I Can Fix Her

The girl picked up a piece of grilled eggplant with her chopsticks, gently pulled it, and the tender white flesh, soaked in garlic and chili sauce, separated from the skin. With a scientific and meticulous posture, she meticulously tore the eggplant until reaching the stem. After a couple of unsuccessful attempts, another pair of chopsticks proactively reached out to help her break off the flesh.

Qin Ning held the intact eggplant meat and smiled at Bai Weiran, a hint of satisfaction evident on her face even though she didn’t speak. Her sparkling eyes clearly conveyed the message, “Look, I did it!”

Bai Weiran couldn’t help but smile.

Qin Ning was definitely a proud and unwilling-to-lose type of person.

She liked to eat grilled eggplant, but hadn’t eaten it before and didn’t know how to eat it properly. She had previously stabbed the eggplant from the middle with her chopsticks, breaking the flesh into a mushy mess.

He gave her a demonstration of how to eat grilled eggplant correctly, but Qin Ning’s attempts to imitate him ended in failure several times, and she couldn’t manage to get it right.

Then she became fixated on mastering the art of eating grilled eggplant.

For four consecutive nights, she insisted on ordering grilled eggplant, practicing until every piece she picked up was perfect.

“How elegant~” Bai Weiran was generous with his praise.

The girl raised an eyebrow, giving him a sidelong glance.

“Is that the only thing you can say? As someone beyond the ordinary, can’t you be a bit more creative?”

Though her stance was that of a disdainful Yandere, the hint of innocence added by the tear mole beneath her right eye made her all the more enticing.

Bai Weiran thought to himself, no wonder Lin Luo kept pulling her back and forth. With just a little effort, or even none at all, one could stand on the emotional high ground and reap significant rewards. It was human nature to like getting something for nothing, to triumph over the strong with the weak.

He couldn’t help but think of a question—if there were other disciplinary committee members traveling between parallel worlds, adopting the same approach and spending time with these emotionally flawed but easily swayed beautiful girls, what would happen if the hosts’ moral compasses faltered and they got entangled in it?

After all, even the A-level Qin Ning was so adorable and charming. From a game design perspective, S-level girls would undoubtedly be a whole different level.

At this moment, he remembered another highlighted warning rule in the app.

【During the task, no violation of the physical boundaries between the task object and the host is allowed, regardless of mutual or unilateral action. Once a violation is discovered, the position will be immediately revoked, and the host will be sent back to the original world.】

This was also a protective measure for the Yandere girls.

The system was quite rigorous.

Without setting up this defense, instead of heroes turning into villains, it would only be a matter of changing the emotional objects of the Yandere girls.

With these thoughts in mind, he absentmindedly responded to Qin Ning while clapping in a sea lion style and adopting an enthusiastic tone.

“You’re so amazing~”

Qin Ning snorted. “…I shouldn’t expect anything sweet from that lying mouth of yours.”

She lowered her head to eat the eggplant, while Bai Weiran watched her, resting his chin on his hand.

After spending these days together, Qin Ning’s appearance had undergone a dramatic transformation.

In addition to that tacky sportswear, he also ordered some girl’s clothing from Taobao for Qin Ning. However, his selection criteria were based on price, ranging from low to high.

His thought process was like this—regardless of how he bought them, the cheap clothes from Taobao would always be considered trash compared to the luxurious ones Qin Ning usually wore. Since they were all considered trash, and she wouldn’t wear them again after the task ended, what difference did it make whether he bought her a dress for a hundred yuan or three tops for a few dozen yuan with free shipping?

None, absolutely none.

Taking a money-saving stance, he decisively bought the cheapest clothes for Qin Ning.

After that tacky sportswear, Qin Ning’s lower limit was continuously refreshed. Now, she was wearing a bright red Northeast-style cotton-padded jacket, paired with a pair of oversized sports shorts that were on clearance. The pants were too big for her, so she had to tighten them with the elastic band to prevent them from falling down.

She looked like that of a child wearing adult oversized clothes.

Bai Weiran couldn’t help but think of those videos online where parents sent their children to relatives in the countryside and compared their appearances before and after.

At first, Qin Ning naturally didn’t want to wear these cheap clothes.

Bai Weiran reiterated the same old saying.

“Miss Qin, do you really want people to know that you’re wearing the same sportswear that hasn’t been washed for two days?”

As a rich young lady, Qin Ning had never washed her own clothes. Even though Bai Weiran had prepared a washing machine in the room for her, there was also a balcony to dry the clothes. But she still needed to be taught how to use the washing machine, complete with an instruction manual.

One who had never done housework, didn’t read the instructions, and didn’t separate light and dark clothes for washing. And one who ordered only cheap clothing, which would definitely fade.

With these two unfavorable factors combined, Qin Ning’s first attempt at using the washing machine ended up with all her white clothes turning various shades of pink.

That day, when Bai Weiran came and saw her squatting by the balcony, poking her pinkish-white toes with her fingers, feeling both angry and frustrated at the mess of clothes in the washing machine.

“Isn’t this great?” Bai Weiran squatted down to comfort her.

“This way, you’ve got yourself a new pink outfit.”

To show his comfort, he pulled out two strawberry-flavored lollipops, gave one to her, and kept one for himself. They sat on the balcony, eating candy, hanging clothes, and looking at the pink clothes.

She eventually accepted these clothes, and now she even felt comfortable wearing them.

Bai Weiran admired her for this.

He believed that someone with Qin Ning’s temperament was destined for great things in the future. Her adaptability was too good.

After all, even he himself wouldn’t want to wear that bright red Northeast-style cotton-padded jacket.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Bai Weiran wore a mask, but he could clearly see Qin Ning through it. However, Qin Ning’s gaze could only see the mask and didn’t know where his gaze was focused. From her perspective, Bai Weiran seemed to be staring blankly at the wall.

Apart from keeping her in this strange room, he didn’t do anything else to harm her.

Qin Ning felt an unprecedented sense of strange calmness from Bai Weiran.

The masked man encouraged her to read, not for high scores in exams or to compare herself with anyone else. He just wanted her to deeply ponder his words and reflect on herself.

When all those chaotic thoughts settled down, she remembered many things.

She remembered some of her friends who had grown up with her, as the masked man had said. They are honest with her, sincere, and are knowledgeable.

But they gradually drifted apart later on.

She told the masked man about this period, and he gently asked her.

“Why don’t you reach out to them?”

Qin Ning instinctively responded, “—They didn’t reach out to me either!”

“If they truly care about me and are my friends, shouldn’t they try to talk to me too?”

The masked man chuckled and patted her head, but this time, it was unexpected and didn’t make her feel angry or resentful.

“Everyone is already doing their best just to live their own lives, who has the time to constantly care about others?”

“The most fair thing in the world is that everyone only has twenty-four hours a day, and they also need to strive in their own lives—wake up, Miss, in this world, only those who want something from you will revolve around you. Otherwise, if they pay attention to you all day, remember you, and seemingly care for you unconditionally, do you think they just want to hear you say thank you?”

“Don’t expect anything from people who don’t want anything from you. They won’t actively revolve around you, pay attention to you all the time, and unconditionally care for you. This is a paradox, even for family or lovers, care is mutual, otherwise relationships cannot be sustained.”

Many people feel lonely for a simple reason.

Passivity.

Being passive in all interpersonal relationships boils down to the same issue, the desire for something for nothing.

But free things are the most expensive, any pies that fall from the sky are poisoned, and uninvited relationships are also.

Bai Weiran didn’t forget to take a jab at Lin Luo while saying this.

“As for those who seem to not care about you all day, yet pay attention to many details about you, seeming gentle but distant, don’t doubt it, they just enjoy the feeling of being loved by you. You don’t need to expect them to have high standards because their greatest achievement is your love.”

“You can try reaching out for them first,” he encouraged.

“As long as you believe they are upright, kind, and honest friends, reach out to them, and you will receive unexpected rewards.”

Qin Ning recalled Bai Weiran’s words.

Bai Weiran stood up.

“If you’ve finished eating, let’s go out for a walk today!”

This was the first time Qin Ning had heard of going out, and she widened her eyes in surprise, biting onto her chopsticks. Even though it was an indecent gesture for a young lady, it looked a bit naive.

Bai Weiran chuckled softly.

“I told you before, as long as you can complete the tasks I assign you well, I’ll take you out for activities on the weekends. I always keep my promises. You can’t stay in the room all the time, otherwise you’ll turn into a jade statue!”

Qin Ning was very happy.

Happiness came so suddenly.

So much so that she overlooked the profound meaning behind Bai Weiran’s words about “activities”.

Half an hour later, wearing a safety helmet, a reflective vest for night work, and worker’s clothes, with cloth gloves and a long iron clamp in hand, the delicate and fair-skinned girl was standing on the street corner, her face flushed, tears in her eyes, hysterically resisting and shouting at Bai Weiran.

“I won’t do it! What do you want? I can buy you anything, even ten Porsches! But I won’t do it!”

Bai Weiran was dressed similarly, adjusting his safety helmet and speaking casually.

“I don’t need you to buy me ten Porsches. I just want you to clean up with me.”

Qin Ning couldn’t believe it.

This masked man actually dared to take her to the street to pick up trash!!!