Fake Alpha Daughter's Self-Help Notes - Chapter 22

Gu Fei almost jumped up from her chain with the book in her arms.

Even though she was indeed pretty and adorable, who praises someone so seriously right to their face?! Gu Qingqing didn’t feel embarrassed, but she definitely felt shy!

Gu Fei almost stuffed the book in her hand into Gu Qingqing’s arms, “The questions are all marked, Gu Qingqing, you should answer them carefully!”

“Even though we’re kind of good friends now, and even though I agreed to help you study…I still don’t like you! So don’t go trying to sweet-talk me!” Gu Fei blurted out, then abruptly turned around, clutching her chair and taking several deep breaths before cautiously glancing back to see Gu Qingqing’s reaction.

After making sure that Gu Qingqing had shifted her attention to the exercises and was concentrating on doing them seriously, Gu Fei snorted in her heart and slowly turned around.

Gu Fei smelled a sweet fragrance again, the smell of shower gel coming from Gu Qingqing. When she was taking a shower just now, Gu Qingqing seemed to have taken a shower as well. But today, Gu Qingqing wiped the water off her body and wore long-sleeved pajamas, unlike last time…

When she thought of the last time, the way the water droplets slid down Gu Qingqing’s neck, and that little white dress with absolutely nothing underneath, made Gu Fei blush uncontrollably.

The glands, which had been resting for a while, began to itch.

Gu Fei rubbed her face with both hands, shifted her gaze away from Gu Qingqing’s profile as she worked on the exercises, and picked up her phone to distract herself.

She opened the tower defense game called “Arknights” as usual. The operator who greeted her on the main interface was a girl with long black hair and animal ears. She had a cool and beautiful face and was wearing a gray work suit. Her chest was visibly flat.

Ever since Gu Qingqing saw those swimsuit skins in the game twice, Gu Fei had switched her main screen character to the most “normal-looking” girl——one with long black hair and a modest look. She definitely wasn’t some pervy otaku into white-haired, red-eyed girls in M-leg swimsuits, no way!

No. She. Was. Not!

Now, comparing the two, Gu Fei finally realized……this black-haired girl with long straight hair, why does she look a little bit like Gu Qingqing? She had the same temperament, beautiful cheeks, and even her figure……

Although she didn’t mean it at all, Gu Fei still covered her phone and stepped back a little.

“Doctor~” A soft female voice suddenly rang out from the phone.

Gu Qingqing looked over subconsciously.

Gu Fei’s fingers trembled and the phone fell to the carpet.

The two looked at each other for a few seconds. Gu Qingqing’s eyes were still as indifferent, and the smile in her eyes was as obedient as usual, but Gu Fei felt that there was something subtle in her smile at this time.

Seeing that Gu Qingqing was about to bend down to help her pick up the phone, Gu Fei was like a furious kitten. She bent down and protected the phone in her arms, and pushed Gu Qingqing’s shoulder with her other hand, “I told you to concentrate, concentrate on doing the questions!”

Gu Qingqing blinked, “Mm, I just now… didn’t hear anything at all.”

Gu Fei instantly felt even more embarrassed, but since Gu Qingqing said that, she might as well take the easy way out! After all, she was still going to play the game, so Gu Qingqing definitely didn’t hear anything!

Once Gu Fei figured it out, she muted the game, changed the homepage character from the black-haired girl to a different male lizard operator——the really ugly kind, and then, feeling perfectly at ease, started playing her levels again.

But perhaps because today was her rut, and Gu Fei had just finished teaching Gu Qingqing to read the textbook, her head was dizzy, and he failed to pass the level after several attempts.

Later on, Gu Fei became more and more impatient, and her glands began to ache. She simply threw her phone away and lay down on the table to rest.

Gu Qingqing had just finished the last question. When she looked up, she saw the phone Gu Fei had tossed in front of her, with the words “Mission Failed” glaring across the screen. Gu Qingqing hadn’t played games like this before, but judging by Gu Fei’s pouty expression and the phone screen, she could pretty much guess what had happened.

Gu Qingqing thought about it, poked Gu Fei’s shoulder with her phone, her dark pupils soaked in mist, like an obedient little deer, “Gu Fei, can you teach me how to play?”

Gu Fei was stunned, “You want to play?”

She really liked this tower defense game and had even tried recommending it to Xi Wan. It was boring to play a game alone with no one to talk strategy with! But Xi Wan uninstalled the game after just one round, completely uninterested no matter how much Gu Fei promoted it. She never expected that Gu Qingqing would be the one to actively ask to play.

Gu Qingqing nodded.

Gu Fei’s eyes lit up, and the irritability in her heart was swept away. She came to Gu Qingqing and said, “Come on, I’ll teach you!”

She clicked on the easiest level and first demonstrated the game mechanics to Gu Qingqing, then opened the operator list and introduced them to her for a while. Gu Qingqing tried the first few levels and passed them all smoothly.

At that moment, a familiar mechanical voice suddenly echoed in Gu Fei’s mind, “Task released: Undermine Gu Qingqing. Task reward: +3 Villainess value. Bonus rewards: Depends on task performance.”

These past few days, the mission system would occasionally pop up to issue her small tasks. Although each one only granted a few Villainess values, they had accumulated to over 60 points, enough to reach the safety threshold. As for the other system that could talk…it had probably been so discouraged by Gu Fei’s bizarre way of completing missions that it rarely spoke to her anymore.

For example, right now, all that was in Gu Fei’s mind was the cold mechanical sound and the task release panel.

Gu Fei thought for a moment. After Gu Qingqing finished another level, instead of letting her continue through the stages in order, she directly skipped to the last level, the one she hadn’t been able to beat yet, and looked up, saying, “Gu Qingqing, try this one.”

“Ng.” Gu Qingqing nodded and focused her attention on the phone.

The difficulty of the last level was incomparable to the previous ones, and Gu Qingqing failed quickly. Gu Fei instinctively wanted to say something critical, but when she saw the furrow in Gu Qingqing’s brows, she found herself unable to say anything at all.

Gu Qingqing quickly tapped the start button again. On the second attempt, Gu Fei suggested, “Maybe try placing the operator over there.”

She had just figured out that this position might work. Although she had failed several attempts, she believed that as long as she found the right strategy, she would definitely clear the level.

Gu Qingqing followed Gu Fei’s instructions without hesitation and put the operator on.

This time Gu Qingqing persisted until the last part, but still failed during the boss fight. She tilted her head slightly, biting her lower lip, deep in thought.

Gu Fei looked at her expression and felt her heart being torn apart.

A few seconds later, Gu Qingqing started again. This time, she still followed Gu Fei’s strategy, playing each step very slowly, pausing from time to time. When it came to the boss fight again, Gu Fei’s breathing grew tense with her actions, and her fingers clenched tightly.

Finally, Gu Qingqing passed this level.

As soon as the words “Mission Accomplished” appeared, a sparkle lit up in Gu Fei’s eyes, and her smile bloomed brightly. Gu Qingqing also lifted her head, meeting her gaze with a soft, gentle smile.

“Gu Qingqing…” Gu Fei had just opened her mouth to praise her, when she saw the task panel flashing red in her mind with a warning;

“Warning! There are 30 seconds left to complete the task. If the host fails to complete the task in time, three times the points will be deducted! Warning!”

The system’s long-lost voice also rang out, “Host, what are you doing, host! Your points haven’t reached 80 yet—you can’t refuse the task. If you do, your ‘Villainess Value’ will be deducted!”

The sharp sound almost pierced Gu Fei’s eardrum.

She almost forgot that if she deducted three times her points, her score would drop back below 60 points, and the world would be in danger of collapse again…

Gu Fei’s enthusiasm dropped all at once. She turned her head and exhaled lightly, “…it’s nothing more than that.”

At the same time, a reminder sound indicating that the task was completed rang in her mind.

Gu Qingqing was stunned for a moment, and just as Gu Fei was feeling more and more guilty, she began to laugh softly.

Gu Fei looked at her blankly.

Gu Qingqing came closer, leaned down slightly, and said softly, “Gu Fei, I learned a word on the Internet a few days ago.”

“W-What?” Seeing Gu Qingqing getting closer and closer, Gu Fei instinctively leaned back a little, both hands bracing against the chair.

Gu Qingqing smiled gently and said word by word, “Tsu—n—dere.”

She lowered her head to meet Gu Fei’s gaze, her deep black pupils reflecting their usual gentle smile, yet beneath the clarity of her eyes hid a subtle, mischievous glint.