Another mission with wildly inconsistent difficulty.
Cheng Fei was too tired to complain.
“Let’s go to the Third Layer.”
He interrupted Nagasaki Asuna’s deliberations.
“Should we recruit a party?”
“Just us.”
“Huh?
Won’t we get destroyed?
I heard Third-Layer dungeons require parties of more than ten people.
Even groups with top equipment don’t always win.”
“That’s because they’re bad.”
“Are you sure?”
“Guaranteed clear.”
Cheng Fei paused.
“And I won’t charge you.”
“Clearing or not doesn’t matter that much.”
Nagasaki Asuna smiled.
“But Cheng Fei isn’t allowed to abandon me midway, okay?”
“Easy.”
…
One hour later.
Cheng Fei and Nagasaki Asuna walked out of the dungeon.
“Cheng Fei really is strong,” the girl sighed.
“That dungeon was easy.”
Cheng Fei sounded distracted.
Text was refreshing before him.
[Limited-Time Mission Complete.]
[Full clear → one item exchange voucher worth up to 10,000 points.]
[The strong inspire admiration.]
[Your overwhelming performance has once again left a powerful impression on the girl.]
This System was absurdly unreliable.
Cheng Fei felt nothing.
He confirmed the voucher had arrived, then returned his attention to reality.
“It’s getting late.
Shouldn’t we log off?”
Cheng Fei suspected Nagasaki Asuna had at least a mild gaming addiction.
She seemed extremely sociable in reality, yet on a weekday she was still playing past midnight.
Cheng Fei had no desire to continue wasting time with her.
Nagasaki Asuna thought for a moment.
“Can Cheng Fei walk around with me a little longer?
Just for a bit.”
“Fine.”
Cheng Fei reluctantly agreed.
Scattered stone ruins dotted the green plains.
The boy and girl followed a ridge while strong wind swept across soft grass, creating ripples like waves on water.
Nagasaki Asuna walked beside him.
“Has Cheng Fei ever considered one possibility?”
“What possibility?”
“What if Cheng Fei simply confessed to me directly?”
She tilted her head and smiled.
“Maybe I would say yes.”
“Would you?”
“Try and find out.”
Nagasaki Asuna’s lively eyes shifted as she watched him with a deliberately ambiguous smile.
“I’m dating Shen Xi.”
“So what?”
She drew out the words playfully.
“If you’re dating…
you can break up~”
She was practically encouraging Cheng Fei to transition seamlessly from one girlfriend to another.
Cheng Fei shook his head.
“Strangely enough, if money isn’t involved, it doesn’t work.”
This time Nagasaki Asuna looked surprised.
“Does Cheng Fei have that kind of fetish?”
“No.”
“Then why?”
Cheng Fei fell silent.
He couldn’t exactly say:
Because I want to date both of you simultaneously.
The atmosphere became strange.
Nagasaki Asuna narrowed her eyes.
“Cheng Fei wants to two-time us?”
“You still insist you can’t read minds?”
The corner of Cheng Fei’s mouth twitched.
“Dating Shen Xi while paying to keep me.”
Nagasaki Asuna smiled teasingly.
“Cheng Fei has quite the appetite.”
“Since you figured everything out…”
Even Cheng Fei’s shamelessness was reaching its limit.
“Sorry.
I’m simply that awful a person.
So we should stop here.”
Nagasaki Asuna continued staring at him with her hands behind her back.
“Cheng Fei.”
“Yeah?”
“Are you and Shen Xi really dating?”
Her gaze seemed capable of piercing through everything.
“If you were genuinely dating, I should’ve been able to see it that day.”
“Could Cheng Fei be lying?”
“For some particular reason?”
Cheng Fei’s heart jumped.
Standing in front of her felt like possessing no secrets whatsoever.
“Our relationship is unusual.
It’s normal that you can’t read it.”
“Unusual…”
Nagasaki Asuna thought.
Then realization dawned.
“Cheng Fei is paying to keep her?”
Cheng Fei suddenly felt like fleeing.
Instead, he remained expressionless.
“With her family background, she obviously doesn’t need my money.”
“With her background, that’s true.”
The possibilities narrowed.
Nagasaki Asuna neurotically twirled hair around one finger while thinking.
“Then only one answer remains.”
She looked up with certainty.
“It’s the opposite.”
“She’s paying Cheng Fei.”
“You’re unbeatable.”
Cheng Fei sighed.
Was Transcendent Perception really this ridiculous?
He was beginning to suspect Nagasaki Asuna possessed more than 9 Perception.
Perhaps she had already unlocked some corresponding Transcendent Ability.
Something similar to profiling.
The Scanner simply hadn’t displayed it.
“She and Cheng Fei formed some kind of transaction.”
“Dating is only the excuse.”
“Am I right?”
Something seemed to dance in the girl’s eyes.
“No wonder people used to call you a monster.”
“Now I understand.”
“Does Cheng Fei hate me too?”
“As long as you keep quiet, we’re fine.”
Cheng Fei spread his hands.
“Don’t worry~”
Nagasaki Asuna mimed pulling a zipper across her lips.
Cheng Fei had nothing to say.
“So that’s why Cheng Fei said it wouldn’t work without money.”
“If I accepted Cheng Fei’s money, I would lose the right to object to him dating two people.”
“I’d even have to be careful not to let Shen Xi find out.”
The girl continued analyzing.
“Basically correct.”
There was no point hiding it anymore.
Apparently he couldn’t.
“In that case, Cheng Fei actually likes me?”
“Correct.”
Cheng Fei nodded.
“I’m unable to escape Shen Xi, so I wanted to use this method to stay with you.”
Nagasaki Asuna studied him for several seconds.
“That sentence doesn’t sound sincere either.”
“Cheng Fei still has secrets.”
“Even if you see through the lie, please don’t expose a well-intentioned falsehood.”
“Well-intentioned?”
“Fine.
At least there’s no malice.”
Cheng Fei corrected himself.
She got money.
He got points.
A fair transaction.
He wouldn’t do anything unnecessary.
Therefore, absolutely no malicious intent.
“I used to wish I were an ordinary person.”
Nagasaki Asuna spoke seriously.
“Only today has Cheng Fei made me wish I could genuinely read minds.”
“Curiosity killed the cat.”
Cheng Fei shrugged.
“All right.
Conversation over.
We still have school tomorrow.”
With no hope left, Cheng Fei no longer wanted to waste time.
“Wait.”
Nagasaki Asuna stopped him.
“We talked this much.
Isn’t Cheng Fei going to try again?”
“Try what?”
“Paying to keep me.”
Cheng Fei raised a brow.
“Didn’t you say the rumors were fake?”
“They are.”
The girl’s soft voice became strangely enticing.
“But maybe…”
“Maybe now I’m willing to become that kind of girl exclusively for Cheng Fei.”
Cheng Fei’s heart skipped.
He immediately said:
“All you need to do is date me online.”
“Ten thousand yuan for three months.
Deal?”
“No.”
“Because I’m not actually that kind of person.”
Nagasaki Asuna burst into delighted laughter.
Her slightly baby-faced features always looked warm and healing when she smiled.
Even when that smile was clearly mischievous, it was hard to truly resent her.
At this particular moment, however, Cheng Fei desperately wanted to grab that face and squeeze until she stopped laughing.
“Tch.
Enough.
Goodbye.”
He opened the system menu and prepared to log out.
This woman was way too calculating.
“Wait.”
Nagasaki Asuna stopped him again.
“I haven’t finished.”
Cheng Fei waited with a dark expression, fully prepared to log out at any moment.
Nagasaki Asuna’s eyes shifted.
She rose onto her toes and came so close that their faces nearly touched.
“I’m willing to become Cheng Fei’s girlfriend.”
“And I don’t want your money.”
Then—
The girl boldly wrapped her arms around his neck.
She leaned beside his ear.
Her whisper was soft and intimate.
“And I’ll hide it from Shen Xi so she never finds out.”
“How about it?”
…
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