Wan was startled by Cui Ziqi's bloodshot eyes.

As far as I can remember, he only reacted like this when Cui Ziqi was extremely angry.

"What’s wrong with you?"

Why are you suddenly so happy?

Cui Ziqi spoke in a hoarse voice, as if deliberately suppressing her emotions.

Xia Wan looked at him in confusion, "Haven't I been quite happy all along?"

"Hmm!"

Xia Wan was still wondering when Cui Ziqi suddenly grabbed her by the neck and brought his scarlet eyes close to hers.

Does leaving me make you that happy?

His cold voice was laced with anger, and his hand gripping her neck trembled violently.

Xia Wan struggled to shake off his hand, covered her neck and took two steps back, looking at him with a hint of wariness.

"What’s wrong with you?"

[Warning! Cui Ziqi's favorability has decreased by 1%, currently standing at 38%.]

Xia Wan looked up at Cui Ziqi and saw that his eyes were bloodshot and his dark pupils were filled with anger.

"Zi..."

Just as Xia Wan was about to speak, Cui Ziqi turned and left the room.

[Cui Ziqi's favorability rating has decreased by 2%, currently standing at 36%.]

Xia Wan: ……

What did she do to make Cui Ziqi suddenly dislike her?

As soon as Cui Ziqi left, a waiter brought in the food.

Weighing the choice between going hungry and risking her life, Xia Wan resigned herself to chasing after Cui Ziqi.

But as soon as they reached the door, they were stopped.

"Miss Xia, Brother Qi wants you to get some rest."

Where are the others?

"have no idea."

Xia Wan resigned herself to her fate and returned to her room to eat.

I just took a bite of food.

[Cui Ziqi's favorability rating has decreased by 1%, currently standing at 35%.]

The food almost got stuck in Xia Wan's throat.

She swallowed hard and ate another bite of rice.

[Cui Ziqi's favorability rating has decreased by 1%, currently standing at 34%.]

Is she guilty of eating?

Xia Wan's gaze swept across the entire room, trying to see if there were any surveillance cameras monitoring her. Every bite she took made Cui Ziqi dislike her more.

[Cui Ziqi's favorability rating has decreased by 1%, currently standing at 33%.]

[Cui Ziqi's favorability rating has decreased by 2%, currently standing at 31%.]

[...]

The system's voice kept echoing in my mind.

Until the favorability rating stops at 20%.

The system went completely insane.

[Host! What did you do?! How could the male supporting character ruin your promising future so easily?!]

The chopsticks fell from Xia Wan's trembling hands, just like her heart, as if sinking into an abyss.

She also wanted to know what she had done!

My favorability rating dropped by a full 19%!

What heinous crime did she commit?

[Host, if you continue at this pace, you're bound to fail to meet the strategy's KPIs. I'll lend you a hand. Here's the 55th task.]

[The host needs to raise the male lead's favorability to 39% within two hours, or will be punished with electric shocks.]

Xia Wan frowned.

"What kind of task is this? Are you trying to shift the blame onto me? You only gave me two hours, and I'm stuck here like this. I might not even see Cui Ziqi in two hours. What am I supposed to do?"

[That's something for the host to consider. I have some things to attend to, so I'll log off now.]

The system has died.

Xia Wan was angry, her face tense.

This damn system is just making things difficult for people!

Now, she can't eat anything at all.

...

Zheng Minghuai searched the boxing gym but couldn't find Xia Wan. Just as he was about to return to the underground boxing ring to look for her, he bumped into Cui Ziqi.

Cui Ziqi stood with his hands in his pockets, staring blankly at Zheng Minghuai.

Zheng Minghuai narrowed his eyes, revealing a dangerous glint.

He walked up to Cui Ziqi and said coldly, "Where is Xia Wan?"

Cui Ziqi's hands, hidden in his pockets, were clenched into tight fists. His narrowed eyes resembled those of a beast eyeing its prey, waiting for the moment when patience ran out to deliver the fatal blow.

"Zheng Minghuai, Xia Wan is not Xia Zhizhi. You've got the wrong person on your mind."

"Xia Wan is Zhizhi's older sister, so I have the right to discipline her!"

"Yeah?"

Cui Ziqi's lips suddenly curved into a bloodthirsty arc.

Before Zheng Minghuai could react, he raised his fist and punched Zheng Minghuai hard in the face.

Zheng Minghuai stumbled and fell to the ground, the taste of blood spreading in his mouth.

Immediately afterward, Cui Ziqi stopped giving Zheng Minghuai a chance to react, grabbed him by the back of his collar, and flung him away like a chick.

Zheng Minghuai slammed heavily onto the sandbag on his back and then fell heavily to the ground.

He lay on the floor, unable to get up for a long time.

At this moment, he realized with horror that when he fought with Cui Ziqi at the Cui family's house last time, Cui Ziqi had not used her full strength at all!

With Cui Ziqi's speed and strength, even if he had just reacted, he would still have been completely powerless to resist!

He lay numb on the ground, watching helplessly as Cui Ziqi's footsteps drew closer.

Sweat kept pouring up and dripping from his forehead.

Cui Ziqi stood no more than an elbow's length away from Zheng Minghuai, looking down at him.

"Xia Wan is mine. If there's a next time, you'll be the one on the stage below."

His voice was deep, yet it carried an inexplicable sense of oppression.

Zheng Minghuai remained silent.

Cui Ziqi gave him a cold look and stepped into the boxing gym.

Zuo Cheng was waiting for Cui Ziqi outside the boxing gym. When Cui Ziqi came out, he immediately went to greet him.

"Brother Qi".

Zuo Cheng hesitated, but seeing Cui Ziqi's indifferent expression, he also swallowed what he wanted to say.

"The police are already collecting evidence at the pharmaceutical factory. They want to take you to the police station for questioning and they're already on their way to the town."

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