Chapter 72 of 100

Chapter 72

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"Why did you come at this time?" Sun Ran opened the door for Ke'er.

"Shh~" Ke'er slipped in through the door, followed closely by Lan Xin, and then Bai Tingxuan. The three women had all come over.

"What's this about?" Sun Ran was even more puzzled.

"We all received a long-term protection mission, to protect Yang Tingyong for the rest of our lives... Now that you're finally awake, we came to ask what's going on," Lan Xin said.

Sun Ran suddenly understood. After communicating with the game administrator, he had been meditating to recover his energy. A day had passed in the blink of an eye, and the game administrator had already sent down the agreement. The three women had come to ask about it.

Yang Tingyong's room was fully furnished with tables and chairs. Sun Ran walked over, pulled out a chair, and smiled, "It's about this. Come, come, everyone sit down, and I'll explain everything."

After the women were seated, Sun Ran began to explain in detail the agreement he had made with the Confucian world. When he finished, he asked, "How about it, any questions?"

"We have to live here for forty years, and my beautiful face will wither again," Ke'er touched her smooth face, looking unwilling.

"The reward is low, and the time is long," Bai Tingxuan was also unenthusiastic.

"I wish I hadn't taken this lousy mission. It's so dragging. Now we have to wait forty years to get the reward," Lan Xin was also depressed.

In short, the three women didn't want to take the mission. Their rewards were far less than Sun Ran's. Forty years for only forty thousand credit points was not as interesting as leaving the game and taking on Black Iron missions. So they lacked motivation.

At this point, the three women were all Bronze-level Maintainers. Taking on Bronze-level missions might be difficult, but if they were willing to lower their standards and reduce their rewards, they could leave the game and take on Black Iron missions, earning about the same amount of credit points in forty days.

Sun Ran waved his hand and said confidently, "No problem, leave it to me, your husband. I can handle it alone. The game company doesn't force you to participate."

He also felt that it wouldn't be meaningful for the three women to stay. Since they had all advanced to the Bronze level, it would be better for them to return to the real world and apply for new residences.

As for himself, he had successfully received the legendary evaluation, earning five hundred experience points and advancing to the Bronze level.

Lan Xin immediately shook her head, "That won't work. There are too many opponents. I believe you can protect yourself, but can you guarantee that nothing will happen while protecting an ordinary person?"

Sun Ran was silent for a moment, speechless. Lan Xin was right. He was a lone wolf, used to being free and easy. He wasn't a professional bodyguard and would definitely make mistakes. Honestly, if he had been alone yesterday, Yang Tingyong would have been hard-pressed to survive.

"So one of us three must stay behind," Lan Xin suggested. This suggestion was agreed upon by Xuanxuan and Ke'er. Leaving Sun Ran alone here, no one felt at ease. Compared to this, other things had to take a back seat.

The question was, who should stay?

If their memories were erased, it wouldn't matter. The key was that they weren't. In a modern world where technology was advanced and almost everyone was a god, who would be interested in this technologically backward ancient world? Anything in the modern world was more interesting than staying here.

"Let's draw lots?" Sun Ran suggested.

It seemed there was no other way.

So Sun Ran made ten bamboo sticks, nine long and one short, and held them in his hand, saying, "The short one stays, the long ones go back to the real world."

Lan Xin drew first and, seeing it was long, breathed a sigh of relief.

Bai Tingxuan was about to draw, but Ke'er quickly pushed forward, "I'll go first, I'll go first. Just because I'm the youngest doesn't mean I should go last."

Bai Tingxuan smiled and stepped aside. Ke'er walked forward, picked one, hesitated, put it down, picked another, still hesitated, and finally took the third one, gritted her teeth, and drew it out.

"Wow! The short one... What bad luck~" Ke'er's expression instantly fell. She wished she hadn't hesitated so much.

Although Ke'er was unhappy, she didn't regret it and sighed as she accepted it.

"Sister Xin, Sister Xuan, when you get your new residences, you must let me know, sniff sniff," Ke'er wiped her tears, thinking about waiting for forty years made her sad.

Her appearance made everyone feel guilty. Bai Tingxuan sighed, "Let me stay instead."

"That won't do. We must keep our word," Ke'er was very firm.

After deciding on the future plan, the three women quietly left Sun Ran's room before dawn.

...

The next day, during breakfast, Sun Ran brought up the matter.

Although they had decided on the lifelong protection plan with the game administrator, it was best to get Yang Tingyong's consent.

Sun Ran smiled, "Brother Wenchang, I have a request, I wonder if I should speak or not?"

Yang Tingyong smiled, "Brother Changqing, please speak freely."

"It's like this. Last night, my teacher's spirit visited me in a dream, saying that Brother Wenchang's aura of wealth and nobility is too strong, often attracting the jealousy of petty spirits who intend to harm you. Yesterday's demon attack is proof. My teacher said you are a good official and will surely bring blessings to the people in the future. He specially instructed me to protect you. However, I am a hermit, and staying by your side might affect your reputation. So I thought of changing my name and working as a clerk in the government office to avoid suspicion."

Sun Ran spoke politely, using the threat of demons and the idea of maintaining his reputation, all for Yang Tingyong's future and safety.

Yang Tingyong was deeply moved. To have such a high-level person offer to protect him, how could he refuse, especially for a mere clerk position? In his view, for someone as talented as Sun Ran to be willing to become a lowly clerk for him was a great favor that he could never repay.

He didn't care about the stomachache from drinking during breakfast and had his servant pour him three cups of wine. He raised one cup and said to Sun Ran, "Brother Changqing, your noble spirit moves me. I will drink this wine in gratitude. If I ever achieve success, I will work hard to repay the people of the world!"

With that, he drank all three cups in one go.

At this point, Sun Ran didn't act coy and simply bowed deeply to Yang Tingyong in gratitude.

The rest was easy. After breakfast, Sun Ran changed his name to Xu Renyuan and slightly altered his appearance. He worked as a clerk in the county office, and no one except those close to Yang Tingyong knew his original identity as the Green Pine Daoist.

Ke'er kept her name and stayed as Sun Ran's servant.

Lan Xin and Bai Tingxuan left the Confucian world under the pretext of returning to their sect, to prepare new residences in the real world and take on small missions to earn money.

Before leaving, Lan Xin and Bai Tingxuan, while Sun Ran was away, specially pulled Ke'er aside to give her some private advice.

"Sun Ran is a bit careless and doesn't know how to take care of himself. In the modern world, with AI, it's not a big deal, but here, with backward technology, everything has to be done by hand. He will definitely be a slob, so you'll have to clean up after him."

"Um." Ke'er nodded, then hesitated and asked shyly, "What if... What if my husband wants to do that? I don't really want to do it in the game world."

She did have feelings for Sun Ran, but she felt it was too hasty to do it in the game while fully conscious.

The first time should be in the real world.

Lan Xin and Bai Tingxuan were silent. They were very familiar with Sun Ran, having been his wives. This wasn't a big deal. If Sun Ran really insisted, they could firmly refuse when they were all together, but if they were alone, they would probably give in half-heartedly.

"If he wants it, hit him," Lan Xin said.

"I can't hit him, he's so powerful in Daoist arts," Ke'er said. In the virtual world, although Sun Ran didn't have martial skills, he had many other means.

Bai Tingxuan smiled, "Come here, I'll teach you a trick."

Ke'er followed her instructions and, after listening, was still skeptical, "Will it really work?"

Bai Tingxuan nodded, "Absolutely."

Ke'er was reassured and giggled, "My husband is so hypocritical, but I like it."

"Alright, that's all. We'll be going now."

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