“What's up? You wouldn't be thinking of joining the National Olympiad in Informatics, would you?"

Seeing Chen Yuan's serious expression, He Sijiao revealed a skeptical look.

Could this be…

The Qiongdǐng Battle was a top-tier event only inner disciples of sects could participate in. Thousands of sects in the Huaxia continent, with hundreds of thousands of people flocking to it. Among the Xia Hai Eleven Sects, only a few dozen could obtain intermediate secret treasures. Moreover, Chen Yuan, you're just an outer disciple of a branch of the Eleven Sects. How dare you boast so shamelessly?!

"Is there something wrong with wanting to participate?"

Chen Yuan looked at He Sijiao, bracing himself for the oncoming mockery.

"Thinking is all it takes? You need to be in the top two in tomorrow's quiz to even go to the preliminaries."

After saying that, He Sijiao turned her head back and didn't continue the conversation.

Seriously, can't you mock me more harshly?

It's like in those face-slapping storylines where the person only insults you a couple of times and then stops. This build-up is so uncomfortable, like some sort of… incomplete challenge.

And what she said was truly hurtful.

With his current abilities, it would indeed be difficult to even obtain a spot in the preliminaries.

But now, theoretically speaking: whatever score Tang Siwen could get, he could get something similar.

Moreover, math wasn't completely foreign to him, his foundation was decent, consistently scoring 100+, occasionally 110, and when the questions were easy, he could even get around 120. So for those difficult questions, all he needed was a solution.

"Then what if I get into the preliminaries, what do you say?"

Chen Yuan was really unwilling to give up this opportunity to show off and slap her face.

"Then you can buy me a drink."

He Sijiao didn't even raise her head.

Seriously, can't you be a little less… nice?

Where's the three parts scolding, three parts mockery, three parts sneering, plus one part indifference in your eyes?

"Yu'er, do you think I can get a spot in the Olympiad preliminaries?" Chen Yuan poked Zhou Yu's arm and asked softly.

"Pfft." Zhou Yu laughed, leaned back, and said, "That's the Math Olympiad, not the Ultraman Knowledge Contest."

"Then what if I get the preliminary qualification, what do you say?" Chen Yuan continued to press while Sherry Liu turned around to write on the blackboard.

"Then I'll just eat it." The guy said fiercely.

"Give me something real, you're not going to eat anything anyway." After thinking for a moment, Chen Yuan actively provoked, "You can hold up your ID card and film a video with real-name authentication, saying that you admit that Brother Yuan is strong, and that you were looking down on me before, and that you're sorry to Brother Yuan."

"..."

[Damn, playing it so big? Isn't setting up this kind of punishment like not planning to live to see tomorrow?]

[But does this guy really think he can get into the top two?]

[There's no way to cheat or use hacks in math.]

[Fine, let's do it! This guy is courting his own humiliation, so don't blame your daddy Yu for being ruthless.]

"What if you lose?" Pretending to be reserved, Zhou Yu asked calmly.

"I'll film a video with my ID card, and I'll say whatever you want me to say."

"You little brat, let's do it then."

[Specific content? I've already thought it all out!]

[I, Chen Yuan, with real-name authentication, admit that I'm not as good as Brother Yu at playing billiards, League of Legends, or drinking. I was looking down on him before, Brother Yu, I was wrong!]

Only boys know how awesome this punishment is.

After reaching a consensus, Zhou Yu raised his fist, and Chen Yuan also clenched his fist. The two lightly bumped fists, reaching a pact.

[Ah, how sweet!]

Just as Chen Yuan was laughing inwardly at the thought of Zhou Yu personally ruining his own life, a sudden scream like a groundhog came from behind.

It was Zhou Fu's voice, but the tone had changed.

This wouldn't be…

After thinking of something, Chen Yuan felt a little scared, and clenched his fist, gently tapping Zhou Yu's back with it.

[Ah, how sweet!]

Damn, there's a switch.

Zhou Yu has a switch!

A kind of scalp-tingling sensation suddenly surged up. Seeing this kind of thing online is okay, but in reality, it's really scary, especially when the person being targeted might be you…

Putting his hand on Zhou Yu's shoulder, the groundhog "Ah--" sound from behind would continue. Letting go would make it suddenly disappear.

As an old electrician, I know if there's electricity with just a touch.

Chen Yuan knows if there's a fujoshi with just a touch.

"What are you doing?" Zhou Yu didn't know what Chen Yuan was up to and turned his head in confusion.

[Ahhh, Zhou Yu is angry…]

"Doesn't someone in your dorm snore like thunder? I'm borrowing something."

After borrowing earplugs from Zhou Yu and putting them on, Chen Yuan felt much more comfortable.

But in his heart, he had a greater fear of the woman behind him.

Don't be crazy here.

Although he really wanted to say that directly.

But after all, they were classmates, and she was only imagining things in her mind, not doing anything that would affect public order and good customs. There was no reason for him to get angry. The so-called gentleman judges actions, not intentions. If you judge by intentions, there would be no perfect people in the world.

Emotionally, Chen Yuan wanted to shoot the fujoshi behind him to death.

But after returning to rationality, he told himself—he wouldn't be bothered anymore after the superpower refresh next week.

But now that he thought about it, Zhou Fu's various strange behaviors could be understood.

The reason why she would get excited watching him and Zhou Yu was because she was a fujoshi. The reason why her attitude changed after seeing Xia Xinyu was because she was a fujoshi.

Although these days, many anime, novels, and TV series add a bit of BL to gain popularity. Even the most mediocre plot can gain a large audience after adding the BL buff, but…

Don't mess with me.

Ugh—

…………

The second class in the afternoon was physical education.

Subjects not included in the college entrance exam have no meaning in exam-oriented education.

So, the so-called physical education class had no physical education.

In No. 11 High School, a provincial-level key high school, the stocky Zhao teacher, a man of unfulfilled potential, instructed the students to run two laps around the playground and then announced free time.

Although it was already autumn, the weather in the south in October was still a bit hot. The girls in the class either went back to the classroom or sat by the shady flower beds to chat.

"Psst, did you see that?"

"Hehe." One of the girls placed her hands under her chest, making an exaggerated expression. "It's outrageous, is she really a high school student?"

"When we were running just now, didn't you see a lot of boys staring at her? She must be proud."

"Youyou, you're her deskmate, have you asked her what cup size she is?"

The four girls sat together gossiping. Because Li Youyou was the deskmate of the gossip object, the remaining three all looked at her.

"Ah… how could I ask that." Li Youyou squeezed out an awkward smile. "That question is too private, I've only known her for a few days."

"Yeah, I feel like she gets along better with boys."

"Indeed, didn't you see the way she looks at Zhou Yu and Chen Yuan?"

"Chen Yuan is understandable, he's tall and handsome. Zhou Yu… is okay, but he's a bit short and looks weak."

"Her tastes are quite extreme."

"I'm not sure, she's probably just a bit introverted." Li Youyou didn't want to offend anyone and explained on her behalf.

"Are you guys that close? You're not telling us the truth anymore?" A tall girl with narrow eyes and a pointy face had a hint of sourness in her tone. "I said hello to her the other day, but she didn't even acknowledge me."

"Maybe she didn't hear you… let's not talk about it, let's go to the bathroom."

"Okay, let's all go."

Unlike the girls who were afraid of the sun and sweating and hid in various places, the boys basically engaged in popular sports activities such as basketball, badminton, and table tennis during free time, freely sweating.

"Zhou Yu!"

After his teammate passed the ball to Zhou Yu, he quickly changed direction, dribbled through his legs, and skillfully brought the ball around, getting past a tall power forward of 183 cm, and easily sent the ball into the basket.

In the half-court 3v3, he completed a 5:4 buzzer-beater.

Then, he gave Chen Yuan a thumbs down, doing a 'Silas is weak' gesture.

"You don't even dare to challenge me, you can't play, you little trash."

Although Chen Yuan was passed, the ball was sent into the basket right before his eyes, and his team was eliminated by the buzzer-beater, he was still stubborn, and wouldn't admit defeat.

"Get lost, get lost."

Zhou Yu waved his hand and continued to mock him.

"There are only five minutes left, it probably won't be our turn anymore, let's go."

"Yeah, we're going to buy drinks, Chen Yuan, are you going?"

"No, I'm going to relieve myself."

After dismissing his two teammates, Chen Yuan didn't play anymore and went to the public toilet on the first floor, a few dozen steps away from the basketball court. He first relieved himself comfortably, and then washed his hands at the public sink in the common area.

The weather wasn't very hot, but sweating from playing basketball was too fast, so Chen Yuan washed his face and raised his white school uniform shirt to wipe the water.

[It's Chen Yuan's abs, he has abs…]

[It's Chen Yuan covered in sweat, and he's emitting the unique scent of a boy…]

[It would be great if he took his shirt off completely!]

If you say that again, believe it or not, I'll stab my own ears!

Chen Yuan really couldn't take it anymore. He didn't know how Zhou Fu had followed him here, and was still desecrating him in her mind like that.

A filthy woman can't compare to a single hair on Xia Xinyu.

Knowing that this guy was peeking at him, Chen Yuan directly turned around and arrested her with his gaze on the spot!

"..." Zhou Fu didn't react, and with her mind full of lewd thoughts, Chen Yuan's stare immediately made her face turn red.

There was nothing she could do. Even if she was arrested by his gaze, she could only stiffly turn her head and walk into the women's restroom.

At the same time, voices from inside the women's restroom gradually approached.

"Anyway, that Zhou Fu only likes to play with boys, so just ignore her, you're so close to her, we're all getting jealous."

"I'm not that close to her…"