One person and one system both felt that they had achieved their goal.
As long as Gu Yanche was angry, as long as Gu Yanche was annoyed with her—
the mission would be complete!
Lin Zheng stopped talking, and even the evening breeze seemed to fall silent.
Gu Yanche suddenly glanced at her.
She was smiling faintly, looking rather pleased with herself, as though she had just accomplished something amazing.
Her round, fleshy face looked innocent and adorable, especially with those two little strands of hair sticking up on top of her head.
Not only was she not annoying, she was actually quite cute.
Afraid she would notice, Gu Yanche immediately looked away after only one glance.
Before this, when she looked at him, she was like a dog seeing a bone—or a pile of poop—with a wolfish, ravenous gleam in her eyes.
She genuinely looked like she was about to pounce on him.
But now, although her words were frivolous and she was still being petty and deliberately difficult, her eyes no longer had that same ravenous hunger.
It was as if she had become a completely different person.
Thinking of this, Gu Yanche’s eyes darkened slightly.
Lin Zheng had no idea what was going through Gu Yanche’s mind.
She was busy chatting away with the system.
Lin Zheng: System, do systems get holidays? Do you get overtime pay? What benefits do you get for completing missions? And—
A whole series of questions left the system dumbfounded.
Nothing!
The host had it worse than the system!
The host at least got bonuses for completing missions and could return to her original world.
A wave of sorrow overwhelmed the system, and it cried so hard that it could barely catch its breath.
System: [Waaaahhh…]
Lin Zheng: Are you performing an opera?
System: [Host, 001 is so pitiful! 001 has nothing at all!]
System: [Waaaahhh…]
The childish voice exploded inside her head, giving Lin Zheng a headache.
It’s simple.
“Then go apply to the Main System! Remember to ask for plenty of benefits and perks. The two of us can enjoy them together…”
After Lin Zheng brainwashed the system for a while, it decisively made up its mind.
System: [Host, wait for me! We’re going to get all those benefits!]
Lin Zheng: “001, fly bravely! Your host will always follow you!”
The system was brimming with confidence.
System: [Host, just wait for my good news!]
The corners of Lin Zheng’s lips curled upward as she eagerly anticipated the benefits 001 would bring back.
This is fun! So much fun!
This is seriously way too entertaining!
Amid the sound of rushing water, Lin Zheng hummed a little song.
“Big Brother, you sit at the bow of the boat, while Little Sister walks along the shore. Lovey-dovey and sweet, drifting along with the leisurely days…”
Outside the bathroom, Gu Yanche heard her singing.
As usual, he transferred the 430 yuan he had earned from his stall that day to Lin Zheng.
Business had been especially good tonight. There had been a lot of customers, and he had sold everything.
He had also packed up unusually early.
“Gu Yanche, why do I only have long-sleeved pajamas and long pants?”
“It’s so hot! Are you trying to cook me alive?”
Lin Zheng came storming out with a towel wrapped around her head. She pointed at the long pants and long sleeves she was wearing.
“You have time to flirt with female college students, but you don’t have money to buy me summer pajamas?”
“I think you’re trying to kill me from the heat so you can go find yourself a second spring!”
“I’m telling you, you’d better give up on that idea now. Even if you think about it, it’s useless!”
“Even if I turn into ashes, I’ll still haunt you!”
“If anyone gets to dump the other, it’ll be me dumping you!”
Gu Yanche was speechless.
“Lin Zheng, think about it again. Are you sure I’m the one refusing to buy them for you?”
Wasn’t it that she didn’t like them?
Hadn’t she said she was conservative and refused to wear short sleeves and shorts in front of men?
That included him.
To put it bluntly, she was afraid he would lose control of himself.
Lin Zheng, suddenly remembering everything:
“…”
It really was the original host!
These really were things the original host could do.
Come to think of it, the original host’s mental state was truly something beautiful.
Her feelings toward Gu Yanche were mostly centered around one thing:
She wanted him badly but couldn’t get him.
From Lin Zheng’s perspective, there wasn’t actually much love involved.
She was determined to sleep with Gu Yanche, but whenever she tried to seduce him, she came fully armed!
She wore three layers of clothing and constantly claimed that she was a conservative woman.
In the original novel, these scenes had merely been glossed over without much detail.
Now that Lin Zheng was experiencing them firsthand, she finally understood just how enormous the contrast was.
At this rate, the fact that the original host had somehow managed to sleep with Gu Yanche was almost impossible for her to comprehend.
Lin Zheng stubbornly held her neck high and argued her case.
“I’m not wrong! You’re the one who’s wrong!”
“I didn’t buy them because I was waiting for you to take the initiative and buy them for me!”
“You’re a grown man. Don’t you have even that much awareness?”
“Do I really have to teach you? What decent man behaves like this?”
“Your thinking is crooked! You’re itching to cheat and have an affair!”
Whether she was right or wrong, she threw the blame onto the male lead.
Lin Zheng had watched enough villainess characters to know exactly how to act unreasonable and domineering.
She was willing to devote every ounce of her acting ability to it!
Gu Yanche: “…”
She was way too good at being unreasonable.
He looked at her娇蛮 little face and her wet hair wrapped in a towel, but chose not to argue with her.
“Come here.”
Lin Zheng put her hands on her little waist.
“I’m not coming! What are you going to do about it?”
She was absolutely certain that Gu Yanche must hate her by now!
Well done!
She gave herself a mental thumbs-up.
Gu Yanche was helpless.
He could only pick up the hair dryer and walk over to her, holding her restless shoulders down.
“If you don’t dry your hair, do you want to catch a cold?”
“And when you feel sick, are you expecting a ghost to take care of you?”
He untied the towel wrapped around her long hair, wiped it a couple of times with the half-damp towel, then helped her dry her hair.
The man’s long fingers ran through her hair, occasionally lifting sections of it to blow-dry them.
His movements were extremely practiced, clearly showing that he had done this many times before.
Having someone else dry your hair for you was incredibly comfortable.
Lin Zheng shut her mouth and enjoyed his service.
His fingers slipped through her hair and brushed against her scalp.
She seemed to feel an electric current traveling from his fingertips through her body.
A faint shiver ran through her.
After drying her hair, Lin Zheng hid in the bedroom to enjoy the air conditioning.
Gu Yanche went to take a shower.
After enjoying Gu Yanche’s hair-drying service and seeing the money he had transferred to her phone, Lin Zheng kindly decided to let him off for now.
She wouldn’t nitpick him over every little thing.
Gu Yanche entered the bedroom with dampness still clinging to him.
He was wearing a pair of shorts and an old T-shirt as pajamas.
He was covered up properly, so there wasn’t much to see.
Lin Zheng only glanced up.
Seeing that there was no scenery worth looking at, she lost interest and stopped staring.
Gu Yanche noticed that Lin Zheng was ignoring him.
Was her phone really that interesting?
He lay down beside her with a book in his hands, pretending to read while actually keeping all his attention on Lin Zheng.
She hadn’t asked him to sleep with her tonight either.
Lin Zheng watched a few videos and was getting ready to rest when she noticed Gu Yanche seriously reading a book.
She leaned over and rested against his shoulder.
“What are you reading? Something you’re not supposed to let people see?”
Gu Yanche’s body stiffened slightly.
He showed her the title of the book.
Lin Zheng looked puzzled.
“Western Economics? Are you preparing for the college entrance exam or graduate school?”
Gu Yanche: “Just reading it casually. Someone gave it to me for free. I read it to pass the time when I’m bored.”
Lin Zheng wasn’t interested.
At her age, this kind of book was completely unsuitable for her.
She was just about to pull back and look at her phone when she suddenly realized that from this angle, she could see his chest muscles!
What a beautiful view!
Lin Zheng squeezed closer to him.
Their bodies pressed tightly together, and Gu Yanche stiffened without moving an inch.
The girl suddenly blew a warm breath against his ear.
“You didn’t cheat on me while you were at work today, did you?”
“Why do you look so guilty?”
“Did you secretly mess around with another woman behind my back?”
“Tell me the truth!”
Gu Yanche: “…”
His fingers tightened around the pages of the book as he prepared himself for her to pounce.
But unexpectedly, she didn’t pounce this time.
She merely kept questioning him.
Feeling her soft body pressed against his, he shifted uncomfortably to the side.
“No. You can check my phone if you want.”
Lin Zheng became angry.
“No? Then why are you avoiding me?”
“Gu Xiaoche, have you grown bold enough to challenge a leopard?”
She angrily stood up, snatched his book away, and directly sat on top of him.
Her hands tugged at his T-shirt, trying to pull it off.
Gu Yanche hurriedly protected his shirt.
“Lin Zheng, did you take the wrong medicine?”
Lin Zheng suddenly leaned closer.
Their faces were practically touching, and they could both hear each other’s breathing.
Gu Yanche looked away, his Adam’s apple bobbing.
Lin Zheng was furious.
“You’re the one who forgot to take your medicine!”
“You actually dared to avoid me!”
“How bold of you!”
“I’m very angry, and the consequences will be severe!”