"A... an accomplice?"
Xia Che stared disbelievingly at the girl in front of her.
Her porcelain-white cheeks were stained with sooty smudges, and several bloodstains, smeared by her fingertips, had congealed on her cheeks, leaving dark red marks.
Her eyelashes trembled slightly, her eyes were a little red, and Xu Yiran bit her lower lip, trying to overcome her timidity at that moment.
This scene completely overturned Xia Che's perception of this seven-day girlfriend.
The poor little thing who could barely speak without stuttering was now not only a killer but also saying such things.
Was this also a change that occurred after she transmigrated into the game?
After a mental storm, Xia Che was silent for a moment, then looked at Xu Yiran's amber eyes and blurted out, "Thank you?"
"You're... you're welcome?"
Xu Yiran hadn't expected Xia Che to say that. She reached out and brushed her bangs, lowered her head, and pulled away from the hand Xia Che was holding.
She carefully said, "I should be thanking you, Big Sister."
Big Sister and all...
Xia Che sighed helplessly.
Forget it, anyway, she only turned into a girl in the game; her real self wouldn't change.
As she was thinking, Xu Yiran had already walked over to the still-bleeding corpse and pulled out her fruit knife. "You... you go first, I'll take care of this body."
She grabbed one of the man's feet and tried to drag him backward with all her might, but her weakness meant she not only failed to move the man.
Instead, she stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
Xia Che couldn't help but find it amusing. "And then what? What will you do after you've dealt with this body?"
The girl was silent for a moment. "Find a place to hide."
"Why?"
Xu Yiran didn't answer.
Xia Che also knew that she wouldn't get much information with insufficient favorability, so she rubbed her chin and said, "Let's deal with this body first."
"I... I'll help you."
Xu Yiran reached out to move one of the corpse's legs again, but Xia Che shook her head.
She wasn't too clear about the specific situation of this alley. The killing was a momentary impulse, and there was no such plot point in the subsequent storyline, so she didn't know how the game plot would develop.
Xia Che looked around and quickly found what she needed.
She dragged the corpse to a foul-smelling dumpster, wrapped it in a piece of rag covered in oil, and then kicked over the entire dumpster.
Sewage mixed with indescribable trash covered the body. She kicked over all the dumpsters along the way, successfully covering the bloodstains from dragging the body.
"This is probably the best we can do. There seem to be cameras a little further outside the alley. I hope it rains heavily again tonight."
After finishing all this, she, like the girl, was covered in dirt.
Xu Yiran was somewhat at a loss, pinching a corner of her skirt. After much hesitation, she bowed deeply to Xia Che. "Tha... thank you! If there's a chance, I will definitely repay you, I'll do anything!"
After saying that, she immediately turned around again.
Xia Che quickly called out to her, "Wait a moment, you have nowhere to go right now, right? My home is nearby, how about coming to my place?"
Xu Yiran shook her head like a rattle. "No, I can't implicate you."
"Please, I'm the one who killed him, okay?" Xia Che rolled her eyes. She didn't want the main quest reward that was almost in her hands to fly away. She wanted to know if she really had a chance of being cured.
So she said forcefully, "If you run now, and you get caught, wouldn't I be finished too? You just said it, we're accomplices!"
Xia Che came in front of the girl, grabbed her right wrist without a word, giving Xu Yiran no chance to refuse. "Come with me now."
The latter still clutched the bloody fruit knife in her other hand, but this time she only struggled a little before lowering her head and letting Xia Che drag her away.
Indeed, with the favorability from saving her, and the "accomplice" relationship between them, she didn't react as defensively as before.
They hid and sneaked all the way, then walked back through the back gate of the residential area. Besides a security guard who looked at them strangely, they didn't encounter anyone else.
When she finally arrived at her doorstep and Xia Che reached out her index finger to press the fingerprint lock, the game system immediately sounded a prompt.
"Congratulations to the player for completing the Newbie Tasks : Rescuing the seven-day girlfriend and bringing her home."
"Reward: Gold +300, Real-world Constitution +1 (already issued)"
"Game system functions officially activated."
"New task has been issued."
"Please explore on your own."
Before she could check other functions of the system, a mechanical voice suddenly sounded in her ear.
"Fingerprint unlock failed, please try again..."
The fingerprint lock, an old problem.
After two tries, it unlocked successfully, and Xia Che pulled Xu Yiran inside.
Xia Che opened the shoe cabinet at the entrance and realized there were no shoes for her as a "female."
The slippers and her usual sneakers were all large sizes.
She then glanced at Xu Yiran.
The girl stood obediently by, her hands clasped behind her back, her legs together, sooty smudges on her slender calves.
Below, on her pure white flat shoes, one of them had a large hole, her round toes clearly visible.
"Wear these first."
Xu Yiran took the oversized pair of slippers and carefully squatted down.
Meanwhile, Xia Che had already arrived in the living room, rubbing her eyebrows.
She had just realized a very troublesome thing.
Although she had transmigrated into the game and become a girl.
The contents of this house were a one-to-one replica of her real-life home.
Aside from the clothes she was currently wearing, there was not a single female-specific item in the entire house.
Now there weren't even shoes to change into, what about showering later?
Because she had dealt with the corpse, she smelled awful.
Xu Yiran was even worse; having been on the run for unknown reasons, her clothes and shoes were torn, and her small face was as black as a lump of coal, only her face shape revealing a hint of unhidden cuteness.
"Oh, no!"
Xia Che sighed. Now she urgently wanted to exit the game and return to reality to see if the game's rewards were real.
But...
Turning around, she saw Xu Yiran standing in a corner of the living room, shrinking her neck somewhat at a loss, her fair little feet in the oversized slippers looking a bit comical.
She was very reserved.
Completely unlike her "passionate" self in the alley just now.
Xia Che waved to her. "Don't stand so far away, I won't eat you."
"Besides, we're both girls, what could I possibly do to you?"
This was the first time she felt that being a girl was somewhat convenient.
During the first playthrough.
She only played the game on her phone. On the first day, she brought the girl home, and the other party didn't say a word, acting mute when asked.
It wasn't until the second day that she gradually started to chat a bit.
Playing the game and having that sense of development was very fulfilling.
But actually putting it into reality, Xia Che only felt a headache.
Pulling Xu Yiran to the sofa, Xia Che said seriously, "We're already in the same boat, you understand that, right?"
Xu Yiran nodded.
Xia Che then said, "Next, there are some things we need to agree on first, and I also need your cooperation."
"Mhm, mhm."
Xia Che continued, "First, tell me your height, weight, and measurements."
Xu Yiran: "?"
