The improved female villains regained their memories.

Because the poor have no money.

Perhaps Su Rouxue's death was one of the reasons that triggered Su Murong's inherent greed and avarice. Yang Pingsheng couldn't imagine what Su Murong would do because of this, but he felt that the light in the girl's eyes would most likely disappear.

"In that case, why don't we just save her?"

Yang Pingsheng asked, his tone unconsciously turning cold: "Or are you going to stop me again?"

Just like before.

"No, this wasn't in the plan, so go ahead and try to save it if you want," the system said. "But, Yang Pingsheng, you must understand that everything has its destiny."

Everything has its predetermined number, everything has its destiny.

For Su Murong, Su Rouxue's death was one of her fates.

The Way of Heaven is vast and ever-present. The nature of all things is determined from birth, and they will each follow their own destiny.

Yang Pingsheng frowned: "Su Rouxue's illness is not terminal."

"Since it's predetermined, it can't be changed. It's a matter of man proposes, God disposes. But if you want to try, I won't stop you. After all, whether or not you save Su Rouxue won't change Su Murong much."

It's a strange contradiction.

Su Rouxue was the most important person to Su Murong. If her death prompted Su Murong to unleash her inherently greedy and avaricious nature, then why is it said that saving her did not change Su Murong much?

And then there's the so-called fate...

Yang Pingsheng looked up and saw snowflakes slowly falling from the sky.

one slice.

Two pieces.

Three pieces...

Until it sinks into the snowdrift on the ground, melts into one, and disappears.

Chapter 135 New Year

The system, in accordance with the will of Heaven, changed Su Murong, focusing only on three aspects of her.

First, there's the method of drawing talismans based on popularity; second, there's Su Murong's growth; and third, there are the companions Su Murong has made. When it determines that Su Rouxue's life or death won't significantly stimulate Su Murong's growth, it naturally won't care about Su Rouxue's fate.

This is what Yang Pingsheng couldn't understand. Logically speaking, death, especially the death of a loved one, is the most likely to stimulate a person's growth. Why, in the system's calculations, did Su Rouxue's death not lead to Su Murong's growth?

Furthermore, the system doesn't seem afraid of triggering Su Murong's greedy nature; otherwise, Su Rouxue's death would have been included in the plan.

Throughout, the system only cared about those three things.

But why...?

Hey, I'm talking to you!

Yang Pingsheng was startled when someone tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around and saw Su Murong looking at him with a grin.

"I was going to go into the pharmacy to find you, but I didn't expect you to be standing there in a daze. What, are you planning to go to the tavern now?"

Yang Pingsheng nodded, and Su Murong laughed and called him an idiot, then took out the straw sandals from behind his back and showed them to Yang Pingsheng.

"look!"

She tiptoed up to Yang Pingsheng and said triumphantly, "These are straw sandals made by my mother herself. You're getting a good deal!"

"Ah, thank you."

"You're welcome, it'll be eight coins in total."

"Okay, just a moment."

Just as Yang Pingsheng was about to reach into his pocket for money, Su Murong jumped up and slapped him on the shoulder:

"I was just kidding, you're really going to give it to me?"

She grinned and pushed the shoes over, shoving them into Yang Pingsheng's arms: "Happy New Year!"

Today is Lunar New Year's Eve.

Old Qiantou had no relatives and originally wanted to spend New Year's Eve with Yang Pingsheng, but Su Murong came to his door yesterday and scolded him, so he gave Yang Pingsheng half a day off today.

She had been waiting for Yang Pingsheng for a long time, and when she saw him leaving the pharmacy in a daze, she came over to say hello.

"How about coming to my place for dinner tonight?"

Su Murong seemed very happy, following Yang Pingsheng and talking non-stop:

"I just need to go through the proper procedures with the old man. He has to give me a red envelope for the New Year. Anyway, I'll pester him until then. If he doesn't give me a red envelope, I'll make sure he doesn't have a good New Year."

As she spoke, she suddenly fell silent, pulled Yang Pingsheng aside, made him bend down, and whispered in his ear, "I'll tell you a secret. The night before last, I saw the old man meet someone at the south entrance of the city."

Her voice was low and deep, despite her young age: "That was a barbarian."

Barbarians have infiltrated Liuyun City.

In the original storyline, the foreigner was an informant for the barbarians. He had no feelings for the Yan Kingdom. The reason why Su Murong was able to become the guide for the barbarians was most likely because of this relationship with the foreigner.

The system has a specific plan for dealing with foreigners. It tells Yang Pingsheng not to act rashly and to simply follow the Heavenly Dao plan for now.

Yang Pingsheng had a premonition that, in order to prevent Su Murong from obtaining the method of drawing popular talismans, the system's plan might be to resort to any means necessary.

No, it can't be said that he used any means necessary. The way of Heaven is to follow the natural order. In other words, the small things that Yang Pingsheng did according to the plan could naturally change the outcome.

Su Murong's connection with the foreigners will eventually be severed.

“My mother said that people who betray their country are all bad people, so, hmph.” Su Murong stood up, his face full of disdain. “Pingsheng, you better not become that kind of person, or I will look down on you.”

Then, she changed the subject.

"However, to be fair, although the old man isn't human, he's still very generous."

They paid him every penny he was owed, and didn't even mention Su Murong's debts. From this perspective, Su Murong had nothing to criticize the foreigners for.

The two went to a tavern, where Su Murong grinned and asked the foreigner for a red envelope. The foreigner was speechless; who asks for red envelopes in broad daylight on New Year's Eve? But he still gave them to her; Su Murong received one, and Yang Pingsheng received one too.

"Here, let me keep it for you."

Su Murong snatched Yang Pingsheng's red envelope and happily accepted it, claiming that he was afraid Yang Pingsheng would misbehave and give it to someone else.

Yang Pingsheng was both amused and exasperated, but he didn't say anything. He wasn't someone who cared much about money, so if Su Murong wanted it, then let her have it.

The two strolled around the area for a while, bought some things, and then stepped into the poor people's alley and returned to the thatched hut where Su Murong lived.

As soon as she stepped into the courtyard, the usually lively Su Murong quieted down. She gave Yang Pingsheng a soft nod and quietly opened the door.

"Mother, I'm back."

Yang Pingsheng followed her inside. In the dimly lit room, the woman was lying on the bed.

She was dressed in thin clothes, and there was no thick quilt on the bed, only layers of straw. Her long hair hung down, and her face was extremely thin. She looked like a gentle woman, but she was weak and listless, as if she might faint at any moment.

Her eyes were covered with a white cloth, and her hands were so thin they could be described as bony. Upon hearing Su Murong's voice, the woman reacted and smiled at the door: "Xiao Rong, you're back."

"Yes, I'm back."

Su Murong stepped forward and took her hand: "Yang Pingsheng, whom I told you about before, has also come."

"Hello," Yang Pingsheng stepped forward and said softly.

The woman reacted, her eyes, covered by a white cloth, first looking at Yang Pingsheng, then at Su Murong, and smiled: "Are you the friend Xiao Rong has been talking about? Welcome, my daughter has caused you a lot of trouble, hasn't she?"

"Ah, her..."

Su Murong glared at him.

Yang Pingsheng smiled and said, "She's doing very well. She works very hard over there, and everyone likes her."

"Really? That's good, that's good."

On their first New Year's Eve dinner in the new world, Yang Pingsheng ate with the female villain.

The leftovers from before, the roast chicken and steamed buns stolen from the tavern's kitchen, and some food the two of them bought gradually made up a fairly sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner. In the thatched hut where the cold wind seeped in, the two of them put together wooden planks to use as a table for eating.

Su Rouxue is blind, so Su Murong usually feeds her. Perhaps because her mother is around, Su Murong appears exceptionally quiet, so quiet that it's unlike her.

Yang Pingsheng was not a talkative person and would not take the initiative to start a conversation, so the atmosphere at the dinner table became one where Su Rouxue asked questions, Yang Pingsheng answered, and Su Murong listened.

After dinner, Su Rouxue lay back down on the bed. Yang Pingsheng and Su Murong tidied up their things, packed up the leftovers, and then sat in the courtyard chatting.

Fireworks burst in the pitch-black night sky, heading towards the direction of the city lord's mansion.

The two sat quietly watching, and as the snowflakes fell, Su Murong suddenly asked:

"My life."

"Ok?"

"Is there anything you want to do?"

Chapter 136 Awakening

"What do you want to do?"

Yang Pingsheng blinked, trying to understand what Su Murong meant.

"Well, for example, what kind of person do you want to become in the future, and what kind of things do you want to accomplish?"

Yang Pingsheng understood; she was referring to dreams.

Everyone has dreams.

The children gathered in twos and threes, each sharing their dreams. Some wanted to be teachers, others scientists, but this concept primarily resonated with the world Yang Pingsheng lived in. In this world, however, it would be called—

--ambition.

"You mean ambition?"

"almost."

"This..."

Yang Pingsheng began to think.

While I was thinking, the system's voice suddenly came out: "Tell her that you want to become a doctor and heal the sick and save lives."

Yang Pingsheng had initially thought this was just a normal chat, but the system had intervened unexpectedly. His eyes dimmed slightly, but he still replied, "As for me, I want to become a doctor and heal the sick."