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Chapter 83: A Battle of Wits and Courage with Xiao Mingyue

“Are you satisfied with your life?”

“Do you want to try a different kind of life?”

“System loading, requesting host authorization…”

“Yes or No!”

After the mechanical voice finished, the air seemed to fall silent.

Yet Lu Li felt utterly confident inside.

This time I came in disguised as the System; she finally won’t notice me, right?

As long as she answers yes, I’ll keep acting as the System for two hours, claim the check-in reward, then bolt, so she won’t kick me out in a fit of emotion!

Yet the next moment Lu Li heard Xiao Mingyue sneer in his mind, “Kid, you have some nerve to come back again.”

Lu Li kept a straight face. “The System cannot understand the host’s intent. Please choose, Yes or No.”

Xiao Mingyue chuckled. “Little Stockings, you really insist on playing this boring game with me?”

Lu Li let out an awkward laugh. “Heh, primary personality, please listen to my explanation: I’m actually your second personality.”

“Keep pretending.”

Lu Li took a deep breath. “Actually, I’m Qin Shihuang.”

“Heh.”

Lu Li said, “If you don’t believe me, you can ask me Qin Shihuang’s clan name, given name, the age at which he inherited the throne, and the order in which he conquered the Six States.”

This time Lu Li had done his homework in advance!

Xiao Mingyue hummed with interest. “Who was Qin Shihuang’s grandfather?”

“…” Damn, I didn’t look up that fact!

Fine, I really can’t fool her…

Damn it! My Intelligence is 8, so how can she still pierce my lie in one shot?

Lu Li sighed and stood up.

“What are you going to do?” Xiao Mingyue asked alertly.

The last time, Lu Li had gotten up and charged straight into the bathroom without a word.

“Don’t be scared, it’s nothing. I’ll stay here for two hours, then I’ll leave.” Lu Li dropped the act and gave up.

He walked straight to the fridge and opened the door.

However, the fridge that had once been packed with fruit and desserts was now completely empty.

“Did your family go bankrupt?” Lu Li asked in surprise.

“No.” Xiao Mingyue’s lazy voice sounded inside the body. “I know you love to eat, so after you left last time I told the maids to give everything to the dogs.”

Lu Li: “…”

If I’d known there was nothing to eat here, I’d have told Lu Yao to save me half the cream strawberries, damn it!

What a vicious woman.

Lu Li seethed with resentment and, for a moment, had no idea what to do now that he was inside Xiao Mingyue’s body.

“Angry?” Xiao Mingyue giggled. “Interesting.”

Lu Li ignored her, climbed onto the bed, and prepared to sleep.

“Hey! No sleeping now, go read the documents!” Xiao Mingyue ordered from within the body.

“Not going.” Lu Li sprawled on the bed, feeling utterly comfortable.

The mattress was so soft that it felt almost as good as Chu Zining’s thighs; lying on it was pure bliss.

“I’ll say it again, go read the documents!” Xiao Mingyue’s tone grew distinctly cold.

Lu Li let out a soft snort and pretended not to hear.

Yet the next moment Lu Li felt Xiao Mingyue’s rage surge inside the body, her emotions rising swiftly to the brink of collapse.

Lu Li shot upright and dared not slack off any longer.

Chu Zining’s slot was locked, and if Xiao Mingyue forced him out he wouldn’t be able to log into the game for three days.

Besides, logging into Chu Zining’s body only earned Culinary Arts bonus points, whereas logging into Xiao Mingyue’s body granted Martial arts bonus points.

Being able to log into Xiao Mingyue’s body was crucial if he wanted to win the national Martial arts championship and claim the transcendental reward.

Lu Li sighed, decided to play along, and slowly walked to the rosewood desk. “Which documents do you want to see?”

Seeing that Lu Li was being sensible, Xiao Mingyue’s anger cooled, and she instructed like a queen, “The one in front of you. Open it when I say, and turn the pages when I tell you.”

At her words Lu Li frowned slightly: What the heck, why did he feel like her servant?

He clearly should have had administration rights over this body!

Xiao Mingyue’s indifferent voice sounded again. “How dare you stand there in a daze. Do you want me to expel you?”

“Expel me?” Lu Li’s heart skipped a beat, but he feigned confusion.

Xiao Mingyue replied coolly, “Earlier I gave you several orders and you ignored them, yet when I started to lose my temper like last time, you tensed up. Linking that to how you suddenly left my body after I got angry last time, this means that once I become enraged you will be expelled, isn’t that right?”

Did she drink the Queen Mother’s foot-bath water or something? How could she be so sharp!

Lu Li felt that his 8 points of Intelligence were worthless in front of Xiao Mingyue.

“Since you know that, why aren’t you expelling me now?” Lu Li gave up scheming and asked directly.

Xiao Mingyue chuckled softly. “Your stay or departure is under my control, so I need not fear you. You operate my body and save me the effort, so why would I drive you out of such a sweet deal?”

What a shrewd calculation!

Lu Li sighed; no wonder she was a tycoon worth hundreds of millions… with brains like that, it would be strange if she didn’t make money.

Lu Li missed the simple, gullible Chu Zining terribly…

“Why are you still spacing out? Sit down and let me read the documents, or are you forcing me to explode?”

The moment Xiao Mingyue spoke, Lu Li had to sit in the chair and look at the documents helplessly.

“Mingyue Group?”

As soon as he saw the company’s logo on the file, Lu Li froze.

Mingyue Group was the current leader in emerging technology; even a giant like Huawei used chips produced by Mingyue Group.

Tang Yang often told Lu Li that his dream was to join Mingyue Group and become part of its chip research team.

“Why are you spacing out? You’re done with that page, turn it.” Xiao Mingyue’s cold voice came through.

Lu Li secretly rolled his eyes; to him Xiao Mingyue was an old-world landlord and he the bullied maid who had to undress at her command.

Actually, Lu Li’s task was simple: he only needed to direct his gaze at the words and Xiao Mingyue would read them herself.

Xiao Mingyue nodded slowly; from her perspective Lu Li’s line of sight was like a well-taken photo, so she didn’t need to chase the lines. A single glance let her see everything clearly, far more convenient than doing it herself.

After several pages Xiao Mingyue remained calm, but Lu Li grew impatient.

“What are you trying to do by reading these documents?” To Lu Li they were as unreadable as an ancient script, and he soon lost interest.

Seeing that Lu Li was obedient, Xiao Mingyue graciously replied, “I’m using the financial statements to catch a corporate traitor.”

“Oh? Catch a traitor?” Lu Li’s eyes lit up. “That’s easy. I can help you.”

“You?”

“That’s right, me!” Lu Li swept all the documents off the table and onto the floor.

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