The Awakened Cannon Fodder Beauty [Quick Transmigration] 45

Chapter 45: The Cannon Fodder A Who Has a Crush on the Female Lead O (End)

◎”A-Yan, goodbye.”◎

Because she was struggling too hard, two drops of tears unconsciously overflowed from the corners of Chi Jia’s eyes. But she could no longer care. Her scarlet eyes were filled with shock and hatred.

The reason her father had lost control and stabbed her grandfather was because of Jiang Mengyu!

Her pheromones could actually control others!

No wonder Chen Xiang had said he had a shocking secret to share with her. He must have been referring to this.

Chi Jia’s thoughts were in a mess. There was a sudden realization, and also anger, but more than that, there was a blank incomprehension.

“Why…?” she asked with difficulty.

Why would Jiang Mengyu do this?

Did she want to use her to deal with Chi Jingyan?

But why would she let her know the truth at this time?!

A bad premonition welled up in Chi Jia’s heart.

Jiang Mengyu did not explain. She controlled Chi Jia and got out of the car. The few bodyguards had already become suspicious when they hadn’t gotten out of the car for a long time. At this moment, they were even more vigilant, all aiming their guns at Jiang Mengyu.

Jiang Mengyu’s face was expressionless. “Tell them to scram.”

Chi Jia really wanted to disobey her, but the program in her brain seemed to have been tampered with by Jiang Mengyu. Clearly, that wasn’t what she was thinking in her heart, but her mouth uncontrollably spat out a few words: “Get lost!”

Chi Jia was in Jiang Mengyu’s hands, so the few bodyguards did not dare to act rashly. Jiang Mengyu’s pheromones also made it impossible for them to get close. The moment they were stained with the extremely aggressive jasmine scent, their heads would ache as if they would split, and their whole bodies would lose strength.

They were forced to make way.

“What are you afraid of?” Jiang Mengyu casually pressed the muzzle of the gun against Chi Jia’s head. “I won’t kill her, don’t worry.”

Her actions did not look like she wouldn’t make a move at all.

The few bodyguards looked at each other, all with a look of hesitation. But at this moment, Chi Jia suddenly said, “Listen… to her.”

This…

They had no other choice but to watch as Jiang Mengyu held Chi Jia hostage and entered the abandoned building.

Chi Jia was so angry she was about to vomit blood.

That was not what she wanted to say at all!

But she had no ability to resist and could only follow Jiang Mengyu upstairs with unsteady steps.

It was too quiet around. The sound of her shoes on the ground was so clear, echoing in Chi Jia’s ears over and over again.

Chi Jia heard her own abnormal heartbeat. She panted heavily, her vision sometimes blurry and sometimes clear. The gray concrete walls flickered in front of her eyes, chaotic and disorderly.

Jiang Mengyu… what on earth did she want to do?

…

When Chi Jingyan received the news, she had just come out of the head teacher’s office.

They had their exams at their own school, so they didn’t have to go back and forth. After the exam, they could go directly to the head teacher to get their graduation certificate.

Chi Jingyan was holding two red certificates. When she went downstairs, her face was still smiling.

She couldn’t wait to see Jiang Mengyu.

The phone in her pocket suddenly rang. Chi Jingyan thought, perhaps it was Jiang Mengyu urging her. She took out her phone with a smile. After seeing the content on the screen, the smile that had not yet faded from her eyes suddenly froze.

Besides Zhou Heng’s message, there was also a photo sent by Chi Jia.

It was the unconscious Jiang Mengyu.

The messy footsteps became faster and faster, and in the end, she even started to run.

Zhou Heng was waiting for Chi Jingyan at the school gate in his car. From the time he had sent the message to Chi Jingyan to the time she appeared at the gate, only three minutes had passed. When Chi Jingyan got into the car, she was still panting heavily, but her face was as cold as ice.

“Is she really there?”

“The location is indeed accurate.”

Chi Jingyan took a deep breath. Her long hair was messy from her hurried running and hung by her cheeks, but she was completely unaware. She just stared at Zhou Heng. “Drive!”

The black Cayenne was like an arrow leaving the bow, speeding into the distance, with an urgency as if a storm was about to come.

When they arrived at the abandoned construction site, Chi Jingyan’s phone received another message.

[Come up by yourself. Don’t bring Zhou Heng. Otherwise, just wait to collect Jiang Mengyu’s corpse.]

Zhou Heng did not approve. “Young Miss…”

They were not sure if Jiang Mengyu was really inside, nor did they know what Chi Jia had prepared for Chi Jingyan. Besides, Jiang Mengyu…

Zhou Heng’s face showed a hint of ruthlessness. “You don’t have to take such a risk.”

This kidnapping case was not clever. It could even be said to be full of loopholes. It was just taking advantage of Chi Jingyan’s concern for Jiang Mengyu.

It was impossible for Chi Jia not to have guessed that they would bring people over, but she still let the Young Miss go up alone. Zhou Heng really couldn’t help but think of the worst outcome.

“Have people surround this place. Wait for my news,” Chi Jingyan’s expression was unprecedentedly cold and crazy.

Of course she knew that there was a trap ahead, but Chi Jingyan still did not dare to bet on that one in ten thousand possibility.

She had already put on a bulletproof vest on the way. At this moment, she took the gun from Zhou Heng’s hand. Chi Jingyan stepped into the building without hesitation.

Zhou Heng looked at her back, and the ominous premonition in his heart grew even stronger.

He gritted his teeth. If the Young Miss really had an accident here today, no one else would be able to escape either!

Chi Jingyan went upstairs. Just as she reached the corner of the second floor, she vaguely smelled a hint of blood.

Chi Jingyan’s body immediately tensed up even more. Her heart felt as if it were being squeezed by a large hand, lifted high.

Someone was injured. Could it be Jiang Mengyu?

There were still many cement and lime piled up in the building, blocking Chi Jingyan’s line of sight. She followed the path that Chi Jia had said in the text message all the way to the third floor. After passing through a few doors, a figure suddenly appeared in front of her.

The person’s hands were tied behind her back, and her whole body was curled up in the shadow. Her face was also covered by her long hair, so Chi Jingyan could not see her face clearly. But the pheromones drifting in the air were so familiar, a scent she was used to smelling day and night.

And the black coat that person was wearing was the one that Chi Jingyan had personally chosen for Jiang Mengyu in the morning. The originally clean clothes were wrinkled, and even the embroidered cloud pattern on the collar was stained with dust and became dirty.

“Jiang Mengyu!”

Chi Jingyan immediately wanted to go forward, but at this moment, her sharp eyes suddenly saw that there seemed to be something tied to the person’s body.

It was a bundle of bombs that could be detonated at any time.

Chi! Jia!

A bloody taste appeared in Chi Jingyan’s tightly clenched jaw. For the first time, she hated herself for being too arrogant, thinking that Chi Jia was just a loser and could not have much of an impact on her.

If she had dealt with Chi Jia earlier, would Jiang Mengyu not have fallen into such a dangerous situation?

Chi Jingyan’s eye sockets turned red, and her nails dug deep into her palms.

Chi Jia clearly wanted to wipe them all out. Maybe at this moment, she was watching her from somewhere. After she got close to Jiang Mengyu, she would immediately detonate the bomb.

If she took another step forward, she might really die here.

But Chi Jingyan moved a little closer to that person. Only then did she see clearly that there was a small timer on the bomb, which was constantly counting down.

There were only two minutes left!

Chi Jia had no intention of giving her time to hesitate.

In front of her was a bomb that was about to detonate, and behind her was empty. As long as Chi Jingyan turned and left at this moment, she had a high probability of getting out safely.

The room was exceptionally quiet, with only the sound of the timer echoing urgently.

A cold wind was blowing outside the window. There were no windows installed in the building. The cold wind drilled in through the open window, making a wailing sound, like a final cry before death.

Chi Jingyan made her choice.

She took a step forward, her steps not pausing at all. Only after she got close to the person in the corner did her hand begin to tremble.

Chi Jingyan ignored the ticking bomb and reached out, wanting to caress the person’s features, her voice a hoarse, light tremble. “I’m sorry, it’s all my…”

Fault.

It was she who had implicated Jiang Mengyu.

Before she could finish her sentence, Chi Jingyan’s voice suddenly stopped.

After brushing away the long hair, the person’s true face was finally revealed. The face in front of her was exceptionally familiar, but it was not the person she wanted to see.

This person was clearly Chi Jia!

How could it be Chi Jia?!

Chi Jingyan’s mind was in a mess, but her body was faster than her mind. She suddenly stood up and was about to run out.

Just as she was about to turn around, the timer on the bomb suddenly paused. The countdown had only eight seconds left.

Chi Jingyan panted heavily. Accompanied by the faint sound of footsteps from behind her, she suddenly turned her head and happened to meet the eyes of the Jiang Mengyu who had walked out.

The two of them, one standing in a dark corner, the other standing at the door with her back to the light, were separated by a not-too-far distance, but it was as if they were in two different worlds. The atmosphere between them was tense and dull.

No one spoke for a long time.

In the end, it was Chi Jingyan who slowly opened her mouth and said in a hoarse voice, “It really is you.”

Zhou Heng had told her that he had checked the nearby surveillance footage, and the image showed that it was Jiang Mengyu who had taken the initiative to get into Chi Jia’s car.

But Chi Jingyan didn’t believe it.

She didn’t believe that Jiang Mengyu would betray her, let alone that the sweetness and warmth of this period of time were all fake, deliberately put on by Jiang Mengyu to deceive her.

“Mmm,” Jiang Mengyu’s tone was still so flat.

It reminded Chi Jingyan of every time she had envisioned their future life with her, she had also responded to her so faintly.

A tear suddenly fell from the corner of Chi Jingyan’s eye. She stared at Jiang Mengyu with red-rimmed eyes, her lips trembling several times before she could ask the question, “Why?”

Why would she do this to her?

Was there something she hadn’t done well enough?

“There’s no why,” Jiang Mengyu said, unhurriedly taking off the black gloves she was wearing.

Chi Jingyan looked at her action and vaguely saw that there seemed to be a few wet marks on the gloves. She instantly understood, her tone strained. “Whose blood is that?”

“The bodyguards Chi Jia brought.”

Chi Jingyan wanted to ask if she was injured, but she felt that this question made her seem too cheap. Jiang Mengyu had cruelly plotted against her, but she still wanted to care if the other party was injured.

Chi Jingyan’s body was stiff and she didn’t speak. She watched as Jiang Mengyu casually threw the gloves on the ground, then walked toward her.

Behind her was the unconscious Chi Jia. In front of her, Jiang Mengyu’s figure was constantly enlarging. Chi Jingyan was in a daze for a moment, her whole person as if she had fallen into a strange and chaotic dream, unable to distinguish whether the surroundings were real or an illusion.

It wasn’t until a hint of coolness came from her cheek that it was Jiang Mengyu who had caught a teardrop of hers with her fingertip.

Chi Jingyan suddenly woke up. She fiercely turned her head to avoid Jiang Mengyu’s hand, trying her best to maintain a calm surface, but her voice still couldn’t help but tremble. “What on earth do you want to do?”

Jiang Mengyu paused. She withdrew her hand. “Nothing, just want to play a game with you.”

Play a game?

Chi Jingyan didn’t understand.

Jiang Mengyu continued, “Don’t let Zhou Heng come up yet.”

She stared at Chi Jingyan with those dark eyes. Compared to Chi Jingyan’s breakdown and pain, Jiang Mengyu appeared exceptionally cold and indifferent.

“I still have some things I want to say to you.”

“I don’t want to perish together in advance.”

The bomb on Chi Jia’s body was a sharp sword hanging over Chi Jingyan’s head, which could fall at any time.

Hearing this, Chi Jingyan just sneered twice. “Then you can just blow me up.”

Although she said so, she still did not press the communication device hidden on her body. Chi Jingyan was not afraid of death, but she did not want to die without knowing why, let alone die with someone she hated.

“You’re still like this,” Jiang Mengyu seemed to let out an imperceptible sigh.

“Life doesn’t always have a chance to start over.”

Chi Jingyan’s heart felt as if it were being stabbed and twisted by a knife. The pain was so clear that she could no longer maintain a normal breathing. She looked at Jiang Mengyu with wet, red eyes. “So? Are you planning to personally teach me a lesson, to teach me what it means to be cautious?”

Jiang Mengyu’s eyes reflected Chi Jingyan’s figure. Her hair was messy, and her eyes were soaked with tears. Her figure was thin and lonely.

“Do you still remember,” Jiang Mengyu said slowly. “The second time we met, it was also here.”

The second time?

Hearing this, Chi Jingyan’s brain spun rapidly. She had clearly met Jiang Mengyu countless times. Why would she say it was the second time?!

Then when was the first time?

At school?

Speaking of which, Jiang Mengyu did seem to have become a completely different person after she had been expelled. At that time, she had been puzzled, but she hadn’t thought much about it.

Could it be that she…

Chi Jingyan looked at Jiang Mengyu with half-surprise and half-doubt, the rhythm of her heartbeat already a mess.

031’s urgent warning sounded in her ear.

[Beep!! The Host is prohibited from revealing mission-related information to the original characters!]

Jiang Mengyu acted as if she hadn’t heard. She continued from where she had left off, “I just mentioned Chu Muyao, and you came over without hesitation.”

This was the second time Chi Jingyan had fallen for the same trick.

Chi Jingyan wanted to refute. If it weren’t for her really caring about Jiang Mengyu, why would she care about her life or death?

But the gaze of the person in front of her was so indifferent that all of Chi Jingyan’s words were stuck in her throat. She averted her gaze in silence, not planning to explain for herself.

Jiang Mengyu knew very well what she was thinking. She was playing with her like a monkey, and she was even turning around to mock her for being worried and confused.

Sadness and disappointment welled up at the same time. Chi Jingyan’s eyes were red, but her face was exceptionally pale. She pressed her lips together tightly, desperately holding back the surging tears.

Jiang Mengyu’s gaze lingered on Chi Jingyan’s face. She asked in a low voice, “Are you very angry?”

Blood rushed to her head, and her teeth were clenched so tightly that after a long while, Chi Jingyan finally tasted the rusty taste in her mouth. She squeezed out a question word by word from her throat, “Shouldn’t I be angry?”

“Because I lied to you?” Jiang Mengyu’s tone was light and slow, with a hint of casual indifference. “Anyway, it’s not the first time.”

Chi Jingyan had originally not wanted to speak, but at this moment, she couldn’t help but say sarcastically, “Is that so? Then how many other things are you hiding from me?”

Anyway, it was already like this. If there was anything else Jiang Mengyu hadn’t told her, she might as well just say it all.

Chi Jingyan’s gaze was shaky, almost broken.

Jiang Mengyu paused. “That night in this building, I said that I was approaching Chu Muyao to attract your attention. I was lying.”

Although Chi Jingyan had long expected it, after hearing these words, a strong, suffocating pain still spread in her chest. She clenched her fists, barely maintaining her clarity. “And then?”

“Going to the bar was also my plan in advance.”

Chi Jingyan closed her eyes. “You knew long ago that I would be drugged?”

Jiang Mengyu: “Mmm.”

Chi Jingyan did not ask how she knew. From the moment Jiang Mengyu had said “the second time we met,” she had already guessed that perhaps the person in front of her was no longer the same Jiang Mengyu she had known from the beginning. It was just that she had never thought in that direction.

“You coldly watched me struggle in pain at that time. Were you very proud in your heart?” Chi Jingyan’s lips were bloodless. “Everything was under your control.”

No wonder she always felt that Jiang Mengyu had a coldness and cruelty that was detached from the world. It turned out that she was really like that, coldly watching as everyone obediently walked into her trap.

“If I hadn’t taken you away, you would have marked Chu Muyao.”

The system’s alarm had already reached a noisy and piercing point. A familiar pain came, like the suppression of the plot’s power on her after she had awakened in the previous world. A dull pain appeared in her body.

Jiang Mengyu’s face was unchanged. “You would have fallen in love with her and married her.”

Chi Jingyan suddenly understood. She did not doubt Jiang Mengyu’s words, because that was indeed something she was likely to do.

Or rather, if it weren’t for Jiang Mengyu’s interference, Chi Jingyan would definitely have ended up with Chu Muyao.

“So? You don’t want me and her to be together?”

“Mmm.”

Chi Jingyan curled her lip. “Why? It can’t be because you love me, right?”

Even at this point, Chi Jingyan still held a sliver of hope in her heart. Although her tone was sarcastic, it also secretly contained a hint of probing.

But Jiang Mengyu did not answer. She even averted her face and no longer looked at Chi Jingyan. She looked at the empty window, her gaze so faint that there was not a single fluctuation.

Chi Jingyan’s heart completely sank. After a long while, she finally found her voice. “So the savior was also fake?”

“Mmm.”

It was too ridiculous.

Chi Jingyan no longer knew what kind of expression to show. She had actually been vigilant and in pain for a person who did not exist at all, and had even forged the so-called “evidence.” In the end, it was all fake!

She had been played by Jiang Mengyu.

Chi Jingyan’s heart was like it was being cut by a knife. The intense pain made her expression slightly distorted. She was already unable to speak and could only look at Jiang Mengyu with obsession and despair.

Did Jiang Mengyu have a heart at all?

Chi Jingyan’s voice was extremely hoarse. “The older sister who gave you the name ‘Jiaojiao’? Was she also fake?”

Hearing this, Jiang Mengyu turned her head to look at her again. “No.”

That was real.

Chi Jingyan really wanted to laugh, but she had no strength in her whole body. Her eyes were full of water, and a broken light flickered in their depths. “So you can still tell the truth.”

But now Chi Jingyan was not sure. Did Jiang Mengyu really not treat her as a substitute for that older sister?

“Jiang Mengyu,” Chi Jingyan tried several times before she could say this sentence. “Do you hate me?”

Jiang Mengyu shook her head. “I don’t hate you.”

So it wasn’t because she hated her that she had done these things?

Chi Jingyan wanted to ask, “Have you ever liked me, even for a moment?” But she couldn’t ask, and she was also afraid of hearing an even more cruel answer.

In the end, she could only ask softly, “Why?”

Why would she do this?

Jiang Mengyu’s answer was irrelevant. “My graduation certificate, did you bring it?”

Chi Jingyan didn’t speak. Jiang Mengyu then approached her and took out her own graduation certificate from her clothes pocket.

Chi Jingyan didn’t move. Her whole body had lost its strength, but her back was straight as she coldly watched Jiang Mengyu.

A slightly mechanical voice sounded in her mind.

[Congratulations, Host! You have successfully completed the novice mission! Mission reward: 5000 points, gift package x1.]

[The system store has been opened.]

[Mission completed. Please prepare to leave this world.]

[Departure countdown: ten minutes.]

Jiang Mengyu ignored 031’s voice. She casually stuffed the graduation certificate into her pocket and then looked at Chi Jingyan again.

“You said before that you would return everything you owed me.”

The fingertips hanging at Chi Jingyan’s side twitched. “So?”

“You still owe me two shots.”

Something appeared in Jiang Mengyu’s hand. Chi Jingyan’s gaze slid down and saw that it was a silver pistol.

It was the one she had given to Jiang Mengyu.

Her heart ached with anger to the extreme. Chi Jingyan’s expression actually calmed down. Her eyes were filled with a thick, dark tide. “Are you going to return it?”

“I said, I want to play a game with you.”

As Jiang Mengyu spoke, she pulled Chi Jingyan’s hand and placed the gun in her palm.

“The rules of the game are very simple.”

“There is only one bullet in this gun. One shot per person. After it’s fired, it’s over.”

This game was called Russian roulette.

Jiang Mengyu let go of her hand. “You go first.”

She had completely given the choice to Chi Jingyan.

If Jiang Mengyu’s luck was not good enough, perhaps the first shot would have a bullet.

Or if Chi Jingyan was ruthless enough, she could directly ignore the rules of the game and fire several shots at Jiang Mengyu. Then, no matter when the bullet was fired, Jiang Mengyu’s end would be death.

Chi Jingyan could even throw this gun away and directly use the gun she had brought to kill Jiang Mengyu.

She had already exposed all her schemes and all her dark side to Chi Jingyan just now. Chi Jingyan’s hatred for her should be the strongest at this moment. The anger of being played with and deceived, would it make the Young Miss choose to kill her directly?

Jiang Mengyu took a step back, her dark eyes calmly watching Chi Jingyan.

Let Chi Jingyan choose.

The hand holding the gun was trembling. The person in front of her seemed to be covered with a layer of shadow. Chi Jingyan could not see Jiang Mengyu’s expression clearly, nor did she know what she was thinking.

For a moment, she even felt that Jiang Mengyu was deliberately luring her to shoot.

The two of them looked at each other in silence for a long time. Chi Jingyan finally slowly moved.

Her choice was not within any of Jiang Mengyu’s expectations. Chi Jingyan directly aimed the muzzle at her own heart and pulled the trigger several times.

Didn’t Jiang Mengyu want her to return it? Then she would return it.

The jasmine scent in the air instantly became several times richer. The hand that was firing the gun was also held by another hand. Chi Jingyan lost her strength, and her vision seemed to be filled with a thick fog, so blurry that she could not see Jiang Mengyu’s face clearly at all.

She only heard Jiang Mengyu ask very softly, “You don’t hate me?”

“I hate you,” Chi Jingyan’s voice was as if it were squeezed from her throat.

But even though she knew that Jiang Mengyu had been lying to her, Chi Jingyan still could not control her heart.

She could not bear to see Jiang Mengyu die.

A hint of another emotion finally appeared in Jiang Mengyu’s eyes. She raised her hand and wiped away the teardrop from the corner of Chi Jingyan’s eye, her voice with a rare gentleness.

“Is that so.”

[Please prepare to leave this world, Host!]

[Departure countdown: one minute.]

Chi Jingyan could no longer suppress the strong emotions in her heart. Her eyes were misty with tears, and she stubbornly retorted, “What about you? Didn’t you want me to return it to you?”

Why did she stop her from continuing to shoot?

“The drug that Chen Xiang gave to Chi Jia, I injected all of it into her.”

Jiang Mengyu’s speech seemed to have quickened a little.

“She will no longer be a threat to you.”

Besides, this matter was done by Jiang Mengyu alone. It had nothing to do with Chi Jingyan, and it could not be blamed on her.

An unease suddenly welled up in Chi Jingyan’s heart. She seemed to have sensed something. She widened her eyes and stared at Jiang Mengyu, raising her hand, wanting to grab her sleeve.

But her body was inexplicably out of control, as if she had been petrified, unable to move in the slightest.

Her fingers were still tightly holding the gun. Jiang Mengyu brought her hand back and turned it around, pressing the muzzle against her own heart.

Chi Jingyan finally understood what she meant.

“Don’t…”

Tears uncontrollably streamed from Chi Jingyan’s eyes. She struggled desperately, but the gentle jasmine scent that was wrapped around her firmly suppressed her, not allowing her to resist.

For some reason, Chi Jingyan suddenly remembered the words that Jiang Mengyu had said to her a long time ago.

“I promise, I will not use my pheromones to control you again.”

“If I do it again, I will be punished by being abandoned by you forever.”

It turned out that there had been a premonition long ago.

So now, was Jiang Mengyu preparing to abandon her?

After telling her all the truth, she would resolutely leave her?

Chi Jingyan struggled to move her lips. “Please…”

She could stop caring about Jiang Mengyu’s deception, and she could forgive everything Jiang Mengyu had done, as long as Jiang Mengyu did not leave her.

Don’t abandon her.

Jiang Mengyu looked at Chi Jingyan without blinking. The cold expression on her face melted a little, and a faint smile appeared on the corners of her lips.

“A-Yan, never trust a person too easily.”

[Departure countdown: 10, 9, 8…]

“And don’t have hope for a bad person.”

A cool fingertip landed on Chi Jingyan’s eyes, closing them for her.

“The congee you made was not that disgusting.”

That was also a lie she had told Chi Jingyan.

The system’s alarm was like a death knell. Jiang Mengyu finally gave Chi Jingyan a deep look.

“Goodbye, A-Yan.”

BANG—!

[Congratulations, Host, for successfully leaving the novice world!]

Author’s Note:
The next chapter is a BE (Bad Ending) extra for the “if-line.” Darlings who don’t want to see the BE can skip ahead to Chapter 47 (which is the HE for this storyline). Chapter 48 begins the next world. 🙂