The two of them never came to blows.
At home, they could fool around all they wanted, but in public, they still had to mind their image.
After that harmless scare, the three of them boarded the plane.
Once they were aboard, Tang Xiao told them to get some sleep.
"The flight takes four hours. I'll wake you when we get there."
As it turned out, Tang Xiao fell asleep himself shortly after boarding.
Tang Xiao: A quiet environment stops the brain from thinking. Perfect for resting your eyes.
[Ding! System upgrade successful. System defenses optimized and reinforced. Added Mall modification permissions and gossip-blocking function!]
The moment Tang Shiba heard that, she woke up.
[Dumb System, quick, quick, quick! What did you give birth to—iron, steel, or mud?]
The system cackled like mad.
[Host, I gave birth to cement! Hahahaha! My defenses are at maximum strength! I can finally relax.]
After his host's warning last time, he had worried that this world might contain another existence like him, so he had hurried to upgrade his defenses.
With those defenses in place, attacking him would no longer be so easy.
Tang Shiba privately thought that this system wasn't entirely useless. At least he knew to give himself a firewall.
The system was still cackling. [Host, guess what? I can change item prices in the Mall now! Haha, I can let you shop for free!]
Tang Shiba grew excited. Now that was what she had wanted to hear.
[Dumb System, you're finally not useless! Looks like we're finally going to reach the pinnacle of life and start living like blissfully idle corpses.]
[Host, I'll change the Mall prices right now.]
The system happily went off to modify the prices, only to discover...
Huh? Was he doing it wrong?
He tried a different