Chapter 23: Volume 1, Chapter 23: The critically ill patient in the Princess's mansion

After leaving the pavilion, Yun Qiyue didn't go to the lakeside but just strolled in the garden.

Suddenly, a "ding—" sound rang in Yun Qiyue's mind.

"Host, the system is now issuing the second task to the host: treat a critically ill patient," the system said. "If the task is successful, reward 30 points; if the task fails, deduct 50 points."

Yun Qiyue was stunned upon hearing this, "Why is the score for the second task so much higher than the first?"

This first task of punishing the evil servant only rewarded 5 points for success and deducted 15 points for failure.

But this second task rewarded 30 points, a six-fold increase in the reward value.

System: "Back to the host, the score is determined by the difficulty of the task and the influence on the host whether the task is completed or not."

Yun Qiyue: "... Then where is the critically ill patient you mentioned?"

System: "... This requires the system to find it itself; the system can only detect that the task carrier is on the west side of the host."

Yun Qiyue: "..." What a pit!

In order to complete the task set by the system, Yun Qiyue had to take Sixue and walk west.

However, just after Yun Qiyue and Sixue had left for a while, someone sneaked to the place where Yun Qiyue had been, but just looked left and right, didn't see Yun Qiyue, and then went to look in another direction...

The further Yun Qiyue walked, the more she felt something was wrong.

Because it was too quiet.

In such a large Princess's mansion, it was impossible that she hadn't met anyone after walking for so long.

"Sixue, do you feel something is not quite right?" Yun Qiyue asked.

Sixue had been following Yun Qiyue, but she was a bit distracted thinking about some problem.

Hearing Yun Qiyue ask, Sixue came back to her senses and asked with a somewhat strange expression, "Miss, why do you keep walking west?"

Yun Qiyue: "... I just want to walk around." She couldn't say she needed to complete the task issued by the system, right?

Moreover, the system said that the score of the task was related to the influence of the task itself on her, so the patient on the west side must be relatively important to her.

For such a person, she was quite curious.

Sixue: "Miss, I think we'd better go back."

Yun Qiyue looked at Sixue suspiciously upon hearing this, "Do you know something?"

Sixue nodded, "I just remembered that ordinary people are not allowed to come to the west side of this Princess's mansion."

Also because she was thinking about this problem, Sixue had been in a distracted state.

Yun Qiyue: "Does everyone know this?"

Sixue hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Basically, everyone who has been invited to the Princess's mansion knows it."

Because she hadn't been here, it took her a long time to remember this point.

Yun Qiyue: "..." Fine, only she didn't know.

But it didn't matter whether she knew or not; even if she knew, she still had to come to this west side.

"Miss, we..." should leave first.

However, Sixue couldn't finish her sentence; Yun Qiyue suddenly made a gesture to be quiet, and then pulled Sixue to hide on the side.

Then, they saw a figure in luxurious clothes walking out of a courtyard in a hurry, supported by an old woman, and leaving in a hurry.

Although Yun Qiyue only saw a back, she could guess that the owner of that back was very likely the Princess who was absent from today's birthday banquet.

But why did the Princess not go to her own birthday banquet but come to such a remote courtyard?

Looking at the courtyard the Princess came out of, Yun Qiyue couldn't help but have a guess in her heart...

"Miss, the Princess walked so hurriedly just now; did something happen? Should we go back first?" Sixue was very uneasy in her heart, always feeling that something would happen.

Hearing this, Yun Qiyue thought of the scene when the Princess left just now; it was indeed a hurried departure.

Thinking that it had taken her about half an hour to walk over here from the pavilion, something could indeed have happened over there during this time, and something that could alarm the Princess could not be a small matter.

Linking it with Yun Yarou's abnormal insistence on her coming to the Princess's mansion today, she intuitively felt that the incident was related to her.

It seemed she really should go back quickly...

"Host, the system has detected a critically ill patient nearby; please hurry, host."

Just as Yun Qiyue was about to choose to give up the task first, the system's voice sounded in time.

Yun Qiyue: "..."

This is... how to choose?

Ah! Forget it, the points are right in front of her; she'd better do the task first.

As for the rest, everything else comes second!

"You go see what's going on first." After Yun Qiyue made her choice, she said to Sixue.

Sixue: "Miss isn't going over together?"

Yun Qiyue pointed to the courtyard, "I'll go in and take a look first; if something happens, you come find me."

Sixue wanted to say something else, but seeing the unquestionable look in Yun Qiyue's eyes, she knew that saying anything was useless, and coupled with the bad premonition in her heart, she left in a hurry.

After Sixue left, Yun Qiyue didn't hesitate anymore and walked straight toward the small courtyard.

The door of the small courtyard was still open; it should be because the Princess left in a hurry, so she didn't close it.

Yun Qiyue walked into the courtyard; it was also quiet inside, and the scenery was elegant and simple, not appearing desolate because it was remote.

However, Yun Qiyue had no mind to admire the scenery but walked straight toward the half-covered door.

Unexpectedly, when the door was touched lightly, it made a "creak" sound, which was particularly abrupt in the quiet courtyard, making Yun Qiyue's hand tremble with the sound.

"Didn't I say I'm fine? What else do you have to worry about?"

Just then, a slightly stiff but weak voice came from the room.

"I don't want to see you, leave!"

That voice came again.

Yun Qiyue hesitated for a moment, but finally pushed the door open.

After pushing the door open, Yun Qiyue saw a white figure sitting in a wooden wheelchair by the window with his back to the door.

"You must be terminally ill, yet you still pretend you're fine?" Yun Qiyue spoke.

From the first second she heard that voice, she could almost be sure that the person she was looking for was the person in front of her.

The previous two sentences, he must have used all his strength to say them, right?

Hearing Yun Qiyue's voice, that back stiffened significantly.

Then, as if letting go of some defense, the whole person collapsed like a deflated ball, and then, a "pfft" sound of vomiting blood came.

Hearing this sound, Yun Qiyue was startled and stepped forward quickly.

Too late to grab his wrist, Yun Qiyue reached out and touched the person's neck directly.

The moment her hand touched his skin, his condition was transmitted to her mind.

Illness caused by accumulated depression, no will to live, terminally ill.

Yun Qiyue finally summarized the patient's condition in twelve words.

Then, she tragically discovered that because the other party had been ill for a long time due to accumulated depression, his bodily functions had already been seriously damaged; to save him, she must use a Rejuvenation Pill.

However, she only got 30 points for saving someone and completing the task, but a Rejuvenation Pill required 100 points to exchange.

If she saved the person, she would have to owe 70 points, plus the previous 55 negative points, exceeding 100, she would have to deduct 10% of her life value. No matter how she looked at it, this deal was not cost-effective.

Or, forget it, not do this task?

However, just as this thought occurred, Yun Qiyue dismissed it herself.

She was not a kind person, but she couldn't do it to see someone die without saving them.

Especially, it was someone who was said to have an influence on her.

Taking a deep breath, Yun Qiyue said: "System, exchange a Rejuvenation Pill for me..." ===== CHAPTER 24 =====