Chapter 168 166. Lin Shasha
It’s over, it’s over! Su Peng’s blind date is way too pretty!
An Han stared straight at the photo of the girl, her breathing unconsciously coming to a halt.
Whether it was her figure or her looks, she was completely outmatched!
Her expression gradually stiffened, and she suddenly realized that maybe she should leave.
“She is pretty,” Su Peng said as he rubbed his chin, appraising the girl in the photo. “Nice plastic surgery—almost fooled me. Look at her nose, the nostrils aren’t even the same size.”
“……”
“Must’ve cost a lot. High-end work. At first glance, it almost got me.”
Su Peng turned to An Han, who looked dazed, and laughed. “Running into someone prettier than you is normal, isn’t it? And you’re scared already?”
“Even with makeup, I still can’t compare to her…”
“Then you really lack self-awareness.”
He glanced at An Han’s face, then back at the blind date’s photo, and curled his lips. “How is she prettier than you?”
Though she was indeed quite a bit better than An Han, once looks reached a certain level, judging beauty became entirely a matter of personal preference.
An Han looked up into Su Peng’s serious eyes and confirmed he wasn’t lying.
Mm, the effect of the charm stat.
Two points of charm were enough to put a filter over how men saw her—just like how beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
She propped her chin on one hand, leaning against the table.
It’s fine. With the system in hand, as long as I’m lucky and max out my appearance stat, no one in this world will be able to beat me in looks…
So why am I even comparing myself to another woman?!
An Han suddenly realized there was something wrong with her thinking.
No matter how pretty Su Peng’s blind date was, what did it have to do with her?
Then it hit her even harder—she wasn’t just comparing herself to another woman, she was actually feeling envy!
She’d only been female for less than a month, yet her mindset seemed to be gradually shifting into that of a girl.
Or maybe it was because she was wearing women’s clothes right now?
Her expression grew much heavier. By the time breakfast was over, she still looked dispirited.
Su Peng assumed she’d been hit hard and kept his usual gentle smile. “What’s wrong? Want me to take you somewhere nearby to have some fun?”
“What’s there to do… play games at an internet café?”
Su Peng’s smile froze.
It was true that An Han’s somewhat masculine way of thinking and acting was endearing—but could she not immediately think of an internet café whenever it came to going out?
“Like… an amusement park? Shopping mall?” He racked his brain for nearby entertainment spots. “Or a pedestrian street?”
“Not interested. I don’t have money to shop, and amusement parks are for little kids.”
Not romantic at all!
He shook his head helplessly. “Then let’s just find somewhere to sit and wait for the blind date at noon?”
“Anything’s fine.” An Han still sounded uninterested, sighing lightly. “That girl is pretty. Why don’t you just accept it?”
Is she testing me?
Su Peng instantly became alert. Even though An Han wasn’t the jealous type, questions like this had to be answered very carefully.
“I…”
They weren’t officially a couple yet. Saying outright that he only liked An Han might backfire.
“I don’t like plastic surgery. And without any emotional foundation, I’m not interested.”
“Feelings can grow over time. So what if she’s had work done? She’s still pretty.”
An Han muttered, while inwardly pondering whether what the system had done to her even counted as plastic surgery.
It wasn’t just surgery—she’d completely changed sex.
Su Peng currently believed she was a girl who’d somehow “snuck” into the male dorms. But if he ever found out that for the past twenty years she’d lived as a man…
It should be fine. Su Peng’s affection for her was already over a hundred. Even if she were still a man, he probably wouldn’t mind—he’d basically gone both ways.
“Liking someone isn’t just about looks,” Su Peng said with a smile.
As if the reason you liked me so much at the beginning wasn’t because of my looks.
Actually, maybe it wasn’t… Back then, the system’s binding effect had caused his affection to skyrocket.
So not only were my feelings being manipulated by the system, Su Peng was too.
An Han suddenly felt that she and Su Peng were both pitiable victims of the same illness. She shook her head, looking at him with a hint of sympathy.
Poor kid, still completely in the dark~
After breakfast, the two of them went to a nearby bubble tea shop and sat down. An Han hugged her phone, looking gloomy, while Su Peng nervously bounced his leg, afraid that the meeting between An Han and the blind date would turn into a catastrophic collision.
“An Han, when we get there, just eat, okay…” Su Peng reminded her cautiously.
In fact, just bringing a female companion along would already be enough to end the blind date early.
But he was still worried An Han might pull something unexpected.
“Relax, I already feel like going back to the dorm.” An Han took a big sip of bubble tea, her cheeks puffed out like a pufferfish.
After being out in women’s clothes for a while, she’d gradually gotten used to the looks directed at her. As she spent more time with Su Peng, her body relaxed, and her behavior became more casual.
Still, although she agreed readily, Su Peng knew she was someone who often said one thing and meant another.
“Don’t cause trouble…”
“How would I~” An Han glanced around the bubble tea shop’s decor and muttered, “Why are we meeting here? What about the fancy steakhouse?”
At this point, her only remaining expectation for the blind date was the upscale steak.
“We’re meeting here first, then going to the restaurant together.”
As he spoke, An Han suddenly looked up toward a girl entering the shop.
The girl looked about twenty, wearing sunglasses and a fairly mature, formal little suit. Though the oversized sunglasses covered half her face, An Han recognized her immediately from the slightly upturned red lips.
“Your girl’s here!” She immediately tugged on Su Peng’s arm and nodded toward her.
“Blind date,” Su Peng corrected, standing up and turning around—only for his expression to stiffen in the next moment.
Behind the girl walked a handsome man who looked around 190 cm tall. Though they kept a bit of distance, the interaction in their eyes was unmistakably intimate.
This…
Su Peng’s expression turned subtle. He stepped forward, glanced at the man behind her, then extended his hand with a half-smile. “Hello, I’m Su Peng.”
“Hello~” The girl’s voice was soft and sweet. She took off her sunglasses, revealing a face identical to the one in the photo.
An Han had already collapsed onto the table in defeat.
She’d thought the photo might be heavily edited, but seeing the real person crushed her self-esteem completely.
She’d asked Lin Yi to help with her makeup and worn Lin Yi’s favorite women’s clothes—this was as pretty as she could possibly make herself. Yet she was still a step behind that girl.
Not just in looks, but in aura as well…
Even though she knew this kind of comparison was a typical female mindset, feelings of inferiority and envy still kept surfacing.
“Hello, I’m Lin Shasha.” Lin Shasha’s gaze also landed on An Han slumped on the table. When she looked back up, she and Su Peng shared the same knowing expression.
“Well, this makes our blind date very simple.”
“Indeed.”
An Han lifted her head blankly, having no idea what was going on.
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Felt down all day today. Starting tomorrow, I’ll grind hard and post extra chapters!
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