Chapter 1: Running and Charm

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On a wide playground, eight high school boys in sportswear were running on the track made of plastic.

This was a physical test for the men's 1,000-meter run.

For some reason, although it was only a physical test for one class, there were quite a lot of students beside the track in the playground.

Especially the girls.

They were wearing short skirts which were a part of their school uniforms that were not convenient for movement. This obviously meant they were not here for any physical education class. Their eyes were fixed on a male student who was far ahead of the others on the track.

As the male student crossed the finish line, the physical education teacher accurately pressed the stopwatch in his hand.

"Xue Jing, 2 minutes 36 seconds."

The physical education teacher reported the result in a somewhat incredulous way. The student in charge of recording the results next to him was also stunned and then picked up a pen to write down the result in the notebook.

Xue Jing slowly stopped his momentum and breathed slightly.

There was a faint exclamation from the girls next to him, but he ignored it and looked at the translucent panel in front of him that only he could see.

[Complete the physical test of the 1,000-meter run, running experience +20]

[Running Lv3 (258/800)]

'Increased by 20 points, a little more than usual...'

Then he looked at another skill on the panel.

[Charm LV2 (89/500)]

[Someone has developed a good impression of you, Charm experience +1][Someone has developed a good impression of you, Charm experience +1] [Someone has developed a good impression of you, Charm experience +1] [Someone has developed a good impression of you, Charm experience +1][Someone has a good impression of you...]

With a screen full of prompts, "Charm" continued to increase by +1+1+1 at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon reached (151/500), and although the speed slowed down, it still increased by +1 from time to time.

'This useless skill is increasing very fast.' Xue Jing was a little helpless.

He looked at all the skills on his panel.

[Fitness Lv2 (258/500)]

[Health Lv1 (199/300)]

[Cooking Lv2 (257/500)]

[Running Lv3 (258/800)]

[Charm Lv2 (153/500)]

'This is what I achieved this month.' Xue Jing felt a sense of satisfaction.

He is a time traveler.

A month ago, he inexplicably came to this world that was similar to the earth from his previous life, and became a third-year high school student named Xue Jing and inherited the memory of his predecessor.

And what came with the time travel was the translucent panel in front of him.

Xue Jing called it the skill panel.

As long as he mastered something to a certain extent, the corresponding skill would be activated on the panel.

Afterwards, as long as he continued to practice the skill, he would continue to gain experience, and his mastery and understanding of the skill would also improve accordingly.

As long as he practiced his efforts would be rewarded and his skills would improve.

For example, after he activated the skill "Run" half a month ago, it took him only half a month to upgrade it to Lv3, and his performance improved from 3 minutes and 42 seconds to 2 minutes and 36 seconds for the thousand-meter run.

It was impossible to achieve such progress without much effort and without the guidance of professionals.

But with the magic of the skill panel, he did it easily.

Moreover, the improvement of the level of "Run" not only improved his understanding and speed of running but also improved his physical fitness.

"Is this the joy of cheating?" Xue Jing exclaimed.

At this time, another male student crossed the finish line.

"Li Ge, 3 minutes 22 seconds."

The physical education teacher pressed the stopwatch.

This is a very good result for a high school student, but with Xue Jing's performance, the physical education teacher's face was calm.

Li Ge panted, slowed down, and walked slowly to Xue Jing's side. He held his knees with one hand and put his other hand on Xue Jing's shoulder, and said intermittently between deep breaths

"I want to see you take a urine test... I'm sure you took drugs, right? How can you run so fast..."

Xue Jing smiled and was about to reply, but he saw several female students on the side of the track arguing about something.

Then a girl with a pretty face and a slim figure walked towards Xue Jing with a slightly red face.

She held a stack of white towels in her hands, her two slender white legs under her short skirt were so white that they almost reflected the sun at noon.

Li Ge also noticed this scene and without saying anything, he silently took back his hand on Xue Jing's shoulder and walked a distance to the side.

As he walked, he shook his head and muttered, "It's useless."

If girls in our elite class can't even pick the stars in the sky, let alone you little girls? The female student holding the towel obviously couldn't hear his mumbling. She walked in front of Xue Jing shyly, looked up at Xue Jing's face, mustered up the courage, and said,

"Senior, you can wipe your sweat with this."

Xue Jing looked around, hesitated for a moment, took the towel, and said, "Thank you."

It seemed that she didn't expect Xue Jing to actually take it. The girl was stunned for a moment, and a blush appeared on her face "No... You're welcome."

After saying this, she immediately turned around and trotted back to her friend, her steps were a little excited.

As soon as she returned, her friends around her immediately started to make noise while teasing her. It seemed that one of her friends said something embarrassing. The girl couldn't help but chase her so that she could hit her a few times. In the process, she also secretly glanced at Xue Jing a few times in what she thought was a covert way.

Xue Jing's classmates who were taking physical education class saw this scene, shook their heads and laughed, and some female classmates even sneered with disdain.

Xue Jing wiped the little sweat on his forehead with a towel. He didn't know if it was an illusion because the towel was held in the arms of the schoolgirl for too long, there seemed to be a little fragrance on it.

[Someone has a lot of good feelings for you, charm experience +45]

Li Ge walked up, pinched his chin and asked curiously "Strange, you didn't refuse, did you finally find the one?"

Xue Jing shook his head and interrupted "No."

"Then why?" Li Ge said.

Xue Jing used one finger to spin the towel in his hand like a basketball, and casually said, "It takes courage to come and give me a towel in front of so many people. If I refuse, people with thin skin like her will probably have psychological trauma."

After a pause, Xue Jing continued, "If she still has feelings for me in the future, I'll just refuse her when she comes to me alone at that time."

Li Ge shook his head and sighed, "You've even considered this. You're as mature as those social animals... It's because of that attitude these school girls keep coming to you even though they know there's no hope."

"You'd better solve the problem once and for all. Pick someone in the class to date and let others give up the idea."

"The boys in our Qingcheng High School have suffered from you old Xue for a long time. The girls at school have become widows for you, and the boys have no meat to eat. Aren't you afraid that everyone will unite to launch an attack against you?"

Xue Jing glanced at the charm on the panel.

[Lv2 (209/500)]

He closed the panel, reached out and patted Li Ge on the shoulder "I'll rely on you to protect me when the time comes, good brother."

Li Ge waved his hand quickly "I don't think that's necessary."

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