Chapter 34 Part 3

“Got it, got it.”

Huo Yunyi was extremely impatient. “She’s already married and marked—how do you expect me to do it all at once? Isn’t overwriting a mark super difficult?”

【At least you can go tell Old Master Huo first that Qin Yushu’s current status is married.】

“Fuck!”

Huo Yunyi screamed in his mind. “System, whose side are you on?”

System: 【With Old Master Huo’s resolve and methods, there’s no way he’d give up this marriage no matter what. You’re his only hope now—he’ll plan actively for you.】

【Tell her specifically about Qin Yushu’s situation so she can mentally prepare before it happens, and achieve the goal better.】

“Isn’t it all the same?”

The transmigrator’s walnut-sized brain couldn’t think through this. Or maybe these days of being reined in by the System too much had made Huo Yunyi subconsciously want to argue.

“And what you say might not even be true. What if Old Master cares about face and brushes it off on the spot… Though I look down on this Qin Yushu immensely, for the mission, I’ll take her!”

“Don’t worry about so much.”

“Now with Old Master charging ahead for us—you said he’s got only me, right? We’ll hang back and wait to reap the benefits.”

Lu Ningshuang endured her anger and disgust, continuing to eavesdrop on the transmigrator and System’s conversation.

From Huo Yunyi’s initial command to the System, it seemed the System had gained some new function lately.

Upgraded again? Or exchanged for more of Huo Yunyi’s own Fortune?

The good news was, her ability to hear their conversation hadn’t been discovered yet.

She could keep eavesdropping.

She should also thank the transmigrator’s walnut… oh, calling it a walnut was too generous. More like a grain of rice-sized brain.

The solutions proposed by the System were obviously far more reliable than anything he could come up with himself. And what did he do? He didn’t take any action at all, just hunkered down in the back like a turtle, his mind filled only with the word “women.”

Was this the kind of person they called a “turtle guy”?

Like a turtle shrinking into its shell, doing nothing but daydreaming about good fortune falling into his lap out of nowhere.

But his turtle strategy had actually benefited Qin Yushu.

Up to now, Old Master Huo still knew nothing about it, which made it all the easier for Qin Yushu to escape the trap he had set for her later on.

“System, quickly give me—”

As soon as Huo Yunyi spoke, Lu Ningshuang focused her attention again and eavesdropped sneakily on their conversation, her face showing nothing.

“Holy shit!”

“This one’s stunning—pure yet seductive. I give her 98 points.” He even whistled. “Watch me go chat her up!”

“System, pull up this person’s Character Panel for me.”

Who was it?

Lu Ningshuang wondered, casually glancing around. When her gaze returned, a shadow fell over her.

Huo Yunyi was standing right in front of her.

The pure-seductive beauty rated 98 points was her!

Huo Yunyi’s face was quite handsome in person. When the “transmigrator” core inside him wasn’t acting up, he looked roguishly beautiful, perfectly capable of bewitching young Omegas.

Unfortunately, Lu Ningshuang was an Alpha, and she could hear his inner thoughts!

Huo Yunyi lifted his tall glass of red wine and flashed Lu Ningshuang a wickedly charming smile. “Miss, you look absolutely captivating tonight.”

So greasy!

That greeting was way too cheesy!!!

But what came next was even cheesier!

It was Huo Yunyi talking to the System.

[Only 22 years old? So young, and a pure college girl; from an ordinary family… What’s with the question mark in brackets? Whatever, ordinary background makes her easier to fool; no relationship status listed?]

[System, there’s a bug in your display. It cost me 10% of my Luck Value, what a rip-off, but she’s tagged as a mere background character. A 22-year-old female college student has to be single. It’s a sure thing—watch my performance!]

From Huo Yunyi and the System’s conversation, Lu Ningshuang could roughly picture the format of this “Character Panel.”

It definitely wasn’t free.

The transmigrator Huo Yunyi had spent another 10% of his Luck Value to buy it. She remembered seeing him spend 2% last time—that was 12% gone already. Given how sloppy, impatient, and lecherous this transmigrator was, Lu Ningshuang figured he must have burned through plenty of it lately.

How much more had he spent? Where had his Luck Value gone? How much did he have left now?

As the name implied, Luck Value was tied to one’s personal fortune.

As Lu Ningshuang understood it, the more you had, the smoother your life would be no matter what you did. Conversely, as it dwindled, you were gradually abandoned by the heavens.

Hitting rock bottom definitely had consequences.

She couldn’t tell Qin Yushu about the transmigrator and the System, but to deal with them, Lu Ningshuang had spent the past few days reading plenty of male-oriented web novels.

The kind where you shelled out points only to get wrecked.

But she had figured it out: In these conquest systems, the points mall was usually exchanged with what the protagonist earned from conquests—in this case, Favorability.

Fine, Huo Yunyi was just useless; he hadn’t earned a single point of Favorability so far.

Systems like this often started with newbie gift packs or credit systems, but this one demanded that the transmigrator use the Luck Value from Huo Yunyi’s original body to make exchanges. Its demand to conquer Qin Yushu was probably aimed at that too, right?

Thinking it through carefully.

Weren’t these “point exchange items” just another way of stripping the Luck Value from the male lead’s body? Or… was the “conquer Qin Yushu” mission impossible from the start, with the System targeting the Luck Value from “Huo Yunyi” the male lead right from the beginning?

The male lead’s, the female lead’s.

The two were interconnected. Given the System’s greed, it surely wouldn’t spare Qin Yushu’s side either!

So, after draining the transmigrator and Huo Yunyi’s original body dry, how would it go after Qin Yushu’s Fortune?

Lu Ningshuang’s mind raced, but on the surface, she looked up and gave him her high school go-to expression: soft, weak, and innocent.

“Thank you. And you are…?”

[Idiot!]

The System spoke in Huo Yunyi’s head. [Didn’t you see her gender? She’s an Alpha—you’ve even met her once before!]

Lu Ningshuang suddenly recalled that this “Character Panel” wasn’t entirely accurate; there were question marks and blanks after her info.

The System was such a shady merchant!

Huo Yunyi: “Perhaps you’ve heard of me? Huo Yunyi. Half of tonight’s banquet is being held for me.”

Inner thoughts: [Where?]

System: [Under the Boyuan Technology Company office building.]

Seeing Huo Yunyi still confused: [When I helped you locate Qin Yushu.]

[Oh, it’s her…]

Huo Yunyi finally remembered. His brain only worked exceptionally well around beautiful women.

Huo Yunyi sighed inwardly: [Beauties really shine when dressed up. Since she has no power or influence, I’ll take her as my canary and give her a life of stability.]

[I’m the type who pities the fairer sex the most.]

Lu Ningshuang’s eyes sparkled. “Wow! So you’re the Huo Yunyi everyone’s been praising!”

Lu Ningshuang thought her acting was good enough that she could have gone to film school.

Huo Yunyi: “Keep it low-key, low-key.”

He thoroughly enjoyed her adoring gaze. These days, he’d flirted with a few women too.

But the ones from powerful families were hard to approach; the poor ones weren’t as pretty as Lu Ningshuang or as attentive to him.

This female Alpha was even more considerate than an Omega!

In just this short time, Huo Yunyi had already marked Lu Ningshuang as a confidante.

He even vented about his recent frustrations: the System only criticized and pushed him to do tasks, but this confidante…

“You still have a marriage pact with President Qin? That Alpha who popped up out of nowhere is way out of line! How could they do that? Good thing Mr. Huo can set things right tonight.”

“That young master from the Li family is obviously jealous of you. He’s inferior in every way, so he picks fights out of envy—he’s already lost.”

“Miss He is being so unreasonable. A capable man like Mr. Huo naturally has plenty of beauties around him.”

“In this world, who wouldn’t want to be Mr. Huo’s?”

…

Every word hit Huo Yunyi right in the heart. He felt utterly soothed.

He even bragged to the System.

[See that? See that? This is what a real good woman is like! After transmigrating for so long, this is the first one I’ve met!!]

[I’ve decided!]

[Even if her family background is ordinary, with this face and her ability to understand me, no matter how many or how amazing women I have in the future, she’ll always have a place in my heart!]

Huo Yunyi said: [System, check her current Favorability toward me!]

Lu Ningshuang: …?

There was such a thing?

Wait—

System: [Consume 10% Luck Value to unlock Favorability interface? Note: Host’s current Luck Value remaining: 76%.]

Lu Ningshuang: Oh ho~

She’d unexpectedly pried out some new info—not a waste of her hard work playing green tea bitch.

[Confirm exchange!]

Huo Yunyi’s tone was firm. [Check quick—Double-Double’s Favorability toward me must be maxed out, close to 100, right?]

System: [No.]

Huo Yunyi: [Not 100? Then at least 90? No less than 80 for sure!]

System: [Beep—Detected current Favorability of “Lu Ningshuang” toward “Huo Yunyi” as—negative two hundred!]

“How is that possible?!!”

Huo Yunyi’s face twisted in shock. He lost control of his emotions, shouting out loud the mental conversation with the System.

He stared dumbly at Lu Ningshuang across from him. “Double-Double, you were lying to me? You actually hate me a lot?”

Lu Ningshuang thought that with this transmigrator’s emotional rollercoaster, he was perfect for the lab’s operating table—let those researchers slice into that flawless brain of his over and over, meticulously.

“Mr. Huo figured it out?”

Lu Ningshuang kept her previous sweet, bewitching smile, her tone gentle. She even tilted her head slightly.

The beautiful hairstyle her stylist had specially done curled softly against her neck, looking delicate and alluring.

But that smile, those clear bright eyes amid the dazzling lights, unconsciously took on a hint of malice and disgust.

“Sorry, let me reintroduce myself—”

“I’m the Alpha on President Qin’s marriage certificate, the one Mr. Huo hates so much: Qin Yushu.”

Huo Yunyi shuddered in body and soul. Lu Ningshuang’s smile grew even brighter, softer.

She’d only kicked Qian Jaze physically before writing him off, never staring him down with such a terrifying gaze, creating psychological pressure.

The commotion from Huo Yunyi’s freakout was even louder than when Qian Jaze’s leg had snapped earlier, drawing more attention.

Then a clear, pleasant voice called out to her.

“Youyou, come back.”