Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!-Chapter 139: Too Softhearted

"How many times have I told you? Evacuating is giving you a lifeline. If you don’t listen, don’t blame me!"

"It’s not that we don’t want to listen, we just want clarification. Moving is a big deal." An elder said anxiously.

"No, no, no! This isn’t just moving, it’s escaping! It’s fleeing." Cheng Xiaoxiao shook her head repeatedly.

"Like I said, those willing to leave should go home and pack, those unwilling should find the village chief or clan leader. Why are you coming to our house!" Are they taking advantage of her honest father?

Everyone’s eyes turned to the village chief and the clan leader.

The village chief thought for a moment, then spoke in a deep voice, "I agree to evacuate. Families in the village who don’t want to evacuate should register with me. They will no longer be part of Qingshan Village."

"I also agree to evacuate. Those who don’t want to evacuate can also speak to me. They will no longer be part of the Cheng clan." The clan leader spoke calmly.

After the last incident, he saw things more clearly. It’s a troubled time now, and they old folks can’t protect the entire clan alone. They have to rely on outsiders. Thankfully, Xiao is on good terms with them, so what’s he to do?

A group of people visibly changed their expressions.

Then Third Uncle and Seventh Uncle instructed the younger generation beside them to go home and pack.

What else could the others do? Being expelled from the clan is a major issue. If someone is left without roots, how can they stand in the world? Even in death, they’d be just a wandering soul, unable to find the Bridge of Helplessness or reincarnate.

Who dares to try?

Besides, they never said they didn’t want to move!

They just wanted to get things clear, maybe ask for an explanation, or some kind of guarantee! After all, it’s dangerous out there.

How did it end up so serious?

Of course, Cheng Xiaoxiao understood what the villagers were thinking. Everyone wanted a share of the benefits, but when there’s danger, they’ll hide far away, even want her to protect them for free. Wishful thinking.

With one sentence about clan expulsion, the clan leader silenced the crowd; no one dared speak again.

Cheng Xiaoxiao slammed the door shut once more.

Right, what about the System Coin?

With so many people outside, Cheng Xiaoxiao didn’t feel like asking out loud.

She quietly communicated with the system in her mind.

System: "Host, it arrived with the pet, there must have been some issues with the main system, it’s been days since the task was completed."

So that’s what happened!

The main system can also malfunction?

Isn’t it supposed to be so incredible?

And it’s that unreliable?

System: "..."

Cheng Xiaoxiao felt a bit like she was being owed wages.

No longer wanting to talk about pointless topics with the system.

She took out the map given to her by Commander Xue.

She continued analyzing.

With the chaos outside, evacuating a group of elderly, women, and children is really risky.

Maybe the family can just go on their own... forget it. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

But...

The village chief’s family has been good to them, always supporting her work.

Grandpa Huang and Cheng Dashan and his son are also good people, having helped her family a lot.

There’s also Uncle Gen’s family; she still recalls their craftsmanship! The kids get along well too.

Cheng Sicheng can’t be left behind since the little kid still has to work for her for three years. Plus, he and his mother are orphans; she can’t bear to abandon them.

Then there’s Granny Zhang next door who used to take care of the original protagonist.

Third Uncle greatly helped with Auntie’s matter last time.

Gosh! After thinking it over, half the village has to come along.

So much for running away... Ah! Tsk! I mean, thinking of going alone.

[I’m always too soft-hearted, too soft-hearted!]

The mournful melody played in her mind.

Just scratch it out!

Bring them all! She’s just too soft-hearted.

The village does have a few oddballs she really doesn’t want to take.

The village is small, with less than twenty households, and 90% of them are Changs. With the village chief and clan leader overseeing this, nothing too crazy should happen. She really dislikes trouble.

With all the messy thoughts, how did it get so off-topic...

She should hasten to plan the route.

Currently, all four directions are blocked, so they have to take a detour.

Which means they’ll likely need double the time, and they might face uncontrollable crises, but there’s no choice—they can’t just face King Yu’s army head-on! That would be a quicker way to die.

Now that the 77 can scan up to two kilometers, she can take it a step at a time. When danger comes, there’s still a chance to escape.

Right, she could go find Uncle Beiniu; he must know a lot, having traveled far and wide when he was young.

So she went ahead. Cheng Xiaoxiao stayed at Cheng Beiniu’s house until dusk, until Erya called her home for dinner.

Having confirmed the retreat route, Cheng Xiaoxiao felt much more at ease, and before she knew it, two days had passed.

During this time, she asked someone to notify the village chief and the clan leader to see if they wanted to discuss joining forces, but they both declined.

After all, apart from Cheng Beiniu, no one in the village had ever been outside of the Prefecture, and for many, they could count their visits to the town on one hand.

Once outside, they’d be utterly lost, unable to distinguish north from south, east from west.

During this period, Han Er left, carrying a grudge. Why, you ask? Not only did he fail at his task, but he also wanted to buy a telescope from Cheng Xiaoxiao, which infuriated Cheng Xiaoxiao enough to chase Han Er around the village with a broom.

Swearing that her one and only treasure was already gifted to their master, yet he still dared to mooch.

"As far away as possible..."

However, Cheng Xiaoxiao’s true internal dialogue was: Damn! Is my telescope something that money can buy? Each system coin was earned at the cost of my life. Giving him one isn’t enough, and he still wants a second? No way, not a chance, not even a sliver of a window.

Initially, I wanted to buy something useful for Yanlan to repay the favor this time.

Now it seems better to forget about it. Previously, out of necessity, I exposed the telescope, but now the downside has surfaced. They still want more, I can’t expose better stuff anymore; I understand the principle of ’keeping treasures invites trouble.’

If she could consistently provide more advanced items than this world has, it could lead to someone wanting to kill her for her treasures.

Moreover, she barely hinted at an advantage and he already had people monitoring her 24/7, which proves he has deep thoughts, is good at strategy, and won’t give up until he achieves his goals.

Even though he helped her a lot, it was for a reward, so she’ll repay the favor when there’s a chance. She can’t expose more.

Yes!

She can’t live under his watchful eyes forever; someday, she should find a chance to send Leng Qi away too.

Causing her to not even dare secretly eat a snack, fearing she can’t explain herself when caught. Truly, it’s stifling.

During this time, Cheng Xiaoxiao discovered she could take Xiao Li back into the Crystal Fragment, which made her very happy.

As long as she mentally chanted for Xiao Li to come out, it would appear in her hand or on her shoulder, looking incredibly cute, and it would lick her palm with its tongue, tickling her until she giggled.

Xiao Li is especially close to Cheng Xiaoxiao. She had her aunt make a small cloth ball for it to play with, and sewed a satchel to be Xiao Li’s little nest, intending to carry it around with her openly in the future.

Cheng Xiaoxiao already completely treats Xiao Li as a kitten.