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 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 angry 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.
It was also a coincidence that on the day Jin Li left, Li Nanyan's personal maid came back to report that Cui'er, the maid next to the second young lady, had been behaving improperly recently and always went to the kitchen to steal food. Another maid saw the second young lady staying up late at night, wearing a cloak and sneaking to the firewood room in the backyard. No one knew what she was doing. A maid gossiped that the second young lady might have had a secret meeting with a man, and several people made the story sound very detailed.
Li Nanyan was naturally furious when she heard the news. Although she and Li Qingrou had a quarrel, she also knew that if the news of a secret meeting with a man in the manor spread out, the reputation of the Li family's children would be ruined! She immediately rushed to the firewood room with the two little girls to see if Li Qingrou had hidden a man in it. However, after going in, she found that there was no one in it at all. The bloodstains and bandages left behind had been cleaned up by the people brought by Jin Lili. Just as Li Nanyan scolded the little maid and turned around to leave, she accidentally stepped on a high-quality jade pendant, which was obviously not from the servants in the manor.
Just like that, Li Nanyan picked up the jade pendant and took it away.
When Li Qingrou came back later, the seriously injured man had already left.
She didn't dare to make this matter public, so she pretended that nothing had happened and never dared to mention it again. But in fact, Li Qingrou felt a little regretful. Although she didn't know the man's name, she was indeed attracted to the man with outstanding looks and temperament, especially when the two were together, even if they didn't say anything, there seemed to be a kind of unspoken tacit understanding between them.
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For the next six months, Jin Lili never showed up again because he was recovering from his injuries and detoxifying. After he recovered from his injuries, the first thing he did was to look for the girl who had saved him on the farm.
He soon found out that he had inadvertently broken into the villa of Mr. Li, an editor in the Hanlin Academy. When he was injured, Miss Li was staying in the villa for summer vacation. After that, Jin Shili met her several times and tried to test her, but Miss Li did not respond. Until the last time, Miss Li's carriage encountered an accident. When Jin Shili stepped forward without hesitation to rescue her, a purse fell from Miss Li's waist, and in the purse was the jade pendant he had left in the woodshed.
Now Jin Lili is finally confirmed!
He was filled with surprise and excitement. Li Nanyan was the person who saved him. She was the girl who had always accompanied him in the darkness and never left him. She was almost the same as he had imagined, bright, charming, lively and beautiful.
As for why she had no reaction to his temptation, Jin Lili quickly found a suitable reason for Li Nanyan:
After all, she was a lady from a wealthy family and she saved him under such circumstances. For the sake of her own reputation, she would not reveal anything even if they met again in the future.
But in fact, Li Nanyan really didn't know him.
However, seeing that Jin Xinli had met her again and again, and had saved her life time and again, as well as helping her out in various ways at the banquet, even though Li Nanyan was a fool, she was moved without hesitation.
No one would refuse such a charming man. Jin Lili was actually a very distant man, especially towards the noble ladies of Yanyun City. He was always very polite and even too lazy to maintain the appearance.
His self-disciplined personality is not for others to see. He really doesn't like to get involved with women. But such a high-ranking and unwomanly Lord Jin is exceptionally gentle only when facing Li Nanyan.
This man gave almost all his favor to her alone. Lord Jin, who was decisive and aggressive in the court the moment before, seemed to have melted away the ice and snow when he saw Li Nanyan in the market the next second. His eyes and brows became as gentle as the melting snow on the mountain top. Even the servant who served him lamented that his master was so moody.
It is really hard not to be moved by a man who is so high and mighty but has a soft heart and partiality towards you.
Naturally, Li Nanyan fell in love with Jin Nili. Later, Jin Nili asked someone to propose marriage to the Li family, and the Li family readily agreed.
It was at this time that the heroine Li Qingrou discovered that the man she had saved was actually a new nobleman of the dynasty, and the ideal husband that all the noblewomen in Beijing wanted to marry. Now she was one of them, but the other person had become her brother-in-law.
This made Li Qingrou very sad, but she had no choice. She had no evidence to prove that she was the one who saved him. Moreover, seeing him and Li Nanyan getting along with each other on a daily basis, he was so good to her, to a certain extent of indulgence. Even when Li Nanyan made a mistake, he would protect her without saying a word. With such love, how could she not be moved?
It's just a life-saving favor, can the other party really remember it for the rest of his life?
But in fact, Jin Xinli was kind to Li Nanyan because he regarded her as his savior, and married her for this reason. However, after the engagement, he found that Li Nanyan seemed to be really unclear about the fact that she saved him, and she was always vague every time he mentioned it.
How could a man who had been in the officialdom for many years and was so shrewd not notice something was wrong? After several attempts, he found that Li Nanyan was really not the girl who saved him. However, every time he mentioned this, Li Nanyan never denied it, and even acted as if it was true and directly acknowledged the favor.
This instantly made Jin Xinli lose all his good impression of her, especially after she pretended to be his savior. Later, when he followed the emperor in autumn hunting, Jin Xinli was assassinated. It was at this time that Li Qingrou rushed up to save him regardless of everything.
Jin Lili was surprised and shocked, but he actually didn't have a deep impression of Li Qingrou. Moreover, every time he heard this name, he heard it from Li Nanyan, who said that she had bad intentions and was hypocritical, and told him not to pay any attention to her!
But now, looking at Li Qingrou's delicate eyebrows and eyes, Jin Lili seemed to realize something. He vaguely felt that the woman in front of him was somewhat familiar...
Later, during the escape, she even talked about what happened on the farm. It was at this time that Jin Linli finally recognized that the woman in front of him was his real savior. She was not the hypocritical and annoying woman that Li Nanyan said she was. All of this was just Li Nanyan's jealousy and deliberate discrediting of this concubine sister.
Now Jin Linli finally found the girl who saved him. She was also a lady of the Li family, but a concubine's daughter. She followed Li Nanyan to escape the summer heat on the farm and accidentally saved him. Somehow, the jade pendant was finally picked up by Li Nanyan, and the other party took the opportunity to claim it as hers.
After understanding the cause and effect of the incident, Jin Lili went to the Li family's house after the autumn hunt and forced the cancellation of the marriage with the eldest daughter of the Li family, and instead proposed to marry the second daughter of the Li family.
Li Nanyan also became the laughing stock of the entire Yanyun City. Outsiders did not know the inside story, they only knew that Li Nanyan's fiancé was taken away by her half-sister. In order to protect Li Qingrou's reputation, Jin Lili did not say anything else, only saying that the Li family was lying and the person he wanted to marry from the beginning to the end was Li Qingrou.
A higher-ranking official is more powerful than a person. Jin Lili is a close minister to the emperor, and Li's father is just an editor in the Imperial Academy. He can only endure such humiliation in the court and outside the court. Then, Li Nanyan's marriage was changed to Li Qingrou. After all, she is still the daughter of their old Li family, right? They can only wrong this eldest daughter for the time being.
However, Li Nanyan naturally refused to accept this grievance. She really liked Jin Lili. She also admitted that she had some bad thoughts and pretended to be his savior. But is it possible that there is no emotion between the two of them after being together for so long? Even if she is not his savior, they have been together for so long? Is it possible that such a long time is not as good as that one favor?
But it was obvious that Jin Nili's love for her was entirely because of that favor. After learning that she was not the one he had in mind, Jin Nili found that he felt disgusted no matter how he looked at her, and he was extremely annoyed by her constant pestering.
But no matter how he expressed his attitude, Li Nanyan just refused to let go and kept pestering her. Li Qingrou misunderstood because of the tug of war between the two. She thought the two were still in contact. After all, she had seen them being close with her own eyes, and that scene was unforgettable for her.
Under the successive blows, Li Qingrou could only secretly confide the matter to a confidant whom she had once saved, who is the second male lead Xiao Feihe in the plot.
Xiao Feihe was originally the posthumous son of the eldest princess. The eldest princess and the new emperor were born of the same mother. She died to protect her younger brother during the fight for the throne. Her only request before her death was that the emperor take better care of her only child.
The emperor naturally agreed, and doted on the child left by his own sister in every way, spoiling him to the point of lawlessness. He became a famous playboy in Yanyun City, but that was only an appearance.
The bond between Xiao Feihe and Li Qingrou was also due to an unintentional life-saving favor. It can only be said that the two of them were destined to be together.
Xiao Feihe went out hunting and accidentally fell into a deep pit after being startled by his horse. There was a trap set by the hunter in the pit. Xiao Feihe was seriously injured and was about to bleed to death. At this time, Li Qingrou appeared in time, found him, and asked the servants to save him.
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 moved 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.
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.
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