Competing with the Male Lead for the Female Lead (Transmigration) - Chapter 31
Lan Feier disappeared into the darkness of the well. The guilt on Wen Wuning’s face receded like the tide. She looked up in the direction of the approaching killing intent, a charming and joyful smile appearing on her face.
As the killing intent drew closer, the figure by the well slowly changed its appearance. Finally, a tall, slender woman with red lips and a white face stood gracefully.
“Guest doesn’t need to return with servant. Servant will follow guest.”
The woman seemed very happy. A strange smile appeared on her usually expressionless face.
The person who had rushed over was indeed Wen Wuning, travel-worn and exuding a chilling aura. “What do you mean?”
“Servant obtained her body. Neither you nor servant need to return.”
Seeing Wen Wuning walk to the stone well, the woman explained, “She went in. With her abilities, she’ll never get out, but she won’t suffer either—”
The woman’s voice stopped abruptly because Wen Wuning jumped into the well without letting her finish.
The woman’s snow-white face instantly twisted. She raised her head and let out a long, strange cry. The surrounding scenery, from far to near, instantly turned into nothingness.
All her painstaking efforts had been in vain!
The illusion was layered upon layer. Only by finding the weakest point of demonic power in each layer could one escape. This ancient well had the strongest demonic power. Lan Feier’s cultivation was so low that she couldn’t even distinguish demonic power, so she would be trapped inside forever, unable to find the exit.
Although Wen Wuning was also only in the Qi Refining stage, her talent was extraordinary. She had often dealt with demons and monsters since she was young and also had the green sword. There was still a possibility for her to get out.
What was hateful was that she didn’t listen to her finish!
If she couldn’t find a body, she would die!
That hateful face. Lan Feier pushed the little thing away, and it plopped down on the ground.
“Junior Sister!”
Lan Feier suddenly raised her head and threw herself into the arms of the person running towards her.
A cold, sharp weapon pierced her abdomen.
Hot bl00d instantly stained the girl’s hand.
Wen Wuning looked at the person in her arms in confusion, her brow furrowed in pain.
Tears welled up in Lan Feier’s wide, red-rimmed eyes, but didn’t fall. She said fiercely, word by word, “You lied to me.”
Hearing this, Wen Wuning guessed the reason. She wasn’t in a hurry to explain. Her gaze swept over the person in her arms, and she asked, “Are you alright?”
The pain in her abdomen, coupled with everything that had happened in the past few days, made Wen Wuning’s voice filled with deep fatigue.
Lan Feier’s tense facial muscles twitched, and the gathered tears finally broke free from her eyes and rolled down.
Actually, the moment Wen Wuning appeared, she already knew that the one who had harmed her was fake.
“You must have been terrified.” Wen Wuning gently stroked Lan Feier’s delicate face, wiping away her tears.
Wen Wuning’s body gave way, and she knelt on the ground. Lan Feier leaned deeply into Wen Wuning’s embrace, her hands gripping the dagger, her teeth clenched tightly, suppressing the rolling sounds in her throat.
“Don’t be afraid, Senior Sister will definitely take you out.” Wen Wuning gently combed her hair with her hand.
Lan Feier finally couldn’t help but cry.
Even knowing that Wen Wuning hadn’t harmed her, she still wanted to kill her!
She was ruthless towards Wen Wuning, but she also trusted her.
For someone like Lan Feier, what she was most stingy in giving wasn’t affection, but trust.
Affection could change, hurting people’s hearts, but trust, when broken, was even more fatal.
So, regardless of whether the Wen Wuning who had harmed her just now was real or fake, she had to eliminate this hidden danger.
Only by killing the only person in this world she trusted could she be safe.
“But why?…” Lan Feier clutched Wen Wuning’s collar, her sobs coming in fits and starts, crying with great restraint and difficulty.
Why did she still follow even though she knew it was dangerous from the beginning?
Why, knowing she should kill this person, did her hand holding the dagger not dare to move again?
“Senior Sister, I’m scared! I’m afraid, I don’t want to die, I’m afraid of pain…”
Even more afraid of dying at Wen Wuning’s hands.
Feeling Wen Wuning still stroking her head, her sobs gradually became uncontrollable.
Lan Feier gently laid Wen Wuning against the tree trunk, pressed down on the wound, and pulled out the dagger. She quickly applied medicine to it. There was too much bl00d, and the medicinal powder was washed away. Lan Feier wiped away her tears and sprinkled another thick layer of medicinal powder. Once the bleeding was finally stopped, she quickly bandaged Wen Wuning.
She cried throughout the entire process, but her hands were very steady, and her movements were swift and orderly.
And Wen Wuning’s gaze remained fixed on Lan Feier, gentle and tolerant.
Only when the medicine was applied, due to the pain, would she turn her eyes away and slightly furrow her brow.
After cleaning the wound, Lan Feier turned her back to Wen Wuning and curled up into a ball, lowering her head to sob.
“Junior Sister.”
Wen Wuning reached out, unable to reach Lan Feier. Her bl00d-stained hand fell on the grass, her fair and slender fingers gently closing, only grasping a handful of weeds.
Lan Feier lowered one hand and slowly leaned over, touching her fingertips.
Wen Wuning didn’t question why Lan Feier had stabbed her, nor did she blame her. She had already guessed.
“My elder brother accompanied me for the longest time. My feelings for him were the deepest. Next was Fourth Grandfather. He was my only playmate when I was a child.”
Wen Wuning’s voice was soft and slow. Her unfocused gaze gradually focused, landing on the large, mangled corpse by the fire.
The four-legged dragon’s hide was thick. To injure it like this, one could imagine how terrifying and vicious the person they encountered back then was.
“However, both of them died protecting me.” Wen Wuning’s expression was pained.
Lan Feier’s fingers twitched slightly. So Wen Ran had died for her… No wonder she was like that back then.
“Father and I are bound by bl00d. You and I are bound by deep affection and gratitude. You two are my only remaining family. You must be safe, nothing can happen to you again…”
Lan Feier was stunned.
Wen Wuning was telling her that she didn’t need to worry at all about her trust being betrayed one day.
What moved Lan Feier wasn’t this, but the fact that she, this person, her life, was valued so much by Wen Wuning.
With Lan Feier’s suspicious nature, her instincts told her not to believe Wen Wuning’s words, but in her heart, she already believed.
That was why her tears flowed even more uncontrollably.
Wen Wuning closed her eyes and rested against the tree. Lan Feier looked up at her and noticed the unconcealable weariness between her brows. She must have been dealing with that monster for a long time. Suddenly, her hand warmed. She looked down and saw the little thing.
“Are you two reconciled?” the little girl asked softly, looking up.
Lan Feier nodded, wiped away her tears, and, remembering that she had just pushed her, apologized, “I’m sorry.”
The little girl shook her head and said, “It’s okay. You were just too scared.”
Too scared to push her, too scared to stab her.
This big one and little one were indeed the same person.
Lan Feier glanced at the four-legged dragon’s corpse and recalled what Wen Wuning had said back then. Knowing that this might be a knot in Wen Wuning’s heart, she said seriously to the little thing, “Although it couldn’t achieve enlightenment in this life, it formed a good karmic connection with you. In the next life, it will definitely become a dragon or an immortal. When that time comes, it will roam freely in the sky, and no one will be able to harm it.”
The little thing’s eyes immediately lit up. “Really?!”
“Of course, it’s true.” Lan Feier pinched the soft little face, and the melancholy in her heart was swept away.
The little thing gradually transformed into specks of fluorescent light with a bright smile. Lan Feier reluctantly tightened her grip on her hand but couldn’t stop the little thing from disappearing before her eyes.
Fortunately, the big one wouldn’t disappear.
Lan Feier turned her head. Wen Wuning had already opened her eyes at some point, her gaze falling on the four-legged dragon’s corpse, which had also turned into fluorescent light and disappeared.
The scenes that appeared in the illusion were all the most profound memories in her mind, often the scenes she didn’t want to recall.
Now it was gone.
“Fourth Grandfather.”
“Mm?”
A trace of perplexity appeared on Wen Wuning’s face. She looked at Lan Feier for confirmation. “In the next life, will it truly achieve enlightenment and live freely?”
Lan Feier couldn’t help but raise her hand to touch the cold, pale face. “Senior Sister, I’m not lying to you. Believe me.”
Wen Wuning nodded and looked in that direction for a while. Then she said gently to Lan Feier, “Help me up. The demonic power here is heavy. Let’s leave.”
Lan Feier helped her up and led her away. In the forest behind them, the fire was still crackling.
“We need to find the exit before she finds us,” Wen Wuning said.
In this illusion, Lan Feier was too weak, like a headless fly, not knowing the exit at all. She could only rely on the injured Wen Wuning.
Wen Wuning’s tone suddenly sank. “She’s here.”
Lan Feier also keenly felt that something was wrong. Although her cultivation was not high enough to be sensitive to demonic power, her sense of danger was exceptionally sharp.
Lan Feier stopped walking. Wen Wuning looked at her in confusion. Lan Feier said to her, “Let’s not run. We can’t escape in her territory, and even if we escape for a day, we can’t escape forever.”
As long as this thing wasn’t resolved, it would continue to follow Wen Wuning. It was a hidden danger that needed to be dealt with.
Lan Feier carefully laid Wen Wuning down under a tree, turned around coldly, and drew her sword. “Let’s have a good talk with her and tell her that forced melons aren’t sweet.”
Saying they were going to reason with her, but her appearance, ready to fight at any moment, didn’t look like it at all.