Chapter 55: 55. Being disliked in class
Translator: 549690339
“Who else is there!!!”
On the Martial Stage, He Yu was invincible, undefeated in battle, and had successively floored seven opponents, his confidence off the charts.
He wiped the sweat off his forehead and looked down at Lu Gang, shouting:
“Lu Gang!!!”
“I’m all warmed up now; this is the peak condition of my body. Do you dare come up and fight me!!!”
“Get up here!!!”
Seeing how arrogant He Yu was, Lu Gang couldn’t help but laugh at the irritation. Not sure about beating Lin Zichen, but you think I can’t handle you?
Soon, he leaped onto the Martial Stage with a fierce jump, looking at He Yu with disdain and said:
“Half a minute, I just need half a minute to knock you flat!”
“Come on!!!”
He Yu roared and then charged forward in a swift move, aiming to gain the upper hand with a preemptive strike.
Lu Gang didn’t dodge, relying on his strong physical condition to take He Yu’s attacks head-on.
Then, seizing the opportunity, he grabbed He Yu’s kicked foot with one hand!
Next, using his powerful arm strength, he swung He Yu around in the air, spinning him in circles vigorously!
And so, he spun him around dozens of times.
When He Yu was finally put down, his head was spinning so much he felt like it had turned into mush, and he lay at the edge of the Martial Stage, vomiting in pain.
“He Yu, among those who have sparred with me, your physical technique is the strongest, and in that respect, I acknowledge you as the strongest in our class.”
After speaking, Lu Gang, with a smug smile, boastfully said, “Unfortunately, I still outclass you.”
At that moment, Lin Zichen had just finished off an opponent on the other side.
Seeing the Martial Stage where Lu Gang was had just become free, he leaped onto it and said indifferently:
“Come on, let’s have a friendly sparring match.”
“You’re on!”
Seeing Lin Zichen had taken the initiative to come over, Lu Gang gritted his teeth, his calves bursting with force as he charged straight at him, aiming to deliver a ferocious shoulder thump.
But the next second, he was grabbed by Lin Zichen, who had bent over, catching one of his feet, and then he too was spun around high in the air at a rapid pace.
After being spun around dozens of times and put down, he was already so dizzy he couldn’t tell north from south and ended up vomiting nonstop next to He Yu.
Seeing this scene on the stage, the girls watching from below felt their hearts race and their cheeks flush as they said, “Ah, I can’t take it anymore, Lu Gang is dizzy from Lin Zichen’s spinning, and I’m dizzy from Lin Zichen’s handsomeness!”
Immediately afterward, someone in the class began to rile things up loudly:
“Wang Shujie, your brother Lu Gang got thrashed so badly, aren’t you going up there to avenge him?!”
“That’s right, the glory of the top student from Nanguan City needs you to defend it!”
“Wang Shujie, don’t chicken out, get up there quickly!”
The locals of Shanhai City in the class were very disgusted with Wang Shujie and Lu Gang, disliking the sense of superiority emanating from them, and now that they had a chance, they immediately returned the disgust.
With so many people egging him on to go up, Wang Shujie had no choice but to reluctantly take the beating.
Then, in less than half a minute, he too lay vomiting nonstop next to Lu Gang.
At that moment, both scholars from Nanguan City felt like clowns.
At the same time, they belatedly realized Lin Zichen was too sly!
Obviously strong, but he had remained inconspicuous for so long since the start of school, just quietly watching others show off!
Then, when it came to the test, he’d leap out and crush everyone else.
In this way, all the bragging others had done before became the wedding dress for his current showboating!
Dammit! How cunning!
Seeing three people lying and vomiting on the stage, Lin Zichen thought the Martial Stage had gotten dirty and he couldn’t use it anymore, so he jumped back onto another clean Martial Stage.
Then, he looked at the girls in the class below with a monstrously heartless gaze and said, “Girls down there, want to come up and have a sparring match with me?”
He had already tormented all the boys in the class, and if he wanted to continue making progress on the ‘Survival of the Fittest’ achievement, he would have to turn his attention to the girls.
“I’ll do it, I’ll do it!”
Quickly, girls from the class took to the stage to spar with him.
Other girls were also lining up in a rush to get onto the stage and spar with him.
He was so handsome that the girls in the class were willing to go up and spar with him, eager to have physical contact with him.
Even getting beaten was a price they were willing to pay.
Some were so infatuated and twisted that they even hoped to be hit more, the more the better, hoping to be hit all over their bodies, to make contact everywhere.
In just a short ten minutes,
All the girls in the class, except Shen Qinghan, had been thrashed by Lin Zichen.
Then, he didn’t even spare Shen Qinghan, calling out to her from afar while she was below the stage:
“Qinghan, come up and have a sparring session with me!”
“Ah, does it include me too?”
Shen Qinghan was a bit puzzled, not understanding why Lin Zichen wanted to spar with her.
But whether she understood it or not was irrelevant; obeying Lin Zichen was the right thing to do.
So, she obediently went up to the Martial Stage to spar with Lin Zichen, becoming one small point of experience for Lin Zichen’s ‘Survival of the Fittest’ achievement.
“Okay, everyone, come over and gather up!”
Seeing that class was about to end, Han Yuanfeng called everyone in the class over to summarize and critique their performances during the practice matches.
Praise only, no criticism.
He especially praised Lin Zichen, openly stating that he was the hope of the entire class.
Wang Shujie and Lu Gang felt uncomfortable listening, as Han Yuanfeng had previously said the same to them.
After the summary and critique.
Han Yuanfeng raised his voice slightly and said to everyone in the class:
“Today, our class had a full round of internal sparring, and I believe that by now, you all understand each other’s strengths.”
“Next, as top students in the honor’s class, you need to aim higher and learn to challenge those above you.”
“In one month’s time, our class will challenge the strongest regular class in the second year, and everyone needs to train hard and prepare for this!”
“This is a tradition of Shanhai High School’s honor class, as top students, as geniuses, you should be challenging strong opponents above your level!”
“Our goal is to break through the strongest regular class in the second year!”
“For the challenge above your level, do you have the confidence!!!”
When Han Yuanfeng said this last line, his volume increased dramatically.
The students in the class, who had always been the top scholars of their respective schools since childhood and full of confidence, immediately answered loudly, “Yes, we have the confidence!!!”
Listning to these shouts, Lin Zichen got excited.
He had been worried about the lack of competitions to fight in and how to swiftly improve his progress in ‘Survival of the Fittest’ achievements, but now, a competition had timely come knocking at his door.
It really was like timely help during a snowstorm.
Before long, the bell signaling the end of class rang.
The second-year class also in the gymnasium disbanded before Lin Zichen’s Grade 1 class.
Some of the older students in that class, as they passed in front, all said with smiling faces:
“Juniors of the first-year honor class, work hard in next month’s challenge; don’t tarnish the honor class’s reputation.”
“First take on the second-year regular class, then the key class, and finally the honor’s class. We hope that you can make it to the second-year honor class smoothly, so we seniors can give you a good thrashing!”
“Handsome junior, you’ve got quite a few little fans, and as a senior, I’m pretty jealous. I hope you can lead your class to take on the second-year honor class, where I’ll rub you hard on the Martial Stage in front of all those little fans!”
A tall and strong senior deliberately walked past Lin Zichen while speaking, smiling at him.
Lin Zichen returned the smile but didn’t say a word.
Soon after, Grade 1 class also disbanded.
Lu Gang came over to Lin Zichen and said, “I was worrying that I’d have no rivals after coming to Shanhai High School, but it seems I’ve underestimated Shanhai. From now on, you will be my arch-enemy throughout high school!”
Wang Shujie also came over and said unwillingly, “Lin Zichen, losing now doesn’t mean losing in the future. Before graduation, I will definitely avenge my defeat!”
Lin Zichen couldn’t be bothered with these two, and was about to leave with Shen Qinghan.
At that moment, He Yu and Li Chuxin came over.
One of them, He Yu, chuckled and said, “Zi Chen, you earned 4 x 888 yuan today, a total of over 3000 yuan. Shouldn’t you be treating us?”
Lin Zichen was happy about earning money and agreed readily, “Okay, it just so happens to be Thursday, so I’ll treat you to a meal at Kendeji.”
He Yu was overjoyed when he heard that, and immediately knelt on one knee and folded his hands as if offering a salute, “O noble father, please accept your son’s bow!”
Li Chuxin also said with a smile, “Thanks, Boss Lin, for the treat!”
“Let’s go, we’ll eat now.”
After saying that, Lin Zichen left the gymnasium with the three, heading for the Kendeji outside the school gate for a big meal.
Just as the group reached the entrance of the gymnasium,
Shen Qinghan suddenly clenched her legs together, feeling an urgent need to pee, and had to go to the restroom.
So, she asked the three to wait for her at the entrance, saying she would return quickly after using the restroom inside the gym.
In the restroom.
Shen Qinghan had just finished in the toilet and was about to leave the stall when she suddenly heard people talking outside.
The voice was familiar—it was the bun-haired girl who had kicked her off the Martial Stage during the earlier sparring.
At the moment, the bun-haired girl was washing her hands and chatting with another girl.
“That Shen Qinghan, with the last-place data in three physical tests for the class and directly knocked out during the sparring, how did she even get admitted to the honor class with such abilities?”
“She and Lin Zichen have been childhood sweethearts, growing up together, with a very close relationship. Do you think she could have used Lin Zichen’s connections to get in through the back door?”
Hearing the bun-haired girl say this, the other girl laughed and said, “That must be it; otherwise, with her level, how could she possibly get into the honor class?”
The bun-haired girl complained, “It really disgusts me. We’ve worked so hard since we were kids, barely making it into the honor class.”
“And her? She just needs a powerful childhood sweetheart to get in our class without any effort.”
“No, this is making me feel sick just thinking about it!”
The bun-haired girl frowned and said with displeasure, “Next time I face her on the Martial Stage, I’ll make sure to torture her good!”
In the stall.
Shen Qinghan listened to the conversations outside, pursed her lips, and felt very upset.
The fact that she was a beneficiary of her close relations was finally noticed by her classmates, and now, they disliked her for it.
PS: Bowls out; ask for monthly and recommendation tickets!
