c15: (2)

[Correct.]

She stared at the cup in her hand for a long moment.

Then she exhaled slowly through her nose.

"I am starting to think you enjoy this more than I do."

The system answered immediately.

[Host is mistaken.]

Su Yueqing placed the cup down carefully.

"Sure."

She stretched her neck slightly, finally looking more awake now, though her expression still carried clear reluctance.

"Fine. Five points. That is all I have?"

[Yes.]

She tilted her head slightly.

"...And if I refuse this kitchen mission?"

A short pause.

[Heroine will still proceed to execute fire incident independently.]

Su Yueqing clicked her tongue softly.

"So either I go and suffer directly, or I stay here and suffer indirectly."

[Correct.]

She walked slowly toward the door, then stopped again, turning her head slightly toward empty air.

"...Before I go," she said, her tone suddenly sharper, "you are not going to tell me about favorability points again, are you?"

There was another brief pause.

Then the system responded, slightly too calmly.

[Host has not asked about favorability points.]

Su Yueqing narrowed her eyes.

"...You were about to bring it up."

[No.]

She sighed deeply, as if already regretting everything about her life choices.

"I am going to the kitchen."

She pushed the door open with one hand.

But before stepping out, she added quietly, almost like a warning to the system itself:

"If anything else tries to wake me up tonight, I am burning something myself."

Then she walked out into the silent corridor, looking extremely unwilling, half asleep, and fully annoyed at the concept of destiny itself.