The Cannon Fodder Supporting Female Character is Still Alive Today - Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Becoming Friends

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Friends for life, we walk together. A word of friend, I go bald.

I don’t dare to get close to your plotline with the male lead, so how can I possibly dare to be your friend?

Bai Yao held her hands to her forehead. Her vision was blurring. Better to confess.

“Actually, I was lying to you before.” Bai Yao lowered her hands and looked at Luo Qi, her brow slightly furrowed, her voice laced with sorrow: “I have been alone since childhood, wandering everywhere. The whole world is vast, and every place is home.”

So, everything I said about where my home is was a lie. In fact, I’m just an ordinary single-player who doesn’t want to form a party, and you don’t need to take me home anymore…

But Bai Yao’s words were interrupted by Luo Qi before she could finish them.

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Luo Qi said, “I understand.”

“I know what it feels like to be alone.”

Luo Qi lowered her eyes and said, “I wasn’t alone at first. I was with my mother, but later, my mother couldn’t hold on and left first.”

Luo Qi said, “Life alone is indeed difficult.”

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I’m sorry, I’m truly very sorry. Everything you went through is all because of my nominal, ignorant old mother from back then!

Bai Yao felt her throat dry up and could only open her mouth with difficulty, trying to offer comfort: “You…”

Luo Qi smiled, interrupting her seemingly forced expression: “But it’s all in the past now.”

She said, “The first time I saw you, I felt a sense of familiarity.”

Luo Qi thought for a moment and continued, “I even felt you looked somewhat familiar.”

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Sister!

You don’t find me familiar because I feel kind.

It’s probably because I look a little like the mother of that Yun Niao, the one who caused your mother’s death!

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Bai Yao looked at Luo Qi, instantly feeling the weary frustration of a middle school homeroom teacher facing a student going through a rebellious phase.

Little Qi, you just don’t understand your feelings yet.

But darling, that is not friendship.

That was her internal monologue, but Bai Yao didn’t manage to counsel a single word out loud.

She couldn’t possibly reveal her identity and say, I’m actually the daughter of the person who indirectly killed your mother, could she?

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Bai Yao looked at Luo Qi with a complicated expression. Luo Qi was still waiting for her answer. During this time, Luo Qi silently swallowed, and the neck area where her fake Adam’s apple was attached moved.

Bai Yao subconsciously shifted her gaze to it.

That section of the neck was fair and delicate, without wrinkles or scars.

But in the chapters Bai Yao had read, in the not-too-distant future, this beautiful, slender neck would be marked with several hideous knife wounds that cut dangerously close to the blood vessels.

Bai Yao’s words of refusal stopped in her throat.

Bai Yao felt a little sad.

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The Luo Qi who was currently in front of Bai Yao, cautiously trying to make a little girlfriend, was not yet the Female Lead who would later be deeply in love with the Male Lead, abused a thousand times yet unwavering in her devotion.

This was Luo Qi before she met the Male Lead, Qin Wufang, and she was not yet supposed to make her official appearance in the original book.

At this moment, the look in her eyes toward Bai Yao was clear and bright. Despite her male attire, she would occasionally reveal the radiance of a young girl. She was still far from becoming the cold, aloof woman with eyes full of frost after suffering countless wounds.

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In the original book, although Luo Qi had a difficult childhood, she was fortunate to be picked up by Gui Wang, one of the three hermits of the jianghu, and was taken back to Gui Ming Mountain.

The Female Lead, originally named Yun Qing, was renamed Luo Qi. On Gui Ming Mountain, she learned martial arts and studied, gradually growing into a pure-minded, untainted young girl.

Ultimately, even after leaving Gui Ming Mountain for two years, establishing the well-known Siyi Tower (The Reckless Tower), and becoming the respected leader, Luo Qi was still, deep down, a simple-hearted young woman.

Before meeting the Male Lead, Qin Wufang, she possessed childishness, chivalry, noble righteousness, and a vibrant youthful vitality.

She smiled when happy, and drew her sword when angered.

She used her long sword to cut flowers and slept in the snow to listen to the wind.

She was the peerless Young Master Qi’an of Jiang Qi. She had never encountered a man she needed to desperately cling to, nor had she ever developed a deep-seated love or obsession.

The current Luo Qi was still a newly unsheathed, unblunted sword.

She bore no deep, etched scars, and pure internal energy flowed within her.

In her two years in Jiang Qi, she had witnessed betrayal and death, but she was still far from imagining the despair of having her beloved massacred and being thrown into the abyss.

She didn’t understand the depth of suffering love could bring, nor did she know what it meant to yearn for something unobtainable.

This moment was likely one of the few remaining carefree times of Luo Qi’s youth.

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Thinking of everything Luo Qi would face in the future, Bai Yao fell silent for a moment.

Luo Qi, seeing Bai Yao remain quiet for a long time, figured she had probably been rejected.

Luo Qi stood up somewhat awkwardly, then pretended everything was fine, picked up the oranges for Bai Yao, and, still very graciously, extended her hand to help Bai Yao down.

However, the effort to force a smile clearly revealed an expression of deep disappointment.

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Hey!

Is there a problem?

Mr. Brain Capacity, why are you narrating so much melodramatic text? Are you trying to make me soft-hearted?

Am I, Bai Yao, the kind of person who is easily swayed?

Heh.

After reading that narration, there are only two words in the comments section of my heart.

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Oh.

Damn it!

This is truly outrageous!

How could I, Bai Yao, be worthy of causing a great handsome man—bah, a great beauty—to show such a look of loneliness for me!

Is Bai Yao the kind of person who is easily swayed?

No.

So, I choose to turn around right where I stand.

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In the instant Luo Qi was attempting to force a bittersweet smile, Bai Yao took a sharp breath and abruptly grasped Luo Qi’s hand.

With soaring passion and rising righteousness.

Bai Yao squeezed Luo Qi’s wrist and grit her teeth: “I’ll do it!”

Who cares what tomorrow brings! To die beneath the peony flower, I’ll be a…

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Help, I don’t want to be a ghost.

Not even the romantic kind.

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But with that delicate hand in mine, how could I let go easily?

This is sand I can hold, and I, Bai Yao, can’t just let it slip away.

Clutching Luo Qi’s hand, Bai Yao’s mind raced while simultaneously self-hypnotizing.

The thing sitting on her neck is not just for show; it’s a clever brain that has read countless melodramatic novels from the 21st century.

Carefully reviewing her experiences—being kidnapped right after leaving the city, having her money stolen just by walking, and then nearly being strangled by the orange-selling grandmother—Bai Yao had to admit that the jianghu was dangerous, and she had no capital.

While it’s true that anyone roaming the jianghu will get stabbed, the number of times she’s been hurt is too much!

At this rate of danger, she’d probably be killed before she could walk out of a single town intact.

Bai Yao looked sideways at Luo Qi, who was standing beside her, smiling broadly and radiating her beautiful aura.

Character Name: Luo Qi. Appearance Value: Full rating, 10 stars. Suitable for all ages, appealing to both genders. Moral Character Value: Full rating, 10 stars. Sunny, positive, unparalleled kindness. Combat Power Value: 7 stars. Note: Currently in a career growth period, with infinite potential. Danger Trigger Frequency: Unknown before meeting Qin Wufang. Death Trigger Frequency: Zero.

Character Card auto-generation ended, and Bai Yao immediately clicked the ‘Collect’ button in her mind.

With such a fully-specced, top-tier Female Lead who definitely won’t die, the probability of survival is infinitely close to infinity!

I can do this!

According to the plot arrangement in the original book, it will be a while before the General finds the Female Lead, Luo Qi, and acknowledges her. As long as I keep my identity a secret and build up a good rapport before then, maybe even if Luo Qi finds out my identity in the future, she won’t do anything to me…

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Oblivious to Bai Yao’s mental storm, Luo Qi smiled and sat back down beside her, peeling an orange: “Great! Then we are good friends from now on.”

She added, “Miss Bai, since you don’t have a home, why don’t you come with me?”

After stating this, she hesitated and added a questioning suffix, “Okay?”

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Target: Bai Yao. Under Attack: Supreme Beauty. Awaiting Magical Effect: Extreme Gentleness. Equipment Durability: 70. 55. 40. 20. 5. Warning! Warning!

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Bai Yao: “Okay.”

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Luo Qi’s smile instantly grew wider upon hearing this, and she handed a peeled orange to the dazzled Bai Yao.

Bai Yao silently accepted the large orange from Luo Qi and broke off a segment, putting it in her mouth.

Sweet and refreshing, with plenty of juice and flesh.

The orange was as delicious as the old woman’s stranglehold was brutal.

Bai Yao looked at Luo Qi, who was still smiling, and broke off a segment, offering it to her lips: “You try it, it’s really sweet.”

Luo Qi paused, then opened her mouth, allowing Bai Yao to put the orange segment in. She chewed it and then nodded heavily with a smile.

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Bai Yao continued to feed the peeled segments to Luo Qi until they finished the large orange between them.

Sigh.

Her life will be so bitter later. It’s only right that I give her a little more sweetness now, right?

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Right my foot!

A few days later, when that large mountain, shrouded in mist and clearly having the setting of an immortal peak, appeared before Bai Yao, she nearly spat out all the oranges she had eaten days prior.

Bai Yao pointed at the mountain, her fingertip shaking along with her uncontrollable jaw: “You, you, you, what do you mean by bringing me here?”

Luo Qi asked in confusion: “Do you recognize this place?”

Bai Yao lowered her hand and pointed toward the giant stone nearby.

She may not recognize the place, but she can read!

Carved clearly on the two-meter-high stone were the three large characters, “Gui Ming Mountain”!

Bai Yao grabbed Luo Qi’s sleeve: “Weren’t we going back to Jiang Qi? Why are we here?”

Luo Qi explained with a soft smile: “Miss Bai, I never said we were going back to Jiang Qi.”

Seeing the shifting expression on Bai Yao’s face, she looked a little worried: “I’m sorry, I wasn’t clear beforehand. Do you dislike mountains?”

Bai Yao’s worldview collapsed: “This isn’t about whether I like mountains or not!”

“If you don’t go back to Jiang Qi, how are you going to make your appearance? You’re the Female Lead!”

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Luo Qi’s first appearance in The Young Master Becomes the Phoenix occurred a few days after the General killed Yun Niao.

Luo Qi rescued a dancing girl at the Star-Moon Inn in Jiang Qi, and this dancer subsequently became Luo Qi’s good friend.

Their friendship lasted until over a hundred chapters later, when the dancer’s identity was revealed.

It turned out she was an subordinate of the Male Lead, Qin Wufang, someone Qin Wufang had arranged to monitor Luo Qi from the start.

However, the dancer was moved by Luo Qi and eventually became Luo Qi’s genuine friend, even betraying Qin Wufang for Luo Qi, which ultimately led to her death.

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So why aren’t we currently drinking, eating meat, listening to music, and saving a beauty at the Star-Moon Inn in Jiang Qi?

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Because she knew the plot development, when Luo Qi suggested “come with me,” Bai Yao naturally assumed they were heading back to Jiang Qi to follow the storyline.

When they went to Lin Dan, they took the waterway and arrived in less than half a day. When returning, they didn’t take a boat. Even though they had walked for a few extra days, Bai Yao thought Luo Qi simply wanted to travel with her for a bit longer.

But now, suddenly jumping to Gui Ming Mountain—what the heck?

What about the Female Lead’s first appearance?

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No, the point right now is not the Female Lead’s appearance.

Nor is it Gui Ming Mountain.

The reason for Bai Yao’s absolute panic is that coming to Gui Ming Mountain now means they are going to encounter the ultimate scumbag Male Lead, Qin Wufang, from the angsty novel! Early!