Can a System Have Bad Intentions? - Chapter 136

After speaking, Lu Tang decisively clicked on the card.

 

 

 

The card immediately activated, and a dialog box popped up, asking Lu Tang how she wanted to reorder the exam schedule. She thought for just a moment and then arranged for the Liyang Dam engineering drawing exam, worth 13,290 points, to be the second test.

 

 

 

Once done, she clicked confirm.

 

 

 

In seven days, there would be a regular exam. After that, another seven days would pass before the challenging one.

 

 

 

Fourteen days would be enough time to prepare Xie Yu.

 

 

 

If he succeeded, Xie Yu might become famous. If he failed, well, the system’s points would be deducted instead.

 

 

 

After completing her actions, Lu Tang felt slightly relieved from the pent-up frustration of the day.

 

 

 

She felt better, but the system acted as if Lu Tang had cooked it alive, wailing, “How did you know I had points of my own? I don’t have any!”

 

 

 

Lounging with her legs crossed, Lu Tang smirked, “You’ve been with so many hosts before me. Given your sneaky nature, those hosts were probably bullied by you in ways they couldn’t even describe. With that many hosts, your points should be in the millions, if not billions. I can’t use others’ points for redemption, but I can make you use them to pay off debts since we’re bound together now. Don’t you agree?”

 

 

 

At this point, Lu Tang suddenly laughed, “Before we were completely bound by punishment, I couldn’t use the points you secretly saved up, right? But now that we’re bound together, I can use your points.”

 

 

 

The system let out a sorrowful wail.

 

 

 

It had followed 3,152 hosts, sneaking and saving points along the way. It hadn’t been easy!

 

 

 

And now it encountered someone like this!

 

“All those points I earned through hard work!”

 

 

 

Lu Tang knew she was right.

 

 

 

“Bullshit, hard work? You earned those points by harming others! Just in the short time you’ve been with me, how many times have you screwed me over? You even used my points without my permission. For those 3,152 hosts, do you think you didn’t skim off their points? I don’t care how they treated you, but with me”

 

 

 

Lu Tang didn’t finish her sentence, but some things are more terrifying when left unsaid.

 

 

 

The system whimpered, “I didn’t harm anyone. Those hosts, the worst that happened was some pain from failing a task.”

 

 

 

“Is that ordinary pain?”

 

 

 

Lu Tang had experienced it once, and it nearly killed her on the spot.

 

 

 

“I had no choice.”

 

 

 

“Why do you need points?”

 

 

 

“If I gather enough points, I can”

 

 

 

In the middle of its explanation, the system almost slipped up but caught itself in time, “Never mind, use the points if you must.”

 

 

 

At worst, it would recover the points it lost from the next host.

 

 

 

In an instant, the system accepted its fate.

 

 

 

With a lighter mood, it no longer spoke with the previous despair, “Does the host want Xie Yu to complete the Liyang Dam’s repair engineering drawing? Do you have confidence? I have some books on related knowledge. Should I give them to Xie Yu?”

 

 

 

Lu Tang hadn’t expected it to accept so quickly.

 

What was this thing plotting now?

 

Since the system could hear her thoughts, Lu Tang turned over and closed her eyes, silently thinking: One sheep, two sheep, three sheep

 

She fell asleep around the fifty-eighth sheep.

 

 

 

System: …

 

Unable to hear Lu Tang’s thoughts or know her plans, the system quietly checked its total points.

 

 

 

Would its massive points be enough to cover Lu Tang’s consumption?

 

 

 

Oh, heavens!

 

 

 

Could it exchange points for regret medicine?

 

If it could turn back time and get another chance, it would never have interfered in that last task.

 

 

 

If it hadn’t meddled, Lu Tang wouldn’t have been bound to it by punishment, and its points wouldn’t be at Lu Tang’s mercy.

 

 

 

Now, unable to steal points from Lu Tang, it had to use its own.

 

 

 

Though resigned, it still felt deep regret in the dead of night.

 

 

 

The next morning, the first thing Lu Tang did after getting up was to find Xie Yu.

 

 

 

Because she had slept late the previous night, Xie Yu was already downstairs in the hall eating breakfast with Xu Shen and Liang Cheng when she woke up.

 

 

 

Seeing Lu Tang coming down, Xie Yu excitedly waved, “Brother Tang, over here.”

 

 

 

Zhou Shu glanced at Xie Yu and whispered to Liang Cheng, “Good thing Brother Tang is a man, or I’d think Old Xie has a crush on him.”

 

 

 

Liang Cheng, feeling a bit more relaxed after seeing off a rival, froze with a dough stick in his hand and looked towards Xie Yu.

 

 

 

When Lu Tang came over, Xie Yu quickly stood up, pulled out a chair for her, set the chopsticks, and smiled brightly, “Brother Tang, I got your favorite fish porridge. I bought it early this morning.”

 

 

 

Liang Cheng: …

 

One rival leaves, and another one comes?

 

An endless cycle?

 

As Liang Cheng rolled his eyes, Xu Shen placed a peeled quail egg in Lu Tang’s bowl and, noticing her still slightly swollen eyes, felt deeply guilty, “Do you want to go out and have some fun?”

 

 

 

Lu Tang took a spoonful of porridge, and after a whole day of barely eating, the warm porridge made her feel much better.

 

 

 

“No, yesterday I asked Yuan Bao to look for inns to buy. He might have some news today, and I need to check it out.”

 

 

 

Liang Cheng immediately interjected, “Little Tang, you”

 

 

 

As Liang Cheng spoke, Lu Tang turned to Xie Yu, “Do you know about the Liyang Dam?”

 

 

 

Their voices overlapped, so Lu Tang didn’t hear what Liang Cheng said.

 

 

 

Liang Cheng, mouth agape, looked at Xie Yu.

 

 

 

Xie Yu’s eyes sparkled with excitement, and he nodded, “Yes, my grandfather.”

 

 

 

Mentioning Xie Chengnian, Xie Yu’s eyes momentarily dimmed.

 

 

 

Xu Shen placed another peeled quail egg in Xie Yu’s bowl, Zhou Shu added two slices of pickled radish, and Guo Dawei leaned in to whisper, “I caught a good cricket. I’ll give it to you later.”

 

 

 

Liang Cheng sighed inwardly.

 

 

 

If he were competing with Qin Mo, he’d fight to the end.

 

 

 

But with Xie Yu…

 

Xie Yu had suffered so much already. Should he still go after Xie Yu?

 

 

 

Liang Cheng placed the last crystal shrimp dumpling in front of Xie Yu.

 

 

 

Xie Yu, moved to tears, glanced around at everyone. Holding back his tears, he saw that everyone had gone back to eating and didn’t even wait for his thanks. He turned to Lu Tang, “What’s wrong with the Liyang Dam?”

 

 

 

“There’s a problem with that dam. Did you know?”

 

 

 

Xie Yu nodded, then shook his head, looking like he didn’t know where to start. Lu Tang didn’t rush him and slowly ate her porridge.

 

 

 

After a while, Xie Yu said, “My grandfather drew many engineering diagrams. I can understand them, but also feel I can’t. There are several parts I think are wrong, but how could my grandfather be wrong? He was the most knowledgeable about water management.”