Asura Field

When the second female ghost appeared on screen, the livestream chat erupted:

[Another one!]

[Are these tasks actually running in parallel?!]

[So if you pick five options at once, you have to complete five tasks simultaneously? Learned something new today.]

[I saw it! That shadow with long hair in white that flashed under the streetlamp while Ye Jiu was on his way to the meeting—that was her!]

[She's been eyeing Ye Jiu from the start, following him all the way to the sports field.]

[So she had the best seat in the house to watch the whole thing?]

[Fight! Fight!]

[I love a good Shura field.]

By the edge of the sports field bleachers, while Wen Nan was lost in thought, the system's voice rang in his mind:

[Name: Wu Yuwei (Xiao Wei)]
[Identity: Beautiful and juicy campus belle]
[Background: Xiao Wei possesses stunning beauty and countless suitors. She enjoys being pursued by the crowd, yet she doesn't want her studies affected by romance. Thus, she neither accepts nor rejects anyone, collecting a multitude of backup options while remaining untouched by the chaos. However, she recently discovered she has felt the stirrings of a heartbeat for the first time, and that person is you.

She tucked a letter into your desk, asking to meet you by the basketball court, but you missed it and never saw it. Fortunately, her best friend found the letter at the back door of the classroom and reminded Xiao Wei in time.

Xiao Wei grabbed the letter and rushed to the sports field, intending to confess her feelings to you, only to see the scene of you and Qiqi embracing and kissing.]
[Difficulty: ★★★]

Looking at Xiao Wei's background, Wen Nan fell into deep thought.

At this moment, Qiqi pressed tightly against Wen Nan, her hands gripping his arm firmly. Like a frightened little beast hiding behind him, her hair seemed to stand on end as she glared vigilantly at the newcomer.

Wen Nan patted her hand gently to soothe her.

Seeing this, Wu Yuwei's eyes turned even redder. She pressed her lips together, on the verge of tears, yet she forced them back. She walked slowly toward the pair, maintaining a strained smile as she asked:

"Am I interrupting something?"

Huh, why does this scene feel so familiar? Have I seen this somewhere before?

Ah, I remember.

Wen Nan smiled faintly and extended his other arm toward Wu Yuwei. "No, your timing is perfect."

As the words left his lips, both girls looked at him as if he were an idiot.

Wu Yuwei took half a step back, putting distance between them with undisguised disgust in her eyes. Even Qiqi let go of his arm, dropping her act of being a delicate little bird, her expression shifting to one of resentment.

Heh, so the TV dramas really were lying.

Wen Nan sneered inwardly.

Meanwhile, the livestream reached another climax:

[(;)]

[(╬Д)]

[Huh???]

[Holy crap, is this guy really that brave?]

[Offending two female ghosts at once—is he trying to speedrun his own death?]

[I have to say, the big boss is really dedicated to his fans.]

[Wait? We were just joking; we didn't actually want him to act out a Shura field!]

[It's been a long time since I've seen such a good livestream. If it ends here, my entertainment is gone.]

[No, what is he actually doing? Is he really sacrificing the mission just for the sake of the show?]

[Exactly! The mission said to go to the meeting and spend a pleasant evening. If he really makes the two ghosts fight, the mission is definitely going to fail, right?]

[Feels like he's lost control. Look, he's just standing there frozen. Does he not know what to do next?]

[Could it be that even the big boss has his moments of failure?]

[Did we misjudge him?]

The reason Wen Nan was frozen in place wasn't because he didn't know what to do, but because he was calling the system.

Wen Nan: [9527]

9527: [I am here.]

Wen Nan: [Check the mission progress.]

9527: [Main Mission 1, current completion: 15%.]

As expected...

Looking at the description of this first main quest, there were two key points: "spend" and "pleasant."

"Spend" was simple; he just needed to complete the date. The difficult part was the "pleasant" aspect.

When Wen Nan first learned he had to go on a date with five targets simultaneously, he had been in despair—

How could he satisfy five women at the same time? Even the world's greatest master of time management probably couldn't pull that off.

However, Wen Nan soon realized he had fallen into a fixed mindset.

Although this was a romance-strategy game, its essence was still to serve the player.

If it was meant to create emotional value for the player, it should be player-centric.

If that were the case, then the focus of "pleasant" shouldn't be on the targets, but rather... on himself.

Therefore, the goal of this first quest wasn't to make the five targets "pleasant," but for Wen Nan himself to feel "pleasant."

The best proof of this was that the quest progress, even after his outrageous remarks just now, hadn't dropped—it had actually increased by another 5%.

In those few short minutes, Wen Nan had clearly offended both girls; there wasn't a hint of "pleasantness" on their faces, yet Wen Nan's own mood remained quite stable.

Thus, as long as Wen Nan himself remained in a state of "spending a pleasant evening," the quest progress would continue to advance.

If that was the case, then this whole thing suddenly became simple.

Thinking of this, Wen Nan smiled and withdrew his hand. "I was just joking."

If anyone else had made such a joke, Wu Yuwei and Liu Qi would have certainly flipped out and walked away, but coming from Ye Jiu, they... naturally chose to forgive him!

Tonight, every single strand of this man's hair seemed to be glowing.

He only needed to curl his lips into a faint smile to make them fall for him.

Damn it! How could a man be this handsome?

Why hadn't they noticed how charming he was before?

Wu Yuwei lowered her eyes, struggling to suppress the fluttering in her heart, and stepped forward to hold out a pink envelope. "I wrote you a letter and put it in your desk drawer. Did you not see it?"

Wen Nan looked down at the envelope held out to him, hesitating over whether to take it.

At that moment, Qiqi snatched the envelope away first, glaring at Wu Yuwei with wide eyes like a little beast fighting for territory, eager to declare her sovereignty:

"Stop pestering my brother! We—we are already together!"

Wu Yuwei turned to look at Wen Nan, tears welling up in her eyes again. "Is what she said true? Are you... together?"

Wen Nan paused for a moment. "We..."

Wu Yuwei shook her head, cutting him off. "You don't have to say it."

She didn't want to know the answer to that question anymore.

Taking a half-step forward, she stood on her tiptoes and took the initiative to kiss Wen Nan's lips.