Although Cui Ziqi looked wary, he stopped what he was doing.
Xia Wan became even more convinced that this was a good idea, and she pretended to be excited.
"You really don't remember me? It's me! Fifteen years ago, behind the Guimeng Welfare Home, you were just peeking out of the pile of dirt. I pulled you out like a radish!"
really.
Fifteen years ago, the girl dug him out of the dirt while jokingly calling him a big radish.
Cui Ziqi's face remained cold, but her heart was already churning with turmoil.
How did she know these things?
He had investigated and found that Xia Zhizhi was the one who saved him back then.
The woman in front of him was Xia Zhizhi's half-sister, who had lived in the Xia family since childhood and had never left Lincheng.
Fifteen years ago, she could never have saved him from the remote orphanage!
Moreover, according to his investigation.
For the past three years, this woman has been groveling before Zheng Minghuai, bullying Xia Zhizhi, and is vicious and utterly devoid of dignity.
How could she possibly be the innocent and kind girl she was back then?
She must have tricked Xia Zhizhi into revealing her story in order to impersonate his savior!
Thinking of this, Cui Ziqi's face turned even uglier, and her eyes were as cold as if she were looking at a dead person.
"Miss Simp, lying comes at a price."
He gave her a look of disgust and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Xia Wan kept an eye on his movements, and quickly covered her head and squatted down whenever his fingertips moved.
'Bang!'
"ah!"
Zheng Minghuai, who had somehow stood up, collapsed to the ground in agony after being shot in the left shoulder.
Xia Wan turned her head and saw blood gushing from the hole in Zheng Minghuai's shoulder.
Her back was immediately covered in cold sweat.
Oh my god!
We're serious!
[Warning! The world will begin to collapse in one minute! Host, hurry and save the male lead!]
Alarm bells kept ringing in my head.
Xia Wan felt as if her heart was about to jump out of her chest.
Think of a way! Think of a way!
She had to find a way to convince Cui Ziqi that she was his savior in order to have a chance of survival.
Got it!
She suddenly stood up and blocked Zheng Minghuai's way, pulling down the left shoulder of Cui Ziqi's clothes.
“If you don’t believe me, you should at least believe the birthmark on my shoulder, right? That rainy night, I carried you back to the orphanage, and you weakly leaned on my shoulder and said the butterflies were beautiful, have you forgotten?”
[Host, what nonsense are you spouting? The butterfly the male supporting character saw on the female lead's shoulder was embroidery on her clothes! You're lying to him to his face, aren't you asking for trouble?]
The system shouted.
Xia Wan ignored the system.
She was actually feeling uneasy.
Memory, accumulated over a long period of time, can easily become biased when suddenly presented with the results of a similar event.
She was just gambling, gambling that Cui Ziqi's memory wasn't that good!
Cui Ziqi's gaze fell on her shoulder.
On her fair shoulder, near her neck, was a noticeable red, butterfly-shaped birthmark.
The murderous intent that had been swirling in his eyes gradually faded, replaced by a layer of bewildered confusion.
In her line of sight, the woman's resolute gaze met the girl's bright, sparkling eyes from that night.
He felt as if he had returned to that rainy night.
Heavy rain pelted the two small, unsteady figures. He lay weakly on the girl's back, listening to her incessant chatter.
In the blurry vision, only the bright red butterfly on the girl's shoulder was dazzlingly bright.
He finally hesitated.
Xia Wan pressed her advantage, swallowed hard, suppressed her fear, and slowly stepped forward to gently pull the silver spear away.
"Big Radish, don't kill anyone, you'll go to jail."
These are exactly the same words that girl said fifteen years ago!
"Big Radish, when you get back you can use pranks to get revenge on the people who bullied you, but whatever you do, don't kill anyone, or you'll go to jail."
Cui Ziqi let her press her hand down, frowning and looking at her blankly.
Could it be that his investigation was flawed?
[The male supporting character's 'darkening value' has decreased by five percent. Host, he actually believes you!]
Xia Wan's anxiety did not lessen in the slightest.
Because she knew that as long as Cui Ziqi believed it...
There was no turning back for her!
From now on, she must uphold her status as his savior in order to survive!
"It's been so many years since we last met, what a coincidence! Let me treat you to dinner! Come on, come on!"
Xia Wan forced a smile and pulled Cui Ziqi's arm to walk outside.
Cui Ziqi, unusually, did not resist and let Xia Wan pull him out of the private room.
The bodyguards were completely bewildered when their boss left.
And just like that, this pretty young girl pulled him away?
Zheng Minghuai, who was slumped on the ground, was in so much pain that his consciousness was somewhat blurred.
He thought of how Xia Wan had just stood in front of him without regard for anything else, and risked her life to take that madman away.
His heart softened.
It turns out that Xia Wan truly loved him to the point of being willing to give her life.
Before he fainted, he thought that when he woke up, he would give her a proper status.
...
[Ding! The male protagonist's health has been steadily increasing. Congratulations, host, on completing your first mission.]
Xia Wan, sitting in the Western restaurant, breathed a long sigh of relief.
She had just observed that Zheng Minghuai's bullet wound was not fatal. Since she had brought her mobile phone with her, the bodyguards naturally wouldn't act on their own.
Once the bodyguards leave, Zheng Minghuai's brothers will definitely take him to the hospital.
In any case, this first hurdle has been overcome with difficulty.
But the second hurdle was not so easy...
She glanced up and secretly at the man who hadn't said a word since they came out.
He sat across from her, his long, slender fingers holding a steak knife, casually poking at the steak in front of him.
His dark pupils were deep and unfathomable, and his excessively handsome face was expressionless, as if he were pondering some difficult problem.
[Ding! The host's second task has been activated: kiss the male supporting character.]
Xia Wan's eyes widened.
"Damn system, can't you even set tasks? Why don't you just tell me to go home base with him?"
Intimate contact is the best catalyst for building feelings. Currently, the male supporting character's affection level towards you is -30%. Given his excessively high level of descent into darkness, if the protagonist doesn't find alternative ways to accelerate the romance, he might go berserk and kill you at any moment.
[The second task has a one-hour time limit. Good luck, host!]
Damn! It's time-limited!
Xia Wan was furious. Wasn't taking this unconventional approach just a way to die even faster?
She looked up at Cui Ziqi's thin lips, which were luscious and looked very kissable.
But she was certain that if she pounced on him and kissed him, he would shoot her without hesitation!
Who cares about being a savior or a benefactor?
Besides.
Favorability -30%!
She's not his savior, she's his father's killer!
Suddenly, Cui Ziqi threw down his Western-style knife, and the crisp sound startled Xia Wan.
She looked up in alarm.
The man's narrow eyes shone with a sharp light as he stared at her, his violent tendencies surging, and a chilling aura emanated from him.
A deep, magnetic voice rang out from his throat like a robe.
“I remember now, you are the eldest daughter of the Xia family, and you have never left Lincheng since you were a child. How could you have appeared at Guimeng Welfare Home fifteen years ago?”
"The last person who lied to me has been reincarnated for ten years!"
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