22 Understanding The System (1/2)

Su Yan waited with bated breath for the result the Lovely Writing System would compute.

[Processing complete. Calculated compatibility of the chosen couple: 0%]

Su Yan's eyes widened. 0%? How could that be?! That was … Well, it wasn't like he had never gotten 0% before but it was really an awful score. So, his system wasn't gay?

Su Yan pursed his lips. That was actually good news. But then … Why was his score with Nie Chang so high? Were they really just very compatible? That couldn't be! They were both men!

Or maybe the system added some points because he was part of the possible pairing? Like, the one who got a system in novels was always the protagonist who had his protagonist halo. So, maybe all pairings including him would have a high rating?

Su Yan tried to justify his score this way. Yes, that must be it! Mn … He should do one final test.

He thought of himself and then pondered which man he knew that he thought should get a high score but had gotten a low score. If that guy got a high score with him, then the reason was definitely that he was the owner of the Lovely Writing System.

The one who came to mind was Li Ming out of all people. Before that thing with the forced kiss had happened he had thought that Li Ming was pretty decent. He could very well be the second male lead of a novel. When he thought about it a little deeper he might even have a chance of being the first male lead if it was a story about childhood sweethearts or something like that. He never would have thought that it might turn out this way.

The system didn't care for Su Yan's inner turmoil and just started to work: [Processing answer.]

[Processing complete. Calculated compatibility of the chosen couple: 64%]

Whoa! Su Yan stared in disbelief at the rating. What was happening here? This was the third highest score the system had computed! And once again it was between two men! He had hoped this wouldn't happen. Even if it might be because he was the one who owned the system, it wasn't nice to always be paired up with other men.

Su Yan lowered his phone and pondered.

That boy who had dressed up as a girl at least looked girly. In a novel, that middle-aged man might fall in love with him, then find out that he was, in fact, a boy, then go through some intense struggling before finally deciding that gender didn't matter for him after he was already so much in love. It would be a modern plot with a bit of drama and a lot of sweet moments. At the end of the book, people probably wouldn't know what to think anymore. Was it alright for two men to be together? Who knew? It would certainly look like that after reading that novel!

Between himself and Nie Chang, the rating could be explained because they were best friends. If they weren't compatible with each other, then they certainly wouldn't be this close for all these years, would they? The system had just mistakenly translated that kind of compatibility into one needed in relationships.