I Snatched the Male Lead’s "Cool Novel" Script - Chapter 51

Her fingers somehow felt a little weak. Yan Yu’s lashes trembled very faintly, and she pushed the person back. “Stop while you’re ahead.”

Yin Beiqing lifted her head and looked at her. From that gaze alone, one could tell she had no intention of understanding what those four words meant.

“Let go.”

“If I don’t, will you get angry?”

Yan Yu’s chest rose and fell once. She used force to pull her hand back, hid it behind her back, then clenched it tightly into a fist.

But even so, the lingering touch left in her palm still would not fade.

“All right.” Yin Beiqing seemed to accept this very quickly. Then she raised her hand again, pinched Yan Yu’s face, and pulled both sides outward. “Then smile at me the way you did before.”

The “vein popping” symbol on Yan Yu’s forehead was about to explode out. No one had pinched her face like this since elementary school.

She immediately pulled down the hands committing evil on her face. “If you pull my face like this, I can’t smile.”

“Then you’re still angry.” Yin Beiqing nodded and concluded.

“…” I think you’re just being unreasonable.

Just then, the room door was suddenly knocked. The innkeeper’s nervous voice came through the door. “Honored guest, hello. Someone has come looking for you. May I ask if you’re here?”

Yin Beiqing’s expression instantly turned very poor, as if she was displeased with this third party who had inappropriately ruined the moment.

“I’m here.” Yan Yu, however, felt as though she had been granted amnesty. She answered, stood, and went to open the door.

She originally thought it was only the innkeeper coming to deliver something or provide room service. But the instant the door opened, she sensed the unusual atmosphere outside.

The innkeeper’s complexion did not look very good as she moved one step to the side, revealing the person standing behind her. “Colonel Lin, please take a look. Is this the person you were looking for?”

The woman behind her wore a long coat made of stiff material, its buttons fastened meticulously all the way to the top one at the collar. On her feet were a pair of polished black military boots, and a Jin Kingdom military badge was pinned to her chest.

Beneath the brim of her black hat, her narrow phoenix eyes looked extremely imposing.

Lin Luo lifted her chin and looked Yan Yu up and down. She did not say a word through several small movements, yet the aura of someone in a high position was displayed thoroughly. After confirming her target, she lifted the hand hanging by her side, and the two subordinates behind her immediately stepped forward to restrain Yan Yu.

But before the two could touch the corner of Yan Yu’s clothes, a spiritual arts impact with extremely strong force blasted out from inside the room. Yin Beiqing’s unfriendly voice followed afterward. “Who allowed you to touch her?”

Although the two sergeants were young, their soul power was not weak. Yet they were directly sent flipping over the railing of the second floor by this spiritual art that seemed to have been casually thrown out.

“Who are you?” Lin Luo’s attention was drawn to her. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she looked her up and down.

To cast spiritual arts this quickly without hand seals or spells—according to what she knew, there were no more than three Beast Arts Masters who could accomplish this level. One of them was even the current empress.

“Who am I?” Yin Beiqing took a step forward and blocked Yan Yu behind her. Her gaze was faint. “You’re not qualified to know.”

“How insolent! Do you know who this is?” The soldier behind Lin Luo felt indignant on her behalf. Excited, he wanted to step forward and argue with Yin Beiqing, but Lin Luo stopped him with a single glance. “You don’t even look in the mirror to see how much you’re worth, yet your temper is quite big.”

“Your spiritual arts are very impressive.” Lin Luo revealed a professional smile toward Yin Beiqing. After removing the white glove on her right hand, she extended that hand toward her. “If there is a chance, I would very much like to properly spar with you. But not today. Today…”

She tilted her head slightly, her gaze moving toward Yan Yu behind Yin Beiqing. “Today, I came to find this Miss Yan behind you.”

“You aren’t the one looking for me. The empress is, isn’t she?” Yan Yu said in a low voice.

It was not difficult to guess the person behind Lin Luo from her identity, but she had not expected the other party to find her so quickly.

This was the capital city. Everywhere was filled with spies planted by different factions. Perhaps their group had already been under surveillance ever since they entered the city gates.

“Since Miss Yan knows, then please come with me.” Lin Luo made a gesture, looking polite and elegant, though there was no warmth in her eyes.

“I’ll go with you, but I want to say a few words to her.”

Lin Luo’s gaze swept between the two of them. Very quickly, she smiled and agreed. “All right. Then I’ll wait here.”

How was this waiting? She was clearly afraid they would run away and was guarding the door while watching them.

Yan Yu closed the door. Facing Yin Beiqing’s unfriendly expression, she rubbed her forehead with some headache and explained, “You investigated my background before. You should know about my family’s situation, right?”

“You are the Yan family’s only daughter. So what?”

“Yes.” Yan Yu nodded. “There’s just one tiny little problem. Back then, when the empress agreed to spare my life, there was a condition.”

That condition was that she could never step into the capital city again.

Yin Beiqing lowered her head. “You are the goddess possessing this body, not her herself. This requirement cannot bind you.”

“But they don’t know that. So right now, I only need to go explain things to the empress. If it’s quick, I’ll be back tonight.”

“Explain.” Yin Beiqing curled her lips. “Do you take me for a three-year-old child who’s so easy to fool?”

The current empress was violent by nature and most tabooed anyone challenging her authority. Back then, leaving the original body one life had already been the result of multiple compromises. Now, Yan Yu dared to walk into the capital city so casually and openly. To the empress, this was equivalent to the humiliation of being slapped in public.

Looking at Yan Yu’s unchanged expression, Yin Beiqing gently nodded and suddenly understood everything. “You already guessed what would happen after entering the capital city, yet you didn’t tell me a single thing. You don’t trust me?”

Yan Yu heard that her tone was not very good and hurried over to hold her hand. “Of course I trust you. It’s just that I can handle this matter myself. You all have your own things to be busy with, and I felt there was no need to say it and make you upset.”

“I originally wanted to tell you all after everything was handled. I didn’t expect them to move so quickly.” Besides, the two of them had been in a cold war before and could not talk about it.

“You say you can handle it. Then how do you plan to handle it?” Yin Beiqing’s gaze abruptly turned cold. She raised her own wrist, her sleeve sliding down to reveal the blood contract totem on her skin. “Or are you still not planning to tell me even now?”

Yan Yu silently reached out the hand that bore her own blood contract and gently clasped Yin Beiqing’s. Under Yin Beiqing’s piercing gaze, she actually curved her brows and eyes into a gentle smile. “No matter how the empress is, can she be more terrifying than you were at first? Since I managed to survive in your hands, could I really fail to explain this matter clearly?”

Yin Beiqing never expected that after so many days of cold war, the first time Yan Yu smiled at her would be at a time like this.

Before she could fully understand the meaning behind Yan Yu’s words, the other party swiftly followed with a head-pat kill. “And you? Don’t you trust me?”

The violent mess inside her heart was like a balloon that had suddenly been poked with a hole, releasing more than half its air with a whoosh.

“If you insist on going, fine. I’m going with you.” Her tone had lost much of its gunpowder, but still revealed stubbornness.

“Mm.” Unexpectedly, Yan Yu did not refuse. She tightened her grip on Yin Beiqing’s hand. “With you there, I do seem to feel more at ease.”

Actually, what Yan Yu was thinking at this moment was that if she did not let this person go, then with her temper, she would probably immediately turn the capital city upside down. When the time came, if a few random crimes were pinned on her and she was dragged inside, the entrance exams for all of them would most likely go up in smoke.

This matter had to be resolved, but absolutely not with force.

“Colonel Lin, since the empress is merely inviting me as a guest, then there should be a proper way to treat guests. She shouldn’t mind if I bring a friend along, right?”

Lin Luo glanced sideways at Yan Yu, noticing that her expression was natural and showed not the slightest fear of disaster approaching. She laughed softly in her heart.

It had been some time since she last saw the Yan family’s daughter, and she had become much steadier.

But that was good too. It made handling things more convenient for her.

“Of course. It’s just that the empress also has the empress’s rules. The palace gates are not something any random person can enter.” After saying that, she shifted her gaze to Yin Beiqing.

“Don’t worry. In the future, even when you beg me to enter, I might not necessarily go.” Yin Beiqing answered expressionlessly.

The disturbance had grown so big that many people in the inn were craning their necks to look over. Ruan Yuemin, who was mixed in among the crowd, received the hint in Yin Beiqing’s eyes and immediately nodded, turning to notify the others.

Yan Yu and Yin Beiqing soon followed Lin Luo’s steps into the carriage, which drove straight toward the imperial palace.

At the gate, Lin Luo called for the carriage to stop and reminded Yin Beiqing with a smile that did not reach her eyes that they had arrived.

“It’s all right.” Yan Yu patted the back of Yin Beiqing’s hand. “It’s so close anyway. If anything really happens, it won’t be too late for you to come in then.”

Lin Luo heard every word of their conversation, and a hint of mockery appeared in her eyes.

She was mocking Yan Yu’s naivety, as if Yan Yu thought the imperial clan’s barrier was a toy glass cover that could be broken at will. If just anyone could come and go freely, then wouldn’t this barrier be nothing but decoration?

Of course, Yin Beiqing did not ignore the contempt she showed. So she turned her back, and from an angle Yan Yu could not see, she lowered her face and gave Lin Luo a cold warning look. Her lips slowly parted as she mouthed three words.

“Try it.”

This was an extremely direct and arrogant provocation. Even Lin Luo, who prided herself on excellent emotional control, was nearly provoked into anger.

If not for the proper business she had today, she would have taken off her military uniform and fought this coward who did not even dare show her face to her heart’s content, teaching her what submission meant.

“I’m going. Wait for me.”

Yin Beiqing turned to Yan Yu. Her face had long since changed expressions, and the surging killing intent from earlier had vanished completely. She nodded and replied softly, “Mm. Don’t be afraid.”

After leaving Yin Beiqing at the gate, Yan Yu continued riding inside with the carriage. Once Yin Beiqing was not there, Lin Luo’s tone was no longer as polite as before. She turned the ring on her thumb and said to Yan Yu, “You should know that inviting you today is not as simple as being a guest, right?”

There were only two people in the carriage. Yan Yu also could not be bothered to pretend to be friendly with her. Her voice had no fluctuation as she said, “Then surely you don’t also think I suddenly became happy and wanted to deliver my head to the empress for fun, do you?”

Hearing this, Lin Luo raised her brows in surprise. “To still have the leisure to joke at a time like this, it seems the lesson from before was not thorough enough.”

Was it her illusion? She kept feeling that the Yan Yu in front of her and the person from before who would burst into tears at the slightest thing were completely different.

A person whose entire clan had been exterminated showed no trace of grief or decadence. Not only had her complexion become much rosier, her temperament also seemed very different. This steadiness came from the precipitation of years and was not a change that could happen overnight.

At the very least, the Yan Yu before her now was no longer the little girl whose thoughts could be seen through at a glance.

“It seems Colonel Lin really likes watching people cry. What a pity. I don’t like crying.” Yan Yu lightly pushed her words back at her, closed her eyes, and leaned to the side. “Also, I’m going to rest now.”

—Meaning, please stop talking to me.

For the first time in Lin Luo’s life, she suffered such frustration. But thinking that she, a dignified colonel, would be lowering her status too much if she fussed over a little girl who could not even pass the Beast Arts Master qualification exam, she simply closed her eyes as well, out of sight and out of mind.

Author’s Note:

Yan Yu: Smoothing fur, I’m a professional.