Study Monster Cultivation System

Chapter 150 - 149 Be strong

Li Zheng was now at his wit’s end, neither able to pull away nor pat it down, and could only wildly gesture as he pleaded, "Senior, don’t rush, whether or not you bring other students, you will always be our teacher..."

"Shut up, now you start speaking human language?" Shen Yiyun shrank away as she put on her glasses. "Do you still remember the joke from last time? Actually... I didn’t finish telling it. That senior who wrote a letter to the dean to report Teacher Hu, do you know how much suffering he had to endure before he graduated?"

"That senior, he too was a brave soul..." Li Zheng hesitated for a long time before finally raising his hand to Shen Yiyun’s shoulder, "Senior..."

"Get out of my way!" Shen Yiyun shrugged off Li Zheng’s hand and turned around with red eyes, pointing at him as she scolded, "You go be the brave soul, and I’ll be the little white rabbit, I deserve it!"

"Isn’t it an orangutan?"

"Ah! I will hit you, believe it or not!"

Just as they were speaking, a joyful person appeared at the staircase, waving from afar, "Hey! I only left for two hours, how did things get out of control like this?"

Shen Yiyun trembled, quickly straightened her appearance, and bowed with a forced smile, "Dean..."

Zhou Yi, with a smile, walked up to her. Seeing Shen Yiyun’s reddish eyes, he immediately glared at Li Zheng, "Nice, bullying our Chemical Institute’s beauty?"

"I... she this..." Li Zheng was at a loss for words.

"All right, you go back." Zhou Yi glanced at his watch and said, "I’ve postponed tonight’s events. From seven to nine-thirty, continue with organic chemistry, let everyone know."

"This is good." Li Zheng’s eyebrows lifted, and he then excused himself into the lab.

Zhou Yi glanced into the lab, noticed Hu Zengwu wasn’t there, smiled bitterly as he closed the door, and led Shen Yiyun to the stairwell, descending half a floor before asking, "What happened?"

"It’s nothing..." Shen Yiyun shook her head, "Arguing... arguing with Li Zheng."

"Ah." Zhou Yi was startled, "A woman older by three… holding… holding gold bricks? I was wondering why you never had a boyfriend, turns out you have preferences."

"No, no!" Shen Yiyun’s lips quivered, and she was about to cry again, "It’s just... just my personal issue, you don’t need to worry."

"Hmm..." Zhou Yi’s expression gradually became solemn, and after a moment, he asked, "Did Li Zheng talk back to Hu Zengwu?"

"..." Shen Yiyun dared not speak.

Zhou Yi continued, "Was it severe to the extent of ’it’s either him or me’?"

"..." Shen Yiyun still did not speak.

"So, it wasn’t that serious?"

"..." Still silent.

"Good, I understand, it’s nothing big, I’ll handle the issues, don’t worry about it." Zhou Yi patted Shen Yiyun with a laugh, "I’ve spoken with the head of the Chemical Society about Shi Yang’s matter; take it slow, there are still three days, no rush."

With just a gentle pat from Zhou Yi, it felt decidedly substantial.

Feeling reassured by Dean Zhou’s control over the situation, Shen Yiyun finally calmed down.

Then she cursed inwardly again.

Look, this is what a composed, real man is like!

Li Zheng, you deserve to find no toilet paper.

"Thank you, Dean." Shen Yiyun bowed gratefully, "I will also keep an eye on Shi Yang’s situation."

"Yes, go on."

After Shen Yiyun left, Zhou Yi chortled to himself.

"People haven’t even entered Ji University, but they learn the bad habits quite fast."

...

After tidying up in the restroom, Shen Yiyun then went back to the lab with a folder, as if nothing had happened, and started recording each student’s grades.

During a break in recording, Li Zheng approached, trying to calm her down.

Shen Yiyun did not even look at Li Zheng, just lifted her hand, "Stay out of it, I’m not talking to you."

Great, senior sister is really angry now.

"Then I’ll go and apologize to Teacher Hu..." Li Zheng turned around sorrowfully, "I’ll own up to it, attempted cheating, deserving of punishment."

"Stop!" Shen Yiyun grabbed Li Zheng, her voice lowered, "Are you crazy, apologizing for such nonsense? That’s just fanning the flames!"

Li Zheng turned around and raised his eyebrows, "So, senior, you’re not mad at me anymore?"

Shen Yiyun, infuriated to the point of gritting her teeth, pushed Li Zheng away, "If there weren’t so many people around, I would have hit you already!"

From the tone of her voice, it seemed she was no longer angry.

Only then did Li Zheng return to his seat with peace of mind.

"What’s the situation?" Ou Xingzhuo looked back and forth between the two, "How did you manage to upset someone else?"

"It’s nothing, she’s one of us," Li Zheng said with a smile as he picked up a comic book.

"Read that later." Wu Shu pressed down on the comic book, "Did you apologize or not? Shall we go together?"

"Yes, let’s go together, the more people there are when we get scolded, the better the experience," agreed Ou Xingzhuo, nodding, "Don’t get me wrong, we’re just being cowards, it’s not because we’re afraid you won’t sign the contract."

Wu Shu couldn’t help laughing and crying, "Bro, do you have to be so blunt?"

"Haha." Li Zheng raised his hand and laughed, "Forget about it, this is over, let’s just focus on the experiment. Whatever happens, happens; if not, no big deal, I don’t like chemistry that much anyway."

"Me neither."

"Same feeling."

The three people, indifferent towards chemistry, looked at each other.

Then, they glanced around at their hardworking classmates.

Suddenly feeling somewhat guilty.

But, there was nothing they could do.

After all, they were part of the Dragon Pearl Group.

Twenty minutes later, all the students’ results were collected.

About half of them produced zero yield.

The majority of the remaining students hovered between 30% to 50% yield, with two people exceeding 70%.

It’s worth mentioning that the people who ran around chaotically in the teacher’s absence mostly got zeros.

After a final selection, Shen Yiyun, after consulting in the office, confirmed a list of eight people for a small class, with around 50% yield being the threshold.

Li Zheng, Wu Shu, and Ou Xingzhuo were not on the list.

The people who entered the small class looked at the trio from afar, feeling quite grateful.

After all, these three had graciously given them additional spots.

But as Ou Xingzhuo predicted, for a long time, nobody came over to talk, even the crew-cut classmate who was in the same group as Ou Xingzhuo kept his distance.

The trio didn’t hold a grudge against anyone because of this.

After all, for most people here, just being able to stand there and participate in the provincial team selection required too much sacrifice, and they needed to avoid all risks that could affect their performance, rather than act on impulse.

After the people from the small class packed up and left, Shen Yiyun also came back holding a stack of papers and reagents.

She walked straight to Li Zheng’s desk, placed the items down, and without looking at Li Zheng, said, "These are the experimental questions for later, I’ve provided all the materials you need. I have to look after the majority of the students; you three can take this class or not, fend for yourselves."

After speaking, she puffed out her chest, raised her head, and huffed loudly before returning to the front to start analyzing the previous experiments.

"The senior is quite nice," Wu Shu said as he flipped through the papers, "These are probably the training questions for the small class."

"Hmm," Li Zheng quickly skimmed them, "Mostly within reach, we’ll ask if there’s anything we don’t understand."

"If all else fails, we ask Old Sun," Ou Xingzhuo said as he started taking photos with his phone.

"Brilliant!" Li Zheng was delighted, "I had forgotten about Sun Leyang."

Upon hearing this, Wu Shu and Ou Xingzhuo both squinted and looked at Li Zheng.

"Are you close to him?"

"Why do you know him?"