I Snatched the Male Lead’s "Cool Novel" Script - Chapter 19

“To receive the goddess’s full assistance—looks like the Valley Master’s trip will definitely not be in vain.” Teng Jingjie chimed in as well.

With one tall hat after another being placed on her head, Yan Yu completely did not dare make another sound.

Fine. There were more of you, and you could fight. Whatever you said was what it was.

“Lin Hegui has lived in seclusion on Yaochi Mountain for years. Before going there, we must pass through the perilous Rizhao Forest. There are no villages or inns along the way either.” Yin Beiqing’s gaze shifted to Yan Yu. “This journey will certainly be difficult. Can the goddess endure such hardship?”

“I…”

Before Yan Yu could speak, this person picked up her own words again.

“I almost forgot. The goddess said just now that her body is already mostly fine.” Yin Beiqing narrowed her eyes, her gaze sharp and carrying a hint of danger. “Then we should choose a day and set off as soon as possible. It would not do to delay proper business.”

“Yes, that is exactly what I meant.”

Yan Yu could more or less guess why Yin Beiqing was in such a hurry. The last time Jiwu shed its shell, it had nearly cost her half her life. In the blink of an eye, the next seven-day deadline would soon arrive. She definitely needed to find a solution before then.

“Then rather than choosing a day, why not make it tomorrow? We can set off first thing in the morning,” Teng Jingjie suggested.

“Good. Does the goddess have any objections?”

“No.” How would she dare?

…

The closer they got to Yaochi Mountain, the lower the temperature would become. But when Yan Yu packed her luggage, she discovered that she did not have many thick clothes.

This world had no division of four seasons. The average daily temperature was about the same, but the temperature difference between day and night was large. At night, she usually had to rely on two thick cotton quilts in order to sleep well.

After thinking for a moment, Yan Yu went out to the internal affairs department.

“Thick clothes?” This maidservant was the one who had asked them to bring the beast-fur carpet last time. At first, Yan Yu thought she would be turned away. In the end, the other party blinked and beckoned to her. “We don’t really wear thick clothes much. They’re inconvenient for fighting. But if you need them, there’s still some leftover fox fur here.”

She pulled over a corner and stuffed it into Yan Yu’s hands. “Feel it. Is this thickness all right?”

This fox fur came from snow foxes by the Western Sea. There, there was almost no daylight, the nights were long, and the temperature was extremely low. In order to survive, the animals there had evolved extremely thick fur. It felt soft and thick in the hand.

“Didn’t you say before that this fox fur was hard to find?”

“Ah, that.” She clapped her hands. “I meant fox fur that meets our Valley Master’s standards is too hard to find. Every strand of fur must be even in thickness and length. There can’t be any mixed colors or black spots. If you don’t care about those things, then here—”

She stretched out her arm, pointing from the first shelf all the way to the last. “There are plenty for you to choose from.”

Yan Yu was amused by her serious manner. “Then I’ll take this one. Do I pay you directly, or send the money to Miutan?”

“No need. Each of you eight has a monthly quota of ten ying coins that can be freely reimbursed.”

One ying coin equaled one hundred lu coins. One lu coin equaled ten zao coins. And one zao coin, when converted into twenty-first-century currency, was about one yuan. This had been mentioned in the original book.

Calculated that way, ten ying coins equaled ten thousand yuan.

One had to know that prices in the Jin Kingdom were extremely low. Five eggs cost only two zao coins. This monthly quota of ten ying coins was truly not low.

“Thank you.”

“Small matter. Just instruct me if you need anything else.”

…

Yan Yu carried the fox fur back to her room and spread it across the table. The largest snow foxes could grow more than twenty chi long, and when standing, they were several times taller than her.

The piece in her hands was clearly not small either. Its edges nearly hung from the table to the floor.

Yan Yu casually found a pair of scissors from the drawer, trimmed the fox fur’s edges neatly, then found a thick jade thread and strung one end of it. Finally, she sewed on two buttons for fastening.

Without spending much effort, a handy fox-fur shawl was finished. Yan Yu raised her hand and draped it over herself.

This fox fur was of excellent quality. The fur was thick, yet it did not weigh down on the body at all. It was light, convenient, and warm.

The Jin Kingdom had clear regulations for processing animal hides, requiring all creatures to be euthanized before being skinned, butchered, and sent to the market. But Yan Yu still felt somewhat guilty.

She took off the fox fur, folded it neatly, and stuffed it into her luggage. After eating dinner alone, she lit incense and went to sleep.

Perhaps it was because she had heard Yin Beiqing leaving at night several times over the past few days, but tonight, Yan Yu also found herself unable to sleep.

Insomnia seemed to have formed a pattern in her body. Every night she should be properly resting and conserving her strength, it had to roll out and cause trouble.

Tonight, the room next door was very quiet. Not the slightest sound could be heard.

“Hug…” The little fatty arched its body and squeezed the obediently sleeping Lujia to the side, then burrowed into Yan Yu’s arms. “Panpan wants hugs.”

Yan Yu pillowed her head on her right arm, while her remaining hand scooped both little things into the warm quilt she had already heated up. She gently tapped the fluffy little spoiled child.

“Wouldn’t sleeping in the Soul Domain be more comfortable for you?”

“No.” Guipan stuffed its head into the crook of her arm, its nose twitching. “Sleeping while Master hugs me is the most comfortable.”

“Suit yourself.” Yan Yu smiled faintly and lowered the bed curtain.

There were not many mosquitoes at night, but she should sleep now. This bed curtain had specially been lined with a layer of light-blocking cloth. With dimmer light, it was easier for her to fall asleep.

The moon in the Jin Kingdom was different from the moon in the real world. It was red with a hint of purple, bright as half a daytime sky. Even without streetlamps installed by the road, one could see clearly and far.

In Yan Yu’s mind, she went through all the possible ways she might later expose herself, as well as the 108 ways Yin Beiqing might reward her with death if her little tricks failed to work on Lin Hegui.

As she thought and thought, she actually began feeling sleepy under such circumstances.

She drifted off in a daze. She did not know how long she had slept before the window seemed to be blown open by the wind, and threads of cold air slid in along her neck.

Too lazy to get up and close the window, she pulled the quilt upward, wanting to bury her head in it as well. But then she discovered that the quilt seemed to be pressed down by something. No matter how she pulled, it would not move.

Yan Yu opened her eyes in confusion, only to be nearly scared half to death by a pair of eyes staring straight at her right in front of her face.

She clutched her wildly pounding chest and felt that she was truly about to be tormented by Yin Beiqing until she lost all temper.

The window was indeed open. She just did not know whether this person had opened it with her troublesome hands, or whether it truly had been blown open by the wind. The moonlight outside had entered this not-so-spacious room. A few strands passed through the open bed curtain and fell upon Yin Beiqing’s face. Her silver eyes carried a few traces of clear translucence.

Like high-quality glass beads, so clear one could see to the bottom at a glance.

If the owner of those eyes had not been this madwoman of a female lead, who might snap her neck at any time, Yan Yu might have been better able to appreciate their beauty.

“Are you… looking for me for something?” She did not even want to ask why Yin Beiqing had appeared silently in her room. She only wished to resolve this ancestor’s matter quickly so she could continue sleeping.

“Do you not breathe when you sleep?”

Yan Yu: ?

Yin Beiqing frowned as she evaluated, “You look like you’re dead.”

Yan Yu: You could simply praise me for sleeping peacefully.

“We’re leaving tomorrow. Aren’t you going to sleep?” Even if a Special-rank Beast Arts Master could live without sleeping, quietly settling down to rest was still a good choice, right?

Especially when they were about to begin a long journey tomorrow.

“Only useless people need sleep,” Yin Beiqing answered seriously.

“…” Yes, I am useless.

Yin Beiqing stared into her eyes and suddenly asked a question. “If we encounter your former lover again, and I ask you to kill him, will you do it?”

During the day, Miutan had come to report that one of their informants had discovered traces of Guo Lu near Rizhao Forest. This was also why Yin Beiqing was so anxious to set off immediately.

Although she did not understand why that wretched man always knew the news one step faster than her people, it seemed that his goal was the same as hers. She absolutely could not allow him to get there first.

But on the night after deciding the departure schedule, she lay in bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep. Her mood was terribly irritable. What made her even more irritated was that she had no idea where this emotion came from.

“I already said I have nothing to do with him.” Yan Yu explained with a headache. “You saw it too. He disregarded my life and used me as a shield. If I still had any feelings for him, I’m afraid there would really be something terribly wrong with my brain.”

“And I told you before too, didn’t I? I am not the original soul of this body. The memories and feelings between that ‘Yan Yu’ and Guo Lu will not affect my emotions in the slightest.” Thinking that Yin Beiqing, as the female lead, might later fall in love with Guo Lu at first sight after seeing his face without a mask, Yan Yu felt somewhat unpleasant and silently complained in her heart.

When the time comes, you had better not go soft yourself.

“And…”

“And what?”

“And if I could kill him, I would have stabbed him to death long ago and ended everything.” It would save him from causing so many disasters later.

Yin Beiqing’s tightly furrowed brows relaxed, and a smile suddenly appeared in her eyes. She raised her hand, pinched Yan Yu’s chin, and drew close, studying the expression on Yan Yu’s face as if treating her like some rare species.

“I thought the goddess’s mission was to save all living beings. But you seem to be an even more straightforward executioner than me.”

Her expression was like that of someone who had discovered a rare treasure.

“Sleep.” Her palm pressed against Yan Yu’s cheek and patted it. She moved away the leg that had been pressing down on Yan Yu.

Yan Yu very much wanted to ask, You woke me up in the middle of the night just to ask this? But in the end, she could not overcome her survival instinct. She quietly closed her mouth and lay down.

“Keep this for me temporarily.”

A hand reached in from the edge of the quilt, and something warm was stuffed into her palm.

Yan Yu held it and brought it before her eyes. Borrowing the moonlight, she looked closely. It was a translucent, watery-red jade-like object.

“Red Stone?” She recognized it.

For people with cold constitutions, this stone was simply a life-saving remedy. It was even more useful than modern hand warmers. With a palm-sized piece, even in an extremely cold environment, one’s whole body would immediately warm up.

“The sound of your coughing is too noisy.” Yin Beiqing stood up and smoothed the wrinkles in her clothes. Her back, facing Yan Yu, was held perfectly straight. “This trip is already annoying enough. I don’t want my ears tortured by your noise all day too.”

“…Thank you.”

Yin Beiqing let out an almost inaudible breath through her nose, then flashed out through the window.

Looking at the window still swaying after being struck, Yan Yu’s face was full of black lines.

What was wrong with this person? Instead of using a perfectly good door, she insisted on going through the window.

Author’s Note:

Yin: I came to confirm whether you still like that dog man.

Yan: You’re the one who likes that dog man.