I had a splitting headache and chills, my consciousness seemed to rise from a swamp, and I woke up with no memory of any kind of dream, leaving only a terrible feeling. Brunei closed his eyes and tried to turn over, but a strong feeling of nausea inexplicably rushed up from his stomach, and a sour liquid rushed up his throat, almost throwing it up - Brunei felt even more disgusted when he realized this.

[Hahaha, my little Brunei, your alcohol consumption is really amazing, it's a shame that you shined so much last night, I thought your alcohol consumption had finally improved a little, hahaha, I drank so many glasses, and the next day it was like this, hahahaha!]

The system's unsurprising ridicule instead made Brunei deflect his attention away from the disgusting feeling, the events of last night replayed in his mind, at first it was a little difficult, there was only a huge shadow in his mind, sitting at the table, unable to see the face, like a ghost in the dim light - Pique, after remembering the name, everything became clear.

“...... Ah, yes, gambling. Brunei came to his senses completely, and although he couldn't stop his headache, he couldn't help laughing, "How about it, system, I said I'll show you how I won in the end, right?"

Brunei opened his eyes with a smile as he proudly showed off to the system in his heart.

A pair of light brown pupils stared at him, and his medium-length hair slanted down, shining a light red color in the sunlight. "Ah, you're awake. The girl's voice was soft and warm, just like her smile, with a honey-like sweetness, "Good morning." ”

“...... It's Elvie. Brunei sobered up from his brief distraction and nodded, "Good morning." ”

[Hey, I said, little Brunei, didn't you just remember your childhood sweetheart with a charm value of only 70, right?

The system continued to talk nonsense he didn't understand, and the system always did, as if even if the world was destroyed, it would always just say these unnutritious and inexplicable nonsense. Brunei couldn't help but laugh. But he also had to admit that the system did know a lot of things he didn't know - and even what he knew about Brunei as a person, probably the same.

Brunei thought about to get up, but his hands suddenly went weak, rolled around, and fell to the ground - the expected cold and pain did not come, a pair of soft arms supported him, helped him sit up, and then, hugged him, hugged him: "Mr. Brunei, you drank a lot of wine yesterday, and now you are very uncomfortable, right? Take a good rest for a while, I will take care of you." ”

Warm, soft—comfortable, Brunei didn't understand why, he felt very comfortable when he was hugged by Elvie, the night he was scooped out of the water, and the night he was last night. Thinking about it, he and Evie had only met for two days, and he had already been hugged like this several times: "...... Elvie, are you scared?"

"What are you talking about?" Elvie's voice was soft and warm, with a sweet damp feeling, like the breath she blew in Brunei's ear, "With you, I have nothing to fear. ”

"You're afraid I'll leave you alone. Brunei gently pushed Alvie's embrace away, and turned to face her, looking at Elvi's face—her face was slightly yellow, and it was as sweet as honey, always slightly red, but now, the blush had faded a lot, "So you've been trying your best to please me for the past two days—maybe it's a strategy, or maybe you're just not used to it, you haven't taken it too far, but you're trying to please me." Because you're afraid I'll leave you behind. ”

To Brunei's surprise, Evie didn't look surprised, didn't make a disguise of being wronged, in fact, her tone didn't change: "No, Mr. Brunei." What I did was just what a maid should do, didn't your maids in the past do it?"

"......" Brunei had long understood that Elvi was not as cowardly and afraid as she seemed on the surface, but her reaction at the moment was still much beyond Brunei's expectations, making him wonder if there was something wrong with his judgment, and as a result, many words prepared in advance were blocked and couldn't come out, obviously he took the initiative to provoke the topic, but his side was stuck.

Elvie seemed to notice Brunei's predicament and smiled softly, "Besides, I'm not worried at all that you'll leave me. ”

"Huh?" Brunei couldn't help but be a little stunned, he was originally going to comfort Elvie, by the way, telling her that it didn't matter if she didn't have to force herself to do these unnecessary physical contacts, but now, he was really a little confused, "Why?"

Elvie's face was stained with a delicate flush, like black tea coated with a layer of honey: "You said that I can be with you." ”

"......" looked at Ellevi, who was blushing and bowing her head, Brunei recalled carefully for a while, and then remembered the night he repeated this sentence to her, coughed dryly twice, and changed the topic, "Ahem, what is that, what I want to say is that you don't have to hug me at every turn like this...... While you may be a few years older than me, I'll be seventeen soon, and I'm not a kid anymore. ”

Elvie looked at Brunei in surprise at first, but after listening to his words, she suddenly "giggled" and couldn't stop laughing. At first, Brunei didn't think it was anything, but after ten seconds, he found that Elvi was still laughing, and he felt a little embarrassed, and after another ten seconds, although he didn't understand what was going on at all, he also blushed.

"Hey, system, what's going on?"

[Oops, my little Bruneith, you are so cute. 】

"......" Brunei finally coughed hard twice with a flushed face, and Elvi finally stopped laughing, but still smiled when she looked at him. Brunei didn't know why he felt his face hot, and coughed lightly twice to change the subject: "By the way, what about Jack?"

"Mr. Jack is resting in his room, he had drunk more than Mr. Brunei yesterday, and he probably hasn't woken up yet. Elvi smiled, stood up, and was busy at the table beside her, and replied, "Mr. Flashfox has prepared two houses for us, and I helped Mr. Jack to the other house yesterday to rest." ”

"Oh-oh. After Elvie turned her back and couldn't see her face, Brunei finally calmed down a little, and her feverish mind recovered a lot," ...... Wait a minute, why two?"

Elvi made a cup of tea on the table, brought it to Brunei, gently held Brunei's left hand, and sent the teacup to Brunei's lips with her right hand: "This is the tea that Mr. Telphons liked very much in the past, and it is said to be very good for decanting." Mr. Flashfox asked us how many houses we were going to prepare last night, and he was such a kind and thoughtful man. ”

“...... Wait a minute," Brunei found that he didn't seem to be very good at dealing with Elvie, reached out and took the cup of tea, and rubbed it to the side, "You mean Flashfox asked you how many houses you wanted, and then you said you wanted two? Why?"

"Do you mean there's only one building, but in that case, you'll probably get a little cramped when you rest—"

"No, if there are only two buildings, where do you sleep?" the muscles on Brunei's face twitched, "Where did you sleep last night?"

"I can sleep anywhere, the most important thing is to sleep in the same room with you, Mr. Brunei, otherwise how can I take care of you?"

“......”

............

The two were entangled for a while, and Brunei finally couldn't bear Elvie's excessive kindness, and casually found an excuse to escape. He found that the house he lived in was one of those closed houses in Fox Town, which seemed to have more control over the town than he had imagined. According to Elvie, the house they live in actually has a passage to the underground.

[Hehe, what's the situation, little Brunei? I usually meet too many people who have malicious intentions towards you, but now I can't adapt to a person who is exceptionally good to you? You are such a cheap bone, why didn't I see it before. 】

"It's not ......," Brunei smiled awkwardly, "It's just not that I'm used to it......"

[Just don't you get used to running out so embarrassed?] Hmm, speaking of which, aren't you kid very good at dealing with women?]

"......" the corners of Brunei's mouth twitched again, he hadn't felt embarrassed so often in a long time, "you should take it as such." ”

How did you speak to your system! If it weren't for the glorious and kind-hearted system that jumped out of the river to help you when you were facing a desperate situation, you kid would still be nesting in that small mountain village...... My little Bruneisi, don't you tell me, not only have you not forgotten your childhood sweetheart with a charm value of only 70, but you are also so innocent that you only like her alone, and you will feel sorry for other women if you get a little closer?

Brunei's face flushed a little, and he turned his face to the side: "No matter how you say it, it's not so exaggerated......"

[Hey, hey!] Little Bruneith, you kid - you, I...... I'm going, I don't even know what to say about you. Are you serious? You didn't deny it? You are the "protagonist", the "protagonist" chosen by this system! I don't want to open a harem, forget it, after all, that kind of thing is not very popular now, but, but, ah, your innocence is like this-are you kidding me!]

The system was still very excited about something that was not important at all, but this time, very rarely, after venting, it quickly stopped the car without saying anything and took the initiative to start a new topic.

[But, forget it, let's not talk about this for now.] I have a question about last night's events that I don't understand. 】

[You judge that Pique is not playing tricks on the cards, nor is he doing any high-end operations such as shuffling and playing cards, and finally thinks that Pique is peeking at his own cards through his accomplices - although I think you should have felt something wrong earlier when he yelled at the people around him and didn't react, but anyway, you were drunk and could have noticed it, even if you did well. 】

Brunei couldn't help but smile: "System, you don't praise others." ”

[Hell, there's nothing in this world that I won't do, I'm a system! I just didn't intend to praise you. Anyway, after that you start setting up the game, ask for ice water, soak the cards, and then pretend to be embarrassed to cover up your actions, showing the cards one by one, freezing a layer of ice on the surface of each card, then erasing the ice from your own cards, standing up, controlling the angle, so that the peeking crowd can only see the suit of your cards reflected on the Pique cards. 】

[Judging from the rules that only compare the size and not the suit, and allow a draw, their code is probably only numbers; they have to add ice to prevent Pique from feeling strange because the cards are too cold; the first time he stands up, he presses his whole body over to prevent accidents, and then lets those people see the cards after finding a good angle, I understand all this. Thinking about it so much while drunk, I have to admit that you did a good job, and it was kind of interesting to plan everything you admired and win. 】

Brunei couldn't help but show a little smug look: "Then what's wrong with you?"

The time you placed your bet. I don't know whose card you saw at first - but then you pressed it up again to confirm another card that you didn't see, right? However, the time you place your bet of 18,000 standard units is before that. 】

[No matter which card you see, Pique's ace or your own 2, you are almost impossible to win, right?, why would you bet 18,000 standard units according to the original plan?]

Brunei kept smiling proudly, and then finally laughed triumphantly: "Haha! ”

[What's that?]

"It's rare that I've done something that you can't figure out, how can I tell you so casually, hahahaha!"

[Hey, hey, Bruneith, you bitch, do you know who you're talking to, bastard!]