I Became the Most Popular Character by Acting as a Villain in the Manga

Chapter 91

Bai Xuechao calmly looked at Yuan Lan, his pair of red eyes like a placid sea. He asked, "Do you need my cooperation?"

Yuan Lan raised an eyebrow, "How do you want to cooperate?"

"I'm~ so~ scared~" Bai Xuechao said with a melodic intonation, as if singing. His eyes widened, his expression extremely exaggerated, having truly mastered Yuan Lan's previously over-the-top expressions. He cupped his hands over his heart, blinked, and continued, "Please, don't eat me—"

The act was as fake as it could be, especially since he was even using Yuan Lan's previous expressions, adding a hint of mockery.

Yuan Lan was stunned for a moment, then slapped his thigh and burst into a series of laughter, "Hahahahaha!"

Bai Xuechao dropped the expression from his face and asked, "Are you still going to act with me?"

"Why aren't you scared?" This was the second time Yuan Lan had asked Bai Xuechao this.

He leaned down towards Bai Xuechao, who was sitting on the sofa, and asked curiously, "Aren't you afraid I really want to eat you? You're wearing the bracelet now, so you can't use your special ability to resist me."

Bai Xuechao lifted his eyelids and gave him a lazy glance, saying, "Did you go to all this trouble to bring me to the Apocalypse Society just to be an ingredient?"

"Alright." Yuan Lan shrugged. It was unclear whether he had given up on the idea of scaring Bai Xuechao for fun. He then took out his phone, seemingly messaging someone, "Is there anything you want to drink?"

"Milk tea," Bai Xuechao said. "I could have had it yesterday, but because of you, I didn't get to."

Yuan Lan looked up, "Eh?"

He recalled the events of last night, remembering the cup of milk tea that Ji Chuanze had dropped, and said with a smile, "Then let me make it up to you. What kind of milk tea do you want? I'll have someone buy it."

Bai Xuechao answered decisively, "Roasted Brown Sugar Boba Milk Tea."

"Okay." Yuan Lan continued to message someone, seemingly telling them what to buy.

Bai Xuechao didn't ask Yuan Lan to have someone buy some food as well, because Alimentary special ability users couldn't feel full from eating ordinary people's food. Even if their stomachs were filled, they would still feel hungry; it was merely to satisfy a craving.

However, the other effects of ordinary food on the bodies of special ability users were still present. A special ability user's blood sugar would also rise after eating sweets, and they would also gain weight if they ate too much. It was all the same.

It was said that in the early days of special abilities, some special ability users naively thought that since they couldn't get full from ordinary food, perhaps they couldn't absorb it no matter how much they ate, believing they had developed a physique that wouldn't get fat. As a result, they binged every day, wildly eating things they had wanted to eat but had restrained themselves from, ultimately achieving the accomplishment of gaining ten jin in a month.

Watching Yuan Lan use his phone, Bai Xuechao suddenly remembered something and said, "My phone is gone."

In fact, when he broke free from Yuan Lan's special ability control, at the same time he washed Zhou Chenhao away with water, he found an opportunity to discreetly toss his phone away.

He knew he would definitely fall unconscious. After being brought to the Apocalypse Society by Yuan Lan in that state, his phone would certainly be taken. Although the Dark Organization had installed a firewall and a security system on his phone, there was still a possibility of it being cracked, so he threw it away beforehand to be safe.

The facts proved that his foresight was not wrong. With Mortar's special ability, cracking his phone to get intelligence on the Dark Organization would be a piece of cake.

Yuan Lan asked, feigning ignorance, "Where's your phone?"

He had already discovered when changing Bai Xuechao's clothes that the other's phone was not on him.

"Didn't you take it?" A perfectly timed look of confusion appeared on Bai Xuechao's face, his attitude natural. "Then I probably dropped it when I was fighting with you yesterday. You have to compensate me with a new one."

"Sure," Yuan Lan smiled. "But it'll have to be tomorrow."

Bai Xuechao didn't ask why it had to be tomorrow, simply nodding in agreement, "Okay."

The two didn't wait long before there was a knock on the door of Yuan Lan's bedroom. Lin Changqing had closed the door when he left, so the people outside didn't dare to enter directly.

"Come in," Yuan Lan said loudly.

The carved wooden door was pushed open.

A handsome man in a long maid's dress pushed a European-style dining cart in and addressed Yuan Lan obediently, "Master."

The moment he saw this male servant, Xiao 6 expressed, "Good heavens, my code is shriveling."

Bai Xuechao was silent for a second, unable to resist saying, "You have quite the peculiar taste."

"It has nothing to do with me," Yuan Lan spread his hands and explained. "It was A-Qing who said that all the servants, regardless of gender, should wear maid outfits. Of course, I also found this suggestion quite interesting, so it ended up like this. You don't like it?"

Bai Xuechao: "..."

How could he have the nerve to say it had nothing to do with him?

Bai Xuechao said, "I neither like nor dislike it."

He had also worn girl's clothes when he was little. For him, as long as it looked good, it was fine. One could only say that this man had delicate features, so wearing a maid's outfit wasn't out of place.

"I was going to say, if you like it, it's not impossible for me to wear it for you to see," Yuan Lan said with a smile. It was unclear whether he was deliberately saying this to scare Bai Xuechao for fun, or if he really had such thoughts.

Bai Xuechao said indifferently, "That won't be necessary."

While they were talking, the male servant pushed the dining cart to the round small dining table by the window for afternoon tea. He placed the desserts from the cart onto the tabletop one by one, then set out the ceramic teacups and slowly poured the beverage from the silver pot.

The male servant bowed, pushed the dining cart and left, closing the door properly.

Yuan Lan said, "Someone has already gone to buy the milk tea. We'll have to wait a while. Let's eat first."

"Yes." Bai Xuechao got up from the sofa.

He had smelled a rich sweetness when the male servant came in, a mixture of many kinds of sweetness.

Besides that, there was a special "scent," a scent unique to mutated species that only special ability users could smell. The moment a special ability user smelled this scent, their brain would determine that it was a mutated species, just as special ability users could distinguish other special ability users.

Bai Xuechao followed Yuan Lan to the round small dining table by the window. The two chairs were on opposite sides, so they faced each other when they sat down.

He glanced at the beverage in his teacup. It was a light honey color, and an unfamiliar sweet scent he had never smelled before lingered at the tip of his nose.

Just as the food of the world each had its own flavor, mutated species also had different scents to special ability users. Even if they were all sweet, there would be subtle differences.

Some special ability users had more sensitive senses of smell and could identify the type of mutated species through these subtle differences.

Sometimes, one had to admit that a special ability user's nose was like a dog's.

A dog could distinguish the different scents on each person, and a special ability user could distinguish the different scents of mutated species.

Bai Xuechao looked at the teacup and asked, "What is this?"

"A new mutated plant was discovered in K City last week. It hasn't been officially named yet," Yuan Lan introduced. "It looks a lot like a Rafflesia, but it doesn't stink at all. In fact, it's very sweet. There are many soft bumps on its petals, which look a bit disgusting, but the bumps contain a lot of super sweet nectar."

He continued, "I dug one up and brought it back. What you're seeing is water mixed with its nectar."

One... this quantifier sounded quite large.

"Where did you transplant it? On the island?" Bai Xuechao asked.

The Dark Organization also raised mutated species, claiming it to be a pasture to the public.

The location was very remote, vast and sparsely populated, and patrols were conducted around the perimeter daily to prevent ordinary people from wandering in by mistake.

"Yes, there are many mutated species on the island. You can go take a look if you want, but be careful," Yuan Lan picked up his teacup and took a sip, a blissful smile on his face. "So sweet—"

Bai Xuechao was also a bit curious. He took a sip, and it was so sweet that his throat felt scratchy, causing him to cough involuntarily.

This was diluted with water? It was way too sweet.

"These are your mung bean cakes." Yuan Lan pushed the mung bean cakes in front of Bai Xuechao, and then pushed the egg tarts on a small porcelain dish in front of Bai Xuechao as well. "This one is also delicious."

Bai Xuechao first took a bite of a mung bean cake, silently and with difficulty swallowing it down, then coughed a few more times from the overwhelming sweetness.

It was too sweet. Was this made with a lethal dose of sugar??

He liked desserts that were just the right amount of sweet.

Yuan Lan asked thoughtfully, "Do you need some water?"

Bai Xuechao guessed his script, "And then if I say yes, you'll give me this ridiculously sweet nectar water?"

It wouldn't be that easy to fool him.

"You guessed right!" Yuan Lan clapped his hands lightly a few times.

"So boring," Bai Xuechao commented coolly, then added, "I need water, unflavored." He emphasized unflavored.

"Alright," Yuan Lan picked up his phone again to send a message.

Bai Xuechao glanced at the egg tarts and decided not to eat them. They were probably all sickeningly sweet anyway.

"You can eat the egg tarts," Yuan Lan said suddenly.

Bai Xuechao glanced at him but didn't move.

"It's true!" Yuan Lan's tone was like he was whining, yet also like he was complaining that Bai Xuechao was spurning his good intentions. "Little Yu usually eats egg tarts too, so some of them have a normal amount of sugar. I specially had someone bring the ones with normal sugar for you."

Bai Xuechao retorted, "You're aware that your sugar levels are abnormal?"

"It's you who can't handle sweets," Yuan Lan said righteously. "Of course, the more sugar, the more delicious it is!"

Does this guy think sugar is chili?

Bai Xuechao said, "You'll have diabetes tomorrow."

Yuan Lan looked greatly dismayed, "Ah, Little Xuechao, what a vicious curse!"

At that moment, there was another knock on the bedroom door.

Yuan Lan instantly dropped his expression and said loudly, "Come in."

It was the same male servant in the maid's outfit. This time, he brought a pot of water, the milk tea Bai Xuechao had asked for, and four decks of poker cards. After putting them down, he bowed and left again.

"Let's play cards after we eat." Yuan Lan's eyes curved into a smile. "You said it, the loser sleeps in a coffin."

Bai Xuechao drank a few mouthfuls of water, finally getting rid of the deathly sweet taste in his throat, and replied, "Yes, I said that."

He picked up an egg tart and took a small bite, discovering that Yuan Lan wasn't lying this time. The sugar level was normal.

"I didn't lie to you, did I~" Yuan Lan said.

Bai Xuechao hummed in agreement.

After eating, Bai Xuechao drank his milk tea and sat cross-legged on the bed with Yuan Lan, playing poker.

The two had agreed beforehand that whoever won more than three rounds against the other would be the victor. As a result, they played for an hour, from Blackjack to Texas Hold'em and back to Blackjack. Both could count cards, both could cheat. The score was always a tight race of you chasing me and me chasing you. It was hard to even win by more than two rounds, let alone three.

Xiao 6 leaned back tactically, "Now this is what you call a battle between gods!"

How should I put it, as expected of people who have both defeated Gong Ting.

It was like a King of Gamblers tournament here.

Bai Xuechao knew that they wouldn't be able to determine a winner if this continued. He directly reshuffled the poker cards and took out the first one, placing it face down.

He asked Yuan Lan, "What card is this?"

Yuan Lan said, "3 of Spades."

Bai Xuechao knew Yuan Lan was correct, so he turned the card over, then took another one, "And this one?"

"King of Diamonds," Yuan Lan replied with a smile.

Bai Xuechao nodded, turned the card over, and he was correct again.

Yuan Lan also took a card, "What's this one?"

"Ace of Hearts," Bai Xuechao said.

"Correct!" Yuan Lan flipped the card over, clapped for Bai Xuechao, and asked, "Little Xuechao, how many cards have you memorized?"

Bai Xuechao said flatly, "All of them."

Yuan Lan showed a brilliant smile, "What a coincidence, me too."

Then, both of them fell silent.

It was as if the two of them had been playing with open cards for an hour, playing for nothing.

At this time, Xiao 6 said, "Host, the comic has been updated."

"Got it," Bai Xuechao said. He didn't have time to look at it now, he had to wait a while.

Over here, Yuan Lan thought for a moment and suddenly clapped his hands, "I have an idea!"

Bai Xuechao asked, "What?"

"How about we sleep in the coffin together?" Yuan Lan's golden eyes curved as he asked Bai Xuechao with a smile.

Bai Xuechao put on a mask-like, friendly smile and said, "If you like coffins so much, why don't you sleep in the coffin, and I'll sleep on the bed?"

"But I have a bed, why should I sleep in a coffin?" Yuan Lan asked.

Bai Xuechao tilted his head and asked, "So, are there no other rooms in the Apocalypse Society that I must sleep in a coffin?"

"There are, but you have to live with me," Yuan Lan said.

Bai Xuechao thought to himself, 'Convenient for surveillance, right?'

"If you don't want to sleep in the coffin, you can sleep on the bed with me," Yuan Lan said, and suddenly felt that this was a good idea. He blinked his brilliant golden eyes and said, "That's right! The bed is huge anyway. I'll just have someone get you a new set of pillows and a quilt."

Bai Xuechao glanced at the large bed that could easily fit three people, then considered sleeping on the rug. He decided not to inconvenience himself.

"Fine, one half each." Bai Xuechao raised his hand and gestured down the middle of the bed. "Put a quilt in the middle, and don't cross the line."

Yuan Lan laughed, "You even want a dividing line?"

"Is that not allowed?" Bai Xuechao asked, raising an eyebrow.

Yuan Lan said, "It's allowed."

The problem of where to sleep at night was finally solved.

In any case, as long as he didn't have to sleep in a coffin, it was fine.

Yuan Lan sent a message, and not long after, someone knocked on the door.

This time, besides the male servant holding a pillow and a quilt, there was also a maid carrying a makeup case.

The male servant placed the new pillow and quilt on the bed, while the maid brought the makeup case to Yuan Lan. After they finished their tasks, they bowed and left together.

"The makeup is here!" Yuan Lan happily invited Bai Xuechao, "Let's put makeup on my toys together and scare them to death tonight~"

Bai Xuechao didn't want to put makeup on those human specimens. It was a perfect opportunity for him to read the comic while Yuan Lan was busy with them.

"I'm a bit tired," Bai Xuechao made up a random excuse. "I want to sleep for a while."

"Eh?" Yuan Lan looked at Bai Xuechao with some disappointment. If he had ears on his head, they would definitely be drooping limply right now. "Tired already?"

"Yes," Bai Xuechao burrowed into the quilt that the male servant had just laid out and said pompously, "My body is still weak, I need to rest."

Yuan Lan gave a mischievous laugh, "Aren't you just trying to escape from doing makeup?"

"If you want to think that, there's nothing I can do," Bai Xuechao answered him with a line from the scumbag's handbook.

Xiao 6 couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Hahaha!"

Yuan Lan was also amused and chuckled a couple of times. He picked up the large makeup case from the floor and said, "Alright, you sleep for a while then. When you wake up, you'll be able to see your made-up 'seniors'."

Bai Xuechao gave a perfunctory wave, pulled the quilt up to his chest, and closed his eyes to pretend to sleep.

He heard the sound of Yuan Lan opening the collection room door and going inside.

"Xiao 6, let's read the comic," Bai Xuechao said.

"Eh? Aren't you going to sleep, Host?" Xiao 6 asked and then realized, "Oh oh oh, you were just tricking Yuan Lan!"

Bai Xuechao hummed in agreement.

While displaying the Green River Comic website in front of Bai Xuechao, Xiao 6 said, "The first standalone volume of the comic was also released today. Host, didn't you say you wanted to see the character official book before? Someone will probably upload it to the forum in a little while."

Bai Xuechao said, "Okay."

Xiao 6 opened the latest chapter of the comic.

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In the photo was a pitch-black room. The beam of a flashlight shone directly on the face of a girl with low blonde pigtails, making the surrounding environment seem as dark as ink.

The girl was lying on her side on the floor, her long, low pigtails hanging down from her chest and resting on the ground. Faced with the flashlight beam shining unceremoniously on her face, she could only weakly half-close her emerald eyes. Her expression clearly showed her weakness, and her condition was obviously not good.

The bullet comments had already exploded.

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