After their confessions were rejected, they regretted it for the rest of their lives.

[Congratulations on achieving the Affection Achievement for Su!]

[■Achieve■8■ points in Affection, Receive■High Affection Hidden■ Reward]

[Rewards have been automatically issued]

[Cooking Skills +1]

Back home, Xia Weichan closed the door and sighed deeply.

Through the system's achievement notification, he had confirmed the extent of Zhou Juzi's affection for him.

Sitting on the sofa, he weakly pressed his temples.

In the first three playthroughs, Xia Weichan never imagined that the high favorability of the target he was bound to would make things difficult for him.

The situation is now somewhat delicate...

This forced him to rethink his training plan for this week.

He was reviewing how he had managed to raise Zhou Juzi's favorability rating to such a high level.

That shouldn't be the case...

From the very beginning, he tried his best to avoid gaining favor with Tachibana Uta.

Unlike the previous three playthroughs, he didn't whisper sweet nothings to the girl, nor did he take time to ask her out on dates. He didn't even let Aya Aya send him messages...

How did I manage to raise the affection level to 80?

Could it be that Zhou Juzi's childhood environment caused her to lack love from a young age, which is why she is like this?

Xia Weichan thought to herself,

Perhaps the shock of today was too great for him, and he had a headache for a while.

That's not the most important thing. Based on my experience from previous playthroughs...

With a favorability rating of 80, it's unlikely to drop any lower.

Xia Weichan has never experienced a situation where her favorability rating dropped after reaching 80.

Considering that he had even told Zhou Juzi directly in the past that "finding another girlfriend is none of her business,"

The favorability rating can still reach 80.

It's easy to imagine...

What kind of terrible thing would you have to do to reduce this level of goodwill?

Unexpectedly, the initial relationship contract was meant to lower Zhou Juzi's guard.

Surprisingly, it has now become his biggest protector.

That makes sense.

No wonder the girl always showed a strange look of disgust whenever the contract was mentioned.

So you found those contracts in the way?

He gently touched the tiger tooth mark on his face with his fingers.

Faced with this sudden change, Xia Weichan had no choice but to re-evaluate the situation of this cycle.

So, is the biggest reason why Zhou Juzi suddenly became so hardworking because she saw him as a "reward" for her efforts?

"..."

He cannot be the prize.

Compared to the previous three playthroughs, Xia Weichan's mindset has undergone a tremendous change.

His immediate priority is to escape the cycle of death; this issue of favorability can wait.

It can improve Zhou Juzi's enthusiasm for training.

It's definitely more beneficial than harmful. It's not too late to consider the issue of young girls liking him after he has obtained a healthy and long-lived body.

However, Xia Weichan needs to reconsider the issue of system ghosting.

[Remaining training time: 77 days and 17 hours]

[Please stay overnight ■ ■ Quickly tie up ■ Development goal]

"..."

Xia Weichan remembered that from this cycle onwards, the system interface had two layers.

The first layer is currently bound to Zhou Juzi, but the second layer is still not bound...

He wasn't actually sure whether this second layer could actually bind Zhu Xuening.

Xia Weichan had originally planned to give it a try, but now, seeing Zhou Juzi's favorability rating, she was a little worried...

He's now caught in a dilemma.

If he ignores this second-layer binding interface, he will have to bear the risk of being killed after a certain period of time.

If you try to bind a new girl, it's fine if you can't.

Everyone was happy.

However, if the binding is successful, Xia Weichan will have to risk being discovered by Zhou Juzi to raise a second girl.

Furthermore, once successfully bound, it cannot be unbound...

Although he felt he could handle things well and avoid any mishaps between the two girls.

Xia Weichan was still somewhat uneasy. He took out his phone, which was still displaying Zhou Juzi's message.

He gently swiped the screen and switched to Zhu Xuening's chat interface.

The girl's profile picture is of a small white cat with a red bell, which looks very fluffy in the sunlight.

As agreed today, he will meet this mysterious girl again tomorrow.

But he was still a little confused about how to do it.

However, Zhu Xuening seemed to know exactly what Xia Weichan was doing.

A message suddenly popped up on his phone's chat interface.

Zhu Xuening: [Want to see the cat's paws?]

Zhu Xuening:

"ha?"

Xia Weichan's eye twitched as she looked at the picture sent to her phone, momentarily speechless.

He didn't know what to say in response...

Xia Weichan: [Don't send me this kind of meaningless stuff]

Zhu Xuening: [But it really does look like a cat's paw.]

Xia Weichan: [Are you sharing this with me?]

Zhu Xuening: [Yeah, I just finished styling my hair with foam in the shower for ages, and I finally succeeded!]

It's like a little girl showing off her new discovery.

"..."

So, this "cat paw"...

What does it mean?

Xia Weichan sighed.

He wasn't interested in Zhu Xuening's discovery; if she could rub a bird's claw out of foam, he might have taken a second look.

Then, seemingly sensing that Xia Weichan wasn't interested, the girl directly changed the subject.

Zhu Xuening: [Where are we going tomorrow?]

Xia Weichan thought for a moment,

He originally planned to find a restaurant or coffee shop, and then, just like he and Zhou Juzi did at the beginning, talk to Zhu Xuening.

After all, from his perspective, Zhu Xuening was definitely somewhat pitiful; no one likes being forced to please others.

Ke Yueci did not consider this girl a "friend" at all.

To benefit others...

It's impossible for them to follow Ke Yueci's ideas.

Xia Weichan replied: 【I will contact you tomorrow】

You should at least try it and see if you can bind it.

.........

"Um…"

In the darkness, Zuoqiu Hangyu looked at a light in the apartment building.

The phone screen emitted a faint light, illuminating the girl's delicate and petite face.

Zuoqiu Hangyu rested his chin on his hand.

The phone displayed the location of Xia Weichan's vehicle. Ever since Xia Weichan asked for her help, the girl had been making her own preparations.

Secretly planting a tracking device to pinpoint the vehicle's location was a trick Lu Ye taught her...

In fact, she learned almost all of her current investigative skills from Lu Ye.

Xia Weichan took her home.

But in reality, he only dropped the fish off at the park; Zuoqiu Hangyu never went home. He just made a feigned trip home and then hailed a taxi.

I secretly followed Xia Weichan's car the whole time, following it to the artist's company, and then to the gate of Tsinghua University.

During the process, the girl also showed counter-surveillance awareness, changing taxis several times.

Until they arrived at the place where he lived.

Xia Weichan entered the underground parking garage at 8:10.

Then, a few minutes later, the lights came on in an apartment on the third floor, and a few minutes after that, the lights came on in an apartment on the fifth floor.

Judging from the clothes hanging out to dry in the window of the apartment on the third floor, there are children's clothes and women's clothes, so it's most likely not Xia Weichan's home.

In other words, based on this, it's highly likely that Xia Weichan lives on the fifth floor.

Zuoqiu Hangyu remembered this message, although it's not a good thing for lawyers to track down their employers.

But it's not illegal...