The protagonist committed numerous evil deeds.

Chapter 18 Twilight Mountain Town 11

After confirming that the villagers wouldn't be returning, Wen Li wanted to leave. After all, Jing Chan already knew about her Jiang family lineage.

“Miss Wenli, you…you said you would stay with me,” Jing Chan interrupted.

"Don't be afraid, they won't dare to come again today. I'll go find Qingshan later, he'll protect you." After saying that, he strode towards the door.

Jing Chan rushed forward and stood in front of Wen Li, calling out, "Wen Li!"

“I don’t want you to leave. You’re a very nice person, and I like you a lot. I really want to be your friend. I’ve wanted to since the first time we met at the Jiang residence, and I want to even more now.”

Wen Li didn't speak, but stared into her eyes. Those beautiful almond-shaped eyes were filled with tears, watery and straight, making it easy to feel pity for her.

She also wants to be my friend.

"Why? Now that you know my past, don't you resent me?"

Jing Chan's parents were killed by a demon, which was released by the Jiang family. But what did that have to do with Wen Li? From a young age, she followed her master to chant Buddhist scriptures, listening to Buddhist sutras that guided people through life and death, and learning the concepts of tolerance and compassion. She originally intended to enter the Buddhist order.

"The Buddha said that cause and effect are cyclical, and good and evil are rewarded accordingly. Since you are so open and honest, you must have a clear conscience. Wen Li, you are not a very evil person, and you do not owe anyone anything."

Wen Li remained silent for a long time, then slowly pushed her away. Jing Chan's eyes darkened, and he instantly slumped down.

"Troublemaker."

Jing Chan turned around and saw Wen Li piling up the scattered wood one by one.

Jing Chan's eyes lit up immediately, and he ran over to help with a smile.

"May I call you Ali?"

"Whatever." Wen Li's tone remained indifferent, but the corners of her mouth subtly turned up.

"Then Ali, you go and rest, I'll take care of these."

"I hate being ordered around the most. As my friend, you can't force me to do anything. I can do whatever I want." As she spoke, Wen Li tapped Jing Chan's forehead.

Wen Li was strong; even a light tap caused Jing Chan pain, but she laughed happily.

Si Xiaxia was also happy. Although she was a little afraid of Wen Li, after spending so much time together, she knew that Wen Li was not as vicious as she was written in the book. She was just fighting against the protagonist's position.

She used to regard the original female protagonist as her own daughter, and now she even feels a bit like she's looking at the host as her daughter.

"Fortunately, the Buddha statue was not damaged."

"Buddha statue, didn't you all return to secular life?"

Jing Chan carefully wiped the statue and then gently placed it on the altar.

"One must be sincere when praying to gods and Buddhas. I recite scriptures and pray every day, hoping that all my loved ones can be safe and sound."

Wen Li lowered her head and continued what she was doing. What's wrong with the one you love being alone?

After cleaning up the yard, Wen Li carried a large pile of trash out to throw it away. She had only walked about ten meters out of the yard when her gaze fell on a certain spot.

Wen Li stepped forward and picked it up; the silvery-white scales seemed to glow in the sunlight.

"Si Xiaxia, it seems the protagonist has turned quite dark."

Shen Yingsi is the reincarnation of the God of the Green Lamp from five hundred years ago, and the God of the Green Lamp's true form is Yinglong. In her previous life, Wen Li saw Shen Yingsi's demonized appearance, with dragon scales covering his entire body, including his face, and a pair of enormous wings growing from his back, making him strange and frightening.

Although Wen Li had only read the book once, she vaguely remembered that Shen Yingsi was still able to restrain himself during the demonic transformation at this point in the book.

If the chaos in Zhao Family Village was his doing, then it must have been intentional.

There's also the wolf demon fur that Wen Mingzhu discovered. Did they fight? Huo Zhao might even have revealed his true form.

But is the chaos in Zhao Family Village caused by Huo Zhao or Shen Yingsi?

"Could it be that the male lead stopped Huo Zhao, that wolf demon, last night? Huo Zhao is a villain; he killed many people in the original story. He's an evil demon. Although the male lead has turned evil now, he hasn't done anything really bad so far. Maybe he's afraid that doing too many bad things will diminish his merits and prevent him from becoming a god." Si Xiaxia tried to defend the evil protagonist.

"Si Xiaxia, you're probably the only one who's afraid."

Wen Li is more inclined to believe that Shen Yingsi did something wrong, while Huo Zhao came to stop him.

A demon who has killed countless people tries to stop a virtuous god from harming humanity. It sounds like pure fantasy.

"Then what can we do? If he can't become a god, then no one in this world can. Then monsters will run rampant, and the world will still be destroyed! Host, we have to stop him from doing bad things."

From last night until tonight, Shen Yingsi has been out of their sight for too long. Perhaps he is doing something that will damage his reputation.

"Go ahead and stop me. I want to sleep with my new friend tonight."

"Host! We absolutely have to go!"

Compared to Si Xiaxia's anxiety, Wen Li appeared much more indifferent. She didn't believe she had the ability to stop the protagonist of this world from doing what he wanted.

Besides, she had already promised Jing Chan that she would stay here tonight to protect her. Since she had already promised, Wen Li had to prioritize her needs.

If she returned to the Jiang residence and found Shen Yingsi there safely, then the trip would have been in vain. If he wasn't there, Wen Li wouldn't know where to look for him, let alone stop him from doing something bad.

"You'd better not talk to me in that commanding tone. Tonight, you'd better pray that Shen Yingsi stays put. There's nothing else I can do."

No matter how anxious Si Xiaxia was, there was nothing she could do; she still had to worry about angering her host. Now, all she could do was silently pray that nothing would happen, just as her host had instructed.

In the past, she was the one who controlled her host when doing missions, but she never expected that one day she would be controlled by her own host.

While Wen Li was happily slacking off, the honest and dutiful protagonist they had been hoping for was doing the exact opposite of what they expected.