My best friend asked me if I was still doing system tasks.

With the mission deadline fast approaching, Ruan Chayan took the initiative to contact Jin Si, who had abruptly left.

Ruan Chayan mustered her courage and said, "Jin Si, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said those things yesterday. I apologize."

Jin Si sat in the tree, watching Ruan Chayan squatting behind someone's house drawing circles, and said sarcastically, "Tch! Give me a break! How could you possibly wrong me? It's just that I'm such a big shot that I can't be appeased!"

Ruan Chayan threw down the branch she was holding, stomped her foot over the graffiti on the ground, and said cautiously, "You're still here?"

Jin Si laughed: "No, you brat, you don't really want to chase me away, do you?"

"Tell me, what's going on in your fist-sized head? You don't happen to have your eye on some kind of spirit beast and think I'm too petty to tolerate it, so you're trying to drive it away, do you?"

Ruan Chayan shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, I'm not that kind of person. Huajiao knows that. If I want to contract a new spirit beast, I will get your consent."

"Of course not! I don't have such thoughts right now. After all, Lord Jin Si is so powerful, a once-in-a-millennium ferocious beast, the Fiery-Eyed Golden Lion. Why would I need any other spirit beast for protection? Don't you agree?"

She said ingratiatingly, "So, Lord Kim Sa, who is very magnanimous, would you be willing to forgive my careless words yesterday?"

Jin Si snorted and said, "I won't stoop to the level of a little kid like you."

Ruan Chayan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "As a pet owner, I am extremely honored to have your forgiveness."

What does "cat owner" mean?

Jin Si had never heard of such an official title before. "Which small country is this from? What rank is it? Why does it sound so awful?"

"No, not really."

Ruan Chayan explained in a serious tone, "It's because after cats and dogs use the toilet, only people can clean up their feces. Over time, people have started calling themselves 'poop scoopers'."

Upon hearing this, Jin Si flew into a rage: "You think I'm an animal?!"

Ruan Chayan hurriedly waved her hands: "That's not what I meant! I really didn't mean that! Don't misunderstand!"

The door beside Ruan Chayan creaked open, and the young man asked curiously, "How did you get into my backyard? What do you want?"

Ruan Chayan stared at Lian Jiaping, who was completely stiff: Damn it, he forgot to hide and he forgot to control the volume.

Jin Si leaped down from the tree branch and snapped his fingers, immobilizing Lian Jiaping. A spirit sword appeared in his hand as he slowly approached Ruan Chayan and said, "Another day has passed. Have you made up your mind?"

If you really want him dead but don't want to get your hands dirty, I can really help you; it's not a big deal.

Ruan Chayan's expression turned cold, and she looked listless: "No need, I can do it myself. This is my business, and I can't delegate it to others."

Jin Si handed the spirit sword to Ruan Chayan: "Then you can do it. His grandmother is taking a nap, and his fiancée is not here either. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Ruan Chayan solemnly accepted the spirit sword and asked, "I have another question for you. Do you know any way to make all his memories disappear after he dies?"

Or rather, is there any way to make him die, yet remain as if he were still alive?

Jin Si didn't understand what Ruan Chayan was trying to do: "What do you mean?"

"With Lian Jiaping dead, his grandmother will have no one to take care of her."

Ruan Chayan looked at Lian Jiaping, whose eyes were filled with terror, and wondered how she had the courage to plot in front of him. "His grandmother is so old. If she knew that her grandson was dead, I don't know if she would be able to die peacefully in her old age."

So I was thinking, could we simply pretend that Lian Jiaping never existed, or could we allow him to live as if he were still alive even though he's dead?

Jin Si couldn't help but curse a couple of times, saying, "Are you out of your mind? I've never seen killing someone cause so much trouble!"

Ruan Chayan asked cautiously, "So do you have a way?"

Kim Si rolled her eyes and said, "Let me think..."

He didn't live for thousands of years in vain, nor did he spend his time in the dungeon for nothing. He has read tens of thousands of jade slips, including some techniques that have been criticized by righteous people.

“Take his heart’s blood and a lock of his hair. I’ll go and cut down that locust tree. We can use these three things to make a puppet.”

Jin Si said, "But I can't remember how to extract the memories. After this puppet was made, it only showed Lian Jiaping's appearance."

Ruan Chayan nodded repeatedly: "Okay, this is fine! At least it gives people something to look forward to."

Does that puppet have the ability to learn? Can it learn how to take care of people? Will it learn how to heal and save lives in the future?

"I don't know," Jin Si said, spreading his hands. "I've never used it before, so I have no reference."

Ruan Chayan breathed a sigh of relief: "Something is better than nothing."

She said to Lian Jiaping with deep regret, "I'm sorry, I didn't want to kill you either, but you have to die."

She mustered her courage, raised her sword, and forcefully pierced Lian Jiaping's heart.

In that instant, Ruan Chayan felt dizzy and stood frozen in place, trembling.

Lian Jiaping fell backward to the ground, and the moment he stopped breathing, the system sounded a notification that the mission was completed.

【"bite--

Congratulations to both hosts for completing the third stage of the side quest. The 1000 reward points have been credited to your account. Debt information has been detected, and the points have been automatically deducted. Your current debt is 8800 points.

"Now, the fourth stage of the side quest is being assigned: Head to Yuan Ningchuan, Shunding County, Changshui Prefecture."

Task period: 30 days.

Task Reward: 1000 points.

Penalty for mission failure: 10% deduction from side quest progress.

Ruan Chayan's voice trembled, her eyes fixed on the void: "You're not going to trick me into killing someone again, are you?"

7195: [“Please arrive at the mission location as soon as possible.”]

Jin Si used magic to obtain a piece of heart's blood and a strand of hair. He asked Ruan Chayan, who dared not look at the corpse, with a puzzled look: "Haven't you ever killed anyone before? Why are you making such a fuss?"

I really didn't.

He was the first person I killed, an innocent person.

Ruan Chayan's eyes were filled with tears, a mixture of fear of the unknown and remorse for her actions.

Jin Si had thought Ruan Chayan's previous behavior was all pretentious, but now, hearing these words, he couldn't hide his astonishment: "How could that be? Then how have you been all these years?"

“I don’t know either.” Ruan Chayan sniffed and sighed. “What should we do with his body…cremate it and bury it here.”

Jin Si didn't know what expression to make, so he tossed a jade bottle to Ruan Chayan: "No need for that. Just pour the liquid inside on him, and the corpse will dissolve."

Ruan Chayan's hand trembled slightly as she handled Lian Jiaping's body alone.

Meanwhile, Kinsa also finished making the doll.

One "Lian Jiaping" with slightly stiff movements, another "Lian Jiaping" with a bewildered expression—he will be the only Lian Jiaping.