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Chapter 18: New Target

Lin Xiaocha stretched out her index finger, pressed it gently onto Han Yu’s back, and slowly wrote "1."

As she did, his pupils contracted, and all the blood in his body rushed to his back. A tingling sensation coursed through his entire being, causing his hands, holding the reins tightly, to stiffen instantly.

It was only after Lin Xiaocha finished writing and said, "Xianjun, I have finished writing. Now, guess what the word is," that he snapped back to reality. 

Han Yu’s ears turned red, and he was unable to speak for a while.

As if unaware, Lin Xiaocha asked, "Can't you guess it? I can write a simpler one."

The mere prospect of another touch made Han Yu's whole body   grow even stiffer. In a voice that dropped several octaves, he firmly commanded, "Stop it."

"Ah? Xianjun, did I touch your wounds? But I deliberately tried to avoid them."

Her tone was innocent and naive.

"Are you still feeling sleepy?" Han Yu asked, attempting to change the subject.

Then, in a low whisper, Lin Xiaocha asked in return, "Xianjun, are you getting sleepy too? Oh, I forgot, you were a celestial being. Celestial beings don't need to sleep, do they?"

Han Yu: ...

He just wanted to swiftly go through the Ten Thousand Demon Forest and quickly send her to the Central Plains, but it seemed that they would need to stop and find a place to rest for the night.

He pulled the reins and led the horse to an intersection he saw just now.

"Xianjun, are we going back?" Lin Xiacha asked.

"Looking for an inn."

Remembering the inn they had passed earlier, he thought it'd be safer to go back there to rest and continue their journey tomorrow morning.

As they entered the establishment, the gray haired innkeeper in a blue shirt counting his abacus, stated without even looking up, "I apologize, but all the guest rooms are booked tonight."

Booked?

Was he implying that the inn was not full, but that someone had reserved all the rooms?

Lin Xiaocha inwardly lamented, regardless of the world or era, rich people were always so self-centered.

Despite her desire for a comfortable bed, Lin Xiaocha realized that carrying out her plan would be difficult in the inn, whether they had separate rooms or not. It would be more convenient for her to play if they stayed together in the wilderness.

Besides, compared to the sum of one hundred million, sleeping on the grass was really nothing.

Content with the situation, she cleverly said, "Xianjun, then let's just go."

Unexpectedly, Han Yu did not plan to leave and calmly insisted, "I want two rooms."

Lin Xiaocha knew that he cherished his words like gold, but he was extraordinarily generous with them right now.

The innkeeper raised his head, and his eyes lit up slightly at the sight of the incredibly beautiful man in front of him. 

But the two little ancestors who booked the whole inn were people he couldn't afford to offend, so he stood his ground.

"Ahh, this guest.…The rooms are first-come, first-served. I cannot accept any payment from you."

With that, he returned to his abacus.

Then, a piercing voice resonated from the upper part of the inn, "Your every word revolves around Bai Xuanran, even your silence is because of her. You are oblivious to her pretentious nature. How can you be so blind and not see that she is only good at pretending?"

Shortly after, a girl in a silky gold skirt rushed downstairs. In the midst of her descent, she turned her head upward and shouted some more.

Bai Xuanran?

Isn't it the name of the white lotus female supporting character?

Lin Xiaocha's eyes lit up when she realized that another target had appeared.

Although Bai Xuanran is a female supporting character, the author really made her collect thousands of suitors. Her admirers bloomed randomly and everywhere.

No wonder the heroine resented her so deeply.

But Lin Xiaocha was different. She didn’t have any bad feelings towards Bai Xuanran, she even felt a little thankful for all the money she will be getting from these targets.

Without her ocean-like pond[1], she wouldn't have the opportunity to make a fortune like this.

Allow me take over your pond from now on.

In an instant, she gave up the idea of ​​leaving. After all, no one ever complained about having too much money.

On the second floor, a young man with a ponytail leaned against the staircase and responded to the shouting girl with a sense of disdain, "Xuanran is a genuinely kind-hearted person. How is she pretending? I think you are just jealous of her."

"I am jealous of her? Please tell me, what does she have that I need to be jealous of?" The girl turned her glaring eyes towards the boy, her charming face flushed with anger.

"She is a sweeter person than you, cuter than you, more considerate than you, and is much more adored by the city people. Do I need to continue..." 

The girl turned from red to black as she stomped her feet in rage, "Shut up! Shut up!"

But not only did the boy continue to talk, he even added fuel to the fire, "If she wasn’t better than you, why would the person you like choose her instead of you, hmm?"

"Shut up!!!"

The girl’s anger reached its peak as she stomped her foot down with such force, it made a hole in the stair.

Observing the newly formed hole on his stairs, the innkeeper dropped the abacus in his hand.

On the other hand, the boy was smiling proudly.

He turned his head towards Lin Xiaocha who was looking at him, and sneered, "What? Did your brain fly away with the wind after seeing this young master’s jade-like face?"

Lin Xiaocha was really startled when she heard this. She tilted her head and looked at him from head to toe.

Based on its rough understanding of the host, the system felt a little stunned. [Don't tell me that you are going to pull little tricks in front of the male protagonist's eyes again!!]

Lin Xiaocha: [I don’t pull ‘little tricks’.]

System: [...]

The more she spoke the more the system worried. 

It's alright for you to pursue other targets, but can you not do it in front of the male protagonist?

The incident with Feng Ziying last time caused the system to panic.

After all, the male lead is the key, the most important target.

The system didn’t want Lin Xiaocha to pick up sesame seeds and lose the watermelon[2], and make a loss because of a small gain.

The teenager looked down at the people downstairs.

He saw a young girl in apricot clothes with a petite figure and a small face as big as a palm.

The girl's whole body was like a hazy mist. Her pair of clear apricot eyes glanced at him secretly, then hurriedly lowered her head. Then secretly glanced again, and hurriedly lowered her head.

She looked shy and cute.

Jin Zhifeng snorted. He could tell at a glance what this little girl was doing.

It's not that he had high self-esteem, but the girls who liked him could line up from Jinjue City Lord's Mansion to the city gate. He was aware of what his face was capable of.

Boring.

"What? Have you finished looking?" He asked with disdain.

Lin Xiaocha replied in a gentle and coy voice, "Not yet."

System: !!!

Even Han Yu glanced at Lin Xiaocha.

Jin Zhifeng: ...

He thought that she would feel ashamed after making fun of her like that, but she actually answered ‘Not yet’.

Are girls so bold nowadays?

Finally, after hesitating Lin Xiaocha stated, "But...your face doesn’t look as beautiful as a jade at all."

Boy: ????

What?

What did she say?

At this moment, the girl in the golden skirt started to laugh uncontrollably.

The young man gripped the railings, looked down at Lin Xiaocha, and said grumpily, "What did you just say?"

Lin Xiaocha hurriedly hid behind Han Yu.

The youth who was arguing just now subconsciously turned his gaze towards the man in white standing in front of Lin Xiaocha.

Although the boy was famous for his pretty face throughout Zhu Yun Country, compared to the man in front of him, he lacked poise and elegance.

The girl already had someone in her heart, but she was still amazed at the sight of Han Yu.

Both she and the boy couldn't help thinking, how come Zhu Yun Country still had someone with such an outworldly appearance?

The young man suddenly felt ashamed to have boasted about having a jade-like face in front of this man.

He just thought that the little girl liked him, but it seems he was overthinking things.

Now, he couldn't help but feel a little upset, and wanted to rush these people to leave. "The whole inn is booked by this young master. Why are you coming in? Do you not know the way out?"

Lin Xiaocha answered shyly, "You mentioned that she isn’t adored by the city’s civilians, however you are here riding roughshod over people, relying on force to bully others. I think it is you who those people do not adore."

The system quickly jumped out. [I only told you not to do things in front of the male protagonist's eyes. This teenager is very likely to be your target!! It's not appropriate for you to make him hate you like this!!!]

The boy quickly lost his temper, "Your voice is sweet, but what you said just now was very unpleasant. Tell me, how am I bullying others?"

"Dozens of people could stay in this inn, but you have to occupy all of it. The rooms in the inn could save so many people from sleeping in the wilderness and from potential danger. Relying on wealth and power to occupy public resources like this, it feels like you are bullying others less fortunate than you."

Lin Xiaocha’s voice never got stronger; she said everything in a sweet tone.

"Occupying public resources?"

The young man heard such words for the first time in his life, but he felt that she wasn’t wrong. Her gentle tone also made him unable to get angry at her for what she said.

Surprisingly, the other girl clapped at Lin Xiaocha’s words, "Well said!"

In fact, she didn't care whether Lin Xiaocha was right or not. She merely believed that the enemy of her enemy was a friend.

The boy pointed at the girl and said to Lin Xiaocha, "She is here with me. Why did you say that I’m monopolizing public resources, but didn't say anything to her?"

Lin Xiaocha, "Because she is good-looking."

The boy: ...

Her words made the girl blush.

Originally the girl had thought of Lin Xiaocha as a temporary  comrade-in-arms, but now she found this little girl very pleasing.

It would be good to be friends with her.

She then went back to the boy, "And, weren't you the one who had the idea to book the whole inn?"

"Yeah, yeah, you two sure are capable! Just blame it all on me!" The boy exclaimed

The girl rolled her eyes at him, "Jin Zhifeng, am I wrong? Or do you not dare to admit it?"

As soon as Jin Zhifeng’s name left the girl’s mouth, the system's notifications went off.

[Target has been confirmed. Character Jin Zhifeng, eldest son of the City Lord of the Jinjue City]

[Task reward: 2,000,000 yuan]

[Current Raider’s Progress: 3%]

Lin Xiaocha earnestly counted the "0" behind the 2.

[Xiao Tong, why is the reward so much bigger than Feng Ziying's?]

[The reward amount for the supporting characters are determined by comprehensive factors. One of the most important points is the character's favorability towards Bai Xuanran. The higher the favorability, the more difficult the mission would be so it’s only fair for the reward to be higher. Jin Zhifeng's favorability for Bai Xuanran is higher than that of Feng Ziying, which increases his reward money. ]

At this time, the system was a little puzzled. [But you said things against him just now, so why doesn’t he hate you? There is actually 3% progress? ]

Lin Xiaocha: [I just made him think I like him, and then I denied it. I created psychological ups and downs in his head and made his heart beat faster. This is also a push and pull technique. ]

[But the pushing force in the push-pull technique cannot be greater than the pull, so when I speak, I always pay attention to my attitude and don't irritate him. ]She continued.

[He is rich and pretentious, if I lowered myself in front of him, he would not have paid attention to me at all, so I just got his attention in another way.]

[This 3% raider’s progress is proof that I aroused his curiosity. ]

System: [Wow...]

[But these are all based on one very important point: I’m good-looking.] She added.

System: [......]

Can't refute.

Jin Zhifeng put his hands behind his head, "Okay. You guys are so great."

He was referring to the united front of his sister and Lin Xiaocha against him.

Then he said to the innkeeper, "Innkeeper, the money doesn't need to be refunded. Just do your normal business. Whoever wants to stay shall stay."

The innkeeper cupped his hands together, "Thank you, Master Jin."

Lin Xiaocha raised her head and looked at Han Yu with a smile. "Xianjun, we have a place to stay now."

Han Yu wasn’t worried in the slightest. If Jin Zhifeng was still unwilling to give up the remaining rooms, he had his own way to make him submit.

However, because she was able to persuade this arrogant second-generation ancestor, it saved him a lot of trouble.

So, there was a hint of approval on his cold face.

And right then, something unexpected happened.

Who could've guessed that Jin Zhifeng would suddenly turn back and jump down from the second floor? 

He jumped right in front of Han Yu and Lin Xiaocha, and stared at her with his arms crossed.

"Hey, shouldn't you thank me?"

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Footnotes:

[1] The "pond" means a collection of fishes/potential suitors under her control.

[2] To pick up sesame seeds and lose the away the watermelon - an idiom, basically meaning to lose a bigger advantage bc u wanted to pick up cheap profit.

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