Can a System Have Bad Intentions? - Chapter 26

Originally, Lu Tang had planned to return home early the next morning, but now she changed her mind.

As soon as Liang Cheng left, Lu Tang quietly told Yuan Bao all about the situation here, instructing him to immediately return home and inform her mother.

Yuan Bao received the order and set off. Before leaving, he climbed out of the window to get Lu Tang outside onto the street. Coincidentally, Liang Cheng also came out.

Leaving Liang Cheng’s servant to keep watch on the roof of Chunxi Inn, Lu Tang and Liang Cheng headed straight to the Qiao Family Inn across the street.

“Brother Tang, are we really going to climb the wall?” Liang Cheng felt something was off. “I think you’re in a good mood now, how about we don’t…”

Lu Tang rolled her eyes. “What else are we going to do if we don’t climb the wall? We can’t go back to sleep now, should we just stand around doing nothing?”

Liang Cheng: “!”

“Then, which wall should we climb?”

Lu Tang decided to climb the wall of the Qiao Family Inn. If they were caught, she could at least explain herself.

After all, it was her own family’s inn. If she wanted to climb the wall in the middle of the night, who could stop her?

As for which wall to climb, considering the success of the mission, Lu Tang chose the shortest one without hesitation. “By the outhouse.”

Liang Cheng winced. “Brother Tang, it’s summer. Don’t you find it smelly? Can’t we pick a cleaner place?”

“Nonsense! Our Qiao Family Inn has someone who cleans the outhouse. It won’t smell. Hurry up.”

“That might be true for other Qiao Family Inns, but this one might not have someone cleaning it!”

“This inn has no one to clean it because no one uses the outhouse. There aren’t even any guests usually, so where would the filth come from?”

Liang Cheng: …

What if there was old, dried filth?

Ugh!

Suddenly, he could almost see and smell it.

Under the moonlight, the two climbed the wall into the backyard. After a brief search, they found the location of the outhouse. Lu Tang pointed to the wall outside the outhouse door. “I’ll count to three, two, one, then we start.”

Pausing for a moment, Lu Tang turned to look at Liang Cheng, her voice lowering several degrees. “I want to win the championship.”

Liang Cheng: !

He had been full of complaints, but under the moonlight, seeing Lu Tang’s bright eyes and slightly pleading expression, his heart softened, and he ruffled her hair.

Poor kid.

She was so stressed she had gone silly.

“Fine, I’ll let you win the championship.”

Caring for the less fortunate is everyone’s duty.

Rolling up her sleeves, Lu Tang launched herself at the wall.

Liang Cheng was skilled, and this wall was easy for him. With one flip, he could get over, but due to Lu Tang’s request, he leisurely picked at the wall, as if he planned to carve a detailed diagram out of it.

As Lu Tang struggled to climb, she watched Liang Cheng and felt deeply humiliated. She would rather lose with dignity!

“Bang!”

Lu Tang punched the wall in frustration, then let go and fell down.

Climbing in vain!

Lu Tang: Awww…

“Huh?” Hearing the commotion, Liang Cheng turned his head swiftly, saw the scene, and jumped over. “Dang, Brother Tang, have you been secretly practicing?”

The brick Lu Tang punched was pushed inward.

Liang Cheng instinctively flipped over the wall, then quickly returned. “Brother Tang, you pushed a brick in, but nothing stuck out on the other side.”

Lu Tang blinked.

Was the wall hollow?

Standing on tiptoe, Lu Tang reached out to push the nearby bricks. Sure enough, next to the one she pushed in, she pulled out another brick.

Inside was a box.

The box was blocked by the brick Lu Tang pushed in.

With his strength, Liang Cheng pulled out the brick, and Lu Tang quickly took out the box.

This was not a place to linger. They replaced the bricks and, forgetting the competition, Liang Cheng grabbed Lu Tang’s waist, and they climbed out.

At the foot of the wall, Lu Tang opened the box.

“What is this?” Liang Cheng took out a booklet from the box.

He hadn’t slaughtered a pig but knew what it looked like.

“Dang! An account book! My mother and sister just took the account book from here today. This thing was hidden here…”

“This is the real account book!” Liang Cheng was so excited his voice trembled. “Brother Tang, this is a treasure! Climbing that wall was worth it!”

Lu Tang’s legs trembled with excitement as she hid the account book in her clothes.

[Mission failed. The system is detecting a punishment task. Please wait…]

Lu Tang: !

“Can I climb the wall again now to make up for it?”

[Can you tell your teacher you want to go back to finish a few questions after leaving the exam? Do you think the teacher will agree?]

“Damn!”

Just as Lu Tang was about to curse the system, Liang Cheng jumped up in excitement, slipped on a watermelon rind someone had thrown, and fell forward.

Lu Tang hurried to help him.

But it was too late.

The self-proclaimed invincible hero Liang Cheng fell face-first to the ground.

Lu Tang: Hahahahaha!

She couldn’t help herself.

Holding her stomach, she laughed softly. Liang Cheng glared at her, but then he laughed too. “Stop laughing and help me up. Damn, I twisted my ankle.”

[System detected a punishment task. This task is time-limited. Please have the person beside you carry you back to the inn immediately.]

Lu Tang’s hand froze in midair as she was about to help Liang Cheng.

Looking at Liang Cheng’s foot and his pained expression, she hesitated.

“What are you waiting for? Help me up. Damn, my ankle is so sore I can’t stand. Quick, Brother Tang!” Liang Cheng urged in a low voice.

Lu Tang supported him, one foot on the ground, with Liang Cheng leaning half his body on her. “I’ll have to support you to get back.”

Lu Tang: I was planning to have you carry me.

[The time for the punishment task is almost up. Please complete it quickly, or you will enter the pain phase.]

Lu Tang shivered and looked at Liang Cheng’s foot. “Does it hurt a lot?”

Hearing her voice tremble, Liang Cheng comforted her. “It’s okay. I just twisted it. Once the pain subsides, I can walk. Don’t worry.”

[Time is almost up.]

Lu Tang licked her lips. “If it doesn’t hurt too much, maybe you could…”

Could she really do this?

“Isn’t this Young Master Lu?” A familiar voice suddenly sounded in front of them. Both Lu Tang and Liang Cheng were startled and looked towards the sound.

Qin Mo was leaning against a large willow tree, watching them.

[Time’s up. The pain punishment will…]

Before the system could finish, Lu Tang let go of Liang Cheng and rushed to Qin Mo. “Can you carry me back to the inn?”

Qin Mo: Huh?

Liang Cheng instinctively thought Lu Tang was asking for help because of him and quickly said, “Little Tang, no need. I can walk back.”

He nodded apologetically at Qin Mo.

Lu Tang grabbed Qin Mo’s sleeve, fearing the system’s punishment. “Can you carry me back to the inn?”

This time, Liang Cheng heard her clearly.