Lin Cuiying was seething with anger, but considering the current situation, she could only bite the bullet and ask, "Could you make it cheaper?"
【Host, this is already the cheapest price, it can't be any cheaper!】The system was talking nonsense with a straight face.
Lin Cuiying gritted her teeth and held up one finger: "One copper coin, no more than that!"
【No, no, at least four copper coins!】The system shook its head, its attitude firm.
"You..." Lin Cuiying was furious, but helpless. "Why are you so stubborn?"
【Host, these are the rules, they cannot be broken!】The system spoke in a businesslike manner.
Lin Cuiying took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down: "Forget it! I'll go see for myself!"
She refused to believe that she couldn't fix this broken system!
Then, he called out directly to the back of the person who hadn't gone far, "What are you doing here?"
The person's back also paused for a moment.
He turned around and was surprised to find a young woman standing behind him.
I never expected to encounter a woman in this desolate wilderness.
However, when he saw Lin Cuiying's face clearly, a look of amazement flashed in his eyes.
This young woman is quite pretty; although she is dressed in coarse cloth, her beautiful appearance cannot be hidden.
His gaze swept over Lin Cuiying before he asked, "Young lady, what are you doing here?"
Lin Cuiying felt disgusted when she saw his lecherous eyes.
She said coldly, "That's the question I should be asking you. What are you doing here?"
Upon hearing Lin Cuiying's words, the man immediately revealed a lewd smile: "Little lady, of course I've been waiting for you here!"
As he spoke, he lunged toward the direction where Lin Cuiying was standing.
Upon seeing this, Lin Cuiying's face darkened, and she dodged to the side, avoiding the man's embrace.
The man missed his target and looked at Lin Cuiying with some surprise: "Oh, this young lady is quite agile."
Lin Cuiying pretended to be very scared and asked again, "Who exactly are you? What are you doing here?"
Seeing Lin Cuiying asking so many questions, the man's face darkened: "Young lady, why are you asking so many questions? Anyway, you're not going anywhere today."
As he spoke, he lunged at Lin Cuiying again.
This time, he was smarter. Instead of lunging at Lin Cuiying directly, he reached out a hand and tried to grab her arm.
Seeing this, Lin Cuiying dodged to the side again, then raised her foot and kicked the man hard in the crotch.
The man was caught off guard by Lin Cuiying's sudden and ruthless attack, and was kicked in the groin by her.
"Aww..."
He let out a scream, his whole body arched like a boiled shrimp, his hands tightly covering his crotch, his face full of pain.
Looking at his miserable state, Lin Cuiying sneered disdainfully, "With your cowardly appearance, you still want to take advantage of me?"
As soon as she finished speaking, two people ran out of the cave.
Including the man from before, there are three people in total.
The two men looked at the man on the ground, a hint of surprise on their faces: "Third brother, what happened to you?"
The man known as the third brother pointed at Lin Cuiying through gritted teeth: "That bitch kicked my manhood."
Upon hearing this, both of them turned to look at Lin Cuiying.
When they saw Lin Cuiying's appearance, a hint of amazement flashed in one of their eyes.
The other person looked at Lin Cuiying with a drooling expression: "Oh, this woman is quite pretty."
Lin Cuiying glanced at them, and when she saw the face of one of them, she was slightly taken aback.
She recognized the man; upon closer inspection, she realized he was Lai Pi Chun, the notorious lazybones in their village.
Just like his name suggests, Lai Pi Chun idles away his days, doing nothing productive, and has a very bad reputation in the village.
Who would have thought he'd be hanging around with these people stealing black bears?
Lin Cuiying looked at Lai Pichun and frowned slightly: "Lai Pichun, is that you?"
Lai Pichun only noticed Lin Cuiying's appearance after hearing her voice.
Upon closer inspection, he immediately showed a surprised expression: "Oh, isn't this Lin Cuiying?"
Lin Cuiying looked at him coldly without saying a word.
Lai Pichun looked at her indifferent expression, a hint of displeasure flashing across his face: "Lin Cuiying, what are you doing here?"
"That's what I should be asking you. What are you doing here?" Lin Cuiying asked coldly.
Upon hearing this, Lai Pichun immediately revealed a lewd smile: "What are we doing here? We're waiting for you, of course!"
As he spoke, he lunged at Lin Cuiying.
Lin Cuiying spun around to dodge Lai Pichun's greasy claws, and the withered branches under her feet made a crisp snapping sound.
After she dodged, she didn't make a move, but instead kept avoiding the three men and preventing them from getting close.
[Host! Fight back now!] The system's electronic voice was practically splitting in frustration. [There's a broken stick under the tree root on the right!]
Instead of moving to the right, she slid to the left, stepping on the moss.
"You little vixen, you're as slippery as an eel!" The pockmarked accomplice swung out an oil-soaked hemp rope noose, the loop of which swayed and cast an afterimage above her head.
Lin Cuiying suddenly staggered half a step, her lower back hitting the old tree stump at the end of the road.
[Host, act quickly!]
"I'm in a bad mood and don't want to fight." Lin Cuiying moved to the side, dodging the rope noose.
[Host, you'll be caught if you don't act!]
"Ha, doing it yourself is so tiring!"
Lin Cuiying strolled around, teasing the three of them like a cat, her steps light as she passed through the bushes.
【Why are you just hiding?!】The system's bubble voice was almost bursting.
"What? I just like to hide?" Lin Cuiying chatted with the system while hiding.
No, I mean, hurry up and do it!
"I won't move," Lin Cuiying refused decisively.
The system was puzzled: "Why?"
“Because you always trick me,” Lin Cuiying said.
The system was even more puzzled: "Huh? How did I trick you?"
"You cheated me out of my money..."
Before Lin Cuiying could finish speaking, the light screen in front of her suddenly cracked into a spiderweb pattern.
A tiny, thumb-sized chibi-style figure crawled out through a crack, its tattered prison cap askew on its head, its gray prison uniform wrinkled, and a wooden sign with the words "Innocent" hanging on its chest.
"I... hiccup... I never stole any money from the host..." The chibi-style prisoner swung on a swing in the air, crying so hard that snot bubbles came out of his nose.
She glanced at the little figure on the screen, and in that moment of surprise, the rope ring that Lai Pi Chun swung out caught on her wrist.
The pine resin soaked in the hemp rope made his skin shine, and Lai Pi Chun excitedly stomped his feet: "Finally caught him!"
"If I don't show my power, you dare to act tough in front of me? I'll show you what despair is in a minute!" Lin Cuiying swung her bound wrists around, but the ropes tightened even more with each swing.
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