**[Congratulations, Host Su Wanli, for completing the first phase of the Main Mission — “The Student Girl on Stage.”]**
**[Through a sophisticated scheme, you successfully created an irreconcilable conflict between the heroine, Meng Huange, and the master of this evening banquet, Bai Hewei. Using this as a foundation, you have made the development of the entire story even more exciting.]**
**[Furthermore, despite facing heavy pressure, the Host still exquisitely played your original character. The aura of the Villainess emanated from within and was declared to the outside. Everything seemed to fall into place naturally.]**
**[Villainess Acting Quality: Perfect]**
**[Rewards will be calculated together after the series of tasks are completed —]**
Consequently, Su Wanli, who was attending this kind of high-class evening banquet for the first time in her life, ended up not eating a single thing. Before she could even have one mouthful, she had already boarded the car back home.
There was no helping it. Who told her to join forces with Meng Huange and force the master of the evening banquet to kneel and apologize to her in front of so many people? If she had lingered at the evening banquet any longer, the other guests would probably have been scared away by her.
Of course, after witnessing that scene, even if the guests chose to stay, they probably wouldn’t have enjoyed the Academy Banquet as much as they had before.
‘Heh, even though I did a lot of mental preparation beforehand and even rehearsed many lines in class, it feels like I didn’t actually do much at the banquet. The Main Mission plot that had been building up for so long was completed just like that…’
It seemed that playing this Villainess role wasn’t as difficult as she had imagined!
But, the first phase? How many phases were there after this? How much more setup would there be?
**[Apologies. In order to ensure the Host’s acting initiative, the amount of time remaining until the plot concludes is confidential. Please look forward to it.]**
‘Tch, tell me or don’t…’
Su Wanli silently rolled her eyes at the white ball of light in her mind. Then, she turned her gaze toward the hero of tonight, Meng Huange, who had successfully managed to make Bai Hewei kneel and apologize.
She was currently wearing the black suit she had swiped from the Bai Family, sitting quietly by Su Wanli’s side, leaning her body slightly as she gazed at the moon outside the car window.
Although many accidents had occurred today—such as her test results being falsified, almost being knocked down by the Bai Family’s maid, and being ganged up on by Bai Hewei and a crowd at the Academy Banquet—it was a relief that everything had been passed safely.
…If there was anything regrettable, it was that because she had been under too much pressure, she had to run to the restroom to compose herself during the confrontation between Meng Huange and Bai Hewei. She hadn’t been able to see the way Meng Huange dazzled on the stage.
Just as Su Wanli felt a bit downcast, Meng Huange, who was looking out the window, suddenly asked a question—
“Miss Su, were you… happy today?”
“Huh?”
‘Was I… happy today?’
Looking back on it, when she woke up early, Meng Huange helped her dress and groom herself. Later, she ate a table full of delicious food that the other girl had personally prepared. After the first class, she learned that she had successfully met the standard. Moreover, there were no tasks she needed to complete for the entire day, allowing her to lie on her desk and watch Meng Huange’s back the whole time…
‘But why does Meng Huange care if I’m happy or not?’
Su Wanli knit her brows habitually, yet she still nodded reservedly and said in a deep voice—
“Hmph, the whole day was quite smooth. There wasn’t anything that made me feel displeased. It was fairly happy. Let’s keep it that way.”
“I see. I understand.”
Hearing this, Meng Huange slightly curled the corners of her lips. Then she turned around and looked into Su Wanli’s eyes—
“Then, as a reward for making you happy, would Miss Su be willing to grant me a small wish?”
“Oh? You actually have the nerve to ask me for something so bluntly. You’ve got quite the backbone.”
Su Wanli stroked her chin and gave Meng Huange a slight smile. “Speak. I’ll consider it. If your wish is equivalent to the contribution you made today, I don’t mind granting you a reward.”
Meng Huange did not voice her wish immediately. She just smiled faintly and turned her head back to look at the round moon outside the window once more.
“…Miss Su, from a very, very long time ago, I lost the last of my family. Since then, every night, I have fallen asleep alone in my bed.”
“Of course, what I want to talk about isn’t something like loneliness. It’s just that, from an objective standpoint, it’s very difficult for my body to make the blankets warm. At night, I often toss and turn because of the cold. So…”
“So…?”
Meng Huange turned back, gave Su Wanli a slight smile, and then stated her request—
“Miss Su, when I held you in the banquet hall just now, I noticed that your body seems to be much warmer than mine.”
“So, if you feel that I have done something for you, could you please sleep with me tonight?”
“Pfft, I thought it was something big, but it’s just this little thing. Isn’t that just—”
“Wait…”
Staring at the palm Meng Huange was reaching toward her and those eyes that were devoid of any impurities, Su Wanli’s brain stalled for a moment.
‘Wait, sleep with me tonight…’
‘Wait, the meaning of “sleeping together,” could it mean… that… the two of us wearing pajamas and lying in the same bed?’
‘And if the goal is to get warm, then we can’t be in two separate blankets. We have to be pressed together to share each other’s body heat.’
‘—Curling up with Meng Huange in one soft, large bed, just falling asleep like that.’
The moment she imagined this scene, Su Wanli felt a surge of heat steaming up from deep within her body, threatening to burst out of her forehead.
‘…True, true, it’s true that Meng Huange did a lot for me tonight, allowing me to complete the Main Mission the System gave me without any effort, but…’
‘Isn’t it a bit too fast for the relationship between us to progress to this extent just because of such a small thing?! Even in my imagination, lying in the same bed is something that can only be done after living together for several years, right?!’
‘To actually invite me to sleep together just because her body feels cold—that’s too shameless!!’
‘Ah! I get it. Meng Huange must be joking with me, right? Hahaha, seriously… To actually get flustered like this just because of a casual joke from the heroine… It’s not like it’s the first day I’ve interacted with her…’
Su Wanli swallowed her saliva silently and moved her gaze from Meng Huange’s palm to her pupils—
There wasn’t a hint of teasing in those beautiful eyes. She was simply looking back at Su Wanli with absolute seriousness.
‘Huh? She’s not joking? Is inviting someone to sleep in the same blanket actually a very common thing for girls?’
‘But, I…’
“…My apologies, Miss Su. I was just joking.”
Gazing at the flustered Su Wanli, Meng Huange smiled softly and slowly shook her head at her—
“If you want to talk about a real reward, then please return that item to me after we get home.”
“—That one white hairpin that belonged to my mother.”