The Buggiest System

5 - Bug (2)

"The upgrades will take effect overnight."

Zhou Lei heard this after agreeing the confirmation of System. It seems that I will have to wait overnight... Oh well!

With a satisfied look on his face, Zhou Lei rushed out of his room and prepared to go to the fridge for a bite. He was too hungry to continue living.

On his way, he saw his sister laying on the welcome mat under the doorway. Zhou Lei was surprised, he didn't expect to see his diligent sister be too lazy to even walk to her room and sleep!

Ignoring that, Zhou Lei went to the fridge and opened it. Inside, he found... ingredients which cannot be eaten raw!

"Goddamnit!"

Zhou Lei felt that it was divine retribution for ignoring his sister, not helping her when he clearly saw her collapsed on the welcome mat.

"Ugh, fine..."

Walking up to his sister's laying figure, Zhou Lei carried her to her room. Even though he was weak, his sister was fairly light so Zhou Lei had not trouble carrying her.

.....

Soon enough, the sun set, and night came in its stead. Everyone except for Zhou Lei was sleeping. Zhou Zhenya hasn't waken up yet since she collapsed on the mat.

As such, the Zhou parents did all of the chores themselves, despite both of them being very tired. When they heard from Zhou Lei that he found his sister laying on the mat, they both got worried.

Zhou Lei was on his bed, feigning being asleep when his parents came to check up on him. He even added the snoring sound effect for authenticity.

Of course, his parents knew that Zhou Lei wasn't actually sleeping, due to his unconvincing performance, but disregarded this as they thought that he would fall asleep soon.

Not sleeping at all, Zhou Lei was expectantly waiting for his face to become beautifully handsome. By then, his classmates would have baffled looks on their faces.

As night passed, Zhou Lei still couldn't sleep, until a notification from System popped up. Zhou Lei had a bad premonition.

"System is a prototype, so he is prone to bugs. I hope this won't affect your experience!" Once again, the cute, soft voice of someone other than the monotone System played out in his mind.

"B-bug?" Zhou Lei was worried. He didn't see a bug anywhere... why did System say that there was a bug? Is the bug... wasted upgrade points?

"Second system bug discovered: altered selected stat. The effects can be either positive or negative, subjective to the host." System's monotone and solemn voice responded.

"A-altered selected stat? What does that mean?" Zhou Lei stuttered. He was not sure what this bug meant. What happened?

System quickly answered his question. "The system mistakenly upgraded stat [Sister's Appearance] by 75 points instead of [Host's Appearance]."

As he heard this, Zhou Lei nodded, looking as calm as ever. However, he was despairing inside.

"Hmm... 75 upgrade points, huh?"

Just the fact that 75 points were wasted made Zhou Lei's head spin. What's more, he and his sister were always average in looks, making this the only field that Zhou Lei could compete with his sister in.

He didn't even know what his sister's stat on Appearance was! What if she already had 25 points? Him adding 75 points... would put her appearance stat at maximum value!

If she became a first rate beauty, even Zhou Lei, her brother, wouldn't be able to resist her charms! He wouldn't want to be charmed by his sister now, would he?

While thinking about that, Zhou Lei was also searching his stats. His eyes came across one: Restraint.

"It seems I have no choice but to put some points on here..."

.....

Meanwhile, in Zhou Zhenya's room...

Her face no longer contained any sign of her past appearance. She now looked extremely beautiful, enough for entire countries to fight over her.

Face aside, even just a glance of her figure was enough to fall in love with her. Even girls would fall victim to her increased charms.

Of course, this was the most beautiful she could get at the young age of 11 years old. When she gets older, her beauty would surely develop more.

This whole metamorphosis happened while she was sleeping, so Zhou Zhenya was not at all aware of the changes happening on her body.

If Zhou Lei saw her right now, he wouldn't be sure whether to laugh or cry. He was supposed to be the one that got those effects, why did his sister get them instead of him?

Soon enough, Zhou Lei became too curious, and he ended up visiting his sister's room. Zhou Zhenya's transformation was complete, but she was under her blanket.

Zhou Lei couldn't bear to remove said blanket, so he left as soon as he came.

With his motivation to go to school gone, he decided that he won't go to his school again.

"Tomorrow, tomorrow for sure!"

.....

Like the day before, no one bothered to come inside Zhou Lei's room, so they weren't aware of him skipping school.

Zhou Zhenya woke up from her slumber, which made for a beautiful scene. If anyone were to watch it, they would surely die from blood loss, due to too much nosebleeds.

"Haah..."

Stretching her arms and yawning cutely, Zhou Zhenya successfully woke up. She removed her blanket and got off the bed, readying to take a bath.

For some reason, Zhou Zhenya felt extremely refreshed. Usually, she would feel very tired, even after a good night's sleep. But now, she felt like a new person!

.....

The morning was when Zhou Zhenya's chores began. She would first sweep the floor, then proceed to mop it, after which she would take a bath.

She would then cook lunch, sufficient for her parents and herself. As she did this same routine morning after morning for a year already, she was already used to it.

At first, she complained incessantly to her parents about their laziness, thinking that since they didn't do much at home, they were the same at their workplace.

As her parents were childish, they actually showed off all the work they did, making Zhou Zhenya take back what she said.

In the Zhou house, just in the bathroom would a mirror be seen. Since Zhou Zhenya didn't feel the urge to go to the bathroom before now, only when she took a bath would she see her transformation.

After Zhou Zhenya finished her chores, she headed to the bathroom to bathe. She opened the door and looked around, not seeing the mirror anywhere. The mirror was on the wall behind the door, so it was no surprise to her that she didn't see it.

Closing the door, she finally saw the sole mirror in the Zhou house.

"Who?"

Zhou Zhenya didn't recognize the person in the mirror. Of course, she knew that since she was staring at the mirror directly, it should be her, but to Zhou Zhenya, that didn't make sense.

"What? Who's this? A prank?"