Chapter 3409: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Shu Bai felt she couldn’t mentally continue doing tasks, but she didn’t want to hinder her system’s future, so she simply severed her relationship with her system.

Ning Shu wondered, if she encountered the same situation as Shu Bai… would she do the same?

Let 2333 go.

Ning Shu: Hehehe…

Everything went without saying.

“What are you laughing at?” 2333 asked Ning Shu. Her laugh was kind of creepy.

Ning Shu smiled and said, “I was thinking, if I were in Shu Bai’s situation, what would I do?”

“You would drag me down to hell with you,” 2333 said directly.

Ning Shu curled her lip. “Do I look like that kind of person? We’ve lived and died together, after all. Do I look like someone so cold, heartless, and unreasonable?”

2333: Yes, that is exactly the kind of person you are.

“Are you thinking about separating?” 2333 asked Ning Shu.

Ning Shu shook her head. “No, I just realized there’s a tiny glimmer of possibility. Suddenly, life feels full of hope.”

2333: …

“That hope is basically non-existent. Even if I filed a report saying my personality clashes with my partner’s, our interests don’t align, and I want to separate, the higher-ups would just tell me to get lost,” 2333 said helplessly.

“If you were to separate from me, what price would you be prepared to pay?”

Ning Shu spread her hands. “I’m all alone with nothing to my name. Besides, when did I say I wanted to separate from you? If I separated, I wouldn’t be able to do tasks anyway.”

2333 said, “It’s good enough that you think that way. Do you really think that if you left me, you’d meet a better system?”

Ning Shu replied, “I don’t know if I’d meet a better system, so let’s just make do with each other.”

After coming this far, it wasn’t like swapping a system would suddenly make her invincible.

“What do you mean ‘make do’? I think we get along very happily,” 2333 said with a hint of grievance.

Ning Shu: …

They got along happily?

Ning Shu didn’t know what standard 2333 used for ‘happiness.’

If this was truly happy, 2333’s standards were really low.

Ning Shu yawned, then lay down to sleep.

That ended the topic. Ning Shu was sleeping soundly when she heard the dings of the chat system.

2333 woke Ning Shu up. “The chat group seems very lively.”

Ning Shu rubbed her eyes and opened the chat system’s group chat.

It was indeed lively. Before, no one was talking, but now messages were popping up non-stop. Ning Shu didn’t understand what had happened.

However, as soon as she opened it, she saw many people were @-ing her.

Since when did she become a group celebrity? So many people tagging her.

Ning Shu scrolled through the chat history to see what was going on.

She tapped the screen, scrolling up, but the more she read, the tighter her beyerows furrowed.

The thing that started it all was someone leaking the news that Ning Shu, the newly appointed city lord of the City of Water, had directly expelled Hong Yu.

Judging by the description, Ning Shu was painted as reckless and wilful, like someone who didn’t give any face to her seniors.

They said that she thought, just because she had become the embodiment of an ordinance, she could do whatever she wanted without scruples.

The more Ning Shu read, the funnier it got. Finally, she couldn’t help but let out a scoffing laugh.

She had gone from an obscure task-taker to a subject of discussion and attack.

From start to finish, Hong Yu hadn’t said a word, nor had she pretended to be pitiful. It was just a bunch of bystanders making noise.

Mainly, it was because Ning Shu had popped up out of nowhere and comprehended the water ordinance. She was indeed quite of an attention magnet.

Many people @-ed Ning Shu, but she didn’t reply to a single one.

I don’t even know you. Why the hell should I explain anything to you?

What they thought was none of her damn business.

Hong Yu didn’t speak, and Ning Shu didn’t speak. Then, some people started discussing how Ning Shu was a bit arrogant, blah, blah, blah.

Ning Shu ignored these people.

Although you say I’m arrogant—and that seems to be true—I’m not listening.

There were also people demanding Ning Shu apologize to Hong Yu, but Ning Shu ignored them all.

You say apologize, and I apologize? Yeah, right.

Ning Shu heard a ding sound. Someone had sent her a private message.

She looked and saw it was from Ah Wan. [How did you get into a conflict with Hong Yu?]

Ning Shu replied, [She came looking for trouble with me.]

Ah Wan mused for a moment. [She definitely has her eye on your water ordinance, because she wants to compete with me. Be careful. Hong Yu isn’t exactly broad-minded.]

Ning Shu shrugged. It couldn’t be helped. The conflict had already arisen.

Ning Shu asked, [You are both task-takers. Why does she fight with you?]

There were plenty of powerful people. Why did Hong Yu fixate on Ah Wan?

Ah Wan replied, [Because the two of us are often compared. Whenever a topic comes up, we get bundled together for comparison. She’s probably annoyed by it, so she wants to suppress me at every turn.]

Ning Shu: [And you?]

Ah Wan: [I don’t care. There are so many mouths in the world. Which should I listen to?]

She should listen to no one. It was impossible to satisfy everyone forever, impossible to make everyone like you.

Ning Shu thanked Ah Wan. After all, Ah Wan had come to warn her.

Things were already as they were. Even if time turned back, she would still choose to do the same.

A group of uninformed masses couldn’t change Ning Shu’s inner heart.

Ning Shu rested her head on her arms and couldn’t help but laugh. She started giggling with genuine amusement.

2333: “…What the hell are you laughing at?”

Ning Shu asked 2333, “Is this what they call ‘more fame, more trouble’?”

2333 said directly, “No. It’s because you haven’t displayed enough strength to make people look up to you in awe. That’s why there’s this gossip.”

Ning Shu shrugged. Well, that was a bit awkward.

In Ning Shu’s current state, quite a few people felt she was just lucky—someone suddenly hit by good fortune.

Everyone felt, ‘I could have comprehended the water ordinance too.’

Ning Shu switched back to the chat group. Seeing the surging discussion, she rolled her eyes coquettishly.

Just talk all you want. What can you do to me? Can you force my head down to apologize to Hong Yu?

As for what happened in the task world, Ning Shu couldn’t be bothered to explain. With that time, she’d rather read a book.

Regardless of whether they were unconvinced or harbored other thoughts, she was the city lord of the City of Water. She was the embodiment of the water ordinance.

This was an unchangeable fact.

Ning Shu closed the chat group. Out of sight, out of mind.

Besides, she hadn’t committed murder or arson, hadn’t done anything outrageous, and certainly hadn’t tried to kill someone to steal their treasures like Hong Yu.

Ning Shu was fearless. Could she not expel someone from her own territory?

If not, then what use was the ordinance she’d worked so hard to comprehend?

So what if I’m arrogant? You can’t stand me, but you can’t kill me.

And this matter was only circulating within the ordinance embodiment group. It wouldn’t spread widely.

The chat system went ding again. Someone else sent Ning Shu a message.

This was the first time so many people were looking for her. Ning Shu clicked it open and saw it was actually a message from the embodiment of the time ordinance, that ten-thousand-year closet pervert, the qipao man.

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