The Cannon Fodder Supporting Female Character is Still Alive Today - Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Final Meeting

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Bai Yao stared wide-eyed at Luo Qi, unable to speak for a long time.

Xue Qi, the boy still wearing the red scarf, craned his neck to see Bai Yao’s expression. He laughed and shouted: “Hahaha, Big Sister Bai is stunned! Her face looks silly!”

Bai Yao came back to her senses and smiled, knocking on Xue Qi’s head: “You little brat. Admiration of beauty is only human nature.”

The grey-capped girl standing next to Xue Qi said dreamily: “When I grow up, I want to be that beautiful too!”

This girl, named Su Ran, was a few years younger than Xue Qi and was clearly still a child.

When Bai Yao heard this, the smile on her face instantly vanished.

Seeing the change in Bai Yao’s expression, Xue Qi quickly turned his head and said: “Hahaha, Su Ran, look, your bragging scared away Big Sister Bai’s smile.”

Su Ran was annoyed and turned to chase him: “No, it didn’t!”

Bai Yao watched the two of them laugh and run away, but still couldn’t raise a smile on her face.

Luo Qi walked over to her and bent down, gazing at her face: “What’s wrong?”

The sudden magnified beauty caused a double-dose attack. Bai Yao quickly snapped back: “No, nothing is wrong!”

Luo Qi gave a light smile when she heard this. She pulled at the layers of her long dress: “I haven’t worn clothes like this in a long time.”

She said, “I wore it for you to see this time.”

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Oh my god.

How can you be such a flirt!

While I know that wearing a dress is a plot necessity because you’re about to meet the Male Lead, saying you wore it for me to see is just too much!

How can I handle this?

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I can.

Bai Yao reached out and held Luo Qi’s hand: “Thank you. If possible, please wear beautiful new dresses for me to see often in the future.”

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Before entering the house, Bai Yao looked back at the two figures running away, chasing each other.

Thinking of the girl’s earlier words, Bai Yao lowered her eyes.

Bai Yao’s smile had suddenly disappeared because she knew that the girl wouldn’t live long enough to grow up.

To be precise.

In half a month, everyone on this mountain would be dead.

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In The Young Master Becomes the Phoenix, Qin Wufang’s fall off the cliff was not an accident.

The person Luo Qi chased away at the foot of the mountain earlier was one of the guards Qin Wufang had stationed there early on to watch for her.

They were instructed to report back as soon as Luo Qi appeared.

As a top-tier Female Lead, Luo Qi, besides her beauty, martial arts, and character, also possessed highly skilled medical arts learned from Gui An.

In Jiang Qi, she had used her medical skills to save people on many occasions.

Qin Wufang needed to stage a bitter plot, and he needed to do it when Luo Qi was present, to ensure that he didn’t mess up and actually get seriously injured.

Luo Qi finds the heavily injured Qin Wufang, and with a soft heart, saves the man, then escorts him out of the mountain.

The problem lies in the escorting out of the mountain.

There is actually a secret, safe path on Gui Ming Mountain that allows people with poor qinggong to easily ascend the mountain. When Luo Qi escorted Qin Wufang down the mountain, she covered his eyes, but the prepared Qin Wufang scattered markers along the way. Half a month later, he led his people into the mountain and massacred everyone there.

At that time, Luo Qi had already gone down the mountain and returned to Jiang Qi, escaping the disaster.

It’s said that this was Qin Wufang’s intentional concession to spare her life, hence the delay in seizing the mountain.

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When reading the book, the tragedy was conveyed in just a few lines, and Bai Yao didn’t feel much. But now that she had genuinely interacted with the people living on Gui Ming Mountain and seen those lively and lovely children, she keenly felt how wrong Qin Wufang’s plan was.

The reason Qin Wufang wanted to slaughter Gui Ming Mountain was simply because Gui Wang, during one of his travels, saved a civilian woman who was about to be forcibly captured.

The person Gui Wang stopped was the Chancellor’s favorite adopted son, who was accustomed to arrogance and immediately challenged Gui Wang to a fight. However, he turned out to be completely weak. Gui Wang only used one move and accidentally hit the man, leaving him bedridden.

That adopted son had committed many evil deeds and offended too many people. The doctor who treated him and prepared his medicine had also been bullied by him and secretly mixed some other substances into the prescription. Within a month, the adopted son died.

The doctor’s actions weren’t exposed. The furious Chancellor blamed Gui Wang entirely. Gui Wang often traveled outside, so the Chancellor captured a few people from the jianghu and quickly discovered Gui Wang’s residence.

The people the Chancellor sent returned without success, so he simply reported to the Emperor, claiming that there was a group of rebels on Gui Ming Mountain who had long defied jurisdiction and disregarded the law. He listed several vague and real accusations, one of which—the “Dragon Vein rumor”—directly touched the Emperor’s sensitive spot.

Emperor Qin Mang immediately ordered the clearing of the Gui Ming Mountain rebels.

Qin Wufang, who was then the Third Prince, volunteered to lead the troops to quell the rebellion.

As a male lead with excellent moral, intellectual, and physical development, Qin Wufang conducted thorough research for this suppression campaign. He quickly discovered that the number of experts on Gui Ming Mountain was unknown, and he couldn’t find a path to lead his troops up the mountain.

Thus, Qin Wufang’s hidden guards appeared around Gui Ming Mountain.

Normally, people from the martial world would often stake out the foot of the mountain, waiting to challenge Gui Wang when he left, so these hidden guards didn’t draw extra attention from the people on the mountain.

As seen from Luo Qi’s previous handling of the situation, she hadn’t taken those black-clad figures too seriously either.

Subsequently, someone tracing the origins of Gui Ming Mountain found Luo Qi, and then began a month-long elaborate setup.

Yu Linglong returns to Gui Ming Mountain with Luo Qi; Qin Wufang receives the message and enacts the bitter plot…

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Unacceptable.

Completely unacceptable.

Even for the sake of that good boy Xue Qi, who washed the peaches so cleanly, she couldn’t let him die an early death on this desolate mountain.

Bai Yao lifted her head, her gaze firm, tightening her small, fleshy fist inside her sleeve.

The scheming, scumbag man, Qin Wufang.

Just wait.

Your plot-aware Big Sister Bai is here.

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Early the next morning, a few chirping sparrows circled the mountain. Butterflies danced among the flowers, their wings fluttering to shatter the morning sun reflected in the dew drops.

Bai Yao sat on the wooden stool, resting one hand on the edge of the wooden table. As soon as she heard movement in the room next door, she immediately shot out.

The start was too rushed; her stiff back and knee joints were aching. After finally reaching the door, she stumbled again.

So, when Luo Qi turned her head at the sound, she saw Bai Yao moving in a strange manner.

Luo Qi stared blankly at Bai Yao rushing out with a contorted posture, then quickly flew toward her once she saw her clearly.

Looking at the dark circles under Bai Yao’s eyes, Luo Qi gently frowned and asked: “Miss Bai, did you not sleep well last night?”

Bai Yao: “No.”

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It wasn’t that she didn’t sleep well.

She simply didn’t dare to sleep.

Bai Yao counted sheep all night long.

Others count sheep to fall asleep faster; she counted sheep because she was terrified of falling asleep, and she would stand up and do high-knees to refresh herself every time she counted a hundred sheep.

When she got too tired midway, she even performed a complete set of the Ninth National Radio Gymnastics.

Luo Qi was extremely relaxed at Gui Ming Mountain, and coupled with her good mood recently, she slept very soundly and was completely unaware of Bai Yao’s movements next door.

As for why Bai Yao didn’t dare to sleep…

According to the original plot, it was almost time for Luo Qi to meet Qin Wufang. Bai Yao was afraid that something might go wrong during the night, and Luo Qi would meet Qin Wufang ahead of schedule and complete the plot.

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Yes.

Bai Yao no longer planned to avoid the plot. Not only did she not plan to avoid it, but she was also going to change it.

Since she, a cannon fodder side character, could survive and arrive here healthy enough to eat peaches, it meant that the world of this book was not unchangeable.

She couldn’t stand by and watch all the people on this mountain turn into vengeful spirits.

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Bai Yao asked: “Where are you going?”

“I’m going to the Sea of Suffering Cliff,” Luo Qi said. “It seems you like peaches. The ones Master picked before he left are all eaten up, so I plan to pick a few more for you.”

There is a treasure land below the Sea of Suffering Cliff where peaches grow year-round. The large, delicious peaches are picked from there.

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That’s it! The plot is coming!

The Sea of Suffering Cliff is exactly where Luo Qi and Qin Wufang first met. If nothing goes wrong, Luo Qi will soon encounter the heavily injured Qin Wufang, and then…

Love at first sight.

The fatigue of a sleepless night instantly vanished. Bai Yao eagerly said: “I’ll go with you!”

As soon as she said it, she felt it was too abrupt. The Sea of Suffering Cliff was considered a forbidden area on Gui Ming Mountain. For her, an outsider, to say that directly…

But Luo Qi interrupted her overthinking.

“Alright.” Luo Qi’s eyes were full of smiles. She bent slightly and put her arm around Bai Yao’s waist, saying softly: “Hold on tight.”

With that, Luo Qi tapped her toe on the ground and flew into the air with Bai Yao.

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Bai Yao landed steadily, nestled in Luo Qi’s arms.

She looked up.

Clouds billowed like a fairyland; everything in sight was lush and fragrant.

Luo Qi turned to pick peaches for Bai Yao, while Bai Yao followed behind her, anxiously looking around.

At this very moment, the Male Lead was likely lying injured somewhere.

After the two walked for a while, the constantly-looking-around Bai Yao bumped her forehead against a protruding branch. The rough tip of the branch hit her skin, and she unconsciously let out a soft “Ah.”

At the same time, a muffled groan from a man came from nearby.

Bai Yao, whose nerves were on high alert, instantly turned to look, and very quickly caught sight of a man’s profile.

In that moment, three big words surged in Bai Yao’s heart.

Qin! Wu! Fang!

Half of the man’s body was hidden in the grass. The exposed profile had sharp, distinct features. Even though he was covered in blood and dirt, it couldn’t conceal his handsome and elegant appearance.

Damn it.

As expected of the Male Lead.

After her initial reaction, Bai Yao immediately turned to look at Luo Qi.

If nothing goes wrong, Luo Qi should have also seen Qin Wufang. Next, she should rush over to save him, and then love at first…

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A hand suddenly covered Bai Yao’s forehead.

Luo Qi said with deep concern: “Miss Bai, are you alright? Did you hit yourself hard?”

She gently rubbed Bai Yao’s forehead: “How could you be so careless?”

Bai Yao: “…”

“Uh,” Bai Yao pointed to her side: “There’s a person there…”

Luo Qi said: “I know.”

You know, so why aren’t you going to save him?

After letting Luo Qi continue to intently rub her forehead, which no longer hurt, for a few seconds, Bai Yao said: “Ahem, that, he seems to be quite badly injured…”

Luo Qi frowned: “Your forehead is all red from bumping it.”

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No.

No!

I only have a tiny red spot, but the Male Lead over there is completely red from being soaked in blood!