"Third, hmm, not bad, third?! Cough cough..."

Lu Yulan had initially nodded in a comforting manner, but now she choked on her own saliva.

Xiaomi, who had been whimpering in her head, was also frightened by her violent coughing.

[Host, are you alright? At worst, I won't cry, I'll just let your brain be full of water. Please, don't die! If you die, I'll be the first system to cry its host to death—how embarrassing!]

"Xiaomi, if you say another word, I'm really going to die."

After thinking to herself, Lu Yulan took the warm water handed to her by Chu Rui, who looked worried, and took a sip to ease the pain in her throat.

Hmph, I won't worry about you again next time.

After saying that, Xiaomi angrily ran away, leaving behind a somber mood playing in Lu Yulan's mind.

Lu Yulan: ...

Xiaomi is really keeping up with the times. In a while, it will know everything about China's thousands of years of history, from astronomy to geography, and it will even know how to add background music to its own videos.

"Sister Lan? Sister Lan! Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, but you are."

"Me?" Chu Rui's eyes widened slightly. What could possibly happen to him? Could it be that the third-place student couldn't go to school?

Lu Yulan almost laughed until she cried. She nodded and showed Chu Rui the letter in her wrist.

"Look, is something wrong with you?"

"This... Sister Lan, you can obtain that seventh-tier beast weapon now."

Seeing Chu Rui's happy face, even happier than when she herself won first place, Lu Yulan's mind was filled with mixed emotions. This was perhaps the hope of the empire that Lu Yuanhong was desperately trying to protect.

This new generation is the future.

Yes, that's right.

Because the martial arts test was monitored by robots throughout, and everyone's scores were calculated by robots, Lu Yulan and Xiaozhu were also included in the calculation.

Xiao Zhu's score is higher than Chu Rui's because Lu Yulan scored points earlier, and Lu Yuanhong also had higher combat strength.

As for Lu Yulan winning first place, this was probably the big gift Qiu Sha mentioned. That game was her imprisoned dream, and she was the master of the game. Getting first place was an easy thing for her. It can only be said that Lu Yulan was lucky to encounter a bug.

This is why Lu Yulan and Xiao Mi were shocked before Chu Rui came in, but after a while, Lu Yulan's mind had cleared up and she understood the reason.

Although she didn't know where the assessment went wrong, as it included her and Xiaozhu, she knew that it would be recalculated in the end, and Chu Rui, who came in third place, would rise to first place.

At that time, the things would naturally belong to her and Chu Rui. Thinking this, she was so happy that she choked on her own tears.

Chu Rui's face lit up with joy, his white teeth almost showing, but he quickly realized he was being too frivolous and suppressed his smile, giving a very reserved one.

With a sigh of relief, Lu Yulan smiled gently as she watched his series of actions. He was still just a child, so concerned about his image.

Just then, the water boiled, and Lu Yulan looked at Chu Rui, "Would you like it sweeter or less sweet?"

As she spoke, she began putting the prepared red dates and goji berries into the three bowls. She preferred it sweet, so she added two extra rock sugar pieces.

No sugar added.

"good."

Just as she was about to pour hot water, Lu Xiaozhu, who had been ignored all along, jumped in front of Lu Yulan and pushed the small box containing rock sugar in front of Lu Yulan with her paw.

In case the other person didn't see it, he even bit their sleeve.