After being chased out of the room by Shen Wenyi, Jiang Shiyang did not rush back to her own guest room. She first sought out Little Xie. Leaving out the part involving Shen Wenyi, she only said she had unwrapped a strange item, and asked Little Xie to remind a Fan Club Leader that from now on, under no circumstances should such a thing ever be allowed to offend her eyes again.
Little Xie found it absolutely unbelievable, insisting on seeing the actual item. She also mentioned that there was some kind of spray sold online that could detect fingerprints, and by tracing the fingerprints, one could find the culprit.
Seeing Little Xie so eager to jump into action, did she really think of herself as some kind of justice warrior for Three Squirrels?
“This kind of incident shouldn’t be escalated. Just remind the Fan Club Leader, and be more careful in the future.”
Indeed, such matters are better left unspoken; if word got out, it would be Jiang Shiyang who’d lose face.
After instructing Little Xie, Jiang Shiyang finally returned to her own guest room. She glanced at the Human Form Duration countdown—there was still over an hour before she would transform back. Too lazy to wait, she went straight to bed.
When she woke again, it was already morning. She hadn’t heard the System’s mission reminder at all; what woke her was Shen Wenyi’s alarm.
It was pitch black around her, and she was being squeezed by a pile of soft things. Before she could check the mission log to see what she had transformed into, the top was suddenly lifted open, and light flooded in, dazzling her so that she instinctively shut her eyes.
The layers of soft fabric pressing down on her were peeled away one by one, and she finally saw clearly that she was inside Shen Wenyi’s suitcase, surrounded by Shen Wenyi’s clothes above and below.
Shen Wenyi’s enlarged hand reached for her and lifted her out of the layers of obstacles. She glanced at herself from side to side and felt the System’s chilling malice.
What had she become?
She had transmigrated into Shen Wenyi’s underwear!
The close-fitting kind.
Thankfully, just the upper piece.
She watched helplessly as Shen Wenyi, holding her, began to undress and then put her on against her own chest. The back-clasp style was like her two arms spread wide, and she wrapped around Shen Wenyi from front to back. Shen Wenyi clicked the clasps together with a few snaps, then adjusted the shoulder straps.
Jiang Shiyang: ……………………
Who am I? Where am I? What exactly is pressed against my face?!!!
So terrifying. She dared not open her mouth; she felt that if she did, something horrible would slip inside! Even though her soul’s mouth had nothing to do with her body, she was still so scared that her scalp tingled!
She couldn’t figure it out, racking her brains she still couldn’t figure it out. This should be the kind of thing a shut-in otaku would love to transform into. What did it have to do with a principled, morally upright, patriotic, iron-straight woman like her? Why did she have to become this sort of thing?!!
The Random Item Dice, right, the Random Item Dice.
The scent filling her nostrils nearly made her soul leave her body. She couldn’t describe it in detail; it wasn’t the fragrance of shower gel anyway. If she had to give it a name, it would be milky fragrance, named after its source, just like hair fragrance comes from hair.
She hastily brought out the Random Item Dice and was on the verge of impulsively clicking “use,” but at the very last second, she calmed down.
There was only one die at present; once used, it would be gone. The situation wasn’t a matter of life or death yet, so she should check the mission first.
Her soul took a deep breath… No! She dared not breathe!
Too fragrant, too fragrant, truly unbearable.
Not only did she not dare breathe, she didn’t even dare open her eyes. Obviously they were both women, and last time she had even seen Shen Wenyi bathing, but watching it like VR and experiencing it firsthand, up close and personal—how could that be the same?!
She forced herself to focus and opened the mission log.
[Mission (4): Stay with Shen Wenyi continuously for 8 hours, and simultaneously satisfy the following three conditions: ① Shen Wenyi is wearing you; ② Watch a movie hand-in-hand with Shen Wenyi at a cinema; ③ Do not invite anyone else at the same time. Reward for completing mission: Human Form Duration 240 hours, Points 1000.]
She finished reading the mission.
She closed the mission, then clicked back in and read it again.
She closed it again, clicked back in, and read it once more.
What the hell kind of mission is this?!!!!
[Host: System, get the hell out here! Tell me how I can be both a bra and a human at the same time?!]
[System: Special reminder, the second unlock slot in the Points Shop!]
Points Shop?
Only then did she remember that she had earned 1000 Points from completing the Mysterious Task, which could unlock the second item in the shop. She had been so stimulated by that Fortune and Longevity Rod last night that she’d completely forgotten about it.
She quickly opened the shop. The first item was already unlocked: the Duration Separation Talisman, which could be exchanged for 100 Points. The second item was still grayed out, with a dusty gray lock on it.
She tapped the gray lock, and with a click, the dull color faded, revealing the second item—a talisman with a pink background and silver-white characters.
Limited-Time Soul-Split Talisman.
What the hell?
[Limited-Time Soul-Split Talisman: Within 12 hours, the soul splits into two, half in an object, half in a human body.]
Jiang Shiyang: ……………………
What kind of heaven-defying, shame-shattering item is this?
She simply couldn’t fathom what purpose it even served?!
Angry to death.
Once again she suspected the System’s twisted sense of humor.
Forget it, I’ll just use the Random Item Dice.
She flipped back to the Random Item Dice, hesitated between clicking and not clicking for three seconds, then sighed and quietly put it away.
It wasn’t that she couldn’t afford to click it, but if it randomized into something even more ridiculous, she’d have nowhere to cry about it.
Never mind. She had been transformed for quite a while now and was somewhat used to it. As long as she tried hard to ignore the things she was holding against her chest and the things pressed against her face, everything was still quite lovely.
Wasn’t it just continuously staying together for 8 hours and watching a movie together? How hard could it be?
Spending 8 continuous hours together didn’t require any special effort; she and Shen Wenyi were on the same film crew, so they could easily be together for over 8 hours without trying.
The slightly tricky part was watching a movie together.
Both she and Shen Wenyi had just taken leave, so it was impossible to take more time off specifically for a movie. However, yesterday Shen Wenyi had finished filming before 11 a.m., and today Jiang Shiyang didn’t have many scenes either. If they rushed a bit, catching a midnight showing was still very hopeful.
But the problem was… how was she going to convince Shen Wenyi to squeeze in a movie with her??
Seeing that time was about up, having kept her eyes shut and held her breath so long she felt she was about to die on the spot, she finally remembered to quickly exchange for some Human Form Duration and first return to her own room.
This time she directly exchanged for 18 hours. After the exchange, she still had 118 hours left. The feeling of having “money” was truly satisfying; no longer did she have to scrimp and save every minute and second.
She tidied up and, full of enthusiasm for the mission, rushed to the film crew. All morning she tried every means to get close to Shen Wenyi, wanting to invite her to a midnight movie, but Shen Wenyi wouldn’t even give her a straight look?
Although they had been archrivals for many years and she was long used to Shen Wenyi’s cold face, in public settings Shen Wenyi usually paid close attention to her approachable persona. Why was she suddenly treating Jiang Shiyang with such blatant hostility?
Alright, saying “blatant hostility” was a bit exaggerated. Shen Wenyi was simply not making eye contact with her; in short, she was ignoring her.
But cold violence was also wrong!
Shen Wenyi, can’t we just temporarily set aside our grudges and attain enlightenment for a while?
After finally enduring until lunchtime’s boxed meals, she brought her boxed meal and sidled up to Shen Wenyi. This wasn’t a matter of passing by and letting it go; she was practically eager to sit right on Shen Wenyi’s face. She didn’t believe Shen Wenyi could keep pretending not to see her.
Shen Wenyi indeed could no longer ignore her and lifted her gaze to glance at her sidelong.
Jiang Shiyang, acting as if nothing were amiss, made a direct approach while eating.
“Are you free tonight? I want to invite you to…”
Shen Wenyi cut her off: “Little He, have you calculated the bill? If so, send it to her.”
Her: “………………”
She had almost forgotten about the debt.
Little He, nibbling on the tip of her chopsticks, nodded and said, “It’s calculated! I’ll send it to her right away!”
Little He added her social media account, sent her the bill, and roughly explained the purpose of each charge.
She forced a smile. Well, six months of work down the drain.
“Um, about Teacher Shen taking me to see a doctor, I’m truly very grateful. But if I pass out again next time, Teacher Shen can just pretend not to see it. I’m thick-skinned and tough, not some delicate young lady; I’ll wake up on my own.”
These words were extremely lacking in emotional intelligence, she knew. To anyone else, she would never have said something like this, but in front of Shen Wenyi, she didn’t know if it was out of habit or what; ever since they were young, she had always been this blunt.
Of course, Shen Wenyi treated her the same way.
At least she felt it was the same; Shen Wenyi had certainly never been polite.
Shen Wenyi lifted her thin eyelids and glanced at her, her clear eyes containing not a speck of impurity. Her long lashes fluttered through a graceful arc before lowering calmly again.
“I wasn’t taking you to see a doctor; I was afraid you’d hold me up.”
“Yes, I know.”
She took a bite of her rice and suddenly felt that the squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, which had been quite fragrant before, no longer tasted good.
It was rare for the film crew to improve the meals today; why did it not taste good anymore?
She returned to the main topic: “Are you free tonight? I…”
Shen Wenyi said, “Not free.”
She said, “It won’t take up too much of your time. We can go after filming, just two or three hours at most.”
Shen Wenyi said, “Not free.”
She said, “What about tomorrow night?”
Shen Wenyi said, “Not free.”
She said, “The night after tomorrow?”
Shen Wenyi said, “Not free.”
She said, “I just want to treat you to a movie.”
Shen Wenyi said, “Not free.”
She said, “When are you free then?”
Shen Wenyi said, “Not free.”
Her: “…………………………”
What are you, the nine-valent HPV vaccine, that you’re so hard to book an appointment with?!
Jiang Shiyang stood up abruptly with her lunch box. Shen Wenyi looked up at her, “What? Finally can’t hold back and ready to flip out?”
She took a deep breath, smiled to reveal eight teeth, a smile more radiant than she had ever shown even her own mother.
She said, “Who’s flipping out? I was just going to say, if you’re not free right now, no problem. I’ll ask again later.”
