[Date Complete!]
[Your performance was absolutely pathetic! Since you were going hiking anyway, why didn’t you wear tight yoga pants? You should have accentuated the curves of your waist and hips.
Why didn’t you let Qiu Ye carry you when you were tired? Why didn’t you act more spoiled? Where did all those methods of yours for seducing men go? Do you just freeze up when you’re facing someone you actually like?]
[You’re already in your thirties! If you keep playing the innocent act and trying to play hard to get, no one will want you in the future! Shhh… don’t worry, he doesn’t know anything about your past.]
[Mission complete. Reward: 100 cash.]
Bai Yao felt like he was dying.
He wasn’t even in the mood to complain about the system’s mission evaluation.
As soon as he returned to the dormitory, he slumped listlessly over his desk.
He used one hand to pull at his collar to vent the heat, staring blankly with half-open, dead-fish eyes.
[Exercise for half an hour completed. Daily mission finished! Reward: 100 cash. Your cardiovascular function, physique, and health have seen minor improvements.]
[Exercise for one hour completed today. Mission exceeded! You have become better at sports!]
‘The system actually rewards useful things sometimes?’
Though Bai Yao didn’t think being good at sports was particularly useful.
He didn’t exercise at all usually.
“Log on, log on!”
He turned his head to look at Qiu Ye, who had opened his computer to play games the moment they got back.
He had no idea where the guy got all that energy.
“Too tired. Not playing.”
“Then I’ll go do some side quests. I’ll wait for you for the main story.”
“Mm.”
Bai Yao lay on the table to recover until his sweat was dried by the air conditioner and the fan.
Only when his skin felt a bit fresher did he stretch and sit up straight.
To be honest, squatting in the dorm all day was indeed a bit boring.
It was exhausting, but occasionally going mountain climbing with Qiu Ye was actually quite interesting.
He had also seen the world today.
It turned out mountains actually had escalators now.
Standing on the escalator made reaching the summit easy, and he could even enjoy the scenery…
One trip to the mountain had earned him a total of 300 cash!
But his physique had also been “improved” twice… He wasn’t sure where the changes were appearing.
Since it used the word “minor” as a descriptor, it probably wasn’t a big deal, right?
Bai Yao grabbed his pajamas from the wardrobe and hurried to the bathroom.
While taking a shower, he also needed to check on his development.
Entering the bathroom and locking the door, he stripped naked in two movements, revealing a body that looked like a plucked chicken.
He had never really liked this body that looked like an underdeveloped child.
While being fair and clean was fine, having too little body hair made it easy for others to make fun of him.
“Does the hair seem shorter and finer?”
Bai Yao muttered as he looked at his forearms and then checked his calves.
He lightly pressed his chest.
‘My chest really hurts… Is it a little bigger?’
‘Is there more meat on my butt than there was this morning?’
‘Nothing looks right anywhere.’
If Bai Yao’s body before the system had been that of a thin, underdeveloped young boy—one with very light body hair and a frame so lean you could vaguely see muscle lines—then his current state was probably that of an underdeveloped young girl.
He looked a bit softer all over.
‘Is it because my body fat increased?’
Bai Yao scratched the back of his head, feeling a headache coming on.
He stepped under the shower to wash his hair and body.
Fortunately, the change in his chest circumference wasn’t obvious, so it was manageable.
Oh, and his face couldn’t become too beautiful, either.
Otherwise, his family might not even recognize him when he went home for the winter break.
After ten minutes or so, Bai Yao finished his shower.
He briefly wiped the water droplets off his body and put on his pajama top and pants right there in the damp bathroom.
This inevitably caused the bottom of his pants to get wet, but it was better than having Qiu Ye notice that his body looked too much like a girl’s.
“You took forever.”
Hearing the balcony door open, Qiu Ye jumped up impatiently.
“I was about to burst!”
Bai Yao let out a yawn and sat at his computer, scrolling through a delivery app on his phone.
‘What should I have for dinner?’
He was exhausted today and wanted to eat something good!
Like that sliced noodle place they went to for lunch!
He also kind of wanted dumplings—shrimp and vegetable dumplings!
Fried rice sounded good, too…
Ham and egg fried rice with shredded pork.
Bai Yao rested his chin on one hand, tilting his head as he idly twirled a strand of hair around his fingertip.
‘Maybe it’s better to just eat at the cafeteria.
At least I wouldn’t have to struggle so much with what to pick.’
Coming out of the bathroom, Qiu Ye immediately spotted Bai Yao acting like a young girl.
He reached out and gave his roommate a flick to the head.
“What was that for!”
“Exposing your true nature, are you?”
Bai Yao suddenly realized what he was doing and quickly dropped his hand.
He sat up straight in embarrassment, keeping his face stiff as he glanced at Qiu Ye out of the corner of his eye.
Although his stiff expression looked cold, his darting eyes betrayed his guilt.
“Once the National Day holiday is over and everyone is back, you’ll be a laughingstock if you aren’t careful.”
‘It’ll be enough if you don’t lead the way in laughing at me!’
“Ugh…”
Bai Yao was also worried about that, especially regarding that guy Wang Zuhao.
He whispered, “Just don’t you laugh at me.”
The way he said it… it sounded as if everyone else’s opinion didn’t matter, and only Qiu Ye’s attitude was important to him.
Qiu Ye’s brow furrowed slightly before quickly smoothing out.
He felt a small surge of happiness.
Though he didn’t know the reason, becoming someone special in another person’s heart gave him quite a sense of accomplishment.
“Logging on?”
“Let’s not. I’m so tired, and my legs hurt like crazy.”
The amount of activity had been a bit too much, draining all of Bai Yao’s energy.
Combined with his long-term lack of exercise, his legs and the soles of his feet were aching intensely.
He lifted his foot to look at the painful area, sighing miserably, “I even have blisters…”
The blister on his sole wasn’t very large—otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to walk back to the dorm—but it would be fine after some iodine and wearing loose slippers for a while.
“Where? You’re way too fragile.”
Qiu Ye leaned over to get a closer look at the situation.
“Right here.”
Bai Yao lightly poked the blister.
“Hiss—it actually really hurts.”
[It is time to make a scene out of this and show your weak, feminine side! Make Qiu Ye feel a strong desire to protect you!]
[Ask Qiu Ye to treat the blister for you. Reward: 100 cash.]
Bai Yao’s lip twitched.
Qiu Ye’s concern for his blister had been somewhat touching, but now that the system had popped up, his roommate’s concern was being forcefully twisted into a means of seducing men.
‘A blister like this would be fine even if I just left it alone!’
“It shouldn’t be a big problem. Do we have iodine in the dorm?”
Qiu Ye stood up and scanned the room.
“Forget it, I’ll go grab some from next door.”
“No need, really.”
But Qiu Ye had already left on his own.
Bai Yao lowered his foot, his brow furrowed.
Was he really going to ask Qiu Ye for help just for 100 cash?
‘Forget it! Qiu Ye is definitely going to be disgusted by my stinky feet! He’ll absolutely refuse! Even though my feet don’t smell at all.’
In just a moment, Qiu Ye returned with iodine and cotton swabs.
“We need to keep some medicine in the dorm. It’s useful for colds, fevers, or headaches.”
He placed the iodine on the desk and opened the box of swabs.
“Here, dab some iodine on to disinfect it.”
“Uh…”
‘Trading one request for 100 cash doesn’t seem like a loss, right? It’s just a bit too melodramatic.’
Bai Yao prepared himself to be rejected before speaking.
“The position is a bit awkward. Why don’t you…”
Qiu Ye paused, looking at Bai Yao’s foot.
This foot was unlike the rough, sturdy foot of a normal man. I
nstead, it was small and delicate, as white as porcelain like a piece of art.
The toenails were set like pinkish-white flower petals, and the arch had a perfectly soft, beautiful curve…
“I’ll just do it myself.”
Seeing Qiu Ye freeze for a few seconds, for some reason, Bai Yao suddenly felt a strong sense of shame regarding his foot!
As a grown man, he had never felt anything special about his feet—they were no different from any other limb.
But after being stared at by Qiu Ye for a few seconds, he was mysteriously embarrassed enough to turn red.
“It’s fine.”
Qiu Ye pulled out a cotton swab and dipped it in iodine.
“Lift your foot.”
“No, really, it’s fine.”
Bai Yao knew Qiu Ye’s forceful personality and was also thinking about the 100 cash.
Despite saying no, he still obediently lifted his foot.
When the swab touched the blister, he subconsciously curled his toes and straightened his instep.
It was both painful and itchy.
“Don’t move.”
“Oh…”
[Qiu Ye’s affection for you seems to have risen! His heart rate is accelerating! This is how a galgame should be!]
‘What the heck?!’