chapter 7
The second female lead and I reached the underground parking garage at precisely eleven, talking nonsense as we made our way inside.
Her: “It’s fortunate you only took two wrong turns. One more, and we could have held a three-day funeral for the male lead.”
I launched into an impassioned defense.
“Blame that garbage navigation app! It sent me through somebody’s courtyard. Luckily, they were kind enough to lift their dining table so we could squeeze past!”
The male lead sat in the middle of the garage, trussed from head to toe. The kidnapper held a gun to his head.
I gasped.
“Holy shit, he has a gun!”
The second female lead calmly began her analysis.
“Kidnapping for the purpose of extorting property is punishable by no less than ten years’ imprisonment or life imprisonment. Because he is also carrying a firearm, the severity of the offense could warrant the death penalty.”
I clutched my head.
“Master, please stop chanting.”
The kidnapper impatiently interrupted us.
“Quit chatting! Why do you two talk so damn much? Did you bring the money?”
I nodded and approached him with a large, heavy bag.
He pointed at the second female lead.
“Make her bring it!”
I hesitated for half a second, but she gave me a reassuring look. I handed her the bag.
She advanced one step at a time. The distance between them steadily narrowed…
Without warning, the kidnapper swung his gun toward her.
“Don’t move!”
She stopped. He took the opportunity to wrench open the heavy bag in her hands.
It was stuffed with her academic papers.
Enraged, he clicked off the safety.
“You dared to trick me? I’ll kill you all!”
When he aimed more directly at her, my heart lurched. I raised both hands in surrender.
“Don’t shoot! Please don’t shoot! I was wrong! I’ll do anything you want, just don’t pull the trigger!”
A strange smile spread across his face.
“Anything?”
I nodded frantically.
“Anything! I’ll even be the top if that’s what you want!”
He sneered.
“Fine. I feel like killing someone to vent my anger. You decide who dies.”
I went blank.
“What?”
My reaction made him grin like a psychopath. He pointed at the male lead, then at the second female lead.
“Which one do you choose?”
…Did that even require thought?
I looked tearfully at the male lead.
“Sorry, young master! I swore to heaven that I would never hurt my wifey!”
The gagged male lead: “@?#¥&*/…”
While the kidnapper stared in disbelief that I had chosen not to save the rich male lead, the second female lead seized her opening. She kicked the gun from his hand and twisted his arm behind his back.
One sharp elbow strike later, he crumpled to the ground.
Overwhelmed by her sheer coolness, I gazed at her with hearts in my eyes.
“How can one person possess both brains and brawn? And that person is my wifey! TvT”
She tied the kidnapper up like a crab in a matter of seconds, then turned to find me staring at her in adoration.
She arched a brow.
“What? Think I’m impressive?”
My old face heated. I stammered, “Um…I think you’d be very good at bondage play.”
She nearly choked to death.
Beside us, the male lead finally exhausted the last of his strength and spat the rag from his mouth.
In a dying whisper, he said, “May I ask if anyone cares whether I live? The kidnapper didn’t feed me. I’m starving…”
I hurried over to untie him.
The instant I touched him, a loud, distinct countdown began.
“Five.”
“Four.”
My eyes widened.
“It’s a bomb!”
“Three.”
“Two.”
I turned my head numbly and saw the second female lead racing toward me like a woman possessed.
“One.”
An enormous explosion tore through the garage. Heat swallowed everything.
…
I forced my eyes open through the pain.
The System announced:
“Congratulations, Player. You have successfully completed this mission!”
The message horrified me.
I had…won over the second female lead?
When? How had I not noticed?
I pounded the floor in grief.
“I didn’t even get to do all sorts of indecent things with my wifey!”
Ignoring my wails, the System dutifully continued.
“Is the Player ready to enter the next mission?”
I threw back my head and roared, “Ready, my ass! I’ve just lost the love of my life. I’m in no condition for another mission!”
Unfortunately, the System’s idiotic program recognized only the first word.
“Player is ready. Loading next mission…”
I was soon dragged into a brand-new world.
I struggled to open my eyes, but everything remained dark.
The System offered a helpful reminder.
“You are now blind.”
I nearly spat blood.
Apparently sensing that I was about to curse it out, the System dropped my assignment and fled.
“Obtain a doctoral degree together with your partner.”
That task made me suck in a sharper breath than winning over the male lead ever had.
Trembling, I began, “Is there a merciful god who could—”
Before I finished, a warm hand suddenly closed around mine.
I almost screamed, “Pervert!” Then I heard a familiar voice, exasperated but smiling.
“What are we going to do? It looks like the System bound me to you as your exclusive second female lead.”
I would have recognized that voice anywhere.
“Wifey!”
With a shriek, I threw myself into her arms.
End of Main Story