Study Monster Cultivation System

Chapter 87 - 087 Mommy Fan

At noon, Qinghua, in order to thank Li Zheng, managed to convince the cafeteria lady and brought a full plate of food to Li Zheng’s seat.

Zhang Xiaoke felt increasingly uneasy, but dared not say anything.

Meanwhile, the dietary supplements sent by girls from other classes kept arriving at Li Zheng’s desk without interruption.

Chocolate milk, Brain Gold, Snickers—everything you could think of.

It really felt like they were providing offerings to an idol.

But what they didn’t know was that these goodies

were all eaten by Zhang Xiaoke.

After all, Zhang Xiaoke would eat anything when starving in winter.

"Boyfriend fans" often end like this.

The supplies that sisters economized to worship their idol inevitably ended up in the hands of another woman.

In contrast, "Mommy fans" like Bixia are much more stable.

She gave a box of "Musk Tiger Bone Ointment."

It hit Li Zheng right in his sore spot.

It was both useful and appreciated.

After swiftly finishing his meal, Li Zheng picked up his pencil case and, along with a stack of completed papers, limped toward the chemistry staff room.

It was supposed to be a solitary journey, but as he reached the stairwell entrance, two enthusiastic high school seniors he didn’t know came up to him.

"Brother Zheng, let me do it."

"I’ll help you."

Li Zheng couldn’t refuse and struggled to ask, "Do we know each other?"

"Hey, who doesn’t know Brother Zheng? After all, the Mitsui Hisashi of Lake Ying."

"Sheng told us everything, just give a shout if you need anything."

"They say… your father is the boss of Jijing, can you tell us about it?"

"Did Sheng really get beaten up by your dad, is it true or not?"

Li Zheng really didn’t know how to communicate with this group of people anymore.

Passing male and female students, seeing Li Zheng also being surrounded by this group, were quite astounded.

Only at the doorway of the chemistry staff room did they reluctantly leave him.

They seemed quite disappointed not to have heard the old stories about Father Li.

Li Zheng also took a good while to compose himself before raising his hand to knock on the door.

As soon as the door cracked open, a whiff of spicy scent wafted out.

Yu Hong was indulging in hot pot.

That was really too much.

Yu Hong, however, was still quite welcoming and called out, "I bought too much, I can’t finish it alone; come, come."

"No need, Teacher Yu, I can’t eat spicy," Li Zheng replied as he found an empty desk and pulled over a chair to sit down.

Actually, he could eat spicy food.

It was just because of the bathroom incident this morning, he had forcibly held it in.

It was uncomfortable, and he didn’t want to eat.

Seeing this, Yu Hong had no choice but to dump the rest into the pot, stood up holding the pot, and said, "Alright, I’ll go and fetch Lin Yujing, she won’t come unless I drag her."

Li Zheng immediately provided some information, "If she’s not in the class, try the pavilion, otherwise she might be in the library."

"Ho, so it’s true then," Yu Hong smirked.

"What?"

"Nothing," Yu Hong quickly straightened his face and left with the pot.

Li Zheng then got up, supported himself with the crutch, and moved towards the windowsill.

As he opened the window, the door was pushed open.

"Cough..." A short-haired girl covered her nose and coughed, "It’s so stifling..."

Li Zheng turned around, a surprised look on his face, "Teacher Mengxi."

"Hey... stop calling me teacher..." Xu Mengxi bowed her head as she turned back to close the door. "How’s your leg?"

"It’s nothing." Li Zheng said, leaping on his crutches back and forth, bouncing around like a gibbon. He laughed, "In fact, my upper body strength has become stronger too."

"Please, sit down already." Xu Mengxi hurried to help Li Zheng to sit down firmly, then she pulled up a chair next to him, took out her pencil case, placed it on the table, and vigorously rubbed her face as if to pep herself up.

"What’s wrong?" Li Zheng asked.

Xu Mengxi looked straight ahead, her voice still soft but firm, "After our last talk, I thought about it and, I’m not willing to give up. I think I want to give it a try, yes!"

"The chemistry competition?"

Xu Mengxi nodded, "I spoke with Teacher Sun, and he’s bringing last year’s prelim papers over today at noon. If I can score in the provincial top two, I’ll participate."

"That’s possible, that’s definitely possible." Li Zheng’s eyes widened, "How many copies of the paper are there?"

"Teacher Sun said he would prepare three copies," Xu Mengxi nodded vigorously, "You, me, Jingjing, we’re probably the three strongest in Lake Ying’s chemistry."

"Great!" Li Zheng slapped the desk, got up on one leg, and stretched out his right hand excitedly, "From now on, we are teammates in the Lake Ying chemistry team."

"Wha... what are you talking about..." Xu Mengxi lost her confidence in an instant, turning her back, "Normally speaking, I wouldn’t even score in the top three provincially."

"How do you know if you don’t try?"

"Um... that’s why I came," Xu Mengxi’s hand reluctantly reached out to Li Zheng’s, avoiding his burning gaze, she muttered lowering her head, "Anyway... I’ve always been ordinary, and probably won’t ever have a chance... to come close to... come close to such an unrealistic dream again."

Li Zheng held Xu Mengxi’s hand and felt a gentle strength.

Suddenly, he felt a little panicked.

This...

This...

This probably isn’t just friendship...

"No... don’t say that, I’m very ordinary too." Li Zheng was also somewhat incoherent.

While they were speaking, Sun Leyang pushed the door open and seeing the two of them, he couldn’t help but snicker mischievously, "Hehe, did I interrupt something here, hehe."

Li Zheng quickly withdrew his hand, and Xu Mengxi also timidly stood up, greeting Teacher Sun.

"Ah, just stay seated." Sun Leyang waved his hand, hung up his coat, and after pulling out some papers from his briefcase, he started sorting them while asking, "Where’s Lin Yujing?"

A loud voice suddenly echoed through the hallway, "Caught you!"

Turning his head, Yu Hong was seen dragging Lin Yujing, striding back quickly.

Lin Yujing was still wiping rice grains from the corner of her mouth, apparently having been caught in the cafeteria.

Oh, the misery.

Li Zheng also handed the questions from last week back to Sun Leyang.

Scanning Li Zheng’s answers, Sun Leyang asked, "Weren’t these difficult ones meant for Lin Yujing?"

Then he turned to Lin Yujing, "What, you didn’t want to do them yourself and let Li Zheng do them? Learned to be lazy, huh, hehe."

Lin Yujing, unable to meet Sun Leyang’s gaze, stood behind Xu Mengxi, clutching her arm, "I did them on scratch paper..."

"Oh, so you saved the blank sheet for Li Zheng to do, right?" Sun Leyang grew more mischievous, "Quite caring, aren’t you."

"No... it’s not like that..." Lin Yujing blushed and lowered her head, unintentionally squeezing harder.

Xu Mengxi bore the pain without making a sound, feeling wronged.

On the other side, Sun Leyang looked over the test sheet and smiled, "Impressive, Li Zheng, is this your real level the first time around?"

"Yes."

"Then that’s really something, already better than... better than seniors." Sun Leyang then picked up a new set of papers, turned to the three students, and said, "This is last year’s competition papers, I decided last night to bring them for you to try. Have you done these before?"

All three shook their heads.

But their shake was different each.

Lin Yujing closed her eyes tightly, as if avoiding something dreadful.

Xu Mengxi was quite normal and composed.

While Li Zheng was frantically shaking his head, even though he was quick, his gaze tightly locked on the papers in Sun Leyang’s hands.

Even Sun Leyang got abit scared, took a step back and said, "Li Zheng, calm down… let me first explain."

Li Zheng nodded frantically.