CH 40

Translator: Rin    Editor: Mars     Proofreader: Ume

Jiang Li followed the route in the original host’s memories to the bus stop. At this time, he was already all wet. His clothes were stuck on his body and his thick and wet bangs were also stuck on his face. Once he boarded the bus, he attracted the attention of others. But he didn’t care and found a seat by the window at the back. He then closed his eyes and began to sort out the original host’s memories.

Now it was close to the end of the first year of high school, it was only less than half a month from the summer vacation. They would need to divide into arts and science classes in the second year of high school. Initially, he wondered if he should inquire if the male lead was going to enroll in arts or science so he could get closer to him. 

Jiang Li thought about the requirements of the capture in the last world and asked System in his heart, “Little Cutie, is it still increasing the favorability in this world?”

“Yes.” System replied, “The current favorability is 0, after increasing it to 100% you can choose to enter the next world.”

“It’s just increasing favorability, no special requirements, right?”

“It is recommended to have a relationship.”

“…”

Jiang Li almost forgot that this was a dating game. He fell silent for a moment and asked in a low voice, “What if I refuse?”

System roughly knew what he was resisting and calmly analyzed, “The last world is over, please accept reality. The target of your capture is now Chi Fang, only by completing the task can you enter the next world.”

“Since it is favorability, then it’s possible to use other ways to maximize it, right? For example, friendship?” Jiang Li asked.

“This is not guaranteed.” The system felta bit helpless, “But, the two most unreserved feelings in the world are familial affection and love.”

“Then how about increasing the favorability of brotherhood? I mean real brotherhood.”

“…”

System didn’t say anything more and Jiang Li also didn’t ask again. He tilted his head and leaned against the car window; his eyelashes that were covered by his bangs slightly fluttered a few times.

…

Meanwhile, this world’s male lead – Chi Fang – was riding his bicycle to the South Slope Park’s public basketball court. Two groups of people were confronting each other.Someone from one of the groups showed joy when they saw him. He waved and shouted, “Chi ge1! Here!”

Chi Fang placed his bicycle simply and strode over. He raised his hand and got the ball the other party threw towards him, showed off a few tricks and jumped to shoot. The orange basketball flew over the heads of the two groups of people and with a swish, it went into the net for three points. 

This head-on blow made one group of people cheer and shout Chi Fang’s name.

Feng Yu, who threw the ball to Chi Fang just then, reached out and hooked his shoulder. “Chi ge, I thought you weren’t coming! We are about to start the match; I didn’t expect you to be such a show-off when you came.”

“Go away. If I’m not here you will only be abused.” Chi Fang placed his hand away, showing a face of disgust.

“Hehehe.” Feng Yu laughed twice. After Chi Fang came, his chest was pumped up more than earlier.

A tall guy in the lead from another group of people heard Chi Fang’s words and snorted, “Don’t tell me that you’re not going to be abused even if you come. Chi Fang, you talk too big.”

“Not really, not really.” Chi Fang looked at him with a smirk, his tone filled with disdain and arrogance, “It’s more than enough to beat you, LOSER.”

The tall man’s sore spot was stepped on. Remembering the shame of losing to Chi Fang in the last match while they fought for the court, he gritted his teeth and said, “Try it! If you lose this match, you better stay away from Nan Yin or else I won’t let you go.”

“I’m so scared.” Chi Fang tsked, the smile on his face slowly converged. The young and free expression had an imperceptible hostility, “Stop talking bullshit, let’s start.”

…

Jiang Li’s house was in the old town area. The house was built early, and the exterior and interior of the house were already very dilapidated. Jiang Li walked on the dimly lit staircase; he could even feel all of the bumpy texture of the cement through the soles of his shoes.

Father Jiang went out to hide from debts these days and only Jiang Li was at home. He found clean clothes and went to take a shower. Although his wet clothes had been blown dry on the way back, to avoid catching a cold he still showered with hot water on a hot day. 

The original host went out early in the morning; he only bought two vegetable buns on the way and it was now three o’clock in the afternoon. So, Jiang Li felt very hungry when he came out of the shower. He then found a bag of frozen dumplings from the refrigerator and cooked them to eat. 

The dumplings were filled with mushrooms and pork. The fillings were small, and there were only 15 dumplings in one packet. Jiang Li’s body was only sixteen years old, which was the prime age for growth. He didn’t feel full after eating, instead he felt even hungrier. However, there was nothing else to eat in the refrigerator other than the beer Father Jiang had chilled previously. Even if he were to wash the rice and cook it, he would also need to go out and buy other ingredients. 

Jiang Li thought for a while and decided to go out to eat something. It was also time to trim the original host’s hair, which was way too long. He would also need to buy a new pair of glasses as the previous glasses had gone missing when he had jumped into the water to save the person.

There was a barber store at the entrance of the old town area with a small front, but it had been operating for many years. The original host went there for a haircut every time as it was very cheap. The price was only half of the other hairdressers. As for the barber’s skills, they were not considered by the original host. He didn’t need any hairstyle, bangs were always blocking the eyebrows, covering half of his eyes. However, fortunately the teachers didn’t check their appearances, otherwise he would have been the first to fail. 

But now that the soul had changed to Jiang Li and his requirements towards himself were not so low anymore, at least his hairstyle should look good. So, he found a hairdresser that looked like it had a very good business. 

As soon as he entered, he was greeted and asked if he wanted a wash or a haircut. Jiang Li had already washed his hair once before he arrived and planned to directly cut it short.

When the hairdresser saw how long his hair was, he reached out and grabbed it twice and asked, “Handsome man, your hair is thick and long, do you want a perm?”

“No.” Jiang Li waved his hand. He was still a high school student now so he couldn’t be too high-profile. “Cut the back a little shorter, make it refreshing, and it’s up to you for the front part.”

“Okay, that’s good.” The hairdresser stroked his chin and thought for a while before starting to cut it.

The black soft hair fell little by little. The heavy bangs were thinned and cut short, Jiang Li’s vision that was initially covered slowly became clearer and the facial outline of the person in the mirror was slowly revealed and highlighted. 

It was an extremely young face with a little childishness. As his vision had been blocked for many years the corners of his eyes were a little gloomy and didn’t look energetic. But, the curvature of the eyes was very attractive. Thick eyelashes were like black feather fans, with just a slight droop of the eyebrows, a curved shadow could be seen under his eyes.

The hairdresser’s hand that was holding the scissors suddenly stopped, and his gaze fell on Jiang Li’s face for a long time.

“Have you finished cutting?” Jiang Li noticed that he had stopped moving and opened his eyes to look at him.

The hairdresser came back to his senses and met his dark eyes, his hand that was holding the scissors tightened. “No, not yet.”

“Oh. Please hurry up, I have things to do.” Jiang Li closed his eyes once again. In the meantime, a few hair strands that were hanging on his eyelashes fell onto his upright nose tip. The hairdresser saw it and felt the urge to blow it off for him.

The haircut was quickly done. The hairdresser had even styled it  for Jiang Li. “Done, perfect!”

Jiang Li looked at the person in the mirror and was momentarily dazed. He found out that the features of this body somewhat resembled his previous self, such as the eyes and mouth, but it wasn’t obvious.

“What’s wrong handsome man? Not satisfied?” The hairdresser asked in response to seeing him looking at the mirror without speaking and thought that he wasn’t satisfied with his handiwork.

“No, I’m very satisfied.”

Jiang Li collected his thoughts, got up, paid the money, and left directly.

The hairdresser looked at his back and felt strange in his heart. He was so good-looking and yet he kept his hair so long, hiding his beauty. How low profile.

Coming out from the hairdresser, Jiang Li ate a beef stew at the beef restaurant next door, and then asked System to provide the address of a nearby optical store.

System took out the virtual tablet and quickly listed out the nearby optical stores that had better reputation and fame.

The closest to Jiang Li was an optical eyeglass store called “Clairvoyance”, which was next to the South Slope District Police Station. It was only two stops away by bus, about a 15-minute walk, and only a few minutes by bicycle.

There were shared bicycles along the road so it was very convenient. Jiang Li would like to ride directly towards there but his phone was an old-fashioned one and could only be used to call and send text messages. He couldn’t scan the code to use the shared bicycle so he could only take the bus.

The bus stopped at the bus stop in front of the South Slope Police Station. The optical store was on the left of the police station. As Jiang Li passed by the police station, he suddenly heard System notify him, “Host, please pay attention, the target male lead has appeared; Host, please pay attention, the target male lead has appeared.”

“??”

Jiang Li’s footsteps stopped abruptly. He was just standing at the entrance of the police station. He turned his head and saw a group of people crowded inside the lobby of the police station and didn’t know what they were doing.

These people were all wearing basketball uniforms. Judging from their backs, they should still be students. Jiang Li took two steps in the direction of the door to see what had happened. An impatient voice echoed from the crowd, “I said we didn’t fight, we were just playing basketball together. Granny, can you not add fuel to the fire?”

This voice was somewhat familiar. Jiang Li thought for a moment and found that it was very similar to the voice of the person who saved him in the river before. Adding it up with System’s reminder just now, it seemed that the person who spoke should be the male lead.

“How is it not a fight?”

After the male lead, a loud female alto voice followed, “I saw you pressing this young man to the ground and rubbing him against it. It was so ruthless that an old woman like me felt so scared only by looking at it! Police, they were really fighting, you have to educate them properly!”

“Granny, can you not fan the flames ah!” Another male voice also sounded.

“Yes, they were the ones who cheated in the match. What a cunt, who would we rub on the floor other than him!”

“Feng Yu, who the fuck are you calling a cunt?

“Whoever did the filthy trick should be called it! Stupid cunt! Bastard!”

“Watch your mouth!”

“Why don’t you keep your fucking hands and feet clean when you’re playing?”

The group of people suddenly started to create a commotion and push each other. Young people were full of youthful vigor. Once they looked like they were about to start fighting a sharp whistle rang suddenly, stopping their actions. Then a voice said, “What’s all the noise for? What kind of place do you think this is? Make more noise and don’t even think about leaving! All of you, stand aside!”

The crowd slowly moved towards the walls. After the crowd dispersed Jiang Li saw a tall figure inside, wearing a red jersey with the number 1 printed on it.

Although Jiang Li didn’t see Chi Fang’s face previously, he remembered the number on his clothes.

Chi Fang stood as he leant against the wall. He lowered his head slightly to listen to the guy beside him talking. Then, he raised his head and looked at Jiang Li as if he had sensed Jiang Li’s gaze.

There was a distance between the two people. As Jiang Li wasn’t wearing glasses, he couldn’t see the expression on Chi Fang’s face. But Jiang Li could feel the hostility and impatience from Chi Fang’s gaze.

However, he quickly averted his gaze and was called by the police for questioning.

Jiang Li scratched his face with his fingers in place, lowered his head, and smiled.

The capture target this time seems a bit stubborn and intractable, huh?

Ge: Brothe