The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 35

Ji Mingxiao was still thinking about continuing to watch the movie with Xi Ruan, so she handed over the subsequent haggling to Nan Cheng’s assistant who had rushed over.

Nan Cheng’s assistant had seen Ji Mingxiao many times, and the two of them had very little interaction.

Although everyone said Ji Mingxiao was a simple girl who was dedicated to scientific research, Nan Cheng’s assistant knew very well that this young lady was not a kind person at all.

Many of Nan Cheng’s affairs were handled by him. He was a bit confused at first, but after the Su family got into trouble and used ruthless methods, he knew that Ji Mingxiao was most likely the mastermind behind it.

Thankfully, the two in the Nan family had a good relationship, otherwise, it would have been a mess.

Ji Mingxiao didn’t know that Nan Cheng’s assistant had already constructed a whole world in his mind in the few seconds he saw her. To be honest, she didn’t even remember his face clearly.

“Still want to watch a movie? I’ll take you to a private theater, the kind where we can book an entire hall.”

“No need, let’s just walk around.”

Ji Mingxiao had decided that she must make that woman pay up, otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to get over her anger.

“I want to play the claw machine.” Xi Ruan’s eyes lit up when she saw a claw machine not far away. She grabbed Ji Mingxiao’s sleeve and darted over.

Ji Mingxiao looked at the spot Xi Ruan was grabbing, turned her hand over, and held hers instead.

Xi Ruan looked back at Ji Mingxiao but didn’t say anything.

Ji Mingxiao bought a hundred yuan worth of tokens. Xi Ruan looked at the full box and looked at her with some disapproval: “Why so many? I’ll just catch one and then stop. Ten yuan should be enough.”

“Okay.” Ji Mingxiao picked out ten tokens from the box and handed them to her.

Xi Ruan looked at Ji Mingxiao’s smiling eyes and snorted softly: “I’m telling you, I’m really good at claw machines.”

“Oh, really?” Ji Mingxiao deliberately drew out her words and looked at Xi Ruan. “I believe you.”

Xi Ruan chose one machine and stood in front of it. It was full of My Little Pony dolls.

Her eyes lit up: “Look at the emoji!”

Ji Mingxiao: …

“Two tokens per try. You only have five chances.”

“Don’t worry.” Xi Ruan said confidently.

A minute later.

“This claw is too loose.”

“This is such a rip-off!”

“It’s not my problem, it’s the machine’s problem.”

Ji Mingxiao stood on the side and laughed.

Xi Ruan immediately turned to look at her: “What?”

“Bad skills are bad skills. It has nothing to do with the machine. It reminds me of what you said in the first world—that my explanation was like a student who didn’t do well on a test, blaming the test paper.”

Xi Ruan: …

“You try!”

“I’ll try.” Ji Mingxiao shook the tokens in her hand. “I think I can do it.”

“So many?”

“Yeah, I never said I could get it in one try.” Ji Mingxiao pushed Xi Ruan aside.

Xi Ruan: …

System A: …

As it turned out, Ji Mingxiao’s skills weren’t much better.

The tokens in the basket were quickly used up. Perhaps because Ji Mingxiao hadn’t caught a single one for so long, a crowd had gathered to watch.

Xi Ruan stood on the side, shaking her head: “Tsk tsk.”

“I’ll get it for you no matter what. Which one do you like?”

“Whatever.” Xi Ruan crossed her arms. “You won’t be able to get it out.”

“My family owns this mall. I can have them open the door directly.”

Xi Ruan: ???

Onlookers: …

Xi Ruan raised her hand and clapped: “You’re amazing.”

Fortunately, they didn’t have to get someone to open the door for them. With the last two tokens left, Ji Mingxiao finally caught a My Little Pony.

Xi Ruan held it and squeezed it: “It’s a shame. I can’t take it back.”

“Just remember how it looks, and it’s like you’ve taken it back.”

“I remember you really liked dolls, which is why there were dolls everywhere.”

Xi Ruan nodded: “It’s a shame. I’m broke now. Those dolls over there are too expensive, I can’t afford any of them.”

Ji Mingxiao didn’t say anything, she just lowered her head and brushed a strand of hair away from Xi Ruan’s face: “You’ll have them all in the future.”

“Will we meet after we go back?” Xi Ruan asked.

The two walked slowly down the street. The streetlights had already turned on, and there were many people. To avoid getting separated, they inevitably walked closer and closer to each other.

“No. If we don’t meet in the next world, we’ll meet again to hurry up and complete the missions.” Ji Mingxiao still wanted to accumulate points quickly.

Xi Ruan nodded: “I didn’t realize you were such a career-oriented person.”

“The missions aren’t too tiring. It’s just a different way of living. Besides, what’s the difference where you are?”

Xi Ruan looked at Ji Mingxiao: “Many people who do missions like yours fall in love with the ‘scumbag’ and don’t want to go back.”

“Are they crazy?” Ji Mingxiao didn’t understand. Whether it was Zhuo Xi in the first world or Su Mian in the second, she felt that anyone with a clear head wouldn’t fall in love with them.

“Who knows? Some people are just good at pretending. At first, they know it’s all fake, but after a while, with all the sweet talk, they still fall for it. They don’t know if they’ve believed their own words or the other person’s words.” Xi Ruan looked ahead. “That’s why they usually find people with a high ‘scumbag’ index for this kind of mission.”

Ji Mingxiao looked at Xi Ruan: “I won’t.”

“I know you won’t. You’re not a scumbag, you’re just bad.” Xi Ruan gave her a slightly disdainful look.

Ji Mingxiao raised her hand and pinched her waist: “I’m such a good person, how am I bad?”

“Look at what your hand is doing. And you say you’re not bad.”

Ji Mingxiao looked at Xi Ruan: “Let’s go back.”

“Okay.” Xi Ruan nodded.

“Next time, tell me when you leave. I always try to contact you, and you’re gone.”

“Oh.” Xi Ruan twitched her lips. “After all, we weren’t that close before. You’d better send it to me again after you go back. I’ll remember it clearly.”

“Why do you have to clear your memory?”

“I can’t help it. I’ve experienced too many worlds, and my memory gets muddled. It’s very uncomfortable.”

Ji Mingxiao nodded: “Hmm.”

She still hoped Xi Ruan would keep the memories of her and their time together, but she clearly didn’t have the right to ask her to do that.

Ji Mingxiao ruffled Xi Ruan’s hair again.

“Goodbye.”

“Okay.” Xi Ruan nodded.

The surrounding environment changed rapidly.

When Ji Mingxiao opened her eyes, she was still lying in bed. She looked at the time. Not much time had passed; only five or six days had gone by here.

She rubbed her neck and sat up, propping herself up on the bed.

“Host, don’t you feel any regret?” System A asked curiously.

“Regret what?” Ji Mingxiao opened her wristband.

“Nan Cheng and the others.”

“I don’t even have time to think about my own family, let alone them. No matter how good they are, they’re not my family.” Ji Mingxiao found the messages section and repeated what she had just said to Xi Ruan.

The other party replied with “Okay.”

After seeing her reply, Ji Mingxiao looked at her achievements from the last world.

Name: Ji Mingxiao

Codename: Xiaoxiao

Worlds completed: S(1), A(1), B(0), C(0), D(0), F(0)

Points: 13,000

Rest period: 450 days

Points ranking: 98,721st place

“I got 11,000 points this time?”

“Yes,” System A said. “Probably because you were only exposed at the very end.”

“So your system likes that kind of style?”

System A: …

Ji Mingxiao scrolled down and saw something new: “Points ranking?”

“Yes. This appears for anyone who enters the top 100,000.”

“How many people are in your system?”

“A lot of people. I’m not sure of the exact number,” System A said.

“So I can get into the top 100,000 with just 12,000 points?” Ji Mingxiao suddenly understood why Xi Ruan said she was a low-level person. The gap was indeed everywhere.

“It’s normal. You like to keep doing missions. Some people like to live in the moment and spend money when they have it, and only do missions when they need money, like a ‘spend-it-all’ type. Besides, there are very few of you ‘special mission takers.’ Not everyone gets over 10,000 points at a time.”

Ji Mingxiao: …

Ji Mingxiao glanced at Xi Ruan’s information again. The other party had hidden her ranking, with only a codename visible.

She also made an adjustment. Originally, her codename and points would be displayed. Now she hid the points as well.

She then went to look at the top-ranked person.

The top-ranked person was quite generous and displayed their points. The codename was obviously made up, called “Salted Fish,” and the gender was not specified.

They had 8,721,928 points.

Ji Mingxiao counted: “Why doesn’t she stop doing missions? Isn’t five million points enough?”

“There are a lot of rumors about them, but most people think they’re bored and have nothing to do. Their system is a very old model, and it hasn’t had much contact with us for so many years. Host, just call me when you want to start the next round. If you want to read gossip, it’s all on the forums.”

“Okay.” Ji Mingxiao didn’t want to read it; she just asked casually. She looked at the props she had left from the last world. Only one “Drowsy Card” remained, with two uses left.

13,000 points were still a long way from five million. Five hundred S-rank missions, or a thousand A-rank missions—this number was too large.

She wondered how many missions that eight-million-point big shot had done.

“Can you match me with all S-rank missions?” Ji Mingxiao asked.

“That’s a bit difficult. Your ‘scumbag index’ can only guarantee you a match of B-rank missions and above, which is already very good,” System A said. “Dear, don’t be too greedy. An immersive experience can easily make people fall for it.”

“I won’t.”

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