[Darling host, your missions are not yet decided.]
"You mean to say that you haven't come up with the missions, or the main system hasn't allotted them yet?" Ruan Chanchan asked while taking another bite of the apple.
Xiao Xi nodded and stated, "That's right. The main system is still coming up with a mission. Our first responsibility is to make sure that you are comfortable in this world, darling."
Ruan Chanchan snorted after hearing Xiao Xi's response. This stupid system dragged her from her own world, where she was well-established and settled and now wanted her to settle in this weird world where there was neither a television nor an air conditioner.
It was similar to asking a city girl to live in the mountains; Ruan Chanchan had no idea what the system meant by that. It was waiting for her to get comfortable. How was she supposed to get comfortable in a world where she knew nothing and had nothing?
Ruan Chanchan sighed, feeling a bit regretful. If she had known that she was going to die, she would have used her money to enjoy life instead of living in a world where she would never be able to see, eat or drink her fill. Now that she thought about it, she quite missed Zhou Ji's cakes.
They were really good!
[Ding.]
[ Congratulations on unlocking the first mission.]
[Help your injured brother and gain gratitude points.]
Ruan Chanchan: "..."
Xiao Xi: "..."
She turned and looked at the little system and sneered, "Well, did you not say that the main system is waiting for me to get comfortable? How come I ended up getting comfortable in just a matter of seconds?"
She was not comfortable when she asked for a mission, but the second she complained, she became comfortable with this world.
This main system was such a sneaky bastard! She was going to file a complaint.
Xiao Xi was also stunned by the turn of events, but he quickly recovered himself and said to Ruan Chanchan, "Darling, this is not the time to worry about such things. Your brother was injured! You should worry about him first before anything else."
Only then did Ruan Chanchan recall that the mission was to treat Ruan Zeqiu. But where was that mer?
"AHHH!!!"
Ruan Chanchan hurried out of the cave and rushed outside; sure enough, her guess was correct. Her dear brother had rushed to Daddy Zhou's cave and was now tugging at the hair of the old mer as if his life depended on it.
"You beast! It is bad enough that you have stolen so much salt from us and never returned, but you actually went to bully my sister behind my back? You tried to kick her out of the tribe? Do you think I, Ruan Zeqiu, am dead? Have you forgotten how you used to starve in your old wife's house, and it was my mother who rescued you?" Ruan Zeqiu roared as he brought up the old matters.
Though Daddy Zhou acted coquettish all day, the tribe members had not forgotten that before getting mated to Mother Ruan, he was mated to an old woman who had more than twenty mers as her mated partners. Because of this, even though the old woman was nice to them, she had so many mers to take care of that she could not just take care of every single one.
As Daddy Zhou was the weakest, he didn't get a lot to eat or drink and was usually left to starve.
It was only after the death of the old woman that Mother Ruan brought Daddy Zhou to her cave. Only then did this mer get a bit better.
"Ruan Zeqiu, let my father go!" Daddy Zhou's seven-year-old son rushed out of the cave when he saw that his daddy was getting bullied, but who was Ruan Zeqiu? He raised his foot and kicked the mer in the stomach.
"My son—ouch!"
Just as Daddy Zhou screamed at Ruan Zeqiu, the mer raised his hand and smacked the old mer on the face. Even though he was bleeding from his feet and had many other injuries, the mer stated coldly, "I am telling you this for the last time: don't bother my sister! If I see you causing trouble for her one more time, I will throw you and your daddy in the mouth of a beast!"
"Do you understand it or not?" Ruan Zeqiu questioned. As he spoke, he waved his fist in the air.
In the end, the mer who came to save his daddy was still a child. When he heard Ruan Zeqiu's threat, he didn't dare to say anything. He burst into tears as he nodded.
Only then did Ruan Zeqiu let go of Daddy Zhou.
He threw the mer on the floor and said to him, "Don't you dare bully my sister anymore."
After he finished speaking, he turned on his feet and walked away, leaving Daddy Zhou to tremble in anger. He turned to look at his wife and scolded her angrily, "Why didn't you help me right now? That mer was beating me in front of you, and you stayed quiet? Are you a woman or not!?"
"Shut up!" Wangshu glared at her husband. She said to him, "Do you even know how much salt I have to pay those two back? Because of you, our family is about to be ruined. Who asked you to bully Ruan Chanchan to the point that she started rebelling!?"
After she finished speaking, Wangshu turned around on her feet and walked inside the cave. Daddy Zhou watched her leave, and his face turned sullen. If Mother Ruan were the one with him, she would have definitely fought for him. She would never use him and then blame him like Wangshu!
Why did that woman love that bastard so much that she gave up her life for him? If she were alive, then his life would be much better.
What did she mean by saying that their lives were about to be ruined by him? Why didn't she praise him when his actions were benefiting her and the children?
"Sister Chanchan!"
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