Chapter 114 [VIP] Lifesaver (1)
Accompanied by a burst of system sounds ringing in her mind, Nan Yan opened her eyes again and returned to the familiar system space. This mission lasted a really long time.
Nan Yan rubbed her numb arms and walked out of the mission cabin. Her focus was obvious. "How many points are there this time? When can we start the next world?"
The system was obviously surprised. When did the lazy host become so diligent? You know, when opening the next world, the host would delay as much as possible and resolutely wait until the last moment.
Now that the mission in this world has just ended, the host has already taken the initiative to mention the next world. It seems that its teachings were effective and there is still room for improvement.
"The points settlement has not been completed yet. There is still time. Host, do you want to check the results of the world development in the last mission?"
Nan Yan thought about it and nodded, "Okay, let me take a look."
The system responded, and the general scene of the previous world was immediately displayed on the display screen in front. The heroine Du Yuyan did not marry Zhao Shiqi in the end. She was lucky enough to save her life after being infected with the medicine dragon. However, because Zhao Shiqi's memory was restored, the two never met again.
After Du Yuyan was heartbroken, she finally obeyed the princess's arrangement and married a gentle and loyal husband. Although the two did not love each other, they lived a life of respect for each other.
Zhao Shiqi brought "Nan Yan's" body back to the cottage where they once lived together. He spent day and night with a dead grave, and occasionally recounted the story of their initial love in front of her grave. Three years passed like this, until the last moment of his life, he still held the jade pendant tightly in his hand and died with hatred in his heart.
As for Ye Qiuchen, he would never forget the feeling of his beloved dying in his arms. Before he disappeared, he went to see the tombstones of both of them. He sat in front of the grave for a long time, mumbling to himself, but no one knew what he was saying...
Before leaving, he deliberately buried half of the red rope on the left side of the tombstone, and tied the remaining half around his wrist.
After that, Ye Qiuchen disappeared, and no one knew where he went. The former Shadow Guard Building also completely disappeared.
After watching everything on the screen, Nan Yan blinked, indicating that she was not moved at all. After three days of rest, she adjusted her mood and continued to open the next world.
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Sure enough, in this plot, the supporting actress' ending is as miserable as ever. But think about it, if the supporting actress wasn't miserable, she probably wouldn't have appeared.
This time it's also an ancient world, with an old-school routine of melodramatic ancient Chinese literature disguised as a crematorium. To sum it up in one sentence, it's about the hero admitting that he has made the wrong savior.
——He mistakenly regarded the supporting actress Li Nanyan as his real savior, and ignored the heroine who was his real savior!
So, when the truth was revealed later, the male protagonist was filled with regret and immediately began his long journey to pursue his wife. In the end, the two successfully resolved the misunderstanding, and they were sweet and affectionate all the way without any abuse, becoming a loving couple made in heaven.
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In this process, the abandoned original owner Li Nanyan unexpectedly found herself in a very embarrassing situation.
The original owner, Li Nanyan, was the eldest daughter of the Li family. She was a famous beauty in the entire Yanyun City, more beautiful than any other girl, with a face as beautiful as Shunhua. Although she claimed to be gentle, virtuous, and talented to outsiders, she was not only beautiful but also talented.
But in fact, everyone who is familiar with her knows that she is just a pretty but stupid young lady with a bad temper. She has been spoiled too much by her parents, so she is inevitably a little arrogant. Although she doesn't look very smart, she is not vicious. It can only be said that she is a silly person in reality.
In the original plot, the hero, Jin Shili, is a new noble of the dynasty, a close minister of the emperor, a truly calm and ruthless character, and at the same time the sharpest knife in the hands of the current emperor, directly under the current emperor. No one knows how he came out, but it is such a little-known figure who has climbed step by step to the position above everyone else in the court, becoming a favorite of the new emperor and quite trusted by the emperor.
At that time, Jin Shili was only in his early twenties. Men of his age were still busy preparing for the spring and autumn imperial examinations, but he had already become an examiner and started working for the court.
God is particularly kind to some people. Jin Lili is both capable and handsome. Just by his face, he has attracted many noble ladies in Beijing. Moreover, he has achieved so much at such a young age. His career will surely be even higher in the future. Such a new nobleman naturally became a hot figure in the whole Yanyun City for a while, and he was the ideal husband in the minds of many unmarried women.
And it was such a person, when matchmakers were knocking on the doorstep of his house on behalf of noble ladies in Beijing, Jin Yinli sincerely invited Madam Zhou from the Duke's Mansion to go to the Li family to propose marriage, giving enough face to the Li family and making his own intentions clear. He came to propose marriage sincerely, and the person he was seeking was the eldest daughter of the Li family.
That is the original owner Li Nanyan.
After hearing the news, all the noble ladies in Yanyun City burst into tears and were so angry that they wanted to tear their handkerchiefs into pieces. Everyone knew that the new noble Jin Xinli had risen to a high position and power at a young age, and most importantly, he was chaste and did not even have a maid to serve him. How could such a high-spirited and glorious Lord Jin not make their hearts beat?
But……
Who could have thought of that?
Jin Shili rejected all the matchmakers who came to propose marriage, and even went to the Duke's Mansion in person to ask the Duke's wife to help him go to the Li Mansion to propose marriage!
What on earth has Li Nanyan done to deserve this?
And what kind of vision does Lord Jin have?
He actually fell for that stupid young lady who only had beauty but no brains? Does that mean that all men in this world are lustful and lustful?
Isn't even Lord Jin the same?
But in fact, Jin Xinli was not attracted by the peerless beauty of the eldest daughter of the Li family. He had been in and out of the court, and had traveled all over the country to inspect various public affairs for the emperor. What kind of beauties had he not seen? He had seen many women who were more beautiful and gentle than Li Nanyan, and many local officials tried to please him and sent people to his house in private, but all of them were rejected by Jin Xinli.
Jin Lili wanted to marry Li Nanyan because she had saved his life! In his most desperate and darkest moments, she was the one who stayed by his side, giving him warmth and salvation. Such a unique woman in his life, he naturally cherished her a hundred times more.
Unfortunately...
At that time, Jin Lili had no idea that his savior was not Li Nanyan at all.
Instead, she is the second daughter of the Li family, the real heroine, Li Qingrou.
Two years ago, Jin Lili was ordered to go out to handle official business. The process was tortuous and difficult. Although he was careful and cautious, he was still careless and was accidentally killed by the enemy on the way there and back.
Jin Shili was injured, with an arrow in his chest, and the arrow was poisoned. At that moment he really thought he was going to die, but fortunately there is always a way out. In the critical moment, Jin Shili accidentally broke into a farm and hid in a haystack in a woodshed. Fortunately, he escaped the assassins' pursuit, but he fell into a coma due to his serious injuries.
When Jin Xin woke up, he found that he seemed to have been rescued. At the same time, there was bad news: he was blind. The arrow that hit him before was poisoned. Although the wound was treated and bandaged, the poison gradually spread, causing him to lose his sight.
That was the darkest and most desperate moment for Jin Lili. His blindness made him alert, suspicious and uneasy. Even a decisive killer could not remain calm and rational at this moment. He resisted anyone approaching him, worrying that everyone who approached him had ulterior motives or wanted to kill him!
At this time, the girl in the manor stayed by his side. She took care of him carefully, brought him food every day, and cleaned the wounds on his body and the dirt on his face...
Perhaps out of concern for the reputation and safety of her daughter's family, the girl seldom spoke to him, never asked his name, let alone told him her own name.
Only when Jin Li was away one of the times did she hear the little maid outside muttering in fear and trembling, "Miss, is this man a bad person?"
"He bled a lot. I heard from Li Da, the coachman from the outer courtyard, that many strangers have come to the vicinity of the manor recently, and they said they were looking for some extremely evil bandit leader. Miss, do you think this man could be..."
The woman didn't say anything, but lowered her voice and gently scolded, "Okay, stop talking nonsense. If you are really scared, just don't come here again in the future. But you must remember one thing, you are not allowed to tell anyone about this. Do you understand?"
The little maid nodded quickly in response.
Jin Lili vaguely guessed that she might be a daughter of a wealthy family who came out to the villa for fun, but she accidentally saved his life. The two of them did not spend much time together.
But in just a few short days, Jin Lili felt unprecedented warmth and redemption.
He will never forget the soft touch of that woman's hand caressing his face, the faint fragrance on her body, and the nervous feeling of his heart beating when she approached. Although he didn't know the girl's appearance or name, Jin Lili was still moved. He fell in love with the woman who saved him.
Later, Shadow Guard came to rescue, and Jin Linli had to leave with Shadow Guard for safety reasons. However, before leaving, he left a jade pendant engraved with the word "Jin" in the haystack, hoping to find the other party with this jade pendant in the future.
也是湊巧，就在靳厭離離開的當天，李南嫣的貼身丫鬟回來禀告說最近二小姐身邊的丫鬟翠兒手腳不規矩，總去廚房偷拿飯菜，還有丫鬟看到二小姐半夜三更不睡覺，一個人披着件鬥篷，偷偷摸摸的往後院柴房去了，也不知道是是做什麽的？有丫鬟嘴碎說二小姐說不定是跟哪個男子私相授受、秘密私會呢，幾人把這事說的有鼻子有眼的。
乍然聽到這個消息，李南嫣自然是火冒三丈，雖然她跟李清柔不對付，但也知道，在莊子裏私會男人的消息要是傳了出去，李家子女們以後的名聲可就完了！當即風風火火地帶着兩個小丫頭朝着柴房的位置沖進去了，看李清柔是不是在裏頭藏了什麽男人？不過去了之後才發現裏面根本什麽人都沒有，之前留下的血跡繃帶什麽的也早被靳厭離帶來的人清理幹淨了，就在李南嫣将小丫鬟訓斥一頓，轉身準備離開的時候，腳下卻無意中踩上了一枚質地上乘的玉佩，而這玉佩顯然不是莊內下人的。
就這樣，李南嫣把那塊玉佩撿走了。
等之後的李清柔再來看的時候，那個傷重的男子已經離開了。
而這件事情她也不敢聲張，所以就裝作什麽都沒發生過，再不敢提一次了，但其實，李清柔心中也是有些遺憾的，雖然還不知道那個男子的名字，但她确實是對那個容貌出衆又氣質卓絕的男子有些心動了，尤其是當兩人在一起時，即便什麽話都不說，似乎也自有一種無言的默契感存在。
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往後半年，靳厭離都因為療傷解毒再沒有出現過，而等他傷好之後，第一件事情便是去尋找當初在農莊裏救了他的那個姑娘。
他很快就查到了自己當時無意間闖入的是翰林院編修李大人家的別莊，當初受傷時正逢李大小姐在莊內避暑，之後靳厭離又幾番偶遇試探，但李大小姐并不回應，直到最後一次，李小姐馬車遭遇意外，靳厭離毫不猶豫上前将人救下時，從李小姐腰間掉下來一塊荷包，而那荷包裏裝着的，正是他當初留在柴房的那塊玉佩。
這下靳厭離終于确定了！
心中又是驚喜又是悸動，李南嫣就是當初救了自己的人，她就是那個在黑暗中一直陪伴着他、不離不棄的姑娘，幾乎和自己想象中的一樣，明媚動人，鮮活美麗。
至于她為什麽對自己的試探毫無反應，靳厭離也很快為李南嫣找到了合适的理由：
她畢竟是個大家閨秀，又在那種情況下救了他，為了自己的聲譽着想，即便是日後再度重逢，她也不可能表露分毫的。
但實際上李南嫣是真的不認識他。
不過在靳厭離與她再三偶遇，以及三番兩次地救命之恩，還有宴會上各種幫她解圍的事情來看，即便她李南嫣再是個木頭，她也毫不猶豫地心動了。
沒有人會拒絕這樣一個令人心動的男子，靳厭離其實是個很有距離感的男人，尤其是對待燕雲城那些貴女們，向來是不假辭色，甚至連表面功夫都懶得維持。
他潔身自好的人設也不是做給外人看的，他是真的不喜和那些女子糾纏，偏偏這樣一個高高在上又不近女色的靳大人，唯獨在面對李南嫣的時候會格外溫柔。
這人幾乎把所有的偏愛都給予她一個人了，明明前一刻還是朝堂上殺伐果斷、跟人針鋒相對的靳大人，下一秒在集市上看見李南嫣的身影時就仿佛冰雪消融，眉眼溫柔地好似山巅化開的雪，就連跟在身邊伺候的小厮都感嘆自家大人真是太喜怒無常了。
而這麽一個高高在上又只對你一人心軟、偏愛的男子，真的很難讓人不心動。
李南嫣理所當然地喜歡上了靳厭離，之後，靳厭離托人上門求親，李家欣然答應。
也就是這時候，女主李清柔發現了原來自己當初救的那個男子是當朝新貴，更是京中貴女們人人想嫁的如意郎君，而這其中如今又多了一個她，只不過對方如今卻成了她的姐夫。
這讓李清柔十分難過，但她也沒有辦法，她根本沒有任何證據證明自己才是當初救他的那個人，更何況看他和李南嫣日常相處，他對她那麽好，好到某種縱容的程度，即便是李南嫣犯的錯，他也能不動聲色的維護，這般愛護，怎麽可能沒有一點心動呢。
不過是個救命之恩罷了，難道對方還真能惦記一輩子嗎？
但其實，靳厭離對李南嫣好完全是因為将她當做了自己的救命恩人，娶她也是因為這個原因，只是定完親後，他才發覺李南嫣似乎對當初救了自己的事情真的不太清楚，每次自己提及之時她總是含糊其辭。
常年混跡官場、那麽精明的一個男人，怎麽可能發現不了其中的不對勁？幾番試探下來，他發現李南嫣真的不是當初救了自己的那個姑娘，但是每次他提起這事時，李南嫣從來沒有否認過，甚至每次都是一副确有其事的模樣，直接認下了這個恩情。
這讓靳厭離對她的好感瞬間全無，尤其是在她冒充自己的救命恩人之後更是心生厭惡。而之後，在某次跟随聖上秋獵的過程中，靳厭離不甚遇刺，也是這時候，李清柔不顧一切地沖了上去救了他。
靳厭離有意外也有震驚，但其實他對這個李清柔的印象并不深，而且每次他都是從李南嫣的口中聽到這個名字，說她如何不懷好意，假仁假義，讓他千萬不能搭理對方！
可是現在，看着李清柔清秀的眉眼，靳厭離仿佛意識到了什麽，他隐約覺得眼前這女子有些熟悉……
而之後逃亡的過程中，她更是說起了當初的在農莊的事情，也是這時候，靳厭離終于認出來了，眼前這個女子才是他真正的救命恩人，她也不是李南嫣口中說的那個虛僞、讨人厭的女子，所有的一切都只不過是李南嫣心中嫉妒，故意抹黑這個庶妹罷了。
這下靳厭離終于找到了當初救他的那個姑娘了，她也是李府的小姐，不過是庶出，當初跟随李南嫣一同在農莊避暑，意外救下他，而那塊玉佩卻不知怎麽的，最終被李南嫣撿到了，更被對方将錯就錯冒認了。
了解完事情發生的前因後果之後，靳厭離在秋獵結束之後，強勢登門退了李家大小姐的親事，轉而求娶李家二小姐。
而李南嫣也淪為了整個燕雲城的笑柄，外人不知道內情，只知道李南嫣被自己的庶妹搶走了未婚夫，而靳厭離為了維護李清柔的名聲，不談其他，只說李府弄虛作假，他想娶的人從頭到尾都是李清柔而已。
官大一級壓死人，靳厭離是天子近臣，李父不過是個翰林院編修，朝堂朝外都只能吃下這麽悶虧，然後把李南嫣的婚事換成了李清柔，總歸還是他們老李家的女兒不是嗎？也只能暫時先委屈一下這個大女兒了。
不過這個委屈李南嫣自然是不肯受的，她是真心喜歡靳厭離的，她也承認自己是動過一些歪念頭，冒充了他的救命恩人，可是難道兩人之間相處這麽久了就沒有一絲感情嗎？就算她不是他的救命恩人，他們倆明明也在一起這麽久了啊？難道這麽長的時間都比不上那一個恩情嗎？
但很明顯，靳厭離對她的喜歡完全都是因為那個恩情，在得知她不是自己心心念念的人之後，靳厭離發現自己看她，怎麽看都怎麽覺得厭惡，對于她的糾纏不休更是厭煩至極。
可不論他如何表明态度，李南嫣就是不肯放手、始終糾纏不休，偏偏李清柔又因為兩人之間的拉扯誤會了，她以為這兩人還一直藕斷絲連，畢竟她曾經親眼看到過兩人親近的樣子，那場面實在讓她難以忘懷。
連番打擊之下，李清柔只能将這事偷偷傾訴給自己曾經救過的一個藍顏知己聽，這也就是劇情中的男二蕭非鶴了。
蕭非鶴原本是長公主的遺腹子，長公主與新帝一母同胞，在奪嫡之中為保護這個皇弟而死，死前唯一的要求就是讓皇帝多照顧自己那個唯一的孩子。
皇帝自然是答應了，對于自己親姐姐留下的這個孩子更是百般寵愛，把人寵得無法無天，成了燕雲城裏有名的纨绔子弟，但那也只是表象罷了。
而蕭非鶴跟李清柔之間的緣分也是因為一次無意間的救命之恩，只能說兩人是命定的緣分了。
蕭非鶴外出游獵，意外驚馬之後不慎墜入一個深坑，坑中還有獵手設置的陷阱，蕭非鶴一時不察受了重傷，眼看就要血液流盡而死，也是這時，李清柔及時出現發現了他，并找來下人救了他。
The two met each other and became friends because of this. As they got along with each other afterwards, Xiao Feihe quietly fell in love with this gentle and kind woman, but he knew that he had a bad reputation, so he never dared to ask for her hand in marriage.
And now, my sweetheart has someone he likes.
Xiao Feihe felt bitter in his heart, but he could only let go silently. He knew that Li Qingrou liked Jin Lianli, so he had been secretly staying by her side and never crossed the line. What he didn't know was that what she liked was so painful.
In order to allow his sweetheart to be with the person she likes, and to make her no longer so painful, Xiao Feihe made a very despicable decision. He deliberately approached Li Nanyan.
She constantly comforted and protected him when he was most helpless and embarrassed, and gradually tempted him to fall in love with her, just to make Li Nanyan stop pestering Jin and leave him.
He did succeed. Li Nanyan was heartbroken after being hit by Jin Xinli repeatedly, and Xiao Feihe took advantage of this opportunity. He was really good to her, so good that he had no bottom line. He made her happy, took her to fly kites, bought her delicious food, took her to various interesting places, and told jokes when she cried. Li Nanyan had never met such a humorous and good man in her life. Even when she was with Jin Xinli, she had never been so moved. So Li Nanyan naturally transferred her feelings to someone else. She liked Xiao Feihe, even more than she liked Jin Xinli.
And just when Li Nanyan asked the other party to come to her house to propose marriage, Xiao Feihe abruptly withdrew and told her the truth mercilessly that he didn't like her. The person he liked was Li Qingrou, and he was with her from beginning to end just to avoid being entangled with Jin Lili.
Li Nanyan once again became a joke. She was betrayed and abandoned time and time again. Her reputation was ruined and she became the laughing stock of the entire Yanyun City. She found it hard to accept it for a while. She almost collapsed after crying and making a fuss. In the end, she went to the temple alone. She originally wanted to live a life of worshipping Buddha for the rest of her life, but she never expected to meet a human trafficker in the temple and be abducted.
Originally, she had a chance to be rescued. Li Nanyan finally escaped from the Buddhist temple and saw Xiao Feihe's carriage and servant on the roadside. She frantically asked him for help, but he misunderstood her as a stubborn person who was unwilling to give up.
Especially when Xiao Feihe heard Li Nanyan's voice, he just said indifferently, "Don't bother with her."
Then he drove away in his carriage.
This action also completely stunned Li Nanyan.
She didn't even have the time to say anything before the other party left without hesitation, and she was eventually captured by those people again. Finally, on the way to Yangzhou, Li Nanyan committed suicide by jumping into the river.