273: Chapter 273, "The First Task of the Romance Strategy Module"

A black-and-white photo soon appeared on the television, accompanied by a long obituary. This was followed by a short, few-second video clip. The cameraman was quite far away, and the image quality was blurry, but Xing Yaoyan could still clearly make out the scene on the screen:

Secretary Wu Ming was desperately clutching a blur of pixels, with large pools of blood on the ground, while people hurried back and forth around him in a panic...

The video ended there.

"How is it? Do you feel better now?" Qian Mo asked, sounding as if he were fishing for praise.

But he quickly noticed something unusual about the White Wolf Girl on top of him.

Her body was trembling violently, her shoulders heaving up and down, as if she were desperately trying to suppress something.

"Xiao Yan..." Qian Mo's tone carried a hint of panic.

"Hahahaha..."

A low laugh escaped from Xing Yaoyan's lips; it was a burst of extreme joy that had been suppressed for a long time and was finally being released.

"He's dead... He's finally dead!"

As she spoke, she turned around excitedly and threw herself onto the young man, burying her face into his broad chest and rubbing against it wildly. Her white tail wagged rapidly from side to side, as if expressing her extreme joy.

However, this caused a blush-inducing tickling sensation for Qian Mo...

I don't know how much time passed, but the girl's body finally stopped trembling so much.

She lifted her head and looked at the young man beneath her, who was practically burning up with embarrassment, her eyes shining brightly.

After all that commotion, Xing Yaoyan's originally neat, long white hair was now slightly disheveled, cascading down and scattering casually across the young man's chest.

Looking into her beautiful golden eyes, Qian Mo noticed that they were brimming with tears at some point.

"How did you do it?"

"Uh... when I pushed him toward his secretary, I had already inserted a micro-bomb into his body..."

Xing Yaoyan burst into laughter upon hearing this; she truly hadn't expected Leng You to exit the stage in such a manner.

"Wait... no," she seemed to realize something, her expression changing as she bared her teeth at Qian Mo. "Since you were going to kill him too, why did you stop me! I could have taken my revenge with my own hands, it's all your fault!"

"Ahem... Xiao Yan, I needed to extract some information from Leng You's brain, so I couldn't let you finish him off so quickly..."

"Besides, in the end, I handed the detonator button to you so you could set it off yourself..."

Qian Mo hurriedly waved his hands to indicate it wasn't intentional, and that he had ultimately considered her wishes and hadn't stolen the kill...

"Really?" Xing Yaoyan dropped her stance and gave him a suspicious look.

"Really." Qian Mo nodded repeatedly.

"Hmph... I suppose you wouldn't dare lie to me..."

"By the way..." Xing Yaoyan's voice suddenly became much quieter, and her cheeks grew even redder. "Did you change my clothes yesterday... do I look good...?"

"Of... of course not! I had the Young Miss at the front desk change them for you. I wasn't in the room the entire time. And don't worry, I told her we were a couple on the run, and I managed to fool her..." Qian Mo hurriedly explained.

However, there was one thing he didn't tell her: although he wasn't present, he had specifically placed a special sensor on that Young Miss at the front desk. If she had any suspicions, he would have rushed in to protect her immediately...

"Also, I spent the night outside, and I didn't do anything improper. That Young Miss at the front desk can confirm it..."

Wait... did I miss something important...?

Qian Mo paused. He had been too focused on explaining just now and hadn't heard the last thing she said clearly...

[Ding! Host is hopeless...]

As if to verify the System's words, Qian Mo suddenly noticed Xing Yaoyan's eyes dim, looking somewhat disappointed.

"Uh..."

Seeing her like this, Qian Mo was confused again. As a terminal case of "straight-man syndrome," he had absolutely no idea what she was disappointed about...

Just at that moment, the System's voice rang out again.

[Ding! Detected intimate behavior between the Host and the beloved object Xing Yaoyan, and the duration is too long. The trigger conditions for the "love strategy module" have been met. Now issuing tasks...]

[Wait, System! Damn it!]

Qian Mo was truly panicking now; he had almost forgotten about this improper thing the System had cooked up.

This System was quite devious; it didn't warn him, waiting specifically until he met the task activation conditions before speaking up...

But his protests clearly had no effect, and the System's voice, like a death knell, continued:

[Ding!]

[Task 1: Spank the beloved object's bottom and say with a straight face, "Little Wolf, you are not being good," for five minutes. Reward: 10 kilograms of star marrow.]

[Task 2: Roughly rip the beloved object's clothes, then conquer her with your masculine prowess. Note: For every time you make her high, the reward doubles. Reward: 1,000 System coins...]

[No! Absolutely not!] Qian Mo's face was truly burning red this time.

Why did he recognize all these words, but when put together, he was completely bewildered...?

Is this even a proper task? Isn't this going to be the death of him?!

Setting aside whether Xiao Yan would resist, he absolutely could not accept this... absolutely!

At worst, I'll just accept the punishment. I wouldn't have the face to do this even if it killed me!

[Ding! Task 3: Actively kiss the beloved object for one minute. Reward: One System coin (rewards can stack).]

[Please choose at least one task. Failure or not choosing will result in a penalty: the Host's Rank will drop by one tier.]

Phew... that's a relief...

Upon seeing the last task, Qian Mo let out a visible sigh of relief.

It's just kissing; at least it's something he and she have done before, and he wouldn't be as shy as he was at the beginning.

Besides, the penalty for failure was too great—dropping a whole tier—a loss he truly couldn't accept...

[System, I choose Task 3!]

Qian Mo wasn't one to dawdle; after weighing the pros and cons, he immediately accepted Task 3.

"Phew..."

Qian Mo then took a deep breath, preparing to say something to Xing Yaoyan to get her consent.

But just at that moment, the System's annoying voice rang out again.

[Ding! Please note, Host, the task requires you to be the one to initiate! Before the two of you kiss, you cannot discuss it with the other person; it must be your initiative! Given this is a first offense, you are warned once. Any recurrence will be considered an immediate task failure!]

"What!" Qian Mo's pupils shrank violently. "This..."

[Ding! By the way, this is a time-limited task. The Host must act within five minutes. Exceeding the time limit will also be considered a failure.]

[System... are your parents doing well...]

[Ding! This System does not have parents...]

Blocking out the System's voice, Qian Mo swallowed hard and looked at the girl on top of him with a guilty conscience.

She was reaching out, seemingly bored, and playing with her hair. A strand of white hair, smooth as a waterfall, was curling around her fingertips, circle after circle...

"Qian Mo is such a blockhead; he can't even catch on to what I mean when I'm like this..."

"Now that the revenge is taken, the thorn in my heart is gone, and we're in this environment... and that damn estrogen is acting up again..."

"But... my Soul is still that of a man, doesn't that make this gay...?"

"Damn it... why hasn't he made a move yet? Does he want me to be the first to say something so shameful...? Maybe I should just forget it..."