Chapter 135
If Line Extra: If the melon-eating system came before Chu Hua replaced her brother in disguise as a man to attend the court
The cool autumn wind blows gently, bringing with it a faint scent of osmanthus flowers.
Under the blooming osmanthus tree stood a comfortable lounge chair, on which lay a sleeping girl, with an open notebook covering her face.
Upon closer inspection, the name of the storybook was actually: "The Romantic Widow and the Pretty Scholar".
This scene silenced the melon-eating system 188 who had just arrived.
Is she really the most suitable person to be bound?
Why does it feel a bit unreliable?
What kind of girl would read this kind of thing in her boudoir? The name alone sounds rather inappropriate.
No, no, no, the system will not make mistakes!
188 decided to follow the steps mentioned during the previous training of the general system.
[Ding—your melon-eating system is online.]
Ten seconds passed.
Thirty seconds passed.
Sixty seconds passed.
The girl on the recliner was still fast asleep, showing no signs of confusion or panic.
The system suspected that the host was sleeping too soundly and did not hear its voice. Otherwise, how could such a voice that appeared directly in the mind not cause any reaction?
[Ding—your melon-eating system is online.]
[Hello host, I am Melon Eating System 188. ]
Ten seconds passed and the girl still didn't respond.
The system couldn't wait any longer and started playing music directly in the host's mind: [That is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau→↗↗↘↘——]
Chu Huan: “…”
This wave really woke her up, and she became very awake.
A voice claiming to be a system suddenly popped up in her mind. It was suspected to be a golden finger for time travel that was long overdue. Chu Huan either didn't hear it or felt that this thing was useless.
Just when she was thinking about how to get rid of the system, the classic Qinghai-Tibet Plateau arrived.
How did you choose this song? The most classic part comes first.
System: [I picked this from your playlist. I play it five or six times a day. You should like it.]
Chu Huan: [……]
Yes, I like it.
When you feel sleepy, you can wake up immediately by yelling a few times, and you can save money on strong tea and coffee.
The system doesn’t talk much: [Bind? ]
Chu Hua: [I'm not interested in eating melons or anything like that. Do you want to change hosts?]
system:! ! !
How could anyone not love eating melon?!
For the system, this problem is as difficult to understand as how someone could not love money.
The system tentatively said: [Liu Yue has cheated on your father several times, are you not interested?]
Chu Huan was silent for two seconds and said, "So what if I'm cuckolded?"
The system was startled, its voice rising sharply in shock: [How could this be? Aren't men the ones who care most about this kind of thing?]
Chu Huan said with the tone of someone who has experienced it: [That means you are not very experienced.]
The system humbly asks for advice: [Host, please teach me. ]
Chu Huan took off the notebook covering her face. Since she couldn't take a nap, she chatted with the system for a while.
This is ancient times, and filial piety is a strong virtue. Liu Yue has the old lady's protection. Even if my father caught Liu Yue in bed with a strange man, the final result would be to throw her into the farm.
Noble families believe in keeping dirty laundry secrets private. No matter what kind of scandal arises, it can be resolved internally, but it must never be made public. If someone dares to make it public, that person will be the one to suffer.
The system was so shocked that it was stunned: [How could this be?]
Seeing the system's inexperienced appearance, Chu Hua's kindness suddenly overflowed, and she explained: "For many people, facts and truth are not important. What matters is their own and their family's reputation and face."
Being cuckolded is bad, but what's worse is that the whole capital knows about it.
The system realized: [I think I understand.]
If the damage done to a man by being cuckolded is 100, then if the whole city knows about it, and the man becomes the subject of everyone's gossip after dinner, and he is pointed at and criticized by everyone when he goes out, the damage would be 10,000.
[So in order to reduce the damage, he will choose to cover up the matter and pretend that nothing happened.]
Chu Huan nodded, a teachable expression on her face: [That's right.]
Generally speaking, if you encounter a concubine who has cuckolded her master, you'll either send her to a farm to be cleared of sight, or sell her to a trafficker and take her elsewhere. If you encounter a more ruthless family, they'll kill her with a bowl of poison.
The system hissed: [What will your family do?]
Chu Hua: [Liu Yue is someone the old lady protects. If I continue to talk nonsense without any evidence, I won't get away with it. If I were to trick my father into catching me in an affair, the old lady would still protect me with all her might.]
[There are two possible outcomes after this incident. If my father doesn't go to Liu Yue's room and sends her to the farm, won't that be the same as the current situation?]
system:【……】
It’s true.
Now Chu Ping no longer goes to Liu Yue's room, and Liu Yue often lives in the farm with Old Lady Chu. It makes no difference whether he says it or not.
The system was very disappointed. It thought that if it revealed some shocking news, the host would be willing to bind with it.
It followed the steps mentioned during the overall system training and did everything correctly, so why didn't it work?
System: [What about your brother Chu Ping's melon? ]
Chu Hua: [He just won the third place in the imperial examination, what kind of gossip could there be?]
System: [For example, his palace examination results were not very good, but the emperor chose him as the third place winner because of his good looks.]
It thought its explosion was a big one, but Chu Hua remained calm: "I know."
System: [Huh?]
Chu Hua: [I know my brother's level of achievement perfectly well. Passing the imperial examination is already quite impressive, and being ranked third in the imperial examination is certainly due to his good looks. It's worth my trouble to prepare some facial masks to help him maintain his looks despite his heavy academic workload.]
System: [...What about Chu Qi and Chu Shu's melons? ]
Chu Hua: [As long as they don't commit crimes and bring harm to the Chu family, it has nothing to do with me.]
System: [...What about your parents? ]
Chu Hua: [What big news could there be about them that I don't know about?]
The system fell silent.
The system cried out: [Wow - why is it so difficult to find a host? ]
[I've been training for several years and just finished my job. I spent so much melon energy to travel to this continent, and I've spent another lot of melon energy to find the most suitable host to bind to. If I don't bind to a host, I'm going to shut down and die—]
[I finally found a host, but the host isn't interested in eating melons and doesn't want me—]
Did 188 blow up the Milky Way in his previous life? Why is it so tragic?
It was as if there were a dozen naughty kids crying loudly in Chu Huan's mind, making her head hurt.
【Wouldn't it be better to change the host? 】
The system cried even louder: [I've already told you that you are the most suitable host for binding on this continent!]
Chu Hua: [...You can bind my brother.]
The system is extremely stubborn: [I don’t! I like you! I want you!]
Chu Huan sighed. What a silly little Tong. She hadn't said anything yet, but this guy had already revealed almost everything.
[You mentioned my playlist earlier, so you also ate the melon from my past life? ]
The system sobbed: [Yes, yes, otherwise how could I have called for help? ]
[I want to bind to the host, so I must know what kind of person she is and whether she is worthy of my trust. You are very special. I think following you can lead me to the pinnacle of my life with promotion and salary increase.]
The voice changed, and the system cried violently: [But you don’t want me, sob ...
Chu Huan's head ached from crying: [Alright, bind, bind, stop crying.]
system:? ? ?
Unbelievable, I stopped crying and it was done in one second.
【OK, binding successful.】
[Thank you, host. Is there any melon you'd like to eat? I can find it for you~ But I don't have many melons right now, so I'll have to start with the people you know.]
Chu Hua: [Why?]
System: [There was no internet in ancient times, so I couldn't use a ready-made network. I could only build my own melon energy network. This network uses melon energy as its energy source, and is built around you. Simply put, the more familiar you are with someone, the less they'll cost you to eat melon.]
Chu Huan understood, but unfortunately: [I really don’t have any melons I want to eat.]
system:【……】
One day later, the system: [Host, do you want to eat melon today? ]
Chu Hua: [No.]
Three days later, the system: [Host, do you want to eat melon today? ]
Chu Hua: [No.]
Ten days later, System: [Host, do you want to eat melon today?]
Chu Hua: [No.]
The system endured for a long time but couldn't hold back its tears: [Wuwuwu, what's the point of me binding you?]
[Host, you have no interest in eating melons at all, so why does the system determine that you are the most suitable person to bind to the eating melon system? ]
[After binding with you, I didn't make any money at all, and I even put in a lot of private money...] As it spoke, the system became sad, [Will I never be able to get a promotion, a raise, and reach the pinnacle of unified life, wow wow——]
Chu Huan: “…”
Not wanting the system to interrupt my reading, I replied helplessly: [Alright, eat whatever melon you want.]
System: [Alright! Then let me tell you a story about your personal maid, Hongmei!] It chattered excitedly.
Chu Huan was multitasking, listening to the system while looking at her own, and occasionally nodding in agreement.
System: [……] I was treated perfunctorily.
The original excitement was instantly cooled down as if a basin of ice water was poured on it.
It's over, it really can't get a promotion, a raise, and reach the top of its life!
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