Arc Eleven had come to an end, and Ling Xingjian's Romantic Thread had temporarily reached a pause.
While writing the wedding segment, I traced back and searched through everything, only to suddenly realize that Shi Tiexin and Ling Xingjian's relationship had lasted for so long and carried them through so much together.
Ling Xingjian's image drew inspiration from many characters.
Ada Wong from Resident Evil, Zixia Fairy from A Chinese Odyssey, Ann Takamaki from Persona 5, and your Operations Officer.
Her charm was maxed out; affection lingered in her eyes. She was quirky and clever, loyal and sensitive, with an explosive sense of justice—yet she was also good at deceiving people. On the surface, she was the heart of every crowd, but at the very bottom of her soul, sorrow from a shattered family constantly welled up.
Ling Xingjian was inherently a very complex character, and very difficult to write well.
After all, a novel could not make readers directly feel that someone was "beautiful" through words alone. It could only rely on charisma. I did not know whether I had portrayed this character fully enough, or whether this Romantic Thread had been written reasonably enough.
In any case, Youyou had already reached a happy ending with Shi Tiexin.
For now, her story would come to a close.
Now, a few words about this arc.
To be honest, I was not satisfied with this arc.
The original inspiration for this arc came from two paintings by Wuheqilin, titled "False God" and "Sword Come." As I kept revising the outline, it turned into a horror story.
But I quickly discovered that I did not know how to write horror stories.
Indeed, when I wrote the sequel to Final Destination before, I had quite a lot of fun and was very satisfied