IHOEAYSTTTIW Chapter 55

“Are you alive?” Lin Yan leaned against a pillar on the veranda, melancholically holding a lollipop between two fingers, and sighed deeply, “Alright, tell me, what is your so-called mission?”

The system seemed to be angered by Lin Yan, its voice trembling, “Mission?… There’s no mission anymore, you’ve already gotten the little Emperor into bed…”

Lin Yan clicked his tongue and tapped the pillar, “What’s wrong with good brothers sharing a bed?”

The system coldly brushed him off, “Alright, alright, fine, fine.”

Lin Yan glanced at the room and lowered his voice, “The little Emperor you found is probably gone, the person in the shell now is from New China. Sending a high school student to fight in palace intrigues? I think you want him dead.”

The system didn’t speak, but Lin Yan felt it was evaluating something.

Lin Yan shoved the candy into his mouth, crunching loudly. He flicked the candy stick into a bucket in the corner and said coldly, “I’m warning you, employing child labor is illegal.”

The system was silent for a long while, then suddenly asked, “Do you want to go home?”

“Yes,” Lin Yan answered without a second thought.

The system seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and began to assign the mission, “Then replace the current Emperor and prevent the Great Zhou from perishing in this dynasty, and you can go home.”

“Me? Replace the Emperor?” Lin Yan wore the same expression as Mother Wang. He pointed at himself and then at the room, incredulous, “Replace him with who? Xiao Qi?”

“That’s right.”

“That’s BS.” Lin Yan couldn’t control himself for a moment and cursed into the void, “What are you planning? He’s a transmigrator, what happens after he ascends the throne? I go home, and he stays behind?”

All sorts of bizarre novels flashed through Lin Yan’s mind, and he felt that this system was increasingly strange. He narrowed his eyes slightly, his voice laced with caution, “You’re not some kind of evil thing, are you?”

“How could that be? I’m a legitimate system,” the system cried out, feeling wronged, and hurriedly swore its loyalty, “Those illegitimate systems shock their hosts and absorb their luck. I’m so honest, I’m still thinking of leveling up to M5…”

M5? A senior director in a private enterprise?

“Oh, so it’s just a workhorse system,” Lin Yan shook his head, pulling the topic back on track, “No, that’s not the point… So, the so-called mission is to prevent the country from falling or to help Xiao Qi become Emperor?”

“Is there a difference?”

“There’s a huge difference. If you’re…”

The system’s voice suddenly became garbled. Lin Yan called out twice but didn’t hear a response, so he simply stood there waiting for the system to reconnect.

First time strange, second time familiar. This situation had happened once when he first transmigrated. Now…

As expected, the system unexpectedly glitched. When Lin Yan heard the prompt “Insufficient energy, system hibernating,” he rolled his eyes fiercely.

He couldn’t even be bothered to call out. He turned and went back into the room.

Yun Qi was still asleep in bed, his posture not having changed much.

Lin Yan tiptoed to the bedside, then stumbled over something unknown.

Lin Yan straightened the shoe and scratched his head in confusion.

Was this shoe here just now? Why didn’t he see it when he went out? Did he kick it over?

“Big Brother, what time is it?” The person in bed rubbed his eyes, looking like he hadn’t fully woken up.

“It’s still early, sleep a bit more,” Lin Yan estimated the time and pushed Yun Qi back onto the bed.

Yun Qi obediently lay down, then bounced up again.

“What’s wrong?” Lin Yan asked in confusion.

“Big Brother, you should sleep, I have to go to court,” Yun Qi nimbly put on his clothes and rushed out, stomping into his boots.

First day of marriage, second day back to work?

Lin Yan expressed sympathy but couldn’t do anything. He asked a bit redundantly, “Then when will you be back?”

“If I’m not too busy, I’ll be back for lunch.”

…

If he wasn’t too busy, he’d be back for lunch, but clearly Yun Qi was so busy he was working non-stop.

The new Emperor didn’t have many relatives, so the sudden appearance of an Prince An naturally caused a group of people to rush to curry favor. If they couldn’t curry favor with the Prince An, then they would with the Princess An. Invitations like snowflakes were delivered to the Prince An’s Residence, but Lin Yan was too lazy to even look at them and threw them out. As a result, that group of people turned their attention to Xiang Wei.

Lin Yan didn’t know that Xiang Wei had been targeted. He politely declined all sorts of banquets and gleefully dove into a new trap.

Disguised, Lin Yan circled around Xiang Wei, entering through the small door used for delivering vegetables.

Cheng Que, who was sorting goods, was startled by Lin Yan’s sudden appearance. He looked around to make sure no one had noticed, then cautiously asked, “Princess… Yanzi, why are you back? I thought…”

Lin Yan deftly helped Cheng Que sort things out, his words full of grievance, “Does Cheng Cheng not welcome me? That would make me too sad.”

“How could I not be happy?” Cheng Que looked around, his voice involuntarily lowering, “It’s just that your status is special now, it’s not good for you to show your face.”

Lin Yan didn’t think much of it, “I’m not going to the front, what could happen?”

“The shop… we’ve hired a few new workers, their backgrounds aren’t clear yet.”

“Alright,” Lin Yan glanced in the direction of the kitchen, the disappointment in his eyes almost overflowing, “I was even thinking of showing off my skills.”

“That’s easy,” Cheng Que put the accounts away and pulled Lin Yan towards the side courtyard, “I’ll take you to the small kitchen.”

“Small kitchen? What small kitchen?” Lin Yan was baffled.

He just got married, and Xiang Wei had become unrecognizable?

A blush rose on Cheng Que’s face, and he said vaguely, “It’s… my bedroom was converted.”

“You converted your bedroom into a kitchen, where do you sleep…” Lin Yan suddenly reacted. He stopped walking, a maternal smile unconsciously appearing on his face, “You moved to the Gu family?”

Cheng Que nodded his head slightly, his face as red as a cooked shrimp.

Gossip lover, gossip soul, eating sweet melon revives my soul.

Lin Yan’s eyes lit up, he put on his scarf, grabbed some melon seeds, and prepared to eat some gossip at any moment, “That’s great, you guys…”

Cheng Que rejected Lin Yan’s request to eat gossip and changed the subject, “His Highness didn’t come with you…”

“He’s busy…” Lin Yan, not having gotten any gossip, was very disappointed. He followed Cheng Que to the small kitchen, exaggerating his expression like Yun Qi, “Saying things like ‘I’ll definitely be back for lunch~~,’ and then you don’t see him even when the lanterns are lit.”

Cheng Que patted Lin Yan’s shoulder, expressing deep sympathy.

Lin Yan didn’t want to talk about this at all. Fortunately, the small kitchen had arrived. Lin Yan inventoried the ingredients and was pleasantly surprised to find that the things he wanted were actually available. He tossed the needed ingredients into a basin, rubbing his hands together eagerly, “It’s time for morning tea, I’ll make some Shredded Tripe with Pepper for you to try.”

Xiang Wei’s dishes were always “weird and strange”. Cheng Que understood Lin Yan’s habits. Those things that others thought were unappetizing, inedible, or impossible to cook, Lin Yan could “bring back to life with a touch of magic.”

The people of Great Zhou didn’t have the habit of eating offal, but if Lin Yan said it was edible, then it was edible, and it would definitely be delicious.

So this seemingly dirty, slimy offal, the taste must also be good… right?

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