"Little rabbit, good little rabbit, open the door...” This is a well-known song that both young and old are familiar with. It roughly describes the following story: the wicked big gray wolf comes to the house of a cute rabbit with the intention of eating it, and uses all sorts of sweet words to try to deceive the rabbit into opening the door.

Today, a similar scene is unfolding in Wang Xiaole's room. Starting from the beginning, after Bai climbed back up to the third floor using the rope, only he and Charley were left alone in the room. Wang Xiaole realized his precarious situation without needing to analyze it, so he quickly retreated back into the wardrobe before Charley could move. He locked the wardrobe door from the inside, preparing himself psychologically to stay safely in this cramped space for the entire night.

"Xiaole, open the door, I won't do anything, I just want to chat with you," like the deceitful big gray wolf tricking the rabbit, Charley's sweet words were like honey, trying to lull Xiaole into complacency with tempting words. The current situation between the two of them is almost identical to that of the wolf and the rabbit in the song. Just like in the song, where the rabbit always hides inside the house and never falls for the wolf's sweet talk, Wang Xiaole is doing the same!

At this moment, he emulated the clever rabbit and adopted a firm skeptical attitude towards Charley outside the wardrobe. Of course, despite his distrust, he didn't want to hurt Charley's feelings. At least on the surface, he still gave Charley some face, not directly questioning her, but using various reasons to refuse her.

"It's getting late, a pretty girl like you should sleep early, or wrinkles will start appearing on your face," refusing to chat directly, he indirectly dissuaded her by using the excuse of it being too late.

Is it really that late now? Well, it's just past eight, not yet nine; back when he used to live alone, Xiaole would definitely still be partying wildly at this hour. As a nocturnal creature, he had now actively adjusted his schedule for a healthier lifestyle just to avoid a girl; thinking about this, Charley seemed to notice quite the big change in him. However, Charley was feeling distressed.

For her at this moment, the most distant distance in the world wasn't between life and death, but was rather: being separated by a fragile door from the person she liked, unable to get in, and the person inside not wanting to come out. She had tried various methods, even resorting to tricks like swearing oaths, all in vain.

Later, she started to find fault: "Xiaole, you promised me, it was all agreed that tonight would be our first night living together, how can you hide from me?" "What do you mean by living together?" At this critical moment, Wang Xiaole deliberately used a serious tone and asked Charley a serious question. Charley couldn't answer immediately, not because she was stumped by the question but simply because she didn't understand why Wang Xiaole brought up this question.

Not understanding at this moment was not a big deal. In the next moment, she was immediately informed:

"Regardless of gender, as long as two people are living in the same room, that counts as 'cohabitating.'"

"But with Xiaole and me..."

"From a distance perspective: Am I really far away from Charley? And from a positional perspective: Did I break my previous promise and leave the room without permission?"

"None of these, it's just..."

"Charley, if you have time tomorrow, you can go out and ask some married women: on the day of cohabitation, if the man sleeps in the closet and the woman lies on the bed, does that not count as cohabitating?"

Forget it, Charley thought, where would I go to ask? Who would I ask such a weird question?

Not to mention:

Is there really such a thoughtless person in this world?

Rarely getting a chance to cohabitate with someone of the opposite sex, but instead of doing anything productive, actively distancing oneself from the woman?

Charley felt that there was only one man of this caliber.

The most troublesome thing was that she happened to fall for this kind of extraordinary man and was currently pursuing him.

Helplessly, when you choose someone, even if you are profoundly dissatisfied, you can only endure it and continue to pursue.

Tonight, she seems to have found it difficult to get what she wanted from the person (physically).

Since her highest demands seem impossible to fulfill, she has to settle for second best and start working on the person's heart.

At times like this, talking about oneself seems meaningless.

In a deliberate plan, Charley changed the subject voluntarily, no longer mentioning herself but bringing up Bai instead:

"Oh, that little girl who saw Xiaole as a target, she's an assassin, right?"

Charley brought up the topic, and Wang Xiaole remained silent, not because he was slightly surprised by Charley's accurate judgment.

Although she didn't agree with his personality, Wang Xiaole never doubted Charley's intelligence.

As smart as this young girl was, it would really surprise him if she couldn't see through Bai's true identity.

Speaking of which:

What worried him the most was not the security aspect but rather Charley's extreme personality, which was most likely not going to get along with Bai.

But what made him feel slightly relieved later was that:

At least on the surface, Charley didn't show any ill intentions towards Bai and even went against her usual self saying:

"Yeah, that little girl is quite cute, but it's a pity she's targeted Xiaole's assassin. Such a shame."

What's wrong with this statement?

Not only nothing wrong, it actually made Wang Xiaole fall into an illusion:

Since Charley emphasized Bai's cuteness and they played together not long ago, it shouldn't be that she dislikes Bai too much.

This way of responding perfectly demonstrates Charley's ingenuity.

She wouldn't blatantly show how much she likes Bai, as that would seem insincere and make her attitude suspicious.

By using the language of 'pity' and 'regret' without revealing her attitude, she could still achieve her initial goals;

And after achieving her goals, Charley could naturally bring up the following request:

"Can't Xiaole think of a way to make that child give up being an assassin? Even if not, at least make her not hold murderous intentions when facing us."

Up to this point, the direction of the conversation between the two has completely changed.

Concerning about Bai, Wang Xiaole no longer feigned ignorance or pretended to be clueless;

After thinking seriously for a while, he consulted Charley in a tone seeking advice:

"I've been thinking for a long time, and I can only come up with the idea of ‘letting it slide’ to make sure Bai won't be harmed in the battle.

But if we want to be more specific and make Bai give up the mission, I don't know what to do."

His implicit meaning was to make Charley use her brain and come up with an effective strategy together.

Regarding that strategy, Charley had already thought of it even before he asked the question.

The reason she pretended to ponder for a long time was just to create an illusion, to make Wang Xiaole believe:

She had put effort and time into thinking about Bai.

Scheming?

That interpretation is indeed correct;

Among all the girls Wang Xiaole knew in the past and those he would know in the future, Charley was definitely the most scheming one.

Actually, Charley had already toned down a lot while facing him;

When dealing with outsiders and enemies, she would be ten times more cunning...

"I've got it!"

A voice that had been awaited for a long time rang out, and then Wang Xiaole carefully listened to the advice of the girl outside the door:

"I've come up with two methods. First: Xiaole can delay, keep delaying until the girl fails hundreds of times, until the day after the mission deadline passes."

Every task has a deadline, and being an assassin is no exception.

Although compared to other tasks, tasks like ‘assassination’ which are of uncertain difficulty and outcome require a much longer deadline.

But that doesn't mean assassins have unlimited time to dawdle;

Usually, depending on the difficulty of the task, the assassination deadline ranges from three months to half a year;

If the time is longer, not only the employer would lose patience, even the assassin themselves might lose motivation for the task.

Charley's first suggestion made Wang Xiaole realize:

Because he couldn't really harm Bai and the other party easily refused to give up;

Thus, to prevent the other party from carrying out the assassination on him, delaying time might indeed be the best choice.

As long as he entangled with Bai for a period of time, waited for a few months, or even a bit longer, the mission would automatically expire;

By then, with no conditions to carry out the task, he and Bai could sit down and have a proper conversation in a different form.

"This suggestion is great, Charley, you are really smart; so, what is the second suggestion?"

Wang Xiaole began to inquire, and Charley then supplemented:

"The second suggestion is: Xiaole needs to make the girl get used to the current days."

"Make Bai get used to assassinating me?"

"Absolutely not! I mean: Xiaole needs to make the girl accustomed, during this time, to having you around in this way of life, gradually making her rely on you, until she can't live without you in the end!"

Girls understand girls the most—Charley confirmed this truth to Wang Xiaole with her recent actions.

What does it mean to "win over a heart"? Everything Charley did just now, nicely illustrates this point.

Even if she didn't win over the whole heart, overall, she has managed to establish a relatively favorable image of herself in Wang Xiaole's eyes by giving him advice.

Match him with Bai?

All the talk from Charley was not for that purpose.

Charley believes:

For Wang Xiaole, who is the target of assassination, to make Bai fall in love with him is definitely not an easy task.

Since it's not easy, it's also difficult to make it a reality, representing:

Charley's recent actions were actually two self-serving suggestions that bring her a lot of benefits but no harm at all.

On the surface, she seemed genuinely considerate of Wang Xiaole, but in reality, she has always been looking out for herself!