Chapter 18: Suspecting the Baby System is Using an External Cheat?

Elsewhere.

Luo Shiqing had successfully advanced the plot and caused the Luo parents' Favorability Value toward Luo Xixi to drop. She was currently feeling smug and triumphant, but who would have expected the Heartthrob System to suddenly come online and warn: 【Host, something is wrong! The Luo parents' Favorability Value toward Luo Xixi has gone back up!】

【What????】

Luo Shiqing slammed on the brakes and stopped. Her delicate face became distorted, and she gritted her teeth as she asked: 【What is going on? Didn't it just drop? Why did it go back up now? Are you playing with me??】

The Heartthrob System had also never encountered such a situation. If the system had a human form, it would surely be just as gnashing its teeth and looking ferocious as Luo Shiqing. It said in annoyance: 【I suspect that Newborn System is playing tricks!】

【Newborn System?】

Luo Shiqing was surprised, 【Didn't you say that the Newborn System hasn't unlocked many skill points and is just a useless piece of trash? Does it have such great ability?!】

【I thought so at first too, but now many situations that defy logic have appeared. I think the other side must be using an External Cheat, because Headquarters has also had reports recently that some systems, in order to take shortcuts, have indeed used External Cheats to complete tasks quickly. If it is true that the other side is using an External Cheat, Headquarters will directly judge Luo Xixi and her system's task as a failure.】

【Can it be directly judged as a task failure?】

Upon hearing this, Luo Shiqing was instantly overjoyed and said with certainty: 【They must be using an External Cheat! Just think about it, Luo Xixi was originally just a Cannon Fodder girl; what virtue or ability does she have to compare with me, the female lead? And her system is doing a task for the first time, so why is it able to increase Favorability Value so quickly every time? It's simply unscientific! It must be an External Cheat!】

【Mm, I have already filed an appeal with Headquarters, requesting that they thoroughly investigate the Cannon Fodder girl's system to see if there is any cheating behavior.】

【Good, good, good! When does the appeal result usually come down?】

【Usually three to five working days.】

【Ha~ then let them be arrogant for another three to five days!】

Luo Shiqing said with victory in her grasp: 【When the results come down, I'll see how they can still be arrogant and smug. I will never let anyone who opposes me have a good end!】

【Host, to be honest, I am also looking forward to the investigation results now~】

As the top-performing system, the Heartthrob System had a very high sense of self-esteem, but now it had fallen behind in front of a Newborn System, and this was something it absolutely could not tolerate.

The other side must be using an External Cheat!

If not, it would still strangle this seedling that might surpass it in the cradle!

Luo Xixi and the Baby System did not yet know that they had been targeted by Luo Shiqing and her Heartthrob System. Right now, one of them was very confused, and the other was super happy.

Luo Xixi was also ignoring the change in the Luo parents; why did the Favorability Value suddenly increase?

【Tong'er, did you secretly use an External Cheat for me in order to complete the task?】

Luo Xixi asked the system secretly.

But the Baby System's attitude was very firm, 【That is impossible! Host, using an External Cheat is an act we strictly prohibit! Because it would cause vicious competition and suppress the enthusiasm of systems in executing tasks. Although I am not some amazing system, I swear to defend the right to fair competition among systems and will never do anything that violates discipline! If you suspect that I would use an External Cheat just to complete a task, then you are really underestimating me!】

【Alright...】

Seeing the system speak so righteously, Luo Xixi dismissed her doubts.

Meanwhile, Sheng Yanqi's gaze was still scanning Luo Xixi up and down. He was still very puzzled; why did he suddenly hear this woman's inner voice? Could it be that he was having auditory hallucinations?

"Sheng Yanqi, don't go too far."

At this moment.

The eldest brother, Luo Xichuan, walked over, blocked Luo Xixi behind him, and said with a dark face: "Xixi never asked you to do this from start to finish. Did you ask for Xixi's thoughts? You changed the engagement partner based on your own wishful thinking, and now you still want to blame someone who was being manipulated by you?"

Luo Xichuan had just received a work call, so he had left for a while. Who would have expected that as soon as he came back after the call, he would see Sheng Yanqi loudly reprimanding his younger sister, and upon hearing his sister's inner voice, he immediately knew what had happened while he was away.

This is simply preposterous!

How could Mom and Dad be like this too? They didn't even ask for Xixi's wishes and just acted on their own? They weren't like this before; why are they so arbitrary and dictatorial now?

"I..."

Sheng Yanqi was left speechless by Luo Xichuan's retort. Indeed, why did he agree to change the marriage contract so impulsively just now?

But now that so many people were staring, his face as a proud son of heaven really couldn't take it, so Sheng Yanqi still stiffened his neck and retorted: "If Luo Xixi really didn't want to, why didn't she come over and tell us just now? By not saying anything, isn't she just tacitly agreeing with Shiqing's words?"

Luo Xichuan sneered, "So now it's victim-blaming, is it? Then why don't you ask Xixi, the person involved? You want to change the engagement partner, but you don't even discuss it with the person involved?"

"This..."

Because he was indeed in the wrong.

Sheng Yanqi knew that continuing to argue wouldn't lead to any conclusion. He looked at Luo Xixi again, glared at her, and said: "Luo Xixi, then I'll ask you now, do you agree to change the marriage contract or not?"

"Is my opinion important?"

Luo Xixi blinked.

Luo Xichuan turned back and said firmly to her: "Xixi, of course your opinion is important. Feel free to speak your mind, it's okay. Whatever happens, Big Brother will stand up for you."

"Big Brother..."

Seeing her big brother looking so reliable, Luo Xixi felt a bit moved. Her mouth opened, and she blurted out: "Then I don't want to get engaged to Mr. Sheng. I don't even know him, why would I want to marry him? Since he and the younger sister have such a good relationship, then of course I will fulfill their wishes!"

After hearing Luo Xixi's stance, a faint smile suddenly appeared in the depths of Luo Xichuan's eyes. He raised his hand to pat Luo Xixi's head, his cold voice laced with a touch of gentle tenderness, and said: "Mm, that's fine. Xixi, from now on, just say whatever is on your mind. We are your family; you don't need to have any concerns in front of us."

"Thump!"

Luo Xixi's heart suddenly beat rapidly twice.

Although she knew that Luo Xichuan was just a person in a story, seeing this person defend her so much and sincerely treat her as family, Luo Xixi couldn't help but feel a sour and astringent sensation in her heart.

Big Brother is really a good person.

This was the first time she had been treated with such sincerity.

Even if they would be enemies in the future, Luo Xixi felt that she could remember every scene from now for the rest of her life.

Luo Xixi lowered her head, pursed her lips, and tried hard to suppress the emotions that were about to spill out. After taking a deep breath, she raised her head again, and a smile appeared on her small face, her eyes curving as she nodded obediently at Luo Xichuan, "Got it, Big Brother. (⊙v⊙)"

"Good girl."

Luo Xichuan's eyes were full of tenderness, feeling that at this moment, his younger sister's heart seemed to have opened up a little.

"Alright."

After settling things with Luo Xixi, Luo Xinian looked at the pale-faced Sheng Yanqi again. His attitude suddenly turned cold, and he said in a flat voice: "Mr. Sheng, you've heard it now, right? Xixi is not willing to get engaged to you. Since you and Shiqing are in love with each other, then the marriage contract will remain as it was before, between you and Shiqing. This way, you won't have to be so hostile toward Xixi anymore, right?"

(End of chapter)