An Unusual Life Beginning with Evil Spirits

Chapter 179 : Sin (?°3°?)

Volume 4: High School Arc - “I” Come to Find You~

Xu Han smiled.

She had drunk a little wine, and a faint blush appeared on her face.

It was different from her usual air of a capable and shrewd career woman—there was a bit more feminine charm, and at a glance, she really did look a little stunning.

However, no matter how good-looking Xu Han was, she was only above average—nowhere near stunningly beautiful.

Yet now, she had a sort of… feminine softness.

Well… after all, no matter how tough Xu Han was, she was still a soft girl at heart.

She wasn't some kind of She-Hulk.

Oh—right, actually, women can’t become She-Hulks just from regular exercise.

Those She-Hulks all went through professional scientific training, carefully balanced diets, and even took some hormones to massively boost their androgen levels.

Because women naturally have less androgen, and to develop muscles to that degree requires stimulation from male hormones—muscle growth is fundamentally dependent on androgens.

Also, it’s not good for women to stay up too late, because the female body produces male hormones when sleep-deprived.

So if you often stay up late, body hair may become more noticeable.

Of course, there are differences depending on individual body types.

Like me… right now, my body basically doesn’t produce any androgens.

Maybe it’s because my soul form is too powerful, and it nourishes my body in return, preventing androgen secretion even under extreme fatigue?

Thanks to that, I’ve saved quite a bit of money—I don’t even need to buy razors or anything.

I don’t need to take care of my armpits, let alone leg hair.

Looking at her now, with a faint blush from the alcohol, eyes glimmering like ripples in water, there was a seductive charm that stirred something in my heart.

However… tragically, my heart was stirred, but the blood flowed in the wrong direction.

In the past, the blood would instantly rush to a very specific point.

But now, that point is gone.

The blood flowed in a circle through my lower abdomen and then surged directly upward, instantly flooding my face.

Having already had a drink, my heart gave a loud "clang", and I felt my face burning as if on fire—even the tips of my ears turned hot.

I didn’t even need to look to know—my skin was paler than most people’s, and precisely because of that, the flush on my face appeared even more vivid.

“Aiya, Sister Liu, your little face is almost as red as a monkey’s butt? Drank too much?”

Jiang Yulong teased me with a grin, but I responded with an eye roll.

Drank too much?

What a joke, I was seduced by your wife!

I had just thought about saying it aloud, but I forcefully swallowed it back down.

If I said that, Jiang Yulong, that vinegar jar (gets jealous easily), would definitely explode.

Wait a minute… vinegar jar?

As soon as that thought came to mind, I instinctively turned my gaze toward Lu Haochen sitting across from me.

And maybe sensing my eyes on him, Lu Haochen turned his head to look at me almost at the same moment.

“Woah… damn…”

At first, I hadn’t even been thinking in that direction.

After finally relaxing a little, my mind was completely blank—I hadn’t considered that possibility at all.

But the moment I figured it out, I couldn’t help but blurt out a profanity.

Shan Xuelin was stunned by my sudden outburst, and Jiang Yulong froze for a second before slapping his thigh and laughing heartily.

Xu Han’s flushed little face was also full of surprise.

I slowly raised my hand to cover my mouth.

Lowering my eyes, I didn’t dare look at Lu Haochen’s gaze… that gaze felt like it was piercing straight through me, asking something at the bottom of my heart.

Oh crap…

I’m doomed… I’m totally doomed… a grown man in his thirties like me, and now I’m corrupting the budding youth of our country.

How could this be okay?

Was this just a drunken hallucination?

I lifted my eyes slightly and looked at Lu Haochen again.

This time, Lu Haochen’s eyes didn’t move away at all.

He seemed to have understood something, and just kept looking at me.

Our eyes met briefly, and I immediately lowered mine again.

My mind was in utter chaos.

Before, I had suspected—and mostly believed—that Lu Haochen might have feelings for me… or for Liu Yunyan, at least.

But what I hadn’t expected… was this reaction.

What caused it?

Thinking back and forth, the only thing that came to mind was the night before last, when I went to find Wang Ding but didn’t call him—instead, I brought Jiang Yulong.

Maybe… this was the only reason?

No way…

I’m a man!

This is weird.

I haven’t interacted with Lu Haochen that much, have I?

How could he have those kinds of feelings?

No matter how I looked at it, the time we spent together was about the same as with any normal friend—not too close, not too distant.

But from my perspective, it definitely shouldn’t have reached this level, right?

Uh… wait a minute.

If my past relationship with Lu Haochen was based on the feeling of being the same gender, then yes, we should just be friends—maybe barely partners, but brothers… not quite.

However, I had subconsciously overlooked something very important.

Right now, I’m Liu Yunyan!

Even if I treated Lu Haochen like someone of the same gender, he didn’t know that.

There’s no way he saw me as the same gender!

Spending this much time with a girl, and I’m… this outstanding.

Crap!

This really was a sin!

I accidentally stole the heart of a young boy just blooming with youth!

This is just… sigh!!

Letting out a long sigh, my heart was filled with helplessness.

I glanced up at Lu Haochen—he wasn’t staring at me anymore, but his gaze still occasionally lingered on me.

“Yunyan, what’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”

Before I could say anything, Xu Han’s voice reached my ears.

I covered my mouth and turned to look at her.

At this moment… Xu Han’s charm no longer had any effect on me.

What’s giving me a headache now is how to deal with a young guy experiencing his first love.

It seemed like I really needed to keep my distance from Lu Haochen in the future.

It was too late to nip this in the cradle—I had to sterilize this feeling before it was even conceived!

No… I really had to think carefully about how to keep my distance from this guy.

In school?

That wouldn’t work.

With my situation, I often had to take leave.

While my bond with Bai Juanjuan wasn’t that deep, I wasn’t the type who could just leave her be.

If I fell out with Lu Haochen, and his two little followers fell out with me too, who would be there to take care of Bai Juanjuan when I wasn’t at school?

Damn… what’s with this mom-like anxiety I’m feeling?

If I couldn’t fall out with him at school, what about keeping my distance outside of school?

I lowered my head and thought for a moment, but I still couldn’t go through with it.

Lu Haochen was young and capable, with high IQ always online.

If I didn’t consider the romantic angle, he was a perfect god-tier teammate.

In such a dangerous game, asking me to give up such a powerful card…

Heh, I couldn’t do it.

Even if I knew I might be ruining a young man’s first love, I still couldn’t trade my life for it.

What a sin!