She looked, only to be utterly disappointed. It was still -999. It hadn’t gone up by a single point!!!

’Was all my hard work taking care of him last night for nothing?’

’If he detests me so much, how could he stand me staying in his room overnight? It just doesn’t make any sense!’

Jiang Yunnuan felt the man before her was truly terrifying. His tolerance was on a completely different level from an ordinary person. Without the system’s data, she would have never, in a million years, guessed that his dislike for her was so high.

"I took care of you all last night, helped heal your wounds, and your evolution was all thanks to me. Shouldn’t you repay me?"

’Hmph. So his tolerance is extraordinary, is it? Fine. I’ll test his limits, see just how much he can take. Let’s see how long he can keep up this act!’

"Fine. How shall I repay you?"

Hearing her words, Jun Yao’s brow twitched slightly. He agreed with barely a moment’s hesitation.

Jiang Yunnuan: "???"

Her eyes widened as she stared fixedly at him, trying to read his expression, but she couldn’t see a thing.

"Do you really mean that?"

Not giving up, she pressed him. Jun Yao nodded again. "Yes."

"Alright, since you’re willing to repay me, then I won’t hold back..."

Jiang Yunnuan cleared her throat and began making outrageous demands to test his limits.

"Okay, from now on, when I call for you, you have to appear before me instantly. If I want to get close to you, for any reason, you can’t resist, no matter what I want to do. And also, if anyone tries to hurt me, you have to protect me, no matter who it is..."

’Hmph. With such outrageous conditions, there’s no way he can keep up this act.’

She was prepared to see him finally crack and to face the storm of his fury. However, the man’s reaction left her completely stunned.

His expression remained calm as he continued to nod.

"Agreed!"

"Wh-what???"

Jiang Yunnuan was utterly shocked. Her lips trembled as she spoke, wondering if she had heard him correctly.

’He can put up with this too?’

’Wow, he’s really, really good at faking it!!!’

"I said, I agree to all your demands as repayment."

"Fine! You said it, so you’d better remember what you said today. No backing out. In that case, starting today, you’re sleeping with me!"

Jiang Yunnuan scrambled off the bed and stood looking down on him. Still not satisfied, she couldn’t help but add, 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"Pack your things. Pack them now. Move into my room, immediately."

With that, she spun around and stormed out. She had wanted to see Jun Yao lose his composure, but now *she* was the one who had cracked!

’Damn it, how can he have an affinity of -999 and still indulge my every demand?’

’Could it be that when you hate someone to the absolute extreme, you just become completely indifferent to everything they do?’

Jiang Yunnuan didn’t understand, but she was furious.

Back in her room, she ruffled her flattened hair, grabbed a change of clean clothes, and went to take a bath.

Steam filled the bathroom. She lay in the tub, so comfortable she didn’t even want to move a finger. But then she suddenly remembered that she hadn’t done today’s check-in task. ’I wonder where the check-in location will be today.’

At that thought, her consciousness entered the system’s check-in panel, planning to accept the task. She hadn’t noticed before, but one look now made her want to die.

’What’s going on?’

’Why didn’t I do yesterday’s check-in either?’

Looking at the two bright red words, "Streak Broken," and thinking about the generous check-in rewards, Jiang Yunnuan gritted her teeth. She was so mad at herself she could die. She had the urge to go back in time and slap herself a few times.

So what if the streak reset? It had only been two or three days anyway. She didn’t mind that so much, but she mourned the loss of the check-in prize.

’The prize for every check-in was unbelievably generous. Every missed one was a huge loss. The pain... it hurts so much!’

"System, why didn’t you remind me that I missed yesterday’s check-in?"

After berating herself over and over, she still wasn’t satisfied, so Jiang Yunnuan turned her frustration on the system.

[Oops, Host, you didn’t enable the reminder permissions, and I forgot. Why don’t you turn on the reminders now? Then I’ll be sure to remind you on time every day.]

Jiang Yunnuan: "..."

She wasn’t comforted in the slightest. Still fuming, she asked, "So what about yesterday’s check-in? Can I make it up? I want to make up for it."

She was still fixated on yesterday’s prize.

If she successfully made up for the missed check-in and also did today’s, that would be two prizes. She couldn’t even imagine how amazing it would be to get two check-in prizes in a single day.

[You can, but you’ll need to complete a random mini-challenge. Are you sure you want to make up for the missed check-in, Host?]

"Yes, yes, yes! Of course I do!"

Jiang Yunnuan nodded eagerly, her spirits lifting. She couldn’t help but start looking forward to getting two prizes.

’It’s just a random mini-challenge, right? It’s not like it’s asking me to poke a hole in the sky. How hard can it be? I accept!’

[Alright!]

The system explained how to make up for the missed day, and Jiang Yunnuan immediately followed its instructions.

First, she had to click on the "Streak Broken" notice, which would bring up an option to make up for it. Clicking that would then pop up a challenge quest box. All she had to do was complete the quest to successfully make up for the missed day, and the prize would be awarded.

Jiang Yunnuan clicked to make up for the missed day without a second thought. A challenge box popped up, and without even looking at the details, she eagerly accepted it.

A mechanical task notification immediately sounded in her mind.

[Challenge Task: Host must complete the "Endure the Estrus State" Grand Challenge. Duration: three hours. The challenge is about to begin. Please prepare, Host. 10, 9, 8...]

Hearing this, Jiang Yunnuan’s head started to buzz.

"System, care to explain just what an ’Endure the Estrus State’ Grand Challenge is?"

She was rather inexperienced, and wracked her brain but couldn’t figure out what kind of challenge this was supposed to be.

[Oh, Host, you’ll find out the answer to that question very soon. What I’m trying to say is, I don’t know what the random challenge will be before it’s triggered, so please don’t blame me.]

[Also, once it’s triggered, the challenge can only end in success or failure. There’s no quitting halfway. You’re on your own, Host. If you really can’t handle it, just go find one of your men to help you out.]

[Just a reminder, Host: if you get someone to help you "solve" it, the challenge will be considered a failure. You won’t get to make up for the missed day, and your accumulated streak will be reset to zero.]

Jiang Yunnuan could no longer clearly hear what the system was saying after that.

As the mechanical countdown finished, a strange sensation instantly washed over her body. It was a hot, itching feeling, as if countless ants were crawling all over her, gnawing away. Even her bones felt like they were melting. It was so unbearable she felt like crying.

’Damn it, so this is the so-called estrus state?’

’This feels awful!’

’This damned challenge is so messed up! What kind of challenge is this obscene and lewd?’