Lin Zheng turned his face toward her, forcing him to look only at her.
“Look into my eyes. From this moment on, everything you say can and will be used as evidence in court!”
Gu Yanche: “…”
He seriously wondered whether she was still mentally sound.
Ever since he rejected her that night, she seemed to have become a completely different person.
His brows and eyes were filled with helplessness.
“What do you want me to do so we can put this behind us?”
Although he didn’t think he had done anything wrong, whenever he said one sentence, Lin Zheng could respond with a hundred.
He simply couldn’t out-argue her.
Lin Zheng ignored his wishes and forcibly stroked his face.
“I want Grandpa’s lover. Let me see yours.”
Gu Yanche felt her soft hand touching his face, and his entire body stiffened again.
“What Grandpa’s lover?”
“Didn’t you say I’m an orphan? I don’t have a grandfather, much less a grandfather’s lover.”
He pushed Lin Zheng away and moved to the edge of the bed himself, as though she were some terrifying beast.
Lin Zheng pointed a finger at his chest.
Gu Yanche realized what she meant, and his ears turned red.
Humiliated and furious, he said, “Lin Zheng, you’re a girl! How can you say something like that?”
Lin Zheng: “Fine, if you won’t give it to me, then forget it! Stingy!”
She lay down to sleep.
“Turn off the lights. Your Empress Dowager is going to rest!”
Gu Yanche thought she was seriously ill.
“You’re an Empress Dowager again?”
She was talking complete nonsense.
With her eyes closed, Lin Zheng absentmindedly replied, “Of course. A useless man is no different from a dead man. Isn’t it perfectly appropriate for me to call myself the Empress Dowager?”
Gu Yanche was angered by her again. He pressed his tongue against his lower jaw.
“Are you really that impatient?”
Lin Zheng: “Forget it. I’m not interested in sewing needles.”
Gu Yanche: “Lin Zheng!”
Lin Zheng opened her eyes.
“Here I am.”
She turned her back to Gu Yanche and fell asleep not long afterward.
Gu Yanche: “…”
What a heartless woman.
He felt as though the scent of a woman lingered all over his body.
Especially on the face she had touched.
She had become far too strange.
“Lin Zheng? Lin Zheng?”
Gu Yanche called her twice, confirming that she was asleep.
He turned onto his side and carefully pulled open the collar of her clothes himself.
The woman’s skin was fair and smooth, and the mole on her neck was exactly the same as before.
He accidentally caught sight of two patches of gleaming white skin.
The sight was almost dazzling.
Gu Yanche hurriedly released her collar and quickly returned to his original position.
His mind was filled with those two patches of white, gently trembling with every breath she took.
Gu Yanche’s body stiffened.
He looked downward.
He tried to calm himself, but the restlessness only grew stronger.
In the end, he could only rush into the bathroom and take a cold shower.
The next morning, when Lin Zheng woke up, the sun was already high in the sky.
There was no one beside her.
Gu Yanche had already gone to work.
Lin Zheng hadn’t slept this soundly in a long time.
Not being a wage slave is wonderful!
She could sleep until she naturally woke up.
Although she was technically here to complete missions, Lin Zheng really liked her current lifestyle.
She could just treat it like playing a game.
On the dining table was a note Gu Yanche had left:
I went to work. Breakfast is in the pot.
Gu Yanche had made porridge and boiled eggs.
Making porridge took time. Lin Zheng had no idea what time he had gotten up.
She sighed.
“What a devoted husband!”
The system had been right.
So far, the male lead’s husbandly virtues really were excellent.
System: [Host finally admits how outstanding the male lead is!]
The system’s childish voice suddenly appeared.
System: [Host! 001 is back! And I brought benefits!]
Lin Zheng: “You came back so quickly. As expected of you—you’re very efficient!”
System: [Of course! I’m the strongest system among all systems!]
System: [Host, I battled wits and courage with the Main System and managed to obtain some huge benefits!]
Lin Zheng was just about to ask what the benefits were and why the system was so excited when she suddenly saw a little chubby bird, round as a ball, fly in front of her.
The little fat bird flapped its tiny wings, its round eyes filled with smugness.
System: [Host, look! This is my body! I’m the first system in system history to have a physical body! I’ve made a tremendous contribution to the development of systems…]
Lin Zheng looked at the round, adorable creature and deliberately put on a solemn expression.
“System, you’re incredible! You’re practically royalty among systems!”
“The system world can’t function without you!”
The little fat bird landed on the table.
System: [Host, you flatter me! I never expected to make such a huge contribution either. It’s all thanks to Host’s reminder. Otherwise, I would have been fooled by the Main System!]
Lin Zheng asked, “Are there any other benefits?”
There better not be only this.
The Main System is just another heartless capitalist.
System: [There are more! Once I complete the missions in this world, I’ll get a vacation! I also managed to get a benefit for Host! Ta-da! A two-square-meter dimensional space!]
Lin Zheng: “…”
What a tiny space.
The spaces in novels were always huge.
She was a little unimpressed.
But seeing how happy the little fat bird was, she didn’t want to ruin its excitement and happily accepted it anyway.
System: [Ding! Host, a mission has arrived! While the male lead is at work, call him once every hour to check on him, and conduct one surprise inspection! This is a daily mission!]
System: [The surprise inspection requires Host to go to the male lead’s company! Host, you can do it! You’re the best!]
The little fat bird flapped its wings, cheering Lin Zheng on.
Lin Zheng: “This little challenge is nothing to me!”
She talked a big game, but when she started looking for clothes, she immediately ran into a problem.
Damn it!
All of the original Lin Zheng’s clothes were long pants and long sleeves!
And it was summer!
A summer with blazing sunshine!
Could anyone really be this conservative?
System: [Host, the original Lin Zheng’s personality was like this. She was extremely conservative. Even when she seduced the male lead, she wore a padded winter coat. She has a somewhat paranoid mindset and believes that if she shows too much skin, people outside will try to hurt her.]
Lin Zheng understood.
“So that’s why. This girl was probably frightened by someone when she was younger.”
Especially during childhood, such experiences were more likely to cause lasting trauma.
Lin Zheng looked at her fair, tender arms and legs.
No wonder she never let the sun touch them. She kept herself covered so tightly that it was impossible for her not to be fair.
But there was one thing she had to admit—
Her skin was genuinely amazing.
Her face was the same, so tender it practically looked like water could be squeezed from it.
In her other world, Lin Zheng was already a woman in her forties who had never married.
Although she looked the same as the original Lin Zheng, years of being a wage slave had left her skin dull, while her dark circles were practically large enough to wrap around the Earth.
Looking at her current youthful face, she was incredibly satisfied.
“System, can I take this face home with me?”
System: […I haven’t asked yet. If Host really likes it, I’ll try to negotiate for it after we finish the missions!]
Lin Zheng was delighted.
“System, you’re the best! I really can’t do this without you!”
The system was practically floating from the praise.
System: [As long as Host wants it, 001 will do everything possible to get it for Host!]
Lin Zheng showered the little fat bird with compliments until it was completely dazzled.
Da’an Technology
Gu Yanche was testing a newly developed drone.
The phone in his trouser pocket suddenly began vibrating nonstop.
He held the remote control in his left hand and took out his phone with his right, asking a colleague to answer it for him.
“Brother Gu, it’s Sister-in-Law. I’ll answer it for you.”
Gu Yanche said, “Mm.”
His colleague thoughtfully turned on the speakerphone.
Lin Zheng’s domineering voice immediately came through the phone.
“Gu Xiaoche, you’re getting bolder! How dare you take this long to answer my call!”
“Tell me! Have you behaved yourself today? You haven’t been attracting women, have you? You haven’t been flirting with any beautiful female colleagues, have you?”
“When you get your phone back, I’m checking it! You’re not allowed to delete anything!”
“If I find out you’ve done anything to betray me, I’ll cut off your weapon of mischief…”
The colleague was completely dumbfounded.
What a terrifying tigress!
Gu Yanche stopped paying attention to the drone, immediately shoved the remote control into his colleague’s hands, and snatched his phone back!
He instantly turned off the speakerphone.
The colleague sighed emotionally.
“Brother, Sister-in-Law really does love you!”
She was even threatening to cut off his weapon of mischief.
That was terrifying!
She was ruthless.
There wasn’t a man alive who wouldn’t be afraid of that threat.
He had never heard that Gu Yanche’s girlfriend was this controlling before!
Seeing Gu Yanche’s dark expression, the colleague didn’t dare say anything else and hurriedly operated the drone, sending it flying forward.