After winning the first basketball game, their class was soon arranged to play two more games. Class 14 won by a few points. The class that was almost not favored by anyone before finally squeezed into the top three.
However, the gap between their strength and the later opponents was too big, so they missed the top three.
But despite this, their class's performance during this period really shocked the whole school, and several outstanding players were also known by other students. Of course, Lin Jianlu, who performed the most outstandingly, was labeled as a "basketball star". His popularity soared again, and even other male god-level figures who attracted fans with basketball could hardly match him.
Even the physical education teacher who specialized in basketball was shocked and asked Lin Jianlu if he wanted to go to train.
"We are still honored even though we lost this time."
The classes that entered the top three finals all received a banner issued by the school, which was hung on the wall behind the class. The monitor was already satisfied, and the other students were also satisfied. They had already exceeded their expectations to win two games in a row. It didn't matter whether they won or lost. The most important thing now was that we had fun training and playing together during this period.
After the basketball game, we had to return to our normal study life, after all, we would have midterm exams after May Day. During
this period, Yan Han did not relax. On the contrary, because he had to take time out occasionally to participate in training and competitions, he had to reduce his sleep time again and again, so he was no longer in the state of falling asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.
He is now in a state where he can fall into a deep sleep in just ten seconds!
In fact, apart from feeling exhausted, his physical condition is fine. It’s just that every time he washes his hair, he finds that a lot of hair has fallen out, which makes his elder brother a little worried.
- If he becomes bald, it may affect his appearance...
[Yes, of course!] This is not the first time that Xiaowu has warned him about the problem of sleeping too late. If he hadn’t been still doing the task of applying facial masks, applying lotions and essences on his face, and taking good care of his skin, Xiaowu would have been furious.
"I'm only seventeen years old, I won't become bald so soon, right?" Yan Han asked worriedly.
[Why didn't you say you were only seventeen when you were smoking. 】
"Because minors are not allowed to smoke." Yan Han said as a matter of course.
[……]
"Besides, I haven't smoked recently, you can't wrongly accuse me."
After saying that, he looked at his head with a decent amount of hair in the mirror, and Yan Han thought: I can just hold on a little longer, as long as I can get through the competition for the top student and the midterm exam. After that, he will never study so hard again!
Fortunately, there are four days off during the May Day holiday. In addition to concentrating on studying, he can also have a good sleep and recover his blood.
This is what Yan Han thought at the time.
It was nice when he thought about it, but after all, plans could not keep up with the changes. Two or three days before the May Day holiday, his grandparents in the small county called him and asked him to go home. There was some ambiguity in their words, as if they needed him to go back for something.
The original owner's life was quite rough. His father was a bastard, and his mother ran away with someone when he was young. He had always been raised by his grandparents.
Now that his grandparents are old, they need someone to take care of them. Yan Han was busy recently and had not been back to see them. This time, he did not refuse and simply agreed.
Being generous has its advantages. Facing unexpected situations that were not planned, the eldest brother has always adjusted his mentality very quickly.
Although it takes half a day to take the bus back, he can sleep to replenish his energy during the ride, and he can also take the questions and homework back to do, so overall it doesn't have much impact.
But he was still afraid of something happening. While other people were going wild and starting to think about where to go during the holidays, Yan Han went into a state of crazy study. While completing the already overloaded study tasks, he still tried to get ahead of schedule.
The main reason was that he had to be separated from Dalin for four days, and Yan Han wanted to take advantage of these two days to practice more questions and finish as many questions as possible in the question bank that he didn't know how to answer.
"Brother Yan, are you really going home? There are only four days off, and you only have one day to go back and forth. You have to squeeze in time to study when you go back. It's too tiring!"
Wen Juerong asked when Yan Han stopped to eat at noon.
In the past two days, his brother Yan has been like a student mad. He sits there almost without moving all day, and doesn't go to the cafeteria. He lets them take all the food back, which makes Wen Juerong afraid that chatting will waste his time. Only at this time does he dare to come over and talk.
"Well, there may be something at home." Yan Han swallowed a mouthful of food and said vaguely, "Besides, I miss them too."
In fact, his experience is similar to that of the original owner, but he was raised by his grandmother alone, so Yan Han has a deep affection for his ancestors and feels that it is not easy for the elderly. It is right for him to go back and see if there is anything he can do to help.
This must be what the original owner wanted him to do.
"Where is your home, Brother Yan? Will you go home during the summer vacation? We can go and visit you when we are free?"
"Come on." Yan Han said, and then he said the name of a town, and then he did the questions while chewing something.
He had already done nearly 20,000 of the 30,000 questions. He had to go through the remaining questions first, filter out the questions he didn't know, and then ask Lin Jianlu. Tomorrow was the day off and he would take the bus home, so Yan Han had to race against time.
"Actually, you don't have to be so anxious. I can also explain the questions to you during the day off." Lin Jianlu next to him couldn't bear it anymore.
"Huh?" With a big bite of roll in his mouth, he looked at Lin Jianlu in confusion while chewing something. Yan Han looked like a little hamster.
The little hamster swallowed the food in his mouth voraciously. To avoid choking, the eldest brother quickly drank some water and wiped his mouth.
... Of course, he didn't wipe his mouth as boldly as he did before.
This time, the eldest brother took out a tissue and wiped the water stains on his lips bit by bit. Yan Han blinked and asked, "Brother Dalin, what do you mean by saying this?"
—— There are only a few days left for the Jiaomei plan. Yan Han has already calculated the date. The last day happens to be the last day of the May Day holiday. That means he won't meet Lin Jianlu in the last four days and doesn't have to pretend. It's like he earned four days for nothing!
As long as he can stabilize in the end, he can get the treasure chest. He doesn't want to be careless because of studying.
I have to admit that getting that treasure chest has almost become my brother's spiritual support during this period.
Because once there is a first time, there will be a second time. The last time the dressing room was moved, Yan Han found a breakthrough - since the treasure chest can be drawn without randomness, and since this thing can be controlled by the system, then the eldest brother was not polite, and immediately grabbed Xiaowu to discuss with him whether the treasure chest of the Jiao Mei Project could give him a prop to assist in learning.
Xiao Wu was a little mad at that time: [What do you mean by a tool to assist learning? ? ]
"For example, someone like Lin Jianlu, who has a photographic memory and a huge number of brain cells."
[That's impossible. ] The baby voice sneered.
"Why?" Yan Han asked at that time.
[Unless it is a genetic mutation caused by external force majeure, it is unfair to other students who are in competition with the host to rely on the power of the system to change the host's IQ. ] Xiao Wu said seriously.
Yan Han: "...Then it is fair for you to give me the ultimate beauty skill?"
[The school does not hold a beauty contest. ]
"..."
Well, it seems that what it said makes sense.
[Besides, the host is already very good-looking. We just softened it a little on the original basis. The main purpose is to help you conceal your gender. 】
Yan Han: “!”
It’s so comfortable to hear that!
Xiaowu, do you have to keep saying that to make people dislike you! Xiaowu
: [???]
“Ahem, that means the system can’t provide anything to change my IQ, so is there any other way?”
[This… wait until you really get the treasure chest.]
“…”
Although he said that, Yan Han didn’t give up trying to persuade Xiaowu during this period. When he wasn’t studying, he would chat with Xiaowu, ask him what the system functions actually included, and ask for his help.
Xiaowu, who was always enthusiastic about his work and always available, was almost annoyed by him. He finally agreed that when he opened the next box, he could discuss it with the boss to see if he could get a skill that would be useful for learning.
Assuming that Xiaowu agreed, Yan Han rubbed his hands excitedly, and he also had more expectations for the next treasure chest. It was imperative for him to complete the coquettish plan.
So the eldest brother who had wiped his mouth was still covering his lips with a tissue, and his pair of peach blossom eyes were full of amorous glances. He said to Lin Jianlu with a sudden inspiration: "Brother Dalin, do you mean... I can also ask you questions during the holidays?! The kind of WeChat?!"
"..."
Lin Jianlu was stunned, as if he didn't want to say this, but since Yan Han had already mentioned a way, Brother Dalin had nothing to say. After a moment of stunned, Lin Jianlu said: "Well, you can call me if you have anything."
"Okay." Yan Han said excitedly.
The next day, which was the first day of the holiday, Yan Han took a big schoolbag and got on the bus home.
The weather was getting hotter, and the fabrics in the dressing room were becoming less and less. Yan Han picked and chose and finally found a few pairs of jeans with simple and not too exaggerated styles. He wore them with various T-shirts and a baseball cap. He still looked a little stern, but also looked amazing.
The schoolbag on the back of the eldest brother was also very special.
It was originally a new product launched by a luxury brand at the XX Fashion Show this year. It was made of linen, with a large space inside and a unique shape. However, this decorative bag was now used by Yan Han as a schoolbag...
It was filled with a whole bag, so bulging that it was no longer a bag, but more like a sack.
The sight of the big brother getting on the bus while grunting and carrying the "sack" on his shoulders had a unique flavor.
So much so that when he appeared on the bus in this look, many people turned their heads to look at him.
After finding a seat in the last row, Yan Han put his schoolbag under his feet, simply covered his face with the brim of his hat, ignored other people's thoughts, closed his eyes and went to sleep.
He studied until two o'clock in the morning last night, not to mention the reactions and scenes of the fans in the live broadcast room when they came back from a wild party on the first night of the holiday and found that the anchor was still studying!
Yan Han got up early this morning to catch the bus. The extreme lack of sleep made him feel a little uncomfortable when he smelled gasoline after getting on the bus, and vaguely felt like he was going to get carsick.
But because he was too sleepy, the slight discomfort was completely overcome by the sleepiness after the car started moving, and Yan Han fell into a deep sleep.
The highway was bound to be congested during the holidays, especially the May Day holiday which was one day longer than before, so even though he caught an early bus, Yan Han still arrived at the small county town two hours later than usual.
However, the eldest brother had a very comfortable sleep this time. During the period, he was stuck in a highway. Others were either annoyed by the traffic jam or burst because of the toilet problem. Only Yan Han slept peacefully for one night after another. Occasionally, when he woke up and wanted to go to the toilet, he could go directly to the dressing room to solve his physiological needs...
It was the first time in this world that others burst while he was intact. The eldest brother suddenly felt that the saying "When God wants to give a man a great responsibility, he must first make his heart and mind suffer and his muscles and bones work hard" makes sense.
His golden finger is now simply against the sky!
After arriving at the station in the small county, he can take a taxi home.
After the bus stopped, Yan Han jumped off the bus with the "sack" on his shoulder and took a deep breath of the fresh air in the small county town. It felt fresh, but it was not much different from the campus with a high degree of greening. Moreover, it was really desolate here.
The buildings in the small county town were generally five or six-story old buildings. Because of their age, the brick walls outside were still gray.
There were few people on the streets at three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and there were few bus routes - people in the town preferred to ride electric motorcycles to go out.
Fortunately, there were several taxis waiting at the exit of the bus station. As soon as he walked out, people came up to him and asked where he was going. Yan Han said a few words in a flat voice: "Hujiadayuan Hutong."
"Ten yuan for you, are you going?" A muscular man looked him up and down and asked.
In the original owner's memory, it would cost about eight or nine yuan to take a taxi from home to the station, but it was difficult to call a taxi at the entrance of the station. Yan Han was in a hurry and wanted to get home quickly, so he agreed, "Let's go."
Sitting in the back seat of a taxi whose outer shell was covered with mud and dirt and whose interior was not very clean, Yan Han looked through the window at this strange but not so strange small county town. Suddenly, he felt that everything here was very similar to the place where he lived when he was a child.
The city where he lived in his original world was bigger than this one. It was a city-level city in terms of scale, and it had heavy industry. However, it was located in the north and the economy was not developed. Therefore,
when he was a child, his impression of the place where he grew up was that it was poor, shabby, and polluted. But it was this place that carried most of Yan Han's happy memories in his life. At that time, he was young and didn't understand anything. He just ran out every day, played, and had a lot of fun.
At that time, the old lady was still alive. She would stop him when his father wanted to beat him, and she would squeeze delicious red date soy milk for him every morning...
"Beauty, are you here to play in our small county? Or are you here to visit relatives?"
Yan Han's thoughts were interrupted. The car kept moving forward, and his thoughts were pulled back by this voice.
... In fact, it was not this sentence that pulled him back.
Seeing that he did not respond to the first chat, the buddy in front simply called out in confusion, "Big sister?"... The big brother was shocked back to his senses by this sentence.
Looking up and examining his appearance through the rearview mirror in front, Yan Han didn't understand. How did the other party judge that he was a big sister when he looked like this? !
He didn't believe that there was anyone in this small county who could recognize that the jeans and T-shirt he was wearing were from a women's clothing brand!
"It's rare to see someone as slick as you in this area. Alas, you're not from here, are you?"
The driver was quite talkative, or maybe it was because Yan Han suddenly raised his head and their eyes met in the rearview mirror that made this brother so excited.
Yan Han said ruthlessly: "When driving, just focus on the road, uncle."
He deliberately lowered his voice a little, his eyes became sharp, he chuckled, and simply leaned back on the back of the seat, put one leg ankle on the other thigh, and the white sneakers and knees swayed in the car. Yan Han said with great pride: "Besides, how can you tell that I'm a girl?"
Driver: "..."
The driver was so scared that he trembled and really didn't dare to speak anymore.
People from small places like him also surf the Internet and play various video software such as D-Music. In the past, he often saw a group called "prostitutes" on the Internet. He didn't understand, and he didn't dare to ask. He just watched for fun. He thought that it didn't matter whether he was a man or a woman, as long as the video looked pretty, it was just for fun.
Unexpectedly, today he actually met a man who was neither male nor female (not derogatory)!
What do you think this boy with such a fair face and such a pretty face is doing! Isn't this misleading!
On the way back, the uncle was as quiet as a chicken, but his disturbance interrupted Yan Han's memories. The sadness of the past was only for a while, and the elder brother, who was not elegant or literary in his bones, had been attracted by new things.
That's right, just now, when he curled his legs and admitted that he was a man, the kind of comfort from the soul was so refreshing that it went from his spine to the tail, as if his soul had been recharged and sublimated. Yan Han finally realized that in this place far away from school and classmates, he could finally let go of himself and be himself!
Even if it was only for a moment.
After returning home, he still had to pretend.
After all, to his grandparents, he was a "granddaughter", not a "grandson".
If they were suddenly found to have changed their gender, the two elders would probably not be able to bear it...
"Speaking of which, this thing is a bit cruel." Yan Han, who had occupied the entire back row, chatted with Xiao Wu: "The two elders probably don't know that their granddaughter is no longer here..."
[Of course they don't know, this is a setting.] Xiao Wu said, and a little loli in a miniskirt appeared beside Yan Han and swung her legs with him, [Even their existence is a setting. It's all fake, and you don't have to get entangled.]
"That's what you said, but..."
[If you really love them, then don't let them down with their expectations of 'Yan Han', study hard, and make more money.]
"..."
"That's the truth, but this is all a little too real..."
Campus, county town, street. And his classmates, his friends, his family he will meet soon...
Yan Han shook his head violently as he spoke, forcing himself not to think about it.
How long has he been in this world? There are still a lot of things to do in the future. Now is not the time to think about these things.
And the eldest brother has always been very cruel to him. He said he didn't want to think about it, so he just stopped thinking about it. He whistled boredly in the back seat, and instantly changed from a thinker to a fat and generous big brother.
The driver in front: "..."
The driver suddenly felt a little flustered when he found the handsome boy shaking his head crazily, and then saw someone shaking his head and whistling.
——There are all kinds of people these days. Don't you just happen to pull someone who is not mentally normal?
...He looks good, but it's a pity.
The driver sighed and stepped on the accelerator, wanting to finish the job quickly and get out of the car.
Hujiayuan Hutong is actually a small alley. Not all the people here have the surname Hu. I don't know why it was named this way.
There are bungalows with yards on both sides of the alley. The yards are not big, usually only two or three square meters. It is impossible to grow vegetables, so every household will choose to grow flowers and grass in the yard. The emerald green vines peek out from the top of the wall, and occasionally you can see a few brightly colored flowers. Some yard walls are covered with creepers, which look green and pleasing at a glance.
Yan Han stopped in front of an old wooden door of a family. For some reason, the wooden door was not locked and was ajar.
After checking the address and scene with his memory and confirming that they were correct, he pushed the door and walked in.
If the house wasn't so old, it would have felt a bit like a townhouse.
Unfortunately, it wasn't.
The dilapidated old house, the various backward objects and facilities in the yard, the damp and dark corners full of green moss, and the damp and moldy smell that blew over his face all made the place look primitive, backward and poor.
He pushed open the door and walked directly into the yard - this was originally "Yan Han's" home, so there was no need to knock on the door, as knocking on the door would make people feel strange - to be honest, Yan Han was still a little nervous.
Unlike the classmates who never noticed the original owner before, the old man in the family raised "Yan Han" from childhood to adulthood. I wonder if he will be exposed after entering?
He should find a corner eyewear store on the way back and buy a pair of plain and vulgar eyeglass frames to cover it up!
Yan Han still remembers the situation when he first came to this world and looked in the mirror. He thinks that having a pair of glasses like that to cover it up should make a lot of difference.
Unfortunately, the glasses used for decoration in the dressing room were too damn fashionable. He had searched for a long time but couldn't find any that sounded "rustic" or "vulgar". It was too late to prepare now, so the eldest brother had to grab his medium-length hair and walk in.
But before he pushed open the small old door, he heard a quarrel coming from inside.
A man was shouting and cursing inside, with a rude attitude and ugly cursing. Yan Han couldn't tell whose voice it was, but from the voices of the old couple mixed in, he could tell that the man was arguing with the old couple.
...
No wonder the old couple who had never had the heart to disturb his studies would call him back, it turned out that something really happened.
As soon as he realized this, when he heard the man inside cursing "two old fools", Yan Han couldn't bear it anymore, and kicked the door with a "bang". The door was kicked open by him, attracting the attention of an old couple and a man in the main room.
Everyone inside was stunned. They all recognized who he was, but they didn't dare to recognize him because of his changed appearance and the fact that they obviously didn't expect him to do this.
At this time, Yan Han grinned and showed a pure smile to the two old people, saying, "Grandpa and grandma, I'm back!"
Then he turned his head and said to the man, "Who is..."
The man's face immediately fell and he cursed, "Little bastard, you don't even recognize your father?!"