Chu Qing was also startled by the meatball's reaction. Her tone was a bit stiff as she asked, "Am I going to die?"
If she died, it would really be a huge loss!
"Weren't you originally intent on dying?" the meatball suddenly wondered. It was confused as to why this master seemed to vacillate between wanting to die and not.
Chu Qing's face instantly darkened menacingly. "Who told you I wanted to die?"
"… Didn't you say you took the medicine? I thought you'd taken it in a bid to end your life…" The meatball rolled a few more circles backward, trembling in fear.
At this moment, Chu Qing almost wanted to beat the meatball into a pulp. After taking a deep breath to calm herself, she gritted her teeth and said,
"I took the menstrual - regulating pill!"
"What's that?"
"Is there anything this ghost system doesn't know?"
"I do have some knowledge gaps, you know!"
Ignoring its words, Chu Qing patiently explained to the meatball what the menstrual - regulating pill was.
After that, the meatball was as if struck by a thunderbolt. "You want to practice martial arts???"
"Don't you know???"
"????"
Finally, Chu Qing couldn't hold back and lashed out at the meatball.
While controlling her strength, Chu Qing casually tugged at one side of the meatball and then said, "Cut the nonsense. Tell me why my body showed no reaction after taking the pills."
The meatball that had its butt tugged instantly blushed all over. Although it had no gender, being touched on the butt still made it shy!
But upon seeing Chu Qing's expression, the meatball immediately cast aside its shyness and seriously replied, "Because these so - called pills have no effect on you."
After hearing the meatball's words, Chu Qing felt as if struck by five thunderbolts.
It had no effect at all? So she would still be stuck with this weak body? Did that mean it was simply impossible for her to practice martial arts?
It turned out that all her efforts had been in vain.
Seeing Chu Qing looking dejected after hearing its words, the meatball mustered up the courage to roll beside her and slowly said, "You don't need to be so disheartened. Their pills may be ineffective, but! I can help you change your constitution and turn you into a prodigy in martial arts!"
…
The once - desolate Chu Qing immediately regained her vitality and once again had the urge to beat the meatball up.
"I'll only say this once. If you keep talking in such a piecemeal way in the future, I'll quit. You can find someone else. I'd rather lie in a coffin in peace than be constantly infuriated by you," Chu Qing said in an extremely calm tone.
But the meatball beside her felt as if it was about to break out in goosebumps!
After rolling away from Chu Qing again, the meatball immediately obediently said, "Although I can help you change your constitution, I can only do so when you complete some side - quests. For example, if you want to change your constitution, you need to complete a side - quest. Once you finish it, I can greatly alter your constitution. If you have other requirements, there are corresponding side - quests for you to complete."
Although there were some words Chu Qing didn't fully understand, she grasped the general idea.
In short, if she wanted to change her constitution to learn martial arts this time, she needed to complete a task. Only after that could the meatball help her change her constitution.
Compared to the physical pain caused by taking the pills, this seemed a bit easier.
So Chu Qing asked, "What task do I need to complete?"
"Um… Let me check! … Got it. If you want to change your constitution, there are three corresponding tasks you can choose from. One, get the Prince of Ning to confess his feelings to you. Two, give the Prince of Ning a kiss. Three, become the empress of the Yan Kingdom. Your pick!"
"???"
What strange and tricky tasks these were!
Maybe she should just give up learning martial arts?
But… she was really unwilling to do so!
However, each of these three tasks was a real challenge for her!
Take the task of giving the Prince of Ning a kiss, for example. Where would she put her face after that? It was one thing to have feelings for him, but to take the initiative to do such an embarrassing and thought - provoking thing? She always thought such things should be done by men!
And becoming the empress? What, kill the grandson and proclaim herself empress? She was afraid the ancestors would jump out of the imperial mausoleum to knock her dead!
After much thought, only the first task seemed a bit more feasible.
All she had to do was get that kid Wei Ying to confess his feelings to her!
But what if he didn't like her? Chu Qing was so entangled that she almost went crazy.
"Boss?" the meatball tried to call out to Chu Qing.
Chu Qing gritted her back teeth and said rather fiercely, "I choose the first one."
The meatball nodded to show it understood, then rolled around Chu Qing.
Immediately afterwards, Chu Qing's consciousness became a bit fuzzy. When she woke up again, she saw Wei Ying and the others still guarding in front of her.
Seeing Wei Ying's clear eyes, Chu Qing's face instantly turned red again.
"Are you feeling unwell?" There was obvious concern in Wei Ying's eyebrows.
Just now, after seeing Chu Qing sit cross - legged and close her eyes, she had been frowning tightly, and a thin layer of sweat had kept breaking out on her smooth forehead.
Wei Ying felt that Chu Qing was enduring pain as if being bitten by insects.
…
"Lvluo, Liuxin, go out first," Chu Qing ordered.
On closer listen, her voice was still a bit trembling.
This made Wei Ying feel even more distressed.
Previously, Wuya had come to him and asked if he was really at ease letting Chu Qing take this path. His answer at that time was that he trusted her.
Now, seeing Chu Qing like this with his own eyes, he regretted it.
"Milady!" Lvluo and Liuxin were very worried at this moment.
"Go out. I'm fine," Chu Qing continued to order.
Lvluo and Liuxin had no choice but to retreat, leaving only Wei Ying to accompany Chu Qing.
Seeing that only Wei Ying was left, Chu Qing felt even more nervous.
Get him to confess his feelings to her???
What if he had no feelings for her at all? Although the two of them had become closer than before in recent days, she only knew what was on her own mind and had no idea about Wei Ying's.
She wasn't sure what Wei Ying was thinking about her now.
Moreover, she didn't know if she could still get along with him calmly if Wei Ying confessed that he had no feelings for her.
Seeing Chu Qing silent, not knowing how to console her, Wei Ying silently waited for her to speak.
She must have something to say.
"Zizhan."
Sure enough, Chu Qing broke the silence.
"Yeah?" Wei Ying replied in a low voice.
Chu Qing took a deep breath and then said seriously,
"Do you have any feelings for me?"