“Good morning, Host. It is currently 7:09 AM. You have already surpassed the time you needed to wake up.”
Listening to the flat, electronic voice in her ear, Su Wanli frowned slightly in her sleep and covered her ears with her pillow.
“Today is Thursday, which is still a school day. As an ordinary high school girl, you should depart for school as usual, spend the majority of your day there, and then be picked up by the driver to return home. You should be in bed resting by 10:00 PM tonight.”
Even though Su Wanli had already shown her refusal to communicate, the System continued to chatter away tirelessly.
“However, today is an exception. Due to the needs of the plot’s performance, you do not need to go to school. You only need to stay at home to complete all of today’s villainess tasks…”
Upon hearing this, Su Wanli was no longer sleepy. She immediately snapped her eyes open and rolled out of bed to sit up.
‘Is that true?! It’s a deal then. You have to keep your word! I absolutely won’t step a single foot out of the Sujia household today! No matter what anyone says, I’ll directly refuse them!’
“Of course it is true. As for why, the Main Mission you must complete today is to obstruct the heroine Meng Huange’s normal school life.”
The System rarely left itself any room for compromise, giving Su Wanli a concrete guarantee.
“Premise: After assisting the villainous eldest young lady, Su Wanli, in achieving her goals, Meng Huange’s significance to Su Wanli no longer exists. Therefore, there is no longer a need to suppress any emotions. The boredom and irritation Su Wanli accumulated over the past few days can finally erupt here without any scruples.”
“‘…Hmph, a mere servant actually dared to show off like that at school and even became a more dazzling focus than me at that banquet. Where is the justice in that!'”
“Therefore, as the villainous eldest young lady, you must give the ungrateful Meng Huange a deep lesson today to make her realize your total control over her!”
“So, Host, your first Main Mission today is—when Meng Huange prepares to leave for school normally, stop her in her tracks and imprison her within the room!”
‘Eh? This is so sudden? Starting right off with imprisonment? Using that as the beginning of the sixth day’s villainess task is too high-level, isn’t it? I’ll even have to find a way to snatch the steel spoon… no, the key to her room.’
‘And objectively speaking, Meng Huange just helped me at my family’s banquet last night by making Bai Hewei kneel and apologize to me. Starting to “slaughter the donkey after it has finished its work” today… doesn’t that lack the poise of a young lady?’
Su Wanli massaged her temples in conflict and sighed silently.
‘Forget it, it’s just being confined to a room. At least it’s not something that would harm her body. Anyway, this isn’t the ancient past; people in modern times have cell phones. Even if I make Meng Huange stay in her room all day, she’ll just be lying on her bed for a day. It’s actually not that terrible.’
‘Besides, even if I wanted to modify this task, my chance to refresh was already used up on the “cheating” incident.’
Su Wanli found a few excuses for her conscience, then stretched toward the window, preparing to pick up the organized school uniform from her bedside table.
However, her fingertips did not touch cold fabric; instead, they touched something warm and soft.
Su Wanli swallowed hard and silently turned her head.
“Meng… Meng Huange?!”
That’s right—standing before her was that exquisite and elegant black-haired girl, the radiant heroine of this world, Meng Huange.
Except, for some reason, Meng Huange was currently narrowing her eyes, burying her forehead against the edge of the bed as if she had fallen asleep. Furthermore, the part of the bed close to her body was even warmer than the inside of Su Wanli’s quilt.
Su Wanli instinctively lowered her voice, then tentatively placed her fingertips on Meng Huange’s forehead.
‘So… so hot!’
‘Eh? What’s going on?! Meng Huange suddenly has a fever? And she’s not resting in her own room, but rather lying here beside me?!’
‘Is it because she exhausted too much energy yesterday? Or because she went to bed too late? No, it’s definitely because Meng Huange blocked that champagne for me at the banquet yesterday and got drenched!’
Regardless of the reason, the most important thing now should be…
Before Su Wanli could clear her thoughts, Meng Huange frowned slightly and struggled to open her eyes.
“Ah, Miss Su, good morning.”
Meng Huange offered Su Wanli her usual shallow smile. She then lightly shook her head, propped her body up from the bed, and picked up the school uniform shirt from the nightstand, intending to hand it to Su Wanli.
“It is currently 7:00 AM… sorry, it is already 7:10 AM. If you are awake, please let me assist you in dressing. For today, what kind of style would you like to try?”
“Hey, Meng Huange, your body…”
Meng Huange smiled faintly and used one hand to lightly grip the bedpost for support. She stood up from the bedside and bowed slightly toward Su Wanli.
“As a continuation of last night’s banquet, I recommend you use a European court-style look. If you encounter Bai Hewei on the way, you can completely use yesterday’s attitude to deal with him.”
‘Meng Huange, sit back down for me. Don’t you know your body temperature is…’
“Body temperature?”
Hearing Su Wanli’s words, Meng Huange pursed her lips slightly and tilted her head.
“Apologies, Miss Su, I simply took a hot bath after waking up early. It might have caused you some slight misunderstanding. Next, please allow me to open this tray for you. Today’s potato soup has added diced carrots and ham; the texture will be more layered.”
Looking at Meng Huange’s swaying body, even though her Female Value wasn’t abundant, Su Wanli still instinctively stood up and moved forward, catching her by her waist.
“What—what are you talking about? What tray is in this room? Hey, Meng Huange! Meng Huange!”
“Additionally, the lunch prepared for you today… consists of red and gold sequins, as well as gold lipstick…”
Su Wanli couldn’t catch her properly. Once she lost her balance, the girl could no longer hold on. She slumped down following Su Wanli’s strength, falling onto the spacious bed in the room.
“If possible, please taste my handiwork. It should suit your taste better than before…”
“My… Miss Su Wanli.”
oh no… she really isn’t in good condition. yeah, the system definitely has some ulterior motives, whether that’s bad or not: who knows? been starting to suspect there’s more to this whole situation than initially anticipated.
the missions line up a little too suspiciously, along with the supposed motivation for some of the tasks. could it be that the system is subtly arranging things for our MC?