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Once inside the car, the atmosphere became subdued.
Xu Feifei kept her head turned to look at the scenery outside the window, remaining silent.
The driver focused on driving, while Su Huan watched her with concern. Before getting into the car, she had tried to comfort Xu Feifei, but Xu Feifei refused, citing the need for quiet.
After an unknown amount of time, Xu Feifei finally spoke, "Su Huan, can you stay at my house for the night? I have some things I'd like to discuss with you."
"sure."
That evening, Xu Feifei hastily agreed to her mother's engagement arrangements and then dragged Su Huan back to their room.
After entering the room, he slumped down on the bed and lay motionless.
Su Huan sat down next to her and couldn't help but ask, "Feifei, are you really going to be with the male lead?"
Xu Feifei buried her face in the blanket and said in a muffled voice, "It shouldn't be. According to the usual pattern in novels, something unexpected will definitely happen before the engagement to cause it to be canceled."
Su Huan nodded and said, "That makes some sense."
"I was thinking, could we use this engagement to provoke the male and female leads and let them know if they like each other? If they get together, maybe the two of us can go back."
How did you know?
"You said before that accepting other people's confessions can allow you to return to the real world. Maybe if the male and female leads are together, they can open the Heavenly Dao and have the Seven Dragon Balls appear so they can go back."
"Are they the seven Dragon Balls? I seem to remember them as the seven Union Stars."
Xu Feifei got up, sat down in front of her, sighed deeply, and said nonchalantly, "Whether it's the Dragon Ball or the Star Alliance, as long as we can go back, that's all that matters."
Su Huan noticed that Xu Feifei seemed to be in a much better mood and wasn't as angry as before, so she tentatively asked, "So... what are you going to do about Lin Yuan?"
Xu Feifei didn't speak, but glanced at her listlessly and said, "I don't know, let's leave it for a while."
"Is it because of what I did?"
Xu Feifei pursed her lips, wondering how to start the conversation.
After a long silence, he asked, "So, what's your opinion on Lin Yuan kidnapping you?"
Su Huan frowned and thought for a while before saying, "At first I felt very angry, but then I felt sorry for them. They're just novels, and old ones at that. Sometimes the background and characters in novels can't be viewed with our normal perspective. That's how they're set up, and they can only follow their own settings."
Xu Feifei listened intently and did not interrupt her conversation.
"And he didn't pose a threat to my life, but do you think if we died unexpectedly in this novel, would we have a chance to return to the real world?"
"I don't know, it's possible. But the risk would definitely be very high."
Su Huan nodded. "Are you still angry with Lin Yuan?"
"It's alright. I was really angry when I first found out, feeling betrayed by the person closest to me. But thinking about it, it might be related to his previous environment. This outburst was to make him realize his mistakes, otherwise what if he doesn't recognize his errors and goes further down the path of crime?"
After listening attentively to her words, Su Huan suddenly laughed and teased, "So you're just concerned about him. I understand now, 'a beating is a sign of affection.' Lin Yuan also likes you, so why don't you accept him?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? That's not true at all!"
Xu Feifei was both embarrassed and angry, her face flushing instantly. She lowered her head shyly, trying to avoid the question.
Su Huan looked down into her eyes, their gazes met, and she couldn't help but laugh, "Haha, you're shy."
Xu Feifei turned away to prevent her from seeing, saying, "Go away, you're so annoying."
Su Huan knew something was wrong, and the smile on her face faded a little. She stopped teasing her. She lay down on the bed casually and said, "Lin Yuan talked to me about how to send you back. I told him that if someone confesses their love to you at West Lake and you accept, you will have a chance to go back."
"But this is just a matter of probability; it hasn't actually been practiced yet. Then he said he was willing to help you and take you back. He wanted to confess his feelings to you at West Lake, whether it was taking you back or him..."
"To smuggle in one's own agenda, this is a perfect method."
Xu Feifei was surprised for a short while, but not too shocked.
After saying that, Su Huan looked at her and smiled, saying, "If the male and female leads don't succeed this time, you can try with Lin Yuan. Maybe you'll succeed and go back on your first try."
Xu Feifei shook her head subconsciously, "Isn't this a bit unfair to him? It feels like we're taking advantage of him."
"What's the use or not? Once you go back, he won't remember you. You'll forget. The longer we stay here, the more we'll forget everything and become NPCs in the book."
"I know, but..."
“There aren’t so many buts, Feifei. We’re not from this world. We should seize every opportunity to go back. Even if Lin Yuan loves you, he’s just an NPC in a novel. You shouldn’t invest too much emotion in him.”
Su Huan's words suddenly jolted her awake. She suddenly realized that she was now a little confused about the difference between the fictional world and the real world, and everyone gave her the most authentic feelings.
Everyone she encountered seemed like a living, breathing person, not a stereotypical NPC. Was she really too deeply immersed in this world? Or were they all inherently vibrant?
She asked in a low voice, "Su Huan, have you always kept the world of novels and the real world very separate?"
The overhead chandelier was a bit too bright, and Su Huan squinted for a long time before saying, "Did I ever say why I'm stuck in this world?"
Xu Feifei's thoughts were pulled back, and she shook her head, saying, "I don't quite remember. You seemed to have said before that your memory wasn't very complete, so I didn't mention it."
Squinting, she felt a little uncomfortable and raised her arm to cover her eyes. "Actually, the reason I stayed here is because I also had a passionate love affair with the male protagonist of the novel. I experienced both the sweet and heartbreaking plots in the novel. For this hard-won love, when I had the chance to return to reality, I gave it up without hesitation for him."
Xu Feifei opened her mouth in shock, never expecting that Su Huan had such an experience.
"You were with Nangong Ye before? How come he doesn't even remember you? You gave up your chance to go back for him, and he still dumped you. What a scumbag!"
Su Huan chuckled and said, "No, my male lead isn't Nangong Ye. He's probably just a background character now, so it's not his fault. When I gave up the chance to go back, that was the moment I chose to merge with the original owner of the body. I slowly forgot more and more, and so did he."
"Later, I realized that something was wrong and tried to awaken my memories with him, but it was no use. We were enveloped by this world. When I chose to integrate into this world, I slowly became a part of it, forgetting myself and maintaining the normal development of the plot step by step."
"He also went from being the main character to a supporting character, and slowly he stopped recognizing me. We went from being close lovers to being enemies who despised and loathed each other. No matter how I looked for him or flirted with him, he remained unmoved. Then slowly he started to revolve around the female lead, playing all sorts of roles, from devoted second male lead to simp and third male lead. I was powerless and could only watch from the sidelines and accept all these changes."
As she said this, a tear rolled down Su Huan's cheek, soaking the bed sheet.
Xu Feifei noticed her mood and chose to lie down and silently keep her company.
Her voice choked with emotion, “I really hated him back then, he really hurt me. Later I realized that I was spending too much time on him, and the time I had to awaken my own consciousness was getting shorter and shorter. I started to panic, I desperately tried to find a way back to reality, but I couldn’t find one.”
"Because of the body's self-protection and the world's domestication and extermination of otherworldly beings, I had to give up my memories and obediently become a dutiful NPC, waiting for the next otherworldly being to arrive. Then I met you."
Su Huan removed her arm and turned her head to look at Xu Feifei.
Her eyes were red, and there were still tear stains on her face.
"The love in novels is beautiful, but this is not our world. We are from another world, and we must either assimilate or perish. Feifei, so you must learn from my experience and seize every opportunity to go back. This is my chance too, I beg you."
Hearing her recount this painful experience, Xu Feifei felt heartbroken and hugged her tightly, comforting her, "We will definitely go back."
Su Huan buried her face in her shoulder and mumbled, "Yes, I will definitely go back."
Hopefully, everything will go in the right direction, the male and female leads can get together smoothly, and she and Su Huan can return to the real world.
Lin Yuan...sigh...I hope he can be safe and happy.
The engagement party was to be held in the evening, so Xu Feifei wasn't in a hurry. Her parents prepared everything and didn't rush her. After waking up and having lunch, she started getting her makeup done, styling her hair, and putting on her dress.
After everything was settled, Xu Feifei was left alone in the room. She admired herself in the mirror, truly proving the saying that clothes make the man.
Now her beauty has reached a new level. Her hair, styled in an updo, reveals her slender and fair neck, making her appear more gentle and mature. The dress accentuates her perfect figure, swaying gracefully with every step.
The door was suddenly pushed open. Xu Feifei thought it was the makeup artist returning and didn't turn around to look.
"Feifei".
Her voice was filled with an indescribable tenderness and endless longing.
Xu Feifei turned around and saw Lin Yuan standing at the door.
How did you get here?
She remembered that this place had long been sealed off by the Xu family, and no outsiders were allowed to approach. Moreover, the banquet was scheduled for the evening, and it wasn't time yet.
Lin Yuan, fearing she was still angry, preemptively asked, "Are you still angry with me? Feifei, I'm so sorry. At the time, I was so focused on how to keep you from leaving me that I did something so foolish."
Xu Feifei felt much better after venting to Lin Yuan, and her anger completely dissipated after talking with Su Huan that evening.
"Then why do you want to send me back to my world? Haven't you always wanted me to stay?"
According to Lin Yuan, the main purpose of the two imprisonments and Su Huan's confinement was to prevent her from returning to the world, but he later gave up on that.
Lin Yuan looked around to make sure there were no cameras, then said, "Because you want to go back, and you don't belong here. I can't be so selfish as to trap you here."
"Did you already know that I wasn't the real Xu Feifei all along?"
Xu Feifei reviewed her interactions with Lin Yuan that evening, feeling that she had overlooked some details, but she couldn't find them.
After a long silence, Lin Yuan said, "Yes, I already knew."
"Do you know the original Xu Feifei?"
Xu Feifei asked in shock, after all, she remembered that Lin Yuan was the first friend she made, and she did not expect that they were old acquaintances.
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