Competing with the Male Lead for the Female Lead (Transmigration) - Chapter 25

In the short time Lan Feier had been occupied, Wen Wuning and Sheng Baihe had already brought the entire village under control.

As she emerged from the house, she saw Wen Wuning with a tightly furrowed brow, seemingly looking for something.

Her brow relaxed when she saw Lan Feier.

“Are you alright?” Wen Wuning stepped forward to examine Lan Feier.

Lan Feier shook her head, noticing that everyone in the village was standing outside their houses, and these were all women and children, their eyes filled with fear.

“Did you take care of all the men in this village?” Lan Feier couldn’t help but ask.

“No, we just controlled their village chief.”

And most of the men were injured.

Lan Feier hadn’t expected them to be so quick. She told Wen Wuning about what she had seen under that house.

Wen Wuning merely frowned slightly, not as surprised as Lan Feier.

Confirming that Lan Feier was alright, Wen Wuning led her to a house that was noticeably taller and wider than the surrounding ones.

She knew it. How could the village chief have no special privileges at all?

With the village chief in their hands, and the other fighting forces in the village either dead or injured, they finally dared not act rashly again.

What a bunch of non-violent, non-cooperative barbarians.

Inside the house, Sheng Baihe sat by the fire, a strong middle-aged man bound tightly and thrown in a corner, presumably the village chief. A woman holding a child hid in another corner, watching the three of them fearfully, trembling.

“Where did you run off to?” Sheng Baihe looked up at Lan Feier, his tone carrying obvious displeasure.

Wen Wuning frowned slightly.

But Lan Feier acted as if she hadn’t heard it, saying as usual, “The person we caught earlier tried to escape, so I went to catch him.”

“Not knowing what’s important!” Sheng Baihe’s tone became even worse. “Then where is the person you caught?!”

“Sheng Baihe,” Wen Wuning reminded him coldly, “Even if Junior Sister was inconsiderate, it’s not your place to lecture her.”

Glancing at Wen Wuning who spoke up for her, Lan Feier replied, “Dead.”

Sheng Baihe fell silent.

The matter of Lan Feier acting without permission was thus dropped.

The three sat around the fire. After their damp clothes were dried by the heat, they began to discuss the matter of mounts.

Sheng Baihe told the trembling woman to pull out the rag stuffed in the village chief’s mouth.

“Your villagers killed three of our horses. What are you going to use to compensate us?” Sheng Baihe asked.

The village chief was a sensible person. He knew that although the other party only had three people, none of them were ordinary. He agreed to compensate them with three mounts, and these mounts were the things Lan Feier had seen under that house.

Lan Feier hadn’t expected them to raise crocodiles as mounts. She had to admire the toughness and ferocity of this group of short people.

With the mount problem solved, the three took turns keeping watch and resting.

Wen Wuning took the first watch, then Sheng Baihe, and finally Lan Feier, each watching for three hours.

The person in the middle had to wake up once every three hours, which wasn’t ideal. Wen Wuning had originally planned to take this shift, but Sheng Baihe snatched it.

He was clearly considering Wen Wuning’s well-being.

However, before Wen Wuning could refuse, Sheng Baihe had already picked a relatively large house and went in to rest.

Lan Feier, who had been hungry for so long, wasn’t in a hurry to rest. She took out the few remaining fruits and gnawed on them by the stove.

The atmosphere was a bit strange.

Sheng Baihe was a hypocritical and sanctimonious bastard, but he was truly good to Wen Wuning.

From being willing to risk his life for her to considering and taking care of her in such small details.

The sky outside the house was grey, and the air was filled with the damp smell of earth and the stench of bl00d. Only being close to the stove was slightly more comfortable.

As she gnawed on the last fruit, Wen Wuning, who had been lost in thought, suddenly looked at her. “Junior Sister,”

Lan Feier paused slightly and looked over, seeing her brow slightly furrowed. “I don’t want you to kill innocent people indiscriminately.”

Lan Feier was expressionless. She said indifferently, “Senior Sister, those were not innocent people.”

“Even if they weren’t innocent, those who are unarmed and have no power to resist shouldn’t be exterminated. Otherwise, it’s indiscriminate killing!”

The only sound in the room for a moment was the crackling of the burning firewood.

Lan Feier finished the last fruit in a few bites, threw the core into the fire, and got up to return to her room.

“Junior Sister.”

Lan Feier turned back impatiently, only to see Wen Wuning gently waving her hand, signaling her to come over.

Was she treating her like a dog! Lan Feier cursed inwardly but still obediently went over.

That warm, soft hand gently landed on her head.

Lan Feier’s heart stirred slightly. Was she really treating her like a dog?

Thinking this, Lan Feier didn’t push away this presumptuous hand but instead obediently lowered her eyes and quietly knelt beside Wen Wuning.

Her thoughts drifted to the night the Zhao and Lin families’ night attack was repelled. If Wen Wuning had been there that night…

Would they still have been used as cannon fodder?

Would Wen Wuning have agreed to use them, these disciples with different surnames, to lure the enemy into a trap?

The warmth from above kneaded her hardened heart, stroke after stroke.

She wouldn’t have.

“Do you think Sheng Baihe exterminating those people was satisfying?”

Wen Wuning’s tone was calm. Lan Feier’s resistance had long disappeared. She answered frankly, “It was indeed satisfying, but that’s all.”

Humans were inherently vengeful creatures.

And at that time, being in a fit of anger, his methods were so extreme.

Wen Wuning was worried that she would learn from Sheng Baihe. Indeed, in some aspects, she and Sheng Baihe were on the same path, but she was ultimately not Sheng Baihe.

Lan Feier raised her eyelids and said, “Senior Sister, don’t underestimate me just because I’m young.”

Sheng Baihe was next door, so she couldn’t speak too clearly.

Moreover, she was an adult, and her personality had already formed. Even if something really happened, it had nothing to do with Sheng Baihe.

However, these words reminded Wen Wuning. She always forgot that this junior sister, although young, was very opinionated and wouldn’t be easily influenced.

Wen Wuning felt relieved.

This journey was indeed arduous and full of dangers, but it was a tempering of her temperament and character.

This was her cultivation.

“Senior Sister, I’ll go rest first.” Lan Feier got up and patted her clothes.

Wen Wuning nodded with a gentle gaze.

Lan Feier turned her head and went back to her room. In fact, the person Wen Wuning should worry about the most was herself.

Sheng Baihe was becoming increasingly blatant.

If one day he was too lazy to maintain his protagonist persona, the first unlucky person would be Wen Wuning.