Chapter 17: A Warrior Charging for Love? Unlocking a New Position
Gu Yifan’s eyes widened!
What the hell!
’What does that mean?’
’Weird looks from the neighbors?’
’My classmates pointing and whispering?’
’Does this mean everyone thinks I jumped off the building because of Han Ning!?’
Holy shit!!
’So everyone at school thinks so too?!’
Goddammit!
’I’ve been framed!!!’
A torrent of curses stormed through Gu Yifan’s mind, and he looked completely dead inside...
"Son, you don’t want this to become common knowledge, do you?"
Just as Gu Yifan was left speechless, his mom spoke up again.
’???’
’Why does that sound so familiar!?’
’What the fu—’
’Could it be that my mom is a Reincarnator too?’
Gu Yifan looked at his mother in shock.
’Impossible!’
’Absolutely impossible!’
’I’m probably just overthinking things.’
Gu Yifan shook his head, dismissing the thought.
"Alright, Aunt Song asked me to play mahjong, so I have to go. Food’s in the pot, so you’re on your own for lunch!"
Seeing him spacing out, Chen Dongmei waved her hand.
With that, she got up, grabbed her bag, and breezed out the door, leaving Gu Yifan standing there in a dumbfounded daze.
...........
「At the same time.」
In the girls’ dormitory at Mountain City First Middle School.
Su Qinghe had just stepped out of the shower. She was the only one in the dorm room.
Even though it was the weekend and there were no classes, her roommates had most likely all gone to the classrooms to study.
After all, the college entrance exams were just around the corner, and everyone was racing against the clock, hoping to squeeze out a few extra points.
With her roommates gone, at least she was spared a whole lot of explaining.
Su Qinghe lay on her bed. She picked up her phone, wanting to ask Gu Yifan if he had made it home, but then she remembered she didn’t have his contact information.
They had both forgotten about it.
She casually logged into the school forum and found that everyone was talking about yesterday’s "jumping incident"!
However, everyone was only talking about a boy who jumped, with no mention of her.
That’s right! She should have been the main character of this "jumping incident," but her "spotlight" had been stolen by Gu Yifan’s accidental fall.
Everyone only knew that Gu Yifan had "jumped," unaware that she was the one who had actually been planning to do it.
Some people even connected it to Gu Yifan’s confession to the school belle, Han Ning, that morning, claiming he’d jumped because he couldn’t handle the rejection!
Someone, somewhere, had started a rumor that he was proving his love with death!
As the rumor spread, everyone started to believe it!
Because of this, Gu Yifan was even given a nickname: "The Warrior Charging Forth for Love"!
Although the forum posts didn’t mention Gu Yifan by name, those who knew him naturally knew it was about him!
After scrolling through the forum for a while and seeing all the comments about "Gu Yifan jumping," Su Qinghe felt even more guilty.
’If it weren’t for Gu Yifan, I’d probably be a cold corpse by now.’
’And if it weren’t for me, Gu Yifan wouldn’t have been misunderstood!’
’Am I really a jinx?’
’Why does everyone who gets close to me meet with misfortune!’
’My parents, my grandma, and now even Gu Yifan, who saved me.’
’Gu Yifan... he must be really upset seeing all this, right?’
"Sigh..."
She let out a soft sigh and put down her phone.
Compared to her guilt and unease, Gu Yifan couldn’t care less about any of it at this moment.
That’s right! Gu Yifan had also just seen the discussions about his "jump."
"The Warrior Charging Forth for Love?"
"Heh, I never thought I’d get such an awesome nickname one day!"
"But still, who the hell came up with this nickname? It sounds so lame!"
Looking at the nickname those damn trolls had given him, Gu Yifan even started critiquing it to himself!
He didn’t care about it at all.
’As a Reincarnator, what kind of storms haven’t I weathered?’
’Anyway, those damn trolls on the forum didn’t use my name!’
’So, I’ll just do whatever I want!’
’As long as I’m not embarrassed, they’re the ones who will be!’
Gu Yifan pursed his lips, casually tossed his phone onto the sofa, and prepared to take a shower and then get a good, long sleep!
’Now that’s what’s most important right now!’
Just then, the system’s familiar, mechanical female voice echoed in his mind again.
"DING!"
"Congratulations, Host, for completing the main quest: Save the treasure girl Su Qinghe and eliminate her suicidal thoughts!"
"System Reward: Special-Level Fighting Technique!"
"DING!"
"Congratulations. The treasure girl Su Qinghe has completed an intimate overnight exchange. Mutual favorability +80%!"
"System Reward: One brand-new Mercedes-Benz G63!"
[Note 1: Force can’t solve everything, but sometimes violence can!
The Special-Level Fighting Technique will grant the Host combat capabilities equivalent to a special operations soldier, allowing you to protect the beauty by your side from harm!
It can also help the Host unlock various difficult moves and positions, and effectively increase the Host’s ’field combat’ capabilities!
The Host may activate this at any time. The ability is permanent!]
[Note 2: How can an outstanding man not have a beloved car of his own!
This brand-new Mercedes-Benz G63 has been modified by the system to perfectly adapt to all kinds of off-road terrain!
The vehicle is currently parked in space 305 of the Host’s residential community’s underground parking garage. All documents are in order. Please use it with confidence!]
As the system’s voice droned on, Gu Yifan, who was in the middle of getting up, froze for a moment!
"Uh..."
"Hold on!"
"Force, violence, Fighting Technique, I get all that, but! What the hell is this about ’difficult moves and positions’ and ’field combat’ capabilities???"
"Dammit, I knew this stupid system was shady!!"
Gu Yifan first complained with a look of utter exasperation.
Then, his tone suddenly shifted: "But I like it!"
"Hehehe..."
System: "..."
’Hmm... the car is pretty practical. A Mercedes-Benz G63 isn’t bad!’
’Although in the future this G-Wagen is known as a playboy’s shaggin’ wagon, it’s still pretty sweet. After all, it looks flashy as hell!’
’But this damn system said it’s a modified G63. I hope it didn’t pull any weird shit with it.’
’Whatever, no point thinking about this. I don’t even have a driver’s license yet, so the car is useless. I should ask my dad to pull some strings and get me a license first!’
’After all, I’m an "experienced driver" myself. As long as I have a license, I can hit the road in minutes!’
Gu Yifan muttered to himself.
Just as he was about to investigate that Fighting Technique, the system’s mechanical voice rang out again.
"DING!"
"Treasure girl Su Qinghe’s favorability toward Host +10%."
"Current favorability between Host and treasure girl Su Qinghe is 90%. When favorability reaches 100%, you can break the limits of friendship and unlock new positions!"
"System Friendly Reminder: The upper limit for favorability is 200%. Reaching the limit will result in a special surprise reward!"
After the system finished speaking, Gu Yifan paused for a moment.
"How did the favorability suddenly increase by another 10%?"
he asked, puzzled.
"But what do you mean, ’unlock new positions’???"
"This damn system, something’s definitely not right with it!"
Gu Yifan couldn’t help but complain again.
System: "..."