I Snatched the Male Lead’s "Cool Novel" Script - Chapter 40

In one more day, Jiwu’s seven-day shedding period would arrive.

Because of Yan Yu’s talent in acupuncture, most of Lin Hegui’s trouble had been removed, allowing her to spend more time taking care of the unconscious Lin Zhuxun.

Fortunately, his condition was slowly improving. It was only that because his previous injuries had been too severe, he would need a fairly long time to recover. His life, at least, would no longer be in danger.

This was also the point that allowed Lin Hegui to feel at ease.

On this side, Yan Yu had already begun preparing the things needed to help Yin Beiqing through her shedding that night.

“Master, do you have any Gulao Spring water stored here?”

“Gulao Spring water?” Lin Hegui nodded while holding Panpan, whose texture felt very nice in her arms. “Of course I do.”

This kind of spring water was one of the most suitable for making pills. It could stabilize medicinal properties and elevate the quality of the final pill. Anyone who refined pills generally kept quite a lot at home.

“Your friend needs it?” Seeing Yan Yu’s hesitant expression, Lin Hegui could more or less guess what she was about to say next.

This child did not like asking others for favors, unless it was for that so-called “friend.”

“I have it, but let her come talk to me about the price herself.”

“She comes…”

“What? Since she is the one asking for help, why should you come forward and negotiate with me?”

“…”

The key was that Yan Yu had not dared tell Yin Beiqing that she had come to ask Lin Hegui about it. After all, just thinking about it made it clear the other party definitely would not have let her come.

“Oh, what a coincidence.” Lin Hegui looked past Yan Yu’s shoulder and toward the person behind her. “Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrives.”

“Cao Cao” was drawn over by the sound. She walked over, lazily propped her arm on Yan Yu’s shoulder, tilted her head, and looked at her. “What are you talking about?”

“My disciple said you wanted to borrow Gulao Spring water from me.” Lin Hegui lifted her chin at her. “How much do you need?”

“So kind?” In truth, whether or not she had Gulao Spring water was not a big problem for Yin Beiqing. At worst, she would suffer more physical pain. She could endure it.

“Master has always been compassionate,” Yan Yu cut in.

Yin Beiqing tugged at the corner of her mouth. “Is that so? I couldn’t tell.”

Lin Hegui also did not care to play word games with her and asked directly, “One liter for one ying coin. How much?”

Ying coins?

Yan Yu quickly converted the price in her heart. One ying coin was equivalent to one thousand yuan. If Yin Beiqing was going to use it to cool her body, the amount would have to be at least ten times that.

“Why don’t you just rob us?”

“Do you know how much time and effort it takes to transport spring water up Yaochi Mountain? And you still say that.” Lin Hegui crossed her arms.

Yan Yu looked left, then right, not knowing what to say. She felt that whatever she said would be wrong.

“Buying is buying. Do you think Langdie Valley lacks that bit of money?” Yin Beiqing’s tone was grand. “I’m only afraid the amount you have here won’t be enough for me to use.”

After saying this, she suddenly reached out and crooked her finger at Panpan, who was lying on Lin Hegui’s shoulder. “Fatty.”

“I already said I’m not Fatty!” As expected, a certain dumpling exploded at one poke.

“Come here.”

“I won’t listen to you.” Panpan stuck out its tongue at her with a bleh, then turned and hugged Lin Hegui. Clearly, because of the feedings over the past few days, its heart had been completely captured by Old Lin.

Yin Beiqing’s face darkened a little. Just as Yan Yu thought she was about to go berserk, she saw her take out from her pocket the sugar pouch Yan Yu had given her last time. “I’ll give you one more chance. Are you coming or not?”

“Lotus Bead Fruit!” This sweet fruit could be considered Panpan’s favorite. But what it loved even more than that was the Lotus Bead Fruit candy Yan Yu had personally made. Its nose moved, and very spinelessly, it slid off Lin Hegui’s lap and scampered to Yin Beiqing’s side. “Give me one.”

Yin Beiqing lowered her head and looked at the panda cub raising two front paws and standing upright like a human. She narrowed her eyes and shook the sugar pouch in her hand. “Is that the tone you use when asking me for something?”

“Sister! Good sister! You’re the best Little Qing Sister in the world! Hurry and give me one!”

Yan Yu, feeling ashamed on behalf of her Beast Soul, silently turned around and covered her ears.

…

7:00 p.m.

Zhongpu and the others put in the effort to move out the Gulao Spring water from Lin Hegui’s stock, filled the bathing pool, and then used spiritual arts to control the water temperature.

“Miss Yan, then we’ll go out first.” Zhongpu handed the key in her hand to Yan Yu.

“Thank you for your hard work.” Yan Yu patted her shoulder.

“Just don’t die inside,” Teng Jingjie said lightly. “Otherwise, we’ll have to go through the trouble of cleaning up after you.”

“…”

“Let’s go.” Zhongpu turned and pushed her shoulder, urging her away to keep her from saying anything unpleasant again. “The Valley Master will be here soon.”

At this moment, Yin Beiqing was changing clothes in the room. Before soaking in the spring water, she had to wash herself first.

Her own body was something she understood best. From the previous day onward, she had begun using the breathing regulation method Lin Hegui had taught her. Together with Yan Yu’s acupuncture and pills, the dual approach made her feel that Jiwu’s soul power inside her body was much easier to control than usual.

The feeling of her strength gradually returning to her control made her feel very comfortable. Even the seven-day period that tormented her every time did not affect this mood.

She raised her hand and put on a pale-colored outer robe, then walked toward the bathing pool.

“The door isn’t locked. Just push it open.” Yan Yu’s voice came from inside.

Yin Beiqing raised her hand and pushed the door open. What entered her eyes was Yan Yu in a white dress, half of her body soaked in the water. Her willow-like waist barely rose above the surface, looking as if one hand could hold it.

Her breathing suddenly became somewhat heavy, almost falling out of rhythm, but she quickly adjusted it.

Seeing this person standing still in place, Yan Yu opened her mouth to remind her, “Close the door.”

Yin Beiqing lowered her eyes and smoothly locked the door behind her. “Did you take the cold medicine in advance?”

“I did.” Yan Yu was arranging her acupuncture pouch by the edge of the pool, lining up each filiform needle in position so they could be used immediately if needed later. “Master gave it to me.”

Splash… There was the sound of something cutting through the water. At some unknown point, Yin Beiqing had arrived behind Yan Yu.

“Master this, Master that. You call her quite intimately.”

With her back to her, Yan Yu could not see the undercurrent surging in Yin Beiqing’s eyes, so she did not take it too seriously and replied, “Master is actually a very good person. You can try getting along with her properly.”

“Getting along properly.” Hot breath brushed the side of Yan Yu’s neck. She immediately tightened her grip on the filiform needle in her hand and straightened her back. The voice by her ear continued, “Do I need to remind you that I was never the type of person who can get along properly with others?”

That continuously lowering voice carried threads of chill. Yan Yu suddenly came back to herself. Yes. What was she thinking?

It was already good enough that they had not started fighting.

Teng Jingjie had risked her life for Yin Beiqing for so many years, yet she had never gotten many good words from her.

“All right.” Yan Yu sighed.

“Once my soul power fully recovers, I can fulfill my promise to you.” Yin Beiqing lowered her eyelids, her gaze landing on the defenseless nape of Yan Yu’s neck. “Why don’t you call me Master in advance for me to hear?”

Yan Yu silently continued arranging the needles in her hand until a certain person who received no response reached out and tugged her ear tip.

“All right, Master Yin.” Yan Yu turned around with a helpless expression. “Is this okay?”

But after Yin Beiqing heard it, she frowned, looking rather dissatisfied.

“Doesn’t sound good.”

You were the one who told me to call you that, and now you’re the one disliking it.

“Change it.”

“Yin Beiqing?”

“Change it.”

“…”

“Back then on the rear mountain, what did you call me?”

“You heard it?”

Yin Beiqing nodded, her light-filled eyes staring at her. “Call me that again.”

Yan Yu opened her mouth and hesitantly made the sound, “Qing… Qing’er.”

“Mm.” Yin Beiqing finally revealed a satisfied smile. “This one is better.”

“That… works, I suppose.” It was only a form of address. To Yan Yu, these three names actually were not much different.

A gust of wind from somewhere leaked in and brushed over them. Yan Yu instinctively hunched her shoulders and shivered.

“Very cold?” Yin Beiqing noticed her fingertips turning blue from the cold. “After the Beast Soul Pearl is taken out, you should go out too.”

“No.” Yan Yu’s tone was firm. “I’m staying here.”

This answer was also within Yin Beiqing’s expectations. She bent down slightly, leaned toward Yan Yu, and reached out with both hands to encircle her.

“Then let’s do this.”

Yan Yu blinked slowly in her arms, a little uncertain about the meaning of this action.

Mainly, when had Yin Beiqing learned to take other people’s feelings into consideration?

“Let Jiwu come out.”

“Mm.”

Yan Yu formed a hand seal and cast a summoning spiritual art. Jiwu, who had been sleeping in her Soul Domain, slowly woke. The Beast Soul Pearl began to move with the rhythm of Yan Yu’s breathing, and the scorching heat at her chest climbed upward inch by inch.

Already familiar with this feeling, Yan Yu raised her hand and held Yin Beiqing’s cheeks. “Open your mouth.”

Yin Beiqing stared at her approaching face, somewhat dazed.

Seeing that she had no reaction, Yan Yu met her gaze and asked, “Afraid?”

Yin Beiqing had just wanted to refute her. How could that be possible? Even when facing death, she had never felt the slightest tremor of fear.

But just as she was about to answer, she saw the woman holding her face curve her brows and eyes, smiling very lightly. Her gentle voice seemed to turn into an invisible hand that scratched the tip of Yin Beiqing’s heart.

“It’s all right. I’ll stay with you the whole time.”

The gradually approaching scent of Golden Vine Flowers numbed Yin Beiqing’s nerves a little. She saw Yan Yu stop at a distance of two fingers from herself and open her lips.

Across that small distance, the unwilling Jiwu was once again transferred into Yin Beiqing’s mouth, sliding down her throat all the way to her heart.

Yan Yu asked worriedly, “Does it hurt?”

Yin Beiqing did not answer. She only lightly lowered her head and rested her chin on Yan Yu’s shoulder. Only the occasional muffled groan slipping from her lips exposed how she felt at this moment.

“It’s all right.” At least it was better than any previous time.

The treatment cycle was not long enough, so pain during the fusion process was unavoidable. But it was only to the degree where gritting her teeth could endure it.

Yin Beiqing casually wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and tightened the hand pressed against Yan Yu’s back. Her palm felt Yan Yu’s trembling shoulder blades. This was a shudder from deep within, not one caused by cold.

She was afraid.

But even so, those arms holding Yin Beiqing remained very tight.

Yin Beiqing’s fingertips traced along the edge of those shoulder blades a few times. A trace of displeasure appeared in her eyes.

She was getting thinner and thinner.

She suddenly opened her mouth and bit the snow-white neck she had been watching for so long. But her teeth only shallowly pierced the skin. Her purpose was not to cause much pain.

It was only to leave a mark.

Sure enough, she heard Yan Yu’s breath tighten, followed by her worried question. “What’s wrong?”

Yin Beiqing shook her head, but she did not conceal the constantly expanding possessiveness in her eyes.

“Have you thought it through?”

“What?”

“To support an empress like me.”

Yan Yu’s answer did not carry the slightest hesitation. “Mm. I thought it through from the very beginning. I won’t go back on it.”

“Good. Then from now on, you can only be my goddess.” Yin Beiqing moved her bloodstained lips away and pressed them close to Yan Yu’s ear, speaking word by word in a slightly hoarse voice. “You can only stay by my side, until your hands are stained full of blood for me.”

She thought that this would at least make Yan Yu show some panic. But this fool only hugged her even more tightly. “I already prepared myself for that much long ago.”

In this world where soul power reigned supreme, only by controlling power could one control the right to speak. Especially after personally witnessing Yin Beiqing fighting evil spirits, she had completely made up her mind.

She had to become stronger.

No matter the cost.

“As expected of the goddess I believe in.” Yin Beiqing’s smile was very faint, but the excitement in her eyes was almost overflowing at the edges.

Her heartbeat grew faster and faster. The blood continuously fusing with the Beast Soul Pearl became hotter and hotter, and her joy reached its peak.

Yan Yu held Yin Beiqing and could not see the expression on her face. She could only see the ripples constantly spreading across the pool, just like the thoughts beneath her calm exterior.

“I’m not some faith. I’m only your companion,” Yan Yu said softly. “So you can trust me.”

“Of course. And I am willing to offer my life for it.”

Yin Beiqing straightened and extended her right hand to Yan Yu. Under the latter’s puzzled gaze, she slowly opened her palm.

In the center of her palm was a circular totem glowing red. Twelve points were connected by complex lines, somewhat resembling a summoning magic array from Western mythology.

Yan Yu recognized it at a glance. This was a blood contract. In the original book, Yin Beiqing had also proposed signing one with the male lead.

The twelve points on the blood contract totem respectively symbolized the five viscera, six bowels, and one soul. Using blood to form the contract, once it was established, the fates of both parties would be bound together. If one party died, the other would die with them.

This contract originated from the Polai tribe. At first, it was used between lovers to express the sincerity of being a pair for one lifetime.

But Yan Yu did not want to interpret Yin Beiqing’s way of thinking in that direction. She knew this was the other party’s condition.

If she wanted Yin Beiqing to hand over all her trust, if she wanted to become the other party’s true “one of her own,” then merely making a few promises with words would not be enough.

Yan Yu did not hesitate for too long, even though she could not be one hundred percent certain of Yin Beiqing’s future fate.

She slowly placed her own right hand over Yin Beiqing’s palm and nodded.

“Okay.”