Shen Wenyi looked at Jiang Shiyang. Jiang Shiyang’s entire attention was fixed entirely on the system’s countdown, so much so that for a moment, she had absolutely no idea what to reply.
Ah, so annoying. What excuse should she make up?
Shen Wenyi stared at her for two seconds, then decisively moved to shut the door. Jiang Shiyang hurriedly tried the same old trick, attempting to wedge her leg into the door gap. Unexpectedly, Shen Wenyi had learned her lesson from that previous fall. Before Jiang Shiyang could even get her leg in, Shen Wenyi kicked her first, then slammed the door shut at lightning speed!
Damn cat!
Two minutes left! She absolutely couldn’t let all her effort go to waste at the final hurdle!
Seeing the door about to close, her mind went blank from desperation. Without thinking, she shoved her hand straight into the gap!
Tssss! Fuck!
The exquisite pain of her hand being caught in the door made even her, someone who never swore, unable to suppress a mental forest of profanities sprouting wildly in her head.
Shen Wenyi jumped in fright and immediately pushed the door back open. Seeing Jiang Shiyang clutching her hand, sprawled against the doorframe in agony, grimacing and baring her teeth with tears welling in her eyes, she was utterly speechless.
Shen Wenyi said, “Are you crazy? What are you doing?”
Jiang Shiyang glanced at the countdown. 1 minute and 32 seconds left. Anything would do, even scolding her—she could scold a bit more.
She was in so much pain she couldn’t speak, only able to hug her hand and draw in sharp, hissing breaths.
Shen Wenyi took her hand, frowned, and blew on it gently. After just two puffs, she let it go again.
“I’ll go find Little He. She should have some safflower oil.”
No! If you go find Little He, who will get me through this last minute-plus?!
Jiang Shiyang shook her burning, aching hand, blocked the door while leaning on the frame, and wiped away the reflexive tears of pain from the corner of her eye. She looked at Shen Wenyi with misty eyes.
“Don’t go.”
Shen Wenyi glanced at her hand, which was clearly reddening, then looked back at her face. “Why?”
Because of the mission, obviously!
Her nose was a little stuffy from the pain. She spoke with a nasal tone, “Because I…”
Shen Wenyi frowned. “Hm?”
Her hand hurt. She didn’t want to invent excuses. She simply fell silent. It was just one minute, after all—it would pass quickly. She just lay against the doorframe, holding her hand, her gaze fixed unwaveringly on Shen Wenyi.
The hotel corridor was deserted late at night, just the two of them facing each other across the doorframe. Relativity theory chose precisely these moments to exert its effect; the more she stared at the system clock, the more each second seemed to stretch out infinitely.
58 seconds left.
57.
56.
Shen Wenyi’s furrowed brow slowly smoothed out. Her eyes, veiled by long lashes, reflected the corridor lights, shimmering with tiny, star-like glimmers.
28 seconds left.
27.
26.
Shen Wenyi’s lips moved. Her red lips had never seemed to exude such an inexplicable allure as they did in this moment. “You… why are you looking at me like that?”
Because I don’t know what to say, of course!
She still remained silent, all her focus on the system countdown.
10 seconds left!
9!
8!
Ahhh! Victory is waving! Persistence is victory!
Shen Wenyi extended her hand toward her, fingertips seeming to brush, ever so faintly, against the corner of her eye.
What was Shen Wenyi trying to do?
Ah, whatever.
3 seconds left!
2!
1!
0!
Ding!
Mission complete~! Sprinkle the flowers~! Hahahahahahaha! She succeeded!
Her voice and Shen Wenyi’s rang out at the same time.
Shen Wenyi said, “You asked me before if I liked you. Actually, I…”
Jiang Shiyang said, “You don’t even know why I wouldn’t let you find Little He, and you still claim to know everything. Lying ghost… Huh? What did you say? Actually, what?”
The trance-like expression on Shen Wenyi’s face vanished in an instant. She closed her eyes, lowering her long lashes. In that fleeting moment—she wasn’t sure if it was an illusion—Jiang Shiyang felt Shen Wenyi’s expression held an indescribable mix of self-mockery and sorrow.
Shen Wenyi kept her eyes downcast for a second, then raised them again.
Shen Wenyi said, “You stood at the door forever, even got your hand caught, just to test whether I really knew something?”
Jiang Shiyang said, “You said before I asked if you liked me—actually, what?”
Shen Wenyi sneered. “Actually, not only do I not like you, I find you exceptionally annoying. How can you have so little self-awareness? And you invited me to a movie to apologize? The greatest apology you could give me is to stop flouncing around in front of me!”
Why the sudden flip in attitude? Wasn’t everything fine just a moment ago?
She felt a bit annoyed too. Shen Wenyi was just too difficult to handle.
She said, “Just now you were touching my eye, then you flip and turn hostile in a blink. Are you related to the Flying Nimbus? One somersault and you’re a hundred thousand miles away?”
Shen Wenyi pressed her lips tightly together. Even though she was shorter than Jiang Shiyang, the sharpness of her glare, looking up from below, was fierce enough to carve a chunk of flesh off her.
Hey, do you even remember your “aloof flower on a high peak” persona?
But Shen Wenyi had always been vengeful around her. Shen Wenyi could hold a grudge about getting diarrhea from a wrapped cold noodle dish from elementary school all the way to the present.
Shen Wenyi said, “Why would I touch you? I remembered you kissed my hand twice for nothing. I felt unbalanced, couldn’t figure out how to get even.”
What kind of thing was that to say?
The atmosphere was clearly tense, yet Jiang Shiyang suddenly found it funny and couldn’t help laughing. “Then what do we do? Should I let you kiss me back? You can pick any spot to kiss?”
Shen Wenyi scoffed, speechless. “You’d like that, wouldn’t you?”
Jiang Shiyang said, “Then what do you suggest?”
Shen Wenyi glanced down at her swollen hand and said, “Does it still hurt?”
She was thinking about her hand at a time like this?
Following Shen Wenyi’s gaze, Jiang Shiyang looked at her own hand. “It hurts. Can’t you see how red it is? How could it not hurt?”
Shen Wenyi said, “It hurts?”
Shen Wenyi lifted her eyelids and looked at her. Those crystal-clear eyes made her heart skip with that strange irregularity again for an instant.
She said, “Yeah. It hurts.”
Normally, she would never show weakness in front of Shen Wenyi. But right now, she… she didn’t know what had gotten into her. Being looked at by Shen Wenyi from below like that, she just couldn’t control herself.
She lifted her hand and offered it to Shen Wenyi, murmuring, “How about you help me put some medicine on it?”
Shen Wenyi looked at that hand, then at her other one. “Is that hand okay?”
She raised her other hand. “This hand didn’t get caught, of course it’s fi— Sss! Shen Wenyi!”
With lightning speed, Shen Wenyi suddenly grabbed her uninjured hand, opened her mouth wide, and bit down!
Having delivered the bite, Shen Wenyi dropped her hand, offering a smile that didn’t reach her eyes. “One bite per hand, nice and symmetrical. Goodnight.”
Bang.
The door locked, nearly smashing into her nose.
She: ………………………………
Mother—!
It hurt like hell.
Both hands crippled and aching, she miserably returned to her own room. She barely knew how she managed to pull the keycard from her pocket to unlock the door; she’d really suffered a calamity.
After much difficulty, she swiped in. She couldn’t well go ask Little Xie for medicine again, so she had to retreat into the bathroom. She rinsed the teeth marks and the red swelling under cold water until the burning sensation subsided and her fingertips were cold and numb. Only then did she turn off the tap, dry her hands, undress, and take a quick shower.
Mid-shower, she felt her two hands become empty. The warmth and softness she’d felt against her all day vanished. She had no idea where she’d been tossed.
It seemed Shen Wenyi was also undressing for her shower.
For some reason, she felt a sudden sense of emptiness. She had been attached all day, after all, and had more or less gotten used to it. Especially that milky fragrance from the hair… now that it was suddenly gone, it was just… she couldn’t quite describe her mood.
She couldn’t help but think resentfully: Shen Wenyi’s hands don’t hurt, so she’s probably having a very comfortable shower, unlike her, grimacing in pain.
She had only herself to blame. How could she let her guard down around her arch-nemesis? She deserved to be played!
Fuming, she finished her shower, blow-dried her hair, and climbed into bed. Exhausted from the day’s physical and mental exertions, she fell asleep the instant her head hit the pillow.
When she woke up the next day, she just felt cold all over. Her body was heavy, as if she were carrying a massive mountain on her back. She forced her eyes open and saw Shen Wenyi pushing the door open and entering.
She yawned a soul-deep yawn. Groggy with sleep, she didn’t immediately understand what item she had become. She just watched Shen Wenyi walk past the sink, come straight up to her, and swish—her pajama pants came down.
She: …………………………
She: !!!!!!!
She froze for a second.
Ahhhhhhh!
What did she turn into? What on earth did she turn into?!
Frantically, she flipped to the mission log. One glance was all it took for her vision to go black, nearly killing her on the spot.
Her nightmare had come true.
She had actually transformed into a toilet?!
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Random Item Dice!
I need to use it!!
I absolutely have to use it!!!
Clatter.
【Use the Random Item Dice?】
【Yes】【No】
Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes!!
At this moment, not caring that this was her only life-saving item, she frantically pressed 【Yes】. The instant Shen Wenyi sat down onto her mouth, she only felt a soft pressure on her lips, and then a flash of white light—she was gone.
Her surroundings were pitch black once more. Underneath her body, it was warm and cozy. Something was continuously surging into her, numbing and tingly, difficult to describe. In short, it was just… a very satisfying sensation.
Ding!
【Mission (5) successfully swapped. Have Shen Wenyi continuously use the fully charged you until the battery is depleted. Mission completion reward: 2000 Points, Human Form Duration: 240 hours.】
Bl-Bluetooth earbuds?
Even though it was clearly much more reliable than a toilet, why did her heart feel so panicked and uneasy?
