Going home for Chinese New Year, I squeezed onto a bus with three energetic young women.

Bai Li leaned against the headboard, the light blue panel unfolding.

There are four fixed categories of options: physical fitness, money, background, and skills.

He skipped over those four old dishes.

His gaze expertly swept towards the bottom of the panel.

[Will there be more new options this time?]

He stroked his chin, deep in thought.

If we could have another "upgrade existing rewards" event, that would be perfect.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to simply raise the "Sharing" talent to a higher level and give each girl an extra skill?

My gaze was fixed on the bottom of the panel.

Sure enough, a line of small print caught my eye.

Upon seeing the details, Bai Li's eyes widened even more, and her breathing became out of sync.

[New option: Reward Points Storage.]

[Function Description: This feature is free to use. The host can convert each earned stage reward into "Reward Points" for storage.]

[Note: Reward points can be used at any time to redeem any reward in the option pool. Redeemable scope: All reward types that have appeared in the system in the past.]

"Holy crap!"

A phrase from the national essence came out of his mouth.

In his arms, Jiang Ruyue was still in a daze, waiting for Bai Li to explain what he meant by "you are a genius" when she was suddenly startled by his shout.

"What's wrong?" She looked up, her big eyes full of confusion.

Bai Li quickly suppressed his exaggerated expression and reached out to stroke her smooth back:

"It's nothing, it's nothing. I just thought of something funny."

He forcefully suppressed the wildly upturned corners of his lips.

This is not fun at all.

That's a royal flush!

The [Reward Points Storage] feature appears to be just a warehouse.

But its core value lies in...

The random option—enhancing existing rewards—can be converted into a fixed option!

Moreover, this is a growth-type cheat; any new, overpowered random options that come out in the future will be included as long as you've chosen them once!

"I choose to store the reward points!"

Without even a second's hesitation, Bai Li issued the command directly in his mind.

A flash of light appeared on the panel.

Jiang Ruyue's affection value exceeded 80 points, and the stage reward option transformed into a golden light.

A new scoring bar has appeared in the upper right corner: [Current Reward Points: 1]

With a thought, Bai Li immediately summoned a brand new exchange panel.

Splash!

The long list unfolds.

At the very top are the four basic categories of options, each with a clearly marked price, requiring 1 reward point.

Keep reading.

A long row of icons remained black and locked, with the price soaring from 2 to 10.

The system has painted a very ambitious picture; there will likely be many groundbreaking things to come.

Bai Li ignored the pie-in-the-sky offers and searched for his target among the lit-up options.

found it.

[Upgrade Rewards Available], Price: 2 Reward Points.

enough!

This is a huge profit!

Once you accumulate one more reward point, bringing the total to 2, you can directly enhance the "Shared" talent!

When the time comes, I, as the boss, will reap the rewards, while my energetic female subordinates will get the scraps, and the entire Rainbow Team's fighting power will be at its maximum.

Bai Li's spirits soared at the thought of this grand plan.

He looked at the little lucky star in his arms, who had the face of a first love but a head full of yellow nonsense, and the more he looked at him, the more he liked him.

"Kisaragi, the reward you gave me is amazing!"

Bai Li laughed loudly and cursed, then slapped his hand down.

"Smack."

He didn't hold back this time; it was purely an unconscious action driven by his emotions.

"Eek..."

Jiang Ruyue trembled.

Her previously limp body, which had been clinging to Bai Li, suddenly tensed up.

Immediately afterwards, she lost all her strength, slid off Bai Li's chest, and fell to the side.

She curled up in a ball, clutching the corner of the blanket, her cheeks so red they looked like they were about to bleed.

"Hey little plugin, what's wrong with you?"

Bai Li was startled and quickly went over, putting his arm around her shoulder and turning her over.

Seeing her unnatural appearance, he broke out in a cold sweat.

Oh no, did I really break this cute little robot?

"Where does it hurt? Say something!"

Bai Li pressed her for details, pressing his palm against her forehead to check her temperature.

Jiang Ruyue turned her face away, not daring to look at him at all.

Bai Li panicked even more.

Just as he was about to forcibly pull back the blanket to check the injury.

Out of the corner of my eye, I glanced at the system panel that was still open.

In the dynamic notification bar at the bottom right corner, a line of small text is quietly refreshing.

[Jiang Ruyue's meal record has been updated.]

Current number of meals: 10 (+1)

Bai Li stopped what she was doing.

The surrounding air was eerily quiet.

He stared blankly at the newly printed "10" on the panel.

Then he lowered his head and looked at the patch of skin that he had slapped red, finally his gaze falling on Jiang Ruyue's pretty face, which was filled with shame and indignation.

The logical chain quickly closed in my mind.

isn't it?

I just casually patted my butt a moment ago.

This is...

That's 10 times already?!

Bai Li opened his mouth, but his voice suddenly split into two:

"No way, Kisaragi..."

He reached out and pinched Jiang Ruyue's burning earlobe, his tone full of undisguised astonishment and disdain:

"You've done it again...?!"