Why did the system take my request to take photos with a cosplayer seriously?

Hua Qing glared at him with shame and indignation, squeezing out a sentence through gritted teeth.

"Scumbag."

Suddenly, Hua Qing's phone lit up.

A voice message popped up on the screen, accompanied by Qianqian's mother's WeChat profile picture.

Ding Heng reached for the phone and opened it.

"Teacher Hua, Qianqian said she left her phone in the dance studio. Could you check if it's there? I'll ask her to come pick it up in fifteen minutes. Please wait a moment!"

After the audio finished playing, Ding Heng looked at Hua Qing.

"Senior, you're running out of time?"

The man's tone was devoid of emotion.

……

Fifteen minutes later

Hua Qing felt completely exhausted and almost knelt down.

Ding Heng supported her waist and pulled her up.

There was a knock on the door.

"Teacher Hua? Are you there? I'm here to get my phone..."

It was Qianqian's voice.

Hua Qing took a deep breath and tried her best to make her voice sound normal.

"Wait a minute..."

She staggered to the side, picked up Qianqian's phone that she had dropped, and then went to open the door.

She opened the door a crack and handed the phone out.

"Take this... Don't forget it next time..."

Qianqian took the phone and looked at her suspiciously: "Teacher Hua, why is your face so red?"

"It's nothing... I just ate some spicy snacks."

After Hua Qing finished speaking, she closed the door, leaned against it, and gasped for breath.

Ding Heng stood in front of her, and a system notification popped up in his mind.

[Progress of romantic entanglement: 58%]

One punishment resulted in an 8% increase!

Chapter 96: Time Management

The Hunan cuisine restaurant was filled with the aroma of cooking.

Ding Heng picked up a piece of pork rib and put it in Hua Qing's bowl: "Senior, is it still in pain?"

Hua Qing raised her head and glared at him with shame and indignation.

"Scumbag."

He cursed as usual, then lowered his head and continued eating.

Ding Heng's special medicine was indeed effective; the pain disappeared, but the humiliation lingered in Hua Qing's heart.

Moreover, whenever Hua Qing recalled the process of Ding Heng personally applying the medicine to her, she wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into!

Ding Heng continued, "Senior, are you staying in Wuling for another day tomorrow?"

Hua Qing didn't want to pay attention to him until she heard Ding Heng cough softly, as if it were a warning.

She instinctively covered her buttocks with one hand, then obediently spoke.

"Yes, there's still one more day of class."

"Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow."

Hua Qing said urgently, "My students are coming tomorrow, please don't..."

"rest assured."

Ding Heng interrupted her, smiling nonchalantly: "As long as you don't make a mistake, how could I bear to punish you?"

"abnormal……"

Despite her scolding, Hua Qing asked in a low voice, "Don't you need to stay with Zhao Yanxi and Wenjing?"

Ding Heng calmly took out his phone, scrolled through it a few times, and then handed it to Hua Qing.

On the screen was a message sent by Zhao Yanxi half an hour earlier.

A group photo.

Two girls stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the Chujiang Hotel, with the night view of Changsha in the background.

Zhao Yanxi dyed her fading misty purple hair back into a pink-blue gradient, making her hair look dreamlike under the lights and giving her a more pure and beautiful appearance.

Wenjing also changed her hair color at Zhao Yanxi's urging, but it wasn't so eye-catching. It was a regular dark brown color, understated yet gentle, which, combined with her oval face, made her look even more well-behaved and cute.

[Lucky Zhao]: Brother Ding Heng! I've completed the task you gave me! I bought Wenjing lots of pretty clothes today! [Pictures][Pictures][Pictures]

[Lucky Zhao]: Xiao Jing and I are staying at the Chujiang Hotel tonight. Will you come to see us tomorrow?

Ding Heng hadn't replied yet, so he asked with a smile, "What kind of reply does Senior want me to give?"

Hua Qing turned her face away and remained silent.

Ding Heng sighed sadly, "Fine, since my senior doesn't want me to come with her, I'll buy a ticket back to Xingcheng later."

He pretended to start typing, and Hua Qing suddenly spoke up.

“Last month, Qianqian’s uncle came to the hotel and insisted on inviting me to dinner.”

Her voice was very soft, as if she were talking to herself: "I refused last time, but I'm afraid he'll come back..."

Ding Heng paused in his work and turned to look at Hua Qing.

Hua Qing stared down at the rice in the bowl, her ears turning slightly red.

Ding Heng smiled calmly and continued typing his reply.

[Ding Heng]: I'm with my friend in Wuling. I'll come find you after military training.

The message was sent, and Zhao Yanxi replied instantly.

[Lucky Zhao]: What kind of friend?

[Ding Heng]: Are you checking up on me?

【Lucky Little Zhao】: [Sullen little cat.jpg]

[Lucky Zhao]: You stood me up again this weekend, I'm ignoring you!

[Ding Heng]: Really ignoring me?

Zhao Yanxi stopped replying...

Ding Heng was both amused and exasperated. He waved his phone at Hua Qing and said, "Would I be your protector this time, senior?"

Hua Qing ate her food in silence, ignoring him.

[Progress of romantic entanglement: 59%]

……

Chujiang Hotel, Presidential Suite.

When Wenjing came out of the shower, her hair was still wet, and she was wearing a large T-shirt that revealed her two fair legs.

She moved closer to Zhao Yanxi and asked expectantly, "Yanxi, Yanxi, what did Ding Heng say?"

Zhao Yanxi was lying on the sofa scrolling through her phone when she heard this and pinched Wenjing's cheek in an annoyed tone.

"Wenjing, Wenjing, your man is with you every day, how come you can't keep an eye on him?!"

Wenjing's face was distorted from being rubbed so much, and she mumbled pitifully.

"Why are you blaming me again..."

Zhao Yanxi released her grip and sat up cross-legged.

"On a weekend, he asked you to come find me to go shopping for clothes together. Can't you guess why?"

Wenjing blinked, looking bewildered, and asked.

"what reason?"

Zhao Yanxi poked her forehead in exasperation.

"He must be making time to see that vixen!"

Wenjing rubbed her forehead and said softly.

"It can't be that bad..."

"How could it not be that bad?"

Zhao Yanxi glared at her.

"You're a well-fed man who doesn't know the hunger of a starving man. You're always hanging out with Ding Heng at school, so of course you don't think it's that bad. But I only have weekends and holidays, and you want some vixen to steal my time? Of course it's that bad!"

Wenjing pouted.

"That's because you got a high score on the college entrance exam."

"Hey--!"

Zhao Yanxi was furious and reached out to tickle her.

"Little Jingjing, you're making sarcastic remarks now, aren't you?"

Wenjing quickly moved aside, and the two of them rolled around on the sofa.

After fussing for a while, Zhao Yanxi lay down on her side and sighed.