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Chapter Sixteen
[Waste System: Congratulations, host. Your integration with this world has increased by one percent. Your current integration with this system's world is 21%.]
Su Qianqian closed her eyes tightly and could only instinctively hug Jiang Cuo, whom she clung to like a lifeline.
However, it seems that her height calculation was a little wrong. Unexpectedly, she could rest her chin on Jiang Cuo's shoulder by simply standing on her tiptoes and raising her chin.
Moreover, a refreshing scent entered my nostrils, faint and very pleasant, mixed with the clean smell of soap bubbles.
It has to be said that Jiang Cuo and her height difference are a perfect match.
"Can you get up now?"
Jiang Cuo lowered his voice, a hint of impatience in it.
Su Qianqian immediately came to her senses, flung her arms away from Jiang Cuo's body, and took two steps back.
She had indeed done something wrong this time. Su Qianqian only dared to lower her head, staring at her toes, and dared not look Jiang Cuo in the eye.
However, while she was looking down, the Waste System displayed the system page in front of her, showing that the two-thirds of her frozen assets had been unfrozen.
As long as she has money, she's not afraid of dying.
Because Su Qianqian had her head down, she didn't see Jiang Cuo's already bright red earlobes.
"Since you've already agreed to be Little One, then come with me."
Su Qianqian left those words behind and turned to walk away.
The little one tremblingly tugged at Jiang Cuo's trouser leg, gesturing for Jiang Cuo to follow Su Qianqian.
Jiang Cuo's face still wore that indifferent expression, seemingly unwilling, but her legs had already honestly followed the little one.
[Useless System: Host, you're really cunning! I didn't expect you to have this trick up your sleeve.]
"No, no, no, don't say that. You all forced me to do this. I'm an upright and exemplary young person. I would never take advantage of someone."
[Waste System: Congratulations, host, for completing physical contact with Jiang Cuo, triggering the following daily random task.]
Friendly reminder: Today's random task is a gambling task. If the host completes this task perfectly, the host's integration with this world will reach 30%.
Conversely, if the mission fails, the host's integration with this world will become 0%.
Su Qianqian: "?"
'So this wager task means I have a choice; I can choose not to do it?'
[Waste System: Of course you can. If the host chooses to abandon this mission, then the host's integration with this world will now be 0%.]
Su Qianqian: ...
Isn't this just forced buying and selling, bullying people?
[Waste System: Okay, the system automatically determines this as the host's default setting.]
Today's random betting task is for the host to make a heartfelt and honest confession to Jiang Cuo, and the condition for completing the betting task is that Jiang Cuo is moved by the host's words.
Friendly reminder: This betting task does not restrict the content of the host's speech; please feel free to express yourself.
When the servants in the villa saw the little one return with Su Qianqian and Jiang Cu, they immediately took out the food that the little one used to eat.
There is dog food, goat milk, calcium supplement powder, and some miscellaneous snacks.
However, the little one just sat obediently at the door, wagging its tail and looking at Su Qianqian with its eyes.
Seeing that Su Qianqian didn't frown or show any impatience, he happily hopped into the villa.
Even though the servants had already opened the food containers, the little one remained indifferent, sitting in front of the food and staring intently at Jiang Cuo.
With anticipation in his eyes, Jiang Cuo walked up to the little one's food, squatted down, poured the food into the little one's bowl, and waited for Su Qianqian to nod in tacit approval before the little one began to eat heartily.
The servants wisely withdrew, leaving only Su Qianqian, Jiang Cuo, and the little one who kept munching away in the room.
Su Qianqian stood in front of Jiang Cuo, and she could feel Jiang Cuo's gaze scrutinizing her.
Su Qianqian scratched her palm with her thumb.
That's right. Her behavior after arriving in this world is very different from the original owner's. Jiang Cuo is the future female villain in the book. With her intelligence, she will definitely be able to notice the difference between her and the original owner.
If he can't come up with a suitable reason to convince Jiang Cuo, it seems that it will be difficult to continue contact with him.
Not to mention getting Jiang Cuo to genuinely trust her and become her friend, so that she could get integration points from Jiang Cuo every day.
Su Qianqian walked to the sofa and gestured to Jiang Cuo, "Jiang, please sit down. I'm not some monster, you don't need to avoid me like this."
Seeing the seriousness in Su Qianqian's eyes, Jiang Cuo did not refuse and sat down on the sofa opposite Su Qianqian.
Su Qianqian spoke first, "To be honest, Jiang, I have indeed changed a lot recently. That's because I was seriously ill a few days ago. When I had a fever, I was delirious and recalled many things that had happened before."
Jiang also saw it that day. My father is already remarrying, and my mother passed away when I was very young. The only people my father cares about are his new wife and her illegitimate daughter, Su Lian.
I didn't have parental love growing up, and I'm not as lucky as Jiang.
My maternal grandparents passed away when I was very young. My father not only failed to fulfill his responsibilities as a father, but also coveted the property left to me by my grandparents. So I have never trusted anyone since I was a child.
I put on a layer of thorns, pricking anyone who came near, thinking that this was the only way to protect myself. But after I got sick, I suddenly realized that I have grown up now and am no longer a little girl who can be bullied. Now I have other ways to protect myself, and I don't need to use this way of hurting others.
Jiang is the person I've spent the most time with since I transferred to this high school. I know that although Jiang is cold, she has a good heart. Even though I did so many annoying things to her, she still didn't reject me.
I don't know how those rumors started circulating in the class, but I genuinely want to be friends with Jiang.
I was indeed a little jealous before. Jiang had the love of her grandparents, while I had nothing. But now I've figured it out.
What others have will always belong to them, and I have things that others don't. I just need to cherish what I have and grasp my own happiness.
Treat yourself well, and don't hurt others.
Su Qianqian spoke with utmost seriousness, touching her chest. These were the words she had kept hidden in her heart, words that she had been unable to express to anyone, reflecting the feelings of the original owner of this body.
The original owner also longed for friends, but after experiencing too much deception and scheming, she dared not trust anymore.
However, Su Qianqian is different from the original owner. She transmigrated as an adult with mature values, while the original owner was just a girl who longed to be loved.
Su Qianqian wanted to cultivate a good relationship with Jiang Cuo so that she could get what she wanted, and she wouldn't treat Jiang Cuo unfairly.
Moreover, Jiang Cuo was no ordinary person.
Jiang Cuo stared intently at Su Qianqian's face.
"That's my thought, but how Jiang chooses is up to her."
Regardless of whether my classmates forgive me for the mistakes I made, I will make amends in the future, and I only ask for peace of mind.
Okay, little one has finished eating. I'm going to take him for a bath.
After Su Qianqian finished speaking, she got up, not minding the dirt on the little one's body, and carried the little one towards the bathroom.
Although Su Qianqian appeared calm on the surface, she was actually quite nervous inside.
I wonder if Jiang Cuo will fall for this.
Jiang Cuo stared at Su Qianqian's departing figure, but instead of leaving, he took a step and followed her.
When Jiang Cuo saw Su Qianqian put the puppy in the bathtub, she didn't call anyone, but instead personally bathed the little one herself.
Su Qianqian said, "The little one is shy around strangers, and I'm afraid she'll get hurt, so there's no need for servants to wash her."
Jiang Cuo watched as Su Qianqian gently and skillfully brushed the little one's fur, applied shampoo, and rinsed it with water again and again. Although the little one resisted a little, it still obediently followed her instructions.
It would occasionally let out a few howls at her, as if trying to ask her for help.
"I've already said, you don't need to explain these things to me. I don't care. We're just classmates."
Jiang Cuo stood tall at the door, her beautiful phoenix eyes fixed on Su Qianqian's hand. Her long ponytail reached past her shoulders, and her back was straight and elegant.
Su Qianqian's heart skipped a beat. Indeed, she and Jiang Cuo were just classmates, and her detailed explanation seemed a bit redundant.
"Jiang doesn't understand how much a lonely person wants to grasp a ray of light when they see it."
While brushing the little one's fur, Su Qianqian opened her mouth to answer Jiang Cuo's question. After saying this, she suddenly stopped, then stood up straight, turned around, and looked seriously into Jiang Cuo's phoenix eyes with her round almond eyes, saying slowly and deliberately, "And for me, Jiang is that ray of light."
The bathroom was filled with the smell of bubbles, and the little Samoyed had instantly transformed into a little seal, with a tuft of foam still sticking up on its forehead—it was absolutely adorable.
Su Qianqian's sleeves were rolled up to her elbows, her hands were covered in foam and water droplets, and her body, face, and hair were covered with tiny water droplets that she had shaken off.
This was the first time Jiang Cuo had seen Su Qianqian looking so unrefined, yet so down-to-earth.
And yet, with this down-to-earth, yet unconvincing demeanor, he wears such a serious expression and says such shocking things.
Jiang Cuo's eyelashes trembled slightly, her thumb tip gently rubbing against her earlobe. Her clear, cold phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and the red stain that had just crept down her earlobe returned, making her look somewhat disheveled.
My heart was beating faster than usual for some reason.
“Jiang, I don’t mean to morally blackmail you. I’m just being honest about what I’m thinking. I hope you won’t be so resistant to me or avoid me. If you feel offended, just pretend I didn’t say anything.”
Jiang Cuo replied calmly, "Mm."
Su Qianqian: "Hmm?"
She talked on and on, and all she got in return was a "hmm"?
Jiang Cuo shrugged her shoulders as she crossed her arms, her tone containing a faint helplessness, and a hint of compromise that she herself did not notice.
"Understood, Su."
A note from the author:
Su Qianqian: Jiang Tongxue
Jiang Cuo's incorrect response: Su Qianqian
Jiang Cuo responded correctly [his voice was slightly hoarse and his tone was low]: Su Tongxue
Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants with nutrient solution between 11:49:55 on April 1, 2022 and 11:47:10 on April 2, 2022!
Thank you to the little angel who threw the landmine: Berry has 1 salted fish;
Thank you to the little angel who watered the nutrient solution: MiG, 1 bottle;