Dare to Love!

Xu Nan was nineteen this year. He was a freshman at a business university less than five kilometers from home. Since it was close by and the school's rules were lax, he commuted every day.

His father had died young. Three years ago, his mother had married his stepfather and moved with him into their current home.

Xu Nan was the sensible sort of boy. Though he felt somewhat resistant inside, he understood how hard his mother had worked and accepted his stepfather and new family.

Especially that somewhat unusual younger brother.

When they first met, he had genuinely thought Xin'er was a girl. That adorable appearance had even made him think, Having a pretty little sister with no blood relation doesn't seem so bad.

But later, he discovered that Xin'er seemed somewhat autistic. He did not like seeing people and spent all day shut in his room, doing who knew what.

His stepfather had been a good man. He had once been a professor at Xu Nan's current university, elegant and humorous in conversation. He had also given Xu Nan plenty of guidance, from which he had benefited greatly.

It was only later, during one conversation with his stepfather, that he learned Xin'er had severe gender identity disorder and autism.

He believed himself to be a girl and dressed himself like one.

After a series of failed treatments, his open-minded stepfather had once decided to respect Xin'er's choice and secretly take him abroad for gender reassignment surgery.

Unfortunately, before that could happen, a sudden plane crash destroyed this newly formed family.

During that time, Xu Nan was heartbroken.

Although the inheritance left behind by his mother and stepfather was enough to cover their expenses, the pain of losing loved ones was not something material things could mend. Fortunately, they had no troublesome relatives. With the help of some of his stepfather's old friends, they barely managed to finish the funeral, after which Xu Nan and Xin'er continued living on in relative silence.

During that period, Xu Nan's grades plummeted, and he had also performed abnormally on the college entrance exam this year. That was how he had ended up at this rather mediocre university near home.

But Xu Nan, who had seen life, death, meetings, and partings, did not care much about such things anymore.

His feelings for Xin'er could not be called particularly deep, but because of the care and guidance his stepfather had given him, he felt obligated to look after this younger brother. Attending university nearby was not such a bad thing.

Otherwise, he truly would not have felt at ease leaving Xin'er home alone.

It was just that sometimes, Xin'er's strange temper really made him furious.

Fortunately, Xu Nan had an outgoing personality. Once he turned the corner, he called a Didi, shoved his phone into his pocket, and forgot all about it.

"Driver, take me to that newly opened Plastic Surgery Hospital on Xin Kou Street. Yeah, the one with the especially flashy sign."

After saying that, he sat quietly and rested.

He knew that any Driver nearby would know that Plastic Surgery Hospital. There was no need to provide more detailed directions.

Five minutes later.

The car slowly came to a stop. Xu Nan paid the fare, stood at the intersection, and looked up at the enormous pink sign, feeling a headache coming on.

Passersby kept looking up as well, their attention repeatedly drawn to that unconventional sign.

Lü Junyi Surgical Cosmetic Hospital

The moment Xu Nan saw the sign, his head hurt. He knew exactly what was in his friend's brain. Rumor had it the design fee alone for that sign had cost ten million.

To ordinary people, it looked like a pair of breasts. Other than grabbing attention, it served no other purpose.

Because of it, the local city inspectors had come knocking more than once. Fortunately, Lü Junyi's family had powerful connections. After a few rounds of trouble, everyone simply pretended not to see it.

The hospital entrance was deserted.

Xu Nan thought entering through the front door would be too embarrassing, so he decided to use the back entrance.

He had not needed this surgery at all. Lü Junyi had talked him into it, and he had only reluctantly come to support his brother's business.

Xu Nan still remembered the scene. Not long after opening, Lü Junyi had come looking for him with a miserable expression.

"Business is bad, brother. Help me out, will you?"

Xu Nan had been surprised. "With my looks, do I need plastic surgery?"

It was not that Xu Nan was vain. He had inherited his mother's excellent genes, and his appearance was exceptionally delicate and handsome.

Otherwise, his attribute panel would not have given him a Charm score as high as 18. Back in school, after Christmas, he could have made quite a bit of money selling the love letters from his desk as scrap paper.

Lü Junyi had not cared. "My hospital can perform most surgical procedures too."

Xu Nan had frozen. "Such as?"

"Appendectomies, circumcisions, that sort of thing." Lü Junyi stared at him.

Xu Nan had begun to feel uncomfortable. "What? But there's nothing wrong with me."

"What use is an appendix? It'll have to come out sooner or later. And besides, Junyi Ge checked you when you were little. Your foreskin is a bit long. It's not phimosis yet, but if you don't deal with it early, it'll affect the quality of your sex life later."

Lü Junyi spoke earnestly.

Xu Nan had been dumbfounded on the spot. "I-I... why would I get surgery for no reason?"

"Appendix or foreskin, pick one."

Lü Junyi revealed his tyrannical nature. "I have to complete a surgery next week, or I'll be idle all day and my skills will rust!"

Xu Nan: "..."

In the end, after Lü Junyi relentlessly pestered him, he chose... the supposedly painless circumcision procedure.

And afterward... Xu Nan felt miserable whenever he thought of the faint itch in his crotch.

Even now, he remembered Lü Junyi's devilish lewd grin on the operating table.

"Once the stitches are removed today, I'm never coming back to this damned place!" Xu Nan silently swore.

As he passed the back entrance, he suddenly spotted a flower shop.

Wafts of floral fragrance drifted out from inside.

A flamboyantly dressed middle-aged man shouted at Xu Nan, "Young man, buy a bouquet for your girlfriend!"

Xu Nan smiled, declined, and took a few steps forward before suddenly stopping.

He remembered that main quest.

Dare to Love!

Quest Description: A week ago, you fell in love with that nurse because of that look in her eyes. Why not confess boldly? Even if you fail, it would still be a wonderful experience.

Quest Reward: 10 Shame Points / Initial Bloodline Awakening

"Initial Bloodline Awakening?" Xu Nan hesitated.

Judging from his character card, he had inherited the bloodline of a Ron Sorcerer, but it had not awakened. Based on the current situation, it seemed he truly had to complete this quest before he could officially awaken his Bloodline Power and become a Ron Sorcerer.

"Do I really have to confess?"

Xu Nan rubbed his temples. Recalling how that clearly novice intern nurse had spent a full two hours shaving his pubic hair that day, he felt like crying without tears.

At first, Xu Nan had been rather nervous and embarrassed. Later, when he realized the nurse herself was even more nervous and embarrassed, he relaxed.

He had nearly fallen asleep during the process. When he woke up, he found his lower half feeling chilly—the nurse was wiping away tears while cleaning his crotch. Her tears dripped onto the base of Xu Nan's thigh, making the scene extremely awkward.

Later, Lü Junyi told him that it had been the nurse's first time. The experienced nurse had taken leave that day, so she had temporarily filled in. It was normal for her to be thin-skinned and inexperienced, and he asked Xu Nan to be understanding.

A good-tempered guy like Xu Nan naturally did not care that his little brother had been left hanging out for two hours. His only thought was that the tearful nurse had been rather cute.

Then, one week later, who knew how that bloodline awakening system had judged things, but it actually believed he had "fallen in love" with her!

And it was forcing him to confess? Wasn't this the most humiliating thing in the world? There was no way Xu Nan could do it!

Besides, the person he liked was the senior from the foreign languages department next door!

"Forget it, forget it. I can't abandon my principles for a little power."

Xu Nan picked up his phone, preparing to distract himself.

Then a wildly popular short video appeared before him. In the video, a shirtless foreign man had lifted a heavy truck with his bare hands and thrown it into the fields beside the road!

The terrified look in the truck driver's eyes left a deep impression on Xu Nan.

He had no mood to read the various online comments.

This world seemed to be getting more and more chaotic.

Xu Nan fell silent for a moment, then took ten steps backward. "Boss, give me a bouquet of roses."

"By the way, do you know how to confess to a girl?"

At the hospital's back entrance, Xu Nan slipped in with practiced ease and found Lü Junyi's operating room.

Who knew that the moment they met, Lü Junyi grabbed Xu Nan. "Someone's here. Pretend you didn't see me!"

Xu Nan grabbed Lü Junyi right back. "Wait, you still haven't removed my stitches!"

"Also, where's that nurse who helped me with that thing last time?"

Lü Junyi was a full size larger than Xu Nan. The two becoming friends had been purely accidental. Today, he was unshaven and looked more like a man in his thirties.

"Huh? You bought roses? You're asking about Gu Xiaomeng? Holy shit, don't tell me you want to confess to her?"

Lü Junyi was utterly shocked.

Xu Nan's expression was heavy and complicated. In the end, he nodded with difficulty. "Call her out for me."

Lü Junyi stared at Xu Nan in disbelief. "You, you..."

"Call her out already!" Xu Nan knew this was impossible to explain clearly. He needed to end it quickly.

"She's at the nurse station by the entrance. After what happened last time, she couldn't handle it, so I temporarily transferred her to the nurse station to handle preliminary examinations and reception."

Lü Junyi's eyes remained filled with disbelief.

Xu Nan took a deep breath. "There's no one at the nurse station, right?"

Lü Junyi thought about it. "There shouldn't be anyone there right now..."

Xu Nan strode out. The nurse station was ten meters away. Gu Xiaomeng was looking down at her phone, and there really was no one else in the station.

Xu Nan hesitated no longer. He rushed over, held out the flowers, and said in the gentlest tone he could manage:

"I like you."

His cheeks burned like the sun.

Gu Xiaomeng was so startled that her phone fell onto the desk. She looked up at Xu Nan blankly, then asked with a blush after a long while:

"You... who are you?"

Xu Nan's heart jolted. He felt humiliated beyond all measure. Just as he was thinking of how to explain, Lü Junyi suddenly poked half his head out from the operating room.

"He's the one whose foreskin you helped cut last time!"

The hospital corridor fell silent.

Xu Nan suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Not far down the corridor, more than a dozen people were striding over aggressively. Hearing those words, they all froze in place.

Gu Xiaomeng covered her face with her phone and ran away.

Xu Nan turned his head blankly, only to find those dozen people looking at him with strange expressions full of pity and sympathy.

At that moment, he wanted nothing more than to bash his head against the ground.

And at that moment, a dialog box suddenly appeared before his eyes—

Ron Sorcerer Initial Bloodline Awakening quest complete!

Bloodline Awakening commencing!

Obtained 10 Shame Points!