Chapter 5: Fated, the protagonist.

Waking up bright and early, Ming Xiayu stretched and took his time breathing in the crisp morning air.

After that, he slipped into his sandals and luxury robe as he walked down the stairs with a glass of red wine. Getting inside his sports car, he drove to school after touring the small city with hot babes.

Yeah, right. None of this happened in reality, remaining to be mere fantasies.

Instead, Ming Xiayu had woken up late because he forgot to set an alarm and quickly mashed together some unfortunate outfit before renting a bike and moving his legs like the Road Runner from Looney Tunes.

Waiting at one of the red lights, Ming Xiayu was stopped on his bike when a well-dressed, old lady suddenly collapsed. Very quickly, people took notice and began calling for help.

The thing with Chinese people is that they often liked to watch these scenes unfold, even if no one actually planned to lend a hand, gathering large groups of spectators.

Ming Xiayu himself had no intention to do anything, either. After all, it was always better to leave these kinds of things to trained professionals. At least, he had no intention until….

[ System Quest initiated. Activating Epic-Tier Quest: "Saving the Princess" ]

[ Quest Details: Cure the fair maiden's illness. ]

Surely enough, this system was a very strange one. Although the old woman might be a maiden, and she was certainly fair-skinned as well, Ming Xiayu could not help but feel something strange about the wording 'Princess.'

"But seriously, being a maiden at that age. Surely some unicorn will swoop in and save her, right?" After making a quick quip under his breath, Ming Xiayu quickly went over. After all, there was his first Epic-Tier system reward on the line.

Pushing past the crowd, Ming Xiayu noticed that the lady's forehead was doused with sweat. When he reached over to touch her, he heard protests from the crowd behind him.

One strong-bodied older man said advisingly, "Hey kid, if you don't know what you're doing, step back and let the paramedics arrive. If they choose to hold you accountable, it won't be very good."

Many others in the crowd nodded with this. After all, scams where a person pretended to be injured to receive compensation were not uncommon nowadays. Many of them chose to watch from the backlines because of this.

Ming Xiayu of course knew this as well, but he also knew that if the system issued the quest, it would not be a scam. And so, he ignored their warnings.

Seeing this some people shook their heads and sighed like the older man, but many also admired Ming Xiayu for his kindness and bravery.

While Ming Xiayu was not anything like Einstein or Newton, he was still pretty smart and had a plan in mind. Taking off a strange-looking badge on the lady's jacket, he used the backside's needle to prick his finger.

Very shortly, a bit of blood congealed at the fingertip, bright red with traces of purple.

When he was at the orphanage, the kids sometimes came down with fevers and one of those times, he had discovered that his poison immunity carried in his body could be used by other people with his blood.

Seeing that the system had described the lady's problem as an illness, he found it reasonable to believe that he should be able to cure her using his blood.

Many of the spectators who saw this, however, thought he was doing some kind of scam and quickly condemned him.

"Just when I thought a virtuous young man had arrived, he turns out to be some kind of fetished weirdo."

"What a shame. This younger brother is so handsome, but his heart is so black to even seek advantages with an old woman."

Ming Xiayu felt black lines form on his forehead. Fetished weirdo? Seeking advantages? What kind of advantage did he, Ming Xiayu, need to seek with a grandma? He was fuming. But for the sake of an Epic-Tier reward, he held it in.

Amongst the chatter, the lady slowly began to awaken only a few moments after Ming Xiayu administered his blood.

Seeing this, Ming Xiayu let out a smile of excitement in anticipation of his system reward.

Opening her eyes, the first thing the lady saw was a handsome young man with a 'perverted' smile as his finger was in her mouth.

Not thinking any further, she reached out and slapped him, exclaiming, "Lecher!"

A bright, red palm mark imprinted onto his face, Ming Xiayu felt tempted to cough blood.

'Human gratitude, is it so shallow?!'

However, seeing the miraculous scene of the deathly pale lady 'returning' to life with color fully flushed in her face, the crowd was no longer antagonistic to Ming Xiayu, instead praising him.

It was their explanations that cleared up the lady's misunderstanding.

Surprisingly, the lady was quick to apologize for her behavior and did not take the high-and-mighty attitude that Ming Xiayu expected from looking at her clothes.

From the distance and behind the large crowd, Ming Xiayu was only able to tell her clothes were expensive at first but had no real clue.

It was only when he was next to her that he realized that she was wearing the latest brands from the most reputable designers, making the cost of her overall outfit immeasurable. A trendy grandma!

Still, Ming Xiayu was not one to bootlick the rich and still held some grudges against her. Still, thinking about the red print on his face, he grumbled.

[ Epic-Tier Quest 'Saving the Princess' has been completed. ]

[ Rewarding the host with 1X Protagonist's Aura. ]