The word "deception" made Yu Shujun’s lips tighten. It seemed like he wanted to say something, to refute Wen Nan, but found that he was far less thick-skinned than those around him. In the end, he could only weakly reply: "I didn’t deceive you." Wen Nan stared at the other’s profile, feeling like the words "lying" were written all over it. But to be honest, his little servant’s ability to lie had definitely improved; he almost fooled Wen Nan just now. Looking at that unmoving 98% exploration degree in the system, Wen Nan had actually believed earlier that according to the system’s requirements, the two of them would need to sleep together for a night to get that "key item." But just now, Xiao Fei, Ru Huan, and Wenwen handed over their key items to Wen Nan, and after Wen Nan went through the system process once, he realized he had been duped— The "key item" in this first main quest corresponds to each character’s storyline. Since the theme of this instance is "cohabiting with a Sickly," this item must also be related to cohabitation. In other words, as the desire of the corresponding characters to cohabit with Wen Nan increases, so does the likelihood they’ll hand over the "key item" to Wen Nan. At this moment, the system would consider the exploration degree increased. Earlier, in the company’s shooting room, Wenwen had once taken out that "key item." Similarly, in the storage room, Ru Huan had once wanted to directly give her item to Wen Nan. In other words, when the exploration degree reaches about 90%, it’s enough for the characters to hand over their "key item." And just now, after the three women respectively had private conversations with Wen Nan and were determined to hand over their items to him, they all increased the exploration degree to 98%. It seems this instance system sets the value of 98% as the threshold for characters deciding to hand over their items. After reaching this threshold, the last 2% doesn’t require Wen Nan to continue any further strategy; as soon as the character hands over the item, the exploration degree will automatically jump to 100% when Wen Nan receives it. Back during that scene of "a happy family of three having dinner," Yu Shujun had already reached 98%, meaning that at that time, if Yu Shujun had handed over the item, the "hidden character" main quest would have been completed. As a result, the little servant has now gained skills, started to act a little tricky with the master, and not only is withholding the item but also arbitrarily raising the stakes. In fact, Wen Nan knows that Yu Shujun arranged this for his own good. Just like in every previous instance, Yu Shujun always had some criticism of Wen Nan’s behavior of running around and flirting, not hesitating to quarrel with Wen Nan over this. Wen Nan understands that what Yu Shujun is doing now is just his way of trying to make Wen Nan stay peacefully in Yu Shujun’s home at night, staying by his side. There was no ill intent. But why couldn’t this be said directly? Isn’t it just about staying one night at home? Wen Nan likes to flirt outside but is also happy to occasionally sleep at home for a night. Does it have to involve deception and sneak attacks? That’s not noble. It makes Wen Nan, an old cucumber in the love arena, being bitten back by a young clam that still has water in it, feel quite embarrassing. Thinking of this, Wen Nan folded his arms across his chest, leaned closer into the seat, and said in a deliberately serious tone: "You better confess everything before the master gets angry." Wen Nan wasn’t sure how much of a deterrent this sentence held for Yu Shujun, but Qiqi, sitting in the back, obviously felt a tense atmosphere, making the silver control pattern on the back of her neck vaguely heat up and emanate a silvery glow. She didn’t dare to make a sound, her eyes rolling back and forth, nervously watching the two in the front seat. After a moment of stalemate, it was eventually the one being persuaded who compromised. After the sharp screeching of tires against the ground, Yu Shujun brought the car to an emergency stop by the roadside. Wen Nan turned his head to look, only to see the other rummaging through their equipment’s spare slot, then... Retrieved a rusty key. A key? The key to Yu Shujun’s house? Definitely not; Yu Shujun’s house has a code lock. He’d given Wen Nan the code already, so keys wouldn’t be needed. Even if they were, it wouldn’t be such an old and rusty one. Then, what is this... Just as he was thinking, sensing Wen Nan’s gaze, a system prompt sounded in his mind— 9527: [Congratulations, contestant! Successfully found the "hidden character" key item—Treasure Chest Key!] 9527: [Congratulations, contestant, the exploration degree of the "hidden character" key item has increased to 100%.] Wen Nan took the rusty key, weighed it in his hand, finding it quite heavy, "A treasure chest key?" What treasure chest? There’s actually a treasure chest in this instance? Is this a map that combines character strategy and treasure hunting? It wasn’t reflected in the instance title when he first entered. Just as he was thinking, he heard Yu Shujun say: "This doesn’t belong here." So, is this an item obtained from another instance, brought here? "It doesn’t belong here, but can still be used?" Wen Nan was a bit puzzled. There’s nothing wrong with bringing items obtained from other instances into this one, but for them to be directly deemed by this instance system as a "key item" related to the main quest is a bit odd. "’Provide an item most likely to trigger character ** traits,’ is what the instance system required of me when assigning the character background. I have a total of 3.5 eligible items: **, **, **, and **. But the only one this instance system has permission to access is the one you have now..."