Chapter 69: Signing Up for the Sports Meet
“First place in the sports meet gets five hundred. Second place gets three hundred. Third place gets one hundred.”
“All students who join any sports event will get conduct points, and conduct points affect your scholarships. They’re very important.”
“If you want to sign up, register with the class monitor after class.”
This was Ren Chi’s first time holding a class meeting for this class. When he looked around, the only familiar faces he saw were An Han and the two class monitors.
But right now, An Han was whispering with his roommates.
Now that Wang Yu had joined the team, their casual gaming team finally had all the main players.
“My online friend already agreed,” Wang Sheng said happily. “As long as the other two aren’t too useless and listen to instructions, our team might actually be strong enough to compete.”
An Han nodded absentmindedly. When he convinced Wang Yu, he triggered a mission. Now the mission was complete, but he didn’t get the reward.
Looks like I really found a loophole in the system!
His joy was written all over his face. His sweet smile made Wang Sheng think he was happy because things were going well for the team.
[Wang Sheng’s Favorability +7]
An Han glanced at him, already expecting the favorability to rise.
Just don’t let all my friends fall in love with me because of high favorability…
His joy faded instantly. Suddenly he felt like he was playing a romance simulation game, and he was the main character trying to “capture” one target after another.
But unlike normal romance games, all the targets were men…
At least he himself was still a man. Except for that one time with Su Peng, he never tried to raise anyone’s favorability on purpose.
“To change the topic, are you guys signing up for the sports meet?”
He didn’t want to think about those depressing thoughts, so he tried to drag a roommate into joining him.
“Brother Long, you should go for something. You’d be crazy strong!”
“I’d rather stay in the dorm with the air conditioner.” Long Xing shook his head.
An Han knew that if he lowered his pride and acted cute, Long Xing might agree. But facing roommates he saw every day, he really couldn’t bring himself to do that.
He only let go of his pride in front of Wang Yu because they didn’t have much overlap in their friend circles.
“Then… what about you, Wang Sheng?”
“Once the team is complete, even if we don’t have matches, I need to train with them,” Wang Sheng said, finding an excuse that sounded reasonable.
As for Chen Junjie, An Han didn’t even consider trying to convince him.
“So, does the e-sports club have any plans to organize a tournament?” An Han brought up the most important issue right now.
He didn’t want to drag the mission out too long.
“This…” Wang Sheng scratched his head in frustration. “Probably not. Right now the school has military training, and after that there’s the sports meet. Even if they want to hold a tournament, it’ll be November at the earliest.”
An Han slumped over the desk, resting his chin on the table, staring pitifully at Ren Chi on the stage.
He wondered if Ren Chi had a clever idea.
If not, the only option left was to wait for some internet café in the city to suddenly decide to host a tournament out of nowhere. Anyway, the mission didn’t have a time limit. Even if it took ten or eight years, he could still finish it.
By then, maybe the limited-edition PS5 would even go up in price!
“Let’s stop here for today. If you want to sign up, you can go to the class monitor now.” Ren Chi finally ended his long speech.
The students cheered and ran out of the room. An Han turned back to look at An Kexin and saw that only two or three students were signing up with her.
This motivational meeting was completely useless. The people signing up were the same group from the past two years.
An Kexin was the class monitor, but for most boys she didn’t have much presence. There was also a male vice monitor who usually handled things for the boys.
Because of that, An Han didn’t really remember this classmate with the same last name as him until the Ten Best Singers event.
After all, he basically never had topics to talk about with girls.
“Let’s go.”
“Wait, I want to sign up.”
“For real?” Chen Junjie stepped back dramatically and shouted loudly.
“You’re actually signing up for the sports meet? You should join a beauty pageant instead!”
“I promise I’ll vote for you as the next campus queen!”
His annoying face made An Han lift his foot and kick him.
“Ahh~!”
The kick wasn’t even strong, it only left a white mark on Chen Junjie’s pants. But he acted like he was hit by a truck, stumbling back, crashing into a desk, holding his chest dramatically, and the Coke he had just drunk dripped from his lips.
“Childish.”
An Han held back a laugh, gave him a sharp side-eye, then turned and walked toward An Kexin.
Chen Junjie had been acting like he was in a drama, but that one annoyed glance from An Han, for some reason, felt strangely charming. He froze in place, staring blankly as An Han walked away.
Why did he never think An Han was pretty before?
In his opinion, although An Han looked feminine, he was never “beautiful.” Even if judged by female standards, he would just be a normal girl with a slim body and good skin.
He turned to Long Xing in confusion and asked, “Do you think… An Han is becoming too…”
Not exactly beautiful, but every expression carried a strange charm. Something that made people feel happy, even made their hearts beat faster.
Long Xing glanced at him, and his fists instantly tightened.
Still clueless, Chen Junjie scratched his head.
“It feels like a goddess just flirted with me…”
Long Xing immediately slung an arm around him, smiling in a slightly threatening way.
“Bro, easy, you’re grabbing my shoulder too hard!”
“Let’s go. Who knows how long An Han will take to finish.”
Long Xing dragged him out quickly, terrified that this guy might also start liking An Han.
He had just started preparing himself mentally for liking a guy… but apparently he couldn’t take it slow anymore.
There used to be no competition, but now that An Han was getting more and more attractive, sooner or later there would be rivals everywhere.
But… An Han was still a boy.
He sighed softly, completely conflicted. He had fallen for someone he wasn’t supposed to like.
Meanwhile, An Han was standing next to An Kexin, not knowing any of this.
“Help me sign up for the 100-meter run.”
He leaned in, glancing at the sign-up sheet, then turned to Su Peng.
“What about you? Besides 3000 meters, what else are you signing up for?”
“Long jump, I guess.” Su Peng was sitting on the edge of a desk.
A few girls nearby were whispering excitedly about how handsome Su Peng was. An Han glanced over and saw their faces, each one looking lovestruck.
Superficial! Only caring about appearances!
Look at me! I may look a bit girly now, but I’m still handsome, okay?!
“You two are registered,” An Kexin said with a smile. “An Han, you’re only doing one event?”
“One is enough.”
“Why not join a fun event too? Like the two-person three-legged race?”
“Huh? There’s a fun event? I never heard of that before.”
“Because you never paid attention,” Su Peng exposed him immediately.
An Han glared and used his “master” authority.
“Call me Master!”
“Yes yes yes…”
“You two should do it together,” An Han suggested, already thinking of matchmaking them.
“No way.” An Kexin laughed happily, clearly pleased by the idea. “You two are a better pair.”
“Then it’s settled. Sign me and An Han up,” Su Peng said without hesitation.
An Kexin’s smile froze.
“And delete my 100-meter event,” An Han added.