"I thought about it... actually, even if a male villain came out, he wouldn't be hard to deal with."
It was almost noon. Qiu Wuji gave up on stewing the chicken, called for takeout, and ordered a replacement cylinder of cooking gas while she was at it.
After the call, she returned to the room and suddenly said this to Chu Ge, who still seemed somewhat troubled.
Chu Ge paused. "How? Call the police and have him arrested?"
"No." Qiu Wuji said solemnly, "You could change his character settings and turn him into a girl, or change his personality and make him gay. Then you could put your strengths to use..."
Chu Ge's expression turned exceedingly strange. "Then you two could engage in some friendly fire over Ge, right?"
Qiu Wuji sneered. "Have you written too many harem novels? What goes on in that head of yours?"
"I should be asking you that!" Chu Ge snapped. "And I'm not gay!"
Qiu Wuji's expression turned dangerous. "I don't care whether you are or not! When the time comes, I'll cut off both your wretched heads. Now that would be true freedom and liberation, instead of having to put up with your bullying like this, getting spanked one moment and having my shoulders kneaded the next."
Chu Ge blinked, then suddenly smiled. "You could cut my head off right now."
Qiu Wuji turned her head away and muttered, "I'm afraid the world would be destroyed."
"Is it the world you can't bear to lose?" Chu Ge stood up and walked over to her, unconsciously reaching out to stroke her hair at her temple again.
Qiu Wuji took half a step back. "Don't push your luck. Can you not talk without getting handsy every single day?"
Seeing the panic in her eyes, Chu