Chapter 353 Mystery
On their last day in the dungeon, Jiang Liyue and Chu Li spent it in the car.
In the dimly lit car, the two of them nestled together, looking at the moon in the sky. Chu Li, however, did not feel the fear of the impending separation that she had felt before.
Because he has already found her.
"See you later, baby." Chu Li leaned down and kissed her.
At the same time, the system notifies: "[All tasks completed. Player exits the instance.]"
After exiting the dungeon, the same rewards popped up again, but Jiang Liyue didn't even look at them before throwing herself into Chu Li's arms.
Chu Li naturally put his arm around her.
It seems like they just had a unique honeymoon in the game world, and their relationship deepened with each return.
The main issue is Jiang Liyue's feelings for Chu Li; as for Chu Li, he couldn't like her any more.
It starts at full value, and then it just keeps repeating and accumulating.
They couldn't get enough of being affectionate until someone messaged Jiang Liyue.
Unsurprisingly, it was Huang Linye again. This guy seems to be very idle, with nothing of substance to do, and he just tells her gossip all the time.
This time, we're still talking about Jiang Lingxue's matter.
The main point is that Jiang Lingxue is preparing to hold an engagement banquet with her new boyfriend. Her new boyfriend seems to be very impressive, and the Jiang family is extremely happy, inviting many people to attend.
Huang Linye’s original words were: “The Jiang family was suppressed by the Huo family for a while because of Huo Heng and Jiang Lingxue’s matter, and almost couldn’t survive. They finally turned the tables, so of course they wanted to show off. I don’t know what they were thinking, but they actually took the initiative to invite the Huo family.”
"It's said that Jiang Lingxue's new boyfriend comes from some legendary hidden family, even more powerful than wealthy families, and of course more powerful than the Huo family. She finally turned her life around, so she probably wants to show off. That's really despicable. Huo Heng, that show-off, is probably going to be furious."
Finally, Huang Linye revealed his true purpose: "Sister Yue, aren't you going to join in the fun?"
Because there was so much gossip to share, Huang Linye sent several long voice messages directly.
Jiang Liyue snuggled directly into Chu Li's arms and let loose, which made Chu Li's face darken.
"It's this person again." Chu Li remembered that he had seen Yueyue chatting with this person before.
Jiang Liyue knew how jealous he was, and said with amusement, "I have nothing to do with him, why are you jealous?"
"But you talked to him." Chu Li looked at her with a deep gaze.
He hated anything that could attract Jiang Liyue's attention.
Jiang Liyue felt his gaze was becoming increasingly dangerous, so she quickly changed the subject, bringing up the content of Huang Linye's previous statement.
"Do you know who he's talking about? Those annoying guys from the prison instance," Jiang Liyue shared. "Speaking of which, you deserve some credit for how they ended up like this."
Chu Li saw through her attempt to change the subject but didn't call her out on it.
He still feels jealous and disgusted by anyone who appears around Jiang Liyue.
But perhaps because he could already sense her love, his tolerance increased.
He used to panic and go crazy because all her professed affection was just empty talk.
I'm afraid she'll leave me, afraid she'll abandon me forever.
Now I have some confidence.
So Chu Li followed her words and asked, "What does this have to do with me?"
"Do you remember that instance? The one where you didn't completely kill the player named Huo Heng. Didn't you leave him a little something behind?"
Jiang Liyue wasn't entirely sure what Xie Shiyuan had actually left on Huo Heng back then.
All I know is that because of that thing, after leaving the dungeon, Jiang Lingxue and Huo Heng, the male and female protagonists who should have been loving and affectionate in the novel, were torn apart.
Chu Li recalled for a moment.
It's not that he has a bad memory; in fact, he has existed in many copies for hundreds of years or even longer.
He spent all that time waiting for Jiang Liyue, and once he got to her, all his attention was focused on her.
Therefore, those ants that he completely disregarded were simply too unimportant for him to remember.
However, a monster is a monster after all. Chu Li carefully recalled his memories as Xie Shiyuan in the prison instance and quickly remembered them.
"It's nothing, it just makes his soul ugly, which affects his face, and then his props become damaged and his body becomes weak."
Chu Li spoke of it casually, as if it were just a trivial matter.
Jiang Liyue summarized it as follows: she turned Huo Heng into a half-useless man who was ugly, weak, and had damaged items, making it difficult for him to enter the dungeon.
Who would have a male lead like this?
Huo Heng went from being a favored son of heaven to this state, falling from the clouds to the mud. It's no wonder that he lost his mental balance and gradually became violent.
As the female lead, Jiang Lingxue is definitely not a good match for this kind of man.
But the Huo family is powerful and influential, and it's unknown how many gaming masters they cultivated and how many game items and points they possessed during the arrival of the strange game.
That's why the Huo family used their power to force Jiang Lingxue to get engaged to Huo Heng, and Jiang Lingxue simply ran away from the engagement and entered a game instance.
Jiang Liyue felt something was amiss when another reclusive family, even more powerful than the Huo family, suddenly appeared.
Jiang Lingxue's new boyfriend is making a big fuss about their love, but isn't he from a reclusive family? Why isn't he living in seclusion and is instead exposing himself to the public?
Seeing Jiang Liyue deep in thought, Chu Li felt a sense of unease at not being able to participate.
He kept kissing her, making it impossible for Jiang Liyue to think. Only then did she tell him about the entanglement between Jiang Lingxue and the others, as well as its relationship with her own identity.
She only mentioned it briefly, but when Chu Li heard that she had been kicked out of her home, her face turned frighteningly pale.
What Jiang Liyue didn't say was that the original owner who truly suffered was actually dead. She was an outsider, and apart from almost starving to death when she first transmigrated, she hadn't really suffered any grievances.
To divert Chu Li's attention, she hugged him and gossiped, "Don't you think Jiang Lingxue's experience is very dramatic? First, the real heiress returned, and then all sorts of big shots loved her. She's just like the heroine in those novels I read."
Chu Li squeezed her hand and glanced at her indifferently: "Yueyue wants all the big shots to love you?"
Jiang Liyue: ...Isn't the focus a bit off?
She hugged him and kissed him: "No big shot can compare to you. I only love you, that's enough for me."
Chu Li then revealed a half-smile: "Yueyue is always the best at coaxing people."
Jiang Liyue could tell from his expression that he had been appeased, so she smiled with her eyes crinkling.
She's the best at coaxing people, mainly because the person she's coaxing is just too easy to please.
Just when Jiang Liyue thought the topic had been moved on, Chu Li casually said, "But this Xue you mentioned does have some issues."
Jiang Liyue's eyes widened: "Huh?"
Chu Li touched her bright eyes, her fingertips itching from the brush of her eyelashes. She tugged at his clothes as if urging him on, and then answered her question: "There seems to be an aura about her that doesn't belong to her."
"Doesn't belong to her?" Jiang Liyue was even more puzzled.
What does it mean that she doesn't belong to her? Does transmigrating into someone else's body mean she doesn't belong to them? Or is it something like the female lead's halo?
Chu Li simply shook his head: "I don't know the specifics. I just glanced at it that time."
As I said before, all his attention was on Jiang Liyue, so why would he care about the ants on the roadside?
The fact that he could remember this was already the result of painstakingly searching his memory to satisfy Jiang Liyue's curiosity.
"If we want to confirm this specifically, we'll probably have to see her again."
Jiang Liyue blinked and said without hesitation, "In that case, it seems we have no choice but to attend this wedding."
Jiang Liyue discovered something even stranger: when she thought back carefully, she couldn't even remember how she knew this was the world in the book, or how she confirmed that Jiang Lingxue was the female lead in the book.
Did she read this novel in her original world? Or was it information given to her directly when she transmigrated into the book, but she didn't even know the original plot?
Despite all these strange aspects, Jiang Liyue had never thought about them carefully before.
It was as if a veil had been placed over her brain, deliberately making her ignore these details.
Jiang Liyue didn't care about the female lead, but she cared a lot about her own memories. She looked at Chu Li with bright eyes and repeated, "Let's go participate."
How could Chu Li refuse her?
"good."
She also went to deal with the scum who had hurt her in the past.
She didn't care, but Chu Li cared a lot.
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