I’m Competing With The Male Lead For A Woman[Gl] Chapter 34: Abnormality is a contagious disease

Congratulations, host. During this free activity time, you have obtained the hidden item “Spring Mountain Wind” and unlocked the new character “Bai Zheng.” Taking into account the above factors, the system will award you an additional 24 hours of life as a reward.

“Tomorrow, a new task will begin. Please continue to work hard, host!”

Xiao Jin: “…”

24 hours of life couldn’t even make up for the damage caused by the “clipping sound” to her in 12 hours.

Fortunately, it was late at night and the effects of the “clipping sound” had already worn off.

Xiao Jin didn’t know if the system could sleep or not, but she couldn’t sleep anyway. So she came to the study, took advantage of the active thinking at night, and organized her thoughts.

Xiao Jin sat at the desk, opened the lid, and took out an incense pill from the box.

Then she put the incense pill into the incense burner and watched the smoke rise from the lid, lingering among the paper, ink, brush, and inkstone.

Although the fragrance was light and pleasant, she couldn’t help but feel a headache when she thought of what Bai Zheng had said at the Yanyu Building.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jin looked at Old Zhang, who was standing next to her, and asked, “Old Zhang, did I save the daughter of Bai Shangshu before?”

At midnight, Old Zhang was already sleepy, and his eyelids were about to close.

But when he heard Xiao Jin’s question, he quickly became fully awake and replied, “Yes, Your Highness. There was such a thing, but it was many years ago.”

Clearly, the original owner’s forgetfulness about important people had deeply ingrained in people’s minds. Even if Xiao Jin suddenly asked such a question, Old Zhang did not find it strange.

Xiao Jin closed the lid of the Spring Mountain Wind and casually said to Old Zhang, “Tell me about it.”

Although Old Zhang felt a little strange and didn’t understand why his master suddenly took an interest in Miss Bai, he still obeyed the order and told the story.

It took a long time to tell the story, and Xiao Jin listened while still looking for the book she had read a few days ago.

By observing Su Tan’s reaction, Xiao Jin felt that the poison of “Gu worm” seemed to be a Gu poison that was not known to the public.

But a few days ago when she was reading a book, she found that the book detailed the triple effects of the “Gu worm” poison. Now it seems that this book should have something to offer.

But by the time Old Zhang finished telling the story, Xiao Jin still couldn’t find the book she had misplaced.

After hearing the story, Xiao Jin couldn’t help but rub her forehead with her hand.

She was both troubled by the love and hate of Bai Zheng and the original owner, and also wondering why such a big book could disappear without a trace.

She was only supposed to stay in the world of the novel for a year, so there was no need to worry too much. However, after visiting Yanyu Building, things became even more complicated.

Xiao Jin thought that what she needed to pay attention to the most at the moment was the original owner’s suspicious illness and the person behind the scenes plotting against her, as well as the reason for the collapse of Chu Shao’s character.

Recalling Chu Shao’s gaze towards the colorful lantern, Xiao Jin stopped rubbing her temples and asked Old Zhang, the steward, a question, “Old Zhang, does the mansion have anyone who can make lanterns?”

Old Zhang was stunned, and after a moment, he cautiously asked, “Is, is the prince talking about the kind of lantern that the old slave is thinking of?”

Xiao Jin: “…”

Xiao Jin: “Otherwise? What kind of lantern do you think it is?”

Old Zhang really hadn’t thought that one day the prince would ask such a question. Although the prince had mentioned lanterns before, he simply didn’t care about them.

Sure enough, since he married the princess, the prince had really changed.

A relieved smile appeared on his face as he was about to answer, but he saw Xiao Jin frown and move her lips, as if she wanted to say something.

Old Zhang was good at observing facial expressions and immediately closed his mouth, waiting for his master to speak.

Unexpectedly, after a moment, Xiao Jin’s expression returned to normal.

She turned her head and didn’t say anything unnecessary, just said lightly, “Forget it, let’s talk about it later.”

Old Zhang didn’t know if it was his imagination, but he always felt that under the candlelight, Xiao Jin’s lips pursed into a line and her head turned to the side, which looked very unnatural.

However, the gesture of dismissing him was very natural. He saw her wave her hand and say, “It’s late, you may leave.”

“Yes.”

…

The next morning, Xiao Jinsi had a headache.

It was only because she had been looking for that book for a long time last night, but couldn’t find it. While feeling upset, she couldn’t figure out why she had asked Old Zhang if there were any lantern makers in the mansion.

She thought to herself that even if there were artisans in the Prince Yan’s mansion, she had no relationship with them.

She couldn’t help but think that there were too many things she couldn’t understand.

To calm herself down, she randomly picked up a book from the shelf and flipped through another booklet about the history of the Qi country.

Classical Chinese and traditional characters were already difficult to understand, and there was no translation, so the hypnotic effect was immediately activated.

After flipping through more than ten pages, Xiao Jin had a feeling of returning to the compulsory education period. Thinking of the kind face of her teacher, she felt sleepy.

So she blew out the lamp, used her elbow as a pillow, and fell asleep on the desk. At first, the scene in her dream was still normal.

In the capital, there was continuous spring rain, and flying petals fluttered like snow, falling on the tiles of Yangjiao Lane.

But then the scene suddenly changed, and the sound of pipa music started, and it suddenly turned into a room in the Yanyu Building.

The room was dim and could only faintly hear a song of longing coming from downstairs.

Xiao Jin was in a dream and didn’t realize it.

Being in boundless darkness, she tentatively raised her hand and grabbed it to the side, but nothing was caught.

She stretched out her hand to touch her face, but felt the layer of silk covering her eyes, a cool and slippery sensation like scales.

At this point, Xiao Jin fell silent.

Because this scene seemed familiar, she couldn’t tell if it was real or a dream.

Just as Xiao Jin was thinking this way, another hand reached out from the darkness and gently held her hand.

The hand was warm and delicate, and the strength holding her wrist also made her feel familiar.

She was almost stiff.

This is too far-fetched, even if it’s a dream.

Xiao Jin fell silent, but the person in front of her didn’t stop moving.

In the darkness, there was a faint sound of torn silk.

The other person tore off the gauze curtain of the hibiscus bed, tied Xiao Jin’s wrists together, and wrapped them several times. Like a snake hunting for prey, it only stopped wrapping when her hands could not move.

In the darkness, Xiao Jin coughed a few times.

Although she could probably guess who the other party was, she still asked hoarsely, “Who?”

However, no one answered her.

The fragrance of spring mountain wind filled the room, and Xiao Jin sat in a wheelchair, able to hear the other person’s breathing clearly.

In theory, she should feel afraid, but she vaguely sensed that this was just a dream, so she didn’t pay too much attention to how things would develop.

Xiao Jin calmed down and tried to open her eyes to see if she could wake up from the dream.

However, the person in the dark reached out and pinched her chin, forcing her to lift her head unexpectedly.

Just as Xiao Jin frowned, the other person’s fingertips lightly circled around her lips.

The fingers were like a delicate key, opening a locked door, squeezing into her teeth, and putting a incence pill into her mouth.

Xiao Jin wanted to struggle, but her hands were bound, and she could only open her lips and swallow the pill.

Unexpectedly, at the same time that the hand pinched her chin, the person leaned down and kissed her neck.

Like kissing a dying swan, the other person’s lips were very soft, a premeditated murder.

Xiao Jin’s chin was pinched painfully. She felt that if the kiss was on her windpipe, she would have been strangled to death.

Pressed tightly against the cold bamboo knot on her back, under the double pressure, Xiao Jin couldn’t breathe and was almost suffocating.

The slightly bitter pill slid into her mouth along her tongue. Because the other person’s lips were always lingering on her neck, the pill slid down her throat and stopped there, making it difficult to swallow.

The most painful thing was that Xiao Jin knew that the pill should contain a long and thin poisonous insect.

Like those wet and lingering kisses, the poisonous insect was rooting in her windpipe, and she had no way to avoid or resist it.

In the empty room, only an elegant voice remained: “To end sorrow, it is to cut off the throat before it enters the stomach, and to cut off the ultimate sorrow.”

When Xiao Jin opened her eyes again, her elbows were sore, and cold sweat appeared on her forehead.

Her throat was somewhat dry, as if she had swallowed a incence pill containing a poisonous insect, making her feel itchy and creepy.

With the awakening of the dream, this feeling had already faded.

But when Xiao Jin saw the cold ashes in the stove, she suddenly remembered the touch of her lips being rubbed by fingertips, and her whole person was instantly disturbed.

 She looked at the faint scar on her wrist in silence for a long time. 

 Yesterday, at Yanyu Building, her hands were tied by Chu Shao and tied in a knot. Although the marks on her wrists had faded, they had not completely disappeared. 

 Xiao Jin was speechless and choked up. Suddenly, she didn’t know what the nature of her dream last night was.

Could it be… that perversion can also be transmitted from person to person? 

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 Author’s Note: It’s a bit short because I’m in the middle of writing the next chapter! I can only stop in the middle… 

 Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or gave me nutrients between 23:58:06 on February 15, 2022 and 23:47:41 on February 16, 2022~”

TO BE CONTINUE…