Chapter 32: Luo Xixi: I Suspect the Male Lead's Second-in-Command Wants to Mess With Me

Hmm... (speechless)

How should I put it?

This is hard to judge!

Luo Xixi doesn't know if her Baby System has too optimistic a mindset or is just blindly overconfident in her; where on earth does it get the basis to think the male lead's second-in-command has a shockingly high base Favorability Value toward her?

If the Favorability Value were really that high, would he still lay such a heavy hand on her eldest brother?

The moment she thinks about how Yan Yu also fanned the flames behind her eldest brother's final outcome, Luo Xixi cannot bring herself to feel any goodwill toward that person at all.

"Xixi, did you know Mr. Yan before?"

Suddenly.

Her eldest brother, Luo Xichuan, who is sitting in the driver's seat, asks Luo Xixi.

"Huh?!"

Hearing this, Luo Xixi snaps back to reality. She turns her head to look at Luo Xichuan and hurriedly waves her hands, saying, "No! This is only the third time I've seen Mr. Yan; we aren't close at all!"

"The third time?"

Luo Xichuan pauses for a moment and asks, "Besides the Recognition Banquet, have you met Yan Yu before that?"

"Well, I met him... wasn't it the day we all went out to eat together? I said I wanted to go out for some air, and I just happened to have a brief encounter with Mr. Yan on the balcony. He was hiding from his manager at the time, and fearing I might leak information, he dragged me over too."

Luo Xichuan thinks back; that did indeed happen. At the time, Xixi said the private room was stuffy and she wanted to get some air on the balcony. He hadn't expected Yan Yu to be at that same hotel.

"Eldest Brother, is something wrong?" Seeing her eldest brother looking thoughtful, Luo Xixi asks curiously.

"It's nothing."

Luo Xichuan smiles slightly and jokes, "It's just that I feel Mr. Yan's attitude toward you is a bit different from how he treats others. I thought you two might have had some history."

After all, that man's reputation for being cold and unapproachable is quite well-known.

But when facing Xixi, his attitude feels exceptionally gentle. In fact, Luo Xichuan always feels as if Yan Yu is very eager to get close to Xixi.

"Really? Eldest Brother, you think so too!"

Luo Xixi acts as if she has found an ally and says, "You also think that guy is trying to mess with me, right?"

"Eh?"

Luo Xichuan is stunned, "... Mess with you?"

"Yeah!"

Luo Xixi clenches her fists and vents to Luo Xichuan, gritting her teeth as she says, "I heard Yan Yu is the type of person who is very hard to approach, right? He ignores everyone else, but he's so close to me. If he's showing courtesy for no reason, he's either a traitor or a thief! I think he clearly has ulterior motives and is harboring evil intentions toward me! He wants to harm me!!"

"Uh..."

Luo Xixi's statement leaves Luo Xichuan speechless.

Generally speaking, when a superstar as high-profile as Yan Yu suddenly shows favor, shouldn't a young girl of Xixi's age be overjoyed, dreaming girlish dreams and feeling she could be the only one for him?

Why is Xixi's thinking so cold and realistic? Her first reaction is that some villain wants to harm her?

Actually, this isn't the first time.

Before, when this girl sneezed, she would wonder in her heart if some scoundrel was bad-mouthing her behind her back...

It seems.

Xixi's past living environment must have been extremely cruel and harsh. Because she has never witnessed the beauty of this world, even when something good falls into her lap, her first reaction isn't to feel lucky, but to suspect someone wants to harm her.

Although being clear-headed and rational is good.

But Xixi is still so young, and holding such a pessimistic attitude toward the world makes Luo Xichuan ache with pity. He feels even more guilty for letting his sister drift outside for the past 20 years, letting her suffer so much.

【Ding-dong—Host, Luo Xichuan's Guilt Value toward you has increased by 200 points, converted into 10 points of Favorability Value. Luo Xichuan's current Favorability Value toward you is 60 points. \(≧▽≦)/】

The Baby System reports to Luo Xixi.

Huh? (shocked)

Luo Xixi is stunned. She wants to ask: isn't she currently discussing with her eldest brother why Yan Yu is being close to her? Why would this cause her eldest brother's Guilt Value toward her to rise? Is this reasonable??

Looking at her eldest brother's calm and steady face at this moment, she cannot see the turbulent waves in his heart at all, and Luo Xixi falls silent as well.

Hmm... (speechless)

She never expected that despite her eldest brother's thick eyebrows and big eyes, his inner world would be so rich and colorful.

While Luo Xixi is out having fun with Luo Xichuan, the female lead, Luo Shiqing, is not idle either.

According to the plot, in four days, she will participate in a variety show called "Wilderness Survival" with her third brother. The reason for participating is that the third brother sees her feeling depressed at home, so he wants to take her with him to participate in the show to relax and take her mind off things.

Who would have thought that when Luo Xixi learned she was going to participate in the variety show, she would shamelessly demand that the third brother take her along, threatening to cry and make a scene if he didn't. Because of this, Luo Xixi's Disgust Value in the hearts of the Luo Family rose once again.

But never did she expect that the established plot would change again.

Because of the early appearance of the male lead's second-in-command, Yan Yu, the plot where Luo Xixi was supposed to make a scene to get the third brother to take her to the show has now become one where Yan Yu extended an invitation, and the third brother agreed to let Luo Xixi participate.

In this way, the original plot of disgust vanished.

Moreover, Luo Xixi herself didn't even seem to want to go that much; it was the third brother who insisted on taking her. Because Luo Shiqing was triggering a plot with the male lead when this happened, she didn't know. After the Heartthrob System told her about it later, Luo Shiqing was so angry she nearly vomited blood.

Is Luo Xixi really not cheating?

Why is it such a coincidence that she skipped every plot point that would make the Luo Family hate her?!

And thanks to the plot change, the third brother was originally going to take her to the variety show voluntarily, but because Luo Xixi had already confirmed she was going, Luo Xinian was afraid that if she were with Luo Xixi, conflicts would arise, so he didn't extend an invitation to her.

Now this is a fine mess.

Originally, it was Luo Xixi who was shamelessly begging the third brother to take her to the show; now, it has changed to her having to think about how she can also follow along to participate.

【System, this plot is impossible to follow!】

Luo Shiqing feels incredibly aggrieved!

Originally, her Favorability Value in the hearts of the Luo Family was already maxed out. Now, things are great: Luo Xixi's Favorability Value in the hearts of the Luo Family is steadily rising, while her own Favorability Value is gradually decreasing. Even in the third brother's heart, the Favorability Value has already dropped to 85 points. Because the Favorability Value fell below 90 points, the plot point of inviting her to the variety show couldn't even be triggered. Luo Shiqing is now annoyed to death.

If she tells the third brother now that she wants to participate in "Wilderness Survival," her character persona will collapse again!

When the Heartthrob System learned that the plot had changed, it was also very surprised. It secretly fumed: 【The current plot is indeed unfavorable for you, Host. It is mainly the interference of the male lead's second-in-command that has caused the entire plot trajectory to undergo a complete reversal. Now that the Luo Family's Favorability Value toward you is dropping, if you don't act with careful consideration, you might continue to lower their Favorability Value.】

Hearing the Heartthrob System mention Yan Yu, Luo Shiqing felt her teeth itch again, and she was absolutely frantic: "Ahhhhh!!! So what exactly is going on with this second male lead? Isn't he supposed to be interested only in me from beginning to end? Yet at the birthday banquet, he didn't even glance at me, and he even invited Luo Xixi to participate in the Wilderness Survival variety show. Whose side is he actually on?!"

(End of this chapter)