Keep Flirting and Don't Get Killed

"Ah, sorry, I was in a hurry..."

Jiang Ran let go of the girl and quickly stepped back, apologizing to her sincerely.

"It's okay... It's me who should thank you, thank you for saving me..."

The girl lowered her head and didn't dare to meet Jiang Ran's eyes. For a while, the two of them just stood there, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

In Jiang Ran's opinion, generally speaking, the mentality of girls in this situation could be divided into three situations:

1. Although they were rescued, they did not appreciate it and were even disgusted by the close physical contact. They were left with a bad impression of the man and even felt ashamed of being rescued;

2. Affected by the suspension bridge effect*, they had a deep memory of the physiological tension and accelerated heartbeat, and then they would most likely start to suspect that they had such a reaction because they liked their "savior";

3. There were also some people (very few) who were not affected. The reason might be that they had experienced more difficult situations and did not take it seriously, or there might be other reasons;

Jiang Ran analyzed that if this was "situation one", the girl would not be so polite, reserved, and shy to talk to him, but would say some ungrateful words, such as, "Who told you to touch me!", "Stay away from me!", and then leave angrily. 

If it was "situation three", the girl should communicate with Jiang Ran more casually, for example, patting his shoulder with a relaxed expression and saying "Thank you!", followed by a hearty smile.

Therefore, excluding "situation one" and "situation three", Jiang Ran was now in a classic "situation two", where the girl should be nervous and shy. Then, Jiang Ran used the Super Dimensional Eye to check the girl's inner feelings and found that it was indeed consistent with his speculation.

—⁄(⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄ ah!! Was I hugged just now?

—Just, just holding the shoulders, no, it doesn't count as being hugged, right?

—Oh my God! How could this happen? How can a stranger man… a man and a woman...!

—But, but there was no other way in an emergency like that, right? He did this to save me!

—But, but, but why do I feel so shy! What should I do?! Everyone around me saw it? What will they think?!

—Wuwuwu... But no matter what, he saved me... Should I treat him to a meal to express my gratitude...? But my cooking is very ordinary and not impressive (Ｔ▽Ｔ)...

In short, the girl was very confused now, and this was exactly what Jiang Ran wanted to achieve.

Silly Ni: (Boy, you are lucky. You were given the opportunity to play the good hero so soon.)

Jiang Ran: If you can't see with your eyes, you can donate it to people in need.

Silly Ni: (What do you mean?)

Didn't you see that I tampered with the pillar?

Silly Ni: (Huh? When did you do it? How could you do this?)

Stupid loli had unwittingly fallen victim to Jiang Ran's schemes again. This time, Jiang Ran took the opportunity to confirm that the stupid loli could only see with his right eye. That way, Jiang Ran could do something without her knowing when it would be needed in the future.

Silly Ni: (Hey! I'm talking to you, Jiang Ran! Do you still have a conscience?!)

When did you get the impression that I have a conscience?

As he just admitted, Jiang Ran never held himself to the standards of a good person. Even when he was rescued by the villagers, he was already a liar. At that time, his every move was to test the villagers' reactions and find the easiest prey in the crowd. For example, the girl Jiang Ran 'rescued' earlier was actually the one who brought him water at noon. Jiang Ran used his identification ability to confirm the girl's basic information at that time.

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Violet, female, 16 years old, villager of Ella Village

Production Profession: Fruit farmer - Lv1

Manufacturing Profession: Tailor - Lv4

Combat Profession: None

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At sixteen years old, a girl was in the prime of her youth. Jiang Ran saw that her thoughts were very simple, like "This person is so pitiful." and "I have water at home, I should help." She didn't have any complicated thoughts, so he immediately put her on the list of possible targets. 

Later, he learned about the personnel situation in the village while having dinner with the village chief Woodall.

Excluding Jiang Ran, there were fifty-four people in Ella Village, four of whom died in the giant fire column incident, two were seriously injured, and five were slightly injured. Among the fifty people left in the village, there were twenty-six women. Eight were 0–14 years old, two were 15–30 years old, and sixteen were 31 years old and over.

If it were someone else, they would probably not consider the age groups of 0–14 and over 31 years old due to moral, aesthetic, and legal factors, but Jiang Ran was different. He only considered the success rate and efficiency.

Jiang Ran's reasoning was this:

—Children aged 0–14 do not understand what love is. It would take a lot of hard work to get a sincere confession from them.

—All the women over 31 years old in the village had families. If he wanted to conquer them, he had to help them overcome their moral guilt of cheating. At the same time, he had to complete the challenge while cheating with someone else's wife under their noses. This was too much trouble for Jiang Ran, not to mention the elderly ladies who were already hard of hearing.

Therefore, in the end, only the two women in the 15–30 age group remained to be considered. One of them was Violet who brought water to Jiang Ran, and the other was a woman named Mary.

Speaking of Mary, Jiang Ran already knew about her. The woodcutter Joseph's thoughts he saw in the morning were still vivid in his mind. If it weren't for Jiang Ran's interference, Mary would have continued to have fun with Joseph tonight. 

Mary, Mary's husband, and Joseph, this complicated love triangle, Jiang Ran would definitely not touch it unless he had no other choice.

After such a selection round, Violet became Jiang Ran's best and only target and then followed the scene of "hero saving beauty".

"Thank you very much for saving me. If you don't mind, would you like to..."

"You're welcome. I'm glad you're okay. Next time you pass by a dangerous building, pay more attention to the surroundings."

"Oh... um."

For some reason, Jiang Ran interrupted Violet's words, and his tone was a little distant. Then, he left her and went to help other villagers. Even the stupid loli could see that Violet was about to invite Jiang Ran to her house for dinner just now!

Silly Ni: (You stupid idiot! Why didn't you let her finish her words? Do you not use your mind-reading ability to see what she thinks?)

What are you arguing about... Haven't you heard of the ‘Intermittent Reinforcement’ theory?

Silly Ni: (Uh, what stupid thing is that?)

It's a theory proposed by a psychologist named ‘Skinner’ in the Earth world.

Silly Ni: (What does it say?)

I won't tell you.

Jiang Ran's ability to drive the stupid loli crazy was really first-class. 

But! How could Master Nissen tolerate being played around by Jiang Ran again and again?!

In extreme anger, the stupid loli used her power that she could only use once a day: she broke through the restrictions of the parallel world and asked the ‘good god camp’ to approve her inquiry about the Intermittent Reinforcement Theory in the Omniscient Wisdom Library from the Earth World.

After a few seconds, when the knowledge of Intermittent Reinforcement Theory entered Master Nissen's mind, she was shocked! There was such an evil theory in the Earth World! And Jiang Ran was even more of a scumbag, actually intending to use such a terrible theory on an innocent sixteen-year-old girl!

(No, wait, why does this Intermittent Reinforcement Theory sound a bit familiar...? Jiang Ran... has he been using the method of intermittent reinforcement on me?!!!)

*The suspension bridge effect refers to the fact that when a person walks across a suspension bridge, because of the trepidation, their heart rate will involuntarily speed up. If they happen to meet another person at this time, they will attribute the accelerated heart rate caused by this tense and exciting situation to the physiological reaction caused by the other person making their heart beat faster, and then develop feelings for the other person. The suspension bridge effect can be further extended to the fact that in a stressful or stimulating environment, people tend to misinterpret tense and stimulating emotions as attraction to someone nearby.