Because of My Stupidity, I Became a Timid Vampire

Chapter 16 : Hidden Agendas

Walking to the entrance, Bei Yaoyue stopped.

She looked outside—it had started raining again at some point. The rain wasn't heavy, just light drops, but enough to soak clothes.

"It's raining." She murmured quietly.

What a miscalculation. Despite the heavy rain last night, she had overlooked the possibility of continued rain and hadn't brought an umbrella when going out.

"Uh... should we take a taxi back?" Seeing this opportunity, Xifeng quickly suggested. She would avoid walking even one extra step if possible.

Ignoring Xifeng's request, Bei Yaoyue turned to ask the maid clerk: "Do you have an umbrella here?"

"Yes, Miss." The maid clerk took out a brand new umbrella from under the counter.

The customer was king, especially Bei Yaoyue who had just made a large purchase—she was the king of kings.

Bei Yaoyue took the umbrella from the maid clerk and opened it.

The umbrella wasn't large, but it was more than enough to shelter two petite underage girls from wind and rain.

"Why won't you even take a taxi..." Xifeng muttered dissatisfiedly. Was it because girls liked shopping?

Hearing Xifeng's quiet complaint, Bei Yaoyue's gaze dimmed as she said softly: "I don't like contact with people."

Don't like contact with people yet actively came to bully her? As if!

Xifeng complained internally while reluctantly ducking under the umbrella Bei Yaoyue had opened.

"Tap tap tap tap tap tap..."

Light rain drummed on the umbrella, playing crisp musical notes.

The two walked side by side through the gentle drizzle. Perhaps influenced by the atmosphere, both tacitly avoided playing with their phones but maintained some distance from each other, relatively speechless.

Even heaven seemed unable to bear their awkward atmosphere. They hadn't walked far when the weather suddenly changed—strong winds arose and heavy rain followed.

Summer downpours always came without warning, catching people off guard.

Rain carried by the wind was no longer gentle but began attacking the people under the umbrella from various tricky angles.

Soon, Xifeng's entire right arm and right leg were completely soaked by the diagonal rain.

"Move closer to this side." Noticing this, Bei Yaoyue spoke while shifting the umbrella toward Xifeng.

"Oh..."

Verbally agreeing, Xifeng moved slightly toward Bei Yaoyue but still maintained a distance of more than ten centimeters.

After all, Bei Yaoyue was a girl, and she felt it was better to maintain some distance to avoid awkwardness for both of them.

She had a bottom line in her heart—she shouldn't use this body's advantages to do improper things that a man shouldn't do.

Getting a little wet from rain was no big deal. She could just change clothes when they got back.

Suddenly, a hand hooked around her shoulder, gently pulling her toward Bei Yaoyue.

Her body tilted, and the two bodies collided. Xifeng immediately stiffened all over.

"Didn't I tell you to move closer?" Bei Yaoyue frowned slightly, her tone carrying a hint of reproach. "Is getting rained on comfortable?"

"Ahaha..." Xifeng gave an awkward laugh.

But since even Bei Yaoyue didn't mind, she really didn't need to be pretentious. It's just that this position was somewhat ambiguous.

Bei Yaoyue wasn't tall—Xifeng estimated she was under 160cm. In comparison, her own height was only about 140cm. This height difference made them look like someone holding their little girlfriend.

After walking for a while, Xifeng's phone suddenly vibrated. She took it out and her face immediately darkened.

"From 'System': New task published, please confirm promptly."

Excuse me? A task at a time like this?

The system's tasks couldn't be ignored. She could only very reluctantly open the system's task menu.

"[Tasks]:

Task Description: Walking in the rain is a romantic thing. If so, why not do something more romantic? For example…

Task Objective: Carry her and walk 1000 meters: 0/1000.

Time Limit: 59 minutes 43 seconds.

Task Reward: Legendary Gacha Ticket ×1.

Failure Penalty: 36V electric shock for 20 seconds."

"..."

System, you're so damn vicious!

Upon seeing the failure penalty, Xifeng understood this task had to be completed.

Even if it meant abandoning dignity, she absolutely couldn't fail!

Admittedly, a 36V shock wouldn't cause bodily harm, but... it hurt like hell!

For ordinary people, it might just be a strong stinging pain.

But when she received the 36V shock penalty last time, she felt like she was about to die—it really hurt to the point of ascending to heaven.

That kind of pain unimaginable to ordinary people was truly hair-raising just thinking about it.

And this time was even worse than last time—the penalty duration was extended to 20 seconds.

But then Xifeng faced another difficulty. She couldn't even get Bei Yaoyue to pat her head last time—how could she get Bei Yaoyue to carry her for 1000 meters?

If this system were in Bei Yaoyue's hands, such tasks could be completed easily, because any command from Bei Yaoyue was something she had to obey.

But now the system was in her hands, and the contradiction lay here—she didn't dare let Bei Yaoyue know about this system's existence. Otherwise, not only would all her information be exposed, but if Bei Yaoyue used this system to train her, it would truly be no exaggeration to describe it as the end of the world.

—Calm down, calm down.

Silently chanting this, Xifeng began thinking seriously.

The task required Bei Yaoyue to carry her for 1000 meters. In other words, she had to get Bei Yaoyue to start carrying her before they were 1000 meters from home, or she definitely wouldn't make it in time.

First, directly making the request definitely wouldn't work. Based on her understanding of Bei Yaoyue, it would definitely be refused outright.

What to do... what to do...

Got it!

Xifeng secretly devised a plan, though she wasn't sure if it would succeed.

But she could only try first. It's not like trying would kill her, right?

"Ah!"

While walking, Xifeng suddenly cried out and her body uncontrollably fell forward. Fortunately, Bei Yaoyue was quick-eyed and grabbed her shoulder firmly, saving her from the embarrassment of falling face-first.

"What happened?" Bei Yaoyue was stunned. This was the second time she'd seen Xifeng trip on flat ground.

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"Nothing... just accidentally tripped..." Xifeng showed a strained smile, but her slightly trembling voice seemed to indicate that her actual condition wasn't as calm as it appeared on the surface.

Bei Yaoyue looked down and saw Xifeng covering her ankle with a pained expression, tears forming at the corners of her eyes. She immediately seemed to understand: "Twisted your ankle?"

After a brief silence, Xifeng embarrassedly nodded: "Mm..."

Frowning slightly, Bei Yaoyue said somewhat reproachfully: "How can you be so careless?"

But soon her tone softened: "Can you stand up?"

"It hurts..." Xifeng's eyes were teary. "My body has no strength, I can't stand up."

She wasn't lying about this—she really was about to cry from pain.

To create tears, she had used too much force and nearly pinched off a piece of flesh from her leg.

"Why is your body so delicate?" Bei Yaoyue rubbed her head with some exasperation. How could there be such a fragile vampire?

Fairy tales really were all lies.

"Sorry, I don't want to either. I'm causing you trouble..." Xifeng said self-reproachfully with lowered head.

Bei Yaoyue sighed lightly: "If it really doesn't work, let's take a taxi."

Xifeng's expression stiffened. This seemed to deviate from her plan, so she quickly said: "But don't you dislike taking taxis?"

Taking out her phone, Bei Yaoyue glanced at her sideways: "You're in this condition—if we don't take a taxi, should we fly back?"

Internally cursing her miscalculation, Xifeng rapidly activated her brain to think of solutions while putting maximum effort into her acting.

Smiling painfully at Bei Yaoyue, Xifeng "struggled" to stand up: "No need for a taxi. I'm fine and should be able to make it home walking."

Bei Yaoyue frowned: "Don't be stubborn."

"But I don't want to make you do something you don't want to do..."

After saying this, Xifeng couldn't resist the urge to turn away and cover her face.

Clearly doing this to achieve her own goal, yet speaking so righteously—even she felt embarrassed.

"We should take a taxi when we need to."

Seeing Bei Yaoyue's persistence, Xifeng immediately panicked. Gritting her teeth, she decided to throw a straight ball: "How about... you carry me back?"

The finger selecting the location stopped, and Bei Yaoyue immediately froze in place, her expression also freezing on her face, her eyes constantly flickering.

—As expected, it won't work.

Xifeng's mood immediately plummeted. As expected, with a master like Bei Yaoyue, completing tasks was harder than reaching heaven.

Just as the dejected Xifeng was mentally preparing to endure the painful electric shock punishment, she heard a voice carrying strange emotion from beside her ear.

"That's... not impossible."