The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 103

“As long as she wants to revive her first love, she’ll definitely come looking for me,” Ji Mingxiao said nonchalantly.

System A didn’t know what to say; he was right.

“What do you guys think? When she wants to revive her first love, what if I make her the heart of the formation?” Ji Mingxiao’s eyes lit up.

Xi Ruan was stunned. This move was audacious, but it was definitely Ji Mingxiao’s style.

“But is that really okay? People will die, right?” Xi Ruan hesitated. “How will the mission be counted then?”

“No, the person she’s dealing with isn’t using a resurrection formation at all. There’s no such thing as a human resurrection formation in this world; it’s all a scam,” Ji Mingxiao said with a smile. “Most likely, it’s just a confinement formation or something to turn people into puppets. I think that would suit this little girl perfectly.”

Yes, Ji Mingxiao could now refer to someone else as a “little girl.” After all, even though she looked like she was in her twenties, she had already been through so many worlds.

Xi Ruan nodded, “That’s true, but if she loses consciousness, the mission can’t be completed.”

“I don’t know… I guess not. We’ll see. If it’s a formation that makes her lose consciousness, I’ll just tweak it a bit.”

No matter what, Ji Mingxiao wanted to play a trick on her at least once.

System A was a little speechless. It had started as a discussion, but by the end, it had become a firm decision.

But it clearly couldn’t stop him, so it wisely kept its mouth shut.

As expected, Xiang Ying quickly complained about Ji Mingxiao on her social media, and many people comforted her. In front of everyone, she had always been a simple, willful girl with no hidden agenda, or as Ji Mingxiao put it, a spoiled princess.

But this person was not simple at all; she was a venomous schemer. Her persona was all an act.

Some people came to ask Ji Mingxiao what had happened.

She simply said she couldn’t stand Xiang Ying’s temper anymore and was on the verge of a breakdown.

Most people believed her, and 95% of them advised Ji Mingxiao to be patient and apologize, saying it was no big deal. Of course, Ji Mingxiao didn’t back down.

“Xiang Ying must be furious,” Xi Ruan said. Then, he looked Ji Mingxiao up and down. “I’m also very willful. Will you get tired of me in the future?”

“You call that willful? I’ve always thought you were very considerate,” Ji Mingxiao said, her expression sincere.

Xi Ruan narrowed his eyes and rolled them, “I don’t believe you.”

Then, he let out a soft huff.

“You’re always thinking of me. How is that not considerate?” Ji Mingxiao smiled. She wanted to run her hand through Xi Ruan’s hair, but she could only look, and her palm felt a little itchy.

“What’s with that look? It’s giving me goosebumps.”

“I want to mess with your hair.”

Xi Ruan: “…”

“Good. Let’s get rid of that habit in this world. You always make my hair so greasy when you touch it,” Xi Ruan said, giving Ji Mingxiao a look of disgust.

Ji Mingxiao sighed softly, “See? You’re clearly the one who’s more disgusted with me.”

Xi Ruan: “…”

“I can’t win against you. Goodbye.”

Xi Ruan huffed and, in the next second, returned to the jade pendant.

He suddenly realized that things were good now. Although he couldn’t eat, he could hide from Ji Mingxiao.

When he couldn’t win an argument, he would just run.

Ji Mingxiao rubbed the jade pendant, and Xi Ruan shuddered.

“Don’t touch me!”

“I’m just rubbing the jade pendant! What’s wrong with that?” Ji Mingxiao huffed.

Xi Ruan: “…”

“You’re so annoying.”

“Yeah, I am.” Even though Ji Mingxiao said that, she stopped what she was doing.

Teasing your significant other should be done in moderation. If you push too far, you’ll be the one to suffer.

She placed the jade pendant to the side and picked up a book.

People who study metaphysics have to read a lot of books, and many of them are in classical Chinese.

Ji Mingxiao felt like she was back in her third year of high school.

She rubbed her temples, but she still had to read.

After all, it was a matter of life and death here—two lives, to be exact.

She had found out that if the host dies, the guardian spirit will also disappear.

Perhaps that was one of the reasons why Xianyu wasn’t willing to be her guardian spirit. She thought Xianyu probably knew about this particular characteristic of guardian spirits.

Ji Mingxiao tapped the table and rubbed her temples.

She also looked up many evil hair-related spells and found a similar one.

It was an evil spell where a person would use a specific method to leave a strand of hair to parasitize a little ghost. The little ghost would then be controlled by the hair’s owner and could possess one-tenth of the owner’s power.

Ji Mingxiao tapped the table.

One-tenth.

The haunted house was considered quite large, yet it was only one-tenth of the power.

Ji Mingxiao narrowed her eyes, then sent what she had found to Xianyu. She felt her phone vibrate and thought it was Xianyu replying, but when she looked, she was a little speechless. It was a reply, but it was an automatic one.

The automatic reply said: [On a date, do not disturb.]

They had come as three people. Who was he on a date with?

In the end, she could only sigh and think, “Xianyu is Xianyu, after all.”

She marked the information she had found and rubbed her neck. Suddenly, she thought of something and checked her bank account balance.

She was a little impressed. As the backbone of the Qin family, she had eight-figure savings, and it would soon reach nine figures.

Looking at the recent deposits, the highest was two million, and the lowest was five hundred thousand. And according to Ji Mingxiao’s estimation, the commission fees would only increase in the future.

She’s really rich.

“Ruanruan,” Ji Mingxiao called out.

“Hmm?”

“It’s a shame.”

“What’s wrong?” Xi Ruan asked again, thinking something had happened.

The next second, he heard Ji Mingxiao’s regretful voice, “Qin Wan is so rich. She can buy a lot of delicious food and fun things, but it’s a shame you can’t eat.”

Xi Ruan: “…”

“Ji Mingxiao.”

“Hmm?” Ji Mingxiao’s voice was full of laughter.

“Are you trying to start a fight with me?”

“No, I’m just expressing my regret.”

“Just shut up!” Xi Ruan said with a huff.

Ji Mingxiao: “…”

Sure enough, he would get angry when provoked. Even though she couldn’t see his face, she could guess his expression.

Ji Mingxiao sighed softly.

“I’m looking for a way for you to eat. Don’t worry,” Ji Mingxiao’s voice softened a little. “I’m just teasing you. Don’t be mad.”

Xi Ruan huffed again, but his tone was much better than before.

Ji Mingxiao smiled helplessly.

The seven-day National Day holiday passed quickly. To be honest, Ji Mingxiao would have completely forgotten about Xiang Ying if she hadn’t been blocked at the school gate.

“Are you really breaking up with me?” Xiang Ying asked, her eyes red as she looked at Ji Mingxiao.

Ji Mingxiao blinked, “Yeah.”

“I was just saying that out of anger,” Xiang Ying took a deep breath. “It was clearly your fault, and I’ve already come to apologize. What more do you want?”

Ji Mingxiao looked down at Xiang Ying. “You were the one who broke up with me. An adult, of course, has to be responsible for their words.”

“I was just saying that out of anger,” Xiang Ying bit her lip.

Ji Mingxiao didn’t understand whether Xiang Ying liked Qin Wan or not. She probably did, but her first love was more appealing.

“The fact that you can break up so casually means you don’t care about me at all, does it?” Ji Mingxiao looked into Xiang Ying’s eyes. “If you really didn’t want to leave me, you wouldn’t have said something like that.”

Xi Ruan: “…”

System A: Here we go! The woman who turns black into white has appeared! A master of shifting blame.

Xiang Ying was stunned and opened her mouth.

“You were the one who made me angry first!”

“Then let’s say it was my fault. But you broke up with me, so let’s break up. You can go find someone who won’t make you angry,” Ji Mingxiao said, checking the time and walking around Xiang Ying. “I have class now.”

The little princess wouldn’t beg easily.

Coming to block Ji Mingxiao this time had already exhausted all her pride.

“You’re really ruthless.”

“I didn’t do anything,” Ji Mingxiao said as she entered the classroom.

It was annoying. Starting tonight, she would have to live in the dorm, which meant it would be very inconvenient to act. Ji Mingxiao tapped the table.

Moving out in the middle of the semester required a special application, and she felt that her reason wasn’t good enough. Her academic advisor probably wouldn’t agree so easily.

She sat down in the corner of the classroom, originally wanting to avoid people. Who knew that as soon as she sat down, a few girls, all her roommates, came over.

“By the way, did you really break up with that little princess?”

“Yeah,” Ji Mingxiao smiled. “I just couldn’t take it anymore.”

“I thought you would just put up with it forever.”

“You always lose your patience eventually,” Ji Mingxiao said, twirling her pen.

Her tone was indifferent, and the others saw that she didn’t really want to talk about it, so they didn’t ask anymore.

Ji Mingxiao turned her head and looked outside. The hand holding the pen froze. She didn’t know if it was her imagination, but she felt a dark shadow flit by.

She frowned, opened the window, and stealthily dropped a paper doll out. The paper dolls were all cut out.

Qin Wan’s little paper dolls could be considered a masterpiece. There were seven of them, and all of them housed mountain spirits.

Ji Mingxiao had originally wanted to put Xi Ruan in a paper doll, too, but Xi Ruan refused. In fact, she had quietly tried it, and it was still more comfortable to stay in the jade pendant, so she gave up on the paper dolls.

It took a while for the paper doll to float to the ground, and then it scurried into the bushes.

The mountain spirit she released this time could capture the aura of a ghost. She hoped it wouldn’t be noticed, as a little paper doll appearing in the school would be quite creepy.

“Why are you so distracted?”

Ji Mingxiao was startled when the person next to her tapped her.

“It’s nothing.”

“The teacher is about to call on people to answer a question.”

“Okay.” Ji Mingxiao nodded. Before she could nod a third time, she heard the teacher call out the name “Qin Wan.”

Ji Mingxiao: “…”

As expected, what she feared came to pass.

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