An Unforeseen Accident

Only half a month before the end of the 'test'. The guide left after teaching Zhang Mei Xing what she should know, the latter fascinated with the idea that she could go back and forth between the two dimensions. Her resistance to suddenly being made a guide lessen so much as she practiced the newly acquired ability.

However, after thinking for some time, she determined that being an actual person was no good. She had no ID card, no money, or anything on her aside from her clothes. Zhang Mei Xing would only assume tangible form when truly bored and felt like she should at least chat with some aunties and uncles jogging in the street every morning.

Anyway, Liu Yang had already said it. This was a fake world, and whatever happened here would not even stay in the memories of the only other real person in this place.

"It is not advisable to form relations with an examinee as doing so might result in a guide being biased. That would defeat the purpose of the temple."

Nope, this part was not said by Liu Yang. She read it from the user interface. Zhang Mei Xing understood the meaning since, even though they had the title of a guide, in actuality, the 'guiding' part was only in bringing the examinee to a test world and ushering them to where they should go after the test.

In Xiang Linxin's case, on how she arrived at the test world, the thing Zhang Mei Xing now called the 'system', did the job for her. Zhang Mei Xing still knew nothing about her post nor have merits in her person. It was powered by Liu Yang's merits.

So like how she spent the first half of the test, Zhang Mei Xing drifted like a ghost to wherever Xiang Linxin go.

On the second Thursday of the month, the woman finally encountered the guard again. It was an accidental meeting at another masquerade party where Xiang Linxin found another blackmail target. Through some mysterious work of fate, Yan Yongzheng and this girl ended up hooking up with each other.

Zhang Mei Xing very much preferred for the other woman to not end up in this path, a route almost dependent on a man, but the 'system' popped up to show her that there had been substantial progress in the test.

<Examinee Xiang Linxin's fate has become more intertwined with a character with high spec, Yan Yongzheng. Chances of getting acquainted in the next life became forty percent.>

When she clicked okay there, her expression could not be any more awkward. But a few minutes later, she dismissed the embarrassment by reminding herself that this was a fake world.

"It's thirty days, and the last day of the test coincides with the date when Xiang Linxin died. All along, the goal is obviously for her to not only show that she could counterattack, but that she could also avoid her death."

"So there's progress in the green part of the bar since this guy can actually help her avoid the terrible end?"

Zhang Mei Xing hovered behind Xiang Linxin, lying on her stomach midair and cupping her bored face.

The examinee was very headstrong and gatecrashed the wedding reception of her father who had just gotten married to Shen Li's mother, the mistress hidden for two decades.

This all happened three days before the end of the month.

Yan Yonzheng, the guard-cum-undercover police, came with the woman as her partner. Because CEO Xiang recognized him, he swallowed his anger, refraining himself from ordering the security to throw Xiang Linxin out. After all, even though the Xiangs were wealthy and influential, compared to the full-grown elephant that was the Yan family, they were merely a giraffe. Who cares if a giraffe had a long neck if the body was not as robust to support it?

"Hmm, the ex-fiance is here too." Zhang Mei Xing flew over to Song Heng's side.

The man who could not see that a prying supernatural being was watching him closely on the side kept his perfect smile and manners before a business partner.

Had this been her first time seeing this person, Zhang Mei Xing would have had trouble relating him to the emotionless, utilitarian guy who heartlessly threw a crying woman outside his office on her first day here. She would also not believe that this handsome, smiling guy was the person who orchestrated the car crash of his ex-fiancee and grinned like a devil at her bloody, dying figure.

But as the wise men of old had said, there were always two sides on every coin.

Everyone, even the most innocent of all, had many facets. More likely than not, people's attitudes depended on whoever they were facing.

An upright person would greet another upright person with a smile, but they would instinctively frown at a dishonorable one, secretly judging them in their minds.

A predator would be wary of another predator or try to negotiate with them, but they would look down, if not tear down, a prey without hesitation upon getting the chance.

A utilitarian would smile at someone useful but would not hesitate to throw away something or somebody useless.

There were many more types, as there were billions of people in this world.

Zhang Mei Xing looked on as the man exchanged sticky, flirty glances with Shen Li, now Xiang Li. Given how secretive and discrete they were about it, it was quite understandable that not many found out about their affair. A minute later, the two stopped exchanging glances. Song Heng swept his gaze around, probably to look for an acquaintance to chat with next.

It was inevitable for him to catch a glimpse of Xiang Lingxin who was still trying to take the spotlight despite already being cast aside by the family.

The trainee guide saw how Song Heng's expression change upon seeing who was next to his ex-fiancee. A guy who looked as much as an Adonis yet with a bearing that not even he could compare to.

Song Heng had no idea who the other guy was as Yan Yongzheng was from another city and was yet to be announced to the world as the successor to the giant Yan family. But did not prevent him from knowing the other man was from a prestigious one.

Song Heng saw that the woman he threw away seemed to be very much treasured by another guy. And this woman too seemed much more beautiful as she smiled and embraced this man. An uncomfortable feeling suddenly rose from within him, like there were several ants biting on it. Why was that so, though? He could not understand. All that was apparent was that for some reason, he disliked the sight.

Zhang Mei Xing who saw his expression immediately came to a conclusion. 'Hmm. I see. So this scumbag suddenly notices Xiang Linxin because she's not wallowing in despair like what he had expected. Instead, here she is having a sweet time with a guy better than him.'

She became amused. It was really realistic and reasonable. How funny that even though this world was counterfeit, the reactions of the people in it were so life-like and genuine. In her subconscious, she even had a feeling that once Xiang Linxin truly reincarnated and followed every step she took in this place, everything here would coincide with that 'new' reality.

How terrifying. The Temple of Reincarnation was truly a very mysterious entity.

A moment passed and by Zhang Mei Xing's will, the user interface appeared before her. Upon checking the criteria, she saw that the Counterattack bar showed some progress.

When she raised her head again, Xiang Linxin was a few paces away. The woman could not control herself and went over to taunt the Shen mother and daughter pair. Yet like before, Xiang Linxin was the one who ended up reddening in anger and it was only after being rescued by Yan Yongzheng that Xiang Linxin regained her senses. It seemed, this, and the matter with Song Heng were the reasons for the increase of the green part of the bar.

When this event ended, the two did not part.

Zhang Mei Xing followed them to her examinee's apartment until a few moments later when those two shameless ones suddenly felt like making love to each other. Their progress in romance was so fast that it was already this intimate. Or rather, since Xiang Linxin and Yan Yongzheng's relationship started physical, they had little barriers in being intimate regardless if their affection for each other was not that strong yet. The girl wanted a guard and the guard was an upright one who wanted to take responsibility. Their relationship was weird.

Zhang Mei Xing had little to no interest in studying relationships, nor was she interested in pornography, so she left.

She stepped out of the sky-high building where the examinee's house was located as a human with flesh. Out of hunger with it being so late, she wanted to head to a convenience store and eat some dumplings or noodles.

However, something unexpected happened to her the moment her feet made contact with the crosswalk. Something seemingly not in line with what Liu Yang mentioned before, about the job having little to no risk.

Without knowing why, Zhang Mei Xing suddenly became paralyzed before blanking out, her head turning especially heavy and consciousness slipping into endless darkness.