Brush Up Your Proficiency

"Yo, Haozi, how does it feel to hold such a beauty's hand?" Li Qiang and his wife, who were waiting for Wang Hao in the distance, couldn't help but tease him as he approached.

Before Wang Hao could retort to his childhood friend's teasing, He Xiaoqing took action first. Her hand moved so fast it seemed to leave an afterimage, swiftly and accurately pinching Li Qiang's ear.

Then, she spat out a few words through her teeth: "Beauty, huh? Let's go home and you can tell me all about how beautiful she is!"

Even as a woman, He Xiaoqing was shocked by Su Mo Dan's beauty. Already feeling a bit inferior, hearing her husband call the other woman a beauty ignited her anger, and she dragged Li Qiang by the ear, heading home.

Li Qiang yelped, "Ouch, ouch, ouch, it hurts!" The two of them left Wang Hao behind, hurrying towards their house.

Seeing this, Wang Hao subconsciously touched his own ear, feeling a sense of relief. A good-natured smile appeared on his face as he thought, "Good thing I don't have a girlfriend. Qiangzi, you need to be more careful with your words in the future!"

After happily marveling at his childhood friend's misfortune, Wang Hao returned home with light steps.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw his younger sister sitting on the sofa, talking on her phone. Seeing this, Wang Hao didn't bother her, simply waving his hand and preparing to head to his room.

Wang Lan's slightly boastful tone made Wang Hao, who was setting out the bowls and chopsticks, smile helplessly.

"Brother, can I talk to you about something before we eat?" After showing off, Wang Lan hung up the phone, but didn't immediately start eating. Instead, she looked at Wang Hao with a serious expression.

Seeing that his foodie sister was resisting the temptation to eat and wanted to talk to him about something, Wang Hao couldn't help but feel curious. He pulled up a chair and sat down, nodding to signal his sister to continue.

Wang Lan then chuckled and said, "The summer vacation is coming to an end. The day before yesterday, our counselor called and asked Yan Yan and me to perform a program at the next freshman welcome party.

Yan Yan and I were thinking of doing a skit, but we're missing a male actor." After speaking, she looked at Wang Hao with anticipation.

Wang Lan's expression made Wang Hao think that his sister was asking for his opinion on their performance. After thinking for a moment, he said:

"I think a skit is fine. Just do whatever you think is suitable. It's just a freshman welcome party, no need to make it too grand. Just have fun. You can just find a male classmate to act as the male actor."

In his opinion, this type of party was just for fun, no need to be too serious. It wouldn't be good if his sister put too much pressure on herself.

"But I want you to play the male actor. You know, you and the character in this skit are a perfect match. Both are reclusive experts with extraordinary skills, capable of doing anything.

Although it's just acting, you don't actually need to show off any skills, but as my brother, you have a firm grasp of the temperament..."

Wang Lan's confident demeanor made Wang Hao feel as if he was the only one who could play this role.

Getting excited, Wang Lan continued to introduce her ideas with gestures. It seemed that she and Tang Yan had written this character based on Wang Hao's image, and it was indeed a perfect fit.

However, she also saw Wang Hao's increasingly stiff expression and sensed that something was wrong, so she could only try harder to persuade Wang Hao.

Wang Hao saw his sister's increasingly enthusiastic explanation, but he just felt helpless. He was about to interrupt her, after all, his sister knew his personality.

But just as he was about to speak, a notification message from the system suddenly appeared before his eyes:

"New event detected. Mission issued: Complete the freshman welcome party performance, reward: performance skill proficiency +500. Do you accept?"

The appearance of this notification made Wang Hao stunned. The words he was about to say were stuck in his throat.

He couldn't help but think: What's wrong with this system lately? Why does it feel like new features are appearing so frequently? First, it wants me to participate in a cooking competition, and now it wants me to participate in the freshman welcome party.

Moreover, they are all in the form of missions, tempting him with generous rewards. This is too different from the previous pace of slowly grinding proficiency, right? Could it be that the system can't stand my life being too boring and wants to find some excitement for me?

Although he thought so in his heart, looking at the 500 performance skill proficiency displayed in front of him, it would be a lie to say that Wang Hao wasn't tempted.

500 proficiency points is enough for him to upgrade his beginner performance skill to intermediate, and even advance the progress of his intermediate acting skill to nearly halfway.

This kind of temptation was too great. One performance in exchange for fewer performances in the future. He couldn't help but be tempted by this win-win situation.

Looking at his sister, who was still talking endlessly in front of him, wanting him to participate, and the notification flashing "Yes" and "No" in front of him, Wang Hao's weak resistance was instantly disintegrated.

"Okay, okay, I agree. Hurry up and eat." As Wang Hao agreed, the system notification instantly updated:

"Congratulations, you have successfully accepted the mission. Please show your performance talent to your heart's content!"

Hearing that her brother had actually agreed, Wang Lan was also somewhat surprised and stopped talking.

"Brother, did you really agree?" Wang Lan looked at her brother in surprise, confirming again that she hadn't heard an illusion.

She really wasn't confident in persuading her brother to participate in this performance, but she felt it would be a waste not to use her brother's strange abilities.

But she didn't expect that she had actually managed to convince him, which made her feel delighted and very satisfied with her "sales" skills.

"Yes, yes, yes, let's eat first, we'll talk later." Wang Hao could only nod helplessly again.

Wang Hao was ostensibly communicating with his sister, but in his heart, he was thinking about the system's changes this time.