I Accept

"Little Yanxi, wh-what are you doing?" Chen Ze's voice trembled as he raised his head and looked up into Giant Loli's eyes.

Giant Loli looked at Chen Ze with reproachful eyes. "Little Ze, last time you said you needed some time to think. Have you made up your mind?" At 1.85 meters tall, Giant Loli made the 1.73-meter-tall Chen Ze look rather like a little bird nestled against her.

"Think about what?" Chen Ze chose to play dumb.

"If you keep playing dumb, I'll take it as a yes!" Giant Loli pressed him at every step, slowly bringing her face closer.

"Wait, let go of me first!" Chen Ze put both hands on her head as it slowly approached.

"No, answer me first!" the loli said stubbornly.

"Well... I haven't made up my mind yet." Chen Ze resorted to the art of delay, hoping to bluff his way through!

But Giant Loli had seen through him long ago. Tears instantly streaked her reproachful face! "Chen Ze, do you know? I fell for you the first time I saw you! I love your mischievous smile, your carefree attitude, the way you look when you're confident—I love everything about you! You're so different from everyone else. I've realized I can't live without you anymore. Today's the last time I'll be coming to school, and I'm afraid that if I don't confess to you now, I might never be able to find you again."

Giant Loli wiped away her tears and went on, "Chen Ze, do you know how that feels? Of course you don't. You're so wonderful, you can't possibly be short of people who admire you, but what about me? Without you, I don't know what I'll do from now on, sob..." Giant Loli cried harder and harder, until she finally squatted down, buried her face in her hands, and sobbed!

"Th-this... don't be like this, I... I..." Chen Ze had no idea what to do. He could only stand nervously beside her, waving his arms and legs.

He had never expected Giant Loli's feelings for him to run so deep, and he was at a loss!

"Ding~ The system has issued a new mission. Host, please accept Zheng Yanxi's confession. Mission reward: 5 points added to any attribute and 5,000 Empathy Points. Mission failure will result in the deduction of 10 randomly selected Attribute Points from the host. This mission cannot be refused!"

Damn it! System, you're making things worse too! Chen Ze wailed inwardly!

"Ding~ As the Male God Development System, how can this system's host be without a female companion!"

"..." Chen Ze had no answer!

"Stop crying. I... I'll accept, all right?" Chen Ze had no choice but to "reluctantly" agree!

"What did you say?" Giant Loli jerked her head up, her tear-streaked face like a pear blossom in the rain.

"I said I accept!" Chen Ze repeated.

A dark shape flashed before Chen Ze's eyes, and the next moment, he found himself in a soft embrace!

"That's wonderful! It's really wonderful!" Giant Loli's excited, delighted voice rang in his ears! Chen Chen's head sank deep into a mass of softness.

"Let go of me first. I can barely breathe!" Chen Ze patted Giant Loli's back.

"Do you know, Chen Ze? I'm so happy. I've never been as happy as I am today!" Giant Loli continued to hold Chen Ze tightly.

"Let go of me first!" Chen Ze's face turned red from lack of air, and he struggled harder!

Giant Loli seemed to notice and hurriedly let him go. "I'm sorry, Chen Ze, I... I was just too excited!"

"Phew~" Chen Ze let out a deep breath. He had nearly suffocated.

"All right, I don't blame you. But let me make this clear first: we'll start by dating, and we can think about marriage after we graduate from university," Chen Ze said.

"Okay, I agree to everything! And like I said before, I don't mind if you find a few partners in the future. I only hope there'll always be a place for me in your heart!" Giant Loli said humbly but firmly.

What a wonderful girl, and what a wonderful world! Chen Ze marveled inwardly.

Seeing how humble and heartbreaking Giant Loli looked, Chen Ze took the initiative to embrace her. "Don't be like this. I'm not worth treating so well. If you regret it in the future, you can leave me whenever you want. I won't force you to stay!"

What a wonderful boy! Where could you find a good boy like Chen Ze these days?

As though she had found a priceless treasure, Giant Loli wrapped her arms around Chen Ze. "I won't. I'll never leave you, Chen Ze. You deserve all the beautiful things in the world! You're my everything!" With that, Giant Loli kissed him.

Chen Ze's eyes flew wide open! Across two lifetimes, this was his first kiss, and he really didn't know how!

It was the first kiss for both of them, awkward and unpracticed! They didn't let go of each other until neither could breathe!

All strength had left Chen Ze's body, and he slumped into Giant Loli's arms. He didn't know whether it was because of boys' constitutions in this world.

Giant Loli held Chen Ze, her face full of happiness. They remained like that, quietly embracing for a long, long time!

"All right, how much longer are we going to hold each other?" Chen Ze patted Giant Loli's back, reminding her.

Before they knew it, the sky had gone completely dark.

"Let's go eat!" Giant Loli took Chen Ze's hand, and the two walked sweetly out of the school together!

The rotten stench of romance filled the air!

"Little Ze, which university are you planning to attend?" Giant Loli asked Chen Ze. The two chatted as they ate, their sweet manner enough to make everyone around them green with envy!

"I'm planning to go to Capital Jinglan Art Academy." Chen Ze then told Zheng Yanxi everything about signing with the Tianmei Entertainment Company.

"The Capital? That's perfect. My mother's company headquarters is in the Capital too. I'll go with you!" Giant Loli said, leaving no room for refusal.

Chen Ze looked up in surprise. "Isn't your mother's company in Hangcheng?"

"The one in Hangcheng is just a factory. Actually, my family has factories in lots of places throughout the Great Xia Nation, as well as in a few small countries abroad," Giant Loli said with some pride.

"I never would've guessed you were a super-rich second-generation heir!" Chen Ze marveled.

"Of course! Actually, you wouldn't have to work at all in the future. I could easily support you!" Giant Loli said enticingly.

"You mean you want me to eat soft rice?" Chen Ze said.

"I'm just telling the truth. Boys should be kept at home and looked after. If I weren't afraid you'd get angry, I'd really like to lock you up at home forever and never let you out!" Giant Loli threatened, raising her fist as she finished.

"Stop right there! You'd better put an end to that dangerous idea!" Chen Ze said hurriedly. He didn't like yanderes!

"I'm joking. I didn't expect my husband to scare so easily!" Giant Loli laughed happily, her chest bouncing.

In this world, married men and women addressed each other as "husband" and "wife-master"-the equivalents of "husband" and "wife" in his previous life.

"You'd better be joking, or else... hmph! And we're not married yet, so you're not allowed to call me husband!" Chen Ze said haughtily.

"What's wrong with calling you husband? You've already accepted me, so isn't it only a matter of time? Come on, call me wife-master. Let me hear it!"

"Anyway, you can't call me that yet!"

"Say it once, let me hear it! Come on, say it!"

"No!"

They spent a long time over their meal, then went shopping until late at night. Men and women in love always had endless things to talk about.

Finally, Zheng Yanxi escorted Chen Ze all the way to the building where he rented a room.

"You've been living here alone all this time?" Giant Loli said, her face full of distaste.

"Yeah, it's pretty nice here. When I first came, the landlady even reduced my rent!" Chen Ze said.

"Reduced your rent?" News stories Giant Loli had seen before immediately sprang to mind: a perverted landlady who used reduced rent as an excuse to keep a poor male student to herself for a long time! A perverted landlady who drugged and raped a male student, then took nude photos to threaten him afterward, so she could keep him to herself for a long time...

She shook her head hard, blocking out the jumble of thoughts! Without another word, Giant Loli took Chen Ze's hand. "No, you can't live here. Come on, you're coming home with me!"

Chen Ze: "?..."

"What are you doing?" Chen Ze asked in utter confusion as Giant Loli dragged him away.

"Little Ze, live at my place from now on. It's not safe out here!" she said, pulling Chen Ze along. She hadn't known he was living outside alone before, but now that she knew, she couldn't possibly put her mind at ease!

"What's gotten into you? I've lived here for so long. What's unsafe about it?" Chen Ze was speechless.

"Little Ze, tell me the truth. Has the landlady ever threatened you?" Giant Loli asked, brimming with murderous intent.

"The landlady is very nice. Why do you ask?" Chen Ze said in confusion.

"I've seen lots of news stories before. Lots of boys have gotten into trouble out there, and you're all alone. I'm really worried!" Giant Loli said.

"You've watched too many movies!" Chen Ze tapped Giant Loli on the forehead and spoke in exasperation!

"Don't brush it off. You boys need to learn to protect yourselves when you're out there!" Giant Loli thought Chen Ze was like a complete novice who had only just entered society and understood nothing!

"All right, you don't need to worry about me! Haven't I been living like this all along?" Seeing the worry in Giant Loli's eyes, Chen Ze couldn't help softening.

"But..."

"No buts. We're going to the Capital in a few days, so I won't impose on you at your home."

"Little Ze, can you tell me about your past?" Giant Loli pleaded.

"All right!" Chen Ze then told her everything that had happened to the original owner over the years, including his vicious stepmother, all in one go!

"Sob... I never knew you'd had such a hard life, Little Ze. I really hate myself for not meeting you sooner! Sob..." Giant Loli's eyes brimmed with tears as she drew Chen Ze into her arms, her heart aching for him.

"There, there, it's all in the past. Aren't I doing just fine now?" Chen Ze comforted her.

"Mm. From now on, I'll treat you twice as well!" Giant Loli promised.