You Kiss Me!
Senior year was all about studying, and nothing but studying. But Su Ke had made two friends now: Wei Lan and Wang Xiaogang.
Aside from chatting with those two, Su Ke's life hadn't changed. He was still quiet and introverted, but now he had started taking his studies seriously.
Su Ke knew that if he wanted to get into college, he needed to improve his Chinese, English, and science subjects. He couldn't just wait around for the System to reward him; it wouldn't count until he actually claimed the reward.
"Hey, Su Ke, do you know that guy Yellow Hair? The one you kicked over last time!" Wang Xiaogang leaned across Su Ke's desk during the break and asked in a low voice.
"Yellow Hair? Yeah, I remember him!" Su Ke knew exactly who Yellow Hair was. After Su Ke had taught him a lesson with Military Boxing, Yellow Hair had vanished for several days. Su Ke, who had been on guard against retaliation, found that a little surprising.
"That Yellow Hair got into trouble. They've locked him up!" Wang Xiaogang said, his face lighting up with excitement. That explained why things had been so peaceful over the past few days.
Wang Xiaogang didn't have any dealings with the punks outside school, but he knew a lot of people around campus, so he heard plenty of news.
"Still, you'd better stay alert. They won't keep him locked up for long!" Wang Xiaogang seemed to know all about how things worked at the detention center.
"Yeah, I'll be careful." Su Ke nodded. Over the past few days, Wang Xiaogang had found plenty of chances to chat with him, and little by little, the two of them had become good friends.
"Heh heh, but are you and Wei Lan dating now?" After saying that, Wang Xiaogang draped an arm over Su Ke's shoulder, narrowed his eyes, and raised his eyebrows. "You've been dressing better and better!"
"Get out of here!" As he and Wang Xiaogang had grown closer, Su Ke had become much more casual with him. He shoved Wang Xiaogang aside. Wang Xiaogang laughed and was just about to run off when someone cried, "Ow!"
Wei Lan was holding a math workbook and had nearly been knocked over by Wang Xiaogang. That only made him laugh harder. "I'll leave you two alone!"
"Are you okay?" Su Ke smiled at Wei Lan. Today, since it was his first day working at Fangfei Yiren, he had changed into a different outfit: a plain white T-shirt and jeans. They weren't new, but they looked clean and fresh.
Su Ke had fair skin, delicate features, and narrow eyes as bright as stars. When Wei Lan met his gaze, her cheeks immediately flushed.
"I'm fine. There's just a problem I don't know how to solve. Can you take a look?"
"Huh? You want me to look?" Su Ke was a little surprised, but he took the workbook anyway. As soon as he glanced at the problem, the solution came to him. Honestly, it wasn't difficult. As the class study representative, Wei Lan shouldn't have had trouble with it.
Could this girl be looking for an excuse to get close to me? The thought made Su Ke's heart race, and he felt himself getting hot all over. No girl had ever made the first move to get close to him before! The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, until his delicate face had turned as red as a monkey's bottom.
"So, how do you solve it?" Wei Lan asked, edging closer to Su Ke.
Su Ke had already noticed the faint, sweet fragrance about Wei Lan, but when it drifted into his nostrils, he still couldn't help breathing faster. His legs even felt a little weak.
"What were you two talking about just now?" Wei Lan edged closer again and asked in a voice only Su Ke could hear.
"Uh!" Su Ke hadn't expected her to ask that, and he didn't have time to think before blurting out, "Nothing!"
"No way. You were laughing so lecherously. You were definitely talking about me behind my back!" Wei Lan had seen Wang Xiaogang run over to Su Ke. While laughing, he had kept glancing back at her, so she'd had a feeling their conversation was about her. Otherwise, she wouldn't have come over.
The more Wei Lan said, the more dumbfounded Su Ke became. Before he could even explain, a sharp pain shot through his arm, and he sucked in a breath. If he hadn't always been so quiet, he might have yelled out loud.
"Hmph!" Wei Lan withdrew her hand. While Su Ke had been distracted, she had pinched his arm hard between her thumb and forefinger. Satisfied, she ran off.
"What the heck? Where did that come from?" Su Ke felt like crying. She'd given him a hard pinch for no reason. It wasn't like he could go over and get revenge!
Just then, the bell rang. At the same time, Su Ke heard a notification from the Flower Picking System and hurriedly checked it.
Task: Get Wei Lan's first kiss; Reward: Intermediate Mastery of High School Science Subjects.
Even after the teacher walked into the classroom and started the lesson, Su Ke still couldn't recover from his shock. This task was absurd. Just because the girl had pinched him, he had to steal her first kiss?
The Flower Picking System was way too vindictive!
But the reward of Intermediate Mastery of High School Science Subjects was just too tempting. He already had a good chance of getting a perfect score in math. With this reward, wouldn't his chances of doing well on the college entrance exam be even better?
But this task is way too difficult! Su Ke grumbled to himself. Getting someone's first kiss wasn't like touching Li Fei Fei's butt. He could claim that had been an accident, but this time he had to kiss her! He was already this old, and he still had no idea what it felt like to kiss a girl!
No matter what, Su Ke was determined to get that reward. But he would have to think carefully about how to complete the task. He gathered his thoughts, only to realize that he hadn't heard a single word the teacher had just said.
Even so, when school let out that afternoon, Su Ke still walked alongside Wei Lan.
When Wei Lan noticed the coin-sized blue bruise on Su Ke's arm, she felt a little regretful for some reason. She asked softly, "Does it still hurt?"
Su Ke put on an utterly innocent expression and grimaced. "It really hurts!"
"Sorry. I didn't mean to pinch you that hard." Wei Lan rode her bike alongside Su Ke. In the light of the setting sun, her chubby, baby-faced cheeks were tinged pink. She murmured, "What should we do? I've already pinched you."
"How about I treat you to a meal?" Wei Lan turned to look at Su Ke, as if she'd just thought of a way to make it up to him.
"You don't need to buy me a meal!"
"Then what do you want?"
"Why don't you kiss me instead?"
The two of them went back and forth, and as Su Ke looked at Wei Lan, the tempting task kept appearing in his mind. Without thinking, he blurted it out.
"What?" Wei Lan's eyes widened in disbelief. "What did you just say?"
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