Even After My Death
Chapter 306 - 221: The KPI That Came Knocking on Our Door

Chapter 306: Chapter 221: The KPI That Came Knocking on Our Door

Jiang Ning had been busy with Qi Xingzhou for most of the day, looking at the KPI they had generated together with a satisfied look on her face.

The rewards she and Qi Xingzhou received for today’s tasks were almost as much as the rewards she’d received since she first bound to the System!

Jiang Ning poked the System, "Qi Xingzhou’s rewards for the tasks, have you delivered them yet?"

[I knew you would ask.]

[Wait, I’m arranging it now.]

The System muttered quietly, a screen that only Jiang Ning could see appeared before her, and like before, golden mini hedgehogs carrying Merit Apples fell out from the screen.

The tasks Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou did today were truly remarkable, especially at the seafood market—they got fifteen seafood shops closed down!

One by one, the little hedgehogs fell from mid-air, each carrying a Merit Point apple on their backs of varying amounts, forming a long line, crawling up to Qi Xingzhou’s head, and then turning into a soft glow and disappearing at the top of his head.

Jiang Ning silently watched the first hedgehog start its journey up to Qi Xingzhou’s head, but the system panel kept dropping "Merit Points +0.3" little hedgehogs. For a moment, she suddenly understood what the phrase "rigid data x crafty humans" meant.

After the last hedgehog disappeared atop Qi Xingzhou’s head, Jiang Ning pulled Qi Xingzhou away, "Let’s go, let’s go find a nice place to eat!"

She and Qi Xingzhou really had not eaten much today; the breakfast they had in the hotel before setting off had long been digested!

Back in the car, Jiang Ning fiddled with the seatbelt at her side and asked Qi Xingzhou, "Do you have anything you’d like to eat?"

Qi Xingzhou instinctively wanted to reply that anything would do, as long as it was something Jiang Ning picked, he would like it.

However, his normally socially awkward brain suddenly flashed with images of Jiang Ning eating in the past.

There were scenes of her eating by the fire during variety shows, scenes of her sitting at the dining table in the attic, and even scenes of them dining together in real life after leaving the show.

Qi Xingzhou’s mind wandered for a moment, and he turned his head to look earnestly at Jiang Ning, his voice clear and curious, "Ning Ning, what do you want to eat?"

Jiang Ning didn’t expect Qi Xingzhou to throw the question back at her; usually, when she asked him something, he was very easygoing and followed along. Whatever Jiang Ning ate, he would just eat the same, without any particular preferences when it came to food.

It was Jiang Ning herself who had carefully observed that Qi Xingzhou loved seafood.

Hearing Qi Xingzhou’s question now, Jiang Ning instinctively turned to look at him.

Qi Xingzhou was also seriously looking at Jiang Ning, his beautiful eyes clear and bright, devoid of any extraneous emotion, focused on waiting for her answer.

Seeing his still naïve and unworldly expression, Jiang Ning knew she had thought too much.

Young Master Qi hadn’t recovered yet.

Jiang Ning casually averted her gaze, while picking up her phone to check nearby restaurants, she responded to Qi Xingzhou’s question, "The food I like? Oh, there’s a lot, so many I can’t even count. I like all sorts of cuisines, don’t mind if it’s salty or sweet. I even like coriander, celery, and crown daisy chrysanthemum when they’re all on the same table."

Qi Xingzhou nodded seriously. He remembered, he couldn’t be picky either. The foods that Jiang Ning liked would definitely be the foods he liked as well.

He and Jiang Ning had matching tastes,

He and Jiang Ning were a perfect match.

Jiang Ning felt that Qi Xingzhou was actually pretty easygoing from their time together on the variety show.

During the variety show, Qi Xingzhou and Director Wang caught a lot of fish, Jian Tiantian and Nong Chun kept coming up with new ways to cook them every day, like sour cabbage fish, carp soup, braised fish, steamed fish, and chopped chili fish head, and other various flavors of fish dishes that were never repeated on a daily basis.

Qi Xingzhou always sat next to Jiang Ning with his bowl and chopsticks at each meal, eating a regular portion every time.

After looking around, Jiang Ning drove Qi Xingzhou to a nearby Hunan Cuisine Restaurant with good reviews.

It wasn’t mealtime at that hour, and the dining hall in the restaurant was sparsely populated, with just a few scattered diners remaining.

The System didn’t issue any task alerts, so the hygiene at the restaurant must have been within acceptable standards.

Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou found a seat and quickly ordered their food.

By the time their meals were served, all the other diners had finished eating and left.

The chef at this restaurant was quite skilled. Jiang Ning ordered two dishes and a soup, plus a dessert. The two ravenous eaters enjoyed their meals immensely.

After the meal, Jiang Ning went to the restroom.

The area of the Hunan Cuisine Restaurant was large; beyond the main hall were private rooms.

One of the private room doors was ajar, with a group of men inside talking loudly, the table littered with the remnants of their meal; it seemed they were drunk. Jiang Ning walked by without paying much attention.

It wasn’t until she came out of the restroom that she heard a voice from the room before she even passed by it, "I’m serious! I really am a fugitive! Back in the day..."

[Ding! Fugitive Chen Song discovered. Please apprehend him immediately, Host, and return him to police custody for a reward of 10 days of life value.]

Jiang Ning: "..."

Ah, she had only come to take Qi Xingzhou out for a meal, and yet she encountered a KPI?

Jiang Ning stood outside the private room as the boastful talks continued inside.

Listening to Chen Song’s words, the men at the table laughed heartily, whistling and applauding in encouragement, seemingly either drunk, taking Chen Song’s claims as a joke, or completely unaware of the seriousness of the situation.

Jiang Ning walked over to the dining table, tapped Qi Xingzhou on the shoulder, and in a suppressed voice that still couldn’t hide her excitement, said, "Quick, quick, quick, call the police; I’ve just spotted another bad guy."

Qi Xingzhou, who had already finished eating, was sitting up straight at the table waiting for Jiang Ning. Upon hearing her, he didn’t ask any questions but immediately took out his phone from his pocket and dialed the emergency number to report the crime.

After making the call, Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou continued to wait in the Hunan Cuisine Restaurant like sitting ducks until the police arrived over ten minutes later.

Five police officers arrived this time, moving quickly. Upon knowing the reporting parties were Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou, even these well-trained officers couldn’t help but show an expression of indescribable awe on their faces, "Melon Kid, how come it’s you two again?"

"... Is this the fourth time we’ve seen each other today?"

Jiang Ning nodded calmly. "Hello officers, we came here to eat and accidentally overheard someone, drunk, bragging about being a significant fugitive. So, just in case, we called the police."

As she spoke, Jiang Ning turned to walk inside, with Qi Xingzhou following closely behind. The staff of the Hunan Cuisine Restaurant had been utterly perplexed from the moment they saw the police enter.

Jiang Ning led everyone into the private room and personally dragged out Chen Song, who had boasted about his prowess earlier.

Qi Xingzhou stepped forward to help, easily taking over Chen Song from Jiang Ning’s grasp.

The leading officer looked at Chen Song, who was drunk as a skunk and shaking like a leaf, then at Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou standing calmly beside, feeling that the latter two were more like the people they ought to take back to the station for a thorough interrogation.