Chapter 69: An anomaly was detected in the male lead's affection level...

This displeased the young master, and he didn't want to play anymore after two rounds. So, they pulled out a deck of cards from somewhere, each holding 20 cards. After arranging their cards, they had one minute to memorize their own cards, then exchanged hands and played their cards from memory.

The two had a great time playing a game to see who had a better memory, and in the end, Wen Chu won by a narrow margin due to luck.

She began to smugly set the rules: "From now on, whoever loses will have a turtle drawn on their body, and they can't erase it all night!"

Lu Ming glanced at her: "Sure. You can draw it anywhere."

Wen Chu suddenly clutched her chest, looking at him warily: "This won't do."

Lu Ming blushed instantly, hitting her head with the cards in his hand, and said shyly, "Am I... that... perverted?! What are you thinking about all day?!"

Wen Chu loosened her hands from her chest, pouted, and muttered, "It's because you're a pervert to begin with."

Lu Ming laughed angrily: "What do you mean by that?"

"You are."

Lu Ming took a deep breath, picked up his phone and glanced at it, then said, feeling frustrated, "It's 11:07 PM now. I'm... I'm playing cards with you here?"

Wen Chu chuckled and looked at him with her eyes crinkling: "What, do you feel wronged?"

"I'm not wronged. I'm wronged by these false rumors." Lu Ming looked away.

Wen Chu was even happier. She grabbed Lu Ming by the collar, pulled him in front of her, and kissed him on the lips.

Lu Ming looked at her, flattered and surprised, clearly not knowing why he had received a kiss.

Wen Chu found the man's expression incredibly cute and couldn't resist wanting to kiss him. Without explaining, she simply smiled, head down, and waved her hand in front of him, saying, "Quick, keep going, keep going, do you have a pen?"

Lu Ming took a pen from the drawer and threw it onto the bed.

A fierce battle has begun.

Ten minutes later, Wen Chu was defeated.

"Oh no, that doesn't count!!" Wen Chu waved her hand and cheated. She had been distracted by Lu Ming's good looks and had misremembered the cards, breaking up a pair and letting Lu Ming win.

Lu Ming wouldn't let her cheat: "You played all the cards yourself. How can it not count if you just remembered them wrong?"

Why were you smiling at me like that just now?

"What's wrong with me laughing?"

"You!" Wen Chu was speechless with bitterness. She had just been trying to recall what cards she still had in her hand, while Lu Ming was holding her cards. While waiting for her to play, he looked up at her and gave her a half-smirk, roguish look, as if he had a bad intention. She had never seen a man smile like that before, and her mind went blank for a moment, which led to her playing the wrong card.

This person used a honey trap!

"Alright, alright, you draw, I'll definitely beat you next time!" Wen Chu finally accepted her loss, threw the pen to him, and bravely faced her execution.

"Then I won't be polite." Lu Ming removed the pen cap, leaned close to Wen Chu, as if he had already decided which part of her body he wanted to draw.

He pulled down the collar of Wen Chu's pajamas a little, and Wen Chu said very warily, "It can't go any lower!"

“I didn’t intend to go any further, so I’ll stop here.” Lu Ming pointed the pen tip at the area below Wen Chu’s collarbone.

Wen Chu couldn't see what Lu Ming had drawn; she only saw that he had completed the drawing in one stroke, with fluid and graceful movements. Her only feeling was an itch, an itch that spread from the outside in.

"Alright." Lu Ming put the pen cap back on, his gaze fixed on the spot where he had written, his eyes burning as if he were admiring his own artwork.

Wen Chu pulled her clothes down a little and looked down hard, only to find that the other person had signed his name below her collarbone.

The man's strong, powerful signature was written on his fair skin with a black pen, as if it had been branded with his name.

"You..." Wen Chu felt a faint burning sensation on her collarbone and cheeks, which was hard to ignore. "Fine, so you want to play like this? You wait, you wait! Let's do it again!"

They played for fifteen minutes. Wen Chu played her cards very cautiously, unknowingly using her beauty to distract the opponent. Lu Ming watched as Wen Chu bent down from time to time, revealing her collarbone with his signature. His heart tightened, and his mind became somewhat unsettled.

He felt a little thirsty and wanted to cover that spot with a kiss.

Thus, this round ended with Lu Ming's defeat.

"The time for revenge has come!" Wen Chu grinned wickedly and excitedly reached for her pen. She pointed the pen at Lu Ming's face, but his face was clean and fair, so she seemed a little reluctant to strike. She then moved the pen down to his neck and collarbone.

Lu Ming appeared quite composed, as if he could accept anything. Wen Chu looked him up and down.

"Have you thought it through? Going any further would be a bit off."

"Oh well, never mind, I'm more chivalrous." Wen Chu pulled the person's left hand, which was resting on their knee, over. "I've drawn it on your palm, so you can see it as soon as you raise your hand."

"Okay." Lu Ming stretched out his hand to draw for the person.

"What should I draw?" Wen Chu pouted, and after thinking for a few seconds, she came up with an idea.

With her head down, the curve of her lips widened as she began to write.

First, a large circle was drawn as the head, then two pointed ears, and a curved, upturned tail was drawn in the lower right corner of the circle, with a devil's arrow at the tip.

The pen tip grazed Lu Ming's palm, bringing a slight tingling sensation. His fingers were connected to his heart, and his heart was connected to all his other organs. So every part of his body was excited, carefully sensing the person in front of him.

Lu Ming suppressed his restlessness and watched the girl intently creating her "masterpiece." A smile involuntarily crept onto his lips, and his eyes softened.

Wen Chu began to draw the eyes. The two eyes in the circle were irregular in shape, but they were fierce, staring wide-eyed ahead with sharp teeth.

Lu Ming looked down as the lines fell one by one, and finally the pattern took shape, becoming a little devil with green wood fangs. His gaze froze.

In an instant, I felt dizzy, as if I had been forcibly pulled into some distant memory.

A deafening English love song faintly echoed in his ears. The environment was dimly lit, with groups of five or six people, beams of light sweeping across their faces, and the girl sitting next to him.

"The boss lost! He lost! Director Wen, punish him!"

"A bet's a bet, Mr. Lu."

"Whatever."

'Where should I draw it? In the palm of my hand!'

'What is this drawing? It's so ugly.'

"Of course it's you," the girl muttered softly, then added loudly, "It's a cartoon character, isn't it cute! Okay, okay!"

His head started to hurt again, and his heart rate spiked.

Lu Ming gritted his teeth, not showing any sign of the unusual pain.

What exactly is going on with these images...?

When did he experience this?

How come I can't remember any of it...?

"Alright!" Wen Chu put down her pen.

The woman's voice matched the tone in my mind, and my brain buzzed again. The woman in my mind... was Wen Chu?

Lu Ming's fingers twitched slightly, a smile playing on his lips. He frowned slightly, his expression unchanged, and joked, "It's so ugly, what is this drawing?"

“It’s you! Doesn’t it look like you? Such a mean face, such a mean expression!” Wen Chu raised her head and said, her eyes sparkling.

Meeting the girl's clear eyes, Lu Ming felt a dull ache in his head, as if something was about to burst forth from the depths of his heart. He stared at the simple drawing in his palm, a drawing that seemed to have appeared in his memory many times, so much so that his heart beat faster with each glance.

It feels so familiar...

Where have I seen this before...?

Wen Chu put the pen aside: "I'm going to the bathroom, I'll come back and we'll fight again! You won't get away with it so easily next time." She finished speaking excitedly and got out of bed.

Lu Ming instinctively tried to grab the girl's clothes, but the fabric brushed past his fingertips, and he missed.

His lips trembled slightly as he endured the excruciating pain, forcing himself to look at his palm, trying to recall the origins of all the scattered fragments of memories that had surfaced today.

More and more memories of Wen Chu that he had never experienced before appeared in his mind, causing his heart to surge and his thoughts to fly.

He collapsed onto the bed, propping himself up on his elbows, sweat beading on his forehead, as he overloaded himself with the fragments of memory.

Just as his brain was about to reach its limit, his eyes suddenly cleared.

The valve of memories that had been blocked deep in my mind was opened.

He remembered.

He is Lu Ming, the current general manager of Baiyue Group.

But it doesn't come from this world.

He heard a sound coming from somewhere above the bedroom in the middle of the night.

[The host's accumulated negative values ​​have reached their limit. World 0814 is about to open. Mission type: Romance. Male and female protagonists: Lu Ming, Wen Chu. Due to the special nature of this world's mission, your real-world memories will be temporarily blocked. Please prepare yourself to successfully complete the mission and return, eliminating the negative values.]

[Countdown begins—3, 2, 1.]

He heard his own name and Wen Chu's name, but before he could react, he lost consciousness.

Then his memory was erased.

Unbeknownst to him, so much had happened between him and Wen Chu.

They actually got together...

Wen Chu... has fallen for him?

Lu Ming's heart was churning with complex emotions, but then he realized something was wrong; Wen Chu had no idea that he was Lu Ming.

Once she finds out that he is Lu Ming in real life, will she still like him?

His mouth turned white, and he pounded his throbbing head. He tried to sit up and get out of bed to explain things to someone, but the pain slowed him down.

He gasped, his voice trembling as he called out to the bathroom door, "Wen Chu..."

Wen Chu was putting on her pants when she heard the sound coming from outside, and her heart skipped a beat.

That tone sounds so similar to...

Before she could think any further, she suddenly heard a voice coming from above: "Detected that the male lead's affection for the host has increased significantly and is about to break through 100%!"

Wen Chu was startled. What? What happened?

But before she could even finish her shock, the system urgently announced again: "Warning: An unknown error has occurred! Warning: An unknown error has occurred! Checking—"

"An anomaly detected in the male lead's affection level!"

Lu Ming also heard the notification sound. He remembered all their memories from this period of time, how Wen Chu 'accidentally' met him on her way to work, how she chased him like a bandit, and how she was heartbroken and cried when he forgot about her.

His heart ached, and he roughly guessed what Wen Chu's mission was, so he wanted to get out of bed to find her even more.

He desperately wanted to explain to the girl who he was, to tell her that he didn't need her to pursue him so hard, because he had always liked her and had liked her for a long time. He wanted to say that all the hurtful things he had said before and after were not from his heart, and that she shouldn't be sad.

But the instant his feet touched the ground, it was as if some invisible resistance bounced him back heavily onto the bed. He tried to call for help, but the sound he made was swallowed up by a black hole, and he heard no sound at all.

He wanted to try again, but the next second a huge wave of sleepiness washed over him.

System: "Start fixing the anomaly immediately!"

System: "Please abide by the system rules. The system will overwrite the host's memories and begin erasing related memories—initialization will begin ahead of schedule."

Only Lu Ming could hear the last sentence.

Lu Ming collapsed back onto the bed. In the moment he lost consciousness, he saw the girl rush out of the bathroom, but he was no longer able to say anything...

When Wen Chu came out, she saw Lu Ming lying on the bed, asleep.

She was completely bewildered. What was going on? She had only gone to the restroom. How could her affection level have skyrocketed, and why was she acting so strangely? And she had even fallen asleep?

She couldn't imagine what earth-shattering things Lu Ming could do in just a few minutes, so she could only attribute it to a system glitch, and thus had no choice but to initialize it ahead of schedule.

Wen Chu walked over and gently patted Lu Ming, who was fast asleep. Her heart sank, a wave of disappointment washing over her. She couldn't help but yell, "Damn system, what are you doing! What's going on here?!"

System: "Detected that the male lead's affection for the host has exceeded 50%. Initialization will be performed in fifteen minutes. After initialization, the male lead's affection will drop to 20%, and some random memories will be erased. The initialization time will be changed to once every two months, and no more memories will be lost during the process. Please continue your efforts, host!"

Wen Chu picked up her phone and glanced at it, becoming even more annoyed: "There are still fifteen minutes until midnight, so why did you put him to sleep early? I still have things to say to him. You broke the rules, but does that mean the system doesn't have to follow the rules? How can we play like this? My 70% has now become 20%, is that right? I suspect you're making things difficult for me, and you can't stand me finishing the task so quickly! You have to give me an explanation, or I'm quitting!"

The system remained silent for a moment before saying, "Due to the losses caused to the host by the system bug, an SSS-level acceleration card will be awarded as compensation."

"Acceleration Card: Accelerates the flow of unnecessary time in this world to shorten the time the host is detached from the real world and reduce the impact on the real world. The maximum acceleration period is one year. How to use: Silently recite the card name and select the acceleration period. Applicable to: The host only."

"Note: Please ensure that the main event's trajectory remains largely under control during the acceleration period. Events already completed in the real world can be accelerated to completion directly in this world; the trajectory of unfinished events is uncontrollable."

Wen Chu's eyes lit up. That's amazing?! Well, that's worth it.

She immediately said generously, "Well, does this bug occur often? Actually, it's okay if it happens a few more times; I can handle it."

The system ignored her.

Wen Chu pursed her lips and looked at Lu Ming, who was fast asleep.

She walked over, gently brushed the hair covering the man's eyes to the side, and carefully covered him with the blanket.

There was still a fine sheen of sweat on the other person's forehead.

Wen Chu looked up at the air conditioner temperature: 24 degrees Celsius. It wasn't hot, so why was she sweating so much?

It's hard not to feel a little disappointed if you can't say goodnight to someone in person.

A beautiful day ended prematurely just like that.

I should have known better than to go to the toilet.

Sigh, I knew it wouldn't be that easy to go home.

She would definitely not feel good watching the other person fall into a deep sleep.

Never mind, she has plenty of patience.

Wen Chu gazed at the man quietly for a long time, comforting herself in her heart before finally calming down. Then she got up, kissed him on the cheek, and whispered, "Goodnight, Lu Ming. See you tomorrow."

She lay down next to the man, pulled a corner of the blanket over herself, wrapped her arms around his waist, found a comfortable position, and closed her eyes.