Ninety Thousand Living Expenses

"Ah, so you didn't mean it, Ping'an Ge..."

Yan Shubing also realized she had overreacted. If Zhu Ping'an really stopped licking her boots, her loss would be huge.

"Then, Ping'an Ge, how about you come with me to help Qingxian Ge to the infirmary?"

"Sure! No problem! As long as Bingbing doesn't hate me, I'll do anything!"

Zhu Ping'an flashed a warm, sunshine-boy smile. Wasn't this just sweet talk? As if he couldn't do it too. A few words from the lips cost him nothing, and he wouldn't lose a piece of meat.

As he helped Ye Qingxian to the infirmary, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but think to himself.

Based on what he knew so far, he could exploit the plot to bug the system, and he could also change the plot, but some key plot points were unchangeable.

For example, even though he had exploited a bug to get nine Qi and Blood Pills, he still had to give one to Yan Shubing in the end. He could beat Ye Qingxian to a pulp, but he still couldn't change the outcome of losing to him in the Mock Exam.

Simply put, he could change the process of events, but not the final result.

Realizing this, Zhu Ping'an's face darkened. Didn't this mean that no matter what he did, he would ultimately end up like in the plot, dying in the mouth of a beast, chewed to pieces?

"I refuse to believe it..."

Zhu Ping'an remembered clearly that the beast that swallowed him was a Sixth-Tier Beast, equivalent in strength to a human Sixth-Rank Martial Artist.

As long as he kept exploiting the plot to bug the system and raised his strength to Seventh Rank or even Eighth Rank before encountering that beast, he refused to believe it could still swallow him.

Though he thought this, he still felt uncertain. The further a martial artist advanced, the harder it was to improve. Actually reaching Seventh Rank or even Eighth Rank wouldn't be easy.

Zhu Ping'an suddenly realized he had been given an incredibly difficult task: to stay alive.

"Ping'an Ge, what don't you believe?"

Yan Shubing looked at him with some confusion as he stood at the infirmary door.

"Oh, nothing. Is Ye Qingxian okay?" Zhu Ping'an brushed it off with a laugh.

"Qingxian Ge is fine, but his Epiphany was interrupted, and the backlash injured his internal energy." Yan Shubing sighed.

"How could this happen? It's all my fault! If I'd known Ye Qingxian would suffer backlash, I shouldn't have conceded!" Zhu Ping'an put on a look of deep regret.

"No one wanted this to happen, Ping'an Ge. But even if you didn't mean it, you still hurt Qingxian Ge in the end." Yan Shubing furrowed her delicate brows.

"Exactly! It's all my fault!" Zhu Ping'an said remorsefully.

"The school doctor said that if we could get a Blood Enhancement Pill, Qingxian Ge's injuries would heal quickly. If only we had one." Yan Shubing looked troubled.

The Blood Enhancement Pill was different from the Qi and Blood Pill. Though both were First-Grade Pills, the Blood Enhancement Pill was more focused on healing a martial artist's injuries.

"Yeah, if only we had a Blood Enhancement Pill." Zhu Ping'an nodded in agreement.

"What do we do now? The College Entrance Examination is coming up. If his injuries don't heal, it'll be a huge blow to Qingxian Ge and even the whole Qingcheng High School!" Yan Shubing sighed again.

"Yeah, it'd be a huge blow! What can we do?" Zhu Ping'an echoed.

Yan Shubing: "..."

She vaguely felt something was off about Zhu Ping'an today. In the past, if she said something like this, he would have dropped everything to help her find a Blood Enhancement Pill without a second word. But today, he was all talk.

"Bingbing, don't worry! I'll help you figure something out! If I find a Blood Enhancement Pill, I'll bring it to you for sure!"

Zhu Ping'an gazed at Yan Shubing with deep affection, feeding her empty promises, barely holding back his laughter. Did this woman still think he was the same simp as before?

"It's okay, Ping'an Ge. Don't blame yourself too much. If you're too hard on yourself, it'll hurt me."

Yan Shubing stared at him with her big, watery eyes, her tone ambiguous. In the past, Zhu Ping'an had been completely controlled by this routine of hers, toyed with in the palm of her hand, willing to rip out his heart and give it to her.

"Don't worry, Bingbing Mei. Leave it to me."

Just as Zhu Ping'an was tirelessly feeding Yan Shubing empty promises, his phone suddenly rang.

He stepped aside to answer it. On the other end came a gentle female voice.

"Xiao An, how did you do on this Mock Exam?"

Zhu Ping'an was startled at first, then quickly realized who it was—his mother, Xia Yue.

She had given him his name. Her only wish for him was a lifetime of peace and safety, so she named him Zhu Ping'an.

That way, every time someone called his name, they would wish him peace.

"Mom, I did okay. Second in the whole school." Zhu Ping'an replied with a smile.

"Not bad, you little brat! You made me proud! Looks like that Qi and Blood Pill wasn't wasted. Oh, by the way, last time the pharmacy had a promotion—buy a Qi and Blood Pill, get a free Blood Enhancement Pill. Your dad, that scatterbrain, forgot to give it to you. Come home and pick it up when you have time."

The moment Xia Yue finished speaking, Zhu Ping'an's scalp tingled.

So whenever Yan Shubing needed something, the heavens would just deliver it? If he hadn't transmigrated here, this Blood Enhancement Pill would definitely have ended up in Yan Shubing's hands.

He wasn't just the Second Male Lead and a simp—he was practically the old man in Yan Shubing's ring, giving her whatever she wanted.

On the other end of the line, Xia Yue didn't notice anything unusual and kept talking.

"Oh, and you should pick up your living expenses too. The College Entrance Examination is coming up, so don't hold back, alright? Spend when you need to. I'll give it to you along with the Blood Enhancement Pill when you come home. Ninety thousand!"

"What? Ninety thousand? That much?" Zhu Ping'an's thoughts snapped back at the number. Even though his family was fairly well-off in Qingcheng, they only gave him about ten thousand a month for expenses. Why was it suddenly so much more?

"What's so much about ninety thousand? That Qi and Blood Pill I bought for you cost over a million. You're the first martial artist our Zhu Family has produced. Train hard and don't let me and your dad down. Bam! Six Bamboo!"

His mother's voice came through again.

Zhu Ping'an: "..."

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