Chapter 1: The Three-Choice Mission System
“Dongming, I need your help with something. Don’t be scared, I’m not some kind of pervert.”
The smell of grilled food filled the air around the late-night barbecue stall. Under a big banyan tree, a young man sat at a small table, looking very serious as he stared at his old friend sitting across from him.
“Go ahead, I’m listening,” Dongming said.
“I think I just met a system. You know, like the ones in those web novels. Complete a task, get a reward.”
“Okay… continue.”
“There are a few lines of text floating above your head. It’s a ‘three-choice mission.’ I already accepted the first one.”
“Bro… have you been reading too many novels, or are you mentally unstable? Don’t mess around.”
“I’m not joking!”
He suddenly stood up, pressed both hands on the table, and leaned forward with a serious face.
“Dongming, wear women’s clothes for me! Just do it! I’ll pay for this whole meal! How about that?”
His eyes were glued to the floating text above Dongming’s head, full of excitement and hope.
【Option 1: Make Wu Dongming wear women’s clothes.
Reward: One house】
【Option 2: Sincerely confess to Wu Dongming by saying, “My world is vast, filled with thousands of armies, yet my world is also small, because it only has you.”
Reward: Basic English fluency】
【Option 3: Treat Wu Dongming to a meal.
Reward: Random attribute points】
You have chosen Task 1. Please complete it as soon as possible!
Even though he didn’t understand where this system came from, An Han knew his moment of glory had finally arrived!
Every main character who got a system ended up as a billionaire, right? Either famous for eternity or rich beyond imagination! And now, he was the main character!
It was a house, for crying out loud! In the city, just selling it could earn him millions! Financial freedom was just around the corner!
And the task was just… making Wu Dongming wear women’s clothes?
“……”
Wu Dongming lifted his head and saw the eager sparkle in An Han’s eyes. He didn’t even know how to respond.
The air seemed to freeze. The awkwardness was so thick it could be cut with a knife.
“An Han…” Dongming’s tone grew heavier. “We’re already in our third year of college. Can you please stop using me for your jokes?”
“Even if I’ve done something wrong, let the law punish me, okay? I must’ve been crazy to be friends with you.”
He sighed and lowered his head, biting into a skewer as he started listing An Han’s “crimes.”
“First year, I finally got a girlfriend and you somehow ruined it.”
“Second year, I was on the phone with my mom, and you yelled ‘Honey!’ right next to me. Now my family still thinks I’m gay!”
The more he spoke, the angrier he became. An Han’s list of offenses was too long to count.
“And now you want to trick me into cross-dressing?!”
“I’m telling you, I’m doing a mission!”
Afraid his friend would dig up even more embarrassing stories, An Han quickly interrupted him.
“The system says you have to wear women’s clothes, okay? I even bought the wig already! It’s your favorite, a short skirt and long socks!”
“How about this, once I get the reward, I’ll share half with you!” An Han finally made a painful offer.
The two of them sat in silence again. But An Han didn’t sit down. Instead, he looked at Dongming with even more emotion in his eyes and pleaded,
“Please… just wear the outfit!”
“Bro, I’m begging you — be a decent human being!”
Wu Dongming covered his face with both hands, not wanting passersby to recognize him.
“Just because I like short skirts doesn’t mean I want to wear them, okay?!”
“The skirt was originally invented for men!”
“What does that have to do with me? I’m not wearing it.”
“Just help me finish this task, please!”
“Did you finish it?”
“How can I finish it if you don’t wear women’s clothes?”
Dongming looked at An Han as if he were staring at an idiot, a pervert, and a lunatic all at once.
The two of them were classmates. Since they were the only two people in the class who played Dota 2, they had become close friends, almost like brothers, even though they didn’t live in the same dorm.
The problem was… how to describe An Han? If you use polite words, you could call him “free-spirited.” If you use honest words, “pervert” fit perfectly.
After thinking for a long while, An Han finally asked again, “What will it take for you to agree to wear women’s clothes?”
“I’m a straight man, okay?! I can’t believe you even thought of making me cross-dress!” Wu Dongming protested loudly. “You’re not even 1.7 meters tall and already look so feminine, why don’t you wear the dress?”
“If the task required me to wear it, would I be bothering you like this?” An Han argued back. “And you’re not even taller than me!”
Looking completely defeated, he sat down again, grabbed another skewer, and tried once more to tempt him. “How about this, if you wear women’s clothes, I’ll give you 300 yuan.”
“Even if you call me dad, I still won’t do it!”
“Dad, wear the dress! I’ll transfer you 1,000 yuan right now!”
Wu Dongming almost spat out his cola and glared at him. “No way! You ungrateful child!”
“If someone gave me money to wear women’s clothes, I’d agree right away…”
“Don’t you dare compare yourself to me!”
Wu Dongming didn’t believe in things like “systems,” but he knew one thing for sure. If he cross-dressed, An Han would never let him live it down.
Even after he died and was buried, An Han would probably come to his grave with a paper skirt and make fun of him again!
Still, An Han didn’t want to give up on his mission.
It was a house, after all! In his hometown, even small apartments cost over ten thousand yuan per square meter! If Wu Dongming would just wear the dress, he could skip twenty years of hard work!
“We’ve been brothers for decades…” he sighed dramatically. “And you still won’t help me with something so small.”
“Get lost! We haven’t even known each other for three years!”
Seeing how unwilling Wu Dongming looked, An Han racked his brain for a solution.
Telling him about the system didn’t work, offering money didn’t work either…
But wasn’t this the same guy who always encouraged streamers on Bilibili to wear women’s clothes? Why was he refusing when it was his turn?
Things had reached a stalemate. An Han’s excitement faded, and he sat there sighing as he ate his skewers.
“How about this?”
“Huh?” An Han’s eyes lit up instantly, and he looked up.
Wu Dongming finished the last of his cola with a long gulp, then squinted and smiled. “You wear women’s clothes first to show me, and then I’ll do it after.”
“You’re not trying to trick me, are you?”
An Han looked at him suspiciously.
To be fair, An Han often acted crazy, but Wu Dongming wasn’t exactly innocent either. In both life and games, the two loved to prank each other. On the surface, they were best friends. But deep down, they both secretly wished the other would suffer.
Maybe that’s what being “best bros” really meant.
“Seriously, why would I lie to you?” Dongming said, shaking his head. “We’ve been friends for years. If you don’t trust me, fine. But remember, you were the one who asked me first.”
“Fine!”
Even if it was a trap, An Han couldn’t give up the chance to win a whole house for free!
He instantly perked up, stood up, and called to the barbecue stall owner: “Boss! How much for everything?”
Before the boss could answer, he turned back to Wu Dongming and said, “After we finish eating, we’ll go back to the dorm to get the clothes! If you’re worried someone might see, we can just book a room instead, how about that?”
“Whatever.”
“You’re really the best brother I’ve ever had~”
“Heh.”