Triumph of Spring - Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Somehow, without even knowing what I had done, I managed to spend the entire day running around.

I was exhausted.

With the ceremonial music still playing outside, I angrily downed three bowls of red bean, snow fungus, and lotus seed soup.

The instant I set the bowl down…

The zither stopped. The flute stopped too.

It was as if someone had hit pause on the entire world. Every sound vanished at once.

I asked the System, “Did you turn on hell mode?”

The System scratched its nonexistent head. [Nope. Lemme go see what the heck is going on.]

Not even a second later,

the System came screaming back.

[Host! We’re done for! Xie, Xie, Xie-]

The creak of the door being pushed open cut off the stammering System.

Was Xie Jingrang, that villain, about to start doing villain things?

I hurriedly pulled the bridal veil over my head.

I heard those footsteps come closer and closer, until they finally stopped in front of me.

Then, before I could react,

there was the sharp hiss of a sword being drawn.

The tip of the blade lifted my veil, then slowly traced across my cheek before gently raising my chin.

Forcing me to look straight into those cold, piercing black eyes.

“Sister-in-law, that face of yours looks far too much like my late wife’s. It is quite irritating to look at.”

“Why don’t I peel it off and make it into a little ornament?”

Judging by his expression, he really seemed to be thinking about…

where he should hang me.

“System, say something! System!”

Chapter 6

[Stop rushing me. I have my own rhythm.]

Is Rhythm Master paying you or something?

I’ll pay double in Eggy Party!

Left with no other choice, I could only hold my breath and smile as I met Xie Changling’s gaze.

When I really couldn’t hold it in anymore, I finally said with extreme caution,

“Is there, perhaps, a possibility that I just have a very common face?”

Xie Changling’s gaze roamed over my face.

His tone was icy, with a careless edge. “Is that so? Perhaps this prince was mistaken.”

Before I could even fully let out my breath, I heard him say,

“Where should I start peeling? This prince is a little out of practice, so whatever you do, don’t cry out in pain later.”

Nooo! QAQ

The System finally remembered its login credentials and came back online.

[Host, it looks like you unlocked a hidden variant. The male lead’s Blackening Value is as high as 999999%, one percent higher than his brother’s. This world now has two villains. Since your mission is to win over the villain, ahem… Xie Changling is now one of your targets too.]

Two villains?

Has my conquest mission already leveled up this far?

I’ll behave.

Please spare me.

“Are you even human?”

[I’m not human, I’m a System~ Good luck, Host! Life is supposed to be full of passion! Face your destiny head-on!]

Xie Changling’s expression was dark and ruthless. He did not look like he was acting.

Starting me off with a berserk Boss? How am I supposed to fight that?

The System said, [Host, based on my experience reading one thousand romance novels, what you should do now is push that sword away and kiss him wildly!]

???

My brain was still trying to process that.

But my mouth had already kissed him.