Study Monster Cultivation System
Chapter 235: War is always suffering.

A few minutes later, Li Zheng entered the laboratory.

Lin Yujing was conducting some odd liquid experiment, not looking up or paying him any attention.

Li Zheng huffed, closed the door behind him, then put down his backpack and brought over the freshly printed review materials.

"Guess who I ran into?"

Lin Yujing adjusted the light with her head down and still ignored him.

"Alright, alright," Li Zheng chuckled as he handed her a copy, "Fu Xuefeng’s guess test for the experiment, hot off the presses."

Lin Yujing reached out to grab it and continued with her experiment, still ignoring him.

Li Zheng couldn’t be bothered to say more, humming a tune as he went to another workbench to start preparing for the experiment.

Lin Yujing, without a word, moved her experimental equipment, switching to the farthest workbench.

Li Zheng shook his head.

Women, they’re all like this.

Always thinking the "I’m ignoring you" threat is effective.

It is just so ridiculous.

Just like a child saying, "I won’t play with you anymore."

Such words are only said to a best playmate.

Then waiting for the playmate to say, "Oh, I was wrong. I won’t do it again." So they can make up.

How could that be?

How could I, Li Zheng, ever say such things?

Yes, maybe I was wrong.

But I will still do the same in the future.

What’s the point of winning if I’m not allowed my verbal triumphs?

I’m curious to see who actually wants to play with whom!

Let her be, just let her be. Let’s give her a cold shoulder for a week first.

...

The next day, six in the evening.

The same scenario replayed.

Lin Yujing was still working on experiments in the far corner.

Li Zheng fumbled around, his heart in turmoil.

This experiment.

Didn’t smell so sweet anymore.

Didn’t the pretend-play of yesteryear feel so effortless? Don’t you long for it at all?

...

The third day, six in the evening.

The scenario replayed.

Lin Yujing worked with gusto, undistracted.

Li Zheng lay sprawled on the table, drawing circles on the wall with a laser pen non-stop.

It wasn’t just the experiments that lost their allure; even school didn’t feel so enticing anymore.

These two days, not a single exchange of glances...

Without Master Ye’s Forbidden City, the loneliness is indeed profound.

...

The fourth day, six in the evening.

Li Zheng sat blankly at the desk, like a numbed, sluggish experimental machine.

Whether it was the rings under his eyes or his hair, he took on a bit of Jiang Qinghua’s style.

A dream of competing fades, life experiences its autumn chills.

Who will share this humble room’s solitary light, as I sadly look north with pen in hand?

Li Zheng looked north, Lin Yujing wore headphones, playfully toying with circuits to the rhythm.

To open was her freedom.

To close was her joy.

The electrode tube’s tip danced with glowing light.

It was her unchanging flair.

Three days, how did she manage?

Li Zheng looked bitterly at his own stationary voltmeter.

Could it be...

That the one being ignored...

Is me?

This shouldn’t be, I am just someone who loves studying.

But who knows from when it started, I became someone who loved studying with Master Ye.

Without Master Ye, studying too lost its passion.

```

Why did this happen...

Master Ye, what exactly did she do to me?

...

Day five, six o’clock in the evening.

Li Zheng’s face might have been somewhat gaunt, but his eyes were clear as if revitalized.

He might have been Jiang Qinghua’s academic teacher.

But wasn’t Jiang Qinghua also his life mentor?

How can one understand detachment without experiencing greed, anger, and delusion?

My world only needs physics.

Being alone is my own private carnival!

The ample resistors console my injured limbs.

The brilliant sodium lights warm my wounded heart.

The expanded light screen is so pure.

The oscilloscope is so sexy.

The darkroom of the experiment is the mysterious big sister.

The signal generator is a tsundere cutie.

The stringed instrument meter graces with elegance and delicateness.

The direct current power supply is wild and unrestrained.

They are my best friends.

That’s all I need.

Master Ye, Lin Yujing.

No need, no need for any of it!

"Hmm!"

This simple sound had been stifled for almost five days.

Now, suddenly striking, Li Zheng crumbled like a collapsing mound of earth, eager to look up, abandoning the stringed instrument meter and direct current power supply.

In the distance, on stage, Lin Yujing squinted and chuckled, removing her headphones to ask, "Hmm?"

"I was wrong, I won’t do it again," blurted out Li Zheng without thinking, casually pushing the oscilloscope aside.

"~~~" Lin Yujing smiled with satisfaction, "Tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow?"

"Changing outfits."

"Oh right, there’s the matter of the outfit change, anything will do."

"Not just that." Lin Yujing raised her hand and said, "Wear the clothes I’ve arranged for your lab exam, then I’ll forgive you."

"...won’t that be a bit too much?"

"~~~"

...

Saturday afternoon, Joy City.

Lin Yujing had not chosen a place too outrageous for clothes; instead, she picked this most stable shopping center.

Li Zheng and Zhang Xiaoke arrived first, shivering and huddling together.

But they were shivering for different reasons.

Li Zheng was more out of fear, while Zhang Xiaoke’s was more out of anticipation.

"You’re also really nervous?" Li Zheng kept checking the time on his phone over and over.

"Nervous?" Zhang Xiaoke paused for a moment before nodding vigorously, "Oh, right, right, right, scared to death."

"Why do I feel like you’re excited?"

"Am I, am I?" Zhang Xiaoke licked his lips, "Maybe just a little bit... Master, have you ever really wanted to try on clothes but didn’t have the courage to wear them?"

"Like... Pikachu underwear?"

"Get the hell out of here!"

[Zhang Xiaoke performed a dog-head butt.]

[Li Zheng remained unscathed.]

[Zhang Xiaoke inflicted 5 points of damage on himself.]

[Zhang Xiaoke entered a state of holding his head in fear.]

"Why is Master getting harder and harder..." Zhang Xiaoke cursed while holding his head, "I could still find a soft spot to hit last month."

"It’s you who have been too indulgent," Li Zheng looked down, "are you still daring to go to the swimming pool with summer coming up?"

"I’m quite good at swimming."

"Yeah, people with more fat float more easily."

"Get the hell out of here!"

As they were talking, a "hmm" sounded.

They turned their heads and couldn’t help but "hmm" themselves.

Lin Yujing was wearing a light pink denim jacket and a short skirt, with a pearl white women’s blouse underneath.

```

A cool breeze plastered their faces.

But before Li Zheng could exclaim how wonderful it was, Lin Yujing turned her head with a "hmm," gestured with her hand, and led the way forward.

Li Zheng and Zhang Xiaoke had no choice but to honestly follow.

"Looking at Jingjing, why do I feel like I’m playing ’Shiny Warm’..." Zhang Xiaoke shook her head, "No, it’s ’Shiny Jingjing’..."

"What’s ’Shiny Warm’?" Li Zheng asked, "Sodium lights?"

"Shut up, shut up, shut up!" Zhang Xiaoke cursed, clutching her head, "It’s over, now all I can think about are sodium lights, my ’Warm’ is ruined!"

"Sodium lights are pretty good."

"Shut up!" Zhang Xiaoke turned to curse, "Are you happy? You’re about to become ’Shiny Zheng Zheng’."

As expected, Lin Yujing first entered a proper men’s clothing store and began to pick out clothes leisurely.

Li Zheng nervously swept the place with his eyes.

Good, it looks like they’re all serious clothes.

And too serious at that, almost all business casual.

"Good... there’s no bunny girl outfit." Li Zheng wiped his sweat.

"Bunny girl?" Zhang Xiaoke’s eyes widened, "Why bunny girl?"

"Nothing... nothing..."

"You couldn’t possibly..." Zhang Xiaoke opened her mouth wide, "want us to wear bunny girl outfits? Ha, master you old pervert!"

"Scram! I am not. I did not!"

"You didn’t?" Zhang Xiaoke narrowed her eyes, "So, it’s you who wants to wear them?"

"Scram!"

Meanwhile, Lin Yujing had already selected the clothes.

A set... very normal clothes.

A white casual shirt, standard black trousers, along with a black leather belt and a pair of high-top black leather shoes.

After Li Zheng got the right size, he entered the changing room uneasily.

Before coming out, he first checked himself in the mirror.

A common ensemble, something between casual and formal.

On him, it didn’t stand out, it looked comfortable, but nowhere near as eye-catching as the previous college or leather look.

The relaxation value while shopping was also so-so.

After coming out of the changing room, Zhang Xiaoke took a look around and said, "There’s nothing special about this, right? Just this?"

"Hmm..." Lin Yujing wasn’t very satisfied either and promptly instructed the clerk, "Take two sizes smaller for the shirt, and one size smaller for the trousers."

"Okay," said the clerk helplessly, "the sizes the gentleman requested were indeed too big."

"It’s better a little bigger." Li Zheng nodded, "I’m still growing, so I can wear it for a few more days."

"Growing my brother in law!" Zhang Xiaoke cursed, "You’re 18 and still growing? I stopped at 16. Why didn’t I get this good stuff?"

"No, you’re still growing too... don’t, don’t blush, I’m not talking about there, mainly about your stomach and..."

"Are you ever gonna stop? Can’t I try to lose weight?!"

"That’s enough." Lin Yujing raised her hand to Li Zheng, "When you wear it again, tuck the shirt in completely and neatly, fold the sleeves at 4 cm each fold, up to 1/3 of the elbow. Don’t wear the belt too high, 5 to 7 centimeters below the belly button will do."

"Wait let me write this down..."

In the second round, when Li Zheng stepped out of the changing room, everything was different.

The two sizes smaller shirt subtly outlined his figure and muscles.

Once the shirt was tucked into the pants, the slightly tighter trousers perfectly accentuated Li Zheng’s core asset—

His perky behind.

The previously scruffy and ordinary appearance vanished in an instant.

Li Zheng exuded

only simplicity and sexiness.

"Master... not bad..." Zhang Xiaoke hopped around for a look, finally stopping behind Li Zheng, "Great body... you really can do whatever you want..."

"Hey, don’t stare at my back..."

Zhang Xiaoke enviously asked, "You tell me... with such good... slurp... assets, why didn’t you dress like this earlier?"

Li Zheng shook his head and sighed, "I was afraid it would affect the learning environment for those around me."

"...Indeed... slurp... impeccable."

"Hmm..." Lin Yujing also circled around Li Zheng, her face flushed as she ran far off before nodding and covering her face, "That’s... that’s fine."

"Just this?" Li Zheng and Zhang Xiaoke asked simultaneously.

"Hmm..." Lin Yujing turned her back, refusing to look, "Go... go pay."

"No, but Jingjing," Zhang Xiaoke ran over to say, "Master originally wanted you to wear the bunny girl outfit."

"???"

"How can you let him off so cheaply, you should get back at him with crossdressing!"

"Crossdressing... hmm..."

"Zhang Xiaoke!!!" Li Zheng cursed with a red face, "If you keep spouting nonsense, the Pikachu incident..."

"Ahhh, no no no." Zhang Xiaoke quickly said, "I meant, I was the one who wanted you to wear the bunny girl outfit~~"

"...Hmmph." Lin Yujing squinted her eyes, "Alright, I got it."

"Don’t... Don’t look at me like that."

Li Zheng felt a great relief and suavely pulled out Li Yi’s credit card, "Let’s check out."

"Sure, please take a look at the bill." The clerk came forward with the receipt in both hands, "That’ll be 3055, but we’ll round it down for you, 3000 yuan."

"Hmm..." Li Zheng hesitated, "This..."

"The shirt is 650, the pants are 875, the leather shoes are 1150, and the belt is 380."

"Hmm..." Li Zheng turned to Lin Yujing, "I know there’s a wholesale market nearby, same outfit, can we get it for under 500?"

"No way!"

The clerk said awkwardly, "Sir, our styles and quality, those small stalls can’t compare with us..."

"Then..." Li Zheng frowned, "do you guys, need a sales guide?"

"Well... We are indeed hiring, but the boss isn’t here. If you’re interested, I can give you the contact number."

"Fine, I’ll talk to him right now."

...

Three hours later.

Li Zheng clapped his hands wearily as he left the store: "Finally made it back... The clothing business is freaking lucrative, I wish the bookstore could be this awesome."

Lin Yujing stood at the door of the store, dumbfounded, "Scumbag... Such a scumbag..."

"Alright, alright," Zhang Xiaoke urged, "Isn’t it time for lunch?"

"Wait, eat later." Lin Yujing turned her head and sneered, "Let’s play with the shiny doggie first."

"Ah... Finally, here comes that moment..."

Some clothes, although hard to find, can still be found with some effort.

In a shop downstairs, they actually found a bunny girl outfit.

Li Zheng’s blood surged, and he watched unblinkingly as Lin Yujing and Zhang Xiaoke entered the dressing room together.

That try on session lasted for over twenty minutes.

Li Zheng was burning with impatience.

Could it be that Lin Yujing tried it on as well?

Just as he was thinking.

Whoosh! The door opened.

Zhang Xiaoke stuck out half of her head.

"Master... Don’t look at me..."

"Okay," Li Zheng instantly turned around.

Then he silently counted in his head.

1, 2, 3.

Suddenly, he turned back.

Wow!

Zhang Xiaoke was still wearing the clothes she had on when she went in.

"Knew it!" Zhang Xiaoke jumped up and cursed heavily, "You old pervert!"

"..." Li Zheng stiffly turned his head to the side, "Boring..."

At that moment, Lin Yujing also peeked out her head: "Hmm..."

Li Zheng’s eyes widened, and without a second thought, he turned back around: "I won’t look."

This time, he counted to 5.

Suddenly turned around!

Dammit, she was still in the same clothes as before.

"Scumbag!" Lin Yujing cursed while returning the clothes to the clerk.

"Damn..." Li Zheng turned his head stiffly again, "What have you two been doing in there for so long?"

"Ha!" Zhang Xiaoke raised an eyebrow, "We took turns wearing it, and did lots of things you wouldn’t even dare to imagine."

"Both... both wore it, huh..." Li Zheng was somewhat disturbed again.

Lin Yujing said with a smile, "Xiaoke’s tummy can be pinched into several layers now."

"Ha, you’re laughing at me?" Zhang Xiaoke shot back, "Yours was empty, totally hollow, hollow!"

[Lin Yujing used the "Hand Over Mouth Suffocation" move on Zhang Xiaoke]

[Zhang Xiaoke continued to take damage, -1, -1, -1, -1...]

[Zhang Xiaoke entered a near-death state...]

[Li Zheng chose to retrieve Zhang Xiaoke.]

Li Zheng stood protectively in front of the pitiful Zhang Xiaoke: "She was just joking, and besides... isn’t that the truth?"

"Scum! Scum! Scummity scum!!" Lin Yujing also turned around, shielding herself and cursing, "I was going to show you the doggie maiden photos, but they’re deleted now!"

"No!" Li Zheng rushed forward, "That’s not true, you are actually very... very... just exceptionally..."

Li Zheng struggled to find the words, and finally hung his head in shame: "I can’t... I am a man who can’t lie..."

"..."

"Alright... I’ll treat you to some papaya yogurt."

"Scumbag!"