Chapter 21 System Secrets: Old Ox Seeks Help
"How much did it go up?" Gu Yiliu asked.
"There are two positive reviews, one increased by 2% and the other by 20%, but I don't know the specifics." Even though the positive reviews increased, DianDian is still a little sad.
It's really too weak.
Gu Yiliu said "oh" and told her that he was on a business trip and had helped her with two things. He said that the positive reviews were probably because of those two favors, and that he was quite popular now, frequently appearing in the newspapers.
The more she talked, the happier Dian Dian became. Ah, I see.
Gu Yiliu then asked it what the upgrades were this time.
Dian Dian: "I can receive requests for help from a distance from now on."
for example?
For example, when Gu Yiliu is stationed at the outpost, it can receive calls for help from the mountains. It can also receive calls for help from the big and beautiful tigers at the county zoo. It can handle any calls for help they make.
The system listed them all for Gu Yiliu.
"This is great, but if we don't have time to ask them for help, won't we lose positive reviews?"
Dian Dian: "That's right, you're so smart."
"..." Upgrading doesn't necessarily make things better.
Dot chuckled. Whether the upgrade is good or not, only its original system knows. A first-rate human wouldn't really understand.
But Gu Yiliu was actually quite puzzled, "When you were in a deep sleep during your upgrade, were you really unable to receive any information from the outside world?"
Dian Dian made an "uh" sound and explained, "I'm still too weak, so I can't receive messages about you being a top-tier player when I level up."
"Once I upgrade more, this won't happen again."
Gu Yiliu listened to the system's words, having many questions but unable to grasp the key point. He only asked the question he most wanted to know, "How many more times do you need to upgrade?"
"It needs to be upgraded four more times, and it gets harder and harder as you go on." DianDian didn't hide anything from her. Perhaps it was happy about this upgrade, or perhaps it was to show its sincerity, it released something directly this time.
It looks like a paint palette created by an art student.
When Gu Yiliu saw the "platter" in front of him, his expression changed drastically. It looked like a colorful stone from the apocalypse.
Her voice was colder than ever before, "You wouldn't happen to be that source of pollution, would you?"
He shook his head, very agitated, as if he had suffered a great humiliation, gritting his teeth, "How could this be? It's that stone that's absorbing my energy!"
"Then what is your true identity?" Gu Yiliu asked, not missing a single expression from the system.
But the system wasn't afraid of her spying on it. It was very frank and kept things separate. "I can't tell you now. Even if I did, you would easily suffer a backlash. Even if nothing happens, you'll forget about it the next day. So I'll tell you when the time is right."
Backlash? That's serious.
Gu Yiliu became even more curious and asked it why.
"Because the host is too powerful, it will threaten the system and easily cause unexpected and irreversible consequences." Dian Dian's voice was very serious, and the next second, Dian Dian also took the initiative to end the topic, "First-rate, please don't ask anymore."
Gu Yiliu instantly realized something: Dian Dian might have been betrayed. However, this was just a guess.
The illusory figure before him vanished, but Gu Yiliu's gaze remained fixed on a single point, silent, lost in thought.
When you get tired of thinking, just close your eyes and go to sleep.
When Gu Yiliu woke up again, he found that he had arrived in Dongshan County.
After getting off the train, I walked out of the station.
In a corner of the square in front of the train station, she found a large group of people gathered together, including people in police uniforms. Among them, she naturally spotted Han Yi.
She paused, suddenly remembering that there was something between them that they hadn't finished talking about.
Noticing the gaze directed at her from the other side, she quickly looked away and pretended to listen to what the person next to her was saying.
Hearing the hushed discussion around him, Gu Yiliu smiled. He then walked to the roadside outside the station square to wait for the bus.
What happened?
"I heard that the streetlights in the train station square went missing last night, so the train station called the police."
"I see. Did you find it?"
"Look, isn't this what we're looking for?"
"..."
Han Yi spotted a familiar face in the distance, initially hesitant to recognize her, but upon closer inspection, he confirmed it was Gu Yiliu. He hadn't expected her to return so quickly, and he nodded to her. Then he saw Gu Yiliu quickly turn her head away.
"..."
Because he was on duty, he only glanced at her back for two seconds before looking away.
Han Yi decided that he would go to see her after he finished what he was doing.
Gu Yiliu took a bumpy bus ride back to the outpost.
After resting for one night, Ma Quan said the next day that she didn't need to patrol the mountain and should rest for a few days before making a decision.
She was having a good time when an uninvited guest arrived at the outpost.
Gu Yiliu sighed, thinking to himself that what was bound to happen had to happen. "Aren't you busy today?"
Han Yi: "I'm done with work."
So fast?
Han Yi: "Streetlights are too conspicuous. It's easy to find out who stole them. Besides, the purpose of stealing streetlights is only one thing: to sell the copper wire. That's the only valuable thing. So you can find out by asking at the scrap yard."
After saying "Oh," Gu Yiliu fell silent.
The two exchanged a glance, and Gu Yiliu told him to sit down instead of standing.
Han Yi sat down opposite her. "I'm here to wait for an answer."
That's really direct.
Gu Yiliu frowned. "What if I don't take responsibility?"
"So your answer is that you don't want to take responsibility?" Han Yi asked rhetorically.
Gu Yiliu did not answer, keeping his eyes down and not looking at him.
Han Yi smiled when he saw her reaction. "I understand."
He got up and left, disappearing into the corner of the outpost in a few steps.
Gu Yiliu blinked. Han Yi just left like that?
Han Yi really did leave.
Seeing that everyone else had left, Gu Yiliu's spirits were dampened. She suspected that Han Yi had done it on purpose.
She understood what Han Yi meant. But did Han Yi know that she wasn't the original owner of this body? Wasn't the one who forcibly kissed him?
If the original owner of this body knew, she definitely wouldn't want her and Han Yi to have anything going on.
Gu Yiliu's expression was somber; he always felt a thorn in his side regarding Han Yi's closeness.
She shook her head, deciding to give up. If she remained indifferent, Han Yi would eventually back down.
For the next month, Gu Yiliu was on patrol in the mountains, and Diandian did not issue any requests for help. When she asked Diandian what was going on, Diandian said that it was normal to have one or two requests for help occasionally, but it would be abnormal to have requests for help every day.
Gu Yiliu was speechless.
Finally, one morning in August, Dian Dian issued her the first emergency call after the upgrade.
"First-class, the big yellow ox of Qingshi Village needs help."
"Go and take a look."
Gu Yiliu opened the panel and saw the old ox's distress call.
Xu Fabin's old ox pleads for help: The young master is sick and still needs to go to school. The master wants to sell me, but I don't want to be sold. Please, Officer Gu, save me!
It's in a village at the foot of the mountain, a few minutes' walk from the outpost.
So this is what long-distance requests for help are like.
Dian Dian: "It's not far, but it's still quite a distance. You can't receive it before the upgrade."
Gu Yiliu said "oh" and went down the mountain to the village. After asking several people, he finally found Xu Fabin's house.
There were already quite a few people at Xu Fabin's house by now, after all, selling cattle was a big deal.
The cattle dealer had already weighed the ox, and Gu Yiliu saw the old ox being driven onto the truck. The old ox kept looking at its owner and mooing, while the cattle dealer watched leisurely without urging it on.
"Dafa, your old ox doesn't want to leave," someone advised.
"Why not just not sell it? This cow is old; you raised it from a calf to adulthood, after all."
Xu Fabin looked up at everyone after hearing this, and said, "If I don't sell, how can I afford medical treatment? How can I afford to send my children to school? I have no other choice."
He stroked the old ox's horns. "Old ox, I have no choice, don't blame me. The price of cattle is high now, so I have to sell you now. Otherwise, I would have liked to keep you for a while longer."
"Moo moo moo" I'm very rich. I don't need money at home. I don't want to leave. I can still work.
Gu Yiliu could hear the sorrow in the old ox's bark. She quietly asked the person next to her, "How much did the cattle dealer offer for this ox?"
“400 yuan is a lot of money. If you’re careful, it can last you two or three years. So it’s normal for Xu Fabin to want to sell cattle.”
Gu Yiliu looked solemn. She had learned that Xu Fabin raised cattle for a living. He had three cows. One cow could feed him for three years, and after three years, the calves would grow up and be sold for money again.
Perhaps the child is sick, or that the child needs money for school, but these are just excuses.
Gu Yiliu asked Diandian, "Diandian, if I buy this ox with money, would that count as fulfilling the old ox's request for help?"
Diandian found it strange. Gu Yiliu was a penniless wretch. It looked at her suspiciously and asked, "You're willing to spend so much money?"
Gu Yiliu shook his head, "I'm reluctant, so I'm just asking."
"In principle, it's possible. You'll only lose a little money, but the old ox will be very grateful to you, and I'll have completed my task," Dian Dian explained dutifully.
Gu Yiliu asked, "How could you possibly spend money to complete a task? Besides, I don't have that much money."
She thought for a moment, then spoke up; she wanted the old ox to know she had arrived.
The sound was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough for the old ox to hear. "This ox seems quite intelligent; who knows, it might be begging its owner right now."
Someone chimed in, "The cow is very smart; Xu Fabin has been raising this cow for a long time."
When the old ox heard the sound, it turned its head and glanced at Gu Yiliu, noticing the forest police uniform she was wearing.
The old ox recognized Officer Gu, and its cloudy eyes lit up. It knew Officer Gu from the stray dog at the village entrance. As for how the dog knew about Officer Gu, it had no idea.
It and the old yellow dog also knew that they could ask Officer Gu for help in case of emergency.
The old ox had lived for decades, and it understood that Officer Gu was just giving it a warning.
Should we remind it to ask its owner?
The old ox sighed; it knew how to beg.
It took a few steps back to face its owner.
Xu Fabin sensed something. He quietly watched the old ox, and then slowly saw the old ox's front hooves bend and it kneel down in front of him.
"Ha!"
Everyone was startled, "The ox actually knelt down!"
“Old ox, you…” Xu Fabin’s feelings were complicated. He really wanted to sell the old ox, he didn’t want to keep it anymore, but now that the old ox was kneeling before him, his conscience was torn, and in the end he could only sigh.
"Dafa, the old ox is kneeling down, please don't sell it, please don't sell it." Someone felt sorry for the old ox and couldn't help but plead for it.
A speechless beast has to kneel and beg its master just to survive. This is simply because it lacks the abilities of a human.
"Don't sell it, I don't want to buy it anymore." The cattle dealer was reluctant to take the old ox anymore. "You're not short of money, just keep it healthy, you can sell other cattle next year."
"Old ox, why don't you want to be sold?" Xu Fabin asked.
"Moo moo moo"
But Xu Fabin couldn't understand.
Gu Yiliu kindly explained what the old ox had said to him.
"It said it could still work, and wanted to keep working, and didn't want to be eaten."
Gu Yiliu: "I think you've raised this cow for over ten years, and it must have done a lot of work for you during that time. Its value is far more than 400 yuan. It doesn't want to be eaten, and I think you should grant it that wish."
Xu Fabin looked up at her, then at the kneeling ox. The old ox was also looking at him, with tears welling up in its eyes.
"Old ox, get up first." Xu Fabin pulled the old ox up. "I'm not selling it anymore, you can get up now."
"Moo moo moo" Thank you, master.
The old ox turned back to look at Gu Yiliu again, and bleated twice to express its gratitude.
Dian Dian told it that it had received 1% positive feedback from the old ox, which was the old ox's way of thanking her for speaking up for it, but Gu Yiliu couldn't be happy at all.
The old ox remained in this state; who knows what awaited it?
For the next three or four days, Gu Yiliu paid more attention to the old ox. It was not being mistreated and was fed and watered every day. Sometimes, it would even be taken out for a walk by Xu Fabin's children.
This result is still considered good.
Unexpectedly, on the fifth day, Gu Yiliu set off for the county to submit her internship report. When she passed through the village, she heard the villagers talking about how the old ox was gone and the cattle dealer had come to the Xu family's door again.
“A little…this”
"Maybe it knew it was about to disappear, which is why it didn't want to be sold and sought your help," Dian Dian said. "It still has 1% positive reviews, and I'm just expressing my pure gratitude."
Even the system couldn't help but sigh, "Well, it's fine, it doesn't know what happens after that."
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