Chapter 324 – Your family’s plum blossom1 is lost again (1)
When Fang Shi’s corruption value was completely reset to zero when Yan Luo had fallen ill due to her frail body and was nearing the end of her life.
It wasn’t until the very last moment that his unease was entirely dispelled.
He had truly accompanied her for a lifetime.
Not long after Yan Luo passed away, Fang Shi also fell gravely ill and soon followed.
Upon returning to the system space, Yan Luo felt her suddenly lowered field of vision and couldn’t help but reminisce about the times when she had long legs and exuded an aura of dominance.
However, the duration she spent in the various worlds seemed to be getting longer and longer, making it a bit disorienting for her to snap back to reality.
[Welcome back, dear Host~! Your points have successfully reached 125! If you need any assistance, just call for me anytime~!]
Little Pink’s cheerful voice rang in her ears.
Yan Luo raised her hand and lightly massaged her temples, then sat down on the soft bed she had previously used, hugging the pillow. “Scam Pink, why do I feel like I’m spending longer and longer in each world?”
[That’s because your corresponding mental strength has increased, making you highly adaptable to the worlds. There’s no longer any risk of getting lost in them, so the duration you stay is now calculated based on the most suitable time for completing the task.]
Unlike before, when the system Little Pink would constantly urge her to leave, afraid that she might accidentally lose herself in a world.
[Host, do you want to take a rest?]
“Mm.” Yan Luo yawned, rolled across the bed twice while hugging the pillow, then blinked sleepily and grinned. “I’ll rest for a bit… Scam Pink, I just realized you’ve actually become kind of reliable lately.”
[Lately?] Little Pink paused, clearly displeased. [I’ve always been reliable, okay?]
Yan Luo’s response was to pull the blanket over her head, pretending not to hear.
Little Pink : […Hmph!] ╭(╯^╰)╮
This time, Yan Luo had indeed stayed in the world for quite a long time. Little Pink couldn’t bring itself to forcibly throw its ever-bickering host into the next world right away.
It wasn’t until Yan Luo woke up that she officially entered her next world.
The sky was slightly overcast, and a few raindrops fell sporadically. As soon as she opened her eyes, a wave of anxiety and helplessness from the original owner surged through her, making her heart race.
She was on a street with few people around, and those present were all in a hurry. Moreover…
Yan Luo blinked and lifted her hands, examining her short and chubby fingers. Then, she glanced down at her clothes and estimated her height.
Yan Luo : …
(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻
“Scam Pink, give me back my 1.3-meter-long legs!!”
[Reporting to the Host, you are currently a child with tiny radish legs!]
Yan Luo : Don’t think I didn’t catch the mockery in your tone!!! You bastard!!
Indeed, Yan Luo was now in the body of a five-year-old child.
Moreover, there were no adults around. It seemed like… she was lost…
The original owner’s memories were limited, but she remembered that her home was large and wealthy. She recalled her grandfather’s face and knew that her parents had passed away in an accident, leaving her as the only survivor.
As for why she was on this street, it appeared that a disgruntled former employee of her grandfather, who had lost their job, had sought revenge. The driver who came to pick her up had been stabbed, and in the ensuing chaos of panicked parents fetching their children, she had been separated and ended up here.
- the word 青梅竹马 (qīngméi zhúmǎ), which literally means plum blossom (青梅 qīngméi) and bamboo horse (竹马 zhúmǎ), refers to a pair of childhood sweethearts. The plum blossom part is referring to the girl, while the bamboo horse part is referring to the boy. ↩︎