Why did the system take my request to take photos with a cosplayer seriously?

Ding Heng parked his car in a cluttered empty space at the entrance of the old residential area, walked into the small supermarket next door as if he knew the way well, opened the freezer, took out a bottle of iced cola, and shouted it out in his local dialect.

"grandmother!"

Behind the counter, an elderly woman with gray hair was happily watching short videos on her phone.

Hearing this, he looked up and said, "Oh my! Hengya! Why did you come here without even saying hello?"

"I miss you, sir!"

Ding Heng unscrewed the can of cola, took a swig, and grinned as he leaned closer: "Besides, there's no food to eat, so I had to come to your store to get some."

"You little devil!"

Where is Grandpa?

"He was just in the shop a moment ago, saying someone needed to talk to him, but I guess he's off fishing again. He won't listen to anything I say!"

"Fishing again? You're really addicted."

Ding Heng placed the cola on the counter: "Go back and cook, I'll watch the shop for a while."

"Okay, I'll cook a couple more dishes when I get back!"

Grandma happily took off her reading glasses and cell phone, got up and walked towards the residential building in the community.

Ding Heng sat down behind the counter in place of his grandmother and started scrolling through his phone listlessly.

Suddenly, my phone popped up with several message notifications from the university.

New students are notified to join the official QQ groups, including a large group for all new students and a group for their respective majors.

Ding Heng entered the large group chat, which was already quite lively, with messages scrolling by at lightning speed.

Senior students are trying to lock in "high-quality freshmen" in advance, constantly flooding social media with posts selling campus phone cards, bedding, and second-hand textbooks.

And Jiahao and Jiaxin, who are refreshed every year.

Someone complained about being rejected by their preferred university.

The bubbly sound empowers the guy to find a senior to play mahjong.

The repressed guy confidently takes a selfie in an attempt to find a mate.

A female student from JK (Junior High School) posted photos of herself preparing to raise fish in a pond.

……

While munching on potato chips he'd snatched from the shelf, Ding Heng was engrossed in scrolling through group messages, occasionally replying with a witty remark, thoroughly enjoying himself.

Just as I was enjoying myself, I suddenly saw a familiar ID pop up – [Good Luck Xiao Jing] had joined the group chat.

Ding Heng clicked on the familiar rabbit avatar and sent a friend request with the note: Ding Heng.

It was approved almost instantly.

【Good Luck Xiaojing】: [Little Rabbit tilts head in confusion.jpg] Didn't you add me on WeChat?

[Ding Heng]: So, I can't add you on QQ?

【Lucky Xiaojing】: Oh... [Little rabbit scratching its head, embarrassed.jpg]

Ding Heng couldn't help but smile when he saw the cute emojis the girl sent him. Suddenly, on a whim, he opened her QQ space and browsed through it with great interest.

Wenjing doesn't post much, but the content... has a rather "retro" feel to it.

Especially three or four years ago, most of them were reprinted "aesthetic" sentences or original works with a touch of youthful angst.

Phrases like "The sun is warm, the years are peaceful, if you don't come, how dare I grow old," and "Promises shattered on the ground, yesterday can never be pieced back together."

……

Ding Heng laughed out loud. If this were read aloud to his face, Wen Jing would probably dig out a three-bedroom apartment with her toes on the spot.

What interested Ding Heng even more was that Wen Jing had set up a photo album called "Growth Commemoration".

The photos are categorized by year, and Wenjing posts a photo every May to commemorate her birthday.

Zhao Yanxi appears in every single birthday photo.

The two girls went from being naive children with braids and missing front teeth to shy and bashful teenage girls in school uniforms, accompanying each other all the way.

Ding Heng clicked on each one to look at it, as if he were watching a silent coming-of-age movie.

Zhao Yanxi's transformation is very clear. She was a beauty from a young age. As her eyebrows and eyes gradually matured, she became more and more delicate and beautiful. Her temperament also gradually changed from being mischievous and naughty as a child to being bright and lively as a young girl.

Wenjing's transformation can be described as a "comeback".

In her junior high school photos, she had a slightly outdated short haircut, a chubby face, and a slightly plump figure.

Standing next to the stunningly beautiful Zhao Yanxi, he looked like an insignificant little follower, even a bit... drab.

In her first and second years of high school, she started to grow taller and thinner in the photos, but her hairstyle remained ordinary, with thick bangs covering her forehead. She always habitually looked down, and her presence was still not strong.

There are no photos from her senior year of high school, but thinking about how pure yet alluring Wenjing is now, it's true that girls change a lot as they grow up!

Ding Heng clicked save and returned to the chat window to send the message.

Ding Heng: [Images][Images][Images]

【Good Luck Xiao Jing】: ? ? ? [Shocked Rabbit.jpg]

【Good Luck Xiaojing】: Why did you post my old photos...? [Little rabbit covering face and running away.jpg]

Ding Heng pressed the voice button and began reading aloud a post from her social media profile.

[Ding Heng]: "Memories flood back like a tide. We laughed so foolishly, yet so purely. Perhaps beautiful memories are only meant to be cherished, not to be revisited?"

Ding Heng: [doge emoji]

A few seconds later, Wenjing replied with a voice message.

When I clicked on it, I heard her voice, a mixture of embarrassment, anxiety, and even frustration.

"Ahhh! That, that was all just something I wrote before! Please don't read it aloud!"

Ding Heng was overjoyed and pressed the voice button again.

[Ding Heng]: "Everything is destined to be just a passerby in your life, like sand slipping through your fingers. No matter how tightly you hold it, it will still flow away. There's no need to care."

【Good Luck Xiao Jing】: "Stop reading it...please forget about it!"

Her voice was quiet, almost tearful, as she made a humble plea.

Even through the screen, Ding Heng could imagine the little white rabbit blushing and wishing it could disappear into the ground.

He knew when to stop and did not continue the "persecution".

[Ding Heng]: Why aren't there any photos of the senior year of high school?

[Good Luck Xiao Jing]: At that time, I was fully focused on preparing for the college entrance examination and didn't have much time to take pictures.

Starting from her senior year of high school, especially the second half of that year, Wenjing could clearly feel some changes, even though life was still full of ups and downs.

In the past, she was just a nobody in the class with decent grades and little presence, except for her exaggerated figure, which was used by boys to tease her.

But I don't know when it started, my classmates, especially the boys, began to look at me more often, and they would come over during breaks to say hello, borrow my notes or discuss problems.

At first, Wenjing didn't pay attention, as she was completely absorbed in the tense atmosphere of defeating an entire playground in one point, and had no time to think about anything else.

Until the college entrance examination was over, those gazes and advances culminated in more direct actions—some people confessed their feelings to her, and more than one.

This left Wenjing at a loss, after all, she was someone who didn't know how to refuse.

So every time she rejected a boy, she felt guilty, as if she had done something wrong.

Fortunately, she has a best friend with high emotional intelligence, Zhao Yanxi, who can help her easily resolve a lot of harassment.

[Ding Heng]: Do you want to reshoot now? I can help you.

[Ding Heng]: Turning eighteen is an adult, and there should be some memorable photos.

[Good Luck Xiao Jing]: Like... the kind of photos you're going to take for Yan hope?

Ding Heng: They are different.

【Good Luck Xiao Jing】: How is it different?

Ding Heng: You are different.

The "The other party is typing..." message at the top of the chat box appeared and disappeared repeatedly for a full seven or eight minutes.

Ding Heng simply asked directly.

[Ding Heng]: What style do you want to shoot? Or, are there any clothes you want to wear?

【Lucky Xiaojing】: I don't know... [Little rabbit fiddles with its fingers.jpg]

Ding Heng smiled as he read the expected answer.

Ding Heng: Then let me arrange things?

This time, the reply came very quickly.

【Good Luck Xiaojing】: Okay. [Little rabbit nodding obediently.jpg]

As soon as the message arrived, a system notification clearly appeared in Ding Heng's mind:

[The Record of Redemption: Wenjing]

[Current Status: The Corrupted Nun]

Purification level: 52%

[Ding! Purification value exceeds 50%, milestone achieved!]

[Rewards: 500 Divine Merit Points, +3 Perception Attribute, and an upgrade to the skill "True Sight"!]

Congratulations! You've completed 50% of the newbie quests! The quest log is now unlocked; please check your quest log regularly.

Chapter 32: Evil Dragon? Milk Dragon!

Unlock the taskbar?

Does that mean there will be a new task soon?

Putting away his phone, Ding Heng activated the fourth upgrade of "True Sight Eyes" with a slight thought.