Ning Xi stared blankly at Ye Fan, her eyes unfocused.
Tie it... again?
Thinking about how close she and Ye Fan had been when she was tying his tie earlier, she shook her head vigorously.
"No way!"
This time, her refusal was firm.
Ye Fan wasn't surprised. His deep, dark eyes were as calm as a lake, without a ripple. His lips moved slightly, "But I only remembered half the steps. If you don't tie it for me again, I won't be able to learn."
"Please help me?"
"Didn't... didn't you say you could learn it in one go?"
Ning Xi pouted, her cheeks flushed, her eyes downcast, staring at her toes, a shy look on her face.
She was a beauty, graceful and elegant.
"I said it wrong, let's try again." Ye Fan was captivated but quickly regained his composure. A smile played on his lips as he said gently, "Two times at most, and I'll definitely learn it."
"..."
Ning Xi looked up, her clear eyes shimmering as if tears were about to fall. "One last time, if you still can't learn it..."
"I'll definitely learn it."
Ye Fan's eyes were filled with amusement. He knew this girl would eventually agree.
The girl leaned forward, suppressing her shyness, and untied the tie with her delicate hands. Every frown and smile was captivating.
Every time her small hand touched Ye Fan, she would quickly retract it as if she had been electrocuted.
This time, it took even longer.
After almost five minutes, Ning Xi finally withdrew her hands and asked softly, "You must have learned it this time, right?"
"No..."
"What did you say?!"
Ning Xi's brows furrowed, her eyes widened, her pretty face full of threat.
Beautiful people looked good no matter what expression they made. The girl's current appearance was too cute, making it easy to forget that she was angry.
"Ahem..."
Ye Fan said calmly, "Let me finish first. I was about to say, barring any unforeseen circumstances, I think I've learned it."
His tone was so natural, without a hint of guilt.
"That's good!"
Ning Xi snorted softly, her eyes full of doubt.
No matter how she listened to it, she felt that Ye Fan was just fooling her. If she hadn't threatened him, he would probably still say that he hadn't learned it.
And in fact, that was the case.
Ye Fan moved his neck, adjusted his tie slightly, stood up, and turned around in front of Ning Xi. "What do you think of this outfit? Is it too formal?"
"It's not bad."
Ning Xi gave her assessment with her head lowered, not looking at him.
She didn't dare to look...
Ye Fan didn't mind and said with a smile, "Good, as long as it's suitable. You drink your water, I'm going to change."
"Okay."
Although Ye Fan had often worn suits in his previous life, he never really got used to them. He preferred loose and comfortable casual clothes, unrestrained.
It didn't take long for him to change. Within two minutes, he was done.
When he came out of the bedroom, the living room was empty.
There was a note on the coffee table, with five delicate characters written on it:
[See you tomorrow, bye~]
He put away the note and walked to the window, just in time to see Ning Xi walking towards the main entrance, her steps a little hurried. He muttered helplessly to himself, "This girl left without even saying goodbye, am I that scary?"
But then, thinking of Ning Xi's shy look when she was tying his tie earlier, his mood soared.
They were getting closer~
He was going to Ning Xi's house tomorrow. It wasn't the first time, but he was still a little nervous.
He had met his future mother-in-law, but this was the first time he would meet his future father-in-law. He was curious about Ning Xi's father's identity.
After standing by the window for a while, Ye Fan looked away and started to get busy.
He first tied up the dozen or so books in his backpack with a rope, then piled up the books that were already tied up by the wall in his bedroom at the door.
At 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, the staff from Surf.com would come to collect the books. He would leave at 7:30 a.m. for Haihuang District.
After making his plans, Ye Fan first took care of his hunger, then sat down at his desk to gain experience... well, to read.
As midnight approached, he lay down on his bed and brought up the attribute panel.
[Host]: Ye Fan
[Knowledge]: Level 3 (0/2000)
[Intelligence]: Level 3 (0/2000)
[Strength]: Level 3 (0/2000)
[Medical Skills]: Level 3 (0/2000)
[Merit Points]: 10
[Experience Points]: 287
Yesterday, he had caught a thief near the bus stop, successfully breaking through zero Merit Points. Although it was only a measly 10 points, it was a good start.
He would slowly accumulate more!
But seeing that he only had 287 experience points, Ye Fan frowned.
Too slow—
After upgrading all his abilities to Level 3, the experience points required for each upgrade had become 2000. Based on his current rate of gaining experience points, his efficiency was too low.
If he kept accumulating experience points at this rate, it would take forever for him to upgrade his Medical Skills to Level 9.
Ye Fan asked in his mind, "System, is there any way to gain experience points quickly?"
He would consult the system when he had nothing to do, and even more so when he had something to ask.
System: "Of course there is."
Hearing this, Ye Fan's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked, "What is it?"
He had just asked casually, not expecting an actual answer, so he was pleasantly surprised.
System: "Experience Boost Cards will randomly appear in the Merit Store, which can be used for mission rewards."
"Experience Boost Cards?"
Ye Fan looked at the time. It was past midnight, and the items in the Merit Store should have been refreshed.
With that, he quickly opened the Merit Store. He glanced at the three items on the shelves and was instantly disappointed.
There were no Experience Boost Cards among the three items. He chuckled self-deprecatingly.
Even if there were Experience Boost Cards, he couldn't afford them with his current Merit Points.
From his observations over the past few days, Ye Fan had discovered that the cheapest item in the Merit Store cost at least 100 Merit Points.
And he only had a measly 10 points...
He was far from being able to afford anything!
"Is there any other way?"
System: "This is the only way to quickly gain experience points. There's no other way."
Ye Fan was speechless.
It seemed that he could only focus on accumulating Merit Points. Otherwise, even if Experience Boost Cards appeared in the Merit Store, he could only watch helplessly.
Time to sleep, time to sleep. I have important things to do tomorrow.
But when he thought about playing two roles tomorrow, Ye Fan felt a headache coming on, and all traces of sleepiness vanished.
How was he going to explain it?
After thinking for more than half an hour, Ye Fan couldn't come up with a solution and could only give up helplessly.
There would be a way when he got there!
...
The next day.
Ye Fan ran two laps around the residential area, had a quick breakfast at the breakfast shop near the entrance, and then returned home.
After taking a shower, he took out the suit from his wardrobe and put it on. Looking at himself in the mirror, he nodded with satisfaction and muttered to himself, "It looks pretty good."
He glanced at the time. It was only 6:30 a.m.
With nothing to do, he took out two lemons from the refrigerator and was about to make some lemonade when the doorbell rang.
"Coming."
Ye Fan put the lemons back, closed the refrigerator, and went to open the door.
"Hello, I'm from Surf.com..."
"It's you?"
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