Chu Luyu: 【So that means the original owner didn’t actually get to do it either—the task only requires stripping naked and saying the key line!】
System Cuihua: 【Yep.】
Chu Luyu’s eyes lit up: 【Then I know what to do!】
·
After soaking in the hot spring, Chu Luyu went to the bathroom to shower.
When she came out, Jiang Hezhou wasn’t in the room. She could hear water running from the other bathroom—he was probably showering too.
Chu Luyu grabbed two clean white towels. She laid one across the living room sofa and held the other in her arms.
Once she was ready, she stood there awkwardly and glanced up at Cuihua.
Chu Luyu: 【Cuihua, close your eyes. I’m taking off my clothes.】
System Cuihua: 【Oh come on, I’m a female system—what’s there to be shy about?】
Chu Luyu: 【No, no—female or not, you still have to close your eyes!】
Cuihua rolled her eyes internally but reluctantly complied. Once she closed them, Chu Luyu got to work.
She quickly shed her bathrobe, then leaped onto the sofa and lay flat on her stomach on the towel she’d spread out. She used the other towel to firmly cover the lower half of her body from behind.
Chu Luyu: 【I’m ready!】
Cuihua opened her eyes to see the girl lying stiff as a dead fish, straight as a board, pressed tightly onto the sofa.
She had indeed taken off all her clothes, but the only skin actually exposed was her bare back.
System Cuihua: 【See? I told you my baby was smart! Look at that clever little head—what a great idea!】
Chu Luyu giggled to herself, but before she could reply, she heard the sound of a door opening from the other bathroom.
Her heart immediately jumped into her throat. She watched as the bathroom door slowly swung open and Jiang Hezhou stepped out in a black bathrobe.
His hair was only half-dried, with a few damp strands still sticking together at the crown. His gold-rimmed glasses sat on his high nose bridge, and behind the lenses, his peach-blossom eyes still held their clear, deep composure.
When he saw Chu Luyu, he visibly paused.
After a long moment, a weak, shy voice—so soft it sounded like she was about to cry—came from the sofa: “Jiang Hezhou, could you help me put on some body lotion?”
Jiang Hezhou’s gaze darkened.
He’d been right. She’d come up with another strange scheme to seduce him.
As that realization sank in, his eyes moved slowly, almost imperceptibly, down from her face.
The towel now covered the area below her slender waist, leaving a beautiful set of dimples above. The angle at which she lifted her head was a bit odd—as if she were trying to press her front completely flat against the sofa, her neck and spine bent at nearly a 90-degree angle.
But she didn’t realize that while the pose looked safe from the front, from the side, soft curves were spilling out, pale and white, enough to set anyone’s heart racing.
Seeing the man standing there without moving, Chu Luyu grew increasingly anxious.
She said to the system in her head: 【Cuihua, has the male lead been rendered speechless from anger? What do I do now?】
System Cuihua: 【Who cares if he’s angry or not? The task only needs one more key line. Just say it already! Otherwise, if he gets pissed off and leaves before you finish, how are you going to complete the task?】
Chu Luyu gritted her teeth, steeled her resolve, and forced out a smile that looked more painful than crying.
“He… Hezhou-gege, come feel how smooth my skin is…”
She said it! She actually said it!
The moment the words left her mouth, she immediately buried her face deep into the sofa.
Her vision went dark. She could only rely on instinct and the system: 【What’s his reaction? Has he already stormed off?】
System Cuihua: 【Not yet.】
Two seconds later, Chu Luyu: 【How about now?】
System Cuihua: 【Still hasn’t left.】
Another ten seconds: 【What about now?! He must have left by now, right?!】
System Cuihua: 【…No. He’s just standing there, staring straight at you.】
Cuihua had barely finished speaking when she suddenly let out another shriek!
【Holy crap! He’s coming over! He’s walking toward you! Oh my god, he’s not going to hit you, is he?!】
Chu Luyu: …
She lay there, frantic, but since she was completely naked, she didn’t dare move a muscle.
Before long, she felt the edge of the sofa dip slightly—the man seemed to have sat down beside her. Then, the body lotion was gently pulled from her hand.
“How do I apply this?”
Chu Luyu was dumbfounded. The system was dumbfounded too.
Chu Luyu: 【Cuihua… Cuihua… What’s going on? In the original plot, didn’t he get disgusted and storm off? Why did he suddenly agree?!】
System Cuihua: 【How should I know? I’m just as confused as you are! Maybe because you didn’t give him the same strong, disgusting visual impact as the original owner, so he figured it wouldn’t hurt to help you out? Oh my god, what is this situation… this male lead…】
The system trailed off, as if she wanted to say more but held back.
Just then, the man’s voice came from behind again: “Is there a specific method for applying this? Do I need to warm it up in my palm first, or can I squeeze it directly onto your back?”
Chu Luyu had never expected him to actually discuss the proper application technique with her.
She felt like she was suffocating, her face still buried in the sofa. Her voice came out muffled: “Just squeeze it onto my back.”
Two seconds later, she felt a cool sensation in the middle of her back.
Then, a large palm pressed fully against her skin. His fingers, slick with lotion, slid upward inch by inch, leaving a trail of goosebumps wherever they touched.
Chu Luyu felt like she was about to catch fire.
After a long while, still face-down, she couldn’t hold back any longer: “Not… not done yet?”
A two-second pause, then the man’s voice came from behind: “Not yet.”
Another stretch of silence, and she couldn’t help asking again: “How about now?”
“Still two spots that aren’t evenly spread.”
Chu Luyu was certain she was now as red as a boiled shrimp—her back must be flushed too.
A few more minutes passed. She couldn’t take it anymore and spoke up in a slightly anxious tone: “It should be done by now, right?”
The man didn’t answer. But after a few seconds, he finally withdrew his hand. His voice was low, carrying a strange hoarseness: “Done.”
Lying there, Chu Luyu let out a sigh of relief and immediately rushed to shoo him away.
“Since you’re done, you should go out now. I need to change.”
This time, Jiang Hezhou didn’t hesitate. He stood up and returned to his room without another word.
The living room fell silent again.
Chu Luyu finally lifted her head from the sofa. Her face was completely flushed red, and her hair at the temples was damp and messy, as if soaked through with sweat.
She said to the system: 【Cuihua, I swear these damn tasks are going to be the death of me. I was holding my breath the entire time, ready to burst—but the male lead wouldn’t leave, so I had to tough it out till the very end.】
The system didn’t seem to hear her. It was silent for a long while.
Chu Luyu looked up curiously and saw it sitting there, dazed and distracted.
Chu Luyu: 【Cuihua… Cuihua!】
The system jumped: 【Oh my god! What are you doing?! That scared me!】
Chu Luyu: 【What were you thinking about? I called you so many times and you didn’t answer.】
System Cuihua: 【It’s just… hmm… I don’t know how to tell you. Wait for me—I’m going back to headquarters tonight.】
Chu Luyu: 【Huh? You’re leaving?】
System Cuihua: 【Yeah. Once I’m gone, the program here will go into sleep mode. Take care of yourself.】
Chu Luyu: 【What’s going on? Did something happen?】
The system sounded like it had no time to explain: 【I’ll tell you everything when I get back!】
Leave a Reply