"Lin Jiudong?" The woman emerged from behind the tree.
Lin Qixia was speechless when she saw it was her. "You were following me?"
“You guessed half right, I was the one following him.” Lin Jiudong pointed at Huo Yanqing with a hint of smugness.
Huo Yanqing stared at her with a cold gaze.
Lin Jiudong looked dazed and silently lowered his hand.
"What do you want to do?" Lin Qixia asked unhappily.
This Lin Jiudong has probably been thinking about finding Huo Yanqing ever since he first saw him.
Previously, because Huo Yanqing was in good condition, she had not been able to succeed.
This time, it's estimated that she found Huo Yanqing because he was under less guard due to the flare-up of his injury, and then followed him all the way here.
"What do I want to do?" Lin Jiudong stood on the slope, looking down at the two of them. "What do you think? My sister has been bullying me so badly lately."
"I've finally caught you red-handed, sister, guess what I'm going to do?"
As she spoke, her expression was a mixture of smugness and malice.
Lin Qixia looked at her now, dressed as a standard villain, and fell silent for a moment.
No? Why are they targeting her?
Wasn't this guy mainly after the female lead in the original book?
Because she didn't die at the beginning, her fate was changed, and the subsequent actions of other characters were also changed as a result?
"Whoosh—"
The next second, a dark shadow flashed by. Huo Yanqing had somehow gotten dressed and was already there with a knife in hand.
"Ah! What are you doing?" Lin Jiudong screamed the next second.
Lin Qixia quickly called out to him, "Hey! Don't kill her!"
At the same time, the system's voice sounded in his mind: [Warning! The character Huo Yanqing's corruption value has soared to 105%! Please intervene as soon as possible.]
Lin Qixia: "..."
That's really fast.
"Why?" Huo Yanqing turned to look at Lin Qixia and asked when he heard her voice.
Lin Qixia walked over, glanced at Lin Jiudong who was pale with fright, and said, "She was just joking with me, don't be so alarmed."
"You agree, right, Jiu Dong?" she asked Lin Jiu Dong.
At this moment, a bloody gash had been cut on Lin Jiudong's slender, white neck by the sharp blade, and she was trembling with fear.
She almost thought she was really going to die by this madman's knife, until she heard Lin Qixia's voice. Only then did she snap out of her fear and weakly nod, "Yes! I was just... joking with my sister!"
"I'm sorry, sister, I took the joke too far."
In the end, Lin Jiudong shed tears.
She had never encountered this situation before. She never expected that Huo Yanqing, a seemingly weak and harmless boy, could be so terrifying when he got angry.
I never imagined that one day my life would be endangered.
"Let her go." Seeing that Lin Jiudong was truly afraid, Lin Qixia pressed down on Huo Yanqing's hand holding the knife and said to him.
Huo Yanqing then responded and put the knife down.
Lin Jiudong then collapsed to the ground, looking disheveled.
"You can leave. He's just my friend. It's up to you whether you want to tell anyone or not, if you're not afraid of offending him," Lin Qixia said to her in a nonchalant tone.
Upon seeing this, Lin Jiudong repeatedly replied, "No, I won't tell anyone!"
She had no idea this mysterious young man was so dangerous, and she would never offend him again.
After saying that, Lin Jiudong got up and ran away as fast as he could.
Soon, only Lin Qixia and Huo Yanqing remained in the woods.
Lin Qixia turned to look at Huo Yanqing and frowned.
There was no system notification in his mind about Huo Yanqing's darkening value decreasing. It seems that it is easy for the darkening value to rise, but extremely difficult to lower it.
"Hey, calm down, okay?" Lin Qixia said to Huo Yanqing, "I just finished treating your wound. If you get angry again, wouldn't all my efforts be wasted?"
Huo Yanqing silently watched her, who seemed unconcerned about being targeted, and pursed his lips.
System notification: [Host, please note that the character Huo Yanqing's corruption level has increased to 110%]
Lin Qixia: "..."
Are you kidding me?
It actually backfired. Is it possible that she can't be persuaded at all?
"How could you be so..." Lin Qixia hesitated, then, in a fit of anger, she snapped at him, "Fine, if you want to kill her, go ahead and kill her. Once you're done, I won't care anymore!"
Then she slung her basket over her shoulder and turned to leave.
Huo Yanqing watched her departing figure, a hint of panic appearing in his eyes.
[Huo Yanqing's corruption level has dropped to 100%. The host is rewarded with 200 gold coins.]
"Great!" Lin Qixia stopped halfway through her walk.
Then she exclaimed "Huh?" and asked, "Something's not right. Why are there so few gold coins as a reward this time?"
[After all, his corruption level increased so much before, host should be content.]
Lin Qixia: "..."
She could detect a hint of resentment in the system's voice.
Fortunately, despite all that trouble, she didn't come away empty-handed; she still managed to gain 200 gold coins.
The balance is already 835 gold coins.
At this moment, Huo Yanqing caught up, and Lin Qixia turned to look at him with a smile, "You're not angry anymore?"
"Yes!" Huo Yanqing immediately nodded in response.
Lin Qixia then patted his shoulder happily, "Great~ I'll get you a rabbit to nourish you today."
"Okay." Huo Yanqing responded and silently followed beside Lin Qixia.
The two of them walked up the mountain together.
During this hunt, in addition to using a bow and arrow, Lin Qixia also caught a rabbit and a wild boar, which she stored in her spatial storage.
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