Can a System Have Bad Intentions? - Chapter 180

Was it just an illusion? Lu Tang felt an overwhelming sense of malice in Gu Zongming’s glance.

That kind of malice…

It felt as if it burst forth from the depths of her own heart, as if she was inherently familiar with Gu Zongming’s malice.

Why did she have such a strange feeling?

Gu Zongming only glanced at Lu Tang briefly before looking away. Smiling at the Crown Princess, he said, “Your Highness, have you come specifically to see me?”

As he spoke, he stepped aside slightly, making a gesture of invitation.

The Crown Princess, holding Lu Tang’s hand, walked towards the villa. “Not specifically to see you. We were just wandering around the Western Mountains and suddenly remembered your residence here. We thought we’d try our luck and didn’t expect you to be here.”

Gu Zongming’s expression remained unchanged, his smile perfectly measured, “Is Your Highness here because of the case that the magistrate reported this morning? I am truly wronged.”

Gu Zongming’s villa was grand and majestic. Despite the early spring season, the courtyard was already filled with vibrant flowers.

The Crown Princess stopped and looked at Gu Zongming, “Teacher Zhao has confessed to some things. I want to verify them with you.”

Gu Zongming said, “There’s a warm pavilion up ahead. Would Your Highness like to talk there?”

The Crown Princess glanced at the nearby pavilion, “No need. Just a few words, and then we’ll leave.”

Gu Zongming smiled, “Say a few words and leave? I thought Your Highness came to stall me to buy time.”

Lu Tang’s heart skipped a beat.

It seemed that Gu Zongming knew exactly why they were here.

How could this be?

How could Gu Zongming know?

Even if information had leaked during their interrogation, they had rushed straight here without any delay.

How did Gu Zongming know?

Lu Tang licked her lips and recalled the malicious glance Gu Zongming had given her earlier. A wild and unrealistic idea popped into her mind.

Gu Zongming had heard their interrogation in the cell.

Through the system.

This thought startled Lu Tang.

How could this be possible?

The more unbelievable it seemed, the more it persisted in her mind.

This was supposed to be a historical romance, not science fiction.

But the fact that she had transmigrated was already quite sci-fi, and having a system made it even more so. So… it wasn’t entirely impossible.

Okay, assuming this wild thought was true, how should she deal with it?

Lu Tang stared at her toes, her mind racing. Suddenly, she realized something was wrong.

If it was as she thought, the system had mentioned before that it could sense everything she thought with sound and visuals. If Gu Zongming indeed heard the interrogation through the system, then wouldn’t he also know what she was thinking right now?

Suddenly, Lu Tang’s eyes widened.

She glanced at Gu Zongming.

At that moment, she caught Gu Zongming quickly averting his gaze from her.

The panicked and flustered look in his eyes, as if caught cheating in an exam, confirmed Lu Tang’s suspicion.

No.

She couldn’t continue analyzing this now. She… she…

Lu Tang forced herself to think about something else, like a domineering CEO novel she had read countless times.

Lu Tang concentrated on recalling the plot.

Hmm, the CEO ordered a nuclear bomb for his girlfriend’s birthday, along with a lot of fireworks. The CEO always had a cold, mocking, and indifferent look in his eyes. The CEO was always expressionless, then suddenly raised an eyebrow…

Lu Tang focused entirely on sketching an alive, domineering CEO and his ever-present Maybach in her mind.

Alright, after sketching the CEO, Lu Tang began to imagine a monkey accompanying him…

There was always a woman shouting, “XXX, I adore you, I want to have your monkeys.”

So, the CEO should be surrounded by a multitude of monkeys.

Gu Zongming stared at Lu Tang in shock, his eyes wide with astonishment.

After the morning court session, he had rushed here.

Teacher Zhao was captured, and he feared that Teacher Zhao might not withstand the torture and reveal the prisoner hidden here. He needed to deal with it immediately.

But while dealing with the prisoner, he suddenly heard voices in his head.

At first, he was terrified, thinking he was possessed by a ghost. But soon, he realized that the voices were the sounds of the interrogation in the prison.

He clearly heard the Minister of Punishments, the magistrate, and the two princesses, but he couldn’t hear Teacher Zhao’s voice.

Then, he couldn’t hear any of them, but heard another strange voice.

The strangeness was in its manner of speaking, but after listening for a while, he realized it was someone’s inner thoughts.

Initially, he was shocked, but soon, guided by these inner thoughts, he learned many unexpected things. Then, he waited at the villa gate for the Crown Princess and this young master of the Qiao family.

He determined that the source of the inner thoughts was the young master of the Qiao family.

Gu Zongming didn’t know why he had such a peculiar experience, but…

Now, this young master’s thoughts were severely interfering with his own.

He thought he could predict the Crown Princess’s next move through the young master’s inner thoughts and quietly defuse it.

But now…

Damn it, the young master’s inner thoughts were about a madman preparing to blow up a road to save a woman who had caused endless trouble.

And they were followed by a group of monkeys.

Monkeys shouting “Daddy, daddy.”

?

Seeing Gu Zongming staring at Lu Tang in a daze, with a murderous glint in his eyes, the Crown Princess pulled Lu Tang behind her and raised her voice, “Lord Gu, did you hear what I said?”

At this moment, Lord Gu, disrupted by Lu Tang’s inner thoughts, was like an eighty-year-old demented old woman. He wanted to respond to the Crown Princess, but the voice in his head was too loud.

The man with a megaphone was proclaiming to the world: “XXX, I adore you!”

This voice reverberated in his mind.

Idiot!

Gu Zongming, pale and distressed, weakly wiped the sweat from his forehead, “I feel unwell, I fear I cannot accompany Your Highness any longer.”

Lu Tang glanced at Gu Zongming and expanded her wild thoughts.

Bang!

The CEO, to please his beloved, finally lit a nuclear bomb.

“Darling, see that mushroom cloud? It’s my gift for you. Do you like it?”

“Do you like it” echoed repeatedly in Gu Zongming’s mind.

Gu Zongming: “Shut up, idiot, damn you!”

A roar erupted from the mouth of the dignified Minister of War, Gu Zongming, as he stood opposite the Crown Princess.

Nearby, an attendant led the Crown Prince, who had just arrived upon hearing the news.