Then she silently rose to her feet and turned to leave. Before she went, she looked back at Zhang Tianyu. Zhang Tianyu merely smiled faintly. "Sweet dreams."
"You too."
Zhang Tianyu turned and returned to the dormitory.
"Damn, I finally got that little minx to leave. If she stayed any longer, I was afraid I'd really lose control and do something!" Zhang Tianyu let out a long breath.
"Then why didn't you?" the system asked.
"It's not that I'm being overly cautious. Everything has to be done step by step."
"Didn't you just hook up whenever you wanted back on Earth?"
"Bullshit. There were no missions back then. If I succeeded, I could happily get laid. If I failed, it didn't matter," Zhang Tianyu said. "But now I've got missions to win her and Ning Rongrong over. If I fail because I'm impatient, can I handle the mission penalty?"
The system fell silent.
Fine, it really was the mission penalties that had made Zhang Tianyu more cautious.
Actually, the two girls were both nearly there. As long as Zhang Tianyu took a little more initiative, he would basically succeed.
But things like this were hard to predict. What if Ning Rongrong or Zhu Zhuqing suddenly lost her mind and rejected him? Then the mission penalty would land directly on Zhang Tianyu's head.
"Host, I actually don't want to set mission penalties either, but they're one of my hard rules. I can't change them. I've already tried my best to avoid setting penalties. If I don't have to set one, I won't."
"I know." Zhang Tianyu said, "I don't blame you. A little punishment is good too. Pressure creates motivation."
"Thank you for understanding." The system was somewhat moved.
Zhang Tianyu took off his coat and was about to sleep when