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

Chapter 130

Xiao 6 was watching with great interest. Seeing that I had exited the forum, it asked, "Host, are you not watching anymore?"

I let out a soft "en" and lay on the bed with my eyes closed, feeling a little tired. "I'm a bit tired, I'll sleep for a while. Call me when Yu Ruolan comes back."

"Okay." Xiao 6 agreed and didn't make another sound, afraid of disturbing my sleep.

Yu Ruolan had said she would be back in an hour, and she did keep her word.

Less than ten minutes after I had fallen asleep, Yu Ruolan gently pushed open the door and tiptoed in.

She came to the bedside and saw me breathing steadily in my sleep. She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, seeming to be glad that she had kept her promise and returned on time—even though when she left, I was "asleep" and didn't hear her words.

Yu Ruolan didn't wake me up, but quietly took out a forehead thermometer to check my temperature, and saw that it had dropped to 39.5 degrees.

Although it was still very high, it was a little lower than the last time she measured it before she left. She nodded silently, then sat quietly in the chair she had moved to the bedside, looking at her phone to pass the time, glancing at me from time to time, like a family member accompanying a patient in a hospital.

Xiao 6 was hesitating whether to call me, because I was sleeping soundly, and Yu Ruolan was right there, looking like she had no intention of leaving.

However, as an obedient system, it still steeled its heart (CPU) and called out to me in a small voice: "Host... Host...!"

Seeing no reaction from me, it raised its voice a little: "Host? Bai Xuechao? Bai—"

"I'm awake, no need to call." I frowned in some discomfort. I had woken up at the first sound of Xiao 6's raised voice, it was just that being woken up while sleeping made my heart feel a little uncomfortable.

Xiao 6 told me everything Yu Ruolan had done since she came back.

I still had my eyes closed and asked, "What time is it now?"

"It's 3 o'clock," Xiao 6 replied.

I said, "You have some movies, let me see them."

"Huh?" Xiao 6 feigned ignorance, "What-what movies?"

"Don't pretend, can you watch me 24 hours a day?" I turned my back to Yu Ruolan and continued, "You're not on standby when I'm sleeping. A talkative system like you can't be in a daze, can you? You can't contact the author, you can't post on the forum, and it's even more impossible to chat with other systems. The communication channel with the outside world must have been cut off after entering the simulated world. There must be something for you to pass the time."

"Ye-yes... I've downloaded 20T of movies. I'm afraid you'll hear the sound, so I usually just read them directly..." Xiao 6 shivered, "But I can't let you watch works from the high-dimensional world."

I said calmly, "If you let me watch, no one else will know, and I won't tell."

Xiao 6 hesitated, "But..."

I added, "Could the main system detect whether you're letting the host watch the movies you've downloaded?"

"Oh, it can't do that." Xiao 6 said righteously, "Systems also have privacy rights!"

"Well, there you have it." I said, "I won't tell anyone after watching, so what are you afraid of? Let me see."

Xiao 6 was dazed: "Oh..."

A variety of movie and TV show covers appeared in my mind, including movies, TV dramas, variety shows... Next to each cover, there were content tags. The first tag was either "Human" or "AI," which was obviously self-explanatory.

"Host, what are you going to do?" Xiao 6 asked curiously.

I said, "Pass the time."

Xiao 6 was confused: "Huh? Then why did you ask me to wake you up..."

"Some things can only be done while awake." I said as I found a 9.7 high-score drama with an AI tag. "For example, to mess with Yu Ruolan."

"Huh?!" Xiao 6 asked in shock, "Sister Little Yu is so lovable, what are you messing with her for?"

I didn't see a plot summary, but I saw five viewing records, so I figured Xiao 6 must have liked this drama very much, having watched it five times. I simply clicked on the first episode to see: "I'm just asking her to take care of a patient."

For someone with Yu Ruolan's personality, if I didn't take the initiative to do something, it would be difficult for us to get close.

It just so happened that I was sick now, and of course I had to make use of such a good opportunity.

Letting Yu Ruolan take care of me, and even forming a conditioned reflex to my symptoms of illness, perhaps in the future, even a slight cough from me would attract Yu Ruolan's active concern.

In order to observe my physical condition, Yu Ruolan would definitely have to pay enough attention to me, and wouldn't our relationship get closer and closer?

I was too lazy to explain these things in detail to Xiao 6.

Xiao 6 didn't ask any more questions, but just made a sound of "Oh..." in a daze.

It thought, taking care of a patient does seem to be quite a hassle.

I was watching a drama in my mind with Xiao 6.

The drama I had just chosen was ranked among the top in terms of ratings, and its name was also very high-end. The actors synthesized by AI were handsome and beautiful, but I couldn't hold it in after watching for two minutes.

"...You guys in the high-dimensional world watch this?" I couldn't help but say, "A world with a technological level 169 years ahead of this one is watching 'The Domineering President Fell in Love with Me' and 'Woman, do you know what you're doing? You're playing with fire,' these kinds of old-fashioned plots? My world has stopped watching these, you guys like to play Renaissance?"

Is it true that trends are a cycle?

Xiao 6 tried hard to defend the divine drama in its heart: "It's obviously super good-looking! The male lead is strong and domineering, and he's super good at forced kisses. Who wouldn't want to marry him? My CPU is about to burn from shyness!"

Bai Xuechao: "..."

You marry him, you marry him.

So the high-dimensional world liked this kind of tune, no wonder Xiao 6 had become so love-brained.

He was a little speechless: "If you like this kind of thing, just watch the ones in my world. You can find a bunch of them online, they're all this kind of template."

Xiao 6 said embarrassedly: "People don't really like period dramas."

I was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted. Xiao 6 meant that his era was considered a period drama.

...I give up, but it seems I can't refute it. Should I be glad that it's not a costume drama yet?

I didn't say much more to Xiao 6 and continued to watch the drama. This was a good way for me to understand the high-dimensional world. Putting aside the plot, his food, clothing, housing, and transportation could all give me a glimpse of the high-dimensional world, which was consistent with the photos Xiao 6 had shown me before.

Xiao 6 watched with me, chattering excitedly: "Here, the male lead looks so cool driving the flying car! And here, the male lead directly picks up the female lead and kisses her, ahhh!"

"Mmm..." I suddenly let out a moan.

It was a real sound, not a conversation with Xiao 6 in my mind.

Xiao 6 was stunned and displayed: OvO?

I told it: "It's showtime."

Xiao 6 hadn't quite figured it out yet, but I had already curled up my body, tucked in my neck, and hidden myself in the quilt, as if for warmth, or as if I had no sense of security.

I let out a low groan of being tormented by illness, my voice pitiful and weak: "So cold... Sister, cold..."

Only then did Xiao 6 react and silently showed me a thumbs-up: You've got it, Host.

As expected, Yu Ruolan approached with very light footsteps.

I was still facing away from Yu Ruolan. I could smell the fresh and elegant fragrance of violet belonging to Yu Ruolan lingering in the air.

I curled up even tighter and made a slight trembling motion, as if I was very cold.

Yu Ruolan's light footsteps quickly moved away. Judging by the direction, she had gone to Yuan Lan's cloakroom. I could vaguely hear the sound of her opening a cabinet, and she came out not long after.

"Cold..." My voice was very soft.

If it weren't for Yu Ruolan being a special ability user with good hearing, she wouldn't have been able to hear it clearly.

I felt something being placed on the bed at my feet, followed by the rustling sound of a quilt being gently unfolded. Then a cotton quilt was placed on me, bringing some weight. The cotton quilt itself does not generate heat. Yu Ruolan used this quilt to stuff the gaps around me tightly, so that no heat could escape from the quilt.

After covering me with the quilt, Yu Ruolan stood by the bed for a while. Seeing that my curled-up body was gradually stretching out, she helped me re-stuff the gaps and sat back down on the chair.

"Xiao 6, keep watching." I said.

Xiao 6 saw Yu Ruolan doing her best, and felt a pang of conscience that a system shouldn't have. It said, "...Okay."

One person and one system continued to watch the drama.

I was watching at double speed. Towards the end of the first episode, I saw the male and female leads' bed scene. Perhaps the censorship standards in the high-dimensional world were more relaxed, and the AI-synthesized images were also more direct. The female lead's shoulders were half-exposed, and the male lead was taking off his clothes.

Xiao 6 "tsked" twice and said excitedly, "Look, the female lead's jade shoulders! Look, the female lead's jade arms! Look, the female lead's jade hands!"

I expressionlessly switched to four times the speed.

Xiao 6 continued excitedly: "And look at the male lead's abs, and the sweat on them, how realistic! You guys couldn't render this skin texture in five years!"

Seeing that the scene hadn't faded to black yet, I was stunned for a moment and simply manually faded it to black—skipping this part.

"Ahhh! You haven't seen the female lead's jade feet yet!" Xiao 6 wailed.

Bai Xuechao: "..."

Everything being jade will only harm you.

They continued to watch the drama. After more than ten minutes, it was my showtime again.

I turned over and lay on my back, frowning, and murmured in an extremely weak voice, "Sister..."

Yu Ruolan quickly put down her phone and came to the bed.

I just said ambiguously, "Pat pat."

Yu Ruolan tilted her head in confusion.

I continued to murmur, "Pat pat..."

Xiao 6 said, "That's not going to work, is it?"

Yu Ruolan didn't know if her understanding was correct. She hesitated for a moment and reached out her hand towards me, gently patting me through the two layers of quilts.

My frowned brow relaxed, my pale cheeks flushed pink from the high fever, and my long white eyelashes were thick and curled, like a delicate doll. Seemingly sensing that "sister" was patting me, I snuggled closer to Yu Ruolan, a slight curve appearing on my lips, as if I was very at ease.

Seeing this, Yu Ruolan couldn't help but show a faint smile.

Xiao 6 was shocked: "This works too?"

Being patted gently like a child being coaxed, I continued to play the unfinished drama in my mind and briefly explained, "She actually really wants to be needed."

A constantly diminishing sense of presence and the resulting long-term neglect, no friends other than Yuan Lan, not good with words, lonely...

Actually, Yu Ruolan also wanted to be needed, to become an important existence for others.

Although she and Yuan Lan were childhood friends, Yuan Lan had too many friends and was also very strong, so it was difficult for her to help him with anything. Only when she used her special ability for Yuan Lan would she have the feeling of "he needs me."

"Oh oh..." Xiao 6 seemed to understand, yet not fully.

I watched the drama at the highest speed.

I watched for ten minutes, and Yu Ruolan tirelessly patted me for ten minutes.

Xiao 6 surprisingly couldn't watch the drama anymore and whispered, "Host, my conscience seems to hurt a little."

"Actually, it's about time." I said.

After speaking, I frowned again, and a light, hoarse groan escaped my throat. The sound was very soft, very weak, as if it would dissipate in the air, sounding very pitiful.

Yu Ruolan saw my lips move slightly and indistinctly, and thinking that I was about to speak, she leaned forward.

I felt Yu Ruolan's breath approaching. My long eyelashes trembled, and I slowly opened my eyes. My glass-like red eyes met Yu Ruolan's close-up violet eyes, and I could see my own face reflected in her clear eyes.

I was about to say "thirsty" in a hoarse voice, but I saw Yu Ruolan exclaim in surprise and quickly lean back to create distance.

It was one thing for her to take care of the unconscious me, but it was another thing to face the awake me with my eyes open. Thinking about how close they were just now, she was extremely embarrassed.

It was probably because Yu Ruolan was too nervous and her movements were too swift. She couldn't stop her backward momentum for a moment and was about to fall backward headfirst.

I was originally afraid of scaring her by suddenly opening my eyes, so I deliberately showed signs before "waking up," and the speed of opening my eyes was not fast. I didn't expect her reaction to be greater than I had anticipated.

I couldn't just watch Yu Ruolan's head hit the ground, so I immediately propped myself up on the bed with one hand and quickly knelt up, using the other hand to wrap around Yu Ruolan's lower back.

In that instant, Xiao 6 was already prepared to ship them.

I had a bad feeling when I wrapped my arm around Yu Ruolan's waist.

The position I was in, kneeling on the bed, made it impossible for me to use any strength. In addition, I was weak from the high fever, so I had to admit that I couldn't hold on to her. I could only try my best to support Yu Ruolan's waist upwards to cushion the force of her fall, at least so that she wouldn't fall too hard.

Yu Ruolan still fell backward.

But she didn't fall.

After all, she was a special ability user, and her reaction was faster than that of ordinary people. Before she fell, she managed to support herself with both hands on the ground and did a backbend.

Her face instantly turned bright red. Faced with such a scene, she was so embarrassed that she was about to cry, and said in a trembling voice, "Th-thank you..."

Xiao 6: "..."

What was supposed to be a very sweet and shippable scene now looked a bit comical.

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My voice was no longer clear due to the fever, and had a hint of hoarseness.

"I can..." Yu Ruolan was really about to cry. She was annoyed at her own overreaction just now, otherwise it wouldn't have turned out like this.

I removed my hand from behind Yu Ruolan's waist.

Yu Ruolan quickly got up, her hair messy and sticking to her face and arms from her previous movements.

Xiao 6 secretly asked me, "How did it feel?"

Bai Xuechao: "."

To be honest, her waist was so soft.