I'm the villainous Dragon King? I start with a free 100-pull gacha pull for the female lead!

I stared at that person who was so familiar it was terrifying.

Fire Phoenix felt a sense of suffocation.

When? When exactly did it happen? She hadn't even noticed when he appeared.

"When...when did you arrive?"

"I was here before you came."

Ye Shuchao gave her a warm smile and urged, "Hurry up and drink it, it'll get cold if you don't."

As he spoke, he took off his coat and draped it over Huo Feng.

"Tsk, the wind is so strong on the rooftop, and you've worked up a sweat. Be careful not to catch a cold."

Fire Phoenix was shocked, her eyes brimming with tears.

What is this guy doing?

He had just been looking menacing, which scared her so much that she ran away as fast as she could.

What's with this model team leader acting like now?

Did he think that if he coaxed her, she would turn into a silly woman like Jing Tu who would revolve around him?

Are you kidding me!

Just then, a cold wind blew by.

"It's so cold..."

Fire Phoenix shivered, her fingers unconsciously gripping the lapel of her coat and pulling it tighter around her body.

Warm, with a faint bamboo scent.

With the perfectly warm milk in her hand, Fire Phoenix felt as if she were enveloped in a tremendous happiness, just like she had felt countless times before.

She looked at the hot milk in her hand.

He then glanced at Ye Shu, who was standing to the side.

For a moment, she couldn't tell whether he was acting or genuinely caring about her.

She couldn't tell.

She really can't tell the difference!

Fire Phoenix held the milk but didn't move for a long time.

Ye Shu wasn't in a hurry. He sat on the edge of the rooftop, gazing into the distance with a blade of grass in his mouth, as if he were just casually giving it away.

I don't know how much time passed.

Fire Phoenix picked up the milk and carefully took a sip.

Still a familiar taste.

The pure milk was mixed with some white sugar, which was her favorite sweetness level.

She once thought this was happiness.

As she swallowed that sip of milk, it felt as if some shackles in her heart had been broken.

A cold wind brushed past her ear.

Her mind suddenly became clearer than ever before.

Why?

Why did she suddenly feel such great resentment and suspicion towards the captain? It was just a few words from Luo Chen; where had her usual calm and collected demeanor gone?

With that kind of mentality, she couldn't have survived until now.

Or is it...?

Fire Phoenix glanced at Ye Shu's profile and her heart skipped a beat.

Perhaps it's because she cares too much that she can't tolerate even the slightest impurity? But if that's the case, she should be happy.

Like that girl from the Snake, if she heard that the captain was planning all sorts of dangerous and grand "performances" to win her heart, she would probably faint on the spot from excitement, and then write a 100,000-word essay overnight to record this "deep love", and try to "repay" the captain with all sorts of perverted means.

But myself.....

"Ask whatever you want."

Ye Shu suddenly spoke up.

He seemed unusually patient tonight, gazing intently into the distance (actually, it was because he had nowhere to sleep, forcing him to push the plot forward).

Fire Phoenix was taken aback by his sudden question.

After a moment of silence, she slowly spoke:

"Captain... when you assigned me to those dangerous missions that I couldn't complete, did you have ulterior motives? Like... like you liked..."

She simply couldn't bring herself to say what came next.

It's not because of shyness.

It's not because it's absurd, but because it's ridiculous.

When she actually tried to say it, even she herself felt it was ridiculously absurd.

Someone like the captain, if he really likes someone...

They'd probably knock her unconscious with a stick, then take her back to some dark, gloomy little room and do *that* to her, right?

about this issue.

Ye Shu chuckled softly.

He turned his head and looked at her as if she were a fool.

"If you can't do those tasks, why don't you say so? I'm not a rapist. If you say no, do you think I'd force you to do them?"

"I......"

Fire Phoenix was speechless when asked the question.

Yes, as a top assassin, she clearly understands the boundaries between what missions she can and cannot complete.

After all, if one doesn't even have a clear understanding of their own strength...

Why bother being a killer then?

But why... why didn't she ever refuse?

It seems... it seems like it's because... it's not that the captain likes her, but because she... she likes the captain!

This belated thought, like a bolt of lightning, pierced through the fog in Fire Phoenix's heart.

She suddenly remembered the first time she faced life and death.

That figure descended from the sky, like a god or an immortal.

After that, she fell in love with the feeling, with the feeling of being rescued from despair by him. But she had been away from home for too long and enjoyed the compliments from others for too long, so she gradually forgot the source of this flutter in her heart.

They even twisted this dependence and longing into a desire to prove their own strength and a suspicion of him.

Fire Phoenix closed her eyes, and two lines of clear tears slowly fell.

I was so incredibly stupid.

She took a deep breath, about to apologize and repent, but when she opened her eyes again, she was suddenly stunned.

A handsome face was right in front of me.

Ye Shu had somehow gotten close to her, tilting his head and looking at her with a conflicted expression.

"What, what's going on?"

Fire Phoenix froze, her mind wandering uncontrollably.

"Is the captain giving up the act? Is he going to just force a kiss on me?"

That's how it's always portrayed in TV dramas: after resolving their misunderstandings, the male and female leads sit together on the rooftop, enjoying the cool evening breeze, their shoulders touching, their eyes meeting at a certain moment, and then they can't help but kiss.

Fire Phoenix's heart began to pound wildly.

She could even smell the faint scent emanating from Ye Shu, a blend of lollipop and foxtail grass, sweet but not cloying—the kind of scent that makes your heart flutter.

She gripped her skirt tightly, her palms sweating, her back stiffer than a zombie's.

However, the imagined kiss did not materialize.

But then Ye Shu suddenly grinned, revealing a fawning smile, rubbed his hands together, and chuckled:

"Excuse me, could you lend me some money?"

"Gah—"

Fire Phoenix's girlish dream was suddenly shattered.

Instead, she felt an unimaginable awkwardness and helplessness. She subconsciously touched her pocket, then replied:

"I...I have no money."

These words were spoken.

Ye Shu, who had just been incredibly gentle, instantly changed his expression. He stood up abruptly, and the ingratiating smile on his face vanished without a trace, replaced by a serious expression.

"Dragon Group's One-Chicken, do you know your crime?"

Ye Shu asked in a deep voice:

"You trespassed into a private residence, disturbed innocent citizens, and after being discovered, you showed no remorse and even attempted to flee the scene. I am now conducting a trial for you in my capacity as the third detachment of the Jiangjing Bieyuan Security Brigade."

"Eh?"

Fire Phoenix was completely stunned.

This is definitely not selfless. It's clearly someone who's angry because she's poor, and is using this as a way to settle a personal score.

"Given that you are a member of the Dragon Group, yet you still knowingly broke the law, your crime is aggravated. I have decided to impose the highest punishment on you in the Dragon Group."

"You are to write an 800-word daily work report, which must be handwritten, without the use of mobile phones or AI, and without using templates. The content must be different every day. You will also submit a 2,000-word weekly report, a 6,000-word monthly report, for a year, and a 20,000-word year-end summary."

After saying that, Fire Phoenix was completely petrified.

Her mouth was agape, her eyes vacant, as if she could already see the future filled with daily work reports.

This is worse than killing her.

Seeing her reaction, Ye Shu nodded in satisfaction.

"It seems my punishment has deeply touched your soul, making you realize your mistakes."

After saying that, he raised his hand and glanced at the non-existent watch.

"It's 7:09 PM now. You have about five hours to write today's daily report."

After saying that, he turned and left.

The Fire Phoenix, who had collapsed to the ground, finally came to her senses and called out to his retreating figure:

"Captain, where are you going?"

Ye Shu didn't turn around, and said calmly:

"Let's find a place to sleep."

Little White, perched on his shoulders, was a bit confused and kicked him: "Hey, weren't you looking really scary just now? How come you put it down so easily now?"

"Didn't she say herself that she didn't intend to betray us?"

Ye Shu shrugged and laughed:

"An incomplete betrayal is the same as a complete lack of betrayal."

The same applies.

Inside Liu Weiwei's room at the Jiangjing Villa, in the Liu family's residence.

"Achoo!"

Liu Weiwei, who was lying on the bed, suddenly sneezed.

"What's wrong? I have this strange feeling, like something bad is about to happen. It can't be that stinky bodyguard showing up in my room in the middle of the night to do something like a NTR, can it?"

"How could such a thing be? Don't scare yourself."

She muttered something under her breath, then hugged her pillow and went back to sleep.

(Originally, this part of the plot wasn't like this; it was supposed to be more serious and pretentious. But a quick browse through Tomato Flavors reveals nothing but erotic stories. Just reading the synopsis alone makes me feel sexually repressed.)

(My rating is stuck at 6.9 and I don't want to flop again!)

(Deduct five stars from the book review section, and I'll fill you in the original plot!)

(It seems everyone dislikes this part of the story, so I'll add an extra chapter of the original plot today.)