"What is this system? What the heck..."
However, that young lady completely ignored him, continuing her broadcast on her own:
"Host information detected: Earth Star human. Meets activation requirements."
"Heavenly Dao Romance Reward System successfully bound."
System starting... loading...
The system's prompts kept echoing in his ear.
"Hey, hey, hey, System, are you there?"
"What on earth is it loading for so long?"
"And which drive did you load this onto? Can you at least respect my wishes?"
Xia Wenbin muttered in utter bewilderment for a long time, but the system simply ignored him.
Just as he was wondering what he should do, a prompt suddenly sounded in his ear.
"Ding—[Heavenly Dao Romance Reward System] startup complete."
"Welcome to use the [Heavenly Dao Romance Reward System]: From now on, you will become a person favored by the Heavenly Dao. Once bound, this system remains effective for life. If the host dies, the system will automatically disappear."
Then, a virtual attribute interface appeared before Xia Wenbin's eyes.
Host: Xia Wenbin
Race: Human (Earth Star)
Physique: 8 (Sickly)
Spirit: 15 (Mediocre)
Points: 0
Bound Tool: None
Functions/Skills/Items: None (can be redeemed and added via the System Mall using points)
Comprehensive Strength Evaluation: "A frail campus weakling"
"Wait, what on earth is this Heavenly Dao Romance Reward System?"
"And what do you mean by 'sickly' physique and concerning intelligence? Who do you think you're insulting? I'll have you know I'm an honors student at Jiangzhou University!"
Seeing the data figures on the system interface, Xia Wenbin questioned the system with a curious expression.
"【Heavenly Dao Romance Reward System】: Requires the host to collect special emotions generated by others in daily life. The collected emotion points will automatically be converted into system points."
The system paused for a moment, then continued to explain the meaning of each statistic.
"Physique and spirit are personal attributes. The host can use system points to improve their attribute values."
"Points: Can be used to improve physique, enhance spiritual power, add and upgrade skills, and also redeem any items and props in the System Mall."
"Bound Tool: Every time the host completes a system task, they will bind a bound tool, who will assist the host in collecting emotion values. Once the bound target dies accidentally, all of the host's points will be wiped out, and their lifespan will be halved. (When the bound target is in danger, the host will receive a corresponding system prompt in advance. Therefore, please properly protect your bound tool.)"
"Skills/Props/Abilities: Granted upon completing tasks, or redeemed independently in the System Mall using system points."
"Comprehensive Evaluation: An assessment combining the host's personal attribute values and abilities."
After listening to the system's explanation, Xia Wenbin finally snapped out of his stunned expression.
He pinched his thigh hard, and feeling a sharp pain in his leg, he finally confirmed that he had truly obtained a system.
Aren't things like systems only found in novels? Usually, once the protagonist gets a system, they are gifted a villa and a sports car right at the start, and then they marry a wealthy belle, win over a cute loli, and assist an aloof corporate president to reach the peak of life.
After enjoying the joy of possessing a system, Xia Wenbin remembered a serious problem—his injuries.
He hurriedly asked the system: "No, no, no, System! What's going on with the injury on my head? You didn't crack open my skull, did you? And my head of nice hair won't be gone too, right?"
Although Xia Wenbin often saw people posting online saying: go bald and grow strong.
Still, if one could become strong, who would want to be bald? He even suspected whether his head had been split open with a hole, otherwise how had this system been stuffed in? Thinking of this, Xia Wenbin instantly became unhappy.
"Prompt: Before the system activates, it provides beginner protection to the host, so the host will not suffer any physical damage. Your current condition is simply caused by hypoglycemia due to not eating from falling into the water yesterday until today."
After hearing the system's explanation, Xia Wenbin finally breathed a sigh of relief. Since he had finally managed to get a heaven-defying system, how could he act cool if he went bald? How could he go after pretty girls?!
Now that he had a system, he, Xia Wenbin, was going to become the focus of everyone's eyes and the object of their envy, and it all had to start with collecting emotion points.
"Detected that the host has suffered long-term emotional setbacks, the system will grant special care! From now on, tasks related to binding with the opposite sex will be released to help the host regain a man's confidence."
Hearing that the system would help him prioritize binding with girls when issuing tasks, Xia Wenbin beamed with joy. Who wouldn't want a beautiful bound tool to assist them!
"Not bad, not bad! System, you really get me. I will definitely work hard to collect emotion points."At this moment, Xia Wenbin really wanted to give the system a "you get me" look, but unfortunately, the system couldn't see it.
Just as Xia Wenbin was lying in his hospital bed feeling quite pleased with himself, a woman dressed in a pink nurse's uniform suddenly pushed open the door and walked in.
Xia Wenbin habitually looked up, but was instantly dazzled by the nurse.
A delicate face wore a faint smile, her long hair rolled up and tucked beneath a nurse's cap. She wore a pink nurse's uniform, tall with an hourglass figure, and flesh-colored crystal silk stockings on her legs that gave her a mature yet dignified aura—especially her bright, clear eyes, which seemed capable of offering the greatest comfort to patients.
The only minor flaw was a hint of fatigue in her expression.
Even though it was just a glance, Xia Wenbin could still be certain that the nurse before him was an absolute rare beauty.
What he was even more curious about, however, was that right above the head of this beautiful nurse was a Probe mark.
"System, what is this Probe thing?" Xia Wenbin asked the system curiously.
"The Probe function can clearly inspect the status and attributes of targets around the host. Would the host like to enable the Probe function automatically?"
"Enable it, definitely enable it!"
How could such a great setting be left turned off? Xia Wenbin eagerly demanded that the system turn it on.
In an instant, a data panel appeared next to the beautiful nurse in Xia Wenbin's eyes:
Name: Fang Lan
Age: 25
Height: 168cm
Weight: 46kg
Appearance: 89
Physique: 10
Favorability: 2
"Hey, System! What does Favorability mean?"
[Favorability: Refers to the degree of relationship between the host and the target object. It will decrease if the other party detests you, and increase if your relationship with them improves. Therefore, in the future, the host can use Favorability to judge whether someone is genuinely approaching you or scheming and deceiving you. Of course, Favorability is also a major asset for you to escape being single.]
After the system's explanation, Xia Wenbin realized the wonderful utility of Favorability.
"Not bad, this [Favorability] feature is so user-friendly! That way, in the future, I'll be able to tell who hates me and who likes me!"
Looking at Fang Lan's attribute panel, Xia Wenbin began to plan thoughtfully.Because Fang Lan had been on night duty last night, she felt a bit tired, but she still came to change the patient's dressing as usual.
The moment she opened the door, however, she saw that Xia Wenbin was awake and staring straight at her, which made her feel rather awkward.
Still, she politely asked him, "Sir, you're awake! Do you feel any discomfort anywhere? I can go call a doctor for you."
"Fang Lan: Favorability -2, gained 10 points of disgust emotion."
Looking at the smiling beauty nurse before him and listening to the system prompt in his ear, Xia Wenbin's mouth twitched involuntarily.
He muttered inwardly:
Seriously? Beauty, I just looked at you, and you dropped my favorability? And even developed feelings of disgust? Am I that creepy, or are you just too aloof?
Xia Wenbin took a deep breath to adjust his mindset and replied politely, "Nurse, aside from a slight headache, I'm doing all right. May I ask when I can be discharged?"
"All right, please wait a moment! Let me change your dressing first, and then I'll go ask the doctor for you."
With that, Fang Lan smoothly adjusted the hospital bed to an upright position and placed a pillow behind Xia Wenbin's back so he could lean more comfortably.
Then, she bent over to slowly remove the bandages and gauze from his head.
Xia Wenbin looked at the beautiful nurse bending over right in front of him to change his dressing.
Catching the unique scent of antiseptic mixed with a hint of perfume on her, a blush couldn't help but creep across his face.
Having never received such treatment in all his years, Xia Wenbin felt himself getting slightly carried away.
What nearly made him spray nosebleeds, however, was how the fullness of Fang Lan's chest swayed back and forth right before his eyes.
Even through her nurse's uniform, the towering contours were still clearly visible.
And what man could possibly resist this kind of uniform temptation?
So, "out of politeness," he kept glancing over from time to time.
What Xia Wenbin failed to notice, however, was that while he kept staring there, Fang Lan's eyes were also silently observing his every move.
A fresh wave of disgust welled up in her heart: truly, all men are the same—not a single good one in the bunch.
After finishing the dressing change and lowering Xia Wenbin back down to a lying position, Fang Lan closed the door and walked out without looking back.
"Fang Lan: Favorability -2, gained +10 disgust emotion."