Stealing the Home

[So cute.]

[So cute, I want to...]

[I want to...]

[It's a pity she's so cute, but she's already the streamer's exclusive character. If I ever get the chance to go back, I'd want to try it too.]

[Wake up! That's a female ghost! You'll die the moment you try!]

Qiqi lay on the desk, turning her face slightly from her arms to peek at Wen Nan, unable to help but purse her lips and giggle.

Wen Nan smiled back at her while asking the system in his mind to check Qiqi's affection level.

9527: [Congratulations! Qiqi's affection level has returned to 99%!]

9527: [Detected that the Level 1 Taming Sigil is ready to be activated. Do you wish to reactivate it?]

Wen Nan let out a small sigh of relief in his heart.

The moment he walked into the classroom just now, he had subconsciously pulled up Qiqi's panel from the system and discovered that her affection level had dropped to 94%.

He hadn't expected that... the affection level value could actually drop?!

Did this mean that the affection levels of the characters he had already secured could potentially revert to zero if he wasn't careful?

Although Qiqi's current 94% was still far higher than the level required to clear her route, the fact that it had dropped five percentage points after just one night of sleep made Wen Nan feel a sense of crisis—if it dropped below 90%, he wouldn't be able to continue activating Qiqi's Taming Sigil.

Qiqi's Taming Sigil was only Level 1. While the requirements to activate it weren't high—90% affection was enough—the duration of the taming effect was equally short, lasting only one hour.

When Wen Nan returned to his dormitory at night, the countdown on the sigil on his palm would end, and the previously active sigil would dim.

However, since Qiqi was already his exclusive character, she wouldn't be tamed by other players even if the sigil went dark. It was just that for Wen Nan to reactivate her Taming Sigil, he needed to ensure his affection level with her remained above 90%.

Fortunately, Qiqi was a sweet girl who was easy to win over; a kiss or a hug would immediately boost her affection level.

Wen Nan: [Activate.]

9527: [Qiqi's Taming Sigil has been activated for you. During the effective period of the sigil, you may command Qiqi to do anything. Duration: 1 hour.]

Wen Nan shrugged. He didn't intend to make Qiqi do anything right now, but since the Taming Sigil had no cooldown, he could activate it whenever he wanted as long as his affection level was above 90% and Qiqi was by his side. He might as well keep it active just in case.

However, come to think of it, when he checked Qiqi's affection level last night upon returning to the dorm, it had risen to 99% on its own even though they had parted ways. How could it have dropped to 94% after waking up this morning?

"Did you not sleep well last night?" Wen Nan pointed to Qiqi's eyes. "They're a bit puffy."

"No, I slept very well," Qiqi rubbed her eyelids. "I just get puffy when I wake up in the morning." As she spoke, she hurriedly took a small mirror out of her schoolbag. "Did I become ugly?"

She looked left and right in the mirror, her mouth pouting. "I am ugly. My double eyelids have swollen into single eyelids."

Wen Nan chuckled. "You still look very beautiful." As he spoke, he reached out and pinched her fleshy cheek. "You look even cuter when you're round like this."

Qiqi moved her face away to stop Wen Nan from pinching her and touched her cheek herself. "Really?"

"Really." Wen Nan nodded very seriously.

Since it wasn't because of poor rest affecting her affection level, then...

"Qiqi, did someone say something to you last night?" Wen Nan asked instead.

Qiqi pursed her lips and thought for a moment, the conversation she had with that person last night surfacing in her mind.

She had promised the other party she wouldn't tell anyone about these things, but the Taming Sigil on her neck was faintly glowing, making her unable to refuse—and unwilling to refuse—the man in front of her from the depths of her heart.

So, after a moment of hesitation, Qiqi nodded. "Mm, it was my roommate. She told me about Xiao Wei, saying that Xiao Wei cried all night because the two of us are together. She also said she felt it was unfair to Xiao Wei that I'm monopolizing you like this..."

So it was because of something like this?

Wen Nan smiled helplessly. "In matters of the heart, liking someone is just liking them, and not liking them is not liking them. How can there be any talk of fairness?"

"That's what I told her too, but she said it was just because I was lucky enough to hand that letter to you first, which is why you came looking for me and chose me."

"Don't listen to her nonsense. I chose you because of who you are; it has nothing to do with who came first."

"But, what do you like about me?"

"You're cute."

Qiqi thought for a moment, as if wanting to agree with Wen Nan's words, but then she remembered what her roommate had said, and her little mouth drooped again. "But my roommate said you chose me because my attribute is 'Pure Romance,' and you rejected Xiao Wei because her attribute is 'Unrequited Longing'... I don't understand, what does she mean by 'attribute'?"

Wen Nan felt a chill run down his spine. For a second, cold sweat almost broke out.

He looked at Qiqi and asked sternly, "Qiqi, who exactly is this roommate of yours?"

"Xiaojun, it's Yu Shujun," Qiqi replied. "You're quite close with her, aren't you? Didn't she help you with your tutoring?"

Yu Shujun...

As expected, it was this top student again...

Wen Nan's expression turned cold.

What exactly was this person trying to do? He had chosen to turn a blind eye and was even prepared to sign a non-interference agreement with her, yet she insisted on stirring up trouble in his harem?

Thinking of this, Wen Nan looked up and scanned the classroom. "Where is Yu Shujun sitting?"

Qiqi raised her finger to point at an empty seat in the first row. "Over there. She hasn't arrived yet, and class starts in a minute. I wonder if something happened; it's so strange."

What was so strange about that? A player sneaking into the map couldn't possibly be here to attend class with the NPCs; they were likely off exploring the map somewhere.

Just as he was thinking this, the sky around them suddenly brightened.

Without him noticing, the black mist that had permeated the campus dissipated, and sunlight spilled down once again.

"Huh, there she is!" Qiqi suddenly pointed toward the flower bed outside the window. "Who is she talking to? What could be so important that she's skipping class?"

Wen Nan looked in the direction Qiqi was pointing and, sure enough, saw the figure of that top student.

This big brother—after messing with Qiqi, was he now going to mess with Xiao Wei?

Wen Nan couldn't sit still; he stood up with a sudden jolt.

Ding—

The bell for class rang.

The instructor walked in holding a lesson plan, but Wen Nan didn't care in the slightest as he turned and walked toward the classroom door.

"Brother! Where are you going?" Qiqi called out from behind him. "Class is starting!"

Wen Nan waved his hand and, without looking back, tossed a sentence over his shoulder:

"Someone's raiding the base! Who has time for class!"