After Transmigrating, I Have To Win Over The Female Lead - Chapter 5

Hanqiu’s gaze came straight at her.

And, as luck would have it, Li Xilian met her eyes.

They were clear and bright. Facing someone like this, every bit of anger in Li Xilian was instantly washed clean away.

A line of poetry suddenly came to her mind.

The wind keeps its promise, and the flowers do not miss it. Year after year, they never fail each other. The setting sun and the evening breeze, morning after morning, dusk after dusk.

One glance felt like ten thousand years.

“What is it?”

Li Xilian didn’t answer. She simply took out a piece of osmanthus cake, took a small bite, then offered Hanqiu the untouched side.

“Take a bite.”

The dense marks on Hanqiu’s neck from Li Xilian’s bites were still there. Even with medicine, they could not heal that quickly.

“Hm?”

Li Xilian pulled the book out from under her hand.

“Take a bite, and I’ll give your book back.”

“If Second Miss wants it, then you can have it.”

Hanqiu was not threatened at all. Her expression remained calm.

Li Xilian was not surprised. She continued speaking slowly.

“What if it’s a chance to cast off your slave status?”

Hanqiu shot up from the stool at once.

“Are you serious?”

“I, Li Xilian, never lie.”

She kept holding out the cake, signaling for Hanqiu to bite it. This time, Hanqiu did not hesitate. She opened her mouth and took a bite.

“All right, that’s enough. Don’t eat anymore. Any more and you’ll reach the part I bit.”

Li Xilian had originally intended to throw the rest away, but to her complete surprise, Hanqiu ate the whole thing.

Her warm tongue brushed across Li Xilian’s fingers, frightening Li Xilian so badly that she shivered and yanked her hand back.

“Congratulations, host. Side mission complete…”

009’s voice rang out, but Li Xilian did not hear a single word after that. She just stared blankly at the person in front of her.

“Second Miss, I did what you asked.”

“Cough… Then you did it.”

She turned to leave, but failed to move. Looking back, she saw Hanqiu holding onto her.

“Second Miss…”

“I know, I know. We’ll talk about it tomorrow. I’m going to sleep with Sister.”

No.

The moment Hanqiu heard those words, that sentence appeared in her heart for reasons she could not explain.

…

“Second Miss, something terrible has happened! A demonic beast suddenly appeared in the residence and injured many people. Eldest Miss has already gone over. She told me to inform you to hide somewhere safe!”

Xiao Su suddenly ran over, covered in dust and looking utterly disheveled.

“Sister!”

Li Xilian’s heart dropped.

How could she have forgotten what day it was? September fifteenth was the day the Li Residence was attacked by a demonic beast, and the male lead was supposed to appear.

She glanced at the person beside her, then pushed Hanqiu toward Xiao Su.

“Take her away. I’m going to find Sister.”

Li Xilian’s heart was filled with anxiety. She did not know whether she would be able to help.

As she rushed in that direction, she asked 009 for a solution.

In the original novel, Li Ruoyao suffered a setback because of this very demonic beast and damaged her foundation. Because of that, her cultivation realm never advanced again for the rest of her life.

“But host, someone must absolutely be injured during this crisis. And an outsider cannot take her place,” 009 replied.

“Tsk. What a pain. Then I’ll do it. We share the same surname, so that should count, right?”

Li Xilian sped up again, dodging one panicked crowd after another as they fled backward.

“The system has confirmed that this is acceptable. As long as the person has a close relationship with her in the book, it works.”

009 did not understand why she would be so good to someone she had only known for a single day, but it still agreed.

“Host, the reward from your completed side mission can help you. Third-grade lightness technique—Heavenstride. It can greatly increase your speed and agility.”

“Good. Claim it.”

“Congratulations, host. You have obtained the third-grade lightness technique Heavenstride. Heavenstride… cultivated to the Great Completion stage.”

The technique flooded into Li Xilian’s mind all at once. She felt spiritual energy surge through her body, a deep blue glow carrying a faint trace of lightning.

There was no time to adapt. As though she had mastered it instinctively, Li Xilian gathered her spiritual energy. A huge amount poured out of her, her body glowing as she tapped one foot against the ground and instantly appeared above the demonic beast…