Chapter 9, Chapter 9: The Protagonist Makes His Appearance
"Oh right, I'm just waiting for you, what can you do about it?" Lin Suxing was so angry that she would have grabbed his collar if there hadn't been a camera.
His adoptive mother sent him to learn Sanda (Chinese kickboxing) from a young age, and with his height advantage, he could easily take on two dogs like Lin Ke.
Lin Ke probably sensed Lin Suxing's anger and the strength of the blond boy behind him, realizing that she would be no match for him in a fight.
"You'll see in the end, just wait and see who wins!"
After saying that, Lin Ke immediately opened the door and left (fled).
His Russian roommate was stunned by his rude and arrogant behavior: "He didn't even help us close the door!"
Lin Suxing quickly patted her roommate on the shoulder and said in her broken English, "He is like this, being so impolite. I'm sorry to have disturbed your rest."
My roommate shook his head, indicating that it was fine.
“In fact, I had no idea it was him knocking. Otherwise, I wouldn't have opened the door,” Lin Suxing continued, feeling somewhat guilty about waking her roommate.
Their break time on the show is very precious, and anyone who gets woken up is definitely unhappy.
A slight smile appeared on his usually serious and resolute face as his Russian roommate patted his head and said, "That's okay, don't blame yourself."
After closing the door, her roommate went back to bed to continue sleeping, while Lin Suxing continued washing her face.
The boy was a little depressed. Seeing the unlucky person made him feel like his good mood for the night had been wiped out all at once. He desperately needed to step over a fire pit or sweep his body with pomelo leaves to get rid of the bad luck.
In this state of insomnia, I can't even bring myself to use my phone.
Because he followed the rules and handed in his phone, unlike Lin Ke who prepared two phones but only handed in one.
He's an honest man, and he's out of options.
Bored out of her mind, Lin Suxing clicked into the main page of the Counterattack System and started chatting with the system: "Is this your first time being a Counterattack System? You guys... can change roles, right?"
Speaking of this, the system was a little depressed: "Yeah, it's so unfair. I was doing just fine as a gossip-eating system in various worlds. But because my performance was too good, the higher-ups thought I had reached the ceiling in gossip novels and there was no room for improvement, so they assigned me to a comeback novel."
Lin Suxing was surprised to find that the concept of "if you can't improve yourself in a company, you should quickly switch jobs" existed within the system community. He chuckled for a moment and said, "Speaking of which, I've read in novels that systems have many functions, such as a panel that shows the progress of tasks and points that can be exchanged for items. Does your system have those features?"
The system proudly pulled out its panel and presented it to Lin Suxing: "Yes, yes, host, we have it."
The gossip system only needs to gossip about crickets with its host to complete its tasks, so the system had completely forgotten to introduce its interface to Lin Suxing.
A light blue panel unfolded in front of Lin Suxing. In the upper right corner was the system's number [cg-00007], as well as the world and name of the person currently bound to the system [Green Tea Fake Young Master, Everyone Loves Him - Lin Suxing].
The bottom section is divided into three columns: [Tasks], [Points Mall], and [My Account].
Lin Suxing was somewhat surprised: "I didn't know you had these functions." He thought this system only knew how to gossip.
The completed task in the taskbar is [Get the center position in the first place], which shows a completion rate of 100% and a reward of 100 points.
The task to be completed is to [gain over one million Weibo followers], and the current completion rate is over 95%.
The points mall has all sorts of things beyond Lin Suxing's understanding, all of which can be redeemed with points.
You can earn points by completing tasks, and these points can be exchanged for various gadgets, buffs, and attribute points. Attribute points can be added to categories such as appearance and intelligence, while gadgets include things like the Anywhere Door and the Limited-Time Treasure Bag.
Seeing that his 100 points weren't even enough to buy the cheapest item, Lin Suxing clicked into [My] and continued browsing with great interest.
This page contains even less content than the previous two, with only four sections: [My Attributes], [My Own Items], [Achievements], and [Companionship], all presented as small icons.
Lin Suxing tapped the almost invisible pool-shaped icon in the lower left corner twice: "What is this?"
The icon gradually enlarges, moves to the center of the screen, and becomes clearer.
"A companion module?" Lin Suxing exclaimed in surprise, "Your system has such advanced features?"
The system explained, "Host, this module is not yet fully developed. Opening it will most likely result in nothing being displayed."
Lin Suxing's hands moved faster than her brain reacted, and she had already clicked on it: "Ah, I've already clicked it."
The screen begins to display a water ripple effect starting from the icon of the companion module, and a cute, cartoon-style room gradually appears on the screen.
The room is decorated in a clean, modern Scandinavian style, with light oak floors, minimalist white walls, and a huge floor-to-ceiling window overlooking a deep night sky dotted with pixelated stars.
The little figures moving around in this space have chibi-style, yet still thick and stylish black hair, with a few strands sticking up unruly, and their small blue dot eyes are like two clear pieces of sea glass.
"Wow! What is this! So cute!" Lin Suxing looked at the little figure wearing a dark blue silk robe on the screen, and her previous unpleasantness was instantly wiped away.
Suddenly, the little black-haired figure on the screen stopped in front of a huge wall decorated with an abstract art painting, raised its little arm, and laboriously tapped on the smooth wall surface.
A light, cheerful "ding" sound effect.
The wall instantly switched to a stock market chart, with densely packed curves in an adorable pixel style.
[Character Name: Niannian]
[age:? ? ]
[mbti:intj]
[character:? ? ]
[Favorite things: ? ? ?]
[Things I dislike: ? ? ?]
[This feature will be unlocked soon after your intimacy level increases. Stay tuned...]
Next to the heart icon at the top of the bar that displays intimacy level, there's an empty progress bar with a line of small text: lv_0.
Clicking on the active character again will bring up a message: "[Your intimacy level is too low; you cannot interact with the character at this time.]"
Lin Suxing reluctantly withdrew his hand: It seems he is not familiar with this little person he has raised yet, so the intimacy level is the lowest level, 0.
There was no option to feed the other person, nor could you buy them things or furnish them with furniture. Lin Suxing was genuinely clueless about how to increase intimacy.
Following the pattern of other games, you should be able to give gifts or help decorate the room to increase your relationship with the player.
But remembering that the system had said this feature was not yet fully developed, Lin Suxing began to look forward to the next system update.
During the long night, Lin Suxing was already preoccupied with the events of the day, and the companionship module was like a good medicine, soothing his anxiety and unease.
At least in Lin Suxing's eyes, it was a sigh of feigned maturity.
Then, the little boy laboriously climbed onto the bed, which was far too large for him, and sat upright in the center, sinking into the soft down comforter. He pulled out a tablet computer, bigger than his head, from somewhere, and his little fingers flew across it, the screen's light illuminating his focused blue eyes and slightly pursed lips.
Lin Suxing was so engrossed in watching that he unknowingly drifted off to sleep.
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The floor-to-ceiling curtains, which occupy an entire wall, are drawn tightly shut. The fabric is heavy jacquard silk, completely isolating the city's neon lights and noise, leaving only absolute privacy and tranquility.
The black-haired man had a smooth forehead, and his brow bone cast a deep shadow above his eye sockets. His nose was high and straight like a clear mountain ridge, one side of which was illuminated by warm light, while the other side was completely hidden in darkness, creating a stark contrast.
His breathing was even and long, his chest rising and falling slightly with each breath, his whole being in a state of deep relaxation, completely unguarded. The dim light softened the cold, hard aura that might have existed when he was awake, leaving only the quiet power of his slumber.
Li Xinian frowned, his gaze warily sweeping over every suspicious inch of the bedroom.
After a long time without noticing any danger, Li Xinian relaxed again, jokingly admitting that he might have been overthinking things.
Despite being constantly on edge, this was his heavily guarded residence, and those people didn't have the connections to install surveillance equipment in his bedroom.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have been tricked and manipulated by him last month into buying that garbage company full of bad assets that no one wanted to acquire.
Thinking of this, Li Xinian placed the computer on the desk and pressed the remote control, plunging the room into darkness.
"Goodnight, Mom." The man's slender fingers traced the edge of the oak photo frame, the picture of the beautiful woman smiling serenely inside already yellowed. "One day, I will find you."
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