116 Secret Plan (1/2)

”What do you mean? I told you I waited for all day, right? Well, not all day, I mean, blablabla...”

Lin Guiying only heard the first two sentences before Zhou Lei's voice trailed off her mind as he continued speaking.

'So he went back to the arcade?' She felt guilty for doubting him earlier and thinking he was lying.

”...blablabla-”

”Stop,” Lin Guiying interrupted Zhou Lei's babbling, ”I actually went to the arcade too.”

”Really? Why didn't I see you there?”

”Well, it's because...” While talking, Lin Guiying twirled her hair, which made Zhou Lei think it was a bit cute... and familiar.

'Ying and Lin Guiying really are alike, huh. They both twirl their hairs habitually.'

”I left when I didn't meet you there.” She didn't mention the fact that she saw him at StarLars.

”I was probably in the café when you came...” After some thinking, this was the only possibility that appeared in Zhou Lei's mind.

”Anyways, that's not what I wanted to talk to you about. What I wanted to tell you is...” With slight hesitation, Zhou Lei continued, ”How do you order coffee?”

”Coffee?” Lin Guiying only had coffee from time to time, so she wasn't an expert on this subject. Nonetheless, she, of course, had more knowledge than her friend, who mentioned the fact that it was his first time entering a café yesterday. ”I don't know much about this, but I'll try my best to teach you.”

”Really? That's great!” Zhou Lei's enthusiasm shot off the roof, ”Because let me tell you, that Vanilla Latte was really good.”

”Vanilla Latte? That's for normies,” Lin Guiying sneered.

”So does that mean there are better tasting flavors?” Zhou Lei was immediately attracted to the likelihood of better tasting coffees.

Unlike food, the Taste category did not affect his taste for drinks and other liquids. That meant that he could enjoy ice cream if it was melted, but not if it's still solid.

'This System really is weird.'

.....

The scientist, after reading his mind a second ago, widened her eyes.

”What the fuck? Why does this Taste category not affect liquids?”

She stood up from her hovering chair and looked around for the files for this System chip.

”Ah, there!” On an old piece of paper, there were the words ”Taste” next to some smudged word.

”This smudgy word probably says 'Solid' then, so if I'm not wrong...” The scientist looked at the bottom of the paper...

”Aha! I knew it!”

She could barely make out words since the paper cut the letters in half, but she was certain that it said ”Taste (liquids)”.

When she developed the chip, she based it on these old papers from a millennium ago. She also added her own new features to the chip, making it hers.

”In the past, this was probably some sort of cybernetic enhancement, but now, it's a system!”

She started typing down the new code to input the ”Taste (liquid)” category in System.

.....

”Of course there are better tasting flavors!” Lin Guiying gave Zhou Lei a hard slap in the back of his head.

”Ow...” While he caressed his head, Zhou Lei was curious. ”How are you gonna teach me?”

”We're going there, obviously.” Lin Guiying shook her head. 'This matter is so clear that it's not even funny!'

”So... after school then?”

”After school.”

This particular conversation entered Fan Xinyue's ears. 'Th- th- they're going on a date? So casually too!'

Her gaping mouth didn't let out any sound. She stood up as quietly as possible and headed to the restroom. In her mind, there was a profound discussion to herself: 'Oh my god oh my god oh my god'

The girl's bathroom was on the floor lower than their classroom, so she got there quite quickly.