I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

That's why both of them ate the ice cream slowly, mainly by licking and sucking. However, in such hot weather, the exposed ice cream quickly began to melt, forcing them to constantly observe and adjust the direction of the ice cream by turning the sticks on their wrists, using their mouths to catch the melting parts in advance.

However, even with such precautions, there are always oversights. After finishing all the ice cream, Lin Mu inevitably had melted ice cream on his hands, making his fingers sticky. After returning to the daycare, he had to wash his hands again before getting his food and sitting down in front of Chen Junqian.

According to their usual practice, this time of day is usually for cartoons. However, since SpongeBob SquarePants ended in the first half of the year, the show airing at this time was "Goodnight Makka Pakka" and "In the Night Garden". So, due to complaints from the children in the daycare who did not want to watch it, the daycare was forced to change the channel and start playing Ultraman Seven DVDs.

Although Chen Junqian only learned about the "three major tokusatsu" in Japan after he grew up, in his childhood memories, Ultraman was definitely the most popular. The Super Sentai series would occasionally air shows like Hyakujuu Sentai, Dinosaur Sentai, and Samurai Sentai Shinkenger, but Kamen Rider was quite rare, perhaps because the similar Armor Hero had already captured the market.

Accompanied by the catchy background music of "Seven - Seven - Seven", little Lin Mu started his bitter melon swallowing contest again. Chen Junqian himself wanted to complain about why this childcare center was so fond of bitter melon. It's hard to believe that they spend most of the year eating bitter melon here, they're practically becoming bitter melon kings.

"Summer vacation is almost here, less than a month away."

Lin Mu, who swiftly dealt with the dishes he least wanted to eat, then slowly began to eat the rest, fully embodying the spirit of "bitter before sweet" in his approach to food, looked out at the bright sun and started calculating the holiday time. It seemed he was extremely excited about the longest holiday of the year for the children.

"Yes, the school should be issuing the reply slips regarding the summer vacation schedule and drowning prevention safety education in a couple of days."

In Chen Junqian's memory, this was basically the fixed procedure before the summer vacation every year. After all, they prevented drowning every year, but people did drown every year. Even though there hadn't been any particularly serious accidents that resulted in death in recent years, the school didn't dare to be careless and emphasized it a thousand times every year.

"I don't know if there are any water parks in Shanghai. I'd like to visit one while I'm at the World Expo."

Upon hearing Lin Mu speak, Chen Junqian subconsciously recalled the description of a certain achievement in his list of unlocked achievements.

Summer is all about swimsuits!

As we all know, the seventh and eighth months of the lunar calendar are traditionally known for their good fortune. Hot springs are popular in winter and beaches are a must in summer. In the scorching summer, beaches, seaside resorts, and fireworks displays are indispensable.

Many stories end here, but many more begin here. A girl's blush always speaks louder than words. Whether it's blindfolding her to hit a watermelon or personally applying sunscreen to her, sincerely compliment her with "Your swimsuit suits you well," right now, before the summer is even over.

Condition for achievement: Create unique summer memories at the beach with the heroines who are adaptable to romantic dramas and are wearing swimsuits.

Chen Junqian glanced again at Lin Mu's perfectly slender figure, which was flat in every way, and silently ate a mouthful of rice. He was already thinking about how to say something like "This swimsuit suits you very well" without hurting the other person's young and fragile heart.

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Summer rain always comes unexpectedly. The weather forecast last night was completely unpredictable, and the morning sun was shining brightly, but just before school let out in the afternoon, a sudden downpour and strong winds arrived.

Chen Junqian has always enjoyed welcoming such weather in the classroom, and as he grew up, he also saw various well-reasoned analyses from netizens regarding both psychological and physiological reasons.

What he agrees with most is probably the statement that what he is fascinated by is not the storm itself, but the cracks in a certain daily order.

Indeed, when the weather is like this, some of the daily order in the school will naturally collapse in an instant. Students who are usually not very talkative will crowd into the corridor during the break and stretch out their hands to watch the torrential rain. During class, after a startling flash of lightning and thunder, they can also shout and cheer together without regard for classroom discipline, and the teachers will mostly not care.

Moreover, in this situation where there are a group of people around, the bright classroom actually feels safer against the dark background, gloomy sky, and stormy weather.

After all, children of this age don't need to worry about what items might be drying in the house, or about washing their own clothes when they get dirty or wet, or about the inconvenience of commuting—issues that only adults need to consider.

However, not everyone likes this kind of weather.

As the person who accompanied Lin Mu into the empty school classroom to retrieve her homework, Chen Junqian knew his childhood sweetheart's personality very well.

Those books, like "The Adventure Tigers," are considered horror books, and "Oriental Divine Child" is considered a source of nightmares. Girls with very little courage can't bear to listen to any ghost stories.

That's why, whenever it was time to leave get out of class, Chen Junqian would always go to her seat to chat with her, and they would dramatically cover their ears together before the impending thunderclap. The same thing happened after school.

"With such heavy rain today, let's go back as soon as possible. I'll take Mumu to her mother's car first."

After saying this to Xu Youwei, who was still waiting for him today, Chen Junqian turned his head away without looking at her expression, probably because he had stood her up quite a few times recently.

After opening the umbrella he had brought, he took Lin Mu's hand and walked a little ahead, trying his best to shield her from the wind and rain. In the pouring rain, they finally managed to find the other car and led Lin Mu there.

"It's raining so hard—Qianqian, why don't you come back with us? I'll have Mom drive you home, otherwise your clothes will get completely soaked."

As Lin Mu opened the car door to get in, she spoke loudly to Chen Junqian, and Lin Mu's mother, who was in the driver's seat, turned around to indicate that it was no problem.

Seeing Lin Mu's earnest eyes and the way he was tugging at his backpack strap, Chen Junqian initially wanted to agree, but then, as if remembering something, he shook his head and answered loudly in return:

"It's raining so hard today, my dad will probably be picking me up in his new car, so I won't trouble you, Auntie."

After saying that, he pulled his upper body back into the car, slammed the door shut, turned around, and drove back a short distance towards the school.

Xu Youwei was indeed still standing in the corridor on the first floor of the teaching building.

She didn't know if she had actually seen Chen Junqian return, or if she simply believed that he would definitely come back to her.

The girl standing there, facing the raging wind and rain, simply tossed her already opened umbrella into the wind, then stood there motionless watching it being blown away by the wind to who-knows-where.

It wasn't until Chen Junqian ran back to the teaching building with his umbrella that he saw the other person blinking innocently at him twice and calling out the nickname they only used when they were alone together:

"Hey, Qinqin, do you know what?"

"I just lost my umbrella."

Chapter 59: The Vanished Rainy Day - I Want to Experience It Again (Part 2)

The moment Xu Youwei uttered those words, an untapped achievement in Chen Junqian's mind began to glow faintly, constantly asserting its presence.

[A matching umbrella for rainy days]

Sharing an umbrella with someone, or "ai ai ga sa" (相合), has always been a classic element in romantic comedies. After all, the area under the umbrella is usually considered private space, and allowing others to share private space is itself a form of recognition or tacit acceptance of an intimate relationship.

Moreover, in rainy or snowy weather, the umbrella itself becomes a symbol of protection. Sharing an umbrella with someone else means providing shelter to them or receiving shelter from them.

Of course, most importantly, if the person holding the umbrella isn't carrying a large double umbrella, there's often not enough space under it. So whether it's trying to get as close as possible to avoid getting wet and achieve direct physical contact, or thoughtfully tilting the umbrella brim towards the other person, these are all quite blush-inducing romantic comedy scenes.

Condition for achievement: Share an umbrella with the heroines who are suited for romantic comedies on a rainy or snowy day.

Even after seeing the achievement that could be unlocked with a simple tap, Chen Junqian didn't immediately intend to trigger it. Instead, he wiped the rain and sweat splashing on his face and asked Xu Youwei:

"Where are your family members? Didn't they come to pick you up?"

"Maybe it's coming, who knows?"

She spoke in a completely indifferent tone. After all, even though they had known each other for almost a year, all Chen Junqian could learn from her was about her deceased mother. He knew nothing else, not even her home address or what her father did for a living.

“My dad should be coming to pick me up. You can ride in our car for a bit, and I’ll have him take you home.”

It's fortunate that my dad upgraded his transportation after the Lunar New Year this year; otherwise, if he were still using the old motorcycle, it would be better to find his own way back than to rely on the other party to come over during a storm.

After saying that, Chen Junqian didn't ask any more questions about the umbrella, but instead kept looking towards the school gate.

Because of the severe weather today, the school gate relaxed its usual restrictions on parents entering and exiting. After all, some children do forget their umbrellas, and it's not right to let parents run out in the rain if they can't come in to pick them up.

After waiting a short while, Chen Junqian spotted his father's familiar figure. He quickly grabbed Xu Youwei's hand, tilted the umbrella in his other hand slightly, and pointed towards his father's direction.

“My dad is here, and his car should be parked over there. Let’s run this part of the road over.”

After saying that, before Xu Youwei could react, he had already rushed out of the teaching building corridor with her. The wind and rain that came crashing down on them made Chen Junqian forget about the achievement trigger sound that had already sounded in his mind. His attention was completely focused on the girl next to him.

Because the umbrella could only cover a limited area, after running a short distance, he stretched out the hand that was holding hers and put his arm around Xu Youwei's shoulder, almost as if he were carrying her in his arms as he ran, trying his best to keep them both under the umbrella. He only breathed a sigh of relief after rushing into the back seat of his father's new car.

Despite having just run around in the rain and looking equally disheveled, with strands of hair damp with rain and sweat clinging to her forehead, Xu Youwei felt much better than before. She had shaken off the gloom that was even heavier than the rainy day, and now looked relaxed, as if she had released all the pressure.

"I brought a towel from home, let's wipe it down for now."

Since they were just kids who occasionally came to play at their house, Chen Jun recognized Xu Youwei as well. After handing them both clean towels, he gripped the steering wheel and asked her:

"Xu Youwei, right? Where do you live? If it's nearby, I'll take you home first."

"No one is home right now. My dad is probably still at work. He can take me home after the rain stops."

"Okay, then you can stay at my house for a while."

After agreeing, Chen Jun didn't take it seriously anymore and continued to concentrate on driving. After all, the rain was really heavy today. Even though the windshield wipers were almost blurring the view, the visibility was limited to just a small area, so he had to keep a close eye on the road conditions.

Because Chen Junqian intentionally shielded himself from most of the splashing rain, Xu Youwei, who was being protected behind him, was only slightly wet in the hair, while most of her body remained dry, compared to him, whose upper body was almost completely soaked and whose lower body was also half wet.

However, this body does not include the feet.

There was no way around it; after all, Xu Youwei wasn't wearing sandals like Chen Junqian did, and instead wore sneakers with white socks. Even though Chen Junqian was protecting her well, her feet had genuinely waded through puddles the whole way, and were undoubtedly soaked through.

Chen Junqian had only been sitting in the back seat of the car for two minutes when he could clearly feel that Xu Youwei sitting next to him was uncomfortable, or rather, restless, constantly squirming her body and rubbing her feet together, as if she was trying her best to resist the urge to take off her shoes and socks right there and then.

However, speaking of this, Chen Junqian thought of another mysterious, un-unlocked achievement he had seen before:

Please give me your socks!

As you know, socks are always one of the most important cute attributes of a cute girl. Whether it's ankle socks, short socks, folded socks, knee-high or over-the-knee pantyhose, or long black and white stockings with suspenders, each choice of socks can make their charm unique, and matching them with all kinds of shoes is the finishing touch.

That's why romantic comedies are never short of interactions in this regard. So whether you want to put her socks on or just watch her take them off, feel free to say, "Give me your socks!"

Conditions for achieving this: Say the above lines to the heroines who are suited for romantic comedies, and actually get her socks from her hands.

The other achievement associated with this achievement is "Please let me put on your socks!".

After a long and arduous journey through wind and rain, Chen Jun finally drove them downstairs, but he still had to go back to the factory workshop.

There's no way around it, it's still working hours. The fact that he came to pick up the child is considered taking leave. Now that the child has been brought back, he definitely has to go back.

However, the absence of others at home made the two children feel more comfortable, especially Xu Youwei, who had been cooped up all the way.

As soon as Chen Junqian opened the door with his key, the other person slipped inside, sat on the sofa, kicked off his shoes, and then cleanly and efficiently peeled off his sticky socks that were soaked in rain and sweat. He then sat cross-legged and began to carefully wipe the water stains between his soles and toes with a towel.

"Give me your socks, I'll go throw them in the washing machine."

"Oh, you can have it."

Chen Junqian easily obtained Xu Youwei's socks, and after once again taking advantage of the system's generosity, he wasn't in any particular mood, because he was still wearing wet clothes and was feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Because he planned to wash the other person's socks along with his own clothes, Chen Junqian temporarily threw them into a large red foot basin, then went straight to his room's closet to find a clean set of clothes before greeting Xu Youwei:

"You can play by yourself for a while. I told you the password to the computer in my parents' room last time, you should still remember it, right? I'm going to take a shower first."

After saying that, Chen Junqian went into the small bathroom, locked the door, quickly took off his clothes, turned on the shower, adjusted the water temperature to a comfortable level, and stood in the shower. While showering his body to warm up, he began to review the system's achievements in his mind again.

After he unlocked the milestone reward of achieving a total of ten romantic comedy achievements at the end of last year, the system also simultaneously unlocked the second milestone reward for him:

[Tokyo (crossed out), Beijing (crossed out)... Anyway, they're all handsome guys]

The male protagonist of a romantic comedy must have an appearance and charm that correspond to the story itself. You can get him for free after unlocking a total of twenty achievements, which will greatly improve the host's appearance, temperament and charm.

After getting two achievements from Xu Youwei today, Chen Junqian's total number of achievements has reached thirteen. The only regret is that Chen Xi has not yet been included by the system as a female lead with romantic comedy suitability, so there is no way to unlock the achievement.

Putting everything else aside, he could have easily unlocked an achievement called "Hero Saves the Beauty is Always a Classic Scene" just from the stampede incident that happened in March. But unfortunately, right now, the only people Chen Junqian can use to get achievements are Lin Mu, Xu Youwei, and Zhu Wenyun.

While Chen Junqian was taking a shower and looking at his achievement list, wondering what else he could possibly get away with, he suddenly noticed that one of the achievements in the list was starting to glow faintly, as if it was about to be triggered at any moment.

Boyfriend shirt

In many romantic comedies, the boyfriend shirt can be seen as another kind of virginity-killing outfit and attack speed boost set, since most people can't resist a girl who is only wearing her own shirt.

After all, it's great if clothes are too big and look loose, and it's also great if clothes are too small and look tight. In short, they are both excellent and delicious.

Condition for achievement: Any female protagonist with romantic comedy suitability actively chooses to wear your clothes.