Ning Wanqiu had practically accompanied An Yu for the entire day.
From the noon nap, to sending An Yu home after school.
She had always been by An Yu’s side, but she just couldn’t say that invitation face to face.
Until she returned home, seeing her younger sister’s gaze that was tense yet full of anticipation, she then remembered—or rather, was willing to realize—that she hadn’t invited An Yu.
She was like a severe procrastinator, always postponing the invitation to An Yu indefinitely, and Ning Dongli was equivalent to the deadline.
Clearly, she never procrastinated before.
Actually, Ning Wanqiu somewhat didn’t understand her own thoughts.
It was just inviting a friend to come over to play, but because the person was An Yu, she started feeling strange, afraid of this and that.
When exactly did she become so strange?
If it were someone else, Ning Wanqiu felt she probably wouldn’t hesitate at all.
But as long as it was An Yu, she would start overthinking more and more.
She clearly knew that An Yu trusted her very much.
But she just inexplicably felt a bit cowardly.
So, Ning Wanqiu, upon seeing Ning Dongli’s face, had no choice but to take out her phone on the spot and ask An Yu.
Fortunately, An Yu’s reply wasn’t slow.
Soon she got a very concise agreement.
This made her breathe a sigh of relief, while also feeling somewhat tense in her heart.
Ning Wanqiu subconsciously looked around, wanting to see if there was anything unsuitable for An Yu to see.
Then, she saw Ning Dongli, who was even more ridiculous than her, with tension almost written on her face.
At this moment, Ning Wanqiu could only pretend nothing happened, forcing a calm appearance, and softly said:
“Dongli, don’t be so tense—it’s just inviting a good friend over to play, not abducting a girl….”
Although, she didn’t have much right to say this.
Ning Wanqiu would also feel tense.
“Mm… y-yes, that’s right….” Ning Dongli seemed to think of something, her petite body trembling lightly.
“I-I’m not tense, I-I’m just, just excited!”
Yes, Ning Dongli was certainly excited—this was the first time since coming to this home that she would meet someone else.
Especially since that person was An Yu.
What preparations should she make?
What should she do?
The room… right, she had to tidy the room—what if there was something that couldn’t be discovered?
In terms of showing tension, Ning Dongli and Ning Wanqiu could only be said to be worthy of being sisters.
Their thoughts were the same, both wanting to check if there was anything that couldn’t be seen by An Yu.
And Ning Wanqiu, seeing Ning Dongli’s flustered appearance, her rationality as the older sister returned to her brain, and she calmed down a lot.
She knew her sister was socially anxious, so she had to do a good job holding up the front and not drop the ball.
“Dongli, you….”
But before Ning Wanqiu could say what she wanted, Ning Dongli slipped away back to her room, muttering:
“Ugh… I-I have to, have to check if there’s anything wrong!”
Ning Wanqiu blinked, a helpless expression gradually appearing on her face, and she gently shook her head:
“Really, this Ning Dongli….”
But she didn’t have the right to say that about Ning Dongli.
“I’ll… go back and check too.”
Although the protagonist was Ning Dongli, she herself was in this home too, right?
On the other side, An Yu for the first time fell asleep in the An family without locking the door.
The room was extremely quiet, with no sounds echoing.
But tonight, one person was destined to be unable to sleep.
[Damn… can’t rely on it… can’t rely on it…!]
System Miss operated the system panel while repeating this sentence tearfully.
If she had a form, she would probably be a little loli with tears in her eyes, biting the bedsheet, full of unwillingness.
Being told such words by the host… by An Yu—how could the System sleep!
[Damn… damn…]
She wasn’t a useless system!
She didn’t want to keep this image in An Yu’s heart forever!
Do you know what hurts a system the most?
Not An Yu saying this, nor An Yu looking down on the System.
But when An Yu said this, with a face of indifference, as if she had long been certain that the System was like this.
Just like, I was just asking, but didn’t expect you to know—if you don’t know, it’s fine, because it’s always been like this.
[Damn….]
Is that so? Is it really like that?!
It seemed it really was.
Wasn’t she the system that knew nothing when asked, and besides recording some boring things, provided no use to An Yu at all!
Unwilling—she was really too unwilling.
Outside, An Yu was sleeping comfortably, while if the System had a form, she would have dark circles from staying up.
[This… put here… then, that put there….]
…
[I can’t rely on it… I can’t rely on it….]
The System continuously operated, determined to give An Yu a surprise before morning!
[Like this… for the task, right!]
System Miss seemed to remember something, her operation speed getting faster and faster.
[Huff… like this! Done!]
After clicking the final confirmation, the nonexistent-bodied System Miss虚 wiped the also nonexistent sweat.
Then, came a series of mechanical notification sounds.
[System task issued.]
[System task issued….]
A series of notification sounds suddenly rang, disturbing An Yu who was in deep sleep.
She gently turned over, her pretty eyebrows slightly furrowing.
[Aaah, stop stop stop, mute mute!]
Seeing this, the System hurriedly chose mute.
How did she forget this most important point—it was midnight, almost waking the host.
System Miss no longer looked at the console, but focused intently on the outside An Yu.
“Mm….”
An Yu whimpered, turning over once more, but her tightly furrowed eyebrows gradually relaxed.
Seeing this, System Miss finally breathed a sigh of relief.
[Huff… good, the host wasn’t woken!]
System Miss’s voice sounded somewhat proud.
[Just wait—tomorrow morning when you wake up, you’ll know whether I’m a useless trash system or not!]
Unconsciously, System Miss had evolved An Yu’s “can’t rely on it” into “useless trash system.”
Although, in a certain sense, it was indeed so.
But An Yu definitely didn’t mean that.
Actually, she had long been used to having a system miss that couldn’t be relied on for anything.
But System Miss didn’t seem to think so.
She couldn’t wait to prove that she was a useful system.
[Hehe… wait for morning… I…]
System Miss’s voice got smaller and smaller—she had been busy until almost dawn.
[Definitely… let the idiot host know… I am, useful….]