Master, Your Affection Meter Is Full Again

Su Xiaoyu dies from overwork, and when she opens her eyes, she finds herself in a remote forest. A retired soldier who sells tofu takes her home. She plans to improve the tofu pudding recipe, live out her days in peace, and repay the kind Mr. and Mrs. Su. But then a handsome, aloof scholar in a blue robe moves in next door, so striking he seems almost otherworldly.

Just as she decides to take life as it comes, a System suddenly pops into her head:

[The Heart-Fluttering Conquest System has been activated. Target: Gu Qingci, the scholar next door.]

[If affection does not reach 100 within one year, the penalty is lifelong poverty.]

[Reward: Return to the modern world + 1 billion in cash.]

Su Xiaoyu: "...Well, it's not like I can't give it a shot."

But then the System gets hit with a massive bug. Normal conquest takes heart, but with Gu Qingci, even a touch makes the score go up!

Fingertips brush: affection +2;

She steadies his arm: affection +5;

A stolen kiss: affection +20;

One night of intimacy: affection shoots straight to 90!

Su Xiaoyu lets loose completely, going from a laid-back couch potato to an affectionate cling-on. Today she "accidentally" falls into his arms, tomorrow she crawls into his bed under the pretext of keeping warm, and the day after that she pins him against a wall and kisses him until her legs go weak...

She's ecstatic. This mission is way too easy. Just touch him and the points roll in!

But she has no idea...

The seemingly cold and self-possessed, restrained and self-controlled Mr. Gu has been able to hear her System notifications from the very beginning.

She thinks she's doing a mission, never realizing that every "accidental" touch is something he permits and indulges. She thinks she's racking up points, never realizing that he has already fallen for her completely.

When the affection score finally reaches 100, the System asks her: "The 1 billion bonus, or staying here?"

Su Xiaoyu looks at the man beside her,