CHAPTER 385: CHAPTER 385: WALLS HAVE EARS

Though touched, Tuanzi still remained very clever.

Jin Chunchao would definitely help keep it a secret after learning about the agreement and giving sweets, but Duan Xiayou might not.

So for the rest of the journey, Tuanzi kept clinging to Duan Xiayou, playfully pleading for him to keep the secret.

Duan Xiayou wanted to sleep but couldn’t resist his little junior sister’s coaxing, feeling conflicted all the way.

Fine, no need to sleep anymore.

When they reached the entrance of the community, Tuanzi still called out to him with a sweet voice, and Duan Xiayou could only nudge her forehead that was leaning towards him, "Got it, I won’t tell if no one asks."

Tuanzi promptly added, "Even if asked, you can’t tell!"

Duan Xiayou sighed, "Do you think your big brother is constantly checking on you? He actually trusts you a lot."

To be precise, Gu Cheng selectively trusts his sister. He trusts Tuanzi one hundred percent on other matters, but when it comes to eating sweets, he relies entirely on intuition. His intuition tells him that if his sister is very quiet, she might be sneaking a snack.

Tuanzi, however, misunderstood.

She twisted her fingers anxiously.

"Big brother trusts Miaomiao so much, should Miaomiao tell him? But if she does, there’ll be no more candy for Miaomiao!"

Imagining that tragic scene, she opened her mouth to cry.

A gust of wind blew in, and Tuanzi quickly closed her mouth.

She remained conflicted the entire way, and even before entering the door, she stuck her little head out, peeked inside, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her big brother wasn’t home.

But soon, she sighed again.

With her big brother not at home, she had to continue her internal struggle. The struggle was intense enough that even the apple in her hand didn’t taste as good.

After crunching through the apple, she ran out to practice martial arts to distract herself, performing a set of moves with great vigor, even trying to pull Duan Xiayou into practicing with her.

Duan Xiayou’s qinggong wasn’t as good as hers, but he directly leaped onto the second-floor balcony and quickly hid inside the room. His overall speed was much faster than before.

[Ancient Martial System: So this is what they call improving because of my little junior sister?]

Tuanzi: ▼_▼

Seeing her puffing up her cheeks like a pufferfish, the system quickly changed the subject.

[Ancient Martial System: I forgot to mention, as of midnight today, your reputation value reached 200 million, congratulations]

The host returned last summer, and it’s now just entering April, less than a year, accumulating 200 million reputation points, which shows the host’s talent and dedication.

She almost uninterruptedly participated in shows, drawing people’s attention to traditional martial arts.

Tuanzi indeed got distracted.

"Wow, Miaomiao is so amazing?"

She held her face and swayed happily.

Previously, the reputation value seemed forever distant from the ’billion’ unit, but now, calculating it, the growth speed in reputation value was much faster after reaching 100 million, as if it reached 200 million in the blink of an eye.

"200 million, that’s 500 million, so wouldn’t it be very quick to reach 1 billion?"

[Ancient Martial System: What kind of calculation is this? But if you keep going, you’ll definitely reach 1 billion]

More new viewers keep recognizing traditional martial arts, and those who previously acknowledged it provide more reputation value after further understanding. Once a virtuous cycle forms, even if the host doesn’t appear publicly, the circulated videos will attract enough attention.

Tuanzi hugged her arms, reminiscing about the thickness of their photo album, thinking it was enough for her and her brothers to cherish for a long time, and couldn’t help but show a sly smile.

[Ancient Martial System: That smile of yours looks like you’re up to no good]

"No, it’s a cute smile. Master also said Miaomiao is very cute!"

[Ancient Martial System: Are you sure he didn’t say you smile like a weasel or a fox?]

Tuanzi paused.

She carefully recalled, and it seemed like her master did describe her that way.

"Well, weasels and foxes are also very cute! Especially when they’re young, they’re super cute!"

She was still young right now!

The system couldn’t win a verbal battle with her.

"Hehe," Tuanzi couldn’t help but rub her hands together, "Look, we have enough photos for now, so it’s okay not to save up for more, right?"

Ten lottery chances for one photo.

This time, she decided to save one less photo and get ten lottery chances back.

[Ancient Martial System: Then?]

The system doubted that the host simply wanted to participate in a lottery. Whenever she planned for a lottery, she’d wish out loud. Wasn’t she saying it for it to hear?

"Miaomiao wishes to get a pack of candies every time she draws a lottery."

[Ancient Martial System: ...]

Fearing the system’s worry, Tuanzi reasoned, "Miaomiao is also afraid that big brother would blame Chunchao if he finds out. Miaomiao could confess this actively, but then big brother might not give any candy for the next month."

The system understood her meaning.

Jin Chunchao’s actions left traces, and Gu Cheng might already know.

And those words Duan Xiayou said earlier also affected the host.

She wanted to maintain her image but couldn’t give up sneaking some candies, so she targeted the system.

It is a system and cannot appear before people, so the candies it provides would fall from the sky, right?

Receiving and eating candies that fall from the sky is perfectly normal, right?

The system suspected its thought process was getting warped.

[Ancient Martial System: No way]

"Waaah,"

Tuanzi immediately pretended to wipe her tears, looking pitiful.

The system had seen this posture many times.

"Little Gu, you’re the best system in the universe, right? Miaomiao admires you the most, you’re so outstanding, and you chose such an outstanding Miaomiao..."

It was a barrage of compliments.

In terms of flattering, Tuanzi was naturally skilled.

The system didn’t really want to listen, afraid it’d soften, but felt it would miss out if it didn’t hear.

Tuanzi continued her sweet talk, her sweet voice floating to the second and third floors.

Duan Xiayou lay in bed, eyes closed.

After listening to the general content, he sighed helplessly.

Although his little junior sister’s voice was actually quite soft, normally people wouldn’t hear it from this distance, but with his martial arts skills, his hearing was excellent.

In fact, every time he was only separated by a wall or a short distance from his little junior sister, he heard everything she said. He suspected that sometimes she was too relaxed and would speak directly instead of communicating through other methods.

"Sigh."

He sighed.

When will his little junior sister remember that he knows martial arts too?

As for the ’Little Gu’ his little junior sister mentioned, he figured it must be a technologically advanced product that outstrips the current era, but relatively humane, otherwise it wouldn’t fall prey to her sweet-talk.

He turned over slowly and fell asleep under the sugary flattery.

This time, he actually forgot to pray to God to send over a junior brother.

On the national highway outside Jiangcheng.

Guo Xia was once again driving back to Jiangcheng.

There weren’t many vehicles on the highway, at least no car was visible ahead, the scene looked somewhat familiar.

She suddenly thought of the events of last summer.

Back then, she had also gone to a neighboring city for business. On the return trip, she didn’t notice nails on the road and drove over them, resulting in tire issues, forcing her to stop and check the situation.

At that time, a few men approached, offering to help change the tire, followed by quoting a very outrageous price.

She quickly realized these nails were scattered by these people. But with no cars in front or behind and fearing for her safety, she was ready to compromise despite feeling indignant. As she hesitated, a man trying to grab her was suddenly kicked away.