Chapter 73: Gentle and Caring?
Over the weekend, Chen Junjie left the dorm early. Among the group, he was the one who played the wildest. Almost every weekend he had friends or girls asking him out to have fun.
These two days, An Han tried his best to get close to Wang Yu. Every day at noon and in the late afternoon after class, he would run to the fitness room and pretend to work out.
But in fact, every time he saw Wang Yu, he kept pestering him, trying to convince him to hold a CS:GO competition. He didn’t ask Wang Yu to promise he could do it, he just hoped he would at least try his best.
But sadly, after two days, Wang Yu still didn’t agree at all. His favorability toward An Han even dropped to fifteen.
Even though the system did not clearly show favorability stages, fifteen points… even a stranger meeting An Han for the first time, with his 2-point charm and favorability trait, should have more than that.
“Looks like I can only use my last resort…”
An Han poked his head out from his bed and looked at Long Xing and Wang Sheng inside the dorm.
After putting on the chest wrap, he must avoid letting these two see him when going out and coming back.
If not, Long Xing’s favorability would probably go above ninety, and if Wang Sheng’s also went above eighty, the dorm would truly become a battlefield.
Going out was easy, but coming back…
“Looks like I really have to go to that hotel again.”
Wang Yu would attend the fitness club’s dinner gathering tonight. Actually, it was a weekly routine, members who loved drinking just used it as an excuse to drink together.
Previously, when An Han was tricked by Wu Dongming and was forced to wear women’s clothes late at night, he met Long Xing on his way back. At that time, the gathering Long Xing joined was also the fitness club’s dinner.
“And after Long Xing finishes drinking… it’ll probably be at least midnight.”
Should he stop Wang Yu halfway on his way back?
After the dinner, Wang Yu would definitely be drunk. With the charm effect from the chest wrap plus his own smooth-talking skills…
The success rate would be very high!
At least he could make Wang Yu agree to try his best to organize the competition.
But it was also dangerous…
Late at night, a tempting ‘woman,’ and a drunk man.
No matter how you see it, these are the kind of keywords that appear in the news. And An Han would be the victim.
“Xiao Han, it’s already afternoon. You’re still not getting up?” Long Xing turned around, showing his usual concern. “You haven’t eaten lunch, right?”
“I’m not eating. I’ll sleep more, or else I won’t have energy tonight.”
“Tonight? Are you staying up all night?”
An Han lay on his side, supporting his face with one hand. After thinking for a moment, he purposely replied, “I made plans with a friend to go out tonight.”
“Oh~” Long Xing turned back and continued playing on his computer.
Hey, hey, hey! The person you like is going out late at night with a ‘friend’!
Shouldn’t your favorability drop a little to show your protest?
An Han held back his frustration. He once swore he would lower Long Xing’s favorability by at least ten points, but now he was almost doing the opposite.
A moment later, he couldn’t stay quiet and asked, “Wang Sheng, how’s your team’s skill level now?”
“Two of them are still too weak. They’re still training,” Wang Sheng answered confidently. “We practice two hours every night. When there’s a real match, we won’t lose in the first round.”
“You really have such a low goal…” An Han complained, then brought up Wang Yu again. “What about Wang Yu? What is he like when he plays games?”
Many people act very different online compared to real life. For example, Wang Sheng hardly talks in person, he can go the whole day without saying ten sentences. But in games, he can talk nonstop for hours.
Wang Sheng shook his head with a troubled look. “He doesn’t communicate at all.”
“He’s cold online too?”
“He just doesn’t like to talk, I guess?”
“You feel that way because you haven’t seen him in real life.”
Wang Yu’s always cold face and flat voice were enough to make anyone angry. It felt like all of An Han’s actions were nothing but useless performances in Wang Yu’s eyes.
If it weren’t for the system task, An Han honestly wouldn’t want to get close to him at all.
Wang Sheng often played games until very late at night. His mechanical keyboard used to annoy An Han for a long time, but slowly, he got used to those regular crisp clicking sounds. It felt like rain on a rainy day, once he lay down on his bed and heard it, his body naturally entered “getting ready to sleep” mode.
“Wang Sheng, I’m going to the dinner gathering.”
“Okay. When will you be back?”
“Around 1 or 2 a.m.”
Lying in bed half-asleep until the afternoon, An Han vaguely heard someone talking. The moment he heard the sound of the dorm door opening and closing, he instantly woke up.
He rubbed his eyes, which were sore from sleeping too long, and stretched lazily.
“Brother Long went out?”
“Yeah, he left not long ago.”
“Then I should get ready to go out too.”
An Han slowly climbed down from the top bunk, opened the wardrobe, and took out the system’s chest wrap hidden in the deepest corner.
Compared to the women’s outfit he used before, the chest wrap was much easier to hide. The wig and women’s shoes together filled a whole big bag, but the chest wrap could be tucked between the layers of a winter coat.
Until now, his roommates still had no idea he kept a chest wrap in his wardrobe.
He glanced at Wang Sheng, who was sitting at his desk. Just to be safe, he acted confident and said, “Wang Sheng, go downstairs and buy me a coke. Sugar-free.”
“Okay.”
These days, because An Han had been helping him with many things, Wang Sheng didn’t hesitate. He paused his game and left the dorm.
Now An Han had time to slowly find a bag, put the chest wrap inside, and place a charger and a thin jacket on top to hide it, so no curious classmate on the way would peek in and discover his secret.
After washing up on the balcony, Wang Sheng also came back with the coke from the vending machine downstairs.
“Going out?” he asked when he saw the bag near An Han’s feet and noticed he was already putting on socks and shoes.
“Yeah.”
“Then why did you still ask me to buy coke…” Wang Sheng muttered while placing the bottle on his desk.
After fixing his appearance, taking the coke, and picking up the bag, An Han left the dorm with a nervous feeling.
Now he only had to wait for midnight.
He had already messaged Long Xing, asking him to tell him once the gathering ended. Then he could wait between the food stalls and the school road to stop Wang Yu on his way back!
That’ll teach you for always showing that cold face!
He only needed to raise the favorability to seventy, a level close to being good friends.
If it went above seventy, he would have to make an excuse to leave. Otherwise, it would be too dangerous late at night.
Even though it did feel dangerous, whenever he imagined that cold and distant guy becoming warm and excited in front of him, An Han couldn’t stop his heart from racing.
Thinking about that scene, he couldn’t help smiling. Even his steps became lighter. But just as he turned a corner and walked toward the stairs, he suddenly ran right into Wang Yu, who was preparing to go to the gathering.
“You're in such a good mood?” Wang Yu glanced at him. For some reason, the moment Wang Yu saw him, he felt a strange coldness down his back.
“It’s… fine…” Facing that icy expression, An Han forced a guilty smile.
Wang Yu noticed his nervousness. He looked him up and down but didn’t find anything strange. As he walked downstairs, he muttered, “Am I really that scary?”
“No! You’re gentle and caring!”
At least after tonight, you will definitely become gentle and caring!