"Progress reward? When did I ever complete a progress task?"
Ye Feng clearly remembered completing most of the girls' progress tasks long ago, and their progress bars were almost at 100%. Aside from that, there were only the survival rewards he had previously earned.
Opening the system panel, Ye Feng immediately began scrutinizing every word of the information. Sure enough, he soon spotted an issue with Li Mucheng's status. Her progress showed 100%, followed by a line of tiny text:
[Affection level maxed out. Host is advised to manage affection levels appropriately. Current completed affection targets: 1/4.]
Wait... wait a minute! This progress is... affection?!
After fully absorbing the meaning of that small line, Ye Feng rubbed his eyes in disbelief, afraid he had misread it. But upon confirming it again, he slumped onto the bed, utterly stunned.
"This... how could the progress be affection? Did I misunderstand it from the very beginning?"
Ye Feng's mind raced as he recalled everything he had done whenever the affection progress increased—whether it was rescuing Li Mucheng from danger, sharing a room with Xie Yuyan, or getting along amicably with Su Yuxin and Shen Mengli. It seemed all his actions had only deepened their feelings for him. Only now did the truth dawn on him.
"So that's it... This so-called progress wasn’t about spending more time with them. It was always about their affection for me..."
With that realization, Ye Feng quickly checked the affection progress of the other girls. Sure enough, aside from Li Mucheng, the remaining three were all at 99%.
Ye Feng took a deep breath. He never imagined his charm would be so overwhelming—all four girls he had interacted with held such strong feelings for him. But this wasn’t the life he wanted. He hadn’t approached them with the intention of winning their affection. Yet now, by the time he understood the system’s true meaning, it was already too late.
What should I do... What on earth should I do?
Overwhelmed by an invisible pressure that nearly suffocated him, Ye Feng clutched his chest, his gaze blankly fixed on the floor. Suddenly, he remembered the explanation for the "Charm" skill included in the progress reward he had just received. Suppressing his anxiety, he reopened his skill attributes.
[Charm Max: Your charm enhances interactions with the opposite gender...]
The first part matched the previous description, so Ye Feng skimmed through it. At the end, however, he discovered an additional line:
[Your charm may trigger heightened emotional responses from those who harbor affection for you. The nature of these emotions depends on your actions. Host is advised to exercise caution.]
Heightened emotions?!
Ye Feng frowned, carefully dissecting the seemingly simple yet profoundly complex sentence.
"First, because of my Charm skill, girls like Mucheng developed strong feelings for me. But what does 'heightened emotions based on my actions' mean?"
As he muttered to himself, memories of Xie Yuyan stabbing him and Li Mucheng imprisoning him flashed through his mind. His eyes widened in sudden understanding.
"Could it be that because of their affection, whenever I interact with other girls, it triggers negative emotions in them? That’s why..."
"It all makes sense now. Why Yuyan attacked me when we got home, why Mucheng kidnapped me in the car... All of this is my own fault..."
Ye Feng trembled, his hands clutching his head. Then, another memory surfaced—his conversation with the director of Hope Orphanage. The topic had been about his excessive kindness.
"The director was right. My kindness led to this outcome! It’s because of my gentleness that these girls kept crossing my boundaries, and by the time I noticed, it was too late..."
A shiver ran down Ye Feng’s spine. He had assumed things would improve, but now he was plunged into deep thought.
What should I do?
......
"Mmm..."
Li Mucheng sat on the living room sofa, clutching her dress anxiously as she stared at the door to Ye Feng’s room. He had been silent for so long—had something happened? But if she disturbed him while he was resting, wouldn’t he dislike her even more?
"Teacher..."
After much hesitation, Li Mucheng finally stood up.
"No! No matter what, Teacher must be safe! Even if he hates me, I need to check on him."
Resolved, she marched to Ye Feng’s door. But as she raised her hand to knock, she froze mid-air.
Maybe... I should listen for sounds first? That way, I can make a better judgment.
No, no! If I do something this shameful and Teacher catches me, I’ll never be able to explain myself! I can’t risk ruining my chances with him over a misunderstanding.
While she wavered, the door suddenly swung open. Caught off guard, Li Mucheng stood frozen in place.
"Mucheng... What are you doing here?"
Ye Feng stammered, his heart sinking at the sight of her. All he wanted was to return home and sort out his thoughts, but now Li Mucheng stood before him, triggering another wave of unpleasant memories.
"Teacher... I... I..."
Li Mucheng was equally flustered by his sudden appearance, stumbling over her words. Seeing Ye Feng step back, she realized she might have frightened him again.
"T-Teacher! I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to stand here! I just wanted to—"
"Let’s talk tomorrow, okay? Class is almost over, and I need to go home to handle some things. Is that alright?"
"Ah..."
Panicking, Li Mucheng bit her lip, wanting to reach out and stop him—to explain herself properly. But she feared forcing him to stay would only make things worse. In her desperation, tears spilled down her cheeks right in front of him.
"Eh... Eh?!"
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
world slacker. But a genius female disciple just had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life...
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
ave】 Shen Qingling was a man with peerless looks, a cunning mind, and the ability to play both the aloof noble and the innocent sweetheart—a master of seduction who could outplay any player. But after an untimely death, he found himself bound to a system and transmigrated into the tragic "true young master" of a melodramatic novel. In the original story, his childhood sweetheart treated him as a backup plan, his fiancée swore to break off their engagement for the sake of the "fake young master," and his own sister saw him as the family's disgrace. He was nothing more than a rat everyone wanted to stomp on. System 077: "Your mission is to change the original fate and conquer the goddesses." Shen Qingling: "Thanks for the invite. If seduction had tiers, I’d be max level." His childhood sweetheart knelt, begging for forgiveness: "Qingling, I was wrong. Please give me another chance." His ex-fiancée refused to marry anyone else: "Shen Qingling, I was blind before. In this life, I’ll marry no one but you." A yandere CEO went mad for love: "Shen Qingling, you can only like me. I’ll stop at nothing to make you mine!" His green-tea sister clung to him daily: "Brother, look at me, won’t you? I’m more obedient than them—I love you the most~" At first, they scorned and trampled on him. Later, they burned themselves like moths to a flame, all for his sake. His looks were his weapon, his sweet words the bait—heroines obsessed over him, villains turned to madness for him. Shen Qingling became a true male siren, igniting battlefield after battlefield of women fighting for his affection. Years later, when System 077—now one of the elites—was asked how to become as outstanding as it, it lazily exhaled a smoke ring and replied: "Just know how to cheer ‘666’ at the right time."
