Ruling the Historical Romance Novel as the Female Supporting Character-Chapter 77: A New Round of Exploitation of the System

Su Yijia, now satisfied with her little trick, walked to the door and brought the watermelon back inside.

Watching the two people in the courtyard, she carried the refreshing watermelon inside. "By the way, what did you want to say to Kaize just now? You can go in and talk to him. Just take your time. Blinking too much can be exhausting," she cautioned, feeling a bit worried. "I’ll have my meal first," Ke Zeming replied awkwardly, unable to even raise his head. After he finished his meal and re-entered the house, Su Yijia had already fed Qin Kaize with watermelon juice. The two of them had a somewhat awkward conversation. It was almost half past nine, and Ke Zeming was planning to leave.

"By the way, I know you caught those people, can I ask you for a favor?" she inquired.

"What is it?" Ke Zeming, whose subsided worry but was taken aback when the subject was suddenly brought up. His tone became unintentionally stern and severe.

Su Yijia pretended to cower in fear, lowering her head. "It’s quite troublesome, so never mind," she said.

Of course, she wasn’t genuinely afraid, but she didn’t want to change things too quickly.

"It’s not troublesome at all. If there’s anything you need, just tell me. Kaize and I are good friends," Ke Zeming said, softening his tone, eager to see what kind of request she had in mind.

Su Yijia cleared her throat and said, "Well, it’s just that I went to the herbal medicine shop to buy some medicine, but I didn’t have enough money with me at the time. One of the gang forcibly bought the medicine I had ordered. It was a 300-year-old ginseng root and a 100-year-old polygonum multiflorum root. I think they intentionally wanted to compete with me. Could you help me retrieve those two medicinal herbs? I’ll pay you the same amount I promised the shop originally. These two herbs need to be of a certain age for their effectiveness, and it’s not easy to find replacements."

"You know about medicine?" Ke Zeming’s gaze turned more scrutinizing as he looked at Su Yijia.

"I know a bit. I learned from an old beggar who survived the famine," Su Yijia replied, nodding.

She didn’t urgently need those two medicinal herbs, but she knew that Ke Zeming would thoroughly interrogate those people when he returned. And those who had followed her would have seen her enter the herbal medicine shop and would surely inquire about it. Her purchase of the medicine couldn’t be kept a secret. Since she didn’t have anything to hide, she might as well take the initiative and mention it.

"666, remember to help me out when he starts questioning me," Su Yijia silently called out to the system in her heart.

[Before you said those things, why didn’t you ask if I was allowed to help you?]

was so angry that it made his teeth itch.

"I forgot," Su Yijia replied.

That’s absurd! If she hadn’t pushed the situation to the extreme, this system would surely let her deal with it by herself. But there was no reason that this book would make all the supporting characters serve her, how could they be deceived by her words easily? Unless they were willing to turn a blind eye.

However, the path she was going to take in the future wasn’t destined to be a place where the people around her would pretend not to know anything. So, she had to force the system to give her all the permissions. If it didn’t or couldn’t, then so be it. She couldn’t live her whole life worrying and thinking of ways and excuses to cover up one lie after another. If so, it was better just to close her eyes and kick the bucket.

almost shouted the last three conditions.

[Alright, from now on, you can ask for my help, but it will cost you your golden finger usage count. Also, I can’t make you disappear out of thin air, nor can I conjure up objects or money for you!]

"Okay! But don’t be so irritable. We can have a mutually beneficial relationship," Su Yijia replied in a cheerful tone, trying to placate it.

She had read plenty of novels, and she knew that such creatures were often intimidated by strength and a firm stance. As long as she was assertive enough, she could always squeeze unexpected benefits out of it.