Bound to an Ice-Cold Goddess, I Can Hear Her Thoughts

Good news: I've bonded with a System, and my partner is a stunning, icy goddess!

Bad news: It's a contract that sells my freedom. We have to hold hands 24 hours a day, or we'll both die!

Even worse, I can hear every one of her thoughts!

Scene One: Our first handhold.

Outwardly, she is as cold as ice: “You can let go now.”

I hear her shrieking inside: [Aaaah, you lecher! His hand is so hot! But it feels so good... Hold on a little longer...]

Me: ... (I keep a straight face and grip her hand tighter.)

Everyone: “Oh my god! It's a medical miracle!”

Scene Two: Meeting her family.

An elder of her Golden Core sect looks at me with contempt: “You insignificant Qi Refining ant, how dare you touch her?”

I hear her crying out inside: [Don't hurt him! He's protecting me!]

Me: “Senior, if you want to lay a hand on her, you'll have to step over my corpse first!”

Elder: ? (Where did this ant get the nerve?)

Scene Three: A matter of life and death.

The BOSS pierces my heart with a claw, leaving me on the brink of death.

I hear her breaking down inside: [No! I don't want you to die! My life, everything I have, it's all yours!]

System notification: [Affection MAX! Yin-Yang Cycle activated! Host fully revived on the spot, cultivation level soaring!]

Me: ... So the right way to level up is to risk my life?!