Chapter 240: A Young Girl Offers a Kiss, Triggering a Daily Task

Su Nian, though quick to admit defeat, had already cursed that bastard Horned Demon a thousand times over in her heart.

This guy, as soon as he woke up in the morning, didn’t say a word before pouncing on her like a starving wolf…

She had only just opened her eyes, her mind still foggy!

And now, to top it all off, he was flipping the script and accusing her, complaining that she hadn’t greeted him first or offered a good morning kiss?

Is there no justice left in this world?

Has all law and order disappeared?

But then again, she understood well enough that circumstances were stronger than people.

If she wanted even a moment’s respite over these seven months, if she wanted to avoid the Horned Demon’s inexplicable torment, she had to make him believe that she, Su Nian, had been utterly conquered—so much so that she no longer had a shred of resistance left in her.

She even needed to make him think she had started to “enjoy” this humiliating life.

Hmph, just because her plan for revenge had been put on hold didn’t mean she had accepted her fate.

Back then, hadn’t she managed to trick this bastard Horned Demon, leaving him utterly dumbfounded—making him believe she had once treated his wounds and sincerely offered up a Necromancer’s spoils of war?

Now, it was nothing more than reusing an old trick—only this time, she had to act even more convincingly, even more devotedly!

With the [Path of Depravity] now active, there was a guaranteed minimum of a hundred thousand Humiliation Value each day, and a maximum of two million.

As long as her acting was on point, after seven months, becoming a god would be just around the corner!

Her mind spun swiftly, and a brand-new “gentle” plan was already forming.

She forced herself to ignore the soreness and discomfort that made her feel as though she had been torn apart and haphazardly pieced back together.

Biting her lower lip, she struggled to prop herself up on her soft, weak body.

Last night, he’d been much too rough; now she had barely any strength left.

Even the act of raising her arm felt like squeezing water from a stone—so slow, so awkward, carrying a touch of helpless clumsiness.

With her movement, the silk blanket that had been covering her so securely slipped down a few inches as if by accident.

In an instant, a swath of fair, delicate skin was exposed to the cool morning air.

Her snowy skin was still marked here and there by the ambiguous red traces of his frenzied ravaging last night—deep and shallow, scattered like red plum blossoms on white jade.

She could even feel the man’s gaze sweeping over her—hot and heavy—making her skin tingle and burn.

From the corner of her eye, Su Nian caught a fleeting, dark gleam in the Horned Demon’s eyes.

She sneered inwardly, but on her face she put on just the right blend of shyness and grievance, a look of pitiful sorrow on the verge of tears.

Her voice was sweet and sticky, so honeyed it seemed ready to drip.

“It’s not… it’s not that your humble Su Nian doesn’t want to greet Master first thing in the morning…”

She paused, her long lashes trembling like startled butterflies.

“It’s just that… Master was too fierce… and too strong last night. I… I still feel weak all over, I have no strength left at all.”

As she spoke, she stretched out her still-sore, powerless arm, cautiously but with a hint of desperate resolve, and lightly circled it around the man’s firm waist.

With her body slick with a fine sheen of sweat and still carrying the lingering warmth of last night’s passion, she pressed herself gently to his warm chest, radiating submission and attachment.

Then, she tilted up her face—a mixture of hangover fatigue and deliberate flattery, yet still so breathtakingly beautiful.

Under the gaze of those eyes as deep as the night sky.

Su Nian shut her eyes briefly, as if mustering enormous courage, and willingly pressed her soft, full cherry lips lightly to the man’s well-defined, thin lips.

It was nothing more than the briefest brush—a mere dragonfly’s touch.

There wasn’t even any lingering; she broke away as quickly as a frightened deer.

“Master♥… from now on… your humble Su Nian will offer a good morning kiss like this every day… Is Master satisfied?” She lowered her lashes, her voice barely audible.

Her cheeks were so hot they seemed about to drip blood, her small ears turning scarlet as well.

A wave of humiliation surged through her like a dam breaking, almost drowning her completely—but she clenched her teeth hard.

“Ding dong, Humiliation Value increased by 22,467.”

“Ding dong, absorbed humiliation emotion, Annoyance Value +22,467.”

She had once been a boy…

Yet now, she had to willingly offer her lips to this man who had ravaged her—her lifelong enemy, this bastard Horned Demon.

Utter disgrace!

But right now, she couldn’t afford to care about any of that.

She knew all too well that if she acted cold and indifferent towards the Horned Demon—or even ignored him entirely—his nature would only push him to torment her more, making her even more humiliated.

Rather than passively enduring whatever unknown tortures he devised, it was better… to take back a little bit of control herself.

Though even this “initiative” left her feeling utterly sick and humiliated, it was still much better than being completely passive.

Even if the effect was minuscule, it was still better than sitting around waiting to be slaughtered!

As she battled with herself, forcing her body to adopt the most docile and pitiable posture possible, the System’s alert chimed in her mind like a bolt of thunder.

“Ding dong, congratulations Host for unlocking a long-term Daily Task for the first time… you have received a one-time Humiliation Value reward of 200,000.”

“Ding dong, new Daily Task acquired: ‘Good Morning Kiss.’ When waking up in the same bed as the Horned Demon, if Host proactively offers a kiss, you will receive 50,000 Humiliation Value.”

A string of cold System alerts rang out in her mind.

‘T-two hundred thousand Humiliation Value?!’ Su Nian’s pupils contracted sharply.

Even last night, in that situation, she would have had to endure endless torment from that bastard Horned Demon just to accumulate that much Humiliation Value.

But now, just by taking the initiative to kiss him, she’d earned such a rich reward?

Even more exhilarating was the Daily Task: the “Good Morning Kiss,” worth fifty thousand Humiliation Value each day.

Fifty thousand a day—one and a half million in a month.

Seven months… that’s ten and a half million!

And that didn’t even include the [Path of Depravity]’s guaranteed daily hundred thousand, or any other possible humiliation events that might be triggered!

Su Nian’s eyes lit up suddenly, shining brilliantly.

Those beautiful sky-blue eyes sparkled with a new ray of hope.

Indeed, there’s always a way out!

Sometimes, this wretched System actually could be useful!

Even though her grand plan for revenge had failed, and after losing she had to kneel to preserve her life, humiliatingly handing over the collar leash and fully acknowledging this bastard Horned Demon as “Master.”

When it came to force, she really couldn’t do anything to him now.

Worse still, thanks to [Master Recognition Lv3], her attacks on the Horned Demon were halved, while his damage to her was doubled.

How was she supposed to win?

It was practically suicide.

In the short term, hoping to defeat this bastard Horned Demon by strength alone was a fool’s dream.

Now, it seemed the only way for her to overturn the situation was to quickly amass that daunting one hundred million Humiliation Value and ascend to godhood!

Gathering Humiliation Value—that was her true path!

As for the humiliation of offering a kiss every day… compared to becoming a god in the future, instantly crushing the Horned Demon, and gaining eternal life—what did that matter?

It was meaningless. All of it was meaningless!