Chapter 040 Forced Love
"You seem very angry?" Xia Xiaoyu asked tentatively.
Su Ming suppressed his irritable emotions and took a deep breath: "I'm not angry."
"What should we do next?" Flora said with a smile.
She walked to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator and looked inside. The refrigerator was full of ingredients, enough for them to eat here for several weeks.
"Everything here is very well prepared. It's almost noon. I'll cook and you can go watch TV for a while."
Flora took the initiative to take on the responsibility of cooking, as if she had become the natural hostess of the house.
"Do you need my help? Although I can't cook, I should be able to cut vegetables." Su Ming said embarrassedly.
"It would be great if you could help me. Could you help me wash the dishes?"
"OK."
"There's a piece of frozen beef and some deep-fried frozen food in the refrigerator. Let's use these for a simple lunch, shall we?" Flora said. "Also, what do you want to eat in the evening?"
"Well... I'm a casual person." Su Ming replied while washing vegetables.
Flora glanced at Su Ming secretly and recalled the information she had read yesterday. She came well prepared this time and was determined to make Su Ming fall in love with her.
But this is not an easy thing, because Su Ming is not an ordinary man.
Yesterday Flora read a lot of research materials on gender psychology, and also read many discussions about gender topics on the Internet. Then she summarized several very important laws of attraction.
She used notes to analyze these rules and then categorized them into two distinct aspects: one is personality and the other is experience.
The attraction of the first impression must be based on the personality, and subsequent experiences will determine the development trajectory of the relationship between the two parties.
She and Su Ming had only known each other for a few days, and if she wanted to attract his attention, it was crucial to create a personality that appealed to him.
But it is precisely this character setting that gives Flora a headache, because according to her research, the priority of women's attraction to men, from high to low, is: appearance, world outlook, personality, living environment, and the last one is social pressure.
Among them, the subsequent three influencing factors are almost at the same level, while the first influencing factor, that is, appearance, accounts for more than 80% of the weight.
In other words, if none of these conditions disgust the other party, women with outstanding appearance will be favored by men.
This theory has a strong guiding effect under normal circumstances, but it does not work on Su Ming.
Flora knew that she was very beautiful, but she could sense that the other party did not have a natural liking for her because of her appearance.
Now, her strongest weapon has become ineffective, and the only things she can rely on are the other three conditions.
Three views, personality, and living environment.
She and Su Ming did not have a deep communication about their values and personalities. She would need to test them slowly and then pretend to be the person he liked.
Flora was very confident about disguise. She had known how to disguise herself since she was a child. To the outside world, she could turn herself into a noble, and she could hide her ambitions from the Osborne family. She believed that this time she could also become the person that Su Ming liked.
What Flora finds most difficult are two other factors - living environment and social pressure.
If I can solve these two problems, Su Ming will like me.
"Okay, I'm done. Is there anything else I can do for you?"
Flora's thoughts were interrupted by Su Ming. She smiled at him and said, "There's nothing else I need your help with. Leave it to me. We'll be able to eat soon."
"Thank you for your help."
Su Ming turned and left the kitchen, sitting down on the sofa. Xia Xiaoyu had already sat on the sofa, turned on the home game console, and prepared to play games.
" Which company produced the game 'Dark Soul' that you mentioned last time ?" Xia Xiaoyu asked.
Su Ming: "I think you can't find it. For you, this is an old game from more than 200 years ago."
"Is that so... That's quite a pity." Xia Xiaoyu sighed.
"I need a favor from you." Su Ming suddenly said.
"What?"
"I'm not sure what will happen to me after I fall into a state of forced love. Maybe I will tell Flora about my identity as a time traveler. You have to remind me and stop me then."
"I understand." Xia Xiaoyu put her index and middle fingers together, waved them in front of her forehead, and saluted. "But it doesn't have to be like this. According to the information, this house can only make people fall in love, but it won't affect their sanity."
"I think this won't affect sanity, it just won't make people lose themselves. But everyone's relationship status is different. Some people are very rational when they are in love, but some people are very irrational when they are in love.
If I'm right, the effect of this house is to make the resident fall into the state he should be in when he is in love. If I am a person who doesn't know how to hide things from the other person when I am in love, then I might tell Flora my identity. "
Xia Xiaoyu was surprised by Su Ming's caution.
She discovered that Su Ming had a characteristic. Although Su Ming was not good at using the things around him, he had a very good grasp of the situation and could keenly perceive risks that had not yet occurred but might occur in the future.
After making preparations to prevent any possible disaster, Su Ming's cohabitation life with Xia Xiaoyu and Flora finally officially began.
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In the first few days, Su Ming felt that everything was normal, but on the third day, Su Ming felt that something was wrong.
That's right, Flora's eyes changed when she looked at him.
Su Ming couldn't describe that look. Her pupils were like a lake that had just thawed in early spring, emitting scattered light in the sun. Her occasional glance back was like a warm breeze that made people feel relaxed and happy... and sometimes it was like clouds and mist on distant mountains, concealing a faint warmth.
Flora worked even harder. In addition to preparing three meals a day, she also often made midnight snacks. She did things with a gentleness that was so virtuous that it was hard for people to feel at ease.
This kind of treatment is not available to everyone, and Su Ming should enjoy it, but he can't, because he feels as if he has not entered a state of forced love!
But…it’s also possible that he has entered a state of forced love, but because he has never been in a relationship before, he is unfamiliar with the feeling of falling in love with someone.
This is terrible. What does it mean to be in a forced relationship? What should I do now?
"Xiaoyu, I feel like I am now..."
"Su Ming, I feel...I seem to have fallen in love with you."
Xia Xiaoyu touched his chin and muttered to himself thoughtfully.
