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People are shaped by their experiences.
Unique experiences craft personality.
Complex experiences forge maturity.
Profound experiences lead to wisdom.
And Li Zheng was right in the midst of such unique, complex, and profound experiences.
Tang Zhifei’s tearful excitent, the stunned eyes of classmates.
Zhang Xiaoke’s thrilled pounding, Lin Yujing’s sly expression.
All of it intertwined, giving Li Zheng the sensation of being caught between fire and ice.
To sum it up in one sentence—
Win all you want, lose it all in a bet.
He thought he had victory in his grasp, but he was just a fat sheep in the eyes of Sly Old Qian.
The imnse Yangtze River rolls on, success and failure are fleeting.
Bet again, and you’re a fool!
"What’s the matter, too excited to speak?" Tang Zhifei shook Li Zheng’s hand as he spoke, "You can do it. It’s break ti now, you can jump up and shout ’Yeeeees!’ Just this once, I’ll allow you to jump on the table."
However, on Li Zheng’s face was the numbness of utter ruin.
"It’s just a vain position, nothing worth getting excited about."
"Ah..." Tang Zhifei covered his mouth and said, "Have you been bullied by Yu Jing for so long that you don’t even know how to act when you win? Don’t be afraid of her, the teacher will back you up this ti!"
"Afraid of her?!" Li Zheng rose to his feet with a stare, "How could I be afraid of her?"
Tang Zhifei nodded, "If you’re not afraid, then celebrate confidently."
"I... well..."
Li Zheng fell into deep thought.
Indeed, he could now celebrate madly, and completely suppress Lin Yujing for once.
But evidently, Lin Yujing did not have a generous heart.
When the ti ca to fulfill the bet, she would surely pay him back in spades.
A mont’s joy was just that, brief.
Being photographed in ridiculous clothes would be an eternal humiliation.
He must endure, he had to endure.
As he pondered, Zhang Xiaoke suddenly stoked the flas with narrowed eyes, "So, Master... you really are very afraid of Jingjing."
"Afraid?!" Li Zheng gestured vehently as he spoke, "Is what’s between her and called fear? That’s called respect!"
"I’m so touched." Zhang Xiaoke ’agreed wholeheartedly’ while shedding tears alone, "Master, you respect people too much..."
"Speaking of respect..." Liu Xin leaned in and said, "Brother Li, I rember you said that when you beat Lin Yujing, you’d dance on her desk."
"Get lost, get lost, get lost!"
Seeing Li Zheng so cowardly, Tang Zhifei also felt a sense of blandness and took out his phone.
"Alright, let tell you the detailed scores."
"This ti, Li Zheng is first in the city with 302 points; the national ranking has not been unified yet."
"Lin Yujing is second in the city with 301 points."
"This difference in scores can basically be ignored."
"Then, this year’s experintal exam cutoff is 167 points."
"Considering the total score for the experintal exam is only 80 points."
"According to Teacher Tao’s estimate, the provincial team’s cutoff won’t exceed 300."
"So with these theoretical scores, you could get zero in the practical and still make the provincial team."
As Tang Zhifei spoke, he looked at Li Zheng and Lin Yujing in turn.
"There’s nothing more to say, just prepare solidly for the finals."
She had thought the two of them might enjoy a little triumph, yet both asked simultaneously, "Who’s third?"
"Huh? Is that very important?" Tang Zhifei checked his phone again, "Gu Jianfeng from Ren Da Fu, 300 points, do you know him?"
Li Zheng exclaid, "In the end, it’s just a difference of one point."
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"Not preparing for the physics competition at all, relying solely on math to score 300..." Lin Yu Jing clenched her fists faintly, "The bar is set too high..."
"You guys are really..." Tang Zhifei shook his head helplessly, "It’s actually a ti to be happy, yet you’re all obsessed with these things. It seems my realm isn’t high enough..."
Li Zheng frowned and said lowly, "No no no, it’s because of sothing else that I can’t feel happy."
Tang Zhifei covered his face and laughed, "I get it, we all get it, it’s about respect, no need to embarrass anyone."
"...Not only that, but you’re also petty."
"Go go go!" Tang Zhifei laughed and turned around, "Don’t forget to thank Teacher Tao, huh."
"Yeah."
After Tang Zhifei left, the classmates excitedly gathered around.
Unlike the previous chemistry competitions, this ti Li Zheng had squarely and fairly beaten Lin Yu Jing.
Although he himself couldn’t get excited because of certain things, in the eyes of others, this was definitely an extraordinary feat, even a miracle.
"Aweso, Li Zheng!"
"It’s like slaying a god."
"n of Lake Ying have finally stood tall!"
"Wait a minute... that doesn’t seem quite right..."
"Hey hey, forget about that."
"This ti, it really wasn’t easy; I believe that hard work pays off."
"A win by one point is still a win; cheer up."
Only after the others had dispersed did Liu Yuexuan cautiously walk over to Li Zheng’s desk, smiling carefully at Lin Yu Jing.
"So she can really be beaten... Now I’m a bit more confident in my Chinese."
Li Zheng waved his hand and laughed, "Hey, your Chinese scores have been higher than hers before."
"It’s different, this ti it’s different," Liu Yuexuan nodded, "Everyone’s confidence has been greatly boosted."
"That’s true, we’ve been suppressed by Lin Yu Jing for too long."
"Yeah, so things can still be achieved with effort."
"To be exact, it takes 112 tis the effort."
"You’re really precise..."
After chatting Liu Yuexuan away, Li Zheng finally had ti to look at Lin Yu Jing.
Lin Yu Jing’s complexion was very bad, she sat there silently, head hanging low, uttering not a word.
It had been proven many tis that happiness is conserved.
Looking at her like this, Li Zheng couldn’t help but feel gleeful.
Although he had lost at the gambling table, at the more important academic field, he had ultimately won.
Thinking about it, Lin Yu Jing’s defeat, which led to one of Li Zheng’s cross-dressing incidents, must have caused her more pain than Li Zheng himself.
Out of respect, it wasn’t good to gloat too openly, but it was okay to go and "console" her, right?
With this thought, Li Zheng’s mood cleared up.
Better to die gloriously than live in diocrity.
Since he had to wear potentially scandalous clothing either way, he might as well enjoy himself before that ti ca.
With that, Li Zheng stood up and walked over to Lin Yu Jing’s desk with a spring in his step, scratching his chin as he thought hard about sothing.
"Ah... that... I rember... after the chemistry competition results ca out, soone said sothing..."
Then, as if suddenly rembering sothing, his expression changed and, imitating Lin Yu Jing’s manner and tone, he said shyly,
"I hate chemistry, I gave it... gave it my all~~"
"No distractions now, I’ll study physics properly~~"
"Just you wait~ When I win~ I’ll pay you back double~~~"
As Li Zheng spoke, he clutched his chest, a picture of grievance, his whole body full of drama.
"Oh no, what am I going to do now?"
"The loser, Li Zheng, won~"
"The loser won in physics too~"
"Oh no, oh no, even after giving it my all, I still got beaten~"
"I feel like my status has dropped~~"
Finally unable to bear it, Lin Yujing slamd the table and glared at Li Zheng: "Loser!!! I never talk like that, only losers talk like that."
"Ah, sorry, sorry." Li Zheng nodded repeatedly, "You’re so angry, did you accidentally say what you were thinking?"
"!!" Lin Yujing braced herself on the table, slowly stood up, and angrily declared, "Start—the—war—"
"What war? Haven’t we always been in a state of war?"
Lin Yujing raised her hand to her lips, pulled from left to right viciously: "Hmmph!"
"Huh?"
"Hmmph!"
"So you’re not talking to anymore?"
"Hmmph!"
"Haha!" Li Zheng laughed loudly, "I’m scared of this?"
Lin Yujing snorted, ignoring him and started to pack her backpack.
Li Zheng, amused, swung back to his seat and also started to pack up.
Jiang Qinghua had been watching for a long ti, and finally saw a chance to speak.
"Um... excuse ..."
"Liu Xin and I discussed it... Going shopping on Saturday really gets in the way of studying."
"For our level, we can’t really afford the delay."
"How about... Lin Yujing, you just let us off the hook this ti."
"What a wimp, a real wimp."
Looking back at this bet, it was Lin Yujing against the four of them again.
She could make not only Li Zheng wear strange clothes, but also Zhang Xiaoke, Jiang Qinghua, and Liu Xin.
As a coward, Jiang Qinghua obviously saw that Li Zheng had attracted all the firepower and wanted to take the opportunity to slip away.
Thinking of this, Li Zheng turned around in anger, despite the scorching weather, he started shaking: "That’s so disloyal!"
"No, Li Zheng..." Jiang Qinghua said with a foolish smile, "Just think about it for a second. If you were wearing so embarrassing clothes, wouldn’t it be better if fewer people saw you? We won’t go, so you can be more at ease."
"..."
Liu Xin raised his hand, "Honestly, I really wanted to go..."
"Shut up, stay out of this!" Jiang Qinghua quickly pushed Liu Xin down and pleaded with Lin Yujing, "What do you say, is it okay?"
"Hmmph." Lin Yujing didn’t seem to think much about it before nodding.
"Phew..." Jiang Qinghua sighed in relief, "As expected of Lin Yujing, so generous and forgiving, I admire you."
At this point, Li Zheng couldn’t shake any more if he tried.
Adversity reveals true feelings, Jiang Qinghua, I misjudged you.
But he didn’t misjudge just one person.
"Exactly, exactly~~" Zhang Xiaoke stood up and scampered over to Lin Yujing’s side, "Master is too petty, not as open-minded as Jingjing, this... I want to study at ho on Saturday too, maybe I can also... "
"Hmmph~" Lin Yujing coldly shook her head with a laugh.
Zhang Xiaoke’s face wobbled: "This... the love and hate between you and Master... can I not get dragged into it, please?"
"Hmmph~" Lin Yujing shouldered her backpack, stood up, patted Zhang Xiaoke, winked at her and then left the classroom by herself.
"Hahaha, serves you right for sucking up!" Li Zheng slamd the desk, delighting in her discomfort, "What a sycophant."
"Pssh, whatever..." Zhang Xiaoke huffed and returned to her desk, "I set the stage knowing full well that even if I lost, it wouldn’t be a loss. Righteously wearing so embarrassing clothes seems quite interesting."
"It’s not interesting, you’re just plain perverted, that’s all."
"I’m perverted?" Zhang Xiaoke laughed behind her hand, "I wonder who knew they’d be dressed up and yet still went out of their way to provoke soone. Could it be hiding a heart yearning to streak~~?"
"Cut it out, I’m dood anyway, might as well go down gloriously. Who’s as base as you?"
"Oh, so I’m base, and you?" Zhang Xiaoke gasped with tongue out, "Who was the one who said, ’If we bet again, I’m a dog’?"
"Next ti, really, next ti. If I bet again, I’m a dog." Li Zheng murmured cursing, "I’m warning you... don’t set up these bets anymore."
"Humph, like you don’t know . I know myself very well." Zhang Xiaoke pointed to herself proudly, "I absolutely can’t control it, I’ll definitely do it again."
"Ah... what a misfortune for our sect..."
After saying goodbye to everyone, Li Zheng also shouldered his backpack and quickly caught up to Lin Yujing.
"Let’s first go to Teacher Tao’s office to thank him, and then head to the lab to play around?"
Lin Yujing kept mum, striding ahead without a word.
"Alright, alright, no more ssing around."
Lin Yujing still didn’t speak, walking all the way to the staircase and, without thinking, started going downstairs.
However, the physics research group was upstairs.
Li Zheng shook his head and smiled, then went upstairs alone. He made his way to the door of the physics research group and knocked before entering.
Upon entering, he discovered that, next to Tao Feifei, there sat a male teacher with large glasses.
At first glance, he seed unfamiliar, but upon a closer look, he was very familiar.
That unruly middle-aged wavy hair style was morably fresh in his mind.
"Teacher Fu?" Li Zheng approached with surprise, "What brings you here?"
Seeing Li Zheng’s reaction, Tao Feifei and Fu Xuefeng each moved slightly in opposite directions, their embarrassnt causing them to lower their heads or scratch their heads while chuckling foolishly.
"I happened to be free this afternoon, and since the competition results were out, I thought it would be good to co to your school and share the good news."
"I was wondering why even Gu Jianfeng’s score was there." Li Zheng advanced and said, "Teacher Tao, this is the Teacher Fu I’ve told you about."
"Um…" Tao Feifei blushed and kept her head down.
You’re stating the obvious, aren’t you? The person’s already co to find ...
Li Zheng continued the introductions: "Teacher Fu, this is the Teacher Tao I’ve told you about."
Fu Xuefeng scratched his head even more foolishly: "Ah, really? So this is Teacher Tao...I’ve heard so much about you..."
Li Zheng felt he had completed his mission and imdiately said, "I just ca to express my gratitude to both teachers for your guidance. You two chat, I’ll head to the lab now and won’t disturb you."
"No rush, no rush…" Fu Xuefeng beckoned Li Zheng over, "I have several key points for the experintal review here. I’ll print them out right now, and you can take them to Lin Yujing as well."
Li Zheng was first excited, then worried: "This... Teacher Fu, you’re not setting the exam questions, are you?"
"What are you thinking?" Tao Feifei turned around and reproached, "Xuefeng has co all this way to help you guys predict the questions."
Hearing the na "Xuefeng," Li Zheng finally started to catch on.
It’s already progressed to this stage?
I’m quite relieved.
"Hey hey hey, don’t make it complicated." Fu Xuefeng raised his hand and laughed, "You guys are already good students, just making a trip, just making a trip."
"Then, thank you, Teacher Fu."
"Don’t thank , it’s mainly because of Teacher Tao’s face," Fu Xuefeng hastily added, raising his hand, "Thank you, Teacher Tao."
"Thank you, Teacher Tao."
"Don’t, don’t, don’t, it’s mainly because of Xue... mainly because of Teacher Fu, thank you, Teacher Fu."
"Thank you again, Teacher Fu."
After many rounds of thanks, the key points for the review were finally printed.
Fu Xuefeng glanced over them and handed them to Li Zheng: "Right, do you still need guidance in the lab today? If not, we... I might leave a bit earlier."
Just as Li Zheng was about to reply, he saw Tao Feifei glaring at him—
Not needed!
Quickly say it’s not needed!
Li Zheng hastily answered: "No need, we can handle it ourselves in the lab, and we’ll make sure to close the windows and lock the doors before we leave."
"That’s fine," Fu Xuefeng said with a smile and a wave of his hand, "go find Lin Yujing."
"Goodbye, teacher."
Li Zheng left the office and didn’t forget to close the door firmly behind him.
Spring, truly a season for love.
But love really can be a distraction.
Even though we still need guidance in the experint...
You two can coach us in the experint and pursue each other at the sa ti.
Efficiently managing both work and love.
Isn’t that wonderful?
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