Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!
Chapter 147 Someone has paid a great price

Chapter 147: 147 Someone has paid a great price

The system, fearing she wouldn’t believe it, gave an example, "For instance, in the world I know of, Lin Qiming returned to the Lin Family and competed with his older brother for the inheritance. His brother used Qian Yezhou to set him up, and as a result, Lin Qiming ended up in jail, sentenced to twenty years;

Also, not long after you died, the old master passed away from a heart attack. Yan Kang rightfully inherited the Yan Family estate and cut off the funds to the hospital for Yan Wang... Without a guardian, he was almost sent to an orphanage before being taken away by Qin Youran..."

Yan Yueqing fell silent upon hearing this.

She knew about the old master’s affair, but as for the part where Lin Qiming was schemed against by his older brother, she hadn’t read that far into the story...

If she had known she would come back, she would have finished that book no matter how disgusting it felt!

The system continued, "If I had reminded the Host from the beginning that Lin Qiming and the Host had a poor relationship, would the Host have developed negative feelings towards him? When the memory lock was released, would the Host have wrestled with whether the system’s words were true? Or if memory is what’s real? The system cannot take the liberty to inform the Host of uncertain plots..."

This explanation was reasonable.

Yan Yueqing stopped worrying about why the system would poke and prod.

With that time, she’d rather strengthen herself!

Since Jun Lii had appeared, there would be a fierce battle for the child ahead.

Moreover... according to what Housekeeper Mu said, they had an extremely formidable mysterious backer!

Yan Yueqing said, "Show me my personal panel."

System: "Certainly, Host."

[Host: Yan Yueqing

Total Nurturing Funds: 100 billion.

Current Expenditure Limit: One billion nine hundred ninety-three million three hundred thirty thousand.

Age: 25 years old

Height: 171CM

Weight: 46KG

Intelligence: 50 (Dull)

Visual: 70 (Outstanding)

Constitution: 45 (Average)

Agility: 40 (Snail’s pace)

Remaining Enhancement Points: 180

Personal Wealth: 300313 Huaxia currency.

Backpack: Lucky Draw x1 (Reward for completing the mission "Identify the person who framed the Host online within three days, and make them publicly apologize")

Skill: Intermediate Hacker (Progress 10%)]

Yan Yueqing took a glance at her panel and proudly said, "Intelligence, max it out!"

The system knew she would choose this, "Friendly reminder, for the four basic panel attributes, each can only be increased by ten points per year through enhancement points."

Yan Yueqing: ???

What a scam!

The system helplessly explained, "Becoming a genius overnight is unrealistic."

Yan Yueqing gritted her teeth, "Don’t you think your existence is even more unrealistic?!"

The system fell silent upon hearing this.

An indescribable sense of sadness enveloped it...

After a long while, it slowly spoke, "Host, my existence has come at a great cost... Please don’t speak like that anymore."

Yan Yueqing was taken aback and instinctively asked, "Who?"

The system did not answer; it was unclear whether it was feeling down or if it wasn’t allowed to divulge the information.

Yan Yueqing hastily apologized, "I’m so sorry, I truly deserve to die!"

Her sincerity was such as if one had to get up at two in the morning to slap themselves twice in the face...

The system’s tone improved slightly, "In any case, these are the rules."

Yan Yueqing didn’t argue further, "Alright, alright, then add ten points to each one for me."

The system began to operate.

[Host upgrade in progress.]

Intelligence: 60 (Not dumb)—upgrade completed.

Visual: 80 (Stunning)—to be upgraded within a year.

Constitution: 55 (Passable)—to be upgraded within a month.

Agility: 50 (Slow)—to be upgraded within a month.

Remaining enhancement points: 140]

As her head felt lighter, Yan Yueqing had no other sensations.

emmmm...

Is this what becoming smarter feels like?

The system said, "Host, intelligence only affects the time it takes for you to learn things, basically it improves comprehension and won’t suddenly make you smart enough to build spaceships or aircraft carriers."

Uh, well...

Yan Yueqing felt a bit duped, but having such a major bug as the system, it would be impolite to still ask for a bicycle, so she said, "Alright! May I ask politely why the other attributes take so long to upgrade?"

"Is it realistic to wake up and become a great beauty overnight?" the system said, "Wouldn’t others think the host had plastic surgery? What’s yours will always be yours, this upgrade time isn’t for the host, but to give others around you a time frame they can accept."

"I see." Yan Yueqing thought Tong Bao was too considerate.

She glanced at the panel: "I still have one lucky draw left, right? Let’s use it now!"

"Okay, a lucky draw chance has been consumed for the host..."

The wheel spun and the pointer stopped on a red selectable frame.

The system announced, "You’ve drawn an initial skill: Business x1."

Wow!

It’s Business!

She was just dozing off when the system handed her a pillow?!

Yan Yueqing had planned to use her enhancement points to exchange for a Business skill, but the lucky gift pack got her one directly?

"Tong Bao, you’re too good to me?! Waaah, I’m crying!"

The system gave a smug laugh.

Kid, you’ll be utterly charmed.

Yan Yueqing looked at the Beginner Business skill progress bar at 0%, and recalled, "You said before, every ten enhancement points can be exchanged for a 25% gain in experience?"

"Yes."

"Then I’ll use 40 enhancement points to exchange for 100% experience at the beginner level."

Yan Yueqing dared not use up all her enhancement points at once, after all, it took 1000 points to upgrade the system!

She always felt that the appearance of the system was no coincidence.

And with what it had just said... there might be some connection she couldn’t rule out!

Upgrading the system sooner might reveal the truth earlier.

The system was shocked: Was this the charm of added intelligence? Had she finally figured it out?!!!

Feeling reassured, the system decided to remind her of something within its capabilities, "Host, using enhancement points to enhance these skills is somewhat of a loss."

"Huh?"

The system explained, "In the Space Package, there are vast seas of books and simulation training available. If the host has a lot of enhancement points, you can use them directly for learning ordinary skills, but if you want to save enhancement points, I suggest the host either use your personal assets to exchange for the Space Package or use enhancement points to exchange for the Space Package (at a rate of 1:50)."

"There’s such an option?"

"The experience points given by the system are akin to cramming all related books into the host’s mind without simulation training experience," the system almost described it as bookish, "However, contents learned by the host on their own not only improve experience points but also have a chance of triggering increases in the four basic values.

For example, when learning business, if the host completes the simulation training through hard work, there is a chance you’ll gain IQ points; learning fighting, dancing, etc., practising in the Space will enhance the host’s constitution... much better than direct upgrades!

Moreover, 40 enhancement values can only take the host from Beginner to Intermediate Business. But if you exchange them for the Space Package, you get 2000 hours for the host to learn."

hours!

Last time she went from Beginner Hacker to Intermediate Hacker, it only took about 40 hours, right?

With 2000 hours, she could do a lot indeed! It seems like a huge gain when you do the math.

Yan Yueqing nodded, "Okay, then I’ll follow your advice and exchange 10 enhancement points for the Space Package first."