After Breaking the Persona, I Reach the Peak of My Life
Chapter 171 - 170: Let’s Play a Game

Chapter 171: Chapter 170: Let’s Play a Game

Heavens above!

This is a total disaster!

007, you useless teammate!

Bi Xia, covering her face in despair, looked down at her conspicuous, uncovered chest and felt an overwhelming urge to strangle 007.

"Little Nine?"

Qin Zhan’s voice called out again. Bi Xia kept her mouth shut, determined not to speak. In the past, she had used voice modifiers before meeting Qin Zhan, and later relied on the gender concealer, but now any word she said would completely expose her identity.

A low chuckle resonated, "Planning to stay silent in there? Then I’ll just assume you’ve fallen in and come in to rescue you, how about that?"

!!!!

Absolutely not!

One thousand times no!

[Don’t panic, don’t panic, you now— beep—]

An ear-piercing sound cut through her mind. Bi Xia rolled her eyes and, clenching her teeth, quickly took off her top and tossed the sweat-soaked garment through the gap.

Noticing the commotion above, Qin Zhan caught the suddenly thrown grey hoodie, looked at the large wet stain, and, with a glint in his phoenix eyes, joked, "So, Little Nine really did fall into the toilet. Does this mean Fourth Brother has to rescue you now?"

"Are you naked right now?"

Hearing the amusement in Qin Zhan’s voice, Bi Xia gritted her teeth and retorted, "No!"

"Oh?" Qin Zhan draped Bi Xia’s hoodie over his arm, "Then Fourth Brother better hurry and get Little Nine a shirt. We don’t want Little Nine catching a cold. Your voice sounded different earlier; that’s definitely my fault, huh?"

How had she never noticed how much Qin Zhan enjoyed her misfortune?!

Listening to his footsteps fade away, Bi Xia slowly closed her eyes, ensuring no sound came from outside, before collapsing against the wall. Noticing she still had a white tank top on, she muttered to herself how lucky she felt to have decided to wear it underneath this morning.

Thinking back, Bi Xia bit her lip, feeling she had never been so humiliated since her rebirth!

Recalling the culprit’s voice that had just cut off mid-sentence, Bi Xia coldly summoned, ’007, get out here now!’

007:...

[I’m sorry... The system made a miscalculation!] 007 appeared dejected, [I had no experience with the gender converter and didn’t know it needed downtime.]

[But don’t worry! According to system calculations, it’ll be fine in two minutes~~~]

’Ha, my reputation is ruined already; what’s another two minutes?’ Bi Xia sneered, touching her necklace, ’So, what happened? Didn’t you say that upgrading would let you speak freely?’

Hearing this, 007 almost cried, [Sniff, sniff. Majesty, my heart aches!]

[I thought upgrading would give me life-saving and constant communication abilities, but who knew your Fourth Brother’s spiritual power was too strong. Even my upgrade is useless, sniffle, sniffle~~]

’So...’ Bi Xia raised an eyebrow, ’As long as Fourth Brother is around, you have to stay silent until the next upgrade?’

[Yes! /(ㄒoㄒ)/~~]

’Seriously...’ Suddenly, Bi Xia chuckled, ’That’s awesome!’

007:...

’I was worried about someone disturbing our private time, but if you can’t speak, then I guess I can let today’s incident slide.’ Bi Xia comforted 007 amiably, ’Don’t worry, I forgive you.’

007:... It was just a system, not a third wheel; why did its heart feel so heavy?

Anyway... As she opened the door and walked out, Bi Xia absentmindedly fiddled with her necklace, feeling that things were more convenient now.

"You’re out?"

A teasing voice called out, and Bi Xia suddenly turned, meeting a pair of seductive phoenix eyes. Qin Zhan raised an eyebrow, looking her up and down, "Still wearing a tank top, I see..."

He abruptly pinned the youth against the door, his thin lips curling in a wicked smile, "Little Nine’s so naughty, making Fourth Brother run to buy clothes with such anticipation."

Then, with a wave of his hand, he draped a black shirt over the youth. In a spot not visible to the youth, Qin Zhan deeply gazed at the gleaming necklace under the light, suddenly lifting it, wondering if the real Bi Xia might be within this necklace...

Noticing the youth beginning to struggle, Qin Zhan released the necklace and roughly ruffled the youth’s hair through the shirt, "Let’s play a game."

"Hm?"

"You have secrets, I do too; let’s see who discovers whose secret first, and..."

"And?"

Seeing the youth pull down the shirt and fix her starry eyes on him, her delicate face stern, Qin Zhan thought... the more he looked, the more he liked.

"Taking this opportunity, you forget I’m your Fourth Brother, and I’ll forget you’re Little Nine. How about we get to know each other as Qin Zhan and Bi Xia?"

So what if there are secrets, or if they were false?

He also had secrets; the Qin Zhan standing in front of the youth was only a part of his truth. Besides—

What he liked was Bi Xia herself, and no matter how earth-shattering the child’s secrets might be. If anyone tried to hurt his Bi Xia because of them, Qin Zhan would stake his life to protect every hair on his beloved’s head.