chapter 13: Maybe it's not that bad

While pulling the carriage Zhen zoya suddenly spoke " where did you get the ginseng you gave me?" He asked.

Li weiyu subconsciously flinched and think of an excuse that will sound convincing. Since Li weiyu can't see his face so he can't tell what's his expression and that make him more nervous.

'oh god. What would I say?' he said inside his head panicking. 'system#17! Help me!!'

[How about saying that you picked it up from the mountain?]

Li weiyu's face lit up, 'oh, great idea!'

Li weiyu first clear his throat, " Yesterday one of the maid tell me to go to the mountain and hunt some pheasants.." he pauses and think of the next scenario, " then, when I was chasing a pheasant...I trip on something. When I first saw it I thought it was just some grass or some random roots that sticks on the ground. I was really surprised when I pulled it out and it turned out to be a wild jinseng." After he said this he waits for Zhen zoya's reaction.

After some moment of silence Zhen zoya finally asked, "Why did you think of pulling it out? You said you thought it was just a grass or random roots, then why did come up with the idea of pulling it out?" The words that came out of Zhen zoya's mouth made Li weiyu's whole body stiffened, his forehead is full of sweats.

'As expected of the great villain Zhen zoya. He's not easy to fool. ' Li weiyu thought and think again. He knows if he failed to convince Zhen zoya, he will never be able to get close to him and his suspension towards him will grow.

" I don't really have the idea to pull it out, it's just that I'm so upset that I lost the pheasant because I tripped over it..." He pauses again, "...in a fit of anger I pulled it out." Li weiyu said while making his voice sound embarrassed as possible.

Another moment of silence. Li weiyu start to get nervous at this point thinking that Zhen zoya might already caught up with his lies.

"Uhm... 4th young master?" He hesitantly called to Zhen zoya, only to be answered by silence.

'f*ck!f*ck!f*ck! What do I do? What do I do? What do I do?!?!' he screams through his mind panicking. 'system#17!!!! What do I do?!'

[Would you like to purchase a skill that allows you to know the character's emotions?] 

Li weiyu look at the blue screen that was in front of him. 'how much was it?' he asked.

[Since it's only a E-grade skill the price was not that high.]

[Skill: I FEEL YOU

 Effect: Allows the user to know the character's emotions.

 Use cost: 3 mana per character

 Skill cost: 200 system coins]

[ Would you like to unlock this skill?]

[YES] [NO]

'system!! I thought you said the price was not that high!! Then, what the fuck with that price!!! Also who name that skill?!' Li weiyu said looking at the blue screen feeling betrayed.

[Do you want to unlock it?] System#17 said without a care with Li weiyu's grievance.

Li weiyu took a deep breath first. 'hah...fine.' he said and click the [YES].

[*BEEP* Sorry host but you don't have enough system coins to unlock this skill.]

[Would you like to check your system inventory?]

[YES] [NO]

'haah...f*ck' he cursed and click the [YES].

[System inventory]

[95 system coins]

[1 common knife.]

[5 common energy pills.]

[1 uncommon armor.]

[1 uncommon wrist band.]

[1 uncommon sword.]

[1 uncommon headband.]

[1 uncommon shoes.]

[1 rare 200 yrs. old ginseng]

[2 piece of rare outer clothing.]

[5 food ticket]

[1 rusted sword]

[1 E-grade martial clothing]

[ Uncommon water skin]

[5 rashenette pallets]

'ahh..wow.' he said to himself looking at his inventory. ' I need 105 system coins before I can unlock it' he said to himself.

Unknown to him, a pair of eyes inside the small carriage was watching his every move with a puzzled look.

'why does he keep flinching? And now his shoulders are down. What's wrong with this servant?' Zhen zoya thought to himself.

While Li weiyu was worrying that Zhen zoya didn't believe his explanation, the latter was already praising him for picking up such a good quality ginseng on his mind.

Back to Li weiyu's mind, he's still arguing with his system about the price of the skill. 'system#17 is there no discount?(⁠ ⁠≧⁠Д⁠≦⁠)' he asked pleadingly.

[I'm sorry host but there's no discount available.] System#17 said

Li weiyu was about to say something when system#17 talked again.

[But, you can look at your beginner's package]

[Would you like to open your beginner's package?]

[YES] [NO]

Li weiyu's eyes shines when he heard what his system said and immediately click the [YES]

[*ding* you receive 100 system coins]

[*ding* you receive 10 gacha tickets]

[*ding* you receive a magic journal]

[*ding* you receive 20 heater packs]

[*ding* you receive a herbalist kit]

'magic journal?' He thought and click the picture of a green book that has a lock on it decorated with small green flowers and leaves. 'why do I feel that the appearance of it was too feminine?'

[Magic journal:

 Use: The user can record everything that happens the whole day through his mind. Only the owner can read the content of the magical journal.]

'ah.. another useful thing.' he said sarcastically through his mind. 'but, atleast I only need 5 system coins to unlock the skill.'

Li weiyu the go to the system mall to spend the gacha tickets. 'please give me a useful skill.' he prayed as he click at the gacha machine.

[*ding* you receive 100 gold taels and 50 silver taels] 

'huh? I can get money on here too?' he asked and feels the coin pouch on his waist get heavy.

[*ding* The capacity of the coin pouch has increased.]

[*ding* The capacity of the coin pouch has been reached.]

Li weiyu click at the gacha machine again and pray for a skill again. 'please! please! please!'

[*ding* you unlock a new skill.]

[Skill: Force-field generation 

 Effect: allows the user to create a invisible Force-field to protect the user or others.

 Radius: 15 kilometers. 20 ft.

 Duration: 1 hour.]

Li weiyu's whole face lit up and he unconsciously stop pulling the small carriage. He celebrate inside his head with his hands in the air, until he heard a voice.

"Hey, why did you stop pulling? Stop being lazy and pull already! I wanna rest!" Zhen zoya said peeking out his head at the window of the carriage tired of his strange behavior.

Li weiyu turned and saw Zhen zoya's otherworldly face, staring at him with a annoyed expression on his face. For a moment, Li weiyu forgot to breath and unknowingly stare at the face of the person who will cause his demise.

A thought came to his mind.' If I die on his hand...maybe, it's not that bad' 

[Host, you must complete the mission.]

' I'm not saying I'm not gonna complete it...' Li weiyu's defense.

[(⁠ー⁠_⁠ー ⁠)]

Li weiyu was surprised at the system's emoticon. ' so this system can use emoticon too.'

Li weiyu was drowning at his own thoughts when Zhen zoya called at him again. "Hey servant!!! Are ignoring me?!" 

Li weiyu snapped back to reality, "ah..yes. what is it, young master?" he said and tried his best to put on a smile.

Li weiyu feel awkward after having such thought towards the man who will kill him in the future.

Zhen zoya became more annoyed looking at Li weiyu's awkward-looking-forced-smile " I said hurry up and pull. I want to rest on my manor." He said and close the curtain.

"Ah... please forgive me." Li weiyu said and start pulling the carriage again. 

Their journey back to the manor was dead silent. Both of them didn't talk because of different reasons. 

Zhen zoya thought that Li weiyu was regretting giving the prescious ginseng to him instead of selling it. "Ha! If his going to regret it, why bother give it to me." He whispered. 

Li weiyu on the other hand was questioning his own thoughts. ' it's not that bad?! It's not that bad?! how could I think of such thing?!?!' Li weiyu was having a battle on his mind.

System#17: host, that's enough you look like a fool(⁠￣⁠ヘ⁠￣⁠;⁠)