Chapter 56: So You’re The One Who Gave Zi Yuan Those Ideas?
However, Meng Yichen firmly remembered the previous lesson this time, knowing that she hated being used the most, no matter in what aspect, so he didn’t dare to show any abnormality, just subtly trying to stay closer to her, even closer.
Although Meng Yichen was very good-looking, just based on his physique, he couldn’t be Lin Xin’s type, let alone the fact that she had never thought about getting married at all, just planning to raise her younger brother well and then live off him.
So she felt uncomfortable with Meng Yichen’s approach, thus she slightly distanced herself from him. Although thinking this way seemed a bit self-indulgent, her main goal was to leave no ambiguity space for anyone. Having already suffered from Mo Ziyuan’s looks last time was enough to make her annoyed.
“By the way, where is Mo Ziyuan? Why didn’t he come with you?” Thinking of Mo Ziyuan, Lin Xin realized that he wasn’t among the people who came today.
“Zi Yuan,” Meng Yichen uncomfortably turned his head and coughed, “Zi Yuan had something to do and went back to the Capital City.”
“Back to the Capital City?” Lin Xin frowning repeated it once, “Is he sending the things I gave him back to the Capital City to those Imperial Clan and Elders?”
Meng Yichen raised his eyebrows, not expecting that Mo Ziyuan had even told her about this.
Lin Xin immediately understood his expression, but she didn’t feel uncomfortable about it. They weren’t familiar with each other to begin with, so distrust was normal. On the contrary, she felt that it was abnormal for Mo Ziyuan to tell her everything last time.
“He told me in order to get the things in my hands. I promised him I wouldn’t tell anyone.” Lin Xin thought about it and still gave an explanation. After all, it was a matter of life and death. If it made Meng Yichen think Mo Ziyuan was someone with a loose mouth and unreliable, that wouldn’t be good.
Meng Yichen was a smart person and immediately understood what she meant to express. He couldn’t help but laugh, “Miss Lin, you don’t need to tell me these things. We all trust Zi Yuan’s judgment. Since he told you about it, it means he trusts you, so naturally we all will trust you too. We’ll have a long time to get along in the future, and you’ll know then.”
He had said “in the future” twice himself, and combined with what Mo Ziyuan said about their plan to build a house in the village, she had a guess: “You won’t turn our village into your big base in the future, will you!”
“Huh? Why do you ask that?” Meng Yichen blinked in surprise, somewhat shocked by her sharpness.
“Just my guess.” Lin Xin didn’t say more to him, turned around and went into the kitchen. The braised pork ribs should be ready.
Everyone was very satisfied with this meal, especially since they brought shao jiu themselves. Cui Shi, this little old man, had sauce juice all over his beard, squinting his eyes and saying to Lin Xin: ” entrust Nan Nan to me with peace of mind. In less than ten years, I guarantee you’ll see the rise of little Divine Doctor Lin.”
Lin Xin just took it as him talking nonsense because he was drunk. Which family takes ten years to learn medicine and becomes a Divine Doctor?
Meng Yichen also joined in the fun, “Miss Lin, leave the enlightenment of Nan Nan to me. I guarantee he can get into the top three in the college entrance exam in the future!”
Gao Yong and the others also chimed in one after another, saying they would teach Lin Nan kung fu, so that those who wanted to bully him would be beaten until they couldn’t find their teeth all over the ground, and even their mothers wouldn’t recognize them.
Looking at a table of people with hazy drunkenness, Lin Xin suddenly felt a bit warm in her heart, just like a team she had been in during the apocalypse. Except for the captain’s girlfriend and her, all the team members were big men. Before every mission, they would pat their chests “pa pa” and say real men should protect girls. And every time they encountered danger, they really did that.
Unfortunately, when they were collecting supplies in a mall, they encountered high-level zombies. To protect the only two girls, those people died one by one in front of them. The last one to die was the captain. Before dying, he said to them: “In the future, you’ll have to protect yourselves. You still need to practice your skills more!”
After saying that, he walked into the zombie horde and self-detonated his supernatural ability core, leaving enough time for her and his girlfriend to escape. But later, the captain’s girlfriend still died in a zombie siege, and she almost lost her life too. At the critical moment, she awakened her wood element ability and escaped the disaster.
Thinking of these things, Lin Xin felt like it was raining. Otherwise, why was her face wet!
She tilted her head up and wiped her face, only to find that she had unknowingly burst into tears.
“Miss, Miss Lin, why, why are you crying?” The first to speak was always the honest Gao Yong.
“I’m fine. This wine is too spicy.” Lin Xin casually found an excuse.
“Hey, I thought something happened! This shao jiu is indeed strong, not suitable for you girls to drink.”
This matter was quickly brushed past. The big men started toasting each other. Looking at them now, Lin Xin thought of their ending in the book. It seemed none of them survived.
She looked at Meng Yichen again. He was the last to die, and he avenged everyone.
At that time when she read the book, she didn’t feel much. Anyway, changes in the throne have always been accompanied by bloodshed and sacrifice. In her view, those characters were just created by the author, all NPCs.
But now she had also become one of those NPCs. She suddenly didn’t want these people to repeat the ending in the book. She wanted them all to live.
“Miss Lin, what are you thinking?” Meng Yichen couldn’t drink because of his body, so he was the soberest besides Lin Nan. Seeing Lin Xin’s emotion was off, he sat next to her and asked.
Lin Xin shook her head, not knowing how to say it. After thinking for a long time, she hesitantly asked him: “Do you······ do you think sending those things to the Capital City will really be useful?”
Meng Yichen pondered for a moment, shook his head and answered: “It might have a little use, but I personally think it won’t be much. It’s even very likely to only take out one of their small fries, absolutely unable to shake their foundation.”
Lin Xin looked over in surprise, “Then why didn’t you stop Mo Ziyuan?”
Meng Yichen was silent for a while and said: “Zi Yuan going to the Capital City is not just to hand over the things. He also······ he also has to do something very dangerous. I couldn’t stop him, and I can’t stop him.”
Lin Xin suddenly had a bad feeling, “He······ he isn’t going to assassinate the Grand Tutor, is he?”
Meng Yichen was only surprised for a moment, then silently nodded: “Correct, he went to assassinate the Grand Tutor.”
“Hiss~” Lin Xin sucked in a cold breath, “I just said it casually, how did he really go!”
Meng Yichen suddenly turned his head to look at her: “The one who gave Zi Yuan the idea was you?”
Lin Xin uncomfortably nodded, “I heard him say the Emperor is obsessed with pills all day, neglecting court affairs, and favoring treacherous ministers. I said even if he got that thing, who could he show it to? Might as well solve it once and for all, directly take out the Grand Tutor.”
Meng Yichen, even with his unparalleled wisdom, didn’t know what expression to make at this moment. At the same time, he felt very strange. Zi Yuan clearly wasn’t someone who could easily change his decision, so why did he make that deadly decision after hearing one sentence from Miss Lin?
“What to do now? Can we still contact him?” Lin Xin a bit hated her loose tongue back then and hurriedly thought of remedy methods.
Meng Yichen shook his head, “By now Zi Yuan has already set off. From here to the Capital City, rushing without sleep or rest takes about two days of kung fu. He’s probably gone halfway by now, can’t catch up even if we chase.”
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