As soon as she gave the gift, she discovered that Ruan Yu's favorability rating instantly soared to over 18,000 and was still rising!
Overjoyed, she hadn't even uttered her words of blessing to Ruan Yu when a kiss suddenly landed on her face...
As Wen Yun was thinking about what happened a few days ago, she suddenly felt the chain with the Möbius strip around her neck being touched. When she came to her senses, she saw that Ruan Yu had already pinched the silver ring between her fingers, her eyes revealing a cunning look.
"I never realized you were so easily embarrassed." After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and kissed the Möbius strip, then leaned in and kissed Wen Yun's cheek, her comment like a little devil's whisper, "So hot."
Wen Yun: "..."
Her expression froze for a few seconds before she regained her composure: "You kissed me again?!"
"I don't know why, but I suddenly wanted to kiss you. You wouldn't refuse, would you?" Ruan Yu asked back, mimicking her teasing manner.
"No more tea! No more tea!" Wen Yun instantly covered her flushed face. "Oh dear, I didn't mean to refuse! It's just... it's just..."
Having been single for so many years, it takes her some time to mentally prepare herself before being suddenly hugged and kissed by someone she knows very well and has always taken care of.
Before she could say those words, another kiss gently landed on her ear.
"That's good."
The girl chuckled softly in her ear, but only playfully pinched her ear, which was heating up, before letting her go for the time being.
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The day after receiving their acceptance letters from C Finance, Wen Yun and Ruan Yu took the black and white cat to their apartment in C City.
Pets are allowed in the cabin on this flight. Before takeoff, Wen Yun redeemed a newly acquired "Prevent Cats from Disturbing the Neighbors" item from the shop and used it on the surface of the pet carrier to ensure that the cats would not disturb the neighbors while also being able to respond to their needs in a timely manner.
After a nearly three-hour journey, they finally arrived at the apartment rented by Ruan Ruilin. They swiped the room card given to them by Ruan Ruilin's assistant to enter the room, and were stunned by the view outside the window as soon as they drew the curtains.
This apartment is uniquely located. Across a large river and a small grove of trees, there is an amusement park with a huge silver Ferris wheel turning slowly and a medieval-style pointed castle standing behind it.
"...Is this really a rented apartment?" Wen Yun, who often rented apartments in her previous life, couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know, but Auntie says so, so let's just assume it is." Ruan Yu shook her head, put down her suitcase and pet carrier, and started tidying up the house.
The apartment was very clean, with hardly any dust on the floor, suggesting it had been thoroughly cleaned before the residents moved in. There was also a separate small room for the cats, complete with cat beds, bowls, and litter boxes. Various cat trees were also placed in the small room and the living room.
Unpacking didn't take much time; they just had to categorize and put all the things they brought into the cabinets. However, it took a lot of effort to get the cat to adapt to the new environment. In the end, the cat still chose to squeeze into the small storage room and refused to come out.
Wen Yun didn't have any tea points to exchange for items that would allow the cat to adapt to its environment instantly, so she had to give up: "Let it stay here for now, and we'll clean the storage room once it's adapted."
For her first dinner after moving into her new home, Wen Yun insisted on ordering takeout.
The long journey, tidying up, and coaxing the cat were exhausting. They also had to adapt to the new environment of City C and the highly alkaline tap water. She didn't want them to go grocery shopping and cook when they were already physically and mentally exhausted.
Ruan Yu was nestled in the hanging rattan chair, resting with her teddy bear, Little Rigi, and had no objections. But when the takeout arrived, she had already fallen asleep against the teddy bear.
Wen Yun couldn't bear to wake her up, so she draped a thin blanket over her, put her takeout in a pot to keep it warm, and then started eating.
After a busy first day, and two or three days of rest and adjustment, they quickly adapted to the northern climate, which was different from that of the southeastern coastal cities.
After spending a few days in the storage room, the black and white cat finally agreed to enter its own room and use the unfamiliar utensils for eating, drinking, defecating, and sleeping.
After about a week of carefree and leisurely life, Ruan Ruilin called to remind them that they could come to the company to report for their internships.
If it weren't for the fact that anything is possible in the world of the book, Wen Yun would never have imagined that she would be assigned a job right after graduating from high school, and with a decent salary.
Because of their different areas of expertise, they were assigned to different positions. However, their offices were only separated by a corridor, making it very convenient for them to meet.
Ruan Ruilin originally only favored Ruan Yu and didn't really like Wen Yun, who had been spoiled by the wealthy family since childhood.
But to her utter surprise, this young woman was so capable and efficient at her work, handling even the most complex tasks quickly and efficiently, with a level of skill and experience that rivaled that of some veteran employees.
In the second month of her internship, Wen Yun, who had been a corporate slave for many years, keenly sensed that her tasks seemed to have become heavier these days. However, unlike the useless and time-consuming projects she had done in her previous life, these projects were able to give her a lot of feedback. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they opened the door to a new world for her.
Besides that, wages are also rising, which is the most important thing.
So she lived each day with a mix of pain and passion, trying to learn as much as possible during her most energetic period, so that she could avoid some detours in the future and get promoted sooner.
Although the workload and pressure were not as great as those during the college entrance examination, after returning home every day, all she wanted to do was relax, play games, watch TV series, read novels, and play with her two cats.
As for why there are two cats...
Wen Yun always felt that Ruan Yu was too clingy and spoiled after she grew up, but she was also able to be healed by her. It was as if after coming home exhausted, she could hug "Ruan the Cat" and rub against her, which would relieve a lot of her stress.
But she had forgotten that she had always been rather oblivious in this relationship. She had only intended to relieve stress by cuddling with the cat, but after hugging and cuddling for a while, Ruan Yu suddenly placed a small box in her hand and looked at her with expectant eyes.
"What is this?" Wen Yun looked down in confusion, and when she saw the word "LES" on the box, her brain, which had been full of questions, instantly went blank.
A note from the author:
Even though this is the last one, I'll still remind you that they're both tops/bottoms.
Chapter 57 Extra Four
Summer brings cool watermelon, cold drinks, and air conditioning, as well as the cool touch of your sweetheart.
Seeing the man's helpless expression, yet still obediently accepting the box she handed him and taking out the finger cot, Ruan Yu had this thought in her mind.
She had thought she might be shy on the spot, but she never expected that she would almost refuse to let that person touch her.
Wen Yun had never had this need in either of her lives and had no experience whatsoever. Even when she was looking for a spot, her hands were shaking, and she completely forgot that there should be a preliminary step.
When she caught the girl's deliberately suppressed sobs, she immediately stopped. While frantically cleaning up, she tried her best to soothe her apologetically in a gentle voice: "I'm so sorry! I was really unprepared this time, and I've made you suffer! Do you... do you want to take a shower? Would a shower make you feel better?"
Seeing Ruan Yu shake her head, she tried asking again, "Then, then let's not continue this time, how about next time, okay?"
Let her... test it out on herself first.
As Wen Yun went to wash her hands and clean the soiled sanitary pad, she suddenly heard a system notification: "Congratulations, host! Ruan Yu's favorability has exceeded 19,999 points. The quick name change function has been unlocked, and the ban on the topic of the host's origin has been lifted!"
Although this was an important event that Wen Yun had been looking forward to recently, she had just done something even more important and messed it up. Considering that the system was still bound to her, her mind went blank for a moment.
Whether it was reading her thoughts or not, the system's voice chuckled as it leisurely said, "This system has a built-in 'automatic trigger function for host privacy blocking,' so please don't worry!"
"...Can I tell the protagonist about your existence as well?" Wen Yun asked softly.
"If you're not afraid of making her jealous, then go ahead." The system was not intimidated by her threat.
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In Wen Yun's original plan, the name change and the explanation should be carried out at the same time, and the explanation of her origins should not be done hastily or casually. It would be best to choose an important day, otherwise Ruan Yu might feel that she did not take this matter to heart.
But once the favorability rating was reached, she felt that revealing her origins as soon as the rating was reached would better convey her uncontrollable anxiety to Ruan Yu and let her know that she had been waiting for this day for a long time.
However, her hesitation caused her to miss the best opportunity to explain – Ruan Ruilin suddenly called Ruan Yu, saying that there was a very important morning meeting the next day, and she needed to carefully check the materials she had prepared beforehand.
Because of her busy work schedule, Wen Yun even missed Qixi Festival. It wasn't until the end of August that she had time to take Ruan Yu across the river to ride the Ferris wheel, show Ruan Yu her new ID card, and solemnly say what she had been holding back for nearly half a month: "Let's get to know each other again. My name is Wen Yun."
Seeing Ruan Yu's gaze shift from astonishment to joy, but then quickly to worry, Wen Yun hurriedly explained, "My mission is over. I can stay in this world with you and explain my origins to you!"
Ruan Yu breathed a sigh of relief, lowered her eyes and carefully looked at the name she had guessed countless times before returning the ID card to her and asking softly, "Can I call you 'A-Yun' from now on?"
“Of course you can,” Wen Yun nodded. “But I thought you would call me ‘Yunyun’.”
“This is too similar to ‘Yunyun’,” Ruan Yu explained earnestly, her dark eyes shimmering. “You are not her.”
She had always been too embarrassed to tell Wen Yun that before this, she had always referred to her in her heart as "this person," "that person," or "her sweetheart." Now that the other person had a specific name, she no longer needed to call her by another person's name.
As the silver Ferris wheel slowly rose, Wen Yun took a deep breath and said seriously, "Although you may have already guessed that I am an outsider, and perhaps I approached you and took care of you in every way with some purpose, there is something I still want to tell you in person. Perhaps... this will be hard for you to accept."
"What is it, A-Yun?" Ruan Yu stared at her intently.
“This is actually the world of a book, where everything is arranged by the author. Before coming to this world, I was just an ordinary reader,” Wen Yun said. “After reading your story, I was extremely angry, but because I became the character who drove you to your death, my initial support for you was actually partly motivated by a desire to get revenge on Wen Yun.”
“I didn’t know you were a reincarnated person at first. After I found out, my desire for revenge turned into a will to survive. I’ve never liked getting into conflicts with people since I was a child, and I don’t want to suffer any unnecessary disasters because of it.”
She paused for a moment, then explained with a hint of helplessness, "So every time you say that I'm sincere towards you, I feel very guilty, but at that time I was bound by the mission rules and couldn't explain it to you."
"I said you meant it, and you mean it!" Ruan Yu subconsciously reached out and grasped her hand, holding it tightly in her palm. "Even if this is just a world of books, I can feel your emotions! You are different from them. The care and concern you show me is something I only received from my grandparents. Please don't feel guilty or blame yourself anymore!!"
"Yes, I won't feel guilty or blame myself for these things anymore." Wen Yun smiled and tidied her wind-blown hair. "I've truly come to regard you as family."
Ruan Yu was startled, and before she could retract her hand, she instantly gripped Ruan Yu's wrist with her five fingers.
Before Wen Yun could react, she felt a warmth on the back of her hand.
A kiss was solemnly placed on it, and the next second, a tentative kiss was placed on her lips.
Wen Yun's hand was grabbed by her, and her other hand subconsciously braced itself against the seat. For a moment, she leaned back unconsciously, clumsily cooperating with her to kiss her deeper and deeper.
Once the girl had tasted the sweetness of trust, she tried to gently knock on the door, then sat up straight and habitually cuddled the clingy kitten, giving it a sense of security.
After a brief twenty-minute date on the Ferris wheel, they finished cuddling and talked a lot with each other, but Ruan Yu never mentioned Wen Yun's mission or the system she was bound to. She only listened to Wen Yun complain about the suffocating way the system accumulated survival time.
She thought that those must be memories and things that Wen Yun would very much rather not recall.
— She was forced to play the role she hated most and to communicate with people in her own way and tone in order to obtain a life-extending item.
Since Wen Yun said the mission had been successfully completed, there was no need for her to dig deeper out of curiosity.
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In mid-September, C Finance students began their military training immediately upon starting school.
The military training grounds for Wen Yun and Ruan Yu's majors were quite far apart. However, every evening when they returned to their apartments to rest, they would share what they had seen and heard that day.
"There's a girl in our major who has a really bad temper and likes to go against the instructors. The instructor is also very young, and she's a girl. Today, she got so angry that she punished her with a set of squats."
"Could she be flirting with the instructor?" Ruan Yu asked. "Our class also has a female instructor. She's very serious during training, but during breaks, she gets teased by several female students. The boys stand by and say, 'That's flirting,' and they're incredibly envious."
Wen Yun almost spat out her soda, suppressing a laugh as she reminded him, "Don't let them corrupt you!"
Even so, she still hoped to see Ruan Yu integrate into the new group.
She was a beautiful piece of jade, and she longed for the day when everyone would see her unique charm.
There will definitely be many people who like Ruan Yu, and there will definitely be many people who are willing to follow her.
However, when that day actually came, Wen Yun became the one who was "sour grapes".
Before the semester was even over, at a student council social event, she simply left her seat to go to the restroom, and three wealthy young men, both men and women, confessed their love to Ruan Yu in public!
At that time, Wen Yun had already dyed her hair chestnut brown as planned, and the ends of her hair were also permed into waves. She wore ear clips and a Möbius strip necklace, and dressed in a blue long dress that made her look like an adult. She looked cool and domineering, and was called "Big Sister" by her colleagues in the department.
Although she had changed her name, information spread quickly among the wealthy families. The rich young men who had feelings for Ruan Yu wanted to pursue her but were also wary of her, so they kept their advances hidden.
However, the young people were bold enough to seize the opportunity while Wen Yun was away. With so many people present, even if Ruan Yu was rejected in public, her reputation would still be affected to some extent.
When Wen Yun returned, she arrived just as Ruan Yu was politely declining her third suitor.
She could even hear people at the table whispering that Ruan Yu was ungrateful and regretted that Ruan Yu didn't know how to seize the opportunity—Cai Finance is full of talented people in every major, and for some people, not saying things too definitively means having another path.