System: If You Undercharge, I'll Remind You; If You Overcharge, I'm Not Obliged to Tell You

Who knew that the moment Lin Yan said this, Zhu Zhuqing would refuse outright:

"Boss, since my assessed share of the inheritance is only ten million, I'll only take the portion I'm entitled to. As for the remaining money, I'll repay it myself. That's my bottom line."

"Fine, you're noble, and I'm despicable."

"That's not it, Boss, I just..."

"I know what you mean.

I was only joking."

Although he felt a little regretful that he couldn't make some extra money, getting a clear look at someone's character through this was pretty good too.

He certainly didn't want the mother of his child to be an evil person.

Of course, that wasn't something he could decide.

He was just a lowly worker. They paid, and he did the work. What right did he have to decide these things?

"Very good. The package selection, payment method, and loan service have all been settled. Check everything first. If there are no errors, we'll begin cultivation immediately."

Lin Yan gave Zhu Zhuqing the fully itemized bill: the family's fixed debt of ten million, her personal loan of 2.82 million, installment interest, the final total, and repayment terms, all listed one by one, clear and transparent, without the slightest trickery.

Zhu Zhuqing looked it over carefully one last time, then nodded firmly:

"Yes, Boss, everything's right. Please cultivate the child for me."

"Sure."

Lin Yan snapped his fingers.

The enormous Gene Cultivator began spinning wildly.

"Put your hand inside, into that recess." At Lin Yan's command, Zhu Zhuqing immediately complied.

As a drop of blood entered, terrifying energy began surging wildly through the spinning machine, and the gestation began.

The onlookers outside all held their breath. Although they had already seen it once, watching it again was still awe-inspiring.

In just fifteen minutes, an enormous dark-red egg with two gold markings engraved on its surface slowly appeared.

The instant this egg was produced, Zhu Zhuqing's gaze became utterly glued to it, unable to move away.

This was the child she was about to hatch.

Lin Yan didn't waste a moment. As soon as the egg took shape, he activated the acceleration.

Several million Gold Soul Coins were consumed in an instant, and the frenzied acceleration began.

In just fifteen minutes, the entire ninety-year incubation period ran its course.

The hard eggshell cracked apart, and a baby girl quietly came into the world.

Immediately afterward, an even more intricate temporal halo enveloped the infant, and pure energy poured into it to fuel the process.

Within this accelerated time, the infant began developing rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, the baby who had just been in swaddling clothes transformed into a slender six-year-old girl with cool, delicate features.

She possessed the exceptional beauty, appearance, and bearing of immortal bearing, combined with Zhu Zhuqing's coolness. Her air was otherworldly, and she was extraordinary by birth.

The moment she came into being, the little one immediately ran into Zhu Zhuqing's arms and called softly:

"Mommy."

That cry of "Mommy" nearly melted Zhu Zhuqing's heart. She hugged the child before her, who could change her fate, tightly:

"My sweet daughter, it's Mommy, it's Mommy."

"Mommy, give me a name."

She could speak from birth.

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Lin Yan in shock.

"Of course.

This is a new feature our shop just perfected. During acceleration, she's taught basic speech and literacy.

It's an inherited connection between bloodlines. Whatever you know, she knows, saving you several years of raising her.

Don't worry about any other issues. She learns through the memories in your bloodline fragments and is naturally close to you."

"Is that so?" Only after hearing Lin Yan's words did Zhu Zhuqing relax.

She had really been afraid that her daughter was some reincarnated monster.

"Test her Martial Soul!

Test her Martial Soul!"

"Test her Soul Power!"

While Zhu Zhuqing and the little one were still sharing their mother-daughter affection, the surrounding spectators had already begun clamoring to see her Martial Soul.

Hadn't they waited so long just to see what heaven-defying Martial Soul this child, whom Zhu Zhuqing had spent over ten million cultivating, would awaken?

But amid the crowd's clamor, an abrupt voice rang out:

"Boss, isn't something wrong here?

Did you miscalculate?"

"What's wrong?"

Hearing someone actually challenge him, Lin Yan looked displeased. He glanced up and discovered it was that middle-aged man who liked talking back.

"Got nothing better to do?" Lin Yan could only grumble. Could the system possibly miscalculate?

No, he had calculated it himself, but the system hadn't alerted him, so there definitely wasn't a mistake.

"Boss, that young lady changed her package just now.

For the first package, she switched to innate rank-nine Soul Power, so that only scored nine points.

That means the total score was only seventy-nine, am I right?

Then there were only two multicolored gold markings, not three.

In that case, you charged the young lady for five extra years of acceleration!"

"What the hell?"

Lin Yan froze, then hurriedly asked the system:

"System, calculate it for me."

Upon receiving the instruction, the system quickly produced the result.

Sure enough, he had charged for five extra years of acceleration, over four hundred thousand in all.

"Holy shit, System, what are you doing?

Are you screwing me over?

You didn't remind me when I miscalculated?

What if I make another mistake in the future?"

[If the host undercharges, the system will naturally issue a reminder.

If the host overcharges, the system has no obligation to inform him.]

"Fuck, have you no shame?"

Seriously, even Lin Yan was struggling to keep it together now...

But this was his first time doing business too. How could he attend to every last detail?

He simply hadn't caught it just now.

This damned system wanted to scam people all day long. Anything overcharged went to it, while it only reminded him about undercharging when it would suffer a loss itself.

Damn it, if he didn't resolve this wave of public opinion, it would become a crisis of trust.

"Well... it does seem I miscalculated."

"So the boss really did miscalculate? How could he get even this wrong?

Doesn't that mean we might not even know if we're overcharged in the future?"

"Not necessarily."

The middle-aged man who had pointed out Lin Yan's mistake actually began speaking up for him,

"The prices in his shop are all public and transparent. You can tell whether there's a mistake by doing the math yourself.

Didn't I calculate it using the prices the boss gave us?

This only proves one thing: the boss isn't very intelligent."

"Also, looking at it this way, the boss seems more like a normal person.

Before, I thought he was some god high above us. I never expected him to get the price wrong too."

"It certainly makes him seem a lot more down-to-earth!"

"Hey!

You actually called me unintelligent in front of all these people.

That was a slipup, all right?

Everyone makes mistakes."

But Lin Yan only grumbled inwardly. He was still very grateful to the person who had pointed out his mistake. Otherwise, this scam of a system really could screw him to death in the future.

Then he roundly cursed the system,

"System, look. Your inaction has caused a credibility crisis for this shop. What do you think we should do?

I have to restore my image."

[Beep beep. Critical situation detected. Initiating rescue plan.

Refund the full four hundred thousand and compensate Zhu Zhuqing's offspring with a random tier of fortune.

Give the customer who pointed it out a twenty-percent discount.

I have deeply reflected on my mistake. Animals cannot speak, but humans can. I cannot follow the previous world's approach anymore.

The system will take the blame for this loss and make sure to avoid it next time.]

"That's it?"

And from the sound of it, you used to take advantage of animals being unable to speak or do arithmetic to pull plenty of rotten tricks.

[What else?]

"Fine, fine. As long as I'm not footing the bill."

Lin Yan immediately exited the system interface, then looked awkwardly at Zhu Zhuqing:

"I miscalculated just now. I accept the penalty."

As he spoke, Lin Yan snapped his fingers:

"The contents of the contract have been changed instantly. Your personal loan has now gone from 2.82 million to 2.42 million.

And as the owner of this shop, I'll give you a random fortune free of charge. As for which tier it is, that'll depend entirely on your luck."

As he spoke, Lin Yan snapped his fingers again. A beam of golden light descended from the sky and entered Zhu Zhuqing's daughter.

Seeing the fortune, Lin Yan couldn't help marveling at how lucky Zhu Zhuqing was:

"Congratulations, you've obtained the second-tier heaven-favored fortune, worth 2.2 million Gold Soul Coins.

Will that do?"

Lin Yan looked at the middle-aged man who had pointed out his mistake, then said:

His resentment toward the system had yet to fade, so his voice sounded laden with it.

"To thank this customer for correcting me, if you come here to cultivate a child, I'll give you twenty percent off, provided you can afford the admission fee."

"You're quite resentful, young boss."

The middle-aged powerhouse laughed heartily,

"As it happens, I really can afford that admission fee.

Twenty percent off?

You're pretty generous. Let's do it, then.

I'll have a taste and see how salty it is myself."