Chapter 57: Planning
An Han knew he had changed a lot, but he didn’t expect that in his classmates’ eyes, his change was so big that they found him almost stunning.
“Who is that girl? The one with short hair. She’s pretty.”
“That’s An Han. He’s a guy. You don’t recognize him?”
“Did he get plastic surgery?”
Sitting in the first row, An Han rested his chin on one hand while hearing his classmates whispering softly.
“Did he look like this before?”
“Kinda… but also not really…”
Hearing their confused discussions, An Han almost laughed.
He had to admit, being praised for his looks really did make him feel happy. If only they didn’t treat him like a girl at first, it would be even better.
His changes were all improvements based on his original appearance, so at first glance he looked much prettier, but if they looked carefully, they couldn’t point out exactly what was different.
“He probably didn’t get plastic surgery? He used to look delicate already.”
“If he did a small cosmetic touch-up, seven days of the National Day holiday would be enough.”
“But before the holiday he already looked pretty… maybe he just grew into his looks?”
In their understanding, a “system” simply couldn’t exist. No one would ever think something like that was real in the real world.
So after discussing and thinking, the only explanations they came up with were… maybe he did some minor cosmetic procedure, or his looks simply matured with age.
An Han quietly glanced at the classmates talking about him, and suddenly felt alarmed. He quickly checked his classmates’ affection levels through the system.
The average affection was around forty.
Compared to the last time he checked during National Day, it had increased by almost ten points, and one or two classmates even reached fifty!
Hiss—
He knew most people judged by looks, but wasn’t this too much? Even though they attended classes together, they weren’t close at all. Some classmates had spoken fewer than ten sentences to him in two years.
And it wasn’t just the boys, even the girls’ affection toward him had gone up a lot.
“It’s fine. Everyone likes beautiful things…”
He whispered to comfort himself, “Besides, even the girls like me more now. Doesn’t that make it easier to get a girlfriend in the future?”
Even he didn’t believe that.
Today’s class was important, so An Han preferred sitting in the front to really listen. If it were a useless class, he would rather sit in the back and watch videos to pass the time.
Trying to put aside his anxiety, he looked up at the teacher and focused on the lecture.
Because of the system, he used to not care much about studying. But now, if he didn’t study seriously, he might blame the system in the future when things went wrong, even though the problem was actually his own fault.
His greed for quick results was exactly why he ended up in this situation!
During the break, An Han didn’t feel like going to the restroom. He laid on his desk with a lifeless expression, thinking hard about his next plan.
There was no progress with Long Xing for now, so he needed to start thinking about how to lower Su Peng’s affection instead.
“An Han?”
“Hm?”
He looked up. An Kexin was suddenly standing in front of him. “Do you need something?”
He responded very coldly, because thanks to An Kexin giving him that stupid ‘tube top’ item, Su Peng almost threw away his morals and the law, and An Han nearly ended up in big trouble.
Even though he knew it wasn’t really An Kexin’s fault, he still felt a little annoyed.
“What skincare products do you normally use?” An Kexin’s eyes were shining. “Can you recommend something for me?”
Skincare products?
Did facial cleanser count? The one he bought online for twenty yuan that was always the top seller.
An Han glanced around the classroom and noticed that several girls were also looking at him with hopeful eyes.
It seemed like An Kexin was their messenger.
“Fairy Water,” An Han casually said the name of a famous skincare product.
He had heard of it. A tiny bottle cost several thousand yuan, and normal students definitely couldn’t afford it.
Since his soft, pale skin couldn’t be hidden anyway, it was better to make up something expensive. That way he could explain his skin while also making the high-end product sound reasonable.
Whether the girls could actually afford it wasn’t his problem.
“Fairy Water?” As expected, An Kexin instantly looked troubled. “That one is really expensive.”
“Yeah. My family bought it for me.”
“So your family is pretty rich?”
“Of course!”
After hesitating, An Kexin trotted back to the group of girls to share the “information.” Meanwhile, An Han turned and looked at Su Peng, who was sitting in the third row.
Things Su Peng hated… things Su Peng hated…
Aside from knowing he disliked eating vegetables, he didn’t really know anything else.
But he couldn’t possibly stuff Su Peng’s lunch full of vegetables every day, right?
“Hey, Dongming! Come here for a sec,” he called to Wu Dongming, who sat next to Su Peng.
If he didn’t know, he could just ask Su Peng’s roommate.
“What?” Wu Dongming kept playing his mobile game, walking over with his head down. “Hurry up, say it. I’m in the middle of a team fight.”
“Come outside with me!”
An Han pulled him into the hallway.
Yesterday, Wu Dongming was still complaining about his stupid advice, but today he seemed to have totally forgotten. He didn’t get mad when being dragged out and calmly asked, “What’s so important you have to say it out here?”
“I want to ask you, what does Su Peng hate the most?”
Wu Dongming briefly looked up at him.
An Han felt guilty, afraid he would notice something. He quickly shifted his eyes toward the ceiling.
“You’re trying to mess with Su Peng, aren’t you?!” Wu Dongming instantly became excited. He even stopped his game and happily leaned closer. “He hates cockroaches! If you want to prank him, just throw a cockroach on him!”
“Cockroaches, huh?”
Yeah, he did remember Su Peng being terrified of them before.
“Yes! How about putting some cockroaches in his bed?”
“Be a decent person!” An Han’s eyes lit up, but he quickly stepped back with a disgusted expression. “How are we even best friends?! Do something normal!”
“Then why are you asking?” Wu Dongming crossed his arms, leaning against the railing with a smug look. “Don’t tell me you’re trying to get to know him better because you’re into him.”
“No way!” An Han lowered his voice. “Catching real cockroaches is gross~ I’ll just buy some dried medicinal ones, or fake ones, and put them in his closet… What do you think?”
“That stuff isn’t even dirty. And if he gets mad, it won’t be too serious.”
Wu Dongming raised his chin even higher. “It’s obvious you planned this for a while. You just want to drag me in so that when things go wrong, you won’t be the only one getting beaten up, right?”
He kind of did think that, but he would never admit it.
“Don’t accuse me without proof! I can do it myself!”
“Sure, sure…”
“But don’t tell Su Peng!”
“Alright…” Wu Dongming replied half-heartedly.
An Han was feeling more and more confident. He had seen firsthand how afraid Su Peng was of cockroaches, and people even said a cockroach once crawled into his mouth.
So this prank would definitely make Su Peng’s affection level drop sharply!
Su Peng’s temper was much worse than Long Xing’s!