Yan Luqing truly did not expect that Gu Ci’s mouth could actually spit out such fine words.

Saying that even if one tied up a dog it could still win was already enough, but he even said it while at the same time apologizing to the dog! … It seemed that when Gu Ci used to insinuate her, he had never been serious at all.

After Gu Ci said this, Xia Yutian and Xia Xuetian had almost the same reaction as Yan Luqing. First was shock, then it was desperately suppressing the desire to laugh.

The funniest part was that Wolf even let out an “awoo” as if it had understood, as though in agreement with that sentence of being able to win even tied.

Xia Yutian and Xia Xuetian did not directly laugh at Yin Ning’an, instead they laughed while praising Wolf: “It seems like it really understood? The rumors are indeed true—dogs are dogs, border collies are border collies!”

Anyway, one after another, they were all madly snatching away the panda’s bamboo shoots [idiom: stealing someone’s limelight].

Fairy Ning was already full of embarrassment. Yet she still stubbornly played the game here, and did not have any intention of leaving.

Yan Luqing had already begun being influenced by this girl’s bubbles since last night, and today she inexplicably stuck herself on again. She had wholeheartedly played the game to carry the girl yet was dragged down like that, the stifled anger just now had been brewing for half the day—as Gu Ci had already taken the lead, naturally she had to speak her fill as well.

“Alright, I will come protect you now.” Saying this, Yan Luqing walked to the bottom lane.

Not long after—

“Come out and clear the minion wave,” Yan Luqing imitated Gu Ci’s tone just now, speaking kindly to her, “stop walking back and forth under the tower, you cannot rack up WeChat steps in King’s Canyon.”

“……”

When Fairy Ning came out—

“Yin Ning’an,” Yan Luqing circled around beside her and said, “this game requires clearing soldiers, not holding a military parade.”

“……”

Under the great advantage created by Gu Ci, Yan Luqing as a support even took three kills, and when Fairy Ning’s record was 0–6—

Yan Luqing could not help but ask: “Do you believe in Buddha, Yin Ning’an?”

“Ah…” Fairy Ning perhaps felt that this sentence had nothing to do with mocking her poor skill, was stunned for a moment, but still opened her mouth to answer, using that kind of soft tone: “I don’t believe, ya.”

Yan Luqing imitated her tone: “Ah? Then why don’t you kill, ya?”

“……”

While outputting damage, Yan Luqing observed everyone’s reaction. Xia Yutian and Xia Xuetian were already about to laugh themselves to death, laughing so much it directly affected their own operations. Only Gu Ci remained calm, composed, and steady, only occasionally hooking the corner of his lips.

Yan Luqing truly had not expected things to develop in this direction.

She had called Gu Ci over indeed only to have him help carry the girl, because she did not want to lose, and she also did not want the twins to lose. She had not expected that Princess Ci would be so powerful, actually letting her vent her anger so fiercely.

Under this flanking attack, Fairy Ning finally fell into silence.

Gu Ci’s hero was Jing, a must-ban must-pick hero in high-level games. Generally, once it gained momentum it was very hard to lose, so even if the marksman kept on delivering ugly group-meal takeouts to the enemy, they still won as a matter of course.

At the end, when they returned to the settlement screen, Fairy Ning silently exited the team, as if carrying a stomach full of grievance, saying not a word as she was about to get up and leave.

Gu Ci suddenly called out to her.

“Yin Ning’an.”

The girl turned her head back, looking as if she were about to cry, eyes red, pitiful and fragile.

By rights, at this time everyone should have comforted her with a few words, saying that game matters should not be brought into reality, but Yan Luqing truly could not bring herself to comfort. After all, to comfort her would just be to give her confidence—was that to let her stride forward full of confidence in the future, only to drag down others again?

However, she even called herself Maria. If she could not understand how to forgive others, then was it not unworthy of the name Maria?

Let Gu Ci be the one to comfort, she thought.

Then Yan Luqing heard Gu Ci speak:

“I suggest that next time there is such a team game, you directly refuse to play King of Glory, and propose playing Werewolf instead.” He still maintained that spring-breeze-like smile, “That game only requires acting, you can win the championship.”

Goodness, he was even more unworthy.

With Gu Ci at the beginning and the end, and Yan Luqing filling the content, this game concluded perfectly.

After Yin Ning’an left, Xia Yutian and Xia Xuetian could no longer hold it in, bursting out into laughter, laughing while sighing: “That just now was simply Condor Heroes,” “husband sings, wife follows,” “a match made in heaven,” and so on.

They played two more games, and very quickly it was lunchtime. Other than Yin Ning’an and her two follower young misses, everyone was present, just in time to unify the schedule for the afternoon and tomorrow while eating.

——Tomorrow would be the last day of this trip to Dieye Mountain, because one more day later, everyone’s vacation would also reach its end, and they should each return home to pack and prepare for school.

In the afternoon, Yan Luqing first agreed to the invitation of the twin sisters to stroll the temple fair together. But she also had her own plan—taking advantage of everyone’s nap time to go out alone.

In view of the system constantly making trouble this time, Yan Luqing had to go check again on how the relationship between the original book’s male and female leads currently was, and to help if she could—because the disruption she caused was at the beginning, very critical, so the problems between them in this period would be counted on her head.

Yan Luqing first observed Jiang Baichu’s bubbles of these past two days, discovering that the quarrel she had with Qi Yanchuan had already been reconciled. The two were currently in the kind of relationship that on the surface looked like ordinary classmates, but actually both harbored quite a lot of thoughts inwardly.

——For example, seeing the other walk a little closer with the opposite sex would immediately roll eyes, mocking coldly in the heart, yet unable to resist sneaking a few more glances. A typical youthful behavior.

Yan Luqing had not added Qi Yanchuan’s WeChat, so she did not know the original male lead’s inner thoughts. But according to the original book, Qi Yanchuan had felt something a little earlier than Jiang Baichu. Only that, as a teenager, most of the time Qi Yanchuan’s words could anger people to death, his mouth might as well not exist. This was what led to the main CP’s love line in this book being one of broken mirror reunited with an undertone of pain.

So she felt Qi Yanchuan did not particularly need a breakthrough, and directly went to the high school meeting point to once again find Jiang Baichu.

“Elder Sister! Why have you come!”

When the female lead saw her, she was especially happy, full of radiance, the rose petals by her side nearly brushing into Yan Luqing’s face.

Yan Luqing greeted her, casually chatted a few sentences, asked about recent matters, then began to speak the main point.

Through Makka Pakka opening the heavenly eye, Yan Luqing told Jiang Baichu that the middle-aged lewd man who had once attempted but failed to molest her had originally relied on connections and money to find someone to have him detained here in the management area for a few days before being released. Now, however, he had been transferred to the city, currently locked in the station—it was all because Qi Yanchuan had sought his family’s help.

Moreover, Qi Yanchuan had been following behind her and her young miss friends every day, acting as a flower-guarding messenger.

That sleeping bag of hers, which had suddenly disappeared then reappeared, was bought by Qi Yanchuan.

Qi Yanchuan…

This human-shaped pine tree, he had done quite a lot behind the scenes, but insisted on leaving no name.

Doing good deeds without leaving a name was to be praised, but being good to one’s wife and still leaving no name, was that not a complete waste?

So Yan Luqing could only leave the name for him.

After hearing all this, the human rose Jiang Baichu was extremely shocked.

She stared with big eyes, her face first flushing red, then returning to normal, taking quite a while before coming back to her senses: “Elder Sister… how did you know this?”

Yan Luqing gave her a mysterious blink: “Secret.”

Because the problem always appeared on Jiang Baichu’s side, Yan Luqing naturally targeted the little rose—

She made clear all the things that the little pine tree had done for the little rose. This way, the little rose would not so easily dislike the little pine tree anymore, right?

After resolving this matter of the heart, Yan Luqing, while walking back toward the hotel, asked in her mind: “But after I finish matchmaking this time? If they quarrel again later over something else, even if I’m not with them and it has nothing to do with me, will I still suffer?”

“Maria, the point you disrupted lies in their first encounter, that is, the event where Jiang Baichu felt a tiny bit of heartbeat toward the male lead. So the standard for punishing you depends on Jiang Baichu’s recent psychological activity toward him—if it deviates too much from the original book, then the wrong you created will be punished.”

“But after this plot passes, theoretically speaking, you’ve already let them reconnect. Your mistake at that time will not affect their later development. So as long as the female lead still has even the tiniest trace of affection toward the male lead, it will not be blamed on you again.”

Makka Pakka finished speaking, then cautiously added, “Um, Maria, if you want to curse the system, you can scold it as you please… don’t worry, I stand with you!”

“I don’t want to scold it.” Yan Luqing smiled while gritting her teeth, “I just want to log in to Pinduoduo and immediately hack this dog-shit system with a slash.”

Makka Pakka: “……”

When Yan Luqing returned to the hotel, it happened that the twin sisters came out of the elevator.