Kind-Hearted

The call did not last long. True to Elite Law Firm's swift and decisive style, they arranged for Xu Nan to come in tomorrow to complete the formalities.

In fact, if not for that call, he would have nearly forgotten about Song Ying.

He had sent three people to another world through the portal, yet aside from Song Ying, he had gained no tangible benefits at all.

Changfeng's duckbill cap did not count, and Xu Nan had not even considered logging into the QQ account that that sanctimonious Changfeng Tuo had given him.

What use was the contact information of some rich young heiress to someone as upright and kind as himself?

Cash would have been far more practical.

Fortunately, Song Ying had been sensible enough.

Speaking of which, Xu Nan had always been curious about that masked woman's identity. It seemed he would have his answer tomorrow.

After hanging up, Xu Nan began directing the imps to quickly build a wooden house suitable for human habitation near the Gnoll Camp.

This wooden house was much larger than the one used for teleportation. It would become the dungeon's core in the future, as well as the so-called City Lord's Hall.

He ordered the imps to use the materials from the Gnoll Camp to construct a simple base first. Then, without idling around himself, he opened the workbench and began making Mechanical Ghosts.

Mechanical Ghosts did not require many alchemical materials. They mainly needed large quantities of iron blocks and small amounts of other metals. The supplies in the Gnoll Camp happened to be sufficient, so Xu Nan promptly selected the materials.

After spending 5 Shame Points to learn the blueprint's contents, the methods for crafting two kinds of Mechanical Ghosts entered Xu Nan's mind.

Each step of the process seemed to have merged into his blood, becoming incomparably familiar.

Over the course of one night, he tinkered together two Type II Mechanical Ghosts.

These Mechanical Ghosts were not more capable than imps, but they had the advantage of being durable and needing no rations. Their power source was the Blue Crystal in their chests. This Blue Crystal from another world clearly carried intense radiation, and Xu Nan guessed that it was another form of energy.

Come to think of it, Exxon had given him these two Blue Crystals.

By the time he finished everything, it was nearly dawn.

Xu Nan prepared to withdraw. The City Management Captain had gone off to scout and had yet to return, but Xu Nan was not worried. He had already asked the Imp Leader, and there were no monsters nearby. Besides, although Qin Lele appeared carefree, she was actually meticulous beneath the surface. Nothing should happen.

After thinking it over, he decided to temporarily arrange for Ah Tang to guard the dungeon.

Ah Tang immediately protested. "You're exploiting a magical pet! I'm a national treasure, and I need sunlight! Have you ever seen a national treasure squatting in a dungeon?"

Watching her favorability plummet, Xu Nan knew she was deeply unhappy about him reclaiming all the equipment she had swindled from him. He could only continue dangling bait before her:

"Xin'er's signed photo."

Ah Tang's eyes lit up. "Really!?"

Xu Nan smiled. "Do I look like the kind of person who goes back on his word?!"

Ah Tang immediately began happily shouting at the Imp Leaders, telling them to work overtime.

Xu Nan silently assigned half the Mechanical Ghosts' permissions to her, then set off for home.

When he returned home, dawn was approaching. Xu Nan hurriedly made breakfast and delivered it, then went straight to sleep.

It was not until late afternoon that another call from the law firm woke him up. After taking a quick shower, he hailed a taxi and headed out.

When he arrived, his butt had barely warmed the seat before a team of lawyers led him through signing a huge stack of documents.

Once again, he witnessed the astonishing efficiency of Song Ying's legal team.

According to them, Song Ying's car accident had happened the day before yesterday. After her death was confirmed yesterday, all real estate, shares, and creditor's rights under her name had been left to Xu Nan in accordance with her will.

As for the funds in her bank accounts, she had chosen to donate them to impoverished mountain areas. It seemed to be quite a considerable amount as well.

Xu Nan was already satisfied.

When he walked out of the firm that afternoon, he had astonishingly transformed into a wealthy man who owned thirty-six storefronts in H City's most luxurious commercial district. He also held substantial shares in two unlisted companies with extremely high profit margins and promising prospects.

Yet the wealth that had fallen from the sky did not make him happy. He only felt empty and melancholy.

"Perhaps this was never what I wanted in life."

Xu Nan calmly put on an act of profundity.

Unfortunately, no one nearby could appreciate his posturing, which made him feel even lonelier.

After returning from downtown, he had a class on Marxist theory that evening. Xu Nan had originally planned to skip it, but after receiving so much wealth today, his heart could not settle down for a long time, so he changed his mind.

After all, he had just spent an entire afternoon being washed over by the materialistic capitalist worldview. He needed to elevate his ideological awareness with advanced socialist ideals.

At dusk, he arrived at school and saw couples walking in pairs by the gate with rosy complexions, while single dogs stood alone, pale and haggard. The two camps formed a striking contrast.

Filled with righteous indignation, Xu Nan immediately decided to keep targeting the couples. The monthly event did not seem to have any point limit anyway.

Just then, a huge crowd suddenly gathered beneath the teaching building beside him.

Some people took photos for their social feeds, some made calls, and others ran around spreading the news. "Someone's going to jump off the building!"

Xu Nan was startled and hurried over. Sure enough, a handsome young man with delicate features was crouching miserably at the edge of the teaching building, staring at the sunset as if he had lost all desire to live.

To be fair, the guy was rather good-looking, perhaps just a tiny bit less handsome than Xu Nan.

"What's going on? Isn't that Song Cheng from the Computer Science Department?"

"No idea. That famous playboy suddenly doing something like this is pretty juicy. Did he break up with his girlfriend?"

"What do you know? Maybe he just thinks the sunset looks beautiful from that angle?"

The crowd discussed it heatedly.

Some people had called the police, while others had summoned the school security guards.

After watching for a while, Xu Nan grew bored. That guy looked like he wanted to jump but would not actually do it, which was simply tormenting everyone's curiosity.

Students from the Sports Department brought over an air cushion. A burly, dark-skinned man roared emotionally:

"Song Cheng! Don't give up your young, passionate life so easily!"

"If Qi Zijun doesn't want you, you still have me!"

That fierce shout not only made everyone nearby shudder, even the guy on top of the teaching building began trembling.

Xu Nan felt his scalp go numb.

That shout had revealed quite a lot of information. He had better not meddle in such complicated male-female... no, male-male relationships.

But just as he was about to leave, his daily mission refreshed at the worst possible moment—

Ron Sorcerer Bloodline Awakening Daily Mission

Mission Name: Kind-Hearted

Mission Description: There were always ignorant young people who failed to understand the value of life. We righteous people should correct their worldview and teach them to cherish life. Stop Song Cheng from jumping off the building and completely dispel his suicidal thoughts.

Mission Reward: 10 Shame Points; randomly awaken one bloodline ability

Xu Nan was shocked!

Had the system changed its nature or something? Why did it suddenly want him to persuade someone to do good? And why was the reward so high that Xu Nan could not make sense of it?

This mission was not embarrassing at all! Xu Nan felt a little upset.

After thinking it over, he decided that strange circumstances meant something fishy was going on. But the reward was high enough, so fishy or not, so be it.

He happily accepted the mission, then quietly activated Stealth, slipped away from the crowd, and took advantage of Song Cheng being distracted by the people below to sneak into the teaching building.

Several security guards and teachers were already trying to talk him down, but no matter what they said, Song Cheng did not turn around. They did not dare provoke him either.

Xu Nan's Stealth was rather poor, and a sturdy security guard quickly spotted him and stopped him.

"Student, don't go over there!"

Xu Nan declared righteously, "This has something to do with me. Let me handle it."

The middle-aged bald teacher beside him, who had already talked himself hoarse, opened his thermos, took a sip of goji berry tea, and waved a hand. "Let him go. Young people's problems should be solved by young people."

"Besides, this building isn't that high. Didn't the Sports Department students set up an air cushion below?"

Old Hai!

Xu Nan was slightly surprised. He had not expected to run into Old Hai here. The security guard hesitated for a moment, and Xu Nan slipped past him.

Xu Nan continued using Stealth, his footsteps as light as a cat's. Song Cheng was distracted by the people below and did not notice him approaching from behind.

"Jump! Jump down, and I'll catch you!"

Below, the Sports Department guy spread his arms and roared. Every onlooker was deeply moved.

Song Cheng trembled all over. He simply sat down on the edge of the rooftop and stared blankly at the sunset.

"Brother, did your girlfriend dump you?"

Xu Nan appeared beside him like a ghost, the prepared Magic Animated Rope coiled in his palm.

At the same time, he quietly activated the hidden specialties Radiant Presence and Universal Gravitation!

Song Cheng glanced at him. Perhaps confused by his high charisma, he did not react too drastically. He merely said listlessly:

"Yeah. But that's only one part of it. It was just a mutually consensual fling to begin with."

Xu Nan asked in surprise, "Then what happened?"

His inner gossip lover had awakened as well. He restrained the urge to tie Song Cheng up with the rope and decided to understand the situation first.

After all, the mission clearly stated that he had to completely dispel Song Cheng's suicidal thoughts.

Song Cheng sighed. "My mother died."

Xu Nan was immediately left speechless.

This... would not be easy to talk him out of.

"Not only did my mother die, she also left the family fortune to some pretty boy of unknown origin!"

Song Cheng became more and more indignant. "It's not about the money. Honestly, I was devastated when she got into that car accident... But what I can't accept is that she had secretly been keeping some pretty boy all these years."

"Even if I can accept her keeping a pretty boy, fine, my dad died early after all. But what's with this will?"

"Am I even her biological son anymore?!"

The more he spoke, the more aggrieved he became. He suddenly hugged Xu Nan and burst into tears.

The crowd below erupted into uproar. The Sports Department student turned red-faced, having no idea what was happening on the rooftop.

"Why did they start hugging after talking?"

Someone muttered.

"Huh? Isn't that Xu Nan? The Accounting Department heartthrob!"

"So it really is him. I never thought he liked both men and women!"

"I can't take it anymore. My neck hurts from looking up. Young people's way of thinking these days is already beyond me..."

A half-bald senior clutching a doctoral thesis draft shook his head and sighed.

On the rooftop, Xu Nan's expression gradually turned awkward.

"May I ask your mother's name?"

Song Cheng wiped away his tears and asked strangely, "Why are you asking that? My mother was Song Ying."

"That pretty boy was named Xu Nan."

"If I ever see him, I'll tear him into a thousand pieces!"

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