The Bootlicking Antagonist Only Wants to Survive, but the Female Lead Refuses to Follow the Usual Plot

Chapter 273 Yesterday Happened Again

Zhao Ritian sat cross-legged meditating in a cave.

Every time he thought about being ambushed out of nowhere by a rod... no, a tree that fell from the sky and hit him on the head, he burned with anger.

An opportunity to level up, gone in an instant, courtesy of Lu Chengwen and his one swing.

Watching Lu Chengwen dutifully roasting fish over the fire, Zhao Ritian was seething.

"Damn it, if I return to Snow City and don’t find Meteorite Ice Crystal, I’ll slap you against the wall with one palm!"

Boom!

Lu Chengwen felt the earth tremble violently.

"An earthquake!? No, wait!"

Zhao Ritian suddenly opened his eyes and leaped out of the cave.

"Meteorite!"

A grin spread across his face. "Finally, it’s here!"

He pointed back at Lu Chengwen. "Stay here and cook. Don’t even think about running. With your skills, you wouldn’t escape my Five-Finger Mountain!"

Lu Chengwen smiled and nodded. "Yes, yes, I won’t run. I’m counting on you to take me back to Snow City."

Zhao Ritian dashed away, light as a swallow and swift as the wind.

Lu Chengwen sighed.

Look at this guy—what a proper protagonist, brimming with style and dominance.

Why is it that when I transmigrate, I have to be the villain? Why couldn’t I be the main character?

I could also charm women, learn legendary martial arts, and have a few stunningly beautiful master teachers with ambiguous relationships with me. I’d start with hundreds of marriage proposals in hand, charm women while slaying enemies…

No matter how many villains beat me, I’d never die. Either I’d have a fortuitous encounter or stumble upon some treasure...

Walking the path of greatness, surrounded by thunder and lightning.

My life would revolve around three things: charming women, showing off, and charming women while showing off.

Sigh.

Lu Chengwen roasted two fish while eyeing Zhao Ritian’s backpack.

Inside were a few bottles of water.

Narrowing his eyes, Lu Chengwen took out the half-pill of Desire Woman Elixir left over in his system inventory.

Would this stuff work on a man? Probably not, right? But I can’t just waste it.

I’ll dissolve it in water, make him drink it, and then hide somewhere.

When he can’t take it anymore and starts… uh, making moves on a tree or a wild boar, I’ll seize my chance and escape!

Hahaha!

Lu Chengwen gritted his teeth, opened a bottle of water, crushed the half-pill into powder, and carefully poured it in. He shook the bottle vigorously for a long time.

"No, I need to mark this bottle."

Grabbing a wooden stick from the campfire, he used the red-hot tip to burn a small hole into the bottle’s label.

Then, he placed it back with a smirk.

"Zhao Ritian, aren’t you all-powerful? Let’s see you prove it now."

Afterwards, Lu Chengwen tried to find a belt to steal, but there wasn’t one. In the end, he had to tie up his pants with a vine and prepare to hide.

Just as he was about to leave, Zhao Ritian came sprinting back, roaring, "Lu Chengwen, give me my backpack!"

Lu Chengwen panicked. How did he get back so fast!?

He hurriedly grabbed the marked water bottle and hid it in a crevice.

No way I’m letting him drink this in front of me! If he loses it, I’ll be the one suffering instead of the heavens!

As Zhao Ritian emerged, three figures followed closely behind.

Zhao Ritian laughed wildly. "What good luck!"

Long Aotian bellowed, "You scoundrel! Stealing my Meteorite Ice Crystal while I was unprepared—you’re asking for death! Shiyin!"

Luo Shiyin dashed forward like an arrow.

Zhao Ritian growled, "Taste my palm!"

He spun around, striking her shoulder. Luo Shiyin fell to the ground, unable to move.

Lu Chengwen stared, dumbfounded.

What the hell is going on!?

I ran to a foreign land and still managed to run into Long Aotian!?

Is this a joke!?

As Zhao Ritian passed Lu Chengwen, he snatched the backpack and bolted like the wind.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Long Aotian was furious. "Damn it! How is his light-foot technique this good!? Shiyin, stay here and heal. Meishao cut him off from the side!"

Standing at the cave entrance, Lu Chengwen watched as Long Aotian and Qi Meishao zoomed past like gusts of wind.

Staring blankly for a moment, he noticed Luo Shiyin lying on the ground, still struggling to get up.

"Hey! Are you okay?"

Lu Chengwen ran over and helped her up. Luo Shiyin was stunned. "Lu Chengwen? What are you doing here?"

"I... it’s a long story."

Gritting her teeth, Luo Shiyin snarled, "I’ll kill you!"

Lu Chengwen pressed down on her hand. "Not today. You’re in no condition to fight."

She glared at him for a long time before reluctantly lowering her raised palm.

Lu Chengwen supported her. "Come on, rest in the cave for a bit. Honestly, why do you people have to show up everywhere? What’s wrong with staying comfortably in Snow City? Why come out here?"

Luo Shiyin gritted her teeth. "The Young Lord received word that energy-rich meteorites might fall here. If we find a Meteorite Ice Crystal, it could significantly boost his cultivation. Ugh…"

Clutching her shoulder in pain, Luo Shiyin continued, "So we rushed here in hopes of gaining something."

Back in the cave, Lu Chengwen picked up a roasted fish and blew on it. "Hungry? Eat something."

Luo Shiyin glared at him.

This man… the one who drugged her twice, leaving her in situations where she was neither human nor ghost.

Ever since, she’d been living on edge around Long Aotian, terrified of what would happen if the truth ever came out.

Punishment? She wasn’t afraid of punishment—not even death.

But this? What the hell was this!? Twice now, she’d been dragged into some absurd mess with Lu Chengwen!

And both times…

It just had to be this detestable man. It just had to be Lu Chengwen.

If Long Aotian found out, how could she explain herself? What could she even say!?

"Eat. Don’t just glare at me. If you’re going to kill me, at least regain some strength first."

Luo Shiyin gritted her teeth. "Thanks to you, my future is already ruined."

Lu Chengwen replied, "The first time, I saved your life. The second time, you barged into my house uninvited. Remember that, okay? Both times, I was trying to save you! Please, in the future, try not to randomly barge into my house."

…

Luo Shiyin was livid: “So now you’re blaming me!?”

“Who else?”

Luo Shiyin began to cry in anger: “You… you’ve taken advantage of me, and now you’re here making me angry!”

“Alright, alright, my bad, it’s my fault!”

Lu Chengwen said, “I promise, this incident will stay between heaven and earth, you and me… uh… and Zhuge Xiaohua knows too. Oh, and Hua Xuening as well. Anyway, the two of them won’t betray you, and I certainly won’t either. Eat something and rest a bit; who knows how long this fight of theirs will drag on.”

Luo Shiyin pursed her lips and glared at Lu Chengwen: “Just remember, your life is mine. One day, I will kill you!”

“Sure, sure, yours, yours, kill, kill. Now, are you eating or not? So much chatter.”

Luo Shiyin didn’t want to accept any favors from Lu Chengwen, but she had been busy the entire night and was starving.

The grilled fish smelled so good.

She picked it up and took a bite. She was just about to feel happy, but when she thought of the "stone" weighing on her heart, she became despondent again.

Lu Chengwen looked around: “You eat first. I’ll go get you some water. The stream here is quite clear and refreshing.”

But he didn’t have anything to hold the water!

After searching for a while, he found a large leaf, folded it to hold some stream water, and carefully carried it back in his hands.

When he returned, Luo Shiyin was sitting by the fire, lost in thought.

“Hey! Water’s here! Straight from nature, pure and natural!”

Luo Shiyin shot him a glare: “I don’t need it. I’m done eating.”

“Not thirsty?”

“Not thirsty. I already drank some water.”

“What water?”

Luo Shiyin waved an empty bottle: “Mineral water.”

The leaf in Lu Chengwen’s hand fell to the ground with a plop. His hands dropped to his sides, speechless.

Luo Shiyin looked at Lu Chengwen, tilting her head: “Why are you so stingy? You even hid a bottle of water and expected me to drink stream water. You weren’t this petty before!”

Lu Chengwen rubbed his temples: “Oh, dear heavens, are you trying to drive me insane?”

Luo Shiyin was enraged: “Yes! I drank your water! I’ll pay you back with a hundred bottles, a thousand bottles, ten thousand bottles, alright?”

Then she muttered, “Never seen such a stingy man. After all you’ve done to me… Hmph, you haven’t even compensated me!”

Lu Chengwen walked over, picked up the bottle, and checked it.

Sure enough, the branding mark he had burned onto it was still there.

He tossed the bottle aside and looked around.

Luo Shiyin grew even angrier.

You’ve taken so many liberties with me, and now just a single bottle of water makes you so upset that you won’t even speak to me?

Luo Shiyin said, “Lu Chengwen, are you even a man?”

Lu Chengwen turned back: “Am I a man? Don’t you know that better than anyone?”

“You… you… you scoundrel!”

Lu Chengwen sighed: “Let’s go. Let’s find another spot.”

“For what?”

“This… nature is so beautiful. Let’s find a spot to, you know, enjoy a wild night.”

Luo Shiyin sprang to her feet: “Lu Chengwen, I warn you not to go too far! Don’t think just because we’re in the wilderness that I can’t deal with you. I’m one of the Four Gates. Even injured, I can still kill you. The last two times… those were because I fell into your traps! I’m not that kind of loose woman!”

“You’re about to become one. Just give it a little more time, and you’ll be one.”

“What nonsense are you spouting?”

Lu Chengwen exploded: “Half a pill! Half a pill of Desire Maiden’s Elixir! I dissolved it in that bottle of water you drank!”

Luo Shiyin was stunned: “You… you drugged me again!?”

“Big sis, was it me who drugged you? Fine, yes, I did drug you, but it wasn’t meant for you! I was going to… oh, heavens!”

Lu Chengwen said, “Hurry up, pack your things, and come with me.”

Luo Shiyin started crying again: “Lu Chengwen, I’m going to kill you!”

Lu Chengwen said, “Think carefully! Out here in this wilderness, there are only two people with the antidote: me and Zhao Ritian! Your young master? He’s useless right now, at least for the next six months! You kill me? Then you’ll have to beg Zhao Ritian for the antidote! Think it through!”

Luo Shiyin’s sword fell to the ground as she sobbed: “Why does this keep happening? Lu Chengwen, you keep tricking me! Why can’t you trick someone else? What did I do to deserve this? Why!?”

Lu Chengwen said, “And I’m to blame!? I went to fetch water for you! Do I look like someone who’d stingily hoard a bottle of water?”

Luo Shiyin could already feel her body heating up.

She shamefully picked up her sword: “Rather than endure this humiliation under you time and time again, I might as well end my disgraceful life!”

Lu Chengwen rushed forward and snatched the sword away: “Many virgins don’t bleed on their first time. Your reputation won’t be ruined with your young master. Don’t get worked up. Once, twice, or three times—what difference does it make?”

“That’s easy for you to say! If this keeps happening, I’ll…”

“You’ll what?”

Luo Shiyin gritted her teeth, but in the end, she said nothing and just cried.

Lu Chengwen grabbed her hand and dragged her along: “Come on, let’s go. You don’t want to stay here and lose control in front of everyone, do you?”

Luo Shiyin cried as she let herself be led away: “Why does it always have to be this way…”

Then she cried out: “You better be gentle this time!”

“Got it!”

“Just cure the poison and stop forcing me after that!”

“Every time, it’s you forcing me, okay?!”

“That’s only because you caused it!”

“My bad! This time I’ll definitely be gentler!”

Luo Shiyin suddenly felt dizzy, and Lu Chengwen quickly held her steady.

Her gaze had become hazy, her voice sultry: “Just… not too gentle… please…”