I want to go home...
Actually, it was nothing. Lin Yehuan, in the form of a two-armed fish, comforted them one by one. In the enclosed space, the sounds only grew louder and louder, showing no sign of stopping.
Tomorrow, no one will be able to open their eyes and see me, not even a chance.
Lin Yehuan gave up resisting, took out a bottle of wheat drink from his bag to soothe his exhausted soul, and listened to their choked and indistinct complaints as if watching a melodrama.
The system interface flickered a few times before finally succumbing to the somber atmosphere and crashing completely.
Outside the car window, the rain of knives suddenly stopped, and the car fell silent instantly, as if nothing had happened.
If Lin Yehuan hadn't recorded the whole scene with her childhood instincts as a "war correspondent," she would have wondered if she had finally died of anger and been transported to a parallel universe.
The car started again and drove in the planned direction. Lu Xingzhi seemed completely unaffected. He wiped his face and still looked energetic and radiant. The other two people fell into a deep sleep in the gentle evening breeze.
Lin Yehuan leaned back in her seat, her consciousness fading. It seemed like she hadn't had a proper conversation with him in ages. For over a month, she had been trying to figure out how to further develop his indiscriminate verbal attack pattern, but all her efforts had been in vain. All the progress bars were stuck, not to mention that damned progress in their relationship.
The male lead is imperfect, so romance is out of the question. The system's assessment criteria remain unchanged: somewhat logical but not much, somewhat ambiguous, but all for the sake of hitting the scoring points. Rather than genuinely falling in love here, Lin Yehuan would rather believe that he can find a job with a monthly salary of 5,000 yuan back home, preferably with five social insurances and one housing fund...
Her thoughts drifted further and further away, her eyelids heavy like a door rusted over a thousand years at the bottom of the sea. Would iron still exist after a thousand years in the sea? If we go back a thousand years from now, which dynasty would that be? For once, without the annoying notification sound of the system interrupting her, Lin Yehuan shook her head, using the momentum to shake away the myriad of questions that were slowly surfacing in her mind. She hadn't thought about these things for a long time; she shouldn't, and didn't have the time, to think about them.
Get a good night's sleep, and you'll be able to relax completely when you wake up.
"Lu Xingzhi," Lin Yehuan mumbled a few words before losing consciousness, his voice as soft as snow falling into a vast ocean, quickly melting away, falling silent, and disappearing without a trace, "I'm so tired."
"I want to go home..."
Wait, which family is this time?
Lin Yehuan woke up in the evening. She struggled to get up and looked around. It wasn't Gu Ye's house with its extravagant decorations, nor the dormitory with its 0.9*2.0 hard bed, nor the guesthouse they had snatched up for 51 nights to "experience life." Of course, it couldn't be her own house either. How could her bedroom have such an invincible thing as a door?
"Miss Lin," a soft, unfamiliar female voice came through a knock on the door, making her even more alert, "would you like dinner to be brought in?"
Lin Yehuan then realized he was starving. He definitely needed to eat, but he also needed to find out where he was and indicate that he would come down immediately.
Lin Yehuan opened the door and was met with the gaze of the person coming up the stairs.
Lin Yehuan forced a smile and closed the door again. If—and she meant if—she wasn't mistaken, she should have just made eye contact with Lu Buxiu.
It's obvious that this is the Lu family home, the Lu family home that would give anyone with megalophobia just looking out the window at the yard.
The entire city of A is only so big, and you guys occupy such a huge piece of land, are you really that shameless?!
The faint footsteps outside the door approached again. Lin Yehuan opened the door to greet them and, with the help of the nanny, successfully found the dining table.
There were only three people in the entire restaurant: her, Lu Xingzhi, and Lu Buxiu. Even though the adjacent seats seemed to be separated by an insurmountable chasm, no one wanted to speak. She could only nod in acknowledgment and sit down to eat her meal.
In this family, Lu Buxiu is clearly the domineering CEO who has a bad stomach, a bad temper, doesn't bring women home, and rarely smiles.
Lin Yehuan and Lu Xingzhi ate until they were completely stuffed. At first, they were still somewhat mindful of etiquette, but after Lu Buxiu took a couple of bites and left, the two of them practically licked the plates clean.
After spending more than half a year eating zombie chicken at school and pre-cooked meals outside, and finally having a holiday, I was forced to be a guest taster of Gu Ye's dark cuisine at his house. The attraction of the fresh vegetables, meat, eggs and dairy products in front of me is no less than that of a weasel seeing a free-range chicken.
After eating, it was the perfect time to sleep. Lin Yehuan's mind started to wander, but first she needed to figure out how she had lost two people while out for a while.
“Gu Ye took Xu Pengpeng on their trip as planned,” Lu Xingzhi said, wiping his mouth with a handkerchief. “You were sick, so I brought you back first…”
"Am I sick?" For the first time, Lin Yehuan began to doubt his supposedly invulnerable constitution.
"You have a high fever and have been unconscious for three days."
Lin Yehuan stood there, touching her forehead. No wonder she was so hungry. This was really strange. Could someone with maxed-out health get sick?
[Not! Sick!] The system popped up, eager to prove that its health system was flawless, [it was just a CPU overheating issue caused by a system upgrade, which has now returned to normal.]
Lin Yehuan nodded, not saying much, only indicating that he needed to rest a bit more, and then went upstairs to hide back in his room.
In just three days, Xu Pengpeng's level dropped at an alarming rate, and she is now stuck at level B. It is estimated that she will be out of trouble when the holiday ends.
Lin Yehuan was very pleased and continued scrolling down. Huang Chengzi had finally reached a reconciliation with Ms. Cheng and could go abroad to study after graduating from high school.
All that hard work wasn't for nothing. I spent almost half of the past month on this matter, and now it's finally settled. As long as Huang Chengzi completes her studies as planned, I don't need to worry about her side quest.
Lu Xingzhi's language system development had unknowingly reached 75%. Lin Yehuan recalled that the few sentences he had just heard were very interesting and concise. The system still maintained a dialogue mode of answering every question but only answering questions. For the first time, he suspected that the system was being lenient.
Well, after sleeping for three days, I woke up to find I had gained a lot, a stark contrast to last month when I was exhausted but had little to show for it. Lin Yehuan was not opposed to playing the role of Sleeping Beauty starting today, and got ready early to go back to sleep.
But she might still be missing a poisoned apple to become Sleeping Beauty. Lin Yehuan woke up precisely four hours later, and the system prompted that her recent sleep duration had exceeded the standard. If her biological clock was not corrected in time, it might deduct the male lead's perfection score.
Lin Yehuan was furious. Could those three days be considered sleeping? They were clearly in a coma! You leveled up and are now blaming me? What kind of robber logic is that!
[Your current resentment level is too high. If you continue to radiate resentment, the male lead's corresponding value will be deducted as a warning to others.]
Lin Yehuan raised his hands in surrender and turned on his computer, unsure of what to do.
It's 2 a.m.! At 2 a.m., who can she possibly bother to complete her task? If she wakes someone up, she'll be lucky if she doesn't drop the progress bar!
The system is quite user-friendly, just like its self-defined character—very approachable, friendly, generous, and considerate. It delivers tasks clearly, logically, and concisely. [Current scenario: You can choose: A. Start a company; B. Deduct all of the male protagonist's progress and gain four hours of rest.]
Start a company? Me?
Neither of these options was good, so Lin Yehuan chose to preserve his hard-won achievements and opted for option A.
[Your company is obligated to establish a complete company, including but not limited to establishing its legal and administrative foundation, financial system, organizational structure and team building, products and services, marketing and sales, technology and operations, risk control, and long-term development.]
What...?
[Your side has an obligation to ensure that the male protagonist is fully involved, completes the corresponding growth tasks, and achieves personality improvement.]
[You have an obligation to get the company up and running and to meet the system's phased requirements.]
[Your company has an obligation to...]
...
What are obligations again? Countless obligations flashed before his eyes. What were the obligations to do? Lin Yehuan couldn't remember anything that floated up from above his head. It was the first time in his life that he realized he had so many obligations.
[You have no right to suspend or terminate the mission]
[You have no right to interfere with the male protagonist's decisions regarding company development.]
[You have no right to interfere in any company-related matters after the mission is completed or after the male protagonist takes on the task independently.]
[You have no right to...]
Tsk, why is she being replaced with "no power" again? What was "no power" again? It doesn't matter anymore. Anyway, these are all clauses that are unfavorable to her. She doesn't care whether she has money or power here. Even if she becomes worth hundreds of millions here, she still has to return to reality after the assessment.
After reviewing a bunch of rules and disclaimers, Lin Yehuan had a bad feeling and regretted his earlier nonchalance.
However... it shouldn't be that difficult... Although the school practices green, environmentally friendly and low-carbon practices, it doesn't need her graduation certificate. Moreover, over time, she has come into contact with people other than the fixed NPCs and assessment personnel.
Overall, the worldview here is still very free, equal, just, and governed by the rule of law. Scenes that don't pass censorship in novels and movies will probably be censored by the system. If you really have to choose between your diploma and your life, you can just go back and find a job that can support you, or go back to high school for another three years.
The system protocol takes effect immediately, with company creation as the highest priority task, hanging above all other tasks. All subsequent tasks must be carried out without disrupting its plan.
I told you you shouldn't make decisions in the middle of the night. Three years ago, I stayed up all night writing some kind of setting book and got myself into this mess. Now I've created another big problem for myself.
Lin Yehuan slumped back in his chair, picked up his phone, and opened his browser to search: "How to start a company".
First, you need to determine the type of company.
Very good, this needs to be discussed and decided with the male lead.
Lin Yehuan compared each requirement with the system's instructions and found that almost none of them were within her control.
In that case, could she perhaps take a nap first...?
[turn down]
[Your request has been detected. We are now providing you with the Male Lead Awakening Service. This is a trial of a new feature and is free of charge. You can redeem it later in the system shop.]
Damn it, Lin Yehuan silently added the remaining reward points to Lu Xingzhi's health to ensure that nothing unexpected happened to him.
The next second, there was a knock on the door, and Lu Xingzhi fell straight down in front of her like a zombie.
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