Lin Guiying's body froze up for a second when she heard Zhou Lei's voice. This made her make mistakes.
"Oh, Zhou Lei..." At this point, Lin Guiying wore her disguise, just in case. And lo and behold, she did the right thing.
It was also because when Lin Guiying successfully bought the new merchandise and started to head home, she passed by the arcade. She thought of using it... only one time.
As she approached the machine, she thought of her earlier encounter with Zhou Lei.
"Hmm, will he still be here?"
Part of her wanted Zhou Lei to be gone already, so she could use the machine and leave just as easily. But a larger part of her wanted her only friend to still be training.
Lin Guiying felt disappointed when nobody was on the machine. She stepped on it and inserted a token.
In the middle of her session, that was when she heard Zhou Lei call her by her fake name.
She felt joy for seeing him again and irritation for disturbing her in the middle of her playthrough.
Soon after, the last arrow reached the top. Lin Guiying got an almost perfect score, her only mistake being the one when Zhou Lei called her.
"What are you doing here?"
"Erm... playing DDR. What else?" Lin Guiying answered it matter-of-factly.
"Oh..." Zhou Lei looked at her with a teasing smile. "So I should tell the teacher that you skipped school to play here?"
"Uhh, please don't." Lin Guiying placed her hands together in a praying position.
"Hmm, I'll think about it." Zhou Lei's smirk widened.
'Urk- Why is he so hot?' Lin Guiying couldn't help but think.
Zhou Lei patted her shoulder repeatedly. "Don't worry, I'm just kidding!"
He turned around, before speaking again. "...or am I?"
"Stop." Lin Guiying was fed up with this antic.
And this is how their daily banter went.
"I have something to tell you." Zhou Lei turned serious.
"Hmm? What is it?" Lin Guiying was always entertained by this friend of hers' stories.
"You won't believe who I met on the way here!" Zhou Lei had an excited expression on his face.
"Who? Who? Tell me." Lin Guiying put her arm around Zhou Lei. They huddled up.
"Actually, it's... Lin Guiying!" Zhou Lei whispered into her ear.
"..." Lin Guiying was speechless.
"Look, I know it sounds crazy. I can see your "I don't believe you" face. But, I really met my idol earlier!" Zhou Lei assured his friend Lin Hanying that it was the truth.
"Eh, umm..." Lin Guiying felt awkward.
"At first, I thought it was you, but then she removed her facemask!" Zhou Lei recalled earnestly.
"Uhh..." Lin Guiying didn't have any more responses! She couldn't form any!
"But that's just because she looks really similar to you. If she didn't remove her facemask, I would've really thought that it was you!"
'That's because it is me!' Lin Guiying turned her head away.
"In the end, I got her autograph. Look, see?" Zhou Lei took the piece of paper out of his pocket and showed his friend. "I'm going to treasure this my whole life!"
Lin Guiying looked at Zhou Lei's joyful face and couldn't help but feel guilty.
However, this secret identity of hers must never be known by anyone, not even her friends.
This was the reason why she always transfered schools. Someone would always either expose her or guess her identity.
In any case, she would like to stay in a school, especially now that she's made a friend.
"Do you believe me now?"
Zhou Lei's smug face cleared all of the thoughts inside Lin Guiying's head. She felt kind of irritated and relieved. "Yes, I believe you."
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The Buggiest System
HumorZhou Lei, an oppressed high school boy, obtains a system that could upgrade anything related to him, from his intelligence, to his mom's intelligence! There was only one catch-the system was buggy as hell! Continued in The Buggiest System Vol. 2!
