Chapter 15: How Did the Plot Get So Messed Up?

  Lan Run's method was childish, but it really worked. Jiang Nian couldn't stop him and had to wander around aimlessly by himself, not even daring to walk near the mountain cave, fearing that Lan Run would see Lan Ao Xue and accidentally cause trouble.

  She had no choice but to take Landon into the mountains, constantly circling around while admiring the rare colorful scenery and memorizing the route. Although she was directionally challenged and sometimes not very bright, her intelligence was still there, and after walking in circles for a while, she managed to commit the entire forest's conceptual map to memory. However, it wasn't a 3D map, just a flat one, because her ability to imagine three-dimensional spaces really wasn't that great.

  Lan Run didn't speak up either, obediently following behind and even helping Jiang Nian with water and food, trying to find topics to resonate with, but under Jiang Nian's indifferent gaze, he was content on his own.

  After walking for several hours, Jiang Nian thought she was going to die of exhaustion in the forest, and there was a big tail next to her that couldn't rest! She wished she could shoot an arrow into her knee at this moment. But when she glanced at Lan Lun's face with great interest, she had no choice but to continue walking silently.

  The two of them walked for a very long time, both probably exhausted, even Lan Lun was panting slightly and not saying much. Jiang Nian finally got some peace and quiet in his ears, looking at the trees in the distance as he continued on.

  Her eyes can't see colors now, at first she felt something was wrong for an hour but didn't know why, later found out it might be because she became red-green color blind. Later the whole scene turned gray and became black and white, only then did she thoroughly confirm that she had become color blind again. This tragic fact of becoming color blind once more gave her a huge blow, making her spiritless.

  Just as she was lamenting her poor eyesight, Lanzhen, who had been quiet for a while, suddenly said, "I think we're on a date or something, dear." Jiang Nian refused to tell Lanzhen his name, so Lanzhen took the initiative to give him one. Along the way, he kept calling out "darling" nonstop, and after a while, Jiang Nian got used to it and was no longer as annoyed as he had been at first, which finally brought some peace to their journey.

  Jiang Nian rolled her eyes at Lan Lun, thinking why this big tail always had to provoke herself. It was really too annoying! But then she thought that it wouldn't work out if things went on like this. Lan Lun looked like a stubborn child who would not give up easily, so why bother competing with him? It would be better to sit down and have a good talk instead.

  She turned her head to look at Lan Lun, who was innocently looking back at her with a hint of shyness on his face. Jiang Nian muttered in disdain, "It's about time, what's there to hide? I almost died from exhaustion in the Betta Forest. This kid needs to be guided properly, or he'll go astray."

  She sat down on the spot, patted the ground beside her and gave Langrun a look, indicating for him to sit down. Langrun saw her summons and immediately ran over to sit down next to her, gazing at Jiang Nian with a sincere and adoring expression.

  Jiang Nian couldn't help but feel a bit uncomfortable under this gaze, thinking that it was just like the expression of a child seeing candy. She slightly shifted her eyes away, patted off non-existent dust from her clothes to cover up her unease, and calmly said: "Let's talk. What's your name?"

  In order to show that she was indeed a passerby and not the big bad guy who knocked Lang Yun unconscious, Jiang Nian started pretending to be silly again. For the past few days, in order to show her identity as a passerby and cling to the female lead's thigh, she had to pretend to be silly every day, her face would cramp up from it. It was really hard work, being an actor is not an easy profession, I will definitely respect and worship them from now on.

  "Darling, my name is Lan Lun. The 'Lan' from orchid and the 'Lun' from Kunlun, doesn't it sound great? It's all my fault, I was so busy getting close to you that I forgot to tell you my name, it's all my mistake." Lan Lun clasped her hands together and shook them back and forth, looking very remorseful, like a Samoyed wagging its tail.

  However, this expression made Jiang Nian feel very strange. In her mind, Lan Lun should be a sinister and narrow-minded scoundrel, how could he look like a small dog? Thinking of this, she tilted her head to take a closer look at Lan Lun's face, making him blush before asking: "What were you doing running so deep into the woods?" Why do you want to kill Wu Shi Qi?

  "Because I want to get rid of someone." His tone suddenly became very angry, and his facial expression also suddenly turned fierce.

  "Ugh, I've hated that guy since we were kids. He's my arch-nemesis." Then, as if remembering something, he slammed his fist on the ground and gritted his teeth, saying: "If I find out who did this to me just now, I'll twist their head off!" He made a twisting motion with his hand and gave a fierce glare in the direction of where he was knocked unconscious.

  Jiang Nian suddenly felt the maliciousness from the world, would her neck be broken soon? Indeed, she was still a ruthless bad person, even if she had put on a Samoyed's face, she was still a bad person at heart.

  But now Lang Lang's personality is actually acceptable to Jiang Nian, which fits the character setting!

  Lan Leng glanced at Jiang Nian, and after seeing that she wasn't impatient, continued to mutter: "I'm the first heir of the Lan family, how can I be overshadowed by someone who only knows how to cultivate? And you know what, Wu Shi Qi always targets me, often setting traps for me and finding people to bully me. Relying on his abundant spiritual energy, he's been bullying me all these years. How did I survive this long, do you know?" Lan Leng's expression was particularly pitiful at this moment, with a look of being wronged, like a poor little wife. Jiang Nian's mouth twitched as she looked at her.

  Come on, isn't this obviously wrong? How can you lie without feeling ashamed?

  Then Lan Ran began his brainwashing speech in the next half hour, portraying himself as particularly pitiful. If it weren't for Jiang Niankai's external knowledge of the plot, he would have been deceived into believing it foolishly.

  However, Jiang Nian still cooperated and made an indignant expression to show great sympathy for Lan Lun, in order to satisfy his desire for performance. Then he turned his head around and disdainfully rolled his eyes, got up and continued walking. Lan Lun saw that she suddenly got up and was very calm, while continuing to talk, following Jiang Nian wherever he went.

  In the end, Jiang Nian admitted defeat. She really couldn't walk anymore, and it was impossible to go on like this for a lifetime, right? Who would want to be stuck with such a loser and waste their youth with him?

  She suddenly stopped and turned around to look at the big tail behind her. The big tail also stopped and looked up at her when she stopped. Jiang Nian's feeling of weakness arose, and he lightly waved his right hand to send him to fetch water by the stream, then very cooperatively let Lan Lun sprinkle some powder on himself before leaving to show that he definitely wouldn't secretly run away. Then, after making sure Lan Lun was gone and couldn't see her, she quickly slipped away to the cave where Lan Aoxue was staying.

  Digression

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