"Congratulations to the host for completing the first mission. You will be rewarded with 10 health points. I hope the host will continue to work hard and complete the subsequent missions."

As soon as the system's mechanical sound fell, Yue'er felt a warm current seeping in from under the shell and spreading along the six legs to the whole body.

The weak feeling that prevented me from turning over before has eased a lot, and even my tentacles have become more flexible.

"Now issuing the second task: Have physical contact with Zheng Qinghe for no less than 10 seconds."

Yue'er's tentacles suddenly stopped.

How can this be accomplished?

Let her, a cockroach, touch Zheng Qinghe? He'd definitely crush her to death!

In the evening, Gu Jiayue finally came out of the room.

He held a few pages of paper covered with words in his hands. His face was a little tired, but he couldn't hide his excitement. "Master Zheng, the plan is ready. Take a look."

Zheng Qinghe did not have an easy day.

In order to take care of the cockroach, he sat by the stone table for most of the day. If he moved a little further away, the little thing would spin around on the table anxiously and want to jump down.

He had no choice but to wait.

Fortunately, the Gu family came over to chat from time to time. In the afternoon, his uncle brought bamboo to weave a mat. He came over to watch and occasionally learned to weave a few strokes, so the time passed quickly.

Zheng Qinghe looked through the thick plan book carefully, and occasionally when he saw something he didn't understand, he would check it out loud with Gu Jiayue.

As a result of this delay, it was already dark, and the Gu family warmly invited him to stay for dinner.

After dinner, Zheng Qinghe was about to say goodbye when Gu Jiayue suddenly picked up the cockroach again and held it in her palm.

"Master Zheng, my new pet seems to like you very much." She handed the cockroach to Zheng Qinghe, her tone slightly teasing. "It gets very anxious when you're about to leave. How about... giving it a hug before you go?"

Zheng Qinghe's brows instantly twisted into knots, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down twice.

Just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle.

Hug a cockroach?

No, don't!

Could he refuse?

"That's not good," he retracted his hand, his voice a little tense, "it's your pet after all."

"There's nothing wrong with that." Gu Jiayue smiled calmly, "As a master, you have to allow your pet to have someone it likes more." She handed it forward again. "Come on, just put it in your palm for a while."

Zheng Qinghe looked at the smile in her eyes and knew that he couldn't refuse this.

He took a deep breath, held out his palm with a fearless attitude, his beautiful peach blossom eyes tightly closed, and said in a trembling voice: "Put...put it up."

"Don't be afraid, it's very well behaved. It will only take ten breaths." Gu Jiayue said, gently placing the cockroach in the palm of his hand.

Cockroaches are very light, almost weightless.

But Zheng Qinghe felt as if a stone was pressing on the palm of his hand, and even his fingertips were trembling.

He closed his eyes tightly, his mind was blank, and he just counted silently: one, two, three...

"Okay, okay, take it away!" As soon as he counted to ten, he suddenly retracted his hand as if he had been scalded.

"Congratulations to the host for completing the second task, your health value has increased by ten!" The system's voice sounded again.

"Now issuing the third task: personally make a bowl of soup for Zheng Qinghe."

Yue'er's tentacles drooped instantly.

She's about to faint!

What's going on with this system? All the missions are related to Zheng Qinghe!

Besides, making soup with a cockroach? Are you kidding me?

Gu Jiayue listened from the side and also felt that this task was ridiculous, like a child playing house.

She raised an eyebrow at Yue'er. How could this cockroach be stewed into soup? Throwing itself into the soup? Cockroach and kelp soup? Whoever drinks it will enjoy it.

"Sister Gu, how should we do this mission?" Yue'er was so anxious that she was spinning around in Gu Jiayue's palm.

"Don't worry, I'll think of a way." Gu Jiayue frowned and pondered, "No matter what, we have to keep Zheng Qinghe here first and can't let him go back to the county town."

Thinking of this, she ran out with the cockroach in her hand, and just saw Zheng Qinghe about to get on the carriage.

"Master Zheng! Wait a moment!"

Zheng Qinghe leaned out of the carriage, looking a little puzzled. "Jiayue, is there anything else? If it's not something important, can we talk about it another day?"

He didn't want to stay in this place for even a second.

"I just remembered that there are still some parts of the plan that are not yet complete." Gu Jiayue ran to the carriage and said earnestly, "How about you stay at my house for the night instead of going home tonight? I'll think about it and enrich the details."

"No thanks," Zheng Qinghe declined. "I just looked at it, and the plan is pretty good. I'll discuss it with the people in the county when I get back. You've been busy all day, you should get some rest."

Normally, he would have loved to spend more time with Gu Jiayue, but today, after witnessing her "unique hobby" of raising cockroaches, he really didn't have the courage to stay with the little thing anymore.

"How could they understand these details? We can't come to a conclusion." Gu Jiayue pulled the reins of the carriage and said without hesitation. "Don't be polite, get off quickly!"

Zheng Qinghe had no choice but to get off the carriage with a sigh.

The aunt-in-law and Mrs. Li saw this scene and secretly winked at each other.

There's hope! It seems Jiayue also has some feelings for this Mr. Zheng, otherwise how could she call everyone back?

"Lord Zheng, are you hungry? Let me make you a bowl of soup?" Gu Jiayue turned around and asked.

Zheng Qinghe touched his stomach. The Gu family had been too enthusiastic during dinner and had forced two more bowls of rice into his bowl. Now he was feeling bloated. "How about... wait a while?"

"You have to eat it sooner or later. The sooner you eat, the better." Gu Jiayue said without hesitation, "I'll make you some egg drop soup. It's quick!"

Without waiting for Zheng Qinghe to refuse, she rushed into the kitchen and shouted, "Zhi Geng, come and help me light the fire!"

"I'm coming!" Gu Zhigeng responded crisply, ran into the kitchen and added firewood to the stove, while looking at his sister curiously. "Sister, you're weird today."

"What's wrong with me? I'm usually like this." Gu Jiayue retorted, but felt a little uneasy in her heart.

Running around with a cockroach in your hand all day long does look like you're sick.

"No, you're usually so serious." Gu Zhi came closer, his eyes gleaming with gossip. "Are you acting like this today because of Lord Zheng?"

This little brat actually knows gossip?

Gu Jiayue raised her eyebrows: "Oh? You figured it out?"

"Of course, the whole family can see that you treat Lord Zheng differently." Gu Zhigeng nodded like a little adult.

She heard the conversation between her aunt-in-law and her third aunt just now. Her aunt-in-law said that her second sister and Lord Zheng were in love with each other.

And you said this could be done!

Gu Jiayue thought about it and realized that it was indeed different.

After all, all the system tasks revolve around him, and he is now Yue'er's "lifeline".

"No way, it's a special situation."

Gu Zhigeng sighed seriously, "I understand! Love comes from nowhere, yet it's so deep."

"What nonsense are you talking about, little brat!" Gu Jiayue smiled and patted her, then turned to scoop water from the water tank. At the same time, she said to Yue'er, "If you lie on the handle of the scoop, the water you scoop will count as yours."

Yue'er crawled over obediently, her claws tightly gripping the wooden handle.

Gu Jiayue scooped some water, poured it into the pot, and asked her to lie on the lid. "This is your lid."

After the water boiled, Gu Jiayue added oil and salt to the pot, then picked up an egg.

Yue'er jumped up subconsciously, but Gu Jiayue's hand shook, the eggshell broke, and Yue'er fell into the bowl along with the egg white and yolk.

"Oh!" Gu Jiayue hurried to fish it out, but Yue'er was already covered in egg liquid.

She looked at the cockroaches in the bowl.

Hmm...how is this not considered made by 'hand'?

They all rolled around in there.

"Sister Gu, we can't keep this egg, right?" Yue'er fluttered anxiously in the egg liquid.

Gu Jiayue hesitated. "Yue'er, take another look at the mission. The system only asks you to make soup for Zheng Qinghe yourself, but it doesn't say he has to drink it, right?"

Yue'er was stunned for a moment, then quickly confirmed the task content, reading it over and over again five times. "Confirmed! The system only said 'make soup for Zheng Qinghe', but didn't say he had to drink it."

"That's easy." Gu Jiayue's eyes lit up. "Come on, swim a few more laps in it and use your claws to stir it more to mix the egg white and yolk."

"Ah?" Yue'er was confused, but still obediently fluttered in the egg liquid.

"Use your mouth to chew these two scallions into pieces and spit them in." Gu Jiayue handed over two more scallions.

Yue'er did as she was told and bit off the onion segments with her little mouth with great effort.

Finally, Gu Jiayue tilted the bowl three inches. "Come on, use your legs to scoop the egg liquid into the pan."

Yue'er looked at Gu Jiayue's serious expression, and although she thought it was outrageous, she still did it.

Sister Gu must have her reasons.