Study Monster Cultivation System
Chapter 208: Layer upon layer enchanting the heart

Out of nowhere, completely unguarded.

The formidable "static mode~~~," like an inner strength Qigong wave, penetrated Li Zheng’s body and mind in an instant.

Li Zheng struggled to support himself, leaning on the table, his eyes bulging as he stared at the contemptuous smile on Lin Yujing’s profile.

In his grief and anger, he seemed to shrink a little more.

Is this fate...?

Or is it a coincidence?

No.

None of the above.

This was a deliberate act of human design!

Pretend you’re not showing up, then backstab unexpectedly.

Could have won fair and square in an open fight, but still chose to sneak attack from behind.

Damn it.

Li Zheng wished he could flip the table.

If he had known earlier, he would have sped up, or at least checked.

Zhang Tao screwed me over!

As for Jinghua, whoever wants to go can go for all I care!

On the stage, Zhang Tao was somewhat baffled, but he still raised his hand and urged, "Um, Li Zheng, can you hurry up a bit?"

Only then did Li Zheng straighten his back with the help of Qi Yingnan, trying to follow Lin Yujing with dignity and walk to the podium side by side with her.

Before he could even ask, Lin Yujing’s mouth curled up, and mimicking Li Zheng’s usual demeanor, she put on a stern face and, shrinking her neck, imitated a male voice.

"What a coincidence, I like physics too."

"You know, right now I feel like my soul is in unison with Feynman."

"I just love watching you give it your all, then get defeated~~"

Li Zheng’s whole body bristled with rage, almost stumbling again: "Are you sick or something...?"

"These are your own words~~"

"Me? Did I say such things?"

Lin Yujing shrugged indifferently: "You really are both scummy and clueless."

Li Zheng angrily shook his head, grinding his teeth: "...I’ll admit to being clueless, but I warn you, stop slandering me as scummy."

"Ha!" Lin Yujing narrowed her eyes and tilted her head slightly to the diagonal rear, "You just arrived and yet you’re already getting involved with some dubious girl, I saw everything."

"It’s not..." Li Zheng hastily explained, "She’s a middle school classmate, a very good student."

Lin Yujing nodded seriously: "Yes, I’ve known for a while, you only pick on girls who are good at studying to be scummy."

"..."

By this point, the two had arrived at the front of the podium and were forced to turn around to introduce themselves to everyone.

Only then did everyone get a clear view of Lin Yujing.

It was followed by a moment of suffocation.

Then came endless questioning.

Why, why, why...

The person who asked the most was undoubtedly Duan Peipei.

And her questions were multi-faceted.

Li Zheng 91? 91? 91?

The girl of unknown origin 97? 97? 97?

Before Li Zheng’s whirlwind had subsided, Lin Yujing’s tsunami had already rolled in.

55 points, against 97 points.

She had thought that she was the one closest to Wu Shu, and while it was improbable to make it to the national team, maybe she could still snag the minor title of Physical Princess and not come away empty-handed.

But none of it had even begun.

And then, a Physical God descended from heaven.

Points, that crush all beings.

Beauty, that makes one drool with desire.

Even Li Zheng, her own little minion... had been snatched away...

No, looking at the current situation.

She should be the one who is Li Zheng’s little minion…

Next, the two class monitors organized everyone to dine on fast food, and it was then that Lin Yujing revealed "her plan."

Her plan?

No, how could it be that simple.

If someone thought that meeting at the training class was "fate," then he only saw the zeroth layer.

If he believed it was "coincidence," then that was the first layer.

Li Zheng thought it was Lin Yujing’s plan, which was the second layer.

Was that it?

No, the thousand-layer cake was just beginning.

In fact, Lin Yujing hadn’t done anything at all; she was completely arranged by her mother.

It was Shen Tinglan who had wedged her in.

This was the third layer.

And there was a man who truly excelled at keeping his capabilities and achievements hidden, who had reached the endpoint of the fourth layer a year earlier.

Without a doubt, that man was Li Yi.

Seeing that Li Zheng had failed to invite a "classmate" to join the training class, how could this man of imperial wiles give up so easily?

After dining, he didn’t even wash his bowl, but took the opportunity while pretending to take a dump to conspire with Shen Tinglan and sort out Li Zheng and Lin Yujing clear as day.

Yet, the fourth layer was supposed to be the end.

But Lin Yujing turned the tables and cunningly played out the fifth layer.

She had long known she was arranged in this training class but didn’t tell Li Zheng. Instead, she hid in the classroom and secretly observed, forcefully holding back laughter as she completed the questions.

A thousand-layer cake, each layer rolling another into its trap.

Serial schemes, each set to ensnare our precious Zheng.

So sometimes, stopping at the second layer and not pondering the complexities within can also be a kind of happiness.

…

After Li Zheng and Lin Yujing finished distributing the meals, Lin Yujing took her portion of the boxed lunch and found a corner to eat quietly by herself.

Li Zheng certainly was not going to give her a friendly face and did not bother with her, taking his lunchbox back to Qi Yingnan’s side.

Many boys also came over with their lunchboxes, eager to join in the fun.

All of them were seventeen or eighteen-year-old youths, all competition students; they became engrossed in lively conversation after just a few words.

A group of stinky boys ate and talked together, very joyfully.

It was just unfortunate for the neighboring Duan Peipei, who was asked time and time again to "move over."

She stared listlessly at her cold boxed meal, no longer even in the mood to scroll through her social media feed and check comments.

Duan Peipei simply sat there dazed, and after who knows how long, a voice suddenly appeared again at her side.

"Your meal has gone cold." Li Zheng stood beside Duan Peipei and inquired with genuine concern, "Not feeling hungry?"

Duan Peipei was expressionless, but her thoughts had already shifted.

In the end, he still cares about me, doesn’t he?

"Um…" Duan Peipei lowered her head slightly and responded shyly, "I don’t feel like eating…"

There is still hope!

There’s still hope for Li Zheng!

Quick, ask me why.

"Oh, that’s perfect, Yingnan and I haven’t had enough to eat." Li Zheng said as he reached for her lunchbox, "You’re not eating it? Let the two of us have it."

"????"

"Is that okay?" Li Zheng asked, restraining his outstretched right hand.

"Get away! Get away from me!" Duan Peipei pushed Li Zheng away angrily, laid her face down on the table, and despite lying down, she kept on reaching out to push him away.

"...If you won’t give it, then don’t, what’s there to be so mad about…" Li Zheng shook his head and then turned back to Qi Yingnan.

Qi Yingnan looked innocent: "I’m full, you know…"

"I’m full too," Li Zheng said, rubbing his stomach, "I was just deliberately showing a lack of emotional intelligence."

Qi Yingnan leaned in slightly and eyed the figure of Duan Peipei lying on the table, who seemed to be crying, "Why torment oneself like this?"

"Merely to help her settle down and concentrate on her studies," Li Zheng replied with a light smile.

Qi Yingnan scratched his head in contemplation for a long while; even as a physics genius, he couldn’t make sense of these relationship dynamics, "Damn, is this the realm of a 90-point human?... I completely don’t understand."

He didn’t know that Li Zheng was keeping his prowess and profile low-key.

Through his recent efforts, his flirtation score had finally dropped to zero.

Duan Peipei had lost all favorable impressions of him.

The flames of affection, extinguished with a cold EQ.

This time, no one could say I was lousy anymore.

Next to her, Duan Peipei, who had been despairing with her head on the desk, was now considering whether to drop out of the class.

Even in the talent-filled No. 4 Middle School, she had never felt such a blow.

In a daze, she had no idea how much time had passed.

A finger gently tapped her.

Then, a sweet voice came over.

"Classmate... it’s time to clear the meals, please hurry up and eat..."

The voice was so crisp that Duan Peipei shivered and sat straight up.

Groggily, she bumped into Lin Yujing’s cool, small face.

"Umm..." Lin Yujing also flinched, taking a half step back with the large trash bag in tow.

"Sorry..." Duan Peipei, looking bashfully with her face covered, felt hopelessly stupefied as she saw the hesitant Lin Yujing.

Previously too far away, she hadn’t gotten a clear look, knowing only that she was quite pretty...

But now, from this distance...

She wasn’t just pretty, she was a goddess.

A goddess who scored 97 on a competition-level exam.

It didn’t matter whether Wu Shu was the Physics Queen or not.

Lin Yujing was definitely the Physics Goddess!

At this moment, Duan Peipei, who had followed Wang for many years, found herself unwittingly converted into the goddess’s devotee.

"Sorry... I... never mind... it’s cold anyway, I won’t eat it..." Duan Peipei swallowed hard, picked up her meal box, and was about to throw it into the trash bag.

Lin Yujing, however, quickly took the meal box from her hands, feeling the bottom of the box: "There’s a microwave in the water room, should I heat it up for you?"

"Ah..." Duan Peipei immediately felt the warm glow of dawn shining on her, "Then..."

"Could you help me collect the meal boxes while I go?"

"Sure..."

"~~~" Off went Lin Yujing with the meal box, scurrying away with quick, light steps.

An invisible force surged through Duan Peipei.

I made the right choice coming to this class!

Li Zheng, go to hell!

Instantly revitalized, Duan Peipei got up and began collecting the empty meal boxes.

By chance, Li Zheng was collecting along the next row over.

Seeing his old classmate regaining her spirits, he showed a smile like that of a proud father.

It’s better to inspire students than to build a seven-story pagoda.

All my efforts have not been in vain.

...

After lunch, before the afternoon training started.

Lin Yujing was also invited by Zhang Tao to an empty classroom.

Anxious, she fell into silent mode once again.

Zhang Tao praised her as he had Li Zheng, but no matter what he said, Lin Yujing just nodded silently.

As the deputy head of the Department of Physics, Zhang Tao had encountered many brilliant minds that were unable to communicate socially.

But even so, these two today were real standouts.

Zhang Tao had no choice but to be blunt: "So... Yujing, you haven’t signed with any school yet, right?"

"Umm..." Lin Yujing shook her head.

"Then you’re in luck!" Zhang Tao was elated, rubbing his hands together: "Let me tell you some good news, the first agreement from Jinghua this year is going to land on your head."

"Umm---" Lin Yujing bowed her head, starting to tremble.

"Ah? Are you happy?" Zhang Tao was a bit confused, "It’s okay, you can be happy."

Lin Yujing did not respond.

Zhang Tao had no choice but to go on.

"This isn’t just any agreement, it’s the biggest one I can offer within my authority."

"Signing it will drop your score by 40 points, secure the national gold, and lower the threshold to a first-tier college, guaranteeing direct admission with the training team."

"Look, the preliminary competition hasn’t even started yet and you already have all this in the bag."

"Even if you make mistakes in the final, the door to Jinghua Physics Department is still wide open for you."

"Hey... I think it’s almost too much, be happy by all means, but don’t tell anyone, okay?"

"Hey, don’t be nervous and stay silent, it’s okay to shout out such good news."

"In that case, make a call to your parents and share the good news, and I’ll go talk to the admissions office teachers."

Zhang Tao pulled out his phone and got up, all giddy.

Actually, her operation was very risky.

Offering a contract without any basis in competitive exams, if Lin Yujing messed up later, Zhang Tao would also be responsible.

But risk always coexists with opportunity, to compete for students with Ji University and Zhongke, you must act decisively.

However, just as Zhang Tao was about to head out, Lin Yujing also stood up at the same time.

"Wait... let’s wait a bit longer..." Lin Yujing said with her head lowered.

These words... they seemed familiar...

"No, no..." Zhang Tao’s eyes were glazed, "Is a contract from Jinghua Physics Department so worthless now?"

"..."

"Listen to me, kid, Ji University and Jinghua are on the same level, signing a contract now is a safeguard for you, even the best can slip up, right?"

"Yes..." Lin Yujing reluctantly agreed, trying her best to say, "Even if I slip up... I should still be good enough for the training camp..."

"?!\\?!?!" Zhang Tao’s jaw slowly dropped.

This person who couldn’t even speak clearly...

She must be the most audacious character I’ve ever met in my life.

Zhang Tao took a long while to relax, then let out a sigh.

Ah!

It’s tough!

You’re pushing me.

Fine, fine, fine... just you wait.

I’ll pull off a big move on the last day.

Following that, Zhang Tao asked, "So, are you aiming for the IPhO now?"

"Mhm." Lin Yujing nodded shyly.

"Sigh." Zhang Tao heaved another sigh and patted Lin Yujing, "Last year, during the final training of the national team, Academician Wang Zhenhua said it takes ten years to find a girl like Wu Shu... What more can I say, I hope you prove him wrong this year."

"Hehe..." Lin Yujing finally smiled.

...

At two in the afternoon, after the class divisions were done, over forty students from the experimental class entered the teaching laboratory.

All of them, including Li Zheng, started gaping as soon as they entered.

Jinghua’s top physics teaching laboratory was equipped with the most complete set of equipment on each desk, and all of it was brand-new German-made.

Some things must be acknowledged truthfully, in terms of precision small-scale R&D experimental equipment, Japan and Germany stand at the pinnacle of quality, Magnesium Country is not far behind, followed by the UK, France, Switzerland, and so on...

Domestic products, of course, could also be ranked at the forefront, but there is a fundamental difference in the actual user experience.

The smooth touch, the fluidity of operation, the success rate, the precision, every aspect.

It’s like playing a pay-to-win mobile game, the difference between a non-paying player and a big spender who drops thousands of dollars.

As for the current teaching experiments, they weren’t as demanding in precision, and the experimental topics were much simpler than those in a real scientific research lab, so domestic products would have been completely sufficient.

But Zhang Tao still offered the most powerful equipment, using an ox-cleaver to kill a chicken.

Take the pay-to-win games for example, you can beat them by just spending ten bucks.

But no, she insisted on spending 100,000 to have the complete character gallery, a fully leveled team, breezing through without any damage.

Zhang Tao wanted to demonstrate Jinghua’s financial strength in an overbearing way.

As a result, once the whole class entered the lab, they couldn’t care less about discipline, all starting to touch and fiddle with the brand-new equipment, from the circuit boxes to the microscopes, from the diodes to the sodium lamps, as if they wanted to get their hands on everything.

Teacher Fu Xuefeng, who was responsible for the class, chuckled while trying to stop them as he arranged the seating, "Pair up in twos, you can choose your partners, class starts in ten minutes. Hey you, be gentle, you’ll have to pay for any damages."

Upon hearing this, everyone temporarily stopped their wanton touching.

They began exchanging glances with each other.

Experiment grouping was undoubtedly the biggest test of friendship.

And this group would last an entire week.

You had to choose your best buddy.

Right at this passionate and crucial moment of forming groups,

there were two people whose gazes were unsettled, steps hesitant, and intentions unclear.

Yet their emotions were eager—

Come on already!

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