Chapter 317: Su Li Must Be a Qualified NPC

Chi Qingyao was once again convinced that Su Li was an NPC in this world.

How much time had passed? Su Li had already memorized the introductions of certain well-known buildings.

Wasn’t this an NPC?

Otherwise, how could a normal person remember so much sales talk?

She had made it quite clear from the start that she didn’t know those lines.

“Su Li, are you thirsty? I’ll go buy you some water.”

Gifts were an important way to gain NPC favorability.

This felt like when she bought gifts for herself or her sister—she often got back more value than she gave.

With Su Li being even more NPC-like than her sister and younger sister, she must have a more reasonable gift system.

Chi Qingyao suddenly thought of her own sister’s story.

Back when Su Li had nowhere to go, she met sister.

Then sister provided Su Li with a place to stay.

There was no doubt that Su Li’s favorability was easiest to max out back then.

Her own sister, Chi Qingyao, had luckily stumbled upon a way to grind Su Li’s favorability.

After that, the NPC sister had locked into the surface, completing sister’s requests every day.

It was precisely because Su Li was an NPC that she worked without complaint and never argued with any of sister’s demands.

But as an NPC, Su Li’s favorability still crept up slowly over time.

Su Li had been taken in by her sister when she was still young.

Even after leaving home, Su Li had still repaid her sister tens of thousands of yuan.

That was the NPC favorability system.

“No need.”

Chi Qingyao asked herself calmly, then continued watching Su Li introduce the school.

She grew more and more certain her guess was correct.

Su Li must be a qualified NPC.

After Su Li rejected her request, Chi Qingyao felt a little sad but not angry.

It was all because of sister that the difficulty of grinding Su Li’s favorability had increased.

Now there was no easy way to gain Su Li’s goodwill.

But Chi Qingyao wasn’t in a hurry.

From her analysis, spending time and energy on Su Li was worth it.

“Then Su Li, are you tired?”

“If you’re tired, we can rest a bit. I’m not in a rush.”

Chi Qingyao looked at Su Li with concern. Su Li shook her head.

Tired?

She didn’t feel tired.

Even if Chi Qingyao got tired and couldn’t walk anymore, she wouldn’t feel tired.

On the contrary, she wanted to finish this job with Chi Qingyao quickly.

That was also why this job had low cost-effectiveness for her.

After all, it wasn’t that different from her usual service.

It was a fixed amount of work; finishing it in a shorter time meant higher profit.

“Since you don’t want to, then let’s continue the tour. But if you get tired, be sure to tell me, okay?”

Chi Qingyao said in a gentle tone. She suddenly felt like she was acting like a dog.

Yeah, like a simp.

This treatment is so cute and harmonious, right?

I can’t go down the cute, adorable path.

No, I just think Su Li is cute. She’s a very cute NPC.

It’s just a mistake any ordinary player would make!

Chi Qingyao didn’t know what kind of care Su Li needed or what else she wanted.

But without a doubt, trying to gain Su Li’s favorability now—the difficulty index, she wasn’t sure.

She just knew it was like that.

“No need.”

“If you feel tired, you can tell me.”

Su Li’s tone remained calm.

She was just earning a salary.

Su Li felt she had a lot of money now, but she couldn’t let this transaction slip.

A little money here, a little less there.

A hundred per session, that’s two hundred yuan each time.

If she took it slow, it would take forever to earn that much.

Besides, being a tour guide was relatively easy.

If it were up to Cat, Cat would definitely work hard to memorize the school building introductions and explain them to the client.

But if it were Cat, recognizing these characters would still be difficult.

She could teach Cat the text prompt function later.

Though she wasn’t sure if Cat would ever use that function.

Cat’s literacy was improving quickly. It wouldn’t be long before Cat could be like an ordinary student.

On the road, Chi Qingyao followed behind Su Li, listening to Su Li introduce the campus scenes. It felt like an overlaid story.

She felt that her recent request had triggered the game.

She had originally wanted to seriously consider Su Li’s words and then answer properly.

But Su Li didn’t wait for her to speak; she just kept explaining.

If this were a game, shouldn’t it wait for a response?

It turned out reality was still different from games.

She wondered if her not saying anything had affected Su Li’s favorability.

She was still a college student—that money wasn’t hers, it was non-renewable, unlike that cute fish.

Her money was one of her few strong points.

So how could she gain Su Li’s favorability?

Chi Qingyao was troubled.

Maybe she wanted to discover more secrets on Su Li.

But what if Su Li held the secret to this world?

Su Li knew what Chi Qingyao was thinking.

As a client, Chi Qingyao didn’t have many issues.

But that might also be because they had just met.

Once they got to know each other better, Su Li couldn’t be sure Chi Qingyao would stay the same way.

After all, her sister’s behavior back then was also different from now.

Su Li led Chi Qingyao through the tree-lined path and stopped at an artificial lake.

She pointed at the lake and said:

“This is Mingde Lake. The official website says that at the bottom of the lake lies the school motto stele left from when the school was founded.”

Chi Qingyao leaned over to look. Several red-and-white koi were circling around lotus leaves, their scales flashing like crushed gold in the sunset.

Even on the benches by the lake, they could see sweet couples sitting together.

Chi Qingyao’s gaze turned to Su Li. She wondered if, back when Su Li and her sister were close, they had ever sat on a bench like that.

“Should we sit on a bench for a while?”

“If you want to.”