Can a System Have Bad Intentions? - Chapter 183

Everyone grabbed shovels and hoes, starting a second round of digging.

The Third Princess took her insect from the flowerbed and placed it a little further away. The insect immediately crawled back toward the flowerbed.

The insect wasn’t without consciousness; its awareness was focused on the flowerbed.

With this conclusion, everyone dug even faster.

“Over here!”

A voice rang out from the crowd, filled with excitement.

Everyone gathered around quickly.

By then, the pit they had dug was as tall as the Crown Prince.

What they unearthed was not a coffin, but a large wooden box used for shipping goods. As soon as the box was unearthed, they broke open the lid.

Inside lay Zhao Yue.

She was curled up in the box, her arm even twisted out of its socket.

The Crown Princess was the first to rush over, crying. The Crown Prince reached her first, bending down to lift her out of the box.

Zhao Yue was emaciated, light as a feather, and no longer breathing.

Holding her, the Crown Prince’s mouth opened, tears streaming down his face, but no sound came out. He wanted to speak, but the overwhelming emotion left him voiceless.

He stood there, trembling, mouth agape, crying silently.

The Crown Princess and the Sixth Princess rushed over, crying as well. The Third Princess placed an insect on Zhao Yue.

However, with Zhao Yue’s breathing stopped, the insect was of no use.

Lu Tang was pulled out of the pit by Liang Cheng. She rushed over, “Put her down, lay her flat on the ground!”

The Crown Prince seemed deaf, clutching Zhao Yue tightly, unable to let go.

Lu Tang had no choice but to grab Zhao Yue herself.

The Crown Princess, maintaining her composure, kicked the Crown Prince, “Let go!”

Perhaps out of reflex to her voice, the grieving Crown Prince released his grip.

Lu Tang took Zhao Yue and laid her flat on the ground.

“Everyone, step back!”

If Zhao Yue really had no consciousness left, the Third Princess’s insect wouldn’t have repeatedly crawled toward the flowerbed.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Tang puffed up her cheeks and began performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

At that moment, Qin Mo and Song Qingzhan arrived.

Qin Mo stumbled, nearly falling to his knees.

He watched as Lu Tang kissed the person lying on the ground.

Although this person was very likely his sister, the sight was still quite a shock to Qin Mo.

Song Qingzhan quickly supported Qin Mo.

Lu Tang wasn’t very smart, but she had volunteered in her past life and knew how to perform CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

After three breaths, she started CPR.

The actions were simple but physically demanding. Digging had already nearly exhausted her, and now, kneeling on the ground, her hands trembled as she performed the compressions.

Crack.

As Lu Tang pressed down, a rib in Zhao Yue’s chest broke, and Zhao Yue took a breath.

The rise and fall of her chest was visible to the naked eye.

Everyone around felt their hearts skip a beat.

Lu Tang gave Zhao Yue a few more breaths.

Zhao Yue’s tightly closed eyes twitched, then opened.

Lu Tang collapsed onto her bottom.

The Crown Princess and others rushed over. Zhao Yue, newly conscious, moved her eyes, looking around at everyone, then focusing on Lu Tang, “Daddy?”

Lu Tang: !

Everyone: !

【System detecting punishment task, please prepare.】

【Please complete the kissing task immediately. Kiss the oldest person present.】

Lu Tang: “What the hell? Kissing?”

【Yes, please complete it immediately. Punishment task countdown starts now, 50, 49…】

Lu Tang quickly looked around and saw Qin Mo.

Uh…

She had to kiss someone in front of Qin Mo?

Not just a peck, but a kiss.

The system continued the countdown.

Zhao Yue’s words stunned everyone. They all stared at her with furrowed brows. She coughed twice, weakly sat up, and looked at Lu Tang, “You can exchange cards and spend all the system’s points.”

Lu Tang’s heart skipped a beat, meeting Zhao Yue’s eyes.

Zhao Yue’s weary eyes curved into a smile, “Spend it all.”

The countdown continued, and Lu Tang dared not waste time asking more. “I want to exchange points.”

【You need to complete…】

Lu Tang interrupted the system, “Now, immediately, exchange the points.”

Her forceful demand caused the system’s countdown to pause briefly. After a short silence, the exchange interface appeared in her mind.

Then, the countdown resumed.

Ignoring everything else, Lu Tang rapidly clicked through the interface, like catching a rain of red packets.

【11, 10…】

With a hiss, the system’s countdown stopped, and it harshly rebuked Lu Tang, 【You fool, once the points are all spent, you and I will both be obliterated. Are you insane to exchange for these useless things! The punishment task countdown is about to end. Do you want to face punishment? You’ve been punished before. Do you want to go through that again? Are you a goldfish, with only a few seconds of memory?】

The cold, sarcastic system was back.

Although the system Lu Tang had been interacting with was always harsh, she could tell that the initial system and the current one had a superior attitude.

During the middle period, it had moments of calm.

Lu Tang ignored the system, deciding to take a gamble.

After all, she was a transmigrant. If she lost the bet… she would die.

Without hesitation, she continued clicking through the exchange interface, spending all the remaining points.

Because Xie Yu had previously completed all the study tasks, the system’s points were incredibly high. Lu Tang feared she wouldn’t finish spending them before the countdown ended, leaving her to face punishment while spending points.

Her mental fingers clicked away.

Ding!

【System points cleared. System entering formatting stage.】

After this sound, Lu Tang waited a while but heard nothing else.

She didn’t know what would happen after the system formatted, but she briefly exhaled and looked at Zhao Yue, “Thank you.”

Zhao Yue smiled weakly, “If you’re really grateful, hurry and marry our Little Nine.”

Lu Tang: Huh?

Qin Mo: Big sister, you just came back to life and you’re already pushing for my marriage.

Others: ?

How did you know about Litte Tang and Little Nine?

“Ah! Shut up, shut up! I’ll talk, I’ll talk! I’ll tell you where Zhao Yue is, just get this parrot away from me, make it shut up, please, I’ll talk!”

In another courtyard of the Gu villa, separated by a wall, Gu Zongming’s desperate cries echoed.

Half an hour later, Gu Zongming, driven to the brink by the parrot’s insults, was brought over.