A Hug and a Touch

"No way!" Ye Feng firmly refused in Chinese.

Ridiculous. As the most powerful yet crippled class in "Bright"—the priest—Ye Feng already struggled with leveling himself. Adding a burden like Dao Bingbing would be an unbearable nightmare.

"So, you think you can just use me and then leave? I have 140 mini loudspeakers. I can broadcast for 10 hours a day, once every hour, exposing your perverted deeds for two whole weeks!" Dao Bingbing blinked her big eyes, clutching Ye Feng's dirty robe as if afraid he'd escape.

140 mini loudspeakers... Ye Feng was caught between laughter and tears. What did she mean by "use me"? And each mini loudspeaker was worth 100,000 gold coins. This little beauty had 140 of them, equating to 1.4 million credits! Today's girls were not only wealthier but increasingly terrifying.

"No means no!" Ye Feng shook his robe, but she held on tight.

System Mini Loudspeaker (server-wide mode): The fifth-ranked priest, Feng Ye, is a shameless pervert. He takes advantage of girls and then runs away. Please, everyone, beat him up on sight!

"You…" Ye Feng was stunned, looking at the smug little beauty.

"Well? Do you agree or not? I'll send another broadcast!" Dao Bingbing shook Ye Feng's robe coquettishly. This was a level 50 priest; leveling up with his help would be quick.

She probably didn't know that priests in "Bright" were known as trash and were often the first to be dismissed. And this level 50 priest in front of her was the epitome of such a class...

Of course, if she knew that Ye Feng didn't care about his reputation and was only stunned by the fact that she casually threw away 100,000 gold coins, she might think differently.

"Wait!" As expected, just as Dao Bingbing predicted, the pervert got scared when she threatened to use the mini loudspeaker.

"Give me a mini loudspeaker, and I'll consider taking you." Ye Feng's heart ached. His monthly income in the game was around 100,000 gold coins, and this little girl was about to waste 140 of them just like that. Like a poor child who despised waste, Ye Feng couldn't let such extravagance happen before his eyes.

"Really? I'll record a demo. If you lie to me, I'll post it on the forums, exposing you as a perverted fraud!" Dao Bingbing wasn't stupid. Though she saw from his hat that he was the fifth-ranked priest Feng Ye, scammers were the most powerful class in online games, regardless of level.

In "Bright," there were many ways to make money. Earning 100,000 gold coins in one go was a breeze for the rich but a significant income for Ye Feng.

"I'll consider it, but I have conditions." Ye Feng's mind might be a mess, but he was clear when it came to money. Every poor person knows that a single grain of wheat isn't the whole harvest, and a threshing floor isn't destroyed for one piece of wheat.

"What conditions?" Dao Bingbing smirked. The pervert seemed to be a pauper, making him easier to manipulate. She had plenty of money to spare.

"Do you know the current rates for leveling assistance?" Ye Feng asked. In "Bright," leveling assistance was usually handled by studios, and it was rare for someone to cling to a high-level player like Dao Bingbing was doing.

"500 gold coins per hour, right? That's the usual studio rate!" 500 gold coins were equivalent to 5 credits, not much. But making 5 credits in an hour by playing wasn't easy unless one challenged bosses or mutated monsters.

However, Miss Dao would never hire a studio for leveling. With her brother among the top ten players, she could easily get a crowd to help her level up. But she preferred not to level up, unless necessary, like today when her appraisal skill had reached a level where she needed to level up to use advanced appraisal.

Humph! Stupid Feng Ye. I'm asking you to level me up because you look decent and coincidentally became my in-game boyfriend. So, I'll give you a chance. Dao Bingbing's eyes sparkled with mischief, already imagining Ye Feng's reaction when he found out he'd been tricked.

Ye Feng, still thinking about challenging bosses, had no idea he was being schemed against. He shook his head with a bitter smile. Challenge bosses? Last night, he used two good scrolls and only got some strange items in return. If every boss was that "generous," he'd have to sell a few items from his storage.

Making potions was another way Ye Feng earned a living, but it wasn't a reliable method. It not only increased production skill fatigue but also required special ingredients from the Flower Rain Lake, which were hard to obtain.

"I'll level you tonight for 5,000 gold coins." Ye Feng bit his lip. It wasn't expensive, but she also had to give him a mini loudspeaker worth 100,000 gold coins.

"Such a bargain! Deal!" Dao Bingbing nodded eagerly, her chest bouncing with excitement. Watching the bouncing "rabbits," Ye Feng suddenly had a mischievous thought.

"One more condition!" Ye Feng pretended to be angry.

"What else?" Dao Bingbing was initially happy, but seeing the pervert making more demands with an angry face, she decided to play hard to get.

"Let me hug you and touch you for a while!"