What will you use to save me?

[Name: Lin Ao]

[Appearance: SSS]

[Personality: Complex composition.]

[Hidden Attributes: Tsundere, sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, zero resistance to women's tears.]

[Relationships: Father: Lin Dong, Mother: Li Wanyu, Fiancée: Gu Wanqing (to be confirmed).]

[Current Status/Thoughts: Awkward. Should I say something to ease the tension? Will I scare her?]

[Affection Level: 50.]

[Heart Rate: 100.]

[Current Goal: Ease the tension.]

[H-Index: 60.]

[All data is updated in real-time.]

[Congratulations on breaking free from the Destiny Path.]

Xia Qiange looked at Lin Ao's information panel with curiosity.

A glimmer of excitement and intrigue flashed in her eyes from time to time.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Lin Ao, oh Lin Ao, what good deeds did you do in your past life to make this young lady be reborn just to save you?"

In Xia Qiange's heart, she believed her rebirth was meant to help Lin Ao.

To ensure he could live on successfully.

She stared at him until Lin Ao started to get goosebumps.

What is wrong with this woman? We just hugged, she isn't planning on seeking revenge after the fact, is she?

Is she going to call Xiao Fan to sneak into the villa and finish me off?

Do you think I'm afraid of you?

Lin Ao immediately glared back!

[Current Status/Thoughts: Defiant! Do you think I'm afraid of you?]

Xia Qiange let out a soft "oh" in her heart.

"This man is still defiant? What is he defiant about?"

Xia Qiange stood up and walked toward Lin Ao, swaying her waist.

She slammed a hand against the wall behind Lin Ao.

Lin Ao was so startled that the water glass in his hand nearly dropped to the floor. Was he just wall-pinned?

"Lin Ao~ what are you being defiant about? This young lady is here to help you this time!"

Xia Qiange's expression was a mix of seriousness and playfulness.

Lin Ao's heart skipped a beat. What is this woman going crazy about? How did she know I was being defiant? Help me? What does that mean?

Why did she change so much after just one hug?

Lin Ao pushed aside all unnecessary thoughts.

"Help me? What do you mean?"

Just as Xia Qiange was about to say something, the voices of the little assistants came from outside the door. She let go of Lin Ao, whispered a sentence quickly into his ear, and then headed off to greet them.

Lin Ao's expression was heavy, his mind filled with confusion, as he turned and walked back into his room.

His thoughts were in a mess. What exactly did Xia Qiange mean? What on earth did she mean?

Xia Qiange retrieved her luggage and chose the room next to Lin Ao's to stay in.

She closed the door, jumped onto the bed, and rolled around while hugging the quilt.

"Yes! Yes! Yes!"

Xia Qiange appeared extremely excited. She hadn't actually interacted with Lin Ao much before; most of what she knew came from Xiao Fan, who described him as sinister, cunning, a lecherous ghost, and cold-blooded.

But after this new interaction, she didn't think Lin Ao was that kind of person at all. His information panel was clean, and she could know his every bad intention the moment it formed.

She would test it out later to see if the panel was accurate.

She felt that everything was fresh and shocking.

It felt like she had received a mission from the heavens.

She felt like a reborn hero, here to save the miserable Lin Ao.

Suddenly, she thought of Lin Ao's information panel again.

Is his H-index toward me really that low? And his affection is only a mediocre 50?

What is the meaning of this? Am I not beautiful? Is my figure not good? Are you looking down on me, Xia Qiange?

As Xia Qiange pondered, her thoughts drifted off-track once again...

Late night on the beach.

The only sound around was the rhythmic crashing of the waves.

Two figures, one after the other, emerged from the villa.

Xia Qiange walked out first, followed by Lin Ao.

The final words Xia Qiange had whispered in his ear earlier that day were an invitation for Lin Ao to meet her on the far side of the beach at midnight for a proper talk.

Lin Ao saw Xia Qiange standing on a rock by the beach, facing the ocean. Her long, beautiful legs looked stunning under the moonlight.

Especially the curves of her hips, accentuated by her hot pants.

"You're here?"

Standing on the rock, Xia Qiange didn't turn around; her voice sounded somewhat cold and detached.

"I'm here!"

Lin Ao's expression was solemn; he was desperate to know what exactly Xia Qiange meant.

"You shouldn't have come."

Xia Qiange still didn't turn around.

"?"

"But I'm already here... ah!"

Lin Ao was stunned. Didn't you ask me to come? What is this supposed to mean?

"Why did you come?"

Hearing Xia Qiange's words, the corner of Lin Ao's mouth twitched.

"I came because I want an answer!"

"What answer?"

"Xia Qiange, have you had enough?"

Lin Ao was completely bewildered by her behavior.

"Lin Ao~ did I seem like a swordswoman just now?"

Only then did Xia Qiange turn around, looking at Lin Ao with a playful grin.

"Stop with the weird stuff. What did you mean by what you said tonight? What do you mean by 'coming to help me'?"

Lin Ao rolled his eyes at her. Why did she suddenly seem so erratic?

"Hehe~ just as it sounds, I'm here to help you. The kind of help destined by the heavens?"

Xia Qiange let out a playful sound and hopped down from the rock.

Lin Ao still didn't understand her meaning. Couldn't she just be clearer? Forget it, he would just ask directly.

"Were you sent by Xiao Fan? He managed to find me even in such a secluded place? It seems he really went to great lengths!"

Listening to Lin Ao, Xia Qiange finally understood why the eldest young master of the Lin Family would appear in a place like this. So, he was hiding from Xiao Fan. Could it be that he had already clashed with Xiao Fan?

"It seems Xiao Fan has already come into conflict with you. You need to be on your guard against him; he is a ruthless, perverted serial killer."

Xia Qiange's expression turned grave. So that was it. The reason my memories were awakened at this moment was to warn Lin Ao.

Lin Ao was stunned. Was this something Xia Qiange would actually say?

"Aren't you his little fan girl? How could you..."

Hearing Lin Ao call her Xiao Fan's little fan girl, Xia Qiange felt a surge of annoyance. Before he could finish, she cut him off.

"Pah! That greasy guy, that dead pervert—how could I be his fan girl? Don't talk nonsense! I'll sue you for slander! Pah, pah, pah!"

Lin Ao was dumbfounded again. Is she off?

Has Xia Qiange completely lost it?

"What do you mean by helping me? What kind of help do I need from you? And what could you possibly help me with?"

Lin Ao felt the situation veering off in a completely different direction once again.

"I just came to give you a heads-up. Xiao Fan is not a good person. Also, what were their names again? Your family's Lin Feng—yes, that's him—and there's also someone surnamed Ye and someone surnamed Chu."

"That's all I can remember."

Xia Qiange sorted through her memories. The others were just bits of information she had gathered indirectly through later experiences, so she wasn't entirely sure about them.

"How... do you know this?"

Lin Ao was completely shocked by her. How could she possibly know these things?

"Me? You don't need to worry about how I know. Anyway, I've said what I needed to say. Tell me, how do you plan to thank me?"

Xia Qiange felt she had done a great deed and felt quite pleased with herself.

"If you don't tell me how you know, I won't believe you."

Lin Ao was speechless. She even knew about them? I even died at their hands once. Now, the only thing he wanted to know was how on earth Xia Qiange knew all of this.

"Hey~ I'm here to save you, isn't it enough that you know that?"

Xia Qiange did not know that Lin Ao was also a reincarnator; he knew far more than she did.

"Save me?"

Lin Ao was suddenly a bit dazed. Was there really someone who would save him?

"Who could save me? Who could save me??? I've been through it so many times! Out of control, like a puppet, torn to pieces by them over and over again!!"

"Back then! Why didn't you save me?"

"Huh?"

"What right do you have to stand there now and say you're saving me!"

"Every time I thought I could survive, every time I thought I could escape, Fate would play a joke on me! In the end, I was always faced with despair!"

Listening to Xia Qiange's words, Lin Ao felt as if he were hearing a huge joke, and he completely unleashed the emotions that had been piling up for so long.

His eyes were bloodshot, filled with a thick sense of unwillingness and rage; he looked like a beast covered in scars.

This left Xia Qiange stunned on the spot.

"Over and over again, torn apart by you so-called protagonists, stitched back together, and torn apart once more."

"Do you know what that feels like?"

"And this time! I clearly stayed away from you people! Why do you all keep appearing by my side! Why!"

"And now you say you're here to save me?"

"What are you going to use to save me?"

"Tell me, tell me!"

Xia Qiange walked forward gently and pulled the near-collapsing Lin Ao tightly into her embrace.

She held him firmly and patted his back softly.

Looking at the status bar that made her heart ache.

She whispered into his ear.

[Character current status/thoughts: Despair! Breakdown!]

"I'm sorry!"

"So, you remember everything, don't you?"