Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
When Dugu Yan saw Lin Chen's message, she was instantly overjoyed.
Lin Chen would arrive at Heaven Dou Royal Academy tomorrow. Wasn't that like delivering a cake right to her door?
She had been worrying about where to find Lin Chen, but now this walking Hidden Reward had come right to her.
He couldn't have been more considerate.
At the same time,
she was also curious about who Lin Chen was planning to lie in wait for.
"Could it be me?"
As soon as the thought crossed Dugu Yan's mind, she shook her head, dispelling the unrealistic fantasy.
She and Lin Chen had neither a grudge nor any history together, and the Dugu Family didn't have any treasures, either.
But then,
Lin Chen updated his diary:
[Over the next few days, I need to find Dugu Yan as soon as possible, and I have to get her attention, too.]
[Dugu Yan should be around twelve or thirteen right now. She has a short, shoulder-length mane of emerald-green hair and a striking, alluring face. If I look for someone matching that description, I should find her pretty quickly.]
Lin Chen's diary left not only Dugu Yan stunned, but the other diary copy owners as well.
Who exactly was this Dugu Yan, that Lin Chen would go out of his way to find her?
Could she be the heroine of this story?
"No way. It really is me."
"What does Lin Chen want with me? Could he have fallen for my charms?"
Seeing how Lin Chen had described her in his diary, Dugu Yan couldn't help letting her imagination run wild.
It wasn't that she was conceited. She did have plenty of charm. The academy's two great beauties—who did they think one of them was?
Dugu Yan was one, and the other was her good friend Ye Lingling.
[Once I find Dugu Yan, how should I get her attention?]
[Should I just tell her, "You may be a Poison Attribute Soul Master, Dugu Yan, but you're suffering from poison"? Would she chase me down and kill me for that?]
[Or should I use my adorable, handsome face to catch her eye? My looks are one in a million, and a girl Dugu Yan's age should like them.]
[Another option is to forget about Dugu Yan for now and seek out Ye Lingling instead. She's Dugu Yan's good friend, and she has a nice personality, so she should be easy to get along with.]
[Once Ye Lingling and I are on good terms, I can ask her to introduce me to Dugu Yan. That might work, too.]
[Forget it. I'll just go straight for Dugu Yan. That'll save time. She should still be a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster, so even if I can't beat her, I ought to be able to run away.]
[And if all else fails, I still have three Spatial Jade Slips. I can just escape.]
Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
When Ye Lingling saw that Lin Chen had mentioned her, she immediately perked up.
Then,
Ye Lingling looked at the Diary Copy chat interface, her eyes fixed on the nickname "Yanzi Will Return." She spoke softly:
"Yanzi, that's you, isn't it?"
When Ye Lingling first got the diary copy and entered the chat group, she had thought of her good friend Dugu Yan the moment she saw that nickname.
She hadn't been sure, but Dugu Yan's messages in the chat group had convinced her that this was the Yanzi she knew.
However, after figuring out Dugu Yan's identity, Ye Lingling didn't plan to come clean. Instead, she chose to keep it to herself.
Dugu Yan didn't know who she was, but she knew who Dugu Yan was.
It was fun that way.
Meanwhile,
after reading Lin Chen's diary, Dugu Yan stared in disbelief, muttering to herself over and over.
"That can't be right. How could I be suffering from poison? How is that possible?"
"My grandfather is Poison Douluo, a Titled Douluo famous throughout the continent. If I were suffering from poison, how could he not have noticed?"
But when Dugu Yan remembered that Lin Chen was a Transmigrator, she couldn't help believing him.
Was she really suffering from poison, and even her grandfather—a master of poisons—had failed to notice?
Dugu Yan's thoughts were a mess. She desperately wanted to know what Lin Chen would write next.
But what infuriated her was that
Lin Chen had started writing about his everyday life instead. That damned Sentence Breaker Dog.
Dugu Yan wished she could appear beside Lin Chen right now and bite him to death.
Couldn't he finish writing the important stuff first? Did he have to leave her in suspense like this? He was practically asking to be beaten.
After Lin Chen finished today's diary entry,
[Congratulations to "Yanzi Will Return," the diary owner Lin Chen's most-mentioned person. You have received today's Hidden Reward.]
A notification appeared on the Diary Copy page, instantly drawing the attention of everyone in the chat group.
[I Am Little Princess: Another member's real identity has been revealed. @Yanzi Will Return, so you're Dugu Yan!]
[Yanzi Will Return: Yep, I'm Dugu Yan.]
[Yanzi Will Return: But right now, I really want to punch Lin Chen. He can't even finish writing the important parts of his diary.]
[Yanzi Will Return: I still don't know how I got poisoned. The worst part is that even my grandfather, Poison Douluo, didn't notice.]
[Yanzi Will Return: What should I do? I don't want to die yet. Waaaaah.]
[Cold Eating Melon Girl: Don't worry, Yanzi. Everything will be all right.]
[Cold Eating Melon Girl: Yanzi, isn't Lin Chen coming to find you tomorrow? You can subtly ask him about it then. Won't that answer your questions?]
[Yanzi Will Return: Why are you suddenly calling me Yanzi? I'm not used to it. Only my close friends call me that.]
[Cold Eating Melon Girl: Haha, isn't that your nickname? And in the chat group, only you, me, and "A Little Fox" are around the same age. It's not unreasonable for me to call you Yanzi, is it?]
[Cat Yearning for Freedom: Sister Yan, don't worry too much. If Lin Chen knows you're suffering from poison, he should know how to cure you.]
[Cat Yearning for Freedom: Besides, you have a Diary Copy. This Diary Copy is very smart. It's always hard for us to exploit loopholes and game its rules for rewards, so there's no way it'll let you, one of its owners, get poisoned to death.]
[I Don't Have the Surname Yu: That's right, Yanzi. Don't worry too much. Things will work out in the end.]
[Yanzi Will Return: All right, then I'll wait for Lin Chen to come find me.]
[I Sleep Every Day: Yep, yep. If all else fails, I'll back you up. Don't be afraid. I guarantee that no matter what poison you're suffering from, I can cure it.]
[Yanzi Will Return: You're that amazing?]
[Yanzi Will Return: Then I'm not scared anymore. But tomorrow, I'm going to scare Lin Chen like Bibi Dong did, just to teach him a lesson for leaving me in suspense.]
Heaven Dou City hotel.
Lin Chen was lying on the big bed when his nose suddenly started to itch. He let out a violent sneeze.
"Who's thinking about me again?"
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