Can a System Have Bad Intentions? - Chapter 119

Qin Mo said to Lu Tang, “What do you want? I’ll give it to you.”

“I want to be first! Can you give me that?”

Lu Tang didn’t have time to bother with Qin Mo. She bent over, clutching her goodie bag tightly, and continued to move forward.

Two older women next to her grabbed her clothes and reached into her chest to snatch the bag. Lu Tang was like a wild beast protecting its cubs. When their hands came near, she viciously bit their wrists.

One of the older women yelped in pain.

“How can you bite people like that, young man?”

Taking advantage of her letting go, Lu Tang quickly ran towards the counter, “Serves you right for groping! You squeezed me so hard, why wouldn’t I bite you?”

Just as Lu Tang fiercely threw all the goodie bags in her arms onto the counter, an older woman suddenly dashed from behind and threw all the bags she had grabbed onto the counter too.

Lu Tang turned to look.

Good heavens!

She had grabbed seven bags.

This older woman had grabbed twenty!

Lu Tang looked at the older woman with awe. The woman, panting, tidied her disheveled clothes, then lifted her chin and gave Lu Tang a disdainful look, as if to say, “defeated.”

Lu Tang: …

If I had known there was someone as fierce as you, I wouldn’t have bothered to try so hard!

Feeling defeated, Lu Tang leaned weakly against the counter, looking sorrowfully at the few goodie bags she had fought so hard to grab.

The more she looked, the sadder she felt.

“Customer, seven goodie bags total twenty-one wen.” The clerk, after registering the older woman’s bags, turned to Lu Tang.

Lu Tang reached into her pocket for money.

Uh…

My chest binding seems to be coming loose.

The strap had come undone.

Now it was hanging at her waist.

Damn it!

A loud curse echoed in Lu Tang’s mind as she glared at the clerk.

The clerk felt uneasy under her glare and smiled awkwardly, “Customer, it’s twenty-one wen. If it’s inconvenient, you don’t have to pay now. We can put it on your room’s tab.”

Lu Tang forced a stiff smile, “Okay.”

As soon as she finished speaking, someone grabbed her by the back of her collar.

Because many people were crowding around to register their goodie bags, Qin Mo lifted Lu Tang and headed towards Xu Shen and the others.

Lu Tang had been leaning against the counter, with her back pressing against it, keeping her chest binding in place. But now, being suddenly lifted by Qin Mo…

As she left the counter, the chest binding fell freely.

Lu Tang was so startled she screamed like a chicken that had been scalded. She bent over, holding the chest binding that had not yet completely fallen out of her robe. Not caring about anything else, she used one hand to hold the chest binding and the other to push people aside, sprinting towards the stairs and rushing into her room.

Bang!

The door closed and locked.

Lu Tang let out a breath, sliding down the door to sit on the ground.

What a mess!

Boohoohoo!

Suddenly, she felt so wronged!

Why do I have this damn system?

Why do I have to disguise myself as a man?

“Mission failed. The system is detecting a punishment task. Please wait.”

Hearing the system’s voice, Lu Tang, wrapped in her grievance and anger, didn’t even use her thoughts to communicate and roared, “Get lost!”

Outside the door, Qin Mo, who was about to knock, froze.

Had he really angered the little fool?

Liang Cheng, who was idly inside the room, heard the commotion outside and hobbled over. Peeking out, he saw Qin Mo standing at Lu Tang’s door with an unpleasant expression. The door was tightly shut.

Liang Cheng looked at Qin Mo for a moment, then hobbled over, “What happened?”

Qin Mo turned his head, as if just noticing Liang Cheng, and handed him a few goodie bags, “These are for Young Master Lu.”

With that, he turned and left.

Liang Cheng was puzzled, holding the goodie bags with a confused look.

Meanwhile, the sound of hurried footsteps came from the stairs as Zhou Shu and the others rushed up.

“What’s going on?” Zhou Shu asked, heading straight for Liang Cheng and nodding towards Lu Tang’s door.

Liang Cheng waved the goodie bags in his hand, “Young Master Qin brought these.”

Xu Shen glanced thoughtfully at the stairs. When Qin Mo went down just now, he looked like he was about to seek revenge.

And now Lu Tang ran back into her room like this.

These two…

Xu Shen didn’t dare to think further. He feared that if he thought about it more, the situation would become too much for him to handle.

Guo Dawei raised his hand and knocked on Lu Tang’s door, “Little Tang, the goodie bags are about to be opened downstairs. Aren’t you coming down? You worked so hard to grab them.”

Lu Tang wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, “What’s the big deal about being emotional!”

Muttering, she patted her butt and stood up.

“You guys go down first. I’ll change my clothes and come down. My clothes got torn.”

Hearing this, no one thought much of it, but Liang Cheng vaguely understood what had happened, “No rush. Change first and check if you got hurt. If you’re injured, you need to apply medicine.”

Lu Tang grunted softly, “Got it. Order some food. I’m exhausted!”

Hearing that she sounded fine, the group went downstairs.

When Lu Tang had tidied up and returned to the lobby, Qin Mo was already gone. Zhou Shu and the others were sitting at a table by the window. Seeing her come down, they waved immediately.

Lu Tang grinned and walked over, snatching her goodie bags from Liang Cheng, “What’s inside?”

Zhou Shu said, “We didn’t dare open them without you. Wow, I’ve never seen you so desperate, Tang!”

Guo Dawei leaned half his body on the table, looking over at Lu Tang, “If it’s not something good, Tang will be so mad.”

Xu Shen observed Lu Tang’s expression, feeling uneasy. He had a nagging sense that Lu Tang was forcing herself to smile.

Liang Cheng saw Xu Shen’s look and felt a pang of anxiety.

Damn it!

Could it be that Xu Shen, like Qin Mo, was also interested in Little Tang?

If it were a rivalry with Qin Mo, he could still fight. But with Xu Shen, being brothers, how could he compete?

Liang Cheng was almost in tears.

Lu Tang opened the first goodie bag and pulled out a small note.

Guo Dawei and Zhou Shu, carefree as ever, stared at the note, holding their breath, “What’s it say?”

Lu Tang unfolded it.

“Congratulations, you have won a bag of polished rice.”

“Pfft!” Zhou Shu burst out laughing, “Our Young Master Lu, the owner of Qiao Family Inn, turns out to be short of rice.”

Guo Dawei laughed so hard he pounded the table, “Such a fool.”

Liang Cheng said softly, “Little Tang earned this through hard work.”

Lu Tang looked at Liang Cheng, “No need to comfort me like that. It just makes me feel worse.”

Guo Dawei laughed so hard he held his stomach, “Quick, open the rest.”

Seven goodie bags: one bag of polished rice, one bag of white flour, one bucket of vegetable oil, one roast chicken, one slab of ribs, one free meal voucher, one bottle of aromatic vinegar.

When Lu Tang read out these seven prizes, even Xu Shen and Liang Cheng forgot their worries and burst out laughing.

At the same time, the lobby erupted in thunderous applause.

“No wonder this young man worked so hard. These rewards are great.”

“So envious! Seven different items, all good stuff.”

“Punishment task loaded. Host, please prepare.”

“Host, take the reward goodie bags and find the innkeeper of  Laifu Inn. Tell him: ‘I’m returning the prizes. Give me your inn instead!'”