Chapter 163: Chapter 163: You Saved Me

They had been in love for so many years. Even though they’d broken up, their bond remained.

’They were hardly strangers. If I just humble myself a bit and beg Shen Zhiyao, maybe her heart will soften and she’ll take me back.’

Just as he reached the door to Shen Zhiyao’s room, he saw Meng Xiaoxiao standing guard at the entrance, stiff as a wooden plank.

Zhou Ye’s brow furrowed instantly. “It’s the middle of the night. Why is a girl like you hanging around here instead of in your own room? Do you need to see her for something?”

Meng Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at Zhou Ye and said arrogantly, “She’s not available to see you right now. Please leave.”

’For some reason, he felt there was something off about the way Meng Xiaoxiao was looking at him. It was as if she held a strong animosity toward him.’

In the past, Zhou Ye might have been a little scared.

But now, his ex-girlfriend was right inside this cabin. Who was she to tell him to leave!

By what right!

“How do you know Yaoyao doesn’t want to see me? Get out of my way! I have something important to discuss with Yaoyao!”

Meng Xiaoxiao grabbed Zhou Ye’s wrist and slapped him across the face. “Zhou Ye, what did you just call Shen Zhiyao? ’Yaoyao’? Is that a name *you* get to use? Think about what you’ve done in the past. You still have the nerve to see her now?!”

Her strength was immense. With just one slap, a large, red handprint appeared on his face.

Zhou Ye was reeling from the pain. He was about to get up and strike back, but one look from Meng Xiaoxiao terrified him so much he didn’t dare retaliate.

The girl who was so cheerful, smiley, and approachable on camera now wore a ferocious expression as she faced Zhou Ye. An aura of killing intent surrounded her, as if she were possessed by King Yan himself.

He lifted his head and met Meng Xiaoxiao’s gaze, only to feel his mind grow groggy. Everything around him began to blur.

In the final moment before he lost consciousness, Meng Xiaoxiao’s icy warning echoed in his mind: “Yaoyao is not a name for you to say. If I hear you say it again, it won’t be as simple as using Charm on you. Next time, I won’t even give you a chance to run…”

THUD. Zhou Ye fell stiffly to the ground, motionless.

Meng Xiaoxiao grabbed Zhou Ye by the hair, dragged him a long way down the hall, and then threw him onto the bed in his own room.

…

The Teleportation Array sequence ended, and Shen Zhiyao slowly opened her eyes.

The matter with Luoyuan was resolved, but the moment Cao Songci vanished had left her in a daze. She felt as though she had experienced this scene before…

Fragmented memories kept surfacing in her mind, making her feel irritable, yet they also inexplicably stirred her emotions.

She hated this feeling. After meditating to calm herself, she opened her door and saw Meng Xiaoxiao standing right outside, not having moved an inch.

Seeing her emerge, Meng Xiaoxiao’s eyes brightened slightly. She asked softly, “Is everything taken care of?”

Shen Zhiyao nodded. “Yes, my business is finished. You can go back now. Thank you for your trouble.”

Meng Xiaoxiao didn’t say much, just nodded silently, said, “Good night,” and turned to leave.

Watching her departing figure, Shen Zhiyao was inexplicably reminded of that divine being and the memories that had surfaced in her mind. As if guided by an unseen hand, she asked, “Do you believe in past and present lives?”

’Like Cao Songci, who waited bitterly for many years for his lover’s reincarnation.’

’Or like me, dying and then being reborn into the body of a mortal.’

Meng Xiaoxiao stopped and turned to look at her, her brow slightly furrowed. For a moment, she wondered if Shen Zhiyao had asked the wrong person.

’Has someone like me, who’s had a similar experience, become an open book to Shen Zhiyao? How could she ask a question that so closely mirrors my own experience?’

Shen Zhiyao was just about to say, ’If you feel awkward, you don’t have to answer.’

But Meng Xiaoxiao spoke calmly, “I used to think all of that was fake. But ever since I met you, I’ve felt that reincarnation is real. After all, the things that happen on your live streams couldn’t happen in the real world. If ghosts and gods are real, how could past and present lives be a lie?”

Shen Zhiyao was a little surprised. “You accept it so readily. It seems you’ve experienced it, haven’t you? Were you trapped by love, died, and then were reborn? Like something out of a web novel?”

Meng Xiaoxiao smiled, not minding her joke.

Shen Zhiyao leaned in closer. “So how were you reborn? Poisoned?”

This reminded Meng Xiaoxiao of a popular internet meme. She grinned mischievously. “You mean poisoned like… they spike your drink with ’crane’s-crest red,’ stir it with chopsticks, and you die from licking the chopsticks?”

“That’s way too dumb!” Shen Zhiyao hadn’t expected Meng Xiaoxiao to be so funny. “That person’s intelligence would be seriously questionable!”

“It really would be.”

“So what happened next?”

For some reason, despite her usual indifference, she always had a lot to say whenever the topic of reincarnation came up.

’Perhaps it was because she had truly, genuinely experienced it.’

After asking, she saw the other woman staring straight at her, a thousand unspoken words in her eyes. In the end, however, she said nothing.

Her gaze was incredibly complex. Shen Zhiyao thought she must have asked too much and made the other woman uncomfortable.

“Um… sorry, I talked too much…” Feeling a little awkward, Shen Zhiyao waved her hand dismissively and went back into her cabin.

The door closed, but it didn’t block Meng Xiaoxiao’s line of sight.

After a long moment, she said softly, “Later, I found the person who saved me in my past life…”

Just then, Chen Yan was standing on the ship’s deck, watching everything unfold with a bitter feeling in his heart.

That night, thanks to her soaring popularity rating, Shen Zhiyao’s training went exceptionally smoothly, and her Cultivation quickly improved. At this rate, she would soon complete the Nascent Soul Stage and reach the Divinity Transformation Stage.

Once she reached the Divinity Transformation Stage, her overall power would increase dramatically. Foreknowledge, soul piercing, and covering a Thousand Miles a Day would all be child’s play for her.

’If I can walk faster than a car, will people think I’m a monster? I wonder if the traffic police would pull me over for covering a Thousand Miles a Day.’

Thinking about this, Shen Zhiyao felt a bit annoyed. ’Why isn’t cultivation a thing in this world?’

Just then, the sky began to brighten. It was almost 9:00 AM.

She quickly washed up and changed her clothes.

In truth, she didn’t need to change. With her Spiritual Power, her clothes cleaned themselves automatically.

But she felt that not changing her clothes would arouse suspicion, so she decided to change anyway.

After changing, it was about time.

Shen Zhiyao turned on the surveillance camera as required by the production team, and the reality show’s live stream also began at 9:00 AM.

Many die-hard fans were waiting to see their idols’ bare faces in the morning.

Aside from changing her clothes, Shen Zhiyao’s hair and makeup were still perfect.

Shen Zhiyao was naturally beautiful; makeup was superfluous on her face.

Unsurprisingly, her fans were all praising her otherworldly beauty.

Of course, there were also anti-fans hating on Shen Zhiyao, saying she must have woken up early to put on “no-makeup” makeup to look so put-together.

People who hated her could always find a reason to do so.

Meanwhile, Meng Xiaoxiao and Sun Yingbin had only just gotten up close to nine. As for makeup or hairstyling, they hadn’t bothered at all, looking completely disheveled.

As long as the fans could see their “real” selves, they considered it a victory.

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