activa-t Chapter 14 Favorability System! Target - Zhang Yan
Chapter 14 Favorability System! Target - Zhang Yan
After entering the subway station, Su Chen and Yang Fan chatted for a few more minutes, agreed to train together next time, and then parted ways.
The carriage wasn't crowded. Su Chen found a spot near the door and stood there. Little Purple lay at his feet, its tail slowly sweeping the floor.
Wang Yichuan and Liu Xiangdong were standing at the other end of the carriage, looking down at their phones, seemingly looking at study materials! Serious study materials.
Lin Xiyue sat in a window seat, tilting her head to look at the tunnel outside, the lights flashing across her profile.
Su Chen moved a few steps and stood near Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan was leaning against the pillar in the middle of the carriage, scrolling through her phone. Her short legs were crossed, her ponytail hung over her shoulders, and she looked rather lazy.
Su Chen glanced at Lin Xiyue, then looked at Zhang Yan, and asked casually, "By the way, what was your score in the 3000-meter run during the joint entrance exam?"
Zhang Yan instantly became alert, tucked her phone into her clothes, and glared at him: "What are you doing?"
"I'm just asking, what can it do?"
I'm not telling you!
"Fine, so you're not as fast as me now?"
"How is that possible!" Zhang Yan's voice rose a half-octave. "Faster than you!"
"Tch~ That probably won't be much faster. I'll surpass him in a few days." Su Chen suppressed a laugh. "So, do you want to race me?"
"Compare, compare, what are you comparing! If you're so capable, let's have a real spar!" Zhang Yan retorted, her neck stiff. "Speed is my weakness, and you're comparing your strength to my weakness? You're a grown man, have you no shame?"
"Then how about this," Su Chen said unhurriedly, "you can be my sparring partner, and I'll pay you a salary."
Zhang Yan was taken aback: "What sparring partner?"
"Well..." Su Chen thought for a moment, "When I'm practicing speed, you can run with me. It doesn't have to be for too long, just an hour a day is fine."
"Why should I? Why should I put up with something like this...?"
"Take one Qi-boosting pill after each 10-kilometer run."
Zhang Yan's mouth was halfway open when it got stuck.
Qi-boosting pills, each costing three thousand in the market.
Can you get one by running ten kilometers?
She quickly did the math in her head: one a day, that's thirty a month.
At market price, it's 90,000 yuan!
Zhang Yan's expression changed from "rejection" to "hesitation," from "hesitation" to "conflict," and from "conflict" to... her eyes darted around and her lips pouted slightly.
Su Chen almost burst out laughing when he saw her.
"You want me to raise the price again?" he said. "This is the price, do you agree or not?"
Zhang Yan bit her lip, her face flushed red, and after several seconds she managed to squeeze out a sentence: "Then...then the salary has to be paid daily!"
"no problem."
"Then...you can't take advantage of being the boss to bully and humiliate people, or deduct wages for various reasons."
"certainly!"
Zhang Yan hesitated for two more seconds, then finally snorted through her nose: "So what if I have money! Humph! Why not make some?"
Su Chen laughed: "Haha, just kidding. You think I really want you to run with me? You're not even as fast as me. If you run with me, you'll just hold me back."
Zhang Yan's face flushed red instantly, and her flat chest began to ripple.
"You—!" Zhang Yan clenched her fists, gritting her teeth, "I'm going to beat you to death!"
"Are you sure you want to hit your sugar daddy?"
"What kind of damn sugar daddy is this?!"
"In terms of speed, you're almost on par with me, so you really don't need a sparring partner." Su Chen's joking expression faded, and his tone became more serious. "But I do need sparring partners for my other subjects. Strength, sparring—I need someone to practice with. There will definitely be a sparring fee; do you want one?"
Zhang Yan opened her mouth, wanting to get angry, but the words "sparring fee" acted like an invisible rope, forcefully suppressing her anger.
Her expression shifted several times between wanting to curse and wanting to make money.
The final image was an extremely distorted one: the twins were propping up their faces, their mouths turned down, their eyebrows raised, and their eyes narrowed into slits, making them look like a cat whose scruff of the neck had been pinched.
"Hmph!" She snorted heavily through her nose and turned her face away. "Are you serious?"
"Of course it's true! When have I ever lied to you?"
"You just lied!"
"...That was a joke, not a lie."
"almost!"
Su Chen shook his head and didn't argue with her anymore.
"Tomorrow," he said. "Find some time tomorrow, and you can teach me some boxing. As for the fee, it depends on the final result. If it's effective, I'll guarantee at least one Qi-replenishing pill."
Zhang Yan's eyes lit up immediately.
"No problem!" She raised her voice an octave. "In my opinion, there's a lot of room for improvement in your power generation techniques! Especially you, your shoulders are too tight when you punch, all the power is stuck in your elbow joint and can't be transferred to your fist!"
Su Chen was stunned for a moment.
This young lady is quite professional when it comes to serious matters.
However, is it possible that this little girl has a good teacher? Obviously, it's unlikely.
"Okay, it's settled then," Su Chen said.
Zhang Yan hummed in agreement, then resumed her haughty expression and turned her face toward the window.
But the slight curve at the corner of her mouth betrayed her.
Su Chen leaned against the car door, watching the lights rushing past in the tunnel, and quickly made plans in his mind.
He knew about Zhang Yan's family background.
Her father was a small vendor whose income was barely enough to feed his family of six.
Zhang Yan is the second of four children in her family.
My eldest brother is in college, while my third brother and fourth sister are in junior high school, which is the age when they are growing.
If children in this age group do not get enough nutrition, when they enter the martial arts world in high school, their physical constitution, training speed, and other aspects will be far behind others.
Zhang Yan didn't say it, but she knew it perfectly well.
She has to rely on her own abilities and not be a burden on her family! She is more talented than her brother and will have to support the family in the future.
"You wouldn't want your older brother to die in the wild because he's not strong enough, or your younger siblings to not grow up healthy, would you?"
Su Chen silently said this in his heart, but did not say it out loud.
Some things are better left unsaid.
As for Zhang Yan's personality, she won't accept money directly from you.
But if you give her a reason for an "equivalent exchange," she will accept it without feeling guilty.
The key point is that you can genuinely build goodwill towards Zhang Yan by spending money, given her personality and family background! It's more reliable than spending money on in-game purchases.
.......
Six o'clock in the evening.
Jiangling No.1 Middle School Station.
Su Chen and the others got out of the carriage and followed the crowd toward the exit.
This is the peak time for students returning to school.
Boys and girls in various school uniforms poured out of the subway station exits, forming several streams of people that headed toward the school gate not far away.
The gate of Jiangling No.1 Middle School was newly built three years ago. It has a gray stone facade, an electric retractable gate in the middle, and pedestrian walkways on both sides, each with a psionic detector.
As soon as he entered the school gate, someone greeted him.
"Hello, Brother Chen!"
"Hmm, good evening!"
Su Chen nodded in response.
There's no panel here, so there's no need to worry about it too much.
After walking a few more steps, someone greeted me; it was a short-haired girl.
"Su Chen! Have you finished reviewing the math notebook you borrowed before the joint entrance exam?"
"Oh, I've finished reading it. It's in my desk."
The girl's name is Chen Xue, and she is the class monitor of his class, Class 6.
Although there's no interface, I'll still give them a little attention out of consideration for my classmate.
The main thing is... she scored 660 points, she's a rising star, we can't afford to mess with her.
Chen Xue nodded, glanced at Xiao Zi again, commented "So cute," and then quickly walked away.
I encountered about ten more people. Although we didn't greet each other, there were at least two of them, and I could see their profiles.
Both of these people have a favorability level of 5!
"Luckily, I have many friends, which is why I was able to find enough experimental samples in time!" Su Chen thought to himself.
"And the two people who just reached the favorability level are actually not that familiar with me."
"But in the few times we met, I think I left a good impression on them."
"From this perspective, achieving a favorability rating of 5 isn't too difficult."
"Secondly, the level of favorability should not be based on the depth of friendship, but may be related to... 'recognition' and 'importance'."
"The word 'portion' is more accurate."
"Lin Xiyue is introverted and doesn't have many friends. She considers me a good friend with excellent character. And within her relatively small circle of friends, I hold a significant place!"
"Zhang Yan is very outgoing and has a lot of friends. It's normal that I, a guy, don't hold much weight in her heart."
"Wang Yichuan...this guy loves studying even more. If you want to hold a very high place in his heart, you have to be even more awesome than him! Make him deeply admire you."
After figuring out the rules, Su Chen became somewhat excited.
As Su Chen walked forward, lost in thought, he suddenly paused when he passed the large flower bed in front of the teaching building.
On the other side of the flower bed, a girl is walking towards the teaching building.
Jiang Wei!
Su Chen subconsciously stopped in his tracks.
His heart skipped a beat for a fleeting moment.
It's not love at first sight!
I wanted to see if we could make a contract...