Chasing the Powerful Minister with a Clueless System

Ye Rui transmigrated into the body of a female hunter living deep in the mountains, accompanied by her 'dear' System.

However, the Hutu System's mission database malfunctioned during transmigration. It only knew that the first mission was to pick things up. So Ye Rui spent every day gathering things in the mountains, until one day she found a mysterious, noble woman with a wicked streak and a broken leg. Hutu suddenly announced that the mission was complete!

In a bamboo hut deep in the mountains, two women lived together day and night. Though Ye Rui knew the woman was someone important, she still developed feelings she shouldn't have.

That night, Ye Rui pinned the woman's hands above her head and said, her eyes red, "If you keep teasing me, then even if you are the notorious traitor Xie the Jackal, I will...!"

At the words Xie the Jackal, the woman's eyes lit up, and her smile deepened. "You will what?"

Ye Rui blushed and had nothing more to say.

"Such a coward."

**

Later, the woman's people came to fetch her, and she took Ye Rui along too. Only after entering the Xie estate did Ye Rui learn that the woman she had lived with day and night was the dreaded Xie the Jackal, feared by everyone at court: Xie Tinglan!

By candlelight, the scene turned intimate. This time, Xie Tinglan pinned Ye Rui's hands above her head and asked, "I am Xie the Jackal. What are you going to do about it?"

Ye Rui held her breath, not daring to speak. Just as she was about to open her mouth, Xie Tinglan kissed her, melting every sound in her mouth. In a soft voice, she said, "You have no idea how long I've been holding back."

"Such a coward. Don't hide."

But Ye Rui was unsure where she stood. Xie Tinglan was impossible to read, always drawing close and then pulling away. Ye Rui's overflowing love never seemed to be returned, except in bed...

Until one day, Ye Rui accidentally overheard Xie Tinglan say to one of her advisors, "Ye Rui? She's nothing but a passing amusement to me, not worth mentioning."

A passing amusement? Ha. At last, the heart she'd kept suspended was dead.

That day, the little hunter Ye Rui vanished from the Xie estate without leaving a single word.

**

Half a year later, Ye Rui was resting in a military camp when Hutu suddenly said, [I calculated it. Your fate with Xie Tinglan isn't over.]

Ye Rui rolled her eyes. "Are you a System or a fortune-teller?"

Hutu: [...]

But that very night, Xie Tinglan arrived from the capital. Ye Rui did not even have time to run. How had she found out where Ye Rui was?!

Ye Rui: [Hutu, you jinx!!]

Hutu: [Could it be that I'm a prophet?]

Ye Rui: [Get lost!!]

Theme: Fight to survive in desperate circumstances, persevere through adversity, and never stop striving.