Study Monster Cultivation System

Chapter 151 - 150 Another Kind of Torture

"Hmm, this..." Li Zheng was uncharacteristically flustered, "Teacher Sun is a well-known Chem Competitions teacher in the country; I’ve heard of him."

Wu Shu and Ou Xing Zhuo exchanged a look, and then Ou Xing Zhuo’s face suddenly twitched, his facial muscles contorting into a series of sleazy expressions, before he finally chuckled at Li Zheng, "Heh heh... heh heh... "

"Pfft..." Li Zheng burst out, "That’s too damn accurate."

"I appreciate the flattery." Ou Xing Zhuo then rubbed his face to revert to normal, "I liked Jim Carrey’s movies when I was young and inadvertently trained my facial expression skills. Sorry for the laugh."

Wu Shu also chuckled, patting his little brother, "Busted, huh?"

Li Zheng hurriedly explained, "No... I saw Teacher Sun in a video... There are videos of his lectures on the forum."

"Which one? Find it."

"Wait..." Ou Xing Zhuo suddenly brightened his phone, "Old Sun seems to have admitted it himself."

On the screen was a WeChat status posted by Sun Leyang—

[This time, a total of seven students I trained are participating in the provincial team training, three of whom are ranked in the top ten in Jijing. Wishing them success on the national stage.]

Below it was a righteous-looking photo of himself lecturing.

Ren Da Fu had also brought a total of six people to the training camp, and only two were in the top ten in the preliminary contest.

Without a doubt, Sun Leyang’s words acknowledged that he had mentored a top ten powerhouse from outside his school.

Perhaps after much deliberation, between the pressure from the school and his own value, he chose the latter.

With Old Sun selling himself out, Li Zheng was left with no choice but to admit it.

Now the three were considered to have come from the same mentor, collectively consulting Sun Leyang remotely, which compensated for the loss of not attending the small classes.

...

Thereafter, due to Hu Zengwu’s involvement, not only were the experiments handled differently, but no one dared to get too close to the trio whether eating or attending classes.

The three naturally became a small group, keeping to themselves.

Whatever the problem, the trio would discuss it together and jointly bother Sun Leyang, which was quite enjoyable.

Li Zheng gradually realized that although Wu Shu and Ou Xing Zhuo’s foundations weren’t as solid as his, they learned really fast, and they were even able to keep up with Zhou Chenghuan’s organic chemistry class at night.

After organic chemistry class, it was almost ten o’clock, and everyone then dragged their luggage to the newly-built graduate dormitory nearby Ji University, which was expected to be occupied when school starts next September. For now, it was vacant, providing a perfect place for the trainees to stay.

The dorms were assigned based on rankings, and since Shi Yang and Lin Yujing didn’t show up, Li Zheng and Wu Shu enjoyed single rooms.

After finishing his nightly routine, Li Zheng was ready to go to bed when there was a sudden knock at the door.

His heart skipped a beat.

His mind raced.

In the entire building, aside from himself, the only other person alone was Wu Shu.

Could it be he couldn’t stand the loneliness?

Coming to discuss studies, perhaps?

Li Zheng hurriedly rubbed his hands and walked to the door.

He’s best in physics, and chemistry was passable.

With great anticipation, he opened the door.

And bumped into Ou Xing Zhuo’s smirking face.

"My roommate and I don’t get along, so I came to find you," Ou Xing Zhuo said, not seeking Li Zheng’s permission, pulling his suitcase straight in, and throwing back a taunting remark, "Why do you seem so disappointed?"

"I prefer to live alone." Li Zheng shut the door begrudgingly.

"I won’t disturb you too much." Ou Xing Zhuo settled on the empty bed, opened his suitcase, and said, "You going to sleep now? Then I’ll keep quiet."

"Alright then..."

Li Zheng quickly tidied up and climbed into bed.

Ou Xing Zhuo did the opposite — he set up his lamp and sat down at the desk with a stack of books, donning headphones to start flipping through Intermediate Organic Chemistry.

Li Zheng noticed that while he flipped through the books, he occasionally glanced at a test paper.

It was that devilish problem from Zhou Yi’s test that morning.

It seemed that although Ou Xing Zhuo appeared casual on the surface, he was actually quite competitive underneath.

Li Zheng, lying on his side in bed, asked, "I have a solution, do you want to hear it?"

"Not for now, we’ll talk if I can’t solve it." Ou Xing Zhuo took off one earphone and, without turning his head, asked, "Is the light bothering you?"

"It’s fine." Li Zheng chuckled from within his covers, "Were you kicked out for studying all night?"

"If we don’t get along, we just don’t get along," Ou Xingzhuo huffed and then put on his headphones, not speaking anymore.

Li Zheng watched Ou Xingzhuo writing furiously and suddenly felt it was unbearable.

Watching someone else study while he himself was burying his head in sleep.

It was truly too guilt-inducing.

After all, it had always been me, Li Zheng studying while others slept...

Being struck with this feeling for the first time, Li Zheng found it tremendously hard to endure and really wanted to get up and study.

But the bed was just too comfortable... he couldn’t move his legs...

Li Zheng had no choice but to turn over and force himself to sleep.

Unlike with Shi Yang, sharing a dorm with Ou Xingzhuo was another kind of torture.

...

The next morning, Li Zheng woke up at seven o’clock.

Upon waking, his first action was to look at the desk, afraid that Ou Xingzhuo had secretly studied all night.

Fortunately, although there were a lot of books on the desk, the position was empty.

Then he turned his head to look at the single bed next to him.

No one was there either.

And the quilt was folded neatly, even tidier than before.

Li Zheng got up groggily and went to the window to stretch.

He just happened to see a man jogging past on the roadside.

In tight running gear, with sports earphones.

Although he wasn’t wearing glasses, Li Zheng could still make out that it was definitely Ou Xingzhuo.

"This son of a bitch," Li Zheng became even more infuriated.

Not only was his talent astonishing.

His studies were even more diligent.

His exercise routine was even more disciplined.

How could there be such a person?

Li Zheng couldn’t help but feel increasingly anxious.

Living with such a freak and watching how hard he worked was really hard to bear.

During the days he spent with Shi Yang, although playing with chemistry was fun and they ate and drank every day, his long-maintained fitness routine was broken.

Plus, prolonged sitting caused him to feel a heat buildup, and Li Zheng’s butt didn’t feel too good.

No, he couldn’t stand it.

Li Zheng quickly washed his face, dressed in sportswear, and ran downstairs.

Ou Xingzhuo couldn’t help but laugh when he bumped into Li Zheng, taking off his headphones and asking, "First time running in the morning?"

"Yeah..." Li Zheng felt somewhat embarrassed and hurriedly kept up with Ou Xingzhuo’s pace, "I occasionally jog to relax, but indeed I don’t have the habit of running in the morning."

"Heh, no need to force yourself," Ou Xingzhuo said and put his headphones back on, "You run at your own pace, no need to follow me."

With that, he gradually sped up.

Li Zheng sped up as well.

After 200 meters,

Watching Ou Xingzhuo pulling further and further away,

Li Zheng gave up.

Damn, he forgot...

This guy was also the city’s 400 meters champion...

Afterward, Li Zheng ran at his own pace for twenty minutes until he was out of energy, sitting on the steps at the entrance of the dorm building, silently watching Ou Xingzhuo finish the last two laps.

Ou Xingzhuo returned to the door and didn’t rest, starting a series of professional and show-off stretching exercises.

"Don’t just sit there, do some stretching, otherwise it’ll hurt."

"Oh." Li Zheng also began to imitate him, feeling that the poses were somewhat like morning exercises, and as he did so, he asked, "What time did you go to sleep last night?"