The Side Character Who Wins by Doing Nothing

Lu Sangjiu looked at Ye Zhiyao’s expectant gaze and smiled faintly.

How ”considerate” of her. A single sentence that seemed like a concession was no different from roasting Lu Sangjiu over a fire.

If she refused, others would find her outrageously ungrateful. After all, Ye Zhiyao was being so reasonable and had already conceded so much for the sake of their fellowship.

But if Lu Sangjiu agreed, the question of who would have to give up two Cold Ice Crystal Stones would become another problem.

Taking two stones from three people was inherently unfair. And since Lu Sangjiu would be the one to agree to it, the other two would easily grow to resent her.

Unless Lu Sangjiu gave up two of her own stones. That would earn her a good reputation, but losing two Cold Ice Crystal Stones would be a devastating loss.

You could say that from the moment Ye Zhiyao proposed this plan, any choice Lu Sangjiu made would be the wrong one.

’But... if you’re going to play the kind and generous one, I’ll just play the pitiful, weak victim. We’ll just see who’s the better actor!’

And so, everyone saw Lu Sangjiu’s expression change. As if she had been holding back for a long time and could finally bear it no longer, she suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood!

Immediately after, her body went limp and she collapsed into Feng Lin’s arms.

”Ms. Lu!”

”Immortal!”

Chi Yan and Feng Lin were aghast. Even Gu Jue and Liu Xi subconsciously took a few steps forward, gathering around Lu Sangjiu.

Lu Sangjiu looked frail. She gasped for breath before speaking. ”I know... I know you probably won’t believe me when I say this.”

”But, although Mr. Chi and the others and I stayed in the cave, it collapsed too quickly. We... we never even had a chance to get the Cold Ice Crystal Stones!”

When she said this, everyone was stunned, including Chi Yan and Feng Lin.

Then, the two who had just been filled with worry quietly exchanged a look. The concern in their eyes vanished, and they both tacitly remained silent.

When the others came to their senses, none of them believed Lu Sangjiu’s words, of course.

Li Yijiang was rather short-tempered and spoke up directly. ”How is that possible? Are you trying to fool a three-year-old?”

Liu Shi’s expression also darkened. ”Ms. Lu, there’s no point in telling a lie like this.”

”Even if you couldn’t grab them at the time, since you were skilled enough to escape later, I refuse to believe you’d be willing to leave empty-handed!”

Lu Sangjiu took two sharp breaths, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth again. Her expression was utterly pitiful.

She clutched the corner of Gu Jue’s robes. ”Mr. Gu... I’m telling the truth.”

”You know me. My constitution is weak. How could I possibly have the strength to retrieve anything under those circumstances?”

”Besides... while what Senior Sister Ye and her group said might sound reasonable, I must say a few words in our defense.”

”We arrived first. It’s just that they were stopped by a demon beast before they even reached the cave entrance, so they didn’t see us.”

”They were fighting for their lives outside, but we were inside the cave battling the Beast King. How could that have been easy?”

”We were all already heavily injured by the time we killed the Beast King. Who would have thought that Senior Sister Ye would suddenly appear at that moment, intending to snatch the treasure?”

”It was during our fight that the cave was accidentally brought down... Afterward, Senior Sister Ye and her group retreated unscathed, while the three of us were trapped inside, barely escaping with our lives.”

”Now we’ve finally made it out alive, having suffered grievous losses, only to have them twist the facts and try to force us to hand over some Cold Ice Crystal Stones... Isn’t that just too much!”

Lu Sangjiu’s version differed from Ye Zhiyao’s in only a few details, but it sounded like a completely different story.

Gu Jue frowned slightly and glanced at Ye Zhiyao.

Ye Zhiyao looked slightly panicked and hurriedly defended herself, ”Junior Sister Lu, you can’t put it that way.”

”My teammates were fighting desperately outside to buy me time to go in and get the Cold Ice Crystal Stones. But when I went in, I discovered someone was taking advantage of the situation to steal the treasure. For my teammates’ sake, I naturally had to do everything I could to secure it.”

”For you to now place all the blame on my head for this... it’s truly disheartening.”

This time, before Lu Sangjiu could say anything else, Liu Xi eagerly spoke up.

”Heh, now you’re trying to make it sound like you were forced to fight for the Cold Ice Crystal Stones. Then why didn’t you mention a single word about this before?”

”If Lu Sangjiu and her friends hadn’t made it back alive, I’m afraid no one would ever have known that the cave collapsed because you were fighting them!”

”You make yourself sound so innocent, yet now you have the nerve to play the good guy and force them to hand over the Cold Ice Crystal Stones? How laughable!”

Being confronted by Liu Xi like that, Ye Zhiyao’s face turned pale.

Lu Sangjiu didn’t give her another chance to speak. ”Senior Sister Ye, there’s no need to say more... Who was right and who was wrong back then isn’t important anymore. We are all from the same sect. Am I the kind of person to hold a grudge?”

Ye Zhiyao: ”...”

’Now it’s suddenly unimportant? If it really wasn’t important, then why did you just go out of your way to explain everything?’

Ignoring Ye Zhiyao’s reaction, Lu Sangjiu just looked at the crowd with a sincere expression and said, ”But regarding the Cold Ice Crystal Stones, I can swear to the heavens that we truly did not get them! Even if you try to force us like this, we have nothing to give.”

She was just bluffing about the oath. She didn’t believe anyone would actually have the nerve to force her to swear one.

Qin Yu, who had been watching her pretentious act from the side, felt his teeth ache in frustration. He finally couldn’t help but point out, ”If you really didn’t get any, why didn’t the two people next to you say so just now?”

His reminder made the others recall Chi Yan and Feng Lin’s earlier reactions.

’That’s right. If they didn’t get any, why didn’t they deny it? Why did they even look like they were about to fight?’

Chi Yan and Feng Lin stiffened slightly when they were called out. Neither of them spoke; they just silently lowered their heads and looked at Lu Sangjiu.

The corner of Lu Sangjiu’s mouth twitched, but she didn’t let them down.

”Sigh... The truth is, these two friends of mine have always been hot-tempered. Your words just now angered them, so they impulsively said those things to provoke you.”

”Speaking of which... I should also apologize on their behalf for their rudeness just now.”

Lu Sangjiu coughed again, struggling to get up as if to perform a formal bow of apology.

But of course, she couldn’t manage to get up and fell back weakly.

Then, panting for breath, she said with a guilty look, ”Sigh, my body just can’t take it... Please forgive me, everyone.”

Chi Yan: ”...”

Feng Lin: ”...”

The two looked at each other, and both saw sheer admiration in the other’s eyes.

At the same time, Chi Yan began to question his entire existence... ’So, the Immortal is this kind of Immortal???’

’Could it be that she was fooling me all along, too?’

The others, however, didn’t believe Lu Sangjiu’s words at all. Liu Shi and Li Yijiang could no longer hold back and attacked Lu Sangjiu almost simultaneously!

Lu Sangjiu let out a cry of alarm, her face paling in terror. She seemed to be scared stiff, not even trying to dodge.

Feng Lin was about to make a move, but she suddenly found her wrist caught in Lu Sangjiu’s grip.

Just as she was wondering why, she saw Gu Jue take action...