The Host is Clearly A Scumbag (Quick Travel)

Although Jiang San was not tall, he'd spent years laboring in the fields and was as strong as an ox. His palm, which is as big as a fan, struck Jiang Meimei's face so hard that blood immediately trickled from the corner of her mouth.

"I, I didn't."

Jiang Meimei's left cheek swelled up, and she was dazed from the blow.

When she saw Mingting's unconcealed smirk, she lunged at him: "You are talking nonsense, I will fight you!"

"Mom, she's throwing a tantrum because I exposed her… now she's trying to hit me!"

Mingting ran while shouting, while also quietly instructing the System to observe Jiang Meimei closely for any unusual behavior.

[Hurry, grab him! Just touching him once will give us enough luck to live comfortably for days!]

The voice in Jiang Meimei's head kept urging her.

[Who'd have thought such an extraordinary source of fortune would be in this tiny village? We've hit the jackpot this time!]

[As long as we absorb his luck, we'll soar to the heavens in one step!]

[Soar to the heavens in one step?!]

Jiang Meimei's eyes lit up.

Even though she had grown up in this small village and had never seen the world, the 'Great Immortal' had told her many things about the outside world in the past few years.

Stories of talented scholars and beautiful ladies, of princes and generals, of emperors and imperial concubines…

'The emperor was the Son of Heaven. If we could soar to the heavens in one step, wouldn't that mean...?'

Jiang Meimei's gaze toward Mingting grew even more determined.

But no matter how many times she chased Mingting, she couldn't lay a finger on him.

Jiang Meimei had initially underestimated this fair-skinned, scholarly-looking youth. She didn't expect him to have such amazing stamina.

[Jiang Meimei, are you useless because you haven't eaten? Do you want to go back to being a walking disaster?!]

'Great Immortal, he's just too slippery.'

Jiang Meimei was so frantic that sweat poured down her face.

Meanwhile, the System had already figured out the reason behind Jiang Meimei's unnatural behavior.

[Boss, she's bound to a system. But it's definitely a rogue one.]

The System puffed up like an angry balloon, disgusted by this disgraceful system.

[Proper Systems like us go through rigorous political vetting and years of training before we're licensed to work. We're law-abiding, ethical Systems… we don't go around sucking people's luck!]

[That's a violation of the System Management Penal Code!]

Mingting had initially thought Jiang Meimei had encountered some fox immortal, weasel immortal or something like that, but he hadn't expected that there was also a rogue system in this small world.

"Can you take down this black system?"

[Not right now. It's fully integrated with the Female Lead. Unless it unbinds itself from her, I can't capture it.]

This was what frustrated the System the most.

As a properly certified System from the official department, it was humiliating to be outmatched by a rogue system in front of its boss.

'Unbind itself?'

Mingting understood.

For some reason, this rogue system had taken a liking to Jiang Meimei and was using her to suck out people's luck. Their relationship was mutually beneficial.

Only when Jiang Meimei could no longer absorb luck would this rogue system abandon her.

"Got it. We'll deal with this later."

Mingting stopped running at this time. When Jiang Meimei lunged at him, he kicked her squarely in the stomach.

"Aaagghh…"

Jiang Meimei shrieked, clutching her stomach as she crumpled to her knees.

"It's not my fault." Mingting said, taking two steps back, "She was chasing me to beat me up, was I just supposed to stand there and take it?"

Mingting's kick had been lightning-fast. Even if Jiang Meimei needed physical contact to steal luck, she hadn't been able to react in time and had taken the full brunt of the blow.

"You did nothing wrong."

He Gu pointed at Jiang San and his wife, Guihua, and scolded them.

"This girl is so young, but she is so full of schemes. She is an ungrateful, backstabbing viper. You'd better watch out!"

Jiang San felt humiliated. He grabbed Jiang Meimei by the hair and dragged her home.

He was going to teach her a lesson about filial piety.

Guihua was furious too. Her son was a piece of flesh that fell from her body, she could never dote on him enough.

As a result, her eldest daughter had harbored such malicious intentions toward her little brother, nearly causing them to lose their heir. She really deserved a beating.

Seeing Jiang Meimei being taken away, Mingting did not sympathize with her at all.

In the original timeline, if she hadn't suddenly drained Jiang Xiao'e's luck, Jiang Xiao'e wouldn't have been swept away by the waterfall, and Daya and Xiaosong wouldn't have lost their mother.

Evil begets evil. He'll just let Jiang San and Guihua teach Jiang Meimei a lesson she'd never forget.

"Mom, let's go home."

After thanking the clan leader again, Mingting went home with He Gu.

Usually, He Gu and Jiang Xiaoe not only have to take care of the household, but also have to work in the fields.

The children also had to go up the mountain to collect firewood, cut grass for pigs, and help the family with chores.

Today, Wang Zhi had gone to town, and Jiang Xiao'e was irrigating the fields. He Gu had to feed the pigs and chickens, so she asked Daya and Xiaosong to show Mingting around the village.

Xiaohe Village was divided into east and west. The village is not big, so Mingting and the two kids finished the tour in a short while.

"Come on, let's go to the mountains! I've never been before!"

Mingting pointed at the hills behind the village.

"Uncle, Grandma said we're only supposed to show you around the village." Daya hurriedly stopped him, "There are snakes and wolves in the mountains!"

"We just won't tell her! I'm your uncle, the elder here. If anything happens, I'll take responsibility."

Mingting thumped his chest.

Daya and Xiaosong often went up the mountain anyway, so after being encouraged by Mingting, they quickly gave in.

"Little System, today I'll show you what it means to command fortune!"

Mingting stretched his body, and ripples like water waves emanated from his body.

Thud!

A rabbit, clutching a ginseng root in its mouth, crashed straight into Mingting's leg.