"Host, why did your heart rate suddenly speed up?"
Looking at the young, beautiful, fair-skinned, and voluptuous wife before her, this was originally a very wonderful thing—until the system's voice rang out.
"Tch, no one would think you're mute if you didn't speak."
"I'm just curious about why your heart rate suddenly accelerated. But now it seems like you're getting flustered?"
Ignoring the chattering system, Shirai Mio very politely greeted Mrs. Yuigahama, then casually chatted with her.
Before long, Yuigahama Yui emerged from her room after changing. She saw Shirai Mio and her mother chatting about something, and from the smiles on their faces, they seemed to be having a pleasant conversation.
"What are you two talking about?" Yuigahama asked curiously as she came over.
"We're talking about whether you've been secretly dating anyone at school," Mrs. Yuigahama said with a smile.
Although she knew her mother was joking, Yuigahama still nervously waved her hands repeatedly. "Th-there's no such thing."
"If there isn't, then why are you so nervous? Could it be you have someone you like? Quick, tell your mother."
Seeing the curious expression on her mother's face, Yuigahama grabbed Shirai Mio without hesitation and pulled her toward the door, saying as they went, "We need to leave now."
Only after dragging Shirai Mio downstairs did Yuigahama finally breathe a quiet sigh of relief.
Her mother was great in every way, just a bit too gossipy.
"Just now, Mom didn't ask you anything weird, did she?"
"She asked if I have a boyfriend. Does that count as weird?"
Hearing Shirai Mio's words, curiosity immediately bloomed on Yuigahama's face, her expression identical to Mrs. Yuigahama's earlier. Her eyes sparkled as she looked at Shirai Mio and asked, "So do you have a boyfriend?"
"Nope. Rather than saying I don't have a boyfriend, it's more accurate to say I've never been in a relationship at all."
Shirai Mio was telling the complete truth. Whether before or after transmigrating, she'd never been in a relationship. Though somehow, saying this out loud felt inexplicably sad.
"I remember yesterday someone confessed to you, right? How did that turn out?"
"Of course I rejected them. We have zero emotional foundation—there's no way I'd agree." At this point, Shirai Mio seemed to think of something, then suddenly leaned close to Yuigahama with a smile. "But if it were you confessing to me, Yui, I'd agree without hesitation."
"!!!"
Even Yuigahama hadn't expected Shirai Mio to suddenly say something like that, and leaning in so close with such an inviting expression. At such close range, she could even smell the faint fragrance on Shirai Mio's body. Even as another girl, she couldn't handle this at all, okay?
"D-don't tease me like that." Yuigahama instinctively averted her gaze, stammering.
"Ehehe~" After acting cute, Shirai Mio stopped teasing her.
At ten-thirty in the morning, the two arrived at the shopping center. Since it was the weekend, the foot traffic was quite heavy.
Just as Shirai Mio was about to ask Yuigahama where they should go to buy clothes, the system's voice suddenly rang in her ears: "For someone who's never been in a relationship, this is probably your first time going shopping with a girl, right? If you don't do something on this precious first occasion, wouldn't that be a waste?"
"Please find a way to hold hands with Yuigahama Yui before this shopping trip ends. The cumulative time must not be less than one hour. Success will give you a chance to obtain a Yuigahama Yui series card or item reward. Failure will require drawing a punishment card."
"You seem to have a serious problem!" Shirai Mio said through gritted teeth to the system.
Though this task didn't require getting Yuigahama to proactively hold her hand, the problem was the hand-holding time couldn't be less than an hour!
Originally, Shirai Mio had planned that after buying clothes and having lunch, the shopping trip would be over. But now with this task, ending the shopping trip early seemed impossible. She'd even need to find ways to extend the shopping time before completing the task.
Shirai Mio still remembered that last time when doing the hand-holding task with Yuigahama, even in a deserted corner, Yuigahama had been incredibly nervous. Now that the venue had changed to a crowded shopping center, the difficulty of this task was obvious.
"I'm thinking—didn't we already do a hand-holding task last time? Couldn't you come up with something different?"
"If you'd prefer to switch it to a task where Yuigahama Yui proactively kisses you, that's not impossible."
"Forget it, pretend I didn't say anything."
Yuigahama was straight as an arrow, and they hadn't known each other long. A task of that level was basically impossible to complete. Better to think about how to hold hands for an hour.
At least it was cumulative. If it required holding hands continuously for an hour without letting go, she might as well just give up now.
At the same time, Shirai Mio realized something else—the tasks the system issued were probably based on affection levels. Since Yuigahama's current affection was only at 8 points, the tasks were just things like hand-holding and hugging. As the affection increased, these tasks might very well escalate to kissing, pushing down, and so on.
It looked like she needed to find a way to control the affection levels.
"Mio, what's wrong?" Yuigahama looked at Shirai Mio beside her. She didn't know what had happened, but her companion had suddenly spaced out.
"It's nothing. Where should we go now?" Though a sudden task had appeared, Shirai Mio wasn't panicking. After all, they had the whole day, and she already had a plan.
"I'll take you to the shops I usually go to first."
"Okay."
Under Yuigahama's guidance, Shirai Mio quickly arrived at a clothing store.
Before Shirai Mio could take a good look around, Yuigahama picked up a dress and started holding it up against her while saying excitedly, "Mio, try this dress on. It should look really good on you."
Actually, Shirai Mio wanted to buy pants instead, but seeing Yuigahama's excited expression, she thought for a moment, then took the dress and walked into the fitting room. Looked like she couldn't avoid being treated like a dress-up doll today.
She'd just consider it payment for having Yuigahama as her fashion consultant.
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