[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-kicked-out-of-the-party-then-i-picked-up-a-probl":3,"chapter-kicked-out-of-the-party-then-i-picked-up-a-probl-kicked-out-of-the-party-then-i-picked-up-a-probl-chapter-58":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Kicked Out of the Party, Then I Picked Up a Problematic Beauty",{"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},2346182,4585,"Chapter 58: 57. The City Interlayer","kicked-out-of-the-party-then-i-picked-up-a-probl-chapter-58",58,"\u003Cp>57. The City Interlayer\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking for a stretch, Li Ang understood what was meant by an \"interlayer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The secret passage he was walking through had some iron-grated vents; through them, one could see the city sewers. But if one were in the sewers, it would be very difficult to discover these iron grates, and even if discovered, one could not pass through the winding gaps to enter this secret passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the system's miniature map, he was currently beneath the city of Spark Port.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city interlayer was just a large secret passage connecting many exits; its true significance lay in the exits of those passages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He arrived at another exit, walked up the steps, opened the mechanism, and discovered that this was a cellar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice cubes were everywhere, and the goods placed within were related to sugar, oil, and milk. Judging by the labels on the goods and the map location, he determined that this should be the cellar of the dessert shop he had eaten at earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did this shop know there was a secret passage beneath their building?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang returned to the secret passage and discovered that several other exits were also inside buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This really looks like a secret passage built because of war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking back at the history of the Ignis Airspace, it was once filled with the flames of war, and the legitimacy of the Empire was established during that time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spark Port is close to the entrance of the airspace shipping lanes; it must have been a must-contest location during the war, so it is not strange to have such secret passages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As of today, since it is judged by the system as a \"hidden location,\" then the vast majority of people should not know of the secret passage's existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What \"rewards\" and \"secrets\" are inside here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The secret passage was winding and twisting, and sometimes it inevitably passed by some entrances and exits, so Li Ang checked them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind some doors were now storage rooms, some were unoccupied houses, some were inside wellheads, and behind some doors might be the bedrooms of the wealthy; he heard strange noises through the doors, so he did not open them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he discovered a special door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were magic lamps on both sides of this door, convenient for those entering to take for illumination. These lamps looked like they had some years on them but were ornate in appearance; they must have been quite expensive back in the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The miniature map showed that the area above this location was all large houses, clearly a district for nobles or the wealthy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind this kind of door, it was very likely that wealth or secrets existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly pushed open this door and discovered that behind it was a row of clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were almost all long dresses, hanging neatly on hangers; this space was not considered large, but there were many clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pushing the dresses aside slightly, Li Ang saw two double-opening wooden doors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The exit of this passage is a wardrobe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking out from the gap in the cabinet doors, this was a girl's room. The room was quite spacious, with many types of flowers and plants kept on the balcony. The interior was furnished with tea sets, as well as bookshelves, a desk, and a vanity table; all sorts of places were decorated exquisitely and gorgeously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dorothy was sitting in front of the tea table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang was taken aback; he had not expected that this exit connected to her home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this young lady came from a good background, so it was not strange at all that she lived in a large house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang did not intend to pry into her privacy and prepared to turn and leave, but he saw Dorothy take a sharp knife from a box on the table in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade flashed with silver light. Dorothy, as if she had used it countless times, skillfully rotated the handle with her fingertips and then aimed it directly at her own wrist and cut down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, blood gushed out like a spring. Her charming face, which had been expressionless, transformed into a sorrowful smile after she slashed her wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She did not stop, cutting forcefully with one stroke after another, fresh blood spraying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang had not anticipated such a situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dorothy slowly lowered her wrist, letting the blood flow rapidly onto the floor, where a pure white porcelain basin had been placed beforehand. The bright red blood gathered within it, creating a strong visual contrast that was shocking to the eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young lady leaned against the back of the chair and closed her eyes, waiting for the end of everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching life slowly ebb away, Li Ang gritted his teeth and decided to go out after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could not intervene in other people's family affairs, but regarding the death of an acquaintance, he felt it necessary to offer counsel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pushed open the wardrobe door and walked forward, grabbing the young lady's wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dorothy opened her eyes and was startled into a scream by the man who suddenly appeared. Li Ang quickly covered her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing Li Ang, her expression immediately calmed, and Li Ang withdrew his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's going on?\" The young lady raised an eyebrow. \"You're actually this kind of person? A stalker? When did you sneak in faster than me? Wow, pervert.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She chuckled with a hint of playfulness: \"What? You wanted to know that badly what you said at the time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as Dorothy spoke, she seemed to remember something, and a blush suddenly rose on her cheeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You, you just saw it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you talking about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang could not understand how she could still have the mood to chat and banter when she had been committing suicide. He gripped her wrist, preparing to cast a healing spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew how to use healing spells herself, but with such forceful cutting, she certainly had no intention of healing herself, and the level of spells she mastered could not heal wounds that threatened life in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cut wound was very shallow; it was no longer bleeding now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang blinked; he had clearly seen her slash the wound, he couldn't have been seeing things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not having figured it out, he still cast a Shaman's healing water wave on the wound first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clear stream washed over the girl's wrist, and the wound seemed to be washed away along with the blood scab; the area that was washed was as fair as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dorothy was stunned, holding her wrist and gently stroking the healed area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's the point of suicide?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang felt that, based on her probing and following behavior in the afternoon, she didn't seem like someone who originally wanted to seek death; it could only have been triggered by something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I might be meddling, but I think dying for trash like Wenders Finat is just too beneath you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well said.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dorothy nodded, completely not mentioning the matter of her own suicide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, I'm not a pervert,\" Li Ang said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hiding in my wardrobe and you're not a pervert? You saw everything!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dorothy was reminded again. Contrary to her previous indifference and calmness, her face burned completely red, as beautiful as peach blossoms, while her hands clawed at Li Ang's lapels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You saw it all! You saw it all...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said this, lowering her head, then asked in a low voice: \"Since you saw it all, how do you view me? What kind of person do you think I am? Am I very—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know anything, really. I just arrived.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang pulled aside her row of long dresses in the wardrobe, revealing the secret passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dorothy raised her head and trotted to the wardrobe door, poking her head into the dark passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is this place? So it turns out the back of my wardrobe is like this; I had no idea. Why would you know about such a place?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning her head back, the shyness on her face faded quickly, returning to her usual indifference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, I see. You didn't see it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang felt that her expression seemed a bit disappointed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not intending to dwell on the matters behind this, he said: \"This secret passage—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won't tell anyone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang looked at her, thinking about what to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current situation was also different from what he had expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had originally thought Dorothy was already unconscious, so he would leave after casting the healing spell and leave a note of advice, telling her that Wenders was about to be arrested, so she perhaps didn't need to seek death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why was she full of life? And why was she concerned about other things? It was as if she hadn't been committing suicide at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order not to be treated as a pervert, the secret passage had also been exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before finishing the exploration, should he lock her up?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know you're worried.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corners of Dorothy's mouth curled up slightly. She put her hands together in a dainty posture and raised them in front of Li Ang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you catch me and kidnap me, you won't have to worry anymore, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1550,"2026-06-21T01:23:38.712Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","becc031a4e7bade08f91727da5242db9b5d264114fe51e23b01dfe131fa1c5c4","kicked-out-of-the-party-then-i-picked-up-a-probl-chapter-59","kicked-out-of-the-party-then-i-picked-up-a-probl-chapter-57",496,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fkicked-out-of-the-party-then-i-picked-up-a-probl-cover.jpg"]