The phrase "cash on delivery" is often used when someone wants another person dead, and to a large extent, the person who says this is malicious.
Ye Qingyun tentatively replied at the end of the post: "He's just someone who buries himself in writing nonsensical stuff, is he really worth that much money? Dude, you don't have money to burn, do you?"
Ye Qingyun waited for a while, refreshed the post, and unsurprisingly found that the poster had not replied to him.
What a cold-blooded guy. It would have been better if he wasn't the target.
Ye Qingyun naturally wouldn't sit idly by and wait for his doom. He could hack into the poster's terminal to see who that person was and where they were. If they were really nearby, he could make preparations as soon as possible.
Ten minutes later, Ye Qingyun gasped.
He found the poster's information.
The poster, Li Jia, is a notorious serial killer wanted across the entire galaxy.
However... he also discovered that the poster, Li Jia, had been declared dead by the terminal some time ago.
The time of death was the period between when the last reply to the post was made.
Ye Qingyun stared at the terminal, lost in thought.
The system's voice rang in his mind: "Ah, that bad guy is dead! What goes around comes around; bad guys always die. Host, don't worry!"
Ye Qingyun shook her head.
It would be wonderful for a bad person to die immediately after posting something, but the chances of that happening are too slim.
Another possibility is that the poster had been plotting this for a long time and did not want to expose his information. He killed Li Jia, and while Li Jia was dying, he seized Li Jia's terminal, posted the message and replied to the message, and then threw the terminal back onto the dead Li Jia.
If that person has already arrived nearby...
There's absolutely no way he can expect the scumbag protagonist to help him. Is it even too late for him to cling to the protagonist's coattails? The protagonist is kind-hearted and treats him well; he certainly won't hold his previous rudeness against him!
Ye Qingyun decisively bid farewell to the system: [Goodbye, little system. I'm not doing the mission anymore. Between the headache of violating my character setting and dying inexplicably, I choose the headache. Our connection ends here. Anyway, being killed by some random passerby doesn't count as completing the mission, right?]
system:【……? 】
System: [No, boss! Without you, I can't find anyone else who can fill this role! QAQ]
Ye Qingyun: [Then what do you suggest we do? I've been diligently following the plot, while you guys are completely clueless about the changes in this world's storyline.]
The system hurriedly sent a problem report to the main system and received a reply. They quickly apologized to Ye Qingyun and said they would not let him die at the hands of unknown strangers, and they would also investigate the reason for the plot change.
Ye Qingyun snorted coldly, putting aside her worries about her life, and had the leisure to look at the other various bounty posters.
Other bounty posts are looking for people who either have a grudge against the person offering the bounty, or the person offering the bounty is after something the person offering the bounty for.
Among these bounty posts, one stands out as particularly unique.
[Looking for the legendary humanoid weapon that will never betray someone once it falls in love. DM me if you know of one, lots of money for it!]
Upon seeing the sensational title, Ye Qingyun immediately clicked on it with great interest.
Although he had never heard of this person before, this was exactly the kind of character that fit their melodramatic storyline!
That's so classy, she's definitely the protagonist's suitor.
Ye Qingyun continued reading and found that the comments below were all dismissive of the poster: "Are you dreaming? If you could really find that person, who would tell you his whereabouts?"
[If I ran into him, I'd definitely take him for myself. Using him to bully others would be far more worthwhile than your few thousand dollars in reward money, wouldn't it?]
Ye Qingyun was completely confused, but since there were quite a few people discussing it in the thread, she quickly replied and asked: 【What kind of legend is this? Does such a person really exist?】
Soon, someone replied to him: "You don't know this? This is a widely circulated legend in interstellar space."
Legend has it that there exists a family with a special bloodline, producing a remarkably powerful offspring every few hundred years. But along with this power comes a curse: they must never betray their loved ones. Whoever can win the heart of that loved one is practically clinging to a mountain of gold!
[Heh heh, I heard that thousands of years ago, an emperor tricked someone into falling in love with him and then used that person to conquer the world for him. What a scoundrel! Tsk tsk tsk, that was a genius with both supernatural abilities and mental strength at level 3S!]
[You're criticizing others, but wouldn't you lie in my shoes? I'm definitely going to lie.]
Ye Qingyun frowned slightly as she watched the discussion.
He felt disgusted by the way this person was using other people's feelings.
Ye Qingyun thought for a moment, then asked, "Even if we find them, we can't be sure if it's really that person."
Soon someone replied: "Of course there will be evidence, otherwise it would be pointless searching. It's said that when someone falls in love with you, a tattoo will slowly appear on your body. The larger the tattoo, the more that person loves you."
Ye Qingyun pursed her lips and left the forum.
He read the entire book and never saw this character mentioned. You see, the author had brought out every imaginable young talent to develop the protagonist Gu Chenyuan's romantic storyline, but ultimately couldn't find anyone suitable for Gu Chenyuan's personality, so he gave up. If such a person truly existed, the author would have introduced him long ago.
I just wish such a person didn't exist, so I wouldn't have to suffer the torment of unsure whether the feelings were real or not.
The system also read the post along with Ye Qingyun and exclaimed: "[Does such a person really exist? How miserable must their life be?]"
Ye Qingyun sighed: "On the bright side, it's not necessarily a miserable life. Perhaps he lives in anonymity, hiding his true identity, aloof from everyone, and absolutely forbidding himself from falling in love with anyone. Then, he uses his formidable strength to live a life of luxury."
Ye Qingyun paused, then rejected the idea. Human hearts are unpredictable; who knows if someone might fall in love at first sight? The safest option was to find a secluded place to live alone and be a happy farmer.
The system then asked: "If that person were you, the host, what would you do?"
"Me?" Ye Qingyun thought for a moment, "I might concoct a drug to suppress my love hormones."
That person could certainly do that, but there's no such medicine on the market, no one is researching it, and it's not easy to obtain a finished product.
However, it's also dangerous to ask others for help; they might guess your identity.
...Why is he thinking so much? This kind of person shouldn't exist in this world. He's just worrying for nothing. He should be preparing lessons for the studious Gu Chenyuan instead.
Thinking this, Ye Qingyun got up, drank a nutritional supplement, and sat down at the desk.
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As night deepened, an artificial breeze blew, turning the open pages of the book.
Gu Chenyuan pressed down on the page about pharmacology, placed it in a corner of his desk, behind Ye Qingyun's book, making it look intriguing, before turning off the light and getting into bed.
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