The Severely Insomniac Movie King (01)

In the lounge of the transit station, Si Jiu opened her eyes.

System: [Do you need emotional detachment or psychological counseling?]

Si Jiu: “…No need.”

System: [Now proceeding with task settlement. Golden Finger delivery in World One successful, task completion grade A, client satisfaction grade F. Host performance rating: Poor. Employee rank: Rookie.]

Si Jiu: Hold on. Come out here and explain to me exactly what’s going on with this client satisfaction?!

The system did not appear. It was pretending to be dead.

So this is an option now?

Client satisfaction?

Does it refer to the male lead?

Recalling the male lead’s earlier subtle hints of “once my legs are healed, I’ll propose to you,” and her abrupt exit from the world, she could guess the source of the poor review.

Si Jiu felt a headache coming on.

“There’s nothing in your employee handbook stating that couriers are also required to date clients.”

System: [Which is why I advised you not to play around.]

“I didn’t flirt with him at all!”

System: If you say so.

Si Jiu angrily pounded the bed beneath her and gritted her teeth. “Send me into the next world.”

[Deploying task world…]

Client satisfaction, is it? A poor review, is it? Rookie, is it? Ha…

…

The instant her consciousness settled again, Si Jiu instinctively ducked behind the corner, one hand excitedly clutching the DSLR hanging at her chest.

Si Jiu: “?”

[Host body basic information transmitted.]

Images and details of this body flashed rapidly through Si Jiu’s mind.

Xie Huan, female, twenty years old. Resident of Province D, an entertainment reporter on the gossip headlines team, currently on an undercover assignment.

Si Jiu: “Is that all?”

[Detailed information will be unlocked gradually through the host’s interactions with people and events.]

“Triggered transmission? You do have some tricks!” Si Jiu bit her lip, increasingly suspicious of this department that changed rules at will.

Shouldn’t have been so naive!

“What’s this undercover assignment about?”

[You are now a paparazzo…]

Light, hurried footsteps approached, echoing through the empty underground parking lot and instilling a sense of urgency.

[Time is short—listen to me first. Intercept the man running toward you a hundred meters ahead.]

Si Jiu: !!!

The footsteps were almost upon her; she only had time to curse.

A figure rounded the corner and collided with her.

The baseball cap was pulled low, a black mask covered most of his face, concealing any features.

He clearly hadn’t expected to run into someone at the corner. The eyes beneath the cap—long and slightly upturned—opened wide in surprise, locking onto Si Jiu’s.

His mask twitched, barely forming a sound, but before he could utter a word, the petite girl moved.

She seized his wrist, twisted it behind his back, and drove her knee into his abdomen, pinning him against the wall with irresistible force and pain.

Why is she so strong?!

Si Jiu wondered herself, but there was no time.

[Beep… World male lead identity unlocked. Name: Qi Yan.]

“Ow… Is this a robbery? Are you after money or my looks? Miss, go easy on me—it really hurts.”

His teasing voice sounded right beside Si Jiu’s ear. Despite being subdued, he showed no sign of distress, his tone laced with playful banter.

Is this male lead always this shameless?

She suddenly missed the shy, blushing cutie from the previous world.

He was tall—at least six foot three—yet here he was, bent slightly to cooperate, his arms twisted behind him by a girl not even five foot three.

Those long, phoenix eyes held no warmth, yet their shimmering depths seemed to beckon, as if always flirting.

Si Jiu paused, then flashed a bright white smile at the male lead, lowering her voice deliberately.

“I’m robbing you.”