Can a System Have Bad Intentions? - Chapter 106

The system suddenly spoke, and Lu Tang instinctively responded in her mind, “What are the options?”

“One is a physical reward, and the other is a lottery reward. The lottery could give you something physical, virtual, or even a punishment based on your luck.”

“Then there’s no point in choosing the lottery. I’ll take the physical reward.”

“Host, please wait. The physical reward is being generated.”

“Host, please prepare. The physical reward will be distributed immediately.”

“Wait.”

Lu Tang suddenly remembered that Qin Mo was still beside her. If a box suddenly appeared out of nowhere like before, it would scare Qin Mo into jumping into the lake.

However, just as she said “wait,” the system let out a miserable scream.

“Oh, NO!”

“What happened?”

“I am too weak and low on energy. The reward is stuck and can’t be delivered.”

Lu Tang: …

The system was almost crying.

“My storage space is small. Now I’m stuck like a poster on the interface. It’s so painful.”

Lu Tang: …

“What kind of language is that?”

“Then just stay uncomfortable.”

The system, seemingly driven by a “misery loves company” mentality, immediately continued, “Since I can’t deliver the reward, and I must issue something, I can only release a new championship task. The host must immediately win a swimming race.”

Lu Tang: What?

“Task time limit: immediately, right now.”

“Task starting countdown.”

“Three, two, one.”

The moment “one” was said, Lu Tang jumped up, turned around, supported herself on the boat railing, and leaped into the water.

Thank goodness I can swim!

Qin Mo nearly shattered on the spot.

What just happened?

Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?

He had only asked her to think about Xie Chengnian’s contradictions, and she froze like she was paralyzed.

Freezing was one thing, but then she jumped into the lake?

Did I put too much pressure on her?

In an instant, Qin Mo sprang up and rushed to the railing, ready to jump after her, but he froze in place.

Uh…

Zhou Shu, Xu Shen, and Guo Dawei were also attracted, rushing over.

“What happened?”

“Why did my brother Tang jump into the water?”

“Damn!”

“Amazing!”

“Go, Brother Tang! Go, Brother Tang!”

“Can he swim?”

“My brother Tang is great at swimming. In Qinshui County, no one is better. Even if the four of us combined, we wouldn’t match him.”

“Now that you mention it, it’s been years since we’ve seen him swim.”

While Zhou Shu and the others reminisced excitedly, Qin Mo relaxed a bit.

Lu Tang, upon hitting the water, quickly realized she needed a direction to swim. A swimming race not only needed opponents but also a finish line. She couldn’t swim in the wrong direction.

The mischievous system announced the task and then whimpered about being too weak to function, before falling silent.

Fortunately, as soon as Lu Tang hit the water, she heard a splash and panic-stricken shouts not far away.

“Someone fell into the water!”

“Help! Someone fell into the water!”

“Help!”

Following the sound, Lu Tang hesitated for a moment before deciding the place where someone fell into the water would be her finish line. She swam towards it with all her might.

As she swam, five or six others jumped in and swam towards the same spot, confirming to Lu Tang that she had chosen the correct direction. She pushed herself even harder to be first.

The shouting grew closer and closer. Lu Tang watched as the person who had been struggling in the water went still, starting to sink.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Tang dove underwater.

In the darkness, she could only make out the silhouette of the person by the faint light from above.

Holding her breath, she swam closer, grabbed the person, and started dragging them upward.

The person she grabbed instinctively clung to her, making it harder to swim. Lu Tang, already exhausted, nearly had her pants pulled off.

What a troublesome guy.

With a splash, they finally surfaced.

Lu Tang took a deep breath and pushed the rescued person towards the other rescuers.

“Congratulations, host, for completing the task and earning the championship reward.”

“The reward is being generated. Please wait.”

Exhausted, Lu Tang knew she couldn’t swim back to Qin Mo’s boat.

Soaking wet, she would give herself away.

Taking a deep breath, the hero Lu decided to leave quietly.

But just as she was about to leave, a large hand grabbed her shoulder.

“Young man, thank you so much.”

Lu Tang turned in alarm to see a man in his forties, his face glowing with gratitude. She couldn’t tell if the shine was from the lake water, tears, or snot.

“Thank you for saving my son. I must reward you handsomely.”

Lu Tang waved her hand. “No need. Helping others is a traditional virtue of the Chinese people.”

The man: Huh?

Taking advantage of his confusion, Lu Tang slipped away, swimming off quickly.

“Such a good person!”

Another young man swam over. “Boss, I think he’s a guest at our inn?”

The man who had spoken with Lu Tang was Du Zhongming, the owner of the Laifu Inn.

“I was pushed into the water! Someone tried to kill me!”

Du Zhongming’s son yelled as soon as he was pulled back onto the boat.

Hearing this, Du Zhongming rushed towards the main boat with his attendant.

A joyous Flower Boat Festival was abruptly halted.

There was no choice.

The Du family was one of the main sponsors of the festival.

With the sponsor’s son pushed into the water, who dared continue the celebration?

Soon, officials arrived and took everyone on the boat back to the yamen for questioning.

Meanwhile, Lu Tang found a less crowded spot to crawl ashore, panting heavily, and hurriedly left.

She needed to find a dry set of clothes quickly.

From a hero to a thief in no time. How thrilling.

“Young Master Lu?”

Lu Tang had barely taken a few steps when she heard a surprised voice behind her. She froze and turned around stiffly.

Song Qingzhan walked over, eyeing Lu Tang up and down. “It really is you. What happened? Weren’t you with Lord Qin on the boat?”

Lu Tang, wasting no words, hugged herself tightly and pitifully said, “Brother Zhan, please get me some clothes. I’m cold.”