“How on earth did the second young miss set her sights on such a...” The doctor glanced at the man on the bed, paused to choose his words, and then continued, “a man who could ward off evil spirits just by standing at the door as her husband?”
Zhao Zongying cast a sidelong glance at the doctor, then turned his gaze to Zhen Xiaoyu.
Sensing his look, Zhen Xiaoyu thought this was a great opportunity to earn some murderous - intent points. She cleared her throat and said, “Because A Man is the one meant for me!”
She waited, but instead of the system's notification sound, it was the doctor's follow - up question that came.
“How can you be so sure he's the one meant for you?”
Zhen Xiaoyu, who failed to earn any murderous intent, was a bit stubborn. She continued in a passionate tone, “In my eyes, he's perfect. Every scar on his body makes me feel it's a sacred mark.”
Such shameless words should surely arouse the murderous intent of the God of Slaughter, right?
Zhen Xiaoyu looked at the man with a hint of expectation in her eyes.
But Zhao Zongying lowered his eyes, avoiding her bright ones.
This woman is so shameless when she talks! He thought to himself.
Surprisingly, he didn't find such words repulsive now. Maybe it was because the emotion in her eyes was so intense that it didn't seem like a lie.
“Cough!” The doctor stood up. “I'll go boil the medicine. Since the second young miss cares so much about him, stay here and take care of him. If his temperature rises, use a wet towel to apply on his forehead.”
With that, the doctor scurried out of the room as if someone was chasing him.
Instead of going straight to the kitchen to boil the medicine, the doctor first went to find Old Master Zhen. He got straight to the point and said, “Master Zhen, I think your second young miss is really seriously ill!”
Old Master Zhen: “???”
“I heard that the eldest young miss almost eloped with this A Man. What on earth does this A Man have to make two young misses fall head - over - heels for him? Could it be that he put some kind of spell on your young misses?”
Old Master Zhen was stunned. Somehow, he thought it was quite possible. Since this A Man showed up, both of his granddaughters had changed their personalities.
“Master Zhen, you might as well take your two granddaughters to the temple when you have time.” Shaking his head, the doctor went to the kitchen to boil the medicine.
The protagonist, Zhen Xiaoyu, had no idea that her sycophantic behavior had caused such misunderstandings. She was looking at the man on the bed with a worried frown.
Just now, she gave him the flattering smile that usually earned her murderous intent, but still didn't hear the system's notification.
Was the system broken, or had the God of Slaughter become a better person?
She was originally very sleepy, but now she was wide awake.
How could she sleep? If the murderous - intent extractor didn't provide any murderous intent, it was just like a cash machine that couldn't dispense money after inserting the card. She had no mood to sleep at all.
A Hua, standing beside her, sighed at her “love - struck look” and said, “I really don't understand what you like about him.”
Zhen Xiaoyu's heart skipped a beat. She leaned forward and whispered, “A Man, are you asleep?”
The man on the bed gave no response.
But she knew he must be awake.
It was time to change her strategy!
“Do you think I really like him? You know I've always had a preference for good - looking men. He's so ugly. How could I possibly like him?” She lowered her voice.
【20 points of murderous intent obtained!】
Hearing the system's notification, Zhen Xiaoyu finally let out a sigh of relief. Sure enough, only courting disaster could yield murderous intent.
It seemed that if she wanted to exchange for the return ticket, she was destined to go further and further down the path of the vicious female supporting character.
“But miss, you just said he was the one meant for you.” A Hua said puzzledly.
Zhen Xiaoyu scoffed, “I had to fool all of you before I could fool him. There's no such thing as a pre - destined relationship in this world. I only believe that man can conquer nature.”
“Fool him? Why would you want to fool him?” A Hua was like a professional straight man in a cross - talk.
“Whatever Zhen Yunqian cares about, I'll snatch it. The more she cares about A Man, the more I want to get him. I'll make A Man fall in love with me and use him for my own ends.”
【30 points of murderous intent obtained!】
So satisfying! Zhen Xiaoyu's eyes narrowed into slits with a smile.
“I knew it. How could miss suddenly be so blind as to like such a useless man.” A Hua said reassuringly.
“He has so many wounds on his body. He must have been abused a lot in the past. As long as I show him a little kindness, he'll surely be grateful to me and work like a donkey for me.”
【50 points of murderous intent obtained!】
“I just need to...”
“Cough, miss, he's awake.” A Hua interrupted her rant.
Zhen Xiaoyu turned her head and met the man's cold gaze. She quickly put on a flattering smile.
【30 points of murderous intent obtained!】
“A Man, just now I...”
“Get out!”
“Okay. You have a good rest.” Zhen Xiaoyu knew when to stop. She left the room with a satisfied look on her face.
Now that her murderous - intent extractor was working properly again, she had no psychological burden. She went back to her room to sleep.
She didn't know how long she had slept when she was suddenly woken up by the system's crazy notifications of obtaining murderous intent.
【100 points of murderous intent obtained!】
【100 points of murderous intent obtained!】
...
【100 points of murderous intent obtained!】
【The host has completed the challenge of obtaining 1,000 points of murderous intent at once and will be rewarded with an upgraded space bracelet. Do you want to claim the reward now?】
Zhen Xiaoyu still had sleep in her eyes. She looked confused and shocked.
“What's going on? Why did I suddenly obtain so many points of murderous intent?”
She felt that she had obtained no less than 3,000 points of murderous intent just now.
She checked the exchange list in the system mall and saw the number of murderous - intent points she currently had on the cover: 4,670 points.
The last time she checked, she only had a few hundred points.
What on earth had happened? Why did so many people want to kill her?
“Little Zuo Zuo, I think you should upgrade yourself. At least you should tell me whose murderous intent I've obtained.” She hinted deliberately.
【I don't care what you think. I care about what I think!】
Zhen Xiaoyu: ???
This system could even use Ming's famous quotes to retort her. It was so... unorthodox!
【Do you want to upgrade the space bracelet now?】 The system changed the topic.
Zhen Xiaoyu's eyes lit up. She replied, “Yes, upgrade it now.”
【The space bracelet is being upgraded. The upgrade will take 48 hours. Please note that the space function cannot be used during the upgrade period.】
It was just two days without using the space function. Zhen Xiaoyu didn't take it to heart. She shouted A Hua's name loudly and called her in.
“Has Zhen Yunqian come back?”
A Hua looked serious and said, “Neither the eldest young miss nor Uncle Dawang has come back. The master sent people to search in the mountains and also went to that mountain stronghold, but they didn't find them.”
It was normal for Zhen Yunqian to be missing. After all, as the female protagonist, she had the main plot to follow and couldn't stay in the Zhen family all the time.
But it was very abnormal that Uncle Dawang didn't come back either.
Zhen Xiaoyu couldn't help but think of the two abnormal notifications of obtaining murderous intent. She had a hunch that Zhen Yunqian had done something in the dark and found many enemies for her.
Thinking that the mountain - stronghold leader in the novel was the female protagonist's admirer, she roughly guessed who had contributed the murderous - intent points this time.
“Could it be that the people in the mountain stronghold hid them?”
“I heard that there was not a single person in the mountain stronghold, and the houses were burned down.” A Hua replied casually.
The houses were burned down...
Zhen Xiaoyu's eyes widened. Everything was fine when she left.
It was Zhen Yunqian!
It must be Zhen Yunqian who burned the houses and then pinned the blame on her, thus arousing the hatred of the mountain - stronghold people towards her.