Chapter 14

For the first time in his life, Jia Xu was speechless because the other party could not find any advantages in him and could only praise his appearance. However, this situation, which made him really not know what to say, was caused by him, so he could only smile in response to Ying Yue’s compliment.

Seeing Jia Xu’s smile, Ying Yue continued, “I don’t know what the history of Wen He’s world is like, but here in our country, there are many examples in history books of people who accumulated a lot of experience and then achieved great success later in life. All of them became very powerful in the end, so Wen He, don’t be discouraged.”

Then, the beautiful girl lowered her eyes, her eyelashes fluttering like butterfly wings, casting a fan-shaped shadow under her eyelids. Her voice became softer and gentler as she said, “Also… although the system says that Wen He is very ordinary, I feel that Wen He’s name in the history books should actually shine.”

The girl said this, not knowing whether Jia Xu was actually not an unknown and incompetent person as he claimed.

Hearing the little girl’s words, the handsome man in front of her glanced sideways, as if he didn’t expect her to say that.

Seeing Jia Xu’s eyes on her, the girl, who could not explain the reason at all based on her intuition, immediately lowered her head and added hurriedly, “But Wen He, don’t ask me why I feel this way. Girls’ intuition doesn’t care about reasons or logic.”

Jia Xu didn’t say anything but was deep in thought.

In some ways, the girl’s “irrational” intuition was indeed powerful, because she was indeed the type who accumulates a lot of experience and blooms late.

Jia Xu was not famous when he was young, and few people knew him. Only a famous scholar of the time thought he had extraordinary talents. Later, when he was in his forties, he had no reputation in the world.

It wasn’t until he was at an age when many people born in the same year as him were already half buried in the ground or had passed away long ago, that he began to make waves and took on important tasks for his lord.

After that, he became famous and was eventually promoted to Grand Marshal, one of the Three Dukes.

But his reputation was not as brilliant as the little girl described. There were countless people who cursed him when he was alive, and it was likely that there would not be any good comments about him in history books after his death. It was just that he himself did not care.

But just as Ying Yue was not familiar with him, she could only praise his appearance.

He was also meeting Ying Yue for the first time and couldn’t tell whether the young lady who had brought him into this world was someone with sharp vision, a keen eye, and good at observing people. Even when the system cards concluded that he was a hopeless waste, she was still able to see through the surface and see things that ordinary people could not see at a glance, or if it was really as she said, that she really relied on her intuition.

— She would lower her voice when speaking, and also reflexively lower her eyes to avoid the gazes of others.

This didn’t look very confident.

Or it could be said that this appearance really didn’t meet the system’s criteria for selecting a lord.

Jia Xu suddenly felt that things were starting to become interesting.

“Oh, right!” Then Ying Yue seemed to remember something and said, “In my impression, the more books you scholars read, the more powerful you become.”

As she spoke, the little girl looked up at the slightly frail young man in front of her again, “When I was drawing cards just now, I drew a book card. Can I give it to Wen He?”

In the last sentence, the little girl was clearly not talking to Jia Xu but asking the system.

The system responded almost instantly:

[The host can handle all material cards (i.e., all cards other than character cards) by herself.]

After hearing the system’s reply, Ying Yue first put the card of Jia Xu in his hand back into the card book floating in the air, and then turned the card book over from the back.

Unlike the character cards on the front page of the card book, which have one person per page, the supply cards are divided into twelve grids, three vertically and four horizontally, which can hold twelve cards at the same time. The three cards that Ying Yue had just drawn were lined up on the last page. From left to right, SSR, SR, and N were written in the upper left corner of the three cards, respectively.

Compared to the character cards, the material cards were much simpler. Apart from the black and simple words “Wen” and “Wu” in the upper left corner of the character cards, the cards only had the level, the card name, and a photo, and no introduction – at least for these three cards. The third card didn’t even have a name on it.

Ying Yue raised her hand and took out a card that looked like a book with a blank cover. The moment the card was taken out, the mechanical sound of the system appeared in her mind, reminding her that as long as she thought about it, the “sealed” content in the card would materialize.

[But one thing we must emphasize is that these material cards are one-time use and the operation is irreversible. Once they are materialized, the cards in the card book will disappear.

Of course, if it weren’t for poor management or accidental loss, the materialized things would not disappear.]

Ying Yue silently memorized the system’s words, and then used her mind to materialize the book card in her hand.

The book card appeared and turned into a real book in the beautiful girl’s hand. She looked at the large, messy characters on the cover: “Postpartum Care for Sows.”

Ying Yue and Jia Xu were both silent.

Although Ying Yue often acts like she’s incompetent and lazy at work, it helps her avoid responsibilities. But she never imagined she’d go from being a counselor to a pig farmer. It was a surprise.

Lord Ying Yue always seems to hide some interesting surprises that are more amusing than anyone else she’s met.

Now, Ying Yue wanted to bang her head against the book. She’d been so focused on talking to Jia Xu that she forgot about the name of the book from the card draw earlier.

Among the three supply cards, only this book card had no name, so Ying Yue didn’t think there was anything wrong and exchanged it.

She realized she had completely forgotten about this, and she couldn’t help but feel frustrated with herself.

The girl smiled awkwardly, trying to fix the situation: “I don’t read many books, and the ones I’ve read are much worse than what you and Wen have read… So,” she hesitated, “how about I read it first?”

She hoped she could hide the book under the bed after reading it and never show it to Jia Xu again.

Ying Yue slowly tried to take the book back, but Jia Xu noticed her attempt.

In the next moment, he took the book from her hands and smiled, “I will definitely live up to your expectations.”

Ying Yue: QAQ (crying face)

The embarrassed girl wanted to change the topic but suddenly remembered something. She asked the system, “Why didn’t you show the level of the card when I drew Wen He? It showed up when I drew Bai Qi, but not with Jia Xu.”

The system’s electronic voice answered, “Only SSR cards show their level when drawn.”

It explained a bit more about how secondary cards work, confirming Ying Yue’s guess. If a card is a secondary card (like Jia Xu), its level doesn’t show directly, and the host needs to check it in the card book.

Ying Yue asked, “Can SSR cards also be bound to companions?”

The system almost sarcastically replied, “Can you stop asking questions that embarrass yourself?”

The system recalled that Ying Yue’s luck was unusually good. When she bound the system, she drew the SSR card Bai Qi directly in one try.

Bai Qi, a feared general, was exactly what Ying Yue needed. Bai Qi didn’t hesitate and eliminated everyone in the palace, securing Ying Yue’s safety. When Ying Yue got Bai Qi, she also got Zhao Kuo as a secondary card, which triggered a rare pairing.

The ten-pull draw also worked well for Ying Yue. She got several useful items, including the Red Hare colt, a powerful warhorse that would boost Bai Qi’s strength. She also got R-quality cotton seeds, which would provide plenty of food for her people for the winter.