Chapter 80: Cheated Again
“It’s nothing serious. It’s acute gastroenteritis caused by eating something bad. We’ll give you an IV drip.”
“……”
An Han sat in the hospital hallway with no expression on his face. A needle was in his hand for the IV. He lowered his head and could not make a sound for a long time.
Stupid dog system!
So it was just eating something bad!
When he was vomiting and having diarrhea in the dorm earlier, he already suspected this. But now that it’s confirmed, he felt even more hopeless.
Getting a period is definitely not a good thing, but being tricked into wearing a cheongsam, and getting a reward he didn’t even want…
I knew it! How could a grown man like me have a period?!
Even if he acted more feminine, the system couldn’t directly change his gender!
If it weren’t for the countdown, he wouldn’t have made such a rushed choice, with almost no time to think clearly.
“Drink less cold stuff from now on. Didn’t you hear what the doctor said? It might not be food poisoning. It could also be because you ate too many cold things.” Su Peng walked over from the end of the hallway, nagging, “It’s healthier to drink warm water you boil yourself. You…”
Seeing Su Peng reminded An Han of the embarrassing princess carry just now. A thin blush rose on his pale, fair face. He tried to keep his face straight, half because he was angry at the system, half because he was shy and embarrassed. Because of this, almost everything Su Peng said went in one ear and out the other.
“At least it’s not a serious illness. Why do you still look unhappy?”
“No matter what illness it is, I won’t be happy.”
Either it was a “period,” which meant he was basically a girl, or it was food poisoning, which meant he got tricked by the system again.
But at least it wasn’t constipation causing the stomach pain… He remembered a news story about a girl who made national headlines because she had too much… stuck… inside. That would be an extreme level of social death. Terrifying.
While silently giving the system a bad review in his heart, his body was still weak. He leaned against the chair, half-closing his eyes, and asked weakly, “Su Peng… do you know where I can rent clothes?”
His stomach still hurt, but he was already worrying about the next problem.
If he bought a cheongsam, he would probably throw it away after finishing the task. That would be a waste.
He didn’t want to do the task, but he was also scared of the system’s threat of forced execution.
“Rent clothes? A photo studio?” Su Peng thought he wanted to take photos. “If you take photos at a studio, the clothes are usually free to use, right?”
“A photo studio… that’s expensive.”
An Han muttered. Unless it’s an ID photo, photos at a studio cost several hundred or even over a thousand.
And studio clothes can only be borrowed temporarily for the photoshoot.
Besides, where could he wear a cheongsam without being seen by classmates or friends? Even if people noticed his gender, it wouldn’t be awkward.
Two words popped into his mind, comic convention.
He’d never been to one, but from pictures online, the men’s bathroom at conventions was always full of guys in women’s clothes.
As for the cheongsam… the “Free-Style Photo Transform Camera”?
If he found a full-body picture of a cheongsam model online, the same makeup, hairstyle, and clothes would be copied onto him. Then he wouldn’t even need to buy a cheongsam.
He remembered that item, but the downside of the camera was increasing his… charm. After one whole day, he might end up flirting with random men and finally fall completely into being a …
That was way too scary!
He couldn’t even imagine a scene like that!
“Why do you suddenly want to rent clothes?” Su Peng sat next to him and leaned closer, asking curiously.
I definitely can’t say I want to wear a cheongsam…
An Han leaned back a little to put some distance between them. Even without the side effects of the item, he could feel the strong, warm “male presence” coming from Su Peng.
He quickly made up an excuse. “I just want to try… a new clothing style, yeah.”
Su Peng looked at his slightly nervous expression, then glanced at the fingers that were anxiously rubbing the corner of his shirt.
Those little actions made An Han’s already feminine appearance look even more like a girl… and even when lying, he looked very cute…
“It doesn’t hurt as much now. When the IV is done, we’ll leave.”
“You’re not staying in the hospital for observation?”
“Oh come on, staying in the hospital is so expensive…”
Also, in his whole life, An Han had never been hospitalized before, so he naturally disliked the idea.
Su Peng stayed with him for a while but soon started running around helping with things, handling the hospital paperwork, picking up the medicine, calling nurses, even going out to buy food. From daytime until now at night, ever since they came to the hospital, Su Peng had been taking care of everything nonstop.
All An Han needed to do was sit there or walk to different rooms with Su Peng supporting him. He didn’t need to worry about anything.
Looks like Su Peng is actually pretty reliable. If it were Wu Dongming, the two of them would probably be sitting together Googling how to see a doctor in a hospital.
Just as they were about to leave the hospital, Su Peng’s phone rang.
“Who is it?” An Han turned his head and asked.
“Our counselor, asking what happened.”
“Then don’t tell him. It’s not a big deal anyway.”
“Well…” Su Peng scratched his head. “I already told him.”
An Han’s face was still a bit pale. The sharp pain was gone, but he still felt waves of mild pain from time to time.
There were almost no people outside the hospital anymore. Su Peng checked the rideshare’s location on his phone, but when he turned his head, he saw An Han leaning against a tree with his head down.
He asked worriedly, “Still feeling bad?”
“It’s okay… I’m just tired.”
After being tortured by stomach pain and stressed by the system task, all An Han wanted now was to return to his dorm room, crawl into his thick blanket, set the air conditioner to sixteen degrees, empty his mind, and sleep comfortably for the whole night.
After waiting a few minutes, An Han started feeling impatient. “The car still isn’t here?”
“It’ll take about two more minutes,” Su Peng said as he walked to his side. Seeing his tired face made Su Peng feel strangely heartbroken. “You should rest more these days. You look like you’re always busy lately.”
Yeah, very busy. Every time he got a little break, the system sent a new task.
An Han nodded, but in his head he was still thinking about where to get a cheongsam.
And it needed to fit well…
He suddenly thought of those elegant women in old movies, wearing cheongsams with beautiful curves.
A cheongsam almost perfectly shows a woman’s figure. That made him anxious. As a man, he always felt that his feminine body shape was a flaw and something to be ashamed of. But a cheongsam would force him to show that “shame” in front of everyone.
It was too tragic.
This system hurt both his body and his heart.
A car suddenly stopped in the parking space in front of the hospital. An Han leaned forward to check the license plate. He was about to ask if this was the rideshare Su Peng ordered, but then he saw someone get out, Ren Chi.
“An Han!” Ren Chi rushed over to him, looking him up and down with worry. “Are you okay?”
“I already walked out of the hospital… how could I not be okay?”
Ren Chi let out a breath of relief. As their counselor, his biggest fear was that one of his students would have an accident, especially since the student had contacted him, and he didn’t answer the phone.
Besides, he naturally treated An Han like a younger brother or sister, so he now felt guilty. “I was taking a nap this afternoon…”
An Han interrupted him. “I said I’m fine. I just ate something bad.”
“He looked really scary earlier,” Su Peng added from the side. “He couldn’t even stand properly.”
That was because his legs went numb from squatting on the toilet too long… not entirely because of the pain.