340: Chapter 16 Find me a few more people like Tang Longyan.

Tang Longyan: ...

Tang Longyan hurriedly changed the subject, "Is there anything else you need me for?"

Seeing that he asked, Yun Tiankai stopped holding back.

"I mainly wanted to thank you for taking care of me these past few days."

She stood by his side with her hands behind her back, looking extremely well-behaved.

"And also... I would like to go out again. Do you happen to have time?"

As she spoke, she leaned forward slightly and blinked at him twice.

Tang Longyan's heart skipped a beat as well.

He put on a stern face and said, "Fine, you go down the mountain and wait for me first."

"I'll come find you in a while."

Yun Tiankai immediately beamed, "Okay!"

After thinking for a moment, she added, "If you don't need too long, I can just wait for you at the cave entrance."

She pointed outside.

Walking down the mountain was too tiring; she wanted to "hitch a ride."

"You go down first!"

After saying this, Tang Longyan turned his face away again, refusing to look at her.

Yun Tiankai: ...

Yun Tiankai obediently walked out of the cave and headed down the mountain.

After walking some distance, she suddenly stopped.

[little system, is Tang Longyan really not gay?]

little system: ...

Meanwhile.

Inside the cave at the mountaintop, a suppressed cough suddenly rang out.

Tang Longyan took out a canister of water from his space.

He gulped it down in one breath.

Only then did he regain the feeling in his throat.

That stir-fried potato and meat dish—the meat probably hadn't been blanched, and it had a strong, gamey smell of raw pork.

The tomato scrambled eggs: the eggs were burnt, the tomatoes were unripe, and the salt was a lethal dose.

He was so choked by the saltiness that he could barely speak.

However, he didn't want to disappoint her, so he had to hurry and send her away.

Halfway up the mountain.

little system: [How did you come to that conclusion?]

Yun Tiankai: [I feel like he really likes my Beast Form. When he holds me, there's always a smile on his lips.]

[But as soon as I turn into my human form, he won't even look at me properly.]

little system gave a dry laugh: [You certainly observe things quite carefully, huh!]

Yun Tiankai: [So he—is he?]

little system: [Of course not! He is—]

little system swallowed back what it had just observed regarding Tang Longyan's change in mood.

[Didn't you already give up on him?] little system asked.

Yesterday, when it detected that Yun Tiankai had decided to give up on Tang Longyan, it had happily set off electronic fireworks to celebrate.

As long as she didn't provoke the son of the Great Demon King, its host could live a long and healthy life, helping him complete the exchange mission.

Yun Tiankai: [I did give up.]

[But being normal friends is fine, right?]

[Even if he isn't mine, just looking at him every day makes me happy.]

little system: ...

little system was silent for a moment, detecting that Yun Tiankai truly felt no sorrow at all.

It asked curiously: [How do you manage to never have internal conflict?]

Yun Tiankai: [Is internal conflict useful?]

little system: [Internal conflict isn't useful, but no one can really avoid it, right?]

Yun Tiankai: [I have internal conflict too, but I force myself to move forward.]

She jumped down from a rock.

In an instant, many memories from the past flashed through her mind.

little system curiously opened her profile.

Immediately, it was stunned.

After its previous host died accidentally, little system had been in a rush to find someone who looked exactly like her to fill the "void."

It hadn't bothered to understand Yun Tiankai's past at all.

Because she looked almost exactly like the previous host, it naturally assumed that she must be like the previous host—a person of great merit.

When alive, she would have lived a life free of illness and disaster, doted on by family and friends.

After death, she would become someone's unforgettable "white moonlight."

It never expected—

that Yun Tiankai was actually an orphan.

Her mother had become pregnant out of wedlock and, not ready to be a mother, had thrown her into a trash can.

Her cries caught the attention of a grandmother who made a living by collecting trash.

The grandmother took her in and raised her until she was six years old.

Later, when the grandmother fell seriously ill, Yun Tiankai asked a primary school student she knew to write down the grandmother's condition.

Imitating others, she begged at the bridgehead to get money for her grandmother's treatment.

She had been threatened by "competitors" many times, and several times, she was almost sent to an orphanage by well-meaning people.

But every time, she managed to "turn danger into safety."

Because her young self understood that the orphanage would not give her money to treat her grandmother.

Only if she was free could she earn money.

One day, she met a woman who looked very wealthy.

She grabbed the woman's sleeve and wouldn't let go, hoping she would give her some more money.

The woman said half-jokingly, "If you become my daughter, I'll be responsible for your grandmother's medical expenses, how about that?"

Yun Tiankai agreed without hesitation.

But not long after, her grandmother died anyway.

Fortunately, by that time, the woman had become her mother.

She once again gave the little girl someone to rely on.

Yun Tiankai spent the two most carefree years of her life.

She was well-behaved and sensible, and everyone around her mother liked her very much.

Just when she thought this happiness would last forever,

her mother's boyfriend swindled her mother out of all her money and incurred a huge amount of debt.

Her mother sold the company...

But it still wasn't enough.

Under pressure from all sides, she abandoned Yun Tiankai at the entrance of an orphanage.

And jumped into the sea to commit suicide...

At that time, Yun Tiankai was indeed depressed for a while.

But she quickly got over it; at least she had been happy once.

Just like that, she stayed in the orphanage until she was 14, when she was adopted by a couple.

She felt she had found someone to rely on again and tried very hard to be a "good daughter."

But soon, she realized something was wrong.

Her adoptive father would often peek at her while she was changing clothes.

She heard her adoptive mother and father talking about using her to curry favor with Director XX.

Yun Tiankai was very smart; she immediately looked up relevant incidents online and understood their goal.

So, she used her pocket money to buy a camera and secretly installed it in her bedroom.

She recorded her adoptive father sneaking into her bedroom in the middle of the night...

Then, after collecting the evidence,

she took the evidence and reported it to the police.

Her adoptive father was sent to prison, and her adoptive mother cursed her as an ungrateful wretch.

She believed that since the adoptive father hadn't actually touched Yun Tiankai, it shouldn't constitute a crime.

Yun Tiankai just sneered and returned to the orphanage.

After that, she never again hoped that anyone could bring her permanent reliance and happiness.

She understood that all happiness in this world is not permanent.

Yet even this fleeting happiness had to be earned through her own efforts.

Therefore, since Tang Longyan was her type, she would go after him.

When she realized that he didn't like her, she could also let go quickly.

And treat him with an attitude of pure appreciation.

After reading through Yun Tiankai's experiences, little system said: [I didn't expect you to be so pitiful.]

Yun Tiankai: "I don't think I'm pitiful.

I grew up so pretty and so lucky; many people should be envious of me!"

little system, however, felt that these words sounded like she was forcing a smile.

[Don't worry, Host! I will definitely help you screen a few more Beast Husbands to love you well.]

Yun Tiankai was amused by little system's sympathetic tone.

She shook her head and took two steps down the mountain.

She said half-jokingly: "Alright! Find me a few more like Tang Longyan."

As the words left her mouth, she realized that, at some point, someone was standing right in front of her.