Note: I made some adjustments, White Rose has been trying to find the orphanage for the last 10 years, not 20. I decided to throw away the old White Rose backstory for a better one. Sorry and thank you for understanding.

Banyan Private Villa Residence

White Rose is gulping down a bottle of wine, then throwing it into a box filled with empty bottles. She has decided to meet Li Yuheng this noon and currently trying to calm herself down. The reason for her nervousness? she hasn't met any male in private in the last 10 years, basically, she is an old virgin.

Saying it's a business meeting doesn't make her any calmer. But she remembers about her subordinates or rather her friends, the only people that have been close to her for the last 10 years. Their current situation is dire, she doesn't know how long they will last.

𝘏𝘶𝘧𝘧~~𝘏𝘶𝘧𝘧~~𝘏𝘶𝘧𝘧~~

She finally able to calm herself after taking a few breaths, but ended up seeing herself in front of a mirror, turning her expression into one of somber before dressing up.

A small cafe was open in a remote alley in the enormous Jinpeng city. A clean plate writes "Solum Cafe", clearly out of place compared to the lifeless street around it.

At the moment, no customer can be seen before a woman enters the shop. The young girl barista looks happily at the woman, In this small and isolated shop, she is happy there is still a regular customer otherwise the shop would've been closed a long time ago.

"Welcome! The regular?" the barista greets with a smile.

"Yes." the woman said with a forced smile.

"Coming right up! Oh, Are you dressing up today? You look so good!"

"Yeah, I have a promise with someone here."

The barista was surprised because after 2 years, This is the first time the woman will drink inside. This place can be really lonely at times.

"Oh really!? Is it your boyfriend?"

"O-of course not!"

"Hehehe, one coffee latte coming right up!"

The barista started making coffee skillfully, emitting a fragrant coffee scent that filled the small room.

White Rose is sitting with a warm coffee that exudes light steam in her hand, she finally put enough bravery to message Li Yuheng to come to this cafe.

She met this cafe by chance when she lost her way on a rainy day after which she was helped by the barista who is also the owner, after that she became a regular here, and the coffee is also good.

[Ding! Secret mission has been completed! Achieve an Agreement with White Rose!]

[Rewards: 30 Attributes points, 1 random intermediate-level skill chest!]

Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.

[Ding! A new side story plot has been opened! The Silent War!]

[Goal: Destroy Hengdai Shongzu, a subsidiary of Houran Jin to save White Rose!]

[Rewards: Advance White Rose's main quest, Unlock heroine favorability panel for White Rose!]

Li Yuheng was eating breakfast when the system notification started ringing. He has an ecstatic face but soon turned grimace. The 30 attributes points and a skill chest are great gifts, but he didn't expect he will fight Hengdai Shongzu, one of the first major villains in the novel.

Hengdai Shongzu is the leader of illegal business in Jinpeng city. Selling guns, drugs, kidnapping, blackmail, loan shark, just to name a few of their deeds. Even the police have given up fighting them and just doing damage control. They are also the first villain where the original protagonist finally shows off his power and position as a god of war, impressing Shu Xiuying and many other heroines in the process.

But what Li Yuheng didn't expect Hengdai Shongzu was a subsidiary of Houran Jin, one of the 4 biggest families. This was never mentioned in the novel even when the protagonist also fought against Houran Jin in the capital city later.

Li Yuheng didn't expect Houran Jin to be doing illegal business, If other families knows about this, They will surely take this chance to take Houran Jin down. It solves a lot of mysteries but raises more questions, a question Li Yuheng doesn't bother to ask now.

As for fighting with Hengdai Shongzu, He already made a plan for it before, He just didn't expect to use it much faster than he expected. When he was deep in thought, his phone vibrate.

𝘷𝘻𝘻𝘻𝘻𝘻𝘵~~~~

He received a message with an address on it and knows White Rose is finally ready to meet him, the thought of meeting White Rose makes him thrilled.

Li Yuheng arrived at an address on the text. On the way here, he was thinking if White Rose tries to kill him by guiding him to such a shady place, but when he sees this coffee shop, his doubt disappears. He forgot in the novel White Rose likes coffee, so meeting in a cafe sounds reasonable.

He enters the cafe and is stunned when he sees the woman sitting at the table. She looks so enchanting, with gleaming skin and a colorful flower pattern dress, She was like the sun, the one that you keep looking at. Her beautiful lips were blowing out the hot steam of coffee, as her feet tapped the table cantilever with a beautiful rhythm.

Li Yuheng snapped out of daze then approached her while calming himself in his heart. Closer, he can see her better, the beautiful eyes and nose that were set on her perfect oval face, as if they were asked to be admired, like a white rose in a greenhouse.

He sits in front of her on impulse, admiring her face just for a little bit more of time, the seconds that feel like hours pass as he regains his sanity.

He gazes into her eyes and opens the conversation, "Are you White Rose?"

"Y-Yes."

"My name is Li Yuheng, nice to meet you, White Rose."

"Mm-hmm. Good to see you too."

"I will order some coffee first, all right?"

Li Yuheng sits up to order coffee but finds no one behind the counter.

"Do you know where the person goes?"

"Eh? She isn't here? I don't know where she goes." she shakes her head gently.

"It's fine, let's talk about it. Are you prepared?"

"W-who are we fighting with? My team is ready."

"Team? I don't need it."

"Eh!? Then what are we doing here?"

"My plan requires you, not your team."

White Rose tilts her head sidewards with a bewildered expression.

"Rate from 1-10, How good is your acting skills?" he asked with a smirk.

"Huh? acting? around 3 or 4? why?"

"I give you 3 days to get acting class until you get a 9."

"Huh!? Why???"

"Duh, of course you need to act. Otherwise why would you learn about acting?"

White Rose's mouth is slightly open in disbelief.

"As long as the plan succeeds, there will be zero casualties for us, don't you prefer that?"

"That does sounds good....But wait, why must I? I can use my body double or others right?"

"Hmm? I guess you can but I won't do it if it's not with you."

White Rose is stunned at Li Yuheng's words.

"...."

"..."

"....."

She slightly grits her teeth then reluctantly agreed "Fine!"

Li Yuheng smiled. "Good. You have 3 days to learn, the faster the better. Bye." Li Yuheng leaves the cafe.

White Rose is dumbfounded at this absurdity. She is sure most men will try to prolong talking to her even with the most boring and useless things, but this guy just told her to learn acting, refuses to elaborate, and leaves. She is not mad, just confused.

She ponders in the cafe for a moment, before going out to find the best acting class available.