Defeat the Boss Lady, and You're the Boss

When Li Xunsheng opened the box, what greeted his eyes was a slightly yellowed... parchment?

The paper in his hand was ancient and faintly yellow, with extremely delicate patterns adorning its edges. The content on the paper was obscured by black mist, making it impossible for even the Eye of God to discern the details for the moment...

This looked very much like the parchment used in ancient texts, but the feel was strangely warm and slippery... making it instantly recognizable that this was no ordinary, rough, dry animal hide paper.

The game's basic detection skill produced a string of question marks, as unhelpful as ever. Xuan Sheng carefully unfolded the strange letter in his hand...

[Unknown Recommendation Letter: Deliver this letter to the only demon in Lone Star City, and she will enlighten you.]

A demon in Lone Star City?

This time, even the Eye of God could only gather limited information... This caused the young man to frown deeply, and he couldn't help but mutter to himself.

It wasn't this troublesome when he appraised Yi Qing's Assassin class job change letter before.

Could it be that this piece of leather, which looked like a contract and had various strange black patterns, was itself a scroll with special effects?

As more doubts arose, Xuan Sheng tried to understand the message on this parchment, but the bizarre black mist on it always prevented him from reaching a conclusion...

[Appraisal Skill level too low, unable to appraise this item.]

"Hiss... This thing is too strange. Even the Eye of God can't see through it? Is it something of the same level?"

Unable to figure out the true nature of this item, the young man could only give up and turned his mind to the clue it provided...

A demon in Lone Star City?

And the only one?

Wouldn't that be Mo Rui?

Succubi should belong to the general category of demons.

Realizing this, Xuan Sheng couldn't help but be slightly startled.

Oh no! He had just teased the pure boss lady...

And as soon as he turned around, he received a quest related to her...

Oh, this...

If he had known about this quest earlier, how would he have dared to provoke Mo Rui!

Looking at the strange parchment in his hand, Li Xunsheng braced himself and stepped out of the room...

This thing was truly too important to him... According to the information from the treasure chest, this should be the hidden profession most suited for him.

For this reason alone, he had to figure out what this thing was and what kind of quest it could lead to.

Tiptoeing out of his room, Xuan Sheng didn't have to search for long before he saw the boss lady in deep thought in the lobby.

After returning to the shop, Mo Rui had changed into a qipao with high slits and blue floral patterns. Her legs, as white as jade, were casually crossed, and a delicate hairpin held back her purple hair. She exuded a gentle aura, yet carried a unique charm...

He wondered if his boss deliberately catered to human fashion styles, always favoring tight-fitting qipaos.

Although such attire did accentuate Mo Rui's good figure and was very pleasing to the eye.

But honestly, who would wear a qipao for no reason...

He felt that this boss lady had really developed a strange habit... Could she possibly think that human women usually dressed like this...

Looking fearfully at the woman in the distance, whose mood was unknown, Li Xunsheng hesitated, unsure whether to approach or delay a while longer.

Even he, who had very few memories from before the game, knew very well: an angry woman was not to be trifled with; reasoning or appealing to emotion would be useless, like playing the lute to a cow.

So, before asking about the letter, should he do something to appease the boss lady's mood...

With no ideas, the young man opened the chat panel...

[The boss lady I just teased, and now I need her help, what should I do? A bit urgent, waiting online.]

'No way, bro, you've come all the way to Lone Star City and you still dare to offend NPCs? Are you tired of living?'

'Let me tell you guys, the safe zone offers no protection against NPCs; they can actually fight, can you believe it!'

'Players can also fight, but they'll just get arrested by the guards.'

'I remember the favorability system in this crappy game is invisible, but if you've really offended an NPC, why not try helping her out with some daily quests?'

In the chat channel near Lone Star City, players who were forced to rest due to insufficient supplies immediately started giving advice upon seeing Li Xunsheng's request for help.

Help Mo Rui with some quests? But the problem is... this elder sister only gives quests to demons...

Besides, he was worried about the quest being rejected, which was why he planned to do something first.

'Bro, my advice is don't be a coward, just go for it! As long as you beat the boss lady, you'll be the boss!'

'Holy crap, the guy above makes so much sense, in every possible way.'

'My suggestion is to just lie down and mooch off her. The food prices in Lone Star City are outrageously high right now, and they're out of stock, supposedly targeting us players. NPCs are fine, so freeloading is the way to go.'

'Rich lady, hungry, food~'

'I want to mooch too~ Are there any handsome young men? Starting at one Copper Coin, private message, serious inquiries only...'

Soon, the chatroom discussion veered in a strange direction, offering no further help to Xuan Sheng.

Tch, asking was pointless... just useless, silly netizens.

Discarding all hope, Xuan Sheng shamelessly approached the boss lady, ready to make amends.

"Hm?"

Why is this guy back again?

"Ahem, Boss... are you in a good mood right now?"

Steeling himself, Xuan Sheng still didn't dare to hand over the quest directly. He planned to apologize first and appease the boss lady before anything else.

Mo Rui, looking confused, saw the guilty expression on Xuan Sheng's face and a wicked smile curled her lips.

"Oh, I'm doing wonderfully... being called a pure big sister by some little brother, ah, I'm so happy, so happy I can't even hear anything else. Go take care of your own business, I'm busy being happy right now and don't have time for anything else."

The moment she saw his expression, Mo Rui knew this man had run into trouble again.

He had that same look when he asked for an advance on his wages before, and now he was inexplicably in front of her again. It definitely wasn't for anything good.

Normally, with her soul under his control, it was hard to see him in a position of begging for favors.

But today, after just angering her, he came running back...

Heh, if I let this 'chance for revenge' slip by, my name isn't Mo!

"Master, why are you looking for me, a 'pure' and 'cute' succubus, instead of accompanying the little girl you tricked earlier? Hm?"

Mo Rui spat out those words hatefully, almost through gritted teeth.

She had initially planned to play along a bit, to tease him a little and then let it go.

But the thought of his previous words filled her mind with rage.

"I just felt like what I said before was too much... I came to see if you were angry..."

The hole he dug for himself before was too deep, leaving Xuan Sheng wanting to slap himself twice.

Why did I have to be so glib! Digging such a huge hole!