I Don’t Want to Be Turned Into the Female Protagonist by the System

Su Qi had never seen a lunchbox with such a sense of ceremony. It was wrapped in a square embroidered cloth with dark plum blossom patterns. Only after opening the cloth could one see the square lunchbox. The lunchbox looked very clean and had been polished until smooth. The front was printed with a picturesque pattern of fluttering cherry blossoms.

Although he hadn’t yet peeked at the meal inside, Su Qi already felt the grilled meat rice bowl placed on his left was no longer appetizing, even though it had an extra portion of his favorite salad dressing.

Looking at this lunchbox, Su Qi couldn’t help but recall that in Japanese anime, usually only the female protagonist character from a wealthy family could enjoy a lunch with such a full sense of ceremony. And when the male protagonist sees such an elaborate lunchbox, he would always let out an excited cry.

Su Qi had thought it was an exaggerated technique, until he opened this lunchbox himself. Seeing the ingredients inside also made him widen his mouth in surprise. Su Qi felt he wasn’t much different from the male protagonist in anime at this moment.

But what Su Qi didn’t understand was that the exaggerated techniques in anime were just exaggeration. In reality, it was really quite difficult to make males show that exaggerated appearance.

As for the reason, males are rational creatures while females are emotional. This is also why emotional management is more difficult for females compared to males.

At this time, from a third-person perspective, the female protagonist system saw that this was the performance of the host gradually becoming emotionally feminized. It’s just that the host hadn’t realized it yet.

Of course, regarding the host slowly getting closer and closer to the female protagonist bit by bit, the system felt quite gratified and thus didn’t remind him.

“Can I really eat this?” Su Qi’s eyes were full of greed as he looked at the ingredients of various colors in the lunchbox. Four cooked red shrimp sprinkled with light seasoning were placed in a small dish, the plating very exquisite, pleasing to the eyes at a glance.

What Su Qi loved to eat most was shrimp. Even if no seasoning was added and it was only steamed, as long as the shrimp line was removed and there was no bitterness, Su Qi felt he could eat a whole plate.

Picking up a shrimp in his hand, it still had a faint warmth, but without the moisture of being soaked in steam. It made Su Qi feel that being rich was really great. This lunchbox looked very expensive with one glance!

The back of the shrimp had been cut. The shell could be removed easily with a light peel. Su Qi didn’t discard the shell. Because it had been baked, the mantis shrimp shell was also very crispy, covered in seasoning. Throwing it away would be a waste.

Even the shrimp head wasn’t wasted. After a small bite, it was all swallowed. Afterwards, Su Qi even licked the hand that picked up the shrimp. His palm-sized face was filled with a blissful expression, eyes also slightly narrowed due to the deliciousness, like a cat that had stolen a treat.

After eating this one, Su Qi turned his gaze to the other three.

“Just, just, eat one more! Yeah! Really the last one.” Su Qi swallowed his saliva, as if comforting himself.

Three minutes later, the shrimp placed in the small dish had all mysteriously disappeared.

The system looked at the host staring at the empty plate, a bit curious what he wanted to say next.

Then it saw Su Qi sneakily swap the positions of that empty small dish and the octopus balls beside it. He breathed a sigh of relief.

System: Good grief, deceiving himself.

The system couldn’t understand Su Qi’s train of thought. Since you already secretly ate it, is there a difference between stealing octopus balls and stealing mantis shrimp?

What was left in the lunchbox were some small Japanese-style desserts, like octopus balls, tamagoyaki, salmon, and sushi.

Although they looked especially exquisite, and their colorful appearance was really attractive, compared to the charm of the mantis shrimp, they fell quite short.

Su Qi reluctantly wrapped up the lunchbox with the cloth, preparing to return it, but received the news that Bai Miao had already gotten off work early. The security guard even reminded Su Qi to wash the lunchbox and give it to her tomorrow. No need to leave it for her.

After returning home again, Su Qi reopened the lunchbox with a big grin on his face and ate the remaining food one by one.

That foolish smile was like the silly son of a landlord family. No, it should be the silly daughter of a landlord family now.

Looking at Su Qi smiling foolishly with curved eyes, one could clearly see from those eyes how elated his mood was at this moment.

He appeared innocent and lively, ignorant of worldly affairs. The first glance gave the impression of naivety, and the second glance of being easily fooled.

The system couldn’t help but sigh. Clearly they were all humans, so why did they change so quickly?

Su Qi had looked so steady on the first day. How could this person change in the blink of an eye? Or could it be that after putting on the Eyes of Innocence, even this system looking at him had a bonus effect? No, that’s not right. I’m not a living being.

I’m a system!?

Burp! The satiated Su Qi let out a burp.

After burping, Su Qi subconsciously covered his mouth with his left hand, eyes also widening along with it. The untainted white of his eyes made the ink-black pupils even more crystal clear. His entire being jumped.

If Su Qi could see his own little action, he would have to praise: damn, how can it be so cute?

Even Su Qi was stunned by his own instinctively cute little movement. Although he had practiced this action before when he needed to draw comics, so it wasn’t overly unfamiliar.

But that was deliberately practicing for drawing comics. Just now it was instinctive. Could it be that there was a problem with his consciousness?

If so, that would be too scary!!

If I really turn into a girl, will I like guys in the future? Thinking of this, Su Qi shuddered. Impossible, impossible!

“System, system, what’s going on? I feel like I might have developed some big problems!?” Su Qi asked anxiously.

“After system inspection, the host does not have a terminal illness or any major diseases!?”

Su Qi hurriedly shook his head and continued: “Not that aspect, but mental, no, way of thinking. I feel my way of thinking seems to have become a bit chaotic. I keep making some inexplicable actions lately.”

“The Eyes of Innocence worn by the host have the effect of increasing purity attributes. The definition of purity is to be upright, pure, with a clean mind. And a clean mind means not entertaining any distracting thoughts. In other words, many of the host’s instinctive little actions are all derived from the host’s heart. The previous host was merely disguising his inner self.”

Hearing the system’s answer, Su Qi was shocked. Could it be that I’m a cross-dressing pervert at heart?

Receiving this answer, Su Qi was shocked for a whole year.

I’m an artist, the patriarch of H-comics. You’re telling me my heart is a cute girl.

System: “40% of people project themselves as the female character when reading comics. The host has done this research and should be clearer about this than me. Or could it be…”

Su Qi: “Don’t say anymore…”

System: Shocked face.jpg

I seem to have discovered an earth-shattering secret.