Pei Lan'ying laughed maniacally, glancing at Chu Lin'kang.
This was the pawn she had found to cooperate with. She opened her system and selected a healing mission for him.
To distract them, she spoke to Wan Ru's group.
"I didn't expect this uncle to be so strong! I used a system mission to lock this door, but he still managed to break it. Thank you for helping me discover such a person!"
"What is she saying, dear?" Chen Jian'cheng quietly asked Wan Ru.
Wan Ru looked at him, lost, not knowing how to respond.
Unintentionally, she noticed Chu Lin'kang stirring. He grabbed a nearby knife and charged forward desperately.
"Die, you bastards!" he yelled.
"Jian'cheng, be careful!" Wan Ru also screamed at the same time, lunging as if to shield him.
Seeing the situation unfold exactly as she wished, Pei Lan'ying smiled sinisterly. As long as Wan Ru died, everything would return to normal. She would return to the body of Li Wan'ru and start over again.
But things did not go as she wished. Chen Jian'cheng was quicker. He pulled Wan Ru into his arms and spun around, taking the dagger straight into his bicep.
Ming Jian quickly knocked Chu Lin'kang to the ground, where he lay struggling.
"Jian'cheng, Jian'cheng, what's wrong with you?" Wan Ru cried out in panic.
"Little Uncle!" Mei Jin also screamed from her side, but Pei Lan'ying held her tightly, grabbing her hair and yanking it back.
"I'm fine, are you okay?" Chen Jian'cheng asked her, wincing.
Wan Ru shook her head, beginning to sob.
"Why did you shield me?"
"I don't want you to get hurt!"
But I don't want you to get hurt either! Wan Ru blamed herself.
"Wan Ru!" Tan An weakly walked over.
"Another one?" Pei Lan'ying said triumphantly.
Seeing Tan An was like seeing a lifeline for Wan Ru. She spoke to Pei Lan'ying.
"Let me talk to her for a moment, I'll do exactly as you say right away!"
"Are you negotiating with me?" Pei Lan'ying pulled Mei Jin's hair back, asking fiercely.
"No, I truly just want to ask her one thing."
"Hurry up!" Pei Lan'ying grew impatient.
Tan An quickly walked over to Wan Ru, who whispered to her.
"Does your system have any healing missions?"
"Yes!" Tan An replied after checking her system.
"Heal Jian'cheng's wound for me. She is the one who owns a system like yours, and she is also the original owner. Later, I will exchange with Mei Jin, so you should..." Wan Ru whispered into Tan An's ear.
Tan An frowned, looked at Wan Ru, then shook her head.
"Don't! Don't do that, there are many other ways."
Wan Ru just looked at her and smiled.
"Besides, I'm not sure I can heal Chen Jian'cheng, because the mission requires kissing the person you want to heal. Do you want me to kiss your boyfriend?"
"Then kiss him after it's all over!"
"After it's all over, do you think your boyfriend will kiss another girl? Wan Ru! Don't be foolish."
"I just need him to be alive and well, that's all."
Wan Ru looked at Tan An with determined eyes.
Wan Ru turned and walked over to Chen Jian'cheng. She caressed his face, then just smiled gently.
"I love you!"
With that, she turned and walked away. Before Chen Jian'cheng could stop her, Tan An's system paralyzed him. He was forced to stand still, watching Wan Ru walk into danger.
He didn't understand why he was so immobile, only knowing to resist with all his might and call out to her in helplessness.
"Wan Ru! Stop right there!"
Wan Ru approached Pei Lan'ying. Pei Lan'ying forcefully pushed Mei Jin away and pointed a gun at Wan Ru.
But Wan Ru still spoke calmly.
"I was truly careless not to know that you are the one who possesses the system. I should have known it was you from the moment I learned about the task of paralyzing others, because you used it on me when you caused chaos at Mei Jin's house."
"Even if I knew, so what?" Pei Lan An retorted.
"You caused your father's accident?"
"He deserved to die!"
"Then what did Jian Cheng deserve for you to cause his accident?" Wan Ru asked angrily.
"Isn't that because of you? If you had returned my body to me after waking up that day, I wouldn't have done that, would I? Didn't I enter the dream to warn you?"
"Originally, I still felt guilty for taking your body, but you harmed the person I love. I can never forgive you!" Wan Ru moved closer to Pei Lan An.
She panicked and threatened.
"I'll shoot you! Stand still!"
"Shoot!" Wan Ru smiled.
"I know very well the gun is fake. If you want to end everything, just shoot me once and it's over. There's no need to drag it out like this!" She was just guessing, but taking a risk could yield a lot.
Wan Ru smiled innocently at Pei Lan An, who flinched as if her thoughts had been seen through.
Suddenly, her body was paralyzed, standing motionless.
"You have the system?" Pei Lan An looked at Wan Ru angrily.
"You guessed wrong!" Xin An spoke from behind.
"It's me!"
This time, it was Pei Lan An's turn to panic.
"What do you want to do?" She asked Wan Ru.
Wan Ru just smiled and hugged her, then turned to look at Chen Jian Cheng, who was struggling desperately for her.
Tears welled up in her eyes, and she said in her heart: "Chen Jian Cheng, I wish you a lifetime of peace!"
After one last look at him, Wan Ru turned and tightly embraced Pei Lan An, then plunged down the stairs.
Pei Lan An was terrified but couldn't resist.
Wan Ru remembered Xin An once saying that if she ended her own soul, everything would return to the beginning, but if she ended the original host's soul, everything would continue, only she and the original host would change.
At first, she hesitated due to a pang of conscience, but after Pei Lan An chose to injure Jian Cheng, she made her decision.
Even if she died, she would not let that woman have the chance to exploit his feelings and those of his best friend.
At most, both she and the original host would perish together.
She hugged Pei Lan An and jumped without hesitation. In the final second, she could only see the terrified faces of him, Mei Jin, and Ming Jian.
Chen Jian Cheng saw Wan Ru approach Pei Lan An, but he himself was immobilized. He didn't understand why. He just resisted with all his might. The moment he broke free from the invisible restraint, Wan Ru had already plunged down the stairs with Pei Lan An.
He only had time to frantically run and grab at empty air. He saw his girl lying on the rough ground, stained with blood.
"Wan Ru!" He shouted loudly and ran madly down to the ground.
Xin An burst into tears at the sight before her.
Earlier, Wan Ru had told her.
"When I'm about to go over there, please use the paralysis task to hold Jian Cheng for me.
I will disappear with the original host, and you will remain in this world.
Please take care of him for me, and use the healing task to help him.
I'm entrusting everything to you. This is as far as I can go."
This was an outcome she had never expected. She had even prepared to disappear with Wan Ru.
But Wan Ru chose to sacrifice herself alone.
She admired the love between the two of them.
Wan Ru accepted leaving for him, and Chen Jiansheng, for her, used the strength of an ordinary person to break through the system's barrier.
In their hearts, everything they did was for the other.
Beneath the ground, Chen Jiansheng held Wan Ru's body in his arms, crying like a child.
"Li Wanru! Li Wanru, what's wrong, Wanru, wake up!"
He held her body, full of agitation. He no longer carried the mature or calm demeanor that could handle anything.
In the entire desolate area, there was only Chen Jiansheng's shouting, only his calling her name in the silent darkness.
Everything around them was calm; only one heart was in turmoil.
*Tong Gui Yu Jin: To want to drag others to die with oneself.