NOVEL WEB Chapter 48
Chapter 48: Reward Acquired—SSS-Level Disguise Technique:
“Xueyao, you wouldn’t want your parents to find out that you quit your teaching job, would you?”
Qi Lin pressed forward step by step, and Qi Xueyao instinctively backed away, her beautiful eyes filled with panic.
[Ding! The host has discovered that the female lead, Qi Xueyao, has quit her job as a teacher. Please make a choice from the following options.]
[Option 1: Help Qi Xueyao keep this secret and prevent her parents from finding out. Reward: Qi Xueyao’s favorability +1.]
[Option 2: Persuade Qi Xueyao to confess to her parents and return to her teaching job. Reward: A future business opportunity.]
[Option 3: “Xueyao, you wouldn’t want your parents to find out about your cheating, would you?” Reward: SSS-Level Disguise Technique.]
[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have completed the selection and received the SSS-Level Disguise Technique.]
[SSS-Level Disguise Technique: Mastery of top-tier makeup, bone-shrinking techniques, and voice modulation. Can disguise as any gender, age, or physique. Indistinguishable from reality, with effects beyond imagination.]
This time, Qi Lin had acted ahead of the system.
Even before the system displayed the choices, he had already spoken the exact words necessary to trigger the highest reward.
So, as soon as the options appeared, the system immediately granted him the reward.
“SSS-Level Disguise Technique? The ability to change my voice, alter my physique, and completely transform? This is way too overpowered! I can disguise myself as anyone, regardless of age or gender?”
Qi Lin was internally shocked by how broken this ability was.
But his surprise only lasted for a moment.
The instant he received the skill, his mind began formulating countless schemes to use it against Wang Cheng, Yu Chen, Jiang Lei, and others.
“SSS-Level Disguise Technique… This is truly heaven’s gift to me.”
Qi Lin’s lips curled into a sinister smile.
“How… how did you know I was here?”
Qi Xueyao couldn’t help but ask. That was the biggest question on her mind right now.
“Xueyao, you’re beautiful when you lie, but you’re really bad at it. This morning, you were so obviously trying to stop me from seeing where you work. I figured you had something to hide.”
“So I just followed you in my car. And guess what? I discovered that you’re running a training institute here.”
Qi Lin slammed his hand against the wall beside her, effectively trapping her with a kabedon.
Qi Xueyao now had nowhere left to retreat.
“You… you despicable man!”
Hearing that Qi Lin had been following her, Qi Xueyao’s face turned pale with anger.
She knew it! When Qi Lin got up early, he definitely had bad intentions!
If only she had been more careful and realized she was being followed, she wouldn’t have let him get this leverage over her.
“Thanks for the compliment.”
Qi Lin grinned, clearly enjoying the hatred in her eyes.
“What exactly do you want?”
Qi Xueyao bit her lip, looking at the face so close to hers.
She wanted to push him away, but she didn’t dare to.
Now that Qi Lin knew about her quitting her job, if he told her parents, they would come straight to Jianghan City to scold her—maybe even drag her back home.
If that happened, her career and her relationship would both be ruined.
“I don’t want much. I just want a kiss from you, Xueyao. I already told you that a couple of days ago, didn’t I?”
Qi Lin’s smirk made him look like a devil.
“Dream on!”
Qi Xueyao didn’t even hesitate before rejecting him with a look of pure disgust.
“So, there’s no room for negotiation?”
Qi Lin withdrew his arm and pulled out his phone from his pocket.
Seeing this, Qi Xueyao panicked and grabbed his wrist, her tone softening.
“Qi Lin, as long as it’s not about this, I’ll agree to anything you want, okay?”
Desperate, she quickly added,
“You were here this morning, so you must have seen how successful the training center is. Once it takes off, it’ll be a goldmine! It could bring in tens of thousands a month—maybe even hundreds of thousands!”
“If you help me keep this secret from my parents, I’ll give you a share of the business—no, two shares! You won’t have to do anything, and you’ll still get paid every month. Isn’t that a good deal?”
Qi Lin chuckled.
“Xueyao, do you think too little of me? My dad is a billionaire. His monthly income is in the tens of millions. You haven’t even made a single dollar yet, and you’re already trying to bait me with empty promises?”
“Even if I were interested in your business, could you be more generous? Two shares? That’s like throwing scraps to a beggar. The cost of feeding my family’s dogs is worth more than that!”
“But honestly, even if you gave me full ownership, I wouldn’t care. Compared to all that, your first kiss is way more valuable.”
His blunt words left Qi Xueyao speechless, her face alternating between pale and flushed.
She finally realized—what she saw as a promising business was worthless in Qi Lin’s eyes.
What frustrated her the most was that to him, a few thousand a month wasn’t even worth as much as a kiss from her.
She didn’t know whether to feel honored or humiliated.
“But I’m your cousin from the same village! I see you as a younger brother. How can you possibly ask me for a kiss?”
Qi Xueyao’s eyes reddened as she tried to appeal to his conscience.
“What cousin? Don’t try to guilt-trip me. We’re not even distant relatives. My dad and your dad just happen to be from the same village. We don’t share a single drop of blood. So why shouldn’t I kiss you?”
Qi Lin smirked, completely unfazed by her attempt at moral persuasion.