Chapter 25: The Highest Priority

Sang Zhiyi’s eyelids drooped slightly.

She felt a bit emotional.

In the original plot development of this world, Jiang Yingru met Lou Yanchen on the show Love of a Limited Season.

Without Sang Zhiyi as an unexpected factor, the male and female leads were drawn together by a natural magnetic force, and Lou Yanchen smoothly got close to Jiang Yingru.

At the lowest point in Jiang Yingru’s life, it was Lou Yanchen who brought her crucial warmth and comfort, and he even saved her life later, which was why Jiang Yingru developed feelings for him.

Now, Lou Yanchen certainly no longer had the right to get close to Jiang Yingru.

As for the hurdle that had nearly cost Jiang Yingru her life…

A nearly inorganic glint flashed in Sang Zhiyi’s eyes.

She would not let that situation happen again.

After getting together with Lou Yanchen, Jiang Yingru had retired from the entertainment industry at his request.

They married quickly, and Jiang Yingru became a full-time housewife in the Lou family, resting quietly according to the doctor’s treatment plan, and her health gradually stabilized.

But Sang Zhiyi knew that this was not the life Jiang Yingru truly wanted.

Sang Zhiyi pondered.

The key to solving this problem lay in how to manage Jiang Yingru’s condition.

Even if it couldn’t be completely cured, it needed to be effectively alleviated, at least so that it wouldn’t affect Jiang Yingru’s work and life.

‘System Sir,’ Sang Zhiyi tried calling out in her mind, ‘do you hosts have a store available?

I want to purchase medication to treat the female lead’s heart condition.

Is there a channel?’

After a long absence, the faint sound of static electricity crackled, and the system’s clear, magnetic voice rang out.

[Miss Sang, the store you mentioned does exist.]

[However, you are still on your novice mission and do not have the authority to access the store.]

[The universal medication for this world’s female lead Jiang Yingru’s heart condition is rated C-rank, requiring 100 mission points to purchase.]

[After you complete the novice mission, you will be awarded mission points based on the score of how thoroughly you have reversed the original owner’s fate.

You can then view the details.]

[Once your accumulated mission points reach 10 or more, the system store will automatically unlock for the host.]

After hearing the system’s methodical response, Sang Zhiyi was neither disappointed nor discouraged.

She merely asked in a calm tone.

[Then what if I absolutely must have it?]

[What price do I need to pay to buy on credit in advance and purchase this medication?]

Sang Zhiyi could travel to other worlds herself, but Jiang Yingru could only live in this world.

By the time Sang Zhiyi completed the mission according to the procedure and obtained her mission points, it was uncertain whether she would still be able to return to this world; all kinds of variables could arise.

The best solution was, of course, to cure Jiang Yingru while she was still in this world.

Although she didn’t know whether System Sir could actually offer credit, she had to at least try.

[You can buy on credit to purchase the C-rank universal medication,] the system replied.

[In exchange, you will need to complete missions in at least two intermediate-or-higher level worlds, or at least one advanced world.]

[This cost is roughly equivalent to 2000 mission points, twenty times the original price of the C-rank universal medication.

It is excessively high, and I do not recommend you do this.]

It was actually possible to buy on credit in advance.

After a slight moment of surprise, Sang Zhiyi did not hesitate.

[I’ll buy it.]

She only needed to do a few more missions to let Jiang Yingru continue acting in good health—it was not a loss at all.

Moreover, there was still no progress on helping System Sir regain his emotions and memories.

Visiting more worlds might just uncover more clues.

The system said: [Purchased [Universal Medication (C-rank)] x1 for you.]

[Recorded your credit bill for you.

You can view it at any time.]

After an obvious crackle of static, the system spoke again.

[Special reminder: This medication cannot be exchanged at the moment.

It will only be delivered to you for use after you have completely changed the original owner’s fate in this world.]

Sang Zhiyi nodded.

[Alright, I understand.

Thank you.]

So there were conditions after all.

She knew it couldn’t be this easy.

The system said: [You are welcome.]

Zhongli Miaomiao couldn’t get a word in edgewise between Sang Zhiyi and Jiang Yingru.

She didn’t know what to do with herself on the side.

Playing on her phone felt disrespectful to the patient.

With Sang Zhiyi as a bridge, Zhongli Miaomiao and Jiang Yingru could now be considered friends.

When Jiang Yingru was sent to the hospital, Zhongli Miaomiao had also been quite busy running around.

But the personalities of these two were just too different—you could even say they were polar opposites.

If Zhongli Miaomiao and Jiang Yingru were left alone face to face, they would still easily run out of things to talk about.

Unlike Sang Zhiyi, who could be close and comfortable with both of them.

After looking left and right around the small hospital room, Zhongli Miaomiao finally stared blankly at a sparrow outside the window.

Sang Zhiyi noticed this.

She tilted her head and smiled somewhat mysteriously.

“Since there are three of us, how about we play a game of Fight the Landlord together?”

After speaking, Sang Zhiyi produced a deck of playing cards as if by magic, from who knows where.

As someone who knew the full plot of this world, Sang Zhiyi was very aware that Zhongli Miaomiao enjoyed card and board games, and Jiang Yingru was also quite interested in Fight the Landlord.

Before coming to the hospital with Zhongli Miaomiao, Sang Zhiyi had prepared the playing cards to help Jiang Yingru pass the time, and now they were coming in handy.

Seeing the playing cards, Zhongli Miaomiao perked up immediately.

“Fight the Landlord?!

Yes, yes!”

After cheering, Zhongli Miaomiao suddenly realized something.

There were three people present.

She and Sang Zhiyi were certainly fine, but Jiang Yingru—this older sister who spent all day reading poetry and literature, super artsy and quiet—seemed completely mismatched with the words “Fight the Landlord” from head to toe.

But when Zhongli Miaomiao looked over, she found that Jiang Yingru had nodded without much hesitation.

Surprised, Zhongli Miaomiao became even more excited.

“Come on, come on, Sister Xiaoqian, give me the cards!”

Zhongli Miaomiao was no longer bored. “I can shuffle cards really fast!”

The three of them gathered around Jiang Yingru’s hospital bed and started playing Fight the Landlord.

After drawing his cards in the first round, Sang Zhiyi looked at the four Aces in her hand and directly called landlord.

The two farmers, Jiang Yingru and Zhongli Miaomiao, fought hard for a long time, only to be bombed to defeat by Sang Zhiyi.

“I had a bomb too!”

Zhongli Miaomiao was full of regret. “I thought I had this round in the bag, but I only had four 5s, I couldn’t beat Sister Xiaoqian at all!”

In the second round, the three took turns drawing cards.

Before she had even finished drawing, Sang Zhiyi noticed she had four Aces again.

Sang Zhiyi was stunned.

Such a coincidence?

Suddenly realizing something, Sang Zhiyi asked in her mind.

[System Sir?

Was that you?]

[Yes,] the system gave an affirmative answer.

[Miss Sang, you once said you wanted to get the number “1.”]

Sang Zhiyi: “…”

Case closed.

It was exactly what she had thought.

Back when she had just transmigrated into this world, facing the random draw on the show Love of a Limited Season, Sang Zhiyi had asked the system for help in getting the “1” sign, which carried the most choice.

Later, during the random draw in the second episode, Sang Zhiyi had still drawn “1.”

At the time, she thought it was a coincidence, but only today did she realize that whenever she needed to draw anything number-related, every “1” would end up in her hands.

The Ace in playing cards represents the number “1.”

Sang Zhiyi let out a soft sigh in her heart.

[System Sir, can you guys receive a silk banner?

I want to send you one that says “Bend Over Backwards, Dutiful and Dedicated.”]

A casual request she had made so long ago—System Sir had actually remembered it until now and had been silently carrying it out.

He was really too responsible.

No wonder the Main God wanted him as a successor.

[It’s not about being dutiful and dedicated,] the system said.

[It’s only like this for you.]

For a moment, Sang Zhiyi thought the system had regained consciousness.

After all, the system’s voice had always been indistinguishable from a real person’s, just without any emotion.

But even spoken in the most emotionless tone, this sentence seemed to contain a different kind of feeling.

The system’s words continued without pause.

[Miss Sang, all commands related to you have the highest priority in my program.]

[This is the last core code I edited for myself.]

[After signing the contract with you, your first command to me was exactly that.

I will execute it unconditionally.]

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