Chapter 201

"You could say that with this sitting duck, things become more manageable." Weaknesses are easy targets. By keeping an eye on them, you can tell who's trying to harm you. Especially those with grievances against you. They constantly attract those with similar malice, forcing those in the shadows to gradually emerge, making them easier to deal with.

"So, being a weakness seems pretty dangerous! With Ding Lang's shrewdness, how could she not have guessed it?" Ren Sirong thought, if it were her, she would definitely be unhappy, and then act up, and then... Huh? This seems to be what Ding Lang usually does, right?

Ren Guanli snorted, "She doesn't like a hard life; she's perfectly happy with it." Marrying out of a branch of the family, with both her parents deceased and the Xu family not being easy to get along with, all these factors combined made Ding Lang's previous life imaginable. After being rejected by the Xu family, she couldn't handle hard labor and had no assets to manage. If she went to live with relatives, she'd likely be used as a bargaining chip and forced to remarry. By comparison, being a troublemaker in the Qiao family offered her a much better life.

Ding Lang: So what if I'm called an ungrateful person? I'll never go back! Instead of being a talkative person looked down upon by everyone, I'd rather be a troublemaker that everyone avoids. No one wants to even touch me, and even if they see me, they'll feel apprehensive, not covetous!

Ding Lang: Love! It's something you can't eat or spend. Even if you have love, you still need to drink water to satisfy your hunger. So, it's completely useless!

"Wow, she's so scheming! Does the Qiao family know what she's thinking?" Ren Sirong smacked her lips: Who loves a hard life? In order to always have a good life, second brother, you must live a long life!

"Trouble that comes to our door is just trouble. No one cares about the trouble's thoughts." Ren Guanli picked up the chopsticks to block in front of his face, covered his face and sneezed sideways: In the eyes of trouble, it is a kind of give and take transaction; but for the aristocratic family, trouble is always there, and trouble that knows what is good for them is just trouble, nothing more... Achoo! Who is talking about me?

Ding Lang, who the Ren siblings were discussing, was now arguing with his new lover near the city gate. Just then, his lover's mother approached Ding Lang, mocking her for being a fatherless, motherless, powerless, and wealthless woman, and sternly ordered her to break up with her son.

Ding Lang didn't even give face to the Qiao family, so he was naturally a difficult person to deal with. After throwing his lover's mother out, Ding Lang sent someone to call his lover over, laid out the matter in front of the neighbors, and let his lover solve the problem herself: "Either you deal with your mother, or I'll find someone else."

"Is this how you treat the relationship between us?" The lover put on an expression that looked down on his lover.

"Stop whining. Try to persuade her if you can. If you can't persuade your mother, can't you just come with me?" Ding Lang sneered, leaning against the door frame.

"That's my mother!"

"You also know that this is your mother, not mine." Ding Lang raised his voice: "Why didn't I see you being so filial when you were talking about love with me before? I've seen people giving things away, but I've never seen people giving away filial piety. It's better to keep such a worthless thing for yourself, tsk tsk..."

"Oh my, he looks well-mannered but turns out to be a guy who outsources filial piety!" The neighbors began to point fingers at this lover, because Ding Lang usually only picked on the Qiao family and never stopped others from watching the fun. Faced with this situation, there were still many people who dared to gather here to watch the fun.

"You, what do you know! Filial piety is the most important virtue!"

"Then go by yourself!" A child who was taking the time to watch the excitement before going to school shouted at the top of his voice, making everyone around him laugh.

The lover joined the crowd in a quarrel. His mother and father, who arrived later, also started yelling like hooligans. Displeased with the noise, Ding Lang had them thrown three blocks away: "Doorman, don't let this fellow come to my door again."

"Heh! Do you think you're a fairy?"

"Of course I'm a fairy. Without me, how would you have had the chance to get involved with the Qiao family?" Ding Lang pulled the wooden bracelet his lover had given him from his sleeve and threw it in front of his lover's family: "But from now on, you won't have this chance anymore."

Ding Lang: You're just trying to live off me! You don't even bother to ask who I am!

The players who received the mission and were about to leave the city and wait happened to see this scene on the road. Seeing that the mission target had not yet set off, they simply joined the crowd and watched the excitement from beginning to end.

"Even though this is the other party's fault, I don't want to stand with Ding Lang at all." Sun Cheng folded his arms and watched Ding Lang walk against the crowd back to the Qiao family courtyard. "Let's go."

"Are you serious about this? You'll be affected and become unlucky, right?" The player's influence on the other world will affect their own luck, but based on the principle that the more you think about it, the angrier you will get, and that the idea of ​​not taking revenge on the spot will not work, the player has opened up a channel for issuing tasks for revenge. Several players share the damage caused by the cause and effect line by dividing the work, thereby reducing the degree of bad luck.

The system will generally turn a blind eye to such revenge missions, after all, it's a case of "every wrong has its perpetrators." Of course, if a player posts a mission that's too extreme, the system will also reject it.

"I can be unlucky, but my girlfriend can't suffer in vain!" Sun Cheng rubbed his hands together: "I'll leave the other tasks to you, and I'll put on the sack!" If the girlfriend's revenge is not avenged, her mentality will be unstable!

"So what do we do next?" other players continued to ask.

"Let's go wait at the city gate first. There's no need for planning. We can just improvise. As long as we can get her alone, it'll be fine."

"What about me?" Bei Qiao, who was designated as the bait, habitually observed the surrounding environment.

"You just need to cover your neck and maintain the image of a handsome young man who is both civil and military... No, we can't let her take advantage of you, you should cover your face!" Sun Cheng circled around Bei Qiao and said, "This mask won't do, it's too good-looking. Let's use this one!"

Bei Qiao: “…Okay.”

When the players set out for the city gate, Ren Sirong, who had finished breakfast, also went out, intending to go shopping and relax to calm herself.

Before leaving, she heard that her elder brother Ren Guanfeng had woken up, but he had no memory after waking up and his temperament had changed drastically, as if he had become a different person. His attitude became much more humble than before, and he even knew to apologize to Ren Guanli.

"He will apologize to the second brother. Could it be that he has been possessed by another spirit?" Ren Sirong frowned, looking a little nervous.

“…”

"I'm asking you a question!"

"I dare not."

"Tsk, Hibiscus"

"Miss, the Second Young Master is fine."

"I'm glad my second brother is alright." Ren Sirong breathed a sigh of relief and signaled the driver to continue as usual. She didn't care about Ren Guanfeng's change. After all, they had never had any brother-sister relationship since they were little, and they didn't even have the same mother.

Ren Guanfeng's transformation went unnoticed. Even after he began to curry favor with others, their attitude toward him remained unchanged. Some even mocked him, calling him a wisecracking person. Later, realizing his situation was hopeless, Ren Guanfeng gave up completely, unexpectedly earning Ren Guanli's favor. But that's another story.

Now that she was sure her second brother was alright, Ren Sirong left home in a carriage and headed towards the city gate. Not long ago, a lackey reported that the person she was looking for had been spotted near the Qiao family's house, and he was heading towards the city gate with others.

"Hurry up! Hurry up!" Ren Sirong looked at the scenery outside, her heart pounding. What was he doing at the city gate? Was he thinking of leaving? Or was he meeting someone important at the city gate? Could that important person be a young, beautiful girl? Stop! No more thinking! At worst, I could just go up and put him in a sack. Anyway, my second brother would cover for me!

As Ren Sirong headed for the city gate, the Qiao family also sent someone to follow Ding Lang, who was about to go out hunting for beauties. As Ren Guanli guessed, the Qiao family didn't care about Ding Lang's thoughts, but they would send people to keep an eye on her movements so that they could respond in time if she colluded with others.

So far, the Qiao family had only caught small-time thugs, all of them stubborn and worthless. The Ren family, who had always been at odds with them, had always been upfront about their crimes, so they hadn't been able to catch them. But the Qiao family felt that the Ren family wasn't that honest, but simply hiding their true intentions.

Ren Sirong, the Qiao family, the players, Ding Lang... four groups spontaneously set out for the same destination, arriving one after another. The players who set out first arrived first, quickly splitting up into smaller groups to blend into the chaotic crowd at the city gate. Bei Qiao walked alone on the street, following Sun Cheng's instructions, passing Ding Lang with a natural demeanor and heading directly towards Sun Cheng's ambush.

According to Sun Cheng, if you can't catch any fish in one go, someone else can take turns. It's impossible to let Ding Lang enjoy it, and it's also impossible to let his fellow villager down.

Fortunately, Bei Qiao's charm was as strong as Sun Cheng's confidence in her. After just one encounter, Ding Lang was attracted to Bei Qiao and subconsciously followed Bei Qiao's footsteps into the alley.

Because Ding Lang had always considered the Qiao family a nuisance, they didn't assign her any guards, leaving her only a carriage for travel. There were so many people and vehicles near the city gate that the carriage was pushed forward by the crowd, unable to follow a specific person. Ding Lang simply abandoned the carriage and gave chase. Halfway through, he was unsurprisingly spotted several familiar figures following him leisurely not far behind.

Ding Lang knew that lust was a dangerous thing, but with the Qiao family watching over her, she dared to be even more pretentious than before. From time to time, she would play the "beauty saves the hero" trick, trying to replicate the plot of martial arts novels, sifting through the unfortunate to find a capable and ideal husband. If the one she saved was not good enough, she would kick him out and pick up another one. Of course, before kicking him out, he had to spit out everything he had eaten.

There are no alleys nearby where people can hide. Could it be that I am overly suspicious... Ding Lang hesitated for a moment at the entrance of the alley where Bei Qiao disappeared, but finally walked in: What is there to be afraid of? It's never certain who will be luring whom!