Chapter 266
Chapter 266
“What happened after that?” Mu Xin pressed.
The Flower Prince smiled. “After Cinderella married the Prince, her parents came looking for her. Cinderella was an innocent girl, but her parents weren’t. Once they learned the whole story, they made Cinderella divorce the Prince. Cinderella then returned to her own country with her parents and became its empress.”
Mu Xin ran the story through her mind.
In that case, what would Cinderella’s task be? Or rather, Lin Junruo’s task?
Judging by the tasks they had received so far, the stories might have been drastically rewritten, but the conditions for triggering their tasks were still connected to the original plots in some way.
For example, her own task involved an engagement to the Flower Prince, while Qin Nan was the Magic Mirror. As for Jian Fan, although his story had been heavily altered, his task had still been triggered after he encountered an important character from the original book: the Prince. Yellow Hair went without saying. The dwarf’s task was to protect Snow White. Lu Jing had to find the swindler, while The Little Match Girl had to survive after all her matches burned out.
So what about Lin Junruo and Qin Weiyi?
Before Mu Xin could make sense of it, a familiar voice sounded beside her.
“Mu Xin?”
Mu Xin immediately snapped back to reality and turned toward the voice.
It was Qin Nan and Jian Fan.
The Flower Prince noticed them as well.
He frowned when he saw how they were dressed, then turned to Mu Xin. “Are these your friends?”
Mu Xin was speechless.
For some reason, she felt as though the Flower Prince was scrutinizing her.
She gave an awkward smile. “Yes. I just thought there was something a little… unusual about their relationship, so I got curious. I never expected…”
Understanding dawned on the Flower Prince’s face, and he nodded.
Unless someone knew the whole story, who would ever imagine those two were a couple? It was perfectly normal for someone as innocent as Mu Xin not to realize it.
Meanwhile, Qin Nan and Jian Fan were utterly baffled.
Something unusual about their relationship?
Was she talking about them?
What was unusual about them? They were two perfectly normal grown men. Their relationship was purely that of two Partners working together. What was so strange about that?
“Can I talk to them?” Mu Xin asked the Flower Prince.
The Flower Prince did not agree immediately. He was weighing the request.
Clearly, believing the other two to be women as well, the Flower Prince was worried someone might try to steal his Thumbelina away.
Mu Xin did not know whether Thumbelina would have seen through the Flower Prince’s thoughts, but she certainly had.
She tugged at the Flower Prince’s sleeve and lowered her voice. “Their sexual orientation may be different from ours, but we shouldn’t look down on them for it. They saved me, after all, and they’re my friends. I can’t just hate them because of that. I want to say goodbye. I might never see them again after this.”
At that, the Flower Prince smiled again.
He nodded. “All right. Go ahead.”
Jian Fan and Qin Nan had very mixed feelings about the situation.
The Flower Prince showed Mu Xin due respect. He brought her over to a nearby sofa, then reminded her, “I’ll come back for you in fifteen minutes.”
Mu Xin naturally nodded.
After saying that, the Flower Prince guided his flower away.
However, he did not go far and remained nearby.
As soon as the Flower Prince left, Qin Nan immediately asked, “What’s going on with you? Did you complete your task?”
Mu Xin nodded and took out the page fragment.
The fragment had not shrunk along with her body. It had been fine while hidden, but the moment she pulled it out, its weight nearly knocked her straight to the floor.
Fortunately, Qin Nan reacted quickly and caught the torn page.
Mu Xin breathed a sigh of relief, then said, “I also learned something from the Flower Prince about Qin Nan’s mission.”
Qin Nan had been about to examine the contents of the torn page, but at that, he immediately looked up. Jian Fan also turned his attention to Mu Xin.
“The Poisoned Apple is only a drug that puts someone into a coma. It isn’t fatal, and all it takes to wake them up is water. Of course, in the story…” Mu Xin’s gaze settled on Qin Nan, and a knowing smile appeared on her face.
Qin Nan suddenly shuddered.
“In the story, the Stepmother Queen kissed Snow White and passed the water into Snow White’s mouth, mouth-to-mouth. That was how Snow White woke up,” Mu Xin said.
Qin Nan: “…”
Jian Fan: “…”
So Qin Nan’s mission was possible after all. It was just that after Jian Fan ate the Poisoned Apple, Qin Nan would have to feed him water mouth-to-mouth to wake him up?
Wasn’t this taking things a little too far?
Qin Nan and Jian Fan exchanged a glance.
Then they both turned away, avoiding each other’s eyes.
Seeing them like this, Mu Xin let out an unkind laugh.
“Aside from your missions, I also learned a few things from the Flower Prince about Qin Weiyi and Lin Junruo’s missions.” After laughing, Mu Xin returned to the matter at hand.
Qin Nan and Jian Fan both turned back to look at her.
Mu Xin quickly gave them a brief account of everything the Flower Prince had told her.
“By the way, there’s something I’m not sure about,” Mu Xin said, looking troubled.
“What is it?” Qin Nan asked.
“The Flower Prince is going to take me away. I’m wondering, what will happen if I run away?” Mu Xin raised a very important question.
After thinking for a moment, Jian Fan said, “You’ve already broken free of the plot.”
“That should be the case, but when I questioned the Flower Prince just now, he still treated me as Thumbelina and told me everything I wanted to know,” Mu Xin said, equally puzzled.
Qin Nan did not understand it either.
Jian Fan thought for a moment before saying, “Maybe it’s because you were still in front of him at the time, so his memories of you weren’t erased immediately. But now…”
All three of them turned toward the Flower Prince at the same time.
The Flower Prince looked confused.
He glanced around at his surroundings, and frustration crossed his face.
Why had he lingered here for so long?
His fiancée, Thumbelina, had not appeared at the ball. It was time for him to leave and search for her elsewhere.
With that thought, the Flower Prince urged his flower onward and departed.
Mu Xin could only watch him leave.
She blinked, then slapped her thigh in frustration. “If I’d known this would happen, I would’ve kept him talking longer and asked him more about the plot!”
Qin Nan and Jian Fan: “…”
She had a point, but it was too late to do anything about it now.
Mu Xin was beside herself with regret, but all she could do was watch the Flower Prince leave the ball.
However, the instant the Flower Prince passed through the ballroom doors, a change came over Mu Xin.
In the blink of an eye, Mu Xin, who had been no bigger than a thumb, suddenly returned to her original height and figure.
Surprise flashed in Jian Fan’s eyes, though his expression remained relatively calm. Qin Nan, on the other hand, pointed at Mu Xin, momentarily speechless.
“What’s wrong?” Mu Xin asked in confusion, still unaware of the change in her body.
Qin Nan lowered his hand and smiled. “Congratulations. You’re back to normal.”