[...]

Listening to her astonishment at the items and her concerns for Yun Wanye, Lady Yun’s already uneasy heart grew even more restless, her mind filled with those items that even Yun Wanqing found defying the heavens.

Even Ningning found it so tricky, what should they do?

The entire afternoon, Lady Yun was on edge, unable to calm her mind.

Meanwhile, at the Grand Commandant Mansion.

This time, the task refreshed, along with four others, one main and three side missions, each more challenging than the last.

Even the difficulty of the side missions was absolutely hellish, in no way inferior to the main one.

If she wasn’t afraid of being struck by lightning, Su Qianxue would definitely have cursed at the system.

Damn it!!!!

She’s just an ordinary girl with 21st-century knowledge, without godly powers or three heads and six arms, and even the protagonist halo has been taken by the new lead...

How dare this damn system assign her such high-difficulty tasks?

Might as well just kill her.

Other heroines live a life of luxury surrounded by handsome men, eating and drinking to their heart’s content, living as comfortably as can be.

Look at her, not a day did she enjoy the heroine’s blessings and benefits, yet she endured every undeserved hardship.

It’s truly fucking unfair!

Her heart filled with frustration, suffocation, irritation, and imbalance, it persisted until the items were distributed.

Seeing the system space brimming with items, Su Qianxue was stunned, all her dissatisfaction with the tasks instantly dispelled.

"System, why are you so generous this time? Actually willing to give me so many items?"

It took a long time before Su Qianxue came back to her senses, incredulously communicating with the system.

The system, as always, was sarcastic and aloof.

[Hmph, it’s only because the host is so useless.]

[This task is crucial, directly determining the future storyline, so failure is not an option...]

[The host is so useless, if the system doesn’t invest heavily, how can the task be completed? It’d directly be declared a failure, right?]

Su Qianxue: "..."

She refused to accept any PUA or belittling, so she defiantly retorted.

"It’s not that I’m useless, it’s clearly your tasks that are defying the heavens, just look at these tasks, who could complete them?"

"Probably only gods could accomplish them."

"Without the items, as a heroine whose fortune was snatched away, how am I supposed to pull back this world’s skewed storyline?"

"You make me do such high-difficulty tasks and then look down on me, what, do I owe you something?"

[...]

The system was at a loss for words, hurriedly and guiltily changing the subject.

[The items have been successfully distributed, there’s quite a lot this time, to better complete the task, the host should familiarize herself with the abilities of each item.]

[Only by thoroughly understanding the items can they be reasonably used to solve problems when encountered during tasks.]

Su Qianxue strongly agreed with this.

"Makes sense, I’ll start by thoroughly researching the items."

For the entire day, Su Qianxue shut herself in, studying the items.

At the Duke Ning Mansion.

Lady Yun, Yun Wanchen, and Yun Wanyao were all waiting for Yun Wanye, but Yun Wanye, who was busy with something, had not yet returned.

At dinner, even Yun Zheng and Yun Zhan hadn’t arrived, except for him, he was nowhere to be seen.

The meal was eaten absent-mindedly, and after Lu Wu left with Zhenzhen, Lady Yun anxiously looked at Yun Zheng.

"Ye’er hasn’t come back yet, do you know what he’s busy with, husband?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Zheng’s eyebrows twitched, immediately recalling the matters he entrusted to Yun Wanye.

That kid is probably busy with Lu Wu’s matters, or possibly sneaking away to see the princess in his spare time. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"Maybe he went out to play with friends; I’m not too sure either. Why suddenly ask about him, do you have something to find him for?"

Interfering in Lu Wu’s matters must be kept secret, so even when Lady Yun asked, Yun Zheng did not reveal a thing.

As for sneaking away to see the princess, since the two matters have yet to be finalized, it’s best not to mention it to avoid tarnishing the princess’s reputation.

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Yun Zheng probingly looked at Lady Yun.

Normally, fearing Yun Wanye’s troublemaking, Lady Yun kept a close watch, asking about him was normal.

But now, Lady Yun seemed slightly anxious, with unwitting worries showing in her eyes and brows, her state clearly unusual.

In this situation, asking about Yun Wanye, there must be some hidden reason.

But, what is this hidden reason?

Could it be that the kid is facing some calamity?

Considering all possibilities, Yun Zheng finally thought this possibility the greatest, and only this conclusion best matched his wife’s current state.

Lady Yun shook her head disappointedly, then nodded.

"Yes, there’s a small matter; it’s getting so late, he’s not back yet, I’m a bit uneasy. Husband, please have someone look for him."

"Alright."

Yun Zheng called for a servant, instructing them to find Yun Wanye.

During dinner, it happened to be Yun Wanqing’s feeding time, and since the maid was feeding her in Wan’an Garden, Lady Yun didn’t bring her along.

Yun Zhan accompanied Yin Shuang, so after dismissing all the servants, the only ones left in the hall were the Yun Family couple and Yun Wanchen, Yun Wanyao.

With no outsiders present, Yun Zheng did not hold back and directly asked, "Lady, you seem so eager to find Ye’er, what exactly has happened?"

"Sigh, it’s nothing but the system issuing a new task..."

Lady Yun sighed, briefly explaining the task, and when mentioning those items, her expression turned worrisome again.

"As for the items, Ningning didn’t provide much detail, but just from her tone, you could tell those items are beyond our imagination; even saying they’re divine artifacts would be justified."

"Not only is there a large quantity of items, but each one has unimaginable miraculous abilities. More importantly, this task is aimed at Ye’er."

"Husband, although you and the children have profound inner strength, compared to those items, it’s not even on the same level."

"In Ningning’s words, the system against this world’s natives is a complete dimensional reduction strike; we definitely can’t resist it, what should we do?"

If worse comes to worst, let’s be honest with Ningning?

If our family has any sliver of hope, then that sliver of hope must be Ningning.

Lady Yun held onto this thought, wanting to voice it, but with hesitation in her heart, she ultimately didn’t say it.

Upon hearing this, even Yun Zheng’s expression turned serious.

Not long ago, Ningning worried that the system would target Yun Wanye and even prepared a Clear Heart Talisman for him; it hasn’t been long, and Yun Wanye is indeed being targeted.

Should he say Ningning predicts with great accuracy, or should he say that the system truly cannot tolerate their Yun Family and is utterly irreconcilable?