SFR: Chapter 26 Part 2

If this speculation was true, many things could be explained.

For example, their relationship was ordinary, but Fu Xiuning suddenly invited him to live with him.

For example, when the capture strategy was launched, Fu Xiuning was just a high school student with a happy family and a smooth life. Even if he was distant, he shouldn’t be difficult to approach.

There were extreme hosts, but there should always be gentle ones. The strategy didn’t force the host to follow the love path. If a host used patience and appropriate tricks, it should be easy to make friends with a high school student. However, no one had succeeded in five years.

Another example, he never understood why Fu Xiuning liked his face but his favorability value was lower than the initial value.

After all, the emotion of ‘liking’ was something not very clear. However, Fu Xiuning could know it and decrease it quickly every time.

Now he understood.

It was because Fu Xiuning knew he was a transmigrator. The more clearly he realized the impact of this face on himself through the favorability broadcast, the more clearly he understood that the soul of the ‘original owner’ had dissipated. This would be like a thorn in his throat.

Xing Shi looked at the records again.

All the extra points for appearance were basically lost later.

All the points added for personality and intelligence were maintained. This gradually reduced it from -8 to the initial value of -5.

As he looked at the record, it was as if he saw the whole process of this person resisting his appearance while admiring his soul.

Then how did Fu Xiuning suddenly figure it out? What was the document that the assistant gave him?

The system saw that he was silent and thought he was still sighing. It said, “Don’t look at it. Our hard times are over. We will have good days in the future.”

Xing Shi hummed, and his consciousness emerged.

The system closed the record and said considerately, “You’ve already skipped classes. Just take a nap if you are tired.”

Xing Shi closed his eyes while thinking that he should test Fu Xiuning. After all, a guess was just a guess. Verification was required.

He slept for a while and returned to the company for dinner in the evening.

Feng Zifan and the others had already arrived at the dining hall. They waved at him and shared the latest gossip. “Yu Shu came to the training department today and brought us a lot of afternoon tea.”

They might be in the same company, but the celebrities were busy working all over the country while the trainees were training hard all day long. They rarely ran into each other. They were very excited when they were lucky enough to occasionally see a star.

However, that wasn’t the focus today.

People in the same class came over and said, “Brother Yu’s drama hasn’t finished filming yet. According to him, there was a schedule in the morning, and he asked for a day off. He has to rush back to the crew in the evening. Time is so tight, but he came to our training department. What does this mean?”

Xing Shi wanted to explain that Yu Shu showed up in front of Fu Xiuning and came to show his face in front of Fu Xiuning’s younger brother. Unfortunately, he didn’t have the system check of Xing Shi was there before coming, so he failed.

Xing Shi humbly asked, “What does it mean?”

The man looked mysterious. “Think about it. Since we started training, only two people have come to give us gifts. One is Brother Qi, and the other is him. Brother Qi is the boss, and it is normal for him to come and see us. Meanwhile, Brother Yu has never been a trainee. Why did he come to see us?”

Xing Shi was even more humble. “Why?”

The man said, “Hey, do you remember the bet we made? Brother Yu has a crush on someone in the company, and we guessed that the person might be Brother Qi? He heard that Brother Qi came to see us, so he followed in the footsteps of the other person and also came to see us.”

Xing Shi thought about this logic and said, “It makes sense.”

The system told him, “He came to see you.”

Xing Shi replied, “Yes, is he gone?”

The system checked. “He is gone, but he has almost finished filming. The variety show that follows will be recorded every once in a while. He should come to see you again. What do you want to do?”

Xing Shi said leisurely, “Don’t worry, his name has been exposed. Other hosts will pay more attention to him. This is enough to give him a headache.”

Compared with this, it was Fu Xiuning’s matter that made him more concerned.

Xing Shi finished the class patiently and couldn’t wait to go back.

Fu Xiuning was still sitting in his usual seat and glanced over when Xing Shi came back.

Xing Shi was sweating from the training. He said hello and went to take a shower. After he came out, he saw Fu Xiuning reading a book. Suddenly, he remembered a detail. Yesterday when he came back, he knew that Lin Kecheng was probably going to eavesdrop on him, and he called out ‘Boss’ when he entered through the door. At that time, Fu Xiuning was playing with his mobile phone. After Xing Shi came out again, Fu Xiuning had changed to reading a book and his phone was left in the bedroom to charge.

He had doubts in his heart. Now everything he saw seemed like evidence.

He suppressed this state and walked over naturally. He sat cross-legged on the sofa and leaned forward a bit. “Brother, what book do you read every day?”

He reached out to look at the cover and touched the other person’s fingers. After looking down and seeing the title of the book, he took back his hand carelessly.

The system took in the whole scene and was excited. After waiting expectantly for a few seconds, it asked in confusion, “Why are there no extra points? You clearly touched him!’

Xing Shi suggested, “Maybe it is because we only touched a bit?”

“But your points have increased when you touch just a little bit!”

Xing Shi said, “Hmm… Could it be that he saw my movements from the corner of his eye and was mentally prepared? It seemed that our first two times happened by accident.”

The system suddenly realized. “It seems so.”

Fu Xiuning closed the book and looked over, asking gently, “How was your training today?”

Xing Shi answered obediently, “It is the same. I make a bit of progress every day.”

He looked at the other person while continuing the topic in his mind, intending to force this person. “You see, he used to struggle back and forth because of my face. He is an awkward person. Therefore, he probably doesn’t like others to touch him actively and only likes accidental contact.”

The system was very confident in the IQ of its host. “That’s right!”

It immediately came up with an idea. “Why don’t you try some unexpected touches?”

Fu Xiuning acted like a brother and asked with concern, “What was the reaction of the person who plotted against you last time when he was replaced? Did he guess it was because of you?”

Xing Shi answered, “He guessed it. The people involved took the initiative to come to me to apologize today. Their attitude was pretty good.”

He kept pressing as he said to the system, “Don’t try it. It will make me look like a little green tea. In any case, he loves me.”

The system agreed. “Yes, let’s be steady.”

Xing Shi told it, “Let’s take it slow. He is so awkward. He loves me but doesn’t pursue me. He likes me but resists me. No wonder why he hasn’t been in a relationship in all these years. It is a pity that I’m on the friendship line and he has to be single.”

Fu Xiuning’s expression didn’t change at all as he got to business, “Yu Shu saw you today. He is pursuing me. Now that he knows you are my brother, he will probably approach you later.”

Xing Shi nodded. “I heard people say that he came to the training department in the afternoon. I was in school at the time and didn’t meet him.”

He asked curiously, “Brother, have you rejected everyone who pursued you?”

Fu Xiuning didn’t answer and instead asked, “Have you accepted anyone who pursued you before?”

Xing Shi had information about the ‘original owner’ and replied, “No.”

Fu Xiuning hummed. This was considered an answer to the previous question.

Xing Shi continued to press it. “Look. He really doesn’t like others taking the initiative.”

The system wondered, “Is it possible that he has high standards like the original owner?”

Xing Shi replied, “It is possible.”

The system started talking again. “So it has to be a talent like you to make him feel excited. That is why it is love at first sight!”

Xing Shi said, “No way, who made me so handsome? Say, he is so passive now. Perhaps he will regret it when I get married in the future and cry while drinking at the wedding. Others don’t know his pain and will only think that he is happy for his younger brother’s happiness. They will comfort him vigorously and say it is a great joy!”

Fu Xiuning: “……”

Xing Shi saw that this person’s expression remained unchanged, so he leaned closer. “Brother, have you ever liked someone?”

Fu Xiuning looked at him and sent gently, “Don’t be so curious and go to bed early.”

Xing Shi refused. “No, the night is long. Shall we talk? I am your younger brother.”

Fu Xiuning remained unmoved. He stood up with the book and left, preparing to return to his room.

Halfway through the walk, Fu Xiuning heard the system crying.

The system wailed, “No no no, this is too miserable! I can’t accept it. Or shall we not invite him if you get married in the future?”

Xing Shi watched Fu Xiuning walk back to the room without stopping and agreed. “Okay, don’t invite him.”

He didn’t find any flaws tonight. He guessed that it might be because Fu Xiuning was used to hearing the host and system talking about him and had already practiced it.

Xing Shi wasn’t discouraged and planned to keep trying.

So for the next three days, he tested it at a reasonable degree that wouldn’t make people suspicious. He guided the topic to force this person. Then seeing that Fu Xiuning still wasn’t shocked, he decided to make a fierce announcement.

The house was big enough, and the distance from the living room to the kitchen was quite far.

Xing Shi wasn’t sure what range Fu Xiuning could hear, but this didn’t delay him trying it.

He opened the refrigerator and looked at the juice inside. He said to the system, “Do you think Lin Kecheng will get desperate one day and want me to drug Fu Xiuning?”

The system didn’t know why he suddenly asked about this and replied, “It is possible? He is so bad.”

Xing Shi took out two bottles of juice with different flavors. He walked to Fu Xiuning and handed him one. He watched Fu Xiuning take a sip before calling out to the system again, “What type of medicine do you think Lin Kecheng will ask me to add.”

Fu Xiuning heard this clearly and couldn’t help pausing.

Xing Shi smiled and took the juice from him. “Does this taste good? Let me try it.”

He took a sip under the other person’s gaze while he heard the system reply, “Anything is possible, but you definitely won’t do it. Why make this type of assumption?”

Xing Shi said, “I’m just curious.”

As he spoke, he reached out his hand and handed the juice back.

Fu Xiuning looked up, and their eyes met.

[Ding.]

[Currently favorability value: 0.]

[Ding.]

[Currently favorability value: -1.]

[Ding.]

[Currently favorability value: -2.]

The system: “!!!”

It was simply horrified. “Just because you took a sip of his juice! What a madman!”

Xing Shi wasn’t surprised at all.

Put himself in Fu Xiuning’s shoes. If he had been hunted for five years and a host one day discovered that he could hear this type of voice, his first reaction would definitely be to kill the host. This was a survival instinct.

The moment his hand loosened, the juice fell out.

Fu Xiuning reached out his hand while Xing Shi’s hand fell.

Neither of them paid attention to the juice and ‘accidentally’ held hands in the air.

Xing Shi looked at the other person, eyes calm and firm.

Fu Xiuning looked back at him. The usually gentle eyes were extremely deep.

The next moment, the two of them took back their hands at almost the same time.

[Ding.]

[Currently favorability value: 2.]

[Ding.]

[Currently favorability value: 4.]

[Ding.]

[Currently favorability value: 6.]