Gu Yanche agreed. “Okay, then I’ll trouble you, President Qi. Please go now!”
Qi Zhongping called his wife.
While Gu Yanche was looking for someone to check on Lin Zheng, little did he know that Lin Zheng had already landed in Shenzhen!
Looking at her phone, which had automatically shut down with a black screen, Lin Zheng asked the system, “Gu Yanche is away on a business trip. I didn’t do today’s check-in task. Is that okay?”
The system was eating a steamed bun and mumbled, 【It’s fine, it’s fine! Skipping one day of missions won’t kill you!】
Lin Zheng poked the little fat bird with one finger. “You’d better be sure about that!”
The little fat bird nearly crashed. It hurriedly flew unsteadily over to Lin Zheng’s shoulder.
The system didn’t dare provoke Lin Zheng anymore. 【Oh, Host, it really is fine! I’m giving you the day off today!】
So it was okay not to do the mission today!
Later, she could go shopping with it and eat the world’s best pigeon in Shenzhen!
Just thinking about it made it drool!
Lin Zheng pressed further. “Why can I skip today? Does that mean I don’t actually have to do missions every day? Were you lying to me before?”
The system cried out in protest. 【I’m innocent! I didn’t!】
Lin Zheng refused to let it off. “Oh, so that’s how it is!”
The system’s little baby voice weakened. 【Ah, no, it’s not like that. I hacked into the program and made a few modifications because I saw how hard you were working, Host! So today counts as a day off…】
Lin Zheng wasn’t convinced. “You’re lying to me, aren’t you? Do you really have that kind of technical ability?”
The system proudly put its hands on its hips. 【I’m super capable! I succeeded on my first try! Otherwise, I would have reminded you to do the mission this morning!】
Lin Zheng: “……”
A little fat bird standing there with its hands on its hips looked ridiculously cute.
“Fine. Then if I want to take weekends off later, I can, right? Work on weekdays, weekends off.”
The system: 【No! What if they find out…?】
Lin Zheng: “So your skills aren’t that great after all. You’re afraid of getting caught. You’re just putting on airs!”
The system didn’t want to admit it was bluffing. 【I’m not! Fine! From now on, you get weekends off. You’ll work and do check-ins on weekdays! I’ll hack into the program for you every weekend!】
Actually, it hadn’t told its host the truth.
Its original intention hadn’t been to give its host a day off.
It had simply been having too much fun eating outside and couldn’t bear to come back, so it came up with a way to hack into the program!
That way, the host wouldn’t need to do missions, and it wouldn’t have to rush back to remind her!
Lin Zheng smiled in satisfaction when her reverse psychology worked. “As expected of 001, the battle system among systems!”
“Other systems can’t even compare to a single strand of your feathers!”
The system: 【Of course! I’m royalty among systems!】
Those were the host’s words.
They suited it perfectly!
It was royalty! An eternal, undefeated legend!
If Lin Zheng knew what the system was thinking, she would probably think the thing was seriously defective.
The system had watched too many melodramatic novels and short dramas, and had long since been poisoned by them.
The system was extremely proud.
Lin Zheng was happy too!
From now on, she could rest on weekends!
What fantastic news!
No need to bother Gu Yanche on weekends. Maybe she should go somewhere traveling?
It felt wonderful to finally have a holiday where she could freely enjoy herself.
How nostalgic!
Meanwhile, in Shulan City.
Qi Zhongping’s wife arrived at the old residential complex and stood outside the rental apartment where Lin Zheng and Gu Yanche lived.
She knocked repeatedly, but there was no response.
“Is anyone home?”
“Is anyone home?”
“Hey! Little Gu’s girlfriend, are you in there?”
Still, there was no response.
Qi Zhongping’s wife muttered, “Could she have gone out?”
Next door, a man who kept completely opposite hours from everyone else was awakened by the noise. He opened the door and came out.
“Hey! Stop shouting! Are you going to let people sleep or not?”
Qi Zhongping’s wife looked over.
A man wearing absolutely nothing was glaring fiercely at her.
She covered her eyes and ran. “Ah! Pervert!”
The man looked down and hurriedly covered himself with both hands.
“Fuck! You’re the shameless one, staring at my body!”
He quickly slammed the door shut!
If this old woman hadn’t disturbed his sleep, would he have forgotten to put on clothes before coming out?
He’d suffered a huge loss. He was an innocent young man, and she’d seen everything!
Both sides felt that they had suffered terribly.
Qi Zhongping’s wife angrily called him.
“Qi Zhongping! You sent me here to check on someone, but she wasn’t here, and I ran into a pervert!”
“You sent your own wife to a place like this. Are you trying to make me cheat on you?”
“That pervert wasn’t wearing any clothes! I saw everything! I’m going to get styes from this!”
She hung up without listening to Qi Zhongping’s explanation.
An explanation was just an excuse. She wasn’t listening!
Recalling what she’d seen, she was so angry that her face twisted.
She had to admit, that pervert was rather well-endowed.
Getting up in broad daylight and walking around naked—what shamelessness!
His wife was furious, and Qi Zhongping couldn’t get in touch with Lin Zheng either. He was completely at a loss for words.
“Damn it! What decent man walks out without clothes on? Shameless!”
And he’d even let his wife see him!
When he got back, he was definitely going to have a word with that pervert!
He’d beat him flat!
Qi Zhongping was filled with anger.
Meanwhile, Lin Zheng’s belly was filled with milk tea.
Fortunately, she’d brought some cash with her. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to buy anything now.
“I’m so clever!”
The system, gulping down its milk tea, praised her too. 【Host is clever! Host is the smartest person in the world!】
They’d eaten the pigeon and drunk the milk tea.
Their stomachs were full.
Lin Zheng finally remembered to charge her phone.
Not having to constantly watch her phone and do missions actually felt pretty good.
She and Gu Yanche were like a married couple. Her husband had finally gone away on a business trip for a few days, and she was happily celebrating at home!
Those days he was away belonged entirely to her. She could do whatever she wanted!
No one was there to control her!
Freedom!
The moment she plugged in her phone, dozens of missed calls and countless messages came flooding in!
Lin Zheng stared at them. “Why did Gu Yanche call me so many times?”
Could something have happened?
She hurriedly called Gu Yanche.
At that moment, Gu Yanche was telling Qi Zhongping that he intended to return to Shulan City overnight. He had already packed his things and was preparing to leave.
No matter how much Qi Zhongping tried to persuade him, he wouldn’t listen.
Qi Zhongping was completely bewildered. “Xiao Gu, your girlfriend is a grown adult. She’s perfectly capable of taking care of herself. How could anything happen to her?”
Besides, even if an adult stayed in a rental apartment without eating or drinking, she wouldn’t starve to death!
She could go four or five days without starving!
And it had only been one day!
Gu Yanche’s expression was serious. “President Qi, A-Zheng is careless. If I’m not by her side, she doesn’t know how to take care of herself.”
“I can’t rest easy. I have to go back and check on her.”
“President Qi, don’t worry. I’ll be back tomorrow morning.”
Qi Zhongping: “……”
Good heavens!
No matter how young or energetic you were, you couldn’t throw yourself around like this!
He really had no idea what kind of drugged potion that girlfriend had given him!
She had him completely wrapped around her finger!
Gu Yanche had already gotten up and left.
Halfway there, his phone suddenly rang.
He looked at the screen.
The caller ID read: My Queen.
Gu Yanche hurriedly answered. “A-Zheng, are you okay?”
His voice was anxious, as though he wished he could run through the phone line to see her.
Lin Zheng said, “I’m fine! You called me so many times. You’re the one who must have something going on, right?”
“Ah, it doesn’t matter. Let’s meet first and talk. Gu Xiao-Che, I’m in Shenzhen! Where are you? I’ll come find you!”
Gu Yanche was pleasantly surprised. “A-Zheng, you’re in Shenzhen?”
Lin Zheng said, “Yes! I couldn’t help it. I missed you too much!”
“You’d only just left, and I couldn’t even eat. I kept thinking about your face, your mouth, your abs—without the abs, I missed you to death, so I couldn’t wait to come find you.”
He understood the part about missing his abs.
But without the abs?
Then that meant…
Gu Yanche’s face flushed. “A-Zheng, don’t say things like that outside. It wouldn’t be good if someone heard you.”
Lin Zheng sighed. “But I really miss you. You’re not beside me, and I don’t even enjoy my milk tea anymore. Nothing tastes good!”
The corners of Gu Yanche’s lips lifted.
“Where are you? I’ll come pick you up!”
His girlfriend had missed him this much.
He’d missed her just as badly!
He wanted to see her as soon as possible!
Lin Zheng blurted out, “I’m at Yantian Night Market. Are you far from me?”
Gu Yanche: “……”
Yantian Night Market was one of the most famous snack streets in Shenzhen.
It had all kinds of delicious food.
His girlfriend missed him so much that she came to a food street?