The System Forces Me to Be a Social Butterfly: These Social Death Missions Are a Blast

Lin Xiaoxia's life used to be a book sealed shut by social anxiety. Its cover was dull and gray, and every page was filled with “I don't dare,” “Never mind,” and “Maybe next time.” She curled up in her shell like a bashful plant afraid of the sun, blushing to the tips of her ears whenever she made eye contact for more than three seconds. Then one day, an electronic voice calling itself the “Social Butterfly Makeover System” rang out in her mind: “Host Lin Xiaoxia, your ‘Life-as-a-Lazy-Fish Index’ has exceeded the limit. The ‘Social Butterfly Development Plan’ is now in effect. Today's mission: go to the milk tea shop at the school gate, tell the clerk, ‘I'd like a milk tea that can make me brave,’ and ask him to add double pearls.” What?! Say something that embarrassing in public? Lin Xiaoxia's first instinct was to run, but the System's cold countdown had already begun: “If you fail the mission, a video of you dancing to ‘Little Apple’ in elementary school will be played for the whole school.” Gritting her teeth, she dashed into the milk tea shop. Her voice shook like a leaf, but after she said the words, she unexpectedly saw the clerk's shoulders trembling as he struggled to hold back his laughter. Even more astonishing, once she completed the mission, a warm current suddenly welled up inside her mind: the System's “Courage Points.” They could temporarily make her forget her nerves and even give her the courage to look people in the eye.