Goddess Strategy Outline

"I got sleeping pills from a psychiatrist, bought charcoal at the supermarket, and after we finished making love at the hotel, I secretly slipped a large dose of the pills into his water, then lit the charcoal..."

"Because of my long-term use of sleeping pills, my body had developed a tolerance, so the result of our double suicide pact was that only my first love died."

Anna recounted how she had killed her first love, though she didn't specify exactly why.

Afterward, Anna said she had dated several boyfriends in college, but they were all, without exception, only after her beauty.

One year, when she returned to her hometown, a good friend she had grown up with invited her to dinner under the guise of catching up.

But it turned out to be a pretext for his improper intentions.

"That night, he held me at knifepoint, forced me to strip, and took photos by force..."

"It was then that I realized all men are the same—ugly animals that think with their lower half."

"When he tried to blackmail me with the photos again, I ground 1,000 apple seeds into a powder to paralyze him, and then I killed him."

Hearing this, Li Ran felt a jolt of horror in his heart.

The woman before him could speak of her murders and the process of killing as if it were nothing.

She was even more terrifying than the Demon King of Killing, Wang Gan.

Li Ran dared not show even a hint of fear; instead, he asked with feigned interest, "And then?"

The three people in the booth couldn't help but gasp in unison.

This pervert Li Ran was even more terrifying than the pervert herself.

One was talking about murder as if it were a casual affair, and the other was listening to the murder process with complete indifference.

The scene was enough to send a chill down anyone's spine.

"Later, a boyfriend I had after I started working secretly sold my photos for profit."

"By now, the grass on his grave must be quite tall."

Anna lit a cigarette and tilted her head slightly, her wine red wavy perm perfectly accentuating her feminine charm.

Li Ran poured Anna a drink, stretched his own neck, and said to her, "That's quite a story."

Anna smiled dismissively. "You've been trying to hide behind that magazine, but I know you like me, don't you?"

Li Ran nodded. "Yeah, I like you. So what?"

Li Ran admitted it quite frankly; after all, who doesn't like beautiful things?

"As I thought, you're no different from the rest, but I can make an exception for you."

"I don't need you to be rich, and I don't care how handsome you are, as long as you don't cheat, don't lie to me, and don't play tricks behind my back."

Li Ran asked, "Are you alright? Why are you telling me all this?"

Anna looked confused. "Don't you like me?"

"I do like you, but that doesn't mean I'm trying to pursue you."

Li Ran's single sentence caused Anna to choke on her cigarette smoke right then and there...

Even the bartender girl at the counter looked up in shock, her eyes wide with surprise.

Xiao Yi, Chen Jiabin, and Lu Zhaohui all spat out their drinks at the same time.

Was there something wrong with Li Ran's brain?

A rich woman was offering herself up, and he didn't want it?

All three were left stunned by Li Ran's showy operation.

Anna's eyes flickered as she stared at Li Ran in disbelief.

In the end, had she been the one being self-indulgent?

"Fine, I admit it, you really are a little different from other men."

Anna glanced at the clock on the bar and said to Li Ran with a charming smile, "Don't you want to accompany this older sister upstairs for a while?"

When a beautiful, mature, and sexy woman extends such an invitation, what man could refuse?

"Damn, if I could spend a night with her, I wouldn't have any regrets even if I died," Lu Zhaohui said, swallowing hard.

"Alright, Li Ran wins. He could have skipped ten years of struggle right there," Chen Jiabin said with envy.

Xiao Yi's face darkened again, and he nearly crushed the wine glass in his hand.

On the other side, faced with Anna's proactive invitation, Li Ran's heart skipped a beat.

As a supreme single dog, he had fantasized countless times about a scene like this—a mature, uniquely charming, beautiful woman, upstairs...

But he couldn't be impulsive. Reason told him not to follow her.

Warning: If you accept her invitation, this time next year will be the anniversary of your death.

The prompt matched his own judgment; Anna's invitation was still a test.

Although Li Ran's current mysterious power was enough to intimidate Anna and even kill her outright, he feared the bartender at the counter even more.

Her strength was not inferior to the Demon King of Killing, Wang Gan.

If a battle were to break out, he would die!

Just when everyone thought Li Ran would readily accept Anna's invitation, Li Ran picked up the fashion magazine from the table again and said to Anna, "I said it before, some scenery is enough to see once."

Anna seemed to have anticipated that Li Ran would answer this way and did not seem too disappointed.

"A-Qing."

"Yes, Miss."

Anna ordered the bartender to bring over a black gold card.

"Thank you for listening to my story, here, it's paid." Anna handed the black gold card to Li Ran.

"Thanks."

Li Ran accepted the black gold card without standing on ceremony.

That was a reward of 100 Mysterious Power and 1000 points.

She really was a Rich Woman; a single mission was equivalent to ten introductory missions.

If he could really win her over, he could truly have Save Ten Years of Effort.

"By the way, holding this card allows you to make one request of me."

Li Ran asked, "Any request?"

Anna walked up the stairs, leaving Li Ran with a beautiful and meaningful look: "As long as you want..."

Watching Anna's graceful retreating figure, the tense nerves in Li Ran's entire body finally relaxed.

A woman who was both beautiful and dangerous; every gesture of hers seemed like a lethal temptation.

That final look lingered in Li Ran's mind for a long time.

Until the notification that the mission was complete sounded once more.

[Mission Complete: Anna's Story]

[Completion Reward: Mysterious Power +100, Points +1000]

This haul was a huge profit.

It was worth the trip.

Li Ran

Mysterious Power: 310

Agility: 20

Strength: 20

Points: 1100

Active Skills: [Shadow Escape] [Shadow Assault]

Passive Skills: Thunder Mark, Focus

Li Ran clearly felt a stronger surge of power emerging within his body.

"Once I save up a few more points, I'll exchange them for a top-tier piece of equipment in the shop."

"After finishing the mission here, it's time to go to the mutton restaurant to find Grandma Mi's son. If things go smoothly, I'll drop by the beauty salon on the way; who knows, there might be an even bigger harvest."

Thinking of this, Li Ran strode toward the booth.

"I'm heading out first. If you guys want to keep drinking, it's on me," Li Ran said generously.

Xiao Yi walked over with a gloomy face: "Stop putting on a fake act of being a good person. Why is it that you complete missions time and time again, while we can only act like clowns?"

"Do you think we're ridiculous?"

"I don't need your pity. I will prove my ability with my strength."

After saying this, Xiao Yi angrily slammed the door and left.

The lackey Chen Jiabin naturally followed him out.

Lu Zhaohui scratched the back of his head, looking completely confused: "What triggered them?"

"It's nothing. Didn't you want to eat? I'll treat you."

"Sure, sure! Where are we going to eat?"

"Hmm, the mutton restaurant nearby."

"Let's go."

On the pedestrian street.

Lu Zhaohui had completely transformed into a fan, following Li Ran with admiration.

"Can you teach me how to chase girls?"

A single dog asked another single dog how to chase a girl, which was like the last-place student asking the second-to-last place student for advice...

But, Li Ran smiled mysteriously and said, "You've come to the right person."

What did chasing girls have to do with him being single?

It didn't affect his perfect theoretical score.

"My guidance mission is to chase a girl. I've already added her on Feixin, but after just a few sentences, I don't know what else to say." Lu Zhaohui took out his phone. At the top of the message list was a cute girl's avatar.

Li Ran asked, "Is there a time limit for the mission?"

"No, it's just..."

"It's just that if I don't win the girl over, the matchmaker will come to my window every night to urge me."

A line of black sweat appeared on Li Ran's forehead.

If he remembered correctly, Lu Zhaohui lived on the 11th floor.

The matchmaker clinging to his 11th-floor window every night was a rather creepy thought.

"Aren't you scared?"

"Terrified. But later I realized the matchmaker couldn't get in, so I wasn't as scared. Besides, I sleep very soundly. Once I'm asleep, nothing can wake me."

"That's enviable sleep, just like mine."

Lu Zhaohui sighed, "But I can't stand being hungry. There's nothing at home. If I don't do missions, I won't get points to buy food. If I don't buy food, I'll starve."

"That's true."

"They all say you're very capable. Can you help me? At least let me complete my first guidance mission."

Lu Zhaohui's eyes held a hint of pleading.

"Teammates should help each other. Give me your phone to look at."

The two found a leisure chair under a tree and sat down.

"Look."

Li Ran stared at the chat logs, his brows furrowed.

Lu Zhaohui: Hello, Auntie Wang introduced me.

Meng Ge: Hello.

One day later...

Lu Zhaohui: Want to go out for a walk sometime?

Meng Ge: I quit my job to take care of my mom. She broke her leg, so I can't go out.

Lu Zhaohui: Oh... okay.

Li Ran thought he was already a top-tier straight man, but after seeing Lu Zhaohui's chat logs, he realized what a Tsar Bombshell of a straight man truly was.

"Can't you find another topic? Or show some concern? Ask about her mother's condition, for example."

"I know, but the words just won't come out. I want to show concern, but in what capacity? Besides, the introducer gave so little information, and her social media only shows the last three days. I know nothing about her, how can I chat?"

"I was planning to ask her out again today. If she comes, great. If not, fine. At worst, I'll eat tree bark for the remaining ten-plus days."

Lu Zhaohui's mindset was actually something Li Ran had experienced before.

"Treat her as a mission, and you won't resist. Think about what you'll gain after completing this mission." Li Ran spoke like a teacher instructing a student. "Here, I'll draft an outline for you. Follow my outline, and if nothing unexpected happens, you'll win her over in three days."

"That magical?"

Lu Zhaohui's eyes widened like light bulbs, as if a golden halo had appeared behind Li Ran.

Li Ran took out paper and a pen from his portable space and quickly wrote six large characters on the paper:

Goddess Strategy Outline