Determine Relationship

Would you like taro pie or pineapple pie?

"I don't know, that's fine."

"Okay, then I'll ask it another way."

Which one do you want me to eat?

Pineapple pie.

"OK!"

Hearing a faint conversation, Lin Yehuan thought he would be in a fast food restaurant when he opened his eyes, but he was surprised to find himself in the hospital again. He glanced at the source of the sound and then buried his head heavily back into the pillow.

"Grilled chicken leg burger, crispy fries, spicy chicken wings, sea salt soda," Lin Yehuan ordered, muttering a mantra with his eyes closed. "Oh, right, thank you."

Gu Ye and Xu Pengpeng exchanged a glance. They weren't surprised by her sudden intervention and simply ordered their food in silence.

"Same as her, thank you."

"Holy crap!" Gu Ye responded enthusiastically to Lu Xingzhi's voice, "You're awake too!"

Lin Yehuan already had a headache, and hearing this loud voice as soon as he woke up only fueled his anger. He reluctantly opened his eyes and sat up in bed.

"Hurry up, I'm starving." Lin Yehuan adjusted his posture, trying his best to calm himself down so that he wouldn't grab a pillow and throw it at the person who was getting slower and slower as he urged him, and even started to imitate an elderly person looking at their phone.

Xu Pengpeng, standing next to him, couldn't stand it anymore and simply snatched the phone to pay.

Lin Yehuan then noticed that the symbol above her head had changed from "C" a few days ago back to "A". This was not right.

[The difficulty level for the character Xu Pengpeng has changed. Please check back promptly.]

Will the downgraded level change on its own?

The difficulty in rescuing Class S trapped individuals lies in their unpredictable nature.

[This task is not necessary for the male protagonist's leveling up; you may choose to ignore it.]

Lin Yehuan narrowed his eyes and hesitated between Gu Ye and Xu Pengpeng for a few seconds.

Under the scrutinizing gazes, the two answered a food delivery call and slipped out of the ward together.

The case was solved, and she suddenly realized the unusual behavior of Victor and Gu De before and after the repair.

When the system copied the characters from City A, it also mixed in a portion of their consciousness.

In other words, Victor and Gu De were originally just colleagues who hated each other, but after being corrupted by Xu Pengpeng and Gu Ye's consciousness, those intimate scenes of left and right brain hemispheres fighting each other were created.

Oh no, will they kill each other?

Can non-realistic characters other than the male protagonist be brought back to the real world?

[Male lead only]

Lin Yehuan scratched his head, thinking how annoying this broken system was.

[Male lead's favorability +300, already exceeded, not included in the calculation]

"Huh?" Lin Yehuan turned his head to the left, puzzled. "Is there something you need?"

"No...no..." Lu Xingzhi stammered, burying his head. "We...we really are...right?"

Lu Xingzhi mumbled a few words, which Lin Yehuan didn't quite catch, but he quickly understood what he meant.

"Oh, yes, yes, we did succeed." Although she had secured the cooperation with them somewhat haphazardly through the system, she had still managed to do so. The events that followed that day had been too sudden, and she was still a little dazed. It was normal for Lu Xingzhi to have such doubts.

"Then...then shouldn't our relationship be..." Lu Xingzhi's face turned red as he stammered.

"Oh, oh, oh," Lin Yehuan instantly understood. Sigh, he's the male lead after all, and I wrote him to be so gentle, it's normal that he's embarrassed to bring it up directly. Besides, the system's initial list of obligations and responsibilities did indicate that power should be handed over to him. Anyway, I can't take anything with me, so of course it's better to finish the main storyline as soon as possible. By handing over these tasks, I can have more time to deal with Xu Pengpeng's matter. "You're the boss, you're the boss, it's all yours."

Lu Xingzhi, who had been keeping her head down, buried herself in the blanket, but she didn't seem as happy as she had imagined.

Tsk, men's minds are so hard to fathom.

Gu Ye carried two large bags of takeout. As soon as he entered the door, he saw him hunched over like a quail, his head buried in the blanket. Gu Ye was a little confused: "What's wrong?"

Seeing that he didn't speak, Lin Yehuan spoke first: "It's nothing, we just confirmed our relationship."

Gu Ye: ? !!! !

Xu Pengpeng, who was following behind carrying the milk tea: ? ? ? ?

Lu Xingzhi raised his head.

Looking at his monkey-like face, Gu Ye couldn't help but tease, "What's your relationship?"

Lin Yehuan looked resolute as he spoke about the "master-servant relationship." "What's that word again? Anyway, that's the gist of it."

Lu Xingzhi buried his head in it again.

Gu Ye, shocked but with a hint of mockery, reached out to pull off his blanket.

Lin Yehuan and Xu Pengpeng, who were equally shocked, exchanged a glance and said, "What are you laughing at? Aren't you a servant too?"

"That's called a subordinate!" Gu Ye realized what she meant and felt like he'd been tricked. He jumped up from his half-squatting position. "Little Ye Ye, you're so mean!"

"Really?" Lin Yehuan got out of bed and sat down on a chair to open the takeout bag. To be honest, she didn't realize what Lu Xingzhi meant at first, but she did mean it by those two sentences.

The system kept ringing, forcing Lin Yehuan to turn off the notification sounds. He rarely opened the system before because the notification sounds were too noisy, and he always claimed the achievements directly with one click, rarely looking at the details of the completed tasks.

After seeing Lu Xingzhi's favorability rating maxed out last time, Lin Yehuan tried to flip through the pages, but fell asleep after only a few. Today, in a good mood, he took the opportunity to probe what caused the increase in favorability rating, and the conclusion was that it was due to breathing.

Lin Yehuan was amused by his own thoughts. He sorted the takeout and delivered it to a certain quail who was still curled up in a ball and didn't say a word. This person was strange. Even though he was 99% perfect, why was he still so awkward?

He took the takeout order quickly and decisively, without even glancing at her. Lin Yehuan's eyes darted around, and he came up with a few more mischievous ideas, but he decided to tease her in a few days. He felt that pursuing her relentlessly would make him seem too wicked.

Lin Yehuan, being quite conscientious, didn't say anything earth-shattering. As a reward for his conscience, he grabbed Lin Yehuan's frizzy head and gave it a good rub before leaving. It was really fun.

The system crashed.

…………

After packing up and completing the discharge procedures, the group moved to a more comfortable place to discuss their situation.

Without a doubt, it's still that coffee shop next to University A.

"We have successfully received the documents sent by Professor Victor." Lu Xingzhi put on the airs of a successful person and began to describe the next steps.

"uh-huh?"

"And then?"

Gu Ye and Xu Pengpeng waited expectantly, only to be met with his pleading look towards Lin Yehuan.

However, Lin Yehuan's eyesight was poor, and even under the watchful eyes of three pairs of eyes, he remained true to his original intention and savored the new coffee.

"what?"

"I suggest you order it less sweet."

Their gaze remained fixed on him.

Lin Yehuan brought up the system: "Should I continue now?"

[The people around you are not interested in the new coffee. It is recommended to end the conversation.]

"Nonsense, I'm talking about what Lu Xingzhi didn't finish saying. Would it drop the progress if I continued?"

[The male lead has high expectations, which meets the system's requirements; you are allowed to speak.]

Lin Yehuan finally put down his coffee cup, cleared his throat, and said, "First, we must fulfill our promise to Professor Victor and Professor Gu De, and win the competition with Xingchen Group while ensuring their personal safety."

“Secondly,” Lin Yehuan frowned and lowered his voice, “aren’t we a little too easy to be exposed here?”

Xu Pengpeng lowered her voice and replied, "Don't worry, they'll just think of us as rich, arrogant lunatics."

Lin Yehuan nodded in deep agreement and continued, "Secondly, do a good job of disguising yourself in Professor Cheng's laboratory and be a dutiful servant."

“I have objections,” Gu Ye raised both hands in protest, “Why should we go?”

"He still has major courses this semester, and he'll fail if he doesn't attend."

What happens if I fail a course?

"I'll die." Lin Yehuan answered bluntly. What's the difference between failing all the courses and having to repeat them, and dying?

“I have another suggestion,” Gu Ye continued, raising his hand, “Could I also participate in the experiment?”

“Rejected,” Xu Pengpeng answered first. “Based on this person’s behavior in the kitchen, there is a 100% chance that he will blow up the laboratory.”

"You can only wash bottles."

"Understood!"

Lin Yehuan thought about it carefully. This was all she could do for now. The rest she needed to do was go and find An Xiao.

During summer vacation, among the scattered tasks issued by the system, besides tutoring Huang Chengzi, the other task was helping An Xiao fulfill her wishes.

Unfortunately, according to the system's logic, it was supposed to help her choose her one true love. However, due to the recklessness of the past, it cut off all her red threads, leaving none. Therefore, it can only make up for this by completing extra tasks.

However, even after so much time has passed and she has pestered An Xiao to complete round after round of tasks and finish all the tasks given by the system, she still hasn't been able to meet the target.

[This system fully respects personal privacy. The above analysis is based on An Xiao's real-life social media accounts. Other possibilities are for you to explore on your own.]

Is there anything plausible about this? Lin Yehuan looked at the three sentences on the screen and realized that none of them were believable. He had no choice but to agree to help her fulfill one of her wishes every Thursday night.

"Put it on." An Xiao's car pulled up in front of her right on time.

Lin Yehuan took the helmet, and as soon as he sat down, he rushed out.

Where are we going?

The gentle evening breeze became sharper as the car sped up, making it hard to breathe against his face. Lin Yehuan had to shout to make sure he wasn't drowned out by the wind and engine noise.

"I don't know either!" An Xiao shouted back. "Actually, I can't ride a motorcycle at all."

Lin Yehuan didn't know how to react for a moment. After driving around for another two kilometers, he remembered to ask the system, "If I die here, will my progress be reset to zero?"

No, that doesn't seem to be the most important thing.

"If I die here, it won't affect reality, will it?"

Before the system could reply, An Xiao spoke first: "There are words at the beginning."

"What?" Lin Yehuan didn't hear clearly.

An Xiao thought she was asked to read it aloud, but her night vision wasn't very good, so she quickly moved closer to the words: "Surround, block danger, peril, please, do not stop, stay."

"Huh?" Lin Yehuan was completely confused by the punctuation. He leaned on her shoulder to stand up and read, "It says 'Danger warning barrier, please do not stop!'"

"Turn quickly!"

"Who the hell printed this slogan? They spelled it out word by word, and then they randomly pressed spaces!!!"

It was too late. In the time it took them to read the words, they had already entered a narrow construction section with barriers on both sides, making it impossible to turn around. They were going too fast and couldn't brake suddenly, and they were getting closer and closer to the wall.