Chapter 820: Binding the Birth System to Become a Winner in Life Chapter 821: Xuanhuan World Passerby A (41)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

Strangely enough, before they could push open the gate, the sound of a carriage's neighing suddenly came from behind them.

The originally empty street now had sound.

"Madam"

"Master"

Shen Yao looked at Lu Yan stepping down from the carriage with a face full of surprise, thinking to herself, what's going on? Why does it feel like they've entered a large-scale cosplay scene?

Lu Yan's attire and appearance hadn't changed; he was still the noble young master image from when they entered, so on the surface, the two of them were completely out of place with the people here, but what was even more miraculous was that, except for themselves (only Shen Yao) realizing the problem, everyone else didn't feel anything was wrong.

Shen Yao:...

She had many doubts she wanted to voice, but as the gate was pushed open, Shen Yao swallowed her words again; before it was time to speak, she decided to first see the situation.

Because this was the Lu Family's manor farm, the tenant farmers inside were all Lu Family's own people, so the residence built at the very edge of the manor farm was really large.

Because they returned when the sky was gradually darkening, the outline of the manor farm was stretched by the light, like a terrifying giant beast crouching dormant, making it hard to see its full appearance.

"Madam, why are your hands so cold?" Lu Yan held Shen Yao's arm with heartache, and as he spoke, he tried to pull her into his embrace.

Shen Yao:...?

She didn't understand but respected it; to what extent had Lu Yan been deceived? The words he said after meeting her completely didn't match his character setting—could it be that this illusion realm perfectly touched Lu Yan's imagination, and had he integrated too quickly?

"Replying to Master, Madam was very worried about you; these past few days Madam has been waiting for you to return at the village entrance."

The little maid became Shen Yao's mouthpiece, directly helping Shen Yao show off her merits.

Shen Yao nodded and smiled shyly and timidly, only saying that fortunately Master had returned, otherwise she would still worry that things might change, and they would have to stay at the manor farm for some time.

Hearing these words, Lu Yan's expression became somewhat unnatural; Shen Yao noticed the other's flickering expression carrying guilt, thinking to herself that there must definitely be more problems here.

"Master, we should go inside," Shen Yao shook Lu Yan's arm, then went on to say that their two children had seriously completed their lessons today and were much better behaved than before.

Hmm

Although the two of them absolutely could not have children, in this environment, they indeed had a son, and this son was both unexpected and reasonable.

Hearing about his son's lessons, Lu Yan's expression immediately became serious.

"I don't know if Zheng Er has improved; this time I came entirely for his own good. If he cannot reform himself, in the future we will be powerless."

Lu Yan pulled Shen Yao into the house as he spoke, and the other servants tacitly did not follow them in.

The furnishings in the room were not much different from outside; one could see the Lu Family's luxury, especially some of the decorations and utensils were very precious.

"Master, what exactly did they say? Is Zheng Er really without hope?"

Shen Yao looked at Lu Yan with brimming tears, as if to say that if Lu Yan didn't give a good answer, she would cry for him to see.

A beauty's tears could naturally move hearts, but Lu Yan was not such a decadent and corrupt person; he sighed helplessly at Shen Yao, "Madam, Zheng Er caused trouble this time; our Lu Family has no way."

Shen Yao:... As expected

Lu Yan was truly captivated by this illusion realm; whether in speech or behavior style, he didn't match his character setting. Fortunately, she wasn't human, otherwise they would have been completely wiped out as soon as they entered.

"Concubine doesn't care, Master; you must think of a way for this matter. Zheng Er is our child."

Uh

Although this child sounded very far-fetched, on the surface it was indeed so; Shen Yao crying and making a scene was completely reasonable. Otherwise, how could a family of three come from the prosperous capital city to this isolated manor farm? It wasn't because the two of them doted too much on the child, causing the child to become lawless and spoiled, offending big shots in the capital city, and having to flee to the countryside for refuge.

Lu Yan:...

Lu Yan could only continue to coax his wife in a low voice. Although his wife was somewhat unreasonable, if they wanted to hand over the child, Lu Yan also couldn't accept it.

How old was Zheng Er? A child under six years old could know what? It was just that he did whatever others said about him; it was all the fault of those servants speaking without restraint and talking nonsense. Otherwise, how could Zheng Er have caused such a great disaster.

Lu Yan began to blame heaven, earth, and the environment, but would not look for faults in themselves. Fortunately, Shen Yao didn't know what Lu Yan was thinking now; otherwise she would definitely be even more distraught. This illusion realm was truly too strange.

The couple discussed countermeasures in the room; actually, they didn't discuss much, because some things had already happened. All they could do was try every means to save Zheng Er's life.

After a pause, Shen Yao finally stopped crying. Lu Yan hurriedly changed the topic. Just then, they heard a servant outside reporting that the young master, having finished reviewing today's lessons, had come to pay respects.

"Come in"

Lu Yan responded, and Shen Yao took the opportunity to turn and look at the servant pushing open the door. Her gaze moved slightly downward, meeting a pair of weathered and tired eyes. Clearly a youthful face, yet carrying a maturity belonging to an adult, especially the expression on the other's face when seeing the two of them was somewhat surprised.

Oh?

Fan Sheng hadn't lost his memory?

Fan Sheng naturally hadn't lost his memory, but his current state was similar to amnesia.

Suppressing the urge to ask, Fan Sheng, now incarnated as the child Zheng Er, bowed respectfully to Shen Yao and Lu Yan in a proper manner, while calling out "Father, Mother" with his mouth.

Shen Yao:...

Lu Yan had no reaction; he smiled and raised his hand to help Fan Sheng up, not forgetting to touch Fan Sheng's not-much hair in passing. With a face full of kindness, he cared about today's lessons and his daily diet.

Fan Sheng:...

Damn it, as expected, there was still a problem. It seemed there was no need to test the recognition of kin; this was already completely falling into the illusion realm's rhythm.

The slight ripple that had arisen had now turned into ashes in his heart. Fan Sheng respectfully said his lessons were completed well, his daily diet was very good. The days since coming to the manor farm, besides not being able to go out, were no different from when he was in the capital city.

"That's good, that's good," Lu Yan said with satisfaction, indicating that their family of three would still stay at the manor farm for a period of time. However, as a father, Lu Yan guaranteed nothing would happen.

Fan Sheng:...

Actually, he had acted because the other party had a problem, but the people here didn't know that. They would look at him with strange eyes, not to mention they would regard him as an evil demon and wish to get rid of him as soon as possible.

How many times before had Fan Sheng looked for opportunities to save himself while also escaping? As a result, he found that no matter what he did, it was useless. Those who came with him had long since been nearly dead, and those still alive were walking corpses, completely unable to provide him any help.

Right now it was just another cycle, except this time two acquaintances had come. Fan Sheng also didn't know what to do.

Seeing that the meeting between the two parties was completed, Fan Sheng thought of leaving first to test later, but was suddenly called back by Shen Yao.

Fan Sheng: "... Hmm?"

"Zheng Er must have strained his brain studying his lessons, Master. You go to the study first to handle the family matters of these past few days—the steward is waiting for you to make arrangements."

Shen Yao promptly and efficiently sent Lu Yan away, even though Lu Yan was somewhat doubtful what matters there could be at the farmstead; surely the steward and servants couldn't mishandle it?

The room door opened and closed again, leaving only Shen Yao and Fan Sheng in the room.

"City Lord Fan, long time no see. I wonder how you are?" Shen Yao got straight to the point, causing Fan Sheng to be surprised again and again.

Lu Yan couldn't even escape the control of the Illusion Realm, yet his companion creature had this ability—this was indeed rather rare.

However, Fan Sheng was after all a person experienced in a hundred battles; after learning Shen Yao could communicate normally, he calmly stated his situation was not good: "There's something strange here. If you can't escape, you'll keep dying until you're completely assimilated."

Fan Sheng hadn't come alone. He had previously sent a plea for help to the Fan Family, and on the road he had traveled with quite a few people. But ever since entering this strange place, apart from him, everyone else had fallen in.

"I don't know what exactly here can control their thoughts, but I know that only by catching the mastermind or successfully leaving this Illusion Realm will we ultimately not escape the fate of being assimilated."

Fan Sheng's expression was serious, and paired with a child's face it seemed even more discordant. After all, they were not originally one person; it was also because his soul and body didn't match that Fan Sheng could remain sober among so many personnel, even though this sobriety might not be a good thing for Fan Sheng.

After listening, Shen Yao thought deeply. Afraid Fan Sheng didn't know how he had come in, Shen Yao briefly recounted matters concerning Jin Jue City, including the issue of the parasite.

"That thing—the Illusion Realm has it too," Fan Sheng's expression grew even more urgent. He said the several times he had died before were due to interference from the parasite. This Illusion Realm is very dangerous; it makes people unconsciously forget their identity, unknowingly merge in, and finally become part of the Illusion Realm.

"City Lord Fan, don't you feel this merging is very similar to part of immortality?"

Although different from immortality in the secular sense, as long as the Illusion Realm does not perish, then this can be called immortality.

Fan Sheng:...

"Miss Shen, what should we do next?" Fan Sheng decided to skip this topic, because this kind of immortality was absolutely not the result everyone pursued.

"Wait. First see how your matter is handled. You heard what was just said. Before you came over, I had already asked Lu Yan—the Capital City side isn't good. They're more inclined to hand you over."

Lu Yan and Shen Yao would definitely protect him, but relying only on the two of them was somewhat difficult, especially since Fan Sheng's offense this time was committed in broad daylight before the public.

Fan Sheng:...

Scratching his head somewhat awkwardly, Fan Sheng admitted this was his own problem. Because at the time he was somewhat not sober, and having just died once with agitated emotions, who would have thought that without stopping his horse he would commit another offense.

"Perhaps the mastermind behind the scenes wanted to get rid of you as soon as possible," because the Bronze Gate had already opened, and these two passages had a linked effect. It must be that the situation over there caused this place to speed up. Putting it that way, he and Lu Yan still hadn't escaped after all.

Shen Yao pinched her chin and pondered for a moment, then stood up first to send Fan Sheng back.

On the road she continued to urge Fan Sheng to be careful in dealing with things. Although the farmstead now seemed to have no danger, she couldn't guarantee this place wouldn't turn into a den of wolves. After all, these servants of the farmstead were all very strange.

Fan Sheng:...

"Miss Shen, if there's nothing, it's better not to say too much. This is a taboo against speaking too much," because saying too much leads to mistakes.

Fan Sheng didn't know at first. It wasn't because he had died too many times later, right?

Sometimes Fan Sheng himself felt both fortunate and pained. He clearly knew the situation here, but most of the time he was powerless despite his will.

Shen Yao smiled and nodded. After sending Fan Sheng off, she turned around and went to the study to find Lu Yan.

Lu Yan was quite obedient. Shen Yao had him go to the study to handle the farmstead's trivial matters, and this person sat in the study, summoning the steward and servants to ask about the farmstead's affairs.

Most were problems of the farmers—either something went wrong in the fields today, or two families fought and quarreled tomorrow. But the most were about the farmland harvest. No matter how much grain the Lu Family collected, there would be complaints. This year was no exception, even though Lu Yan had very agreeably handed over the collection standards.

"Madam, why have you come?" Lu Yan turned and looked behind Shen Yao, not seeing Fan Sheng's figure. "Zheng Er has already gone back?"

Shen Yao made an "en" sound and nodded. "Zheng Er went back to review his lessons. I came to see my husband. It's not early; it's time to dine and rest."

Hearing this, Lu Yan looked up at the scene outside the window and indeed saw the picture of the bright moon hanging high.

Hmm?

Was it already this hour? Why didn't he have much impression of it?

His head was muddled, as if he had drunk fake wine. Lu Yan shook his head, then sent the steward and servants in the study away, saying whatever it was could wait until tomorrow. Hadn't they heard what Madam just said?

The steward and servants:...

What could they say? Naturally, the Owner's word was greatest, and everyone else had to stand aside.

Lu Yan pulled Shen Yao to his side. "I... I always feel something isn't quite right." Compared to the Lu Yan who had previously accepted everything perfectly, his expression at this time was bewildered.

He somewhat doubted whether the Madam before his eyes was really his own Madam.

Shen Yao didn't explain immediately. Instead, she pulled him back to the Room first to dine, then change into his Quilt and get on the bed. She lowered the Curtain used for cover, and Shen Yao pinched her fingers to cast a spell. Under Lu Yan's shocked expression, she directly and forcibly awakened his senses.

Lu Yan:...

Lu Yan supported his head and remained silent for a long while. Meanwhile, the System, which had been holding back for a while, excitedly jumped up and down, saying there was danger here and the Host should take people and run away in advance.

"Run what? We still need to wait for the mastermind behind the scenes here to show up."

"Besides, haven't you noticed Fan Sheng's condition?"

The Evil Qi above her head, black enough to almost turn into liquid, was not something fake. She suspected Fan Sheng didn't even know what he had said right now.

System:...

The System couldn't help but shudder, thinking how could this Illusion Realm be so strange. Everyone had black Evil Qi above their heads, and among them, Fan Sheng, who considered himself the most normal, had the biggest problem.

Lu Yan had it too, but as Shen Yao awakened him, the black Evil Qi also slowly dissipated cleanly.

"Host, what exactly is going on? Can we still save the people?"

"I don't know. Before we came in, what Fan Sheng ultimately experienced is unknowable. We can't fully believe the words he spoke."

Therefore, they were currently like blind men feeling an elephant. They could only grope forward little by little. It was easy to escape trouble from the Illusion Realm, but it was more difficult to bring Fan Sheng along.