“Yuan… Yuan, are you dead yet?!”
Shen Ruyu suddenly barged upstairs. She glared at Yuan and barked, “Get up and wash yourself. It’s just a little concussion, stop acting like you’re half-dead. After you’re done washing, come downstairs and wipe down the tables and chairs.”
“Who are you putting on this pitiful act for? A poor loser like you should be used to it by now, stop pretending to be so wretched.”
“Hurry up and get down here. Quit pretending.”
Shen Ruyu finished her rant, her face full of disgust, and headed back down.
Yuan stared after her, stunned, before grit his teeth so hard they nearly cracked. In his head, the System’s warning voice rang out:
[Warning to Host: This is the Beast System. Once you activate the quest, you can complete tasks to turn her into your sex slave. This is an advanced-tier task.]
[Killing is considered a violation of the quest. Do not use lethal force…]
[Shen Ruyu is a quest target. Do not kill. Do not kill…]
His face pale with rage, Yuan entered the bathroom. He ripped the gauze off his head and tossed it in the trash, panting as he asked in his mind, “What’s with all these sudden quests? What happens if I don’t do them?”
[Completing the Newbie Task will open various side-quests. The ‘Master of the House’ quest is your main storyline.]
“And the rewards? What do I get?” Yuan asked hysterically.
[Rewards are generated based on your needs at the time. There are too many options to list.]
[Please believe the System, Host. If the reward for a tiger was an apple, the tiger would tear the System apart…]
[Task rewards are provided according to the Host’s nature. The system has just started and needs to collect more data…]
The System’s voice sounded slightly glitchy. Yuan instantly realized its peculiar situation.
This was a system from an advanced civilization, but it had started as a blank slate. Much of the data it collected was mostly the pent-up resentment and lust of shut-ins and “otakus” on the internet. Because of his accident, it had been activated.
Currently, the System was in its early stages. It was still figuring out the standards for human desire.
It basically issued quests based on what internet loners fantasized about, but the rewards depended on whether those rewards made sense for the task.
Yuan understood. The System was incomplete and had room for him to explore and shape it.
He washed up in the bathroom. Although there had been a lot of blood, his head only needed three stitches. The bruising was already gone, and the wound felt almost healed.
When he went downstairs, Shen Ruyu was wiping the table.
Seeing him in his casual house clothes, she frowned and cursed, “Don’t you have money to buy decent clothes? You always wear these same shabby rags.”
“Mom, let me do it!”
A flash of hatred crossed Yuan’s eyes, but he suppressed it and took the mop to help out.
Shen Ruyu almost never did housework. But as soon as her wealthy eldest son-in-law was about to arrive, she became incredibly busy and attentive.
She was a typical two-faced suck-up.
Yao Nan returned from the store quickly.
Yuan wanted to go into the kitchen to help her, but she looked outside nervously and whispered, “Hubby, you’re still hurt. Go rest. Why did you come down here?”
“It’s nothing!”
Seeing how dutiful his wife was, Yuan felt a strange sense of comfort.
Just then, the front door opened.
Shen Ruyu’s voice rang out, full of joy: “Xinxin, Xinda! You guys are so early! Dinner isn’t even ready yet.”
“Mom, we came to share some good news!”
It was a joyous atmosphere outside. Yuan and his wife quickly came out to greet them.
“Big Sister, Brother-in-law.”
Eldest Sister Yao Xin was tall, 172 cm.
She went to art school and always had dreams of being a star. Her figure could be described as curvaceous in all the right places, a perfect devilish figure.
She used to work part-time as a dance teacher, but after marrying into a wealthy family, she became a rich wife.
However, she was still restless and always wanted to become famous.
Yao Xin wore delicate, light makeup. Her appearance was strikingly beautiful, looking a bit like the actress Song Jia.
Her eyes held a certain flirtatious charm, like a fox. When she smiled, she looked incredibly seductive.
She was decked out in designer brands, looking every bit the star. It was clear she had taken her mother’s good genes and improved upon them.
The brother-in-law, Zhang Xinda, was dressed flashily like a typical playboy.
Standing, he wasn’t even as tall as his own wife. He was somewhat of a pretty boy but had short legs and a bit of a potbelly.
Probably can’t even do it standing from behind…
[Ding! Quest ‘The Tall and Sexy Sister-in-law’ updated: Content added: Standing Doggy Style!]
The moment Yuan had that lewd thought, the System’s teasing voice echoed in his head.
“Second sister, let me help you!” Yao Xin said, pretending to be helpful.
Yao Nan immediately shook her head: “Big Sister, you chat with Mom. I’ll handle the kitchen. It’s not much work anyway.”
“Alright then, thanks for the hard work,” Yao Xin said, her offer being purely for show.
Her hands were slender and pretty; it was said she had even worked as a hand model. She wore a beautiful diamond ring and had manicured nails, hands that clearly weren’t meant for housework.
“Xinda, sit down, sit down!” Mother-in-law Shen Ruyu pulled her favorite son-in-law to sit down.
Yuan clearly saw the lecherous look in Zhang Xinda’s eyes, brazenly staring at the deep cleavage of his mother-in-law’s chest.
To be fair, Eldest Sister Yao Xin had a great figure with good proportions, but when it came to breasts, the mother-in-law was clearly the winner, a big-booba goddess.
Even with a bra, her chest would jiggle with the slightest movement. No man could resist that temptation.
During their chat, Xinda kept stealing glances. Shen Ruyu didn’t notice, but Yao Xin did and pinched him, making him look annoyed.
Soon, dinner was served.
At the table, mother-in-law Shen Ruyu’s first move with her chopsticks was to pick up a crab shell for her eldest son-in-law:
“Xinda, try this. The crabs are at their plumpest this season.”
“If Mom picked them, they must be plump!” Xinda said, his words dripping with double meaning.
Yao Xin took a bite and immediately looked disgusted.
“Second sister, did you buy these? If you’re buying mud crabs, at the very least you should get premium double-shell crabs. What’s the point of buying this cheap trash?”
Zhang Xinda chuckled. “You don’t go to the market so you wouldn’t know. These meat crabs are the cheapest. The price is at least half of the good ones.”
Shen Ruyu’s face darkened. “Nan Nan, what is wrong with you? Are you trying to save money even when hosting your own sister and brother-in-law? Are you really that poor and stingy?”
Yao Nan’s face flushed as she tried to explain, but Yao Xin cut her off.
“Forget it, Mom. Second sister only makes that tiny salary, and Yuan is just a deadbeat with no proper job. It’s a miracle they bought anything at all.”
Yuan, being mocked, grit his teeth and balled his fists under the table. Yao Nan, her face red, whispered, “Big Sister, it’s not that I was stingy… I just don’t know how to pick good crabs.”
“If you can’t pick crabs, you should at least know what fish tastes good. Grouper isn’t even expensive right now, so why did you buy this cheap pomfret?”
Zhang Xinda poked at the fish with his chopsticks. “Good thing there are no outsiders here. This meal is so pathetic people would think we’re starving to death.”
Yao Nan lowered her head and ate in silence, not daring to argue. She was used to this kind of ridicule.
Yuan was furious, but under the table, his wife’s hand grabbed his. Yuan sighed and didn’t say anything.
After dinner, Yao Nan naturally began clearing the table and washing the dishes, as if it were her destiny.
Just as Yuan was about to go help, Zhang Xinda raised his voice and said: “Yuan, come here for a moment.”
The three of them were chatting happily. Suddenly called out, even if Yuan was unwilling, he could only brace himself and sit down.
As soon as he sat, Zhang Xinda frowned and spoke in a condescending tone.
“You really lack common sense. You actually dared to block the boss’s wife’s car? Honestly, we live in a society ruled by law now. In the old days, you would have been beaten half to death for that.”
Yao Xin added, “Exactly. Even if you didn’t know who she was, could someone driving a Ferrari be an ordinary person?”
Yuan couldn’t take it anymore.
“Brother-in-law, the rules there are like that. Besides, the barrier is electronic. I can’t touch the computer, how could I open the gate for her?”
“Your brother-in-law is telling you this for your own good, and you dare to talk back?”
Shen Ruyu exploded again. “Rules are dead, but people are alive! Don’t you understand that?”
“Right? Don’t you have a brain when you go to work? You should have reported to your team leader as soon as you saw that car. How could you be so stupid?”
The after-dinner activity became lecturing Yuan here.
Watching his wife in the kitchen occasionally looking over with worried eyes, Yuan gritted his teeth and lowered his head.
‘Just you wait,’ he thought viciously. ‘Once I figure out all the System’s functions, I’ll show you exactly how I’m going to deal with you.’
As they spoke, Zhang Xinda snorted: “The security team said they don’t blame you for this incident. They’re giving you a week off and 1,000 yuan for medical expenses.”
Shen Ruyu immediately interjected, “It’s his fault for being blind! How can he have the face to take their money?”
