The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 87

“You look like you’re about to be executed.”

“I’m just a little nervous.”

Ji Mingxiao cradled Xi Ruan’s face and kissed her lips. Xi Ruan took a deep breath, stunned for a moment, her mind filled with, “Is that it?” She then noticed that Ji Mingxiao’s face was also a little red.

Okay, she thought the other person was a seasoned veteran, but it turns out she was just a pure-hearted maiden.

“What’s wrong?” Ji Mingxiao tried to act composed.

Xi Ruan blinked, laughed, and then couldn’t help but fall onto the bed, giggling.

“Is it that funny?”

“Yes,” Xi Ruan said, turning to face her. “You’re a paper tiger.”

“Well, I’ve never kissed anyone before, so I’m a little inexperienced,” Ji Mingxiao said, leaning over and pressing Xi Ruan beneath her.

The room was quiet, and they could clearly hear each other’s entangled breaths.

Ji Mingxiao nestled against Xi Ruan’s neck, nuzzling her and smiling. “This is nice, just lying here.”

Xi Ruan poked the soft flesh on Ji Mingxiao’s waist and sighed. “Why do you have abs?”

“Why can’t I?” Ji Mingxiao also reached up and pinched her own abs. They were soft. “Yours are more comfortable, though.”

Xi Ruan rolled her eyes. “Then you can eat more and get fatter.”

“Unfortunately, I’m poor and can’t eat much here,” Ji Mingxiao said with a laugh. She looked at Xi Ruan and rubbed her hair, wanting to ask her about what happened in the last world, but Xi Ruan didn’t remember anything.

Xi Ruan yawned, leaned against Ji Mingxiao, and drifted off to sleep.

“System, still can’t find anything?” Ji Mingxiao asked.

System A was stunned for a moment before realizing what she was asking about. “It’s strange that we can’t find anything.”

The person who paid Jian Huanhuan to frame Ji Mingxiao in the last world had vanished into thin air. The WeChat account was fake, and the bank card used for the transfer belonged to a dead person. Ji Mingxiao tried using her skill cards to find them but couldn’t. According to System A, that person had already left that world.

It was obviously a task-taker.

But she hadn’t offended anyone in this place. Su Hui? The system said Su Hui was completing her tasks normally and hadn’t been in contact with anyone strange.

The person who had set her up didn’t seem to want to kill her, but rather to humiliate her or add some difficulty to her mission.

She didn’t know if this person would appear again.

Her intuition told Ji Mingxiao that this person was probably related to Xi Ruan.

Ji Mingxiao looked at Xi Ruan again, but she couldn’t ask, as Xi Ruan wouldn’t remember.

She opened her bracelet and looked at her information panel.

Name: Ji Mingxiao Code Name: Xiaoxiao Worlds Completed: S (3), A (1), B (1), C (0), D (0), F (0) Points: 28600 Rest Time: 975 days Ranking: 96897th

She had completed five worlds, and her points were just under 30,000. She spent points way too much.

“System, do you have something like a bank here, where I can deposit points and get interest?”

“No, your points are useless to us,” System A said. “Don’t even think about it. Just try to be more frugal.”

Ji Mingxiao sighed softly.

She looked at Xi Ruan again and lay down with her to sleep.

When she opened her eyes again, she saw that Xi Ruan was also awake, lying next to her, looking at her.

“To be honest, the way you sleep isn’t very pretty,” Xi Ruan said very seriously.

“Why do I have to hear your heartbreaking words as soon as I wake up?” Ji Mingxiao grabbed Xi Ruan’s hand and squeezed it. “If my heart breaks, will you be responsible for putting it back together?”

Ji Mingxiao propped herself up and sat on the bed. “By the way, if I can do my tasks from your place, does that mean I’ll see you as soon as I finish a mission?”

“We’ve only been together for a short time, and you already want to live together?”

Ji Mingxiao was stunned, not having thought of it that way. “We used to sleep together often.”

“That’s different. It’s too fast now. I need my own private space,” Xi Ruan said righteously, rejecting Ji Mingxiao’s suggestion.

In reality, she wasn’t against sharing a room with Ji Mingxiao; she just wasn’t ready yet. She didn’t want Ji Mingxiao to see her looking disheveled.

“Okay,” Ji Mingxiao nodded, hugging Xi Ruan and nuzzling her. “Then I’ll just have to seize every opportunity to be close to you.”

Xi Ruan: …

Xi Ruan: ???

Xi Ruan: As expected, you’re shameless.

Xi Ruan complained in her mind, but she still obediently leaned on Ji Mingxiao’s body.

System A couldn’t stand the sight of the two of them being so intimate, so it quietly blocked them out.

Then it nudged the system on the other side, wanting to find a friend to complain with.

[System A: Is it so great to have a partner?]

[System: Yes, it is.]

[System A: ???]

[System: I have a partner too.]

[System A: ???]

[System A: Aren’t all you NPC systems of the same model, without any special markings?]

[System: You don’t understand. Love transcends everything. No wonder you’re a scum-gong system.]

System A, which had always upheld the main system’s love and justice, felt a dagger pierce its heart. It then quietly went to the forum and posted a dating ad.

Many people saw “scum-gong system” and silently steered clear.

System A looked at its post with zero replies and sighed, not wanting to say anything.

It had never imagined that it would one day be mocked by an NPC system. This was too difficult.

After saying goodbye to Xi Ruan, Ji Mingxiao left and returned to her own room.

“By the way, can’t you guys investigate how many task-takers have been to that world?”

“There’s no way to investigate that. Each task-taker is managed by a different department. We can’t investigate the situation of other departments just for you. The supervisors wouldn’t be happy about it.”

Ji Mingxiao: …

“Aren’t you all artificial intelligence? Shouldn’t it be easy to check?”

“We’re all AIs with pride.”

Ji Mingxiao didn’t know what to say. It was unbelievable that AIs had such a thing as pride.

“Don’t worry, though. Our department has already provided you with personal protection.”

Ji Mingxiao twitched her lips and smiled, not really wanting to speak. What good was personal protection?

“Host, you don’t need to worry. I think you’ve got this,” System A said, trying to encourage Ji Mingxiao. “Among our task-takers, you’re quite a star.”

“Am I a star?”

“Yes, you are. Others usually start using the same routines after two or three worlds. You’re the only one with a hundred different faces. There was a female lead system with a very high combat value,” System A said.

“Heh, you can praise me all you want, I won’t praise you back. Also, how did you guys convince that high-combat-value person to use a ‘true love and kindness’ method to complete her tasks?”

System A: …

“She was a female lead.”

“So am I.”

“The focus is different, Host. Can you please not dwell on such things! I can’t win an argument with you, Host. You should just go and complete your task and torment others.” With that, System A quickly threw Ji Mingxiao into the task system.

Ji Mingxiao: …

She sighed again.

“How lonely it is to be invincible, how empty it is to be invincible,” Ji Mingxiao hummed a tune. When she opened her eyes, she saw several young women in ancient costumes standing around her.

“Your Highness, what are you humming?”

Ji Mingxiao: …

“Nothing.” It was the first time Ji Mingxiao had opened her eyes to find people right in front of her, and it was a bit awkward.

“You all can leave first. I’d like to be alone,” Ji Mingxiao said, her face expressionless, though she was a little surprised to find that she was a princess this time.

The palace maids looked at each other and then all left.

This was a fictional dynasty, also called the Zhou Dynasty, but the clothes worn by her and the others seemed to be a mix of various dynasties.

The original owner of the body was named Zhao Yan, sixteen years old, and the only princess in the current dynasty.

Yes, in the three hundred years of this dynasty’s history, there was only one princess, Zhao Yan. She was the current emperor’s older sister. Because she was the only princess in three hundred years, she was spoiled from a young age. Her title, “Princess of the State,” also showed how much she was doted on. This led to a very arrogant and naive personality.

However, she hadn’t done anything truly bad, just acted a little conceited. To outsiders, Zhao Yan was silly and annoying, but to the imperial family, she was “naive and genuine.”

Zhao Yan actually had her own fiefdom in Jiangnan, a very good piece of land. However, due to the imperial family’s affection, she had always stayed in the capital, and the fiefdom was just a place to provide her with pocket money.

From all aspects, Zhao Yan lived a good life, and it was not a problem for her to be a bit extravagant as a princess.

However, the problem was that the Zhou Dynasty was already in decline by the time her younger brother’s generation came. The emperor was fifteen years old, and the empress was the daughter of the prime minister. The prime minister’s family wielded significant power, and his authority in court was already subtly surpassing the emperor’s. His desire to replace the emperor was becoming more and more obvious.

But the emperor was not a problem. He was diligent and intelligent. Once he grew up and his power was consolidated, the prime minister would be in trouble. Therefore, Zhao Yan became the prime minister’s point of entry.

Zhao Yan was very fond of her sister-in-law, the empress, and was also kind to the prime minister’s family. And she was indeed foolish; if someone treated her well, she would consider them a good person.

The “scum-gong” was the empress’s sister, Wen Yue. On the surface, she was a gentle beauty, but in reality, she was a venomous and calculating woman. Under Wen Yue’s influence, Zhao Yan began to do things that she considered insignificant. If the tasks were done according to Zhao Yan’s requests, they might indeed be insignificant.

However, all her orders were executed by the prime minister’s people. No one knew how a seemingly innocent order would be twisted.

After a few years, in the hearts of the common people, Zhao Yan went from being the “Princess of the State” to the “Princess of Disaster.”

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