After Transmigrating into a Novel with My Boyfriend, He Turned Out to Be a Native Villain-Chapter 236: The Others Are Here for Li Mu Too

As soon as the plane landed, someone came to greet them.

The man had a proper smile and spoke with just the right tone:

“Hello, are you Ms. Yu Jiao and Mr. Rong Fan? Mr. Xing sent me to pick you up.”

This person was likely a member of X.

Yu Jiao nodded, “Let’s go. Is it far from here?”

“About half an hour by car.”

The man handed them a tablet with a smile. “In the meantime, Mr. Xing said you two could watch the footage from the film set.”

Yu Jiao paused at that and followed his motion to look—her heart couldn’t help but skip a beat.

On the screen was a paused recording. The image was a bit blurry;the woman in it had her eyes closed, as if praying. But those familiar features made Yu Jiao freeze instantly.

...It was really Li Mu.

There was no mistaking that feeling.

Yu Jiao clenched her hand tightly and slowly accepted the tablet. Her voice turned a bit dry: “Okay.”

She tapped the screen to start the video. Yu Jiao focused intently on the footage, and when Li Mu appeared, her heart trembled slightly.

No wonder Rong Fan was shocked. If she had been there herself, she would've been too stunned to speak.

And it was exactly as Xin Hao had said—Li Mu had not only lost her memory, but her identity had changed into an NPC, and her skill had even shown up on Bo Jingmo.

The more Yu Jiao watched, the deeper her frown became. Her fingertips tapped anxiously on her knee.

What exactly was going on?

Even though Rong Fan had already experienced it firsthand in the film set, seeing it now from a spectator’s view still gave him a strange feeling.

Especially watching the two of them work together to fool everyone—his emotions became even more complicated.

He never thought that ten years ago, they had done the same thing.

When Bo Jingmo attacked Jiang Xi, Rong Fan’s eyes flickered.

Bo Jingmo had actually killed Jiang Xi.

The video didn’t take long to watch on fast-forward. After finishing it, Yu Jiao’s expression was already unpleasant.

“Rong Fan, what the h*ll were you doing?”

She had clearly noticed Rong Fan slacking on purpose—hiding clues he already knew, deliberately letting the monster loose, standing by while players died one after another.

He really didn’t die unjustly this time. Even if he had survived, the audience would’ve torn him apart.

“……”

“I just didn’t want Li Mu to die.”

To this, Yu Jiao merely pushed her glasses up and said coldly without mercy, “If you ask me, even if you had said something, Li Mu wouldn’t have died.”

That woman would never place herself in a dangerous position. Even if something like that happened, there was only one possibility—it was all an act.

“Rong Fan, Li Mu probably noticed something was off about you a long time ago. She was just waiting for a good excuse to make a move.”

Yu Jiao analyzed expressionlessly.

“And you walked right into it.”

If she wanted all the players to forget about midnight, Li Mu needed to create real panic that she was going to act—and to do that, she needed a player to cooperate.

And Rong Fan just happened to be that perfect sucker.

“Once the meeting starts, just wait for those old guys to laugh at you.”

“……”

Rong Fan turned silently to look at the scenery outside.

Getting killed by a newbie player and failing the mission—yeah, those old guys were definitely going to laugh.

Not wanting to get scolded again by Yu Jiao, he changed the subject: “By the way, who revived Chen Zhixia?”

“Xin Hao.” The organizer of X.

Yu Jiao picked up the nearby file. “But we’re still trying to find out whether Chen Zhixia ever joined a team. We’re still gathering info on him. The others aren’t a problem—Jiang Xi is from peace.”

Every player in that instance had interacted with Li Mu, so they decided to revive all of them and try to gather some clues from them.

One million points per person wasn’t a big deal for these high-level players.

But one person mattered most...

Yu Jiao closed her eyes. “Bo Jingmo is the most troublesome one.”

As Li Mu’s husband, he had the most information. So every organization was focusing their attention on him.

But that man was not the type to cooperate easily.

Rong Fan stared quietly out the window, saying nothing.

There was still someone from X in the car. They couldn’t say much.

After Yu Jiao finished, she looked down at the black mist Bo Jingmo had released on the screen. Her gaze flickered.

They had investigated Bo Jingmo for so long and never figured out what kind of power he had inside him.

And now you're telling her Bo Jingmo’s power is Black Moon—the same Black Moon that disappeared with Li Mu?

That was ridiculous.

Why did Bo Jingmo’s skill only appear when Li Mu came back?

And with Li Mu’s return, that person was probably getting restless too.

...

The car slowly rolled up in front of a manor. They were led to the meeting room.

When they pushed open the door, four people were already seated inside.

Yu Jiao quickly scanned the room.

Aside from Xin Hao, she recognized a few others.

The young man sitting beside Xin Hao was Zhang Can, a newly promoted high-level player from Team X.

He was also the one who first noticed something wasn’t right.

A few years ago, the film set system suddenly introduced a benefit: any high-level player who participated in instances two weeks in a row could earn livestream viewing privileges.

But the system, as usual, was stingy. Risk your life in two instances, and you only got three chances to watch.

Just his luck—Zhang Can saw Li Mu’s return on his very first watch.

After giving Xin Hao a light nod, Yu Jiao turned to the other two people seated at the table.

Qi Cheng’an—an old acquaintance.

Also an organizer, from ice. Although ice had never been very prominent in the instances and had weaker members overall, he was an old player from their batch and had known Li Mu. So they had to call him in too.

As for the last person...

Yu Jiao curled her lips. “Xing Yuan, long time no see.”

Xing Yuan—organizer of peace. Also one of the most popular high-level players to emerge in recent years, second in fame only to Li Mu.

He was about the same age as Yu Jiao, but had joined the instances several years after her. He came after Li Mu had “died.”

But that didn’t stop him from being strong. He cleared instances practically every day, and with a kind-looking face and a warm smile at age thirty-something, he came off approachable and well-liked. He had tons of connections in the instance world.

Xing Yuan had never met Li Mu. By logic, there was no reason to call him in.

But Jiang Xi was under him—there was no way to investigate without including him.

Besides...

Yu Jiao’s eyes flickered.

He was also here because of Li Mu.

It had been eight or nine years—instances were no longer what they used to be.

Now, factions were clearly defined, and the power struggle was growing.

The film set wasn’t as raw and direct as it once was. Back then, it was all about fighting head-on. Now, cooperation and win-win outcomes were more valued.

That’s also why peace was so popular.

But it came with drawbacks. Audiences who loved intense action were getting bored, and traffic to the instances was steadily declining.

Even though Li Mu had been gone a long time, her number-one ranking wasn’t a joke. Once she returned, she’d bring massive attention.

Whoever brought her under their wing would control that wave of traffic.

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