The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 21

“We met in a previous world.”

Xi Ruan frowned and shook her head, “I’m sorry, but I erase my memories every time.”

“So you don’t erase your memories at the system center?”

“No.”

Ji Mingxiao smiled, “That’s good.”

She leaned in and lowered her voice, “Hi, my name is Ji Mingxiao. This is my real name.”

Xi Ruan’s eyes widened. She looked at Ji Mingxiao, a little confused as to why the other person was telling her this.

“This is the third time I’ve told you my name. Please don’t forget me again,” Ji Mingxiao sighed, giving Xi Ruan an accusing look.

Xi Ruan blinked, and she seemed to understand something.

People here are forbidden from talking about the past, but they can use special methods to let others know.

System A also meant this before—subtly talking about it doesn’t count as a violation of the rules.

The Chinese language is profound. A single sentence can have countless meanings, and if you want to convey your thoughts, you can.

Xi Ruan looked at Ji Mingxiao and blinked, “You just arrived?”

“Yes.”

“You’re very young.” Xi Ruan frowned. She knew what it meant to come here.

“So are you,” a hint of sadness appeared in Ji Mingxiao’s eyes.

Xi Ruan pursed her lips.

They fell into silence. Xi Ruan looked at Ji Mingxiao. The person in front of her had gentle eyes, and she couldn’t feel any hostility from her.

Their relationship must have been good before.

“Don’t tell others your name casually. Have you chosen a name?” Xi Ruan couldn’t help but remind her.

“I have.”

“You can just call me Xiaoxiao,” Ji Mingxiao’s lips curled slightly. “I’ll call you Ruan Ruan, which is what you’ve always called me.” That wasn’t the case.

Xi Ruan frowned, looked at Ji Mingxiao, and questioned, “I don’t think so.”

“But I’ve decided. My name is Xiaoxiao.”

Xi Ruan: …

Why did this person’s shameless behavior feel so familiar?

Why did she think this person was gentle just a moment ago?

Ji Mingxiao looked at Xi Ruan and smiled, “Let’s be friends.”

“Okay.” Xi Ruan nodded. Ever since the second world, she had been a loner, rarely interacting with others. She subconsciously rejected other people, but when she saw Ji Mingxiao, she didn’t.

Ji Mingxiao had just checked the mall.

It only costs one point to erase a memory, but it costs 100,000 to get it back.

“Are you an NPC?”

“Yes.” Xi Ruan nodded and looked at Ji Mingxiao, “What about you?”

“A scumbag system,” Ji Mingxiao said, suddenly realizing that she couldn’t hide her sexual orientation at all, which would explain everything.

Sure enough, after she said it, Xi Ruan looked at Ji Mingxiao with a strange expression, “Is your scumbag index really that high?”

Ji Mingxiao: …

A miscalculation.

“I’m not a scumbag. The system’s calculation method is flawed.”

Xi Ruan gave Ji Mingxiao a long, hard look.

“You sound like a primary school student making excuses,” Xi Ruan said in a high-pitched voice. “I didn’t make a mistake, the question did.”

Ji Mingxiao sighed, “I feel like my reputation is being harmed, but no matter how smart AI is, it can’t feel human emotions, can it? Whether I’m a scumbag, you can judge for yourself.”

“You like girls?”

“Yes, is that a problem?” Ji Mingxiao’s scalp tingled, and she suddenly wanted to gag Xi Ruan.

“Why would it be a problem? I’ve seen relationships between humans and bugs here. Do you think I’d find it strange that you like humans?”

Ji Mingxiao: …

Oh, she forgot. Xi Ruan also had hundreds of years of experience.

“Are there windows here? Yes. Do you want to go to the rooftop? You can adjust the scene yourself, but you can’t see your original world. It’s an immersive experience.”

“Okay.” Ji Mingxiao nodded and followed behind Xi Ruan.

There were quite a few people on the rooftop, all in small, individual compartments.

They found an empty spot and walked in.

Xi Ruan casually chose an underwater kingdom.

Ji Mingxiao instantly felt as if she was soaking in water. It was a little dark all around, and she could only see Xi Ruan. Xi Ruan’s hair floated in the water.

“I really like this one,” Xi Ruan adjusted it again, and this time the surroundings became much brighter.

It was an underwater city.

It was beautiful.

“Look, a mermaid.”

“Are these all real?”

“Yes, but they can’t see us.” Xi Ruan leaned on the railing.

Ji Mingxiao reached out to touch a mermaid not far away. To her surprise, she actually touched it, and the mermaid looked up and around.

“Hey, don’t bother them casually.” Xi Ruan slapped Ji Mingxiao’s arm.

Ji Mingxiao immediately pulled her hand back and turned her head to look at her.

Xi Ruan looked at her own hand, coughed dryly, and frowned, “Why was that so natural for me to do?”

“Muscle memory, maybe.”

“Do I do that often?”

“Yes, you usually only bully me.”

Xi Ruan looked Ji Mingxiao up and down, “Do you look like someone who can be bullied?”

“Didn’t you just hit me?” Ji Mingxiao said innocently. “I just look strong and difficult to bully, but in reality, I’m… a fragile girl.”

System A: ???

Xi Ruan: …

“You don’t look like it.”

Ji Mingxiao looked at Xi Ruan and once again sighed, “This is probably society’s prejudice.”

“No, that’s not what I mean, I…” Xi Ruan looked at Ji Mingxiao’s expression, and her words became a little incoherent.

Although Ji Mingxiao really did look like she couldn’t be bullied, what if she was a weak girl on the inside?

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to. I just thought you seemed very capable. I wasn’t hitting you just now; I was just a little excited. Maybe it’s because you feel familiar to me, so I… I haven’t done that in a long time,” Xi Ruan said, fidgeting with the hem of her clothes. “I’ll be more careful in the future.”

“It’s okay, I’m used to it.”

Xi Ruan looked at Ji Mingxiao’s side profile with a hint of sadness, and she suddenly wondered if she really used to bully her often.

System A: “You can’t bully someone just because they’re stupid.”

“I bully them because they’re stupid,” Ji Mingxiao said, rubbing her stomach. “Are you hungry?”

“You want to eat here? That’s too extravagant.”

Ji Mingxiao frowned, “You guys don’t eat?”

“Only the upper-class people eat. For bottom-class people like me who don’t have much savings, we generally don’t eat because we’re already dead. There’s no need to eat anymore.”

Ji Mingxiao frowned. Bottom-class people.

They were also bottom-class people now.

“Besides, if you want to eat something, you can just eat while doing a mission. It’s the same anyway,” Xi Ruan said nonchalantly.

Ji Mingxiao ruffled Xi Ruan’s hair, “Let’s go.”

“When are you doing your next mission?”

“I don’t know.”

“I’m planning to take a mission the day after tomorrow. I hope to save up five million soon,” Xi Ruan stretched.

“Then I’ll go the day after tomorrow too. Maybe we’ll meet again,” Ji Mingxiao smiled.

Xi Ruan shook her head, “Don’t dream. That’s too difficult. I’m going to choose a mission first.”

“Choose a mission?”

“Yes. Our NPC missions need to be chosen in the mission hall. The highest is a thousand, the lowest is a hundred.”

“That little?”

“Yes, but it’s not bad. I usually take missions worth five hundred now. But I got one thousand five in the last world. Did you add scenes for me in the last world?”

“Yes.”

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