It seems that the villain is targeting me.

I've worked so hard to this point and am about to complete the commission with a perfect evaluation. If I give up on the task and turn back halfway, it would be a huge loss.

"We can't just give up like this, Tongzi," Xiaoniao encouraged it. "Think about your organization—and Number Four's organization."

"...But I always feel like something's wrong," the system muttered to itself. "This matter has already exceeded the scope of the commission... I will find a way to report this to the master controller as soon as possible."

This matter is not as simple as it seems, and the system is slow to realize this.

It guessed that it and the bird might have been involved in a bigger crisis.

Chapter 97 Lao Liu: I didn’t mean to laugh at you

Nothing major happened in the next few days.

After a short period of living together (referring to living in the same dormitory), Dr. Chen finally moved out of the teachers' apartment.

But before the poor kid could breathe a sigh of relief, new bad news came: this person shamelessly rented a house near the school, and kindly invited Xiao Niao to "come and visit when you are free" and "Why don't you move out of the dormitory?" "My house is actually quite big."

Chen Xiaoya's evaluation of this is extremely shameless.

Ha - you think the house is big? You are obviously coveting my little bird!

I don't even want to expose you!

As mentioned before, because of his deformed and imperfect childhood, the boy is now in a stage where he extremely desires love and care, and because of this desire, he naturally develops a desire for exclusivity.

Therefore, she was extremely wary of this "doctor friend" who suddenly appeared beside Xiao Niao, and had already regarded him as her lifelong enemy.

But Xiao Niao was not aware of the girl's subtle mood.

Although she hadn't actually moved out of the teacher's apartment, she gladly accepted the doctor's invitation and even took the initiative to go outside the school to find him...

Think about it, this is the only person Xiao Niao knows in real life. In her understanding, she was "accidentally dragged into this world by herself."

Time travelers are natural allies, and the initial trust value is very high - she will naturally want to deepen the relationship with the other party.

Originally, Xiao Niao was quite worried that the doctor would ask when he could return to reality... However, after waiting for a few days, the other party showed no signs of mentioning this matter, which made Xiao Niao secretly relieved.

Chen Xiaoya seemed to be a little shocked. He was a little listless for several days and looked like he couldn't accept it.

Xiao Niao was a little worried: No matter what, it was indeed wrong for me, as an adult, to strike a posture that could easily be misunderstood...

Should she have a good talk with the child to avoid causing any psychological trauma to the child?

But soon, Xiao Niao's work became busy and he had to put this matter aside for the time being.

Because of the policy requirement to expand enrollment, the city’s No. 1 Middle School is particularly short of staff this year. After a simple training, the newly recruited teachers are quickly assigned to their posts and start teaching.

Teaching is not difficult for Xiaoniao.

With her past life experience as a foundation, she could control a few naughty students as if it were a piece of cake.

Please, in her previous life, she deceived people... I mean the people she advised, from an illiterate farmer with a temper more stubborn than a donkey to a cunning duke and marquis who was so cunning that he couldn't even pull out an eyelash. It was a complete range.

Even students who have never seen the sinister society and the treacherous human hearts can't handle it, so she, the butcher bird, might as well turn around and go back to her hometown to farm!

After several trial lectures, Xiao Niao even became a little famous in the school. Everyone knew that there was a new teacher in the first grade who taught history in an interesting and sharp way.

While teaching, she was also paying attention to the movements of the Son of Destiny.

Thanks to her convenient identity, she could easily get information from the other party's class teacher.

Gu Tianjiao returned to school after resting for two days.

By then, the wounds on his face had basically healed, and from the outside, it was impossible to tell what had happened.

Xiao Niao observed carefully for a few days and found that the Son of Fortune did not seem to have any signs of causing trouble.

Xiaoniao's biggest worry, that his mother might track down me and the doctor and put him in a garbage truck, didn't happen either.

The tragic experience of being kidnapped seemed to have made this person become honest, and he attended classes normally every day.

——Of course, it is also possible that he just looks like he has become more honest, but in fact he is secretly preparing a big feast for everyone.

But at least from the surface, there was nothing abnormal about the Son of Fortune, and it didn't look like he would suddenly die.

To a certain extent, Xiao Niao's strategy was successful: until now, Chen Xiaoya has had little interaction with the son of luck in this world.

There is no hatred or grudge between them, so there is no reason for them to stab each other to death in the future, right?

Speaking of which, Xiaoniao actually doesn't have much opinion about the son of luck in this world.

In Xiao Niao's opinion, although this person is a vindictive god, his harm is limited.

Unlike Charles in the previous world who would wreak havoc on the entire empire once he ascended the throne, no matter how crazy or insane Gu Tianjiao is, the scope of his influence is limited to his company, and at most he will cause harm to his peers in the industry.

Xiao Niao actually doesn't bother to care about a guy like this, whether he wants to date Yaoyao or Nana.

——Of course, the premise is that there won’t be any plot like a gangster going crazy for his beloved and massacring Jiangcheng with blood, or letting everyone be buried with her.

She had finally figured it out. The world of romance novels was basically devoid of morality and logic, so it was absolutely possible for them to come up with such an incredible plot.

But this problem seems to be easy to solve: just don’t let him inherit that damn underworld family!

No, no, no, to put it bluntly, things like gangs and underworld should not exist in China.

Xiao Niao thought with confidence: We are living in a society ruled by law now, and these things not only hide in the gutter, but they even dare to put them on the table to show off.

I can’t stand it. This kind of first-class merit that crashes into the doorstep is simply intolerable!

Wouldn’t this be a thorough and thorough campaign against organized crime and evil?

Ignoring the outrageous things happening around the Son of Luck, the background setting of this small world is very close to the real world - although this means there will be many restrictions, it does not mean that there is a lack of room for development.

To be honest, when I first came here, I had the idea of making money by taking advantage of the information asymmetry, but in the end I gave up for various reasons.

[After all, no raider would stay for more than ten years just for a single mission.]

The system said, "Your case is a rare and special case... Generally speaking, if there's no progress for more than six months, many people will give up."

"Wait, how long did you say it would take?" Xiao Niao's eyebrows twitched fiercely. "Only half a year?"

"Yes," the system said matter-of-factly. "Normally, it takes about nine months to complete each mission world, and the longest is three to two years."

The main control settings in this regard are actually very user-friendly.

Among the "retirement" conditions he set, one is to be on mission for more than a certain number of years - usually twenty years - once this standard is reached, you can retire voluntarily, and the master controller will also provide you with "employee" compensation according to the circumstances.

It could be money, it could be health, or it could be something in real life that you have always dreamed of.

Of course, just like Aladdin's lamp, you can't wish for someone to fall in love with you, nor can you wish to become the king of the world.

The working time limit exists to protect the host. After all, if a soul that is hundreds of years old is stuffed into the body of a young man in his twenties, reality will definitely be messed up.

You can't go back to reality after experiencing too many worlds - if you know this and still insist on continuing to work for the Master Controller, He will definitely not refuse.

[But, putting everything else aside,] the system grumbled, [You've reached retirement standards on your first field mission... you're definitely breaking the record.]

Xiao Niao stopped talking.

She silently looked at the data projected onto her retina by the system.

System number: 71603

Host Name: Xiao Niao

Comprehensive difficulty rating: Extremely difficult (distorted world will)

Commission completion rate: 78.4%

Host status assessment: All functions are good, mental state is stable, and it is suitable to continue to carry out the commission.

Total amount of causal income: 15629 (higher than the average of 1740)

The number that was displayed at the end made Xiaoniao a little stunned. In the previous world, she had spent at least dozens of times more time to accumulate so many causes and effects.

Although it is possible to change the future of many people by destroying the criminal gangs that traffic children... this number is still a bit exaggerated.

I don’t understand, Xiao Niao thought.

But, in this case, it should be considered 'everything is going well', right?

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Lu Yao felt that everything had been going wrong for her recently.

She couldn't even talk to anyone about this: there was a strange voice in her head chattering away, not only intermittently fighting with her for control of her body, but also clearly showing aggressive tendencies.

To be honest, Lu Yao was already a little numb - she had even seen a talking cat, so what else was so great about it?

There is nothing to be afraid of anymore.

Having said that, when she was taken back to Lu's residence by the driver and stood in front of the door, ready to face the storm from home, 41006 still broke her defense with a word.

It should be said or not, Lao Liu is Lao Liu. When Lu Yao was foreseeably about to get into trouble, it spoke.

"I'll just wait and rest for a while," it said. "Call me when you're done being scolded."

Then, without waiting for Lu Yao to say anything more, Lao Liu locked himself with a "click".

Lu Yao's mood, which was not so good to begin with, suddenly became even worse, and she almost burst into tears - but she still walked into the house bravely, and then was almost drowned by her father's saliva.

Lu Weiren scolded her so badly that he almost knocked her head off her shoulders. Her ears were buzzing by the end.

There was no way. No matter what, Young Master Gu was someone else's child. No matter how resentful Lu Weiren was, he couldn't scold him in front of his parents. He had to give him some face.

So, Lu Yao, who had just returned home, was in big trouble.

She couldn't explain it yet - if she explained seriously she might get sent to a mental hospital, and if she made up random explanations and was found out she would only be doubly unlucky.

Poor Lu Yao experienced for the first time the dilemma of being unable to speak.

At this moment, she felt that she was more wronged than Dou E, but she could only swallow all the grievances and blood, and shed tears in her heart.

And when she saw Gu Tianjiao again at home, Lu Yao really cried.

Seriously, when she saw Young Master Gu standing on the spiral staircase on the third floor staring at her like a ghost, the first thought that came to her mind was to jump out the window and escape.

But after trembling with fear for a long time, Lu Yao found that the other party had no intention of jumping over and strangling her.

Gu Tianjiao just stood in the aisle with a gloomy expression and looked at her deeply.

"Lu Yao," he said in a low voice, "One day, I will make you regret it."

Under normal circumstances, Lu Yao would probably be uneasy about this sentence for the whole day, and would constantly wonder what Brother Tianjiao meant.

But now, she was about to be scolded as a rat by her own father, and her brain was like boiling paste, bubbling and gurgling, leaving no room for imagination at all.

The two never spoke to each other at home again after that.

Gu Tianjiao went to school as usual the next day, but Lu Yao was put in solitary confinement for a week because she was a repeat offender and almost ruined the family business.

For a whole week, she was put in solitary confinement, forced to write self-criticisms, not allowed to eat desserts or snacks, and had no means of entertainment. She was not allowed to leave the room until she had made a deep reflection.

It would be fine if she was put in solitary confinement, but she also had to find a way to take care of a ancestor - a fat cat that weighed at least 14 pounds.

No one knew how Lao Liu hid it, but he secretly brought it back to the attic of Lu's house and kept it there. He withheld half of her water every day as cat food.

Every night, Lu Yao would just close her eyes for a short while before her body would go against her will and resolutely climb out of the window.

He climbed up the pipes on the outer wall to the attic, opened the skylight and fed the cat.

The back pain after waking up is nothing. This happening every day almost scares her half to death - if she is woken up by the night wind in a deep sleep, the degree of fear will be doubled.

Lu Yao burst into tears and begged her father to release her from confinement, but as expected, she was scolded again.

Lu Weiren was really angry this time and was determined to teach her a lesson. It would be useless even if her mother came to plead for her in person.

It's not surprising that he was so angry, because this time it was not just a matter of Lu Yao's personal reputation, but it actually affected the interests of the company.

Lu Weiren knew that in the business world, he was the one who was asking for help, and Gu Yilan did not have to cooperate with the Lu family.

On the contrary, if they fall out with the Gu family and the other party chooses to withdraw funds, it is very likely that the company's existing capital chain will be broken, and Lu Weiren, as the top leader, will be immediately at a loss.

Moreover, even without considering the factors related to vested interests, Lu Yao did indeed cause a big disaster.

If Lu Weiren had not reacted quickly and detained the driver in time, who knows what kind of rumors would have spread outside.

To be honest, when Lu Yao returned, she had already prepared herself for being forced to transfer schools or even being kicked out of the house after Gu Tianjiao complained.

Lu Yao herself didn't expect that after being in solitary confinement for a week, she would be released and go back to school.

What's going on? Is my dad being so tough this time? Lu Yao was surprised. I kidnapped someone and whipped him at the Fun Hotel, how could he get away with it?

She had never thought that Gu Tianjiao would conceal this possibility for her - for the simple and concise thinking circuit of the second lady of the Lu family, understanding the existence of masochism was still a bit too advanced.

In short, more than a week after school started, Lu Yao finally returned to campus with a heavy heart.