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The fork slipped from Ye Chen’s grasp and the delicious bacon roll he had just eaten tasted no better than chewed tallow.
“What do you mean by asking Ren Jing to give me ninety-nine roses?”
Death System tried not to show too much glee in its voice. “Exactly what it says.”
Ye Chen didn’t feel like eating anymore. He exclaimed furiously, “Isn’t it on him whether he wants to give me roses or not? And yet this mission…”
“If it’s on him, then it wouldn’t be your mission anymore.”
Ye Chen was at a loss for words.
Death System knew too well the profound meaning of the word ‘give someone a slap, then offer a sweet date’. It responded, “It’s not as hard as you think. Just get your clever little brain working and you’ll be able to find a way!”
Ye Chen, “…” Why does the way it speaks sounds like the Big Bad Wolf who’s trying to deceive the Little Red Riding Hood?
How come he came across such a ‘savior’!? Could this get any worse!??
Ye Chen was once again perturbed so early in the morning because of his dear life.
He wouldn’t have worried this much if the mission was for him to give Ren Jing ninety-nine roses, he simply needed to order them now. It didn’t matter what Ren Jing would think of it—he had done much more stupid things anyway, losing face was a daily occurrence now. He would just forcibly give the roses to him, clearing the mission with style.
However, the mission was for him to ‘ask’ Ren Jing to give him roses!
What should he do now?
He had become pretty shameless now, but not to the point where he could just ask: Ren Jing, could you give me ninety-nine roses?
Th…that’s just outrageous!
Ye Chen let out a wail. He deeply felt that after being pampered by Father Fate for more than twenty years, he would finally be banished to the cold palace…
Ye Chen was feeling queasy the entire morning.
He turned his phone off in order to hide from Gu Xi. He didn’t bring his other phone and tablet, either. Granted that even if he took them, he wasn’t in the mood to play games. If he played games in such a mood, he would screw up so badly that his teammates would sacrifice ties of blood to righteousness.
After brooding over it for a long while, he decided that the only way to do it was to ‘besiege Wei to rescue Zhao’.
“So I’m saying,” Ye Chen asked the system, “It counts as long as I receive ninety-nine roses from Ren Jing, right?”
Death System was quickly aware that he was trying to dig out its loophole, thus it hurriedly ‘patched’ it. “Ren Jing has to buy it! And it has to be bought specifically for you!”
Ye Chen, “…”
Death System thought of saying a few more words, but Ye Chen suddenly realized something.
“You damn swindler!” Ye Chen was foaming at the mouth with rage that he roundly cursed the system.
Death System was being thrown so many curses that it was stunned into stupor, unable to return to its senses.
Who would have guessed that Brother Chen was pretty shrewd?
Ye Chen exploded with rage as he exclaimed, “Regarding the touching abs mission, didn’t you say that there shouldn’t be any obstructions and that there must be a direct contact for the mission to complete?”
Death System’s tiny heart went ‘ba-thump’.
Ye Chen continued, “I don’t have the habit of soaking in the hot spring naked!” Back then, he used his butt to nudge Ren Jing’s belly… Still, even though he had probably nudged all his abs, he was wearing swimming trunks at the time! Which meant there definitely was no direct contact involved!
Death System, “…”
Ye Chen had figured everything out. He declared, “Actually, yesterday’s mission would be completed as long as I touched his abs, right? And it didn’t require touching all of them, no!?”
Of course it wasn’t required. Humans initially didn’t have an ‘eight-pack’ of abs, these were only separated by muscles…
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What else could I do now that my host’s IQ suddenly increased? Death System panicked, for if this went on…
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Now it fucking becomes an actual ‘system’!?
Ye Chen, “Laozi doesn’t disconnect the network, so get your ass out now!”
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This chap had been killed so brutally it couldn’t make a single sound.
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After the pair of the human and the system went silent for an hour, ‘Baby’ Death System eventually broke the silence. “Um…”
‘Father’ Ye, “Hmph! Hmph!”
Death System explained, “How the mission is released is exactly what it is.”
Its words were convoluted, but Ye Chen immediately understood. “So, all I simply need to do every day is to trust the words you said when you announce the mission?”
Death System deeply regretted it. Thanks to it momentarily indulging in its bad habit, its reputation had been instantly razed to the ground.
Ye Chen took advantage of the system having a guilty conscience and spontaneously ‘attacked’ it. “Where in the world do the daily missions come from?”
Death System promptly replied, “They’re randomly generated.”
Ye Chen asked again, “But why do all of them have to involve Ren Jing?” Then he warned the system, “Don’t change the subject. I asked you, why are the missions locked on Ren Jing ever since the first mission?”
Death System answered ‘obediently’, “Have you forgotten my full name?”
Ye Chen really had no memory of it, it seemed…
Death System continued, “If You Don’t Fall in Love, You’ll Die.”
Ye Chen remained silent for a while before asking again, “You’ve been forcing me to fall in love with Ren Jing?”
Death System replied, “Yes.”
Ye Chen gnashed his teeth as he asked, “Like I’ve said, why Ren Jing?”
Death System responded innocently, “Because he’s handsome.”
Ye Chen, “…” Why does this dumb conversation sound so familiar somehow?
Death System felt that its host’s wrath had reached the max, it shouldn’t keep angering him. Hence, it said, “Actually, the rule of the locking is…” It said vaguely before continuing, “because you had sexual relations.”
Ye Chen was struck dumb.
Death System added, “The reason why the missions are locked on Ren Jing is because he was the last person who had intimate relations with you before your ‘death’.”
Ye Chen said, “What kind of rule is that??”
Death System spoke softly, “It’s love, after all… You’ve done it, so generally speaking wouldn’t you two be dating by now? Which is why, this ‘locking’ rule is treating you favorably.”
Ye Chen was angered by its tone. “Speak properly!”
Death System changed back to its usual tone while saying, “You’ve done it, yet there’s no love involved? I really don’t get youngsters nowadays!”
Ye Chen asked with suspicion, “Are you trying to trick me again?”
Death System responded seriously, “Everything I said is the truth from my deepest heart.”
Ye Chen was a bit convinced, but instinctively felt that he couldn’t trust anything this spicy chicken system had said, especially when it was being ‘serious’!
Just as he thought of asking the system more questions, a shockingly blaring sound of someone banging on the door came from outside.
“Open the door! Open the freaking door! So you’re actually hiding in here! Do you think you can hide from me forever!?” Gu Xi’s yelling was so loud it felt like it could get through the neighbor.
Ye Chen surely dreaded that tomorrow’s headline news would become: ‘A Famous Director Became the Embodiment of Aunt Xue, Pinching the Waist and Cursing Furiously at a Heartless Man Outside the Door’…
He hurriedly rushed to open the door, welcoming in the respectable ‘god’.
Gu Xi directly asked, “You truly like Ren Jing?”
Ye Chen felt like his head could split in two. He replied, “No!”
Gu Xi knitted his brows, evidently not trusting him.
Ye Chen sighed. “In any case, Ren Jing is very good looking. Wasn’t that why you escaped? It makes sense that I feel a bit stirred up too.”
Gu Xi continued asking him questions, “If that’s the case, then why are you afraid of being found out? Why are you hiding?”
Ye Chen, “…”
Seeing Ye Chen’s troubled look, Gu Xi said, “It’s fine if you like him, Ren Jing is—”
Ye Chen interrupted him by solemnly emphasizing, “That won’t happen, trust me! If I like him, I’ll turn into your wall-scratching husky.”
Gu Xi, “…You don’t have to say it so horribly…”
Ye Chen himself actually regretted it after declaring that, but he couldn’t take back his words anymore. He could only force himself to admit, “It’s not gonna happen, anyway.”
Gu Xi mumbled, “I couldn’t care less who you took a fancy to, but you don’t have to hide it from me. Let’s say that you’ve fallen in love with my husky, I’d still give you advice, anyway…”
Ye Chen yelled between laughter and tears, “Get lostttt!!”
Gu Xi wasn’t thinking too much about it, actually. They were really close, they have been best friends for more than ten years that they could pass as blood-related brothers now. He would never meddle in who Ye Chen liked, but he only wished he would tell him about it.
After all, he immediately told Ye Chen when he liked that person, even if it didn’t do much…
After sending Gu Xi off, Ye Chen began to mull over today’s mission again.
Death System initially said, “Please ask Ren Jing to give you ninety-nine roses.” The keywords were: Ask Ren Jing to give ninety-nine roses.
With that being said…
Ye Chen had an idea.
He gave Xiao Liu a call and said, “Help me check Ren Jing’s schedule for today.”
Xiao Liu silently judged: He’s asking me to check on Ren Jing again!!
But of course, he responded calmly instead, “Of course.”
Ye Chen added, “While you’re at it, help me order ninety-nine roses, too.”
Xiao Liu: !!! There was too much to unpack that he nearly passed out!
Ye Chen cleared his throat and explained, “Uh, it’s not for me. I’m ordering it on someone’s behalf.”
Xiao Liu considerately ‘believed’ him. “Alright, Brother Chen. No worries, I’ll take care of them.”
Xiao Liu handled the matter steadily. One hour later, he sent Ren Jing’s schedule to Ye Chen.
Ye Chen grumbled as he looked through the schedule. Busy all day, he might die suddenly due to overworking even at such a young age!
After reading through the schedule, Ye Chen noticed that Ren Jing was even discussing work with someone during mealtime, he basically didn’t have even just a little bit of free time.
What to do now?
Ye Chen didn’t give up. He read through the schedule again from beginning to end, but could only stare at it blankly since he couldn’t find even the slightest bit of free time for him to take up!
Could it be that he had to go to his house in the middle of the night and block him in the door?
But that would go against his plan!
Ye Chen looked through it again and again for a long while, but still couldn’t find a great breakthrough.
Time ticked by every second. It would soon be noon, afternoon, and then it would almost be night very quickly.
If he kept dawdling like this, he would soon be done for!
Ye Chen hardened his heart then took out his cellphone, intending to message Ren Jing on WeChat.
In the end, he received a chat from the other person just as he typed a word. It really felt like they had a tacit understanding!
Death System would have uttered ‘oh-ho’ if it hadn’t screwed up just now. But since it was forcefully disconnected, it could only hold back for now.
The chat was a voice message. Ye Chen opened it and Ren Jing’s voice resounded from the phone, “Are you free tonight?”
Ye Chen, “Huh…”
Death System couldn’t hold back any longer. “It’s your chance, Brother!”
Ye Chen mocked it, “The network has been fixed?”
Death System cleared its throat and said, “It has been repaired for the whole day, so it’s undoubtedly fine now.”
This damn system has perfectly depicted what ‘unparalleled shamelessness’ means.
Not long after, Ren Jing sent another voice message.
Ye Chen played it and felt his ear twitch as a result.
Ren Jing, “I’ve reserved a table at Lanting. May I treat you this time?”
Ye Chen’s hands slipped, resulting in him clicking the message again and Ren Jing’s voice was replayed as well. He felt guilty and promptly closed the app, but he recalled that he hadn’t given a reply, thus he opened the app again and ended up accidentally replaying the voice message again…
Death System said, “There’s no one here, just listen to it again if you want.”
Ye Chen replied, “…Who wants to listen to it!? I just accidentally clicked it open!”
Death System, “Uh-huh, accidentally clicked it open three times.”
Ye Chen, “…” He did it accidentally! He really did!
Whatever, I’m not gonna try to reason with a freaking swindler.
Tomorrow’s life point had more or less been secured, so he intended to play games to kill time. However, a ‘ding dong’ sound popped out in his mind before he could do so.
Death System announced, “Monthly mission: Tell Ren Jing ‘I like you’ in front of at least thirty people. In addition, you have to make sure that all of them hear you. You’ll be rewarded with ten life points upon completing the mission.”
The author has something to say:
Since there are daily and weekly missions, how come there isn’t a monthly mission? (Silly Husky face)
Lengthy flower T/N that no one ask for
Fun fact: According to the flower language in English, giving someone 99 red roses symbolize “I will love you ’till the day I die”, “I want to spend the rest of my life with you”, “eternal love”, “a love that will last forever”, etc. The roses could be 9, 99, 999, and so on; all of them symbolize the same thing, just in different numbers? Haha. I think this differs with different languages, but a bit of googling shows that this meaning is widely accepted. Also, different colors of flowers have different meanings too but that’s for another day since I think the focus is on the numbers here.
Googling in CN gives this result (roughly translated):
99 roses represent an everlasting love. Even if we’re separated far apart, even if the seas run dry and the rocks crumble, I’ll always love you! I’ll love you forever till death do us part.
Googling in Japanese gives the result (roughly translated):
Rose is a must when proposing. 99 red roses symbolize “an everlasting love; I’ll always love you” in flower language (hanakotoba).
A little more searching shows that in JP flower language, 999 roses symbolize “No matter how many times we’re reborn, I’ll always love you”.
Sooo, to sum things up… Ren Jing is such a romantic istg 😭😭😭 The fact that he purposely give 99 roses to Ye Chen is just so sweet? I know flower language is quite niche but I do hope Ye Chen will come to realize someday because that’s Ren Jing’s true feeling 🥺💞💞💞
Anyway, for further reading, you can refer to these links:
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