Chapter 35: Want to Pick Up Trash?

“Where is Ye Hua?”

Du She asked.

“Um…”

Xia Wa’s eyes flickered with data.

“He said he can’t get in.”

“Then forget it. Don’t worry about him for now.”

Du She scanned the surroundings.

“I forgot to ask that little girl where her home is. Do you know?”

The man in gold-rimmed glasses shook his head.

“I don’t. But I have another way.”

“Oh?”

Du She narrowed her eyes.

Her intuition told her he knew something.

“As far as I know, the Processing Bureau doesn’t immediately dispose of Deviant Androids that haven’t caused any casualties. Instead, they take them back to study the cause of the abnormality.”

“Your point being?”

Du She raised an eyebrow.

“We can wait at a key thoroughfare and intercept them when the Abnormal Android Disposal Bureau vehicle passes by!”

The man in gold-rimmed glasses opened his arms wide, looking confident.

“And where is this key location?”

Du She narrowed her eyes further.

“Actually, anywhere is fine, even here. But I think our group staying in one place for too long will arouse suspicion—especially since everyone except Xia Wa is standing out in the rain, acting like they don’t care about being soaked. It’s not how delicate humans behave.”

The man in gold-rimmed glasses ignored Du She’s sharp gaze.

Xia Wa, on the other hand, watched with a beaming smile.

“I know a place nearby. I should still have the authority to open that house. Let’s head there to take shelter and change our clothes first,” the man in gold-rimmed glasses suggested.

“Agreed,” Xia Wa said before anyone else could.

Du She glanced at her.

“Fine. Let’s go.”

The man in gold-rimmed glasses breathed a sigh of relief.

The pressure Du She exerted was sometimes even greater than Sang Biao’s.

He had his own hidden agenda, but he was forced to act this way.

“Over there.”

He pointed in a direction.

Ye Hua pointed at another woman being led inside.

“Why didn’t you stop her?”

The security guard sneered.

“She was brought in by a property owner. What about you?”

Ye Hua looked bewildered and sent a message to Xia Wa.

[Ye Hua: Are you sure you just walked right in?]

[Xia Wa: Yeah, the security uncle was pretty nice. He didn’t say anything.]

‘Nice?’

Ye Hua looked at the sharp-eyed human security guard in front of him and fell into deep thought.

Then, he coughed.

“How did you recognize that I wasn’t brought in by someone?”

Humans had many flaws; among them, the desire to share or show off could be exploited.

Just then, the guard gave a crooked smile.

“Heh, I’ve been a security guard for ten years—my eyes are like a ruler! I can pick someone out at a glance. For example, you. You’re dressed so shabbily that I bet you weren’t brought in by anyone. And look, I was right! You want to come to Jewel Street to scavenge for trash? Im-pos-si-ble!”

Jewel Street was clearly a closed-off area, yet it was still called Jewel Street—a lingering issue from its history.

Ye Hua pressed a hand to his forehead.

He hadn’t expected that his effort to dress plainly would backfire.

In contrast, Xia Wa had dressed beautifully and passed through with ease.

This kind of security guard was extremely shrewd.

Although Xia Wa had slipped in with others, the guard could tell by her appearance that she was likely a mistress kept by some big shot.

Even if she wasn’t, it was no big deal; at least someone like her wouldn’t be scavenging for trash.

But Ye Hua was different.

Although he had a handsome face, he looked penniless.

He didn’t look like a high-end gigolo.

If he were let in, he likely wouldn’t be able to look away from a trash can.

If someone were caught scavenging and ruining the street’s image, the guard would be criticized.

Ye Hua had no choice but to wait outside.

The security guard stood like a door god, staring intently at him.

***

Inside the villa.

“I… I like Master the most.”

The girl’s blushing face was more vibrant than anything.

In reality, she was overheating, but Gu Yu thought she was just shy.

After some tinkering, Gu Yu discovered she still preferred the title ‘Master.’

“It’s about time.”

Gu Yu checked the clock.

She gently stroked Su An’s hair.

“Be good. Go take a bath.”

“Okay, Master!”

‘I’m acting, I’m acting!’

Su An kept hypnotizing herself.

When she reached the bathroom door, she noticed Gu Yu hadn’t followed her.

Good!

Su An breathed a sigh of relief.

She was truly afraid Gu Yu would want to bathe together; she wouldn’t be able to handle that.

Su An skillfully slipped out of her dress, intending to make it a quick session.

There was a large bathtub, but she wasn’t going to use it—a quick shower would suffice!

“Hiss, so hot, so hot!”

“Hiss, so cold, so cold.”

‘Are the water heaters in rich people’s homes this unstable?’

After studying it carefully for a while, Su An realized it was likely because she didn’t know how to use it.

Coupled with the body’s mysterious sensitivity, it was hard to find a comfortable temperature.

‘Isn’t an android’s body supposed to be dull? Since it’s a machine, why does it feel more sensitive than in my previous life?’

Su An whispered to herself, tilting her head back and feeling the water cling to her body and flow down.

She didn’t dare look down, afraid of seeing something she shouldn’t.

This body didn’t belong to her.

She hadn’t looked in the mirror either.

She was afraid of seeing a stranger in the reflection—someone who wasn’t herself.

‘I need to finish this quickly.’

Gu Yu didn’t have a particular hobby of bathing with others, but…

[Game Mode notification! Current unlockable achievement: Break in while she is bathing. (300 Achievement Points)]

“Oh?”

Gu Yu raised an eyebrow slightly.

She checked her total Achievement Points; she had about 800.

Adding these 300 would put her just over 1,000.

She opened the shop to take a look.

[Desire Induction Potion (Low-grade)]

[Content: Virtual item. Can slightly increase her Excitement.]

[Price: 10 Achievement Points]

The Mid-grade version provided a significant increase for 100 Achievement Points.

The High-grade version maxed it out for 1,000 Achievement Points.

Honestly, using Achievement Points on attributes that could originally be forced via the Control Panel wasn’t very cost-effective.

But Gu Yu didn’t care.

She enjoyed the process of unlocking achievements, earning points, and then buying items to unlock special effects.

So, without a second thought, she decided she wanted to buy all three.

But she clearly didn’t have enough for the third one, so…

Gu Yu walked lightly to the bathroom door.

Knock, knock!

She leaned against the wall, casually knocking with the back of her hand.

“Wait, what is it?”

Su An jumped in surprise, instinctively covering her foam-covered body.

Knock, knock!

Gu Yu continued to knock.

“In a minute! I’m almost done!”

Su An thought Gu Yu was annoyed by how slow she was being.

Because of this body, she often had to be cautious, which naturally made her slower.

The first two knocks were a warning—a reminder.

Gu Yu didn’t plan on knocking a third time.

She simply pulled the bathroom door open.

An’an had locked it, but unfortunately, Gu Yu had the highest level of authority in this house.

Su An’s mouth fell open in shock.

The showerhead dropped straight to the floor.

The fact that she had locked the bathroom door was as laughable as her sense of decency.

At that moment, she happened to be right in the middle of rinsing the foam off her body.

It was truly a perfect coincidence.

[Ding! Achievement completed.]

Logically, Gu Yu should have retreated after the achievement was completed.

Instead, she rubbed her chin, sizing Su An up with an aggressive, scanning gaze.

“You! You!”

Su An was so angry she was nearly in tears.

How could someone be so wicked!

Wicked to the core!

She instinctively covered her chest, then her lower body.

Finally, realizing she couldn’t cover everything, she grabbed the showerhead from the floor and threw it with all her might.

“Get out!”

Gu Yu raised an eyebrow, closed the door behind her, and opened the Control Panel.

The Affection Level hadn’t changed.

Well, that was fine.

‘But how could I not trigger a CG even with max Affection?’

Gu Yu found it a bit hard to understand.

Shouldn’t max Affection mean that no matter what she did, An’an would accept it while blushing?

How did she get kicked out?

‘Does it require other factors?’

Gu Yu looked at another attribute.

[Excitement: 0 -> 20 (The touch while bathing made her feel a bit shy)]

Gu Yu nodded thoughtfully.

That was likely where the problem lay.

So, was the effect of the Desire Induction Potion meant for this?