Chapter 139: Double trouble (Part - 2)
Song Yan
This name sounded familiar, but something about her felt completely wrong.
’If I am not wrong, I distinctly remember writing Song Yan as a very minor character who had a tragic back story. Her husband died on the very day of their wedding, leaving her as a grieving widow./ And she even got infected by some curse and her health slowly deteriorated until she died a quiet death,’ Gu Fan thought to himself, his eyes narrowing while he reviewed his mental notes.
’But I am absolutely certain that I wrote the Song Clan’s Second Elder as the primary treasurer, a greedy bastard who was later brutally executed for massive embezzlement by Song Tianyu himself.’
’Did that old author brain of mine just forget something? Or is it the Heaven’s Will again at play, rewriting itself because I stepped on a few too many toes?’ Gu Fan continued to muse, slightly amused by the subtle change in the story’s plotline.
But he quickly decided it didn’t really matter who held the keys to the treasury as long as the spirit stones kept flowing into his pockets.
But the absolute second Gu Fan decided to ignore the issue, a crisp, highly satisfying electronic chime suddenly echoed directly inside his skull, instantly pulling up a glowing blue interface in the quiet garden.
[Ding!]
[SYSTEM ALERT: NEW QUEST TRIGGERED: ’Spreading happiness’!]
[Objective: The hidden curse afflicting Song Yan is a highly lethal, actively mutating poison. Completely cure her terminal condition within the next 30 days while making your first move in the next 3 days. Keep Song Yan from dying. And you know... While I am not suggesting anything... Hehehe... ]
[Rewards: 20,000 Medium-Grade Spirit Stones, 1x Lottery Spin, 1x Random Artifact.]
As Gu Fan read through the notification, and his eyes immediately lit up with interest.
It was not because of those rewards. He had gotten used to them by now. But it was Song Yan who interested him.
’You naughty system,’ Gu Fan could not stop himself from grinning lecherously as he turned his attention back to the unassuming, entirely unsuspicious Song Tianyu, flashing him a very warm smile.
"My good brother..." Gu Fan began.
"Your aunt sounds like a very hardworking woman, Tianyu, but I heard some unfortunate rumors in the town that her health has been severely deteriorating lately," Gu Fan probed smoothly, casually pouring his sworn brother another cup of wine to loosen his tongue, "What exactly is wrong with her? I don’t think anyone has seen her outside your Clan’s estate."
"Does she suffer from any specific illnesses or strange curses?"
"What do I tell you, brother Fan..." Song Tianyu muttered bitterly, shaking his head with deep, heavy grief etched across his face as he didn’t suspect a single thing, "My aunt suffers from sudden, violent bouts of freezing pain deep in her chest, and her skin is slowly turning a sickly shade of pale blue."
"We have tried everything... Every herb... Every potion... Every medicine that anyone even mentioned. But nothing works."
"So she spends every single day completely alone in the isolated Bamboo Spring Pavilion just trying to forcefully suppress the strange affliction with hot spirit baths."
"Brother Fan, since you are a supreme expert with unfathomable methods, and since you can help me... Can you please help her?" Song Tianyu pleaded earnestly, heavily clasping his hands together over the table.
"Ahhh... That... Normally I wouldn’t have. But since fate has tangled our strings together, and made us both journey through the tribulations of this world together...," Gu Fan replied, his gaze slowly looking into nothingness as he casually waved his hand, "For you brother Tianyu... I will personally look into her condition and see what I can do."
"Thank you, brother Fan! Thank You!" Song Tianyu exclaimed happily, heavily bowing his head with absolute gratitude, "I knew I could count on you!"
’But I know nothing about her problem. I never wrote what it was or what its cure was... How do I do it?’ Gu Fan thought to himself as he watched the boy celebrate, but his internal monologue was suddenly cut short as the transparent blue system interface violently flashed again with another loud, aggressive electronic chime.
[Ding!]
[SYSTEM ALERT: NEW QUEST TRIGGERED: ’We are not done playing’!]
[System Notification: Host is still not done with the two major powers! It is time to forcefully accelerate the plot! And now, it is time Fuck up the Gu Clan.]
[Objective: Execute a devastating, untraceable strike against the Gu Clan to trigger open warfare.]
[Rewards: 50,000 Medium-Grade Spirit Stones, 3x Luck Cards, 1x King-Tier Crate.]
Gu Fan almost choked on his spirit wine as he read the extremely aggressive quest objective.
It was blatantly obvious that his overpowered cheat system absolutely despised peace and actively thrived on pushing him to constantly incite massive, bloody chaos and keep everyone violently at each other’s throats.
’This System... Fuck you are sinister.’
"Alright, Tianyu, it was great catching up, but you need to leave right now because I have some urgent business to take care of," Gu Fan declared abruptly, completely abandoning his friendly demeanour as he forcefully stood up from the stone table and aggressively grabbed his sworn brother by the arm.
"Wait, big brother, I just got here!" Song Tianyu whined reluctantly, desperately dragging his boots against the cobblestones as he tried to make up absolutely any excuse not to leave, "We haven’t even sparred yet, and I was really hoping you could teach me how to properly execute that terrifying palm strike you used in the arena, or we could at least discuss how you are going to help my aunt!"
"I will teach you how to punch later, but right now I need to ruin a few people’s lives," Gu Fan grunted dismissively, showing absolutely no mercy as he physically dragged the reluctant genius straight out of the meditation garden and aggressively booted him directly out of the heavy ironwood gates before slamming them shut with a loud, resounding thud.
"Brother Fan?!" Song Tianyu called out like an abandoned puppy from behind the door, but the heartless big brother of his was long gone.
"He is so heartless..." Song Tianyu complained as he turned around to leave, dejected.
"And yet so cool!" And the next moment his eyes were glittering with stars in admiration of his brother.
"If only I had a sister... he would have been my brother in law."
But little did he know...
He might not have a sister...
But he had an aunt...
He might not become his brother in law...
But he was going to be his...
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