Don't frame me

"Ahhh——"

A sharp scream tore through the morning calm, echoing across the entire room.

Cao Xue sat kneeling on the wide bed, her clothes in disarray, biting her lip as her wide eyes glared at Li Xian, who was sleeping soundly.

Her silk nightgown had slipped down to her arms, leaving her fair, smooth shoulders, sexy collarbones, and a patch of snowy skin at her neckline exposed to the air. Faint red marks could be seen on her neck and shoulders.

One hand clutching her nightgown collar to hold it closed, Cao Xue used the other to shove hard at Li Xian, who was wrapped in a duvet. "Get up! Don't play dead with me!"

Li Xian didn't react at all, still sleeping like a log.

"Damn it, what did you do to me last night!" Cao Xue yelled as she grabbed the duvet and yanked at it.

Unfortunately, her strength was no match for his. The duvet was bundled around him like a ball—unless someone over two hundred pounds came along, there was no budging him.

"Keep pretending, just keep pretending..." Cao Xue gritted her teeth. She didn't believe he wasn't awake yet. When she'd woken up, they'd been tangled together, and she'd struggled quite a bit to free herself from his arm. How could such a commotion not wake him?

"Get up... get up..." She reached out to pinch his chubby face. When he still didn't react, she went straight for his nose, pinching it shut.

"Huff, huff..." With his nose blocked, Li Xian switched to breathing through his mouth.

"You..." Furious, Cao Xue used her other hand to cover his mouth, but the moment her fingers touched his lips, he bit down.

"You actually bit me... ow... it hurts... ow..."

A big tooth mark, still wet with saliva, appeared on her little white hand. Cao Xue's eyes welled up, on the verge of tears.

Come on... you shoved it right in my mouth, whose fault is that?

Li Xian was pretending to be asleep, but what else could he do in this situation? Waking up in the morning to find someone suddenly in his arms—it was like mud in your crotch: even if it wasn't shit, it looked like shit.

I didn't do anything. Don't you try to frame me.

He was sure he hadn't done a thing last night. He'd been dead drunk, passed out the moment his head hit the pillow. What kind of action could he have managed? This wasn't some TV drama where people got drunk and lost control.

"You have to give me an explanation..." Cao Xue leaned in again, relentless.

"Explanation my ass!" Li Xian cracked one eye open. Fine, I'm done pretending.

"You've already done this to me, and you're not going to take responsibility?!"

"Don't you slander me. I drank too much last night. I don't know anything."

"You... you even drugged me! Don't you dare deny it!"

"Whoa... that was for beauty and skincare, calming the mind and waking the senses. Haven't you noticed you're in way better spirits today than yesterday?"

"I guess... but don't change the subject! We slept together..."

"Sigh, sleeping together doesn't mean anything. I was drunk, and you don't remember anything either. That means nothing happened."

With that ironclad logic, Cao Xue was left a bit dazed. She couldn't recall a thing from last night—only that she'd been soaking in the bathtub, and then she'd woken up here.

And that very uncertainty made her feel deeply wronged.

What kind of deal was this? She'd fallen asleep, and now she'd lost her virginity?

Too unfair. A huge loss.

And she'd fallen asleep last night without even seeing the night view.

Women's minds were impossible to figure out. If you'd played along and said a few sweet words, things might have naturally worked out. But skipping that step? That was asking for big trouble.

So never take that risk.

"Really nothing happened?" Cao Xue was uncertain now.

"Really! Go check the bathroom if you don't believe me."

At Li Xian's words, Cao Xue scrambled off the bed and ran to the bathroom, thinking: Whether it happened or not, I'm sticking to you. No way I'm letting you sleep next to me for nothing.

Watching her leave the bedroom, Li Xian quickly got up, threw back the covers, and started searching the white sheets.

Nothing... nothing...

Good, nothing there.

Sigh, I got a bit cocky yesterday. Gotta be more careful from now on.

After a quick search, finding no trace of what he'd feared, he breathed a sigh of relief. He'd known he was too drunk to function, but he'd still been nervous. Now he was certain: he hadn't done anything to Cao Xue.

Li Xian's mood instantly brightened. Jiggling his bulk, he walked to the window, pulled open the curtains, and welcomed the first rays of sunlight.

He also opened the system, and a "ding" sounded with a notification.

["Make Her Shut Up" completed]

[Time taken: 16 hours, 20 minutes, 15 seconds]

[Task reward: Character Attribute Points +1, one lottery draw, character Cao Xue's appearance +1]

His smile slowly froze...

Seeing these prompts, Li Xian's freshly improved mood was shattered. I worked my ass off on that task, and she gets the stat boost? System, get the hell out here!

The system was still pretending to be dead.

Whatever. I'm a big enough person to let it slide.

Damn it.

Li Xian calmed himself down and allocated his attribute points, dumping them straight into appearance. It was already at 62 points, but the change still didn't seem huge—he was as handsome as ever.

Then, without further delay, he used the draw.

[Congratulations! You have obtained Ultra-thin Condom +1]

I don't see any Chinese text in your message to translate. Could you please provide the text you'd like me to translate from Chinese to English?

"Duang~~~" Li Xian slammed his fist against the floor-to-ceiling window.

Noon.

After lunch, Li Xian left Cao Xue in the Presidential Suite and went out alone to look at apartments.

Buying a place in Bin City meant picking the priciest area—Xinghai Square's commercial district. Part of the reason he'd chosen the Grand Hyatt yesterday was that it made apartment hunting convenient.

Right behind the Grand Hyatt was one of Bin City's top residential developments, Star Bay No. 1. That was Li Xian's first choice.

But the ten million in his pocket wasn't nearly enough to buy here. The smallest unit at Star Bay No. 1 was 220 square meters, with an average price of over forty thousand per square meter. The money he had now was just enough for the smallest one.

Li Xian felt pretty helpless. Having to buy the smallest unit was honestly a bit embarrassing, but there was no way around it. For now, he'd have to finish the Level 1 Mission first, and once the funds for the next level came through, he could trade up for a bigger one.

If Cao Xue knew he was going apartment hunting with that mindset, she'd probably strangle him.

That's Star Bay No. 1! And you think it's too small? Why don't you just fly up to the sky?

By the floor-to-ceiling window in the bedroom, Cao Xue fiddled with her phone, sharing the photos she'd taken earlier into the VX group.

She seemed to have forgotten all about what happened that morning, in a great mood.

The reason was simple. She'd made peace with Li Xian in the morning, and he'd agreed to let her stay a couple more days, as repayment for warming his bed.

No major loss, and she'd scored a few extra days in the Presidential Suite. A good deal, so Cao Xue gladly accepted.

I'm not stupid. Fighting with him would get me nowhere, and I'd just piss him off for good. Not worth it.

Cao Xue saw it all crystal clear.

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