When Chu Feng saw the message Su Yun had sent, his eyes lit up.

He hadn’t seen Su Yun in person for at least three days.

He thought back to that breathtakingly beautiful face, those long, shapely legs—and the glimpse of her chest at the hotel when she’d gotten up three days ago...

At the thought, Chu Feng’s irritation vanished, replaced in an instant by excitement.

He hurriedly replied, getting straight to the point.

...

[Chu Han Feng Liu]: There’s a grand ball tomorrow. I’d like to invite Xiao Yun’er to be my dance partner. Would you come?

...

Su Yun saw the message from Chu Feng.

She hesitated.

A ball?

Was it one of those wealthy-family balls you saw in cheesy TV dramas?

It sounded pretty sketchy...

But when she thought about her situation, if she didn’t get close to Chu Feng and complete the tasks related to him, all she could do was take on ordinary little tasks...

Those little tasks were just as embarrassing, and they gave her hardly any humiliation points.

In that case, she might as well take on tasks involving Chu Feng. They were more embarrassing, sure...

But the rewards were way bigger!

She could just close her eyes, grit her teeth, and get through it.

Besides, this ball sounded like the kind of place with lots of people.

The last few times she’d been around Chu Feng, they’d been in places with hardly anyone around, like an alley or a hotel.

Surely a place like a ball couldn’t lead to any trouble, right?

There’d be so many people, after all!

[Su Xiaoyun’er]: A ball? Would I be okay there?

[Su Xiaoyun’er]: But I’m not very good at dancing.

Su Yun steeled herself and decided to go for it.

[Chu Han Feng Liu]: That’s okay. I can teach you.

[Chu Han Feng Liu]: I’ll come pick you up downstairs at six tonight.

[Su Xiaoyun’er]: Mm, okay.

After Su Yun pressed send, she felt a little shy...

She’d actually agreed to Chu Feng’s invitation without even having a task to do.

That bastard was her rival in love in her previous life!

And now she’d agreed to go to a ball with him...

It was so embarrassing.

“Ding! Congratulations, Host. You’ve actually learned to trigger a main-character task on your own.”

“Since the Host triggered a main-character task herself, the humiliation-point reward for this task will be doubled.”

“Task: At six tonight, the Host must show up downstairs wearing a low-cut, off-the-shoulder ball gown, then attend the ball with Chu Feng and dance with him at least once. Reward: 200,000 humiliation points.”

“Whoa!”

Su Yun counted the zeros in the reward.

It was 200,000!

And that wasn’t even counting the bonus from her Divine Maiden series equipment.

With that included, this task’s reward would be as high as 400,000!

Amazing.

Compared with the mere few thousand humiliation points she’d earned over the past few days, this temptation was impossible to resist.

Now she had to get ready for tonight’s task.

First, she had to wear a low-cut, off-the-shoulder ball gown...

Su Yun stared at those two requirements and hesitated. But a second later, she decided to go through with it.

After all, even tasks worth only a few thousand humiliation points made her wear embarrassing clothes.

But this task was worth 400,000 humiliation points! It was just a low-cut dress. Besides, that kind of outfit was normal at a ball. It wouldn’t look strange at all.

She opened the [Shop].

Half an hour later...

“If I’ve done something wrong, just send me to prison...”

“Don’t make me research whether I should wear a strapless bra, a demi-cup bra, or breast tape under a low-cut, off-the-shoulder gown...”

Su Yun angrily grabbed a pillow and smacked it against her bed.

She’d worn bras before, of course.

But she’d never worn a gown with such a low neckline, so her usual styles wouldn’t work.

If she wore one of her usual bras under a low-cut dress, it would show. That was out of the question.

After venting for a while...

She still couldn’t figure it out. To complete the task, she had no choice but to sit in front of the mirror and keep searching for information on her phone.

Every so often, she took a few different styles of bras out of the [Shop] and tried them on.

After a flurry of fumbling, she finally managed to put on the gown required for the task.

Once she was dressed, she looked in the mirror.

The girl in the mirror looked a little more mature in the low-cut gown, but she still had an unmistakably youthful charm.

The hint of cleavage peeking out was accentuated by the demi-cup bra...

Her pretty face flushed. She actually had cleavage.

But something was still missing.

Su Yun looked at the black ribbon around her neck. It didn’t quite go with her outfit.

With a single thought...

The black bow-shaped ribbon at her neck—the [Goddess’s Collar]—transformed into a necklace set with sea-blue gemstones.

A large gemstone hung at the base of her neck, just above her chest.

Perfect!

If she couldn’t avoid this ball task, then she’d make herself the brightest star at the ball.

After all, this girl was the most beautiful in the world.

Five in the afternoon.

Su Yun paced back and forth in her room.

Her heart was pounding. She was actually nervous about attending the ball later.

But deep down, she was also looking forward to it a little.

She didn’t even know exactly what she was looking forward to...

Maybe she wanted to shine in front of everyone and show off her perfect looks and figure.

Or maybe she was looking forward to completing the system’s task and earning humiliation points.

She even found herself looking forward to seeing the shocked expression on Chu Feng’s face when he saw how she looked now...

At that thought, Su Yun quickly shook her head.

What was she thinking?

She was only getting close to him to trigger a task.

After calming herself down...

She waited for six o’clock to arrive.

Five fifty in the evening.

“Beep—”

[Chu Han Feng Liu]: Xiao Yun’er, I’m downstairs. Come down when you’re ready.

[Su Xiaoyun’er]: Mm, I’ll be right down.

...

Su Yun checked her outfit in the mirror one last time.

A black strapless dress, silver-white high heels, and a sea-blue gemstone necklace around her neck.

Everything looked fine.

Once she got in the elevator, her heart started pounding again.

For some reason, seeing Chu Feng this time made her especially nervous.

...

A long, luxurious limousine was waiting in front of the apartment building.

Chu Feng stood beside it, drawing even more attention.

The neighbors nearby started talking among themselves.

“I can’t believe a limousine this fancy came into our neighborhood.”

“Right? A car like that should be going in and out of a villa community or some upscale neighborhood.”

“I wonder who the owner’s waiting for. What kind of beauty could possibly be worthy of a car like that?”

“I think I’d be a perfect match,” said a woman in a black dress.

“You?”

“Don’t believe me? I’ll go see. Just watch.”

Downstairs.

A woman in a black dress swayed her hips as she slowly approached Chu Feng.

“Hey, handsome. Who are you waiting for?”

When Chu Feng heard someone approach, he thought his Xiao Yun’er had arrived.

But when he looked up, he was immediately disappointed.

Compared with Xiao Yun’er, she was just a tacky, ordinary-looking woman.

“Handsome, if the person you’re waiting for doesn’t show, why don’t you invite me to sit in your car?” the woman in the black dress said.