It seems that the villain is targeting me.

After paying tuition and miscellaneous fees, I still have a little over 800 yuan in savings, which I will have to rely on for the next two months.

In addition to the cost of food, you also have to give the child some extra pocket money, and various miscellaneous daily necessities also cost a sum of money.

When the weather gets a little colder, she's going to make a new quilt for Chen Xiaoya. Jiangcheng is colder in winter than the county town...

"But school has just started, so the biggest spending will be in these two days."

Xiao Niao touched the green cover of his passbook. "If I apply to live in the company dormitory, I can save on rent, and I'll also get a canteen subsidy for meals... I can get by if I save a little."

[Yes,] the system's words were filled with the joy of someone who had landed. [I'm telling you, the system is superb.]

Xiao Niao thought that if he said he would quit his job now, Tongzi would definitely burst into tears on the spot.

All the procedures were handled smoothly, and a job that could balance the tasks was found. Chen Xiaoya was in good condition, and everything seemed to be on the right track.

Xiao Niao even felt that if he left this small world now, Xiaoya would not become a gloomy and cruel villain as in the original plot.

But it's better to send the Buddha to the west, Xiao Niao thought indifferently, I don't have anything particularly important in reality anyway, it's okay to leave after the child can support himself.

While staying here, you can also plan what to do after returning...

Xiao Niao's current vague idea is to inherit the family farm and rebuild his parents' business.

It seemed like a good idea to stay in the city and develop, but she hadn't figured out what to do specifically.

If there are no other additional restrictions, life in a small world is actually quite rewarding.

Especially for those who are seriously injured or suffering from incurable diseases in real life - even if they fail in the first mission and face death, it is equivalent to gaining a period of life in vain.

According to Tongzi, most people who can complete the first task will basically choose to continue to the next task.

After all, to some extent, this is also a kind of alternative immortality.

Of course, for those who have experienced too many reincarnations, the final outcome must be failure and death during a certain mission.

When Xiao Niao heard this, he asked, "Then, what will happen to the system after the host dies?"

[Well...it depends. If your authority is high enough and you have enough karma points left, you can usually return to reality on your own and then bind to a new host.]

"That's the case with Number Four," the system said. "Don't be fooled by its usual appearance, but it actually has higher authority than me."

[But there are exceptions... those are the more unlucky ones.]

[This is a brand new system, and the host didn't earn any points when it died. In this case, it's possible to be trapped in this small world forever, dormant or wandering until the energy is exhausted.]

"Oh...then your competition mechanism is quite cruel."

Xiao Niao raised his eyebrows, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

"...Is the master controller you're talking about selecting something through this process? It feels like raising a parasite."

"No, the real reason isn't that complicated," Tongzi said matter-of-factly. "It's just that the recycling cost is higher than the manufacturing cost."

Simply put, the cost of recovering a system lost in a small world is too high, so it is better to create a new one.

The current selection system was actually developed gradually, the system counted on its fingers. Things like the host's privacy protection regulations and physical and mental safety guarantees were all introduced later.

After hearing this explanation, Xiao Niao's uneasy feeling did not disappear.

In Xiaoniao's impression, the first feeling of the word "controller" is cold and ruthless... But it turns out that it is such a humane existence?

Just as she was lost in thought, a familiar voice suddenly came from not far behind her.

The sound came from far away, as if someone was walking towards her.

"Ah... I finally found you," the other person said. "So you're here."

Xiao Niao was slightly stunned.

She turned around.

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My name is Lu Zhiqing.

A lot has been happening around me lately.

Some of these things punctured the false appearance of harmony and happiness that the family maintained on the surface. I took the opportunity to gain some initiative, but I also offended most of the people in the family in disguise.

Fortunately, there is not much in this home worth my nostalgia. I can't stand blindly giving in and retreating just to get a little hypocritical comfort.

I breathed a sigh of relief as the holiday was coming to an end. These days were finally over and I could go back to school without having to live under the same roof with those people.

At this moment, I suddenly thought of that person.

She seemed to have mentioned on the phone that she was taking care of a child around fifteen years old - that was just the age to go to high school. I couldn't help but guess that she might be there when the new students of the No. 1 Middle School in the city started school.

Although I no longer had to report to school, I still went out and arrived at school early.

If you ask yourself honestly, the probability of her appearing in the No. 1 High School in the city is actually very small. Jiangcheng has more than one high school, and there are also many ordinary high schools in the surrounding districts and counties.

There is no reason why it must be my alma mater.

When I really saw her back, my first reaction was disbelief.

I walked up to her and called out her name.

"Xiao Niao...Teacher Xiao," Lu Zhiqing gave her a somewhat tired smile, "Long time no see."

The other party seemed to be surprised to meet her here. His light brown eyes widened slightly, and he was stunned for a moment before coming back to his senses.

"...Long time no see," Xiao Niao blinked calmly, "You don't look well."

Lu Zhiqing subconsciously raised his hand to touch the dark circles under his eyes.

This was the result of a mild case of insomnia: ever since that incident, she hadn't slept well at home.

"...I just didn't sleep well," Lu Zhiqing shook his head, "Nothing serious."

Xiao Niao could probably guess that her relationship with her family must have been very tense during this period.

But this is the other party's family affair after all, and it is not appropriate for her as an outsider to interfere too much.

But with the recorder he gave her last time, Father Lu probably wouldn't dare to break up with her - even if it was for the sake of the overall situation, he had to find ways to calm Lu Zhiqing's emotions.

While Xiao Niao was thinking, Lu Zhiqing was also looking at her silently from the opposite side.

After the last call, she never contacted Xiaoniao again and never heard from him.

Although she later inquired with the Taoyuan police, the police never disclosed the information to the outside world because of the joint operation.

Then, I saw the news on TV...

"Have you found the child?" Lu Zhiqing suddenly asked, "It's the child your friend asked you to find."

Xiao Niao uttered a "hmm". Helping a friend find the child was the excuse she made when she asked Lu Zhiqing for help... She didn't expect that the other party would still remember it.

To be honest, she owed the other party a favor in this matter.

"I haven't heard from you since that phone call, and I've been worried that something might have happened..."

The news broadcast did not reveal too many detailed contents, and the informant's information was well protected. Lu Zhiqing only knew that the criminals were very vicious and were carrying guns.

She probably didn't expect that what started out as a simple phone call would end up like this.

Lu Zhiqing hesitated to speak: "...You should be okay, right?"

Xiao Niao thought, not only am I fine, I also captured eight human traffickers alive.

But no one will believe the truth now...

She calmly shifted her weight onto her uninjured right leg, and it was too difficult to explain.

"Thanks to you," Xiao Niao smiled at Lu Zhiqing, "I'm completely fine, and the child was found safe and sound."

"Thank you for helping me then."

she was

Sincerely thanked Lu Zhiqing: "Without you, I might not have been able to find him so easily."

Lu Zhiqing was immediately relieved, but then felt a little embarrassed: she really didn't think she had helped in any way, but she received other people's thanks for no reason.

"Well, don't say that. I'm also very happy to be able to rescue the child."

Young girls are always thin-skinned. Lu Zhiqing's eyes wandered aimlessly in the air, and then she put her fist to her lips and cleared her throat, and her face seemed a little red.

"Aunt Gu asked about it before, saying that you didn't seem to have contacted her..."

"But anyway, I'm glad you're okay."

She summed it up succinctly.

Aunt Gu?

This surname made Xiao Niao instantly alert.

She thought about it for a while before finally remembering that when she first contacted Lu Zhiqing, the other party mentioned that someone she knew was going to Taoyuan and she could seek this person's help.

This person is the Aunt Gu mentioned by Lu Zhiqing... the mother of the son of destiny.

When Xiao Niao heard that she was coming to Taoyuan, his first reaction was actually that there was some conspiracy here.

After all, the system told her that some of the criminals involved in organ trafficking had once been her subordinates.

With this premise in mind, Xiao Niao certainly wouldn't think that the other person was a good person.

Out of caution, she never contacted the other party at all - there was no need to hesitate in this situation, of course the police are more trustworthy!

To be more precise, Xiao Niao's initial favorability towards this type of gangsters was negative.

As a former leader and manager, she knew too well the harm such local tyrants and underworld forces would cause to society - they were complete social cancers and should be treated the same as cancer cells.

"But damn it... this is a romance novel with a mafia background."

Xiao Niao felt a pang of pain in his teeth when he thought of this.

After being influenced by the two systems, she can now basically grasp the plot routines of this type of novels.

Number Four's meowing was almost indistinguishable, clattering away, adding more and more buffs: "White Moonlight! Body double! Love triangle! Because it's a gangster setting, the label definitely includes plunder—"

This feeling is really strange. Number Four is clearly not around at all, but I can vividly imagine its tone and what it will say next.

Why these wonderful words and phrases appear in our heads is also a world-class unsolved mystery.

At one moment, Xiao Niao even felt that she was dirty, and she would never return to the pure state where she had never seen these things.

"Provoke—"

“Why, why would I think of this?” Xiao Niao screamed miserably in his mind, “Shut up quickly! Ahhhhhhhhh!!!”

"How pitiful," the system looked at her sympathetically. "Come to think of it, this could be considered spiritual pollution to some extent..."

From Lu Zhiqing's perspective, this scene might seem a little confusing.

Xiao Niao was talking to himself when suddenly his face changed, turning blue and white, as if he was pinching his nose and drinking expired milk.

Is it because I mentioned Aunt Gu?

But Xiao Niao probably doesn't know the other person either...

Although she wasn't quite sure what was going on, Lu Zhiqing still changed the subject. She turned around and asked Xiao Niao, "Are you bringing your students to No. 1 Middle School?"

"yes……"

Lu Zhiqing smiled and said, "I happen to be a member of the student union, and I'm supposed to be in charge of the registration of new students. If you don't mind, I'd like to show you around the campus."

Xiao Niao did not refuse. She wanted to familiarize herself with the campus, and it would be great if someone she knew could lead the way.

Chen Xiaoya is still queuing at the other end, waiting to go through the procedures for checking into the dormitory.

After a brief discussion, the two decided to meet up with Xiaoya first, and then the three of them would go around the school together.

At this moment, Xiao Niao suddenly remembered something.

"What about your sister?"

She casually asked, "Is Lu Yao also studying in this school?"

This is actually a very important question, because if Lu Yao appears in the No. 1 Middle School in the city, then the Son of Fortune is likely to be there too.

Lu Zhiqing's expression froze for a moment.

Miss Lu said hesitantly: "You are talking about her..."

Chapter 70: The War Madness System and My Unjust Son