Why didn't you tell me earlier that my little sister is still waiting for me?

Lin Bufan spoke with deep affection and sincerity, as if he was reciting a world classic, his eyes focused and fervent.

Jiang Lai was stunned by Lin Bufan's sudden confession. Her cheeks felt slightly hot. Just as she was about to say something...

Lin Bufan suddenly seemed to remember something, and immediately tilted his phone to look at the edge of the screen, as if he could see the scene that was not captured on the screen. At the same time, he added quickly: "By the way, Xiaozhu! You are listening here too, right? I love you too! I love you a little more than I love Lailai! Please don't be jealous! I said that just now just to appease Lailai's emotions. You know she has a bad temper. I have to coax her first before I can talk about business. You will always be the first in my heart..."

"Lin! Bu! Fan! Get down to business! Now! Immediately! Right now! If you dare to say another word of nonsense, I'll book a plane ticket and fly over to kill you! I mean what I say!" Hearing Lin Bufan's words that showed he didn't take her seriously at all, Jiang Lai roared again. The subtle touch she had just felt was instantly burned to ashes by her anger. She felt her temples throbbing and her blood vessels were about to burst.

"Okay, okay! Let's get down to business! Oh my Lai Lai, don't always resort to violence. Girls should be gentle..." Seeing that Jiang Lai was about to lose her temper, Lin Bufan quickly cleared his throat and tried to get back to the topic he had just led astray: "That... where was I just now? Oh yes, Gan Jing... Although it is understandable that your sister-in-law fell in love with me, it is ultimately an evil fate that should not have happened! Lai Lai, as her sister-in-law and my official girlfriend, you should go and persuade her to give up this idea as soon as possible! I, Lin Bufan, am the man she will never get! If she insists on it, she will only be hurt! It is better to suffer a short pain than a long one. Let her find her own happiness! Why hang herself on this crooked tree of mine?"

Jiang Lai listened to Lin Bufan's earnest, utterly narcissistic exhortation, her mouth twitching uncontrollably, the veins on her forehead throbbing. She felt her years of self-control and composure completely crumble at this moment. She gritted her teeth, uttering each word with a measured pause, "Lin Bufan! Are you sick?! You went through all this trouble, all the way around, to call me just to tell me this?! To tell Gan Jing to stop her wishful thinking of falling in love with you?!"

"That's right!" Lin Bufan answered confidently: "Lai Lai, don't take this lightly! You know, my self-control... is basically non-existent! What if... I mean what if, your sister-in-law loses her mind one day and takes the initiative a little bit... and we both impulsively commit some unforgivable crime... Then how can I face you, Lai Lai, in the future? How can I face my brother-in-law Kun Kun? How can I face those who support and love me..."

"Okay, okay! I got it! I'll tell her! Okay?!" Jiang Lai couldn't stand Lin Bufan's increasingly outrageous and narcissistic "worry" any more, and almost yelled at him to interrupt him. Without waiting for Lin Bufan to speak again, she pressed the hang-up button fiercely!

Listening to the busy tone coming from the phone, Lin Bufan nodded with satisfaction. Well, now the hidden danger should be eliminated... right?

He put away his phone, turned around, whistled, and walked towards Chen Nanxing's ward in a happy mood, as if he had just completed a trivial task.

As soon as Lin Bufan returned to the ward, Director Zhang immediately came to greet him, his face filled with anxiety and anticipation: "Mr. Lin, how is it? Have you finished your call? Is everything going well?"

Lin Bufan was stunned by the question and subconsciously asked back, "What do you mean? Is it going well or not?"

The anticipation on Director Zhang's face froze instantly, and he looked at Lin Bufan in a daze: "Didn't you just go out to contact and arrange that... that medical demonstration?"

Lin Bufan suddenly remembered that he was so busy talking about love with Jiang Lai that he completely forgot about opening the treasure chest to find the special medicine!

But Lin Bufan didn’t feel embarrassed. After all, five words floated in the sky - it’s no big deal!

"Oh—that one, you mean? Demonstrating medical skills, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah! Look at my memory. I was so caught up in handling a multi-billion dollar international merger and acquisition that I almost forgot about the real thing!"

Director Zhang's mouth twitched slightly. "Hundreds of billions of dollars in cross-border mergers and acquisitions? Why didn't you just say you wanted to buy the Pentagon?"

Without waiting for Director Zhang to speak, Lin Bufan suddenly said, "Director Zhang, please wait a moment. I'll go get ready!"

Having said that, Lin Bufan didn't wait for Director Zhang to react. He turned around and went into the private bathroom in the ward, and locked the door from the inside with a "click".

Director Zhang, Chen's parents, Xu Hongdou, and Chen Nanxing were left staring at each other in bewilderment. Director Zhang's expression was particularly striking. "Preparing in the hospital bathroom?" What? You want to get it done while it's hot?

Lin Bufan, who had entered the bathroom, did not rush to open the system, but decided to take off his pants first. After all, I had said that since I was already here...

After letting out a long sigh, Lin Bufan slowly contacted the system:

"Tongzi, Tongzi, stop playing mahjong and get out to work. I want to open the treasure chest!"

Lin Bufan had just called the system in his mind when he heard the crisp sound of mahjong shuffling cards, followed by the system's electronic voice with obvious impatience:

[Open the treasure chest if you want! This is fully automated and intelligent, you can control it with your mind, why are you calling me? It's all one-stop service!]

Lin Bufan chuckled in his mind: "Brother Tongzi, I'm looking for you because I have good things in mind! Didn't you give me a special formula for treating advanced cancer last time? This time, can you help me secretly work and give me the formula for treating early and mid-stage cancer as well? It saves me the trouble of piecing it together!"

[Ding! Detected host making illegal requests! The system solemnly declares: All reward draws adhere to the principles of absolute fairness, justice, and openness, and are operated automatically by the laws of cosmic chaos and probability. This system has no right or ability to interfere or manipulate in any way! Please, host, stop the slander!] The system's electronic tone suddenly rose, carrying with it the obvious anger of having its "professional ethics" questioned.

Lin Bufan curled his lips, his tone perfunctory with "I understand you": "Alright, alright, Tongzi, there's no outsider here, why are you pretending to be so high and mighty in front of me? And the law of probability of chaos in the universe... you speak like it's true! Don't worry, if you help me this time, I will definitely not tell anyone nonsense, and I will not report you to the system headquarters for abusing your power for personal gain..."

[Slander! Blatant slander!] The system's voice grew even more furious: [This system operates in an open and aboveboard manner! If we say it's not possible, it's not possible! Wait... what's that?]

[Sniff… sniff…]

After a burst of sharp sniffling, the system's electronic tone suddenly became sharp, as if it was deeply offended: [Fuck! Lin Bufan, you bastard! Can't you just take a shit before contacting me?! Do you know that this is offensive?]

Lin Bufan shrank his neck when he was yelled at, but he refused to give in. "What's wrong? Are you afraid of feeling inferior?"

[I'm so inferior to you, you idiot!] The system was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on: [Do you believe that right now, when you open your treasure chest, I'll give you a super surprise bonus that will permanently shorten your life by 20 seconds?!]

Lin Bufan subconsciously shuddered and felt a chill.

Shorten by 20?!

Doesn't that only leave... 2?

Even though my second brother is invincible, he can't stand this!

No!

This is absolutely not okay!

He quickly curbed his suicidal attitude, his tone instantly becoming serious and noble: "Ahem! Alright, alright, Tongzi, let's not talk about these trivial things anymore, let's get down to business! Look, why am I asking for your help this time? To save more patients suffering from illness! To push the cause of medicine forward! What a great, glorious, and beneficial thing this is for the country and the people, and for the benefit of all mankind!"

Lin Bufan became more and more excited as he spoke, and began to praise the system crazily in his mind:

"Think of those patients lying in their hospital beds, their eyes filled with despair and hope! Think of those doctors who are helpless and heartbroken in the face of cancer! Think of those families torn apart by their loved ones' illness! Tongzi! You now hold the key to changing all of this! If you are just a little more flexible and accommodating, you can save countless lives and bring happiness back to countless families! What an immeasurable merit is this?!"

"On the contrary!" Lin Bufan changed the subject, his tone becoming "heartbroken", as if the system would be a sinner for not helping. "If you cling to those cold, inflexible so-called rules, watching hope that could have been more easily obtained be buried, watching tragedies that could have been avoided happen... Tongzi! Doesn't your conscience hurt?! This is not called abiding by the rules, this is called indifference! This is called disregard for life! This is... This is a stumbling block that hinders the progress of human civilization! You will be nailed to history's pillar of shame!"

[……] The system fell into a strange silence. Only the background sound of the mahjong shuffling cards was still playing stubbornly, but the rhythm seemed a little messed up.

After several seconds, the system's electronic sound sounded again, carrying a deep fatigue that seemed to have exhausted all patience, and a hint of... resignation?

[(￣﹏￣；) ...Alright, alright, stop it, stop it! Even Tang Sanzang can't do it as well as you can, it's making me lose interest in playing Mahjong! Also, if you contact me in the bathroom again next time, I'll make you impotent!]

As the system finished speaking, the clattering sound of mahjong in Lin Bufan’s mind also disappeared!

Although the system did not promise anything from the beginning to the end, based on Lin Bufan's understanding of it, this matter is basically settled!

Lin Bufan, who had a plan in mind, no longer hesitated and immediately opened the treasure chest:

【Open Zhong Xiaoqin's treasure chest! 】

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining 10 billion yuan.]

Congratulations to the host for obtaining the formula for a special medicine to treat early-stage cancer.

Congratulations to the host for obtaining 80 customization points from the Private Customization Studio.

"Tongzi, you really still love me. Next time I won't contact you in the bathroom!"

【Open Gu Jia's treasure chest! 】

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining 10 billion yuan.]

Congratulations to the host for obtaining god-level yoga skills.

Congratulations to the host for obtaining 80 customization points from the Private Customization Studio.

"Damn, you bastard, why are you so weak to praise?"

【Open Gao Wen's treasure chest! 】

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining 10 billion yuan.]

Congratulations to the host for achieving master-level performance skills.

Congratulations to the host for obtaining 80 customization points from the Private Customization Studio.

"Gao Wen, you are really a rookie. You are only a master. Bad review!

But then again, even though you're a novice and love to play, you're still better than that idiot who can't even make it onto the leaderboard!

What are you looking at? I'm talking about you—Chen Nanxing!"

In fact, Lin Bufan could understand why Chen Nanxing was not recognized by the system. After all, he was a character who had not survived more than two episodes!

understand--

Why is it that Linda, Daisy, Daisy, and Zhuge Dasheng can do this, but Chen Nanxing can't? This is discrimination, this is differential treatment. If there is no place to complain, Lin Bufan should at least go to the system to report it!

【Open Zhuge Dasheng's treasure chest! 】

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining 10 billion yuan.]

Congratulations to the host for obtaining the skill "Eye of Law".

Congratulations to the host for obtaining 80 customization points from the Private Customization Studio.

Lin Bufan concentrated his attention and looked up the detailed description of this skill.

[Eye of Legal Principle: Passive Skill. Grants the host extraordinary legal intuition and insight. Quickly discerns potential risks, logical loopholes, and hidden traps within contracts, agreements, and legal documents. When facing legal disputes or negotiating, there's a certain chance of directly seeing through the other party's true intentions and weak links in their legal strategies. Note: The effectiveness of this skill is strongly correlated with the host's own legal knowledge.]

How should I put it - this Eye of Law is indeed very powerful at first glance, but upon closer inspection it is actually... still quite powerful!

However, this power depends on the person. If it was given to Zhuge Dasheng, he would definitely be able to succeed in everything. But as for Lin Bufan, well...

"You bastard, are you discriminating against me? Besides, I don't even eat beef anymore. Do you think I need to talk about the law with people?"

【Open Zhuge Dali's treasure chest! 】

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining 10 billion yuan.]

Congratulations to the host for obtaining the skill "Overclocked Brain".

Congratulations to the host for obtaining 80 customization points from the Private Customization Studio.

Just like the "Eye of Law", Lin Bufan also concentrated on checking the skill introduction of the "Overclocking Brain"!

[Overclocked Brain: Active Skill. Upon activation, the host's brain enters a highly active state, significantly boosting thinking speed, information processing, logical analysis, and memory. In this state, learning efficiency increases by 500% and comprehension by 300%, enabling rapid mastery and integration of complex knowledge systems. Note: The effectiveness of this skill is positively correlated with the host's basic intelligence, and requires a cooldown period after each use. Excessive use may cause side effects such as mental fatigue and headaches.]

All I can say is - it's useful, but not very useful!

After all, I don’t eat beef anymore, so it doesn’t make much sense whether I learn it or not!

Besides - learning on your own is not as good as letting the system fill your brain with knowledge!