Su Yun felt a large hand settle on her fragrant shoulder, its warmth spreading through her.

She shyly tried to pull away, but immediately felt pressure on her shoulder.

Chu Feng pulled her body over beside him.

The two of them sat pressed tightly together.

Chu Feng’s suit pants brushed against her smooth, delicate thighs.

The driver had already started the car, and they were on their way to the ball.

So whenever the car jolted, their thighs kept parting, then touching again.

“D-don’t… don’t do that.”

Su Yun tried to struggle, but didn’t dare use too much force. All she could do was refuse in a quiet voice.

She was afraid she might hurt Chu Feng and cause her 400,000 humiliation point task to fail.

“Xiao Yun’er was holding me just now, too. See? I didn’t refuse.”

“If you refuse me now, wouldn’t that be terribly unfair?”

Chu Feng sat close beside her, pressed against her as he whispered right by her ear.

She felt his breath against her ear.

It made her ear itch, and in an instant, it turned bright red.

Perhaps seeing Su Yun react,

Chu Feng grew bolder again.

He leaned forward slightly and placed his left hand behind the girl’s knee. Then the hand on her shoulder tightened too. With a gentle lift, he raised the girl, light as a willow leaf, and settled her sideways across his lap.

Before Su Yun could react, he had already picked her up, and she was sitting on Chu Feng’s lap.

A wave of humiliation surged through her.

She’d actually been carried sideways and placed on Chu Feng’s lap…

“Don’t do that. Let go of me.” Su Yun’s protest was weak.

“Shh. I’m practicing the dance pose for tonight’s ball. This position is really important.” A smile tugged at Chu Feng’s lips. Then he put on an earnest expression.

Like I’d believe that for a second!

“Please, just sit across from me.” Su Yun deeply regretted letting Chu Feng sit beside her. She should’ve let him watch from across the way instead of inviting him over to mess with her.

“Xiao Yun’er, you should be pretty used to this kind of pose by now.”

Chu Feng was hinting at what had happened a few nights ago, when he’d carried Su Yun home in his arms.

At the thought of that, Su Yun blushed.

He really had carried her for a long time that day.

Apart from her bottom resting on Chu Feng’s thigh, her current position was practically identical.

“I’m not used to it!” Su Yun retorted, then began to struggle gently, trying to get off his lap.

……

“Ding-dong! Congratulations, Host. You’ve triggered a bonus task: stay seated on Chu Feng’s lap until you reach the ball’s venue. Completion reward: 100,000 humiliation points.”

After seeing the system’s notification, Su Yun’s struggles grew weaker and weaker.

At last, she gave in and sat sideways on Chu Feng’s lap.

Whatever. It’s just sitting on his lap, right?

I’ll just treat myself like a human cushion.

Besides, this time she’d earn 100,000 humiliation points, and she only had to put up with it for the duration of the drive. The ball couldn’t be that far away.

She did her best to comfort herself and accept the reality in front of her.

When Chu Feng saw the lovely girl on his lap stop struggling, he couldn’t help feeling secretly delighted.

It seemed his Xiao Yun’er was slowly getting used to his touch.

……

The minutes ticked by.

Su Yun, meanwhile, had no way to voice her suffering.

The car was luxurious, but every car shook at least a little.

Her bottom was pressed tightly against Chu Feng’s thigh. Every bump in the road, every time the car braked at a traffic light, made her bottom rub against his thigh again and again.

Beside her, Chu Feng kept letting out heavy breaths, his intense masculine scent filling her nose.

A blush had spread across her cheeks.

Her heart pounded rapidly.

The constant contact made her think of that erotic dream—and the effects of the [Divine Maiden Chains]…

She quickly shook her head, trying to fling those dirty thoughts from her mind.

She couldn’t keep thinking about this.

Chu Feng was having an even harder time.

Having a beauty in his arms was just too stimulating.

Especially since the beauty in his arms was wearing a low-cut dress this time. From where he sat, he had a perfect view of her curves.

And her fragrant shoulders and beautiful back were so close he could reach out and touch them. Her skin was smooth as jade and delicate enough to break with a touch. It felt wonderful beneath his hand, too.

But could the beautiful girl in his arms please stop moving around?

The Xiao Yun’er on his lap kept shifting her bottom to get comfortable, making his thoughts wander even more.

Her thighs were right beside his, after all. The girl was playing with fire!

……

Twenty minutes later.

The stretch limousine pulled to a stop outside Dinghao Hotel, the venue for the ball.

“Ding-dong! Congratulations, Host. You’ve completed the bonus task: stay seated on Chu Feng’s lap until you reach the ball’s venue. Reward: 100,000 humiliation points. With the equipment bonus, you receive 200,000 humiliation points.”

At the notification, Su Yun should’ve immediately climbed off Chu Feng’s lap.

But her arms and legs were already weak, and she could barely walk.

All she could do was carefully climb down from Chu Feng.

But to Chu Feng, it looked as though his Xiao Yun’er was reluctant to leave.

After they got out of the car,

they saw men and women around them who seemed to be arriving for the event, too.

Most of them came in pairs, a man and a woman.

The women linked arms with the men.

After getting out, Chu Feng bent his arm slightly. His meaning was clear: he wanted Su Yun to take his arm.

Su Yun saw what he was doing.

She glanced at the people around them. It seemed everyone else was doing the same.

She didn’t want to look out of place,

so, after hesitating, she linked her arm through Chu Feng’s.

Fortunately, they’d already tried this once downstairs at home. It wasn’t a big deal this time.

The two of them walked in step toward the ballroom inside the hotel.

Their arrival naturally drew the attention of the people around them.

“Who’s that woman? Is she some kind of celebrity? She’s gorgeous.”

“That woman has an incredible figure. I’m so jealous of the guy with her.”

“If she’d marry me, I’d gladly give up ten years of my life.”

“…”

Though these people were talking from a distance, and not very loudly,

Su Yun had taken the gene-optimization medicine, which had given her exceptionally sharp hearing. Naturally, she could hear what they were saying.

Their words filled Su Yun with a strange sense of pride.

It felt pretty nice to be praised.

If she were still a man, she’d never have become the center of attention or received so many compliments.

At the thought,

something inside Su Yun seemed to snap. Maybe, even if she could save the world three years from now, she didn’t necessarily have to turn back into a man…

Being a beautiful, powerful woman wasn’t so bad.

Unfortunately, while some people praised her, others hated her.

At the ballroom entrance.

“Who exactly is that woman with Chu Feng?”

“He actually turned me down and chose some woman with no known background instead.” Zhang Yuyun, dressed in a red gown, spoke angrily.

“Please calm down, Miss Zhang. She’s just a woman with no connections. Even if President Chu spends time with her, he’s only playing around.”

“Unlike you, Miss Zhang. Your dress was custom-made, and your jewelry was crafted by a famous designer. Could that woman ever afford things like that?” said Li Sixuan, standing beside her in a yellow gown.