The only saving grace was that Aunt Hyun-eun was good at maneuvering. She never confronted Aunt Liu and the female monster head-on. Instead, she took him out to play, and when he came back and was asked about it, she said that he was out playing with his older sister, Kang Seon-ah, who was the same age as him, and that she, Lee Hyun-eun, was there to supervise him, using her daughter as a shield.
This made both Minagawa Izumi and Yeonryu realize that Lee Hyeon-eun was acting strangely, but they didn't know what to do with her.
Chu Yinan got up, pulled them to sit down, and offered them a cup of tea.
"Don't fight, I just wanted to sleep in. I played with Marissa and the others before I went to bed, but they ran off before they woke me up. Now I'm well-rested."
This was the reason to stop their argument. He was having a good time with the girls, and neither Aunt Liu nor the female monster bothered him. Besides, he wasn't going back to his room anymore; he had slept very well and had enough sleep.
"This isn't about arguing, it's about reasoning!" Yan Liu put down her tea first and hugged the baby.
Minagawa Izumi also wanted to snatch Xiao Chu Nan away, but she forgot that she still had a cup of tea in her hand. If she moved too much, she would spill it. She didn't have time to put it down, so she could only watch Yan Liu kiss Xiao Chu Nan.
Chu Yinan knew that if he wanted to end the conflict, he had to leave as soon as possible. If he wasn't there, the two aunts wouldn't care about each other.
"Before I went to sleep, Heinrich told me to go find her after I woke up. I'm going to go find her now. Please don't fight."
"No way~" Yan Liu nodded in agreement. "Is Heinrich with Morgan again? Why does she keep asking me to come over lately? And then she's with Morgan somewhere, I don't know what they're talking about. Did your aunt say anything to you?"
"No, the things they were talking about were so boring, I wasn't interested and didn't listen."
"Not interested? So you're just going to sit there and play on your phone? Next time if you don't want to stay there, just say you're coming to Aunt Liu's. Why are you keeping them company when you're bored?"
In fact, Chu Yinan went there partly to see if his aunt had any indication of anything and to observe whether she had discovered any clues.
Chu Yinan knew that even if he found out that his aunt had realized something, there was nothing he could do. But the curiosity brought about by his guilty conscience was always hard to suppress. He probably wanted to die knowing the truth, even if it meant... he wanted to die knowing the truth.
"Heinrich sometimes invites me to play games, so it's not boring. I'll head over now."
After making a hasty escape, Chu Yinan ran to Heinrich's study and overheard her video chatting with Bachmann, seemingly discussing her plans to come over.
"You can just come over here. There's no need to tell me beforehand. There are always people at the manor. Surely no one will open the door for you?"
"I'll be there in two hours. Sorry to bother you along with Xiao Chunan's homeroom teacher."
"Whatever." After hanging up the video call, Heinrich tapped his fingers lightly to signal the little guy outside to stop eavesdropping. "Aren't you coming in? When are you planning to discuss the mission?"
Chapter 78 Seeking Advice from Professionals
Chu Yinan wanted to say that he wasn't there to discuss things, but to reason.
He strongly suspected that Heinrich had secretly altered the task triggering mechanism of the matching system, and now there was no triggering pattern at all.
The new date mission came during my lunch break. The mission itself wasn't strange, but it was a mix of normal and absurd.
—Experience the progression from innocent and pure kissing to a skilled and mature one.
What is this? It requires him and Heinrich to practice kissing until they reach the point where "how are you so skilled?" And judging from the word "advanced," they have to try multiple ways of kissing.
Kissing is quite normal in dating tasks. According to the online world, this is the first subject of developing a relationship, and the final step of "dual cultivation" is the fourth subject.
Chu Yinan had initially thought that this dating task would include classic elements such as handshakes and kisses. He even considered how to politely ask the other person to brush their teeth if they had eaten garlic before kissing. Unfortunately, he hadn't encountered any of these elements yet, and there were hardly any normal tasks.
Just when he had almost finished setting up all the matchmaking options, the ultimate dating event finally appeared, and it appeared on Heinrich...
Honestly, it's strange to use the words "naive and innocent" to describe Heinrich. How is this guy naive?
The title would be more suitable for the hot senior Jiang Xuanya. After all, according to the classification of character attributes, there are also pure types of hot girls and innocent girls with a sub-category of being innocent on the outside but cunning on the inside. However, Heinrich can never be associated with innocence.
“Heinrich, tell me honestly, did you use a backdoor in the matching system again? None of the triggering events related to us during this period have anything to do with it.”
"No, there really isn't one. If I were to ask the AI to open a backdoor to trigger the mission, why would I waste time waiting? I could just have her send it over directly. That way, I might have already completed several rounds of the mission by now."
Heinrich shrugged, ignoring the brat's suspicions. She turned her office chair around, turned her thighs toward him, and let him sit down.
Chu Yinan didn't think Heinrich needed to lie to him about this. Even if she claimed to have gotten preferential treatment, Chu Yinan couldn't do anything about it. He could only offer a dry verbal protest, or try to bite Heinrich's little pimple next time (meaning to break it and hurt her when Heinrich had a chance to get a pimple).
Sitting on Heinrich's lap, Chu Yinan took the controller from her desk and started playing her fishing game. After accompanying her fishing so many times, he had become a fishing expert with thorough theoretical knowledge.
"So, this task..."
"The mission description is pretty simple, there's nothing worth discussing, I even find it boring. Why can't you get those missions you used to complete? Like that mission where you searched for Yu Tang's socks, I remember it quite well."
Chu Yinan was embarrassed, never expecting his dark past to be brought up suddenly:
"Stop talking, okay? Besides, you should check the task yourself. The task isn't about crawling through socks, it's about licking your fingers of Original Recipe Chicken. Yu Tang refused to cooperate with the task, so I had no choice but to resort to this!"
"So you were trapped inside Yu Tang's sock and still fell asleep?"
"You still dare to talk back!" Chu Yinan saw that Heinrich was about to cast her line, so he controlled his hook and knocked her fish away.
Heinrich had already completed the game, so these fish no longer gave her a sense of accomplishment, which is why Chu Yinan dared to be so audacious.
Heinrich's hand, which was around the baby's belly, controlled the handle to hook up again:
"Then when you get back, find out what stages of advanced kissing are and give them to me by noon tomorrow. We'll go through them all at once."
Chu Yinan looked up at her: "So soon?"
The woman patted his belly in surprise and asked, "What? You still want to kiss me slowly?"
"No, I think what you said makes a lot of sense, and it should be passed over in one go." Chu Yinan nodded.
If things were to progress slowly with Heinrich, things would be different. Anyone could be the object of his affections, but if the object of affection were Heinrich, he would be very obedient, and the style wouldn't quite match.
"But what you just said reminded me that since the matchmaking system no longer uses underhanded tactics to trigger tasks, there's no need to wait. Just finish one and let it refresh for a new one. I've already caught everything I could in this fishing game, and I was worried about not having any games to play."
"..." He suddenly regretted it and immediately changed his mind: "Why don't we take it slow? The matching system gave us a trigger period before giving us this task. It must have been after a process of consideration. It probably thinks this one is more suitable for us. We need to cultivate it slowly. I think we can't be impatient. We need to think it through carefully!"
Based on Chu Yinan's understanding of Heinrich, her interest only comes and goes. Right now, she's just bored. In the current situation, she'll keep playing with the matchmaking system until she comes up with a task that she finds interesting, and Chu Yinan will be the one suffering.
But if this process is slowed down, and she finds something new to do, or waits until a fishing farm opens, Heinrich won't focus his attention on him.
Heinrich, glancing at the screen and struggling with the large fish, managed to spare a moment of attention and replied:
"So you like kissing games? I've never seen you kissing Yu Tang and the others before?"
That's true, but we can't admit it now... Chu Yinan said, "Yes, there is a goodnight kiss!"
"Let's take it slow then. You should collect more information on kissing techniques. It would be best if you could send me the relevant movies and information so I can take a look."
Should I send you a copy of "White Album"?
“Okay, I’ll go look for it tonight, or can I ask for help? I’ll ask Sister Fuxi for help; she can find people quickly.”
"Sure, whatever you like."
The discussion about the new dating task came to a temporary halt. Chu Yinan was silent for a while, and couldn't help but think about the recent situation of the housekeepers at home. He was thinking of asking Heinrich for advice.
"Heinrich, I'm currently troubled by a few thorny issues. You know about this matching relationship, but what if we can't resolve things with Aunt Liu and Yu Tang?"
Of course, there's also Marissa. Marissa didn't want to force the relationship to continue; she just wanted to keep it as a memento and a testament. If it really comes to a point where there's no other way, it can be dissolved by talking to her properly.
Heinrich said, "If you state all your questions at once, what else is bothering 'you'?"
"Secondly, things haven't been peaceful at home lately. I feel like I've made all the aunties very happy, but what can I do when Aunt Liu and the female demon keep having conflicts? Especially the female demon, she used to avoid Aunt Liu, but now she's starting to confront her directly!"
Previously, the female demon refused to let him always come to Glory Island to see her, in order to avoid suspicion from Yan Liu's side, but now... sigh!
Chapter 79 A Heartwarming Explanation from a Female Father
Given Heinrich's circumstances, it's fortunate she's a woman, otherwise she'd probably be out chasing girls. But even now, Chu Yinan doesn't think her romantic relationships are anything special; it seems she's even had some physical contact with her aunt Morgan, a member of her clan.
Moreover, unless you're a very pure straight woman, most women can't resist a strong, masculine older sister like Heinrich, with her big, long legs and fit figure. Plus, with her family background, she's practically invincible.
Chu Yinan suddenly understood that Heinrich's chaotic relationships had also led to his own chaotic relationships, a case of the upper beam being crooked and the lower beam being crooked. Therefore, it was understandable that he would seek some experience in dealing with such situations from Heinrich.
Heinrich thought for a moment and said:
"I think it's better if you just ignore it. Go and have more fun with Marissa and the others, or find any maid in the manor and take her out to a hotel for a day. After you've had your turn, it should be fine."
The Lefie family's maids are not limited to those at Glory Island Manor; there are maids outside as well. If they were to rotate them to a certain level, they could probably go a whole year without repeating a single maid, which is quite absurd.
"I think you're trying to fool an honest person like me. This is too reckless. And what kind of solution is it to ignore it? Isn't it just like neglecting me?"
"That's different. If you want to understand, I have to explain the principles to you. Once you understand the principles, it will be easier to understand. Apart from parent-child relationships and close relatives, most relationships are based on mutual benefit. It's not necessarily about material needs, but it could also be about emotional needs. Is there a problem with that?"
This is understandable. It's not to say that all parents in the world are good, but under normal circumstances, family members, even those with close relationships, are likely to give selflessly. Apart from these, most people who become friends, or even close romantic partners, have mutual appreciation, attraction, and the ability to meet each other's spiritual needs.
Even those casual casual relationships are either based on material wealth or physical intimacy.
"It should be fine, please continue." Chu Yinan nodded.
"So this means that in a normal romantic relationship, both parties possess qualities that attract each other, and being able to spend time together in the same space already satisfies the most basic need for emotional companionship. In this transaction of love, you have already completed the most basic exchange of equal value, and both parties have fulfilled their respective rights and obligations."
However, if someone suddenly does more at this point, it means that one party's contribution exceeds their gain, while the other party's contribution is less than their gain, thus creating an imbalance between rights and obligations.
Chu Yinan looked at her in surprise, unsure of what kind of thought process the female father had, thinking about feelings in this way, but he decided to follow her line of thought for the time being.
"When you say 'did more,' do you mean you started licking?"
"That's one way to understand it, but it's not necessarily about flattery. Sometimes it's just about showing more care. But once this kind of care becomes the norm, the other person will feel that it's their due. In other words, the threshold for the amount of affection the other person needs to receive increases. If you don't meet that demand, they'll think there's something wrong with you."
Of course, this sounds like 'greed,' but it's actually a matter of psychological inertia, not a matter of morality. Do you think that Aunt Liu and the others wanting you to spend more time with them is being greedy?"
"No," Chu Yinan shook his head. "If they don't want me to stay with them, it's probably because they've had a fight!"
"Well, so the issue comes back to how you've handled things lately. You've already been living in the same space, and your emotions have been exchanged in your daily lives. Plus, your Aunt Liu and the others are taking the initiative to come to you, so the 'transaction' is basically complete. But recently you've been taking the initiative to spend time with them, so they'll gradually start thinking, 'Why hasn't Xiao Chu Nan come to see me lately? He's not usually like this. He must be taking on other women.' That's where the problem arises, isn't it?"
Chu Yinan suddenly realized that although he thought Heinrich's way of thinking was very cold-blooded, quantifying emotions and considering them in a rather sinister way, and might even be a tendency towards psychological manipulation, her answer was the best explanation for his current situation.
I understand the principles, but I don't know the methodology!
"So what should I do? I still want to respond to them. I don't want to just sit and enjoy what others have done for me."
"This is easy to solve. Your Aunt Liu, the female monster aunt, and the milk-drinking aunt will all come to you on their own initiative. When they come to you, just be sincere and enthusiastic. In other words, give them the extra affection you want to give when they come to you. You can give more, but don't increase the number of extra payments."
If you encounter a woman who does nothing but tries to make you invest more emotionally, stay away from her, or let Darlene handle her.
Look, that's what professionalism is. Chu Yinan is still figuring things out without really knowing what's going on, while Heinrich has already summarized the principles and methodology and is guiding his own social practice.
Chu Yinan looked at her female father with a complicated and suspicious expression, her eyes like those of someone looking at a playboy, hesitant to speak, wanting to criticize but too embarrassed to say it.
"Heinrich, just tell me the truth. You're so skilled at this. How many girls have you hooked up with outside? How many mothers have you found for me? I won't tell anyone, not even Aunt Liu or my aunt."
“I never flirt with them. They are the ones who show me their excellence and uniqueness. But having emotional exchanges with most of these people doesn’t give me the same satisfaction as looking in the mirror and talking to myself.”
Chu Yinan was impressed by her. When it came to showing off, Heinrich was the best. However, he couldn't refute her. Heinrich herself had top-notch looks and figure, and she was also very smart. In terms of emotional needs, she was the only one who could choose her partner, and few others had the right to choose her.
The only people she could possibly harm are probably her Aunt Morgan, who looks similar to her, or AIs.
No, in terms of petite cuteness, Heinrich still can't compare to Jun and Marissa.
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