After Rebirth, She Was Ordered to Force a Kiss on Her Archrival

In a corner of Jingcheng Happy Valley, a handsome young man and a beautiful young woman were locked in a kiss, unable to pull apart.

Shao Enci was the victim of that forced kiss.

But the girl before him, slightly out of breath and flushed, had kissed him into bliss.

She had sucked the base of his tongue numb; her suction could have taken half his life.

Shao Enci raised his thumb and leisurely wiped the traces of peach milk tea from the corner of his mouth. He gazed at her openly, his eyes fixed on her as though she were prey.

"Lu Xiaoxiao, why do you like taking advantage of me so much?"

Although the girl didn't meet his eyes, she could still feel that scorching gaze. She instinctively shrank back half an inch.

"This time it was a French kiss. What about next time?"

The young man leaned a little closer, his voice low, almost a whisper in her ear. Without any attempt to hide it, he took in every bit of her fluster.

His distinctly knuckled hand deliberately tightened around her wrist and moved her hand to his waist. His phoenix eyes held the hint of a smile, and his voice was tinged with amusement. "Next time, are you going to undo my belt, hmm?"

The last note of his voice rose slightly, its faintly roguish drawl teasing the tips of her ears until they tingled and began to burn.

Lu Xiaoxiao pulled her hand back with a shiver. Flustered and angry, she shoved him away and retreated several steps. "Shao Enci, you pervert!"

"If you take advantage of me like this again, I won't mind being completely open with you in a hotel room."

The young man standing before her was a head taller than she was. His ears were crimson to the roots, but his cool, handsome face feigned perfect composure. The corner of his mouth curled up, a warning lurking in his eyes.

037's voice suddenly rang out in her mind, with the tone of someone eager to watch the show get even livelier: [Congratulations, Xiaoxiao, on completing task 11.]

Her thick skin now made her seem like a completely different person from the one who had just been reborn a week ago.

A week ago, Lu Xiaoxiao had died, poisoned at the age of twenty-one. When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn in the second semester of her freshman year and forcibly bound to a system called 037.

The system said she had to complete one hundred tasks with her high school archrival, Shao Enci, each embarrassing enough to make her die of social death, before she could be fully resurrected.

Just thinking of Shao Enci gave Lu Xiaoxiao a headache.

In high school, he had been aloof, arrogant, and dismissive of everyone. He hadn't even cared for the birthday present she gave him, turning around and giving it to someone else.

All of Peking University knew they fought whenever they met. Just yesterday, she had said in front of the whole class, "I'd rather go yuri than get involved with him."

Yet today, the system told her: if you don't kiss Shao Enci, you'll die.

Lu Xiaoxiao was on the verge of a breakdown.

How was kissing someone she hated any different from taking her life?

She seriously suspected that Shao Enci was the murderer who had poisoned her to death.

Sitting in the study room, Lu Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes and interrogated 037. "Is Shao Enci the murderer who killed me?"

[Nope. A reminder to the host: you only have three chances to confirm the murderer's identity. You just wasted one, so you have two chances left.]

"...?"

Were all systems this heartless?

Before she could recover, 037 spoke again: [Xiaoxiao, five tasks have been refreshed. Please check them promptly.]

Golden words spread across her mind, making the innocent college girl so embarrassed she wanted to die on the spot.

Task 1: After the basketball game, force a kiss on Shao Enci in public.

Task 2: In a soft, cutesy voice, tell him, "Big brother, your lips are so sweet."

Task 3: At exactly ten tonight, send him a WeChat message: "Husband, I miss you."

Task 4: During Father's open biology class, interlace your fingers with his for five minutes.

Task 5: Share a naughty comic from Country H with him.

037 considerately twisted the knife: [A newbie benefit: advance spoilers to lower the host's expectations. Evading a task will result in immediate erasure.]

Lu Xiaoxiao dug her fingers into the philtrum beneath her nose and nearly fainted on the spot.

At the Jingzhou Cup basketball finals, more than four thousand people had poured into the gymnasium.

The game was nearing its end. Nobody in the stands remained seated; everyone was shouting at the top of their lungs, nearly all eyes fixed on the young man in the white-and-blue number 20 jersey.

In the sunlight, Shao Enci's skin looked especially fair, and his fluffy, short, textured hair had a soft sheen. His features were deep-set and sculpted, with the bone structure of a classic striking face. His expression was languid and distant.

Beneath his loose jersey, his inverted-triangle figure showed a lean, taut waistline as he leaped into the air. The girls in the stands screamed again and again.

He jumped. The basketball traced a perfect arc and swished through the net. Three points, and the whole arena erupted.

In the cheerleading area in the front row, Peking University's campus belle, Ruan Qingyan, stood at the head of the squad, particularly eye-catching. Her bearing was exquisitely graceful; she was the most dazzling white rose on campus. Her gaze clung affectionately to the young man on the court as she led the cheerleaders in a shout:

"Shao Enci! Shao Enci! Shao Enci!"

Lu Xiaoxiao suddenly appeared in the front row of the stands, seemingly out of nowhere. Ruan Qingyan's smile faltered for half a beat, and she looked a little puzzled, but thought no more of it.

In the final moments of the game, Shao Enci drove forward with the ball and jumped between two defenders. The whistle blew the instant the ball left his hand, and it swished through the net for a buzzer-beating, game-winning shot.

98:84

Tianji Class won the game.

Applause and cheers surged through the arena like a tide as Shao Enci's teammates gathered around him, embracing in celebration.

Many girls came forward to crowd around the players and offer them water. For the first time, Lu Xiaoxiao stumbled through the crowd so awkwardly to reach Shao Enci.

The young man immediately caught sight of that familiar figure in blue, his deep eyes fixing on her. The boys on the court abruptly shifted their gazes from Ruan Qingyan to Lu Xiaoxiao.

The girl wore a light blue tiered dress. Her skin was fair and clear, her face exceptionally beautiful, and a small mole marked her swanlike neck. She was as radiant as spring.

The players on the court stared so blankly that mineral water spilled from their mouths, their eyes fixed on her.

In their eyes, Lu Xiaoxiao was far prettier than the campus belle, Ruan Qingyan.

Shao Enci's thick, curly eyelashes swept upward as his distinct black-and-white eyes turned to her. He tugged at the corner of his mouth and drawled, "How did our little study grinder bear to leave the library?"

Her lips moved nervously, but she said nothing.

He tilted his head, a hint of a smile in his eyes, his tone as punchable as ever. "Or did you come especially to see me?"

The moment he finished speaking, a chorus of teasing erupted around them.