Song Shuangzhi sat across from the nail technician while Tan Siyan lounged on the sofa with his laptop open.
His assistant had forwarded the next ten hours’ worth of work to him. Director Liang had agreed to cover the court hearings, and he could use this opportunity to finish preparing a closing argument report.
Director Liang was only a short time away from retirement and rarely appeared in court anymore. Looking at the stack of cases suddenly transferred to him, he grumbled,
“You little brat, are you trying to work me to death?”
“Why are you taking such a long leave?”
Qin Chao’s teasing voice came through the phone.
“Getting hemorrhoid surgery?”
Tan Siyan answered seriously, “I’m accompanying my wife while she gets a manicure.”
Qin Chao fell silent. Director Liang nearly exploded.
“If you want to slack off, just say so. There’s no need to make up such ridiculous nonsense!”
The call was immediately disconnected.
Looking at his phone, Tan Siyan could only smile bitterly.
Was the fact that he had a wife really that unbelievable?
“Ahem…”
Song Shuangzhi cleared her throat.
“Tan… um…”
Outside, she couldn’t bring herself to call him Chief Judge Tan, and calling him husband felt even harder.
“Mr. Tan, could you… come sit over here?”
A bold, flashing mission prompt filled her mind:
【Triggered Clingy Ex-Wife Mission: Within ten minutes, annoy him enough to make him return to the office and trigger his first reunion with the heroine!】
The amount of information contained in that sentence was enormous.
The heroine had finally appeared!
And it was a reunion!
【They definitely know each other,】the system said excitedly. 【But I haven’t reached that part of the background yet. Hold on, I’ll check immediately!】
Wasn’t it just being clingy and annoying?
Song Shuangzhi simply needed to be herself.
Tan Siyan’s cool, blade-sharp gaze settled on her.
“What did you call me?”
“Mr. Tan…”
He asked calmly,
“Who is Mr. Tan to you?”
The pressure mounted with every word.
Even the two nail technicians slowed down as they worked on her fingers.
【Husband! Husband!】
The system plastered those two words all over her mind.
【Husband! Husband! Husband! Husband! Husband! Husband! Husband! Husband! x100000!】
A sweet, soft voice squeezed through clenched teeth.
Her lips were nervously caught between her pearly white teeth.
In the quiet room came a tiny voice.
“Hubby…”
“Don’t get it wrong again.”
Tan Siyan picked up his laptop and sat beside her.
The two nail technicians exchanged a glance.
【So handsome!】
She had thought this mission would be easy.
But after he sat beside her, she felt as though someone had cast a paralysis spell on her.
She didn’t even dare lift her head.
Bits of nail dust flew through the air as her nails were filed.
The man raised his hand and shielded her eyes and nose.
【Hey, why have you two caught Red Ear Disease again?】
【This illness is terrifying. Why is it spreading to your faces and necks too?】
The system shouted,【Hurry up and complete the mission! I’ll take you to the doctor afterward!!!】
Song Shuangzhi felt her throat knot up and her vocal cords disappear.
Still, being clingy counted, right?
So…
She lifted herself slightly and scooted closer to him.
Tan Siyan had severe issues with physical contact and instinctively shifted away.
She scooted closer again.
Her arm and thigh pressed tightly against his dark gray suit.
Tan Siyan moved farther away.
She advanced once more.
“Ah↗”
The long bench they were sitting on lost its balance.
“Careful…”
The bench tipped over.
Song Shuangzhi fell directly onto Tan Siyan’s chest.
His back slammed against the floor with a heavy thud as he became her human cushion.
Her long hair spilled down.
One hand braced against his…
Chest!
【Y You just pinned the male lead to the floor?】
【You’re on top?】
【Zhibao! You’re amazing at completing missions that disgust him!】
【You… you’re touching his chest???】
【He definitely feels contaminated now!!!】
【Oh wait, technically you really did dirty him. He’s covered in dust!】
【It’s over. He’s going to kill you…】
“Are you hurt?”
Lying on the floor, Tan Siyan licked his dry lips.
“Ah! I’m sorry!”
Song Shuangzhi hurriedly climbed off him.
She quickly placed her hands back into the nail technician’s care.
But moments earlier, those same hands had been pressed against his chest muscles.
【How did it feel?!】the system asked eagerly.
【Even though he’s busy, he works out very seriously!】
【It must have been incredibly firm!!!】
【Could he launch you into the sky with those muscles?!】
Song Shuangzhi no longer had the energy to answer.
The only thing that comforted her was: “This broke my mission completion record, right…?”
【Nope!】
Because after Tan Siyan’s assistant delivered him a new suit and he changed clothes, he actually sat back down beside her again.
“If you’re tired, you can lean on me.”
His broad shoulder was right beside her head.
【He still isn’t leaving?】
【The heroine has already arrived!!! Zhibao, hurry up and annoy him so he’ll go meet her!】
Song Shuangzhi gritted her teeth.
Then she actually leaned against his shoulder.
Her fragrance spread toward him once more, slipping into his lungs, seeping into his bones.
His body began tensing uncontrollably.
【That still isn’t enough to drive him away?】
【The male lead really is unbelievably well-mannered…】
“I… I want some water.”
Song Shuangzhi began unleashing her ultimate annoying tactics.
“I want spicy hotpot skewers!”
“My waist hurts…”
“I’m bored. Tell me a story…”
Meanwhile, another message appeared in her mind:【Complete the mission immediately, or punishment will be administered!】
She was nearly out of ideas.
He was currently attending a video conference, and she finally seized her chance.
During an online meeting involving fifteen Supreme Court judges, a fluffy little head suddenly popped into view…
And it emerged from the last place anyone expected, Tan Siyan’s screen.
The other fourteen judges instantly stopped breathing.
“Oh my, I didn’t know you were in a meeting. I’m sooo sorry~”
According to the system, the male lead hated clingy, shallow women and especially hated cutesy baby voices.
Song Shuangzhi was straining her throat to the limit.
A hand adorned with a bone ring gently patted her hair.
“It’s fine. They can’t understand it anyway.”
The others, however, were thoroughly shocked.
“Do you want something else to eat?”
His voice carried a rare gentleness.
“I’ll have Xiao Lin buy it for you.”
Song Shuangzhi and the system:
【(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)▄█▀█● Just what will it take to complete this mission?!】
Buzz! Her phone vibrated.
Her hands were covered in nail polish gel, and one of the nail technicians smiled.
“Why doesn’t your husband answer it for you?”
Tan Siyan’s gaze fell on the phone in her pocket.
His hand slipped inside.
Soft! Warm!
Almost too comfortable to withdraw.
The screen displayed:【Brother】
His eyes darkened.
“Help me answer it. Brother is probably calling me home for dinner.”
After a brief pause, Tan Siyan accepted the call and held the phone to her ear.
【The male lead is basically a phone stand now, and he still won’t leave???】
The system couldn’t understand.
The system was utterly shocked.
While speaking with Song Ting’an, her voice became sweet and lively, filled with emotion.
Most importantly, she would actually refuse him.
Instead of acting obedient and perfunctory the way she did around Tan Siyan.
One of the nail technicians finished a finger.
“Go cure it under the lamp.”
Song Shuangzhi moved.
The human phone stand carrying the phone moved away from her ear as well.
Song Ting’an asked,【You’re getting a manicure? Haven’t you always disliked those?】
“I didn’t like them before, but I can learn to like them now.”
Holding the phone, Tan Siyan answered coldly.
【Why is the male lead answering your brother’s questions for you?】
Even Song Shuangzhi didn’t understand.
Then Song Ting’an’s voice sounded again.
“Tan Siyan? You’re accompanying her? Where are you? I’ll come pick her up…”
Beep—
Tan Siyan hung up. Song Shuangzhi’s eyes widened.
“My hand slipped.”
He spoke calmly. “Oh.”
【I think it’s more that he’s sly.】