Chapter 3.2 - Seeking death benefits activates.
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Xu Zenshi, who was going to share a room with Wu Lichen, couldn't help but let a laugh escape. He then took the room card and dragged Wu LIchen to head to the room. Once in the room, Xu Zenshi took off his shoes in a swift movement and flopped down on the bed, in a tone filled with tiredness:
"Having been tossed around the entire day and yet they still have the mood to speak such acid words, I’m really getting old."
Wu Lichen had been consistently yawning and went to the other bed to lay down. His mind was blank, he was really quite tired. Taking a look at his phone, it was six in the evening.
"Hey, do you need to go out tonight?"
Wu Lichen gave a low affirmation.
He pulled out a pair of headphones, opened up a video, and continued to stare at the phone. Xu Zenshi was honestly already too tired, but all of a sudden he got hit by a wave of energy and asked, "Have you ever talked about your girlfriend before?"
Wu Lichen cleared his throat.
By the time it was close to seven o'clock, Cen Simiao had already turned over her wardrobe once over, but she still couldn't make up her mind on how she should dress up today.
She narrowed her eyes and took out a long taupe-colored dress with cold shoulders, which was form-fitting to her curves, making her figure appear exceptionally good. Adding on the high heels, the contrast made her ankles appear delicate and fair.
After going through several worlds already, this was still the first time that there was meat to eat[2].
She was the first to arrive at the house. She took off her shoes and flopped down on the sofa such that she was half lying, half leaning against it. Just as she was about to strike a pose, the system suddenly coughed.
Cen Simiao frowned. "Why did you come out? Children aren’t allowed to watch."
The system felt that its data sure was cool and refreshing and that the ice cream plug-in really was delicious. "There are some new regulations passed down from above, so I came to inform you."
"What?"
AIming for the chocolate, it dug out a spoonful. "The male lead's favorability hasn’t reached 40%, no mosaics allowed."
Cen Simiao was drinking red wine and almost choked.
A knock came from the door.
She swallowed and glanced at the door. "...Who, who is it?"
A low, deep voice: "It's me."
Wu Lichen was dressed very casually today, creating a free and easy temperament. Also, for some unknown reason, instead of that unfathomable smile that he usually donned, his gaze today had an added touch of seriousness.
He stood at the side while taking a look at the coffee table. There was an opened bottle of red wine, which was already down by half.
Cen Simiao’s body was full of the scent of wine, her eyes misty. [3] Swaying as she walked, she almost tripped and fell on the carpet.
Wu Lichen picked up a glass, poured in the red wine, and drank it down. He only felt that the taste was slightly astringent. Raising her eyes to take a look, Cen Simiao still had yet to find the sofa, and her entire person felt very confused.
Putting the glass back down on the coffee table, he then walked over and looked down at her. Cen Simiao was obviously drunk, her cheeks were unnaturally flushed and her eyes were watery while even her breathing became lazy and indolent.
She opened, "You..."
Before she could even finish, she was pulled into an embrace by her waist. Her waist was very thin, and the hand on her shoulder could feel that her skin was very delicate. With the scent of wine still about her, mixed with the perfume she had applied, all of which were inhaled into his lungs.
When they got to the front of the sofa, Cen Simiao suddenly started to struggle. Wu Lichen conveniently fell to sit down on the sofa, allowing her to press down on him.
Cen Simiao abruptly looked up and ran into the gaze of that pair of dark-brooding eyes.
She was stunned for a moment.
Wu Lichen tightened his hold on her hand, then suddenly she called out, "Dear[4]."
While biting her red lips, with her head drooped and a sade tone, her entire person seemed very listless and depressed.
He felt that something wasn’t right and straightened himself up.
Within an instant, her eyes were covered with a layer of water, and her tears fell down one after another, wetting the front of Wu Lichen's t-shirt.
With a softened voice that was thick with sobbing, as if it carried a lot of grievances: "Dear, why don't you like me?"
Wu Lichen narrowed his eyes, and tried to forbear but still couldn’t manage to endure it. He pushed Cen Simiao away and swiftly got up from the sofa. He found a cigarette from the room and held it in his mouth.
He gave her a glance, then went to the balcony to light it.
Finished with that cigarette, there was now a wave of smoke about him.
With gritted teeth: "F★ck."
The next morning.
The two people were eating breakfast face to face there at Wi Lichen’s house without speaking a word to each other. Cen Simiao took a sip of the coffee and wiped her mouth with a napkin. Her expression was flat and she didn't look at Wu Lichen even once.
He was even more so like this.
Cen Simiao bit the tip of her tongue, feeling as if the task progress bar was going to be a fail.
"一Ding, may the host please start the first step of seeking death. When finished, there would be a golden finger[5] rewarded oh~ It will be of great help towards the task."
"Be honest with me, is the reward this time reliable?"
In the past few worlds, there had also been benefits for seeking death, but those golden fingers had been especially useless.
The system nodded hard. "Reliable!"
Cen Simiao pondered it for a while, then lowered her head to finish her breakfast before carefully wiping her hands. She looked back up at Wu Lichen. He was expressionless, chewing his sandwich, not noticing her gaze at all.
Cen Simiao asked, "Did you sleep well last night?"
Wu Lichen stopped his movements and swallowed what was in his mouth. His eyes were gentle as he curved the corners of his lips. "Very well."
She pursed her lips. "Then, how about we make an agreement?"
Wu Lichen raised an eyebrow.
Cen Simiao's eyes were calm. "First of all, when you are with me, you can’t look for other women."
"Second, let's start off by getting along like friends."
"Third..."
Wu Lichen still kept a smile on his lips.
Then clearing her throat: "Not allowed to m★sturb★te."
The author has something to say:
The male lead, utterly discomfited: I watched short videos for the entire afternoon!
[2] Eating meat is a euphemism for s★xual relations.
[3] … For some reason, here in the raw, it said she was still wearing her heels and thus almost fell on the carpet. Though it was said before this point that her shoes had been removed.
[4] While I translated this as ‘dear’, the actual raw was ‘lao gong’ or ‘husband’.
[5] ‘Golden finger’ is another way to say ‘cheat’, ‘perk’, or ‘advantage’.
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