Qian Xunji listened to Lin Fan's analysis.
Then he asked, "In other words, fate isn't impossible to change?"
"That's one way to put it." Lin Fan nodded.
"Let me pose another hypothetical." Qian Xunji cleared his throat and asked, "Suppose Bibi Dong met Yu Xiaogang and initially felt there was something special about him, so she couldn't help wanting to get closer. But halfway through, she suddenly came to her senses and beat him up."
"When Bibi Dong looked at Yu Xiaogang again, she discovered that special affection was gone. Would that count as a change?"
Lin Fan smiled and casually asked, "Village Chief, why do you keep circling back to Bibi Dong today?"
Qian Xunji's expression stiffened. Not long ago, Bibi Dong had told him about Lin Fan's suspicions.
Bibi Dong's heart tightened. Could Lin Fan really have noticed something?
Could the Immortal Herb he ate the other day have sharpened his mind?
Qian Xunji quickly found a very good excuse and replied to Lin Fan, "Well, I've been listening to your novel, haven't I? I've grown quite fond of Bibi Dong as a character, too. It feels terribly unfair that she suffered all those undeserved calamities."
"Besides, Xiao Fan, have you forgotten? I happen to have a disciple who inherited my hunting skills."
"So I find her situation easy to relate to. I sympathize with this Bibi Dong, getting ruined by such a cowardly, useless man."
Qian Xunji immediately declared with ringing conviction, "If someone like that showed up in my village, I'd cripple him!"
Hearing Qian Xunji say that, Lin Fan smiled and stopped pressing him.
"Village Chief, you're really getting invested." Lin Fan finished a mouthful of rice and said, "Bibi Dong did make some mistakes, but even so, there was no need to humiliate and