I Snatched the Male Lead’s "Cool Novel" Script - Chapter 12

In the end, Yan Yu still managed to leave Yin Beiqing’s hands alive, though she felt that during the entire walk side by side, the other woman had been thinking about reaching out and strangling her every single second.

At first, she could not figure out how Yin Beiqing knew she was looking for Soul-Gathering Grass. But when she returned to her room and saw the little meatball rolling around on the floor while hugging its head, she suddenly had a guess.

“Panpan, come here.” Yan Yu handed the buns she had brought back along the way to the two little things. “I have something to ask you.”

Guipan held a bun and ate it in one bite, its mouth stuffed full. “What is it?”

“When you were picking fruit earlier, did you run into fierce sister?”

“How did you know!” Guipan’s eyes widened. “Fierce sister even told me not to tell you.”

“She didn’t say anything to you?”

“She did! She was so fierce. She even pulled my ear!” Guipan’s tone was full of indignation. “She asked me what I was taking those for, so I said they were for Master to eat.”

Yan Yu felt that the answer was already about to come out, so she quickly asked, “And then?”

“Then she asked why I wanted to give you those to eat, so I told her.” Guipan rubbed its ear. “Was I not supposed to tell her? That sister is fierce, but I feel like she isn’t a bad person.”

As a Beast Soul, it had sharp instincts. Whatever it felt at the moment, it said.

“It’s fine. Since you told her, then you told her.” Yan Yu patted its head and pushed all the buns on the plate toward it. “Eat more.”

So Yin Beiqing had learned from Guipan that she needed Lotus Bead petals and Soul-Gathering Grass as medicinal ingredients, and had specially gone to the back mountain to pick them for her?

As soon as that unbelievable thought popped up, Yan Yu shook her head and crossed it out.

Impossible. That was definitely not Yin Beiqing’s personality.

Or perhaps she wanted to nurse Yan Yu back to health, fatten her up, and then make her move…

That did not seem right either. Yin Beiqing was the type to kill decisively. If she could kill immediately, she would absolutely not wait another minute.

Then why?

All night, Yan Yu kept thinking about this question. She slowly ground the two medicinal herbs into powder, mixed them with hot water, and drank them. After lying down on the bed, she continued thinking until the early dawn, when she finally could not hold on anymore and fell asleep.

But the next day, before the sky had even brightened, two maidservants knocked open Yan Yu’s door.

One carried a basin of clean water, and the other held a tray. On the tray was a set of pale-white clothes.

Lujia was startled and curled its entire beast body into a ball, wrapping itself in its scales. Guipan, on the other hand, was bold. It jumped off the bed and circled around the two maidservants.

“Please rise and wash up, Miss Yan.”

Yan Yu answered, “All right,” then turned over and sat up. But with just this simple movement, she felt the difference between now and before.

Her soft, weak limbs were filled with strength. When her feet stepped on the ground, it no longer felt like stepping on cotton without touching the bottom. She walked quickly around the room twice, then stopped and covered her chest to feel it.

Although her breathing was still not very smooth, her heartbeat was clearly much stronger. It seemed that the prescription from the pharmacopoeia truly was useful. If she continued taking it, her constitution would definitely improve by quite a lot.

Yan Yu went behind the folding screen to change into the clothes, washed up with the water in the basin, and the two maidservants led her outside.

“May I ask where we are going?” They had woken her before dawn.

“The Valley Master specifically ordered an entrance ceremony to be held for you today. Everything in the main hall has already been prepared. They are only waiting for you.”

Entrance ceremony?

Yan Yu searched through her mind for a while before finally pulling out the relevant information from a dusty corner.

Langdie Valley did indeed have such a rule. Every newcomer entering the valley had to accept an entrance assessment in front of everyone in the valley, and this process was called the entrance ceremony. However, the specific rules had not been mentioned in the original book, because Langdie Valley only accepted women, so the male lead had not been qualified to take part in this assessment.

“Ah, sisters, wait.” Someone suddenly called out to them from behind. It was another maidservant.

Yan Yu glanced sideways and saw the blue auspicious-cloud shoulder pads on her clothes.

Langdie Valley’s ranks were divided into three levels. At the bottom were third-class maidservants, who wore goose-yellow waistbands and were mostly gate guards, laundry maids, or kitchen maids. Second-class maidservants wore auspicious-cloud shoulder pads and could serve at close range. Above them were the Five Lesser Guardians and the Two Great Guards, each of the seven wearing a silver hairpin.

“What is it?” The maidservant to Yan Yu’s left stopped.

“You’re going to the main hall, right? Help me bring this carpet over.” She held out a thick folded white beast-fur carpet. “I still have to go back in a moment, so I won’t have time to make a trip there.”

“Was a new one made again?”

“Wasn’t it? A few days ago, two were ruined all at once and were ordered thrown away by the Valley Master. We searched through the warehouse for ages before we managed to gather enough snow fox fur to rush out a new one. But there’s only this one.” Her expression looked very troubled. “This fox fur isn’t easy to buy either. If there’s another next time, I’ll probably have to go up the mountain and catch some live ones to kill.”

“Cough, cough, cough…” Yan Yu covered her mouth and coughed lightly.

Why did she suspect this maidservant was deliberately saying those words for her to hear?

“All right, I won’t delay you any longer. Hurry and take the goddess to the assessment.”

“Goodbye.”

…

The main hall was indeed full of people. Some were there to watch the excitement, some were sleepy, and some were boredly playing with their own fingers. A large group of white-clad maidservants stood in the back. At the very front were seven chairs. One could tell at a glance who they had been left for.

Today, Yin Beiqing was rarely wearing fitted martial attire. Her sleeves and trouser legs were tied up, and even her long hair was properly coiled high. She had her back to Yan Yu and was speaking with the seated Ruan Yuemin.

In the span of two sentences, Yan Yu had already seen Ruan Yuemin impatiently press her lips together three times.

“Your little goddess is here.” Ruan Yuemin interrupted someone who seemed excessively excited today.

“Oh?” Yin Beiqing turned around, and only then did Yan Yu see that she had even changed her mask, seemingly to match the gold-threaded clothes she was wearing today.

“Then let’s begin directly.” Yin Beiqing raised her hand and clapped. Several maidservants immediately stepped out from the side.

When Yan Yu saw the ropes in their hands, an ominous feeling immediately rose in her heart.

“What are you going to do?”

The leading maidservant came forward and caught her hand. “It is only the entrance ceremony. We ask Miss Yan to cooperate with us.”

Cooperate with what? Even if you want to kill me, you should at least tell me whether it is by drowning or lingchi.

“Don’t touch me.”

Although her appearance looked so frail that a breeze could knock her over, when she put on a cold face and scolded sharply, she truly had a bit of imposing presence.

The maidservant hesitated and turned back to glance at Yin Beiqing. The latter immediately stood and walked over.

“The goddess is precious. I’ll do it myself.” She said this with a smile.

The more Yan Yu looked at that smile, the more wrong it felt. Every time this madwoman wanted to stir up trouble, she liked smiling strangely like this.

“What exactly are you trying to do?” Yan Yu grew wary.

Yin Beiqing noticed the small movement of her hands. Her lips moved close to Yan Yu’s ear. “It is fine if you like to make trouble in private, but today, there are so many people watching.”

The whisper was like a soft murmur between lovers, but Yan Yu could only hear the warning in it.

“Or are you afraid?” Yin Beiqing chuckled softly, her warm breath falling against the side of Yan Yu’s neck. “But how could I bear to hurt you?”

Yan Yu clenched her molars and stopped the hand seal she had been preparing to form.

Since Yin Beiqing had already given her Langdie Valley’s contract mark, she at least would not joke with Yan Yu’s life. At worst, she would just suffer some physical pain.

“Give me your hands.”

Yan Yu unwillingly handed her hands over. Yin Beiqing caught those thin wrists, so slender she could easily hold both with one hand, and tied them together with a hemp rope as thick as a finger. Then she pulled one end of the rope and led Yan Yu forward.

Yan Yu jogged to keep up with her steps. When she raised her head, she saw that at some unknown point, a massive wooden wheel had been erected ahead. Several concentric circles were drawn on it, with a red dot at the center.

It was clearly a target.

By the time Yan Yu realized what this group of people wanted to do, Yin Beiqing had already raised a hand and pressed her onto it. The iron clasps on the wheel immediately locked down her limbs and waist.

Her body was instantly stretched into the shape of a large character, like a fish on a chopping board, able only to let others butcher her.

A maidservant handed over a crossbow.

The crossbow was half a person tall and looked extremely heavy. Yet Yin Beiqing held it with both hands and easily pulled it to its fullest.

The metal arrowhead reflected light, pointed straight in Yan Yu’s direction.

The prey on the wooden target was so frightened that all the blood in her body seemed to flow backward. The archer with her hair tied up, however, lazily curved her lips. The smile in her silver eyes felt rather cruel to Yan Yu at this moment.

“Don’t be afraid.”

Comfort from an executioner, no matter how gentle, had not the slightest effect.

Author’s Note:

Madness is madness, but Sister Yin won’t really hurt Yan-mei. Nothing will actually happen, so don’t panic, don’t panic.