Chapter 3

Xie Zhiyu: "...Nothing, eat a bit more."

Due to shock, he spoke an extra sentence.

"Thank you." Thinking of another matter, Shen Baili said, "Right, thank you for bringing me to the hospital yesterday as well. I owe it all to you."

Thanks, boss, for saving my dog life.

Dog life?

Xie Zhiyu looked at her unopened mouth and pinched his finger hard.

He needed to rest properly; he was so tired he was even hallucinating.

Xie Zhiyu and Shen Baili were not close and had nothing to talk about. He tidied up the kitchen and went back, filling a thermos with warm water at the bedside table before leaving.

Shen Baili watched his tall back and could not help but sigh with emotion.

Xie Zhiyu, he really is a good person.

She withdrew her gaze and thus did not notice Xie Zhiyu, whom she had just handed a good-person card, pause his hand on the door handle before pushing it open again and walking out, his pace inexplicably hurried.

Shen Baili took a sip of the warm water, her mouth tasting sweet.

She could not help praising her cheap stepbrother once again for truly being a boss, with full marks for attention to detail.

Wait, a flash of white light crossed Shen Baili's mind.

If she remembered correctly, the four Xie family bosses were seemingly all tragic and attractive, and none of their endings were very good...

"Ding ding ding, your memory is correct, your whole army was wiped out~"

A brisk electronic voice appeared abruptly, carrying a certain lively disregard for whether others lived or died.

Chapter 3

Shen Baili blurted out, "System?"

As a trendy person who had read a wide range of melodramatic dramas over the years, her "knowledge" reserve was rich, and her acceptance capacity was super strong.

"As expected of binding with this system's soul, you're really smart." The system's electronic voice remained lively and cheerful.

She had said it was a system, and furthermore, a system that did not seem very smart.

Shen Baili hesitated. "...Thanks for the compliment?"

With many thoughts flashing through her mind, she seized the initiative: "System, do you have a name?"

"My name is A-Deng," the system replied, not feeling at all that its host was strange.

Shen Baili probed: "Deng as in old geezer [laodeng]?"

A-Deng anxiously explained: "Not laodeng, it's A-Deng, deng as in electric lamp."

System A-Deng understood the culture of this world and cared very much about its name.

Shen Baili secretly noted it in her heart and stopped teasing it: "I know, your name is A-Deng."

"Then A-Deng, why did you bind with me?"

A-Deng: "This system was awakened by your obsession; you are the one who bound this system."

A gleam flashed in Shen Baili's eyes, and she repeated the keyword: "Obsession?"

Before she could fish for more information, A-Deng continued like a leaky sieve: "The strong obsession you erupted with before you died forcefully bound me to you. Because of certain reasons, I need to fulfill your obsession. On the way to take you to be reincarnated and reborn, an accident occurred."

"...All of this system's energy was used to protect itself. It passively triggered a format, and after urgently delivering you to this world, this system also fell into a coma, only waking up yesterday."

Shen Baili understood: "You can fulfill my obsession?"

A-Deng: "Yes."

Shen Baili's heart stirred, and without thinking, she said: "Can you let my mother and me live safe, healthy, and smooth lives?"

A-Deng: "No."

Shen Baili: "Then can you use legal means to make me the richest person in the world?"

A-Deng: "No."

Shen Baili issued a soulful query: "Then what can you do?"

A-Deng was silent for a moment before cheerfully saying: "This system can entertain the host."

"This end has checked the two obsessions the host just mentioned, and neither matches the strong obsession from when we bound~"

"This system can only help you fulfill the obsession you made in your past life."

Shen Baili's head ached, and she sincerely asked: "Then what is my obsession?"

A-Deng: "This system was formatted and did not store the host's obsession."

Shen Baili was shocked: "So... you have amnesia?"

Nowadays, even systems were starting to run melodramatic plots.

Through a series of talking at cross purposes, Shen Baili obtained quite a bit of information.

This system named A-Deng obtained energy by fulfilling her obsession. They had tried 99+ obsessions, but none could reveal what her obsession actually was.

Yet currently, it seemed the system possessed self-awareness and was a bit foolish, while also unable to harm her or cause any impact on this world.

Shen Baili felt A-Deng was somewhat like an electronic pet that needed recharging.

Seeing Shen Baili fall silent, A-Deng could not resist introducing its remaining functions.

"After this system has energy points, it can unlock original novel chapters for the host oh~"

"Some chapters of the original work are related to the host oh, and foreknowing the plot gives the host a chance to seize the initiative and change the predetermined fate."

"Without energy points, this system cannot help the host fight against the original plot's power, and both you and Shen Wan will die..."

"Beep beep beep! System energy is insufficient, automatically entering hibernation mode."

Shen Baili's pupils constricted, and she hurriedly asked: "Why would my mother and I die?!?"

"Such an important matter, why didn't you say so earlier??"

"Wake up for me!"

She called out to the system many times, but the other party gave no response.

At least tell me how to replenish energy. Shen Baili could not help complaining that the system was unreliable.

Not holding out hope for the system, she pondered the information from her conversation with it and the related obsession.

She faintly felt that critical information had been missed, but rack her brains as she might, she could not remember it, as if it were covered by a thin layer of gauze.

What on earth was her obsession in her past life?

Thinking and thinking, she drifted off to dreamland once again.

Shen Baili stayed in the hospital for seven days, eating bland meals every day along with proper exercise. In just seven days, she lost a full five pounds, her triple eyelids were almost starting to show, and her mouth felt completely bland and tasteless.

Fortunately, all the endurance was worth it; her wound did not become infected and recovered very well, and she could be discharged after having her stitches removed.