I Purely Hate You. What About You?

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To collect malice points for the Reverse Speech System, Li Yanqiu decisively messaged his longtime nemesis, whom he hadn't been in touch with for ages.

He sent a blurry "leg pic" disguised as a photo of milk tea, not knowing what to expect. The next second, his phone was ringing off the hook.

The cool voice he remembered sounded low now. The other person seemed to be suppressing some emotion as he asked, "Is that really you?"

Li Yanqiu took a sip of the drink that had been the "star" of the photo, chewed a tapioca pearl, and forced a calm smile. "It's not me."

The other person said nothing and hung up at once.

The System's announcement rang in his mind: Your nemesis's malice toward you has increased.

Heh. His nemesis really did hate him.

But his nemesis was completely different from before, going out of his way to share bits of his life and ask after Li Yanqiu. And when he checked, the malice points had gone up.

Li Yanqiu: Hah, what a phony.

He mocked him, then signed up for a course in sweet talk.

His nemesis gave him a thoughtful little holiday gift. When Li Yanqiu checked again, the malice points shot up.

Li Yanqiu: Hah, what a Goujian.

He gave a cold laugh, then returned the favor with homemade cookies and the occasional cute photo.

His nemesis confessed his feelings. Li Yanqiu didn't even need to look to know the malice points had hit the ceiling.

Bro, you're playing games with me too, aren't you?

So he played along and started a sweet, innocent romance with his nemesis.

His friends tried to reason with him: His nemesis definitely liked him.

Li Yanqiu looked at the numbers on the System panel, utterly confident. It's all an act. Too bad these little tricks won't fool me.

Li Yanqiu had imagined his nemesis hated him, but he hadn't imagined he hated him with nothing but pure hatred.

The malice points above his head were clearly off the charts, yet his nemesis insistently tried to kiss him, his restless hands tugging at Li Yanqiu's pants.

Li Yanqiu, eyes wide with shock: This can't be right?

Bro, you hate me so much you want to humiliate me like this?

He yelled something about not wanting to be Han Xin and ran away in a panic.

When he finally asked his nemesis to break up, it had been a long time since he had seen the usually cool and composed man lose his composure like that. He seemed to be back in that rainy day from years ago.

As he was held tight in his arms, Li Yanqiu heard his nemesis whisper, "Could you... please not go?"

At the same time, the System announced that the mission was complete.

"Congratulations, Host. You have completed the mission and collected 100% of the Love Points."

Li Yanqiu: ?

So the Reverse Speech System wasn't about me saying the opposite to collect points. You were the one saying the opposite?

Haha, interesting.

1. An adorably sweet little romance

2. There's a little misunderstanding, but it gets cleared up

3. They're actually secretly in love with each other

Revised April 18, 2025

Theme: Have something sweet