Every Day I’m Reforming My Disciple [Transmigration into a Book] - Chapter 7

Inside the dim room, Han Le sat on a pile of straw. In front of her was an illusory, transparent screen of light, displaying the progress bar for her task completion.

Three percent.

After confirming that Chen Ju was indeed the female lead, it had risen by another one percent.

Han Le asked the system to close the light screen. Although others could not see it, she did not want to keep seeing such an embarrassing number all the time.

A thought suddenly popped into her mind. She wondered if this light screen could play movies to relieve boredom.

Just as she was about to ask the system, footsteps came from outside the door. Then came the sound of the lock being opened.

Han Qu, who was meditating at the side, opened her eyes.

Xue Youge looked at the chubby guard hiding to the side and trembling. “You’re not going in?”

“N-no… no.” The chubby guard’s whole body trembled.

“Then please wait here for Youge for a moment.”

After Xue Youge entered, her gaze met Han Qu’s, and she froze in place.

“Xue Youge.” Han Le had not expected her to come here.

Xue Youge shifted her gaze away from Han Qu and looked at Han Le in front of her. She was briefly stunned, then tested, “Senior?”

Han Le gave a hum.

As a result, Xue Youge suddenly knelt down. “Youge did not know the Clan Leader and Spirit Maiden had arrived here. I have been neglectful. Please punish me.”

Han Le had been sitting cross-legged for a long time, and her legs had gone a little numb. Her body moved slightly as she wanted to change posture.

Han Qu thought she was about to get up and make things difficult for Xue Youge. “Master, don’t forget about Shi Yingying.” She wanted to use this to divert her attention.

Han Le thought the female lead was afraid she would forget, so she nodded seriously. “Don’t wor—”

“Bad news, bad news! The Right Guardian has been poisoned! Bad news!”

Chaotic footsteps and cries of alarm sounded outside, interrupting Han Le’s words.

“Clan Leader,” Xue Youge called.

“Go take a look.” Han Le walked out the door. When Han Qu passed by Xue Youge, she seemed to want to say something but stopped herself. In the end, she said nothing.

Xue Youge noticed it, but since the other woman did not speak, she did not ask.

When the chubby guard saw them come out, his plump body immediately trembled as he knelt on the ground.

“This subordinate deserves death! This subordinate did not know it was the Clan Leader and Lady Spirit Maiden. I deserve death ten thousand times over! Please spare my life, Clan Leader!”

Han Le’s expression was cold. The chubby guard secretly lifted his head and stole a glance. After seeing her, he became even more terrified. Then he secretly looked in the Spirit Maiden’s direction. There was a smile in her eyes, but she was even more frightening than the Clan Leader.

Neither of them spoke for a long time. He wished he could shrink himself into a ball.

In the end, it was Xue Youge who spoke to save him. “Clan Leader, the urgent matter right now is to understand the Right Guardian’s poisoning.”

Shi Yingying was staying in the village chief’s home. In order to respectfully welcome the Right Guardian, the village chief had specifically moved out of the master bedroom and into the second bedroom.

Inside the room, Shi Yingying lay on the bed. Her guards stood around her. Among them, a pale-faced guard was taking her pulse. He had originally been analyzing the poison in the water source, but at the crucial moment, he had been dragged over in a hurry because the Right Guardian had supposedly been poisoned.

He frowned, and his gaze fell on the candied water chestnut cake on the table. He inserted a silver needle into it, and the needle instantly turned black.

“It’s poisoned!” the fierce-looking guard immediately shouted. The tall, thin guard beside him could not help covering his mouth.

When the chubby guard ran in, the fierce-looking guard immediately glared at him. “The Guardian was poisoned. Where did you run off to?”

In the past, the chubby guard definitely would have bowed and scraped. But now…

The chubby guard stretched his head out and looked toward the three people slowly walking over from outside. He wanted to see how the other party would embarrass himself.

“I’m talking to you. Are you deaf?”

The tall, thin guard tugged at him. “Forget it.”

“Forget it? Even if the Clan Leader were here today, I’d still make him understand what his status is!”

As he spoke, he was about to kick the chubby guard.

“Clan Leader!” the chubby guard suddenly shouted.

The fierce-looking guard immediately looked over and instantly became terrified.

The tall, thin guard and pale-faced guard reacted first, immediately kneeling down.

“This subordinate did not know the Clan Leader and Lady Spirit Maiden had arrived. We failed to welcome you properly. Please punish us, Clan Leader.”

The fierce-looking guard was completely dumbfounded, as if he could not believe the Clan Leader would appear here.

“Cla… Clan… Clan Leader…”

“Is he of some status that you are not?”

Han Qu’s face darkened. The guards around Shi Yingying had long been used to acting arrogantly because their master was favored.

The fierce-looking guard immediately knelt down, flustered and not daring to make a sound.

This was Han Le’s first time facing this kind of scene, so she had no experience. From beginning to end, she did not dare make any sound.

But the more silent she was, the more frightened the three guards kneeling on the ground became.

According to rumors, although the Clan Leader was close to the clan’s people, she cared greatly about hierarchy. If a subordinate overstepped, she would absolutely not tolerate it.

Xue Youge looked at Han Le, who still stood there without revealing anything, and felt somewhat puzzled.

On the bed, Shi Yingying’s lips were black. A layer of black qi covered her face, and ugly patterns spread from her neck all the way across her entire face.

Han Qu’s lips moved slightly. “Wake her up.”

The pale-faced guard kneeling on the ground hesitated and looked at Han Le. Seeing that she made no sound, he tremblingly took out a needle and stabbed it into Shi Yingying’s wrist.

“Ah!”

Shi Yingying suddenly cried out in alarm. Her eyes shot open. After a moment of dazed confusion, she slowly looked to the side. Upon seeing Han Le, her eyes immediately filled with tears. She stretched out her hand and said in a sweet, coquettish voice, “Clan Leader~ Yingying is so pitiful~ You must stand up for Yingying—”

“Shut up.” Han Qu felt disgusted hearing that forced, coquettish voice.

Shi Yingying had not noticed just now, but that little slut Han Qu was actually here too.

Her wet eyes brimmed with tears, and she instantly said aggrievedly, “Clan Leader, the matter in this village should have been handled by the Spirit Maiden. But who would have known that not only did the Spirit Maiden intrude while you were in seclusion, she even disappeared without a trace? This is a grave crime. Yingying was only thinking for your sake, which is why Yingying came to handle the village matter in the Spirit Maiden’s place. But who would have thought—sob, sob—Clan Leader, you must stand up for Yingying, ahhhhh!!!!”

Shi Yingying was speaking with tears and emotion, but suddenly, a mirror appeared in front of her. Black, ugly markings covered her entire face. She was so frightened that she fainted on the spot.

Han Qu calmly tossed the mirror in her hand aside. “Master, you won’t blame me, right?”

Since Han Le wanted to act out a scene of deep master-disciple affection, Han Qu wanted to see exactly how deep her sincerity was.

When the female lead asked this, not only was Xue Youge curious about just how much the rumored Clan Leader doted on this disciple, even the guards kneeling on the ground could not help pricking up their ears.

“Of course.”

Han Le met Han Qu’s smiling eyes.

See? She had already moved Han Qu so much that she was smiling brightly at her.

It seemed that the relationship between the Clan Leader and the Spirit Maiden really was as good as the rumors said.

Xue Youge’s gaze fell on the candied water chestnut cake on the table. She suddenly asked, “May Youge ask what caused the Right Guardian’s poisoning?”

The pale-faced guard looked toward the Clan Leader.

“If she asks, answer,” Han Le said.

“Yes.” The pale-faced guard pointed to the candied water chestnut cake on the table. “The Right Guardian was poisoned precisely because she ate the poison in the candied water chestnut cake.”

Xue Youge’s eyes contracted. She remembered that this plate of pastries had been sent by the village chief.

“Clan Leader, the poisoner must still be inside the village. Youge believes the village should be sealed off immediately for investigation.”

Han Qu sat down somewhat boredly on a nearby chair. Seeing that the guards kneeling on the ground still had not moved, she lifted her eyelids. “Aren’t you going?”

The four guards looked at one another.

“This…”

The tall, thin guard spoke. “Clan Leader, Lady Spirit Maiden, the Right Guardian only brought the four of us here. If we seal off the village, manpower may be…”

“Youge has several friends in the village whom she grew up playing with. If the Clan Leader trusts me, then—”

“Go,” Han Le said.

She signaled for the pale-faced guard to stay behind, while the remaining three followed Xue Youge to seal off the village.

“Wait.” Han Qu stood and walked up to Xue Youge. “There’s no rush to seal off the village. You should know how many people there are in the village. First, have all of them gather here for inspection.”

Xue Youge nodded, thinking this made sense.

After they left, the only people in the room were Han Le, Han Qu, Shi Yingying—who lay on the bed after fainting from scaring herself—and the pale-faced guard kneeling by the bedside as if sitting on pins and needles.

Since the two of them did not speak, he did not dare make a sound either. He knelt on the ground, utterly at a loss.

“What poison was she afflicted with?”

The female lead had been reborn, so she knew perfectly well what poison it was, where it came from, and who the poisoner was. But at this point, Han Le should not know.

“Reporting to the Clan Leader, the Right Guardian was poisoned with snake venom.”

Snake venom?

Han Le pretended to fall into deep thought.

Han Qu picked up a wine cup from the table and rubbed it in her hand. “She drank wine?”

“Yes. She drank wine together with that young lady from earlier.”

If the Clan Leader and Spirit Maiden had not been here, they definitely would have arrested Xue Youge. Regardless of whether she was the poisoner, some physical suffering would have been unavoidable.

“The Right Guardian certainly has refined tastes.”

This sentence was directed at Han Le.

The Right Guardian had come to the village to investigate the poisoning, yet she had privately drunk and indulged herself in the room. The Spirit Maiden had caught hold of this weakness.

The pale-faced guard knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe loudly.

Although the Clan Leader doted on the Spirit Maiden, she was not bad to their master either. She should give Shi Yingying a light punishment as a warning, just enough to give the subordinates an explanation.

“Hand her over to you for punishment.”

Han Le’s voice rang out. The pale-faced guard could not help raising his head. The Clan Leader wanted to hand the Right Guardian over to the Spirit Maiden to punish??

Sweat broke out all over his body. This was bad. Everyone in the clan knew their master and the Spirit Maiden did not get along. Handing their master over to the Spirit Maiden for punishment was no different from pushing her into a fire pit.

The courtyard was filled with men, women, old people, and children. There were not many people in the village, just enough to fill the village chief’s courtyard.

The chubby guard was sent to guard the door. The fierce-looking guard grabbed the village chief, who was leaning on his cane, from the crowd.

“Clan Leader, this subordinate asked around. That plate of pastries was delivered by this person!”

Han Le stood in front of everyone, her purplish-red eyes sweeping lightly over the tense, frightened villagers.

The village chief was so frightened that his cane fell straight to the ground, and he knelt down.

“I’m wronged, Clan Leader! How would I dare poison the Right Guardian? Even if you gave this lowly one ten guts, I still wouldn’t dare! I beg the Clan Leader to investigate clearly!”

The fierce-looking guard said, “When we arrived, this man offended the Guardian, and the Guardian punished him. He must have become resentful and poisoned the Guardian!”

“Absurd! Absurd! How could I possibly resent the Guardian? Stop spouting nonsense!” The village chief was so angry that his beard bristled and his eyes widened.

Xue Youge spoke. “Clan Leader, Youge has spent a long time with the village chief. I feel the village chief is not quite the kind of person this guard describes.”

“What does a little girl like you know? Not only this old man, even you are one of the biggest suspects!”

“The guard is correct. The Right Guardian was poisoned while drinking wine with Youge. Youge’s suspicion is indeed the greatest.”

“Youge…” Little Fatty’s worried voice came from within the crowd.

Xue Youge shook her head at him, indicating that he did not need to worry.

She walked up to Han Le and saluted. “May Youge say a few words to the Clan Leader?”

“Speak.”

“The poisoner must have known that Youge does not like sweets. They did not poison the wine, but instead poisoned the candied water chestnut cake that the Right Guardian liked to eat. First, this means they only wanted to harm the Right Guardian and did not want to implicate the innocent. Second, it means they wanted to frame Youge.”

Xue Youge paused. “If the culprit is someone from the village, then the first possibility is greater. If it is an outsider who infiltrated the village, then it should be the second.”

“Didn’t you hear that the Guardian was poisoned with snake venom?” the fierce-looking guard immediately said.

“Snake venom does not necessarily mean the culprit is from the snake clan. If one possesses the fangs of a snake clan member, one can also poison someone with it.”

As she spoke, she looked at Han Le. “However, to be safe, I ask the Clan Leader to first investigate whether everyone in the village is truly a member of our clan.”

Her explanation was clear and rigorous. Han Le could not help admiring her. As expected of the brains of the female lead’s team.

She saw Han Qu walk to Xue Youge’s side and say a few words in a low voice.

Han Le could not help sighing inwardly. She felt that at this moment, there should have been a system notification:

“Ding! Congratulations to the female lead for obtaining her first teammate, Xue Youge.”

Thinking of the female lead’s teammates in the original novel, it seemed that only Xue Youge was normal. As for the others, their brains were more or less not quite right, especially the male lead, Chen Haotian.

He had completely inherited the saintly heroine handbook from domineering CEO novels. He was a proper holy father, indecisive and hesitant, and was played in the original owner’s palm.

Han Le felt as if a faint layer of light flashed before her eyes.

She blinked, and in the next instant, all the villagers in front of her revealed their ears and tails. The scent of their kind rushed toward her.

It was suffocating.

Aside from Xue Youge, whose body carried a faint lotus fragrance, everyone else’s smell was stranger than the last. She waved at the female lead, wanting her to quickly make these people retract their auras.

“Disciple…”

Han Qu frowned, thinking the other woman must be plotting something. This was her chance to take Xue Youge away. She could not let Han Le ruin it.

Just as she walked forward, Han Le grabbed her shoulder.

“Ugh.”

She actually vomited on Han Qu!!!

Han Qu froze in place. The chubby guard guarding the door immediately shouted, “Bad news, bad news! The Clan Leader has been poisoned!”

Then came the sound of the crowd stirring.

The fierce-looking guard immediately released fierce spiritual energy.

“Who allowed you to move? All of you, stand still obediently!”

As he spoke, he ran to Han Le’s side. “Clan Leader, are you all right?”

Just as he was about to call the pale-faced guard inside to treat her, Han Le immediately raised her hand to stop him.

Her face was pale. “Put them away.”

The fierce-looking guard did not understand what the Clan Leader meant, but Xue Youge did. “Everyone, first restrain your auras.”

Once those messy, strange, bizarre smells were gone, the group of villagers with fox ears and tails exposed became much cuter.

Han Le’s stomach finally felt much better. She squeezed her hand, then felt a thin shoulder and realized that she was still grabbing the female lead’s shoulder. She lifted her head with difficulty and met the female lead’s eyes, which looked as if they wanted to devour someone.

“Master, are. You. All. Right?” Han Qu asked through gritted teeth.

Han Le’s eyes moved downward and saw that Han Qu’s chest had been covered in her vomit. The sour, foul smell made Han Le’s stomach churn again, and she immediately pushed the female lead away.

Han Qu was utterly enraged by her actions. But then the other woman let out a loud retch and vomited again toward the corner of the wall. Han Qu immediately stepped back, putting distance between them.

The pale-faced guard heard the commotion from inside the room and ran out just in time to see this scene. He slapped his thigh and shouted, “Clan Leader, what happened to you?!”