The improved female villains regained their memories.

The blood froze at that moment.

Li Chumo looked up, his gaze fixed on Yang Pingsheng: "Benefactor?"

call out--

Bang!

The second firework burst into bloom.

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The girl knew Lan Xiu was a bit oblivious, but she didn't expect her to be this oblivious.

In the short time it took to look down, when he looked up again, he found that Lan Xiu was gone.

The girl thought that they had most likely gotten separated.

The fireworks were about to start, and Lan Xiu tried his best to push forward. He had probably reached the other side of the bridge by now. The girl was alone and couldn't push her way through. She was also worried that they would get separated even more, so she decided to find a place to wait at the back.

Anyway, she knew the way to Lan Xiu's house, so if she really couldn't wait any longer, she would just go back.

When she reached the crossroads, she suddenly stopped and looked sharply at a person in the middle of the road.

benefactor?

He's my benefactor!

The girl's eyes lit up; she hadn't expected to run into her benefactor in this place.

Excitement overwhelmed everything else. The fact that it was fate was right in front of her. Her lips trembled, and she moved closer with shaky steps, ignoring a certain gaze that was faintly visible.

Fireworks burst in the darkness, and she shouted:

"My benefactor, is that you?"

"benefactor?"

It was at this moment that she heard the voice of another person beside Yang Pingsheng.

Because of the angle, she overlooked the person standing next to him.

That person, with the same purple hair, ears, and tail as her.

call out--

Bang!

The second firework burst into bloom.

The girl looked at the man and, for some reason, thought of what the beggar had said, feeling as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

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It was as if all sound had disappeared.

The meeting of the two girls almost caused Yang Pingsheng's mind to shut down.

The one in the blue shirt wanted to say something, but the next moment—

The third firework froze in mid-air. For a moment, everything stopped moving, even the drifting snowflakes stopped in mid-air.

The immortal's killing move, the cosmic waters remain still.

Time stood still.

Yang Pingsheng looked at the two girls, who were still in a state of astonishment as before time stood still. One was incredulous, and the other was stunned. Although their appearances were different, their identical purple hair, ears, and tails made it hard not to suspect that the two had some kind of relationship.

"system."

Yang Pingsheng's face remained expressionless: "Explain."

"what......."

The system's figure appeared, looking at the still scene before it, somewhat at a loss for words.

"This doesn't make sense. According to the Heavenly Dao's plan, the real Li Chumo shouldn't appear this early. Holy crap, what's going on? Why isn't she staying in the tribe? What is she doing here? How did she get here?"

Yang Pingsheng watched the system spin wildly in mid-air, muttering to himself, without saying a word.

"How is this possible? This can't be!"

"Someone else has intervened? Has this girl awakened her consciousness? That shouldn't be possible; there's no reason for her to be here!?"

The system did not tell the truth and did not tell Yang Pingsheng the true plan of Heaven, but this was definitely not the scene it wanted to see.

This part was not part of the actual plan.

"I request access to Li Chumo's real movements over the past year!"

It shouts, and the target of its shouts is, of course, the will of the world.

The system's light sphere suddenly burst forth with intense light, shooting straight into the sky. A moment later, the light disappeared, and a large screen of text appeared in front of the system. It looked at it nervously, then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, I see. That makes sense."

It turned the screen to Yang Pingsheng and said, "Pingsheng, look, I already know why this guy came here. It's very reasonable, and there's no trace of human intervention."

Yang Pingsheng frowned, stepped forward, and looked at the text on the screen.

After reading it, his furrowed brows did not relax. He looked at the system and said, "She killed her people and hid here. You call that reasonable?"

"Hmm, that makes sense. Her killings weren't orchestrated by anyone, nor were there any other forces intervening. It was simply an action resulting from the combination of her circumstances and personality. As for how it evolved into this state, it was a result of a series of factors combined, and the Heavenly Dao didn't detect any abnormalities."

"Now that they've met, isn't that outside of the Heavenly Dao Plan?" Yang Pingsheng countered. "So how should the plan be implemented next?"

The system became embarrassed.

Its embarrassment wasn't due to Yang Pingsheng's problem, but rather because after searching, it discovered that the current outcome had no impact on the actual plan, and therefore it didn't know how to explain it to Yang Pingsheng.

It thought for a moment and gave a reasonable explanation: "Just walk normally, you haven't done anything wrong."

“I haven’t done anything wrong, but now that I know them all, and they know that I know the other party…” Yang Pingsheng asked coldly, “How am I supposed to act out the situation where Li Yaoyang recognizes his own daughter, and I join everyone in rejecting Li Chumo? Also, how am I supposed to explain this if Li Yaoyang finds out about this?”

"Relying on your superb acting skills and unparalleled eloquence?"

"........."

Yang Pingsheng rubbed his temples and said, "Let's leave it at that for now, we'll talk about it when we get back."

call out--

Bang!

The third firework burst into bloom.

The previously still crowd cheered as a large number of Kongming lanterns were released, marking the perfect end to the night.

The new year has arrived.

The girl in blue said, "Master..."

The girl in red spoke up: "My benefactor..."

They both spoke at the same time, then fell silent, and looked at each other again.

Yang Pingsheng looked at the two of them, wanting to say something, when suddenly a woman hurried over.

"Ah, you're here. Sorry, Xiao Wang, there were too many people just now. Luckily, I left a tracking artifact on you, so you didn't..."

The woman hurried closer, saying something as she reached for the girl's hand. However, when she saw Yang Pingsheng and the other girl beside him, she tilted her head and uttered a questioning sound:

"what?"

Yang Pingsheng felt the veins on his forehead throbbing.

On the first day of the new year, things got complicated.

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Do you believe in fate?

On the top floor of the restaurant, the old Taoist priest Zhiyuan coughed and said, pointing to the crossroads below, "This is the meeting of destiny."

The girl looked on with deep sympathy for Yang Pingsheng, caught in the middle. After a moment's thought, she spoke softly, "Is this a good idea? If everything is done ahead of time, the Heavenly Guardian Sect might notice something. Even if we don't intervene, the system will still force the two of them to fight. If we do this..."

...Isn't this going too far?

Zhiyuan shook his head and said, "The ruthless supreme creation—this has been a long-standing challenge for that aloof being."

"Although I don't have memories of reincarnation, according to the adults, the reason why the lone wolf has never succeeded is mostly due to this villain."

"Those who stay in the Great Ruins have no heart, and even if a humanoid treasure that has absorbed the power of the Great Ruins kills the sacrificer and becomes a complete person, her human heart is still incomplete."

"Don't forget, since being cold and unfeeling is her definition, it will always be like that. Even though the aloof one used the will of the Heavenly Guardian Sect to bind this villain's heart, because of her flawed heart, she can neither express love nor understand what love is. In the end, she will only distort love into what she understands."

“Wen Shihan, Luo Benmo… those female villains are undoubtedly very clear about their love, and they endure and restrain themselves for it, but this villain is not like that. [Since the person who loves you, what does it matter if you live or die?] According to the adults, the total number of times this guy has betrayed the aloof has exceeded the total number of all the other female villains.”

The girl couldn't help but feel a deep sense of sorrow for Yang Pingsheng when she thought of that scene.

This is indeed not easy.

"To achieve the future of the Unseen Ones reigning supreme, all eight female villains are indispensable. Therefore, the Lone One must deal with this villain. And that lord has already foreseen that the final battle will begin with the Lone Ones subduing this villain."

"Starting with this villain, the first six villains will also be guided to awaken their own consciousness, and eventually they will converge in the main world to compete with the adults in the final battle."

"..." The girl remained silent for a long time after listening, then asked, "What does that have to do with what we're doing?"

Do you believe in fate?

Zhiyuan asked back, reaching out his hand as if touching something unknown.

"So-called destiny is the power of reason. As the Book of Changes says, the greatest things in the world begin in the most hidden places. The hidden places are the key to levering destiny. The aloof have already let themselves lever this round, and we are the key to levering destiny."

"Him?" the girl asked in surprise, "When?"

"This is the mystery of the hidden place. Even adults only know that the other party has made a move, but they don't know where they have made the move. We, on the other hand, have already moved the lever of fate, and everything will change."

The girl remained silent for a long time.

Perhaps the topic of fate was too heavy, because she thought of herself.

The hustle and bustle of the street gradually faded away, leaving only litter as a testament to its former liveliness. The moonlight shone on the girl, making her appear lonely and desolate.

The tenderness unique to women from Jiangnan has, without anyone noticing, become tinged with sadness.

"The key to leveraging destiny."

She savored the words softly, then suddenly asked, "Am I one too?"