Chapter 227: Chapter 151: Yuan, Do You Have a System?
"You beast, Lao Yuan! Are you for real?"
Ah Jie’s eyes were wide with disbelief. He stared fixedly at Shen Yuan’s score, as if the numbers were fake.
"How the hell did you improve so fast?!"
Ah Jie’s voice even trembled a little. He just couldn’t figure out why Shen Yuan had suddenly made such huge progress.
It was one thing for Shen Yuan to have beaten him by a few points last time, but this time, his score was an absolute blowout!
The corner of Shen Yuan’s mouth curved up into a smirk.
He looked at Ah Jie and said unhurriedly, "Why did I improve so fast? Because I spent all the time you use to fool around on studying!"
Hearing this, Ah Jie looked as if he’d been struck by lightning, completely stunned.
"I told you to copy your English vocabulary, did you do it? I told you to memorize the words, did you do it? Did you actually study English seriously?"
Shen Yuan’s tone grew increasingly stern. His eyes bored into Ah Jie’s, as if trying to see through to his innermost thoughts.
"Look into my eyes! Answer me! Look into my eyes! Tell me! Why?"
Shen Yuan jabbed a finger at Ah Jie’s chest, poking him forcefully with every word:
"You don’t do your homework, you don’t memorize your vocabulary, and you still have the nerve to ask me why my grades are improving so fast?"
Ah Jie cracked.
"I was wrong! Master, enough with the lecture! Please, stop! I was wrong!"
Ah Jie quickly pulled out his English vocabulary notebook. "I’ll start studying English seriously right now! I’m going to become a god of English!"
Seeing Ah Jie grab his vocabulary notebook and start copying, a satisfied smile spread across Shen Yuan’s face.
"Yes, Jie, you’ll definitely become a god of English!"
Nearby, Li Zhi shook her head helplessly.
Before the last self-study period of the afternoon began, the PE monitor came to Shen Yuan’s desk.
"Yuan, are you signing up for the sports meet?"
Yao Junhao looked at Shen Yuan, a hopeful expression in his eyes.
Shen Yuan nodded. "Sure. What events does the class still need people for?"
’When it came to the sports meet, Shen Yuan, being relatively tall, was usually assigned to one or two events anyway.’
’For Shen Yuan, participating in previous sports meets had always been about the spirit of participation, not winning.’
’Could you really expect to beat the sports-track students in the 1500 and 3000-meter races?’
’Of course, besides the spirit of participation, there was another reason: to show off.’
’As for who he was showing off for, that didn’t matter.’
’At least, before now, he’d never thought about showing off in front of Li Zhi.’
After discussing it with the PE monitor, Shen Yuan decided to just sign up for the 3000-meter long-distance race.
For one, the long-distance race was a one-and-done event. For another, Shen Yuan’s Vigorous and Full of Energy was quite effective for long-distance running.
"So, you’re confirmed for the 3000-meter?" Yao Junhao asked tentatively.
After all, for high school students who hadn’t specifically trained for it, a 3000-meter race was a bit of a stretch.
Plenty of people had thrown up after finishing the 3000-meter race at sports meets over the years.
It would be rather amusing if, instead of showing off his style, he ended up making a fool of himself.
Shen Yuan nodded. "Alright, then I’ll leave the strength-based events to you and Brother Haojie. I’m no good at anything else."
Yao Junhao quickly agreed. "Okay, I’ll put you down for it then."
As she watched Yao Junhao’s retreating back, Li Zhi’s gaze slowly returned to Shen Yuan beside her.
A flicker of curiosity in her eyes, she asked softly, "The 3000-meter race... can you really handle it?"
In Li Zhi’s memory, Shen Yuan hadn’t participated in the 3000-meter long-distance event during the sports meets in their first or second year.
Shen Yuan seemed to notice Li Zhi’s doubt. A teasing smile played on his lips as he replied, "Me? I can only handle 10 centimeters."
Before the words were even out of his mouth, BANG! Li Zhi kicked the leg of his desk.
Li Zhi shot him a glare and said irritably, "Be serious!"
Seeing this, Shen Yuan quickly wiped the smile off his face, straightened his back, and put on a serious expression. He said to Li Zhi, "Please rest assured, Leader. Forget 3000 meters, I can definitely finish even a 5000-meter race!"
Li Zhi looked at his dead-serious act and couldn’t help but roll her eyes. "Fine, fine. If you think you can do it, then that’s that."
Shen Yuan didn’t seem to mind her attitude. He chuckled and continued, "So, will you wait for me at the finish line?"
Li Zhi turned her head to face her desk.
"In your dreams."
Although Li Zhi had refused verbally, Shen Yuan didn’t see it that way.
’After all, Li Zhi’s ’attributes’ were plain to see.’
’The pretty girl might say she won’t come to meet me now, but who knows what will happen when the time comes?’
’Anyway, Shen Yuan felt there was a 99.99% chance that Li Zhi would come.’
’And if she didn’t? Well, that’s what the remaining 0.01% chance was for!’
Shen Yuan wasn’t worried at all.
"If you don’t come, I’ll have to settle the score with you over that wasabi."
Hearing Shen Yuan’s words, Li Zhi subconsciously shrank back.
’It had been satisfying to prank Shen Yuan, but when it came to facing the consequences, Li Zhi was still a bit of a coward.’
The bell for self-study hadn’t rung yet when the class president, Xu Ziqiong, suddenly walked up to Shen Yuan’s side and said:
"Shen Yuan, Old Zhou is looking for you!"
"Huh?" Shen Yuan glanced at the class president and asked in confusion, "Why is Old Zhou looking for me?"
Xu Ziqiong shook her head. "I don’t know. Old Zhou just said for you to go see him."
"Alright."
Shen Yuan stood up, hip-checking Ah Jie, who was unwilling to move, out of the way.
By the time he reached the office door, Shen Yuan already had a pretty good idea of why Old Zhou wanted to see him.
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