I'll Give You What You Want

Xia Zhi froze.

Wow, this damn pervert looked way too good when he smiled, didn't he?

If even he wasn't good enough for the female lead, what kind of man would be?

Pah, pah, pah.

What was she swooning over?

This damn pervert was going to kill her someday, and now he'd cost her a million. Even if he were a flower, he'd be a poisonous one!

Xia Zhi instantly came to her senses and prepared to head back, utterly dejected.

Just then, however, Lu Heng started walking toward the convenience store instead.

*!!*

Why had this damn pervert changed his mind again?

Sure enough, a pervert's thoughts were beyond ordinary people's understanding.

Hearing that, Lu Heng slowly stopped. His slightly cold gaze settled on Xia Zhi's face, making her skin crawl.

Xia Zhi instinctively stretched her lips into a stiff smile at him.

Lu Heng gave her another look before continuing forward.

Xia Zhi let out a quiet sigh of relief.

That scared her to death.

Even her calves were trembling a little.

This damn pervert didn't have the male lead's fate, but he certainly had his temper.

As soon as Xia Zhi entered the store, she headed straight for the scratch cards. It took the clerk a long time to understand her gestures.

Hurry, hurry, hurry! She was running out of time!

The female clerk walked toward Xia Zhi with a smile, holding a stack of scratch cards.

Xia Zhi's eyes went wide.

Wow.

Huge boobs.

Lu Heng gave Xia Zhi an indescribable look.

This woman...

"Ah, ah, ah! This one, this one, and this one!"

Huh?

She could make sounds now?

Wonderful!

No, terrible!

Because there were only a dozen or so seconds between the punishment and the reward!

Sure enough, Xia Zhi soon lost her X-ray Vision. She only managed to win a few small prizes, totaling less than five hundred.

Boo-hoo.

Her million!

The cooked duck had flown away right under her nose...

Xia Zhi sneaked a resentful glance at Lu Heng. It was all his fault.

Lu Heng sneered inwardly. His fault?

Very well.

Lu Heng grabbed Xia Zhi, who was crouching outside the convenience store eating an ice cream, and pulled her up. "Let's go."

"What for?" Xia Zhi asked.

"Don't you have acute pharyngitis? Go home and take your medicine," Lu Heng said.

Xia Zhi was speechless.

"I-I-I'm already better."

But Lu Heng kept pulling her home. "You still need to take medicine to make sure you stay that way."

Xia Zhi looked at the medicine and glass of water set before her, while that jerk who kept claiming it was for her own good watched her like a hawk.

"Take it."

Xia Zhi's little face scrunched up. "I'm afraid it'll be bitter..."

"Good medicine tastes bitter."

Lu Heng sat beside her, watching her without betraying anything.

"Or did you never have acute pharyngitis at all, and that whole act earlier was just you lying to me?"

Xia Zhi's heart lurched. "Who's lying to you?"

"I do have acute pharyngitis. Fine, I'll take it."

She had no choice now.

It wasn't going to kill her, anyway.

Xia Zhi shut her eyes, steeled herself, grabbed the medicine, and stuffed it into her mouth, forcing herself to swallow.

Seeing Xia Zhi suffer without being able to complain, Lu Heng immediately felt much better.

"You can't stop taking medicine halfway through. Take this with all three meals. You'll keep taking it tomorrow morning."

Xia Zhi nodded furiously.

He'd be getting the hell out soon anyway. This jerk had never stayed here. How would he know tomorrow morning whether she'd taken her medicine?

Lu Heng looked at Xia Zhi's expectant little eyes. She was practically saying "get lost, get lost" in her head.

"I'm staying here tonight."

The words left his mouth before he'd thought them through.

He regretted them as soon as he said them, but when he saw the disappointment Xia Zhi couldn't hide, Lu Heng decided the idea wasn't bad after all.

Seriously?

Was this damn pervert really planning to make his move tonight?

Was it too late to run?

Little Sponge couldn't hold back anymore. [Host, do you have a persecution complex?]

[When did you ever see the villain trying to kill you?]

[He's such a germaphobe, yet he held your hand. He's obviously fallen for you.]

Xia Zhi shuddered. [Kid, don't scare me.]

[Whether a psychopath like him hates you or loves you, it's terrifying. Don't you understand?]

Lu Heng rolled his eyes wordlessly. This lousy system was blind too. Him, fall for that woman?

He wasn't blind yet.

But after the system said that, Lu Heng instinctively looked down at his hand. What had happened earlier? He'd actually held that woman's hand for ages.

What the hell.

Feeling somewhat disgusted, Lu Heng immediately got up to wash his hands.

Xia Zhi stuck her tongue out at Lu Heng's back.

This damn pervert washed his hands dozens of times a day. How had he not scrubbed the skin off yet?

[Kid, stop trying to persuade me. I just heard that damn pervert tell his lawyer to draw up a new divorce agreement. I don't care anymore. I'm absolutely not putting on an act this time. The second he asks me to sign, I'll sign.]

Little Sponge was sweating bullets. [Host, you can't be impulsive. You still have a mission to complete.]

Xia Zhi said, [I've thought it over. The villain turns evil because he falls for the female lead but can't have her. I can find a way to make him fall for someone else. Whatever happens, I'm definitely not jumping into this hellhole.]

Little Sponge said, [...]

[So you're going to make someone else jump in?]

[Host, we need to be decent people.]

Lu Heng had just finished washing his hands and come out when he heard Xia Zhi's adamant declaration that she would never jump into this hellhole. He couldn't help sneering. Did she think she could jump into this "hellhole" of his just because she wanted to?

Ridiculous.

"Darling, it's time to tidy the bedroom."

Lu Heng walked toward Xia Zhi step by step, a faint smile coloring his cold, stern features.

"I especially want to sleep with you tonight."

Xia Zhi lurched, nearly tumbling off her chair. "Wh-what?"

Lu Heng savored Xia Zhi's deathly pale face, the smile at the corners of his lips deepening.

"Replace all the sheets, the duvet cover, and the pillowcases with fresh ones. Clean the bathroom. I don't want to see the slightest trace of a mess."

Still pale, Xia Zhi stared at the man before her with wide, doe-like eyes. The terror in them made it seem as though she'd seen a ghost in broad daylight.

"Y-y-you want to sleep in the same b-b-bed as me?"

She'd thought he was only staying here. There were plenty of rooms here.

Lu Heng deliberately moved a little closer. "Isn't this what you've always wanted?"

"Tonight, I'll give you what you want."

No, no, no.

She didn't want it at all!

That was the original owner! The original owner wanted it, not her!

She was doomed, doomed! This damn pervert must have had his head slammed in a door. He'd been bent on divorcing the original owner before, so how had he changed his tune in the blink of an eye?

What now?

She didn't want this long-overdue consummation!

Lu Heng narrowed his eyes dangerously. Damn pervert?

This woman kept calling him a damn pervert. He couldn't very well bear that accusation for nothing.

Xia Zhi made one last desperate struggle. "Heng, Aunt Liu usually takes care of all this. I... I don't even know where anything is kept. How about you go back tonight, and we talk about it after Aunt Liu comes tomorrow?"

Aunt Liu was the Lu family's housekeeper.

Luckily, she'd deliberately given Aunt Liu time off earlier to discuss the divorce. Thinking about it now, that had been truly brilliant.

This damn pervert was such a pathological germaphobe. Without fresh sheets and a duvet cover, he definitely wouldn't sleep here.

Phew.

Disaster averted.

Unexpectedly, Lu Heng made a call. "Aunt Liu, this is Lu Heng."

When Aunt Liu heard why Lu Heng was calling, she was overjoyed. "Oh my, this is wonderful news! The second young madam has been waiting five years for this day."

Xia Zhi wished she could crawl into a hole. Had the original owner really been that driven by his looks?