bai Yao stood at her doorway, and as the man passed her, she scrutinized him from head to toe but still couldn’t find any clues.

Aside from his stunning display downstairs, this man might as well have a sign on his head that reads, “I am an extra.”

Noticing Bai Yao’s gaze, the ordinary-looking man stepped back and returned to her front.

The man asked, “Miss, why are you staring at me?”

Bai Yao frowned and asked in a low voice, “Honey, did you invest in the production team?”

Ordinary-looking man: “…”

Seeing the other party’s clearly bewildered expression, Bai Yao clicked her tongue.

Tsk.

It seems he’s not someone who transmigrated like her.

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In an era without much entertainment, bedtime came much earlier.

The moon was high in the sky, but Bai Yao couldn’t sleep.

Because according to the plot in the book, tonight was a small climax.

Luo Qi, who rises in the night, would run into Su Mubai, who is also sleepless late at night. Then, during their conversation, they would encounter the accomplices of the men from the day before, be taken back to Black Cloud Fortress, and then, this and that, they would escape together…

But judging from the situation earlier today, the thread between Luo Qi and Su Mubai doesn’t seem to have connected much.

Bai Yao turned over in bed, voicing her doubts about Xiao Ping.

The book made him sound so godly, so how come he seems so unreliable?

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Bai Yao had previously thought carefully about Luo Qi’s future. The path with Qin Wufang was clearly a major, difficult road. Not only was it hard to walk, but the construction had been halted right at the beginning.

When she was on Gui Ming Mountain, Bai Yao was focused on restoring the romantic line between the male and female leads, but after these days, her idea had changed slightly.

If Luo Qi continued down the old path with Qin Wufang, even if she managed to avoid the current incident of the destruction of her sect, she would inevitably encounter other major and minor points of heartbreak later on.

Especially when she thought of the most heartbreaking parts—having her martial arts crippled and being sealed with the Spirit-Locking Nails—Bai Yao felt her scalp tingle.

How wonderful Luo Qi is with martial arts! She can turn into Young Master Qi’an on the left to maintain peace, become the successor of Gui Ming Mountain on the right to write a legend in the jianghu, fly up high to hug Bai Yao, and bring down her sword to scare petty thieves down low…

Wait, it seems strange thoughts have slipped in…

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In short, Bai Yao thought it over and over. Since all the people on Gui Ming Mountain could be saved, if the plot really could be changed, she might as well try a little harder to pull Luo Qi out of the tragic romance.

As for tragic plotlines, they’re fine to read casually, but seeing them firsthand, Bai Yao really couldn’t stand it.

Especially when she thought about how Luo Qi is beautiful, has a good personality, makes such delicious food, and is so gentle and thoughtful towards her…

Contestant Bai Yao could not sit and wait for death.

Contestant Bai Yao decided to take the initiative.

So, Bai Yao secretly decided to encourage Luo Qi to avoid Qin Wufang and choose one of the two supporting male characters to marry.

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In For the Prince, For the Phoenix, perhaps to compensate the heroine, the author, while tormenting her, provided her with two high-quality supporting male characters of different styles.

One was as gentle as jade, and the other was wickedly charismatic and arrogant—a standard, diverse top-tier setup. The common point was that both were deeply devoted to the heroine and would never disappoint her.

In the book, the heroine was biased, with her heart and eyes only for Qin Wufang, unmoved by these two supporting male characters.

But now things were different.

The plot of Qin Wufang’s love at first sight had failed. Bai Yao felt that the other two supporting male characters could definitely work hard.

Take a gamble, and the spare tire becomes the main squeeze.

Bai Yao had returned to ask Xiao Ping precisely to confirm whether the male and female leads’ romance could be completely severed.

Xiao Ping’s answer was that any potential marriage connection meant there was fate. As long as one thread was established, the bond of the other would fade.

Thinking this way, as long as Luo Qi made a choice different from the one in the book, she might be able to avoid the future calamities.

Before Bai Yao left, Xiao Ping also said that the new marriage thread that had appeared for Luo Qi had a trend of rapid development. If nurtured properly, it would soon become the main romantic path.

Bai Yao was delighted when she heard this.

Wasn’t this “main squeeze” referring to Su Mubai!

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Pfft.

Su Mubai is simply too far off.

Bai Yao lay on the small bed, tossing and turning, her heart as tired as an old father’s.

Based on the current development, Bai Yao felt that the Su Mubai path was probably going to crash and burn too.

Talking about a midnight encounter, there’s absolutely no movement from Luo Qi’s room…

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Squeak.

The sound of a wooden door being pushed open drifted through the silent night, exceptionally clear.

Following that was a sound of stable, light footsteps. The footsteps were about to continue downstairs, until they walked into the courtyard and saw Su Mu—standing under the moonlight.

Knock, knock.

Bai Yao looked blankly at the figure projected outside her door.

After knocking twice more, the person softly asked, “Miss, are you asleep?”

It’s not Luo Qi…

The voice sounded like the ordinary-looking man from the day.

Why is this sudden extra so good at stealing scenes?

With a head full of question marks, and knowing full well not to open the door for strangers, Bai Yao cleared her throat, about to ask what was wrong, when the sound of another door opening echoed in the hallway.

The next second, without a single word of nonsense, the fight began immediately.

Bai Yao watched as two figures, moving so fast they were just afterimages, swiftly swept past her door. She hurriedly ran to open the door and saw Luo Qi and the ordinary-looking man exchanging blows, fighting their way into the room.

Before Bai Yao could fully understand the situation, the ordinary-looking man flipped over, dodged a palm strike from Luo Qi, and vaulted directly out of the open window into the courtyard behind.

Without pausing, Luo Qi also flew out in pursuit.

Bai Yao ran to the window and leaned out to look. She saw one black and one white figure still entangled in combat, and Su Mubai was also there in the courtyard, watching the fight in a daze.

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Location: Fuyuan Inn Courtyard.

In place.

Characters: Female Lead Luo Qi, Supporting Male Lead Su Mubai.

In place.

Plot:

By the time Bai Yao ran from upstairs to the courtyard, she saw Su Mubai standing aside, anxiously and helplessly pleading, “Stop fighting, both of you!”

Bai Yao: “…”

Seeing Bai Yao arrive, Su Mubai immediately said to her, “Miss Bai, quickly persuade Young Master Luo.”

Seeing Bai Yao’s blank expression, Su Mubai repeated, “Stop fighting! Miss Bai, you should stop them too!”

Bai Yao: “If you’re going to fight, go to the dance studio to fight!”

Su Mubai: …

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Damn it.

Stop adding unnecessary plot twists!

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Bai Yao frowned tightly, once again carefully thinking. Who exactly were Luo Qi’s enemies at this stage of the book, especially the kind that would fight on sight?

But after much thought, Bai Yao was still empty-handed.

Watching the two fighting evenly, Luo Qi reached out and seized the man’s left shoulder, and the man’s right hand also jammed Luo Qi’s movement. They slowly moved a few steps away, momentarily stopping the fight.

Wait!

Rewind the previous shot!

As the two moved those few steps, Bai Yao saw the familiar dark red on the sole of the man’s shoe and slowly spoke:

Bai Yao: “Lie Ruyang!”

At that, the man turned his head, raised an eyebrow, and smiled, “Miss still remembers my name?”

Then Lie Ruyang turned back to Luo Qi and said, “But I’m very curious, how did you recognize me?”

She had changed her outfit in a hurry this time and hadn’t had time to change her shoes. But according to the introduction in the original book, few people knew the secret of the Dark Follower’s shoe sole, so Lie Ruyang naturally hadn’t thought about it.

No longer deliberately lowering her voice, Lie Ruyang’s voice became clear and crisp, “No one has ever been able to see through my disguise so quickly.”

Luo Qi looked at the person in front of her with cold eyes and said, “What is your objective?”

“No objective.” Lie Ruyang rotated her wrist and said, “I just came to see this young lady.”

As she spoke, she flew towards Bai Yao, but Luo Qi chased after her first, and the two became entangled in combat again.

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Could Lie Ruyang be here to avenge Qin Dexuan?

Su Mubai, who was on the side, looked at Bai Yao and asked, “Miss Bai, do you recognize this young man—young lady?”

Bai Yao snapped out of her thoughts. Before she could answer Su Mubai, a noise came from outside the courtyard wall.

Three men climbed over the wall and met eyes with Bai Yao and Su Mubai.

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!

The plot is here!

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After landing, the big man whose fist was seized by Lie Ruyang earlier saw them and was stunned for a moment. Then he quickly pointed and identified, “It’s these people! Hey! Perfect, they’re all here!”

The man next to the big one, dressed in a brown fur coat, looked at them and said, “That’s good, saves us the trouble.”

Then the man clapped his hands, and instantly more than ten people climbed over the wall. The small courtyard behind the inn instantly became lively.

Luo Qi and Lie Ruyang, who were still fighting, almost simultaneously and tacitly shifted their battlefield, attacking the newly arrived men.

But there were simply too many people. Luo Qi and Lie Ruyang couldn’t fully manage them all at once.

A man who slipped through pointed at Su Mubai directly in front of him and said to a few subordinates behind him, “Tie him up!”

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You ask me why he only pointed at Su Mubai and not me?

Heh heh.

Because right at the beginning of section 42, when the big men landed, I, Bai Yao, had already oiled my feet and quickly slipped away.

As a mature female cannon fodder with no martial arts, one should learn to protect oneself and not be a drag.

Bai Yao quickly ran towards the inn. While her speed wasn’t seventy miles per hour, she was feeling a bit excited.

Because the plot was roughly back on track!

Although Luo Qi being captured wasn’t ideal, in the original book, this incident wasn’t very dangerous.

Crisis is the catalyst for love.

And all I have to do is wait safely in the inn…

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Damn it.

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When Bai Yao was picked up and tossed back into the courtyard, she met the eyes of the already bound Su Mubai and sighed deeply.

Su Mubai timely comforted her, “Miss Bai, don’t worry. Young Master Luo and that young lady are so powerful, they will definitely help us—”

Before he finished speaking, several big men scattered a handful of smoke, and the movements of Luo Qi and Lie Ruyang instantly slowed down.

Alas.

The Black Cloud Fortress’s unique secret medicine: Mortalize.

This medicine disperses with the wind. Once affected, one’s body becomes weak, and over the next seven days, one will lose all martial arts ability.

In the book, Luo Qi was hit by this, which is why she was taken away.