3 Arc 1.2 At the Top of the World

"Miss Tian, we have arrived," the driver announced. He then proceeded to step outside of the car to walk around and open Tian Xi's door.

Tian Xi opened her eyes and calmly observed the giant mansion through her window. It was at least four stories high. There was a large and exotic garden accompanied with a small pond in the front of the building with a collection of various flowers and trees. The family surely knew how to spend their money luxuriously. Tian Xi was not surprised or taken aback by the extravagance. She was originally much wealthier than they were, after all.

When the driver opened the car door and offered his hand, Tian Xi lightly grasped it and lifted herself out. Her high golden stiletto heels landed on the ground and gasps from the surrounding crowd could be heard at the sight of Tian Xi's sexy, long and slender white legs.

Tian Xi quirked her lips up arrogantly and faced her stoic driver, "Thank you, Driver Sun."

"It is my duty, Miss Tian. I shall be waiting with the car at the parking garage. Have fun." He closed Tian Xi's door behind her and strode back to the driver's door. Tian Xi stood and watched him take the car away before she finally sashayed confidently to the entrance of the mansion.

Oh, I'll have fun, all right. Tian Xi lifted her right hand to her lips coyly and let out a lovely chuckle, attracting the attention of everyone within hearing distance. The men's ears had flushed red while the girls pouted enviously.

Tian Xi was welcomed grandly at the entrance. There was no need for her to show her invitation because the original had made a reputation for herself as the overbearing diva of the business world.

As soon as Tian Xi stepped into the spacious hall, the crowd quieted, and all of their eyes gathered on the infamous Queen Tian Xi. In response to their ogling, she beamed with her usual proud smile with her chin slightly raised, "Stared enough?"

While the hormonal men were drooling over Tian Xi's highly exposed body, the young misses were snorting in disdain amongst themselves just loud enough for Tian Xi to hear.

"Where does she think this is? A whorehouse?"

"Pfft...With that body, the most she could be is a prostitute."

"I don't know why she is so arrogant when all she has is that slutty body."

All of a sudden, amongst the negative chatter, a soft, sweet, and addictive laughter resounded throughout the hall. The back of Tian Xi's right hand covered her alluring, blood-red small lips as she smirked, "A woman's greatest asset is, after all, her body. Why not make the best use of it? Little girls should stay home and wait a few more years before gathering with us adults."

To which all of those "little girls" turned red in anger, fuming so much that one could imagine smoke coming out from their ears.

Tian Xi flashed an evil grin at each and every one of them before her heels clacked to the bar as she let out a proud and victorious laughter on the way with her eyes narrowed into crescent slits.

Unbeknownst to her, in a not-so-far off corner that was slightly populated by a multitude of timid, yet ambitious young maidens sat a tall and imposing man whose great body couldn't be hidden by his regal black suit.

The man's deep and intrigued gaze lingered on the area in which the fiery woman had left.

The moment the woman stepped foot into the hall, the man's eyes never strayed once from her charming and confident starry eyes. He eagerly listened to her pleasant voice and was intoxicated by her tantalizing laughter that sounded like chiming bells.

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Tian Xi had observed that Ou WenAn was no longer in the main hall by the time she arrived. At that time, he must have been having the ride of his life in the bathroom with Nan PiCi.

Thinking this, Tian Xi leaned forward with her elbow on the bar counter, her head positioned with her chin on her knuckles with her long, seductive legs crossed. In that same hand was a glass of red wine that she was twirling with her fingers. She was deep in thought, thinking about how she could clear the mission with the least amount of effort.

Ou WenAn had already been drugged. Tian Xi narrowed her eyes. Where is Ou WenYan?

[Host. Ou WenYan is approaching you at your 4 o'clock.] 001 warned. That filthy man wanted to eat his host!

'Don't worry, don't worry,' Tian Xi let out a sweet smile as she stared down at her wine glass.

"Hey, babe. Want a refill?" A frivolous and alluring voice sounded from behind--as 001 stated, Tian Xi's 4 o'clock.

Just as Tian Xi was about to turn towards the source of the voice, the man had already slithered an arm around her shoulders with his lecherous hand sliding under her dress, directly reaching for her left breast.

Tian Xi's face darkened as she tightly gripped his wrist before his fingers could graze her peak. Then, she turned her upper body so that it was completely facing him, forcing his arm that was entangled around her to fall back to his side.

Ou WenYan wasn't ugly by any means. In fact, he was quite a stud. However, he was simply not Tian Xi's type.

"Mr. Ou," Tian Xi's smile was cold as she faced Ou WenYan, "Depends on what you are offering."

Now Tian Xi's cleavage was in full view for Ou WenYan, but him molesting her with his gaze was a million times better than tainting her with his dirty hand.

Ou WenYan's eyes flashed as he chuckled meaningfully, his lustful eyes glued to Tian Xi's breasts, "Miss Tian. How do you feel about vodka?"

Tian Xi giggled, shaking her glass half-filled with red wine towards Ou WenYan, "Unfortunately, I only drink red wine."

Ou WenYan responded with a burning gaze traveling from Tian Xi's voluptuous breasts, up to her beautiful eyes, and back down to her breasts again. His voice was hoarse, "I can give you that, too."

"Really," Tian Xi dragged on the first syllable, deliberately ambiguously, as she raised her brow, "Well then, by all means, Mr. Ou." Tian Xi flashed a seductive smile showcasing her bright white teeth complimented by her pair of sexy deep red lips, "Hook me up."

[Side Task 1: Be thoroughly fucked by Gu Yuan. Reward: 500 points]

'Hn?' But Tian Xi did not have the chance to question what the hell she just heard from 001.

Because, just as Ou WenYan reached for the bottle of red wine across the counter, a larger and rougher hand beat him to it. Startled, both Ou WenYan and Tian Xi followed the outstretched arm to face an incomparably handsome and gloomy man.

Tian Xi audibly swallowed her saliva as her eyes were overflowing with admiration and surprise.

Admiration, because he was just too godly with those thick, refined brows and the long and perfect nose that even plastic surgery wouldn't be able to achieve. Those pale and thin lips were so tempting that it made Tian Xi want to pounce on them. His jawline was so defined and sharp it could cut like knives. Most importantly were his pair of long, dark black eyes that seemed to contain an endless abyss that could suck one in if one were not careful, with his thick lashes complimenting them into perfection.

Surprise, because MY GOD. IT'S THE MAN FROM MY DREAM.

A rumbling and sonorous chuckle brought both Tian Xi and Ou WenYan back to reality.

What really shocked Tian Xi was that the man had gently held her glass as he poured more red wine into it. Tian Xi's heart skipped a beat as she watched him fill her glass personally.

The man's unreadable eyes never left Tian Xi's dazed ones that were focusing on the wine glass, yet he still knew when to stop pouring.

"Gu Yuan."

"Ah?" Tian Xi's mind was utterly blank and hopeless for a split second at the satisfying sound of his voice.

Ou WenYan seemed to be suppressing his anger and envy; his comical constipated expression said it all.

Tian Xi was conflicted. Because she didn't know anything about the man who wasn't mentioned in the original plotline, she didn't know how to act around him.

She decided to keep up her overbearing young miss persona, so she disregarded her discomfort and stayed in character by quickly glancing at Ou WenYan the lecher then back to the man. Then she raised a brow and let a slight smile escape her lips as she subtly gave him a big thumbs-up with her free hand, discreetly thanking him for saving her.

"My name," His baritone voice was deep and sexy, eyes flashing with amusement at Tian Xi's antics, "You can call me Gu Yuan. You?"

"Tian Xi," With her chin raised haughtily as she returned Gu Yuan's amused gaze, Tian Xi "overbearingly" gave her own introduction.

Ou WenYan just wanted to bury himself into a hole. Actually, not to mention the god of the business world, Gu Yuan, both of the figures before him were equally overbearing. He felt like an ant in front of them, which made him indignant. Isn't Tian Xi supposed to be a retard?

"Mr. Ou," Tian Xi called abruptly, causing Ou WenYan to tremble slightly. "Did you need anything from me? Coming to make small talk with me wasn't your only purpose...?" Her voice was teasing and held a hidden pressure due to the coldness of her eyes as she smirked without even glancing Ou WenYan's way. Tian Xi's eyes remained on Gu Yuan's the entire time.

Ou WenYan furrowed his brows in frustration, but then quickly glossed it over with a polite smile, "No, Miss Tian. I saw you sitting alone and didn't realize you were waiting for someone." The last part of his sentence was laced with heavy sarcasm.

"I'll take my leave," Ou WenYan glanced meaningfully between Gu Yuan and Tian Xi before turning his back and running away.

After Ou WenYan's departure, Tian Xi and Gu Yuan were left with an awkward silence. There was honestly nothing for the two to talk about, and Tian Xi was worried about her first task and wanted to ask 001 what it was all about.

Tian Xi was just about to get up off of her stool and walk away when Gu Yuan spoke up, "Age."

Brows raised as she glanced at him with interest, Tian Xi rebutted with a snarky remark to exert her dominance, "You get minus points for asking for a woman's age before stating your own. Gu Yuan." Tian Xi winked provocatively.

Yet Gu Yuan remained stoic, "34."

"25."

Silence again.

[Host...]

"Gu Yuan." It was Tian Xi's turn to call out. Well, whatever. More points for me, I guess.

"En?" Gu Yuan's deep gaze was forever stuck on Tian Xi's flawless pair of bright brown eyes.

"You..." Tian Xi narrowed her eyes slightly as she focused her attention onto his impeccably sculpted face as she suddenly felt her body start heating up uncontrollably. She stumbled as she clutched her burning chest.

"Tian Xi!" There was a slight panic in Gu Yuan's deep voice.

'Fuck me! I been drugged! Since when!! How!!! System!!!!'

[Host. System tried to tell you just now that something was wrong.] 001 tsked.

'Bruh, why didn't you tell me when I took the drug?? Where the hell did it come from anyway??!' Tian Xi fumed, feeling wronged by the system. Wasn't he supposed to be there for the sole purpose of preventing things like ingesting poison? I'm filing a complaint for a faulty system!

[Host, sometimes events from the original plotline cannot be avoided. This gets more serious as the level of the world rises.] 001 justified himself flawlessly, shamelessly.

Gu Yuan kept an appropriate distance with his arm holding Tian Xi up against the counter. He had on an unpleasant scowl as the air was a few degrees chillier than before.

"You were drugged?"

"Mm. Seems like it. Fuck." Tian Xi smiled wryly. She actually had no intention of avoiding the drug in the original plotline at all. It's just that now that she was drugged unknowingly, there was inevitably some chaos in her mind.

[Host, the drug was in that bottle of red wine.] 001 cautioned. This was not a good thing. He could not even detect the drug at all. Why was that?

'You trying to tell me Gu Yuan drugged me?' Shit. He's a stud, but I don't know about drugged sex.

[Host, you will feel good. Drugged sex is reportedly very satisfying.] 001 chimed reassuringly, but of course Tian Xi could only cough a mouthful blood at his offhanded remark.

"Gu Yuan, you..." Tian Xi glared at the man whose aura was now freezing with a large frown on his face as if he wanted to kill whoever had the balls to drug the beautiful and noble Tian Xi. She rolled her eyes. Keep acting, bruh. I already know you personally poured this bottle of drugged wine for me.

Actually, Tian Xi's first thought was that the bottle was originally filled with aphrodisiac by Ou WenYan. If one were to follow a normal train of thought, it could be said that Ou WenYan was the culprit and Gu Yuan accidentally ended up as the scapegoat since he just happened to appear and beat Ou WenYan to the bottle. However, because Tian Xi had the system, she was confident that even if she were drugged, she would at the very least know when and what kind of drug she was taking.

But this situation!

001 could not detect the drug at all. This led Tian Xi's thoughts to the packet of pages--the info sheet. Maybe Gu Yuan was another host who neutralized Ou WenYan's drug, then proceeded to use a nontraceable one from the system store...but that would mean that Gu Yuan already had points and was therefore a veteran. Fuck! Bitch! We'll see who can act until the very end, you sick bastard.

Since you dared to drug me, you will take responsibility!

"The bottle had an aphrodisiac...?" Tian Xi mumbled with heavily furrowed brows, crystal tears were hanging off of her long lashes as she enticingly bit her red lips to suppress her heated moans from escaping.

"En," Gu Yuan didn't seem to have noticed any abnormality with Tian Xi's character. He was standing ramrod straight as his two strong arms held Tian Xi, who was seated on the tall stool, against the bar counter to steady herself.

Tian Xi's body was getting hotter by the minute. At first it was a very gradual heat. Now she could feel it rising at a noticeably faster pace as she parted her lips and couldn't stop herself from letting out a seductive moan as she panted for air.

She glared at the empty glass in front of her as if she wanted to toss it across the room like it was her most detested enemy, then she looked aggrieved towards the cold man holding her up.

"We should leave here," Gu Yuan suggested expressionlessly. Actually, his heart itched at the sight of her tear-filled eyes and stubbornly biting her own pair of plush, red lips. He was already holding back his physiological reaction below with great difficulty.

Before Tian Xi could voice any retorts, Gu Yuan had already picked Tian Xi up from her seat and held her in an upright princess carry, heading straight towards a guest room on the second floor.