As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Yangzai suddenly tilted his head back and spat out a mouthful of blood into the air.
The blood splattered on the ground in front of the bed was shocking.
Then he collapsed on the bed as if all his strength had been drained away, his eyes closed, motionless, and it was unknown whether he was alive or dead.
"Lamb!" Gu Jiayue exclaimed, her heart suddenly rising to her throat, and she reached out to check his breath.
Fortunately, although the breath was weak, he was still breathing.
Before she could call for help, people outside heard Gu Jiayue's scream. Her second uncle and aunt also heard the noise and rushed into the room as fast as they could.
Second uncle's face turned pale, and Second aunt's voice was so frightened that it changed its tone. "What's wrong? What happened? My son!"
The second aunt hugged Zhang Yangzai in her arms, hurriedly wiped the blood around his lips with the handkerchief in her hand, and quickly took out a small cloth bag from her arms.
She opened the cloth bag and found a black pill inside. She carefully put the pill into the child's mouth and gently patted his back, trying to get him to swallow it.
Gu Jiayue then remembered that after the system was bound to her, every time a task was issued, it would mention what kind of punishment would be suffered if the task failed.
It's just that she has always completed her tasks smoothly and has never experienced this.
Now it seems that considering what the second aunt said about her heart being seriously hurt and his rejection of the system just now, Zhang Yangzai must have been punished by the system for refusing to do the system task.
But what kind of task could make the lamb willing to endure such great pain rather than do it?
After taking the pill, Zhang Yangzai's condition improved significantly.
A faint red gradually appeared on the originally pale face, the rise and fall of the chest became more stable, and the breathing was no longer as rapid as before.
After a while, he slowly opened his eyes, his eyes still a little dazed.
When he saw his second aunt sitting in front of the bed, he forced a weak smile. "Mom, I'm fine, don't worry about me."
"How can I not worry about you, my child?" Second Aunt touched his forehead, tears streaming down her face. "You are my sweetheart! Are you still in pain? I'll call Doctor Lin over right now, okay?"
Zhang Yangzai shook his head gently, his voice still a little hoarse: "No need, mother. After spitting out this blood, I feel much better. Doctor Lin...he can't solve my problem either."
He paused, a hint of longing in his eyes: "Mom, I want to eat the millet porridge you made."
When Second Auntie heard this, she quickly wiped away her tears and forced herself to cheer up. "Okay, I'll do it for you right away. Just lie down and don't move."
She stood up, turned to Gu Jiayue and said, "Jiayue, please look after him for me, I'll be back soon."
Gu Jiayue naturally wouldn't refuse and nodded. "Okay, Second Aunt, you go ahead and do your work. I'll take care of the lambs here."
When they were the only two left in the room, Gu Jiayue sat down in front of Zhang Yangzai's bed again. She looked at him seriously, her eyes filled with inquiry and concern: "Yangzai, are you hiding something from us?"
Zhang Yangzai's eyes flickered, and he subconsciously avoided Gu Jiayue's gaze, his voice a little vague. "No...no, what could I possibly be hiding from the Master?"
"But I'm not just your teacher, I'm also your sister, right?" Gu Jiayue's voice was gentle but carried an undeniable strength. "We're a family. If there's anything, we can talk about it and solve it together. You're still a child, you shouldn't have to endure these things alone."
Gu Jiayue's words were like a key, instantly shattering all of Zhang Yangzai's disguises.
During this period of time, the confusion, fear, and pain in his heart were almost unbearable the moment he saw Gu Jiayue.
How he wanted to tell her everything he knew and let her help him make a decision.
But the evil thing in his body, its real target is Gu Jiayue!
If I told her everything, would she still be as close to me as before? Would she still treat me like a brother? Would she think he was a monster, a potential murderer, and stay away from him, abandon him, and be wary of him?
No! This is absolutely not allowed!
This family was something he had worked so hard to get. His sister and mother were his relatives, and he would not allow them to hate him!
"Really not, sister, I'm not hiding anything from you, I'm really fine!" Zhang Yangzai's tone was firm, but his slightly trembling voice betrayed him.
Seeing that Zhang Yangzai still had no intention of telling the truth, Gu Jiayue didn't want to beat around the bush with him anymore. She took a deep breath and asked directly, "Is there something called a system in your body?"
When Zhang Yangzai heard this, he was struck by lightning. He suddenly raised his head, his eyes wide open, and his face was full of shock. "Sister, how did you know? Did...did it attack you already?"
As he spoke, he excitedly tried to sit up, but a sharp pain in his chest made him frown. He roared in his heart, "Evil creature! What on earth are you trying to do? I told you not to hurt my family!"
The system in Zhang Yangzai's body clearly knew the moment Gu Jiayue entered the room that the person in front of him was the target of his mission.
Although it still doesn't quite understand why the higher-ups gave it a strategy system to perform such a task.
But it is very clear and you don't need to understand it.
This mission can only succeed and cannot fail, otherwise it will be destroyed.
That's why it chose to bind to Zhang Yangzai. This child possessed a strong spiritual core and had a very close relationship with the mission target. If it could catch the target off guard, it would surely be able to kill them in one strike.
But what it didn't expect was that this host who was only interested in revenge would choose to resist its mission again and again for the sake of the mission goal!
During this period of time, whenever it issued any task related to the mission objective, the host would refuse to complete it without hesitation.
In order to let him know how powerful the system is, every time he refuses, it will adjust the electric shock punishment to the highest level, thinking that this will make him surrender.
But who would have thought that this child, who was only seven or eight years old, could endure it again and again, with the stubbornness in his eyes not diminished at all.
What it didn't expect was that the target of the mission actually knew of its existence!
No wonder, no wonder the higher-ups sent it specifically to deal with this person. This person is indeed a bit weird! The system's data flow was running rapidly, and my heart was full of vigilance.
Gu Jiayue looked at Zhang Yangzai's excitement, reached out, and gently patted his head, trying to calm him down. "Don't be afraid, it hasn't done anything to me yet."
She paused, her eyes becoming serious again. "So, what exactly is the task it asked you to do? Why are you unwilling to complete it?"
Zhang Yangzai looked at Gu Jiayue's clear and concerned eyes, and his inner struggle reached its extreme.
He was silent for a moment, and finally, as if he had made up his mind, he said word by word: "The mission it gave me is... to kill you!"
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