episode_0016

【Mission: A Man’s Dignity】

【Requirement: Hold out for ten minutes】

【Reward: Anime Energy, Stamina +5】

A few lines of text suddenly flashed before the older brother’s eyes.

A mission?!

……

The examination process felt like an eternity.

Lin Yi gritted his teeth and endured.

……

【Mission Complete】

【Stamina +5, Passive Skill Acquired: Anime Energy (literal meaning)】

……

The examination ended.

Li Huayu staggered back and crack—shattered the coffee table as she collapsed onto it.

“Are you okay, Dr. Li? Be careful! The table’s broken—are you hurt?”

A gentle voice reached her from beside her.

“…😐”

Li Huayu turned her head to look—it was Zhuang Yayun.

“I’m fine. Probably fine. It’s just… I’ve never experienced this before, so I was a little shocked. I’ll go take a shower first.”

Li Huayu shook her head, gave Lin Yi a deep look, then stood up and walked toward the bathroom.

Watching Li Huayu’s retreating figure,

Zhuang Yayun said nothing. She simply picked up the broken pieces of the coffee table, grabbed a broom, swept the glass shards into the trash, and tidied up the mess.

Once everything was cleaned up,

Zhuang Yayun sat on the sofa,

her calm, emotionless gaze settling on Lin Yi.

The atmosphere in the living room grew quiet for a moment.

“Lin Yi, you don’t need to explain. I already saw it. Dr. Li successfully proved that you’ve been hiding something from me—and the sheer amount of it is almost unbelievable. I’m… a little surprised.”

Her eyes flicked to a spot on the sofa that hadn’t been fully cleaned earlier. Her breathing was slightly uneven as she struggled to suppress the turmoil in her heart, eventually regaining the tranquility in her gaze.

She refused to accept it.

Whatever that woman from before had done to Lin Yi, she would do it twice as much—no, a hundred times over!

Lin Yi was hers. Her property!!

Even if, at some point in the past, Lin Yi had briefly been another woman’s plaything, another woman’s toy—

That was then. That was the past.

Now, and in the future, Lin Yi would belong to her, and only her.

In the Zhuang family’s teachings, women were supreme!

She would tolerate, she would accept, she would possess!!

Lin Yi smirked and grabbed Yayun’s wrist.

“Yayun, whether I’ve been hiding anything or not—why don’t you test it yourself?”

“Mmph…!”

Zhuang Yayun’s eyes widened.

……

Madness.

Battle.

“Yi-Yi, I believe you now. But I should go take a shower too. Wait here—Dr. Li will probably finish soon. She’ll give you a treatment plan or some advice. Memorize it and tell me later, or wait until I’m done. It’ll take about half an hour.”

Zhuang Yayun pressed her lips together elegantly, looking at Lin Yi with confidence and satisfaction.

Now she felt better.

What other women could do, she could do too.

What other women couldn’t do, she would do in the future.

Watching Zhuang Yayun leave, Lin Yi exhaled deeply, his expression complicated.

“Luo Tianyou was right. The women in this world are inherently dominant, treating men as inferior. Who knows how many of them just see men as toys…”

“But I’m different.”

Lin Yi clenched his fist tightly, feeling the changes in his body from the increased stamina.

His strength seemed to have nearly doubled, his physique becoming sturdier, as if he had boundless energy.

He had the system’s help.

But—

Lin Yi’s gaze shifted toward the bathroom.

Li Huayu. This absurd, youth-storm-style tank of a woman. This absurd world.

Just by looking, she could tell a person’s yin-yang imbalance, diagnose organ conditions, and spot other ailments. Absolutely broken.

This female-dominated world was definitely more than it seemed on the surface. There were still many hidden truths he didn’t know.

With the system, he needed to prepare early, grow stronger early.

……

Inside the bathroom.

Li Huayu washed herself.

The space wasn’t particularly cramped, but because of her towering height and outstanding figure, the bathroom seemed half its actual size.

Her head bumped against the showerhead, and the falling water couldn’t even fully wet her body—she had to keep adjusting her angle.

Her soaked clothes were now placed in a small basket by the bathroom door.

“How interesting.”

“Men.”

“They’re just things meant to be leashed by the neck like pets.”

“But Lin Yi isn’t anything like the textbooks describe. He completely defies expectations, even contradicts my own understanding.”

Li Huayu half-closed her eyes, feeling the water droplets flow directly into her eyes, moistening her eyeballs before sliding down her cheeks.

There was no pain—instead, her vision grew sharper, a faint white light flickering deep in her pupils.

She could even see the exact shape of each water droplet as it fell from the showerhead.

This was a special mutation.

Exclusive to women—their brains and optic nerves could process more light, and most importantly, they could sense subtle fluctuations in their own kind’s bodies, almost like X-ray vision, detecting changes with perfect clarity.

After finishing her shower, Li Huayu opened the bathroom door and glanced toward the living room from this angle.

She saw Lin Yi lying on the sofa, eyes closed, his face handsome.

From the side, his features were sharp and well-defined.

From the front, he looked sunny, cute, and handsome—a perfect blend of both. What a flawless little pet.

Hearing the bathroom door open, Lin Yi opened his eyes and looked in that direction.

A flash of snow-white instantly filled his vision.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to. I just heard the sound and opened my eyes.” Lin Yi averted his gaze, closing his eyes again, slightly embarrassed.

“……”

Li Huayu’s listless eyes showed no disgust—instead, they glinted with greater interest.

She studied Lin Yi with amusement.

No one would get angry at a pet for seeing their body.

But the pet would feel shy about it.

Had this little pet been trained to act this way, or was he always like this?

He really was getting more and more unique.

“Where’s Miss Zhuang? Why isn’t she here?”

The sound of rustling clothes reached Lin Yi’s ears.

“Yayun went home to shower.”

Lin Yi kept his eyes closed as he explained.

“Oh? It seems Miss Zhuang trusts you quite a bit.”

Trust?

What did that mean?

Li Huayu’s voice continued, “After all, pets that aren’t leashed tend to run around. It’d be troublesome if they got lost—or worse, if they bit someone. You’d have to pay compensation. And if they bit someone important, the pet might even get euthanized.”

Lin Yi: “……”

Footsteps approached—had Li Huayu finished dressing?

He opened his eyes.

Li Huayu stood beside him, wearing the same clothes that had been soaked earlier.

The damp dress clung to her body.

“……”

Lin Yi tilted his head back but still couldn’t see Li Huayu’s face.

“If a woman’s chest blocks her view of her own feet, she’s already a peerless beauty.”

But he never expected he’d be the one in that position—was she implying he was Li Huayu’s footrest?