The System Is Forcibly Raising Affection Levels — Isn’t This Basically Hypnosis? - Chapter 2:

Chapter 2: What’s His Name?

At that moment, a man stepped forward and blocked her path.

“Hello, can we get to know each other? Can I add your WeChat?”

Gu Qinghuan slightly raised her eyes and recognized him as the man who had bumped into her yesterday. Her expression immediately turned cold.

He saw her beauty and came over to hit on her?

She had seen countless men like this before.

She should not have been even slightly gentle with him yesterday. It had clearly given him delusions.

“I don’t have WeChat.”

[Completed Gu Qinghuan’s mission. Reward: 500 yuan. Favorability +5.]

[Current favorability with Gu Qinghuan: 10. Reached the “Attention” stage.]

Attention?

Judging from the literal meaning, Gu Qinghuan would probably pay a little more attention to him now.

Having obtained the result he wanted, Xu Le immediately retreated.

…

After that, Xu Le continued waiting around the convention for Gu Qinghuan to come out.

If he wanted to farm rewards, he had to be shameless about it. There was nothing embarrassing about making money.

Everything else was fake. Only money was real.

A while later, the convention began holding stage activities. Gu Qinghuan had been invited, so naturally she went on stage to interact with the host.

During the entire process, Xu Le had no opportunity whatsoever to approach her.

He looked around and noticed that after the event ended, Gu Qinghuan would pick several fans to receive autographed photos.

“You’re my fan. No, I’m your idol. Anyway… can you pick me?”

Xu Le volunteered himself once again.

Gu Qinghuan froze briefly.

Usually, the people selected for photos were already predetermined behind the scenes.

“No,” she replied flatly.

“Sorry for bothering you.”

[Completed Gu Qinghuan’s mission. Reward: 700 yuan. Favorability +5.]

At that moment, Gu Qinghuan unconsciously took another glance at Xu Le’s departing figure.

Actually, giving him an autographed photo would not have mattered much. He did not look like one of those creepy otaku fans, and he probably would not use it for anything weird.

But with so many fans present, it was better not to.

…

Meanwhile, Xu Le was staring at the balance in his bank account on his phone.

Another 700 yuan had arrived.

For some reason, watching the amount slowly increase filled him with a sense of accomplishment.

Wasn’t this far easier than going to work?

Unfortunately, Gu Qinghuan would be leaving soon. With bodyguards around her, getting close would be difficult.

He could only wait until tomorrow and keep working hard.

…

“Xu Le, how’s the progress? Gu Qinghuan didn’t give you the cold shoulder, did she?”

Back at the company, Zhou Mo came over to ask.

Xu Le never cared much about coworkers. Inside the company, they were merely acquaintances who nodded at each other. Outside the company, they were strangers who would not even greet one another.

Pouring your heart out to coworkers the moment you entered the workplace was one of the classic mistakes young newcomers made.

“Not sure. It’s alright, I guess.”

Xu Le gave a vague answer, causing Zhou Mo to secretly think to himself.

Things definitely weren’t going smoothly.

When Xu Le arrived at the convention again, Gu Qinghuan was nowhere to be seen.

As an influencer operations assistant, he knew this woman was filming videos at the influencer studio next door.

Those subway, dormitory, and hospital scenes in influencer videos were mostly staged anyway.

He immediately headed toward the influencer studio area.

Near the riverside railing, he spotted an exquisitely beautiful woman taking photos.

There were only three people present. Gu Qinghuan, her assistant, and a female photographer.

“What do we do? The camera’s broken?” the photographer Xiao Fang said with a frown.

“Then how about using my Apple phone?” Assistant Xiao Li looked toward Gu Qinghuan as she asked.

“Phone cameras don’t produce good results. I spent two full hours on this makeup.”

Gu Qinghuan sighed softly. She lightly touched the flawless skin on her face and planned to send Xiao Li back to the studio to retrieve the backup camera.

Nearby, a mature-looking man in his thirties overheard the conversation and immediately became delighted.

“Why not use my team’s equipment? I brought my crew here for location shooting. Didn’t expect to run into Influencer Gu.”

At a glance, it was obvious he was some executive from a media company. The clothes he wore were worth over 10,000 yuan.

As he approached to strike up a conversation, he deliberately revealed the Lexus car keys in his hand.

Gu Qinghuan’s expression turned icy, and there was even a trace of disdain in her eyes.

With assets at this level, she simply could not be bothered with him.

So she shot Xiao Li a look. Xiao Li immediately understood and went over to politely find an excuse to reject the executive.

Suddenly, Gu Qinghuan spotted the man from yesterday asking for an autograph again.

“You came to ask for an autograph again?”

“Yes.”

Seeing her misunderstanding, Xu Le did not bother explaining. Maybe this itself was another system mission.

“Sorry, I didn’t bring a pen today. Maybe another time.”

For some reason, Gu Qinghuan did not reject him coldly this time. Instead, she even apologized.

Today she was cosplaying Shenhe from Genshin Impact. The silver embroidered cloud patterns tightened elegantly around her waist, outlining a slender, delicate curve.

When she looked at Xu Le, the riverside wind brushed against her earlobes, tinting them slightly red and adding an inexplicable touch of allure.

“Let’s go back. The wind’s getting too strong.”

Gu Qinghuan wanted to continue shooting indoors, so she called out to Xiao Li and Xiao Fang.

[Completed Gu Qinghuan’s mission. Reward: 800 yuan. Favorability +5.]

[Current favorability with Gu Qinghuan: 20. Reached the “Friendly” stage.]

Friendly?

Just as Xu Le was thinking about it, Gu Qinghuan had already walked away in her high heels.

Every sway of her steps perfectly highlighted her graceful figure.

He had to admit, Gu Qinghuan really knew how to charm men. No wonder that executive had tried approaching her earlier.

Still, Xu Le had clearly caught the disdain in her eyes when she looked at the man in the suit.

It seemed getting acquainted with her would not be easy after all.

…

On the way back, Assistant Xiao Li was driving while secretly thinking about what had just happened.

When had her boss ever treated an ordinary man so politely?

That man did not seem particularly special either.

“By the way, Xiao Li,” Gu Qinghuan suddenly asked, “what’s the name of the man who asked me for an autograph earlier?”