[Option A, answer off-topic: “Of course I remember! It was just after we moved here.”]
RandomContentGeneratorForWordPressChoosing this option grants a smile from Lin Xue’er.
[Option B, play dumb and pretend to forget.]
RandomContentGeneratorForWordPressChoosing this option increases Lin Xue’er’s Blackening Degree by 10%.
Seeing the effects brought about by her previous two thoughts, Xia Mengxi was momentarily stunned. Why was this different from the conclusion she had drawn? Was the God deliberately messing with her, reversing the effects of the options?
“Damn it! God, you…”
Xia Mengxi gritted her teeth and moved on to the third option. However, Option C was even more outrageous! Because the effect of Option C was exactly the thought she had forgotten this morning due to a headache.
Good grief! The God is shameless! Stealing her own idea to serve as an option effect!
[Option C, walk up to Lin Xue’er, then tilt your head and give her a silly smile.]
RandomContentGeneratorForWordPressChoosing this option means you will fill a small part of the warmth missing from Lin Xue’er’s childhood.
After obtaining information about Lin Xue’er’s past earlier that morning, Xia Mengxi had fallen into a new dilemma. She felt that unraveling Lin Xue’er’s family situation was nearly impossible, so she changed her approach, if Lin Xue’er’s parents couldn’t give her family warmth, then she would become that family.
As long as someone could provide Lin Xue’er with family warmth and soothe her wounded heart, Xia Mengxi believed she could bring Lin Xue’er back to the path of normalcy.
Hmm… that was her original thought. But now, seeing this idea appear as the effect of Option C—especially since this option was a very obvious lure in this multiple-choice question—Xia Mengxi was suddenly uncertain whether her idea was correct.
“God… you’re too much!”
Staring at the floating words from the God in midair, Xia Mengxi hesitated, unable to decide.
Should she firmly believe her own idea is correct and that the God was only playing mind games to confuse her? Or should she reject her own idea? After all, the God’s deliberate guidance to choose Option C might mean its subsequent effects wouldn’t align with what she imagined.
This… this is really too hard!
“Calm down, calm down first.”
Feeling a bit dizzy from emotional turmoil, Xia Mengxi quickly took a deep breath, adjusted her mindset, and then continued to consider whether or not to choose Option C.
But before making that decision, she needed to carefully analyze this Trap Question. She had to judge whether Option C was worth choosing, or rather, if its effect was the best among the three.
Naturally, the first to be ruled out was Option B, because its side effect was to increase Blackening Degree and Xia Mengxi was all too familiar with what would happen if Lin Xue’er blackened, so Option B was absolutely out.
Next were Options A and C. Just judging from the effects alone, nothing stood out, so Xia Mengxi began analyzing what each option’s action entailed.
Answering off-topic might be natural for someone with a carefree personality, but considering the persona Xia Mengxi had established in front of Lin Xue’er, this felt off.
Simply put, responding to Lin Xue’er with Option A would feel like she was hiding something.
Option C’s behavior, on the other hand, seemed like acting foolish, after all, when someone asks if you remember something, you smile stupidly? That’s way out of line.
However, compared to Option A, Option C was basically admitting she forgot.
“Eh… isn’t that similar to Option B? Well…”
Looking at the last two options, Xia Mengxi noticed their behaviors were quite similar, but she didn’t think too deeply. After all, she believed that the actual effects of Options A and B were deliberately swapped by the God to confuse her.
“Alright then, it looks like I can only choose Option C, just like how the God appeared like a déjà vu from a fable.”
After some analysis, Xia Mengxi realized she truly had no choice but to pick Option C. This was undoubtedly a decision made under the God’s guidance, but she had no other choice, so she muttered a complaint.
What surprised her was that after performing Option C—walking up to Lin Xue’er, tilting her head, and giving her a silly smile—Lin Xue’er’s face instantly bloomed with a smile like flowers in full bloom.
“Hehe, Mengxi, you still remember. Back then, you looked at me just like this, silly and pure, and I fell in love with you at first sight.”
Eh? Eh!!!
Damn! Lin Xue’er’s taste is really something, she actually likes a fool.
Uh, to clarify, she wasn’t calling herself a fool, but that childhood version of Xia Mengxi she hadn’t known before.
“I see… well, that’s not very comforting, Xue’er. I’m not a fool, you know.”
“Mengxi, the reason I fell in love with you at first sight is because you were innocent and pure—not because you were foolish.”
Damn, a loli lover! Lin Xue’er, no wonder when she blackens she always wants to be some kind of good child. I thought it was just possessiveness, but turns out there’s some creepy preference involved too. Damn! You’re really something!
Though shaken by Lin Xue’er’s preference, Xia Mengxi saw how Lin Xue’er looked now and couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief for choosing the option in the Trap Question.
So the option’s effects were traceable? No, the rewards and side effects seemed baseless—probably not.
Xia Mengxi immediately dismissed one detail she had noticed, and while she was happy to have passed the Trap Question once, she kept a close eye on Lin Xue’er’s changes. After all, she was still somewhat worried the God’s guidance might bring other hidden effects.
“So, Xue’er, you don’t like me after I grew up?”
“Not at all! Mengxi is still Mengxi, no matter how much you grow up. If I didn’t like you, why would I have waited for you to remember that childhood promise?”
Since Xia Mengxi still didn’t know what the ‘promise’ was, she quickly nodded and changed the subject to avoid exposing herself.
“Xue’er, there’s an entertainment facility over there. How about we go and have some fun?”
“…Okay.”
Hmm? What’s going on? Why did Lin Xue’er hesitate? Could there be something about the entertainment facility that made her uncomfortable?
Sensing something was wrong, Xia Mengxi immediately grabbed Lin Xue’er’s hand, expressing that she was a bit tired and didn’t want to go, trying to stop her from making a wrong choice. However…
“Forget it, let’s not go. Xue’er, I’m a little tired. Let’s just find a place to sit for a while.”
“Alright, then we’ll rest for a bit before going.”