Chapter 307 304. Basketball Tournament
“Basketball tournament?”
As soon as she sat down, An Han eagerly asked Su Peng.
“Yeah, it’s held once every year. I joined the last two years. This year the captain graduated, and that girl asked me to take over as the captain.”
Su Peng smiled gently. “But I wasn’t planning to participate this year.”
The school loved organizing all kinds of competitions. This basketball tournament was basically held every year during the second half of the semester, with each department forming its own team.
It was said to be quite large in scale and pretty formal too. There were sponsors, and even cheerleaders who performed dances.
Although An Han wasn’t really interested in basketball games, Long Xing participated every year, and because the cheerleaders’ dances were nice to watch, she could still be considered a “veteran” basketball fan.
At the very least, every time there was a performance, Chen Junjie and Wu Dongming would drag her along to watch for a while.
“Then why aren’t you joining? There’ll even be girls cheering and dancing for you~”
Looking down at Su Peng’s feet—wearing the same white sneakers as hers—An Han teased, “Does your foot really hurt? Doesn’t look like it~”
Su Peng smiled warmly. The slight puffiness beneath his eyes curved like crescent moons when he smiled, making him look especially gentle.
“My foot doesn’t hurt. I just need to spend time with you, don’t I? If I joined, I wouldn’t have any free time after class.”
Even though it was just an internal school competition, people still took it pretty seriously. There were two or three training sessions every week.
“Guess you do have a bit of conscience,” An Han muttered.
Long Xing, sitting beside Su Peng, clearly heard their conversation and suddenly felt restless.
He should have changed seats during the last break instead of sitting here eating “dog food.”
“So Long-ge, are you joining this time?” An Han asked.
“Yes.”
Still feeling the sting of their display of affection, his tone was a little stiff.
But when he turned his head, he realized Chen Junjie’s girlfriend had somehow come over to sit in on the class. The two were now leaning close together, whispering sweetly. Wang Sheng was also staring at his phone, typing rapidly—clearly chatting happily with his girlfriend as well.
There was nowhere to escape…
He simply looked toward the teacher at the podium and tried to let knowledge fill the emptiness in his heart.
The morning classes lasted a full four hours.
Four periods, each forty-five minutes long, with fifteen-minute breaks in between—running from eight in the morning until noon.
An Han still maintained her possessiveness toward Su Peng. As soon as class ended, she immediately wrapped her arms around his arm and looked around vigilantly.
“Don’t be like this,” Su Peng said with a helpless laugh, still somewhat unaccustomed to her behavior.
“It’s fine! I don’t mind.”
Besides, with winter clothing on, the thick layers meant there was barely any physical sensation.
Still, being so close to Su Peng, the strong masculine scent made An Han’s face flush red.
Ever since that sports meet incident, whenever An Han had even slightly intimate contact with Su Peng, she would feel a dizzying sense of pleasure.
She used to strongly resist it, but now she actually enjoyed that feeling.
Holding onto Su Peng’s arm, the two headed to the school cafeteria.
Eating outside once in a while was fine, but eating takeout every day was too much for An Han. It was expensive, not necessarily tastier than cafeteria food, and the hygiene was questionable. The only advantage was convenience.
Now that she had a boyfriend, An Han didn’t even need to line up for food in the cafeteria anymore. After finding a seat, she propped her chin on both hands and watched Su Peng disappear into the long line.
She realized that the longer she spent with Su Peng, the more her independence seemed to be corroded. She gradually became used to relying on him for everything, almost instinctively wanting to ask for his opinion or help for any matter.
But she had never relied on someone like this before.
Su Peng was still in line when Lin Yi came over and sat beside her with a cheerful smile.
“What do you want?” An Han immediately became alert. This girl didn’t have a girlfriend right now, and just like An Kexin, she was eyeing Su Peng’s body!
“It’s about the basketball tournament~”
“What does that have to do with me?”
“The cheerleading squad! We’re short on people right now!”
Almost the instant she heard those words, An Han shook her head rapidly and refused decisively before the system could pop up a selection window.
“No! Don’t ask me! Absolutely impossible!”
But Lin Yi kept trying to persuade her.
“It’s three hundred yuan a day~ You just cheer on the sidelines and occasionally go out to dance~”
“No way!”
Back then, An Han had been one of the many lecherous spectators watching the cheerleaders dance. Now she wasn’t short of money, and she definitely didn’t want to become the one being watched.
“The outfits are too revealing, and it’s so cold!” An Han gave her reason for refusing.
But Lin Yi persisted.
“By the time the tournament starts, it’ll already be April. The weather won’t be cold anymore. Besides, it won’t be shorter than the cheongsam dress you wore at the convention! This is a school competition after all!”
Please stop! Don’t say any more!
If she kept talking, once the system reacted, it would definitely jump in and stir things up!
【Option 1: Become the cheerleading captain and cheer for Su Peng to win the championship!
Reward: Affinity with relatives and friends trait.
Option 2: Firmly refuse.
Reward: Exquisite clothing.
Option 3: Join the cheerleading squad.
Reward: Random attribute point.】
As expected!
An Han didn’t even look carefully at the rewards. She simply sighed and covered her face.
What was even worse was that “refuse,” which should normally be option three, had instead become option two. In other words, refusing the task was actually harder than becoming an ordinary cheerleader.
Or perhaps the task was easy but the reward was a trap.
After encountering the system for half a year, An Han had already figured out its nature.
Whenever something could potentially lead to extreme embarrassment, the system would almost always jump in to stir trouble. If there was a chance to kick someone while they were down, it would definitely join in too.
The difficulty of tasks couldn’t be judged by the description but by the option number.
“What are you looking at?” Lin Yi asked curiously, glancing behind her.
Just then, Su Peng happened to walk out of the crowd carrying two trays of food. She smiled teasingly.
“You two are so close, huh? Can’t even be apart for a moment? You’ve been staring at him the whole time.”
“Jealous?” An Han rolled her eyes at her.
“...”
“Anyway, I’m not joining the cheerleading squad. Not interested.”
She glanced at the task rewards again but still couldn’t see where the trap was.
It was just a set of clothes. If there was something wrong with them, she simply wouldn’t wear them.
But joining the cheerleading squad might require training. Besides, back when she didn’t have a boyfriend, she could wear a short, body-hugging cheongsam at conventions and freely show off her charm.
Now, however, she had to consider Su Peng’s feelings. She herself also didn’t want to be fantasized about by men other than Su Peng or be ogled with vulgar looks.
That feeling was disgusting.
“What are you two talking about?” Su Peng asked with a smile as he reached the table, placing the trays in front of An Han and sitting down beside her.
“Nothing really.”
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