The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 114

Xiang Ying’s scream tore through the sky.

Ji Mingxiao’s grip was strong. She snatched the talisman paper directly from Xiang Ying’s hand and even tried using a prop to see if she could take the person with her.

It didn’t work.

Xiang Ying couldn’t see anyone, only hear voices. Her wrist was in a lot of pain; it felt like the person was trying to twist her elbow off.

“What are you doing here?” Ji Mingxiao deliberately lowered her voice.

Xi Ruan blew a cold breath on the back of Xiang Ying’s neck.

The chill made her shiver all over.

“I… I just came to find someone, let go of me…”

“Then why were you trying to stick that thing on the door?”

The feng shui of the Qin family’s mansion was very particular; the direction the door faced and anything on it were all carefully planned.

Xiang Ying took a deep breath.

“Someone told me to do it. I was just listening to them.” Tears were already streaming down Xiang Ying’s face.

“And you just listened?”

Xiang Ying clenched her fists. “I, I just needed a little help with something. It’s just a small thing, just sticking a paper on a door.”

“In that case, let’s stick it on you instead.”

Xiang Ying froze for a moment, and in the next second, her head began to feel hazy.

Ji Mingxiao released her hand and watched Xiang Ying turn and walk away, her steps wobbly.

“What was that talisman?”

“It’s not a particularly powerful one. On a door, it can disturb the minds of the people living inside. On a person, it might make them dazed for a while.” Ji Mingxiao said casually before heading back inside the room.

Xi Ruan was speechless.

“She won’t get hurt, will she?”

“No.” Ji Mingxiao smiled. “How could the system let anything happen to her?”

Xi Ruan nodded.

Whether she’d be made a fool of, however, was another matter.

The next day, the morning news reported a woman dancing in the middle of a busy road, disrupting traffic.

Xi Ruan watched the news, a bit speechless.

“All she did was dance?” Ji Mingxiao shook her head, then uploaded the video of Xiang Ying dancing in the middle of the road to the school forum.

“What are you doing?”

“She’s too idle, so I’m helping her find something to do.”

Ji Mingxiao turned and effortlessly bought a trending topic, sincerely hoping Xiang Ying would settle down and stop causing trouble.

When Xiang Ying woke up, she found herself in a hospital. The events of the previous night were still fresh in her mind. She looked at her phone on the bedside table; it was filled with messages and missed calls.

She felt like she was going crazy.

She answered her parents’ call, and the first thing she said was, “Mom, Dad, I saw a ghost!”

“I didn’t want to do that. I was controlled by a ghost last night. I…”

The doctor who had just walked in exchanged a look with a colleague, then glanced down at the diagnosis chart.

Xiang Ying continued to rant.

“Why don’t you believe me? I’m not crazy! Qin Wan can see ghosts too!”

“It was Qin Wan who harmed me, it must have been her!”

…

Ji Mingxiao didn’t know what was happening over there, but her gut feeling told her something bad was likely afoot.

When people from the Metaphysical Association showed up, Ji Mingxiao was sunbathing in the courtyard.

She knew someone would come to investigate, so she had erased all suspicious traces of herself long ago.

Because of the incident at Spiritual Mountain, the relationship between the Metaphysical Association and the Qin family was very tense.

You could say they couldn’t stand each other.

“Miss Qin, someone has accused you of harming them with spells.”

“Oh, you’ve come at a good time. I suspect my ex-girlfriend is trying to harm me.”

Ji Mingxiao turned her laptop toward the group. It showed surveillance footage of a person sneaking up to the Qin family’s front door, holding a talisman and about to stick it on the door.

The people from the Metaphysical Association, who had already planned what to say, fell into silence at the sight of the video. They exchanged glances.

“By the way, you just said someone accused me of harming them with spells? Who was it?”

“It was this person.” The association members’ faces turned a little sour.

Ji Mingxiao narrowed her eyes and sneered. “She tries to harm someone and then has the nerve to turn around and blame them?”

The association members didn’t stay long. They left quickly, as it was too embarrassing. They even took the surveillance video with them.

To be honest, Xiang Ying herself hadn’t expected Ji Mingxiao to come and apologize; she just wanted to vent.

When she saw the surveillance footage, her face instantly went pale.

“I just wanted to go find her…”

“The content on the talisman is very clear. We can determine what it is ourselves.”

Xiang Ying’s face was a little white. “I don’t know what it was either. Someone just told me to stick it on the Qin family’s door.”

Standing at the door, Ji Mingxiao used the same talisman as last night.

Hearing Xiang Ying say this didn’t surprise her at all.

This person was extremely selfish and self-centered. In this situation, she would definitely sell out the person who hired her.

“Who?”

“I don’t know…” Xiang Ying said.

“You don’t know? Someone tells you to do something, and you just do it?”

Xiang Ying pursed her lips and clenched her fists.

“So, what benefit did that person give you?”

Ji Mingxiao had already pulled out a talisman, and she really wanted to just stick it on her.

“I don’t want to pursue this matter anymore! Can you just leave?!” Xiang Ying cried out, gripping her blanket.

“This is no longer a matter of whether you want to pursue it. The Qin family is going to.”

Xiang Ying’s mouth dropped open. “Qin Wan?”

“Yes.”

“How could she do that?”

Everyone in the room: ???

The corner of Ji Mingxiao’s mouth twitched slightly.

And there it was: the ultimate double-standard.

“Why can’t she pursue it?”

“She wasn’t harmed, and besides, I’m already like this. How can she pursue it?”

Ji Mingxiao rubbed her wrist.

“Host, calm down.”

“I am calm.” Ji Mingxiao took a deep breath.

“But I feel like you really want to go over there and bash her head in.”

“You saw right through me.” Ji Mingxiao raised her eyebrow. She truly hated people like this.

Ji Mingxiao lowered her head and sent a message to the person in charge.

The person in charge was still thinking about what to say. When he saw the message from Ji Mingxiao, he felt a headache coming on.

Both Ji Mingxiao and Xiang Ying were trouble. He felt they should have never gotten involved in this matter in the first place, or gotten curious just because the Qin family was involved.

Ji Mingxiao’s message was just one sentence.

“Could you ask about the cooperation the two of them reached? The one who found her should be my nemesis, a key figure in the research of heretical arts. This is a very troublesome matter. Although there are recent conflicts between the Qin family and the Metaphysical Association, we should still stand together against a common enemy.”

The person in charge looked at Xiang Ying again and pulled up a chair to sit down.

Ji Mingxiao knew the person in charge was now taking this seriously. She glanced at Xiang Ying one last time and turned to leave.

In any case, Xiang Ying’s life was about to be miserable for a while.

Ji Mingxiao actually wanted to use a “truth talisman” on her, but if she just walked over and did that, she would definitely be caught. It was too obvious.

She glanced at Xiang Ying and turned to leave.

“Are we at a dead end now?”

“Not necessarily.” Ji Mingxiao stood outside the elevator, squinting at the person inside. She then threw a talisman directly at them.

The person in the elevator was startled by the sudden appearance of the talisman.

Han Zhao scurried out of the elevator. The red string with copper coins tied to it in Ji Mingxiao’s hand had already bound his wrist.

This wasn’t a paper doppelganger this time.

Ji Mingxiao was certain. And the red string binding also prevented him from swapping places with a paper doppelganger.

Xi Ruan stood to the side, muttering softly, “Why does it always have to be a red string?”

“To ward off evil.” Ji Mingxiao glanced at Xi Ruan. “When we get back, we’ll get some red string. You don’t have to be jealous of him.”

Xi Ruan: …

Han Zhao: ???

“Miss Qin, isn’t it a bit inappropriate for you to be flirting with someone while causing me trouble?”

“Causing you trouble?” Ji Mingxiao scoffed and casually threw another talisman, yanking Han Zhao to a less crowded area. This time, she directly placed a coin sword against his neck. “What exactly do you want? Why did you find Xiang Ying?”

Han Zhao narrowed his eyes. “Who is Xiang Ying? Miss Qin, as much as I dislike you, you can’t blame me every time someone tries to cause you trouble.”

“If not you, then who?” Ji Mingxiao scoffed. “If it’s any consolation, my divination skills have gotten much better recently.”

Han Zhao looked at Ji Mingxiao and lowered his voice. “That lunatic I told you about last time, he said you weren’t from this world, so you would know exactly what’s going to happen. I didn’t believe him much before, but now I do.”

“Oh, and so?”

Ji Mingxiao had already pulled out a prop and pressed it directly against the back of Han Zhao’s head.

This time, it actually worked.

Han Zhao froze, his consciousness blurring.

He cursed under his breath.

“Didn’t he also tell you that you’d better not tell me about this?”

Han Zhao: …

Ji Mingxiao knew this person had always been skeptical and had been testing her in their two meetings.

Sometimes people are like that. Even if their reason tells them not to do something, they end up doing it anyway.

If a captured NPC loses their presence, does that mean Han Zhao’s storyline will disappear from now on?

She sized up the unconscious Han Zhao, propped him against a wall, and called the Metaphysical Association’s person in charge.

The person in charge’s face fell when he saw Ji Mingxiao standing on the hospital balcony.

“This is my nemesis. He accidentally fell into my hands. His name is Han Zhao. Please make sure you watch him carefully and don’t let him escape. He has harmed countless people and should be sentenced to prison.”

The person in charge: ???

“I didn’t expect to catch him so easily. His paper doppelgangers are well made. He’s yours now. If he runs away, don’t blame me for coming after you.” Ji Mingxiao dropped the man and quickly left.

Xi Ruan, following behind Ji Mingxiao, felt something was off.

“If Han Zhao is gone, doesn’t that mean the plot points we know about are now useless?” Xi Ruan asked. “Could it be that the person did it on purpose?”

Ji Mingxiao stopped in her tracks. “If it’s on purpose, then it’s on purpose. Anyway, the moment I arrived in this world, the plot was never going to follow its original course. Don’t worry about it.”

Xi Ruan: …

“Sorry, I forgot. You’re the biggest bug.”

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