Cause and effect are infallible (Part 2)
Amidst her busy schedule, Xu Ya increasingly felt that she had forgotten something.
I'm spending more time alone, lost in thought.
After Ah-Xi recovered, she clung to Xu-Ya like a leech, frequently upsetting Shi-Yu-Zhen.
In the past, Xu Ya would always try to mediate between the two, but now, Xu Ya just stared blankly at the distant sky, resting her chin on her hands.
Shi Yuzhen observed Xu Ya's state carefully for a while, and strangely enough, he no longer felt that heart palpitation of almost losing her.
Shi Yuzhen grew up in a shallow and immoral environment, and she had few people with whom she could have deep conversations.
More often than not, Shi Yuzhen trusts her intuition and judgment.
Xu Ya occasionally spaced out, but this matter didn't bother her. Shi Yuzhen simply kept a closer eye on her.
Every time Zhan Zhengzhen saw that intense stare, it gave him goosebumps, while Cai Wenle's smile was ambiguous, as if he were watching a show.
After the giant rooster incident, Xu Ya's fried chicken shop officially gained a foothold and became famous all over the world.
Xu Ya later developed a fried chicken set meal suitable for ordinary people.
However, Yunmeng Immortal Marsh is remote. It is very easy for immortal cultivators to come here, but ordinary people may not be able to find the way even if they spend their whole lives. Therefore, Xu Ya, A Xi, and Shi Yuzhen discussed whether they could go out to travel often and bring fried chicken meals to people in other places.
Shi Yuzhen naturally had no objection, but he absolutely refused to bring Ah Xi along.
In the end, Xu Ya pretended to be stupid and persuaded Ah Xi to come along.
Shi Yuzhen was both helpless and angry, but she chose to spoil him.
That day, the three of them, each carrying a package, went down the mountain together like ordinary people. As usual, they went to a village in the northwest to sell fried chicken sets. The three of them had walked this road down the mountain many times.
It's currently autumn, with clear skies and crisp air, and the late autumn winds are causing the branches and leaves on the trees to flutter wildly.
Suddenly, a tattered book was placed conspicuously on the dirt road ahead.
This is no ordinary thing; perhaps someone left it here while passing through.
Xu Ya seemed to sense something and stopped in her tracks. She hesitated for a moment, then took a step forward and reached out to pick up the half-finished book.
As if bewitched, she opened the book. The words on it... felt very familiar to Xu Ya, but she couldn't remember why she had this feeling.
Shi Yuzhen noticed Xu Ya's subtle attitude and felt that Xu Ya's action of picking up the book was a bit strange, so she asked, "Is there something strange about this book?"
"I can't understand the words on this," Xu Ya said.
Shi Yuzhen took the tattered book from Xu Ya. It was covered with square patterns that looked like symbols unique to some region. Even though Shi Yuzhen had read extensively in Xianze, she had no recollection of these symbols at the moment.
Shi Yuzhen keenly realized that Xu Ya must have been able to understand the patterns on it before.
But suddenly, pearls began to fall from Xu Ya's eyes, one after another uncontrollably.
Shi Yuzhen's chest suddenly trembled as he understood Xu Ya's sorrow. Now, like a naive young boy, he embraced Xu Ya, who was constantly shedding tears.
Xu Ya didn't want to cry, but strangely enough, the moment she picked up the tattered book, a wave of sadness washed over her, forcing her tears to flow.
Shi Yuzhen's warm and broad arms encircled her, and Xu Ya quietly responded without realizing it.
Ah-Xi was already quite annoyed with Shi Yu-Zhen, but everyone in Xianze knew that the two of them were Daoist partners. He felt frustrated but helpless. Xu Ya and Shi Yu-Zhen walked in front, and he always lagged far behind, not wanting to make a fool of himself.
Ah-Xi walked along listlessly, propping her head up with her hand, glancing at Xu Ya not far away. She saw Xu Ya squat down and pick something up, and then Shi Yu-Zhen approached Xu Ya and said something. Xu Ya then began to wipe her cheek with the back of her hand.
Ah Xi, overcome with anger, suddenly rushed forward, determined to demand an explanation from Shi Yuzhen.
After the two finished their bickering, the book was left behind.
A gentle breeze blew again, turning the pages of the book a few more times, revealing the strange yet familiar symbols inside.
**
Night falls, inside the rented room, a cell phone screen flickers.
The girl seemed to have just woken up from a dream. The blanket stirred, and a slender hand reached out, groped around on the bed, and found the phone.
When I opened the message, it was a greeting from a colleague: "Xiaoya, are you feeling better? Are you taking the day off again tomorrow?"
"I've been discharged from the hospital and should be going home tomorrow."
After replying to her colleague's message, Xu Ya saw the colleague's nickname: Ta○Ting-Xiao Zhan, and her thoughts drifted away.
Xu Ya lay there for a while, then shook her head in exasperation, rubbing her brows. It seemed she couldn't continue with her part-time job at Ta-ting… What had she been dreaming about…?
Xu Ya felt that Ta Ting was simply incompatible with her. For the first time, she accepted the store manager's kindness and took some leftover ingredients from the night shift home as a late-night snack. However, she suffered from food poisoning and acute gastroenteritis after only one bite. She had to call 20 in the middle of the night to be saved.
Not only did Xu Ya spend almost half a month's salary in one night, but she also had to take a few days off from work to rest at home, resulting in another month without any income.
Poor Xiao Zhan is working hard all by herself in the shop. This isn't the first time they've subtly urged her to go back and help. If she were to quit now, Xiao Zhan's expression would definitely be one of utter disbelief.
Xu Ya was lost in thought, amused by her own ideas, and involuntarily recalled the vivid yet slightly bizarre scenes in her dream, shivering in her bed.
Is this for real? Dreaming about the novel she was reading before bed? She could be an author and write side stories; she might even ruin the book's reputation with her writing.
Xu Ya thought of that novel, swiped her finger twice, opened Xiaolvjiang Literature City, refreshed her recent reading list, but there was no update when it was time to update, so she put her phone down again.
Thinking about those scenes from her dream now still makes Xu Ya's cheeks burn; to be honest, she feels a little ashamed.
In her dream, Xu Ya became the cannon fodder character of the same name in that novel. While delivering food to the male lead, a system suddenly appeared out of nowhere... Giving her a set of Ta-Ting combo punches and cheat codes, how about that... And her spirit bag was full of fried chicken?? And the plot was getting more and more bizarre.
Such an outrageous thing only happens in dreams.
Xu Ya is a very common name. When her colleagues teased her that her name was exactly the same as that of a minor character in the novel, Xu Ya just smiled awkwardly on the surface.
Actually, out of spite, I opened that novel and stayed up all night reading it. Not only did I get absorbed in it, but I also fell asleep while reading, and even dreamed about the sequel that I made up...
The phone beeped again with a short buzz, an update notification from the author of "Little Green River": The novel you are reading, "Cannon Fodder, But the Proud Wife of Dragon Pride," has been updated.
Xu Ya picked up her phone again and skillfully tapped on Xiao Lv Jiang. She was really eager to know which cannon fodder character was Long Aotian's wife.
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