69. Yan Chuyue’s Guess
This future leader of the Cloud Rainbow Sect actually wanted to see her.
This was a strange feeling. Gong Yiling’s other identities had never been exposed. In other words, he had specifically asked for her, knowing she was Gong Yiling, the Young Palace Master of the Pear Blossom Blood Orchid Palace.
What was his purpose?
“So if Ling’er doesn’t want to go…”
“I’ll go.” Gong Yiling replied immediately. “Why not?”
She wanted to see what this old man had to say to her.
“But,” she turned to Yan Chuyue, “we have to wait until this girl is better. I have to take care of her.”
Yan Chuyue averted her gaze and stuck out her tongue.
“I know.” Gong Musheng nodded. “He told me before that as long as you agree, you can go to Huaishuo City anytime.”
“Then please relay my reply, Little Auntie.”
“Eh.” Gong Musheng waved her hand. “We’re family. No need to be so polite.”
After settling this matter, she straightened her clothes and said, “I’ve said what I needed to say. I won’t disturb Chuyue’s rest. You two can chat.”
With that, she left the room, closing the door behind her.
A few seconds after she left, Gong Yiling couldn’t help but turn and ask, “Do you know what he wants?”
Yan Chuyue shook her head. “It’s not in the script.”
“After you came here, you’ve completely changed the original plot. Many things are beyond my expectations.”
Gong Yiling understood this all too well.
After all, she was originally a reader. From what she had experienced, this story was a complete fanfiction-level rewrite.
Of course, there was something she had to ask the author.
“Including the Heavenly Sin?” Gong Yiling raised an eyebrow.
“This thing…” At this point, Yan Chuyue opened her mouth and gestured with her eyes.
Only after Gong Yiling fed her an apple did she say with satisfaction, “Actually, I didn’t know what this Heavenly Sin was either, because it’s not my setting.”
“My setting is—Little Sister Gong, I’m your fan… pah!”
Gong Yiling was taken aback. “…Harmonized again?”
“Why is this harmony patch still here!” Yan Chuyue grumbled. “Fine, I won’t spoil it. And this world has already become like this. My spoilers are meaningless!”
Of course, despite her annoyance, she had to finish her sentence.
“Let me put it this way.” Yan Chuyue, while eating the fruit Gong Yiling fed her, explained, “Although I don’t know what the Heavenly Sin is, I can probably guess what it symbolizes.”
“Symbolizes what?”
“You know, a beautiful girl novelist always has some strange ideas. These ideas sometimes conflict with the original outline, or they’re not suitable for the current readers and reading environment. Some of them do become the original setting, but some are discarded.”
Gong Yiling had heard the system mention this before.
“Qiu Shui is naturally suited for the Cloud Rainbow Heavenly Sound Technique, Chun Lian has some kind of Universe Talisman Art, and Ziyuan has the Heavenly Phoenix Fox Demon bloodline. Are these all discarded settings?”
“About that…” Yan Chuyue suddenly became a bit embarrassed. “Actually, Gong Yiling’s original setting… wasn’t like this.”
“Not like this?”
Gong Yiling thought for a moment and suddenly had a bold idea. “She wasn’t a mid-boss, but a member of the protagonist’s party, right?”
“Mmm…” Yan Chuyue nodded. “She was the real second female lead.”
In the setting, Gong Yiling’s background was quite similar to her own.
A ditzy mother, a strict and righteous father, betrayed by others, then living with her mother, her identity not recognized.
It was clear that Gong Youyuan had initially poured a lot of passion into Gong Yiling.
But the problem was, this was a big female protagonist’s BG novel.
The biggest characteristic of this kind of novel was that the female lead’s background was always tragic, and her journey was never smooth. The male characters were all handsome, either wanting to protect the female lead or to take advantage of her.
And the other female supporting characters were mostly negative. The few positive ones of the same age were definitely not smarter than the female lead, and their backgrounds were mostly smooth.
This was to highlight the female lead’s journey from adversity to the peak.
In other words, the settings were too similar.
To preserve most of Gong Yiling’s settings, Gong Youyuan could only change her into a proper villain.
Like Qiu Shui being the destined one of the Cloud Rainbow Sect, Chun Lian possessing a strange art, these were all set under the assumption that Gong Yiling was not a villain.
The people in the book, because they all died tragically, their settings didn’t need to be explained.
“So, the reason this world has developed like this is because of you.” Yan Chuyue said, “You changed Gong Yiling’s trajectory, so she’s no longer a villain. So many of the discarded original settings naturally came out.”
“And I guess the reason this Heavenly Sin appeared is to guide this world back to the original novel.”
If so…
This Heavenly Sin, as long as it held the Eight Desolations Deer Hunt, would definitely conclude that Yan Chuyue was the true chess player of the continent in the future.
These people had interfered with all the major organizations, but they had never paid any attention to Yan Chuyue.
You don’t mess with the real female lead, but you mess with all these fancy things. What are you playing at?
Perhaps it was because Yan Chuyue was the protagonist, the destined one of this world.
No matter how she grew, it would be beneficial to their unknown purpose. This was the only explanation.
“Guide it back to that war-torn, chaotic mess?” Gong Yiling frowned with displeasure. “I’ve worked so hard to clean up so much shit, and they think they can just waltz in and take over?”
“I didn’t like the original story either. If it weren’t for earning some money to support my family, I wouldn’t have written it like this.” Yan Chuyue crossed her arms and mumbled, “This is good. I also want to see what Gong Yiling would become if she didn’t walk that path.”
“So now you’ve seen it. What has she become?”
At this question, Yan Chuyue just opened her mouth.
It wasn’t until Gong Yiling fed her a piece of apple that she smacked her lips with satisfaction and said, “A bit of a scoundrel, a bit of a straight man.”
“What kind of evaluation is that? Spit out the apple.”
“I won’t. What are you going to do about it? Hehehe!”
