There was something that Yang Li was actually dreading with.. and that was being forced by the System to interact with women who could possibly damage the existing relationships that he already had. Yang Li had barely escaped with the First Quest of dating his secretary and if things were to continue—

"Please excuse me, Grandma Lanfen. I don't have much time to stay here and meet your great granddaughter."

"Nonsense! Just a quick chat, she's also quite business-minded like you, mind you!" Grandma Lanfen gave him a carefree laugh. "It was almost troublesome to ask her to visit such an old woman like me just because she was busy taking over our family's business." The old woman sighed and clutched her chest and sighed loudly, "Of course, young folks like you don't have any time to spare for frail old me."

Yang Li was aware of emotional manipulation.

And this old granny was using it hands down—but even if he was aware of it, it didn't mean that he could ignore it. It was similar to perhaps knowing that eating junk food was terrible for one's body but one still indulged in it, and in this case, Yang Li couldn't just turn a blind eye to an elder bemoaning their state of being old and uncared of. It was ingrained in him to respect his elders. .

The CEO glanced at his digital watch and looked up, "...I suppose I can stay for thirty minutes."

"Wonderful!" Grandma Lanfen clapped her hands together and beamed. "That's enough time to prepare for a wedding—er, chitchat!"

The Panda landed on Yang Li's armrest and shook their head, "That's quite a cunning old hag, could have made you accept the System far faster than me I bet."

The smile on Grandma Lanfen's face curled down a bit as she tsked and stood up from her chair, "My great grandson is taking too long, I think I'll have to call Lifen myself. Stay right there, Yang Li and I'll call that girl real quick." Before the man could say anything else, the old woman had already gotten up and scurried out the drawing room.

"Yep, she seems persistent." The creature shook their head, "I have to tell you, if you didn't have the System—you could have been duped by that old lady into marrying her grandchild."

Yang Li's expression stayed blank despite hearing the Panda's words. He glanced around furtively at their surroundings and ensured that there were no CCTV cameras before speaking up, "You were able to communicate differently with me before with the System's screen, I would like to talk through it."

The Panda huffed at him but nodded, "Fine, I'll manually unlock the 'Chat Feature' for you now so you better be sure that you get me those bamboo shoots." historical

"I'll get it for you, we're already here aren't we?" Yang Li reassured them. In the back of his mind, he was amused to see that the creature was truly interested in the bamboo, and so his visitation wouldn't be in vain.

[ Congratulations! You Have Unlocked The Chat Feature For This System ]

[ The Chat Feature Allows You To Converse With Specific Individuals Through Thoughts ]

[ Please Input A Username: ______ ]

Why would he even need some sort of username? The creature already knew who he was in the first place. He didn't think too hard on this one. 'Yang Li'

[ 'Yang Li' Has Entered The System's Chat Feature! ]

Panda: Fucking change your name right now

Yang Li: Why?

Panda: Do it before somebody else sees—!

[ User 'Yang Li' Has Been Added To Universal Chat No. [REDACTED]

???: Kukuku, we have fresh blood—I mean, fresh meat, ladies.

Pomegranate: Why hello there!

Panda: Damn it

[ User 'Yang Li' Has Been Kicked Out By 'Panda' ]

Yang Li blinked for a moment before realizing the situation, he opted to 'Change Username'. In the corner of his vision, he watched the little furball on his armrest begin to rage at him.

[ You Cannot Change Your Username ]

[ 'Panda' Overrode The System And Changed Username To 'CEO' ]

Yang Li threw a look at the creature who simply crossed their arms at him. The creature shook their head, "Basic internet guidelines is to never reveal your real name—how the heck did you not even think of that? You're an idiot."

"I am aware of that, my apologies." The man scratched his cheek. He wouldn't make any excuses, even though he didn't think that the System would have such a feature—he should have planned ahead of this. It was actually a tad embarrassing now that he thought of it.. he wouldn't touch the System for a bit until he fully got the hang of it.

"Um, I have brought your breakfast and my grandmother's.." A quiet voice suddenly spoke up.

The CEO raised his head and noticed that the boy was laying down a tray of food in front of him—and he hadn't even noticed their arrival. He inclined his head, "Thank you." This young boy wouldn't think too hard of him talking to himself, wouldn't they?

"You're welcome, let me pour you some tea, Mister." Without waiting for any confirmation, little Lei picked up the teapot and began to pour him some tea.

Another silence ensued and Yang Li wished to intercede on this moment.

He wasn't exactly great with kids but he had to try. He spoke up, "Young man, I think your grandmother will be back soon. I believe that she wants to introduce to me her great granddaughter, I assume she must be your cousin?"

The boy froze and the cup he was filling in had quickly overflowed. The young boy caught himself and began to wipe the table and shook his head, "Ah, I don't think so, Mister. I believe my great grandmother is referring to my elder sister."

"Uh oh." The Panda floated in front of him and it seemed the creature had recovered from his outburst. He was instead stirring up this situation and jabbed a paw at the kid. "You upsetted the little brat too—that's his sister you're gonna be meeting. Let's hope you don't mess things up, sport or else you're gonna be a goner."

Before Yang Li could say anything else, he heard the steps come down from the hallway.

"We're finally here!"