Since the system became my girlfriend

Chapter 159 Disappointment

"I have some personal matters to attend to. You two go back to Xuanwu City first, and then wait for me at the entrance of the City Lord's Mansion. I'll be there shortly!" Marshal Salo said to Su Rui and the other man.

"Alright... then!" Su Rui nodded. Although he was very curious about the contents of the letter, there was nothing he could do if Marshal Salo didn't tell him.

"Goodbye!" Salo said, then strode away into the distance, quickly disappearing from Su Rui and Feng Lixi's sight.

"Brother Rui, are we going back to the city?" Feng Lixi asked.

“Okay! Let’s go back to town!” Su Rui nodded, and then began chanting the spell to return to town with Feng Lixi.

With a flash of white light, the two returned to Xuanwu City.

"Let's go, to the City Lord's Mansion!" Su Rui pulled Feng Lixi and headed straight for the City Lord's Mansion.

"Hey! What brings you here again? Don't you know the city lord hates you?" the gatekeeper said impatiently upon seeing Su Rui.

"We're waiting for someone here," Su Rui said with a smile.

"Hmph! Get away! Don't get in my way!" The gatekeeper was very rude. Their reputation was tied to Lord Daryl, and since the lord didn't like Su Rui, they naturally didn't have a good attitude either.

Su Rui and Feng Lixi took a few steps back. He didn't want to get into a conflict with these NPCs in the city, because he would definitely be the one to suffer if he did.

About ten minutes later, a figure appeared in the distance. Feng Lixi immediately pointed at the figure and shouted to Su Rui, "He's here!"

Su Rui looked in the direction Feng Lixi was pointing and saw Marshal Salo, fully armed and carrying a sword, striding over.

"Let's go in!" Salo said to Su Rui and the other person.

"Okay!" Su Rui followed Marshal Salo toward the city lord's mansion.

"Grand Marshal!" The two gatekeepers immediately saluted upon seeing Marshal Salo.

"Hmm!" Salo nodded, then stepped into the city lord's mansion. Su Rui and Feng Lixi were about to follow, but were blocked by two soldiers.

"Halt! What are you doing going in there?!" the soldier who had previously reprimanded Su Rui said disdainfully.

"They're with me!" Before Su Rui could speak, Marshal Salo's voice came from the front.

"Yes, Grand Marshal!" The two soldiers didn't dare say anything more and immediately let them pass.

Su Rui and Feng Lixi followed Marshal Salo directly into the city lord's mansion and arrived at the back hall, where City Lord Daril was talking to an official.

"Tap tap tap..." Marshal Salo strode into the hall without having anyone announce his arrival.

"Whoosh!" Upon hearing the footsteps, Lord Daril turned around sharply and immediately spotted Marshal Salo.

“Teacher!” Lord Daryl immediately ignored the official and walked a few steps to Marshal Salo, then bowed deeply.

"Teacher?!" Su Rui was dumbfounded. He never expected that Lord Daril was actually Salo's disciple.

"Hehe, you've surpassed me in all these years!" Salo patted Daryl on the shoulder.

"Teacher, your injury..." Lord Daryl asked with concern.

“Those old, hidden injuries are beyond repair, but fortunately they don’t affect my mobility.” Salo waved his hand, then said to Lord Daryl, “These two mercenaries said you wanted to see me?”

“Yes, teacher!” Lord Daryl nodded, then turned to Su Rui and Feng Lixi and said, “Go to the gatehouse to collect your mission rewards!”

"Yes, Lord City Lord!" Su Rui and Feng Lixi were standing here to receive their mission rewards; otherwise, wouldn't they have brought Marshal Salo back for nothing?

At this moment, the topic that Lord Daryl and Marshal Salo were discussing was obviously confidential. Even the official had been driven out, so Su Rui and Feng Lixi naturally could not stay in the hall any longer. After the two of them came out of the hall, they went straight to the gatehouse, where an NPC was already waiting for them.

"This is a reward from the city lord. Take it and get out of here!" The soldier's attitude towards Su Rui remained unfriendly.

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Su Rui wasn't angry at all; he opened the treasure chest directly.

"Ding! You have gained 2400 experience points and 24 silver coins!"

"Huh? That's it?" Su Rui was dumbfounded. He had put in so much effort to do this mission, all for that special reward. Now that Marshal Salo had been found, he had only received the basic reward. Even with the double bonus for doing missions now, this little bit of experience and silver coins was still not enough to make him cough!

"Get out of here! Get out of here!" By this time, the soldiers had already started to drive people away. Although Su Rui was very dissatisfied with the reward, there was nothing he could do. He couldn't very well storm into the city lord's mansion to argue with Daryl, could he?

Putting aside whether Su Rui would dare to do that, the elite soldiers at the gate could easily wipe him out.

"Sigh! I was hoping to find an interesting mission, but it was all for nothing!" Su Rui said, feeling quite unwilling.

"It's okay, Brother Rui, let's log off and eat first." Feng Lixi didn't seem to mind at all.

"Aren't you angry?" Su Rui asked.

"Why should I be angry?" Feng Lixi asked back.

“That’s true, with your rainbow-colored gear, you naturally have no interest in these special rewards…” Su Rui smacked his lips.

"Alright! Let's log off and eat first. Maybe when you log back on, Lord Daryl will take you on his own initiative?" Feng Lixi said with a smile.

"Tch! How could that be? He'd love for me to disappear from his sight completely!" Su Rui rolled his eyes.

Although he said that, Su Rui still obediently logged off.

After getting out of the game pod, Su Rui washed his face and then left his house, heading straight for Feng Lixi's house.

Thinking the two houses were across the street, Su Rui went straight into Feng Lixi's house after leaving. In the past two days, Feng Lixi had also entered Su Rui's fingerprint into her fingerprint lock, so Su Rui no longer needed to knock.

As soon as he entered, Su Rui smelled the aroma of food, but instead of heading straight to the dining room, he obediently washed his hands first. Su Rui had been beaten too many times in the past two days; the feeling of being hit on the back of his hand with small bamboo chopsticks was not pleasant!

"Good boy Rui!" Feng Lixi said sweetly when she saw Su Rui wash his hands first.

"Hmph! Just hit me less!" Su Rui thought to himself, but on the surface he smiled and said to Feng Lixi, "What delicious food have you prepared today?"

“Brother Rui, these are all your favorite foods!” Feng Lixi said with a smile.

"Tch! So what if you like to eat? It's still just three bites a day..." Su Rui thought to himself, but said aloud, "I knew Xiao Xi would care about me the most!"