“So Sad!”
“‘Lost’ Young Lady actually doesn’t mind him! From a passerby to a fan.”
“The Young Lady is amazing!”
“For a Young Lady like her, a noodle shop is such a small place…”
“I guess ‘Wangyin Shaonian’ originally wanted to let the Young Lady experience a commoner’s life, but got rejected outright.”
Su Luo arrived at the Western restaurant and realized she had miscalculated.
Because the restaurant had desserts!
Su Luo felt a headache coming on; she had confused care with chaos.
She was so focused on making sure ‘Wangyin Shaonian’ wouldn’t break character that she forgot about her own situation.
There was no other way—Su Luo had to bravely order a bunch of desserts, drawing frequent sideways glances from ‘Wangyin Shaonian.’
Su Luo smiled and said, “Sweets are my favorite.”
‘Wangyin Shaonian’ looked at her with suspicion and asked worriedly, “Can you really finish all of these? Do you want me to help?”
Su Luo proudly retorted, “So what if I can’t finish?”
‘Wangyin Shaonian’ thought for a moment and answered seriously, “You can always pack it up if you can’t finish.”
Su Luo was both amused and exasperated.
Here she was, seriously trying to uphold the Young Lady’s persona, and he was earnestly answering questions.
Meanwhile, the livestream comments were full of joy.
“History always repeats itself.”
“Hahaha, you don’t get romance, so I won’t either.”
“Was I really asking you questions? I was just showing off my style.”
“This ‘Wangyin Shaonian’ must be an idiot!”
“Honestly, it’s weirdly sweet!”
“Locked down a generous appearance!”
Su Luo was now furiously eating cake.
To avoid some players being unable to complete hidden persona challenges, the side quests granted the player the same abilities as their hidden personas.
For example, You Kewei didn’t have a big appetite, but with the System’s support, he could eat three bowls in one meal without harming his body.
Similarly, Su Luo wasn’t a fan of sweets, but under the System’s effect… she painfully watched herself consume three small cakes and two ice creams.
Her brain told her, Enough!
But her stomach said, Come on! I can still keep up!
Su Luo could only comfort herself: what she ate in the side quest wouldn’t affect her outside the quest.
‘Wangyin Shaonian’ was thoughtful enough to order other dishes to cleanse the palate and got drinks, making Su Luo feel very comfortable.
During the meal, ‘Wangyin Shaonian’ occasionally lectured her on legal knowledge.
For example, “According to Article 71 of the Food Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China, ‘Labels and instructions of food and food additives shall be clear and conspicuous, and production dates, shelf life, and other matters shall be prominently marked and easy to identify,'” and a series of other legal details that gave Su Luo a major headache.
At the end of the day, overall, Su Luo was quite happy.
Rarely did she have both money and leisure to play without restraint for a whole day.
Returning to the Love Cabin, Su Luo found Yun Feibai and Ice had already come back.
Ice’s expression was a little off, while Yun Feibai smiled naturally.
Seeing ‘Wangyin Shaonian’s’ state, both looked somewhat surprised.
Yun Feibai smiled at Su Luo, but Ice gave her a wary glance.
Su Luo was curious about what had happened between the two but knew it wasn’t the time to ask.
So she just greeted them and went back to her room.
Something felt off today, but it was inconvenient to think about it outside.
Now that she was back, she needed to sort things out.
First was ‘Wangyin Shaonian’s’ attentiveness, which was nothing unusual.
But considering ‘Wangyin Shaonian’s’ personality, it became very suspicious.
Could his hidden persona be that of a meticulous planner?
Furthermore, through her interaction with ‘Wangyin Shaonian,’ Su Luo felt he didn’t seem like someone who liked to flaunt his knowledge (or perhaps he simply had none).
During the meal, ‘Wangyin Shaonian’ had deliberately spoken a lot about legal knowledge, which felt odd.
Su Luo sharply sensed that these two odd points must be closely related to ‘Wangyin Shaonian’s’ hidden persona.
But exactly what that was still needed more evidence.
* * *
“Knock knock!”
There was a knock at the door.
Su Luo opened it to find Yun Feibai.
Yun Feibai entered and directly asked, “Did you discover any of ‘Wangyin Shaonian’s’ hidden personas today?”
Su Luo said, “Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. You guessed right. But I haven’t submitted it yet, so ‘Wangyin Shaonian’s’ debuff isn’t triggered by me.”
Seeing Yun Feibai’s confused expression, Su Luo explained, “He broke character. Also, I decided to find all of ‘Wangyin Shaonian’s’ hidden personas first before submitting them all together.”
Yun Feibai nodded but didn’t ask why.
After saying this, Su Luo shared her subsequent doubts with Yun Feibai.
Yun Feibai nodded and said, “I’ll pay attention to that from now on.”
After Su Luo finished explaining her day’s itinerary, Yun Feibai began describing his own date.
“I woke up early today, mainly because I couldn’t sleep. But I noticed You Kewei was already up before four.”
Su Luo thought to herself, ‘That must be to complete some hidden task.’
Sure enough, Yun Feibai continued, “He went for a morning run. Such an obvious move—I submitted it immediately, and it succeeded.”
Su Luo eagerly asked, “So what’s his second debuff?”
Yun Feibai raised an eyebrow, “You already know his first debuff?”
Su Luo smiled, “Disfigurement, right?”
Yun Feibai was surprised for a second but then understood, “You just assumed everyone’s first debuff was disfigurement because you saw ‘Wangyin Shaonian’s’ debuff triggered?”
Su Luo shook her head and recounted the morning’s events.
Yun Feibai nodded, “His second-level debuff is disability. You Kewei broke his leg.”
Then he said with some puzzlement, “What’s strange is that the debuff reported by the audience, the one submitted by players for the hidden persona, and the mistaken debuff submitted by players are all the same?”
Su Luo also found it odd but couldn’t put her finger on what was wrong.
Yun Feibai didn’t dwell on it and continued, “Ice and I noticed before that the hidden personas never conflict with the public persona; many hidden personas actually serve the public ones.”
After pausing, as if worried Su Luo wouldn’t understand, he elaborated, “Like me reading books—college professors should be reading often. You Kewei running—athletes need to jog every morning.”
Su Luo nodded thoughtfully, “So, ‘Wangyin Shaonian,’ as a lawyer, the legal knowledge he told me today is related to his hidden task.”
Yun Feibai nodded appreciatively, “I was wondering what hidden persona a delicate girl would have.”
Su Luo instinctively answered, “Maybe afraid of thunder?”
Yun Feibai shook his head, then nodded again, “Almost. She’s afraid of bugs. I tried the easiest hidden persona first, and got it right away.”
Su Luo smiled and nodded, “Looks like we’re both lucky this time! But I’m worried my ‘likes sweets’ hidden persona might have been exposed.”
Yun Feibai said, “It’s okay. Since you haven’t submitted ‘Wangyin Shaonian’s’ hidden personas, he probably won’t submit yours.”
Bringing this up, Su Luo asked, “You still haven’t submitted Ice’s hidden persona? Her face is fine after all.”
Yun Feibai said, “She asked me to submit it on the last day. In exchange, she gave me a hint for the ‘Qiaoqiaoqiaoyue’ hidden persona. She promised she definitely won’t submit it herself.”
Su Luo thought it over and decided it wasn’t a bad deal.
She asked, “So what’s the hint?”
Yun Feibai said, “She said: ‘Pay attention to Qiaoqiaoqiaoyue’s gaze.'”
At those words, Su Luo suddenly recalled something.
“I noticed that when Qiaoqiaoqiaoyue first entered, her eyes kept shifting between the three of you guys. I thought it was strange at the time.”
Yun Feibai nodded, “Looks like the problem lies there.”
Su Luo asked, puzzled, “What kind of hidden persona is always staring at you? Is it some occupational disease, trying to turn you into her Studio’s internet celebrities?”
Yun Feibai shook his head, “You and Ice both have good public images. Even if you, as a Young Lady, aren’t under her observation, Ice at least should be within her hunting range.”
Su Luo nodded—this didn’t add up.
So what hidden persona would make her focus on these three?
Su Luo tried to piece it together step by step.
First, she considered the three’s commonalities.
The most obvious was that all three were male.
Beyond that, their professions and personalities were different.
So what else did they share?
Su Luo shared her thoughts, hoping two heads would be better than one.
Yun Feibai didn’t disappoint.
After a moment of thought, he said, “The Variety Show Moment of Love chooses contestants based on their looks; otherwise, they wouldn’t attract the Audience’s interest.”
That made sense.
Su Luo hadn’t thought of it from that perspective before, which was why she hadn’t noticed.
Then a new question arose—what kind of hidden persona would fixate on handsome men?
This time, Su Luo and Yun Feibai said in unison, “Fangirl!”
They smiled at each other.
Yun Feibai and Su Luo had each submitted one hidden persona already, so it didn’t matter who submitted next.