Title: After the Villainess Awakens
Translator: Fuyu
Chapter 2 - Let's be together! (2)
Leng Mushi was only a weak mortal. How could she outrun Xiao Mian, a disciple that the Taichu Sect elder was proud to have. Within a moment, she felt an icy blade on her neck.
"Ah! Sir Xiao, Immortal Xiao, hold your hand steady. Let me explain…" Leng Mushi raised her hand. Xiao Mian's belt was dangling from one of her raised hands. "I was just joking with you. Really! Put your sword away. You're scaring me."
Xiao Mian's spiritual sword was forged by his master, Tian Xiuzi. It was a rare spiritual object in the cultivation world. At the moment, the sword could feel its owner's deep anger, and the spiritual energy in the runes on the sword faintly glowed. The sword's cold energy penetrated into Leng Mushi's skin. She shivered from the bone-chilling energy.
"Immortal Xiao?" Leng Mushi's senses weren't as good as Xiao Mian. The moonlight wasn't bright enough for her to see that Xiao Mian had lost control of his emotions for a moment.
He sheathed his sword, took the belt that Leng Mushi had ripped off of him, looked at the torn part, and finally sighed in relief when he saw that the jade buckle was still there.
If his shizun hadn't wanted him to bring the remaining descendants of the Leng family to Taichu Sect safely and there wasn't the slightest detectable trace of demon energy on Leng Mushi's body, he might not have been able to stop himself from hurting her.
He put his sword away, but he couldn't tie his damaged belt. He wasn't at the cultivation level where he could create objects, but it wasn't his style to leave his clothes untied. He could only chop off a branch with his sword, gather up his loose robe, and use the soft branch as a temporary belt.
His movements were efficient. Once he was done with that, he strode forward. This time, he used a bit of consciousness to guard against this woman in case she did something crazy again.
Sure enough, she still wasn't peaceful and shouted from behind him, "Brother Xiao! Let's be together!"
Leng Mushi's hairpin had fallen off during her earlier run, and her long hair had fallen down.
Unlike Xiao Mian, who still looked like an ethereal immortal even when his clothes were messy, she was an ordinary mortal. Even though she was pretty, with her long hair in disarray and having to show a crazy expression according to the plot, she could only be described as deranged.
She shouted, "Brother Xiao, if you don't agree, I'll jump down from here!"
Xiao Mian was truly offended by her. She had been so troublesome throughout the journey. For a moment, he indulged in the thought of how peaceful it would be if she really jumped down and got hurt. However, the moment he noticed that she was really going to jump off the cliff, he locked in her location with his consciousness and rushed back. At the last moment, he caught her!
Not this spot! She could jump, but not from this spot!
Leng Mushi closed her eyes and prepared to fall. She wasn't scared of getting hurt. After all, the novel required a villainess like her to be around to cause trouble for a long time.
The law of the novel world told her that she wouldn't get hurt if she fell from here. Not only would she be unscathed, she would use this opportunity to falsely accuse her sister, Leng Tianyin, of pushing her down the cliff. She would say this to their ancestor, Tian Xuzi, the fifth elder of Tianchu Sect.
Of course, Leng Tianyin was the heroine of this novel. Leng Tianyin and Xiao Mian, who was keeping her from falling, were a match made in heaven… Wait, why did he stop her?!
This time, she reacted very quickly. She had finished speaking her lines. And now, she had to fall off the cliff to complete this scene in the plot!
This guy had walked so far away. Why did he come back to stop her?
Leng Mushi quickly tried to struggle out of his grip. "Let go! Really, I'm fine. I won't die if I fall from here."
She couldn't break out of his grip, so she could only stand at the edge of the cliff and argue with him, "Let's be reasonable here. Whether I jump or not has nothing to do with you. If you don't let go, I'll scream 'pervert' !"
Her attitude was awful, and she insisted on jumping off the cliff. She was completely different from her previous self that had confessed to him.
However, Xiao Mian seemed just as stubborn as her. He had a death grip on her and even pried her off the cliff.
Two days, it had taken two days before she found an opportunity to act out a scene from the novel. She had reached the final step and refused to give up now. She couldn't break free from him. In desperation, she resorted to childish tricks like hanging off Xiao Mian's arm as if it was a swing and even bit his wrist.
Xiao Mian had never met such a rascal. He didn't know what to do next.
In contrast, Leng Mushi noted that he didn't let her go even when she bit him.
Her imminent death stimulated her intelligence. She switched tactics and suddenly hugged Xiao Mian and softly said, "Brother Xiao, you're so reluctant to let me jump off the cliff. Could it be that you agree for us to be together?"
Xiao Mian had a taboo; he didn't like to be close to others and his waist was especially sensitive.
Leng Mushi naturally knew his weakness. After all, she was someone that knew the plot.
Sure enough, Xiao Mian had goosebumps from being hugged. He reflectively pushed her away, and she was thrown off the cliff.
There was a difference between being mentally prepared to jump down and being thrown down. Her instinctive desire for survival made her grab anything within reach. With the worst luck possible, she ended up grabbing the belt that Xiao Mian was holding.
"Ahh!"
"Ow!"
The next moment, they rolled down the gentle slope under the edge of a cliff. As it turned out, there was a slope right under the would-be cliff.
The inside of her storage bag lit up. Leng Mushi smiled while lying in a patch of grass.
She had completed the scene! Sure enough, it was safe to fall from here!
This time, Xiao Mian had no composure left. He sat up, grabbed the belt from Leng Mushi, rolled it up, and stuffed into his clothes
Leng Mushi also sat up. A moment later, the mountain wind blew by. The cold wind made her aware that her face and hands were wet. She didn't know what the liquid was.
And so, she muttered in confusion, "Eh, what is this…"
She instinctively raised her hand to her nose. Was the liquid from squashing some fruit? It seemed too early for there to be dew.
"Don't!" Xiao Mian saw her movement, and his solemn expression cracked. He shouted in panic. At the same time, he struck her hard on the neck and knocked her unconscious before she could smell the liquid on her hand.
In the valley under the moon, the young man's ethereal face was blushing so hard that it looked like blood was about to drip out.
Fuyu’s Note: I’m back =). I wrote a review on Novel Updates if you want to know more about the story and why I like it.