Su Ke had never been confessed to by a girl in his entire life. This was a first! Liu Qingqing's words hit his mind like a thunderclap, leaving his ears ringing...
"What did she say?" Su Ke couldn't believe it. He even thought he was hallucinating, but the two girls were still standing there, frowning at him in confusion.
"Brother Su Ke, Qingqing asked if she could be your girlfriend!" The girl with the buzz cut grinned, her chin tilted slightly as she gazed at Su Ke with big, watery eyes. "So, are you saying yes or no?"
"Uh! No way, this is real!" Only then did Su Ke believe he wasn't hallucinating. But how was he supposed to answer? Just then, the Flower Picking System chimed in his mind. In his panic, he immediately opened it to take a look.
Task: Invite Liu Qingqing to lunch. Reward: 500 yuan. Task: Calm Wei Lan's anger. Reward: 300 yuan.
Two tasks had appeared at once. They didn't seem too difficult, but Su Ke was still at a loss. The two girls in front of him seemed to be growing impatient. Their looks had changed, and now they regarded him with a hint of contempt.
"Brother Su Ke, could you at least say something? Why are you being so wishy-washy?" The girl with the buzz cut frowned, looking annoyed.
"Yeah! When you beat up Li Daxing at lunch, you weren't like this. Why aren't you acting like a man now?" The other girl clearly wasn't one to mess with, and seemed on the verge of losing her temper. As she spoke, she slid one hand up her arm and rolled up her short sleeve, revealing a tattoo of a rose with a sword piercing it.
Su Ke instinctively frowned. He hadn't expected these two to be little delinquents. Was this a threat or a show of force? He blurted out, "Nice cross-stitch!"
"Are you blind?" The girl with the tattoo thrust out her chest and moved toward Su Ke, her gaze arrogant. It made Su Ke dislike her even more. If she'd been a guy, he'd probably have kicked her away by now...
"Are you trying to get yourself killed?" The girl with the buzz cut immediately pulled the tattooed girl aside, then hurriedly apologized to Su Ke. "Brother Su Ke, don't mind Li Yan. She's on her period, so she's all irritable!"
Su Ke couldn't help laughing at the girl with the buzz cut. This little high school freshman really said whatever came to mind. She'd even managed to embarrass him a little. "All right, you should get back to class. Tell Liu Qingqing I'll treat her to a meal sometime."
"Brother Su Ke, does that mean you're saying yes?" The girl with the buzz cut jumped up, delighted, as if she'd won the lottery.
Before Su Ke could answer, another three or five girls appeared in the hallway. They all looked like first-year students, with a trace of childishness in their faces, but their little faces were all scrunched up in angry scowls, as if they were spoiling for a fight.
"That's her!" one of the girls suddenly shouted, pointing at the girl with the buzz cut. Almost five girls immediately ran over and started swinging.
Before Su Ke could react, the girl with the buzz cut was surrounded and pummeled. Fortunately, her hair was short, so no one could grab it. Otherwise, she'd have been in trouble.
The hallway descended into chaos. Li Yan, the girl who'd come with the one in the buzz cut, shrieked and charged in. Two against five made things even livelier. Girls didn't follow any particular rules when they fought; they just grabbed and pulled, raining blows down on each other.
Task: Help Wang Huan escape. Reward: 200 yuan.
Su Ke had no idea who Wang Huan was, but either way, he had to break up the fight first. He shifted his step and squeezed into the circle of violent girls.
But as soon as he got in, he was at a loss. He couldn't exactly beat them up and chase them off, could he?
No choice! Su Ke made up his mind to pull the girl with the buzz cut and the tattooed Li Yan out first. His hands flashed, quick and nimble.
"Yah! Who pinched my thigh?"
"Ah! Don't pull my belt! My pants are going to fall down!"
"Ow! My butt!"
In the midst of the chaos, Su Ke stretched out his arms and shielded the girl with the buzz cut and Li Yan behind him. He looked at the five girls in front of him. Just moments ago, they'd been as fierce as demons; now their cheeks were flushed, and they stared at him, panting. Su Ke suddenly felt a little awkward.
To keep the delinquents from going wild again, Su Ke spread his arms to shield the two girls behind him. His palms met something soft. Hmm, it felt nice, like holding a freshly steamed bun.
No way! A bun! Su Ke's heart skipped a beat. His fingers gently squeezed. At his fingertips, he felt the cotton fabric of a T-shirt; through the material, his thumb touched something springy, while the other four fingers felt smooth skin.
"Brother Su Ke!" The girl with the buzz cut spoke from behind him. Her earlier boldness was gone; instead, her voice trembled softly, like a lamb's.
"Hmm?" Su Ke slowly turned his head. He had a bad feeling, but could only pretend not to know what was going on.
"Y-your hand!" The girl with the buzz cut blushed bright red. She managed a strained smile and pointed at her chest with her right hand. Li Yan, meanwhile, had already widened her eyes in shock and covered her little mouth, looking utterly incredulous.
"Uh! Sorry, sorry! I didn't mean to!" Su Ke's hand had landed squarely over her chest, almost covering it completely. It hadn't quite fit in his palm, but he'd covered two-thirds of it. With an awkward smile, he slowly pulled his hand back.
"Wang Huan!" Li Yan covered her little mouth. After the scuffle, her hair was a mess. She stared at the girl with the buzz cut. "Wang Huan, you've lost your virginity!"
"Pfft!" Su Ke had just pulled his hand back, but now he nearly spat blood. What did she mean, she'd lost her virginity? He'd only touched Wang Huan's chest by accident, just a little. Sure, it had felt nice, but how could that possibly count as losing her virginity?
Su Ke's face turned pale, then red. He was so mortified he could have cried. He quickly turned around, only to find the five girls still glaring at him.
"Pretty boy, were you the one who pulled my belt just now?"
"Were you the one who pinched my butt?"
"Ahem!" Su Ke took a deep breath. The nickname "pretty boy" did have a bit of a compliment to it, but it still sounded awkward. Couldn't they call him something else, like handsome and charming or suave and debonair? He frowned. "What grade are you in? Aren't you afraid of getting expelled for fighting at school?"
"Hey, pretty boy, whose pants zipper broke and let you out?" the girl leading the group said with a curl of her lip, her face full of disdain.
"Get lost!" Su Ke's temper flared. He hadn't expected the freshmen to be so foul-mouthed. The students these days really were getting worse and worse. He glared and shouted.
"This is Brother Su Ke, the guy who beat Li Daxing to a pulp in the cafeteria at lunch! Keep acting like punks, and he'll rape the lot of you!" Wang Huan, the tattooed girl, darted out from behind Su Ke and said viciously.
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