Can a System Have Bad Intentions? - Chapter 77

【System is detecting the punishment task…】

 

 

 

Lu Tang, holding the blood-stained knife, glared ahead with a fierce expression, looking as if she were ready to drag someone to hell with her.

 

 

 

In reality, she was using her mind to communicate with the system.

 

 

 

“Punishment task? Why should I be punished? You didn’t tell me that the stabbing task was a verbal attack task. Why didn’t you warn me when I took out the knife?”

 

 

 

“And now that the task is over, you tell me I failed? Is it me who failed, or did you make another mistake?”

 

 

 

【Ding!】

 

 

 

As soon as Lu Tang finished speaking, a distant voice echoed within the system.

 

 

 

【The system has been found to have maliciously misled the host, causing the host to fail the task. The system will now receive a level-three punishment.】

 

 

 

【The punishment scene is quite gory. Host, please pretend you didn’t hear it.】

 

 

 

Lu Tang: …

 

 

 

The last time the system was punished, this voice appeared to administer the punishment. Lu Tang figured this must be the system’s superior, so she asked, “Why did it maliciously guide me?”

 

 

 

【Due to the last time the host exposed the system’s loophole, the system was punished and shared the pain with the host.】

 

 

 

【To break free from this punishment, the system needed to mislead the host with another loophole task without the host discovering its trick, successfully making the host accept the punishment task. This would release the system from the shared punishment bond with the host.】

 

 

 

Lu Tang: …

 

 

 

In simple terms, it’s trying to make up for its previous failure but got caught in the act again.

 

 

 

The system couldn’t harbor bad intentions, could it?

 

 

 

Ha! This thing is full of bad ideas!

 

 

 

“And then what?”

 

 

 

【Level-three punishment will result in the system being unable to provide complete tasks to the host for some time.】

 

 

 

【Once the system recovers, it will be permanently bound to the host, sharing half of the punishment with the host until the host breaks free from the system and regains freedom.】

 

 

 

Hearing the crucial point, Lu Tang immediately asked, “How can I regain my freedom?”

 

 

 

However, the ethereal voice was gone, leaving only the system’s pitiful screams.

 

 

 

Lu Tang waited a while but heard nothing more, so she gave up.

 

 

 

Her thoughts settled, and she returned to reality, only to find everyone staring at her.

 

 

 

Were they looking at her in horror?

 

 

 

Only Qin Mo stood with his arms crossed, frowning at her with a curious look.

 

 

 

Er Bao tugged at Lu Tang’s clothes, “Young Master, even if you kill him now, it’s just venting your anger, and you’ll get yourself into trouble. Calm down. There are many ways to vent your anger.”

 

 

 

The son shivered, standing across from Lu Tang.

 

 

 

He was already trembling from fear due to Lu Tang’s actions, and now Er Bao’s soft voice made him feel that Er Bao was even more terrifying.

 

 

 

What does he mean by “many ways”?

 

 

 

I’ve heard that rich young masters have a twisted way of dealing with people.

 

 

 

With a thud, the son knelt down.

 

 

 

“It’s really not my fault! Someone gave me two hundred taels of silver and a packet of powder to do this.”

 

 

 

Without any interrogation, the son confessed immediately.

 

 

 

Feng Chunshan looked at Lu Tang and then at Er Bao.

 

 

 

What caused this significant change in Young Master Lu’s personality in just a few days?

 

 

 

He recalled when they first kidnapped him to the mountain. He was clearly an idiot back then.

 

 

 

Now he seemed more like a lunatic!

 

 

 

Lu Tang: …

 

 

 

Since things had escalated to this point, she asked, “Who ordered you?” She pointed her dagger at the son, her voice filled with anger.

 

 

 

The son shook his head, “I really don’t know. I just took the money and did the job.”

 

 

 

Feng Chunshan sneered, “Not knowing is fine. You must remember what they look like.”

 

 

 

He turned to the burly man behind him, “Make a sketch.”

 

 

 

The burly man swiftly pulled out a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone from his robe, spread them on the table, and began sketching based on the son’s description.

 

 

 

Meanwhile, Feng Chunshan ordered another subordinate, “Go arrest the people from Yunyang Restaurant.”

 

 

 

The Yunyang Restaurant worker was shocked, “Why arrest us? He admitted he drugged himself!”

 

 

 

But no one paid attention to him.

 

 

 

Soon, the sketch was completed. Feng Chunshan shook the sketch and showed it to everyone. Someone with sharp eyes immediately recognized it, “Isn’t that Zhao Dahut from Yunyang Restaurant?”

 

 

 

The restaurant worker rubbed his eyes and staggered back.

 

 

 

It was really Brother Dahut.

 

 

 

Why would Brother Dahut make someone fake their death at Qiao Family Inn and frame Qiao Family Inn?

 

 

 

He definitely wouldn’t have two hundred taels of silver!

 

 

 

As Feng Chunshan’s men headed to Yunyang Restaurant to arrest people, Gu Yunhe was standing outside Qiao Family Inn.

 

 

 

He had no idea what was happening inside, anxiously waiting for news and for the county magistrate to arrive. Suddenly, he heard from inside that the person who went up was a high-ranking official from the Ministry of Justice in disguise.

 

 

 

Gu Yunhe turned pale in an instant.

 

 

 

He didn’t dare stay any longer and immediately turned to leave.

 

 

 

Why would a high-ranking official from the Ministry of Justice visit their town in disguise?

 

 

 

No, he needed to find Huang Yunsheng.

 

 

 

Feng Chunshan arrested everyone from Yunyang Restaurant and took the father and son back to Qingshui County’s yamen.

 

 

 

Although the incident had nothing to do with Qiao Family Inn, since it happened there, Lu Tang, as the young master, had to go back and give a statement.

 

 

 

Qin Mo nonchalantly got into Lu Tang’s carriage and, once inside, started ordering people around, “What are you standing there for? Get in the carriage. Are you going to make the official from the Ministry of Justice wait for you?”

 

 

 

Then he turned to Xu Shen, “You can take the other carriage. This one can’t fit four people.”

 

 

 

He looked at Song Qingzhan, “Why aren’t you getting in?”

 

 

 

Song Qingzhan: …

 

 

 

With no choice, he gave Qin Mo a glare and got into the carriage.

 

 

 

Lu Tang, sandwiched between Song Qingzhan and Qin Mo, looked like a little chick, staring at Qin Mo resentfully. But realizing this person’s significant status, she dared not complain and said, “Maybe I should ride with Xu Shen or just ride a horse.”

 

 

 

Qin Mo seemed in a good mood, “No need.”

 

 

 

Lu Tang: But I’m squeezed! And I don’t want to be in your way if you two get, um, affectionate. Do I have to blindfold myself for safety?

 

 

 

The carriage rocked forward, and despite her initial reluctance, Lu Tang soon fell asleep from the rocking motion, having not slept well the previous night.

 

 

 

“That son wasn’t truthful. They saw Xue Tian under Gu Yunhe’s orders…”

 

 

 

Song Qingzhan stopped mid-sentence when he saw Lu Tang’s head bobbing with the carriage movement, then bump against the wall.

 

 

 

Before he could react, Qin Mo reached out, pulled Lu Tang’s head onto his shoulder, and adjusted his grip to hold her in place.

 

 

 

Song Qingzhan: !

 

 

 

Something felt off.