The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 99
“After this, we can take a break and eat once every five or six worlds. Let’s take it slow, there’s no rush, we have a lot of time.”
“No way. I still need to save up points to get my memories back,” Xi Ruan shook her head. “Besides, if you get comfortable for too long, you’ll always want to be comfortable.”
Ji Mingxiao took a sip of wine.
“We should learn from the ‘Salty Fish’ Boss who’s ranked number one,” Xi Ruan pounded the table.
“Are you drunk?” Ji Mingxiao playfully ruffled Xi Ruan’s hair.
“I’m serious. Look at how many points she has,” Xi Ruan said with a sigh. “I have no idea what she does with them.”
“Have you met her?”
Xi Ruan narrowed her eyes. “I don’t know, but I feel like I must have.”
Ji Mingxiao tapped the table. “That Salty Fish…”
“She’s currently on a mission. It’s not her, and he wouldn’t do something like this, but their worlds did overlap with Xi Ruan’s,” System A said. “To be honest, because the ‘Salty Fish’ has a lot of unconventional moves, people have already looked into her when something like this happens.”
Ji Mingxiao: …
“I hope you two can meet sometime and see whose moves are more unconventional.”
Ji Mingxiao didn’t want to say anything. She felt that she was just following the normal script. But if she had a chance to meet the ‘Salty Fish,’ she really wanted to.
Xi Ruan was indeed drunk, her cheeks a rosy red.
“Don’t drink anymore, eat something.”
“I only had two glasses.”
Ji Mingxiao: …
“That’s enough, you’ve already had two,” Ji Mingxiao quietly took the wine away and put some food on Xi Ruan’s plate.
Xi Ruan squinted at Ji Mingxiao. “Hmph, you’re so stingy, you won’t even let me drink.”
“Yep, I’m stingy.”
Xi Ruan grumbled a few more times but quickly accepted the reality and lowered her head to eat the meat.
The two of them ate for three hours. To be precise, Xi Ruan fell asleep halfway through the meal and then woke up again to continue eating. Ji Mingxiao asked the system to take a lot of pictures for her.
“If Xi Ruan sees these, she might kill you.”
“They’re not bad, are they?” Ji Mingxiao said with a smile. “What, are you going to show them to her?”
System A: …
“I wouldn’t dare. I wouldn’t dare.”
Because Xi Ruan was drunk, Ji Mingxiao decided to stay on the boat for the night. Everything was there, and the bed was big enough for the two of them.
Xi Ruan slept soundly, lying on her side on the bed. Ji Mingxiao sat beside her, occasionally looking at her and then unable to resist poking her face. It was soft and very warm.
“Ji Mingxiao…”
“Hmm?” Ji Mingxiao leaned closer when she heard Xi Ruan call her name.
“Ji Mingxiao…”
“I’m here.”
“Don’t… don’t eat my meat.”
Ji Mingxiao: ???
Ji Mingxiao sat up with a deadpan expression. Sure enough, things from romantic dramas were hard to come by. Xi Ruan leaned over to Ji Mingxiao and snuggled a little.
Ji Mingxiao didn’t know what to say. She reached out and poked her face, and finally couldn’t help but laugh. How could she be so cute?
System A: …
Of course, after a while, she didn’t think it was cute anymore.
Xi Ruan, perhaps because of the alcohol, tossed and turned in her sleep, which led to Ji Mingxiao not getting much sleep all night. To be honest, if it weren’t for her deep love, Xi Ruan would have been thrown off the bed.
“Why are you still sitting here? What time is it?” Xi Ruan looked at Ji Mingxiao beside her, stunned.
Ji Mingxiao’s face was expressionless. “It’s a new morning.”
Xi Ruan was taken aback. “You watched me all night?”
Before Ji Mingxiao could say anything, Xi Ruan raised her hand and hit her hard twice. “Are you a pervert?”
Ji Mingxiao: ???
“It’s because you were tossing and turning all night, making it impossible for me to sleep!” Ji Mingxiao looked at Xi Ruan with a wronged expression.
Xi Ruan was silent, silent, silent.
“I sleep pretty well at night, don’t I?”
“That’s when you don’t drink. Don’t drink next time.” Ji Mingxiao felt a profound headache.
Xi Ruan rubbed the spot where she had hit her and looked at Ji Mingxiao with a smile. “Does it hurt?”
“It hurts like hell. You don’t know how much force you used?” Ji Mingxiao clutched her arm, looking miserable.
Xi Ruan: …
“You’re overacting,” Xi Ruan said, pushing Ji Mingxiao away in an annoyed manner. “You go to sleep. I’ll go wash up.”
Ji Mingxiao shook her head. “We’ll go back to sleep later. Let’s wash up together now. I can’t sleep anymore, and it’s not comfortable sleeping on a boat.”
“Okay,” Xi Ruan nodded, then leaned closer to look at Ji Mingxiao’s face. “You have dark circles now.”
“You don’t, you’re just, well…”
Xi Ruan: ???
Seeing Ji Mingxiao’s hesitant expression, Xi Ruan knew nothing good was coming, so she immediately got out of bed and picked up a mirror to look at herself. Her face was still completely red, looking like she had done something bad earlier.
Xi Ruan pursed her lips. “I didn’t drink much last night.”
“Yes, and you’re not allowed to drink in the future. Have I never given you alcohol before?”
Xi Ruan narrowed her eyes. “I don’t know, are you asking me?”
The two of them fell into silence.
“I’ve gone crazy.”
The boat had already docked, and a carriage was waiting nearby. The two of them went straight back to the palace after washing up.
On the way, they passed by the Wen family’s residence. The once bustling home was now empty. The Wen family’s house was bestowed by a previous emperor, and Zhaoxun hadn’t planned on taking it back, but Wen Zhuo had given it up himself. He mainly did this to show his loyalty and to put the royal family at ease. Besides, the Wen family was not as strong as before and couldn’t protect the house. Wen Zhuo moved the remaining Wen family members to their old ancestral home, which wasn’t large but was just big enough for them.
The atmosphere in the Wen family was very tense, but there was also a sense of relief from having escaped. Moreover, people would read the room. Now that Wen Zhuo was in charge, even if someone was unhappy with him, they were still respectful on the surface.
Since the matter was resolved, Ji Mingxiao never went to see Wen Zhuo again.
“Wen Zhuo clearly lost out,” System A said.
“He’s alive, and his reputation is intact. If Wen Zhuo can maintain this, his future development won’t be too bad, but it’s too difficult to make the Wen family prosperous again.” After all, some scars are permanent and can’t be hidden.
The person from Jiangnan had arrived and was currently holding a key position in the court. If everything went as expected, he would be the new prime minister in the future.
Xi Ruan also came closer to Ji Mingxiao. “Do you think Wen Zhuo will continue to be this stable?”
“Who knows? People change,” Ji Mingxiao put her arm around Xi Ruan’s neck. “This isn’t something we can predict. We just have to do what we need to do now.”
Xi Ruan nodded.
Every once in a while, Ji Mingxiao would go and see Wen Yue, watching a once well-dressed young lady become a rural woman due to her circumstances. People’s adaptability was truly limitless. She seemed to have accepted her fate, not arguing or making a fuss, and the light had faded from her eyes.
However, Ji Mingxiao knew that this person had no remorse at all, and her hatred had not disappeared because her system didn’t give her any notification sounds.
Ji Mingxiao guessed that she would probably try to escape later. One day, she didn’t hide and stood by the field, watching her. The sun was hot; it was already May or June.
“Zhaoyan?” Wen Yue said, looking at Ji Mingxiao with a hoe in her hand.
The old Wen Yue’s voice was clear and pleasant, but now it was low and hoarse, and her skin had become much rougher.
“How are you?” Ji Mingxiao looked at Wen Yue with a smile.
Wen Yue tightened her grip on the hoe. “Are you here to mock me?”
“No, I’m just asking you if you think it’s better to farm or to be the prime minister’s daughter.”
Wen Yue took a deep breath and looked at Ji Mingxiao with cold eyes. “I don’t know. If you’re here to mock me, are you satisfied now?”
“Why would I mock someone who is beneath me? You’re not even worthy of my attention,” Ji Mingxiao said, lifting her chin slightly. “I thought you might have some regret, but it seems you have none at all.”
“I don’t regret it one bit. If it weren’t for that damned Wen Zhuo, I would be a princess right now. I can’t believe he was so foolish as to be deceived by you,” Wen Yue said, looking at Ji Mingxiao with cold eyes. “It’s not my fault; you’re just too cunning.”
Ji Mingxiao looked at Wen Yue, feeling a little annoyed. The system had already notified her that this mission was likely to fail.
“You’d better kill me.” Wen Yue clenched her fist.
“Why would I kill you?” Ji Mingxiao looked at Wen Yue and smiled. “Just live like this. Maybe you’ll get used to it over time.”
She had no other options, and she even wondered if this Wen Yue would get a female lead script later on—a fallen family, a rise from rock bottom, a vengeful revenge on her enemies, and becoming the empress.
Ji Mingxiao looked Wen Yue up and down, activated her halo, took a look, and breathed a sigh of relief.
She turned and left.
“As long as I’m alive, I won’t let you get away with this easily.”
“Oh, good luck.” Ji Mingxiao turned to leave.
Not long after Ji Mingxiao left, a person walked out from behind the trees, shook their head, and walked toward Wen Yue, muttering, “Why are all these young girls so soft-hearted now? They’re not ruthless enough.”
When Ji Mingxiao got into the carriage, she heard the mission completion notification. She was stunned. That shouldn’t be right. Just a moment ago, the system had indicated a 99% failure rate and had a ‘failure return’ button.
“System?”
“Hmm, Wen Yue just suffered an unknown attack,” System A’s voice was hesitant. “Someone used a bug to help you complete the mission.”
Ji Mingxiao: ???
System A quickly submitted a report, and then carefully looked through Ji Mingxiao’s file. There was nothing special about it. Why were the big shots fighting over her?
“Who was it?” Ji Mingxiao asked.
“Based on the style, it should be… the ‘Salty Fish’,” System A’s voice trailed off. “Could it be that she has some connection to your wife?”
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