The System is Abstract, Luckily, So Am I

Chapter 212 : Wah Ya Ya Ya! Open Up! You Vile Beast!

"Wow, Mom, the peacock spread its tail!"

"We're so lucky to see a peacock spread its tail in October. Come look."

"Come quick, come quick, come quick!"

The magnificent and huge tail fan instantly attracted the attention of all the tourists around. Everyone gathered here, taking out their phones to record this scene.

The peacock was originally standing in front of Lin Li and Chen Yuying, so the place where the two of them were standing became the center of the crowd.

It was a bit crowded. Perhaps someone accidentally bumped into her from behind, causing Chen Yuying to lean against Lin Li.

Lin Li used both hands to steady Chen Yuying, then turned slightly, letting her lean against the fence in front of him, while he stood sideways behind her, creating a comfortable space while blocking all the pushing from behind.

The power of the earth! Solid as a rock!

"Lin Li, how did you do that?" Chen Yuying didn't care about any of this. She just turned around, her eyes full of obvious admiration and curiosity, and asked Lin Li expectantly.

Lin Li finally understood Wang Ziyi.

(Translator's Note: A Chinese idol known for his confident/cool persona).

A girl's admiring gaze is truly a stimulant in life.

Eh? I wonder if this excuse will work when I get arrested at the Olympics?

"It's a long story," his thoughts had wandered too far. Lin Li pulled them back and began to recall his past:

"A few years ago, when I went to London for a trip, I accidentally found Platform 9 3/4. After entering Hogwarts, the Sorting Hat sorted me into Civil Engineering, and thus began my magnificent life.

"Those students from Gryffindor and Slytherin all mocked me, saying Civil Engineering was no good. But I think Civil Engineering is actually pretty good. It's easy to find a job after graduation. Nowadays, it's hard to find a job with many other majors. When I see senior students complaining about how hard it is on the construction site, I think to myself, if they can't even endure this little hardship, they definitely won't be able to do anything else..."

"Lin Li!"

Although it was nonsensical from the start, ending up at Civil Engineering was too outrageous. Seeing that Lin Li still planned to continue making up this story and didn't seem to be stopping anytime soon, Chen Yuying called Lin Li's name, both amused and dissatisfied.

"In conclusion, it's magic! Magic! It's a small spell, equivalent to Avada Kedavra," Lin Li summarized with a smile.

"I don't believe it. There's no such thing as magic. Tell me how you really did it."

Chen Yuying tried her best to widen her eyes, staring straight at Lin Li, her voice soft and sweet.

Oh no!

She's acting cute!

Class Rep, if you act like this—

Lin Li: "My bank card PIN is 129836."

Chen Yuying: "?"

Why did he suddenly tell me his bank card PIN?

Lin Li sighed again: "Although it's a bit hard to say, since you want to know, Class Rep, I have no choice but to tell you.

"I exchanged my dignity for it."

"Ah?"

"I didn't actually go to the bathroom just now. I went inside the peacock enclosure and knelt down to this peacock. I said, 'Brother Kong, there were too many people outside just now. I'm kneeling to you now. Could you do me a favor and spread your tail later?'

"The peacock didn't agree at first, but after hearing that I'm a Confucian scholar, considered a disciple of Confucius, and that we're all part of the Kong family, it reluctantly agreed to my request.

"Class Rep, just listen to this and don't tell anyone. I need to save face."

Chen Yuying: "..."

Does Confucius still have this much face?

"...Lin Li."

"Actually, another staff member did it. He said he had a way, but I don't know the details," seeing Chen Yuying's gaze gradually turning resentful, Lin Li said with a smile.

Of course, it was the "Flask of Hidden Passions" that played its role at this moment.

Right now, Lin Li's "Flask of Hidden Passions" still stored the lust from that tiger.

The "Flask of Hidden Passions" was never limited to absorbing the lust of human cultivators; highly intelligent spirit beasts were also within its sphere of influence. It's just that there was reproductive isolation in the absorbed emotions. For example, the emotions currently in the flask couldn't be transferred to humans.

And peacocks spread their tails during courtship and when defending against enemies. So, he just needed to make it want to court or feel threatened.

Therefore, Lin Li originally had two backup plans: one was lust, the other was fear.

Both were easy to collect. The isolated tiger in the tiger enclosure was full of lust, and fear could be collected by finding a timid animal in the zoo and scaring it.

After collecting the tiger's lust, to prevent the embarrassment of the peacock not spreading its tail during the actual operation, Lin Li first went to the peacock enclosure alone to experiment and succeeded. The inexplicable tail-spreading that the staff member saw just now was caused by Lin Li.

Although he purely just wanted to look cool, it was also good to complete [Task Five] along the way.

The reward for Task Five was okay, but he only had one doubling chance left, which was more suitable for the one-month body forging task or the beautiful lady task, so Lin Li chose not to double it.

[You have received rewards: Physique Improvement: Insight increased by 50%, Spiritual Energy Absorption Speed increased by 100%; System Currency 100.]

"Is that so?" Hearing this, Chen Yuying tilted her head in confusion and surprise, looking around for the staff member, somewhat half-believing and half-doubting.

But she didn't ask any further.

It didn't matter if it was really magic.

That wasn't important. What was important was the surprise and joy of that moment. That was a thousand times more beautiful and ten thousand times more unforgettable than the peacock spreading its tail.

Recalling that moment, Chen Yuying couldn't suppress the corners of her mouth.

The joys and sorrows of humans and beasts are not connected. At this time, the peacock that had just spread its tail had a face full of question marks: "?"

Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?

Whatever! Mate first! Then mate again! Finally, mate!

I was born to mate! Long live mating!

I'm going to the dock to mate!

"Ah! Ah! Ah!" The peacock let out the call it uses to attract females during courtship. Right now, its mind was full of escaping.

With no response, it suddenly twisted its butt and set its sights on the few still-attractive female peacocks in the enclosure.

Urgent, urgent, urgent, urgent, urgent.

Mate!

"Why did the peacock leave?" Seeing the peacock leave in a hurry, the tourists sighed with regret.

Lin Li poured the remaining lust in the flask into the female peacock it was running towards.

Brother Kong, thank you. This is the last thing I can do for you.

"Class Rep, no regrets now, right?" The crowd had dispersed, and Lin Li smiled and said to Chen Yuying.

"Mhm!" Chen Yuying nodded heavily, then smiled brightly: "Thank you."

"Let's thank the Sorting Hat and Civil Engineering."

After sticking her tongue out slightly, Chen Yuying saw the message on her phone and said: "Let's go back to the foxes. Sihan and Wanqiu are back and asking where I am."

"Okay."

Lin Li nodded, "What a pity, they missed my magic."

"Yeah, what a pity." Chen Yuying walked in front, her steps light. In her eyes, turned away from him, hid a little slyness.

A few minutes passed.

Peacock enclosure.

The staff member, who had been pacing back and forth, confirmed that the two had indeed gone far away. He looked around and found that no one was paying attention to him.

He took a deep breath, reached out his hand, drew a semicircle, pointed at the peacock, and lowered his voice: "Spread your tail for me."

Nothing happened.

The peacock looked up at him. Where did this idiot come from?

Staff member: "..."

"Oi! Peacock, spread your tail for me! Spread your tail for me, spread your tail for me, spread your tail for me, spread your tail for me!"

"Wah ya ya ya! Open up! You vile beast! Spread! Your! Tail! For! Me!"

The staff member tried everything, but there was still no response.

This is really strange. What went wrong? Didn't I copy the little couple's actions exactly?

Is it a language problem?

"Open your tail for me!!"

"Watashi no tame ni gamen o akete!"

(Translator's Note: Japanese for "Open the screen for me", a literal translation of "spread your tail").

"Cluck cluck cluck, spread your tail, cluck cluck cluck!"

(End of Chapter)