Chapter 53 Indulging in Silky Smoothness

Xin Que was disgusted by these lines.

Although she had no memories of her previous time travel, she could tell from her physical memories and behavioral habits that she must be a professional assassin or something similar.

But professional assassins carry either guns or knives; they're not exactly high-class, but they're certainly shrouded in mystery when they go out.

How did it become a super-powerful CEO storyline when it came to her?!

Xin Que stared at the phone screen in Luo Huayi's hand, squeezing out each word through gritted teeth, "You...you said you didn't want to...how could you touch me against your will?"

Luo Huayi was frowning as she stared at her phone when she suddenly turned her head and stared at Xin Que, saying, "You got it wrong, the second half is my line."

Xin Que: "???"

Luo Huayi pointed to the second half of the sentence, "Your line is 'saying no but your body is honest,' and then I was heartbroken and questioned you, 'You clearly like Xin Xin, so why did you touch me against your will?'"

"It really is..." Xin Que looked closely. The screen was facing Luo Huayi's face. She was tearing her clothes while reciting her lines, so her gaze inevitably wandered.

"Let's do it again?" Luo Huayi was like a dead pig that had already lost face and didn't care about being scalded by boiling water. "I'm already in this state, so it doesn't matter if I lose face again."

Xin Que: "???"

Luo Huayi thought about it more and more and felt that it made sense. "Let's start from the beginning. I'll change my shirt. You need to be more serious about it."

Xin Que: "???"

"No, buddy," Xin Que slapped away Luo Huayi's phone, which she was about to use to go over lines with, looking utterly bewildered, "Do you have OCD?"

Luo Huayi looked shocked. "No, isn't this the most basic work ethic?"

"What obsessive-compulsive disorder? This is meticulousness, dedication, and conscientiousness!"

Xin Que, looking puzzled at her phone, leaned back strategically to create distance between herself and Luo Huayi. "You're so meticulous about these kinds of things?"

Luo Huayi was unconvinced and straightened up to confront her, "Weren't you meticulous when you killed someone?"

"Lifestyle habits and work habits are closely related. If you are careless in your daily life, what if you are careless when you are killing someone and accidentally forget your knife or gun? Wouldn't you be sending yourself straight to prison?"

This wasn't the first time the two had been trapped in the space. Xin Que couldn't touch Luo Huayi. At present, Luo Huayi was only an obstacle that hindered her from completing her mission due to the plot, and didn't pose any other major threat to her.

Furthermore, since Luo Huayi had awakened his self-awareness and behaved no differently from a normal person, Xin Que didn't mind chatting with him for a while.

Xin Que glanced at her hands. "Who said I wasn't meticulous at work? Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"If I weren't meticulous, would I be sitting here now? If I weren't meticulous, would my 100% customer satisfaction rate be just for show?"

Luo Huayi's "Approval Rate???"

He suspected he was hearing a metric that didn't seem to belong to this industry: "You guys also have positive review rates?"

Luo Huayi is currently in a state of utter despair, being overwhelmed by Xin Que in terms of physical strength and having her freedom locked in a bizarre space by the plot.

He couldn't fight back, and he couldn't get out either. Compared to the plot where he was forcibly controlled and forced to have a tragic love affair with the female lead, he trusted Xin Que more, who could take him away from the plot space once or twice.

“With all industries so competitive these days, isn’t it normal to have a good review rate?” Xin Que complained to him, counting on her fingers. “You have no idea how competitive the assassin industry in your world really is.”

"I go to the black market, click on the killer label and scroll through 99+ pages of competitors. When an employer posts, those old accounts swarm like flies to meat, grabbing orders in droves."

"Nobody pays any attention to my new account. Do you know how much money I spent nurturing it to get orders?"

Luo Huayi was questioning her life choices: "You're an assassin and you still need to maintain an account?"

Xin Que sighed heavily, "Senior experience points are needed, right? VIP access to the website is required, right? Rankings need to be boosted, right? Data needs to be manipulated, right? Positive reviews need to be faked... cough cough, business management, right?"

"The few orders I took on with my new account as part of the giveaways haven't really broken even, sigh."

Luo Huayi frowned and pondered, finally expressing her agreement, "I have a partner who runs an intermediary website. In the current environment, the competition for freelancers like you is indeed fierce."

Xin Que wholeheartedly agreed, "If you weren't the male lead, I would definitely have to win you over as a high-quality client, but unfortunately... sigh."

Luo Huayi showed no joy at being praised.

"Me? A premium client?" Luo Huayi looked horrified. "When did I need to hire a hitman?"

Xin Que glanced at him. "Don't you want to take a look at your own public persona?"

Luo Huayi's expression froze for a moment.

“Orphan, adoption, infighting within a large family,” Xin Que carefully listed the key words associated with Luo Huayi, “abuse and exploitation by adoptive parents, ultimately turning the tables and taking power.”

"With all those buffs stacked on you, wouldn't your enemies line up all the way to the West Outer Ring Road?"

"Competitors, those people from the Luo family's main branch... tsk tsk tsk."

"Based on my current 'buy two get one free' promotion, I estimate I can give you a significant discount on your order... It's a pity you're the male lead."

"Sigh..." Xin Que sighed heavily again.

It's the pain of customer churn.

Luo Huayi's brain completely shut down.

He knew Xin Que was a mission participant, so he wasn't surprised that she knew about his experiences and data.

After all, when it comes to planning strategies, it's really like discussing business over drinks.

The former uses the answers to complete tasks, while the latter tries to gain cooperation by taking advantage of the client's preferences.

There is essentially no difference.

He was shocked that he was so confused by Xin Que's bizarre logic that he actually thought she was right.

After all, his position in the Luo family is indeed unstable right now, and he needs to guard against various unscrupulous parties plotting against him. From this perspective, hiring Xin Que is indeed a very worthwhile investment...

Luo Huayi's cheek twitched twice.

It's over.

She was completely corrupted by Xin Que.

"Wait!" Luo Huayi realized that the two had completely veered off course and immediately brought them to a halt. "Is this the time to talk about this?!"

Xin Que: "Ah."

The atmosphere between the two eased considerably after their banter. Luo Huayi grabbed a new shirt and put it on, saying casually, "Just don't say the wrong thing this time!"

Xin Que "..."

Is the male protagonist simply insensitive or has a good mindset?

They adapted quite quickly.

"Don't look at me with such cold eyes! I'm telling you, I'll never fall for you. You two-faced woman, you clearly enjoy it! You say no, but your body says otherwise!"

Xin Que ripped out all the punctuation marks like a machine gun, rattling off the entire line in one go, and then with a "rip—" tore open the new shirt that Luo Huayi was wearing.

Luo Huayi wanted to complain that Xin Que was too unprofessional, with no intonation at all, but then she thought that getting out of there was more important. So she simply tilted her head back, holding her phone in one hand to look at her lines, and struggled to get up with the other hand, "Don't you like Xin Xin? Why are you touching me against your will!"

"You have no heart!!!"

The torn shirt fell smoothly from mid-air onto the stair carpet.

“There’s no problem with the words this time,” Luo Huayi said, holding up her phone to compare with Xin Que. “There’s no problem from beginning to end, except for your feelings—”

Cheng Zheng stood at the top of the stairs, his pupils dilating in shock, "President Luo, you..."

Luo Huayi scolded Cheng Zheng without turning her head, "This scene doesn't have a special assistant!"

Xin Que "..."