Chapter 204: Anna?

Chapter 204: Anna?

Chapter 204: Anna?

Ryan was starting to suspect that the system could read his thoughts and was deliberately trying to screw him over.

Even though he knew that resurrecting someone was a defiance of fate and incredibly difficult, and he should be grateful for the opportunity, the task’s difficulty was just too much.

The system wanted Ryan to die at Alice’s hands, but Alice wasn’t the type to kill someone directly and normally.

When Ryan decided to betray, the system threw a crucial mission at him. If he couldn’t bear the thought of Alice dying a horrible death, he had to accept this mission.

Now, with his Favorability too high, Ryan decided to keep his distance from Alice, but then a side mission popped up requiring him to have intimate interactions with her.

“Side missions are precious, every skill counts.”

Then there were two Dangerous Events ahead. If Ryan wanted to survive well with Alice, he’d better seize every opportunity.

In the end, Ryan had no choice but to rush upstairs into Alice’s room, and then... they ended up in bed...

Meanwhile, Hannah was outside handling some business. She finally caught the so-called assassin and subjected him to harsh interrogation.

After dusting off her hands and casually discarding her blood-stained clothes, she suddenly received a call from Miss Alice.

Thinking something might have happened to Miss Alice, Hannah rushed over only to find Ryan and Alice playing UNO, short one player.

“Hannah, take a seat. You deal the cards.”

“But, Miss Alice...”

“No more talking, just play.”

Alice was quite firm, sneakily glancing at Ryan with a secret delight in her heart.

She had thought Ryan could hold out till tomorrow, but he had come running over today. Didn’t that mean he cared about her?

As for playing UNO, Alice wasn’t good at it, but her mind wasn’t really on the game.

Why did Miss Alice spoil Ryan so much? It was too much, Hannah thought bitterly, confirming the necessity of her own plans.

They played UNO until eleven at night, and throughout those two hours, Hannah watched Ryan with gritted teeth.

Ryan felt a chill down his spine under Hannah’s gaze, but thankfully, Alice’s beauty was a pleasant distraction.

Alice was really tired by then, and with the mission completed, Ryan left her room...

Ryan breathed a sigh of relief that Alice’s Favorability was stuck at sixty-five without any signs of increasing.

Since it couldn’t decrease, not increasing was the next best thing.

It made sense, after all. From close friends to life-and-death comrades, and if it were the opposite sex, it might even lead to growing old together. None of these were easy to achieve.

This thought somewhat eased the panic in Ryan’s heart, offering him a bit of comfort.

Otherwise, constantly watching that critical five-point threshold, Ryan would have been crushed by the pressure.

Ryan wasn’t sure what Hannah was up to, but he was on high alert. Whatever it was, he was certain it was aimed at him.

Alice and Hannah quickly left for the construction site to handle some new issues that had cropped up.

Left alone to house-sit, Ryan had nothing much to do but watch TV in the living room.

When Alice went out, she would temporarily return his phone to him, just in case she needed to find him. But if he was at home, Ryan shouldn’t even think about communicating with the outside world.

Just when he thought he was in for a boring day, Hannah unexpectedly returned not long after Alice had left.

She pushed open the door and smirked at Ryan.

“Weren’t you supposed to go out with Miss Alice? What are you doing back here?”

Ryan, lounging on the sofa and munching on grapes, asked curiously. Hannah was Miss Alice’s assistant and should be by her side.

“Wow, what a tone.”

“And here I was, doing you a big favor out of the goodness of my heart, and this is how you talk to your benefactor?”

Hannah said, hands on her hips, which puzzled Ryan even more. Hannah had always disliked him, so why would she help him?

And calling herself a benefactor seemed a bit much.

“Never mind, I need to hurry and find Miss Alice. You guys chat.”

“The bodyguards won’t disturb you. The longer you talk, the better.”

“Oh, and it seems the front door lock is broken. It would be a headache if someone escaped from here.”

With these teasing words and a seemingly cheerful mood, Hannah left, leaving Ryan alone in the living room, utterly confused.

That last comment was a hint, wasn’t it? Did she want him to escape?

But, he could only help Alice by staying here. Why would he leave?

The next second, there was a knock on the door. Ryan straightened up and looked towards the entrance, knowing it couldn’t be Hannah—she wouldn’t knock.

Could Hannah have brought someone he knew?

“Oh, come in.”

Ryan hastily responded, and the door opened. A small head cautiously peeked in, and the person’s eyes lit up upon seeing Ryan.

But then, as if shy, the figure quickly retreated behind the door.

The girl lingered there, adjusting her emotions, not coming in for quite some time.

Ryan got off the sofa to open the door, shocked at Hannah’s actions. Why had she brought her here?

If he wasn’t mistaken, was that Anna?