Chapter 1156: Chapter 657: You Will Spread Your Wings and Soar

Sunday, evening self-study.

Dong Qingfeng, who attended the Evergreen Liquid banquet, posted photos from inside the restaurant in the class group: wine-filled goblets, steaks with a touch of red, fruit salad on the table, and the beautiful night view outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

Just looking at them, you can feel an overwhelming sense of sophistication.

Gazing at the scene on the phone screen, Dan Kaiquan, who had just finished copying the test paper, glanced at the pile of textbooks next to him and suddenly felt a wave of exhaustion and monotony.

He sighed, “High school life is so dull, it’s the same daily—doing exercises, running, working out, I’m becoming numb.”

Hu Jun, happily playing on his phone, said, “No, I think it’s quite alright.”

He now had some small money he got from Qi Tianheng.

Every day after school at noon, he would go to the salon for a shampoo by the young woman, buy fruit from the young lady at the fruit store after afternoon school, and visit the young widow selling oden at night. His days couldn’t be more enjoyable.

Too comfortable, Hu Jun was reluctant to leave.

Dan Kaiquan turned to the other two members of the ‘Dragon and Horse’ group hoping to complain to them.

But he found that Ma Shicheng was busy coaching a rich lady friend he met online, playing the mobile version of Hearthstone and currently in a ranked battle.

Wang Longlong stood by, watching him play, occasionally chiming in with a tip.

Dan Kaiquan initially attempted to find a companion who shared his feelings so they could mourn the season together and soothe their hearts.

Then he realized that everyone else’s life seemed genuinely great.

Dan Kaiquan felt even more miserable.

Even his similarly unfortunate buddy, Brother Nan, had gone to attend the Evergreen Liquid banquet at that moment.

Dan Kaiquan couldn’t help but reflect: Am I the only normal one here?

Tang Jing, seated diagonally in front, was also trapped in a corner of existential doubt.

She felt not only mentally drained but physically exhausted—arms and legs!

Ever since she decided to curb the Four Golden Flowers with Huang Yuzhu, she began using all her knowledge to tame Huang Yuzhu.

Previously, Tang Jing believed that with just a curl of the finger, these single-minded boys would blindly flock to her.

As a dignified girl, Tang Jing always thought this way.

After all, any girl even slightly above average in looks has been courted by male classmates, right?

So, Tang Jing tried it and found it surprisingly hard!

She bought milk tea for Huang Yuzhu, arranged for evening walks alone with him around the playground, registered him for marathons, and even helped him win an invitation to the Evergreen Liquid event. Yet, none of it brought the results Tang Jing wanted!

Especially tonight, when Huang Yuzhu could have attended the banquet, yet he didn’t.

Why didn’t he go?

Because Huang Yuzhu is now her personal trainer, helping and supervising her workouts to make her physique stronger! Fearless of the cold, fearless of storms!

With lunges, crunches, deep squats—Huang Yuzhu kept intensifying the exercises.

For better results, Huang Yuzhu even consulted Song Sheng, Qiang Li, and others to learn advanced fitness concepts.

But for Tang Jing, it was painful, unbearably painful!

Every workout left Tang Jing nearly suffocating.

It was simply a double blow—psychological and physical!

Oh God, she came to tame Huang Yuzhu to curb the Four Golden Flowers, but now Tang Jing feels further from her goal.

She felt miserable, especially when Meng Zi Yun posted beautiful selfies on QQ Space, WeChat moments, Weibo, Kuaishou, in Tieba… with hundreds of adoring comments below.

Tang Jing felt increasingly upset and filled with regret.

She even thought, if she hadn’t given the invitation card to Huang Yuzhu, she could have gone to the Evergreen Liquid too and taken many beautiful photos.

This regret echoed in her heart.

But once the arrow leaves the bowstring, there’s no turning back.

Tang Jing found Meng Zi Yun and sent her a message: “Ziyun, I have something to ask you, surely you know about the situation between me and Huang Yuzhu, right?”

“I feel that everything I’ve done is meaningless, I can’t sense any affection from him, what do you think I should do, should I give up?”

Meng Zi Yun quickly replied: “Boys are peculiar creatures. I can only say your feeling might be an illusion.”

Tang Jing asked, “How can I be sure to what extent Huang Yuzhu cares for me?”

Meng Zi Yun thought for a moment and replied: “Our back row, Wang Longlong and the others, have a Rubik’s cube. Borrow it and let Huang Yuzhu solve it.”

“When he’s about to align all six sides, suddenly take the Rubik’s cube from his hand, scramble it, and observe his reaction. If he gets very angry, it means he doesn’t have feelings for you. If he doesn’t mind, then he’s interested.”

“The more extreme the situation, the clearer you see a man.” Meng Zi Yun concluded.

Tang Jing found it reasonable: “Alright, I’ll give it a try.”

After finishing the message, she found Wang Longlong and borrowed the Rubik’s cube.

Then she asked Huang Yuzhu to solve it for her.

Forty minutes later.

Even while attending the banquet at Guanlan Mansion, Meng Zi Yun still took time to check on her: “How did it go, Jingjing? What’s the result?”

Tang Jing: “I waited a whole period next to him, and he didn’t even manage one side of the cube (sweating).

…

Second session of the evening self-study.

Gao Heshuai, dressed in a black leather jacket, walked domineeringly onto the podium of Class Eight.

He scanned the classroom and frowned: “Quite a few people missing!”

Class leader Xin Youling replied: “They went to the Evergreen Liquid’s banquet, excused with the homeroom teacher’s approval.”

Gao Heshuai especially noted the seats of Guo Kunnan and Meng Zi Yun, his smile turned cold: “Some students, instead of studying diligently, are overly enthusiastic about these trivial activities!”