Chapter 62: And You Still Say You’re a Man?
“Ever since I got this system, nothing goes the way I want!”
“How come I never noticed my classmates were this easy to talk to before? Now they all act like they took the wrong medicine!”
An Han let out a long breath and collapsed onto the grass on the school track field. Then he leaned back completely and lay down flat.
The sky was pitch-black with no stars at all, just like his mood, dark and heavy.
When he felt upset, he always liked to run on the track. Once he was exhausted, he wouldn’t have the energy to think about weird things anymore.
Sweat kept dripping down his cheeks. He pulled at his collar to cool off, but after looking around, he finally decided to take off his jacket.
The lights in the middle of the track weren’t very bright, and there were no classmates who knew him around. Even if someone saw the shape of his chest, they would probably just think he was a girl.
“Good thing the stat that increased was ‘Charm.’ If it made me more girly again, I’d be in real danger in the dorm.”
An Han muttered. He never felt anything special from the Charm stat, so he secretly felt lucky this time.
If he had gotten another ‘Body’ stat increase, then other than being flat-chested, he might already be the same as a girl. And if it increased, then he definitely wouldn’t be able to hide his chest anymore.
Just as he was lost in thought, a student suddenly sat down next to him.
He didn’t care at first. He yawned while thinking about how to lower Su Peng’s and Long Xing’s good impression of him.
Those two liked him too much, making them too tolerant of him. Doing harmless little things couldn’t lower their favorability at all.
But if he went too far, he might get beaten up.
Before, at least his body was strong enough to take a punch or two. But ever since the body-shape stat started changing him, he had gotten weaker and weaker.
Although... if he maxed out the body stat, maybe he could actually beat up Su Peng and Long Xing someday… after all, those two probably wouldn’t dare hit a girl.
An Han was full of worry, sighing from time to time about how hard life was.
“What are you upset about? Sighing like that,” the student beside him suddenly asked.
He froze, looked blankly at the student next to him, and then quickly scooted away like he had seen a ghost.
Is this guy crazy?
“Do I look scary or what? Why are you acting like that?”
But your behavior is scary!
An Han forced a smile at him and quickly turned away. But the student still leaned closer.
“Hey pretty girl, wanna add me on WeChat? I’m a top-rank Honor of Kings player, I can carry you in games.”
So he really thought he was a girl?
An Han lifted his head and stared straight into the guy’s eyes.
He didn’t know the guy’s name so he couldn’t check his favorability, but from the way he talked, he was clearly trying to flirt.
Flirting with him…
After thinking for a moment, An Han used a deep uncle-like voice.
“What are you doing, brother? I’m a man!”
“Holy S—!”
The student jumped like he’d been struck by lightning, his face frozen, then he shot up from the ground and ran off in a panic.
“Sorry for disturbing you!”
Seeing how scared that guy was, running away like his life depended on it, An Han laughed so hard he slapped his thigh. He even shouted loudly, “Hey brother! Why are you running? Do you still want my WeChat or not?”
That guy didn’t even dare look back. He ran even faster.
An Han held his stomach and kept laughing, almost laughing until tears came out.
“He tried to flirt with me! Really overestimating himself! What a clown!”
But after laughing, his mood did not get any better.
The increase in his Charm stat actually made a random guy come over to hit on him?
And worse—a man!?
He used to imagine that the Charm stat might make girls talk to him. Now his face had gone completely pale-green.
Ever since he learned what the system really did, he stopped having those unrealistic fantasies. But being hit on by a man, this was the first time.
And for some reason, even though he thought he would feel disgusted, deep inside he actually felt… a strange kind of happiness.
Almost like some part of him was glad someone thought he looked pretty.
Silently, An Han put his jacket back on, got up from the grass, and walked toward the restroom.
Not only today, earlier when he noticed how extra tolerant Su Peng and Long Xing were with him, he also felt strangely happy.
Back then he thought it was just the thrill of messing with people, but now it seemed more complicated.
“Stupid system!”
He cursed the system’s parents like usual, but then suddenly froze.
If his Charm stat was high enough to make a stranger guy ask for his WeChat…
Then for roommates and classmates who saw him every day… Wouldn’t the effect be even stronger?
Wouldn’t that make lowering Su Peng’s and Long Xing’s favorability even harder?!
The more he thought about it, the more serious it felt. Anxiety hit him hard, to the point he even started wanting to avoid going back to the dorm.
He had a good relationship with the counselor anyway, should he ask permission to live outside instead?
Lost in thought, he reached the restroom door, looked at the male-left, female-right signs, and walked left without hesitation.
Even if he turned into a real girl someday, he would never admit it. Not to mention right now it was only his appearance that looked feminine.
He entered the men’s restroom, glanced at the students inside, stood at the urinal, and was about to pull down his pants, when he suddenly felt uneasy.
Even though he tried not to think about it, he couldn’t deny the truth. His former eighteen centimeters was now pitifully small.
Before, he could even challenge others to compare size. Now, all he felt was embarrassment.
He was about to sadly turn toward a stall when a student next to him, face red, pulled up his pants and said, “Um… sister, this is the men’s restroom.”
Inside, An Han felt nothing. He glanced at the student’s pants, which had a wet spot, and walked into the stall without even reacting.
He wanted to laugh a little, but his nose suddenly felt sour.
“Could it be that I went into the wrong restroom?” the student muttered.
He walked toward the door to check the sign, but then looked back at the urinal.
“No way… the women’s restroom wouldn’t have these things, right? So that person can’t be a girl…”
While he was still confused, An Han walked out of the stall with a blank face and answered, “I’m a man.”
Before the guy could react, An Han quickly left the restroom.
Looks like he wouldn’t be able to use public restrooms anymore.
He sighed, but suddenly turned around and confidently walked toward the women’s restroom next door.
After all the suffering this system caused him…
Was it too much to at least satisfy his years-long curiosity?
He peeked into the women’s restroom and his curious expression froze instantly.
The women’s restroom was totally different from what he imagined… especially the smell.
He thought even if girls weren’t all sweet-smelling, they would at least use perfume to cover things. But in reality, the smell was way stronger than the men’s restroom.
The men’s restroom wasn’t great either, but this place had a strange fishy smell mixed in.
A blend of weird odors rushed at him all at once. Before he could even see the inside clearly, he was overwhelmed and hurriedly backed out.
Who knows how long this track-field restroom had been used. Even if the cleaners worked every day, the ammonia smell would never fully go away.
“And you still say you’re a man,” the student at the outdoor sink muttered after seeing him go into the women’s restroom and come back out.