Standing before Wen Nan was a sports-school girl with a slender waist, long legs, a shapely rear, and healthy, sun-kissed skin.
She had a high nose bridge, deep-set eyes, long, curled lashes, and delicate, sharply defined features. Combined with her dark, healthy complexion, they gave her an exotic air. At first glance, she looked mixed-race.
Her striking, distinctive looks were every bit as beautiful as those of the school belle, Wu Yuwei. But now the girl's irises had turned scarlet, and a violent aura that warned everyone to keep their distance radiated from her. She looked frightening.
This must be the fiery sports-school girl.
As he thought this, the system's introduction sounded in his mind:
[Name: Lin Fengjiao (Little Chili)] [Identity: A sports-school hottie with a fiery temper and a smoking-hot figure] [Background: You met Little Chili at a dinner gathering between Seventh High School and the sports school. At the gathering, Little Chili was like a little sun, capturing the attention of all the boys. One after another, they approached her for a chat and asked for her contact information, only to be rejected bluntly and rudely. Just when everyone thought she wasn't interested in men and gave up, Little Chili stood up from her seat amid the crowd's teasing. She hurried over to you and openly declared her affection. As a boy in the prime of adolescence, you admitted that you, too, had been captivated by Little Chili's gorgeous looks and long legs. But you believed love shouldn't be based solely on looks or be an impulsive decision made in the heat of the moment. The two of you had never met before, and you were nowhere near the point of becoming a couple, so you turned Little Chili down politely and gracefully. Little Chili wasn't discouraged by the rejection at all. In front of everyone, she shouted, "Ye Jiu, I won't give up! From now on, I'll keep pursuing you until you change your mind!" After that, Little Chili came to the entrance of Seventh High School to see you every holiday. She kept it up for three years, right through to the present.] [攻略难度:★★★☆]
Judging by the difficulty rating alone, Little Chili was on par with Qiqi at three and a half stars. In theory, she shouldn't be difficult.
But Wen Nan could tell that things weren't so simple.
Something had clearly happened to make Little Chili furious and much harder to deal with than usual.
At Little Chili's sharp question, Wen Nan took out his phone and saw a notification for 99+ messages in the upper-left corner of his chat with her.
"Uh, sorry. Something came up earlier, and I didn't notice your messages." Wen Nan gave her an apologetic smile and tried to change the subject. "It's not the weekend today. Why did you suddenly get a day off?"
Little Chili ignored his question, stepped closer, and pressed him. "What came up that kept you so busy you couldn't even reply to one message?"
Wen Nan had gone on a date with Qiqi and then taken Xiao Wei to the hospital. He couldn't tell Little Chili about either of those things.
He needed an excuse to calm her down.
Wen Nan was still thinking when the girl in front of him lost patience during his brief hesitation.
She retreated several steps. With an enraged roar, Little Chili's body swelled to twice its original size. Her skin began to blacken and carbonize, splitting into fissures.
Blinding orange flames burst from the cracks in her skin, engulfing her in blazing fire. She looked like a fire demon straight out of hell.
[Is she really only three and a half stars?] [This looks closer to five stars!] [Are female ghosts this terrifying when they go berserk?] [Good grief, I feel like if you get within five steps of her, you'll be burned until your skin's peeling!] [It's so hot, so hot] [What do we do?] [Why do I feel like even the big shot can't handle this one? Look at his face—he looks really troubled.]
Wen Nan really was troubled.
He sighed softly. "Sigh, I only didn't reply to your messages... Is there really any need to get this angry?"
[???] [Big shot, are you sure this is just about not replying to messages?] [Do you really think she's just angry? She's spitting fire!] [Wait, the big shot's moving forward! He's making his move!] [He really is the big shot! He's definitely got a way to handle berserk Little Chili.] [Waiting to see the big shot make his move]
Wen Nan cautiously tested the waters and stepped closer to the flaming Little Chili.
Thankfully, she wasn't as scorching hot as he'd imagined.
He raised both hands high, successfully drawing Little Chili's attention.
With those scarlet eyes fixed on him, Wen Nan swallowed and hesitated before speaking.
"Little Chili, you... you have to hear me out."
[(⊙_◎)] [That's it? That's it? That's it?] [So this is the big shot's move?] [Isn't he done for?] [Why do I feel like the big shot's about to crash and burn this time?] [Hands together] [Hands together]
It wasn't just the comments—even Wen Nan himself thought he'd made a terrible move this time.
He regretted opening his mouth as soon as he did, but it was too late.
The instant his words fell, "Fire Demon" Little Chili threw her head back and roared. Flames burst around her with a sharp crackling sound.
The fire licked at the nearby stands, blackening the hard stone seating.
Wen Nan squinted against the scorching flames, feeling thoroughly out of his depth.
As expected, he wasn't very good at cheering up an angry girl. A weak, empty defense like "Hear me out" would only add fuel to the fire, wouldn't it?
The system, which Wen Nan had roused in his mind when Little Chili first appeared, spoke again.
9527: [Would you like help?] Wen Nan: [Yes]
Preferably, it could give him a copy of The Art of Conversation and teach him what he ought to say in a situation like this.
Instead, the system opened the [Shop] and brought up an item—
[Safety Bubble: A player wearing this equipment can become immune to all attacks for 30 minutes. (Only effective against攻略对象 with four stars or fewer.)] 9527: [Would you like to spend coins to purchase it now?]
Wen Nan: ...
The girl was angry, and it was suggesting he leave her there and hide inside a [Safety Bubble], like a coward? That would only make their relationship worse, wouldn't it?
Wen Nan: [Forget it]
He would deal with the problem his own way.
The flames were still raging before him. Wen Nan took a deep breath and charged straight into the sea of fire.
He planted both hands on the wall on either side of the fire-wreathed girl's head, pinning her in the corner in a textbook kabedon.
Berserk Little Chili hadn't expected him to pull such a move out of nowhere. She froze in place: ?
After a brief stunned pause, Little Chili opened her enormous maw, ready to breathe fire. But in the next instant, he pressed his lips hard against hers, sealing them with a kiss and smothering the flames.
Little Chili grumbled in protest and lightly pounded Wen Nan's shoulder, but the violent aura around her quickly faded, and she returned to the appearance of an ordinary girl.
Wen Nan chuckled to himself.
As expected, even the best explanation was unnecessary. A kiss worked much better.
But before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, a new crisis arrived—
As he held Little Chili in the corner and kissed her, he caught sight of another figure approaching from the corner of his eye.
His fourth target.
And the violent aura surrounding that woman was no weaker than Little Chili's.
Wen Nan: ...
What was he supposed to do? He couldn't just use the same trick every time, could he?
Besides, even if he wanted to use that trick on everyone, he didn't have another mouth to spare right now...
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