CH 17.5

[Song Bei’s small worry number one: The subordinates under my leadership are a group of single people, those involved are not anxious, but the observers are, Mother Song is worried. Anxious enough to go bald. Why can’t they even learn one-third of my skill at chasing wifey?]

[Mission requirement: Please pull the red string of fate[1] and become a matchmaker, contribute to match at least three couples. Love will find its way, do a bit to help in Mother Song’s matchmaking job. Upon competition of the quest, 10 achievement points will be received.]

[Song Bei’s small worry number two: Qin Xiao is taciturn, his personality is dull, and has no expectations for his future life, it’s all the fault of that heartless pair! Colonel Song is very worried, that sooner or later, he’ll fight with his life on the line and sacrifice himself.]

[Mission requirement: Please help Captain Qin, who’s depressed, taciturn, and pessimistic, have hope in life once again, help him discover the beauty of life. Upon competition of the quest, 50 achievement points will be received.]

[Song Bei’s small worry number three: Vice Captain Guo is full of energy and vigorous, he does not attend to his proper duties, and his whole attention is placed on cats and dogs, causing Song to not know where to start and feel deeply worried.]

[Mission requirement: Please help Vice Captain Guo shift his attention, the best would be to marry and take a wife home; having a wife, kids, and a family would be even better. Upon competition of the quest, 20 achievement points will be received.]

[Song Bei’s small worry number four: The training progress of the reserve service police dogs introduced to the base is slow, there’re always some who are not obedient. The trainers’ experience is lacking, Colonel Song has his hands tied, he’s distraught with anxiety.]

[Mission requirement: Help the trainers communicate with the police dogs and puppies, increase the training progress speed. Upon competition of the quest, 15 achievement points will be received.]

[Song Bei’s small worry number six[2]… ]

[Song Bei’s small worry number seven… ]

[Song Bei’s small worry number eight… ]

Bai Xia Xia swiped dumbstruck, small worries 123456789… the screen could not even fit in Colonel Song’s Small Worries Conglomerate.

The whole of cat Bai Xia Xia was stunned, Wa, this sheep is fat, its wool is thick, there’s enough for me to pull.

However… Bai Xia Xia sneakily looked at the Colonel Song who was currently sitting upright, looking amiable with a bit of seriousness in between.

Colonel, you should work as a political commissar ah, and change your name to Mother Song in passing!

Just look at this, he’s even itching to worry about the prenatal and postnatal care of sows and the breeding of the police dogs.

It’s just, an experienced all-rounder!

Bai Xia Xia swiped the screen, but she did not immediately accept the quests.

Colonel Song’s small worries, there are too many, not one more, not one less.

I have two quests in my hands, let’s finish them first before talking.

As she tsked and exclaimed in admiration, she sneakily glanced at Song Bei. Colonel Song carried over some milk that had just been warmed, then handed it to Qin Xiao: “You’ve lost a lot of blood, you need to be nurtured properly. The doctor said so, to drink more nutritional supplements.”

Qin Xiao indifferently received the glass cup, the temperature of the milky white milk[3] was just right, Song Bei was an expert at taking care of people.

He lowered his head and carelessly looked at the milk. His calm and stern face did not change, his expression was apathetic.

Bai Xia Xia silently extended out her paw, poking at the bubble that had appeared on top of Qin Xiao’s head.

[Qin Xiao’s small, small, small worry: Captain Qin, who has hated the taste of milk since young, really doesn’t want or like to drink milk!! But, he’s ashamed of saying that!!!!!!]

[Mission requirement: The calm, stern, and mature soldier gege can’t be willful like a small kid. Please help Captain Qin finish the milk, he says, only drinking half of it is okay too. Upon competition of the quest, 5 achievement points will be received.]

Bai Xia Xia laughed up her sleeves; when she looked at Qin Xiao, for some reason, she felt like behind his handsome face, a face of loathing was hidden: So you’re this type of Qin Xiao.

Mother Song, who worried about everything under the world, said with deep concern: “Fresh milk is full of nutrition; I especially ordered half a month’s quantity for you[4].”

“There’s no need, right?” Bai Xia Xia’s out-of-the-ordinary sight saw the young military officer’s hand that was holding the glass cup tremble twice, he calmly rejected: “It’s too wasteful, Colonel!”

In this period, preserving things was not easy, Bai Xia Xia did not know the price of fresh milk, but, it definitely was not anywhere cheap.

“You got injured for the sake of the people and the nation, it’s just a bit of money, it’s nothing!” Song Bei frowned, “You don’t have to worry about other things, taking good care of your body is your job now.”

Guo Chao Ming was bored to death and flipped through a magazine, ka-cha-cha eating an apple; his big, long legs stuck up very inelegantly: “That’s right! Qin ge, don’t worry about anything else, taking care of your body fast is the most important, our base can’t be without you.”

“Look, right now, none of us two are in the base, that group of kids will surely be like dogs that have been let out of a cage, going crazy after becoming free.”

Bai Xia Xia observed Qin Xiao’s profile, his skin texture was very good. He had the type of skin texture that could not get tanned, a high nose bridge, a plump nose root, and only at this moment, his long eyelashes shook.

The expression on the cold, handsome face seemed to not be any different from normal times, Bai Xia Xia carefully observed, his facial features were very stiff.

The young man’s fingers that were holding the glass cup were slowly tightening, Bai Xia Xia could not help laughing.

In this moment, Captain Qin’s whole body, from top to bottom, had written on it: I still want to struggle a bit more! Can I not drink it? Half a month? Spare me please!

Unfortunately, his personality was too calm and introverted, even if he extremely opposed it in his heart, his will to die still was not shown on his face, only his keen eyebrows pressed harder, faintly revealing some sharpness.

“…actually, chicken soup is already very nutritional.” Captain Qin tactfully refused.

Bai Xia Xia: Haha, hahahahaha!

Chortling like a pig.

So the system can also be used like this, big worries, small worries… “What’s the condition to trigger a quest?”

“Is there anything that blocks it? For example, someone who hates me a lot, making it impossible to trigger quests?”

“Of course, there isn’t. Our purpose is to help people solve all types of big worries, small worries, and heal their minds and bodies. It’ll naturally be great if the quest target likes the host. But even if they hate the host, we should still turn things around, trying our best to solve their worries, and make their favorability towards you rise gradually, from negative to positive.”

“That’s great!” Bai Xia Xia thought about Old Liao and the others that were in a ward, maybe, she could take advantage of this point.

“Will I get everybody’s quest, even if they’re complete strangers?”

System: “Yes, essentially so. So long as they appear in the host’s line of sight, all the people that you can enter in contact with, can all trigger quests. However, the system will automatically filter the quests which have high achievement points and which the host is able to complete.”

“There are small and big worries, and there are all types of way to solve them; the worries of strangers, in your case, the difficulty to solve them will be too high, and they’ll automatically be deleted.”

System explained: “Of course, for heroic acts, such as quests like catching thieves and the likes that don’t require deep probing, those that can be done directly, the host will be able to see them instantly.”

Bai Xia Xia understood.

Bai Xia Xia accepted the quest, and Song Bei was called away by a nurse right at that moment. A call came from the office, they were asking Song Bei to go.

Before leaving, Song Bei especially instructed Qin Xiao to take good care of himself, to not worry about other things. To not wait for him to eat lunch either, he estimated that he would be busy, and that he would not be able to come back promptly.

Since Song Bei was staying in Tong City, he had to inquire thoroughly about the state and matters of the base.

After all, Mother Song worried about everything under the world.

Qin Xiao stared at the milk, looking at it fixedly.

As if it would disappear if he kept looking at it.

Translator’s comments:

Song Bei needs help LOL, too many things to worry about, no wonder he’s going bald.

Translator’s notes:

[1] The literal translation here was ‘pull strings’, but ‘pull the red string of fate’ was cooler.

[2] Yes, the author skipped number 5.

[3] Milky white milk, redundant, but it’s what it said.

[4] Milk used to be a scarce commodity in China, so it had to be ordered. People had to fight (as in have connections) to get some, and the price was not cheap either.