Title: A Fake Holy Mother in the Zombie Apocalypse
Translator: Little Bamboo Spirit
Chapter 109 - "So do you think I'm…" (2)
Bei Nuan opened the task bar. There were only four hours left on the countdown. It didn't look like she would have another chance to increase her Holy Mother value in that time.
Still, at the very least, she had to get Jiang Fei to praise her for being kind to keep what she had earned today.
Bei Nuan quietly approached Jiang Fei.
"What are you playing?" Bei Nuan lowered her head to look at his phone screen.
"It's called Room. It's an escape room game where you find clues to solve locked mechanisms to get out of the locked room." Jiang Fei stopped looking at his phone right away. He looked up to talk with Bei Nuan. His appearance was gentle, and there was a smile in his eyes.
Bei Nuan leaned over to get a closer look, but her thoughts weren't on the screen.
"Did you borrow this phone?" Bei Nuan asked. Jiang Fei had escaped from prison, so he must have borrowed someone else's phone in order to play games.
"Yeah, it's Shui University's defense team's captain's phone. He lent me his phone while he's busy," Jiang Fei answered.
"Their defense team is very well organized. It seems they also regularly go out to get supplies too?" Bei Nuan was happy that the conversation naturally shifted closer to the subject she wanted.
"Yeah. Song Xiyi and the others said they had brought back a lot of stuff from the university's convenience store, but they could only carry back what would fit in their backpacks. It certainly wasn't as much as what you guys brought back today."
Bei Nuan nodded and tried to guide the topic, "A truck load of supplies should be enough to last them a while."
Jiang Fei smiled. "That's right."
Bei Nuan cheekily praised herself, "As soon as I saw the supermarket, I thought I should bring supplies back."
Jiang Fei still only smiled at her.
Why didn't he praise her?
Bei Nuan summoned the courage to ask him a leading question, "So do you think I'm…"
Jiang Fei seemed startled for a moment. He saw that Bei Nuan wanted to be praised, so he answered, "You're very cute."
Bei Nuan: "..."
Cute?
Jiang Fei was adroit. Seeing that Bei Nuan's expression was wrong, he quickly praised her in different ways, "I think you're very pretty, considerate, and good at understanding others."
Despair. The word kind didn't seem to be in Jiang Fei's vocabulary for complimenting people.
Bei Nuan could only directly ask him, "Do you think I'm kind?"
Finally figuring out what she wanted to hear, Jiang Fei quickly said, "Yes, you're very kind."
Bei Nuan glanced at the task bar. Sure enough, she didn't get credit for that answer because she had directly asked for it.
Bei Nuan sighed and stood up in disappointment. "Go back to playing. I won't bother you."
If he didn't praise her of his own volition, she would lose the Holy Mother value she had gained today, and her efforts would be wasted.
Bei Nuan went back to her seat and idly browsed her phone. How can she set up a trap to get him to say that phrase without direct prompting for her? She had no idea.
Someone suddenly blocked the light above her.
Jiang Fei had followed her over. He crouched down next to her and said to her with smiling eyes, "Bei Nuan, you're the kindest girl I've ever met."
Bei Nuan was dumbfounded for a moment. She quickly opened up the task bar and saw that part 1 of the Holy Mother's radiance task was marked complete.
He had specially come over to solemnly say the phrase that completed her task.
Bei Nuan was nearly moved to tears. She very seriously said, "Jiang Fei, you're by far the most considerate guy I've ever met."
Du Ruo, who was nearby, heard these words and blankly looked up from his phone. "Huh?"
By the window, Lu Xingchi's hand was clenched on the book. He had been looking over here this entire time. He seemed to have heard Bei Nuan's words. His gaze fell back to the page, but it was stuck on the same spot.
As Bei Nuan had expected, the group spent the following hours playing phone games or reading books. After they had dinner, it was dark, and there weren't any chances to increase her Holy Mother value.
The first part of the Holy Mother's radiance task was over. In any case, her Holy Mother value had gone up quite a bit.
When the 12-hour countdown reached zero, the prompt for the target person for the second part popped up: Song Xiyi.
Song Xiyi? Who was that?
Bei Nuan thought it over. It seemed to be the tall, handsome boy who was the captain of the Shui University's defense team. He was the one guarding the gate.
She had barely talked to him, and the system wanted her to act like a holy mother in front of him and get him to praise her for being kind.
Life was too difficult.