It’s night. Yun Li collapses onto the bed, feeling as if her whole body no longer belongs to her.
Tuanzi gloatingly says, “I told you already—if your physical condition doesn’t match the skill and you force it, something will go wrong.”
“See? Your muscles are all swollen and sore now, aren’t they?”
Too exhausted to even argue back, Yun Li mutters, “I suddenly feel like pressing that red button.”
Tuanzi immediately goes obedient: “I’ve already behaved, please spare me.”
“Ahem, Host, you gained quite a lot of affection points this time. Want to check them?”
Changing the subject, Tuanzi hops over and lands softly on Yun Li’s shoulder.
Yun Li becomes interested and pulls up the panel.
【Points: 64 (1:1 exchange with affection value)】
“Why did the points increase so much?” Yun Li asks, pleasantly surprised.
Although this world currently has no obvious dangers, there’s no guarantee that later it won’t involve cultivation worlds, spiritual energy revival, or even Lovecraftian settings.
In the marketplace, Yun Li has already seen items like spirit stones that help cultivation, enchanted bone whips, talismans for warding off ghosts, and other unscientific goods.
Because of this, no matter what, accumulating affection points and exchanging them for points is the top priority. Compared to that, even the chance of resurrection and returning to her original world doesn’t seem as important anymore.
After all, being a quick-travel tasker is far better than surviving in a shabby rented room with an ugly body.
Suddenly, Yun Li notices a small red dot blinking on the right side of the interface. Curious, she clicks it.
【Huo Xianyun affection value +30.】【Chen Xuan affection value +20.】【Shen Sixing affection value +5.】
“During the banquet just now, these people’s affection values skyrocketed. To prevent you from being affected, I muted the notifications,” Tuanzi says proudly, as if seeking credit.
Yun Li absentmindedly pats Tuanzi’s soft head while subtly probing for information.
“Hey, there’s something I’ve wanted to ask for a long time.”
“Why is it that so far I can only gain affection points from these three people? Can’t other people’s goodwill also convert into points?”
Tuanzi scratches its face, thinking for a long time.
“How should I put it… the generation of affection value is very complicated, I can’t really explain it clearly.”
“For example, although the original host didn’t have these three people in her wish, they are indirectly responsible for her death, so they are important targets.”
“Besides them, there are also things like people with great fortune, or chosen ones favored by the world, and you can also gain affection points from them.”
Tuanzi rubs its chin and concludes:
“In short, those three are like enemy aggro units in a game, and the lucky chosen ones are like bosses.”
“You can treat the rest as NPCs—only red-name targets and bosses drop treasure chests. Ordinary NPCs can be ignored completely.”
Yun Li nods, finally understanding how affection points are obtained.
She had once thought about entering the entertainment industry in the future—becoming a dazzling celebrity and passively earning affection points while lying down.
Tuanzi’s explanation completely shattered that idea.
It seems that for now, she can only gain points by approaching those three people.
Thinking this, Yun Li makes her own plans and drifts off to sleep.
“Host, host, your phone is ringing—wake up!”
In her sleep, Yun Li feels like a mosquito buzzing in her ear. After tossing and turning eight times, she finally wakes up to Tuanzi’s nagging voice and smacks it against the wall with a slap.
With heavy resentment, she presses the answer button:
“Hello, what is it?”
“Hello, Miss Yun. I’m a staff member from Youth, This Little Thing. I’d like to ask when you’re available to come to the set for an audition?”
Hearing this, Yun Li’s half-closed eyes instantly widen.
What—this is real?
She had thought that with Xiao Meng’s shameless personality, she would never actually give her the role.
Thinking this, Yun Li quickly agrees.
They discuss basic filming details, and after hanging up, Yun Li immediately logs onto Xiao Meng’s social media.
She finds it suspicious that the role was given so quickly.
She logically suspects that Xiao Meng might still be scheming something.
But unexpectedly, Xiao Meng only posted an apology letter.
In it, besides admitting fault to Yun Li, she also announced her withdrawal from the entertainment industry.
Yun Li raises an eyebrow.
This direction… feels wrong.
But thinking further doesn’t help, so she gives up.
She then starts browsing Xiao Meng’s comment section.
Now that Xiao Meng has fallen, all the people she once offended are coming out one after another.
And among them, her former follower Xin Yu is the most active.
Xin Yu exposes almost all the black material she knows about Xiao Meng, clearly trying to destroy her socially.
Before Yun Li even finishes browsing, Xin Yu messages her.
Since they are not friends, Xin Yu contacts her through a livestream account.
Xin Yu: “You’ve seen Xiao Meng’s downfall, right? Satisfied?”
Yun Li: “?”
Xin Yu: “Cutting to the chase—when Xiao Meng got the female lead role before, she gave me the female supporting role. As expected, you’ll probably take her role now. I’ve built some connections in the industry over the years, I can help you get into entertainment.”
Xin Yu: “In exchange, I need your popularity. You don’t need to do anything—just cooperate with some hype about our friendship. After all, your current popularity is enviable to anyone.”
Xin Yu: “Image.jpg”
Yun Li opens the image: it’s Weibo trending topics. Almost every top search is related to her, with a few about Xiao Meng mixed in.
But all the ones about Xiao Meng are negative news.
After quickly reading, Yun Li returns to the chat and decisively refuses.
Heh. She’s not stupid.
Someone like Xin Yu, who’s prone to betrayal, would only be a liability to work with.
As for those so-called “industry connections”—anyone can make empty promises.
With her looks and current popularity, most production companies wouldn’t reject her anyway.
Working with Xin Yu wouldn’t be cooperation—it would be charity.
On the other side of the screen, Xin Yu is furious. After saying so much, why won’t Yun Li cooperate?
No matter how angry she is, she can only suppress it.
Her backer had mysteriously disappeared a few days ago, no matter how she searched she couldn’t find him. The chaos at yesterday’s banquet had also caused all her livestream “big spenders” to leave.
If she can’t gain popularity, she’ll be treated as a discarded pawn.
Thinking of this, Xin Yu shudders.
Looking at Yun Li’s cold refusal, she silently makes a decision:
Since you are unkind, don’t blame me for being unjust!