"I choose to accept." After only a slight hesitation, Liang Shi chose to take on the task.
Currently, she and Xu Qingzhu have uncovered quite a few clues, the most impactful of which is arranging a "coffin room" for the original owner, and living in such a room for nearly seven years.
Normal people, if they don't die, they'll go insane.
Regarding Yang Jiani's incident, Liang Shi is more inclined to believe that it was Qiu Zimin who did it to him.
But Liang Shi felt that Qiu Zimin did much more than that to the original owner. She originally intended to drive the original owner crazy, so there must be more evidence for people to dig up.
Liang Shi once had a scene appear in his dream, and it only appeared once.
It's a scene of the original owner being trapped in a dark room and being whipped.
That incident must have been related to Qiu Zimin, but it's unknown who Qiu Zimin gave it to.
Anyway, the system said it was to collect the interference during the growth process to help the original owner reduce his/her guilt, but it didn't say how much to collect.
Liang Shi now has at least one, so he can choose to pause this task at any time.
Liang Shi accepted the task with almost no psychological burden.
The system was unaware of Liang Shi's thoughts. The moment Liang Shi chose to accept, the system froze for two seconds, emitting a crackling, ear-piercing electrical sound that sent chills down Liang Shi's spine.
"Aren't you going to fix this system?" Liang Shi asked. "With all this money, fixing a system is a piece of cake, isn't it?"
System: [I have no problem!]
Liang Shi: "..."
Her head was about to be throbbing from the electric shock.
After being teased by Liang Shi, the system continued the previous topic, saying, "[I've already reminded you that some things are useless to do, why don't you always listen? If the host doesn't listen to the system's advice, you will definitely suffer the consequences. The standards for sentencing by the Interstellar Court are mostly based on the degree of danger of the criminal's mental state. The two complement each other, so the host's evidence can only be used as a reference. The Administration will do its best to help, but it may not be able to help much.]"
Liang Shi: "..."
That's not what you said just now.
However, this system often misleads her before issuing tasks, and then behaves differently after she accepts them.
Liang Shi was already used to it.
Besides, she would give it a try even if it didn't work.
"Whether something is useful or not, you only know after you do it, right?" Liang Shi's gentle tone revealed confidence. "If you think about the meaning of something before you do it, then it loses its meaning."
system:【……】
Damn it!
I got a lecture again.
//
Liang Shi was essentially taking on three tasks at the same time, and she also knew that she had already accumulated 96 luck points.
One hundred is just one step away.
As a result, six of her luck points were deducted.
Liang Shi felt that the system might be trying to achieve some kind of balance and didn't want her to complete the task too early.
Moreover, after the previous blunder, it will try its best to keep the deducted luck value within a safe range.
If this broadcast had used an 80-step system, the system might have deducted more than six luck points from her.
In some ways, this is not bad.
After all, Liang Shi did indeed... violate the rules.
But she didn't intend to gain Xu Qingzhu's trust in this way; she simply wanted to express herself.
How could someone who's had too much to drink remember so much? Even the travel tasks were taken to her by Xu Qingzhu.
Thinking about it this way, Liang Shi suddenly felt like a lucky salted fish in this situation.
Tasks are often completed passively.
She glanced at her account; the money from the system had already been deposited into her account, and she now had over two million yuan in hand.
If we save up a little more, we can make a down payment.
This life has hope!
Lost in his thoughts, Liang Shi fell asleep, even dreaming about buying a house.
When Liang Shi woke up in the morning, she accidentally pressed a soft button, and the curtains opened automatically, letting the sunlight pour into the room and warm her up.
She then noticed the remote control for the electric curtains; she had been in a rush to fall asleep last night and had just tossed it onto the bed.
Fortunately, the curtains weren't suddenly drawn open in the middle of the night while she was asleep.
That's like a ghost story.
When Liang Shi was washing up in the morning, she reconsidered the task. The one with a three-day time limit was relatively simple, and she could use it as an excuse to celebrate her joining the group.
I just don't know if Xu Qingzhu will be working overtime lately.
When she came out of the bathroom, Xu Qingzhu was already in the kitchen.
The slender figure was bathed in sunlight, adding a touch of warmth to the place, which was much smaller than before.
Liang Shi leaned against the door, smiling lazily: "Good morning, Teacher Xu."
"Good morning." Xu Qingzhu took out the fried eggs, then turned to Liang Shi, "Do you want some?"
Liang Shi looked closely and saw that one side was covered in paste.
She smiled helplessly: "I'll eat it."
Xu Qingzhu shook her head, "Forget it, I'll fry it again."
She was about to dump it into the trash can when Liang Shi grabbed her wrist. "It's okay, I'll just remove the black part."
Seeing that Xu Qingzhu was still hesitating, Liang Shi had already pinched off a little bit and put it in his mouth, praising her exaggeratedly, "Teacher Xu's cooking skills have improved."
Xu Qingzhu glanced at her sideways and said, "You do it, I'm going to wash up."
Liang Shi smiled and pinched the whitest and tenderest part of her skin to feed her. "Really, try it yourself, it's fried just right."
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
She was a little angry while eating, so she took an exaggerated bite and even bit off a piece of Liang Shi's finger.
Liang Shi's hands were white, freshly washed, and had a refreshing rose scent, the smell of the hand soap she had just bought on the sink.
Xu Qingzhu took the opportunity to bite her finger hard.
A moist tongue glided across her fingertips, and warm lips enveloped her fingers.
Liang Shi was taken aback.
Xu Qingzhu quickly evacuated.
There was a faint teeth mark on Liang Shi's finger. A moment later, she teased Xu Qingzhu with a smile, "Teacher Xu, are you so hungry this morning?"
Xu Qingzhu raised an eyebrow: "I want to eat meat."
Liang Shi: "But you can't eat human flesh."
Xu Qingzhu turned and left the kitchen, her cool voice carrying the languor of someone who had just woken up, "I insist on eating."
Liang Shi: "..."
It wasn't until the bathroom door closed that Liang Shi came to his senses.
She looked at the teeth marks on her fingers, shook her head helplessly, and pulled a tissue from the counter to wipe away the glistening water stains.
After entering the bathroom, Xu Qingzhu leaned against the door and gently bumped her head against it.
What were you doing just now?
But the coolness still lingered on her tongue, and the sensation of her teeth brushing against her fingertips was exceptionally clear. Her fingers slowly landed on her lips, and with a gentle purse, her pale lips gradually regained their color.
Xu Qingzhu stood in front of the sink and looked in the mirror, only to find that her earlobes were red.
She bent down and splashed a handful of water on her face. The sensation of the water droplets on her lips made her subconsciously lick them. She then tried to gently bite her finger.
...
What are you doing?
Xu Qingzhu patted her forehead, and water droplets splashed onto the mirror.
I dared not think about it anymore.
//
Liang Shi had a very good experience staying in this community for two days.
She chose a time when Zhao Xuning was likely to be free and began inquiring about buying a house.
Zhao Xuning replied very sincerely, "I don't know, the housekeeper was in charge of buying them."
Liang Shi: "..."
Okay, so what if you have a butler!
Without a housekeeper, Liang Shi could only search online. Several secondhand houses were listed here, but they all required a lump sum payment, and she was still short of money.
My dream of buying a house, which I had at night, was shattered.
Two days before joining the crew, she met with Liang Xinzhou.
She had originally planned to meet outside, but Liang Xinzhou didn't want to go out, so he sent her the address and told her to go directly there.
After Liang Xinzhou and Yu Wan moved out of the old house, they lived in a high-end community by the river. Before Liang Shi went to visit them, he first went to the mall to buy some health products for Yu Wan, and then went to the supermarket to buy fresh fruit, so that he could at least make it look like he was visiting.
Upscale residential communities offer good privacy, and the entry process is quite complicated. Liang Shi hesitated at the entrance for a while before Yu Wan came out to greet her.
After not seeing her for several days, Yu Wan appeared to be a bit plumper than before, with a rosy complexion, and her appearance was visibly better than when she was at the old house.
Liang Shi asked her about her recent situation with Liang Xinzhou, and Yu Wan answered him in detail.
Yu Wan was not a talkative person. After bringing Liang Shi home, she asked the nanny to pour her a glass of water and then exchanged a few pleasantries.
The conversation became a little awkward, so Liang Shi asked, "Where's my older brother? Did he go out?"
"We're having a video conference upstairs," Yu Wan said.