Chapter 562 - 0333 Should the task be done (2-in-1)

The task is to praise Miss Yun.

The task has no punishment, yet the reward and the task itself carry a strange aura.

Should I do it?

Quietly looking at the task panel, Xu Chang’an hesitated.

Simply considering the task released by the system, he seemed to have no reason to hesitate, because praising Miss Yun was something he did regularly, and there was really nothing to hesitate about.

Moreover, the system’s oddity wasn’t a day or two occurrence, after all, it once gave him an emergency task to "balance work and rest," where he had to completely relax and spend half a day leisurely, and it even offered a reward.

He didn’t understand where the emergency was.

But Xu Chang’an couldn’t help but think more about it, so... he hesitated.

He tried his best to think about the significance of the system from a third-person, overall perspective.

’...’

Sigh.

Xu Chang’an stood up, took a stick of sandalwood, inserted it into the incense burner, lit it, and watched as the incense gradually flickered. He returned to his seat.

"Miss, I want to discuss something."

"Hmm."

Yun Qian responded, without asking further questions.

This was Miss Yun’s nature.

As long as Xu Chang’an wanted to do something, there was no need for a reason.

Xu Chang’an lowered his head in deep thought under Miss Yun’s gaze.

Firstly, the task named "Approaching the End (Part One)," he wondered if he could consider this task merely the beginning of a series of tasks, with Part Two and Part Three to follow.

Xu Chang’an couldn’t yet understand the specific meaning of this name, so he temporarily set it aside.

Then, the task content, like the previous "Balance Work and Rest," was something he couldn’t understand, the only similarity being both tasks were effortless, as if the rewards were handed directly to him.

The so-called offering of unearned favors.

The sandalwood burned slowly, and Xu Chang’an closed his eyes.

Then there’s the task reward...

Xu Chang’an compared the rewards for "Balance Work and Rest" and "Approaching the End," quickly discovering a noticeable difference.

Before, the system wanted to give him the reward of randomly updating items within the System Mall, allowing him to redeem them directly with his overflowing Celestial Dao Points.

Now, it was indeed a strange reward that magnified or minimized the rain curtain.

"..." Xu Chang’an frowned.

Could the task reward changes mean the system realized he started resisting it, having yet to use the previous one’s reward, so... it changed into something incomprehensible?

Indeed.

If this task’s reward still involved updating mall items, Xu Chang’an felt he probably wouldn’t undertake this task.

No reason, since he planned to abandon using the system, he didn’t want to know what items might update in the mall.

After all, if those items were too valuable, Xu Chang’an wasn’t confident he could resist temptation.

That way, perhaps he’d become reliant on the system, like some novel protagonists, acting without his own logic, purely guided by so-called system tasks... led around blindly.

"Hmm?"

At this thought, Xu Chang’an suddenly paused, sharply raising his head.

Wait.

Guidance?

Yes.

The system’s goal seemed to have been guidance from the start.

Guide him to take actions.

Back then, giving simple tasks very likely allowed him to taste a bit of benefit.

The system just didn’t expect him to restrain his desires.

——

Beside him, Miss Yun watched Xu Chang’an’s serious expression, finding him looking quite handsome.

The charm of a young man deep in thought was rare.

At least, that’s how Miss Yun thought... her initially low spirits lifted a bit.

Yun Qian gazed at Xu Chang’an, tilting her head subtly until Xu Chang’an’s brows involuntarily furrowed, and as he glanced at her... Yun Qian blinked, a question mark forming above her head.

"...?"

Under Yun Qian’s astonished gaze, Xu Chang’an suddenly stood up, walked over, and without a word, pulled her into a hug, taking a deep breath against her, and then Xu Chang’an felt much more energized.

Yun Qian: "..."

How many times had this happened.

To Xu Chang’an, hugging the young lady was akin to hugging a cat, replenishing his drained energy, refreshing his mind.

"Are you very tired?" Yun Qian wrapped her arms around Xu Chang’an’s waist, whispering in his ear, "If there’s something you don’t understand, you can tell me."

"Perhaps Miss knows, right?" Xu Chang’an recalled the island’s nearly all-encompassing library, thinking Miss Yun might actually know a lot.

Xu Chang’an rested his chin on Yun Qian’s shoulder, looking at the half-burnt sandalwood, releasing her and returning to his seat.

"However, Miss might not be aware of these matters, so I’ll handle them myself."

"Hmm." Yun Qian nodded.

If the husband didn’t want intervention, the wife wouldn’t press.

That single sentence was already the greatest accommodation Miss Yun could make.

"I’ll get you a glass of water." Yun Qian said, leaving the room.

Xu Chang’an watched Yun Qian’s retreating figure, then clasped his hands together.

Taking a deep breath, savoring the remaining scent of the young lady in the air, his gaze sharp, becoming much clearer.

"Indeed, it might not purely be guidance, perhaps just a test."

After the young lady’s concern, Xu Chang’an felt himself filled with strength.

He lightly tapped his fingers on the tabletop twice.