The unscrupulous system forced me to frantically test the small black room

"Don't just stand there, come over here, blow out the candles and eat the cake." Zhang Miaoyu shouted.

Several people sat together with the cake placed in the middle of the table. Lang Bushin brought out the birthday crown and was about to put it on Gong Cheng, but it was snatched away by Zhang Miaoyu and handed to Tao Zhi.

Tao Zhi was still a little dazed holding the crown. He glanced sideways at Gong Cheng, and there was a look of tenderness in Gong Cheng's eyes.

Tao Zhi raised his hand to put the crown on Gong Cheng, and Gong Cheng lowered his head to make it easier for Tao Zhi to wear it.

The candles had already been placed on the cake and were flickering.

"Housekeeper, turn off the lights." Zhang Miaoyu shouted.

The butler who had been prepared on the side pressed the light button, and the only light in the hall was the faint flickering candlelight.

Tao Zhi's heart also calmed down with the candlelight at this time. He forgot about the mission and the book. He just celebrated his birthday with his friends in an ordinary way.

"Make a wish." Tao Zhi said gently.

The candlelight was reflected in Gong Cheng's eyes, and all he could see was Tao Zhi.

As Gong Cheng closed his eyes and made a wishing gesture, everyone sang the birthday song.

"I wish my mother good health and a long life."

“Second, I wish the people around me peace and happiness, and everything goes well.”

"My third wish is to be with you forever."

After making his wish, Gong Cheng blew out the candle and darkness fell before his eyes.

Tao Zhi was still singing Happy Birthday with everyone with a smile on his face, but the next moment a cool but angular hand touched his face, followed by the softness of lips.

At this moment, Tao Zhi forgot to breathe and just stared at the darkness in front of him with his eyes wide open, while his heartbeat seemed to have lost its rhythm as if it was being plucking.

The blessing song was still being sung, but Tao Zhi could no longer hear the sounds around him. All that was left was the intertwining of his own and the other person's heartbeats, and the soft touch of his lips that could not be ignored.

Like a dragonfly skimming the water, disappearing in a flash.

The housekeeper turned on the light, and then the ball that had been prepared on the ceiling was opened, and rose petals scattered all over the sky. Gong Cheng and Tao Zhi stood in the middle, letting the roses float and scatter.

Tao Zhi stood there in a daze. When the light came on, it was Gong Cheng who was smiling standing in front of him.

Was I... kissed by Gong Cheng?

But Gong Cheng picked up the knife, fork and plate as if nothing had happened and started cutting the cake for everyone. Lang Bushin couldn't wait to pick the chocolate balls that decorated the cake with his hands.

Qiaomu helped to take down the candles on the cake.

Only Zhang Miaoyu noticed that Tao Zhi had been engulfed in red. Just by blowing out the candles, Tao Zhi turned into a little red man.

Looking at Gong Cheng again, although he looked like nothing had happened, his hands were shaking and he cut the cake crookedly several times, and the tips of his ears were also red as if they were hot.

Zhang Miaoyu keenly realized that something must have happened in the darkness. Seeing Tao Zhi's dazed expression with his mouth slightly open, Zhang Miaoyu had his own guess, and the gradually crazy smile on his face could no longer be concealed.

Gong Cheng handed the cake to several people, and when he handed it to Tao Zhi, Tao Zhi obviously had not recovered yet.

"Sir?" Gong Cheng asked.

Tao Zhi regained some of his senses after hearing the voice. He took the cake from Gong Cheng's hand, but accidentally touched Gong Cheng's fingertips. Tao Zhi's heart tightened for a moment, and he suddenly withdrew his hand, and the cake fell on the table.

Tao Zhi was a little at a loss. He reached out to touch the broken cake without thinking, but Gong Cheng grabbed his wrist. Tao Zhi looked up and met Gong Cheng's eyes which were filled with soft light.

"I'll cut a new piece for you, sir." Gong Cheng said gently.

Gong Cheng loosened his hand. Tao Zhi only felt that Gong Cheng's hand was slightly cold, but his skin that had just been touched by Gong Cheng was burning hot.

What followed was laughter and joy. Everyone joked that Gong Cheng was one year older, and Gong Cheng smiled at everyone.

After eating, drinking, laughing and joking for a while, it was already late. The few of them said goodbye and left the villa, and the hall became quiet.

The housekeeper and the nanny packed up their things, and Gong Cheng helped. Tao Zhi went upstairs in a daze, closed the door, and fell on the bed.

Tao Zhi felt his mind was a mess, the temperature on his face could not subside, and the softness of his lips could not be wiped away.

"Fanfan, report today's scores." Tao Zhi said.

"Humiliation value +2, total 142 points."

"Love value +10, total 85 points."

"The total points are 303." Fanfan said.

So much...love value?

"The source of the test scores." Tao Zhi said.

"According to the system's detection, the humiliation value is the shyness caused by the protagonist when the host is kissed, and the love value is the love generated by the protagonist when the host is kissed." Fanfan said.

Tao Zhi's mind froze for a moment, and he was stunned for a long while before he spoke again in a hoarse voice.

"Fanfan, I don't understand, please translate it for me." Tao Zhi said.

"The protagonist likes you." Fanfan said.

Tao Zhi's soul seemed to want to wander out again.

What does it mean?

Why is it that I can understand each word individually, but when they are put together my brain can't figure out what it means?

What does it mean...the protagonist likes me?

Tao Zhi suddenly sat up, and heat waves filled every inch of his skin.

Gong Cheng likes me?

Tao Zhi forced himself to find an idea from his messy thoughts.

How could Gong Cheng fall in love with me?

I have been bullying him and humiliating him from the very beginning, constantly letting bad things happen to him, and belittling and scolding him time and time again. How could he fall in love with me?

I have been maintaining the character of a scumbag for the sake of the mission, but I would occasionally give him some sweet treats. Could it be that it is because of these sweet treats that he fell in love with me?

If you think about it carefully, Gong Cheng has suffered a lot of similar things since he was a child, and he is just one of his 81 difficulties.

And the sweetness given in difficult situations can easily be seen as a life-saving straw in front of a mentally immature child like Gong Cheng.

So... is this the reason why Gong Cheng fell in love with me?

After enduring countless slaps on myself, I would happily pick up the candy I dropped on the ground, and regard it as a gift and be extremely grateful to myself.

Tao Zhi inexplicably felt a sense of guilt.

This is neither liking nor love, it is just Gong Cheng's desire for a life-saving straw. I was the one who misled him.

The heat wave slowly faded away, and Tao Zhi's mood gradually changed from being overwhelmed with excitement to being depressed.

The thoughts in my mind gradually became clearer.

My previous strategy for changing the task was to create important people or things around Gong Cheng, so that after he got these things and people, he would destroy them with his own hands at the peak of love, in order to earn enough humiliation and hatred points.

I have now been drawn into this game by accident.

In a sense, it can be said that after searching for a needle in a haystack, it finally came to you without any effort.