After hearing her gossip, all the civil and military officials went crazy.

Chapter 146 Are you already so desperate for food?
Fang Lingchu didn't notice the change in Chang Yingying's expression.

Instead, they started asking the system.

[Guagua, does this male lead have any melons on him?]

Upon hearing the gossip about the other party, Chang Yingying was in no hurry to agree and decided to deal with it first.

The system chuckled lewdly and said, "[Host, the male lead has a ton of scandals. Besides being a bit dim-witted, he's got a lot of hilarious stories to tell.]"

Fang Ling was happy and excited when she first heard the funny gossip.

【tell me the story. 】

The system excitedly announced: "[Host, the daily quest has been activated! Your requested daily quest for papermaking is: Chang Yingying slaps Zhang Sanqian in the face and stages a comeback. Reward: Papermaking Technique.]"

Fang Lingchu: ? ?
I asked you to eat some melon seeds for me, how did this task suddenly appear?

System: [I don't know either! It just suddenly appeared. I just refreshed the page. Host, do you want to accept this?]

Fang Lingchu: [You can accept this. Let me check the mission duration.]

System: [Give Chang Yingying three days to complete the slap-in-the-face task.]

Upon hearing this time, Fang Lingchu breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Then he slowly walked up to Chang Yingying and asked, "Sister Yingying, how much money do you owe their family?"

Chang Yingying lowered her head and whispered, "400 taels."

Upon hearing this number, Fang Lingchu understood why it was reasonable for the male lead to make the female lead a slave.

That's quite a lot of money!
[Host, why are you asking her? You might as well ask me!]

Fang Lingchu rolled her eyes at the system and said, "[Asking you and asking her are different habits. By the way, let's talk about Zhang Sanqian's gossip first, so we can help her complete the slap-in-the-face mission!]"

The system cleared its throat and said: "[This Zhang Sanqian has been particularly mischievous since he was a child. Climbing onto roofs and tearing off tiles, fishing in the river are nothing compared to what he's done.]"

The main reason was that one day he and his friends went up the mountain and saw goat poop. Not recognizing it, they thought it was candy and picked it up and ate it.

He not only ate it himself, but also shared it with other children. When their parents found out, they went to their doorsteps and scolded them for a long time.

Also, when he was ten years old and studying at school, people mocked him for not being interested in women. Guess what he did?

Fang Lingchu looked at Zhang Sanqian's big face and couldn't figure it out.

I don't know!

The system laughed loudly and then said: "[He went to peep at people taking a bath, and even drew pictures of them masturbating, intending to sell them for money. He was seen by them and chased after them for eight blocks.]"

And another thing, when he was little, he had a big brother he really liked. Actually, she was a girl who disguised herself as a boy to study at the academy. He didn't know that, and he always wondered if he liked men.

He still has this doubt now, it's hilarious.

Fang Lingchu was puzzled.

Didn't you say he liked his sister-in-law?

The system said: "This gossip was learned from the female lead, and it unfolds from her perspective. However, he likes his sister-in-law, which is a different story altogether."

It seems to have been the day he turned 18!

Because he was a jerk since childhood, he was always beaten by his peers, who didn't like him either. So he was very lonely and liked to play with other children.

On his coming-of-age ceremony, he believed the words of an old blind man who said he had an exceptionally strong fate, so he went hunting in the mountains. Unexpectedly, he was attacked by prey and almost didn't make it back. He was saved because he met a little girl who somehow scared the prey away.

Then the little girl left. He dragged his injured body home, lay in bed with a fever for five days before waking up. When he wanted to find his savior, she was gone.

Later, he heard that his sister-in-law had also gone up the mountain that day, and that she was about the same size. However, he had a fever and couldn't remember her face, so he assumed she was his sister-in-law and that's why he fell in love with her.

Fang Lingchu wanted to complain as she listened.

What a cliché opening! It's about a savior and childhood memories. Don't they have any other opening lines?

A life-saving grace should be repaid with abundant gratitude, not by demanding that they repay it with their bodies. I can understand falling in love with one's savior, but to fall in love with someone simply because they saved your life is too arbitrary.

It feels like they're repaying kindness with enmity. They might not even like you, right?

Gu Wangyan lowered his head, feeling a little guilty, but it seemed that his liking for her had never been because of that.

The system innocently replied, "[There's nothing I can do! That's how the story begins!]"

Fang Lingchu thought about it and agreed, saying, "Continue, continue."

The system continued: "But actually, the person who saved him was Chang Yingying. It's just that Chang Yingying has saved so many people that he's long forgotten about it, hahaha. He foolishly thought it was his sister-in-law and worked like a slave for her. In fact, his brother didn't die; he just didn't want to make money anymore."

He and his wife put on this show for his younger brother, and when he learned that his brother liked his woman, he became even angrier.

He just wanted Zhang Sanqian to earn money to support his wife and children, but he couldn't even sleep.

His brother felt particularly comfortable.

Fang Lingchu couldn't quite understand his older brother's thought process.

What kind of thought process is this?! Knowing that his younger brother likes his woman, he still fakes his death to take her place... This is just...

I don't understand, but I respect and wish you well.

After Fang Lingchu finished speaking, she seemed to remember something and continued to ask: "Didn't he later do *that* with his sister-in-law?"

The system shook its head and said, "No, after he realized he liked the female lead, he felt ashamed and wanted to save face, so he acted that way on purpose. He even deliberately had his sister-in-law bully the female lead, then he would play the hero and confess his feelings."

After listening to the system's words, Fang Lingchu felt that there really were such lunatics in this world!
After hearing what the two people were saying, Chang Yingying's face turned from white to black, and then back to white again, probably because she was frightened and angry.

Fang Lingchu silently lit a candle for Chang Yingying in her heart.

[Chang Yingying is so pitiful! She saved him, then suffered so many miscarriages from being bullied, and in the end, she had to give birth to his child. She even used her connections to pave the way for that man. She is truly a typical virtuous wife who helps me rise to prominence!]

She gained nothing and was left with a host of gynecological problems. Apart from being called Mrs. Zhang, she had nothing.

She herself is a very capable imperial physician; my goodness, it seems she's even more skilled than Xia Ruirui.

The system chuckled and joked, "[Well, Xia Ruirui is a bit more pitiful, since she didn't get anything!]"

At this moment, Gu Wangyan suddenly came in from outside, without even glancing at Zhang Sanqian, and went directly behind Fang Lingchu and Chang Yingying.

When Zhang Sanqian saw Gu Wangyan enter, his face instantly darkened.

At the same time, she started to get anxious and said directly, "Chang Yingying, who is he? Are you so desperate that you'll stop at nothing?"

Chang Yingying: ? ? What is he saying?
Fang Lingchu, who was still quietly watching the drama unfold, looked up and saw Zhang Sanqian pointing behind her. She glanced at him and saw that Gu Wangyan had returned.

[Guagua, is Zhang Sanqian implying that Chang Yingying is so desperate she'll eat anything, or is he just spouting nonsense?]

(End of this chapter)