Li Ruo was startled again.
Xie Xiao continued, "To form an alliance with Marquis Xinyang, it's not enough to just have Mu Sisi. I know quite a bit more about Marquis Xinyang. He was actually tempted during our meeting on the water. The third meeting was at Qinghua Mountain. When I went to abduct the Prince of Runan, I told him about Mu Sisi. In the end, Marquis Xinyang agreed to form an alliance with me, pretending to pledge allegiance to the Prince of Jiangning, but in reality, he was working with me from the inside to catch the Prince of Jiangning off guard in Xuzhou."
Li Ruo's heart was in turmoil, his head buzzing in a jumbled mess. Sure enough, he had dreamt of the female lead! But he had also dreamt of the Marquis of Xinyang?
What's going on?
It's very different from what's in the book.
The book says he has prophetic dreams, such as predicting an impending flood, and that whenever great danger strikes, there will be one or two scenes to remind him to be careful.
Why does it sound like this person has been reborn, as if they've dreamt of their past life?
Could it be a reincarnation? Did the author, Xiang Tian Da Pao, run out of ideas and kill off the male lead later on, only to give him a second chance at life? She transmigrated into the male lead's reborn life.
If it's a rebirth, then everything makes sense. There's just one thing.
That is, there's no reason for him to fall for her, a cannon fodder character who appears as a corpse. He should be with the female lead, Mu Sisi.
Li Ru glared at him, "But last time I asked you who else you dreamed about, what did you say to me? You said you didn't remember. Why did you hide it from me? Did you dream about something else? Did you and Mu Sisi—" have an ambiguous relationship?
The first hundred or so chapters were fine, but who knows what will happen later?
Xie Xiao sat up abruptly, as if his hair had been turned upside down. "What do you take me for? I'm completely innocent, inside and out, from head to toe, whether in dreams or in reality, I... I've only ever kissed you."
His face flushed red and then darkened, showing both anger and embarrassment. Finally, he turned his head away, his chest heaving violently. The deeper wound had reopened, and blood was gushing out.
"You—" Li Ruo's eyes widened even more, as if she understood something. Her face flushed, and she expressionlessly took out cotton swabs and iodine to clean his wound. "Lie down."
He snorted and turned away.
"How old are you? Still acting like a child," Li Ruo said.
Xie Xiao: ... "I won't die, why do you care? Just let Mu Sisi treat me."
Li Ruo's lips twitched. "You think you can take advantage of me just because I gave you a little respect? Men shouldn't be spoiled." She put the things away and said loudly, "You wait here, I'll go call her."
Before he could even get up, he was grabbed around the waist and pulled away. The person gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "If I die, it will be because you angered me to death."
Li Ruo said, "That just shows that your mental fortitude is too poor."
She pressed him down, her gaze stern. "If you move again, I'll really kill you to save myself the trouble."
Indeed, the saying that "if one has no man in their heart, they will naturally draw their sword" is true.
Dating is so damn annoying.
Xie Xiao: Okay, people who die from anger are all mentally weak and can only blame themselves.
"You really don't like Mu Sisi?" Li Ruo glanced at him.
Xie Xiao's face turned almost liver-colored. "Why would I like her?"
Li Ruo: ...Did we make a mistake in shipping the wrong couple back then?
Xie Xiao stared at her intently, then suddenly smiled. "Are you jealous? What kind of jealousy is this? Women's jealousy is really scary. I'm afraid of suffering, that's why I don't dare to tell you the truth."
"Don't try to deny it." Li Ruo felt that her emotional fastidiousness was indeed a bit extreme, but it was also true that he had been hiding it from her.
“One thing at a time. You lied to me, don’t think I’ll be satisfied with just a few words. This matter won’t be so easily forgotten, and I need to re-evaluate you as a person.”
"What do you mean?" Xie Xiao grabbed her hand, his bloodshot eyes fierce like a wolf's. "Anything but annulment the engagement."
This was the first time Li Ruo had ever seen him look at her like that. She turned her head away and said, "Very good, the wound has reopened."
After an incense stick had burned, Li Ruo tied him up like a mummy, with his hands also tied above his head.
Xie Xiao looked up at the position of his hands, his smile gradually turning wicked, "So you like this kind of heavy taste—hmm."
"Shut up." Li Ruo stuck a thermometer in his mouth; it was forty degrees Celsius. "How come you didn't burn to death!"
Xie Xiao looked at the small stick in her hand in surprise. "This thing is really nice. What other overseas items do you have that I haven't seen before?"
Li Ruo fed him a fever reducer, saying, "There's plenty more. The world over there is beyond your imagination."
"What is it like?"
"Bizarre and unbelievable."
Xie Xiao's eyes darkened. "Then why aren't you surprised at all, and why do you use it so skillfully?"
Despite his seemingly carefree and nonchalant demeanor, Xie Da-jia is sometimes more perceptive than anyone else.
Li Ruo looked up at him and said very seriously, "Because I also went to that world when I was unconscious."
She watched to see his reaction, but he just chuckled and said, "Then tell me in detail what it's like there."
"You really believe it?"
“Why don’t you believe me? Isn’t my story just as bizarre as yours? We’re all just laughing at each other, Li Ruo.” He looked at her with eyes as deep as the boundless night sky. “Even if you are a ghost, I will still marry you.”
Even if you are a ghost, I will still marry you.
Li Ruo was stunned, as if goosebumps had risen on her very soul, and stared blankly at him.
The mummy Xie Xiao slithered over like a maggot and bit her hand. "How about we get married when Fourth Master wakes up?"
His voice was already pleasant to listen to, but now it was slightly husky and full of allure.
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