Chapter 4: System

Very ugly, ugly enough that she couldn't bear to look a second time.

Because she was too fat, she was squeezed out of shape, and her face was covered with many pustules, looking like a toad with a bulging belly, very terrifying.

This was Du Mingzhu's masterpiece.

Du Mingzhu would send medicine to the original owner every month, forcing the original owner to drink it, calling it conditioning her body, but in reality, it was all mixed with poison.

The toxins couldn't be discharged in time, causing the original owner to grow fatter and fatter, and her skin condition to get worse and worse, becoming what she was now.

To be so vicious at such a young age, to deal such a poisonous hand to her half-sister.

Du Mingzhu, damn her!

"Do you want revenge?" An eerie mechanical voice suddenly sounded in her ear.

Du Ruo was startled, "Who?"

She vigilantly searched the room and walked quickly to open the door to check.

Not a ghost in sight.

"No need to look. Host, I am in your brain." The voice sounded again.

Host? Brain? Could it be...

"Parasite?"

"........."

Not a parasite, could it be that the original owner was stimulated too much and developed another personality?

"Enough, stop guessing!" The volume of the mechanical voice rose sharply, revealing a sense of exasperation, "This system tells you, this system is a super-civilization system from the trial planet, not a low-level bug, and certainly not a mental illness!"

System? A super-civilization system?

Du Ruo was overjoyed.

The web novel masters didn't lie to her; the traveler's golden finger had appeared!

"Which department are you from, palace fighting, house fighting, or farming?" She asked excitedly.

"None of them." Although it was still a cold mechanical voice, the system's arrogant attitude was very obvious, "Are those street goods worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as this system? This system is their ancestor, a power you cannot imagine!"

So powerful? Du Ruo touched her shriveled stomach, "Then let's change a bowl of century egg and lean meat porridge to see, I'm starving to death."

System: "... This system can't change it."

Du Ruo retreated to the next best thing: "Porridge is troublesome, a chicken leg is fine, right?"

System: "... This system can't do it."

Du Ruo curled her lips: "This won't work, that won't work, what use are you?"

The system became gradually irritable: "Woman, please get it straight first, this system is a medicine system! Not a food system!"

Hell, having served so many hosts, this one was the hardest to lead. Why ask for food without asking anything else as soon as she came up? She was clearly drowned, not starved to death.

It was a loss that it picked her out of hundreds of thousands of dead souls. Was this a high-quality human female?

Du Ruo heard all its complaints and rolled her eyes, "Fine, the choice is two-way. You aren't satisfied with me, and I might not necessarily want to bind with you!"

"Not bind?" The system was very surprised. This was the first time someone refused to bind; everyone else was crying and begging it to bind.

You have to know that binding with it was equivalent to having an extra cheating tool, abusing scum, slapping faces, leveling up, and counter-attacking. As long as you were hardworking enough, there was nothing you couldn't do.

This woman was actually willing to give it up?

Du Ruo knew very well that there was no free lunch in the world. After binding, she could benefit from it, but what could the system get? Just earning experience points?

She didn't believe it.

So, of course, she wanted the system, but as for the conditions, they had to be set first.

Seeing her indifferent look, the system got a bit anxious and began to lure her: "Host, don't you want to restore your prosperous beauty? With your current ghostly appearance, let alone mixing in this era, you'd scare several children to tears just by going out. Do you want to live a life hated by gods and ghosts forever?"

It had to be said that the system hit the nail on the head.

Du Ruo was a face-control, and her face was very important to her. But, it wasn't enough to make her give up her principles.

"It doesn't matter. Don't forget, I'm also a pharmacist. Without those high-tech medical means, I can still repair my face, just a bit slower." She still had this bit of confidence.

The system was silent for a moment, then spoke again: "What about Zheng Shi? You promised the original owner to protect her mother, you can't break your word. This is not a democratic society, there won't be a clear-sky official to make decisions for you. The so-called official one level higher crushes people to death. Although Du Ren Mei is only a small County Assistant, dealing with you is as simple as stepping on an ant."

Without its blessing, just as a commoner, how could it be easy for Du Ruo?

Du Ruo smiled, "Who said I wanted someone to make decisions for me? The so-called 'use their own way to treat them,' Du Mingzhu doesn't talk about martial arts, why should I be stupid?"

The system was speechless for a time.

The hosts encountered before were mostly silly and sweet, or love-brained. Whatever it said, they would do, obedient as could be. How come this host was so oil-and-salt-proof?

Since luring with profit didn't work, then threaten!

"I tell you, host, if you don't bind with me, your fate will be extremely miserable!"

Du Ruo was calm, "Oh? How miserable, tell me about it?"

"I'm afraid to scare you to death if I say it." The system seemed to have finally found its home field, "You come from the later generations, and your insights and abilities are indeed stronger than most ancient people. But don't forget, this is an imperial power society. No matter how powerful you are, can you fight against those big figures who truly hold the power of life and death? They can take your little life with a flick of their fingers."

"I have already foreseen your future. Your second brother-in-law Jiang Zhan is handsome and has the style of his father, but unfortunately, he was reported for cheating in the imperial examination and died on the way to exile; your third brother-in-law Jiang Sheng is even more miserable, because he offended someone he shouldn't have, he was beheaded and exposed for three days; little sister-in-law Jiang Wan has been weak and sick since childhood, and without the protection of her brothers, she was soon sold by her black-hearted grandmother and abused to death. As for you..."

It paused for a moment before continuing: "In order to avenge them, you chose to fight the enemy to the death, and finally were sliced three thousand times, dying in pain."

Du Ruo's face stiffened, "Serious?"

Who are you scaring? She was such a selfish person, how could she sacrifice herself for a few children with no blood relationship? That was thinking too highly of her.

But there was one thing that was very strange. If this whole family died, what about her husband Jiang Li?

Wouldn't he be scared and run away by himself?

Sensing her question, the system quickly gave the answer: "Jiang Li lived very well, getting promoted and getting rich, and his wife died. He occupied every one of them. However, because his methods were cruel and he killed people like hemp, his reputation was very bad, and he was a treacherous official and thief who left a bad name for ten thousand years."

Du Ruo: "........."

Could it be that Du Mingzhu's words were true, and Jiang Li was indeed violent by nature?

Just as she was doubting, three knocks sounded outside the door, "Sister-in-law, time to eat." ===== CHAPTER 5 =====