"Dinglingling, dinglingling~"
As the morning alarm rang, Su Cheng slowly opened his eyes and rubbed his sore eyes.
He turned over, stretched his muscles and bones, and then leisurely got dressed, brushed his teeth and washed his face.
"Ouch~"
The pain on his lips when the toothbrush touched them made him frown and couldn't help taking a sharp breath.
Yesterday, Cornelia had gone crazy and bitten his lips, leaving marks on them even this morning.
"It really hurts," Su Cheng murmured. "Shouldn't my first kiss still be intact?"
In his opinion, what Cornelia did yesterday was a bite, not a kiss. So, she should not have taken his first kiss.
Thinking of this, his mood became cheerful again.
After tidying himself up, Su Cheng went back to the bedroom and took out penicillin ointment to apply on the wound on his lips.
It was said on the Internet that even if the wound was treated with medicine, it would take at least a week for the marks to disappear completely.
After dealing with the wound, he put on casual clothes and walked towards the vegetable market. Since he was going to invite Liu Qingyue for breakfast this morning, he decided to buy an old hen and cook noodles for her.
Just like this, by the time he finished all the preparations, it was already six thirty.
"Knock, knock, knock~"
There came a knock on the door.
Su Cheng quickly walked to open the door. Sure enough, it was Liu Qingyue.
Her eyes fell on the mark on Su Cheng's lips, and her face changed. "You didn't abide by the agreement, even making the young lady lose face. Is this how you're responsible for the agreement?"
"Er... sorry," Su Cheng touched his lips and said with a bit of guilt. "It happened suddenly, and I couldn't anticipate it..."
"Enough!"
Liu Qingyue interrupted him and said coldly, "Don't you know your current status?"
"I..."
Su Cheng was suddenly at a loss for words. Because this matter was indeed his fault. He had just signed the agreement yesterday, but violated it today, which went against the spirit of the contract.
So he had nothing to say.
Then, he lowered his head and kept silent like a well - behaved child.
Seeing him bowing his head and giving in, the corners of Liu Qingyue's eyes curved slightly, and her tone became more relaxed. "Okay, luckily the young lady doesn't know about this yet. You still have a chance to make up for it."
"How can I make up for it?"
Su Cheng looked up, staring at Liu Qingyue with eager eyes.
"Let me in first," Liu Qingyue said as she stepped into the house with her delicate feet and then closed the door.
She was wearing a school uniform, and below was still the same pair of black over - the - knee socks. Her black - stockinged feet stepped on the floor, making a crisp clicking sound, as pleasant as jumping notes.
"Why don't you put on slippers?"
Su Cheng glanced at her small black - stockinged feet, subconsciously averted his gaze, and then reminded her.
"No, I like it this way," Liu Qingyue glanced at Su Cheng, then began to fiddle with the small packet of nuts on the coffee table and said casually. "Actually, I haven't reported what happened to you yesterday to the young lady. So she still doesn't know about it."
"This..."
Although Su Cheng felt a bit uncomfortable that he was being monitored, he was more surprised that Liu Qingyue would help him keep it a secret.
Although he was grateful to her, he still couldn't help worrying. "Is this really okay? What if she finds out one day..."
Liu Qingyue opened the snacks and stuffed them into her mouth, saying indistinctly, "If the young lady finds out, that golden retriever yesterday might suffer. So in the future, please think about others in such matters. Don't think that just because the Ji family is lenient towards you now means they'll be lenient towards others too!"
Hearing this, Su Cheng's face suddenly turned ugly. He said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, I'll definitely keep a distance from others in the future and will never make such a mistake again!"
"A gentleman's word is as good as his bond, you know," Liu Qingyue said with a smile as she clapped her hands. "You owe me another favor. Remember that."
In fact, after this incident, the monitoring staff didn't have time to stop it. If it was reported and Ji Qingyi found out, all the staff including Liu Qingyue would be in trouble.
So even if Su Cheng didn't plead, they would tacitly try to cover it up. But Su Cheng was too inexperienced, lacking enough social experience to analyze this aspect. So he had to be taken advantage of by Liu Qingyue obediently.
"Don't worry, I'll keep it in mind," Su Cheng promised seriously. But then he asked uncertainly, "So is this matter over?"
"How could it be?"
Liu Qingyue's face became serious. "Look at the obvious bite mark on your lips. Even if I don't say anything, there's a high probability that the young lady will notice it when you go to the Archery Club."
Hearing this, Su Cheng frowned even deeper.
"My young lady is proficient in micro - expression psychology," Liu Qingyue continued. "She can analyze people's emotional states and psychological changes from their expressions, and naturally can also see through most lies."
"What kind of monster is your young lady?"
Su Cheng could no longer keep calm. He looked extremely shocked and said, "Are you exaggerating? I feel like she can do everything!"
"Well~ except that she can't have a baby on her own..."
Liu Qingyue shrugged her shoulders and said indifferently, "Her abilities are beyond your imagination."
"Uh, okay..."
Su Cheng swallowed hard and then scratched his head in distress. "Since that's the case, how should I explain the mark on my lips? I can't tell the truth, can I?"
"Since I'm in a good mood today, I'll give you another hint. You still have a flower - saving task..."
Liu Qingyue suddenly stopped talking at this point.
"Could it be... that Life - giving Water?"
Su Cheng remembered that he had heard them mention the Life - giving Water before. It was said that it could cure all external injuries.
"Right, you're quite smart," Liu Qingyue said with a smile. "If you can find a way to get the minister of the Social Practice Club to drop a bit of that Life - giving Water on your lips, it will be cured immediately."
"Really? This is too fantastic. I don't think the current technological level has developed to a level that I can't recognize..."
Su Cheng looked very confused. The effect of this so - called Life - giving Water had exceeded his cognition. But since he had traveled to this world for so long, he hadn't found any particularly different phenomena. Could it be that this was a world with an outer and an inner world, and now he was about to come into contact with the inner world?
"Oh, it's not that incredible. At least I think it's not as incredible as your identity as a time - traveler," Liu Qingyue said slowly while eating the dried fruits.
"What?!"
Hearing this, Su Cheng was stunned for a few seconds. "What are you talking about?!"
His whole body trembled violently, and he even involuntarily stood up suddenly, with an expression as if he had seen a ghost. "Senior, you just..."
"See, I'm right, aren't I?" Liu Qingyue blinked her beautiful eyes and spread her hands innocently.
Su Cheng's deepest secret was mercilessly exposed. In an instant, her mind went blank, and she stood there in a daze, as if she had lost her soul.
Why does the person in front of her still know that she is a time - traveler?
How did she figure out my identity as a time - traveler?
"How could... How could you... How could you..."
Su Cheng murmured to herself, her face filled with confusion and disbelief. She didn't know how to react.
Meanwhile, Liu Qingyue, as if nothing had happened, slowly stuffed the remaining snacks into her mouth.
"Actually, it wasn't that hard to guess. As I said before, we've been observing you for a long time. How could we not notice the big difference in your performance before and after the school upgrade? And you didn't even try to hide it. With a little investigation, everything became clear. After all, our Ji family has great influence. Nothing can escape my eyes."
Liu Qingyue glanced at her casually, then playfully made a peace sign with her hands in front of her eyes and gave her a flirty wink.
"You just made a trial based on this?"
"Actually, I have a special ability. I call it 'Reality and Illusion'. It allows me to determine the authenticity of things."
"That's impossible..."
"In this world, some people have special abilities. Whether you believe it or not, it's a fact. For example, as I mentioned before, our young lady has the ability to read micro - expressions, which she was born with."
Hearing this, Su Cheng was shocked and stared at the girl in front of her warily: "What kind of monsters are you guys?!"
She had learned some strange knowledge. Fortunately, the previous clue about the Water of Life had paved the way, so it was a bit easier for her to accept this. But even so, she was still extremely shocked.
"Monsters? That's not an appropriate word."
Liu Qingyue shook her head. "Strictly speaking, I'm your caring senior. I usually like to read some online novels, so I'm a bit obsessed. Sometimes I even fantasize about being the protagonist in a popular novel. So when I saw your experience, I subconsciously used my ability to check, and the result was that it was true."
"How many people know about my time - traveling?"
Su Cheng tensed up, on full alert.
Liu Qingyue put away her playful expression and said seriously, "Actually, even if I told others, they wouldn't believe it. So currently, it's just me. Who knows about the future..."
"..."
Su Cheng was speechless and sat back on the sofa. Her mood was hard to calm down for a long time. She could only sigh, "Senior, your way of thinking is really strange. You actually thought of this."
"Thank you for the compliment."
Liu Qingyue modestly waved her hand, then resumed her curious - kitten look and kept asking, "By the way, normally, people like you would have a system or some accompanying props, right? Or some special settings. Tell me about it."
"I don't have any special settings."
Su Cheng pouted. "Although my soul traveled here, I'm just an ordinary mortal. If there has to be anything special, it's a heart disease."
"An ordinary mortal..." Liu Qingyue sighed with a tinge of regret. "This world is quite exclusive to ordinary mortals. However..."
"However?"
Su Cheng asked suspiciously, "However what?"
"You're not an ordinary mortal."
Liu Qingyue shook her head and suddenly became serious. "Now your golden opportunity is our Ji family. Moreover, in my opinion, your 'Peach Blossom Constitution' has been activated!"
"Peach Blossom Constitution..."
Hearing this, Su Cheng was in a daze for a moment. Thinking carefully, she couldn't deny this point. Whether it was Cornelia or the Ji family.
Liu Qingyue didn't tell any lies. The rest was left for the over - thinking Su Cheng to imagine on her own.
Well, in short, it was an old - fashioned revenge - themed online novel plot.
She had even come up with a title for the book - "Starting with the System Taken Away, but Being Fancied by the Top Financial Conglomerate".
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e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
