DTTCM Chapter 95

The photographer checked the photo. “Beautiful!”

The results of the shoot were excellent. “Take a look, both of you.”

He walked over and held the camera for Sheng Yuan and Yu Zuojin to examine. “Once they’re developed, I’ll give each of you a copy.”

Most promotional images were computer-generated, and even if they were printed in brochures, they could be directly printed on paper through technological means. Developing the photos seemed unnecessary.

But the photographer didn’t think so. Rather than looking at the photos on an electronic device, physical prints had a more tangible feel.

After a busy morning, the promotional photos were successfully completed.

Iron Head followed along the whole time, not expecting things to go so smoothly.

He glanced at Sheng Yuan and Yu Zuojin.

These two delinquent boys didn’t cause any trouble at all.

Iron Head: ‘I understand.’

Negative plus negative equals positive.

The temperature on the March morning was neither cold nor hot- pleasant and comfortable. Yu Zuojin followed closely by Sheng Yuan’s side, visibly happy.

After finishing the photo shoot during the break, they went to the supermarket together to buy water. Yu Zuojin opened the bottle cap and handed it to Sheng Yuan.

Sheng Yuan was puzzled. “Aren’t you drinking?”

Yu Zuojin replied, “You first.”

Sheng Yuan held the bottle over his mouth and took a big gulp and then handed it to Yu Zuojin with puffed cheeks.

A pair of lively eyes communicated a message to Yu Zuojin, urging him to drink. He made a sound in his throat as he swallowed, “Mm-mm.”

Yu Zuojin stared at him without moving.

Sheng Yuan held the water towards him, the mouthful of water not fully swallowed yet, making his pronunciation muffled. “Here.”

Yu Zuojin took the water and stared at Sheng Yuan for a while before reaching out to wipe off the water stain from the corner of his mouth.

[System: Wouldn’t it be better if both of you just drank from the same bottle?]

Sheng Yuan: “Why do you think so?”

[System: Why else would you only buy one bottle?]

Jealousy made its face ugly.

Who could understand the bitterness of being single?

Both of them had water in the classroom, but they were just a little thirsty after taking pictures for a long time.

On the way back to the teaching building, Sheng Yuan remembered, “I remember you have a physics test this afternoon.”

Yu Zuojin had mentioned it when they were chatting yesterday.

Yu Zuojin nodded.

There was an agreement between the two of them regarding grades, with rewards for progress.

When they reached the teaching building and were were about to separate, Yu Zuojin suddenly grabbed him and pulled him to a corner.

Sheng Yuan raised an eyebrow, “What’s wrong?”

Yu Zuojin looked at him without saying a word, then leaned closer to him.

Sheng Yuan pretended not to understand, “What’s wrong?”

[System: I advise you not to provoke him.]

Listen to the advice of the system, and have a full life.

Yu Zuojin held onto him and didn’t let go.

Sheng Yuan: “You want to kiss behind the teaching building?”

[System: Unlocking a new map.]

Sheng Yuan: “…Shut up.”

Sheng Yuan blocked Truly Ambitious again.

Yu Zuojin saw that Sheng Yuan was not taking any action, and stopped pretending to be dumb.

“Give me a kiss.”

His voice was urgent and hoarse. His throat had always produced such sounds.

Sheng Yuan refused, “No kissing.”

It was broad daylight, and Yu Zoujin still needed to maintain a certain image. His brows relaxed.

Sheng Yuan said, “Pretending to be pitiful won’t work.”

He didn’t look the least bit convincing. Sheng Yuan wondered when Yu Zuojin would realize it and fix his poor acting skills.

Yu Zuojin let go of him.

Sheng Yuan was surprised. He hadn’t expected it to be so easy.

As he watched Yu Zuojin’s back after the unsuccessful negotiation, Sheng Yuan approached him and tried to coax him, “This is the teaching building… umm…”

The bell for the next class rang, and Yu Zuojin grabbed Sheng Yuan, kissed him fiercely, and then walked away as if nothing had happened.

His retreating figure emitted an aura of “I’m going to be late for class.”

Truly Ambitious came out of hiding and saw Sheng Yuan with swollen lips.

[System: If you had listened to me, there wouldn’t have been so much trouble.]

Sheng Yuan: “…”

[System: Do you know why he kissed you so fiercely?]

Sheng Yuan: “Why?”

[System: Because he already gave you a chance earlier.]

Sheng Yuan: “…”

Truly Ambitious was becoming more and more audacious.

It was no longer the small system that used to cry when the host didn’t complete tasks.

In the afternoon, Classes 9 and 10 had a joint physics quiz.

During the evening self-study session, Sheng Yuan and the physics class representative went to the physics group to find the physics teacher for Class 6, trying to persuade him to come to their class and discuss the questions.

As soon as they walked in, they saw the other teachers engrossed in conversation.

There were only two physics teachers for Classes 9 and 10, and Teacher Li taught Class 10 separately.

The two of them stood around a desk, and Teacher Li boasted about the ungraded test papers for Class 10.

“The last big question was a type of question I had taught before. They can all solve it!”

It was practically a giveaway question.

Teacher Li was full of enthusiasm and confidence.

At that moment, Sheng Yuan and the physics class representative looked at each other with a different expression.

Truly Ambitious: ?

What’s wrong?

Sheng Yuan: “At this age, it shouldn’t be like this.”

Physics class representative: “Why does he still hold such naïve thoughts?”

Truly Ambitious: “…”

Are you devils?

Sure enough, reality dealt a heavy blow to Teacher Li. Only one-third of the students in Class 10 answered the last big question correctly.

The sports meet was in two days, and the students’ minds were already on the event.

Teacher Li held the papers in his hand. When he asked on stage, everyone said they understood!

This deceitful world.

The next morning, Sheng Yuan and Yu Zuojin arrived together in front of the teaching building and saw another whiteboard set up, different from the previous one. This time, there were snacks stuck to it.

It was quite innovative.

Sheng Yuan walked up to take a look.

Beside each snack was a physics question, and as long as you solved the answer, you could take the snack next to it.

This was an idea that the physics group came up with overnight and asked Iron Head to make it happen.

Iron Head saw the two of them stopping in front of the whiteboard on his way to the office and asked, “Are you going to give it a try too?”

Sheng Yuan picked up a pen and wrote down an answer, took a lollipop, while Yu Zoujin honestly said, “I don’t know.”

He didn’t write anything.

Iron Head looked at the physics questions which could be easily solved with a little thought.

“Who is your teacher?”

Yu Zuojin didn’t say anything, but his gaze turned towards the distance.

He saw Teacher Li coming in to work.

Silence is golden.

Yu Zuojin: My teacher is Old man Li.

Teacher Li: “…”

Rebellious student!

In the afternoon, when Yu Zoujin went to ask questions, Teacher Li took out his test paper. The only thing that pleased him was that Yu Zoujin answered the last big question correctly, but…

Teacher Li pointed to the first multiple-choice question, “Tell me, what happened!!”

Usually, the first question was as simple as drinking water.

Yu Zuojin: “I don’t know.”

Teacher Li didn’t expect him to be so honest. He sighed, and explained the question to him.

When it was almost time for class, Yu Zoujin stood up from his small stool.

“Thank you.”

His voice was hoarse.

Teacher Li was momentarily moved but then he remembered what happened in the morning.

“Don’t mention repaying me.”

Yu Zuojin turned around and looked at him.

Old man Li: If you cause any trouble in the future, just don’t mention that I am your teacher.

Yu Zuojin: “…”

What heartfelt words.

After a tense morning of studying, the afternoon brought great liberation as each class began preparations for tomorrow’s sports meet.

The evening self-study session replaced the heavy atmosphere of studying with thoughts of how to spend the sports meet tomorrow.

The first event of the sports meet was the 3,000-meter long-distance race for boys.

On the day of the race, Xia Zhiqi secured the front most position before the race and shouted loudly.

“Brother Sheng!!! You can do it!!!”

Sheng Yuan who was behind him: “…”

He was right here. Who exactly was Xia Zhiqi cheering for?

After Xia Zhiqi finished shouting, he turned around to grab some water and was surprised to see Sheng Yuan.

“Brother Sheng, why are you here? Aren’t you running the 3,000 meters?”

Sheng Yuan: “…”

Xia Zhiqi: “Brother Sheng, you dropped out of the race!”

Xiao Pang: “Brother Sheng signed up for the 1,000 meters race.”

“…”

On the other side of the starting line, the participating students were doing warm-up exercises.

Yu Zuojin stood alone in the third lane, with Jiang Chen in the first lane, a student from Class 7 in the second lane, and Cun Tou in the fifth lane.

In the 3,000-meter long-distance race, there were only two sports students participating.

Jiang Chen looked at the boys lined up to his right and a disdainful smile appeared on his face.

The student in the second lane: “What are you laughing at?”

Jiang Chen: “Don’t challenge my expertise with your hobbies.”

The student in the second lane: “…”

Fuck, this guy is crazy!

The sound of the starting gun went off, and the 3,000-meter race began. Jiang Chen rushed out from the first lane, taking advantage of the inside curve to stay in the lead.

Jiang Chen: So cool!

However, in that moment, he caught sight of a figure to his right.

Yu Zuojin surpassed him, followed closely by Cun Tou, and then the student in the second lane and the sixth lane.

After the 3,000 meters, Jiang Chen’s who started off in first place was now at the bottom of the rankings.

After the 3,000 meters ended, Yu Zoujin stood on the track, gasping for breath. He looked towards Class 6 and immediately spotted Sheng Yuan among the crowd. When you like someone, you can easily spot them on the field, not by their appearance, but by their back or even their shoes.

Sheng Yuan shouted to him, “Amazing!”

[System: With so many people, he can’t hear you.]

Sheng Yuan: “Oh, right.”

Sheng Yuan raised both arms and made a heart shape above his head.

Truly Ambitious: “…”

It was being sarcastic!

Smelly couple, get lost!

In terms of physical strength, Yu Zoujin had an absolute advantage so he cane first in the race. He wanted to drink some water when he returned to his class, but he was suddenly engulfed in a wave of cheers.

“Boss Yu is amazing!”

“Brother Yu, you’re so cool!”

“Brother Yu!!!”

For a moment, Yu Zoujin was dumbfounded and didn’t know how to respond. He quickly regained his usual indifferent demeanor, but inside, his heart was filled with excitement, as this was an extraordinary moment in his ordinary school life.

After drinking some water, he left his class Class 10 and headed towards the locker room. After changing his clothes, he went to find Sheng Yuan. As soon as he entered the first floor of the gymnasium, he saw several dark figures.

———

“Sheng Yuan! Is Sheng Yuan from Class 6 here?!”

The security guard’s voice was hoarse amidst the students’ clamor.

Sheng Yuan heard and replied, “It’s me.”

The security guard shouted loudly in his ear, “Someone is looking for you at the entrance. They said they’re your classmate and it’s urgent.”

A classmate?

Sheng Yuan didn’t understand, but he still followed and went outside. When he reached the school gate, he saw a familiar figure standing calmly there with a smiling face.

Huang Anchong.

Sheng Yuan’s gaze flickered slightly as he walked out of the school gate.

Huang Anchong: “Long time no see.”

Sheng Yuan: “I thought we would never meet again.”

The two of them showed no emotional fluctuations, as if they were just ordinary friends meeting.

Huang Anchong: “After today, we probably won’t see each other again.”

“Sheng Yuan, I’m going to study abroad.”

He looked at Sheng Yuan, enunciating each word.

“I have something I want to give you, as a token of gratitude for altering the trajectory of my life.”

He took out an envelope from his pocket.

Sheng Yuan didn’t take it.

Huang Anchong: “Take it.”

At the same time, that same envelope was discarded in a trash bin in an office, torn open, and the photos inside fell to the bottom of the bin.