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Join the ServerHey, wait—did I just think of something that doesn’t exist?
Ah, whatever. This kind of imaginary stuff is meant to be sacrificed, anyway. When you block a bridge, do you really lose the floating log?
Just messing with you. All of it’s just Mama making up stories.
But those were just a few stray thoughts thrown in during Ye Yu’s critical brainstorming session. Right now, she was more concerned about whether she’d actually pressed the play button.
Damn system—if it can communicate telepathically, why can’t it just operate on its own? I still have to do everything myself. What’s the point of you?
“I’m sorry. This system has insufficient remaining energy to interfere with reality. Please understand, Master.”
The system’s voice echoed in her mind like a stream of consciousness—a cool, slightly immature female voice that sounded oddly familiar.
Not “host” but “Master”? The words were pleasing to the ear, but it meant the sleep program on the phone and the system were actually separate?
She still couldn’t tell if the audio was playing. She hadn’t heard a single sound.
Ye Yu’s arms grew weaker. Her slender fingers could no longer hold the phone, and she had to let it fall.
As she listened to the crisp sound of the phone hitting the ground, despair welled up in her heart. But the next moment, the system’s voice rang out again, bringing good news.
“Detected ultrasonic hypnotic audio (incomplete) is playing. Estimated time to hypnosis: 5, 4, 3…”
The next moment, Ye Yu saw the petite black-haired girl close her eyes and flop onto the floor, fast asleep.
At the same time, the arm that had been tightly restraining her also went limp. Ye Yu tried to break free and found the man still had some strength left—but not enough to hold her back.
She easily pried his hand away, stretching her body, which was sore from numbness and restraint. Then she shot him an icy glare.
A glare.
Trying to catch me? Dream on!
The man stared back with unwilling eyes. Ye Yu just smirked playfully, not bothering him much. She picked up the phone and slowly brought it to his ear.
The man tried to bite his tongue to regain consciousness, but his jaw had no strength. A moment later, he went completely limp, though his hawk-like eyes remained wide open. But his pupils were vacant—his consciousness had clearly drifted to another world.
Ye Yu cautiously nudged the man with her foot. Only after confirming he wouldn’t suddenly lash out did she relax. She dragged him to the kitchen and tied him up with hemp rope.
By the way… why wasn’t I hypnotized?
「This system by default protects its Master from hypnosis. For self-suggestion or quick sleep, you may disable protection at any time.」
Pretty smart.
Ye Yu nodded in satisfaction. Her attention shifted to the black-haired girl sleeping soundly nearby, and her expression grew complicated.
Sigh. She didn’t need to show mercy to that man, but what should she do about her?
Ye Yu tried to drag the girl off the floor, found she was very light, so she simply picked her up like a large doll.
For some reason, even though her slender limbs and joints felt so fragile, they made one want to toy with her.
Ye Yu placed the black-haired girl on the sofa. The delicate, sleeping face was so similar to her own—though notably more childish. She looked about fifteen or sixteen.
Rather than similar, it was like they were cut from the same mold… Mom and Dad, is this the little sister you secretly gave birth to outside?
But speculating like this was useless. Ye Yu decided to just ask directly. Though the girl gave off an inexplicable sense of familiarity that made her unconsciously let down her guard.
Ye Yu first tried poking the girl’s face. It was soft, with a texture like cream, but she didn’t wake.
She shook the black-haired girl. The girl’s little head bobbed back and forth, her rosy lips unconsciously parting, a hint of glistening at the corner. Ye Yu quickly wiped it with the girl’s own sleeve.
She felt like she’d done something like this before. So weird.
She’s sleeping really deeply. System, isn’t there a way to wake her up faster?
「The hypnosis app offers various operations on hypnotized subjects, which can be executed on the phone.」
All that talk, but I still have to do it myself. What a useless system.
“How disappointing for Master.”
Ye Yu’s mouth twitched. The indifferent tone somehow made her irritable, like being scolded by a peer.
Being scolded by an elder just made her secretly rebellious. But being scolded by a peer—especially one shorter and acting all serious—that genuinely got on her nerves.
After a moment of thought, Ye Yu sighed and opened the white phone.
The interface was quite simple. Aside from the pre-installed apps, the only thing worth noting was the hypnosis app with its overlapping hearts icon.
She’d used it to play the hypnotic sound just now, but that was an emergency, and she hadn’t had time to look closely. Now she finally had time to explore.
When she opened it, the interface looked somewhat similar to the system panel, but with more detail, including a breakdown of the hypnosis house’s income and expenses.
Ye Yu looked at the revenue—a shocking bad number.
「Total revenue of Hypnosis House: Negative 100 million」
She rubbed her eyes and looked again, then let out a sigh of resignation.
She had no idea where that hundred million had been spent, but if she had to pay it back, she’d definitely refuse.
Come on, if she became a billionaire debtor at eighteen, she’d rather flee to the territory governed by the envoys. Otherwise, she’d definitely be caught. She was kind of pretty, and would probably end up in an underground auction…
Wait—could that man be here to catch me?
No, if it were because of debt, it wouldn’t be such a sneaky, deadly setup. It’d be a few burly men in suits and sunglasses breaking through the door, stuffing her in a sack, and dragging her away.
Call the police? Please, as long as they don’t call the cops on me, it’s fine. I don’t want to become a deadbeat with a criminal record…
Ye Yu shook her head, casting aside these stray thoughts. There was no point dwelling on it now. Better to figure out the hypnosis app’s functions first.
This was definitely a treasure money couldn’t buy. Hey, from this perspective, that bastard dad had some conscience left.
「Current hypnotized targets: ???, Zhai Ping
???: Light hypnosis.
Zhai Ping: Light hypnosis.
Available operations: Awaken, Psychological suggestion.」
— Why three question marks?
Ye Yu frowned and tapped on it, intending to check the subpage. Who knew that as soon as she opened it, she’d see some questionable content.
「Hypnosis target: ???
Affection: 80%
Hypnosis level: 20%
Body hypnosis state: 40%
Mental hypnosis state: 0%
Unlockable CG: None
Unlocked CG: ???」
— There’s CG? Is this hypnosis app even legitimate?
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