Chapter 594: Bandits (23)
After finishing their fish porridge, Wen Wan and Gu Weiming started their lovey-dovey conversation, which made some onlookers feel sick of their sweetness and witness countless instances of them being fed dog food. Their relationship was truly like a pre-arranged marriage that blossomed into love, just like in a novel. Gu Weiming was like a cat seeing catnip, and Wen Wan was the catnip itself, wanting to cuddle and snuggle with him all the time, and Wen Wan was happy to indulge him.
In the end, Liu Qiming lost everything, but Gu Weiming spared his life. For someone who values power and money more than his own life, losing these things is more painful than losing his own life, and he doesn't even dare to die.
Wen Wan had no objection to this.
Liu Qiming still didn't give up on seeing Wen Wan, but Gu Weiming blocked all news about her. In the end, Wen Wan didn't know where she went, but she must have been doing very poorly.
Serves him right. Wen Wan didn't know that, and even if she did, she wouldn't feel sorry for him. Liu Qiming did such a thing back then, and now he has to bear the consequences of revenge. As a mission participant, Wen Wan even wanted to applaud him.
Gu Weiming was very happy.
The thing he regretted least was that he took Liu Qiming's daughter to get revenge on him. Although he didn't know who the person he loved was, what world she came from, whether she was human, ghost, or demon, none of that mattered. The most important thing was that he loved her.
However, Gu Weiming was also worried that she might suddenly leave one day, and he might wake up to find that the wife sleeping next to him had been replaced by Liu Zhenyue. Gu Weiming was extremely worried just thinking about it.
Therefore, in order to avoid the situation where he was unaware of the change of partners, Gu Weiming even secretly made an agreement with Wen Wan, using the excuse of marital intimacy, that only the two of them would know about it.
That's his nickname.
“My mother always called me Awen. My original name was Gu Wen. My mother hoped that I would become a scholar, and my goal at the time was to become a world-renowned poet.”
"A poet?" Wen Wan was surprised.
"What poems have you written?"
Afterwards, Gu Weiming showed Wen Wan some of his early writings. There were quite a few of them. Although Wen Wan was not an expert in this field, she could still tell the difference between good and bad. Through these poems, Wen Wan could vaguely glimpse the spirited and carefree Gu Weiming of yesteryear, who had not experienced any hardship.
Gu Wen is an innocent and dream-filled young man.
Wen Wan felt a pang of heartache. If there had been no war, if there had been no betrayal and framing by those people, would Gu Weiming have remained Gu Wen, a romantic poet, with a wealthy family and a rich spirit?
Wen Wan didn't know what she was thinking, but suddenly said, "I also have a nickname, A-Wan. You can call me A-Wan from now on."
Gu Weiming knew that this was his lover's real name, but she hadn't mentioned her surname. Nevertheless, Gu Weiming was still very happy.
“A-Yuan”.
"Um."
Both of them lost themselves in this probing, and when Lei Ming heard Gu Weiming call Wen Wan "A-Yuan," he asked curiously, "Big brother, is this sister-in-law's nickname? Can I call her sister-in-law A-Yuan from now on?"
Then he received a cold glare from Gu Weiming.
Lei Ming's insight reached its peak at this moment. "I understand. This is a term of endearment that belongs only to you two. I will still call you Sister-in-law from now on."
Holding the little dumpling, he said, "Little dumpling, your real parents are too busy being affectionate to care about you, so I'm feeding you. When you grow up, you have to remember your little godfather, okay?"
After being glared at by Gu Weiming again, Lei Ming picked up Xiao Tangyuan and ran away, taking Xiao Tangyuan's milk bottle with him.
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The war broke out suddenly and completely, catching everyone off guard. The whole city was thrown into chaos. Gu Weiming was busy every day, and Wen Wan was powerless to help him. She could only comfort him when he was exhausted.
Several times when he went out, Gu Weiming returned covered in injuries.
Wen Wan was so frightened that she cried several times, feeling extremely distressed. Gu Weiming sometimes didn't come back until late at night, and he would even take care of himself before coming back so that Wen Wan wouldn't be able to tell that he was injured. But as his bedmate, how could Wen Wan not see it? She just pretended not to know.
Every time the bandits went out, there were casualties on their return. Gu Weiming also rescued many refugees who were displaced by the war. Under the war, no place can be safe.
Gu Weiming wanted to send Wen Wan away.
When Wen Wan heard him discussing this matter with Chen Ziming and Lei Ming, she felt a pang of heartache for a moment, but instead of rushing in to question or deny it, she turned around and quietly left.
Then I managed to get the system cue.
"What do we do now? Do you have any way to stop this war?" Wen Wan immediately presented the system with its biggest challenge.
The system was exasperated. [Host, are you kidding me? I'm a system, and while I'm a higher-dimensional being, I'm not a god. How could I possibly prevent a war from happening? But don't worry, the male lead will be fine. In fact, he'll gain a great reputation because of this, a crucial turning point in his career. Once he gets past this, our mission will be complete. At that point, he won't be the feared bandit leader everyone knows anymore.]
Wen Wan frowned. "Is reputation that important? So what if he's a bandit? He hasn't done anything bad, so he's not a bad person. But he can get hurt. You say he won't die, but what if he does? Didn't you say this world is real, uncontrollable, and anything can happen? Even the original plot could have a bad ending, so what's impossible?"
Wen Wan didn't trust what the system said at all. After all, this was the world of a poorly written story, and she couldn't possibly believe the promises the system made.
system:【……】
The system also felt that what the host said made sense, but the male lead wouldn't die! The male lead wasn't someone this small world could control. The system had already learned from its superior's cryptic attitude that the male lead wasn't just a simple target; he had a more mysterious identity.
Therefore, the superiors all advocate that they should quickly match their host with the male lead and make them fall in love. Even the progress of the missions is different from the beginning. At the beginning, they were diligently doing missions and perfecting the novel's world. Now, they can just sit back and win.
Can the system say this outright? Of course not, otherwise the host will crash and definitely go on strike.
After thinking for a moment, the system finally spoke.
[I can only guarantee the male protagonist will be safe. That's all I can do. I have no control over the outbreak or end of the war.] Why make things difficult for a tiny system that doesn't even have a physical form? When I go back to report for duty this time, I'm definitely going to extort a hefty sum from my boss. This task is absolutely top-tier difficulty.
Where there is war, there will be death; this is a fact that the system cannot change.
To ease the host's worries, the system still spoke up.
However, I can give you some special medicine. Even if you only have a breath left, you can be saved. I hope you won't need these medicines.
Wen Wan nodded. "Could you give me the recipe?"
System: [Do you want to do it yourself?]
Wen Wan said, "Since we can't change the casualties caused by the war, we can at least reduce them. Even the mountain strongholds are in a state of drug shortage every day, let alone other places. Moreover, most of the medicines are hoarded by warlords and are not used by ordinary people. You want me to do nothing? I can't do that."
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