Possessive Madman Coaxes Him With a Hand on His Waist! The Cold-Hearted Host Starts to Feel Something - Chapter 9

[Side Mission: Tame Yan Xun. Make him obey you wholeheartedly to prevent the tragic end of his other personality.]

Li Cheng frowned. “Tragic end? What kind of ending?”

[Yan Xun will kill someone a week from now.]

[Because of the murder, the Yan Jin personality will later commit suicide out of guilt. Please, Fox Envoy, save both their lives.]

[Repeating: Fox Envoy, you must save both of them!]

The system’s voice was deadly serious—there wasn’t a hint of humor in it.

Li Cheng clenched his fist. “That’s easy. I’ll just beat him until he gives in, then take him as my little follower.”

[That won’t work, Fox Envoy. He must truly and sincerely submit to you from the heart.]

Li Cheng glanced at Yan Xun, who looked every bit the arrogant bastard, and said to the system, “If I beat him so badly he gets scared just seeing me, wouldn’t that make him obedient?”

[That method will fail. Yan Xun is wild and rebellious—he cannot be tamed by violence.]

[And besides, Fox Envoy, if you use your divine power, that would be considered cheating. Without it, you can’t win against him anyway.]

Li Cheng’s expression darkened immediately. “You’re saying I can’t beat a mere human?”

[Yan Xun’s combat power: 18,000.]

[Fox Envoy’s combat power: 8,000.]

“…What???”

Li Cheng quickly changed tactics. “Then can I just stop him from killing anyone?”

[That won’t work either.]

Li Cheng licked his lips impatiently. “Fine. I’m requesting a hint.”

[Requesting hint…]

[Fox Envoy, hint result: The only way to tame Yan Xun—make him fall in love with you.]

Li Cheng’s eyes flew wide open, his expression instantly pained.

“I knew it! A mission straight from hell!”

He sucked in a sharp breath. “Look at that kid—he looks like he’s about to punch me. How the hell am I supposed to make him fall for me?”

Has the system’s difficulty level always been this insane?

[You can do it, Fox Envoy! Believe in yourself! You’ve got this!]

[Finish this mission and I’ll approve you for a long vacation.]

Li Cheng loosened his fist. If he hit the guy now, getting him to fall in love later would be nearly impossible.

So, he gave up the idea of fighting altogether.

Straightening his clothes, Li Cheng said calmly, “Not worth arguing with you.”

Yan Xun took a step closer, looking down at him with his chin raised—a posture that made Li Cheng’s palms itch for a good smack.

Yan Xun barked coldly, “Get out of my house. Now.”

Damn it—these two personalities didn’t share memories!

[Fox Envoy, the Yan Jin personality remembers everything Yan Xun does, but Yan Xun has no memory of Yan Jin’s experiences. That’s why the tragedy of his suicide happens later.]

Li Cheng glanced at Yan Xun. His eyes were completely different from the calm, gentle, and composed gaze from last night.

Without the glasses and with that “I own the world” expression—he looked like a delinquent straight out of a fight club.

Still, as a professional employee, Li Cheng kept his composure.

“Who wants to stay in your house anyway?” he said flatly before turning toward the door.

As soon as Li Cheng went downstairs, Yan Xun gave an irritated snort and grabbed his phone from the nightstand, opening the Notes app.

That was the only way he and Yan Jin ever communicated.

Reading through the notes, Yan Xun frowned.

When he exited the notes and swiped by accident, he tapped into the photo gallery—
and there it was: the picture Yan Jin had taken last night of Li Cheng sleeping.

It was the only portrait photo in the entire phone.

So out of place.

Like a single star glowing in the middle of a still lake.

The sleeping fox looked soft and harmless—like a little prince leaning into Yan Jin’s arms, smiling faintly as if lost in a sweet dream.

Yan Xun’s eyes flashed with disdain before he quickly deleted the photo.

“Yan Jin, you’ve really got terrible taste,” he muttered under his breath. “You’d even keep a photo of someone who’s already slept here.”

He dressed in record time and headed downstairs—so fast that he nearly ran into Li Cheng before he even made it out of the massive villa.

Just as Li Cheng reached the door and reached for the handle, a large hand slammed it shut, pinning him against it.

Yan Xun’s voice was cold and sharp, his expression utterly emotionless.

“I already know about last night. I agree to let you stay—but only because, in front of my family, you’ll pretend there’s still something between us.”

He paused for a beat, eyes narrowing in warning.

“Don’t cross the line—and don’t start having any foolish fantasies.”

Li Cheng turned around. The two were standing inches apart.

Yan Xun, dressed casually and without glasses, exuded raw, dangerous energy.

Arrogant, moody, dark—absolutely not someone to mess with.

Li Cheng looked baffled. So even his clothing style changes when the personality does?

Wait… did he just say he agreed to let me stay here?

[Fox Envoy, the Yan Jin personality writes down every daily event in a diary and phone memo. Yan Xun must’ve just read one of them.]

Li Cheng frowned, his beautiful eyes flicking toward Yan Xun as he asked the system silently, “What kind of person does Yan Xun like?”

[That’s for you to find out yourself, Fox Envoy.]

[Suggestion: plant the Heart-Seal Technique on the target Yan Xun. That way you can monitor his emotional changes anytime, anywhere.]

Among fox spirits, the Heart-Seal Technique was a way to sense whether someone had feelings for you.

Simply put—it was a charm mark that reacted when the target fell in love.

All it took was a single bite.

If the person’s heart stirred for the fox, the mark would bloom into a nine-tailed sigil at the spot where it was planted.

Li Cheng considered it—but biting Yan Xun out of nowhere in this situation…

Yeah. That would look very, very weird.

Better to wait for the right moment.

Since the mission was to capture Yan Xun’s heart, staying here really was the best option.

So Li Cheng didn’t refuse.

“Got it,” he said calmly, then turned to open the door again.

But a firm hand pressed down on his shoulder.

“Hmph,” Yan Xun sneered. “You’re homeless right now. I’m taking you in, and you can’t even say thank you?”

Li Cheng smiled sweetly. “Thank you ever so much for your boundless generosity, Young Master Yan.”

With that, he pulled the door open and stepped outside.

His belongings were still at that scumbag Chen Qiu’s house—he needed to retrieve them.

And just as the door swung open—

Speak of the devil.

Chen Qiu was standing right there, as if freshly arrived.

Tailored suit. Handsome.

But the kind of handsome that was completely forgettable.

Li Cheng’s eyes lifted slightly.

Ugh… the cheating ex is here.

Instantly, his mood shifted.

His fingers flexed slightly—he was in no mood today.

Taking out his frustration on Chen Qiu? Perfect.

Chen Qiu’s face paled the second he saw him. “I knew it, Li Cheng—you are here!”