1.2.2: New Target (I)

The sepia disappeared and Xiao Taotao's small frame popped before her. "Host!" She greeted with her childish voice, her silver eyes were vibrant with joy, "You've finally finished your first target!"

"But how?" That moment was so unexpected. She didn't plan for such an event at all!

"Well, it triggered his emotions when you lied on the road soaked in blood, lifeless."

"That's... a descriptive image." Xiao Yunhua cringed and changed the topic, "So, will I move on to a new world now?"

Xiao Taotao giggled and shook her head. "Of course not Host! A mission has multiple targets. You'll be required to move to target number two! You know, you're pretty lucky to get this target's heart without any intimacy."

"How many points will I get?"

Xiao Taotao hesitated. "Well, you see, since Zhou Feng is basically on the same level as a prince because his family's status is so high, it would be one hundred thousand points." Hearing the large number, Xiao Yunhua's eyes glimmered with glee. But Xiao Taotao's next words shattered her expectations, "But deducting tax—"

"Are you serious?"

Xiao Taotao snickered, "Just joking! No tax—" Xiao Yunhua was growing happy again until her expectations were shattered once more, "—but, many points will be deducted for taking so long."

"How many?" Xiao Yunhua sighed. For her first target, she expected to get many points for the difficulty, but then again, so took so long to capture his heart.

"Ah," Xiao Taotao pretended to ponder until her big, silver eyes widened in realization. "Half. The system wanted to deduct more, but luckily, I convinced it to have mercy!"

Have mercy my ass. This was clearly a ripoff.

"Hehe, Host, forgive me!" Xiao Yunhua blushed at her thoughts being exposed. She had forgotten that her thoughts could be heard in the grey, dimensional space.

"So, adding on to your points you already had, you would total to 55,500 points!" Xiao Taotao explained meticulously.

"Your Beauty Boost also allows for you to pick one free skill! Unfortunately, it's limited from a list."

Hey! You didn't tell me that in the beginning!" Xiao Yunhua grumbled.

"Whoops!" Xiao Taotao's monarch butterfly wings fluttered around and she snapped her fingers. A short list of selections appeared before Xiao Yunhua.

There was martial arts, hacking, playing every instrument, and mastering games.

"What kind of instruments or games?" Xiao Yunhua pondered aloud.

"From the popular instruments like piano to even the hard-to-learn guqin. For games, it could be a simple game of chess or go, to electronic games. Both are major cheats." Xiao Taotao explained. "Even though you've played the piano before, you've never really been a 'master' necessarily."

"I see..." Xiao Yunhua looked at the skills looming over her head and contemplated deeply. She couldn't understand which one was most beneficial. In the end, she decided to go with martial arts. After all, she could've avoided the accident ordeal if she hadn't been so weak. With martial arts, surely she'd be able to avoid any problems concerning physical movement.

"Martial arts is a nice skill!" Xiao Taotao cheered with a thumbs up. "Unfortunately, it comes in three levels because it's that good of a skill."

"What a rip-off..." Xiao Yunhua grumbled underneath her breath. "Will I have to pay to upgrade?"

"Of course! But, you can't pay right now as neither of the upgrades are ready. When you truly need an upgrade, you'll be notified!"

Xiao Yunhua sighed deeply. "But..."

It was like Xiao Taotao could hear her thoughts before Xiao Yunhua could voice them aloud, and the little fairy could, hence replying immediately. "No worries, level one is sufficient enough to defend yourself against people in this world!"

Xiao Yunhua nodded. "Alright, now who caused my accident?"

Xiao Taotao stared cheekily at Xiao Yunhua until the latter finally huffed. "Yes, I'll pay with Pretty Points." Even without voicing her concern out loud, Xiao Yunhua knew what was going on in the thoughts of the little fairy.

"That'll be five hundred Pretty Points!" And Xiao Taotao snapped her fingers before Xiao Yunhua could change her mind. Even though she didn't want to, Xiao Yunhua was still forced to pay such a ridiculously large amount of points.

"The higher you go, the more points you'll spend!" Xiao Taotao's voice rung in the grey dimensional space.

"But in that case, wouldn't I never be allowed to leave this system?" Xiao Yunhua murmured with suspicion. Hearing her accusation, a brief flash of panic was seen in Xiao Taotao's silver eyes before she blinked it away, ignoring the comment.

Xiao Yunhua suddenly saw the scene of Kang Yiyi making a phone call to get her knocked out... literally.

How the bratty granddaughter of the aristocratic Kang family knew what seemed to be a hooligan gang was a mystery... a mystery that she was going to have to solve later on, Xiao Yunhua was sure.