Mo Shu declared righteously, "At times , I won’t do any death-defying tasks!"
Are you kidding me? She had just narrowly escaped major trouble, and now she was supposed to humiliate herself voluntarily?
She wasn’t sick in the head!
Sao Zha had anticipated this, once again sighing, "Ah, this damn will to survive! But this task is really simple, complete it and you get 5 points. If you can complete the additional task, you can get 10 points."
When Mo Shu heard the score, her heart couldn’t help but flutter, and she asked it in her mind, "The scores for tasks are so high now, if you upgrade later, will they be even higher?"
"Yes, but you will have to continuously complete 20 tasks. If you break the streak, you can’t upgrade anymore. Upon the next upgrade, the points for tasks will double."
Mo Shu thought excitedly, So that means regular tasks would be 10 points, and completing additional tasks would score 20 points?
"Uh-huh, uh-huh, that’s right!" Sao Zha licked the lollipop very seriously, "This time’s task is super easy, just agree to play the piano in front of the male lead’s mother, that’s all."
Mo Shu suddenly remembered a small detail from the original story. Get full chapters from noⅴelfire.net
Since childhood, Mo Shu had always considered herself a genius. She began learning languages from birth, fluent in eight different languages. She also discovered her exceptional talent for painting early on, but she loathed memorizing and reading books, and only had a bit of exposure to music theory.
Ironically, she most hated the contemptuous looks from others. When people laughed at her behind her back, calling her useless, Mo Shu would desperately brag, claiming to excel in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
Since nobody usually dared to ask her to perform, Mo Shu felt no pressure when making such claims.
However, Yu Siqiao’s mother doubted her claim of excelling in "music, chess, calligraphy, and painting," and with the intention to mock her, invited her to play the piano together.
As expected, it was a complete disaster.
Of course, she ended up making a fool of herself. The story spread like wildfire, quickly becoming another laughingstock for Mo Shu.
Even though it was only briefly mentioned in the original text, it was a pleasurable read for the audience, since it portrayed the negative side of a malicious supporting character.
Indeed, vanity was her downfall. Unlike Gu Wenjuan who admitted she wasn’t good at anything—speaking honestly even earned her the careful tutelage of Xing Mengzheng, hence fostering a deep mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship.
"Agree to perform and you get 5 points. If you get laughed at after performing, that’s 10 points!" Sao Zha joyfully licked the lollipop, saying, "You see, this 10 points is super easy to get!"
This was putting her already limited reputation on the griddle!
"It’s super easy, since you can’t play the piano anyways, being laughed at is normal!"
As expected, Xing Mengzheng approached Mo Shu and said, "Everyone outside says that our future daughter-in-law is overflowing with talents, proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Speaking of which, I haven’t really witnessed it myself. I just bought a grand piano recently, so let’s try it out."
Sao Zha: "Agree, agree! That’s 10 points right there!"
Yu Siqiao scoffed from the side, "Mom, those are just things she says about herself; she can’t play the piano at all. Don’t let her defile your new treasure."
Xing Mengzheng scolded, "She is your fiancée."
"So what if she’s my fiancée," Yu Siqiao responded disdainfully, shaking his head, "she’s been a waste for more than a day or two. If she can’t, then she just can’t..."
Suddenly, Mo Shu broke into a smile and said, "Who says I can’t?"