“World connection failed… connection… failed…”
“An anomaly has been detected… elimination is recommended.”
“Elimination failed.”
“World connection successful. You are about to be transferred into a new world. Host, please prepare yourself.”
A faint floral fragrance drifted on the breeze until it reached the girl wearing a white knitted cardigan, her eyes closed as she rested in a light doze.
The living room door was pushed open, and a tall man wearing khaki casual clothes walked in. He had a book tucked under one arm and a paper bag in the other hand, and there was a trace of nervousness on his face.
Jiang Tang tilted her head slightly toward the sound, her gaze falling on him without making it obvious.
Her exquisitely petite face was illuminated by the sunlight. The corners of her eyes curved slightly upward, while her clear, glasslike eyes seemed naturally alluring. Every movement of her gaze carried an irresistible charm. Her nose was straight and delicate, and her full, moist red lips needed no lipstick to appear so vivid that it was difficult to look away.
Progress Value +1 (1/100)
Is this the mission target?
Yun Duo could not help but remind her a couple of times: 【Tang Tang, you absolutely cannot let your guard down. The headquarters sent many mission takers before, but every single one of them failed. The worst case was someone who suffered such a severe mental blow that they quit the job altogether!】
【This time, to be safe, another mission taker has been sent along to pursue the mission with you. Your identity is the wife arranged for the mission target by the parents and matchmakers, while the other mission taker is his unforgettable first love who has just returned from abroad.】
Jiang Tang curled her lips with complete confidence. “I guarantee he will not be able to escape my charms. Just watch how I win him over.”
Jiang Tang lowered her eyes slightly, her long eyelashes casting a shadow over them and concealing the complicated emotions within. She had to win this mission, because there was something even more important that she needed to obtain.
Jiang Tang’s mission was to win him over, a favored child of Heaven who had been corrupted by an altered Heavenly Dao. He should have enjoyed a life of smooth sailing, yet he had ultimately died with an unresolved grievance.
Jiang Tang had originally been a crimson spider lily that had grown beside the Yellow Springs for ten thousand years. After accidentally losing her soul and most of her memories at the same time, she was detected and drawn into countless small worlds by a mysterious force. Now, she needed to retrieve all of them while completing a few missions along the way.
“You’re back?”
“How was work today? Were you busy?”
Jiang Tang stood up, and the hem of her clothes slid along her smooth skin, revealing part of her slender, fair calf.
Jiang Tang was quite satisfied with her ability to captivate people and had already prepared herself for the progress value to shoot upward.
Unexpectedly, however, the man in front of her gradually revealed an expression of horror and helpless confusion.
The young man took a step backward until his back was almost pressed against the door, as though an extremely terrifying beast were standing right in front of him. “Aunt… Aunt… Aunt…”
Jiang Tang guessed what he meant. “Help you?”
【Yun Duo? Is this the mission target?】 Jiang Tang began to wonder. Was this really the mission target who had made countless other mission takers tremble with fear?
Yun Duo was a palm sized cloud that had always stayed by Jiang Tang’s side as her spirit pet, and now it also served as her system.
【It should… be, right?】
The young man finally found his voice and managed to force out the entire sentence. His throat trembled as though he were facing some kind of terrifying monster. “Aunt? What… what happened to you?”