Oh no, it seems to be real…
Inside the D304 lecture hall, Bai Yao sat in the last row of the tiered classroom.
He stared at the bank transfer notification on his phone and fell into deep thought.
Clearly, he wasn’t experiencing auditory hallucinations from a lack of sleep or a mental breakdown.
It was more like he had obtained some kind of system…
It couldn’t be such a coincidence that someone just happened to accidentally transfer 100 yuan to him, right?
“Bai Yao!”
“Here.”
Bai Yao looked up and responded before resting his chin on his hand, staring off into space with a worried expression.
He usually read plenty of novels and was well-acquainted with various “system” power fantasies.
However, now that a system had actually appeared on him, he couldn’t find it in himself to be happy at all.
After all… this was the first time he had seen such a stingy system! A single mission only gave 100 yuan.
Besides, the system seemed to have the wrong person.
What did a 31-year-old pervert burdened with a mortgage and addicted to wild parties have to do with an 18-year-old college student in the prime of his youth?
‘System? System!’
Bai Yao called out to the system in his heart, trying to wake it like he was summoning Siri.
“System?”
He tried calling out softly again, but the system was even worse than a phone’s AI assistant.
He didn’t hear a response even after a long while.
Since he couldn’t get an answer, he could only take a wild guess…
Could it be that the alcoholic woman was nearby? Perhaps the fact that they shared the same name caused a bug that sent the system to him?
It couldn’t really be him, right? He was only 18.
He hadn’t even been in a relationship before.
Bai Yao sighed with a frown, unable to figure out the situation.
And then there was that mission… Gain a man’s attention?
Thinking of this, Bai Yao shot a slightly suspicious glance at his roommate beside him, Chen Zhilong.
He was the dorm leader, about 175 centimeters tall, with a build that looked even thinner than Bai Yao’s.
He had a boisterous personality and acted like a big brother; all their close friends liked to call him Brother Long.
Yesterday, the one who tried to persuade him to drink and called him unsociable was Brother Long.
Bai Yao usually didn’t have much of a presence, so how did he suddenly gain Brother Long’s attention?
Bai Yao’s gaze caught Chen Zhilong’s attention.
He turned his head and, seeing the guy hurriedly lower his gaze, he knit his brows.
“What is it?”
“Nothing…”
Bai Yao hadn’t had a haircut in several months.
He had long hair that reached past his ears, and his bangs almost covered his eyes.
When he lowered his head, his naturally hanging hair obscured the upper half of his face, hiding his slightly panicked expression.
He looked just like a typical protagonist in a GalGame.
He felt he was a bit scruffy, which also made him look somewhat androgynous, but he actually liked his gender-neutral style.
“You really need a haircut,” Brother Long said casually.
“Want to go to the barber together after class?”
“No thanks…” Bai Yao made up an excuse on the spot.
“I want to grow it out and tie it in a ponytail.”
“Then won’t you look even more like a girl? Zu Hao is going to tease you again later.”
“…”
Bai Yao slumped onto the desk, hiding the lower half of his face in the crook of his arm.
Seeing this, Brother Long had no choice but to change his invitation. “Order takeout for lunch? We can split the cost to hit a discount.”
“I’ll eat at the cafeteria.”
A meal at the cafeteria only cost 10 yuan, while takeout might not even stay under 20 yuan.
Bai Yao’s family wasn’t poor, but his monthly allowance was only 1,500 yuan.
After necessary expenses like water and phone bills, the remaining money was just enough for food.
But wait, didn’t the system just reward him with 100 yuan!
He suddenly raised his head.
“Let’s do takeout. What are we eating?”
[Long-term smoking, alcoholism, and overeating have overtaxed your body. You long to lose weight but have never started. Choose a clean, healthy diet and maintain a weight loss of 30 pounds…]
The system suddenly froze as if it had crashed.
After a long while, there was no follow-up.
Bai Yao looked down at himself.
He wasn’t as thin as a bamboo pole, but with a height of just over 165 centimeters and a weight of 100 pounds… lose another 30 pounds?
He would probably end up as nothing but a pile of bones in a box.
“BBQ pork rice? It’s 5 yuan off for every 30 yuan spent,” Brother Long asked from the side.
“Sure?”
Still hearing no movement from the system, Bai Yao figured it had finally discovered the bug and realized it had found the wrong host.
[Mission accomplished. Reward: 100 yuan.]
[Mission overachieved! Due to long-term healthy eating, your skin condition has improved.]
“Huh?”
The system actually forced itself to ignore the bug!
It just handed out the reward anyway!
Bai Yao was stunned.
He used his fingertip to touch a pimple on the corner of his mouth caused by internal heat, only to find it had disappeared at some point.
He felt a surge of joy and quickly grabbed his phone, using the front-facing camera to observe himself.
Though he didn’t have much acne, his skin certainly wasn’t good.
Pimples would appear and disappear constantly, leaving marks, closed comedones, blackheads, and faint spots on his cheeks.
Additionally, poor sleep since the start of the semester had given him a poor complexion.
But in just an instant, it was as if his skin had gained a beauty filter.
The pimple was gone, the acne marks had faded, and his skin tone had brightened significantly!
Even if the comedones, blackheads, and spots still existed, they weren’t as noticeable anymore.
Bai Yao pulled back his bangs with great concern to check his forehead, the worst disaster zone — it was perfectly clean!
‘So good skin really does make you more handsome.’
Bai Yao tried his best to purse his lips to keep from laughing out loud in class.
Looking at the transfer notification on his phone, he suddenly felt that having a system was quite nice, even if it had mistaken the host’s gender and age…
Feeling a bit vain, he tidied his hairstyle, rare for him to give his thick bangs a side part to reveal his clean forehead.
He began to feel restless, unable to focus on the lecture or play on his phone.
A few minutes later, Bai Yao couldn’t take it anymore.
He took the initiative to speak to Chen Zhilong, though he was a bit out of practice.
“Bro… Brother Long.”
He called Chen Zhilong by the nickname the other roommates and classmates used.
Brother Long was playing on his phone and responded without looking up.
“Takeout’s ordered. It should be there by the time we get back to the dorm after class.”
“Uh… do you think my skin looks a bit better?”
Brother Long looked up at Bai Yao in surprise.
They had lived together for one month, and his impression of this roommate was that he was far too quiet.
He didn’t seem like the type of person who was narcissistic or vain.
“It does seem a lot better than before?”
Even though Bai Yao’s skin had been terrible just a few minutes ago, Brother Long didn’t seem to notice the suddenness of the change.
“Right?”
Bai Yao couldn’t hold it in anymore.
The corners of his mouth curled up wildly, his eyes curving into crescents, and the soft folds under his eyes became more prominent.
‘This roommate is usually so cold, but his smile is actually kind of cute…’
Brother Long realized that Bai Yao’s personality wasn’t as cold as it seemed on the surface; he was just too unsociable.
“You look pretty good when you smile.”
Bai Yao froze and instantly suppressed his grin.
Though he was secretly delighted, he only gave a reserved, slight nod.
“Like a girl…”
Brother Long added in a whisper, but Bai Yao’s sharp ears caught it anyway.
Bai Yao rolled his eyes inwardly.
People had been saying he looked like a girl since he was a child.
He could never get used to it, but he was just too lazy to argue.
Some people were just mean; the more intensely he reacted, the more they loved to use those kinds of words to provoke him.
‘A girl, huh…’
He suddenly had an absurd thought.
‘Could it be that the system’s original host was actually me at 31 years old, having become a woman?’
‘No, no, no, there’s no way I’d ever get surgery!’
‘And there’s even less of a chance I’d degenerate into a slut!’