I think my luck is turning around.

"Wild Blue, how are you feeling?"

"Perhaps I wasn't part of a caravan before, and I have no memory of any of this."

"I never said you were a merchant! I just gave you a job so you could survive."

Ji Xia never minced words, and Huang Lan also had a look of sudden realization. Ji Xia looked at the big guy and didn't say anything more, and was about to leave, but Huang Lan still asked a question.

"What did I do before?"

"Who knows!"

Ji Xia gave a casual reply, saying that the food had been prepared and it was time to eat. Ji Xia went over, and her meal was ready. Ji Xixi handed it to her, and Huang Lan also came over. Seeing this, she couldn't help but feel unhappy.

Lin Jingqing brought his food. The rules here weren't as strict, and they sat together. Huang Lan ate heartily, but his eyes remained fixed on the person opposite him.

Handing out water, chatting—how could they be so practiced? How could they be so natural? Could they be a couple? Huang Lan stared intently at Ji Xixi and Ji Xia opposite her. But then she thought, they both seem to have the same surname, Ji, so could they be siblings? With this suspicion in mind, Huang Lan felt that everything made sense.

On the other side, Ji Xia looked at the food in her bowl.

"It seems that Huang Lan has been influenced by the plot and has begun to have different feelings for Ji Xixi."

Ji Xia's words weren't alarmist; they were just a reasonable analysis. However, Ji Xixi didn't want to speak at all, simply eating with her head down. An Ge, on the other side of Ji Xia, glanced at Huang Lan, but was only listening to what Mu An was saying.

"Now that the plot has progressed to this point, their romance is not far off."

"Their relationship is a bit ambiguous."

"I can only explain it as fate."

An Ge really wanted to drag Mu An out and beat him up for his perfunctory answer. Perhaps it was a matter of manners, but An Ge held back. Lin Jingqing sat next to An Ge, just putting some delicious food into An Ge's bowl, but An Ge had already eaten almost all of her food. Seeing Lin Jingqing's actions, An Ge simply gave the bowl to Lin Jingqing.

Lin Jingqing took the bowl, looking somewhat puzzled.

"I'm done eating."

Lin Jingqing looked at the bowl of rice that was left more than half full and the vegetables were left half full. It was clear that she hadn't eaten much at all!

"Eat some more!" Lin Jingqing gently persuaded her, but An Ge wouldn't listen. Perhaps to tease her, An Ge started to whine and act cute.

"Brother Jingqing, I really can't eat anymore, I really don't want to eat anymore."

An Ge deliberately dragged out the last syllable of her name. What could Lin Jingqing do? He could only smile as he watched An Ge's coquettish behavior, finding it quite endearing. Lin Jingqing simply shook his head helplessly and continued eating his meal, finishing off An Ge's remaining portion as well.

But Huang Lan, separated by several people, was still watching Ji Xixi, silently eating her meal. Ji Xixi was resisting, but the unavoidable eye contact meant she could only pretend nothing was wrong.

At this moment, Huang Lan naturally didn't understand such emotions and just looked at the other person with confusion. But the moment his gaze lingered on her, he was destined to be unable to look away.

Huang Lan didn't want to think too much about the irregular beating of his heart. Perhaps it was because he liked it, or perhaps it was just his recent state of mind. Huang Lan didn't want to think about it. If he liked something, he would get it; it had always been like that for him. He felt there was nothing wrong with this way of thinking, and even felt that it was how it should be.

Ji Xixi naturally sensed such gazes, but she didn't care that it was just a facade. The stares were far too obvious; Ji Xia also looked at Huang Lan without any attempt to hide her gaze, but Huang Lan's eyes were like those of someone eyeing prey, of something already in their grasp.

Ji Xia disliked such gazes; she found them extremely possessive and annoying, especially those who restricted others' freedom.

What kind of twisted things do you think this person might do?

Ji Xia tilted her head and whispered not far from An Ge. An Ge seemed not to understand who the subject was, and more importantly, the branches were crackling in the fire, so An Ge didn't quite understand either, and just answered directly.

"Anyway, that personality is very cold-blooded and lacks humanity. You can't predict what they'll do."

An Ge's answer left Ji Xia completely bewildered. Ji Xia immediately turned to look at An Ge and slapped her on the shoulder. An Ge, equally bewildered, stared at Ji Xia, still covering the spot where she had been hit.

"Don't reply randomly here after reading my message; it's all irrelevant."

At this moment, An Ge realized that Ji Xia's gaze had originally been fixed on the desolate blue opposite the flames.

"That doesn't mean he had to hit me. He's not that kind of psychopath."

An Ge's voice sounded aggrieved, and Lin Jingqing was paying close attention to what was happening. It looked like just two little girls playing around, but Lin Jingqing still frowned when An Ge was hit by Ji Xia.

"The key to suppressing him is for Ji Xixi's other personality to take over the body. That personality can completely suppress Huang Lan. But the result of that is Ji Xixi's disappearance."

An Ge's words made Ji Xia unable to look at Ji Xixi calmly. "Disappear"—why could such a simple word be said so easily?

"The desolate blue could get out of control at any time, so Ji Xixi needs to be on guard now."

No one can guarantee that the person on the other end won't remain rational at all times, so all we can do is prepare from our own perspective. An Ge looked at Ji Xixi, who had already put down her chopsticks and was staring at the flames, and just felt a pang of regret.

To be honest, Ji Xixi and I were already friends, and she had to leave just because of the plot. It's such a sad story!

"How far will the plot develop? Can the plot be changed?"

"Are you acting on emotion?"

When An Ge questioned Ji Xia, Ji Xia didn't deny it, after all, these were her family! The family she had chosen!

"You can do it if you're willing."

This was the first time Ji Xia had heard An Ge say something like this. Could she really change the plot if she wanted to? Ji Xia was somewhat skeptical; even the previous owner of the Book of Glimpses hadn't said anything like that!

Hua Zhiluo had said that the world should maintain a stable development according to the plot. She agreed with Hua Zhiluo's words, as this would allow for maximum control over the plot. However, while An Ge's identity was uncertain compared to Hua Zhiluo's, she knew that their approaches were vastly different.

"Shouldn't we choose to have as much control over the plot as possible?"

"The unknown is what's most interesting."

Ji Xia glanced at An Ge, then turned her head away to look elsewhere.

"What a show-off."