Chapter 103: Asking for Trouble
In the evening, An Han walked to the playground, full of worries.
The person who had posted those photos from the comic convention turned out to be very easy to talk to. After just a few minutes of chatting through private messages and confirming An Han’s identity, the person deleted all the pictures related to him right away.
But the real problem was… he had no idea how many people had taken pictures of him back then!
Even if some people didn’t like to share photos online, his cheongsam cosplay pictures would still spread all over the internet sooner or later.
“There’s nothing I can do… I can’t go and find every single one of them, right?”
“The internet is so big. The chance of Chen Junjie seeing it isn’t that high…”
An Han tried to comfort himself, but he still sighed helplessly and sat down on the edge of the stage. He crossed his legs and looked down at his phone, typing quickly.
I’ll ask An Kexin to cancel my event for the sports meet.
The sports meet was on Wednesday. If it was too late to cancel, he’d just slack off during the event and refuse to compete.
“I can’t take chances! And I definitely can’t get too close to Su Peng anymore!”
He had planned to finish this sports meet with Su Peng to keep his promise to the counselor. But then Wu Dongming told him that Su Peng had been waiting for him outside the classroom every day before class. That intense attention made An Han suddenly realize how dangerous the situation was.
If he kept dragging this out, Su Peng’s affection for him would soon hit 100!
As for Long Xing… since they lived in the same dorm, the most he could do was avoid talking to him on purpose. There wasn’t much else he could do.
He needed to find a way to make Long Xing’s affection for him drop too. Otherwise, forget about the ninety points of affection. If this kept going, he might actually fall in love for real!
“An Han.”
He looked up and saw Su Peng walking toward the field with a cup of milk tea in hand.
Then he glanced at his phone again. An Kexin had just replied online.
“What’s wrong? The participant list has already been sent. It can’t be changed now.”
“Got it,” An Han replied, putting his phone away and looking up as Su Peng came over.
Su Peng placed one of the milk teas on the table behind him and said with a smile,
“Drink this first before we practice again. If I make you fall over this time, I’ll treat you to dinner.”
What a schemer.
An Han shot him a glance. He used to think Su Peng was just a kind, sunny boy with a gentle personality and no hidden motives.
But after spending more time together, he realized this guy was totally a sly fox pretending to be innocent!
He had embarrassed him on purpose at the comic convention, pretended to “accidentally” meet him downstairs every morning before class, and now he was saying that if he tripped him again, he’d treat him to dinner.
Yeah right, you’ll definitely trip me on purpose! You think I’m that dumb?!
“I’m not practicing anymore!” An Han huffed and took a big sip of the milk tea, drinking half of it in one go.
“What’s wrong?” Su Peng looked confused.
“I…”
Before An Han could finish, the system notification suddenly popped up in his mind:
[Option 1: Don’t join the sports meet. Reward: Advanced Mind Reading Skill.]
[Option 2: Go all out and win first place. Reward: Basic Flying Skill.]
[Option 3: Make up an excuse and continue training. Reward: Random Attribute Point.]
This time the rewards are all skills?!
An Han’s eyes lit up. He still remembered that the last skill he got was Advanced Singing. The only side effect of that reward was that his once “deep and rich” voice had become more neutral in tone.
Even though his appearance was becoming more and more feminine, the side effect of that singing skill made it impossible for others to tell his gender by voice alone. But compared to the side effects of those two items, that was practically a free skill!
No problem! The side effects of skills were much smaller than those of items!
And besides, these two new rewards, Mind Reading and Flying, were way better than just singing!
Mind reading? Flying? That’s basically magic!
An Han started to hesitate, his eyes moving back and forth between the first and second options.
Su Peng noticed him spacing out and hesitated for a moment before waving his hand in front of his face. Unexpectedly, An Han immediately leaned back in alert.
“What are you doing!?”
“I was just trying to get your attention… you zoned out.”
He’s acting weird again. A few days ago, this guy insisted on staying up all night with me and was super friendly, but today he’s suddenly acting cold? Su Peng couldn’t figure it out, so he changed the subject.
“Why did you say you’re not training anymore? Didn’t you say you were scared of embarrassing yourself?”
“Wait a sec,” An Han raised his hand to stop him. “I have something to deal with. You go run a few laps first.”
“Huh?”
Ignoring Su Peng’s confused look, An Han focused back on the list of tasks.
The hardest task… is not joining the sports meet?
That’s not hard, right? It’s not like anyone can force me to participate!
If I pretend to twist my ankle, would someone drag me onto the track?
Or maybe this task has some terrible follow-up consequences that are hard to bear?
The second task, winning first place, was clearly more difficult just from the words alone.
As for the third task… he definitely didn’t want another weird attribute that would make him even more feminine!
An Han frowned again.
But wait, what if this school sports meet task fails, and since he’ll never join another one for the rest of his life, will the task just stay active forever? Or will it cancel itself when the chance is gone?
He still remembered the “make Wu Dongming crossdress” task. It hadn’t failed or disappeared yet.
As the countdown ticked closer to zero, An Han let out a long sigh.
“Forget it… let’s just take the risk.”
“When the timer runs out, I’ll see if the system randomly picks a task for me or cancels it.”
“If it picks one for me, I’ll just act lazy and see how the system forces me to do it.”
This time, none of the three tasks involved flirting with men, wearing women’s clothes, or doing any embarrassing “master’s orders.” The rewards included two likely low-side-effect skills and one permanent attribute point.
That made it the perfect chance to test the system!
An Han suddenly felt clear-headed. He calmly watched the countdown on the task window. As the numbers dropped, he unconsciously clenched his fists, his heart beating faster and faster.
Then a feeling of regret started creeping in.
Maybe I should’ve just picked the third one! Even if it’s another body-related attribute, at least I wouldn’t have to deal with unknown trouble!
[Countdown finished]
[Random task selected]
“Knew it! Random again! Damn system!”
[You have chosen not to join the sports meet]
The hardest one!
An Han’s pupils shrank, and his body tensed up instantly. Even though his original plan was to avoid the sports meet and keep his distance from Su Peng, now that the system had interfered, this option suddenly felt dangerous!
But I said I’d resist the system, didn’t I?
He had to act against it, to keep testing its limits.
So now, he’d do the opposite. He’d train seriously with Su Peng and prepare for the upcoming sports meet.
Let’s see what you can do about it, stupid system. What, you gonna break my leg to stop me?