273 A Big Three (2/2)

Nie Chang suppressed his smile, put his arm around Su Yan's shoulder and led him further toward the car. ”Think about it: Right now, you're just a bit shy of reaching the next level. Maybe you've even gotten enough experience points with that last story.”

”That's true.”

”And I don't know about the system but in games, it is sometimes a waste to use a reward on a lower-leveled character and would do you much more good to use it after you've leveled up.”

”So you think I should first make sure that I get to the fourth level and only then look at the reward?”

Nie Chang nodded eagerly. ”Yes. I think that would be better. Just imagine: What if that ticket is something that will give you a lot of experience points but you can't take them over to the next level with you and they'll only fill up the rest of your experience bar until the end of level three. You would have lost so many experience points!”

Su Yan blanked. He would lose experience points? His brows furrowed. ”That's so mean! Shouldn't the system have told me?!”

Nie Chang hurriedly nodded again. ”Yes. Of course, all this is just my assumption. It could be I'm wrong but if I were you, I wouldn't want to take the risk. This could be a lot of progress for the next level we're talking about here.”

Su Yan also nodded. ”You're right. Then we should first make sure that I've reached the next level.”

”Mn. So why don't you use the time in the car for that? In case you still have to read another story, the time might even be enough if it isn't a long one.”

”You're right! Eh, let's check right now if I've advanced already!”

Su Yan raised his phone while Nie Chang smiled wryly. Ah, he certainly hadn't wanted him to start immediately. Couldn't he wait until they were in the car? Then he wouldn't have to worry too much about Su Yan disappearing on him. If he found out that he had already reached the new level, wouldn't their discussion start again?

Unfortunately, even though he knew that, there was no logical reason to stop Su Yan from having a look. He could only hope that his little darling hadn't managed to reach his goal yet and would need to read another story.

Thankfully, Su Yan knew nothing of the thoughts of his boyfriend or else, Nie Chang might have been in for a harsh scolding. He excitedly opened the system and looked at the front page. Nothing. There was still the big 3 with the title 'Adept' below it.

Su Yan frowned. How could this be? Had the experience from that last story not been enough? He clicked to see the experience bar but only found the graph and a row of numbers. Uh … So, what did this mean?

Without any alternative, he turned to Nie Chang and extended his phone with sad eyes.

”What is it?” Nie Chang tried to keep a neutral expression.

Su Yan pointed at his phone. ”I'm still in the third level. What does this mean?”

Nie Chang looked at the experience bar and almost heaved a sigh of relief. ”It seems the experience points for the last task haven't been added. Maybe it's because we left immediately and you didn't check it off?”

Su Yan's face lit up as if he had a sudden epiphany. ”Right! I didn't click for the next part. Naturally, it didn't add any experience! Ah, you're the best boyfriend ever!” He hugged Nie Chang and kissed his cheek before happily opening the task line again.

Unfortunately, his happy mood vanished immediately. There was no way to go to the next task. It seemed he hadn't managed to complete the part with the tropes yet.