Getting Her Mortal Enemy to Buy Sanitary Pads

Shao Enci had a dream.

In it, he was on a street near Peking University, with students passing back and forth.

Lu Xiaoxiao stood outside a convenience store in a JK uniform. Her long, dark hair fell smoothly over her shoulders, her eyes were bright and clear, and when she smiled, two little dimples appeared. She was almost unreal in her beauty.

Noticing the boy's gaze, the girl curved her eyes into a smile and raised a fair arm to wave at him.

"Shao Enci, what are you standing there for? Come over here!"

The boy's long eyelashes fluttered, and the corners of his lips curved up in a faint smile beyond his control. He casually slipped one hand into his trouser pocket and strode through the crowd straight toward her.

"What do you want to buy? It's on me." His voice was somewhat gentle as he said it.

Lu Xiaoxiao leaned back lightly against the cool glass door, a blush spreading across her cheeks and a watery sheen rippling in her clear eyes. Sweetly yet coyly, she said, "Bend down."

"Hmm?"

"I want to kiss you."

Shao Enci stiffened. He lowered his eyes to stare at the girl's soft pink lips, his throat bobbing involuntarily a few times. His ears turned red, and his voice came out low and husky. "There are too many people here. Don't kiss me here."

The girl was displeased. "I don't care. If you won't let me kiss you, I'll make a scene!"

The melon-eating crowd around them stopped to watch, and their murmurs reached his ears.

Shao Enci looked up and swept a glance over the onlookers, his expression turning colder. "What are you looking at? Never seen a girlfriend throw a little tantrum before?"

The melon-eating crowd was cowed by his bearing and gradually dispersed.

Once the people around them had left, Lu Xiaoxiao rose on tiptoe, looped her arms around his neck, and kissed him. Her nose brushed against him, picking up his scent, and her voice was soft and sweet. "Shao Enci, I don't think we've ever French-kissed... Do you want to try it with me?"

The boy blushed and lowered his head shyly, his voice husky. "Don't fool around. We're still outside."

Lu Xiaoxiao released his neck and smiled. "Then let's go home and kiss."

The scene flashed, changing to the bedroom of the villa where he lived alone.

The room was filled with an ambiguous atmosphere.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Xiaoxiao's JK uniform was off and on the floor. She wore only a lingerie set that was both innocent and alluring, showing off her graceful, slender figure. Her slender fingers lifted his shirt and slid over his sexy Adonis belt, gradually moving downward...

Shao Enci's breathing suddenly grew ragged, and his heart raced in his chest. He hurriedly caught the girl's wandering hand, his deep eyes burning as he struggled to restrain the desire stirring within him. "Don't. Things are moving too fast. It's not good for you."

"What if I'll die if we don't do it? Will you still refuse me?"

The girl pouted her rosy, cherry lips, pretending to be angry.

"How could you..." die?

Before he could finish, the girl pushed him down onto the bed. He wanted to resist, but she was the girl he had liked for so long. Surely he couldn't refuse her?

"I heard it hurts for a girl the first time. Don't force it." Shao Enci lifted his eyes gently, his heart pounding wildly and his ears burning.

"This position really isn't suitable for beginners..."

The moment the girl finished speaking, the bedside alarm clock suddenly rang.

Shao Enci opened his eyes, and the piercing white light made his brain shut down for a few seconds.

A few seconds later, his muddled consciousness returned.

So it had been a dream.

The intimate scenes from the dream made the boy's fair cheeks and neck quickly heat up and turn red. He threw off the covers in frustration, and his body's reaction made him darken his face and curse under his breath. "Fuck."

It had to be that indecent link Lu Xiaoxiao had sent him last night that had made him have a dream like that.

Shao Enci's face darkened. He got up and went straight into the bathroom to calm his restless feelings.

Meanwhile, at the Lu family home.

Lu Xiaoxiao woke up from menstrual cramps.

She rolled around on the bed in pain, breaking out in a cold sweat and feeling as though she was about to die. Her lips were pale, and she was as weak as a sheet of paper.

Before leaving to teach, Ms. Wen prepared brown sugar ginger tea and a heat patch for her. Her heart aching for her daughter, she said, "Xiaoxiao, if you're not feeling well, don't go to class today. I'll have your dad ask for a day off for you, sweetheart."

For Lu Xiaoxiao in her previous life, missing class could have killed her. But right now, she felt that her cramps could kill her at any moment.

"Okay, Mommy," Lu Xiaoxiao answered weakly.

Ms. Wen sat on the edge of the bed and said reproachfully, "If I didn't have an important meeting today, Mommy would really want to stay and take care of you."

"It's okay, Mommy. I can take care of myself." Lu Xiaoxiao took her mother's hand. "Maybe it'll stop hurting in a little while."

Ms. Wen nodded, glanced at her phone, and stood up. "Mommy has to go to work with your dad now. Take care of yourself at home, and call us right away if anything happens."

"Got it. You two go ahead."

After her parents left, the spacious house fell silent in an instant. Lu Xiaoxiao could no longer hold it in and let out a muffled groan. "It hurts so much... 037, please don't issue a task today. I don't even have the strength to get up right now."

The utterly inhuman 037 issued a task: [Task 6: Get your mortal enemy to buy sanitary pads for you. Countdown: 59 minutes, 59 seconds.]

"..."

Lu Xiaoxiao rested her head weakly on the pillow. She was already used to the system's endless stream of embarrassing, bizarre tasks and felt nothing but helplessness. "I'm in so much pain I can't even move. Can't you grant me some permission and help ease my cramps a little?"

[We don't have that function. But Xiaoxiao, you can ask your mortal enemy to come to your house.]

"Are you crazy? What if my parents suddenly come back? What would they think?"

[Then you'll just have to go to school and find him.]

Lu Xiaoxiao fell silent.

She took a deep breath, slipped on her slippers despite the ache in her lower back, and got out of bed. Before she had taken two steps, the dragging pain in her lower abdomen made her turn around and lie back down.

She felt alive again.

After agonizing over it for a moment, Lu Xiaoxiao gave up entirely.

"Forget it, forget it... Staying alive is more important. I'd better beg him to come to my house."

Muttering to herself, Lu Xiaoxiao opened her phone and sent Shao Enci two messages.

[This heroine needs rescuing, I'm sick. Can you come see me?]

[Please, my parents went to school to teach, and there's no one home.]

Just as she was about to send a third message, he replied.

Shao Enci: [Caught a cold?]

Lu Xiaoxiao bit her dry lower lip and typed frankly: [Menstrual cramps, the kind that'll kill me.]

Shao Enci: [...]

Lu Xiaoxiao: [There aren't any sanitary pads at home. Please, could you buy some for me?]

Shao Enci: [Can't you order them for delivery?]

Lu Xiaoxiao stared at the message and tapped her forehead.

Right, she could order delivery. Then how was she supposed to get him to come to her house to buy sanitary pads?

Lu Xiaoxiao buried her face in the bedding and wailed, her voice muffled. "How did getting my period make me less intelligent too..."

037 offered encouragement at just the right moment: [Xiaoxiao, keep it up. Try a little harder, and he'll definitely come.]

Lu Xiaoxiao took the advice, adjusted her mindset, and picked up her phone to type another message:

[I can't move because of the cramps. The delivery person can only leave it at the door, and I can't get there to pick it up.]

This time, the boy's tone was noticeably more genuinely concerned.

Shao Enci: [Does it hurt that badly? Should I call a doctor to check on you?]

Sensing his attitude soften, Lu Xiaoxiao unleashed her ultimate move:

[If you come see me, my cramps will be half as bad.]

The chat screen fell silent for several seconds.

Just when Lu Xiaoxiao thought he would refuse, Shao Enci replied: [Send me the address.]

037 couldn't help exclaiming: [Sure enough, when a straight girl sees the light, her charm knows no bounds.]

Lu Xiaoxiao had no time to pay 037 any attention and hurriedly sent the address.