Siheyuan: With the system in hand, the world is mine

Wang Haoran stared at the dazzling array of goodies on the system panel with his eyes wide open. His heart was beating violently, as if it was about to jump out of his throat. The adrenaline in his body instantly soared to the peak! Those treasures shining with attractive light made his breathing become rapid, and he wanted to take them all in his pocket immediately.

However, when his consciousness gradually withdrew from the system panel, Wang Haoran's face still had an expression of reluctance to part with those good things. However, this obsessive state did not last too long. Soon, he took a few deep breaths and tried to calm himself down.

After a moment, Wang Haoran sighed helplessly and cursed indignantly: "Although these things are excellent, they are really expensive! Nowadays, ordinary people can only earn a few dozen yuan a month by working hard, but a random item in this broken system can easily cost hundreds of millions, and some are even as high as hundreds of billions! Isn't it obvious that people can only watch anxiously! What a damn shitty system!"

At this moment, the system suddenly issued a cold warning: "Warning! The host is insulting the system. If the host continues to hurt the young heart of this system, the exchange conditions of all items on the panel will be immediately increased tenfold!"

This sudden warning was like a bucket of cold water poured over his head, making Wang Haoran, who was already full of anger, even more furious.

He stared with his eyes wide open, veins popping out on his forehead, and he gnashed his teeth and roared: "Damn... I have such a hot temper... I..." For a moment, Wang Haoran was so angry that he trembled all over, and the anger in his heart was burning but he had nowhere to vent. Being teased and warned repeatedly by such a hateful system, who could bear this temper.

Fortunately, just when Wang Haoran was about to burst into curse, the reason deep in his heart was like a solid dam, successfully curbing the surging anger.

He opened his mouth wide, but held it in for a long time without uttering a single curse word. He knew very well that if he started to curse, the exchange conditions would instantly soar to ten times the original! By then, he would have no place to cry.

Then, Wang Haoran’s originally angry face instantly fell, as if he was an eggplant hit by frost, listless.

With a bitter face, he pitifully asked the system and played the emotional card: "Master System, look at my miserable state now. I can't exchange anything! If it continues like this, I won't be able to grow and develop! If I can't develop, won't you lose face in front of other systems? Think about it carefully, does what I said make sense?"

After hearing Wang Haoran's words, the system was silent for a moment, and then replied in an extremely cold tone: "Well, what you said does make sense. Then what? What do you think?"

When Wang Haoran heard this, he couldn't help but feel ecstatic, thinking to himself: Hey, it seems there is still room for negotiation! So, he looked at the system expectantly, and couldn't wait to say: "If you want to talk about ideas, there are too many. My biggest idea is to give all these good things to me for free. How great would that be!"

After saying this, he smiled flatteringly, his eyes fixed on the system, as if waiting for the other party to nod in agreement.

But after waiting for a while, there was no response from the system.

Wang Haoran saw this and quickly cleared his throat. After a short pause, he continued, "Well... ahem, of course, I know in my heart that it's definitely not realistic to ask you to give them all away for free. So, I just dare to ask you to lower the exchange conditions a little bit. In this way, both of us can be satisfied. Isn't it wonderful?"

At this time, the system finally spoke again, and it seemed a little impatient and asked: "Okay, then tell me, how much do you want to reduce it?"

Wang Haoran was filled with joy when he heard this. His eyes lit up instantly, and he was so excited that he felt like he had discovered a treasure. He rubbed his hands impatiently and said anxiously, "Hey, actually, it doesn't need to be reduced too much! For example, the price of the 'Recovery Pill' only needs to be reduced to a few million. The other items can be reduced in the same proportion." After saying this, Wang Haoran showed an expectant expression, as if he had seen countless cheap and practical treasures waving at him.

However, the system stared at Wang Haoran as if he were an idiot, and responded coldly: "Are you too naive, or am I too stupid? You can actually propose such an outrageous condition. I seriously doubt whether you have lost a thread in your brain! Go to sleep quickly, maybe everything can come true in your dreams."

Wang Haoran was so embarrassed by the system's words that his face turned pale and blue. He coughed dryly, trying to cover up his inner embarrassment, and smiled calmly, saying, "Oh, I'm just kidding you, please don't take it seriously! Then tell me, how much should the price be reduced to be appropriate?"

Unexpectedly, the system didn't buy his trick at all and replied mercilessly: "Humph, I told you long ago, dream on! Nothing here can be reduced in price, so just give up on this idea."

Wang Haoran was not going to take it anymore. He felt like he had been played like a monkey from the beginning to the end. The pent-up anger in his heart suddenly erupted like a volcano. He pointed at the system with his eyes wide open and shouted, "Well, you, it seems that all our conversations have been in vain! Do you really think I am easy to bully? Believe it or not, I will uninstall you right now!"

Wang Haoran was really angry this time, and his angry expression seemed to be able to spit out fire. Even the usually calm and composed system couldn't help but feel guilty at this moment, after all, it had fooled Wang Haoran for such a long time.

So, the system quickly spoke to comfort him: "Don't be angry, it's not a big deal, is it necessary to be so angry? I promise you, I will give you a discount card later, this should be fine! Okay, I'm leaving first, the rest of the matter depends on you to figure out a way to solve it."

Before he finished speaking, the system disappeared without a trace, fearing that Wang Haoran would make any excessive demands again.

When Wang Haoran heard the words "discount card", he couldn't help but feel happy. His originally tense face relaxed instantly, and the corners of his mouth even slightly raised, revealing a barely perceptible smile.

He just muttered to himself, "Hehe, it's worth it for me to play this drama with you. If you want me to uninstall you, it's absolutely impossible, unless I die."

However, this joy did not last long, and soon Wang Haoran became dejected like a deflated ball. He sighed and said, "Even if I have a discount card, what's the point? The key problem is that I don't have any money at all! What should I do?"

"Well... I can only check tomorrow how much money I have earned from the supplies I sold during this period. In addition, I have to take into account the cost of supplies for the five military regions. I will see how much I can earn from all the money I have earned then."

At this point, Wang Haoran shook his head helplessly and continued to talk to himself: "If there is really no other way, I am afraid I can only go to that place. Although it is in chaos now, I have to admit that it is indeed easy to make money there."

At this moment, an excellent place to make money suddenly appeared in Wang Haoran's mind.

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore, I'm going to sleep. A living person can be suffocated to death by urine."

After saying that, Wang Haoran lay quietly on the bed and fell into a deep sleep without knowing when.

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Early in the morning, after Wang Haoran and his sister finished washing up, thinking that He Daqing should be back, Wang Haoran and his sister went to He's house. However, as soon as they arrived at He's house, they saw He Yushui walking out with his schoolbag on his back and closing the door.

Seeing this, Wang Haoran asked, "Yushui, your father hasn't come back yet?"

He Yushui was delighted when he saw Wang Haoran, but when he heard Wang Haoran asking He Daqing, he became depressed again, "Brother Haoran, my father went out last night and hasn't come back yet. Do you think he doesn't want me anymore?"

"No, our Yu Shui is so obedient. Even if He Daqing doesn't want you, I do. Don't worry!" Wang Haoran comforted her, and then looked at He Yu Shui: "You haven't had breakfast yet! Let's go have breakfast, and then you can go to school by yourself."

"Okay, Brother Haoran." He Yushui thought that she would go to school on an empty stomach if He Daqing was not around, but she did not expect to have breakfast now. So she took Wang Xinya's little hand and skipped towards the gate of the courtyard.