I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

"She would think that her happiness and joy are a given, and that having those inexplicable troubles is abnormal and should not be noticed by others. After all, she would think to herself, 'My family treats me so well, my parents don't have any conflicts, and my childhood sweetheart is exceptionally outstanding and takes great care of me. If I get angry about the same things as other children, wouldn't that be inappropriate? Wouldn't that be too dramatic? Wouldn't that make people think I'm just whining for no reason?'"

"Of course, she certainly didn't think about it that way herself; she just subconsciously felt that it shouldn't be like this."

It must be said that Shen Nianqiu's assessment of the childhood sweetheart relationship between Lin Mu and Chen Junqian, from an outsider's perspective, did indeed have some merit, prompting Chen Junqian to naturally ask a follow-up question:

So is this a good thing or a bad thing?

"I certainly don't know now. On the bright side, this is called being optimistic and cheerful, like a little sun who doesn't take anything to heart. On the dark side, this is called quantitative change that will eventually lead to qualitative change. Many things don't disappear, they just accumulate, so it's impossible to make a simple judgment. But I think that people will definitely have troubles in life, and that's never something to be ashamed of."

After chatting with Lin Mu for a while, and as Chen Junqian finished washing the dishes, wiped them clean, and put them back in the cupboard one by one, Shen Nianqiu once again pestered him to play games with her.

In fact, Shen Nianqiu is also a girl who loves playing games, whether it's computer games or mobile games. After all, she and Chen Junqian first met and fell in love through online games.

Two years have passed, and touchscreen smartphones have become the mainstream of the era. Various mobile games have also entered a period of explosive growth, with a significant increase in the types and number of games to choose from. Shen Nianqiu herself has downloaded quite a few on her phone, and the game she is currently playing with Chen Junqian is "Find You, Sister," which she has been enjoying playing alone recently.

Hearing the name alone, the first thing that comes to mind is the game "Spot the Difference" that the two of them played together on QQ Games. However, the rules of "Find You, Sister" are actually closer to the kind of picture books that Xu Youwei used to like to play. The system gives a description, such as "something that can fly," and the player has to find the one that matches the description within a specified time. Some of the questions are quite imaginative. After all, if the system gives "pointed things," you can also pass the level by choosing a pointy human head.

However, Chen Junqian, who was already quite immersed in the world of anime, actually thought of 'using borrowed objects to race' at this moment. It can only be said that the system has indeed done a lot of harm.

Things that can fly, things that run on the ground, things that swim in the water, things we have at home, things we have at school...

While Shen Nianqiu tapped on the items matching the description on her phone screen, she hugged her own belongings, which she had already found, tightly. After a while, she gently breathed into his ear and said:

"I didn't bring many changes of clothes with me, so I'll take a shower in a bit."

"I want to wear your clothes, little brother... the ones you were wearing just now."

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Chapter 76: You Made Me See a Flower Bloom in the Barren Desert (Part 2)

Faced with Shen Nianqiu's premeditated remarks, Chen Junqian, who had already given up resisting and allowed the other party to lock him in place with his hands and feet, merely moved the only part of his body that he could still move—his face—and gave a wry smile at the large suitcase that Shen Nianqiu had brought beside him:

"What's in your huge suitcase, sister?"

"Clothes."

"Didn't I bring it with me?"

"But none of them are clothes for evening wear. I didn't bring any pajamas. They're all more formal clothes for going out."

As if to prove that she hadn't lied, Shen Nianqiu finally loosened her grip on Chen Junqian, opened her hands that were holding him there, stood up in her slippers, walked to the suitcase, turned it over, and unzipped it, showing Chen Junqian all sorts of neatly folded clothes inside. Indeed, as she had said, they were all kinds of dresses and even more intimate underwear.

However, the only thing that made Chen Junqian a little uneasy was that, besides constantly asserting his presence after Shen Nianqiu's arrival and repeatedly triggering the fan service, another rather mysterious achievement was also unlocked at the same time:

May the Holy Light protect you.

If there's anything better about the real world than the world of romantic comedies, it's probably that when beautiful girls are exposed, there's no holy light falling from the sky or any anti-physics phenomenon that would make Newton stand up straight from his coffin. If you see it, you see it!

When a sudden gust of wind lifted her skirt, when she bent over her waist her neckline opened slightly, when the swimsuit straps suddenly slipped down, that moment of unexpected exposure, like the wings of a passing angel inadvertently revealed, became an eternal image in the boy's heart.

And when the relationship between the two of you takes it a step further, you choose to openly tell her, "Rather than unexpected benefits, I would rather openly see the scenery that belongs only to me."

Condition for achievement: After seeing any female protagonist with romantic comedy potential accidentally reveal her underwear due to a wardrobe malfunction, she will shamelessly and voluntarily show it off again.

Putting aside the fact that the system judged the woman's behavior of openly displaying all kinds of clothes in front of him as a wardrobe malfunction, Chen Junqian's first reaction upon seeing this achievement was that it was a genuine piece of junk, because the earliest achiever of the first half should have been Zhu Wenyun.

After all, apart from the two offline encounters with Shen Nianqiu, the only person in Guoning who could trigger fan service was Zhu Wenyun. Moreover, Zhu Wenyun was also the first person to trigger the fan service achievement series. From last year to this year, Chen Junqian could basically achieve it once every time he went to Zhu Wenyun's house. The literary girl who mostly just stayed at home with the electric fan on was indeed quite unguarded towards him.

"...Why are you still standing there? How silly, haha."

Reaching out and waving to her younger brother, whose gaze was somewhat fixed on her, Shen Nianqiu then tried to get Chen Junqian to make a decision, holding up one dress in each hand:

"Which outfit does my younger brother think would be more suitable for him to wear tomorrow?"

"That depends on where we go. The clothes we wear to the movie theater are different from those we wear to go rafting."

"Didn't I mention it when Mu Mu was here? I plan to visit your girls these next couple of days: Xu Youwei, Zhu Wenyun, Gu Linguo, and oh, my brother's little sister. But there's no rush. I'll buy her a gift here first before I go."

It can only be said that, apart from Chen Junqian's family, everyone seems to have already accepted that Chen Xi is his cousin, so Chen Junqian is too lazy to explain, preferring to avoid trouble.

"Youwei should be at home tomorrow."

"Let's start with her. I'm quite interested in her anyway. I really need to see what kind of girl she is in person."

As she said this, Shen Nianqiu felt like she was playing the role of an older sister helping her younger brother make a decision. However, whether it was a genuine assessment or a way to understand him better, it was hard to say.

After confirming tomorrow's schedule, Chen Junqian stayed in the living room and used his phone to contact Xu Youwei, while Shen Nianqiu grabbed the shirt she had found in his closet and ran into the bathroom to take a shower. Soon after, the sound of the shower being turned on could be heard.

My sister is coming tomorrow and wants to meet you.

As soon as Chen Junqian sent the message on QQ, Xu Youwei instantly replied with a shocked expression in a default yellow face emoji.

[Qinqin actually has an older sister? I've never heard of that before.]

[Because she's not my biological sister, we met online.]

Just like Lin Mu's initial reaction upon hearing about Shen Nianqiu, Xu Youwei, who had been comfortably lounging in her computer chair at her desk, enjoying the air conditioning and watching a video from Children's Day, suddenly sat up abruptly and began typing with both hands:

How long have we known each other? How did she end up in Guoning? Are we meeting up in person?

[We've known each other for quite a while, and this is her first time coming to Guoning to see me. She's just here for tourism, but because I often talk to her about you, she's quite curious about Youyou and wants to meet you in person.]

If it were Lin Mu, she would have been easily fooled by the words "often tells her about you" and "sister" in that sentence. But Xu Youwei was different; she remained highly vigilant about even the slightest hint of anything related to Chen Junqian, so she continued typing to ask:

When exactly did you meet? How old is she? Is Qinqin available to answer QQ calls now?

It seemed she was planning to call him directly, but Chen Junqian glanced at the still-closed bathroom door and the sound of dripping water in the background, and chose to refuse Xu Youwei's request.

[Not really convenient, are you free tomorrow morning? It's at our secret base in the countryside... Youyou can decide where to meet.]

Halfway through the fight, Chen Junqian thought for a moment and decided to delete the phrase "our secret base in the countryside." After all, Xu Youwei had been emphasizing for over a year that it was a place that no one else could know about, a place that only the two of them could go to. Even Mu Mu was still kept in the dark, so it was best to let her choose a place herself.

To Chen Junqian's surprise, Xu Youwei took the initiative to bring up this place herself.

Let's meet at our secret base tomorrow morning at eight o'clock. I'll be waiting for you there.

After saying that, Xu Youwei's avatar quickly went offline, indicating that she had logged off immediately.

Hmm... why are all the girls around him so obsessed with home-field advantage? Although it makes sense for childhood sweethearts to hide in such a strong fortress, it's still like giving up the offense and turning to defense right from the start, handing over the initiative and dominance to others.

Chen Junqian had a vague premonition that Shen Nianqiu's visit would completely reshuffle all the interpersonal relationships he had built in Guoning over the past few years.

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The system's description of the achievement "boyfriend shirt" includes the phrase, "After all, it's great if the clothes are too big and look loose, and it's also great if the clothes are too small and look tight. In short, they are both excellent and delicious." If Mu Mu is the former, then Chen Junqian's older sister is undoubtedly the latter. After all, his current height is definitely not as good as Shen Nianqiu, who is two years older than him, and the size of the clothes is also different.

Moreover, even among her peers, Shen Nianqiu's figure is still among the most outstanding.

After the bathroom door was pushed open, a cloud of steam escaped first, followed by a girl who was looking down and fiddling with the tightly buttoned shirt. The fourth button from the top just wouldn't go up, and the slightly oversized white shirt clung tightly to her body, the shoulder line cutting into the crook of her arms, and the hem barely covering her hips.

"Does it feel too small...?"

"A little bit."

Although she tried her best to present a mature image of being indifferent and having everything going according to plan in front of Chen Junqian, she was, after all, just a junior high school student doing this for the first time. So, when she said this, the tips of Shen Nianqiu's ears were also red, but it wasn't very noticeable because she had just taken a shower.

The cuffs left shallow indentations on her forearms. Instinctively, she raised her hand to wipe her wet hair, but the fabric of her upper body ripped with a 'rip' sound, and the buttons on her chest bulged dangerously.

A little shy, Shen Nianqiu tried to distract herself by asking Chen Junqian where the hairdryer was. Even though it was right there where she could see it with just a turn of her head, Chen Junqian, who already knew that his older sister was also a high-attack, low-defense type, went over and got it for her. He gestured for her to sit on the sofa and said he would dry her hair for her.

The water droplets remaining on her body slid down her neck and into her delicate collarbone, where they gathered into glistening puddles on her heaving chest. Although Shen Nianqiu didn't dare to go braless, her pure white shirt, damp with moisture, was practically transparent, revealing her underwear and surroundings clearly through the blur. Every inch of her skin seemed to be burning hot.

Even though you've just taken a shower, you can't help but feel a subtle sense that you'll be sweating again in no time and need to take another shower.

Similar to Mu Mu's hair, Shen Nianqiu's hair is also the type that is long but not too long. Mainly, Chen Junqian has only blow-dried the hair of these two girls so far, so he subconsciously compared them together.

However, unlike Lin Mu, who would sit obediently whenever he dried her hair, his older sister was just as restless as the clothes she was wearing. She kept tilting her face back, and her long legs, which were only wearing short hot pants, were constantly intertwined and moving around, making Chen Junqian not know where to look.

After all, he is a boy who has entered puberty. Just as there won't be any random holy light to block fan service scenes in reality, he won't be indifferent to all kinds of situations like the male protagonists of various romantic comedies. He will naturally show a respectful and slightly irritated reaction.

However, that's all. Even though Shen Nianqiu's situation is different now compared to Xu Youwei's during this year's winter break, a junior high school girl is still not within Chen Junqian's moral bounds. After all, most Japanese romantic comedies are set in high school, and he himself is not even fourteen years old yet.

As the last stage before adulthood, Chen Junqian has always believed that what everyone should do during adolescence is to build their self-esteem, self-confidence, hobbies, special skills, social skills and adaptability, and prepare to break through to the next stage.

By exploring both internally and externally, I continuously improve my abilities, try different social behaviors, gradually confirm my social identity, and clarify what kind of person I want to become and what kind of social relationships I hope to have, even after being reborn.

Or perhaps, it's because he was so focused on studying and taking exams in his previous life that he was forced to postpone these tasks until adulthood and even now, after his rebirth.

With this in mind, Chen Junqian calmly completed the arduous task of blow-drying his sister's hair, and then took a change of clothes to the bathroom for a shower.

Boys shower much faster than girls, and Chen Junqian finished getting ready in no time. When he came out of the bathroom, Shen Nianqiu had already gone to his room where the air conditioner was on.

She certainly didn't have the courage to do something like going into the bathroom to scrub her back. After all, even teenagers at this age, when it comes to someone they like, still feel a mix of shyness and even fear about their completely exposed bodies. Whether it's about themselves or others, the awkwardness of puberty on both physiological and psychological levels is always multifaceted, and Shen Nianqiu was no exception.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that the fact that she can change into this outfit and lie here alone is already the limit of her shame. If she takes any further, she'll explode from overload. Moreover, she's already made a lot of progress compared to the last time the two of them were in the hotel. At this rate, she should be able to do it in about two more years.

After taking a shower, the two of them, still in bed, used their phones to give another crocodile prince a bath—one who refused to take a bath even a drop less—and helped a frog, who was like a starving child from a childhood story, eat candy. After playing "Find Your Sister" for a while, they both yawned at the same time.

Argentine poet Jorge Luis Borges once wrote the following lines:

Insomnia is knowing that you shouldn't be awake when others are sleeping alone; it's longing to enter a dream state but being unable to fall asleep; it's the fear of being alive and continuing to live; it's staying up until dawn in a daze.

Shen Nianqiu used to be like that when she was lying in her own home, but now the only reason she didn't want to close her eyes and fall asleep was because of the person so close to her.

She wanted to see him a little longer, a mixture of fear that he would disappear after she woke up and the relief that he would still be there when she woke up.

"Good night."

"An'an".

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Chapter 77: The Girl Who Killed Guo Ning

The next morning, Chen Junqian and Shen Nianqiu woke up simultaneously to the sound of their pre-set alarms on their phones.

There was no other way, because they had arranged to meet Xu Youwei last night, and the journey from the city to the countryside would take longer, so even though it was summer vacation, they had to get up a little earlier.

"yawn--"

After sitting up straight on the bed and stretching lazily, Shen Nianqiu rubbed her sleepy eyes and found her slippers by the bedside. The shirt she had worn all night was noticeably looser than when she had put it on the night before, and she was wearing it loosely on her upper body, giving Chen Junqian another opportunity to show off his fan service early in the morning.

"Wash up, change clothes, and then have breakfast..."

After muttering to herself about what she needed to do, Shen Nianqiu walked to the sink first and turned to Chen Junqian to ask: