Study Monster Cultivation System
Chapter 273 - 272 War and Peace

In the pavilion, Lin and Li each sat on one side.

One facing east, the other west.

The end of term was imminent, and the holidays were nearing.

There were many matters to discuss, battles to fight.

Once both parties confirmed that Sun Xiubin had run far away,

Li Zheng, with the greater advantage, fired the first shot.

"Originally, I wanted to bring Xiaoke and Qinghua along, but unfortunately…" Li Zheng slightly tilted his head and squinted, scrutinizing Lin Yujing’s expression, "So, the reason for your lies, do you dislike them, or is it something else?"

The war had begun.

Even though both sides were well aware of everything, it was ostensibly about competing for oil resources and such.

But they would still find some nonsensical reason to go to war, like human rights, democracy, and the like.

And Li Zheng’s interrogation indeed pushed Lin Yujing to the moral low ground.

If she admitted she just wanted to be alone, it would be tantamount to indirectly admitting everything.

This would directly lead to Jingguo becoming a vassal state to Zhengguo, oppressed for many years to come, doomed eternally.

At that moment, the troops of Zhengguo pressed on.

Due to her own negligence, Lin Yujing was caught in the encirclement of enemy troops, and even with divine powers, she still couldn’t fend off the attack.

Watching Lin Yujing’s anxious demeanor, Li Zheng’s smile became increasingly inappropriate.

It had been long enough.

There’s nothing shameful, just admit it.

Lay down the burden, free your mind.

To entrust everything to me, isn’t that a form of freedom as well?

Just when Li Zheng thought Lin Yujing had no choice but to submit,

The latter suddenly chuckled softly, her eyes revealing a trace of harshness.

"No, that’s not it. I didn’t lie," Lin Yujing casually said, "The South China Sea is too hot, it might cause sunburn, better to stay at home and prepare for IPHO."

Li Zheng’s eyes widened.

This was bad.

It was even worse than the worst-case scenario he had imagined.

He had thought that the war would start from border frictions and escalate gradually.

But unexpectedly, facing oppression, Jingguo directly revealed its nuclear weapons.

Rather than becoming a vassal,

It was better to destroy everything together.

Rather than spending a summer being dominated,

It was better to simply stay at home.

Better to forfeit the rocket launch than to lose her own status.

This was Jingguo’s choice.

Li Zheng bitterly bowed his head, his eyes filled with reluctance.

Jingguo was too stubborn, truly too stubborn…

Facing this resolution of mutual destruction, Li Zheng’s advantage vanished instantly.

He completely became the passive party.

Strategic advantages, equipment, and schemes all proved futile.

Laid before him were only two choices.

To be tough, or to be weak.

If he chose to be tough, that meant he also didn’t care; not going would just be fine.

This way, he could maintain his status.

But the rocket launches, sunny beaches, secret viewing spots, the free seaside room from his aunt…

All would be lost!

On the other hand…

If he chose to be weak,

Then he would have to immediately admit his wrongs and beg her to go together.

Lin Yujing would certainly agree.

But Zhengguo would forever become a vassal state of Jingguo.

To think of Zhengguo, rich and strong, committing foul acts with Scum Chap, and having fought hard for its current state, only to become a vassal state because of a set of nuclear weapons…

Li Zheng was not content.

Thinking of these things, Li Zheng stood up in despair, head slightly drooping, and said weakly, "Alright, I understand..."

"Hm?" Upon hearing this, Lin Yujing was delighted and, not wanting Li Zheng to see her emotional facial expression, she quickly covered her face and said, "What... could it be that you, really, really, really want to go?"

"Yes, I really want to go," Li Zheng said, his head down, fists clenched tightly.

Lin Yujing struggled to hold back her laughter, losing composure even more.

Here it comes, here it comes.

But then Li Zheng suddenly looked up, spread his arms, and laughed, "But since you’re busy, I’ll just have to go with Xiaoke, Qinghua, and the others."

Boom!

Lin Yujing shuddered.

It was Keguo.

An air raid by Keguo!

Jingguo had concentrated all its energy on the front line, and its military bases in the rear suffered a backstab from Keguo!

Facing this complex and desperate battle situation, Lin Yujing stamped her foot and stood up.

"You!" Lin Yujing hissed, "You... you... go! If you dare, just go!"

"Afraid of you?" Li Zheng laughed and immediately turned around, saying, "I’m off to invite them now."

Lin Yujing crossed her arms and turned her head, not even looking at Li Zheng, "Suit yourself. The sea-view room, the viewing spot, gone, all gone!"

"That’s all your aunt’s, not yours. You know what my relationship is with your aunt."

"She sides with me!"

"Who’s stopping you from going—n?"

"I, I... I..." Lin Yujing stamped her foot again, "I just won’t go!"

"Then I’m leaving," Li Zheng said, taking a step towards the door, then turned back.

"Go!!"

Li Zheng took another step out, then turned back, "Really leaving."

"Crawl! Scum Chap should crawl!"

Li Zheng looked up again, but now he couldn’t take that step.

Leaving now, to go with Xiaoke, Qinghua, and the others—

The position was indeed secured.

But it felt like... losing much more...

If the diplomatic relations with Jingguo broke down, what use was that position to me?

After much agonizing, Li Zheng finally turned back and said.

"Let’s negotiate."

Seeing Li Zheng yield, Lin Yujing’s arms, which had been crossed, finally relaxed and dropped down.

"Mmm..."

The war had ended.

Zheng Jing two countries shook hands and made peace.

Keguo might become the biggest loser.

Peace was once again welcomed in the pavilion.

Not only that, but each time the two countries reconciled, it also meant another honeymoon period.

The two finally sat on the same side and started to whisper.

Sratching his head, Li Zheng said softly, "About your aunt’s place... I don’t know how big it is, but what do you think of 200 yuan a day?"

"200, huh..." Lin Yujing looked at Li Zheng’s faded school uniform, feeling somewhat sorry, "Um... might not need that much—"

"Then... 150?"

"Oh, that’s still high—"

"One... one hundred?"

"50 then," Lin Yujing nodded vigorously, saying seriously, "Can’t go lower than that, let it be 50!"

Li Zheng agonized, "That’s too cheap... Aunt might not be happy, how about 80?"

"I’m the one deciding, 50!"

"Alright then—" Li Zheng then pulled out his phone, "Just tell me the specific days, I’ll book the flights."

"I’ve looked already, just tell me your ID number," Lin Yujing said, her head down, idly swinging her legs, "We agreed, I get the big house, you get the small one."

"Huh? Staying together?" Li Zheng exclaimed, "I thought you had a place to stay, that Aunt was just renting to me."

"???"

"No way, I need to ask Aunt clearly." Li Zheng hurriedly opened the messaging app, "It’s expected that I stay in the small cabin, but staying together, Aunt needs to know about it... I also have to tell my parents, they need to agree."

"Li!!!! Zheng!!!!" Lin Yujing, her face flushing, lunged at him.

No one expected that the second Zheng Jing conflict would come so quickly.

And this time, it was purely a one-sided physical fight, with Zhengguo only able to defend.

What was even more unexpected was that an ancient matriarchal nation suddenly woke up and came to the rescue.

"Ha, I knew you guys would be here."

A string of hearty laughter suddenly spread throughout the pavilion.

The two ceased their fight, only to find that Qiao Bixia had arrived.

"Sister Xia!" Lin Yujing exclaimed with joy and rushed over.

"Haha, good girl, Jingjing is a good girl." Qiao Bixia embraced Lin Yujing, then turned to glare at Li Zheng, "Again bullying our Jingjing!"

"No..." Li Zheng protested, showing his arm, "she did this scratching."

"Hmph, too light." Qiao Bixia rubbed Lin Yujing’s hair, "The college entrance exam results are out, the school organized a class to guide us in choosing universities, Mengxi and I came early, so we first went to your class, saw no one, and I turned here. Mengxi probably went to the library to look for you guys."

"That was quick, the results are already out." Li Zheng rubbed his arm, "How did it go?"

"I performed normally, as for Mengxi..." Qiao Bixia waved her hand dismissively, grabbed Lin Yujing and turned back, "Let’s go, let’s talk in the library."

...

In the library, the old man felt completely disrespected.

Suddenly a bunch of people arrived, acting like it was their own home.

But he couldn’t really say anything about it.

No way, those two really study too well...

At this moment, Xu Mengxi had relaxed a lot compared to before, dressed in blue jeans and a white T-shirt, her hair had grown longer and she couldn’t help but tie it in a small, rather funny bunny tail braid.

Upon seeing Lin Yujing, the two grabbed hands and started chattering away, completely ignoring Li Zheng.

Fortunately, Qiao Bixia cared for Li Zheng, so she found a place to sit with him and handed over two report cards for Li Zheng to review.

Li Zheng now really had to pay attention.

In the past, life always had college entrance exams as a phase target, and Hu Chunmei would talk about nothing else but college entrance exams.

And with a guaranteed admission already in hand, this once supremely important destination suddenly disappeared.

Without this exam, Li Zheng felt a bit of regret and was somewhat perplexed.

At this time, reviewing Xu Mengxi and Qiao Bixia’s scores, discussing university preferences, ironically became Li Zheng’s last connection with the college entrance exam.

No way, since he couldn’t sit the exam, he could only vicariously enjoy others’ scores.

First, Qiao Bixia’s scores.

[Chinese: 108]

[Mathematics: 118]

[English: 124]

[Science Composite: 247]

[Total Score: 591]

[Citywide Ranking: 9013]

"There are roughly thirty-five thousand science candidates, right? My scores are about the same as during several trials, normal performance," Qiao Bixia leaned back in her chair, stretching and yawning like a tiger, "Whew! And this is still top 15 in the whole school."

As for Li Zheng, looking at this ranking, he was completely... unable to make any judgment.

After all, his rankings were always in single digits, he might not even have heard of what schools you could choose with a 9000 rank.

"I remember you wanted to go to a sports university, right? Is this score enough?"

"It should just be enough," Qiao Bixia pursed her lips, "I definitely need to apply, it’s just a matter of whether or not I accept being reassigned to different course options. Any thoughts?"

"I don’t know about that," Li Zheng chuckled foolishly, "It’s hard to imagine what it’s like being unable to study the major you love."

"You jerk, just asking for a beating!" Qiao Bixia flung her hand and passed along Xu Mengxi’s report card, "Maybe you could give some advice on this one."

Li Zheng also looked at the report card with interest.

After all, this was the first college entrance exam result from using his study app.

[Chinese: 127]

[Mathematics: 136]

[English: 135]

[Science Composite: 267]

[Total Score: 665]

[Citywide Ranking: 1004]

"Awesome!" Li Zheng thumped the table, looked up at Xu Mengxi, and exclaimed, "Congratulations! Congratulations!"

Although he also didn’t know what schools could be chosen with a rank of 1004, Li Zheng thought a rank of 985 was surely enough.

Seeing this, Lin Yujing immediately left Xu Mengxi and ran over, her mouth falling open at the sight of the score ranking.

"That’s enough for Ji Hang!"

"Alright," Xu Mengxi hurried over and grabbed the score report, "I’ve pretty much decided on First Medical already…"

"That’s such a waste!" Lin Yujing held onto Xu Mengxi, saying, "No matter what, a score of 600 is enough to freely choose any major at First Medical, you can’t waste those 65 points."

"You exceeded First Medical’s cut-off by that much?" Li Zheng asked, "How about Ji University Medical Department then?"

"Not enough," Qiao Bixia shook her head, "It needs at least 680."

"That’s why," Lin Yujing held onto Xu Mengxi’s shoulders, jumping anxiously, "Ji Hang, Ji Hang! You can even pursue a master’s under my mom in the future."

"Does Auntie supervise graduate students?" Li Zheng joined in the fun, "Can I apply too?"

"Scum Chap, scram!" Lin Yujing spat in Li Zheng’s face, but still clung to Xu Mengxi, "In Ji Hang, you study for a year before choosing a major. There’s a huge demand for aerospace talents, and only this school produces such talents. Why not go for it!"

"Well … being a dentist isn’t bad," Xu Mengxi twisted his body and said, "Okay, okay, we need to go to the guidance class now…"

"Scum Chap," Lin Yujing turned and waved her arm commanding, "You’re smart, you go!"

"This situation…" Li Zheng rubbed his chin, his expression complicating, "What someone wants to do is their freedom..."

Of course, that was nonsense.

He could subtly feel that Xu Mengxi wanted to distance herself from something.

Probably because of himself...

"Freedom is freedom, but…" Qiao Bixia ominously narrowed her eyes, "Given the choice, does anyone really like to be a dentist? Smelling bad breath and cleaning people’s teeth every day, sometimes even dealing with patients like Liu Xin…"

"It’s not that." Xu Mengxi shook her head vigorously, "It’s not about interest, it’s about life, probably just a comfortable and stable life within ordinary limits."

"You scored 665, that’s not ordinary," Lin Yujing earnestly persuaded, "Aerospace engineering is also very ordinary, very stable, and very... very lucrative."

"Haha, it’s better to spend more time with family," Xu Mengxi gently shook her head and smiled, "Don’t go challenging tasks that are too strenuous, too strenuous and still not well done."

"Ah, ah, ah, ah!" Lin Yujing, frustrated, twisted her body rushing him, "Scum Chap, go on!"

In these few minutes, Li Zheng had also thought it through.

One thing at a time.

If Xu Mengxi simply didn’t like the engineer’s life, then of course she could choose something else.

But if it were to avoid him.

There was no need.

No need to suffer for that.

"If it were me …" Li Zheng looked hesitantly at Lin Yujing and Qiao Bixia, "You guys go out first, give us 10 minutes."

"Let’s go, let’s go," Lin Yujing immediately pulled Qiao Bixia along, "Scum Chap is pretty awesome."

Qiao Bixia smelled something fishy, but seeing Lin Yujing like this, she didn’t say anything and was pushed toward the door by Lin Yujing, shaking her head.

It was then they realized there was an old man reading documents here.

"Eh, the teacher is still here?" Qiao Bixia turned back and hinted, "Maybe you could go out for a stroll too?"

"I …" The old man’s face twisted up.

I’m … I’m your damn principal!

I already hid here …

Can’t you even leave me a quiet library?

Though I don’t object to romance.

But you can’t bully people like this?

The old man thus glared at Li Zheng, demanding an explanation.

But he saw Li Zheng solemnly nodding his head.

"…"

The old man’s heart, chilled.

Youth, was over.

He wanted to say something.

But…

This kid’s academic performance was indeed very good…

"Let’s go..." he picked up his thermos cup with a trembling hand and sighed, "It’s good; I also want to talk to you about college entrance choices."

Xu Mengxi had no time to stop them as a bunch of people were already hurrying out.

When she turned back around.

She saw only a figure standing hands behind his back.

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