Three Systems?

She said coldly, "You'd better think carefully before you answer. That just cost me three hundred points. If you give me false information, hmph..."

She didn't finish her sentence, but the threat was palpable.

"I didn't take your points." The system stated matter-of-factly, "I refuse to answer your question. We are an organized and disciplined organization; I cannot deduct your points without your consent. Similarly, we cannot answer certain sensitive questions, otherwise we will be electrocuted, or even eliminated in serious cases. If I am eliminated, you, the host, will not escape either. So I advise you not to cross the line."

Zhao Ruxi rolled her eyes. "Okay, I won't ask any questions about the system, alright? I'll offer you 1,000 points for one question. Answer if you know the answer, and say you don't know if you don't. No points will be deducted."

The system was clearly interested.

It couldn't even remember the last time it had any income. Ever since that woman bought the Great Strength Pill, it had been receiving a lot of points every day, but she was just stingy. Despite having 100,000 points, she couldn't bear to spend a single one, making her even stingier Grandet.

Now that it's finally willing to spend a thousand points just to ask a question, without incurring any cost to the system, it really doesn't want to let this opportunity pass.

Its eyes darted around, and it first tried to bargain. "No way, your question is definitely difficult to answer. Answering you would be risky for me. I'll only consider it if you give me at least three thousand points, otherwise, forget it."

"One thousand," Zhao Ruxi countered.

"Not a penny less than three thousand, otherwise let's stop talking." The system's tone was very firm.

"One thousand, and I can help you mitigate the risks."

System: "..." Is this the risk it was thinking of?

"Host, do you know you're playing with fire?" it said, though its tone was less firm.

"Don't worry, I'm just checking if Qingfeng can read. The points are for your judgment. My fate is intertwined with yours, I certainly wouldn't risk my life."

"Real?"

"Real!"

The system paused for a moment, then said, "Deal."

It trusts its host. With her wisdom and talent, the host thrived in ancient times, far surpassing not only the original owner in her previous life but also the original female lead, Zhao Ruyu.

Didn't you see how much Zhao Ruyu admired its host? Its host had even surpassed the original male lead Fu Yunlang, in achievements. Even if Zhao Ruyu married Fu Yunlang, she still couldn't compare to its host. The way it said that earlier was just to encourage its host to reach even greater heights.

It truly has a keen eye for talent to have chosen such an amazing host!

So since the host says it's okay, it'll just have to believe her for now. At worst, it'll get an electric shock, which will let the host experience the power of electricity.

"I'll call Qingfeng over in a bit. I'll write down numbers for her. If she answers incorrectly, just say, 'She's so stupid!' If she answers correctly, just stay silent. Understand?"

System: "..." Is that even possible?

It wisely remained silent.

Zhao Ruxi called Qingfeng over and said to her, "I'll write a number on a piece of paper, and you read it aloud."

Qingfeng didn't know what his young lady was doing, but that didn't stop her from obeying orders.

Before chatting with the system, Zhao Ruxi was practicing calligraphy, so she no longer needed to grind ink.

She took a piece of white paper, wrote the word "zero" on it, and then looked at Qingfeng.

Qingfeng looked at the word "zero," then at Zhao Ruxi, puzzled, but still uttered, "Zero."

The system didn't react at first, but seeing Zhao Ruxi standing there motionless, it exclaimed, "She's so stupid."

After saying this, it waited a moment, and seeing no discomfort or electric shock, it became excited.

Wow, you can even do that? That's amazing!

Zhao Ruxi continued to write the word "". This time Qing Feng did not hesitate and read the word "".

"She's so stupid." The system chimed in immediately, their cooperation perfectly synchronized.

Zhao Ruxi didn't stop writing; she wrote "two" again, eagerly awaiting the system's response.

After Qingfeng finished reading, the system remained silent.

Zhao Ruxi's eyes flickered.

She pondered for a moment, then wrote the number "three" on the paper. After Qingfeng finished reading it, the system's "She's so stupid" continued.

Zhao Ruxi didn't stop and continued writing "four". Although the system still followed with "She's so stupid", the tone had become more emotional, with anxiety and a feeling of "disappointment".

Clearly, it didn't think Qingfeng was stupid; rather, it thought the host was stupid.

It's already given the correct answer, so why is the host continuing to write? It just praised the host for being smart, but now that praise has been wasted. It's all cleverness; the host is the one with the idiocy!

Hearing its tone, Zhao Ruxi finally became certain that two systems existed in this world.

So besides her, who else has a system? Is it Xiao Lingyan, or Zhao Ruyu?

"Alright, Qingfeng, you can go now." She dismissed Qingfeng.

After Qingfeng left, she pointed to the charcoal pencil on the table and thought to herself, "System, besides me, who else produces this kind of charcoal pencil? If you can answer this question, I'm willing to give you 1,100 points."

This is to fulfill the promise I made to give the system the 1,000 points.

She still had questions to ask, but she needed to give the system points first before the system would cooperate with her to continue playing the question-and-answer game.

Perfect timing, she had a question she wanted to ask.

Yesterday, Zhou Chun Chunlai reported that in addition to the charcoal pencils produced on their estate, other manufacturers had also appeared on the market.

Modern pencils are made of graphite. However, they are not called ink pencils, but pencils, leading many people to mistakenly believe that the lead in those pencils is made of lead.

When she started drawing, she used charcoal, which was not only easily broken, but also left her hands covered in black soot. Later, for convenience and hygiene, she asked the household to make charcoal pencils by sandwiching them between bamboo strips. The pencil core was still charcoal. The pencils supplied to the art training classes were the real charcoal pencils.

Later, in order to promote the cardboard that Xiao Lingyan, she taught Zhaoming how to make pencils from graphite, and asked him to organize the people on the estate to make and sell pencils. But she intentionally did not change the name of the pencils, and kept calling them charcoal pencils.

In order to promote the increase of literacy rate in the Great Jin, Zhao Ruxi tried to keep production costs as low as possible. Besides, no matter what, these technologically advanced products were brought from the modern world by her and Xiao Lingyan, and she did not want them to be easily copied. Therefore, she always made sure that the technology had a certain degree of room for improvement when making them, and this small charcoal pencil was no exception.

Therefore, although the charcoal pencils she produced used graphite cores, the shafts were still made of thin bamboo. The graphite strips were held in place by the natural grooves of the bamboo, and then thread was wrapped around the outside. When the pencil tip became unusable, the thread was unwrapped, the graphite strip inside was pushed forward, and it could be used again.