At that moment, a horsefly bit the mule pulling the cart. The startled mule kicked and jumped, causing the male servant to lose his grip. The cart rushed down the roadside slope.
Wu’s wife was thrown to the side and fell, while Zheng Yu screamed and was thrown from the cart, hitting his head on a large stone.
Ruan Ning’s feet were tied, but she was the safest among the three. Suddenly, a familiar female voice rang in her ear: “Host, after scanning and judgment, Zheng Yu is dead.”
Ruan Ning’s excitement surged: “Really dead? Isn’t this success rate too high? Incredible luck!”
She exclaimed, “So simple? Ah, great! No, too coincidental. Ah, poor Zheng Yu! My mission is complete, right? Quickly save him and then save Meng Chi!”
“Host, your mission is not yet complete…”
Shocked, Ruan Ning replied, “Impossible, Zheng Yu’s dead; this must count as completing the mission! He died because of me!”
“Host, listen,” the voice sounded somewhat helpless, “Zheng Yu’s death was triggered by you, but he’s not a yandere; he’s just a melodramatic mama’s boy.”
Ruan Ning: …
So after all this trouble, she hadn’t even targeted the right person? This is too much!
“There are two yanderes in this story,” the standard female voice sighed, “One is Meng Chi, the other is Meng Yao. Host, would you like to reconsider which one to target?”
Ruan Ning: …
Meng Chi, that perverted confinement maniac? Meng Yao, that perverted brother-complex? She was a romance writer, not a bondage writer. Why give her such a difficult task!
“Do you want to save Zheng Yu?” the voice asked again.
“Save… I guess,” Ruan Ning was teary-eyed. She had earned a pitiful reward, and now she still had to save someone. What terrible luck!
“He can be saved completely intact, but it will use up all your rewards. Or you can just save his life, which will require subsequent treatment and cost much less. Which do you choose?”
Ruan Ning chose the second option.
The reward number on the transparent panel quickly decreased. The mule cart finally stopped, and Wu’s wife jumped down crying and hugged Zheng Yu. Zheng Yu hummed, saying: “Mother, I’m hurt.”
