I am a Big Player-Chapter 81 - 80, New punishment, winter swimming!_1

Ren He returned to Luo City before Su Ruqin truly lost her temper, knowing if he didn’t leave, she might actually call the police. But thinking back, in his past life, he would never have dared to confront his mother-in-law like this. Of course, Ren He still deeply respected Su Ruqin from the bottom of his heart; after all, she was Yang Xi’s mother.

Yang Xi couldn’t see him off, but the memories and secrets of these few days belonged only to them. Maybe years later, or when they were old, they would look back on this winter break and share a smile.

Yang En, hurry back. Yang Xi is having a hard time under Su Ruqin’s supervision. How much better it is when Yang En is around...

The five songs they had written spread gradually after their disappearance. First, because the songs were genuinely good, and second, because their challenge journey was quite legendary.

Two junior high school students descended from the heavens, took over Wang Quan’s turf, sang five new songs with the flair of geniuses, and then vanished into the crowd, never to be seen again.

Countless people talked about it with relish before meals and afterward, some even awaiting their return... Would there be new songs next time? The real identities of Ren He and Yang Xi became a mystery, and those who knew wouldn’t spill the beans.

So now, Ren He and Yang Xi were still ordinary junior high students, and Ren He could continue to enjoy his carefree school days.

After returning, the first thing Ren He did was to sleep well for two days, and then he needed to start on his tasks again. With just over ten days left before the magical book and the other fees were due, he couldn’t cram all the tasks together at the last minute.

The only task he had at the moment was to complete a creation. If not completed, the punishment was impotence for 100 days...

Thinking of this punishment, Ren He felt the deep malice from the Divine Punishment System, which had even picked the time right after he was together with Yang Xi to issue it, clearly just to disgust him!

Am I someone driven by unsatisfied desires? What impact would such a punishment have on me? Just impotence for a hundred days, right? Don’t think that will scare me... I’ll complete the task perfectly, won’t I?

Such a task was almost like free points, probably because the Divine Punishment System was concerned that Ren He would pause his creation. The initial annihilating punishments were likely meant to let Ren He understand the seriousness of the situation and the power the System had. Now that everything was on track, the System started to play by its own rules...

If it was a creation task, it should definitely prioritize writing songs for Yang Xi, since he had to write the remaining five songs for the album "You Who Plucks Stars" within the next half a year. So, what to choose for the sixth song?

Rright, Ren He’s eyes lit up, there was a song perfectly suited for a girl’s rendering, with a very catchy melody that also had a decent following in his past life.

This song might not be top tier, but it was very intriguing, and as a backdrop in the album, it was an excellent addition!

"Eating Fried Chicken at the People’s Square"! It was a folk rock song composed and written by Si, with arrangements by Wei Wei, selected as one of the top ten golden songs at the 21st Eastern Music Awards in his previous life. The inspiration came from the trivialities of life, narrating a girl’s painful wait at People’s Square where the boy never showed up, a story of heartbreak that aligned well with the mood of a young girl.

With a melody that was both melancholic and spirited, it would suit Yang Xi perfectly. Just thinking about Yang Xi interpreting this song filled him with excitement!

When he had finished writing the song, Ren He heard the voice of the Divine Punishment System in his mind: "Host has completed the task, reward: charm +1."

Ren He paused, up to now, the most puzzling rewards from the Divine Punishment System were still the martial arts and these charm attributes. His martial arts had now reached Advanced level, and the next would be Master Level. What did he need that for, anyway? In fact, having a basic knowledge of martial arts seemed sufficient for self-defense, yet the transformation from basics to Advanced level was actually shifting from subduing an enemy to killing.

Killing... even thinking of it was bloody enough.

And what’s the deal with this charm attribute, is it actually useful? Ren He wondered if it was because of this charm attribute that people were asking him to sing.

Kind of useless, huh? He was the kind of person who’s easily satisfied, since he had Yang Xi, what more could he need in terms of charm...

In his past life, when he was in a relationship, he could go without shaving for dozens of days, and when someone asked him about it, he would brazenly declare, "Why would I care about my looks when I’ve already found a wife?"

He wondered if Yang Xi would find that off-putting...

Whatever, a reward is better than no reward. He wasn’t sure what kind of reward he wanted, so he might as well just go with the flow.

Just then, the punishment corresponding to "Eating Fried Chicken at the People’s Square" arrived: "Task: Swim in Luo River for 5 minutes in the winter, time limit one week. Penalty for non-completion: streak 3 kilometers along the city’s main thoroughfares."

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!

It’s January for crying out loud, winter swimming? Wouldn’t that freeze me to death in there? This is way too harsh! Ren He could clearly feel that the Divine Punishment System was starting to increase the difficulty of the punishment tasks.

Originally, you just had to create a task yourself, and once you finished that creation, you naturally received a punishment task — that was already bad enough, but now they’ve come up with such a nasty punishment task, what the hell?

And what’s up with this new punishment task, not just a 3-kilometer streak, but it has to be on the city’s main thoroughfare... Are they insane?

At that moment, memories of techniques related to this task were injected into Ren He’s brain by the Divine Punishment System. He paused for a moment and realized that not only had he been given tips for winter swimming, but also techniques for swimming in general.

Ren He, although not a total landlubber before, wasn’t exactly proficient in his swimming technique and felt he could never swim fast, no matter how hard he tried...

In his past life, he had thought it might be because he was too fat, having grown into a big fatty in his twenties. But now, he understood that it was because his technique had been wrong from the beginning...

This task turned out to be quite rewarding, at least it meant Ren He could now truly swim, right?

As for advice on winter swimming... the Divine Punishment System only told him to be moderate, that normally, you could swim for 1 minute in 1°C water, 2 minutes in 2°C water, and so on. Moreover, it was best to swim at noon because 2 p.m. has gentler breezes and sunlight, making it the warmest time of the day, hence the most suitable moment for swimming.

But thinking of this made Ren He feel really bothered. You’re telling me to swim for 1 minute in 1°C water, and 2 minutes in 2°C water, but now the temperature is actually 2°C and you want me to swim for 5 minutes? Does the Divine Punishment System think my physical condition is good enough to stay in there for 5 minutes?

Ren He felt sure he’d eventually be done in by this Divine Punishment System!

Alright, if I must swim, I’ll swim... Better than streaking, that’s for sure. If I really had to be punished with a streak, running naked through the city’s main thoroughfare, forget attracting a crowd, the police would be after me, and I might have to live under a different name... That would be truly embarrassing, and in front of a thoroughly embarrassed man, what’s a barefoot one worth?

But as much as swimming has to be done, the reward better be kickass!