335: System tasks, rewards

The next day.

The fog was thick, and the sky was just beginning to brighten.

The students of Senior Year 3, Class 1 were already on the bus heading to Yunzi Peak for a picnic.

"Students, for the next two days, I will be leading you."

"If anything happens, remember to tell the Teacher, okay?"

Sitting in the seat behind the driver, Teacher Ren Yun, wearing frameless glasses and simple attire, emphasized the reminder to everyone in the bus.

"We know! Hurry and depart, Teacher!"

Inside the bus, several voices were filled with impatience.

By the window, Gu Bing looked at the beautiful and harmless-looking female Teacher in front, remaining silent.

Who would have thought that this woman was a killer with blood on her hands?

If it weren't for the content in the System's prophecy diary, Gu Bing herself would never have discovered it.

According to the description in the diary, Blood Rose's target was Xia Qingxue.

If she were to expose Ren Yun's identity as Blood Rose now, it would very likely prevent Xia Qingxue and Lin Xuan from falling off the cliff later.

However... expose her?

Heh, how could that be possible?

In a sense, Blood Rose and she were in the same camp!

It was a pity that, according to the description in the diary, after Lin Xuan fell off the cliff, he would instead turn misfortune into fortune and experience a complete transformation.

Ren Yun's methods not only failed to deal with Lin Xuan but even allowed him to enter a warm-up period where his strength would greatly increase!

This was probably related to the protagonist's extremely high Luck.

While thinking, Gu Bing's peripheral vision caught sight of Lin Xuan not far away, and she noticed that his gaze was intentionally or unintentionally directed towards her.

Of course, besides Lin Xuan, the gaze of most of the male students in the entire bus also occasionally converged on her.

It was truly because the peerless beauty gender-bending card given by the System was too effective.

Gu Bing's appearance and figure were stunning every time someone looked at her.

Gu Bing felt helpless about this.

However, she also understood, after all, when she looked at herself in the mirror alone, it was also difficult to maintain composure.

Besides the gazes of Lin Xuan and other males, there was also a distinct and targeted gaze that caught Gu Bing's attention.

It was Xia Qingxue.

This woman's possessiveness was truly strong; she had only become Lin Xuan's deskmate, and it had aroused such great hostility from this woman.

She glanced at Lin Xuan casually.

Suddenly, Gu Bing noticed that Lin Xuan's protagonist's Luck, she didn't know when, had dropped from 99% to 90%.

Did something else happen yesterday?

With some confusion in her beautiful eyes, Gu Bing checked the harmless-looking System panel, but she didn't get any information.

The scenery outside the window kept passing by.

As they approached the mountains, the tall buildings gradually became scarce.

"Can you please not talk to me?! I'm not familiar with you!"

Suddenly, on the bus, a woman's impatient and cold voice suddenly erupted.

Almost instantly, it attracted the attention of everyone in the bus.

It was Xia Qingxue, and she was talking to Lin Xuan!

Weren't they usually quite normal... What was going on?

Lin Xuan was also stunned by Xia Qingxue's sudden scolding, his expression stiffening.

What temper tantrum was this young lady throwing now?

Just now, he had sent a message to Xia Qingxue and found that he had been deleted. He asked in confusion but received this kind of scolding.

With confusion, Lin Xuan looked at Xu Mengmeng beside him inquiringly.

And Xu Mengmeng, holding Xia Qingxue's arm, said with a displeased Face, "Think about what you've done."

"What have I done?" Lin Xuan frowned.

Facing the contemptuous gazes of the two women, he only felt somewhat bewildered and unreasonable.

"Tsk, so Lin Xuan is just Xia Xiaohua's lickspittle after all. Their relationship was so ambiguous before, I thought he was her official boyfriend."

"Tsk tsk, Xia Xiaohua said she wasn't familiar with him, and he still went up to her. It's truly laughable."

As Xia Qingxue and Xu Mengmeng's words spread, the gazes of many students in the bus looking at Lin Xuan were filled with disdain.

Listening to the buzzing discussions in the bus, Ren Yun in the front seat adjusted her glasses and smiled subtly.

She hadn't expected that Xia Qingxue would have a conflict with Lin Xuan, her close-quarters bodyguard, at this time.

It seemed that it would be even more convenient to make her move then!

And Xia Qingxue, who was at the center of the discussion storm, after her anger had slightly subsided, saw Lin Xuan's confused and startled expression, and a hint of regret suddenly flashed in her heart.

Regardless of anything, Lin Xuan had saved her so many times; speaking like this seemed a bit excessive.

Just then.

At this time, under everyone's gaze, Xia Qingxue couldn't bring herself to apologize.

Besides, it was Lin Xuan's fault in the first place, why should she apologize?

On the other hand, Lin Xuan was in an extremely bad mood.

Although he was currently Xia Qingxue's bodyguard, it didn't mean his status was equivalent to a character who could be arbitrarily cursed by his employer.

He didn't say anything about her telling him to find his own way home yesterday.

Today, she was escalating and scolding him, making him look foolish.

He had saved her several times before without any indication of gratitude, and now she was avoiding him like a pest.

Such a spoiled and selfish employer made Lin Xuan's heart grow cold.

"Ding~ Because of the Host's existence, Lin Xuan and Xia Qingxue, whose relationship should have progressed further, developed a rift. The protagonist Lin Xuan was dealt a blow. Rewarding the Host with a video recorder."

[Video Recorder]: After activating and using, all of the Host's actions from this moment on will be filmed from a third-person perspective and presented, to be edited into a film by the Host.

After the System's voice fell, Gu Bing looked at Lin Xuan and Xia Qingxue strangely.

So... these two were like this because of her.

Her existence?

She was just breathing the air on the side, and Xia Qingxue couldn't stand it, thus triggering such a show of dogs biting each other?

She slightly rubbed her forehead, and recalling what these two had done to her back then, Gu Bing's lips slightly curved.

She looked back at the System's reward.

[Video Recorder], wasn't this for filming herself?

...

Yunzi Peak.

The mist, like a veil, spread among the mountains. The morning sun at eight o'clock, amidst the chirping of birds, washed away the dim twilight.

"Students, do you see the mountain peak in the distance? That's our campsite. We'll meet there before noon!"

"There's ice water, snacks, and barbecue at the campsite, first come, first served."

Ren Yun's voice carried a hint of the playfulness of a young teacher.

However, many students who heard this groaned in discomfort.

"Why did they choose a mountaintop for the campsite? Climbing up there, we'll be exhausted and thirsty."

Glancing at the students in front of her, Ren Yun looked at Lin Xuan, smiling inwardly: "It has to be tiring and thirsty, otherwise, how would Lin Xuan drink the water I specially prepared?"

Each bottle of water was labeled with a name.

According to Ren Yun's explanation to the students, the labeling was to prevent people from taking too much water.

The reason was also reasonable and wouldn't arouse Lin Xuan's suspicion.

As long as Lin Xuan drank the water, her assassination would be largely successful.

In fact, last night, Blood Rose had already begun setting up for Xia Qingxue, her target.

The first person to deal with was inevitably the bodyguard named Lin Xuan beside Xia Qingxue.

Before her, there had been quite a few killers who had fallen at Lin Xuan's hands.

With so many people's past failures as a lesson, it was enough to prove that Lin Xuan was worth taking seriously.

"Ding~ System task has been issued. Host, please check."

On the mountain steps, Gu Bing opened the System panel.

System Task: Complete the poisoning

[Complete the poisoning]: Please have Lin Xuan successfully drink the water that has been poisoned by Blood Rose.

Success Reward: White Sweet Medal

[White Sweet Medal]: Wearing the medal, the Host's appearance increases by 50%, and gains a clean and innocent temperament.

"This task..." Gu Bing slightly slowed her pace.

According to the records in the prophecy diary, Blood Rose had already put poison into Lin Xuan's mineral water.

Unfortunately, in the end, Xu Mengmeng accidentally drank the poison for Lin Xuan, which caused Lin Xuan to avoid this scheme.

This System task meant that she needed to facilitate Blood Rose's disrupted plan.

As for the reward...

Her appearance was already like this, plus the 50% appearance increase and innocent temperament from the medal, was the System telling her to use her beauty for revenge?

It seemed... she was also moving in that direction.

Although it was shameful for her, 'a man,' to do this, if she wanted revenge, following the System's rhythm was the only way!

Half an hour passed in a flash.

The climbing team gradually spread out.

Ren Yun always followed Xia Qingxue at a distance, while Gu Bing was a few steps above.

"That fork in the road on the right leads to the campsite. We're finally here, I'm so thirsty!"

Xu Mengmeng fanned herself, weighed the two burdens on her body, and looked at Lin Xuan, saying, "You, quickly go to the campsite and get the water for me and Xia Qingxue. We're dying of thirst."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xuan slightly frowned.

He glanced at Gu Bing, who was always silent and looked like a wild white lotus beside him, feeling somewhat unable to accept Xu Mengmeng, this vulgar person, ordering him around in front of this woman.

It felt like he had lost Face.

Recalling the attitude of these two women towards him on the bus earlier, the annoyance in Lin Xuan's heart grew heavier.

"If you want water, get it yourself."

Leaving these words, Lin Xuan walked directly into the campsite.

"What?" Xu Mengmeng looked at Lin Xuan in disbelief, then hugged Xia Qingxue's arm and said, "Xia Qingxue, Lin Xuan is too much!"

"Indeed, with a woman, he's ignoring us, his employers."

As she finished speaking, Xu Mengmeng cast a hostile glance at Gu Bing, who was following behind Lin Xuan and walking towards the campsite.

"Let's go, let's go to the campsite and rest for a bit." Xu Mengmeng looked at Xia Qingxue, about to pull her to rest.

Listening to her best friend's words, Xia Qingxue looked at Lin Xuan and Gu Bing's figures, one in front and one behind, and her delicate brows couldn't help but furrow.

"No, let's go up the mountain and feel the breeze."

"Ah?" Xu Mengmeng pursed her dry lips: "But I'm so thirsty. How about you go up first, Xia Qingxue, and I'll come up to join you after I get a drink of water?"