To be honest, Bai Xiaoya had actually encountered quite a few requests where someone asked another person to insult them.
But in those previous cases, the other party’s attitude was always harsh—things like “Keep insulting me!” or “Whoever chickens out is a loser.”
However, this gentle, soft-spoken tone from Su Qingyu was a first, and with her delicate little appearance, it was hard to refuse.
Bai Xiaoya thought for a moment and tentatively asked, “Are you a big bad guy?”
Su Qingyu’s little head moved away from the shelter of the White Rabbit, revealing her helpless little face to Bai Xiaoya.
“Aya, I already said at noon when you were at my house, we’re both adults, so let’s not play childish games, okay?”
No, even if you swapped “big bad guy” for “little bad guy,” it still sounds somewhat flirtatious.
Bai Xiaoya’s lips twitched slightly.
“Mine.”
It really was hers; even she felt the phrase was a bit childish.
“Um, then… dummy?”
Su Qingyu’s little mouth trembled.
The difference in intensity was quite large, and why was there no reaction in front of her?
Is such a harsh insult still not considered doing something bad?
[System Message: One of the necessary conditions to trigger the Task is that the Host must feel offended and have intense emotions.]
Only then did Su Qingyu understand.
So it required both subjective and objective alignment. Damn Bai Xia, she must know this but didn’t tell her anything.
Hmph, what’s the use of monopolizing information if it’s still discovered by me?
She didn’t revel in this for long before suddenly realizing a problem—discovery alone was useless; even if she knew the method, it was difficult to achieve because emotional buildup in conversation was hard to trigger.
Su Qingyu sighed, feeling that she wouldn’t be able to trigger the Task today.
“Tell me about your sister.”
Better to take this chance to probe the enemy’s situation.
“Bai Xia, huh,” Bai Xiaoya hummed, “actually, we haven’t known each other long, so it’s not like I understand her very well.”
At first, she thought Bai Xia was a ruthless person of few words, then the next day found out she was a major weirdo.
Later, she realized that although a weirdo, she was indeed ruthless.
And then… today, she discovered she was just plain strange.
Even now, Bai Xiaoya didn’t understand why Bai Xia and Su Qingyu suddenly fought fiercely the moment they met.
“It’s okay, just say whatever comes to mind,” Su Qingyu said softly, “like, what’s it like when you’re at home?”
“At home, huh…”
Images flickered through Bai Xiaoya’s mind, but she wasn’t sure how to describe them.
If she had to use one feeling to sum it up, it was.
“It’s just not that fast.”
The silver-haired, busty woman said as much.
Not that fast, anyway.
Just not that fast.
Not that fast…
[Ding dong~ Congratulations, Host, you have performed an act of the Villainess, causing psychological harm to the Headmistress, Su Qingyu. This is a non-limited Task, also outside normal Task timing, classified as Free Activity. You have 1 remaining reward claim this week. Please settle the reward when alone.]
Bai Xiaoya was slightly taken aback.
Huh, so there really was a limit on how many times this could be claimed.
[Normal Task issuance is unaffected. When there are no active Tasks, there is a limit on free reward claims.]
Got it.
So this counts as voluntary overtime, and you can’t claim unlimited overtime pay.
But why the sudden change? Did I say something wrong?
At this moment, text also appeared before Su Qingyu’s eyes, as if imprinted on the White Rabbit itself.
[You have encountered the Villainess’s sarcastic remarks. Her words are very vicious, but that’s how it is: the most real harm in the world is when you know she is telling the truth and you can’t refute it. Even if it’s the truth, so what? What right does she have to mock you like this?]
[Doesn’t she have any fault at all? If she weren’t so sly, would you have been able to resist even %#%#￥ (private content shielded)? Task Requirement: Outdo her viciousness! Additional Requirement: Endure longer than she does. Note: Failure will trigger Cooldown Penalty Mode; no Task can be triggered within seven days.]
Prove it, huh?
Fine, fine.
Just as Bai Xiaoya was about to ask what she’d said wrong, she suddenly felt her white leg grabbed again, this time pulled outward with a familiar force.
“W-what’s wrong?”
“You said I’m slow, right?”
Su Qingyu’s small white teeth chattered, “I’ll show you right now!”
She believed her terrible performance at noon was only because it was her first time—unskilled, unprepared, careless, and… the mattress was uncomfortable.
Anyway, this time she had to show her true strength!
Bai Xiaoya was startled.
She hadn’t expected Su Qingyu to be so sensitive; a casual, offhand comment was actually understood for its real meaning.
“Oh my, my little Su,” she coaxed, “why don’t we just call it a day?”
Especially since they had just exercised at noon and then traveled back a long way—she was exhausted from the journey…
“No way!”
Su Qingyu’s sweet voice sounded firm, “Hurry up!”
The little hand clutching Bai Xiaoya’s white leg felt soft, but the aura was fierce, full of determined beauty.
Could she really have some secret skill she was hiding at noon?
Bai Xiaoya thought as she unconsciously relaxed.
After all, who could refuse a golden-haired loli clinging to them and acting spoiled?
Hoom~ hoom~.
The stalls in the Girls’ Dormitory Bathhouse were all showers, the sound of water splashing rhythmically onto the floor, rising and falling.
It was evening now, peak bath time for the students, and every stall had the sound of running water.
Except here, where it was just a steady drip-drip.
Because she wasn’t tall enough, Bai Xiaoya had even lifted Su Qingyu up a bit.
Their big and small legs were interlaced like dog teeth, cut together.
Su Qingyu’s blue watery eyes glistened, her gaze turning dazed, just like her consciousness drifting away in the bathhouse’s steamy mist.
—She really did have a secret skill, but forgot to use it this time.
A few minutes later, Bai Xiaoya noticed that since Su Qingyu had started trembling, she hadn’t moved again, which gave her a bad feeling.
“Little Su, are you still there? Can you move? Hey? Can you hear me?”
“No… don’t!”
In the end, Su Qingyu was once again carried from the bathhouse to the Nurse’s Office.
And it was Bai Xiaoya carrying her again, just like last time.
***
“I swear this time it really wasn’t me, do you believe me?”
Back in the dormitory, Bai Xiaoya sat on the bed, showing an innocent expression as her two roommates questioned her.
“I didn’t touch her, almost not at all.”
“We believe you, Xiaoxiao,” Gu Yun said seriously, “but how did she faint this time?”
Last time in the bathhouse, there were witnesses who saw Bai Xiaoya slip and accidentally knock into Su Qingyu, which was a reasonable explanation—and the shower gel was entirely to blame.
But this time, the classmates only saw her carry the already unconscious golden-haired loli out of the stall.
Bai Xiaoya sighed and asked, “What did the doctor say?”
“The doctor gave her a packet of glucose.”
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