Seeing the three thugs run off, Chu Feng let out a sigh of relief.

If those three had decided to fight, he wasn’t sure he could’ve beaten them.

As he mulled it over, a voice that sent his head spinning rang out.

“Thank you for saving me.”

Her voice was lilting and melodious, as lovely as a clear spring.

Chu Feng turned around.

A woman who seemed almost otherworldly stood before him. Beneath the soft moonlight, she looked even more graceful and ethereal.

In an instant, Chu Feng’s heart started pounding.

Maybe this was love at first sight.

Compared with this dreamlike woman, the women he usually had to humor and play nice with were worlds apart.

By comparison, the girlfriends he’d kept around for appearances were nothing but ordinary beauties.

“Are you okay? Do you need any help?” Chu Feng asked with concern.

……

Meanwhile, a storm was raging in Su Yun’s heart, too.

The man standing before her was Chu Feng.

Her archenemy—and her love rival!

No matter what, she had to beat him up… No, beat him up ten times over.

She quietly tamped down her anger, suppressing the urge to beat him up right then and there.

From an ordinary person’s point of view, if Chu Feng hadn’t been there, this “fragile young woman” would’ve been in danger.

If she turned on him now and beat him up, that’d be pretty unreasonable.

After all, Chu Feng had put himself at risk, stepped in to help, and protected her by driving off the thugs.

Who knew he had such a helpful side?

For now, she could hold off on beating him up…

One thing at a time.

But next time they met, she definitely wouldn’t let him off!

“Ding-dong. Mission complete: Stand on a street in a midnight alley. Humiliation Points +3,000. Obtained the Salvation Society Organization System.”

Perfect.

The mission was complete, so she could leave now.

She could go home and check out the Salvation Society Organization System she’d obtained.

She knew where Chu Feng’s company was, anyway. She’d go there tomorrow and beat him up!

Just as Su Yun was about to leave, the system spoke again.

“Ding-dong. Key character detected. Main Quest triggered.”

“Main Quest: The host must claim that she sprained her ankle and can’t walk, then ask the man before her to help her get home.”

……

“I refuse!” Su Yun rejected it without a second thought.

Are you kidding? The man in front of her was her love rival. She was planning to beat him up later!

How could she possibly ask him for help?

What had happened tonight was a fluke. It wouldn’t happen again.

“Ding-dong. The Main Quest is the core of this Salvation System. If the host refuses it, her future rate of earning Humiliation Points will be permanently reduced by 90%, leaving almost no chance of saving the world.”

“Please think carefully before answering again.”

Su Yun’s pretty face flushed bright red.

If it were anyone else, she might’ve agreed. She’d just have to pretend she’d hurt her foot and let someone take her home.

She could grit her teeth and get through it.

But who was the man standing before her?

Her love rival!

Sure, she was a girl now, but she still couldn’t forgive Chu Feng for what he’d done in her previous life.

Let alone ask him for help.

Besides, if he helped her get home, there’d probably be some physical contact.

With Chu Feng, of all people…

That was way too embarrassing.

It was true that she no longer looked anything like she had before.

But she still didn’t want to make a fool of herself in front of Chu Feng.

Perhaps sensing Su Yun’s hesitation, the system prompted her again.

“Ding-dong. Reminder: Completing a mission involving the special character Chu Feng will earn ten times the Humiliation Points.”

Ten times!

Su Yun was stunned.

The previous mission had earned her several thousand Humiliation Points. Ten times that…

That would speed up her progress by a lot.

Su Yun hesitated again.

On one hand was a man she couldn’t face, no matter what. On the other was the near certainty that she’d never be able to save the world if she refused.

She thought of her friends, her parents and family, her former teachers and classmates—all of them dying because of her.

More than seven billion people, countless lives, might be wiped out because of her decision…

The weight of that responsibility left her struggling to breathe.

Su Yun couldn’t help shedding a tear of humiliation.

……

“What’s wrong? Are you hurt? Do you want me to take you to the hospital?”

Beneath the moonlight, Chu Feng saw tears welling in the young woman’s eyes. She must’ve been upset by what had happened earlier.

To make a girl as ethereal as an immortal cry—those thugs deserved to die.

He should’ve beaten up those three thugs after all.

……

“Waaah…”

In the end, Su Yun could no longer hold back all the hurt she’d been bottling up. She burst into tears.

She couldn’t bear to watch the people around her die, and she never wanted to experience the world’s destruction again—especially not because of one choice she’d made.

In her previous life, she’d seen that hellish scene with her own eyes.

Corpses everywhere. The land laid waste.

She didn’t want to see it again in this life, no matter what.

Su Yun wiped away her tears with the back of her hand and wondered what was wrong with her. She’d actually started crying out loud. Could it be because she’d turned into a girl?

But once she started crying, Su Yun found she didn’t feel quite so awful anymore.

Whatever she chose, it was what she truly wanted.

She didn’t regret it.

In that case, she had no choice but to go for it.

It was just pretending she couldn’t walk and letting someone help her home, right?

“Accept Main Quest.” Su Yun confirmed the quest with a thought.

Now it was time to show what she could do.

Su Yun pretended to take a step forward, then deliberately twisted her right ankle outward.

“Ah!”

After a cry of pain, Su Yun aimed herself toward Chu Feng and pretended to fall against him.

Seeing this, Chu Feng immediately caught Su Yun by the shoulder to keep her from falling.

Su Yun thought the fall looked convincing enough to fool anyone, and it had worked just as she’d hoped.

Then Su Yun gave Chu Feng a pitiful look.

“I… I think I sprained my ankle,” Su Yun said timidly.

As soon as she said it, Su Yun felt deeply uncomfortable. Once she’d completed the quest, she’d definitely beat this guy up.

“Where does it hurt? Is it your ankle? How about I take you to the hospital?”

Chu Feng looked at Su Yun’s ankle.

Su Yun was wearing a pair of white, three-inch heels. Her black dress fell past her knees, covering her thighs but revealing her smooth calves and ankles.

Chu Feng marveled to himself.

Her calves and ankles really were flawless—smooth and fair as jade. Legs like those could keep you staring for years…

Wait a second.

Hadn’t she said she’d sprained her ankle and couldn’t walk?

Then why wasn’t there even a hint of swelling around her ankle?

Could it be…

The young woman in front of him was pretending to have sprained her ankle because she wanted an excuse to meet him?

Right. The way she’d fallen toward him just now had been really unnatural.

That had to be it!

Chu Feng was certain of it.

He’d seen this kind of trick plenty of times.

He was a rich second-generation heir, managed an internet company with over a thousand employees, and had a bright, handsome face. Women threw themselves at him all the time.

Normally, Chu Feng wouldn’t have given women who came onto him the time of day…

But.

This time, Chu Feng realized he’d been wrong.

Even though he knew the young woman had deliberately claimed she’d sprained her ankle to get to know him, he didn’t feel the slightest bit of disgust.

If anything, he even felt a little pleased.

As expected, good looks were justice.

The reason he’d looked down on those other women was that they just weren’t pretty enough…