Qingyin, who had just returned to the system space from the previous world, had no time to rest before being surrounded by the system that had rushed back.

The system fawned over Qingyin by hooking the calico cat's tail, "Hehe, Yinyin, you're back! I've been thinking about you day and night at home, hoping you'll come back."

Qingyin raised an eyebrow. A system sycophant like that always meant trouble. "What's wrong?"

"Hehe, I knew Yinyin understood me." The system, with its illusory eyes, carefully observed its host's expression and said cautiously, "Isn't there a silly host in the Quick Transmigration Bureau? She doesn't have much ability, yet she dares to challenge high-difficulty mission worlds. This girl is stubborn; she failed once and restarted three times. As a result, her brain is trapped by the mission worlds. Now, her system is also considered my buddy. It heard about my great host Yinyin's undefeated efficiency, so it came to me for help. After all, we have some connections. So, Yinyin... you?"

"Alright, how many points?" Qingyin nestled in the soft sofa, ignoring the dramatic system and whether the buddy it was talking about was real or not.

Seeing that its host was interested, the system's eyes lit up, and it counted out numbers with its two paws: "At least 100,000 or more."

Qingyin's eyes lit up. "Wasn't he supposed to be a novice host? How come he's so rich?"

The system, Three-Card Cat, chuckled lewdly: "Yinyin, you know some people have connections to the higher-ups."

"It's all about connections," Qingyin understood.

They were even more tempted. Wasn't this a clear case of taking advantage of wealthy families who had plenty of money and little trouble?

"Okay, let's do it."

The system cat rotated the world orb. This mission's world was special, so it could be entered directly using the world orb with marked points.

With a flick of her finger, Qingyin caused a stunningly beautiful woman to vanish from the system's sight in the blink of an eye.

Looking at its vanished host, the system guiltily patted its round, flat cat face. "Well, it seems he hasn't told Yinyin that the mission world failed because it saved too many people before, so the world's will now particularly hates outsiders. Haha, maybe it should just hide and apologize to Yinyin when she comes out."

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Qingyin, who had just transmigrated to the mission world, had already sensed the deep malice of this world's will.

In the filthy dungeon, a little boy with patched clothes had a face so dirty that his features were obscured. Only his large, bright eyes were clearly visible, as clear as a clean, tranquil lake. The little boy was led by a woman whose clothes were also patched but much cleaner, and walked to the dungeon's main entrance.

Several prison guards stood leisurely at the door, more like they were playing around than guarding the prisoners.

The people monitoring this time weren't important anyway.

The current emperor is ill and weak. It was discovered that the eldest son of the Lin family, a supporter of the First Prince, had forcibly taken a woman from the common people. This wouldn't normally be a big deal, but the Lin family, by supporting the First Prince, has caught the emperor's eye. Those who oppose the First Prince have their eyes on this powerful family. After some investigation, it was discovered that a member of a collateral branch of this family, which has served two reigns, had accepted bribes and sold official positions. Selling official positions is a serious matter, and the Lin family was doomed. The main culprit from the collateral branch was beheaded, and the rest of the Lin family members who were implicated were exiled to Beining by the emperor out of respect for the First Prince.

These jailers were specifically targeting members of the Lin family.

What does this have to do with Qingyin? This time, her identity was randomly assigned to the child of a loyal servant of the second branch of the Lin family, a little boy who was born mute. The second wife of the Lin family had a six-year-old daughter. Because she was weak, the second wife kept her at home and did not let anyone go out, so naturally no one recognized this daughter of the second wife.

The second wife, who had just married into the family, was considered to have married into a higher social class and was also arrogant. Not long after giving birth to her daughter, she learned that the Lin family had been exiled. Wasn't that like the sky falling down?

After confirming the facts, the second wife felt sad when she looked at her young and frail daughter. How could her delicate little daughter, like a glass jar, possibly endure the hardships of exile? She feared she would die halfway through the journey. Then, the second wife began to have a plan.

Thinking of Lianxin, the maid who had come from her family since childhood, a five-year-old boy whose delicate features made it impossible to tell his gender, the second wife's eyes darkened, and she looked at Lianxin with tears in her eyes: "Lianxin, you raised Yu'er under your care. You know how frail my daughter is. How can she endure such a long journey of exile, to such a harsh and cold place as Beining?"

Lianxin couldn't bear to see the lady's sorrowful expression. Thinking of how good her mistress had been to her, she had an idea after hearing her mistress's few words: "Madam, if the young lady can't endure that suffering, why not let my son take her place? He's a boy, he'll definitely be able to persevere."

"How can that be?" The second wife looked doubtful, subtly tempting her, "Isn't that child a boy?"

Lianxin said reassuringly, "My child is born mute. It's hard to tell the gender of a four or five-year-old boy. I just need to bring the clothes for you to change into, Miss."

"Thank you, Lianxin, you are the person I trust the most..." The second wife knelt on the shoulder of her loyal maid and cried her heart out, which also blocked the deep thoughts in her eyes.

If Qingyin weren't this switched little boy, it would be fine, otherwise she would definitely give this shameless master and servant a good scolding.

If you're talking about loyalty to your master, fine, but why should your son be the one to prove your loyalty? Besides, even a rich girl couldn't withstand the hardship of exile, but your mute child, who's only a year younger, can!

Qingyin is simply indescribable.

But now that she is that little boy, Qingyin has to prepare how to escape from this place.

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