Weird Rules: I'm so handsome, they all want to seduce me.

Jiang Hongyi stared at him without saying a word.

The scissor-like shadow on the fingertip slowly dissipated.

But her expression remained cold.

Su Xiaobai knew that making excuses wouldn't work.

He took a deep breath, threw his phone onto the bedside table with a "thud".

Then he turned around and grabbed Jiang Hongyi's shoulders with both hands.

"Senior, I was wrong," Su Xiaobai said sincerely. "I was really wrong. I shouldn't have been on my phone, and I shouldn't have been looking at all that nonsense."

Jiang Hongyi turned her face away, refusing to look at him.

"I promise," Su Xiaobai held up three fingers, "that I'll only browse the news, keep up with international events, and care about the shared future of mankind."

"Who cares what you're looking at?" Jiang Hongyi said softly, but her ears were a little red.

"I don't care." Su Xiaobai turned her face back, looked her in the eyes, and said, "My girlfriend is right next to me, and I'm looking at other women? Isn't that asking for a beating?"

Jiang Hongyi glared at him, but her gaze wasn't as cold anymore.

"You just said... you'd only watch me," she said, her voice a little muffled.

"Yes, I only look at you." Su Xiaobai nodded. "Those videos are all fake, with filters and beauty effects maxed out. How can they compare to my senior? My senior is a completely natural, unadulterated, and stunningly beautiful woman with her own background music."

"Smooth-talking," Jiang Hongyi snorted, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl upwards slightly.

Su Xiaobai took the opportunity to pull her into his arms and lay back down on the bed.

Turn off the bedside lamp.

The room darkened, with only a sliver of streetlight shining through the window.

The two squeezed onto the small bed, with Su Xiaobai hugging Jiang Hongyi from behind and resting his chin on her head.

"I really won't watch it anymore," Su Xiaobai whispered in her ear.

"Mmm," Jiang Hongyi responded, snuggling closer to him.

A few seconds passed.

She added quietly, "If you really want to see... I can dance for you."

Su Xiaobai was taken aback: "Huh?"

"I used to learn to dance when I was alive," Jiang Hongyi said, her voice even softer, "though I haven't danced for many years..."

Su Xiaobai was amused.

He tightened his arms, holding Jiang Hongyi even closer.

"That won't do," he said. "My senior is dancing, and she can only dance for me, and she has to charge an entrance fee—one kiss for one minute of watching."

"You wish." Jiang Hongyi pinched his arm, but not hard.

Neither of them spoke.

Su Xiaobai closed her eyes and felt the person in her arms slowly relax.

After a while, Su Xiaobai thought Jiang Hongyi had fallen asleep.

He suddenly heard a very soft laugh coming from his arms.

"What are you laughing at?" Su Xiaobai asked.

"It's nothing," Jiang Hongyi said, her voice tinged with barely concealed amusement. "I just thought... the way you panicked just now was quite amusing."

Su Xiaobai smiled too.

He kissed Jiang Hongyi on the top of her head. "Go to sleep."

"Um."

Jiang Hongyi thought to herself, "This idiot, although he loves looking at beautiful women, the way he tries to coax people... is actually quite cute."

..................................

It's morning, the sun is rising (I don't know how to write more sophisticated phrases for waking up in the morning).

Huai Jiang Hongyi's head was resting on his arm, and she was fast asleep.

Su Xiaobai moved her arm; it felt a little numb.

Jiang Hongyi's eyelashes trembled, and she woke up.

She opened her eyes and saw Su Xiaobai looking at her. Her face flushed slightly, and she shrank her head further under the covers.

"What are you looking at?" The voice was muffled, but it didn't have the jealousy it had yesterday.

"My girlfriend looks beautiful when she wakes up," Su Xiaobai said with a smile, tightening his grip on her arm slightly.

Jiang Hongyi didn't refute, but buried her face in his chest and gently rubbed against him.

The atmosphere was nice.

If it weren't for that knocking on the door.

dong dong dong.

One beat after another, like a death knell.

"Who is it so early in the morning..." Su Xiaobai glanced at her phone; it was 7:30 in the morning.

"I'll go take a look." Su Xiaobai got up, put on a T-shirt, and walked to the door.

Looking out through the peephole.

A middle-aged man was standing outside the door.

He was in his forties, with a buzz cut, a square face, and wore a crisp black Zhongshan suit, standing as straight as a javelin.

Su Xiaobai had never seen this person before.

"Who is it?" he asked through the door.

"Qin Zhentian, East District of Dragon Kingdom." The man outside the door had a deep but penetrating voice. "Here to see Comrade Su Xiaobai."

Su Xiaobai's heart skipped a beat.

Eastern District of China? Officials?

He turned and glanced at Jiang Hongyi.

Jiang Hongyi was already standing behind him, holding the actual scarlet scissors in her hand, her eyes icy cold. "Open the door," Jiang Hongyi said.

As soon as the door opened, Qin Zhentian's gaze swept over Su Xiaobai first, and then landed on Jiang Hongyi.

His gaze was calm, lacking the fear or even surprise that most people would show upon seeing something eerie. He simply glanced at Jiang Hongyi. "Comrade Su Xiaobai."

"Can we go inside and talk?"

Su Xiaobai stepped aside to let him in.

The rented room was too small, and Qin Zhentian felt the space was even more cramped after entering.

He didn't sit down, but stood in the middle of the room, his gaze sweeping over the small space again: "The conditions are a bit harsh."

Su Xiaobai didn't respond to that question, but instead asked, "Mr. Qin... what do you need me for?"

Qin Zhentian turned to him and got straight to the point: "I'm inviting you to join the Eastern District of the Dragon Kingdom and become an official Chosen One."

"The official chosen one?" Su Xiaobai repeated, "What does that mean?"

"The literal meaning." Qin Zhentian pulled out a tablet from his pocket, turned on the screen, and brought up a data chart. "Take a look for yourself."

Su Xiaobai took the tablet.

The screen displays a global map, densely covered with red dots.

The number next to the red dot indicates the "frequency of bizarre events".

The number of red dots has been rising sharply since a month ago.

"The arrival of the ghost story instance is not a coincidence," Qin Zhentian said. "According to our monitoring, the concentration of strange energy worldwide is increasing exponentially, and the instance is appearing more and more frequently and with increasing difficulty."

He pointed to several particularly red areas on the map: "These places have already shown signs of 'reality erosion,' which simply means that the eerie elements in the dungeon are starting to come into the real world."

Su Xiaobai's heart sank.

"If left unchecked," Qin Zhentian looked at him, emphasizing each word, "this planet will be completely swallowed up in three years at most, and human civilization will be finished."

The room was silent for a few seconds.

Su Xiaobai handed the tablet back, scratched his head, and said, "Mr. Qin, I understand what you're saying."

"But I'm just an ordinary person who barely made it through a dungeon and escaped with my life."

"Right now, I just want to live a peaceful life with my girlfriend..." He glanced at Jiang Hongyi, "Isn't it a bit much to ask her to save the world?"

Qin Zhentian wasn't angry. Instead, he nodded and said, "I understand. It's normal to want to rest after just experiencing a life-or-death situation."

He then changed the subject: "But you're not an ordinary person."

"You are currently the only chosen one in the global record to possess the SSS-level talent [Fatal Attraction]. And..."