Two figures stood beneath a tree.
There were no streetlights. Only the faint moonlight illuminated their surroundings.
Xu Shuangrong looked at the man opposite her, dropping her usual facade, a faint smile playing on her lips.
"We've already come this far. There's no need to keep pretending, is there?"
Xiao Jingxi's brows were tightly knitted, as though he found her utterly repulsive like this.
Xu Shuangrong was not annoyed. Assuming Xiao Jingxi simply failed to understand their situation, she patiently analyzed it for him.
"Since you've awakened, you must already know everything."
"You and I are the protagonists of this Novel World. The outsider Xie Mi disrupted our predetermined paths, forcing us into our current situation."
"We were supposed to reach the top together."
As she spoke, she watched Xiao Jingxi's reaction.
Seeing that same infuriating look on his face, she frowned slightly. "What exactly are you still worrying about?"
"The situation is already perfectly clear. We should stand together, drive out the outsider Xie Mi, and reclaim the victory that belongs to us."
"Our victory?" Xiao Jingxi finally snapped. He gave a derisive laugh, as though he had heard a joke. "You mean your victory."
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Xu Shuangrong froze, a vague sense of foreboding creeping over her. "What do you mean?"
"Fine. Since we're putting our cards on the table, I won't pretend anymore either."
Xiao Jingxi's voice was icy, and hatred crept into his gaze as he looked at Xu Shuangrong. "In the original plot, didn't you use me from beginning to end?"
"If it weren't for you, there never would have been any problems between Xie Mi and me. We would have stayed happily together, and my career would have kept getting better. If it weren't for you, I never would have ended up like this!"
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