After The System Punished Me to Give Birth

Chapter 5 | Part 1

Draft
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The next afternoon, the sky became gloomy and the air was humid and stuffy, all of which were signs of rain.

There were no guests inside the store. Su Jingyang stood in boredom at the entrance of the store and looked out. The pedestrians who passed by looked in a hurry to go home. The street vendors also began to close their stalls to take shelter from the rain. Su Jingyang looked for a while and yawned. He figured going back to the counter and resting for a while, he didn't sleep well last night and had been sleepy the whole day.

Yu Guang inadvertently glanced around, but found that an aunt carrying a vegetable basket not far away from him had accidentally fell and couldn't get up.

Su Jingyang was startled, he rushed over to help her up, and assisted her in picking up all her vegetables. Fortunately, she didn't have any serious problems in the end. The aunt was very grateful to him and said a few thankful words.

Su Jingyang's behavior was subconscious, and he didn't take it seriously, but when he was walking, he suddenly found faintly flickering, and colorful small circles orbiting around him, slowly attaching to him before finally assimilatong into his body and fading.

Su Jingyang opened his mouth slightly in surprise and then remembered what system no. 1 said about collecting energy. Was this the positive energy collected after doing good deeds?

Hmm... This special effect, the best he could do was a dollar.

Su Jingyang was still worried about not having a full stomach before, and then he was busy with the store these days, so he didn't have time to think about it and do good deeds. Now it could be regarded as a reminder for him. It seems that he needed to be more active in the future.

Even though there was little hope of doing so, it was better than doing nothing. He could leave here someday afterall.

"Hmph, arrogant." The system always appeared at the right time, mocking Su Jingyang, "It told you a method, but with all due respect to your capabilities, you won't be able to collect enough even if you work yourself to death¹."

The corners of Su Jingyang's mouth twitched, he didn't want to pay attention to it because he knew that the more he argued with it, the more energy it got. (T/N: He meant that the system no. 1 could harvest negative emotions from him)

Su Jingyang was delayed outside for a while, but soon returned to the store. Before he was about to enter, he noticed an extra person inside.

It wasn't a customer, but a child with a thin body wearing a light gray coat, he was about three or four years old, facing Su Jingyang and cautiously tiptoeing, reaching out for the snacks on the table.

However, his arms weren't long enough and he couldn't pick up the cakes. Instead, he knocked over the teacup. Su Jingyang hurriedly caught the teacup and stabilised it.

Su Jingyang let go of the teacup that had been restored with a sigh of relief², and looked back at the child again. He stood there staring at Su Jingyang with saliva dripping down from the corner of his mouth. Although his complexion was fair and his appearance was delicate and cute, he looked over-obsessed and too fascinated. After a glance, one would immediately know that this wasn't a normal child.

Su Jingyang froze for a moment. Thinking back on the rumors that he had heard, a speculation appeared in his mind almost uncontrollably.

Isn't it... such a coincidence...

Su Jingyang looked out the door, but there was no adults.

Su Jingyang couldn't help feeling strange. He squatted down and saw that a drool bib was tied to his chest. He loosened it and wiped the child's saliva, but the more he wiped, the more the child's saliva flowed, his big eyes went pass him, and looked at the top of the table.