Ruling the Historical Romance Novel as the Female Supporting Character-Chapter 214: When it’s Time to Give Up

"You guys have no idea how profitable cancer-fighting medicine and preventive medicine can be. They not only make money but also save lives!" Despite her inner complaints, Su Yijia didn’t say much more. Holding those two items now, she could only selflessly hand them over. At most, she could exchange them for a 5,000 bonus. She didn’t want to earn money for China, but she also didn’t want this lucrative formula to be stolen by outsiders when she couldn’t apply for a patent. It would end up being used as a tool for making money by those people.

"You said you’re helping to retrieve it, but I’ve already given them all danger warnings and even had them take Great Strength Pills. Doesn’t that count as help?" Su Yijia felt a bit curious. She had only helped, so this should count too, right?

"Correction by the system: it’s to let the host personally retrieve the evidence that Qin Kaize hid in the village before. The reward for completing the task is a recipe for athlete’s foot ointment," 666 clarified.

So the system can make mistakes with task releases and then change its mind? Su Yijia had seen shameless people, but she had never seen such a shameless system.

The specially trained elite had been seriously injured even with danger warnings. Could she, a delicate girl, complete the task entirely? Su Yijia felt like the system didn’t care about her life at all, just for the entertainment of the readers.

"Host, this time there are hundreds of people hiding in the village, and after this incident, the number is bound to increase several times. If Xia Weiguo brings people over and faces them head-on, with so many ordinary villagers in the village, there’s no guarantee that there won’t be chaos. So according to the system’s inference, the safest and most effective method is for you to take action," 666 flattered. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"If I choose not to do this task, what will you do?" Su Yijia asked. She could do tasks, but she wouldn’t risk her life recklessly. If she died in this world, she would die in the outside world as well. How heartbroken her loving parents and brother would be. She was only living a longer life with her memories, and the system wasn’t forcing her to choose one or the other. It was like giving her several more decades of life.

"In that case, the host can only complete the task of finding out the truth about the original host’s biological father, who disappeared twenty years ago, and obtaining the reward for hair growth liquid. After that, the system will no longer issue new tasks. However, the rewards for the lottery and helping capable people, such as the number of times the golden finger can be drawn, remain unchanged," 666 explained nervously. "Host, you used to be a researcher, so you’re not someone who gives up easily, right?"

Su Yijia certainly wasn’t someone who gave up easily. But if it really couldn’t be done, she wouldn’t force it. Refusing to answer 666’s question again, Su Yijia lowered her eyelids in contemplation.

What method could she use to help retrieve the items?

She pondered until after five o’clock in the afternoon, even Qin Kaize, who was sitting beside her, noticed that something was wrong.

When she returned to the Educated Youth Center with crayfish and screws exchanged from the children with eggs and milk candies, Qin Kaize immediately asked with concern, "Jiajia, are you feeling unwell somewhere?"

"No, I’m just worried that Uncle Xia and the others might encounter danger when they go to the mountain to catch wild chickens. Last time I went to the mountain, I encountered a ferret and almost got bitten," Su Yijia said, her small face wrinkled with worry.

"The time when you retrieved the Great Strength Pills?" Qin Kaize immediately thought of the rare occasion when his little wife returned late, looking all disheveled.

Su Yijia nodded. "Yes, that time."

"Whatever you want in the future, just tell me, and I’ll find someone to help you," Qin Kaize said without lecturing, but still worried that she would take such risks again.

Su Yijia was quite satisfied with his attitude. She leaned forward slightly and rested on the man’s legs. Looking up, she seemed especially obedient. "Okay, next time something like this happens, I’ll definitely tell you, and then let you find someone to take me there."

Although she might not go every time, she couldn’t say anything too absolute.

"Don’t worry, Uncle Xia and the others have been through countless battles. Just going to the mountain to catch a wild chicken won’t be a problem," Qin Kaize reassured the little girl nestled on his lap with a firm attitude.

Jiajia hadn’t spoken to him all afternoon, making him increasingly nervous. He feared that something from their noon bath had upset her. He had thought of countless apologies, but Jiajia hadn’t looked at him, leaving him unable to say anything. But just going to the mountain to catch chickens did take quite a while.

Qin Kaize suddenly remembered something, and his gentle gaze turned sharp. He was just thinking about it when Xia Weiguo rushed in with two bodyguards.

They were not only carrying the wild chickens Su Yijia had requested but also two wild rabbits. However, they had several wounds on their bodies, with traces of blood. Following them, Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin also looked slightly pale. Worried and scared, they didn’t know what to say.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, they immediately leaned towards Su Yijia. "Grandpa and Grandma, don’t worry, everything will be fine," Su Yijia reassured them in a low voice, holding Grandma Lin’s cold hand.

"We’re not worried," Grandma Lin said, but her words lacked conviction. They just didn’t want Su Yijia to worry, nor did they want Qin Kaize to feel troubled. Su Yijia also knew that unless they didn’t care about her, they wouldn’t be able to truly relax after seeing those injured people.

"We’ll leave in a few days. By the time we return to Hu City, everything will be fine, and Kaize will also recover," she could only paint a rosy picture for them and mention some happy things. Sure enough, as soon as they heard that they could go back soon and their grandson-in-law would recover, the expressions on the faces of the two elderly people immediately relaxed.

"Really? Can we go back soon? Have you taken care of everything?" Grandma Lin asked happily, but with some worry again after her joy.

"We’ll get the test results the day after tomorrow, I’ll start collecting the medicine the day after tomorrow, and we should be able to leave in about five days," Su Yijia estimated the approximate time. But compared to her optimism, Qin Kaize was actually somewhat uncertain. The first two things were easy to handle, but retrieving the hidden items might not be so easy. Just now, the worried look on Uncle Xia’s face when they came in indicated that the operation had failed. The next time they went, the difficulty would increase, and it was hard to say whether they would succeed.

Xia Weiguo, who had changed his clothes inside, hurriedly came out again. "Jiajia, do you still have that ointment? Can you give me some more?" he asked, feeling embarrassed.

That stuff was really too effective, but it was packed in clam oil containers, and each jar was too small. It was used up in one go and still wasn’t enough.

"Yes, wait a moment, I’ll go get it," Su Yijia quickly let go of Grandma Lin’s hand and ran back into the room. She even closed the door before taking the keys to open the wooden box that had been delivered at noon.

In fact, it was just to make some noise by moving things around. In reality, the medicine was taken from her spatial storage. She quickly took out twenty of them and also brought out a plastic bucket, filling the two military green thermos flasks with Functional Restoration Elixir.