When the second female ghost appeared on-screen, the livestream chat burst into activity:
[Here comes another one!]
[These missions can actually run in parallel?!]
[So if you choose five options at once, you have to complete five missions at once? Mind blown.]
[I saw her! That shadow with long white hair that flashed beneath the streetlight when Ye Jiu was on his way to the date just now—that was her!]
[She had her eye on Ye Jiu from the start and followed him all the way to the field.]
[So she got the best seat in the house and watched the whole thing?]
[Let them fight! Let them fight!]
[I love a good Shura field.]
By the bleachers on the edge of the field, while Wen Nan stood there in a daze, the system's voice rang in his mind:
[Name: Wu Yuwei (Xiao Wei)]
[Identity: Beautiful and Juicy School Beauty]
[Background: Xiao Wei is stunningly beautiful, with countless admirers. She enjoys being adored by everyone, but doesn't want a relationship to affect her studies. So she neither accepts nor rejects her admirers, collecting plenty of backup options while managing to leave them all untouched. But recently, she discovered that, for the first time, she had developed feelings for someone. And that someone is you.
She slipped a letter into your desk and asked you to meet her by the basketball court, but you overlooked it and never saw it. Fortunately, her best friend found the letter by the classroom's back door and alerted Xiao Wei in time.
Xiao Wei grabbed the letter and hurried to the field to confess to you, only to see Qiqi kissing you.]
[Walkthrough difficulty: ★★★]
After reading Xiao Wei's background, Wen Nan fell into thought.
Qiqi pressed herself tightly against Wen Nan, wrapping both arms around one of his. Like a frightened little beast hiding behind him, she looked ready to bristle from head to toe as she warily watched the other girl.
Wen Nan gently patted her hand, soothing her.
Seeing this, Wu Yuwei's eyes grew even redder. She pressed her lips together, looking on the verge of tears, but still managed to hold them back. She slowly walked up to the two of them, doing her best to keep smiling, and asked:
"Did I come at a bad time?"
Huh, why did this seem so familiar? Had he seen this somewhere before?
Ah, now he remembered.
Wen Nan smiled and held out his other arm toward Wu Yuwei. "No, you came at just the right time."
As soon as he said it, both girls looked at him as if he were an idiot.
Wu Yuwei took half a step back, putting some distance between them. The disgust in her eyes was impossible to hide. Even Qiqi let go of his arm, no longer playing the part of a lovestruck little bird. A hint of resentment crept into her expression.
Hah, so TV dramas really were all lies.
Wen Nan sneered inwardly.
Meanwhile, the livestream chat hit another peak:
[(;)]
[(╬Д)]
[Huh???]
[Holy crap, is this guy really that bold?]
[He's offending two female ghosts at once. Does he want to die faster?]
[All I can say is, the big shot really knows how to spoil his fans.]
[Huh? We were just saying it for fun. We didn't actually want him to stage a Shura field!]
[It's been ages since I found a livestream this good. If it ends just like that, I'll have nothing to enjoy anymore.]
[No, what is he trying to do? Is he really going to ditch the missions just for the entertainment value?]
[Right, the mission said to go on the date and spend a pleasant evening. If he really gets the two female ghosts fighting, there's no way he'll complete it, right?]
[Feels like he's lost control of the situation. Look, he's just standing there. Maybe he doesn't know what to do next either.]
[Could even the big shot have a spectacular fail?]
[Did we misjudge him?]
The reason Wen Nan stood frozen in place wasn't that he didn't know what to do. He was calling the system.
Wen Nan: [9527]
9527: [I'm here.]
Wen Nan: [Check the mission progress.]
9527: [Main Mission 1, current completion: 15%.]
Just as he thought...
Going by the mission description, the first main mission had two key points: "spend" and "pleasant."
"Spend" was simple. He just had to go through with the date. The tricky part was making it "pleasant."
When he'd learned he had to go on dates with five targets at the same time, Wen Nan had been desperate—
How could he make all five women happy at once? Even the greatest Time Management Master in the world probably couldn't do it.
But soon, Wen Nan realized he was stuck in a rut.
Although this was a dating-sim game, at its core, it was still meant to serve the player.
It was supposed to give the player an enjoyable experience, so the player should be the focus.
If so, then the "pleasant" part shouldn't be about his targets. It should be... about him.
So this first mission wasn't asking him to make all five targets "happy." It was asking Wen Nan to feel "happy" himself.
The best proof was the mission progress. After his outrageous remark just now, it hadn't gone down. It had actually gone up another 5%.
In those few short minutes, Wen Nan had clearly offended both girls. There was not a trace of "happiness" on either of their faces, but his own mood was still fairly stable.
So as long as Wen Nan was still in a state where he was "spending a pleasant evening," the mission progress would keep advancing.
If that was the case, things suddenly became simple.
With that thought, Wen Nan smiled and drew back his hand. "I was joking."
If anyone else had made that kind of joke, Wu Yuwei and Liu Qi would have turned around and walked off in a huff. But since it was Ye Jiu... of course they chose to forgive him!
Tonight, every strand of this man's hair seemed to be glowing.
All he had to do was curl his lips into a faint smile, and they were utterly smitten.
Damn it! How could a man be this handsome?
How had they never realized before how charming he was?
Wu Yuwei lowered her eyes, trying to suppress the feelings stirring inside her. She stepped forward and held out the pink envelope. "I wrote you a letter and put it in your desk drawer. Did you not see it?"
Wen Nan glanced down at the envelope in front of him, unsure whether he should take it.
At that moment, Qiqi snatched the envelope first and glared at Wu Yuwei with wide eyes. Like a little beast defending its territory, she hurried to stake her claim:
"Stop bothering my brother! We—we're already together!"
Wu Yuwei turned to Wen Nan, tears gathering in her eyes once more. "Is what she said true? Are you two... together?"
Wen Nan paused for a moment. "We..."
Wu Yuwei shook her head, cutting him off. "You don't have to say anything."
She no longer wanted to know the answer to that question.
Taking half a step forward, she rose onto her toes and kissed Wen Nan on the lips.
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