A mysterious realm descends, and I defy fate in comics.

Chapter 364 I am now standing before you

Xiao Tingwen was terrified.

In that instant, she had already decided how to write her last words.

Memories of her life flashed before her eyes like a revolving lantern.

Xiao Tingwen even had the leisure to wonder who had illegally broken into her home. Could it be Jiang Xingni's fans? Considering that she had just written Jiang Xingni's story to death in the past two days, and that quite a few fans had sent razor blades to the company, it was only natural that extreme fans would want to break into her home to threaten her.

Or perhaps it has nothing to do with his identity as a screenwriter; it's just that a madman randomly walked in, and he just happened to be the unlucky one chosen to wait for his death.

It couldn't possibly be that Jiang Xingni's vengeful spirit came to the real world to seek revenge, could it?

No way...right?

Jiang Xingni stood in the open space by the door, not even trying to make herself less noticeable, nor did she intend to scare Xiao Tingwen.

Who would have thought that Xiao Tingwen was completely unaware of her presence after walking through the door? She had no choice but to take a step forward, which almost scared the screenwriter to death.

Then Jiang Xing saw the girl in front of him—she looked to be in her twenties or thirties, had just changed into slippers, and was clutching her chest, almost fainting from fright, because she saw him.

Jiang Xing smiled and asked, "Can you recognize who I am?"

As her eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness, Xiao Tingwen couldn't recognize the face, but she was immediately struck by its beauty.

Noticing the lips moving in front of him, Xiao Tingwen belatedly realized that the person in front of him had finished speaking.

Then, it seemed as if her ears had returned to normal function—Xiao Tingwen couldn't tell whether she had been frightened or because of this face, so she focused all her senses on her eyes, admiring just how beautiful this face was.

To be honest, Xiao Tingwen really didn't remember offending such a beautiful girl.

She frowned and tried to recall carefully, but still couldn't remember. Then, an idea flashed through her mind like lightning. Xiao Tingwen suddenly remembered that just now, when she was imagining who would kill her, she thought of the least likely person.

"...You are, Jiang Xingni?" Xiao Tingwen asked in a daze.

There is ultimately a difference between two-dimensional and three-dimensional worlds.

Even if Xiao Tingwen is the screenwriter, and she has been watching Jiang Xingni for as long as she has appeared in the comic, thinking about how to kill her, it doesn't mean that Xiao Tingwen can immediately recognize that the beautiful girl in front of her is the one she has been longing to kill.

Seeing that the beautiful girl in front of him still had a smile on her lips and her eyes were still smiling, he nodded slightly, confirming her question.

Xiao Tingwen felt even more desperate in an instant, thinking that it would have been better to be killed the moment she entered the door than to fall into Jiang Xingni's hands.

"What are you doing here?" The good impression she had initially gained from that beautiful face had completely vanished the moment she saw Jiang Xingni. "Are you here to kill me?"

Xiao Tingwen appeared fierce but was actually weak inside.

Jiang Xingni suddenly felt an urge to laugh.

All the surging hatred subsided the moment she saw the person in front of her—it turned out that the person she hated, the person she had wanted to kill for so long, was just an ordinary person when he came into her life.

He's just an ordinary person who's selfish, self-serving, and stubborn.

Jiang Xingni has met many people in her life, and she has seen far more than anyone like Xiao Tingwen. Compared to those she has faced before, he is even more unremarkable. He has no lofty ideals, nor any overwhelming hatred. All Xiao Tingwen possesses is a yearning for profit.

In other words, if Xiao Tingwen didn't exist in a higher-dimensional world, and if he weren't the screenwriter of this comic, someone like Xiao Tingwen probably would never have been remembered by Jiang Xingni to this day.

Jiang Xingni shook his head: "I originally wanted to kill you, but I've changed my mind now."

—She was lying. Before coming here, Jiang Xingni had no intention of killing Xiao Tingwen. All she wanted was her own freedom.

Upon hearing "changed her mind," Xiao Tingwen felt both relieved and anxious, fearing that Jiang Xingni's words meant she had chosen a different way to torment herself.

Jiang Xingni didn't let Xiao Tingwen continue to be so apprehensive. With a smile, she said directly, "I want to write your comics."

Xiao Tingwen: "No way!"

She screamed, her thoughts never before so synchronized with Jiang Xingni's. Her eyes were fixed on Jiang Xingni: "What kind of plot do you want to write?"

"Why can't you just listen to my arrangements like everyone else?" Xiao Tingwen questioned. "You were created by me; without me, you wouldn't have been born!"

Jiang Xingni's smile remained unchanged as she suddenly recalled Song Juexiao.

The problems she didn't experience in her original family because her parents died early—or, of course, because her parents died early, she had long forgotten what kind of personality they had, and whether they would criticize her for being too rebellious or disobedient—are now being experienced by the screenwriter.

Is this considered a cyber-family issue?

She chuckled. "I thought you were an adult, that you wouldn't say something like a child questioning a toy. Xiao Tingwen, I'm not your toy."

After hearing this, Xiao Tingwen seemed even more insane: "Why aren't the other characters like you! Can't you be like the other characters?!"

Xiao Tingwen originally wanted to use Shan Qing as an example—she really didn't care about Shan Qing; Shan Qing's name was randomly generated by her, and she hadn't even noticed that Shan Qing's name clashed with Ji Shanqing's name—but she still had some sense of reason, fearing that if she brought up Shan Qing's example at this moment, Jiang Xingni would really stab her to death.

"I've written so many stories, why is it that only you refuse to follow my arrangements!" Xiao Tingwen couldn't understand. "I created you!"

Jiang Xingni approached step by step. She was taller than Xiao Tingwen, and Xiao Tingwen had to look up to see her face after she got closer. The sense of oppression from her became even stronger.

"Now I stand before you, truly and firmly, with my feet on the ground." Jiang Xing's smile finally faded. She lowered her head, looking at Xiao Tingwen with a blank expression. Although her tone was respectful, no one listening to her would perceive her as someone in a subservient position. "Now, do you see me as someone who lives like you, someone who thinks, someone equal to you, someone who doesn't want their fate controlled by you?"