My incredible luck and the girl I picked up

"What exactly is going on? Who are you..." Leng Yihan asked, puzzled.

“I am you. What you just saw was my memory,” 'Leng Yihan' replied.

"Are you me from another parallel world...?" Leng Yihan suddenly remembered this.

"Why are you worrying so much? I am you, and you are me. We are one person." 'Leng Yihan' looked at Leng Yihan with a helpless expression.

"...?" Leng Yihan's expression of confusion deepened.

"By the way, aren't you curious about what that guy meant by his last sentence?" 'Leng Yihan' suddenly said.

“…Curious.” Even so, Leng Yihan was still a little dazed. What on earth had happened… She had vaguely watched something strange, and now someone who looked exactly like her had appeared. It seemed like something incredible was about to unfold…

"Actually... Leng Yihan never disappeared from the beginning, or rather—she never became Bai Xiuyue. The moment she left the Mirror Image, Leng Yihan and that girl switched worlds. This is a secret that no one else knows, only we know."

Leng Yihan was startled by what 'Leng Yihan' said.

So... Bai Xiuyue was actually that girl in disguise?

Wait... Bai Xiuyue, wasn't he killed by the Demon King? Why would the Demon King repay kindness with enmity and kill someone who once saved him? Or was that guy not the Demon King?

"You seem to have discovered something interesting?" 'Leng Yihan' always had that same smiling expression on her face.

"...Aren't we the same person? How could you not know my memories?" Leng Yihan asked.

“I don’t know, because I’m long gone. This is just a wisp of my will left behind before you came to the new world. At that time, I had already become you. Isn’t it normal to have the memories of the past but not the present?” ’Leng Yihan’ said.

"Then why...why would I have such a dream? The time outside..." Leng Yihan.

"Oh, you can rest assured about that." 'Leng Yihan' snapped her fingers, and a book appeared between the two of them. "The main reason you came here is to give you this. The flow of time outside... is a completely different world from that in the dream, so you don't have to worry about waking up to find that more than ten years have passed outside. Moreover, what you see is only from the moment you met Binglan to the moment you exchanged bodies with Lu Youmei."

"Huh? Is that guy called...Lu Youmei?" Leng Yihan's lips twitched. "...The one who swapped bodies with us." He added after saying that.

"Oops, did I accidentally give myself away...?"

"There's no point in you showing that expression now!" Leng Yihan said.

“Okay, it’s her. She’s the one who swapped bodies with us, you know? She’s Bai Xiuyue. I don’t know how she’s doing now, but according to her, she has to pretend to be me to live. So after we were copied, our memories were also given to each other. All of them. I never thought that a girl who looks so young could have lived for hundreds of years, hundreds of years of memories…” Leng Yihan said with a heavy expression, as if she was recalling something unbearable—something that Leng Yihan had not seen.

"Then... what is this book?" Leng Yihan pointed to the book between the two of them that had no title.

"This book is what I spent decades sorting out all of that guy's memories, eliminating all the cultivation techniques that weren't suitable for you, and keeping only the ones I thought were suitable for you, even if there was only a slight possibility. However... I can only give you the first stage for now. There are three stages in total. I will give the remaining two stages to two people who will appear and give them to you after you meet certain conditions. Then... I will be leaving," said Leng Yihan.

"Wait... Where are you going?! I still have questions..." Leng Yihan hurriedly reached out to grab the person in front of him; he still had questions to ask.

"It's about Leng Binglan, isn't it?" 'Leng Yihan' smiled, but his body had already... begun to turn into specks of light and gradually disappear.

"So much time has passed, it's not bad to see you one last time, at least I know I'm doing well now... Is Binglan doing well now?" 'Leng Yihan' seemed completely unaware of her current situation and calmly asked.

“She is too, she’s doing very well!” Leng Yihan quickly replied.

"Hmph... You rascal, you've already seen her, how can she be considered good?" 'Leng Yihan' smiled helplessly, as if she had seen through a child's lie.

"Ah, as for what Leng Binglan is... well, you just need to remember, she is..." Before she could finish speaking, she was gone.

"Hey!" Leng Yihan cried out, "Can't you finish what you're saying before you leave?!" Leng Yihan also realized that Lu Youmei probably told her who Leng Binglan was. After all, she only had two memories that she hadn't seen: before she met Leng Binglan and after she met Lu Youmei.

As for before meeting Leng Binglan... Leng Yihan had no idea why Leng Binglan would bother with such an investigation...

"Ah...why are all the answers you gave so vague..." Leng Yihan was left alone in the vast white space; Lu Youmei behind her had disappeared at some point.

“Tianyue’s answer was ‘six-pointed star,’ and even your answer seems to be trying to say ‘six-pointed star’…” Leng Yihan looked at the six-pointed star mark on the back of her left hand. “You guys are really… vague… By the way, how am I supposed to leave now?! You didn’t tell me!!!”

Leng Yihan suddenly remembered this matter. The surrounding space was still that white space, with only that book keeping Leng Yihan company...

After thinking for a few seconds, Leng Yihan's gaze shifted to the only thing left in the space: the cultivation technique that 'Leng Yihan' had compiled, according to him, was suitable for her...

"Right, I should read this book..." With that thought in mind, Leng Yihan reached out and took the book. Nothing happened. Then he carefully brought it to his side and opened it.

Then he realized he was wrong.

As if his head had been struck by a hammer, Leng Yihan instantly collapsed to the ground, clutching his head and rolling around. A flood of memories rushed into his mind, but he had no time to care about that now; the pain was unbearable...

"It hurts...it hurts so much!!!"

Lunch for the 190 eSports Department

All he knew was that when he opened his eyes, a crowd of people were watching him.

"...What's going on with you guys..." Leng Yihan's voice was still a little weak as she spoke. Although her head no longer hurt, the feeling was still vividly etched in her memory...

"Are you alright..." After a few seconds of silence, Qi De spoke with a complicated expression. "Huh? What happened?" Leng Yihan looked bewildered.

“Just now, you suddenly clutched your head and rolled around on the ground, then suddenly seemed to faint… If Leng Binglan hadn’t said it wasn’t necessary, we would have already taken you to the hospital,” Qi Ling said. Hearing this, Leng Yihan suddenly sat up and realized that she was lying in bed.

"Yihan...are you alright?" Lin Yin asked worriedly.

"Hmm...it's nothing. It's an old ailment I had since I was a child. The hospital couldn't find anything wrong with it, it just hurts a lot. But it hasn't flared up for a long time, I thought it was gone." Leng Yihan looked up to comfort Lin Yin, and after hesitating for a while, she chose to hide the truth.

"Ah...that's good. Are you feeling better now? Everyone was just about to go out for lunch." Lin Yin said.

"Huh? How much time has passed now..." Leng Yihan panicked. It would be bad if he had delayed things... She felt a strange sense of guilt.

"It's alright, it's only been ten minutes. If you can't manage, I can carry you," Haodong joked. "No, no need, thank you..."

"Boom!"

Leng Yihan was about to get out of bed when he fell to the ground again. He didn't even know how many times he had fallen today, and his sense of pain had even diminished considerably.

"Yihan!"

"It's nothing... Senior Haodong, thank you for your help..." Leng Yihan looked up and said awkwardly to Haodong.

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"In the end, I still have to carry you there... You guys see, you should do as I said, right?" Hao Dong turned around and looked at the people behind him speechlessly.

Leng Yihan was being carried on Hao Dong's back, leaning helplessly against his shoulder. For some reason, he still couldn't muster much strength.

"Alright, alright, speaking of which, did Xuanzi get the spot yet? It's been so long." Qi De said, taking out his phone to call Xuanzi, but instead pointed to a dejected-looking person walking towards them in the distance...

"Li Xuan?" Seeing Li Xuan approaching, Qi Ling quickly greeted him. Hearing their words, Li Xuan raised his head, then walked with a mournful face to Minister Qi De. "I'm sorry, Minister, I failed to complete your mission. I am willing to... commit suicide to atone for my sins..."

"No! Li Xuan, you are my most loyal subordinate, you can't die!" Qi De got into character in a second.

"You two... Li Xuan, what's going on? Be normal." Sanjian glared fiercely at Li Xuan, scaring him into not daring to act recklessly anymore. He quickly replied seriously, "The last private room was taken. According to the waiter, the person who took it was alone, but she is unwilling to give up the room."

“Alright then, why don’t we just go and argue with her? By the way, have you actually seen her in person?” Qi De asked.

“No… she spoke to me in the private room, saying that even though she was alone, she preferred peace and quiet and therefore refused.” Li Xuan said helplessly.

"Excuse me...where do you guys want to have lunch?" Leng Yihan glanced at the indignant Qi De and Li Xuan, and finally asked her senior Hao Dong, who was carrying her on his back.

"Um... let's go to a whole roasted lamb restaurant, the name is just Roasted Lamb. By the way, junior, could you please not speak so close to my ear..." Hao Dong said helplessly.

"I'm sorry, I don't have the strength to move away..." Leng Yihan's breath brushed against Hao Dong's ear, causing a flush to rise. (Sorry, my yaoi fangirl side was already over the top when I wrote this!)

"Stare—" Feeling the cold blue gaze fixed on him, Hao Dong had no choice but to pretend to be calm, as if nothing had happened.

He didn't dare to provoke Leng Yihan into speaking; he had to admit, this junior of his was really too exciting...

The group eventually headed to the roast lamb restaurant. Qi De said he wanted to have a serious talk with the girl. They were already very close to the roast lamb restaurant, and it only took them three or four minutes to get there.

After entering the store, the group headed straight for a private room on the second floor, led by Li Xuan. Leng Yihan was at a loss for words; should she admire their perseverance...?

The waiter, witnessing this scene, was at a loss for what to do. Seeing Li Xuan, he knew where this group was headed, but he felt awkward about turning them away, since they were the only people in the private room who had said they were alone…

"Hey, hey, open the door!" Upon arriving at the private room, Li Xuan first knocked elegantly, then shouted fiercely at the top of his lungs.

"If you don't want to be kicked out, be a gentleman." To everyone's surprise, Qi De delivered a chop to Li Xuan's backhand, straightened his clothes in front of the door, and respectfully knocked on the door. "Excuse me... could you open the door and talk to us? After all, you seem to be sitting alone in there, right? You know that."

“Minister, you’re not much better off…” Li Xuan rolled his eyes at Qi De.

"Sorry, I'm not opening the door. If you want to be arrested by the police, feel free to break down the door. We guarantee none of you will escape," the person inside replied coldly. But Leng Yihan felt like the voice sounded familiar...

"Senior Haodong... go to the entrance..." Leng Yihan suddenly remembered something and said.

"Huh? Oh, oh..." Although he didn't know what was going on, Hao Dong didn't want to go to the police station for afternoon tea, so he naturally carried Leng Yihan to the door of the private room.

"If you don't leave, I will..."

"Luo Xue, is that you?" Leng Yihan asked with a try-it-out mentality, after all, he was not familiar with Luo Xue and could not recognize her voice.

After a few seconds of silence, the door opened, and Luo Xue cautiously peeked out from behind it, giving an awkward smile when she saw who it was.

"Oh, isn't this Yihan? Oh, it's you guys! I'm so sorry~" Luo Xue said.

"So you have a sharp tongue after all?!" Leng Yihan exclaimed.

Finally... that was the end of it. Upon discovering that Leng Yihan and Luo Xue were among the visitors, they immediately let everyone in. After Leng Yihan questioned them, they finally understood that she had gone back to the hotel to get her things and then came out looking for something to eat.

Ah... what a small world...

Leng Yihan sighed, and then the dishes were served, of course, for Luo Xue alone. Qi De immediately took it upon himself to order a few dishes (actually, he was the one who ordered them and was treating), claiming it was to make up for Luo Xue's mistake.

Leng Yihan rolled her eyes, deeply feeling the shamelessness of her department head. One second he was cursing someone, you know what I mean, and the next second he was treating them to dinner...

When the other dishes were served, Leng Yihan was finally able to move around freely. Although she couldn't move around as easily as she could, eating was still an option.

As for the cultivation method... Leng Yihan had already chosen it for him on the way here. Otherwise, why would he have been spacing out the whole way? Those things were like they were imprinted in his mind. He could recall them immediately whenever he wanted, and they wouldn't linger in his mind if he didn't want to.

But... who exactly was the person 'Leng Yihan' mentioned who gave me the second and third stage cultivation techniques...?

191 Four people living together

After finishing lunch, Leng Yihan parted ways with the other members of the e-sports club. However, as Leng Yihan left, the three girls naturally followed her... Hopefully, the seniors won't overthink it and will just assume they're going the same way.

"I said... what are you doing following me!" Leng Binglan, clinging to Leng Yihan's arm, glared at Luo Xue and said with displeasure.

Of course you'll come home with me...

"Of course I'm going home with Yihan!" Luo Xue said aloud as Leng Yihan thought to herself, her face full of pride. "Next up will be my and Yihan's life living alone, and my wife's cultivation... I'm kind of looking forward to it..."

"Brother! Are you letting her stay at your house?!" Leng Binglan glared at Leng Yihan. "You don't really want to, do you... but this is my dad's request, so you have no choice but to agree." Leng Yihan was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously told the truth.

Wait... this is bad!

That wouldn't make the girl happy! I don't want to cause any more trouble!

"Hmph, did you hear that! Brother said he doesn't want to! Why did you come along?" Sure enough, Leng Binglan immediately said after receiving Leng Yihan's reply.

"Is that so... Yihan, is that what you think..." Luo Xue's eyes held a hint of resentment, which gave Leng Yihan goosebumps all over.

“Um… well…” Leng Yihan’s eyes darted around.