Face-Slapping System



With his right arm extended behind his back, Roland, who was dragging Janine, gradually arrived near one of the suspected land surveyors- a man in his forties.

The man was wearing a white polo shirt and standard black slacks. He was around in his forties and had a sloppy shaved goatee. He has a rather ordinary and standard face, one that people would find familiar even if he went to a completely different city. He was also a short man, even shorter than Janine, who had always felt inferior regarding her height.

He was standing far away from the other people who wore similar outfits, as if he was not one of them. He was looking at them intently with his hands crossed in front of his chest.

"Hello, good morning, may I ask if you are one of the surveyors commissioned to survey this plot of land?" Roland asked in a gentle and polite tone.

Behind him, Janine who was still holding onto Roland's arms has her face turn bright-red. They had already arrived at their destination, however, her hand still firmly held onto that muscular arm, as if not willing to let go of it.

'I-is this considered taking advantage of the situation?' Janine thought to herself, as her cheek turned even more rosier. In fact, her ears seemed to have reddened too due to her thoughts. However, even amidst her thoughts, her hand still did not let go of Roland's arm.

The man reacted in fright when he suddenly heard a voice beside him. He frantically looked left and right, only to see a towering man beside him, wearing a simple shirt.

As he was very short, with his eye-level, he only saw Roland's chest and neck area at first. When he looked up, he was taken aback at how handsome this person was. He was not overly white but has a fair complexion. His facial skin was smooth and fair, a face that can cause jealousy for the ladies.

The man secretly gulped down a mouthful of saliva before his gaze moved at the back of the towering man in front of him. There, he saw a fine young lady, making him go into a daze. He never expected that he would meet two beautiful creatures early in the morning, his previous dissatisfaction from the rushed work gradually thinned down as he donned a slight smile.

Pondering about the towering man's question, he answered hesitantly, "Ahhmm, you can consider that."

He was kind of the leader for their land surveyor team commissioned hurriedly for this plot of land, so he was essentially part of the 'land surveyor' description even though he was not part of the team who was really 'surveying' the land.

"Great! By the way, my name is Roland, I'm the new owner of this plot of land, can you fill me in the details?" Roland said enthusiastically as he reached out his hand for a handshake, only to recall that Janine was still holding his arm quite tightly.

Seemingly noticing his predicament, Janine hurriedly let go of his arm in embarrassment as she looked away in a hurry, embarrassed of meeting Roland's gaze. She instinctively gathers her arms and crosses them in front of her chest, as if enclosing the warmth brought upon by holding Roland's arm for too long.

Roland shook his head lightly and ignored her actions. He offered his hand one again for a handshake to the surveyor man in front of him.

"Ahhh-?"

A surprise gape was let out of the man's lips before turning into an 'O' shape of surprise. He did not expect that the man in front of him was actually the one who brought this piece of land. This was the man who was literally the cause of his morning suffering, making him work early in the morning with quite the hurry.

To be precise, it was the previous owner of this land who rushed them to come here to survey the land as it was already brought by someone else and that the new owner would inspect the plot of land today. Having been 'disturbed' early in the morning, he was truly dissatisfied with the previous owner, and could only vent out his frustrations towards his subordinates as he did not dare to lash out in front of the previous owner as well.

Even though this essentially meant money for them, no worker would still want to work 'forcefully' so early in the morning.

The man in front of him claimed to be the new owner… To be honest, he wanted to lash out at him too.

At first, he wanted to retort that the man was too young to own such a huge piece of land. However, after recalling his bearing as well as his handsome face, he thought that it might truly be possible that he was speaking the truth. After all, handsome men and beautiful women were often synonymous with having riches.

Hence, he gradually reeled in his thoughts of lashing out as he suppressed his emotions, not daring to act rashly in front of the new owner.

He hurriedly gathered his thoughts as he reached out his hand after the initial surprise and shock, "G-good morning, I'm Nestor, the team leader of land surveyors."

Before Roland was able to nod his head, Nestor turned to the side to look at the other men in the distance before waving his hands to them, "Everyone, come here first."

As he said that, the five men at the distance were immediately attracted, they looked at each other, and upon seeing that someone was beside Nestor, they immediately sauntered over there as well, curious at the identity of the person beside Nestor.

Among the five men, four of whom have the same uniform as Nestor. Obviously, Roland concluded that they were Nestor's 'subordinates' or teammates. As for the last one, Roland has no idea who he was yet, but he guessed that he might be the previous owner of the plot of land that the System bought.