Chapter 70 Afterglow
"Why should I save you?" Xin Que's eyes reflected the man's pale, blood-stained features. Regardless of whether he was bleeding from all seven orifices or couldn't hear her own voice, she asked herself.
"Luo Huayi, we're on opposite sides, it's a life-or-death struggle. What benefit would I get from helping you?"
Although the story space is troublesome, Xin Que has figured out the story's judgment mechanism after these few times, and also knows how to take a shortcut to leave the story space restriction.
In her eyes, Luo Huayi is now nothing more than a tool to help her leave the storyline, and has no value worth treating her differently or cooperating with.
Luo Huayi's dry, pale lips moved slightly.
"You...you help me...I can...the Luo family's resources...I can..."
When Xin Que realized what Luo Huayi meant, she was momentarily dazed.
It seems I've heard someone make a similar plea before.
They used all of their family's resources to exchange for her help.
For some reason, Xin Que thought of the words about the Huo family in the memory chip.
After a long while, Xin Que finally came to her senses.
“Let’s talk about empty promises later,” she leaned down to look at Luo Huayi, “but right now, I really need to borrow your money to get something.”
That Thousand-Hand Guanyin.
Luo Huayi's lips moved, and a smile that looked more like a grimace appeared on her lips.
It's unclear whether he understood Xin Que's meaning, but his immediate response was "okay."
After pondering for a long time, Xin Que finally reached out her hand to Luo Huayi.
"I'm sorry," she said, her voice as silent and emotionless as if she were reading aloud, "I didn't expect that saving him would cause you this much trouble."
The time that had been spent at the factory suddenly began to flow again.
It's just that, perhaps due to the butterfly effect caused by the disappearance of [Song Wangyuan], space itself has begun to reverse.
The heavens and earth reversed, and the ground where Xin Que and Luo Huayi stood twisted in an instant into a sky dyed red by the afterglow.
The view from above is like a machine running on a mechanical track, with skyscrapers constantly sliding and shifting, reshaping the city into a brand new look.
The man in front of her, covered in wounds and in a disheveled state, fell to the ground with her.
The injuries on Luo Huayi's body were repaired and restored at a speed visible to the naked eye. The man, who was gradually regaining consciousness, slowly opened his eyes and finally focused his gaze.
Falling towards the city from a great height with him was the female protagonist of this tragic novel, someone he already knew all too well.
Calling her the female protagonist isn't quite right, because she doesn't belong to this world and has never taken the so-called tragic novel to heart.
The wind howled in her ears, and the setting sun poured down from the horizon, casting a golden glow on her profile, dazzlingly bright.
Xin Que is the one who always manages to turn the tide and manipulate the tragic stories at will.
The one who killed him without hesitation was Xin Que.
But it was Xin Que who repeatedly pulled him out of dire straits.
But this contradictory person is the only variable he encounters after awakening in this virtual world.
Xin Que's hand suddenly sank.
In Luo Huayi's eyes, Chang Qin's disguise had completely faded, leaving only the woman's cold and indifferent expression. He made a grasping motion in the air and finally held the woman's hand tightly.
“Xin Que,” Luo Huayi’s voice reached her ears through the howling wind, “I’ll trade my resources for your help… to completely break free from the control of the plot.”
Xin Que suddenly tightened her grip on the hand that was holding her.
Luo Huayi's arm was suddenly pulled, and his pupils widened instantly as he stared blankly at the woman so close to him in the sky.
"You want to cooperate with me?" Xin Que's cold gaze held a dangerous edge. "You were just killed by me, and now you dare to ask me, the murderer, for help?"
"Your memory has been wiped clean by the plot again?"
Luo Huayi, with a courage she didn't know she possessed, looked directly into Xin Que's eyes and said, "I remember very clearly how you and that kidnapper abandoned me."
"But... your ability is my only chance to break free from the control of the plot."
"Moreover, I saw the brand on your body."
Xin Que was taken aback.
Luo Huayi raised her hand and touched Xin Que's exposed nape of the neck. "13, is that your number?"
Xin Que subconsciously raised her hand to cover the smooth back of her neck.
Is it the mark that those people in prison have given me?
“You want to leave here, and I want to completely break free from the plot,” Luo Huayi said firmly. “Combining your abilities with the resources I have is the most efficient way.”
"With the Luo family's full support, you can try and fail an unlimited number of times."
"If you want to see my sincerity... you can start with Song Wenxian."
Xin Que suddenly laughed, "Song Wenxian? Song Wenxian does indeed have what I want..."
Luo Huayi blushed. "How about we discuss this in detail after we land?"
Xin Que: "???"
"I feel," Luo Huayi gradually broke down, the bustling traffic below her growing clearer and more intense, "we're about to fall to our deaths—"
Xin Que "..."
I almost forgot they were still freefalling in mid-air.
"I just escaped death, why do I have to..." With skyscrapers so close at hand, Luo Huayi subconsciously closed her eyes tightly.
Xin Que carried the person and landed steadily on the ground.
"Get down here!" Her face darkened.
Luo Huayi no longer felt the pain of her limbs being broken and shattered, and it took her a long time to move her face away from Xin Que's neck.
Slowly releasing her grip on Xin Que's shoulders, Luo Huayi realized she was now clinging to Xin Que like an octopus.
Luo Huayi “…”
"We're not dead?" He stood on the rooftop, looking down at the city streets, his face filled with disbelief.
The two were now on the rooftop of a CBD business building in the city center. The hustle and bustle of the evening rush hour finally gave Luo Huayi a sense of security and a feeling of being on solid ground.
Xin Que turned and walked towards the ladder. "The kidnapping of the female lead and the female supporting character is also an important turning point in this tragic novel. If we were to fall to our deaths, wouldn't it just be the end of the story? How would we continue with the tragic love story?"
Luo Huayi “…”
His temple twitched, and without further hesitation, he turned and followed Xin Que.
I guess I'll just accept my fate.
So be it, let her take the female lead's role. As long as Xin Que can finally resolve this disgusting plot... I'll consider it my sacrifice.
"What do you need from Song Wenxian?" Luo Huayi broke the silence, "And your help in the future... just ask."
Xin Que didn't stop walking, and only spoke when she landed on the top floor of the building, "That Thousand-Hand Guanyin."
"As for my actions..." Xin Que saw the patrolling security guards walking towards them and took off running.
Just as Luo Huayi was about to press Xin Que for the meaning of what she hadn't finished saying, Xin Que had already vanished from his sight like a gust of wind.
Luo Huayi: "???"
"Don't run!!! What are you doing?!" the security guard shouted, charging straight at Luo Huayi. "Who gave you permission to come to the rooftop?!"
When Luo Huayi was escorted downstairs by security guards, she finally saw her current appearance through the reflection of the gleaming floor-to-ceiling window next to her.
His clothes were tattered and torn, and his body was covered in blood and mud, making him an unsightly sight.
He looked exactly like a beggar.
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