Chapter 69: The End of the World

At first, that country bumpkin really didn’t know the truth and was flattered.

He was very considerate to Sun Yunrou, making her feel like her nightmare was about to end.

But once, Sun Yunrou accidentally ran into a former client, and her husband finally found out about it.

Because of this news, he was in a daze and accidentally fell into the river and died.

Her in-laws were furious and couldn’t wait to drag Sun Yunrou to be drowned in a pig cage.

But she was lucky; it was discovered that she was pregnant.

Her in-laws, wanting to continue the family line, had no choice but to keep her, but naturally, they couldn’t let her live a good life.

So her nightmare continued.

After the child was born, she continued to work like a horse, serving the whole family.

Master Sun despised her for being disgraceful and didn’t care about the matter at all.

In his view, she was married off, so it was no longer his concern.

Sun Yunrou’s son grew up in such an environment, learning by example, and naturally looked down on her as his mother.

It wasn’t until her son married a daughter-in-law that she thought life would get better.

But unexpectedly, the daughter-in-law quickly integrated into the family after staying for a few days.

From initially not respecting her much to later beating and scolding her.

The family watched the drama coldly, and no one spoke up to stop it.

Now, even at over seventy years old, she still had to do the heavy work at home.

Sometimes she wished for death, but her body was surprisingly strong.

Even though she lived such a hard life, she remained healthy to this day, never even falling ill.

Some people, though alive, suffer more than if they were dead; this saying perfectly describes Sun Yunrou.

If she had another chance now, she would swear never to provoke Su Mingyue again, even to the extent of fleeing at the sight of her hem.

But where is the chance now…

*

“Ding~ Welcome back~”

“Sigh.” Shen Xiuyan sighed and collapsed onto the sofa beside him.

This was the resting space prepared by the Quick Transmigration Bureau for all quick transmigrators, and everyone had an independent resting room.

When they weren’t on missions, most people would rest here.

Perhaps because he had become familiar with it, the system, which usually only spoke when issuing missions, unexpectedly spoke up.

“Host, you seem to be in low spirits?”

Shen Xiuyan was surprised, “You actually noticed, no, heard, no, um, sensed it???”

He had been in low spirits for a long time.

After all, after parting with Mingyue, he had completed several world missions in a row but never found any trace of Mingyue, even the most optimistic person would feel discouraged.

Unexpectedly, after so long, the system finally noticed, or perhaps it had noticed long ago and only today decided to condescend to talk to him because it was in a good mood?

System: “…”

“Host, strictly speaking, I’m in your brain, so I can hear everything you say about me.”

Even though it was a flat electronic voice, Shen Xiuyan could hear a hint of accusation in it.

Shen Xiuyan guiltily shut his mouth.

The system, seeing he wasn’t speaking again, asked, “According to system detection, you’ve completed the recent world missions very well, and your points are steadily increasing. Why are you still unhappy?”

Shen Xiuyan sighed, looking into the distance with a look of caring for a child with a learning disability, “System, you’re a single dog, oh no, a single system, how could you understand my feelings.”

The system’s program overloaded a bit upon hearing this.

As a program, it was indeed difficult to understand human emotions.

Snowflakes appeared in the system’s eyes in the void, but it still asked, “Is it because of Su Mingyue?”

“Of course…” Shen Xiuyan said, lost in thought, “System, do you think I’ll ever meet Mingyue’s reincarnation again? It’s been hundreds of years, and I’m starting to forget what she looks like. I miss her.”

The system’s program trembled for a moment, but it didn’t understand what was happening to it.

If it could have human emotions, it would definitely say it was disgusting, and goosebumps were rising.

Don’t be so mushy in front of a lonely system.

Really can’t stand it.

But at this moment, it didn’t understand emotions and thought its program was malfunctioning, preparing to spend some time debugging.

But since the host was still in the space, it couldn’t leave, so it asked, “Host, do you want to continue the mission?”

If he didn’t continue the mission, it would go debug the system.

Shen Xiuyan heard this and accused mercilessly, “You’re heartless, not even comforting me a bit…”

“Ding~ Sorry, not within the system’s work scope.”

Shen Xiuyan: “…”

Then don’t ask in the first place, isn’t this just rubbing salt in the wound…

But being idle was also idle, and with this time, he might as well go on a mission, in case he could meet Mingyue.

So he nodded, “Continue the mission.”

“Yes.” The system, sensing his inner thoughts, felt a bit guilty, after all, it was the one who brought up the topic, so after thinking for a moment, it continued, “Starting transmission in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…”

“Ding~ Transmission successful.”

“Shen Xiuyan, Shen Xiuyan, are you okay?” Shen Xiuyan heard a voice by his ear in a daze.

He suddenly opened his eyes and saw an old man dressed a bit too plainly looking at him with concern.

Because he wasn’t used to it, he was momentarily stunned.

“Comrade Shen, what’s wrong?” The old man waved his hand in front of him, “Oh no, did you get hurt in the fall? Do you need to go to the county for a check-up?”

Shen Xiuyan immediately came to his senses, “No problem, no problem, I just need to rest for a while.”

“Alright, alright, don’t push yourself.” The old man was still a bit worried, “Work points can’t be earned in a day or two, if you’re really uncomfortable, go back and rest first.”

“Thank you.” Shen Xiuyan smiled and nodded, accepting his kind gesture.

The old man was dazzled by his smile.

No wonder he was a kid from the city, he looked like a heavenly child, too good-looking.

With his fair and gentle appearance, no wonder he was chased by young girls as soon as he arrived in their brigade.

Just this face, country girls had never seen before, it was indeed hard to refuse.

The old man shook his head helplessly as he watched him leave, but no matter how good-looking he was, it was useless if he wasn’t strong. He had been in their team for almost half a year and still couldn’t do any work.

Whenever he worked, he would get headaches and fevers, all sorts of problems would arise, and a man like this would have trouble finding a wife.

At this moment, Shen Xiuyan was walking towards the resting point, wanting to take this time to quickly organize the mission and plot.

[Plot has been sent, please check.]

[Mission in this world: Become a well-known figure in this world, would the host like to stay?]

Shen Xiuyan: Stay.

[Ding~ Mission begins, good luck.]

Shen Xiuyan: “System?”

Silence was his only response.

As expected, after issuing the mission, the system disappeared once again.
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