"Hanhan, wake up, it's time to eat." Yan Wan gently patted Ji Mohan's arm and said.
Ji Mohan remained motionless. Yan Wan shook his arm again and touched his forehead. His forehead was burning hot; Ji Mohan had a fever.
Yan Wan felt somewhat helpless. She gently placed Ji Mohan on the ground, then took out a washbasin and towel that she had secretly brought from the capital from her spatial storage. She poured some water from the water tank stored in her spatial storage into the basin, wet the towel, and placed it on Ji Mohan's forehead to cool him down.
As if suddenly remembering something, she frantically called out to the system in her mind; now, only the system could help her.
"System, system, are you there? Please, please come out and help me!" Yan Wan pleaded.
"Hello, host, how can I call the system for something?" A mechanical voice came from Yan Wan's mind.
"System, he has a fever. Is there any medicine that can help bring down his temperature?" Yan Wan asked anxiously.
"Host, you still owe me a Healing Pill from last time, so you can't borrow any more on credit!" A pair of small, fire-breathing eyes appeared on the system screen.
"Please, please? I promise I'll complete the task properly and make up for everything I owe, okay?" Yan Wan continued to negotiate with the system.
The system sighed and said, "Host, it's not that I don't want to help you, but every transaction with the system comes at a price. There are costs associated with everything except completing tasks. Are you sure you want to bear them?"
Seeing that there was still room for maneuver, Yan Wan nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, I can bear the consequences. Tell me, what are the consequences?"
The system was silent for a moment, then continued, "Host, is it worth it?"
Looking at Ji Mohan's tightly closed eyes, Yan Wan said without hesitation, "It's worth it."
If no one will protect him, then she will protect him.
He is a great hero who protects the world, so she will stay by his side.
The system said somewhat anxiously, "Host, you shouldn't be so engrossed in the world of the book. You'll have to go back sooner or later."
System: Wake up, host!
As Yan Wan reached out to change the towel on Ji Mohan's forehead, she replied, "System, I know. I just want to do my best to be good to him."
Unable to persuade Yan Wan to change her mind, the system had no choice but to compromise, saying, "Host, if you take anything from the system again this time, you will have to pay the price twice. Are you willing to do that?"
Yan Wan nodded firmly and said, "I know, I'm willing."
She will definitely protect Ji Mohan.
The system said helplessly, "Congratulations, host, you have passed the test of true love and have obtained one fever-reducing pill, one detoxifying pill, and one vitality pill."
Yan Wan's mouth dropped open in surprise, and she asked incredulously, "Are you serious? I don't have to be punished?"
"Yes, host. Congratulations on passing the test and receiving the reward."
"Ahhhhh, I love you so much, System, you're so kind," Yan Wan said excitedly.
"Host, when the system first bound itself to you, it said that it would do its best to help you achieve your wishes, and the system will not break its promise."
Yan Wan's eyes welled up with tears of gratitude as she said, "Thank you, system, thank you so much."
The system materialized and gently hugged Yan Wan, saying, "Host, you don't need to be so polite. This is all the system should do."
Yan Wan saw the system slowly disappear, and she hurriedly took out a fever-reducing pill from her spatial storage and fed it to Ji Mohan. That was wonderful.
A short while later, Ji Mohan slowly opened his eyes. He felt as if he had been in complete darkness. He tried to break free, but many hands were pulling him down. He felt himself slowly sinking into the dark mire. But in his mind's eye, he heard Yan Wan calling him. He thought he couldn't continue to sink, or he would frighten Yan Wan.
He used to be in darkness, and he didn't care how deep he was trapped. Now, he has Yan Wan, who brings him light and makes him no longer want to wallow in darkness. He yearns for the light.
"Hanhan, you're awake? How are you feeling? You had a fever just now?" Yan Wan saw that Ji Mohan had opened his eyes and immediately reached out to touch his forehead. She breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, his fever had subsided.
"Did I scare you?" Ji Mohan asked in a hoarse voice.
"No, I was just worried about you. Are you hungry? I'll get you a bowl of porridge to tide you over." Yan Wan ran to the pot, picked up a spoon, and scooped out a bowl of porridge.
She walked over to Ji Mohan, helped him up against the rock wall, picked up the bowl, gently blew on it until it wasn't too hot, and then used a spoon to scoop it up and bring it to Ji Mohan's lips: "Ah, open your mouth."
Ji Mohan smiled and said in a hoarse voice, "Yan Wan, you're so good to me, I'll get greedy." He greedily wanted more; he wanted Yan Wan to belong only to him, to stay by his side in this life, the next life, and for all eternity.
Yan Wan looked at Ji Mohan, puzzled, and said, "So what if you're greedy! Hurry up and open your mouth, the food's getting cold."
Having received an affirmative answer, Ji Mohan smiled broadly and said, "Okay."
Yan Wan, you promised this yourself, don't lie to me, and don't go back on your word.
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"Are you crazy? How dare you go against the main system's will?" a mechanical voice snapped.
"Ami, I'm not crazy, I just think the main system's program is incorrect," another electronic voice said.
"Ah Xiao, have you been in the human realm for too long and forgotten your mission? As a system, you've actually developed human emotions?"
"Ami, I, I, I'm sorry, Ami, I just feel that maybe we were wrong all along. In order to complete the tasks assigned by the main system, we did not hesitate to use the host and arbitrarily change the ending of the plot, just to fulfill the author's wishes. I think we were wrong."
"Shut up! We're just inferior systems, how dare we question the main system's decisions? Ah Xiao, wake up! The main system can scrap us at any time."
"I'm so sorry, Ami. I really can't go on like this anymore. What we did was wrong!"
“Silly girl, the operating rules of the system are the same as those of the human world. Only by truly grasping the power of discourse can one have the opportunity to change the rules. Even if you and I know it's wrong, we are powerless to change it. I thought you would become smarter after your trip to the human world, but I didn't expect you to get even more entangled.”
"I'm sorry, Ami, please, please keep this a secret for me this time, okay?"
Ami gave Axiao a deep look and said, "Okay, you can't do that next time."
"Thank you, Ami, you're the best."
Looking at the smiling Ah Xiao, Ami sighed. He said Ah Xiao was too deeply involved, but wasn't he the same?
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