I Snatched the Male Lead’s "Cool Novel" Script - Chapter 41

This shedding went very smoothly, but Yan Yu still pressed Yin Beiqing down and made her stay put for a day as an observation period. Only after confirming that she truly had no adverse reactions did everyone begin preparing to set off back to Langdie Valley.

Before leaving, Yan Yu left Lin Hegui some high-quality Amber Grass she had harvested from her Soul Domain. It would be useful as medicine for Lin Zhuxun’s later recovery.

Lin Hegui also knew that the relationship between Yan Yu and Yin Beiqing was complicated. Although she very much wanted to persuade Yan Yu to stay with her until school started so they could go to Yuling Academy together, in the end, she swallowed all those words back.

“I’ve already sent my recommendation letter.” As Lin Hegui spoke, she took out a pendant. A white crane spreading its wings as if about to fly was carved on it. “When you go report in, give this to the teacher in charge of registration. She’ll know what to do.”

Yan Yu nodded. “Thank you, Master.”

“Be careful on the road. If anything happens, contact me through the spirit mirror.”

The spirit mirror was the most widely used communication tool in this world. It was only palm-sized and could be folded. After using a specific spiritual art, the face of the person being contacted would appear on the mirror. As long as the other party answered, both sides could hold a long-distance conversation.

“I know. Once I arrive, I’ll report my safety to you.” Yan Yu smiled obediently.

“Sigh.” Lin Hegui reluctantly patted her shoulder, then lowered her head and tugged at the hem of her clothes. She had already said all the words of farewell, but she still did not want her to leave.

After living quietly for so long, occasionally experiencing some liveliness and then returning to the original days somehow made her feel unaccustomed.

Seeing this, Yan Yu took the initiative to step forward and hug her, comforting her aloud. “It’s fine, Master. School is starting soon. When the time comes, I’ll have many things I need to ask you about.”

“First read the books I told you to read. When school starts, I’ll check.” Lin Hegui had stuffed quite a few Healing Arts-related books into Yan Yu’s bundle. She was just short of assigning summer homework and making her copy them by hand.

“All right. I’ll definitely read every single one.” After saying this, Yan Yu waved at Panpan, who was still lying on Lin Hegui’s shoulder. “We’re leaving, Panpan.”

“Ah…” The little fatty looked more disappointed than anyone. It reluctantly rubbed its head against Lin Hegui’s cheek and said in a soft voice, “Then I’m going home, awo.”

“Take good care of your master. Eat more and grow sturdier. Also, don’t bully Lujia.”

“I didn’t bully Lujia.” Panpan bent down and used the tip of its nose to bump Lujia’s back. “Say it, say it. Did I bully you?”

Lujia had not slept well the night before and was currently lying there in a daze. After being bumped a few times, it immediately woke with a start, thinking something had happened. It instinctively scrambled onto Yan Yu’s arm and hugged her. “Master, Master, what’s wrong?”

Yan Yu patted its head. “It’s nothing. Panpan was teasing you.”

“Hey.” Yin Beiqing, who had watched this master-disciple farewell drama for half a day from behind, finally spoke impatiently. “If we don’t leave soon, the sun will set.”

Yan Yu turned back and waved at her to soothe her. “Coming.”

She said goodbye to Lin Hegui one last time and picked up Panpan, preparing to leave, but her wrist was pulled again.

“Good disciple, if one day you want to turn back from the precipice, you must tell Master.” Lin Hegui hooked her index finger over the blood contract totem at Yan Yu’s wrist. Although the meaning in her words was vague, Yan Yu understood it very clearly.

She trusted Yan Yu, which was why she had chosen to help Yin Beiqing. But this did not mean she acknowledged Yin Beiqing as a person, nor did she approve of her domineering, arrogant way of doing things.

“Thank you, Master.” Yan Yu smiled good-temperedly. “But I never make decisions I’ll regret.”

…

The journey back was smoother than the journey there. Plus, with the travel money given by the You tribespeople and Lin Hegui, Yan Yu was not hungry along the way.

It was only that she had not properly lain down on a bed to rest for too long, making her look more tired than usual. When she got out of the carriage, she nearly twisted her ankle, but Yin Beiqing supported her from behind.

“Be careful.”

“Mm.”

Yan Yu used the strength of her arm to steady herself. The moment her feet touched the ground, she realized just how much she had missed Langdie Valley.

Perhaps subconsciously, she felt this was the safest place. Only after coming back and smelling this familiar scent did the tension in her heart completely relax.

It was still the familiar main gate. But the last time Yan Yu came here, she had been treated as a prisoner, her hands tied and pressed inside. This time, what welcomed her were two rows of maidservants standing in formation.

The four people who had stayed in the valley were also beside the line. Ying Fan was lazily yawning. Beside her was Miutan, head lowered as she flicked an abacus, and Ruan Yuemin, whose expression could not be read.

And beside them… was a somewhat unfamiliar face, the remaining one of the Five Lesser Guardians—Lin Baizhu.

She wore a long white robe. Her silver hair, which fell to her waist, was gently tied with a light-blue hair ribbon. Beneath her lifted eyelids was a pair of silver eyes the same color as her hair. Paired with her expressionless face, she gave off a snowy indifference.

“Valley Master.” She took a few steps and stopped in front of Yan Yu, but she looked past her and greeted Yin Beiqing at the side. “I have already prepared the things you wanted.”

“No rush. We’ll talk tomorrow morning.”

Yan Yu was shorter than the two of them. Standing in the middle, she looked left and right, and in the end, obediently chose not to speak.

A few days ago, she had spoken with Yin Beiqing once and told her about Lin Hegui wanting her to go to Yuling Academy to further study Healing Arts.

On this matter, Yin Beiqing had not shown much opposition, which was why Yan Yu had the courage to bring up the remaining half of her plan.

Before saying it out loud, Yan Yu had drafted it in her stomach more than ten times, and had even imagined several ways to continue persuading Yin Beiqing if she did not agree. In the end, the other party actually spoke before her.

“Since you, the goddess, have made such thorough preparations, what would I, the future empress, look like if I weren’t a little more active?”

In the past, Yin Beiqing had not liked showing herself in public because she did not want to endure those unfriendly gazes. But now, it was different.

Heaven had given her a chance to turn the tables and fight, and she would seize it tightly. She wanted to watch those once-contemptuous gazes turn into unwillingness and fear. She wanted to sit on the throne in truth and be revered by all people.

A calamity hated by everyone could also become empress. She would personally turn this “joke” into reality.

Only this could fill the hatred in her heart.

Thanks to Yin Beiqing’s habit of staying out of sight, this face had maintained perfect mystery. Aside from the dead beneath the tombstone on the rear mountain, no one had seen her true appearance. It could be said that as long as they acted carefully, hiding her identity would not be difficult.

As for the layered admission file investigations involved in enrollment, all these could be handed over to Lin Baizhu, who was a mentor at Yuling Academy.

“But in the spirit mirror earlier, you clearly told me this matter was extremely urgent and asked me to resolve it quickly,” Lin Baizhu replied.

Yin Beiqing lowered her brows and rubbed her fingers together, her tone not very concerned. “Did I?”

Lin Baizhu’s hand hanging by her side clenched into a fist, restraining the urge to slap this infuriating face. “Yes.”

“But I’m tired today.” Yin Beiqing leaned her arm on Yan Yu’s shoulder and said lazily, “I want to rest for a while first. We’ll talk after I feel more comfortable.”

“But…”

“But what?” Yin Beiqing interrupted her, turning to ask Yan Yu, “You’re tired too, aren’t you, sickly weakling?”

Yan Yu really was quite tired, so much so that her calves were trembling slightly as she stood on the ground. But faced with Yin Beiqing’s question, she gave a bitter smile, not daring to nod or shake her head.

“See, our goddess is tired too.” Yin Beiqing spoke for herself and waved a hand. “Then whatever, Little Zhu, you should go rest first.”

Lin Baizhu immediately corrected her. “Valley Master, please call me by my full name. I am not called Little Zhu.”

“Very well, Little Zhu.” Yin Beiqing straightened and looked at her. “Go teach those brats first. Don’t disturb me.”

After saying that, she lifted her head and left. Yan Yu followed behind, hesitating as she wanted to comfort Lin Baizhu with a few words. But the other party lowered her head and saw Yan Yu’s hesitant expression, then spoke one step ahead.

“Don’t casually talk to me.”

“…All right.” Yan Yu raised a hand and patted her forehead, her tone somewhat annoyed.

It was not as if she did not know this person’s temper. Why did she go up to press her warm face against a cold butt?

She followed Yin Beiqing’s steps and quickly returned to her own room.

The room had probably been cleaned regularly, so there was not much dust. The maidservants had also thoughtfully lit incense for her to remove the damp smell from rainy days.

Yan Yu put down her luggage. After a simple bath, she lit Golden Vine Flower incense and could not wait to throw herself onto the bed.

Her cheek sank into the warm, soft quilt, and she closed her eyes in satisfaction. Her already exhausted body, under the effect of the Golden Vine Flower scent, entered sleep even faster.

Thus, she did not even have time to turn over. She fell asleep just like that, lying on her stomach.

Because she slept too deeply, Yan Yu directly cut off even her spiritual awareness. In the middle, a maidservant came once to deliver dinner, but there was no response even after knocking.

When the moon climbed up, Yan Yu was still in this same position. Panpan and Lujia could not wait any longer.

These days, aside from eating, they had only been sleeping in the Soul Domain. If they slept any more, even beasts would sleep themselves stupid.

Just as the two little things were sneaking down from the bed, a knocking sound suddenly came from the room’s window.

“Ah!”

“Shh…” Lujia raised a claw toward Panpan. “Don’t wake Master.”

Panpan nodded, then pointed at the window. The two beasts silently walked over.

Clang— There was another sound.

Now Panpan was certain that someone was deliberately throwing stones. It had even seen the shadow of the stone flying over.

Just as it was about to plant its paws on its waist and go out to stop the person, a familiar voice suddenly sounded and spoke to it through the window.

“Hey, Fatty, open the window.”

Every time the maidservants finished cleaning, they would lock the window from the inside. Yan Yu had only been focused on sleeping earlier and had not pushed the latch open.

“What for?” Panpan pinched its voice and answered softly.

Hearing it respond like this, Yin Beiqing sharply asked, “The sickly weakling is asleep?”

But according to the maidservants, she had not even eaten dinner.

“Yeah. Master is very tired and needs to rest. Don’t make noise.”

“Then you should open the window even more.”

“Why?”

“Because if you don’t open it, I’ll keep throwing stones until this window is smashed through.”

Panpan was so angry it gritted its teeth, but it still opened the latch for her.

“You shameless villain!”

Yin Beiqing smiled and tugged its furry ear. “Which one was it who called me good sister over and over before?”

“Anyway, it wasn’t me.”

Yin Beiqing had no intention of arguing with it. She waved her hand. “Move aside.”

“Wh-what are you doing?”

Yin Beiqing did not answer. She only supported herself on the windowsill with her left hand and flipped into the room as lightly as a swallow.

Panpan nervously watched her stride toward the bed. Just when it thought this person was about to do something excessive again, she simply stopped.

“Sleeping like this.” Yin Beiqing muttered in a low voice.

Then she bent down, took off Yan Yu’s shoes, and moved her legs onto the bed. When her hand supported Yan Yu’s back and was about to turn her over, she felt the muscles under her hand suddenly tighten.

Raising her head, sure enough, she met Yan Yu’s open eyes.

Yan Yu instinctively hunched her shoulders. Her face had the panic of being frightened, and there were marks pressed into her right cheek by the pillow and her hair. They were slightly red, but they also revealed a rare, somewhat silly look.

“It’s you?”

Yin Beiqing’s expression was calm, without the slightest guilt of sneaking into someone’s chamber at night. “I can’t sleep.”

Yan Yu was almost made to start doubting herself by her righteous confidence.

If you can’t sleep, you just stand here? And not only stand here, but you even put your hands on me?

“And then?” Yan Yu pressed the bridge of her nose with a headache. “I don’t have the strength to sing you a lullaby today.”

“No need to sing.” Yin Beiqing simply saw it through to the end, taking off her shoes and outer robe before lying down.

The single bed became narrow because of her addition. Yan Yu moved back a little and looked at her in confusion.

The other party gave her a “don’t make a fuss” look. “Your place looks easier to sleep in.”