The Villain's Mom Becomes Famous for Fortune-Telling and Gossip Ch. 45

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Dragging a chubby Samoyed home, Yu Yuan drew the attention of a bunch of kids waiting for their school bus with the dog's fluffy and dumb-cute look.

On the way, the thing she heard most was, "Auntie, the dog's so cute! Don't punish it, okay?"

In response, Gua Gua just panted with its tongue out, totally unbothered—no need to pity this delicate little pup.

[Host! Host! Don't be mad—Gua Gua only got a beating, but you were in actual life-threatening danger! I totally get whatever you do, host, really!]

Yu Yuan slammed the door shut with a loud bang, turned around, and stared at Gua Gua, who was hiding in the corner trying to act all pitiful like a helpless little flower. Arms crossed, face cold, she said, "Quit letting Yu Liang watch those garbage TV dramas with you."

Gua Gua had just rolled all over the ground earlier, now covered in dust from head to paw. With its shiny dark eyes and overly dramatic "tragic heroine" vibes, it really did look kind of fragile.

But Yu Yuan figured the dumb mutt wasn't wrong. It just got smacked around a little. If it didn't wanna be a dog, it could always switch to being a cat. She, on the other hand, almost lost her actual life!

She plopped down on the couch and coldly watched the Samoyed scratching the wall with its paws. Her voice was calm but laced with suppressed anger. The peachwood sword she'd just gotten flew across the room with a sharp swoosh, making the corner-hiding melon-eating system flinch.

"You better explain to me, real clearly, how I went to sleep with enough Melon Coins to last three months—and woke up with none?"

"!!!"

The fluffy white Samoyed stared at the three-for-ten-bucks peachwood sword in front of it. Its big poofy tail instantly drooped, and it dropped down on its back legs, so freaked it stood up straight like a person.

The little baby voice that echoed in Yu Yuan's head was straight-up panicked:

[I-I'll tell you the truth! Just don't hit me with that thing!]

The sword didn't drop. Yu Yuan's voice only got colder. "You talking, or not?"

The Samoyed's tail puffed up like a dandelion.

[It's not my fault! The system store needs ten thousand points to unlock, okay!]

Yu Yuan raised her head slightly. Her eyes were jet black, and though sunlight streamed in through the window just enough to light up her pupils, it didn't melt the chill in them.

"So it's not once you get ten thousand points the store unlocks—it's you need ten thousand just to open it in the first place."

Her voice was unhurried, calm—too calm. Gua Gua hugged its big tail tight.

Why did it sound like a storm was about to hit in her tone?!

Woof woof woof! If it had known this would happen, it never would've worn that stupid virtual costume! Now it didn't even have anywhere to hide!

Yu Yuan rubbed her temples and let out a dry laugh, her back teeth grinding together. "Then what's up with that thing where one thousand Melon Coins only gets me one day of survival time?"

[That one I can explain!] The Samoyed shook the dirt off its fur and trotted over, its long white coat bouncing with every step.
[That's a side effect of the system store unlocking. I asked the seniors in our group last night, and they said once the store upgrades later, it might take even more Melon Coins to buy a day of life.]

It carefully watched Yu Yuan's expression, inching its big fluffy head closer in a suck-up kind of way.

[Host, I think the melons we've been watching are fun, sure, but the people involved aren't that popular. Maybe we should start looking into public figures instead... Like that trending star Yu Qingqing?]

Yu Yuan put the peachwood sword away and lazily glanced down at the big dog head beside her. "You really can't let Yu Qingqing go, huh?"

The Samoyed broke into a very humanlike grin, tail wagging nonstop behind it.

[Of course not! The kind of melons a trending celeb brings in? Nothing else even compares!]

It rubbed its big fluffy head against her hand, voice bright and cheery.

[Host, do you remember the last time Yu Qingqing's comments on A Bite of Meat Bun's grandma went viral? We got two thousand Melon Coins from that! Two thousand!!]

Now that the survival time had changed, she had a total of two days left.

[Host, just think about it, okay? The other systems told me—the melons of public figures are way juicier than you can imagine. It's just that no one's exposed them yet!]

The tail behind it was wagging so fast it could've taken off like a propeller. Its little baby voice was full of temptation.

[If we expose them, it'll stop those shady celebs from scamming fans for cash! Host, that's basically doing a public service, right? Like, good karma and everything!]

Yu Yuan looked down at the big dog head resting on her lap. She held her head in her hand and lazily lowered her gaze. "Whether it's good karma or not... that's a whole other story."

She let out a yawn. "Anyway, those points aren't coming back, so go check if there's anything in the system store that can replenish spiritual energy. At this rate, if I keep sleeping, I won't get anything done at all."

[Got it! Host, hang tight—Gua Gua will be right back!]

Gua Gua trotted off happily to dig around the store.

Meanwhile, at Mountain City No. 47 High School, a few high schoolers stood in front of the haunted old campus building. They kept checking their watches, pacing back and forth with a whole mess of hair colors—blue, yellow, white, and green—looking totally fed up.

"Boss, you think Tang Xiangbei chickened out or what?" Yellow-hair asked the blue-haired guy glued to his phone.

The "boss" in blue raised his head and clicked his tongue, already losing patience. "It's still early. There's like twenty minutes until the agreed time. What're you freaking out for?"

After getting snapped at, Yellow-hair pouted and squatted off to the side. "Seriously... It was supposed to be a proper dare showdown, and Tang Xiangbei insisted on doing it in broad daylight! With the sun blazing like this, what's so scary, huh?!"

Green-hair tried to calm him down. "Come on, this ain't nothing. Don't forget—most of those haunted stories came out during the day, right? Besides, our Brother Yu's got his camera rolling. Tang Xiangbei's family totally buys into all this stuff. If we catch him freaking out on video, our Brother Lu's gonna be the new top dog of Mountain City High."

He jerked his chin at White-hair, who was fiddling with the camera. "Right, Brother Yu?"

Hearing his name outta nowhere, Zhou Yu paused mid-wipe on his lens and nodded absentmindedly.

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