Chasing You (Arc 8+)

Showstopper (VIII)

Feeling as if he was being interviewed for a big job, He Xiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Bai Taohua had been talking nonstop for the past ten minutes with all of her attention focused solely on him. The catechism ranged from general inquiries about his high school days to more personal questions such as who has he dated, and if he was still together with that person. Speaking with her this entire time, he felt his throat become parched and coughed.

Shifting his eyes over, he sent a distressing look at Hai Pixiu. Hopefully, he can pull her attention away so that he can take a breather. Rubbing his nose, Hai Pixiu lightly clears his throat, "Let me grab some refreshments. I'll be right back."

The corners of He Xiao's mouth twitched; it seems that he was alone on this sailing ship. Feeling as if he was going to talk his life away, he tried to contact his system again on the side.

<Bao Bao, are you there?>

<Hai! Bao Bao is here~! ೭◝(⁰▿⁰)◜೨>

Hearing that familiar voice, He Xiao felt a sense of ease. Letting out a sigh of relief, he proceeded to ask about the situation.

<Is there something wrong with the storyline?>

<Yes, host! The storyline we read is considered 'old' and can only be used as a reference for now, but we have to keep in mind that the events might not necessarily follow as stated before. Due to an outer interference, the storyline is currently being rewritten as we speak.>

<Rewritten? What or who is the outer interference?>

<The present Bai Taohua isn't the original female lead of this world. She is a transmigrator that came over to this world after a fatal accident that took her life. Souls of other realms and worlds transmigrating aren't rare, but it is an uncommon occurrence and only happens every 1/1,000,000,000,000 chances. She is one of these rare occurrences. Illegal transmigrations like this are usually labeled as a 'bug' by the world's consciousness and are usually sought out to be removed, but that is only if they will cause a huge shift in the storyline.

Bai TaoHua is one of the unique cases that the consciousness of the world deemed to not be harmful or altering the change in the plotline in a major way.>

Raising his eyebrows, He Xiao found that the new information was very intriguing and urged Bao Bao to continue. He had heard of such things but only in novels, and didn't think that it was also possible outside the realm of the pages.

<Why is she not deemed a major 'bug'?>

Feeling his nose elongate due to being knowledgeable in this part, Bao Bao lifted his head into the sky and poked at the sun's butt with his now very long nose.

Toink toink

<Although her presence has already caused vicissitudes to occur, the end results calculated by the world's consciousness is still the same. Bai Taohua was a solo artist in her world and was rather successful in her life before she passed away.

And from the information Bao Bao was able to gather, this world is considered a novel called 《Rebirth of an Idol》in her original world. Naturally, Bai Taohua knows the plotline of the novel, the very exact ones we were given as she was an avid reader of the book. She used her knowledge of the story to assist the male lead, but instead of their relationship budding into a flower; they became close friends.

There was nothing more in the bond between them, and nothing less. The seed of love was planted between the second male lead and Bai Taohua instead. But this did not cause any major transitions for the beloved child of the world, Xiao Rui. Many of the important events happened as it should have; only that he earned one more true friend to protect his back. That is the reason why Bai Taohua isn't considered to be a 'bug'; she has yet to cause any damage to the plotline.>