Chapter 3 The number one scholar’s father is a charlatan who always wins in gambling!
System: [You said that the first time you went down the mountain to train, you were plotted to be assassinated by a demon cultivator...]
Si Yuan: [But I was too talented and my cultivation was too high, so I managed to kill the demon cultivator. Is it my fault that I’m too strong? My master uprooted the demon sect behind that evil cultivator. Is it my master's fault for being too powerful? 】
The system still had a final stubbornness: [The clan leader's son has a good father, so he can inherit the clan leader's position in the future. You don't have a father, so you don't even have the qualifications to be the heir...]
Si Yuan chuckled and said: [But I am the sect master’s junior master! And don’t you know? The position of sect leader is actually responsible for managing the sect. Disciples with real talent only need to practice and work hard to ascend, and do not need to care about worldly affairs at all. I am too talented, and no one is willing to let me waste my time becoming the sect leader. Moreover, with my talent, by the time I ascend, the current sect leader may not have abdicated yet. After all, cultivators have long lifespans. If the clan leader’s son’s cultivation is not good enough, he might not even live as long as his father. 】
system:【……】
The system couldn't help crying out, "Wow!" "You big liar!" I will never believe your lies again QAQ]
The first time the system came out to bind a host to complete a task, it encountered a brutal fraud. It was really hit hard and couldn't hold on any longer.
Si Yuan listened to the system crying in his sea of consciousness and coaxed it helplessly: "Be good, don't cry, don't cry. Although I deceived your feelings, I didn't lie to you when I said I would complete the mission. 】
The system choked and asked: [Will you really complete the task obediently? You really won’t lie to me? 】
Si Yuan said honestly: [Even if it is just to exchange for 'World Affinity', I will work hard on the task. After all, I am bound to you in order to speed up my cultivation. 】As for the fact that before binding the system, he specially contacted his master who was far away in the fairyland across the border and got methods to guard against and deal with the system from his master. There is no need to tell this naive system about this.
If Si Yuan just said that he would complete the task obediently, the system, which had just been defrauded, would definitely not believe it. But when Si Yuan said that he had to complete the task and obtain task points for his own cultivation, the system immediately believed it.
The system said reluctantly: [Okay, since you will do the task well, I won’t bother with you for lying to me. 】
Seeing that the system had calmed down, Si Yuan started to deceive people again: [Actually, I didn’t mean to deceive you. Think about it, you are a system of unknown origin, and you kidnapped me from the Tiancang Realm. If I don’t test your character, what if you are a bad system that bullies people? That's why I pretended to be pitiful and want to see if you are a sympathetic system. After I found out that you, the system, are so kind and gentle, and treat me so well, I immediately felt relieved. I don’t have to worry about you scheming against me or betraying me when I work with you on missions. I still trust you very much...】
When the naive system heard Si Yuan praising itself for being kind, gentle and compassionate, its original dissatisfaction instantly disappeared, and it even felt a bit complacent, saying proudly: "Of course, I am a regular system with upright values, and I have mutual benefits with the host. I am definitely not a three-no product that harms the host! 】
Si Yuan said with a smile: [System, you are so nice, you will definitely not hold it against me for testing you because I was insecure before, right? I'm sorry, please don't bother with me. Let's just forget about this matter. We will work together in the future, work hard to complete the task, and become the strongest system host partners! 】
The system, which was addicted to Si Yuan’s PUA, said happily: [Okay! Let’s just forget about this matter and work together to complete the task! By the way, you just exchanged all the mission points for 'World Affinity'. Do you want me to lend you some more mission points to exchange for the 'Imperial Examination Skill Book'? 】
Si Yuan quietly raised his hand and touched his chest. Oh no, his conscience hurt a little.
Then he quickly put aside his conscience and said happily: "Thank you, you are so nice to me! 】
He looked at the mission points that had arrived and continued his deception: [But system, I don't plan to take the imperial examination to become an official. I plan to take an unconventional approach to gain power and status to support my cheap cannon fodder son, so I need to recover some of my cultivation. I still need to exchange the mission points for 'World Affinity' this time. 】
Because Si Yuan did not act first and report later this time, the system was able to calmly think about how Si Yuan would take an unconventional approach, and even felt a little strangely moved - compared to the last time when he directly exchanged for 'World Affinity' without even saying hello, this time the host actually discussed it with me first! The host has me in his heart! ! !
The system was so excited that it agreed immediately.
Si Yuan was very satisfied to see that the system agreed. Although he would do it according to his own ideas regardless of whether the system agreed or not, wasn’t this for the purpose of being able to live in harmony with the system in the future? In order to avoid being held back by the system when completing tasks in the future, it is better to convince the system.
To be able to transform from an ordinary child into the closed disciple of a great leader in the fairy world, Si Yuan relied not only on his unparalleled talent, but also on his intelligence and emotional intelligence. Otherwise, he would not have been able to become the most beloved disciple of his master across a world.
Si Yuan's actions and dealings are based on the principle of 'eradicating the enemy and binding the interests of friends into one's own community of interests'.
People's hearts are fickle. It's not that there is no betrayal, but that the chips for betrayal are not enough. As long as the benefits he brings to his friends far outweigh the benefits of betrayal, his friends will definitely be his die-hard supporters.
Si Yuan's principle of doing things has made him have friends all over the Tiancang Realm, so after testing the system this time, he also began to win over the system in the same way he treats his friends.
At this time, the carriage that Si Yuan was riding in stopped, and the driver's voice came into the carriage: "Master, we have arrived at the mansion."
Si Yuan opened the curtain of the carriage, got out, and then, just like the original owner's usual expression, he walked into the house with a smile on his face and his hands in his pockets.
This large house with three entrances was one of the properties that the original owner received when the family was divided. Its value is not much lower than the three shops that the casino has its eyes on. The only difference is that the three shops are golden chickens that can lay golden eggs continuously, while if this house is not sold, the owner will have to live in it alone.
Si Yuan traveled through time relatively early, and the original owner had not yet lost all his family property. He had only lost most of the family's cash, and the fixed assets had not yet been lost.
Si Yuan won nearly 100,000 taels of silver when he traveled through time, which was equivalent to getting back double the cash lost by the original owner. Now his family business is much larger than that of the original owner when the family was just separated.
As soon as Si Yuan stepped into the house, he saw a pretty and slender woman followed by several maids and old women walking towards him hurriedly. They looked so aggressive that Si Yuan subconsciously stopped.
Looking at the woman's dress, he guessed that she was the original owner's legally married wife, Yu Yan. After looking through the original owner's memory, he was right.
Yu Yan walked up to Si Yuan angrily and asked sternly, "Did you go to gamble again? Do you know that there is not much money left at home? If you go to gamble again, you will lose everything!"
When Yu Yan frowned, he looked very dignified like a gentleman, and Si Yuan suddenly dreamed back to his student days on Blue Star a hundred years ago before he traveled to the Tiancang Realm. It was as if he saw the black-faced head teacher who made the students tremble.
Ah, no wonder the original owner didn’t like Yu Yan as his wife. After Yu Yan gave birth to his son Li Changqing, he even avoided Yu Yan.
Which poor student is not afraid of seeing the dark face of the head teacher?
However, it was one thing that the original owner didn't like Yu Yan's aura as a class teacher and avoided her, but the social rule of that era that the husband is the head of the wife made the original owner not afraid of Yu Yan as his wife at all. This was also why the original owner became obsessed with gambling later, and Yu Yan was unable to stop his squandering behavior.
Si Yuan couldn't destroy the original owner's personality. Facing Yu Yan's accusations, he put on the same nonchalant and impatient look as the original owner and said, "Ah, are you annoying? I told you I would win back!"
Seeing her husband's refusal to change his ways, Yu Yan became even angrier: "How could a casino let you win money..."
Before she could finish her words, Si Yuan stuffed a fifty thousand tael note into her hand: "Here, this is half of what I won, and I'll keep the other half for myself."
Yu Yan looked at the fifty thousand taels of silver note in her hand and checked it carefully to see if it was real. After confirming that it was authentic, she looked at Si Yuan suspiciously: "Where did you get the fifty thousand taels?" As for what Si Yuan said just now that he won it, she didn't believe it at all.
Si Yuan said impatiently: "I won it from the casino, believe it or not!"
After saying that, Si Yuan walked around Yu Yan and went to the original owner's study.
Yu Yan frowned slightly as she watched Si Yuan's departing back, then sent the housekeeper out to inquire about the situation.
Five thousand taels could buy a big house, and fifty thousand taels could be said to be a huge sum of money. Otherwise, Yu Yan would not have been so furious because her husband lost more than ten thousand taels of silver in gambling. Now, seeing the fifty thousand taels her husband got back, she did not feel very happy. She was only worried that her husband had used some illegal means to get the money back.
Fortunately, the news the housekeeper found out made Yu Yan feel relieved. The 50,000 taels were indeed won by her husband from the casino. After all, the news that someone won nearly 100,000 taels in Qinghe Casino today spread quickly, and this news was easy to find out.
Yu Yan learned that her husband had won nearly 100,000 taels, but only gave her 50,000 taels, leaving more than 40,000 taels in his hands. She knew that there was no way to get the money back from her husband, but she still wanted to persuade her husband not to gamble anymore. This kind of good luck could not last forever, and he should quit while he was ahead.
Yu Yan came to the door of the study in the mansion and knocked on the door.
At this time, Si Yuan was flipping through the books on the bookshelf in the study.
Although the original owner was a poor student who didn't like reading, he was still good at pretending to be cultured. His bookshelves were filled with various books. Everyone who saw him would say that the owner of the study was a book lover.
These books were owned by the original owner when he was still in the Jingyuan Marquis's Mansion. In order to emulate his elder brother, the original owner wanted to get a copy of everything his elder brother had. He felt that he would be at a disadvantage if he didn't want them.
This of course includes these books. Books are very expensive. The original owner asked for a lot of money from the public treasury of Jingyuan Earl's Mansion to buy books in the name of reading. Although he hardly ever opened these books, he still domineeringly regarded these books as his own and took them all out when the family was divided.
In the original plot, the original owner gambled away his family's property and even took away the money that his wife Yu Yan had prepared for his son Li Changqing to go to school and used it for gambling. It was all thanks to the books in this study that Li Changqing was able to embark on the path of study.
The original owner was a poor student who got a headache when he saw books. He seldom stayed in the study room. Later, he became addicted to gambling and never stepped into the study room. The books in the study room were promptly put into boxes and hidden by Yu Yan. In addition, the original owner did not like reading and did not remember that the books had not been sold. Therefore, his son Li Changqing was able to read books even when the family was in financial decline.
Si Yuan was flipping through a history book to learn about the history of this ancient small world when he heard a knock on the door. He quickly put the book back on the bookshelf, sat down at the table, spread a piece of white paper on the table, quickly picked up a pen and dipped it in ink to write the four words "Win every time you gamble", and threw three copper coins on the table next to it.
Then Si Yuan raised his voice and said, "Come in!"
Yu Yan pushed the door open and walked towards him. When she got closer, she saw the four words written on the white paper spread out on the table in front of him. Her face turned pale with anger. She wanted to persuade her husband in a gentle manner, but now she was filled with anger and her tone became much more aggressive: "Li Siyuan! Why are you still thinking about gambling? A temporary good luck does not mean that you can always win the bet, and will the people in the casino really gamble with you fairly? You can't even see that they have done something secretly..."
"I can see that!" Si Yuan interrupted her, leaning back in his chair, his handsome face full of nonchalance, "I know, but I'm different from other gamblers. I've read my fortune, and my luck will improve after I lose ten games in a row."
He showed a smug smile on his face and pointed at the three copper coins on the table: "Did you see it? The hexagram shows that my life is just like a gamble. After bad times come good times. From now on, I will win every gamble!"
But when Yu Yan heard Si Yuan's words, she felt that he was blinded by greed and not only fell into gambling, but also into fortune-telling. She was angry, but also full of sadness: "You should be clear-headed. It is impossible for someone to win every time he gambles..."
Si Yuan crossed his hands and rested them on his chin, and said with a smile: "Then Madam, how about we make a bet?"
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