The Herrscher of Sentience Planted in the Vegetable Garden / The Herrscher of Sentience Doesn't Understand the Human Heart

"Chen Luo? Why are you out of school so early? Ah, right, right—come talk Xiao Lin out of eating that lollipop. She won't listen to me; she only listens to you." The beautiful young woman's worried expression immediately vanished when she saw Chen Luo.

What worried the young woman was naturally the little loli in front of her, clutching a lollipop with a look of longing on her face.

Ding! You have a new commission.

No Eating Candy: If children eat too much candy, they'll get cavities. Make her stop eating that last piece of candy—a request from a beautiful young mother.

Reward: 5 Primogems

Difficulty: 0 stars

Chen Luo glanced at the time, then at the mission requirements.

I'm taking it!

After clicking accept, Chen Luo took a deep breath and walked over to the little loli.

"Brother Chen Luo, do you want some candy?" The little loli held the candy tightly as she offered it to Chen Luo.

The little loli dared to do this because she knew Chen Luo would not take it.

After all, Brother Chen Luo was a good person. Unlike his mother, he wasn't a bad adult.

Seeing the little loli's actions, Chen Luo was deeply moved.

Ah, what a good child.

"Then I'll reluctantly accept it." Chen Luo nodded. While the little loli was still stunned, he snatched the lollipop, stuffed it into his mouth, and sprinted for his home as if his life depended on it.

Ding! Mission complete.

"?!!" The little loli's eyes instantly widened, as though she had seen something utterly unbelievable.

Th-This, this...

Tears began to well up in the little loli's eyes.

"Waaah!!!! That was the last... the very last piece of candy! The limited edition one... Waaaah!!!" The little loli burst into tears.

This left the young woman even more flustered.

The Herrscher of Knowledge Planted in the Vegetable Garden

Chen Luo did not know whether it was just his imagination, but after completing the mission to snatch the little loli's lollipop, he felt a warm current flow through his entire body, as if he had become just a tiny bit stronger.

But when Chen Luo opened his character interface, he found nothing at all. Or perhaps his talent had not developed any stat-tracking functions yet?

Could this talent of his be a growth-type talent?

Or was combat power simply impossible to quantify?

Combat power of five trash?

Still, no matter what, Chen Luo felt much more energetic while running now.

Thanks for the lollipop, little loli.

And the five Primogems.

He would buy her two more lollipops later.

Then... he would see whether he could trigger another commission.

Chen Luo now seemed to have realized that his talent was not meant to turn him into a tool person.

Facts proved that when it came to helping others, it did not matter how you helped them, as long as the goal was achieved. There was no need to care whether they were actually happy about it.

Had he been completing missions the wrong way all along?

Chen Luo could not help sinking into deep thought.

Of course, even while thinking, Chen Luo did not forget to leap straight over the decorative barrier in front of the guard booth.

This barrier really stopped gentlemen, not villains.

Thinking was thinking, but he still had to save the Herrscher of Knowledge.

Chen Luo felt that name sounded familiar, but he simply could not remember where he had heard it before.

There was also that Traveler and those Primogems.

He had heard of them too, but they seemed to be things from a game.

As everyone knew, high school students had no time to play games. Especially people like Chen Luo, who had to spend every spare moment helping others, had even less time.

For a while, Chen Luo had suspected that he was more overworked than an office drone.

The difference between Chen Luo and an office drone, however, was that office drones worked for money, while Chen Luo worked for the progress bar.

While Chen Luo's thoughts wandered, he finally passed through countless detached villas and arrived at his own front door.

The first thing Chen Luo did upon reaching his house was open the commission interface and click Track.

Then, a pale blue pillar of light that only Chen Luo could see shot into the sky.

"That direction... seems to be the backyard." Chen Luo looked at the pillar of light and immediately ran toward the backyard.

"I hope the vegetables I planted are okay," Chen Luo muttered as he ran.

While the other residents of a typical villa district liked to plant flowers in their backyards to cultivate their tastes, Chen Luo clearly did not follow the usual path.

Unfortunately, his vegetable-growing skills were truly awful. Very few of them ever survived.

When Chen Luo reached the small backyard that should have been used to plant flowers and cultivate one's tastes, there was already a huge pit there.

A humanoid figure lay face-down in the pit, while the vegetables beside it, which already had poor survival rates, had been completely wiped out.

"Well, no need to think about growing vegetables anymore. Wait, whose commission was it that wanted homegrown vegetables again? Forget it, whatever. Now that I've awakened my talent, I won't accept jobs like growing vegetables anymore."

Chen Luo had forgotten who had said they wanted to eat vegetables grown at home, but this commission had obviously failed. Not a single vegetable remained; they had all been swept away.

"Hey, if you're still alive, say something." Chen Luo picked up a dead branch nearby and cautiously poked the humanoid figure.

When Chen Luo arrived at the vegetable garden and discovered that he could accept the mission, he immediately accepted it.

Since the mission had not been marked as failed, that meant the other person should not be dead yet.

Although Chen Luo poked her, she did not react at all.

Looking at the extremely low-difficulty, high-reward mission in the commission panel, Chen Luo figured this person was probably not dangerous. He slowly crouched down and gently touched her arm with one finger.

"Warm. That means she's not dead, or at least not completely dead yet. But she looks seriously injured. How am I supposed to treat her? Yunnan Baiyao... probably won't work." Chen Luo suddenly had a headache.

Still, headache or not, he had to save her. After all, she was worth six hundred Primogems.

With that in mind, Chen Luo gathered his courage and approached the figure. He stepped over her body, straddled her with his feet on either side, slid his hands under her armpits, and lifted her up.

"Surprisingly light. Or did I get stronger?" Chen Luo did not understand, but that did not stop him from pulling her out of the dirt pit.

After pulling her out, Chen Luo realized that she seemed to be a girl. Although he could not make out her mud-stained face, he could still tell whether she was male or female.

From behind, he had been able to tell that she seemed to be wearing a skirt, but one could not rule out the possibility that she was some cross-dressing pervert.

"Should I carry a girl in a princess carry? But..."

But this girl was really filthy.

Between keeping his clothes clean and being gentle with the girl, Chen Luo ultimately chose to be gentle with the girl.

It was not that Chen Luo no longer cared about his clothes. More importantly, he was afraid that dragging her would cause some irreversible harm.

After looking around like a thief to make sure no one was coming, Chen Luo took a full five minutes to move her into the house.

It took so long because just as Chen Luo had dragged her halfway, someone passed through his backyard.

"Ah Luo, why is there such a huge pit in your backyard?" The old man out for a walk looked at the large pit in surprise.

"Grandpa Li, you might not believe this, but I wanted to plant a tree. Don't you have to dig a big hole to plant a tree?" Chen Luo said with a completely serious expression.

"Young people really do talk nonsense. To plant a tree, you don't need a big hole—you need a deep hole. Your hole is big enough, but not deep enough." Grandpa Li, whose hair was somewhat gray, said.

"You're right, but I'm tired. I'll deal with it tomorrow. Take care, Grandpa Li." Chen Luo waved at him, forcing him to take care.

Now that things had been said this far, the old man had no choice but to leave.

Chen Luo also understood why this was a timed commission. If he had not moved quickly, this old man might have discovered the Herrscher of Knowledge.

As a law-abiding citizen, anyone encountering this situation would definitely call the police. Once the police were called, this commission would basically be finished.

"My talent can actually predict the future? That's awesome!" Chen Luo thought as he picked up the Herrscher of Knowledge, whom he had hurriedly placed in a corner earlier.

As a result, a few more vegetable leaves ended up in her hair, but it was not a big deal. She was already filthy anyway.

The Herrscher of Knowledge Does Not Understand the Heart

I'm Not a Tool Person: A beautiful girl fell from the sky, but she got smashed up pretty badly. What should I do? Waiting online, urgent!

Miku Is My Wife: No saving her. Just wait for death.

...: OP has to be at least a ten-year-old hardcore otaku, or he couldn't come up with such a dream.

Loves Sweet-and-Sour Pork: No, I think it's more likely ten years of cerebral thrombosis.

Xijing Isn't Too Hot: Who has diabetes? Wake him up with a piss stream.

I'm Not a Tool Person: So is anyone actually going to answer the question?

I'm Really a Good Person: OP, based on my many years of watching anime, for this kind of beautiful girl falling from the sky, no matter how severe her injuries are, if you wait a while, she'll recover on her own.

I'm Not a Tool Person: Uh, what if she doesn't recover?

I'm Really a Good Person: Then she's screwed. What else can you do?

I'm Not a Tool Person: ...

Use Vinegar to Dip Dumplings: No, I think you should give her a bath first. But you need to see whether she's pretty first. That's the most important part.

Earth Meow-Meow Cult: The guy above is right.

BB: Contact lens solution can remove visible bloodstains. Then use bleach to clean it and splash pig blood around to conceal the evidence. Also, highly concentrated alkaline solution can deal with pigskin, pork, and pig bones. Hair is best burned...

Earth Meow-Meow Cult: Holy crap, the more you think about it, the scarier it gets.

"You're joking, but I'm serious." Chen Luo put down his phone and sighed.

Chen Luo had wanted to ask the all-powerful netizens for help, but he had forgotten that while netizens were all-powerful, they were also idiots.

"Still, one of them was right. This beautiful girl who fell from the sky doesn't seem to have suffered any major injuries, but she just won't wake up." Chen Luo sighed and looked at the girl lying on his bed.

"And I hope she can help wash the sheets after she wakes up." Chen Luo sighed again.

Then Chen Luo picked up the wet towel from the basin of water beside him and began wiping her body.

She had landed face-down, straight into a dirt pit. It had even been watered a couple of days ago, so the soil was still somewhat damp. She was filthy beyond belief.

Fortunately, Chen Luo had previously applied to volunteer at a hospital in order to grind mission progress.

It had originally been a one-time school-organized support activity, supposedly educational in nature. But after Chen Luo saw how quickly it increased his mission progress, he kept doing it.

After all, he had to admit that it was incredibly fast for grinding points.

However, what troubled Chen Luo was that the hospital's bizarre patients were harder to deal with than the last, enough to make anyone's head ache.

Of course, there were easy ones too. There was a girl around Chen Luo's age at the hospital who had lived in a private ward for a long time. She did not ask Chen Luo to do anything else; she only asked him to read with her, and the points she gave were ridiculously high. That was why Chen Luo especially liked visiting her.

"Phew, it's finally mostly done." Chen Luo had cleaned the Herrscher of Knowledge's arms, thighs, and other areas. He had even given her a blood-circulating massage routine, something he had learned at the hospital.

Now, only the hardest part to handle remained: her hair.

Her hair was as dirty as a husky that had rolled around in mud, and just looking at it made Chen Luo's heart ache faintly.

But just as Chen Luo flipped the towel over and brought the clean side toward her hair, his gaze passed over her eyes.

In that instant, their eyes met...

"Uh, um, y-you're awake..." Chen Luo instantly pulled the towel back.

"When did you wake up?" Chen Luo asked awkwardly.