Chapter 252: Departure
Back in high school, An Han had a very strong presence in the class. At this reunion, her presence was even stronger.
After the classmates briefly talked about the past and their current lives, the topic slowly shifted toward An Han.
While eating and drinking, they kept sneaking glances at her looks and sensing her aura, and the more they looked, the more certain they became…
This old classmate is totally a woman!
“Boss, was An Han actually a tomboy back then?”
While offering a toast, Chen Zhiyong noticed that the homeroom teacher kept staring at An Han in a dazed way, so he bent down and quietly asked.
In high school, An Han didn’t live on campus, and small details like which restroom she used were long forgotten.
The teacher scratched his head. His memory of those days was a bit blurry, but he wasn’t senile yet.
“It’s written in the school records. He’s male… maybe…”
These students had changed in different ways over the past two years, but An Han looked like she had changed sexes. Even knowing her school records, the teacher still sounded uncertain when answering.
“Maybe? You don't even sound sure of yourself.”
Chen Zhiyong muttered as he sat back next to An Han.
He could smell the girlish scent on her. Her face always held a gentle smile that was deadly for men. If he didn’t know she was a man…
He suddenly realized that Shi Yi had been staring at An Han nearly nonstop.
That mature “big sister” aura did nothing to Chen Zhiyong, but it matched perfectly with Shi Yi’s taste.
An Han noticed this too. After all, the non-stop “favorability” notifications from the system already exposed the supposedly serious-looking Shi Yi.
If she could beat him, she would’ve punched him already!
Feeling extremely uncomfortable being stared at, she checked Shi Yi’s favorability level again.
[Shi Yi: 54 Favorability]
Good. With the current rate of two or three points increasing per minute, she should be safe for at least ten minutes. And as favorability got higher, the increase slowed down.
An Han glared at Shi Yi and warned, “Look again and I’ll dig your eyeballs out.”
Shi Yi suddenly remembered the fear of being overpowered by her back then. His body trembled, and his favorability went up by another two points.
Looks like she wouldn’t finish this meal safely.
She should’ve known earlier, this guy definitely had some masochistic tendencies. Otherwise, how could someone get bullied by her every day and still follow her around like a loyal lackey? That was clearly a little twisted.
Or maybe… her charisma was just too strong back then?
The reunion had barely started, but as she looked at the classmates chatting happily and drinking, An Han felt like an outsider.
Maybe she should’ve sat at the girls’ table.
Knowing she wouldn’t stay until the end anyway, she decided to eat her fill now so she wouldn’t leave hungry.
The men at the table, subconsciously influenced by her looks, kept giving food to her. This meant she could basically eat whatever she wanted. If it wouldn’t look bad, she would’ve directly dragged the whole plate to herself.
“Hey, An Han,” Shi Yi suddenly asked, “what game are you playing lately?”
“Dota.”
“I play too. Want to team up sometime?”
An Han gave him a suspicious look.
Dota wasn’t even that popular, Shi Yi actually played it?
“What rank are you?”
“Uh… gold? Gold rank?”
“Tch!”
Dota doesn’t even have a gold rank, okay?!
And he never looked for her to play games in the past few years. He barely chatted with her at all. Bringing it up out of nowhere today clearly meant there was something fishy.
“You can teach me then?” Shi Yi asked carefully.
“Teach your ass. I’m full.”
An Han grabbed a napkin, wiped her lips, then turned to Chen Zhiyong.
“How much was this meal? Calculate how much I should pay. Who’s paying the bill? I’ll send the money to them.”
Chen Zhiyong froze for a moment. “You’re leaving this early? We were planning to go to KTV later…”
“I need to catch my train. Remember to send me the QR code,” An Han said as she stood up. She grabbed Chen Zhiyong’s bottle, poured herself a glass of alcohol, and walked toward the homeroom teacher.
“Boss, I have something to do, so I need to leave first.”
Her face was full of a polite smile. Even though she was no longer the teacher’s student, she still felt nervous inside. She had been scolded by him so many times back then…
“A toast to you.”
She leaned forward. The homeroom teacher also stood up and took a closer look at her with a strange expression.
In all his forty-plus years of life, he had never seen a man who could look like this.
The trench coat that should have been worn open was wrapped tightly around her. Even though the private room was warm and lively, sweat was already forming on her forehead, yet she still refused to take it off.
“All right, be careful on your way,” he said. After making his own judgment, he smiled and clinked his glass against hers. He patted her shoulder and said, “Wishing you a bright future.”
“Thank you, Boss~”
An Han smiled sweetly and drank the alcohol in one go.
The teacher’s eyes look a bit strange…
She felt uneasy, but since the next time they might meet would be summer vacation, she didn’t think too much about it. After saying goodbye to several close high school friends, she left the restaurant.
[Shi Yi: Favorability 73]
[Chen Zhiyong: Favorability 54]
[Homeroom Teacher: Favorability 37]
[……]
On the way home, An Han checked the names in her high school group chat one by one and looked up their favorability, just to make sure no weirdo had slipped in.
“Good, only Shi Yi is a weirdo.”
“And I ran away early, so the favorability didn’t go over eighty.”
She let out a sigh of relief. It was just a simple class reunion and meal, but she felt as tense as if she had just come back from a battlefield.
“I’m not even wearing a chest binder. Even if I look pretty… their favorability is way too high!”
“Especially Shi Yi!”
“Does he like older-sister types? Or does he like traps? Or futa? He made me so stressed I couldn’t even eat peacefully.”
She never realized Shi Yi was this weird before.
An Han felt a headache coming. She was much more attractive to men now than she had been in the dorm, and it made her unconsciously wary of every guy she met.
But she also didn’t really know how to get along with girls…
After going home to pick up her already-packed luggage, An Han went to the roadside. She looked around for the bus that went to the train station and also tried calling a ride-hailing car on her phone.
Although ride-hailing apps were common in most cities, in this small town, they were extremely rare, taxis too.
After waiting in the cold wind for half an hour, An Han’s small face was red from the cold. She kept her hands in her coat pockets, her knees pressed together, and her feet stepping in place to try to warm herself up.
“Hey pretty girl, need a ride?”
A private car stopped in front of her. She wondered for a moment if she was already pretty enough for someone to offer her a free ride. Then the driver continued.
“Seventy yuan to the city. Only one seat left. You coming?”
So it’s an unlicensed taxi…
An Han took a step back and shook her head without hesitation. “I’m not going to the city.”
“We can drop you off on the way too.”
“No, thanks.”