How About I Take Responsibility for You?

"Ding~ Congratulations, host, on completing the mission. You have gained 5 Physique Attribute Points, 1 Attribute Point to assign as you choose, and 5,000 Empathy Points. Your rewards have been delivered to the system inventory."

"Ding~ 5,000 Empathy Points deducted. Host still owes this system 1,868,755 Empathy Points."

Early in the morning, Chen Ze was awakened by the system notifications.

Chen Ze sat up, bleary-eyed. If not for the notifications, he would have forgotten he still had a mission.

System, add all the Physique Attribute Points, and put the free Attribute Point into my looks, Chen Ze said silently.

Once an attribute reached 90, every additional point represented a qualitative leap.

"Ding~ Adding points for host. Estimated completion time: three days!"

Chen Ze opened his attribute panel.

Name: Chen Ze

Gender: Male

Age: 18

Height: 178

Physique: 85

Constitution: 80

Bearing: 80

Charm: 91 (Naturally beautiful)

Skills: View the Other Person's Information lv1, Top-Tier Singing Skill, Musical Instrument Mastery, Dance Mastery.

After a quick wash, Chen Ze put on a mask and went out for a run. Ever since his physique and constitution had reached 80 points, he hadn't exercised for quite some time.

Chen Ze ran along the tree-lined paths of the villa complex. The morning air was wonderful, and for some reason, his mood lifted along with it.

Meanwhile, a scream suddenly rang out from Shangguan Mingyue's large villa next door!

"Ah! What did I do? Aahhh..."

As soon as Shangguan Mingyue woke up that morning, she recalled what had happened the night before.

She remembered what she had said to Chen Ze, remembered pinning him beneath the carpet, and remembered kissing him. As for what happened afterward, she couldn't remember a thing, nor could she remember how she had ended up in bed.

"Could I have already done that to Chen Ze..." At that thought, she lifted her bodycon skirt and examined herself for a while before reaching a conclusion. Mm! Still factory-original, without the slightest change!

"Thank goodness, thank goodness! If I'd really done that to Chen Ze, I wouldn't know how to face him anymore," Shangguan Mingyue murmured to herself.

"Wait, he isn't angry, is he?"

At that thought, Shangguan Mingyue hurriedly got up and took a shower. Some time later, she emerged wrapped in a bath towel and looked at herself in the full-length mirror. Finally, she simply pulled the towel off and admired herself in the mirror.

The figure in the mirror had curves in all the right places, and the skin of her graceful body looked even more dewy and smooth after her shower. After admiring herself for a while, Shangguan Mingyue suddenly felt somewhat indignant again.

She was already twenty-five and so rich, yet she was still factory-original. Then she thought of other women like her, who changed men as often as they changed clothes, and a wave of sorrow washed over her.

Then she suddenly thought of Chen Ze again. She was fond of him; she had met so many men before but had never felt this way about any of them. Chen Ze alone had stirred a possessive urge in her.

"How about I make him my man? No, no, he seems to have a wife already!"

"So what if he has a wife? Other men have lots of wives, and he only has one!"

"How about I find a chance to confess to him? But what if he gets angry?"

"Why would he get angry? It's his honor for an outstanding woman like me to confess to him. What right does he have to be angry?"

"But you already treated him like that last night. If you push him again, won't he get scared off?"

"If he dares run, I'll tie him up and bring him back..."

It was as if two little figures were playing angel and devil in Shangguan Mingyue's mind, arguing without end!

Shangguan Mingyue shook her head, trying to shake the jumbled thoughts out of it.

Once she was dressed, Shangguan Mingyue decided to go apologize to Chen Ze. After all, she had treated him like that last night.

But just as she was about to leave, she hesitated again. She couldn't bring herself to swallow her pride and felt a little embarrassed.

A grown woman and wife should have the courage to take responsibility when she's done something wrong! Shangguan Mingyue secretly encouraged herself.

With that thought, Shangguan Mingyue pushed open the villa's front door and walked out.

When she reached the little villa's entrance, Shangguan Mingyue rang the doorbell. Before long, a girl's voice came from inside.

"Hello, who are you looking for?" Chen Xixi had seen Shangguan Mingyue through the security camera by the entrance. She didn't know this pretty older sister, so she asked curiously.

"Hello! You're Chen Ze's younger sister, right? Is your brother home?" Shangguan Mingyue asked politely.

"My brother? He went out for a run. Why don't you come in and sit for a while? He'll be back soon," Chen Xixi said.

At the same time, the villa's front gate slowly opened, and Chen Xixi came out as well.

"Is this Chen Ze's younger sister?" Shangguan Mingyue looked her over curiously.

Chen Xixi warmly welcomed Shangguan Mingyue into the living room, and the two began chatting.

Before long, the nanny they had hired arrived too. She was a middle-aged woman in her forties and an employee of a professional nanny company. She came every morning to clean and cook, and came again in the afternoon.

A little later, Chen Xixi's tutor arrived as well. He was an elderly professor with graying hair whom Chen Ze had spent thirty thousand yuan to hire. He was a teacher at a school, earning some extra money during the summer vacation.

After the group exchanged polite pleasantries for a while, Chen Xixi went off for her lesson with the tutor, leaving the nanny to attend to Shangguan Mingyue.

Half an hour later, Chen Ze finally returned.

"What are you doing here?" Chen Ze spotted Shangguan Mingyue sitting on the sofa as soon as he came in.

"I came to apologize to you. I was drunk last night, and that's why I treated you like that. I'm sorry," Shangguan Mingyue said sincerely.

"Oh," Chen Ze replied indifferently, his expression calm.

What does "oh" mean? Has he forgiven me or not? Shangguan Mingyue wondered.

"Is there anything else?" Chen Ze asked.

"To show my sincerity, I'd like to treat you to a meal," Shangguan Mingyue said.

"There's no need for that. I have something to do later," Chen Ze said.

Does this mean he still hasn't forgiven me? He's being so cold to me, Shangguan Mingyue thought.

"How about I take responsibility for you!" Shangguan Mingyue stood up, seemingly having reached some kind of decision.

Chen Ze gave her a strange look and said, "There's no need to take responsibility. Nothing happened between us last night."

Shangguan Mingyue's expression froze. "Chen Ze, are you still angry with me?"

"No. I didn't take what happened last night to heart at all," Chen Ze said.

So I was that forward last night, and you didn't take it seriously at all? At that thought, Shangguan Mingyue couldn't help feeling a little angry again.

"If you're not angry, why are you being so cold to me?" Shangguan Mingyue demanded.

"I'm not. I'm always like this!" Chen Ze couldn't understand what had gotten into this woman so early in the morning.

Shangguan Mingyue thought for a moment and seemed to realize something. "I understand. You boys are thin-skinned and too embarrassed to say it. Don't worry, I'll come and confess to you once I'm ready. After all, you boys all need a sense of ceremony!"

Chen Ze was stunned! What thin skin? What sense of ceremony? What confession?

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Chen Ze was baffled. Could this woman still think he had a secret crush on her?

Seeing Chen Ze's expression, which was clearly him "playing dumb," Shangguan Mingyue became even more certain of what she thought. "Wait for me. I'll come find you again when I'm ready!" With that, she left without waiting for Chen Ze to respond, leaving him disheveled in the wind.

"Hey, hey, hey! Where are you going?" Chen Ze looked completely bewildered.

At a loss for words, Chen Ze took a shower, said goodbye to his sister, and returned to the penthouse.

The penthouse was quiet. As soon as Chen Ze entered, he smelled a strong odor of alcohol.

Zheng Yanxi was sprawled on the sofa, with several bottles scattered across the floor. It was clear she had drunk quite a bit the night before.

Zheng Yanxi's clothes were disheveled, and her skirt had ridden up, revealing her little white panties. Seemingly because the alcohol had made her hot, she had also pulled up her top, exposing her lower abdomen and lace-trimmed underwear.

Heat surged through Chen Ze as he looked!

Chen Ze walked up to Zheng Yanxi, patted her cheek, and softly called her name.

Before long, Zheng Yanxi woke up.

"Little Ze, you're back?" Zheng Yanxi said happily.

Chen Ze pointed at the bottles on the floor and asked, "Why were you drinking? And why did you drink so much?"

Zheng Yanxi pulled Chen Ze into her arms and said aggrievedly, "I didn't see you come back last night. I thought you didn't want me anymore."

Chen Ze's heart softened, and he couldn't help feeling a pang of distress for her. He had forgotten to call and let her know he was safe last night, and he didn't know what the girl might have thought.

He patted her back and comforted her. "Little Yanxi is so cute. How could I not want you? I could never bear to give you up!"

"Really?" Zheng Yanxi asked, her eyes brimming with tears.

"Of course it's true. I can't dote on you enough!" Chen Ze said, planting a kiss on her cheek.

"Little Ze, you're so good to me!" Zheng Yanxi hugged Chen Ze even tighter.

She's such an easily satisfied girl! Chen Ze thought.

"All right, go take a shower first. Look at you, reeking of alcohol," Chen Ze said, feigning disgust.

"Help me wash!" Zheng Yanxi said coquettishly.

"All right, all right, I'll help you wash," Chen Ze said dotingly.

Zheng Yanxi scooped Chen Ze up in her arms and headed for the bathroom.

"Hey, hey, hey, I only agreed to help you bathe. No doing anything else!" Chen Ze's startled cry rang out from the bathroom.

"Hehehe... We're both bathing anyway. You help me wash, and I'll help you wash!"

"Little Ze, I've noticed you're getting prettier and prettier, and your skin is so nice too!"

"Hey, that's going too far!"

"You didn't wash this part properly. Let me wash it for you!"

"Mm... ah!"

"I helped you wash, so you have to help me wash too!"

"The inside needs washing too..."

The sound of splashing water came from the bathroom!