Transmigrated as the Villainous Love Rival of the Abusive Novel's Heroine [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 35

Chapter 35: The Trap

The heated battle that was about to break out between the Host and the Female Lead was, to the fat calico cat’s utter bewilderment, whisked away by a drifting dark cloud that didn’t drop a single bead of rain.

God: Heh, just messing with you~

Yin Shaoqing: “…”

This joke from the Heavens made the already “inharmonious” relationship between the two go from bad to worse. However, Yin Shaoqing during the day was always powerful; she could switch her killing intent to concern in a split second without blinking.

“Are you okay? Do you want some water to settle your stomach?”

That innocent and worried look nearly prompted Yun Qianxue to award her a Little Golden Man trophy.

“Darling, from today on, I’d like to call you Oscar-Yin-Gold-Shaoqing.”

“Don’t tease.” Yin Shaoqing waved her hand, her face full of ‘Please, please, don’t be like that.’

Because that name sounded like… “While I’m happy, it’s too long and hard to remember.”

Yun Qianxue stared at her in disbelief: “…So you actually accepted it and gave an acceptance speech?”

“Is it not so?” Yin Shaoqing was also greatly shocked. As the winner, could she not offer a tiny bit of feedback? “Shortening the name—that’s not an unreasonable request, is it?”

Heavens, listening to this woman’s aggrieved tone, it was as if she, Yun Qianxue, was the one being unreasonable.

Yun Qianxue said speechlessly, “Then, great and noble Ms. Yin, do you want me to pick a new name?”

Please, let this trash dialogue end soon. It’s sunny, the sun hasn’t set, it’s not time for her ‘ailment’ to flare up yet, okay?

“Mhm, pick a new one.”

Hoh, this overbearing woman in sunglasses certainly wasn’t being polite. Yun Qianxue leaned back, expressionless, and commanded her coldly: “Drive faster.”

“?” Yin Shaoqing didn’t understand. This person had just vomited, and now what was she up to?

“Faster. Didn’t you eat? Can’t you even step on the accelerator?!”

Hey, look at her becoming a contrarian.

With complaints in her heart but the courage to admit her mistakes, Yin Shaoqing signaled that while she didn’t understand, she could ask.

“What’s wrong? Are you unhappy?”

“Nothing.” Yun Qianxue revealed a mysterious smile and said softly, “Drive faster. It’s easier to get into a car accident, and then let’s just all be destroyed together~”

Yin Shaoqing: “…”

She nimbly slowed the car down, calmly took off her sunglasses, and managed her expression. Well, Yin Shaoqing didn’t understand, but as a “straight and normal” Yin Shaoqing, it was only natural not to understand those words.

Fat Calico Cat: “…”

Wonderful. Two three-year-old women managed to survive in this apocalypse; truly… a miracle. They must have saved the whole world in their past lives!

“Host, there is a small-scale zombie tide 40 kilometers ahead. Suggest a detour.” Three-year-old children need a guardian; the fat cat bravely took on the responsibility.

“Mhm, thanks,” Yin Shaoqing transmitted back. She took the opportunity to ask Yun Qianxue: “We’re heading north. Have you planned the next route?”

Slightly moved by this woman’s rare moment of seriousness, Yun Qianxue immediately threw her previous awkwardness behind her and pulled out a large map.

On it was her marked route—from City A7 to Base S in City N8. There were dozens of routes drawn in between. She had even marked walking routes and flying routes. After all, they had to pass through a dozen cities of various sizes, and she had to think of a retreat for every emergency.

“There’s a reason she could survive three years in the apocalypse,” Yin Shaoqing said to the fat cat in her mind.

“Otherwise, did you think she only knew how to bicker with ‘Qing-qing’?”

“…I mean, are we ever going to get past that pun?”

“Tsk, someone’s getting flustered.” The fat cat shook its head, looking extremely smug. “Just wait and see. She should bring you even bigger surprises.”

This Female Lead had earned its approval; it wouldn’t be wrong.

“Why is it a surprise?” Yin Shaoqing’s brain hit another dead end, and she suddenly blurted out, “What’s her relationship with me? Why would I be happy?”

Fat Calico Cat: “…”

Host, with a brain like yours, it’s impossible for you to ever get out of the single life!

“Forty kilometers ahead is a cluster of factories, specifically a large manual embroidery workshop.” Yun Qianxue pointed to a place not explicitly marked on the map. “I suspect there will be a small zombie tide there.” She turned to the person beside her and said seriously: “So I suggest we take a detour.”

Yin Shaoqing curled her lips into a smile and nodded decisively: “Fine, we’ll change the road.”

Tsk, that smile and aura were somewhat damnably charming. Yun Qianxue turned her head away in dissatisfaction, ignoring the hormones this person was wantonly radiating. It would interfere with her thoughts.

“We’ll bypass via Highway 73, straight to City A6. At the AT1 fork, we head north. Along the way, except for small villages and ranches, we won’t encounter densely populated areas.”

Fewer people meant a lower chance of zombie tides. Yin Shaoqing naturally agreed. She even lamented how nice it would be if all future Female Leads were this low-maintenance. Though she didn’t remember previous ones, she had a vague feeling they were also quite good. By this standard, her future tasks would be much easier. She just had to be the Female Lead’s bodyguard, and the rest would be handled by the Female Lead herself.

“Life without having to worry is so good.”

Yun Qianxue, who was putting away the map, let out a snort: “Who said you don’t have to worry? You have to worry about tonight’s dinner.”

“What? I’m making it?” Yin Shaoqing’s face turned from shock to wild joy. No way, no way, have I performed well lately? I’m actually allowed back into the kitchen?

“In your dreams!” Yun Qianxue’s face was cold as she cruelly pinched out the tiny sprout of her fantasy. “You, cooking? Wake up, the sun isn’t even down yet!”

“Go hunting. There’s not much meat left in the car.” Yun Qianxue was constantly auditing and managing their supplies. Over the next two days, they would pass through a deserted arid region where there wouldn’t be enough prey to catch.

“Sigh…” Someone whose culinary skills were trash but whose desire was high let out a sigh, having failed to fight her way into the kitchen. Truly a case of ‘great ambition but no door to the stove.’

“Talent unrecognized, ah—”

Listen to that. Is that even human speech? If Yun Qianxue didn’t end up on an experimental table, she’d be fuming to death instead. She seriously suspected that in this life, this dog of a woman had changed her strategy: she wanted to annoy her half to death first before lugging her onto a table to be chopped into eight pieces.

Yun Qianxue’s face was cold, yet she felt a bit dazed. When she was first reborn, she never imagined she would get along peacefully with her enemy, to the point where even that nightmare experimental table could be mentioned occasionally in her heart. Unlike those first two days when thinking of that place made her limbs go numb and her bones ache with cold.

Yin Shaoqing, having left her brain behind, yielded the command position to Yun Qianxue. She leisurely grabbed her rope to go hunting. However, she took two steps and then retreated, tilting her face to ask the girl behind her who was using a shovel to dig a pit: “You really aren’t coming with me?”

“Why? Are you afraid?” Yun Qianxue straightened up and swept her a suspicious look. The light was getting dim; she suddenly realized she had forgotten that this person’s ‘ailment’ flares up at night.

“That’s not it.” Yin Shaoqing frowned. She just felt it was unsafe to leave the girl here alone.

However, having no chemistry, let alone telepathy, Yun Qianxue waved her hand: “Then go.”

Extremely indifferent. Not even a “Be careful, come back early.”

Yin Shaoqing frowned. She seriously doubted if she had yet to build a solid revolutionary friendship with the Female Lead through shared hardships.

“Stop thinking, baby. If she isn’t cursing you, it already means she likes you a lot.” The fat cat, who didn’t want to tell the host that this Female Lead was actually reborn, was snickering wickedly. It wasn’t intentionally withholding the truth just to watch the host make a fool of herself. It just needed a tiny bit of fun in this boring apocalypse. …Really, just a tiny bit.

“So irritable?” As expected, Yin Shaoqing misunderstood. She couldn’t help but peek at Yun Qianxue digging the pit seriously and suddenly clicked her tongue. Is she digging a pit because she’s so angry she wants to bury Shaoqing?

Ohho, the ‘ailment’ was late but it arrived. Night belonged to Shaoqing, and Shaoqing expressed fear of Yun Qianxue’s murder, so she decisively slipped away.

Baffled by this person’s rabbit-like disappearance, Yun Qianxue couldn’t help but shout, “Be careful! Come back once it gets dark!”

They had parked with their backs to a small wood. The surroundings had been carefully checked for zombies, though there were half-new tire tracks and human footprints. For Yun Qianxue, in this apocalypse, her vigilance toward humans was far higher than toward zombies. Supplies couldn’t be left unguarded, and when guarding them, one shouldn’t do so out in the open. Otherwise, she was just a “weak” woman, right?

Heh…

“You said two women came this way?” A loud bickering sound from afar made Yun Qianxue, hiding in a tree, alert. She raised her binoculars toward the source of the sound.

“Keep it down! What if you scare them away?” someone said dissatisfactorily.

“Afraid of what? Who doesn’t know that in these ghost times, women can’t survive on their own? They have to find a man to provide for them. Heh, I bet if those two women heard our voices, they’d be dying to pounce on us and beg us to take them in!”

“Hahaha, Old Lei is right. Daxu, you just think too much. Look, the car is still there. How could those two women run?”

Three men pushed through the low shrubs and emerged from the woods. They swaggered toward the car. The middle one, broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, was Old Lei. To his left was a short, thin, shifty-eyed man in his forties or fifties who was agreeing with him. To the right was the thin man who had given the first warning, Daxu.

The three looked at the car, their eyes simultaneously showing greed.

“I wonder what good stuff is packed in this car.” Daxu stepped forward, rubbing his hands together.

Hearing this, Old Lei gave a lecherous laugh, his words turning vulgar, “Maybe there are women sleeping inside. Hehe, that’ll be a treat for us brothers.”

“Exactly, and then we’ll…”

The conversation became increasingly unbearable. Yun Qianxue crouched in the tree, motionless, holding her breath as if she heard nothing. Until the prey entered the trap.

“Boom!” A sudden explosion of ** smoke blocked their vision. Immediately following, an object falling from above made Old Lei instinctively release a wall of flame to block it.

“Wow, surprise~” Yun Qianxue’s eyes were sharp as she laughed soundlessly. Truly a nice ability. Let’s offer three seconds of silence for these pieces of trash.

Because what she had thrown down was a homemade bomb she fashioned from the ** in fireworks.

“Boom—Crack!” Deafening bangs were accompanied by non-stop screaming. Yun Qianxue, keeping a tight eye on the smoke below, drew her homemade bow to full. The moment Old Lei, covered in blood from the explosion, rushed out, the arrow flew!

Her arm strength was insufficient, so the arrow couldn’t heavily wound Old Lei. But her aim was good; the arrow burst Old Lei’s eye. The pain made him stagger to the side.

“Thud~” Yun Qianxue tilted her head cutely, providing the sound effect herself.

Yun Qianxue’s dark eyes were full of delight; the prey had fallen into the trap she dug. The longbow was drawn to full again, the sharp arrow tip pointing at the other two who wanted to run after the smoke cleared.

Next, it was their turn…

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