Chapter 8 The Villain's Acting Skills

  "Ah, Ao Xue... what a nice name. Can I call you Ao Xue sister?" Jiang Nian's smile was full of warmth and kindness. "My name is Jiang Nian, Jiang as in grass, Nian as in thought. Sister, you're really beautiful, can I come visit you often to play?" Actually, you could change your name, I didn't think so before, but this one sounds a bit tacky.

  The female lead's personality in the book is relatively strong, being especially good to friends and those who treat her well, while being relatively cold to others. Jiang Nian thought she would encounter a tough nut, but unexpectedly discovered that this was far from what she had imagined, and was delighted to have given the female lead a good impression so quickly, thinking even more about making an effort to get close to her. She thought that perhaps a warm and gentle older sister image could make the female lead feel closer, and immediately used all her skills to interact with the female lead.

  The heroine smiled slightly, although the corners of her mouth were still pursed, but some happy curves could be seen: "Your mouth is really sweet, I just happened to bring you out."

  "But I still like you, why don't we take a walk in the forest? I've never been to such a beautiful place before. You can definitely protect me, right?" At this time, the female lead had just eaten the sacred fruit not long ago and hadn't experienced the frustration of being pursued yet, so her mentality was still relatively positive. It's just that later on, Ling Yu issued a secret order to pursue and kill across the entire continent, and many people who revered the Temple of Heaven also gave the female lead a hard time everywhere, forcing her to become desperate and her personality became somewhat paranoid and cruel, with even less sympathy for strangers.

  But it's okay now, although I was hurt by family members, the nature is still good: "Well, if you just want to take a look at the Beta Forest, we can just walk around the edge of the forest. The level of magic beasts there is relatively low, and I can handle them."

  "Alright, alright, thank you, Jiao Xue sister." Jiang Nian's face wore a standard smile, but it was somewhat stiff. She didn't know why she couldn't smile naturally and could only awkwardly change the subject. "Do you also live in the Ninth City? I rarely get to see you." What nonsense, every day stuck at home being forced to work, no one to care for her, no one to love her, and without any spiritual power, how could she possibly go out?

  "... Maybe I don't like going out that much usually." Lan Aoxue's back suddenly stiffened when she heard this question, her expression a bit awkward, her face slightly flushed, but Jiang Nian didn't notice, anyway they were all black and white.

  "Oh, okay, so who's in your family?" Hehe, I might know the people in your family better than you do! When I was chasing after Wen, I even drew a family tree of yours. There are too many relatives in your big family, if I didn't draw a chart, sister, I wouldn't be able to remember them all!"

  "No, I'm the only one in my family. I don't have a father, and my mother passed away a few years ago." She said this with a distant look in her eyes, which seemed to be recalling some painful memories, making Jiang Nian feel a pang of sympathy.

  "Sorry, I didn't know, it's all my fault for asking random things." She showed a very guilty expression, but in her heart she was thinking: Yeah yeah, I know you hate that scumbag dad of yours and wish he never existed. As a reader, I'm also very disgusted with him, don't worry don't worry, I'm on the same side as you! Anyway, later on you'll throw them all into the 99th city hellhole."

  "It's okay, you didn't mean to. By the way, since it's your first time here, there must be some place you'd like to go, where do you want to go?"

  The topic changed abruptly, and it was clear that she didn't want to continue talking about it. Jiang Nian suddenly had a moment of clarity and didn't push the issue further, saying: "Whatever, I'm sure everywhere is fun here." Anyway, all places look the same.

  "Then I'll take you to Qingfeng Ridge, where many precious plants are produced all year round. Many bounty hunters have gone there. I can take you for a look." Lan Aoxue smiled slightly and turned her head towards the direction of Qingfeng Ridge, with an air of pride between her eyebrows.

  Qing Feng Ridge? Such a familiar name... Ah! Isn't this where I met the second male lead for the first time?

  "Have you ever been to Qingfeng Ridge before?!"

  Approximately shocked by Jiang Nian's excited tone, Lan Aoxue was somewhat puzzled and raised an eyebrow: "No, I originally planned to go in a few days, but since I met you today, going today is also the same."

  Bingo! I finally found the exact timing. Jiang Nian's face remained expressionless, but his heart was cheering and jumping for joy. The female lead rose to fame quickly three months after meeting the second male lead, then left her family and ran to the second male lead's family a month later, and destroyed the Lan family another month later. So, it seems that the Ling Yu's pursuit of killing order was only four months ago. Jiang Nian quickly went through all the information in his mind, and his mouth curled up into a perfect smile.

  "That's great, thank you, I'm troubling you so much on our first meeting." Jiang Nian's face slightly reddened with shyness, but in fact she was completely pleased. The female lead had already hugged her leg so quickly, how could she not be excited and unwilling to spend more time together?!

  Then they came to the magical Jiuzi (Qing) Gou (Ling) unimpeded, and Jiang Nian said that she was really moved by such a beautiful landscape... Depravity.

  The author is so disappointing, when describing this scene, he only focused on the two people's encounter and understanding, but neglected the most important background. The entire Qingfeng Ridge and the outside scenery are no different, but in order to create a romantic atmosphere for the two people's meeting, this place is filled with ginkgo trees. When they met, the ginkgo leaves had just fallen and covered the entire valley, highlighting their pure and innocent friendship.

  Jiang Nian couldn't understand these scenes at all. The silver ginkgo trees and the ground were almost the same color, and the tree trunks and rocks were even more tightly attached. She felt a bit uncomfortable, for the first time discovering that being colorblind was really painful. Her eyes could only distinguish between the sky and the earth, and she couldn't enjoy any of the world's scenery at all.

  But after all, she had experienced the colors for more than a decade and couldn't understand Ling Yu's struggles, let alone imagine what efforts Ling Yu had made for the sake of color. Nor would she have thought about why Ling Yu died alone on the barren hills of Wushi City.

  Lan Aoxue didn't notice Jiang Nian's abnormality, she was very happy all the way, seemingly having a sense of accomplishment in explaining things she didn't know to someone who had never been out. Also, for some reason, Lan Aoxue felt a sense of familiarity when she saw Ling Yu, as if they had met many years ago. This was also the reason why she was gentle from the start, if it were two years later and Lan Aoxue saw Jiang Nian, maybe she wouldn't be so unguardedly close to her, maybe she would think she had an ulterior motive, maybe she wouldn't want to take care of her so much.

  But what if this world has nothing? It is precisely countless coincidences and mistakes that create an immortal legend.

  Digression

  Happy and joyful growth journey ~