I turned reality into a romantic comedy

"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.

The moment he saw the achievement description, Chen Junqian had already unleashed the fastest speed of his life to hastily dry his hair and body with a towel, and within a minute, he put on all his clothes, opened the bathroom door, and shouted Xu Youwei's name in a tone that was almost like, "What are you doing, Da Sha Chun—"

Then he saw the other person still leisurely sitting on the sofa with their legs crossed, seemingly putting on socks. After seeing him come out, they even held up the other sock and waved to Chen Junqian:

"I took a pair of socks from your bedside table to put on first, you don't mind, do you?"

"……fine."

Well, the judgment mechanism of this embarrassing system is sometimes really outrageous.

With mixed feelings, Chen Junqian dragged his feet back to the bathroom, took out a basin full of clothes, and put them directly into the washing machine on the balcony. After adding detergent and setting the appropriate mode, he let it run on its own, then walked back and sat down next to Xu Youwei.

It seems that her family does have some kind of requirement regarding hairstyles. Xu Youwei's hair, which had grown quite long during the Lunar New Year, was cut short again after the start of the semester, going from being shoulder-length to just reaching her chin.

However, shorter hair does have its advantages. If you have hair as long as Zhu Wenyun's and it gets soaked in a downpour, it feels like it will take a long time to wash it.

But Chen Junqian still took the initiative to ask her a question:

"Want to wash your hair? There's my mom's shampoo in the bathroom, and a hairdryer too. Your hair looks pretty wet."

"I'll wash it when I get back. Actually, I dried myself off with a towel on the way, so it's okay."

However, Xu Youwei seemed reluctant. After saying that, she gestured with her chin towards Chen Junqian's landline from the sofa.

"Oh, by the way, while you were taking a shower, I used your landline to call my dad. He'll come over with me when he gets off work and take me home."

"That's fine. You can have dinner at our house before you leave."

As he spoke, Chen Junqian went to the refrigerator, opened the bottom freezer compartment, and asked Xu Youwei:

"My family just bought a batch of popsicles a couple of days ago. Which one would you like? Ice Factory? Green Mood? Three-color cup? Or do you want to come over and choose for yourself?"

"Let me take a look."

Upon hearing this, Xu Youwei walked over and squatted down in front of the freezer with Chen Junqian. However, while her fingers were flipping through the popsicles, her eyes couldn't help but glance into his room.

At the same time, her right hand, which had been in her pants pocket, unconsciously tightened its grip on the pen she had just used—the one she had used to make a mark somewhere in Chen Junqian's room while he was taking a shower.

This is an invisible pen made with fluorescent ink, so no writing is visible to the naked eye. Only when the ultraviolet light on the cap is shone on it can you see what has been written.

Chapter Sixty: Her Diary (Part Two)

Summer rain comes and goes quickly. After about an hour, the downpour that had lasted from afternoon until almost evening finally stopped completely. Xu Youwei received a call from her father, asking her to come downstairs and wait somewhere, as he would be there to pick her up soon.

"I'll return the socks to you tomorrow after they've dried."

"Yes, yours are too."

Although the sock problem was solved, Xu Youwei's sneakers, which had also been soaked in water for a long time, were still not quite fit. However, since the two of them were almost the same height, their shoe sizes were also similar, so Chen Junqian rummaged through his shoe cabinet and lent her a pair of his own shoes.

It's a good thing he only has one shirt in his achievements, otherwise he would almost have a two-piece set of socks and shoes.

Chen Junqian packed Xu Youwei's shoes into a plastic bag. He had originally wanted to see her off, but unlike Lin Mu, who always wanted him to walk her all the way home when she came over, Xu Youwei always said that she didn't need to be seen off. Today was no different. After closing the door, she ran downstairs.

After confirming once again that Chen Junqian hadn't been looking for her on the balcony, Xu Youwei went downstairs and continued running towards the factory. She quickly found her father's car waiting for her by the roadside.

But what she didn't notice was that just as she opened the car door and got in, Chen Jun and his wife, who were also wearing work clothes and heading home from the factory, saw her too.

"Is this Junqian's classmate?"

"Yes, it was pouring rain today, so I just went to the school to pick her and Junqian up and bring them home."

After checking the license plate of the car that was already driving away for a second, Chen Jun stroked the stubble on his chin and asked his wife:

"Honey, isn't the chairman of our factory also surnamed Xu?"

"I think so. I remember seeing it at the company's annual meeting. Was that his car?"

"Um……"

Chen Jun nodded thoughtfully and pondered for a moment. He had left home at the age of eighteen to work in this factory. After more than ten years, he finally worked his way up to the position of workshop director through his own hard work and sweat. He couldn't help but think of Lin Mu, who visited his home even more frequently and would even go on a trip with his family during the summer vacation, as well as Lin Mu's equally wealthy family background.

Although we always say that we should let our children win at the starting line.

But isn't this starting line a little off?

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"Did Qianqian have a good time getting home last night? It was raining so hard."

The next morning, Chen Junqian, who was about to step down from his position at the start of the next semester and had just finished his last few shifts with Xu Youwei, arrived in the classroom when Lin Mu ran to the side of his seat, leaned over his desk, and asked him this question.

"Yeah, not long after you left, my dad came to pick me up. My clothes were still wet, but I took a shower as soon as I got home, so it was fine."

Even after a night, Chen Junqian could still recall the scene after school yesterday when Xu Youwei threw her open umbrella into the rain and had it blown away by the wind in front of him. So after thinking about it for a while, he decided not to tell Lin Mu about it.

After all, the other party initially introduced the two of them so that he could cure Xu Youwei's mental illness and stop her from always thinking about extreme things that were inappropriate for her age, such as the Sheep Talisman or Poop Superman.

But Chen Junqian now has a feeling that while the other person's psychological problems at that time have indeed been resolved, it seems that they have gone in another extreme direction. After all, if he hadn't gone back to check on her yesterday, Xu Youwei, who had dropped the umbrella, would have looked like she was going to wait there forever.

However, Lin Mu hadn't even considered this aspect. After listening to Chen Junqian's words, he naturally steered the conversation to his own side:

"Yeah, I took a nice bath at home yesterday, it felt so good."

Unlike Chen Junqian's small combined bathroom and shower space, Lin Mu's bathroom is a proper one-room unit, equipped with both a shower head and a bathtub. Lin Mu even showed him the rubber duck she plays with when taking a bath in winter.

"Speaking of which, after the start of the next semester, will Qianqian no longer have to get up early every morning to stand guard at the school gate and be responsible for checking the sanitation area and eye exercises?"

"Well, this is something that's changed every year. Next year it will be the turn of the new fourth grade. But to be honest, I've gotten used to going for a walk before eye exercises every time. I'll probably feel a little out of sorts when I step down."

For Chen Junqian himself, nothing major happened during his year as a disciplinary committee member. He didn't even catch many people who were not properly dressed when he was on duty at the school gate every morning.

But he had indeed gotten used to standing face to face with Xu Youwei in the morning, used to walking slowly to the classroom together after the morning reading session to prolong the time, and used to not having to do exercises on the playground like the other students during each long break, but instead being able to check the hygiene area and chat alone.

“Weiwei told me the other day that she wanted to continue being a fourth-grade student, but unfortunately there’s no way. After all, as Qianqian said, it’s time for the new fourth-grade students.”

Since it was already early morning reading time, a sensitive period when the homeroom teacher could suddenly appear from the shadows at any moment, Lin Mu didn't dare to stay with Chen Junqian for long. After chatting for a few minutes, she ran back to her seat.

After the morning reading session came the first class, and after the first class ended, it was the regular meeting time that Chen Junqian and Zhu Wenyun had arranged.

You know what, before, some students would pay attention to the two of them squatting in the stairwell whenever they had nothing to do, but since that stampede incident, no one cares anymore. After all, if you look back at the result, it was because the two of them had a very high sense of safety and were always there that they were able to detect the potential danger in advance. Otherwise, who knows how much more chaos would have occurred at the school that day.

It's almost as if this place will become a legendary spot on campus that everyone needs to visit when they go to the fifth floor after summer vacation and move on to fifth grade.

Chen Junqian sat down against the wall with practiced ease, and first asked Zhu Wenyun about yesterday's torrential rain.

"I'm fine, because the umbrella I always carry is a super big black oiled umbrella that my grandma gave me. I didn't get wet much when I walked home."

After giving such a simple answer, Zhu Wenyun excitedly took the initiative to talk to him about another matter:

"My manuscript is going to be officially published this October. It's part of the Sunshine Family Headquarters series published by Anhui Children's Publishing House. Although it's a book that compiles manuscripts edited by Sunshine Sister from four young writers, including myself, the title uses my piece."

"So what was the title of that article you wrote?"

"Actually, there was no title at first, because the earliest submission was for the 'My Deskmate and My Nemesis' series. But later, I came up with a title with Sunshine Sister, and in the end, I chose 'The Shortest Line of the 38th Parallel in History' over 'My Deskmate and My Nine Yuan and Fifty Yuan Survival Challenge.' Doesn't that sound pretty good?"

"I always feel like I'm about to hear lines like 'I am Bear Grylls, and I'm going to show you...'"

Although he said that, upon closer reflection, it seems that Zhu Wenyun had indeed accomplished at the age of eleven what he had barely managed to do in his twenties before his rebirth. Moreover, he had directly taken on the title and a quarter of the content of the book, which was completely different from the small piece he had successfully submitted.

"As for the specific royalties, ours is considered a direct buyout, so it seems like a check for three thousand yuan will be sent directly to us."

At this point, Zhu Wenyun nudged Chen Junqian's arm again:

"So how do I get the money after I receive the check?"