19 returned just as Ye Wangxing was reviewing his task panel.

[Task Panel]

Name: [Ye Wangxing]

Gender: [Male]

Age: [24]

Current Role: [Sophomore in Class 3, Baoning No.1 High School]

Attention Value: [62]

Mini World Currency: [110,647.9 yuan]

Gold (transferable to other worlds): [100g]

Main Quest: [Gain attention of the male and female leads]
Progress: [30%]
Reward: [10,000 Attention Value]

Side Quests:

Quest 1: [Disrupt the male lead’s confession to the female lead at the sports event.]
Task Progress: [0%]
Reward: [100 Attention Value, 200,000 yuan Mini World Currency, 200g Gold (transferable to other worlds)]

Quest 2: [Disrupt the plot where the male and female leads reconcile after skipping class.]

Task Progress: [100%]

Reward: [60 Attention Value, 200,000 yuan Mini World Currency, 200g Gold (transferable to the next world)]

The last task reward had already been credited to Ye Wangxing’s account, and this time, the reward was even more substantial.

So substantial that Ye Wangxing’s eyes practically glazed over when he saw the 200g of gold.

Most Chinese people, once they reached a certain age, experienced an awakening. When they were younger, they had dismissed gold as too tacky, but now, seeing gold, they could hardly tear their eyes away from it.

Ye Wangxing was no exception.

Before he started the task, the gold price in his world had already skyrocketed to over 600 yuan per gram. Even if the Mini World Currency couldn’t be transferred back to his original world, the 300g of gold from just two side tasks alone was worth at least 180,000 yuan, not even counting the Attention Value.

Ye Wangxing looked at the amount of gold, and in his mind, images of house down payments, vehicles, his parents’ gold bracelets, and gold bangles flashed by…

His eyes sparkled with excitement.

And this was just from two side tasks, while a beginner’s task typically had three to four side tasks.

Plus, the Attention Value could be exchanged for all kinds of magical items…

Ye Wangxing stared at the task panel, and two words echoed in his mind: Made it!

However, when he looked at the Mini World Currency, his expression clouded over again.

Fortunately, 19 had just returned and brought some good news.

[Host, the laws have said that as long as you don’t withdraw through the Universe Court’s platform, they can reduce the withdrawal fee to 15%. Every energy conversion requires oversight by the Universe Court, but they don’t do it for free, so the additional 15% is for the Universe Court’s expenses.]

19 explained this in a calm voice and also elaborated on the relationship between the laws and the Universe Court.

Ye Wangxing immediately understood: “So this is like the relationship between Meituan and the merchants?”

19, with his powerful search abilities, quickly pulled up a yellow kangaroo from the vast data pool.

For some reason, 19 thought he saw a hint of greed in the yellow kangaroo.

‘As expected, the host’s metaphor is always spot on.’

After searching through some examples related to the Meituan platform, 19 nodded in approval.

Ye Wangxing thought for a moment, then cautiously asked: “19, is there any risk with how the laws are handling this?”

19 looked into it and replied: “There have been several small worlds experiencing ancient god crises. Right now, the Universe Court is urgently contacting high-level individuals who can handle the situation. Also, there’s a lawsuit against other system companies that is about to go to court. The probability of risk is low, at least these two issues will take hundreds of years to resolve.”

Ye Wangxing immediately relaxed, then curiously asked: “Sounds like the severity isn’t too high. Why are these issues all pushed to take over a hundred years to resolve?”

“The plaintiff in the latter case is a supplier for our company and 128 other companies, and they hold a monopoly on certain technologies.”

Ye Wangxing: “…Got it.”

While they were talking, the laws had already prepared everything, and now it was just a matter of finding the right opportunity to transfer the funds into Ye Wangxing’s account.

Luckily, the opportunity wasn’t hard to find. The plot of the male and female leads was about to reach the stage where they would publicly confess at the sports event, and the side tasks had already been issued. It wouldn’t be long now.

[It’s perfect timing to complete the sports event plot. I just wonder if the female lead will finally wake up…]

Ye Wangxing wrote the script, and 19 nodded in agreement with his idea.

But just as Ye Wangxing was about to finish writing the script and head to bed, 19 suddenly grabbed his arm.

The soul-level touch made Ye Wangxing shiver, as though he had been electrocuted. 19 didn’t seem to react, but all Ye Wangxing could see was 19’s calm golden eyes, which were looking at him as he spoke:

Host, I think there’s one more thing, aside from the script, that requires your cooperation.

Ye Wangxing was a bit confused about what else needed his attention, but 19 directly revealed the boast he had made in front of Su Yi earlier that day.

‘There’s still a year before the final year of high school, so I might as well take this opportunity to improve on my weaker subjects. I don’t need much, just get into China Agricultural University, where their food engineering program is my dream.’

Ye Wangxing had smiled shyly when he said that back then, but now, the expression on his face was nothing short of despair.

[19, you know, that was just to flatter them, right?]

Ye Wangxing trembled as he looked at 19.

[I know, Host, but after calculating, when your grades improve, there will be a greater chance of capturing the attention that originally belonged to the male and female leads.]

19 answered coldly.

Ye Wangxing immediately wanted to give up, ready to admit his failure as a student to 19.

However, 19 seemed to have anticipated this move. Before Ye Wangxing could say anything, 19 sealed his mouth with a direct response.

[Host, you can at least try to study for ten minutes.]

Ye Wangxing looked at 19’s rarely soft expression, unable to refuse, and nodded.

Then…

He studied the whole night.

19 had crafted a personalized study plan for Ye Wangxing and converted it into a game version: Plan Success.

“…What? You studied all night yesterday?”

Li Jun shouted in disbelief after hearing Ye Wangxing’s words, instantly drawing the attention of the entire class.

Although Ye Wangxing was the main subject of the conversation, it was really Li Jun’s words that were so out of the ordinary.

Not many students actually willingly study all night long!

The boy, with his face squished against the desk and his cheeks puffed up from the pressure, sleepily said: “I had no choice. Yan Yi said he would help me with extra lessons and even customized a study plan for me. I couldn’t let all his hard work go to waste. Plus, what he said was easy to understand, so before I knew it, it was already 11 PM.”

Li Jun suddenly realized: “So that’s why you didn’t attend evening study class last night? You were getting extra lessons from him? You two really have a good relationship, huh?”

Actually, Li Jun really wanted to say that the relationship between them didn’t seem quite right, but since there were people around, he didn’t say it out loud.

— After all, it was a school, and no one wanted to talk about things like “romantic moments” or “flirting” in public.

The classmates around them also tacitly pretended not to know, though their eyes clearly conveyed other meanings.

Of course, there were also some who didn’t like the way Ye Wangxing was acting. Zhou Mu was one, and Su Qing was another.

Zhou Mu was simply irritated from writing a self-reflection the night before and found everything annoying, while Su Qing was upset because she had spent the whole night studying, only to find out that Ye Wangxing had been in the same situation, and to make things worse, he had Yan Yi as his tutor!

Her anger flared up immediately. Even though she knew it was just a coincidence, the feeling of losing her sense of superiority—thinking she was the only one in the class with a tutor—was shattered. Jealousy surged within her, clouding her rational thoughts.

‘Who knows if he was actually studying last night?’

These were the most venomous thoughts she could come up with. Just as she was about to speak them, Zhang Le beat her to it.

“So, you didn’t sleep well last night, just like the night before?”

The people in the class immediately perked up their ears, curious about what had happened the night before.

But Ye Wangxing wasn’t as shy as they expected. He nodded normally and answered.

“Pretty much. But at least I got some sleep last night. The night before, I didn’t sleep at all. It was my fault though, I got angry over a small matter with them. But they didn’t give up on me. They took me hiking instead.”

“Hiking?”

A lot of people voiced their confusion.

The boy, however, added a hint of teeth-gritting anger as he continued.

“Yeah, hiking, and to make it worse, we went to Mount Tai—God knows how they thought of that. We took a plane there, geared up, hiked for hours, watched the sunrise, and then flew back.”

At this point, the boy slapped the desk next to him where Nan Jiu was sitting and added: “The mountain was full of bugs that bit my neck. But they still insisted on dragging me up there.”

Nan Jiu glanced at Ye Wangxing, a smile curling at the corners of his mouth, and said in a cheerful tone: “But you really enjoyed it, didn’t you? You didn’t complain for the rest of the trip.”

“…I was so tired I couldn’t even complain anymore!”

“So, didn’t I carry you up there? If that four-eyed guy hadn’t been trying to steal my job, I would have carried you the whole way.”

“How can you say that about Yan Yi? How could you even think of carrying me in a princess carry on Mount Tai? If he hadn’t carried me, we would have both fallen off the mountain!”

“Isn’t that a nice thing to do?”

Zhang Le, who had finally snapped out of his daze, had to interrupt their conversation. Yan Yi’s death glare was already shooting in their direction.

“So, those bites on your neck came from that?”

The boy, still arguing with Nan Jiu, turned to Zhang Le with a confused look. “What else could it be from?”

Seeing the boy’s innocent eyes, Zhang Le couldn’t say a word.

He now understood why parents would hesitate to explain why two adults were being “too close” in front of their children.

Their thoughts… were truly too dirty.

 

 

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