Chapter 17 Unexpected Situation
Xin Que's temples throbbed with each pulse.
The male lead cannot be killed, and now the male and female supporting characters have vanished from her sight.
She recalled the scene of Zhouzichuan, which she had almost sawed open but hadn't completely died.
Did the plot relocate the male and female supporting characters?
Xin Que's mind raced, quickly considering the possibilities related to the disappearance of the male and female characters.
As soon as Xin Que came out of the secret room, she heard Luo Huayi let out a muffled groan from the secret passage outside.
She instinctively went over and took a look.
Hearing familiar footsteps, Luo Huayi turned around and saw Xin Que. Pointing to a hidden door not far away, she asked, "Don't you feel that the space we're in has shrunk a bit?"
"What did you say?" Xin Que strode to the hidden door and returned to the secret passage once again.
The corner where Luo Huayi was originally located was now closer to the door of the secret room.
Xin Que counted the steps, his expression gradually becoming serious. "It's shrunk by one circle."
Luo Huayi looked around the already cramped secret passage, which now seemed even more oppressive. "The width of the passage has also decreased."
The passageway, which was originally wide enough for two people to fight and Luo Huayi and Xin Que with their swords, has now been reduced to the width of one person.
"Did you do this?" Luo Huayi looked at Xin Que, but quickly denied the idea.
First, there was the illusion of being trapped in a maze, then there was spatial compression. If Xin Que truly possessed such extraordinary abilities, he would have abandoned himself and left long ago.
Judging from her tentative reactions, she was clearly someone trapped here just like him.
Based on the plot clues before her, Xin Que could roughly guess that everything they were experiencing was orchestrated by the storyline.
Words related to meeting and falling in love flashed before her eyes like a marquee, and then, with various special effects and filters applied, they swelled and shrank, scrolling up, down, left, and right like an LED screen.
There is only one central idea.
Right now, immediately and quickly, sparks fly between them and the male lead.
The text in front of me has changed its special effect again.
Vast fields of fiery red roses held these plot details in the center, almost blinding Xin Que.
For the first time, Xin Que felt that words could come with their own sound effects, making her head buzz and ache.
Luo Hua noticed Xin Que blocking the passageway, seemingly lost in thought. "What are you doing standing here daydreaming?"
Xin Que chuckled.
Luo Huayi was startled for a moment by the look Xin Que gave her.
Xin Que's gaze was as if she were looking at a dead man; he was certain that in that instant, she truly wanted to kill him.
But for some reason, Xin Que did not make a move.
Luo Huayi's relaxed state of mind tensed up once again.
After a long while, Luo Huayi, confirming that she was in a safe environment for the time being, still couldn't help but ask, "Have I offended you?"
"And... those families you came to visit, do you have a grudge against them?"
After confirming that the murderer was Xin Que, he was initially shocked and incredulous.
Xin Que is just an unloved daughter of a wealthy family, powerless and without influence. After running away from home, she was even cut off from her living expenses. How could she possibly be the mastermind behind these recent turbulent events?
But then he recalled Xin Que's ruthless move that drove him to his death, and how she could wield the Tang Hengdao with ease with just one hand.
Luo Huayi had seen that knife at the Zhou family's place before.
At that time, Zhou Zichuan's father had not yet abdicated. When he bought the knife from the blacksmith at a high price, he even showed it to Luo Huayi, who was visiting.
Luo Huayi clearly remembered that this sharpened Tang Dynasty sword weighed five jin (approximately 2.5 kg), which was heavier than that of an ordinary Tang Dynasty sword.
Those who haven't practiced can only blindly slash at best; they simply can't achieve the expansive and effortless swordsmanship of Xin Que.
Shocked, Luo Huayi also felt a sense of apprehension.
Is Xin Que... a so-called heiress from a wealthy family, or... an assassin disguised as a heiress?
Xin Que did not answer Luo Huayi's question.
Luo Huayi directly connected her to the recent events involving these wealthy families and quickly accepted this reality, which surprised her somewhat.
I thought, given the male lead's personality, he'd at least retort with something like, "How dare you, an unloved heiress, be so rebellious and cruel, blah blah blah."
After all, one of the major tearjerker elements of this tragic novel is the male lead's lack of understanding of the female lead and his condescending questioning, accusations, and moral blackmail.
Luo Huayi did not receive a reply from Xin Que.
His thoughts, like a husky let loose from its leash, raced off into unbelievable directions with lightning speed.
"Wasn't Xin Que already taken care of by you? Are you just an assassin disguised as Xin Que now?"
Xin Que “......”
“I’ve also investigated the cases of those families and the Zhou family. The only thing they have in common is Qian Xiaoxiao’s case.”
Xin Que “......”
"You've come here to rob the rich and help the poor? That's not right either. Those families only had people involved in the accident, but their belongings were all intact."
"Moreover, Qian Xiaoxiao's side has been under constant surveillance by the police and people from all walks of life, and no one has contacted their family at all."
"You wouldn't happen to be someone from some special department, would you? You can't openly touch these companies, so you can only do it covertly..."
Xin Que “......”
If she listened to him continue, she would almost think she was some kind of chivalrous knight-errant.
Luo Huayi's gaze towards Xin Que changed, becoming more complex.
With a "snap," the hilt of Xin Que's knife struck Luo Huayi's face.
Luo Huayi covered her swollen lips, her eyes seeing stars.
That almost sent a slap into his teeth.
"Shut up!" Xin Que threatened him with a dark face.
Trapped in the secret room and unable to get out, Luo Huayi couldn't help but let her mind wander whenever she had free time. She couldn't help but wonder which side Xin Que was on.
“We’re both stuck here right now,” he sighed. “Talking around will help ease our anxiety so we don’t both go crazy.”
“Instead of driving people crazy,” Xin Que suddenly spoke up, walking quickly toward the secret chamber at the end of the passage, “you should worry about whether you’ll be squeezed into a pancake first.”
Luo Huayi then realized that the two walls seemed to be squeezing inwards, and the width of the secret passage had shrunk a little, now brushing against his shoulders.
Luo Huayi's expression hardened.
"Thank you for reminding me." He quickly followed Xin Que's steps and entered the secret room.
Xin Que coldly watched the man in front of her who thought she was actively saving him, and he seemed to be gradually lowering his guard against Xin Que.
He had no idea that he had just died once.
The plot quickly reverses time when Luo Huayi is suffocated by the wall, returning to the time before her death.
[A key character dies; plot rewinds.]
[Failure to provide assistance will result in punishment for the character Xin Que.]
Please have the character Xin Que complete the task as soon as possible.
The man's voice rang out again from not far from her, "You're strange. What you did seemed like double-crossing, but those families really had their own faults."
"If I'm not just guessing that they're fighting evil with evil, then what conflict of interest do they and the Zhou family have with you?"
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