[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-a-villainous-cannon-fodder-pick-up-the-female-":3,"chapter-i-a-villainous-cannon-fodder-pick-up-the-female--i-a-villainous-cannon-fodder-pick-up-the-female--chapter-94":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I, a Villainous Cannon Fodder, Pick Up the Female Lead at the Start?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1747218,2233,"Chapter 94","i-a-villainous-cannon-fodder-pick-up-the-female--chapter-94",94,"\u003Cp>Chapter 94: We’re Even Now\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Muyu’s words fell like a violent thunderbolt, suddenly striking Su Wanqing’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene was exactly what she had been dreading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t afraid of Lin Muyu crying and wailing at her, pouring out all her grievances and anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also wasn’t afraid of Lin Muyu scolding her harshly, or even punishing her in any way, she felt that would be better than this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What she feared most was Lin Muyu’s current appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using silence to build a high wall between them, then step by step, quietly retreating until she completely withdrew from her world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current situation, though not entirely silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that deliberate distance, that coldness that kept people thousands of miles away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How much difference was there compared to the situation she feared most?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Muyu, listen to me, I can really explain! Please, listen to my explanation just once!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Wanqing’s voice was tinged with obvious urgency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She instinctively stepped forward, as if this could somehow shorten the invisible chasm between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s still because of that poison, isn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Muyu’s body imperceptibly shrank back slightly, as if startled by this sudden approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her eyes, her two clear pupils meeting Su Wanqing’s gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the depths of her eyes were as calm as an unfathomably deep cold pool, without the slightest ripple, so calm it made Su Wanqing’s heart feel frightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Muyu’s light words were like a fish bone, instantly choking all of Su Wanqing’s explanations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those rehearsed phrases, those reasons she urgently wanted to pour out, all stuck in her throat, neither up nor down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hands unconsciously clenched her sleeves, feeling somewhat at a loss for a moment, only able to stare blankly at the other person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The first three times, you also said the same thing…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Muyu continued speaking in a distant tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That attitude couldn’t be clearer, she had heard enough of such reasons, whether true or not, there should be an end to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But everything I said was true! Muyu, you know this, I’m normally not like that at all! If it weren’t for that poison causing trouble, how could I…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Wanqing hurriedly explained, her voice carrying a barely perceptible tremor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her steps couldn’t help but move forward again, almost getting close to Lin Muyu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if this way she could make her feel the sincerity in her words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm, I know…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Muyu remained silent, slowly nodding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sentence was like a ray of light, instantly igniting a faint hope in Su Wanqing’s dim eyes, and her heart lifted along with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her next words were like a basin of cold water, pouring down over her head, instantly extinguishing that spark of hope completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since you yourself are also clear that you’ve been poisoned, why don’t you go find Master to solve it thoroughly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The sect surely has methods, but you insist on using this way to torment me instead?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing these words, Su Wanqing only felt her heart sink, as if pressed down by a boulder, falling straight into an icy abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Muyu’s tone was very light, as if she were merely asking a stranger she’d met by chance about some trivial matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Wanqing, hearing these words, felt as if all her strength had been drained away, instantly falling into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes casting a shadow below her eyes, concealing the turbulent emotions in their depths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could she not know in her heart that while Senior Sister Qingyao’s medical skills were good, she indeed had no way to cure this strange poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her Master, as a Peak Master with unfathomable cultivation and vast experience, surely had methods to resolve this poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet she ultimately didn’t do so, only because her heart harbored too many selfish thoughts she was unwilling to speak of to others, like a net that trapped her firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, she was afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afraid of being known by her Master, who viewed her as her pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That she, who had always been perfect and flawless in her eyes, never making mistakes, would actually commit such an absurd error.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She feared seeing disappointment in her Master’s eyes, and even more feared disappointing those expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, as days passed and she spent more and more time with Lin Muyu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That different kind of feeling began to spread, and she became afraid again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afraid that after Master learned of this matter, she would forcibly separate them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t bear to give up this hard-won intimacy, and even more couldn’t bear to lose the occasional dependence that flashed in Lin Muyu’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had even harbored a humble fantasy, hoping that Lin Muyu could understand, could accept this self of hers, bound and helpless against circumstance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But reality gave her a harsh blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, this poison was only barely suppressed in such an embarrassing and hurtful way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m sorry…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Wanqing could only lower her head, her voice hoarse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes reddened, filled with dense pain and regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As long as you’re willing to forgive me, Muyu, I’m willing to do anything! Even if you asked me to die right now, I would be willing…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at this moment, Lin Muyu seemed to have made some kind of resolution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She forced herself to endure her body’s instinctive resistance, slowly raised her hand, and gently pressed her cool fingertips against Su Wanqing’s trembling lips, stopping her next words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tone remained calm, with no discernible emotion:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t want you to die… and besides, I forgive you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Wanqing suddenly raised her head, her eyes full of incredulous joy, like seeing light in darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tears she had suppressed for so long could no longer be held back, sliding down her cheeks with a tremor of tears of joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This child really is hopeless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That sinister voice in Su Wanqing’s mind rang out again, carrying undisguised mockery, as if it had already seen through everything that would follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Does forgiveness spoken aloud necessarily mean forgiveness from the heart?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, just as that voice had predicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Muyu’s next actions instantly threw Su Wanqing, who had just been immersed in joy, harshly back into the valley of despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From the first time we met, I saved you, and later you also saved me. Between us, we’re even, neither owes the other.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, Lin Muyu carefully took out a jade pendant from her bosom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jade pendant was warm and translucent, with clearly visible carved patterns, and traces of warmth still remained on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the jade pendant you gave me back then. I’ve always kept it. I imagine it must be very important to you. Now, I’m returning it to you…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Consider us even.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could we possibly be even?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Wanqing’s tone instantly became agitated again, even carrying a barely perceptible panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How can the matters between us be calculated with the word ‘even’?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Consider this thing compensation for those two incidents. You don’t need to return it to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with the emotionally agitated Su Wanqing, Lin Muyu only paused slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze didn’t waver in the slightest, then she continued in a tone so calm it was almost cold:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You also gave me a lot of help later. Consider those as offsetting it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Su Wanqing belatedly understand that Lin Muyu wasn’t talking about any compensation at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was clearly settling accounts one by one, wanting to completely sever all relationships with her!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, the relationship between them had become deeply intertwined, already entangled by karma, difficult to separate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lin Muyu’s current actions were like personally cutting these bonds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if she suffered losses, she wanted to sever all karmic connections between them with a single stroke, removing them completely clean, leaving not the slightest trace behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What about the last two times? No matter what, I must take responsibility, Muyu. You can’t not let me take responsibility…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Wanqing’s tone still carried agitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But compared to just now, it already carried several parts of indescribable desolation and powerlessness, like making a final struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take responsibility…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Muyu softly repeated these two words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could she, a small cannon fodder who could perish at any time in this cultivation world, really bear the “responsibility” from the female lead?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Understanding this point, Lin Muyu took a deep breath, suppressed the turmoil in her heart, and continued in a tone so calm it was almost cruel:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t need you to take responsibility. The third time, consider it as offsetting the companionship you gave me these days. Calculated this way, you don’t owe me, and I don’t owe you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking to this point, Lin Muyu paused, as if organizing her thoughts, or as if giving herself encouragement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As for this time, it was my problem. I carelessly fell into someone else’s trap, causing you to have no choice but to use Blood Burning to break through in order to protect me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This time, consider it as me owing you, as my compensation to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying the last sentence, Lin Muyu let out a long sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if she had unloaded a thousand-pound burden, her entire being became much more relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had finally sorted out these entanglements that had been winding around her heart, one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After experiencing so much these past days, she had finally completely awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shouldn’t have indulged in the seemingly peaceful and good atmosphere of Qinglan Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forgetting that she was merely a visitor from another world, forgetting the cruel laws of this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was ultimately a cultivation world where the strong prey on the weak and dangers lurk everywhere, never a place where one could safely dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t a protagonist blessed with luck, just a minor character in the original story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An existence who could be cannon fodder at any time for standing on the wrong side or touching the protagonist’s reverse scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She must maintain clear rationality at all times, planning each step carefully, in order to survive well in this cruel cultivation world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I don’t accept this! These matters absolutely cannot be settled like this!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1707,"2026-06-06T16:56:29.434Z",1,"novelbin.me","d51ff92abec9e0daa0644fa5c884ff9686f6feaef7544916b35495e813c07bb5","i-a-villainous-cannon-fodder-pick-up-the-female--chapter-95","i-a-villainous-cannon-fodder-pick-up-the-female--chapter-93",149,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-a-villainous-cannon-fodder-pick-up-the-female--cover.jpg"]