Can a System Have Bad Intentions? - Chapter 46

After reading for half an hour, Lu Tang’s eyes felt a bit sore. She took a deep breath, pushed the book away, and stretched in her chair.

[Champion reward is being generated, please wait…]

When the system’s voice rang out, Lu Tang’s mind was still full of confusing words from the book, like “runoff elevation hydrological test.”

Rubbing her shoulders and neck, Lu Tang asked, “What’s the reward?”

[Since you did the task quickly and well, you have two reward options.]

[First option: you get one chance to draw a prize.]

Lu Tang:…

A lottery?

Was she lucky enough for that?

The last time she got a chance to draw, she got a double penalty as a prize!

That’s not a lottery, it’s a trap!

“What’s the second option?” Lu Tang, knowing her luck, asked decisively.

[Second option: you get a physical reward for a limited time.]

“I’ll take the physical reward,” Lu Tang said without hesitation.

Duang!

As soon as she finished speaking, a small object appeared on the table in front of her.

It was round, like a marble she used to play with as a child. Lu Tang picked it up and held it up to her eye, seeing tiny glimmers of light inside. “What is this?”

[It’s a composition analyzer.]

Lu Tang:…

The last analyzer was an identity analyzer. She used it to find out Lu Yuchen was a bad person, and three days later, he went to jail.

Now there was another analyzer…

Just moments ago, Lu Tang had felt like a miserable failure because she couldn’t understand her book. Now she felt confident again!

“What can this analyze?”

[Oh, great question! This is a top-quality product from the Champion System. It can analyze anything! It can even scan your brain and show how many wrinkles you have. It’s all up to you.]

Lu Tang:…

There’s no need for that!

“How long do I have to use it? If I don’t use it in time, do I get punished?”

[You have six hours. If you don’t use it before time runs out, you will get a punishment task.]

Lu Tang:!

“Six hours? Twelve hours? It’s already past ten at night. So I have until about ten in the morning to use it? What can I analyze in that time? I can’t go and analyze Liang Cheng’s brain, can I? What’s the point of this reward?”

[The value of the reward depends on how well you use it. Different people will use the same chance in different ways. Some will do great things in a short time, others will waste their time doing nothing.]

Lu Tang: I have nothing to say!

Just then, the door opened. Lu Tang turned to see Liang Cheng coming in, looking troubled, carrying a plate of chicken wings.

“What’s wrong? You look like you’ve been through a disaster just to make some chicken wings.”

Before she could finish her sentence, Lu Tang’s attention was caught by the plate of chicken wings.

In a pile of blackened chicken wings, three nicely colored ones stood out.

Lu Tang raised an eyebrow, took the plate, and picked up one of the good-looking chicken wings. “How come some of these look good while the rest look burned?”

Even in the same pot, the wings were so different!

Liang Cheng scratched his head, “Maybe some of the wings didn’t respect me.”

Lu Tang: Hah!

“Looks like a lot of them didn’t respect you!”

Liang Cheng:!

Should he ask which ones she liked better? Or would that get him punched?

Staring at his burned wings for a moment, Liang Cheng saw Lu Tang quickly finish one of Qin Mo’s good wings and then reach for one of his burned ones. He felt his heart race.

Lu Tang frowned at the blackened chicken wing in her hand. “Why is it so burnt? Can I even eat this?”

Despite her words, she took a bite.

Liang Cheng watched her with wide eyes, holding his breath as if she were eating something dangerous.

“Is it good?” Liang Cheng asked cautiously as Lu Tang swallowed her first bite.

Lu Tang nodded, “It looks bad, but it actually tastes pretty good.”

Liang Cheng let out a big sigh of relief, pulled up a chair, and sat down, grabbing one of Qin Mo’s good wings. “The taste is just okay.”

Lu Tang glanced at Liang Cheng and smiled, “Yeah, this one looks good but doesn’t taste as nice as the black ones. Don’t eat the black ones; leave them for me. I’m starving.”

Liang Cheng was so happy he almost jumped.

What’s the use of looking good if my Brother Tang likes my cooking better!

Feeling great, Liang Cheng told Lu Tang about meeting Er Bao in the kitchen. “Why wouldn’t Er Bao want to be a chef? He clearly wants to learn.”

Lu Tang’s attention was elsewhere, “Er Bao said everyone in Sihe Town who drinks only drinks wine from Yunyang Restaurant?”

Liang Cheng nodded, “That’s what he said.”

Lu Tang asked, “Does your dad have a favorite wine he always drinks?”

Lu Tang herself drank wine but wasn’t addicted. She didn’t understand how addiction worked, but Liang Cheng’s dad was a true wine lover.

“No, my dad drinks anything! My mom’s homemade osmanthus wine, store-bought huadiao, plum wine, nu’er hong, he drinks it all. But he loves the plum wine from Qingchun Restaurant the most. Too bad only Yu Shunhai has the recipe, and since he left, my dad stopped buying it.”

“And without Yu Shunhai’s plum wine, does your dad lose his appetite or sleep?”

“No, if he can’t get that plum wine, he drinks something else. If there’s no plum wine, there are other wines.”

At that moment, Liang Cheng realized, slapping the table, “You think Yunyang Restaurant’s wine has something wrong with it?”

If it was just Er Bao’s comment, Lu Tang wouldn’t think much of it. But combined with what she overheard on the roof, it felt different.

Plus, the system gave her a composition analyzer…

Her instincts told her the analyzer was meant to be used on Yunyang Restaurant’s wine.

“I don’t know if there’s a problem, but Gu Yunhe wants Yu Shunhai to sell his wine at Qiao’s Inn. We’ll check the wine carefully when it arrives.”

Liang Cheng looked serious, “Should we tell Auntie or Sister Shuqing?”

“No need, let’s see first.”

After chatting for a bit, Lu Tang shooed Liang Cheng away. “Alright, you made the chicken wings, now go to bed. We’ve got a busy day tomorrow. I need to read a bit more and then sleep.”

“I’ll stay with you. I’m not sleepy,” Liang Cheng insisted.

Lu Tang stood up and pushed him towards the door, “You’re distracting me. Go!”

With no choice, Liang Cheng reminded her not to stay up too late and left.

As soon as the door closed, Lu Tang dashed to the table, grabbed the teapot, and took a big gulp.

Too salty!

This tastes like pure soy sauce!

[If it’s salty, why are you eating it?]