"Miss Qin, is there something you need?" Ling Yi really didn't want to have too much contact with the other female leads right now.
It would be troublesome if it affected the mission.
Qin Wanwan originally came following Ling Yi's thoughts; there was nothing wrong with her.
But things like what's on your mind are definitely not things you can say.
His eyes darted around and landed on the wooden box in Ling Yi's hand.
"Young Master Ling, this treasure in your hand is something I've had my eye on for a long time. I wonder if you'd be willing to part with it? I'm willing to pay ten times the price!"
{She came for the Twin Fish Jade Pendant? That can't be right, Qin Wanwan shouldn't know about the Twin Fish Jade Pendant. What's going on?}
{System, could Qin Wanwan be a Revive person?}
"Young Master Ling, my grandmother is turning 80 next month, and she happens to be a Pisces. So, I'd like to buy her an old Pisces-related item as a birthday gift."
Is that so?
Ling Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'm sorry, this Twin Fish Jade Pendant is of great use to me!" Ling Yi shook his head and refused.
"I'll pay twenty times the price!" Qin Wanwan held up two fingers.
Do you think I, Ling Yi, am short of money?
Qin Wanwan showed a hint of disappointment. "Alright, I was being presumptuous."
Then, glancing at the time, he said, "It's almost 5:30 now. I wonder if I'll have the honor of having dinner with Young Master Ling?"
Ling Yi glanced at Qin Wanwan and blinked.
{No, are we acquainted?}
{Having dinner together? You want to have dinner with me, the Number Two cannon fodder? What if the male lead sees this?!}
{Given the male lead's personality, what if I'm written out of the story early?}
Ling Yi instinctively wanted to refuse!
{No, it seems the male lead's second opportunity really does require Qin Wanwan's help.}
"Well, to be able to have dinner with the most beautiful woman in Dafeng City is something countless people dream of. It's my honor."
"Am I beautiful?" Qin Wanwan blinked and asked.
"Of course it's beautiful," Ling Yi said truthfully.
{The male lead deserves to die!}
Ling Yi roared inwardly!
Such a beautiful woman, yet she ended up with trash like the male lead.
Thinking of this, Ling Yi felt a pang of heartache.
{I curse the male protagonist again: may he never be able to stand up again in three seconds, three millimeters!}
"Pfft!"
Hearing Ling Yi's thoughts, Qin Wanwan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Sorry, I just thought of something interesting."
Ling Yi didn't think much of it.
Instead, he started the car and asked, "Miss Qin, what would you like to eat?"
"Just call me Wanwan, that's what my friends call me!"
"Isn't this inappropriate?"
"Does Young Master Ling not want to be friends with Wanwan?"
"It would be my honor," Ling Yi said with a shrug.
"Let's go to the Crab Palace. It's been so long since we've had a full Crab Palace feast there."
" Crab Palace?"
"What, is there a problem?"
{Is there a problem? There's a huge problem! The owner of the Crab Palace is Wu Yunqi, Qin Wanwan's madman, and also the Number One cannon fodder in the script.}
{Is this going to be another case of someone being used as a shield? Am I going to steal the male lead's spotlight again?}
{ Qin Wanwan is definitely doing this on purpose!}
{By the way, Qin Wanwan's personality is rather mischievous; she loves playing pranks and tricks. The original male lead was once tricked by Qin Wanwan Qin Wanwan forced to act as her shield.}
{It was in the Crab Palace that he first clashed with Wu Yunqi, the Number One cannon fodder character. Wu Yunqi struggled for less than twenty episodes before being ultimately killed by the male lead, meeting a tragic end.}
Qin Wanwan scratched her head. This Ling Yi actually knows me pretty well!
However, Qin Wanwan hadn't really thought much about going to the Crab Palace this time.
Crab Palace is one of the most famous top-tier restaurants in the entire North Leaf Province.
The whole crab feast, in particular, is famous throughout the country.
She was just craving a whole crab feast; she never intended to use Ling Yi as a shield.
Besides, Wu Yunqi is just a nobody; Qin Wanwan really didn't take him seriously.
With the Qin Family's strength, dealing with the Wu Family might be a bit troublesome, but dealing with Wu Yunqi, this good-for-nothing, is a piece of cake.
But Wu Yunqi was only pursuing her; he didn't force her.
It's just a bit annoying, but not enough to warrant killing someone over something like that.
"Male lead, cannon fodder, filming wrapped, harem, mission?" Qin Wanwan's lips curled into a smirk.
"The world of short dramas? Interesting!"
Qin Wanwan glanced at Ling Yi and chuckled. "Since you, Young Master Ling, have said so, then you'll have to be this shield whether you want to or not!"
Half an hour later, Ling Yi and Qin Wanwan were seated in the Crab Palace's top-tier private room.
We ordered the signature whole crab feast.
However, it will take a little while for the food to be served.
Qin Wanwan rubbed her temples.
Goodness, Ling Yi's inner thoughts have been almost constant throughout the journey.
She was completely overwhelmed by what she heard.
These innermost thoughts are unspeakable; she can't block them out even if she wants to.
The key issue is that many of these heartfelt sentiments are nothing but worthless drivel.
A moment later, I thought to myself, "Wow, the waitress has such long legs!"
The next second, I wondered how luxurious the Crab Palace's decor was.
The heartfelt words were halfway through the renovation, and now the heartfelt words about the weather have started again.
Qin Wanwan really wanted to yell at Ling Yi to shut up—no, to shut his brain.
Fortunately, there are ways to alleviate this.
The inner voice would stop as soon as Ling Yi opened his mouth to speak.
" Ling Yi, don't you feel that there are many things that are not right in this world?" Qin Wanwan leaned closer to Ling Yi and asked in a mysterious manner.
Ling Yi was stunned for a moment, looking at Qin Wanwan with a face full of surprise. "Why would you say that?"
{Wait, could it be that Qin Wanwan has discovered the truth of this world and is about to awaken? System, system, is Qin Wanwan about to awaken?}
No anomalies have been detected so far.
{Is there nothing wrong with this? System, are you sure?}
[Absolutely certain!]
Qin Wanwan couldn't hear the system's voice, but she already knew of its existence.
Qin Wanwan was very curious about Ling Yi and Ling Yi system.
That's why they said that, as a way of testing the waters.
"I have an older brother named Qin Yu. You should know him, Young Master Ling, right?" Qin Wanwan tilted her head and said as if recalling something.
Ling Yi nodded. "I've heard of it!"
Ling Yi had heard of it, but only from the system.
However, he couldn't find any information about Qin Yu in the original owner's memories.
"He was a withdrawn person since childhood and couldn't get along with anyone. When he was six years old, he found me and gave me a locked box."
"And he told me that this world is fake, that we are all fake, and that I must not open this box until after my 23rd birthday."
"After that, my brother disappeared."
"No matter how hard we searched, we couldn't find a single trace of my brother."
"My family and I were heartbroken at the time, and we kept searching for my brother."
"Young Master Ling, do you think I can still find my brother?"
{No, why is Qin Wanwan asking me this? I don't know where Qin Yu is. System, do you know where Qin Yu is?}
[I don't know. Once the cesium horn awakens, it will gain the ability to shield itself, enabling it to bypass the company's detection, and naturally, it will also be able to bypass this system's detection.]
[However, if the host is willing, you could try to find this Qin Yu; perhaps there will be a pleasant surprise!]
What surprise?
Ling Yi became interested.
[ Qin Yu is like a bug in this world; perhaps by exploiting the bugs in Qin Yu, we can find the loopholes in this short drama world.]
{Then what!}
[That depends on what kind of bug it is. Perhaps, it can open a permanent backdoor for the host in this world!]
Ling Yi's eyes lit up, and he said to Qin Wanwan, "Miss Wanwan, I will use the power of the Ling Clan to help you find Qin Yu."
"But now I'm more curious about what's in that box your brother left you before he left!"
Qin Wanwan blinked her beautiful eyes. "I'm curious too, but it'll be soon, my birthday is in half a month."
{That's hopeless. In two weeks, I'll be all dead, cannon fodder.}