Chapter 104: The First Obstacle
An Han felt like he was walking straight into trouble.
But if he kept doing things the way he used to, always picking the easiest third task to deal with the system. Then sooner or later, with all the attribute boosts, he’d end up becoming a perfectly beautiful crossdresser.
By then, he might have an impressively wide chest, a stunning face, skin as fair as snow, and… still a certain something between his legs.
Even worse, what if one day the system decided to just turn him into a real woman?
After all, he already had that “painless period” trait… wasn’t that clearly foreshadowing something?
Just thinking about where this could go made a chill run down his spine.
The system must be stopped!
“Su Peng!” An Han suddenly looked up and waved toward Su Peng not far away. “Come on! Let’s start training!”
Seeing that sudden burst of enthusiasm on his face, Su Peng was completely confused.
A moment ago, this guy was cold and distant. Now he was suddenly acting all eager?
This guy’s mood swings are worse than a woman’s! There was no logic to An Han’s behavior at all.
Su Peng started to wonder if maybe he’d been too nice, so nice that An Han thought it was fine to keep teasing him and changing moods around him all the time.
Walking over, Su Peng asked, “Didn’t you just say you didn’t want to train?”
“Train! Of course we’re training! We already agreed, didn’t we?”
An Han reached into his pocket and realized the scarf they used to tie their legs together was still back in the dorm.
“You wait here. I’ll run back real quick, I forgot the scarf.”
“No, forget it. I’m not training.”
“Huh?”
He froze. Looking at Su Peng’s blank expression, he was about to ask what was wrong when Su Peng stuffed his hands into his pockets, turned around, and started walking off the field.
Just like that Su Peng quit.
An Han stared blankly after him, his brain not catching up to what had just happened.
What the heck? He’s mad?
He’d always been the calm type! It’s not like I said or did anything wrong!
Panicking, An Han ran after him and tugged at the corner of Su Peng’s shirt.
“Hey, are you busy or something? How about we train tomorrow instead?”
“No.”
“The day after tomorrow?”
Su Peng still shook his head, his face dark and emotionless.
“You’re not seriously mad, are you?” An Han had no idea what he’d done to upset him.
But if Su Peng was angry, shouldn’t the system have shown a warning about his affection level dropping? There was no notification at all!
Watching Su Peng keep walking ahead, An Han gritted his teeth and hurried after him, looking flustered and unsure what to do.
Is this… the first obstacle in going against the system?
It felt way too strange. The always-gentle Su Peng, who had never once rejected a request from him, was suddenly acting like a completely different person.
“But we already agreed to join the sports meet together,” An Han said anxiously. “If we don’t train, we’ll perform terribly during the race!”
“It’s fine. Then we just won’t join.”
“Huh?”
An Han was even more confused. He quickly stepped in front of Su Peng, blocking his way, and pleaded.
“I already promised the counselor that we’d participate, you can’t just—”
Su Peng stopped, caught off guard. For a moment, his heart softened.
He had to admit, seeing An Han’s face flushed with worry, looking so anxious and pitiful, it almost made him give in.
But as expected, the best way to deal with An Han’s unpredictable temper, sometimes sunny, sometimes gloomy, was to use the same method against him.
Usually, he was too nice, and maybe that made An Han think he was an easy target.
So, he kept pretending to look angry, didn’t bother listening anymore, and turned to walk back toward the dorm.
An Han froze on the grass field, blankly watching him leave.
That’s not right… Why though?
Could this be Su Peng’s plan to “retreat in order to advance”?
“System, check Su Peng’s favorability toward me.”
[Su Peng: Favorability 90]
No problem. It didn’t drop suddenly or anything.
But the way he’s acting right now feels just like Wang Yu did when his favorability was in single digits. At 90 points, Su Peng should basically already like him.
Though, come to think of it, he didn’t see any hatred in Su Peng’s eyes, more like a little secret joy?
What’s going on here?
No matter how much he thought about it, An Han couldn’t figure it out. In the end, he just went back to the dorm helplessly and slumped over his computer with a gloomy face.
“What’s wrong?” Wang Sheng, sitting beside him, took a quick glance and asked curiously.
“Su Peng suddenly got mad.”
“Su Peng? He gets mad?” Wang Sheng scratched his head in surprise. “What did you do to him?”
“I didn’t do anything!”
Chen Junjie turned around and joked, “Maybe you ruined Su Peng’s new girlfriend or something.”
“How could that be? If he found a girlfriend, I’d be the happiest one for him.”
Same thing, if Long Xing found a girlfriend, An Han would be happy too.
“You’ve done that before, though.”
“Come on, that Dongming’s girlfriend was clearly bad news. I was helping him avoid trouble!”
Then suddenly, An Han remembered what happened over the weekend.
Su Peng was supposed to go on a blind date. But instead, he showed up at the comic convention. He stayed with An Han from morning till the next morning without leaving his side.
Could it be that because of that, Su Peng’s blind date got completely canceled? And now he’s mad about it?
But wait, Su Peng chose to stay with me. I didn’t make him!
An Han couldn’t figure out Su Peng’s thoughts, but soon his sad face disappeared. He smiled brightly and looked at Wang Sheng beside him.
Wang Sheng was playing a game, but he suddenly felt a chill run down his back. He looked up in fear. “Why are you smiling like that?!”
“Let’s join the sports meet together!”
“Huh?”
“Su Peng was supposed to run the three-legged race with me, but he suddenly doesn’t want to go anymore. So now you’ll have to join instead.”
Ha! I’m such a genius!
Since I’m doing the opposite of the system’s orders, I don’t have to worry about accidentally raising Su Peng’s favorability too high during the event!
Wang Sheng’s favorability is only around 50 anyway, no way it’ll shoot past 80 in a few days.
“I’m a total homebody…” Wang Sheng said awkwardly. “I take five minutes to run a thousand meters. Won’t I just slow you down? Let Brother Long join instead?”
“How would you slow me down? The three-legged race is about teamwork, okay? Our legs are about the same length, perfect match! Brother Long’s like 1.8 meters tall, that wouldn’t work!”
Wang Sheng tried to make more excuses.
“But you still haven’t settled that tournament thing yet, and your team—”
“Stop talking. Fine, I’ll do it, okay?” Wang Sheng covered his face with a sigh.
He was the quiet type. Not only did he never join sports events, he usually didn’t even cheer from the sidelines.
“Great! When you finish this round, let’s go train!”
Ha! Nice try, stupid system. You won’t trick me this time!