Chapter 552 Release the Pressure

After checking the answer sheet one last time, Chen Yuan finally completed the exam.

A while later, the bell rang to signal the end of class.

Then, at the teacher's request, the students in the first row stood up, collected everyone's papers, and handed them to him.

And so, the English exam came to an end.

This was also the last exam of the first semester of senior year.

Before this, there had been two exams, and Chen Yuan had performed reasonably well in both, but of course, they were far below the heaven-defying score of 728.

But fortunately, he had consistently ranked second in both, surpassing Liu Yiyang.

Unfortunately, Chen Yuan's highest score so far was only 719, never exceeding 720.

Admittedly, Chen Yuan had already encountered a bottleneck at 716 before.

Even with Lao Ting's help, his Chinese had improved somewhat, but the overall change was not significant.

With only half a year left, he had to speed up the process of shortening the final stretch to Shi Yi.

Moreover, the pressure was immense, as Bai Mingze's current grades were neck and neck with Shi Yi.

The two monsters at T0 were incredibly oppressive.

After the English exam, all the students returned to their respective classes.

Back in Class 18, at Lao Mo's request, Chen Yuan joined everyone in returning the desks to their original positions.

Then, everyone sat down.

"This year's Lunar New Year holiday is three days long..."

As soon as Lao Mo said this, everyone groaned.

"Bear with it, there's not much time left before the *gaokao*," Lao Mo said sternly.

What could they do but endure?

After all, it was just the last little bit.

As the saying goes, "He who walks a hundred *li* considers ninety as half," the closer you get to success, the more difficult it becomes. This is inevitable.

The *gaokao* marathon is all about endurance.

"Tomorrow is a day off, no homework," Lao Mo added.

"Ohhh!"

The Chinese are all about compromise.

When you say the winter vacation is short, they are unhappy. But if they can have a day off without homework, they are ecstatic.

"Don't linger outside, don't cause trouble, go home early."

After emphasizing these words, Lao Mo left the classroom.

And everyone started making plans.

"Let's go eat barbecue, get some barbecue."

"Then play a few rounds of CS."

"Hey, want to sleep at my place tonight?"

"Okok."

"What do you say?" Zhou Fu looked at Chen Yuan and asked, "Still going to see a movie with Xinyu?"

This time, when Zhou Fu said these words, there was no sarcastic teasing.

Because she had actually seen the two of them go straight to a private cinema after the exam instead of going home!

Before that, she had always thought they were comparing answers at home.

"Hmm, is there any activity?" Chen Yuan asked.

"I don't know," Zhou Fu didn't have any ideas, then turned to look at He Sijiao.

"How about hot pot?" He Sijiao straightened her scarf and said, "It's the season to eat something hot and steamy."

"The key is the plan after," Zhou Yu said.

"Let's eat first, we'll talk about it while we're eating," He Sijiao said.

"Okay, I'll call Xinyu after I leave the school gate."

"Siwen, are you going?" Zhou Fu called out to Tang Siwen again.

"Okay," Tang Siwen nodded while packing her things.

And so, everyone agreed on the plan.

As they were going downstairs, they happened to meet Gu Chuan, holding a scholarship red envelope in his hand, with two girls beside him.

"Senior, are you going out to play?" Gu Chuan took the initiative to ask.

"Yeah," Chen Yuan looked at him and remembered, "Oh, your exams are earlier than ours, so today is the freshman parent-teacher conference, right?"

"Yes, my mom was kept behind by the teacher, I'm waiting for her at school," Gu Chuan said, not forgetting to introduce, "These two are my classmates."

"Hello, seniors," the two girls greeted politely together.

"Hello," Chen Yuan and the others responded with a smile.

"This should be the first-place scholarship..." Zhou Yu looked at the thick stack and asked, "Right?"

"Ah, I didn't expect to get this," Gu Chuan smiled, glanced at the two girls, and continued, "I got the scholarship, so I'm treating them to dinner, seniors, would you like to join us? My treat."

After he said this, the expression of one of the girls beside him immediately dimmed a bit...

Wow, he didn't even notice the 'Pretty Goat' next to him.

Of course, Gu Chuan was definitely 'Pleasant Goat.'

"It's okay, you guys go ahead and eat," Chen Yuan said.

"Okay, then we'll go first, seniors."

"By the way, what was your score this time?" Chen Yuan asked.

"709... not very good," Gu Chuan said.

"This score is not very good? You bastard!" Zhou Yu exclaimed.

"He was fourth in the city when he entered the school, in the freshman stage, this score... should be about the same ranking," Chen Yuan explained for Gu Chuan, "Consider it maintained."

"Ah, still a bit far from senior."

"It's okay, I'm too overpowered."

After chatting for a while, they parted ways.

"I heard Gu Chuan is very popular in the first grade... no, he's like that in the whole school, many upperclassmen take the initiative to pursue him," He Sijiao said.

"Our little brother is so impressive?" Zhou Yu said.

"After all, he has good grades, looks good, and his personality isn't annoying, it's too rare," Zhou Fu said.

"Are you implying someone is annoying?" Chen Yuan asked.

"Oops, sorry, I accidentally called you out."

"And the school is even more exaggerated," He Sijiao said gossipily, "Gu Chuan's class has the strongest team of teachers, all six subjects are taught by special-grade teachers, and some teachers from the second grade have also been transferred there, more exaggerated than Class 3-1."

"The whole school is accompanying the crown prince to study?" Zhou Yu complained.

"Looks like they're treating Gu Chuan as the second Chen Yuan," Zhou Fu said.

And he was indeed up to the task.

To be able to get such an exaggerated score in the first year.

By the time of the *gaokao*, he would definitely have no problem aiming for the top three in the city.

The insignificant No. 11 High School was already looking to the future, amazing.

"Is Tang Jian coming back too?" He Sijiao asked curiously.

"He should finish training during the Lunar New Year," Chen Yuan said.

"When he comes back and sees me, he will have to call me 'Master'," Zhou Yu said smugly.

At this time, Zhou Yu's combat power was quite considerable.

Through more than half a year of training, he had broken through his limits and reached over 550 points.

He Sijiao also had over 540.

Unfortunately, there was no junior college篇, only the undergraduate 篇.

Everyone chatted as they left the school. Outside, Chen Yuan called Xia Xinyu and agreed to go eat hot pot together.

And so, everyone completed their last gathering of the semester.

Then, they walked down the road together.

"Singing, playing board games, or murder mystery?"

Zhou Fu said as she walked.

"Hmm, how about going home to sleep?" Chen Yuan lazily suggested.

"Why are you such a wet blanket?" Zhou Fu retorted, "It's rare to have a holiday, let's have fun together."

But no one was quite sure what to do...

At this moment, He Sijiao suddenly suggested, "How about we go vent some stress?"

"What are you talking about?"

Chen Yuan and Zhou Yu looked at her warily.

"There's a good place to relax, and there are group discounts now. Anyway, follow me."

And so, led by He Sijiao, everyone took a taxi together to that place.

As soon as they arrived, they heard very loud sounds of 'smack!' 'smack!' 'smack!'

"Hit it hard!"

"It's going out!"

"Again!"

Everyone was slightly stunned after arriving here.

"It's indeed a good place to vent," Xia Xinyu said, "But it looks so difficult..."

"That would leave a bruise if it hit your face..." Zhou Fu also complained.

"Never mind, let's all try it, it feels like it would be especially de-stressing if you hit it!" He Sijiao was still more adventurous.

So, the six of them hung up their coats, put on baseball caps and baseball bats, and went to an indoor baseball field.

It was coin-operated to hit the balls, and the group-buying voucher could be exchanged for more coins, so everyone directly bought three hundred coins.

There were two machines in each field, so two people could play together.

"I'll go first," He Sijiao volunteered.

So, Zhou Fu also went up next to her.

After the two of them got ready, they stepped on the pedals and started catching the balls.

Opposite them was not a simple pitching machine, but a whole screen, with a hole in the middle, and the pitcher projected on the screen threw the ball from the hole...

They chose the easy mode, so the ball speed was not too fast.

And so, in a visible parabolic arc, the white baseball was thrown out, and the two girls swung with all their might.

"Ah!"

Xia Xinyu made a very powerful sound, and closed her eyes.

But there was only the sound of the empty bat vibrating the air.

"Looks like it has a lot of momentum, but it doesn't seem to work," Chen Yuan commented.

"I was so close!" He Sijiao was a little upset.

So, again!

After a few rounds, He Sijiao finally hit a ball, making a crisp bang, and shot the ball onto the screen, creating a wave.

"Yay! Awesome!" He Sijiao jumped up happily.

"Wow, it really feels so de-stressing!" Zhou Fu was eager to try.

"Fu Fu, you go ahead," He Sijiao stepped aside.

So, Zhou Fu replaced her.

At this moment, she was wearing a thin sweater, although it was a bit loose, but after all, it was her, so she still looked quite powerful.

She pressed down her hat, got into position, and as the ball flew towards her, she twisted her body forcefully and swung the bat with all her might.

And at this moment, along with her swing, was the girl's full strength...

Seeing this scene, Tang Siwen was immediately stunned.

Then, she slowly lowered her head.

No, no.

I don't have strength.

"Clang!"

Just like that, a crisp sound.

She hit it directly.

Then, she excitedly jumped up and looked to the side, just about to show off a little, when she saw Chen Yuan standing behind Xia Xinyu, holding her hand.

After the ball flew over, he led her to hit it hard...

Clang.

"Yay, I hit it!"

Xia Xinyu happily turned around and hugged Chen Yuan directly, jumping up and down...

Then, they heard a loud bang, a huge sound.

The two slowly turned their heads and saw Zhou Fu after hitting a home run, slightly wiping her sweat, and revealing a kind, shallow smile: "After treating this thing as a dog couple's head, it's surprisingly easy to hit."

"..." Xia Xinyu already felt a headache, and subconsciously hugged her head.

"I'll hit a few,"

"Okay, hit it out hard, it's really de-stressing!" After experiencing that feeling, Xia Xinyu fell in love with it.

Indeed, this was a very interesting way to de-stress.

Instantly release all the fatigue and pressure, and then shatter it completely!

"Okay, although I don't have any pressure."

Chen Yuan took the bat and gripped the bottom forcefully.

Then, imagining that he was Shohei Ohtani, he got into position.

Honestly, although the ball speed was not very slow, in his eyes, it was like a paper airplane, very slow.

Superpower had already blessed his body a bit terrifyingly, especially in terms of observation.

After stepping on the pedal, the pitcher on the screen threw the ball forcefully.

Staring at the ball, Chen Yuan concentrated all the power in his body.

Then, he hit it with all his might.

Boom!

In an instant, a huge explosion sounded.

Then he saw the baseball deformed and shot towards the screen, so fast that he could only see the afterimage.

And after the baseball hit the screen, it all dented in, as if it was about to penetrate it, the force was so great that it was terrifying.

This shot directly stunned everyone else.

"Damn, what kind of sound is that!" Zhou Yu exclaimed.

"If this hits someone..." Zhou Fu was also stunned, "They would be scattered in pieces."

At the same time, some people were attracted by the sound and gathered outside the iron net of the venue...

Boom!

Another shot, the force was even greater than before.

If there was a pigeon in front of him at this time, it would instantly be turned into a pile of feathers.

Combat, awesome!

A smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of Chen Yuan's mouth.

If he hit this shot, his score this time would be one point higher than last time!

Boom!

Another point!

Another point!

Chen Yuan got a little addicted as he played.

Unconsciously, he needed to put in more coins, and he realized that he had been playing for a while, so he turned around and handed the bat to Tang Siwen.

And just then, he saw that there were a lot of onlookers behind him, each with a 'damn awesome' expression on their faces...

"Professional player?"

"So exaggerated."

"So fierce."

The praises made Chen Yuan a little lost.

Only Xia Xinyu said with some concern: "Is the pressure... that great?"

Chen Yuan then realized that he was indeed under a lot of pressure.

The relaxation just now had made him a little addicted to it.

"It is a bit. But it feels great to hit all the pressure out,"

Chen Yuan didn't try to deny it, and said quite frankly.

"Huff..."

Tang Siwen looked at Chen Yuan like this, took a deep breath, and decided to vent well.

She was hitting the ball, venting even harder: "Ah!"

But this girl's delicate trembling was too healing...

"I'll say a number, five hundred and eighty!"

When it was Zhou Yu's turn, he directly shouted out his goal.

And after hitting it, he was also awesome, as if saying it out loud would make it come true.

"Tongji!"

"Fuzhuan!"

"Huaqing Huaqing!"

Completely disregarding the fact that they were in a public place, everyone, dripping with sweat, was frantically swinging baseball bats in the indoor baseball hall, making extremely pleasing explosive sounds, and the baseballs that were hit were flying high, as if they were about to break through the sky...