Having just emerged from the Jin Family Treasure Vault, she immediately stumbled into another plotline.
"So you're the one who saved Yao'er today?" A young man's arrogant voice came from behind her.
After Long Aotian played the hero and saved the beauty, the beauty's childhood sweetheart was bound to come looking for trouble.
This follow-up plotline was probably that childhood sweetheart coming to pick a fight with Long Aotian.
Looks like there was going to be a fight.
Fighting was her specialty.
Bai Lan turned around, saved her progress, and swept the other man with a sharp gaze.
Qi Refining level eight, a scion of a noble family—perfect for testing out that Golden Bell Shield.
This was Jin family territory, so she couldn't beat him up too badly.
"I am her fiancé. Today, this Young Master Lan is laying it all out!" The young man looked smug, his eyes sweeping over Bai Lan before he raised his voice. "From now on! Beauty, I've got your back!"
Bai Lan, who had just taken the Soul Severing Spear out of her Storage Bag: "..."
The young man across from her froze as well. "...What are you doing?"
The system looked left and right for a long while before finally sighing. "Host, you draw your spear really fast."
"He was the one who kept pausing halfway through his sentence. If he'd taken one more breath, my spear would've been at his throat."
After a second's pause, Bai Lan decisively loaded her save.
As long as she reset the plot quickly enough, she wouldn't be embarrassed.
After the young man made his second cringingly dramatic declaration, Bai Lan did not draw the Soul Severing Spear this time. Instead, she smiled and nodded, cupping her hands in greeting. "I've long admired you, Young Master Lan.