Ming Li glanced indifferently at Xia Luo, who was standing beside her, and patted her shoulder. "Be more careful when you walk next time," she said.
Xia Luo lowered her head, blushing, and mumbled an embarrassed "Mm."
Ming Li withdrew her hand and walked towards her office not far away.
Seeing Ming Li leave, several girls shot Xia Luo dissatisfied glances before hurrying into Ming Li's office.
Xia Luo looked up at Ming Li's retreating back, feeling a sense of familiarity, as if she had seen her somewhere before.
Ming Li sat in her chair, picked up a pen from the desk, and idly toyed with it, her gaze fixed on the girls standing opposite her. "What is it?" she asked.
The girls giggled and crowded around her. "Teacher, are you free tonight?"
Ming Li: "I am. What's up?"
The system in the space, hearing Ming Li say she was free, felt utterly distraught.
System: "Host dear, you should say you're not free! These girls must be trying to drag you out for skewers again!"
The system recalled the last time these girls had dragged its dear host out for skewers and drinks, only for its host to get an entire class of people drunk. And getting them drunk was one thing.
The crucial point was that it was nighttime, and its host, wanting to send everyone home, found it troublesome. In the end, she brought them all back to her own place!
The system felt a pang of envy and resentment! Its host knew how to bring outsiders home, and not just one! The system thought, it absolutely had to stop its dear host this time!
The system's thoughts were grand, but reality was harsh. The system forgot, could it, a weak little system, stop what its host wanted to do!
So, when those girls asked Ming Li if she was free to go for skewers tonight, Ming Li completely ignored the system's wailing. After considering for only two seconds, she agreed.
System: "......?!" Did its dear host develop a liking for some outside "little spirits"? Did she not love it anymore?
Wuwuwu!
It was all the fault of this random task assigned by the main system! It caused its dear host to have other little spirits outside now!
The system pondered for a moment, then ran to the system group to cry about its grievances.
System: "Wuwuwu! My dear host has a new love and doesn't want me anymore!"
001: "Finally, someone's talking in this group!"
004: "I'm too busy taking my host on missions."
007: "Old Eight, what you're going through is nothing! I'm the truly miserable one! My host is a complete flirt! She hits on everyone she meets, and then doesn't take responsibility!"
System: "Alright, you are more miserable than me."
007: "......"
004: "Aren't you guys supposed to manage your hosts?"
Seeing this message, the system's hand trembled. Manage? Did it dare? Wasn't this asking to be scrapped!
004: "My host is a gentle young lady and will complete tasks very proactively. I don't need to manage her."
System: "Envious!"
Just then, a system initiated a video call in the group. The system's hand slipped, and it accidentally clicked to accept.
And so, the systems saw a small, bright red pig appear on their screens.
Systems: "......?! Who is this?"
002: "Holy cow! Who is this?! Is there a new member in the group?!"
007: "Could this be Old Eight?!"
001: "Pfft, hahahaha! How did Little Eight turn into a pig?! And a red one at that!"
System: "......?!" With a blank expression, it clicked the red hang-up button.
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