Chapter 100

Not completely dead? Du Ruo's spirits lifted. "Then is she dead or not? Can she be saved?"

"Host, you should have heard of the term 'apparent death,' right? That is to say, the patient's breathing, heartbeat, pulse, and blood pressure are all extremely weak, close to nothing, so they cannot be distinguished by normal means and are often mistaken for death."

Du Ruo suppressed the excitement in her heart and continued to ask, "How do I save her?"

This stumped the system. The system stuttered for a moment and then said, "There's no way. Although she is currently in a state of apparent death, she has lost too much blood, and the fetus has been in the mother's body for too long. If the fetus isn't taken out within two hours, she will truly be dead."

Du Ruo was instantly deflated.

In other words, a cesarean section was still necessary, but she didn't even have a scalpel, so how could she perform one?

Just at this moment, the familiar mechanical voice suddenly sounded.

"New mission released—saving a life is a deed of immeasurable merit! Please, Host, find a way to save Qin Shi and her child. Saving either one rewards twenty points; saving both rewards double points. Host, be brave and go for it!"

Du Ruo: "..."

She wanted to go for it, but with what? A kitchen knife?

This mission was released completely without meaning!

"Actually..." the system said hesitantly, "there is something I haven't mentioned to the Host, regarding points."

Du Ruo narrowed her eyes. "Let's hear it."

The system paused and continued, "Actually, if the Host is short on funds and has an urgent need, you can overdraw a portion of points from this system and pay them back slowly later."

Du Ruo understood: "... Huabei??"

"Something like that. However, this system does not recommend the Host do this, because borrowing points will incur interest. For example, if the Host borrows ten points, you must pay back twenty later, and it must be paid off within one month, otherwise, the interest will compound, and it will become an astronomical figure. Once the total exceeds a certain number of points, the Host will automatically declare bankruptcy."

Du Ruo gasped; this interest was too high, right? A wicked system, even darker than Father Ma.

"What happens if I go bankrupt?"

"Bankruptcy means the Host will never be able to reach level nine in this lifetime. The outcome is the same: your soul will scatter, and you won't even have the chance to be reincarnated as an animal."

This was why it hadn't told Du Ruo earlier, fearing she would develop the habit of spending money lavishly and then be unable to pay it back.

But the situation was special; to save the lives of Qin Shi and her child, there were some things she had to buy.

Since that was the case, time was tight, and Du Ruo didn't intend to waste it. She first looked at the price: a full set of tools for a cesarean section plus medicine cost a total of ten points.

Du Ruo didn't buy them yet; even if she did, she had nowhere to put them, and she would be exposed.

The most urgent task was how to get Qin Shi out.

Du Ruo had never thought of convincing the people of the First Branch to let her perform this surgery, because it was impossible to explain; saying it out loud would only be shocking, and they might even report her to the authorities as a monster.

The prerequisite for saving others was self-preservation; Du Ruo wasn't so selfless that she would put herself in a dangerous situation to save someone else.

Just as she was thinking of an idea, her hand was suddenly pushed away forcefully.

Jiang Zongbao glared at her viciously. "Ugly monster, take your dirty hands away, don't touch Yue Niang!"

Ever since this woman entered the Jiang family gates, the First Branch had started having bad luck; his father was paralyzed, his mother had been beaten with boards, his grandmother had been angered into fainting several times, and he himself wasn't having any luck anywhere.

And now it was Yue Niang and the child in her belly...

The Du woman was a jinx!

Du Ruo had originally wanted to open her mouth to make a few sarcastic remarks, but thought better of it. Jiang Zongbao had just lost his wife, and his emotions were surely very agitated; it was better not to argue with this scum, and it would save time.

She took one more look at Qin Shi and then turned and went out.

Outside, the wind had stopped and the rain had ceased, but the sky was still very dark; this time, it was truly night.

Jiang Li walked up to his little wife and asked in a low voice, "Do you want me to take you back first? We have to go to the Bone Pavilion for the funeral later, and it will be a bit scary there at night."

Bone Pavilion?

A flash of inspiration suddenly crossed Du Ruo's mind. Yes, that could work!

She dragged Jiang Li to the tree outside the courtyard, looked around, and seeing that it was pitch black all around and likely no one was there,

she reached out both hands to pull the man's head down, leaned into his ear, and said, "Husband, I have something very, very important to tell you, but you must swear not to tell anyone, can you?"

Jiang Li's ears felt inexplicably hot. He cleared his throat. "Mm, go ahead."

"You haven't sworn yet," Du Ruo reminded him.

Jiang Li couldn't help but laugh and had no choice but to raise his right hand. "I, Jiang Li, swear that I will never abandon Du Ruo in this life, I will never deceive her, I will fulfill every word I have said to Du Ruo, and I will do everything I have promised Du Ruo. If I break this oath, may I fall into hell forever, living a life worse than death..."

Du Ruo hurriedly covered his mouth. "It doesn't have to be that serious, just a simple promise will do."

Were men in ancient times all this honest? She just asked for a promise, and he immediately came out with a poisonous oath, making her heart tremble with fear.

She then laid out her plan completely.

After listening, Jiang Li was silent for a long while before he finally digested his little wife's words.

"Wife, you mean you want me to tamper with the coffin, leave a gap when we bury her, and then after everyone leaves, we go and dig up Cousin-in-law's corpse and sneak it home?"

Du Ruo nodded vigorously. "Mm-hmm, that's exactly what I mean!"

Jiang Li: "..."

What should he do if he wanted to take back that oath just now?

Du Ruo also knew that her request was truly too shocking, so she stood on tiptoe, leaned close to Jiang Li's ear, and whispered, "I'll tell you, Husband, Cousin-in-law isn't actually dead yet; I want to try to save her. If I succeed, it's like saving two lives; if I fail, it doesn't matter, we can just bury her back before dawn, and no one will be any the wiser."

Jiang Li was just about to open his mouth, but was blocked by Du Ruo again.

"Don't ask me how I know, and don't ask me how I plan to save her; even if you ask, I can't explain it clearly, just believe me."

Jiang Li had no choice but to silently close his mouth.

Digging up graves and stealing corpses was such a wicked thing; if it were anyone else, he would surely have them arrested and thrown in jail for eight or ten years. But since it was his own wife...

*Sigh*, forget it. Since she wanted to dig, he would just provide cover.