Chapter 5.1

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Chapter 5: You, You’re Really Full Of Yourself!

Out of respect for Su Ruoxue, Gu Tingyuan held back for now.

He gently took Su Ruoxue’s hand and said softly, “Wife, you must be hungry. Let’s go have some breakfast.”

If Ye Xiao didn’t already know that Gu Tingyuan was someone who played both sides, always looking for something better while enjoying what he had, she might have actually been fooled by how he was treating Su Ruoxue right now!

“This early in the morning, the sleazy uncle is only treating Sister Ruoxue to breakfast, having some couple time together?”

Gu Tingyuan ignored Ye Xiao, but she hurried to follow.

The system reward hadn’t been issued yet. There was no way she would let Gu Tingyuan slip away from under her nose so easily. Even if it meant shamelessly tagging along, she was determined to follow.

Gu Tingyuan saw this but didn’t refuse. Before leaving, he gave a subtle glance to his assistant.

Su Ruoxue didn’t notice this, but Ye Xiao saw everything clearly.

Ye Xiao was curious to see what was so special about this so-called domineering CEO having breakfast.

The reporters outside were frustrated at not getting a big scoop, but there was nothing they could do.

After all, Mrs. Gu wasn’t caught messing around with some other man.

This was their performance slipping right through their fingers, and some of the reporters started looking at Ye Xiao with strange expressions.

There must have been something wrong somewhere.

Such a big commotion, how could it be completely baseless?

If Ye Xiao knew what these reporters were thinking, she might have told them, “You guessed it right. It really is baseless.”

After leaving the hotel, Gu Tingyuan casually chose a nearby Cantonese tea house.

Ye Xiao followed them right in.

Once they were seated, Ye Xiao started to place orders without hesitation.

She ordered one of everything that was available for breakfast time.

“Can you even finish all this food?”

Gu Tingyuan’s attitude had slightly softened towards Ye Xiao, but he still frowned as he watched her order without hesitation.

“Why is the sleazy uncle already feeling the pinch after ordering just this much? Uncle, you really are stingy. Don’t you know you should act more generous in front of your wife? Even if we can’t finish it, we can always pack it to go!”

Soon, the table was filled with signature Cantonese breakfast dishes: sugar-dusted doughnuts, shrimp dumplings, chicken feet, seafood congee and the like filled the table.

Gu Tingyuan’s assistant also came over according to the address sent by Gu Tingyuan, and whispered something in Gu Tingyuan’s ear.

At the same time, the pleasant system notification finally chimed.

“Congratulations to the host for successfully completing the Beginner Villain Test Trial Mission. You have received a beginner’s gift package!”

Hearing the system’s notification, Ye Xiao glanced sideways at Gu Tingyuan.

[This sleazy uncle really doesn’t trust Sister Ruoxue. Even after confirming that there were only the two of us in the room, he still went the extra mile to investigate!]

Su Ruoxue, now reflecting on the earlier situation in the hotel, realized that Gu Tingyuan hadn’t immediately told his assistant and bodyguards to leave but lingered at the hotel.

Upon hearing Ye Xiao’s inner voice, Su Ruoxue became thoughtful. Looking at the full table of dishes, her appetite was gone.

“Sorry, I don’t feel like eating today.”

Su Ruoxue turned and left, and Gu Tingyuan quickly followed.

Ye Xiao and the assistant were left staring at each other.

If Ye Xiao hadn’t known about his entanglement with Ye Youran, she might have really believed this sleazy uncle was some kind of extraordinary man.

Ye Xiao, however, felt quite pleased, certain that Su Ruoxue wouldn’t be easily swayed by Gu Tingyuan’s sweet talk.

Judging from Su Ruoxue’s indifferent attitude toward Gu Tingyuan today, it seemed that the sleazy uncle really was a third-rate man in some ways.

Ye Xiao was very happy and felt more confident in her expert manipulation skills.

Winning over Su Ruoxue was only a matter of time!

After all, once her sister returned, Gu Tingyuan and Su Ruoxue would grow estranged anyway, so why not take advantage of the situation now?

Poor her, so young yet already burdened with helping the sleazy uncle pay his “marital dues”.

One drop of essence is worth ten drops of blood, but for her, it was just some physical effort. For Sister Ruoxue’s sake, she could reluctantly help Gu Tingyuan out.

“Sigh, these people really don’t know how to enjoy life. Such great dim sum, and they didn’t eat a bite. What a waste. Guess it’s up to me to take care of it.”

Seeing his boss had left, Gu Tingyuan’s assistant didn’t plan to stay much longer.

“Hey! Hold on! Pay the bill before you go!”

Ye Xiao wasn’t about to let herself get taken advantage of. If everyone left and she was stuck with the bill, that would be a real loss.

This meal easily cost several thousand yuan. The prices for Cantonese dim sum were terrifying.

The assistant paused, twitched his mouth slightly, but still settled the bill before leaving.

After filling up and packing all the leftovers, Ye Xiao stacked the takeout boxes high.

The pile was much taller than her, enough to bury her with room to spare.

In the end, the restaurant owner couldn’t bear it anymore and arranged for delivery services, allowing Ye Xiao to bring all the packed dim sum back home successfully.

Opening the door, Ye Xiao had the delivery person load her fridge with dish after dish.

After sending the delivery guy off, Ye Xiao finally had time to take in her surroundings.

Ye Xiao didn’t live with her parents. According to her memory, this was a shared rental apartment with her university roommate.

Officially, it was for the sake of developing independence, but in reality, it was just to have more freedom.

The apartment was simply furnished with old furniture that came with the rental. It felt neither familiar nor too unfamiliar.

But finally having a chance to rest and curl up in the corner of the sofa, she felt a sense of belonging, completely at ease.

Ye Xiao curled up on the couch like a small animal, if you didn’t look closely, you might not even notice she was there.

Despite her appearance, which could pass for an elementary schooler, Ye Xiao was actually a senior in college!

Her internship paperwork had long been prepared by her parents’ company, so for the two semesters of her senior year, she was essentially completely free.

“System, open the beginner’s gift package!”

“Beep, beginner’s gift package opened. Congratulations to the host for receiving 100 strategy points. Detecting that the host’s mission progress is going smoothly, you have successfully taken 0.5% of the fortune from the Fortune’s Child, Gu Tingyuan. Current fortune value: 0.5%.”

Ye Xiao grimaced. The beginner’s gift package reward was really stingy. She had been worried for so long, and all she got was this?

So, what can you even exchange for with 100 strategy points?

This beginner’s gift package was practically useless.

“Current target: Female lead Su Ruoxue, favorability: 10. Fortune’s Child: Gu Tingyuan, fortune value: 99.5%.”

“Please continue to work hard on the female lead strategy. Seize fortune to grow stronger!”

Where was the promised beginner’s gift package full of divine items? How did it end up giving her just 100 points like she was some kind of beggar?

And what’s more, after such a wonderful night, Su Ruoxue’s favorability towards her was still only at 10. The system must have made a mistake!

“Host, please be rational and stop daydreaming. Due to your unfortunate luck, we are offering you one free ten-pull draw. Please keep working hard!”

Ye Xiao suddenly felt that this whole thing was unreliable. Why did this ten-pull draw feel like such a scam?

This system wasn’t learning anything good—it was just copying shady mobile games with their ten-pull draws to squeeze points from the host!

She couldn’t help but recall countless times she had tried ten-pull draws in her previous life.

The sadness and joy of humanity do not intersect.

Those endless flashes of rainbow colors—whether the pull yielded success or disappointment—would often result in the final outcry, “Give me my money back! I don’t want it anymore!”

Luckily, incubating Palu’s eggs didn’t require spending money. If Palu’s ten eggs produced no new golden stats, it would definitely cause an uproar.

She just wasn’t sure if this system’s lottery draw had any hidden tricks.

“Host, I am fully aware of everything you are thinking. If you don’t want the system to make things difficult for you and end up getting sent to Fortune’s Child as a live weapon, you’d better watch your words!”

“System, I’m sorry! Please, just give me another ten-pull draw! If you do, I’ll do whatever you want!”

“You’re really only thinking about yourself!”

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