Since the system became my girlfriend

For ordinary people, five gold coins is a huge sum of money. However, for large guilds, which are organized in real life, when choosing to enter a game, a large number of players gather in a certain main city. With so many people, it is easy to raise money. Each person donates one or two silver coins, and a hundred people would donate one or two gold coins. The members of such large guilds are often in the tens of thousands, so even in the early stages of the game, five gold coins are not a big deal for them.

"Sir, can I upgrade my mercenary group to level two? I already own property in the city," Su Rui asked the old man after registering his mercenary group.

"Not yet. Your mercenary group's reputation points are not high enough. You need to do more missions to accumulate reputation points. When your reputation points reach one hundred, come back to me to upgrade to a second-tier mercenary group!" The old man patiently explained to Su Rui out of respect for Gai Nie.

"I see!" Su Rui nodded, and at the same time he opened the mercenary group's management interface.

Xirui Mercenary Group (Level 1)

Reputation score: 0/100

Mercenary Leader: Su Rui

Mercenary group members: 0/10

Member details: None

Member benefits: None

Task bonus: None

"Xiao Xi, I'm inviting you, please accept!" After reviewing the mercenary group's basic attributes, Su Rui sent an invitation to Feng Lixi. At this point, the mercenary group was still at the initial level one, offering no additional benefits to its members. Only after accumulating enough reputation points through completing missions and acquiring property in the city could they upgrade to a level two mercenary group.

The higher the level of the mercenary group, the greater the benefits and the higher the extra rewards when completing missions.

"Okay!" Feng Lixi nodded and accepted Su Rui's invitation, becoming a member of the Xi Rui Mercenary Group.

“Let’s display the mercenary group’s title!” Feng Lixi said to Su Rui.

"Okay!" Su Rui nodded. Although a level one mercenary group doesn't offer many perks, at least it will give you a mercenary group title.

Unlike NPCs who naturally have their names displayed, players can choose whether or not to show their names and titles. For most players, except in a few special cases, they will usually hide their names, so that when everyone walks on the street, it's similar to real life, and there won't be a line of text above their heads.

Similarly, whether or not the mercenary group or guild title is displayed is also optional. Since Feng Lixi has made a request, it doesn't matter to Su Rui. So, a line of text appeared above both of their heads—Xi Rui Mercenary Group!

"Alright, let's go accept the mission!" Feng Lixi said after Su Rui brought up the name of the mercenary group.

At this moment, the roles of the two have clearly reversed; Feng Lixi has become the leader, and Su Rui has become the follower...

Although Mr. Su has a bit of a chauvinistic streak, and although being suppressed by a girl makes him extremely unhappy, considering that the girl lives right across the hall from him, and thinking about the power of her Iron Palm technique, Mr. Su ultimately felt that being a henpecked husband wasn't so bad after all.

After the two arrived at the quest board, all the other players looked over. Of course, these players weren't looking at Su Rui anymore; their eyes were all focused on Feng Lixi. After all, a beauty of this caliber would be the center of attention wherever she went.

"Tsk tsk tsk... We have such a beautiful woman in Xuanwu City..."

"Yeah... I wonder when the beauty list will be released. She'll definitely have a place on it!"

"Hmph! It's more than just a place; I think it should at least be in the top three!"

"Not necessarily. The beauty list isn't just for pretty faces; you have to be really capable too!"

"That's true. Birds of a feather flock together. Look at the kid she's with. He doesn't look like a master at all. He looks more like a pretty boy. So his strength probably isn't much better."

……

The players around them were all talking at once. They all praised Feng Lixi's appearance. Even the women couldn't find any fault with her looks. But Su Rui was different. He had become the only outlet for these players' envy, jealousy and hatred, so all sorts of derogatory words were thrown at him.

Since they were in Xuanwu City, Su Rui couldn't attack these people. If it were just a matter of cursing, he would definitely be no match for these dozen or so mouths. So he took a deep breath, pretended not to hear their babbling, and went straight to the task board.

"Are there any bounty missions?" Su Rui asked. Generally, bounty missions are elite missions, which are more difficult, but the rewards are correspondingly higher.

"Tch! A bounty quest? Do you think any NPC will even acknowledge you?"

"Yeah, instead of checking the quest board himself, he's acting all high and mighty in front of the NPCs!"

……

The player next to the quest board scoffed disdainfully. In their eyes, Su Rui was just a newbie who had just left the starting village. Although he had a pretty girl with him, he was a complete idiot.

Many people are like that; they can't stand to see others do well. Su Rui bringing a pretty girl is none of their business, but these people are just envious, jealous, and hateful. So subconsciously, they are hostile towards Su Rui and can't stand to see him do well.

"Sir, this is the latest bounty mission..." The female NPC didn't care what the players were saying. As a special mercenary, Su Rui would enjoy extra privileges, even though the female NPC's reputation with him wasn't high.

"What the hell! Why should I get this?!"

"What the hell? We tried to talk to this female NPC, but she ignored us completely. That guy, on the other hand, acted like a big shot and got all the attention!"

"Could this female NPC be a masochist?"

……

As Su Rui began selecting tasks, the players around him were furious. They felt extremely resentful, as they had begged this female NPC countless times to accept some rewarding tasks, only to be completely ignored.

As a result, Su Rui acted all high and mighty as soon as he arrived today, and he didn't speak politely at all. But what about that female NPC? She actually took the initiative to offer up all the good quests!

How could the players present possibly feel at ease with such a huge disparity in treatment?

Su Rui didn't care much about the players' attitudes. After quickly accepting a few missions, he left the Mercenary Guild with Feng Lixi and headed straight for the west gate.

After Su Rui left the Mercenary Guild, the two people in the corner exchanged a glance. One of them turned and left, while the other followed Su Rui from a distance as he also left the city through the west gate.

Su Rui led Feng Lixi straight to the area where the first mission was located. As for the guy who was following him, Su Rui didn't notice him because they were too far apart.

Soon, Su Rui and his companion arrived at the mission location. Feng Lixi glanced back intentionally or unintentionally, but didn't say anything. Although she noticed the guy who had followed them, he didn't show any hostility, so Feng Lixi didn't make a fuss.