" Ling Yi should have realized something by now!" Xu Zhiyi said first.
"You guys must have done a lot of things that deviated from the plot, right?" Jiang Wan'er asked.
Liu Ruyan blushed, Xu Zhiyi blinked.
Qin Wanwan touched her nose and said, "I kissed Ling Yi last night."
"Did you kiss Ling Yi?"
The girls were all dumbfounded. Was Qin Wanwan really that bold?
"I even invited him to my house to see my cat doing somersaults, but unfortunately, Ling Yi didn't agree."
Jiang Wan'er gave Qin Wanwan a thumbs up. "It has to be you, Qin Wanwan."
"What's the deal with the cat that can do backflips? Can cats do backflips?" Liu Ruyan asked.
"Cats can't, but people can!" Qin Wanwan chuckled.
Liu Ruyan wasn't Little White either; she quickly figured it out: this woman wanted to steal Ling Yi?
Qin Wanwan then looked at the blushing Liu Ruyan and asked, "Little sister, why are you blushing so much? I'm curious, what did you do to Ling Yi?"
"No, I've only had dinner with Ling Yi twice."
Thinking of the scene of her feeding Ling Yi that morning, Liu Ruyan blushed even more.
Of all the girls, if anyone truly had feelings for Ling Yi, it would definitely be Liu Ruyan.
Whether it's Xu Zhiyi or Qin Wanwan, they're both simply driven by their own feelings and curiosity about Ling Yi.
But Qin Wanwan was genuinely grateful to Ling Yi.
"I bet it's not just a simple meal. Could it be something more serious, like eating a mouthful of food?" Qin Wanwan asked again.
"No, no!" Liu Ruyan quickly shook her head.
Qin Wanwan stared at Liu Ruyan for a few seconds, causing Liu Ruyan to freeze in place.
After all, Liu Ruyan was only a seventeen-year-old student.
Just as Liu Ruyan was about to say something more, Qin Wanwan looked at Xu Zhiyi, "And you, Teacher Xu?"
"Well, I just teased Ling Yi a little."
Jiang Wan'er patted her forehead speechlessly.
"No wonder Ling Yi was concerned about mission failure; you've gone a bit too far."
"You all need to be more discreet in the future. If Ling Yi realizes that we can hear his thoughts, then we'll be in trouble."
"Yes!" Xu Zhiyi two girls nodded.
"Did Ling Yi say what would happen if the mission failed?" Jiang Wan'er asked again.
Xu Zhiyi and Liu Ruyan exchanged a glance, and in the end, Xu Zhiyi roughly recounted the thoughts she Heavenly Hearing.
" Lin Chen turns evil, Protagonist changes, Awakened..." Jiang Wan'er stroked her chin, frowning in thought.
"So, to sum it up in one sentence, even if Ling Yi fails his mission, there's still a way to return to his own world?" Xu Zhiyi.
"Moreover, there is more than one method."
"So, we need to stop Lin Chen from turning evil, stop Ling Yi from becoming the Protagonist, and also stop Ling Yi from finding other Awakened?" Liu Ruyan frowned.
"Finding Qin Yu isn't difficult!" Jiang Wan'er said.
"Finding Qin Yu isn't the key. The key is that there might be more than one Awakened in our world. According to Ling Yi, even we female protagonists might be Awakened."
Xu Zhiyi lit another One Cigarette and said.
"What do you mean?" Jiang Wan'er asked, puzzled.
"It's not impossible that Ling Yi is the Number Two cannon fodder, replacing Qin Yu, the Awakened. We female leads have also had Awakened before; we were just substitutes for the original female leads."
"That's actually quite possible."
"So, as long as Ling Yi finds other Awakened, he can still find a way to leave this world?"
Liu Ruyan asked somewhat anxiously.
At this moment, Qin Wanwan suddenly snapped her the Snap, drawing everyone's attention.
"You seem to have misunderstood something," Qin Wanwan said, glancing at the three women.
What is our purpose in leaving Ling Yi in this world?
The three women were taken aback for a moment.
Jiang Wan'er spoke first, "We kept Ling Yi because of Ling Yi true feelings, because Ling Yi knows the plot."
Xu Zhiyi added, "We need Ling Yi's voice to change our own destiny."
Liu Ruyan's lips moved, but she ultimately did not speak.
"No, no, no!" Qin Wanwan shook her finger.
"Our goal..." Qin Wanwan looked at the three women with a solemn expression and said, word by word, "Is to become Awakened."
"According to Ling Yi's inner voice, this world can be reset, and it can be reset infinitely. After the reset, everyone except the Awakened will have all their memories erased, and everything will start from scratch."
Qin Wanwan paused for a few seconds after saying this, giving the three women time to think.
He then continued, "Only by becoming Awakened can one's memories be preserved, completely detached from the plot, distanced from it, and truly escape fate."
"Or rather, break free from the script and become a truly free person."
"Aren't we considered awakened yet?" Jiang Wan'er asked.
Xu Zhiyi shook her head. "No, according to Ling Yi's inner voice, becoming Awakened One grants the ability to shield oneself."
"What are you blocking?" Jiang Wan'er asked.
"I don't know!" Xu Zhiyi and Liu Ruyan shook their heads at the same time.
"My brother might know!" Qin Wanwan said, shifting her sitting position.
The three women looked at her again.
"Your brother? I didn't know you had a brother? Wait, your surname is Qin, so your brother wouldn't be..." Jiang Wan'er
"That's right, Qin Yu, the one Ling Yi replaced, is actually my brother, the only Awakened we have a lead on."
"Before my brother disappeared, he left me a diary, telling me to open it after my birthday. I think it must contain very important information."
"Perhaps, the secret to becoming Awakened lies within."
Xu Zhiyi asked, "Why not open it now?"
Qin Wanwan shook her head. "I also want to open it now, but since my brother told me to open it after my birthday, there must be a reason."
"Just to be on the safe side, I dare not open it rashly."
"Being cautious is the right thing to do," Xu Zhiyi nodded.
"Your birthday should be in about two weeks, right?" Jiang Wan'er asked.
"Yes, in two weeks."
"So what do we need to do now?" Liu Ruyan asked.
"Protect Ling Yi, and protect ourselves," Jiang Wan'er said, frowning.
"Okay!" Qin Wanwan nodded.
"Protect Ling Yi, don't let Lin Chen kill him. Protect ourselves, don't give Lin Chen any opportunity to take advantage."
"You should know that Lin Chen's main goal is to win over us female leads. Every time he wins over one, Lin Chen's strength will increase exponentially."
"Right now, Lin Chen can still fight with Firearms. But if Lin Chen's strength increases several levels, then we'll be in real danger."
Qin Wanwan shook her head again and said, "It's not just us, there are several other female leads too."
"But we don't know who the other female leads are."
"Then let's try to find out Ling Yi's true feelings. Leave this to me and Ruyan," Xu Zhiyi said.
"I'll have my dad take action, activate the Heavenly Eye surveillance system beforehand, find Lin Chen, and preferably arrest him."
"Why not just kill Lin Chen..." Xu Zhiyi made a throat-slitting gesture.
Qin Wanwan shook her head. " Lin Chen is the Protagonist after all. If he is killed, it could cause the plot to get out of control, or even cause the world to reset."
He paused, then added, "I'll go back and make the arrangements. We'll have the Qin Family send their best bodyguards over later."
"I'm going back to the Inspection Bureau."
"Then, I'll go tease Ling Yi!" Xu Zhiyi.
Liu Ruyan really wanted to go with Xu Zhiyi, but she had to take care of her mother at the hospital and couldn't leave.
After clarifying their roles, the women went their separate ways.
Meanwhile, Ling Yi was in his hotel room, studying the Twin Fish Jade Pendant.