Chapter 70: Distorted
“Three-legged race, huh…”
An Han felt a bit unsure in his heart.
This kind of game lets partners get very close. And Su Peng actually chose me?
He secretly glanced at Su Peng’s face but didn’t see anything strange.
Could it be that he gets shy with girls, so he chose his good buddy instead?
Until now, An Han still wasn’t sure whether Su Peng’s feelings for him were like Long Xing’s romantic feelings, or just normal friendship. But he was sure it definitely wasn’t family affection.
An Han had checked people’s favorability toward him before. His mother and little sister were both above eighty, but of course that couldn’t be romantic love.
Just like how people have different body types, you can’t judge “favorability numbers” the same way for everyone.
It was nighttime. To avoid embarrassing himself at the sports meet, An Han went to the field, ready to practice the three-legged race with Su Peng.
The scarf used for binding their legs was originally something An Han used in his cross-dressing days to hide his Adam’s apple. But now it wasn’t very useful anymore, once his “skin and bone” stats increased, his Adam’s apple had already become hard to see.
Well… maybe the scarf still had some use, like tying it around his thigh to add a bit of “spice” when wearing a short skirt?
But An Han wasn’t planning to cross-dress ever again.
“Finished warming up?” Su Peng walked over with his hands in his pockets, smiling. “Why do you look like you’re in low spirits?”
An Han lifted his head and asked, “Why don’t you run with An Kexin? Why do you insist on running with me?”
Su Peng didn’t expect that question. He scratched his head and said, “Well, I’m closer with you.”
“We play games together all the time. A three-legged race should be similar. And if I run with a girl, I’m afraid she can’t keep up with me.”
His reasons sounded very confident, but under the lights his face was slightly red.
You’re totally shy, right! That’s why you don’t dare run with a girl!
An Han took the scarf out of his pocket and bumped Su Peng’s waist with his elbow, teasing.
“Don’t tell me you’re a virgin, being this shy?”
“What? You’re not?”
“How could I, the great master, be a virgin? I’ve seen countless beauties!”
He said it like it was a serious fact, then handed over the scarf.
“Here, tie my leg, disciple.”
“On your thigh?” Su Peng teased.
An Han was surprised and didn’t realize he was being teased.
“You thought of the same thing? Hey, I also think it’s super sexy when a girl in a short skirt ties something around her thigh!”
“I can’t believe the two of us have the same taste!”
Su Peng laughed and crouched down, pressing his left leg tightly against An Han’s, then used the scarf to tie their lower legs together.
“Let’s first test whether we can move properly.”
“Moving isn’t the most important part, the main thing is not to fall!”
As soon as he mentioned this, An Han’s little face became serious.
“If we fall during the sports meet, the whole school will know we’re both idiots!”
Every year, there are always a few people who embarrass themselves at the sports meet.
Some jump far from the same spot, some only manage a one-centimeter high jump, and some fall in such strange and dramatic ways that it becomes unforgettable.
Even someone like An Han, who usually hides in the dorm and plays games, has heard about these people.
What’s even scarier is that the school forum will permanently keep records of their embarrassing moments.
Later, whenever they look back on their university days with friends, that memory will always be a painful obstacle.
An Han didn’t care about getting good results. He just hoped this year’s sports meet wouldn’t become a shameful memory for him.
“Alright, let’s try walking first.”
Su Peng finished tying the scarf and stood up.
With their legs tied together tightly, An Han’s balance started to shift. The first few steps were okay because they were walking very carefully.
“Speed up a bit.”
When the pace got faster, An Han slowly couldn’t keep up with Su Peng’s rhythm. He started to feel his lower leg being pulled along.
He tried his best to follow the steps, but Su Peng was tall with long legs, one of Su Peng’s steps was like one and a half of his.
“Slow down!”
Su Peng turned to look at him and suddenly stopped, but An Han didn’t react in time. He felt his leg couldn’t lift anymore, and his whole body fell forward onto the ground.
Su Peng panicked and tried to help him up, but An Han turned to glare at him and shouted,
“Why did you stop all of a sudden?! And your steps should be smaller! My legs aren’t as long as yours!”
Luckily they were on the grass in the center of the track, so although it hurt, he wasn’t badly injured.
Angry, An Han sat down and tried to untie the scarf around their legs. He kept complaining,
“I swear, you’re impossible! When we’re running, can’t you look at me? I can’t keep up!”
“You…”
Suddenly An Han stopped talking, lowered his head, and focused on undoing the knot.
This knot was basically a dead knot. There was no way to untie it.
He looked up in disbelief, and Su Peng scratched his cheek awkwardly.
“I’ll be more careful next time.”
“A dead knot!”
“I didn’t know how to tie it without it coming loose…”
“Then why didn’t you say so?” An Han was stunned.
They had spent so much time gaming together and hanging out during the National Day holiday, but he never realized Su Peng was such a hidden disaster.
An Han sighed long and deeply. “I feel like you’re not normal today.”
“……”
“Don’t tell me you’re sick again?”
He pressed the back of his hand to Su Peng’s forehead, tilting his head while checking.
“Hmm… seems normal?”
Su Peng’s face turned even redder. From the start until now, his cheeks had been slightly red.
At first, An Han thought it was because they mentioned An Kexin. But now…
His big, dark eyes stared straight at Su Peng, hoping his guess was wrong.
But after a moment, Su Peng quickly looked away, not daring to meet his eyes.
It’s fine.
Brothers are like that too, maybe Su Peng is just shy about eye contact.
The corner of An Han’s mouth twitched. Even he didn’t believe that.
“Forget the three-legged race. Tomorrow I’ll ask An Kexin to cancel our registration.” An Han sighed hopelessly. “I’ll just sign up for the 100-meter run.”
Su Peng looked embarrassed. He didn’t know what was wrong with him.
These two days, whenever he saw An Han, he couldn’t stop seeing him as a girl. His instincts kept telling him to show his best side, but instead he made mistakes.
He realized that An Han looked even more attractive than before. Whenever they got close, every little movement from An Han made his heart beat faster, like he was falling in love.
But… An Han was a guy…
“I… okay, that’s fine too.”
Su Peng felt he should keep some distance from him.
“Look at you, acting like you’re in love or something. You must have been single for too long! Looks like it’s time to find you a girlfriend!”
An Han pretended to know nothing and put on the “master” attitude again, patting Su Peng’s shoulder while teasing him.
Since Su Peng’s favorability wouldn’t go down, he had to help him get a girlfriend!
“A girlfriend, huh…”
“Yes! Like we said before, you call me Master, and I’ll find you a girlfriend!”