The pace of Saturday’s classes was the sa as Friday’s.
The chemistry teacher, Old Zhang, held a piece of chalk in his left hand and a crumpled review handout in his right.
His forehead glistened oilily under the fluorescent lights, and his sparse, graying hair trembled slightly in the breeze from the fan.
Whenever he turned to write on the blackboard, the smooth patch of skin on the back of his head would take on a cold, tallic sheen in the blue light of the projector.
The scraping of chalk against the blackboard abruptly ceased. Old Zhang spun around, his eyes widening behind his glasses. The piece of chalk between his fingers snapped on the lectern with a CRACK.
A mont later, a piece of chalk accurately struck Chen Mingyu, who was fast asleep on his desk.
"Chen Mingyu!"
Old Zhang’s booming voice instantly jolted Chen Mingyu from his slumber.
The extrely sleepy Chen Mingyu raised his head, and Old Zhang was startled by his haggard face.
"Your eyelids are practically forming a chemical bond. What were you up to last night?"
"Problems," Chen Mingyu answered subconsciously. "I did a science comprehensive exam."
Old Zhang shook his head. "Ambition is a good thing, but don’t sacrifice your rest."
Chen Mingyu nodded.
Old Zhang then turned around and continued the lecture.
But just as Old Zhang turned away, Chen Mingyu’s head THUDDED back onto his desk.
He was asleep again.
Sitting in the back row, the corner of Shen Yuan’s mouth twitched.
’System, if it’s possible, please lend my Vigorous and Full of Energy skill to Ai Muyu for a while!’
Shen Yuan felt deeply guilty.
The task he had assigned yesterday was indeed a bit too difficult.
A science comprehensive score of 280 or above... while not unheard of in Class 15, was sothing Chen Mingyu definitely couldn’t achieve right now.
On the last monthly exam, Chen Mingyu had barely passed 270 on his science comprehensive.
"DING!"
Shen Yuan’s eyes lit up, and he imdiately opened the system.
[Although your first date wasn’t entirely satisfactory overall, it still marks a new beginning for you and Li Zhi.]
[While your love life is going smoothly, you haven’t forgotten about self-improvent. Thirty-five is the pri age to make your mark. Before you set out, you need a healthy body.]
[In your spare ti from work and study over the next two weeks, squeeze in ti to exercise.
Accumulate 10h of exercise. Reward: 2000 yuan.
Accumulate 20h of exercise. Reward: Arm strength increased.
Accumulate 30h of exercise. Reward: Leg strength increased.
Accumulate 40h of exercise. Reward: Waist and abdon strength increased.
Accumulate 50h of exercise. Reward: Core enhancent.
Current progress: 0h.]
Looking at the task before him, the corner of Shen Yuan’s mouth twitched.
To be honest.
If this task hadn’t been given to him now, it would be downright unreasonable for a corporate drone.
Fifty hours ant an average of three and a half hours of exercise per day.
Even if weekends could take a significant chunk of that ti, was he supposed to work out five hours a day on his days off?
Even so, he would still need to exercise for over three hours a day on the remaining days.
The question was, did he even have three hours to work out?
And even if he did, could he actually exercise for a full three hours?
Even now, as a student, Shen Yuan felt the task was quite difficult as he looked at it.
’Does a third-year high school student really have that much ti to exercise?’
Even with fragnted ti from running to the bathroom and the cafeteria, it would only add up to a few minutes a day at most.
Shen Yuan undoubtedly wanted to get all the rewards.
The 2000 yuan reward held little interest for him.
’But there’s always a way out, a light at the end of the tunnel.’
’I have to think outside the box.’
’When it cos to exercise, there are many options.’
At this thought, Shen Yuan sat up straight, his expression serious.
With a contraction of his sphincter, Shen Yuan began doing Kegel exercises.
Ah Jie saw Shen Yuan’s serious expression and couldn’t help but ask, "Are you taking a dump?"
Shen Yuan turned to Ah Jie, shot him a warning glare, and said seriously, "You, do 100 Kegels right now."
Ah Jie’s breath hitched.
But in the next second, his expression beca just as serious as Shen Yuan’s.
No one can refuse the call of Kegel exercises.
Anyone reading this, go do 100 Kegels right now.
By the ti Shen Yuan received the mission, half the class period had already passed.
Shen Yuan did his Kegels very slowly, ensuring he could drag out the ti for as long as possible.
This way, he could log more ti.
Seeing the progress bar on the system mission increase, a satisfied smile appeared on Shen Yuan’s face.
’As expected, Kegels are a godsend!’
’Oh, right. After class, I can ask Brother Haojie if there are any exercises I can do during class.’
As one of the two muscular guys in Class 15, a fitness guru like Li Haotian would surely know so exercises to kill ti with in class.
When the bell for the end of class rang, Shen Yuan was eager to get started.
The mont the chemistry teacher left the classroom, Shen Yuan shot up from his seat.
"Haojie, let ask you sothing."
Li Haotian, who was about to go to the bathroom, stopped in his tracks upon hearing this.
"What’s up?"
Looking at Brother Haojie’s earnest face, Shen Yuan asked, "I’ve been thinking about working out recently. You and the sports committee mber are the resident fitness gurus of our class, so I wanted to ask for your advice."
Shen Yuan didn’t directly ask what exercises he could do during class, because if he asked it that way, a righteous person like Brother Haojie might misunderstand.
Although Brother Haojie loved fitness, he never let it interfere with his studies.
If Shen Yuan were to ask such a question, Li Haotian would most likely not answer.
Hearing Shen Yuan say he wanted to work out, Li Haotian’s eyes imdiately lit up.
"Alright. First, tell what areas you want to work on."
"Abs."
Shen Yuan unhesitatingly chose the body part most guys love to show off.
After all, arm muscles can only attract guys, while abs can attract girls.
Very few girls are interested in a guy’s brawny arm muscles, but abs are a different story.
They’re devastatingly effective on both n and won.
Li Haotian nodded, clearly understanding what Shen Yuan was getting at.
"For abs, I suggest you train with crunches. There are lots of workout apps these days; you can download one and watch the tutorials for crunches."
Li Haotian added, "But when it cos to exercise, I don’t really recomnd only working out one area."
Shen Yuan nodded, then quickly followed up, "Actually, there’s sothing else I wanted to ask. My wrist has been a little sore, probably from doing a lot of problems lately. Are there any simple and convenient exercises to train hand strength?"
Li Haotian answered almost instinctively, "A hand gripper. You can squeeze it while you’re doing problems. If you need one, I have one at my desk. I usually squeeze it a couple of tis when I’m zoning out."
Hearing this, Shen Yuan raised an eyebrow.
’Well, well, Li Haotian. To think that you, an honest-looking guy with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, also slack off in class!’
"OK, thanks. I’ll use yours for now and order one for myself."
Li Haotian nodded and casually asked, "Gotta take a leak?"
Friendships between guys often begin by taking a piss together.
"Let’s go, let’s go."
After returning from their piss break, Shen Yuan took the hand gripper from Li Haotian.
’The next class is English with Eldest Female Cousin. I’ll try working out for the whole period!’
Besides, he could multitask while doing Kegels and using the hand gripper, so Shen Yuan wasn’t worried about falling behind on his schoolwork.
Throughout the English class, Shen Yuan switched hands squeezing the hand gripper. When one hand got tired, he did so Kegels.
He actually managed to get through the entire class period like that.
Seeing that his task tir had reached one hour, a gratified expression appeared on Shen Yuan’s face.
’At this rate, I should be able to finish this task in two weeks.’
The increases in arm, leg, waist, abdon, and core strength were more than enough for a high school student like Shen Yuan.
While the feeling of a body full of power was nice, he wasn’t a fitness enthusiast like Li Haotian and the sports committee mber.
’As for working out, I’ll just let the system handle it.’
’What can I say? I’m the one with the cheat system.’
Thinking of this, Shen Yuan ignored the pleasant soreness in his arm and sphincter muscles.
Lunch was in the cafeteria as usual.
Shen Yuan quickly finished his al, grabbed a bottle of Coke, and headed back to the classroom to study.
The reason was probably that there was no howork from chemistry or physics that morning.
And Sister Lan had assigned too much howork—an entire Chinese language test paper!
The kind with an essay section.
The implication was obvious.
There would be a science comprehensive weekly test today.
And going by past experience, there would probably be an English test today as well.
’So I’d better finish my howork quickly and start reviewing.’
When Shen Yuan returned to the classroom, Li Zhi and He Zhiyu were already at their seats.
The "little author" was turned around, leaning over Li Zhi’s desk to ask about a chemistry problem.
He didn’t know if she genuinely didn’t know how to do the problem or if she was just gathering material by putting herself in the scene.
Li Zhi didn’t think about it that way.
Her attitude towards *Defend and Steal* had reached a state of acceptance.
’Whatever, let her do what she wants.’
’Anyway, the female lead isn’t , and the male lead can’t possibly be Shen Yuan.’
He Zhiyu was listening to Li Zhi explain the problem when she suddenly saw Shen Yuan walk by and subconsciously looked up.
And then she t Shen Yuan’s death glare.
The little author shivered, shrank her neck, and huddled further into her seat.
Seeing this, Shen Yuan laughed inwardly.
’It’s definitely you.’
At this mont, He Zhiyu had no idea she had already been exposed.
After seeing that Shen Yuan was no longer paying attention to her, she continued to imrse herself in the process of gathering material.
After sitting down, Shen Yuan took out his phone and sent a ssage to Li Zhi.
Li Zhi didn’t see the ssage until after the lunch break bell rang.
Although Young Master Li also had her phone with her, she rarely took it out to use at school.
Shen Yuan’s ssage was very short.
"My guess is that this week’s update for *Defend and Steal* will have the male lead asking the female lead about a problem."
Li Zhi subconsciously glanced at Shen Yuan, only to see him staring intently at the test paper in front of him, his expression serious.
One hand held a pen, while the other was under the desk.
Li Zhi could see that the paper in front of Shen Yuan was the Chinese language test that had been handed out today.
Thinking of this, Li Zhi’s brows furrowed slightly.
’This Chinese test isn’t that hard, is it?’
Just as this thought popped into Li Zhi’s mind, she suddenly saw Shen Yuan’s expression grow strained.
From Li Zhi’s perspective, she could clearly see Shen Yuan’s masseter muscle tensing, which ant he was clenching his jaw.
And the bulging lines on his neck also indicated that Shen Yuan was exerting himself.
’Does one need to try so hard for a Chinese test?’
For a mont, Li Zhi didn’t understand.
But when the beautiful girl saw the state of Shen Yuan’s left arm, her eyes imdiately widened.
She saw Shen Yuan’s left forearm moving slightly up and down, and from the short, sharp movents, he was definitely putting in effort!
Young Master Li’s mind went completely blank.
As a mber of Gen Z, Young Master Li was obviously not soone completely ignorant of physiological matters.
Seeing the veins popping on Shen Yuan’s forehead and the sweat on his temples, Li Zhi couldn’t help but cover her mouth.
’Is this guy really that bold?!’
anwhile, inside Shen Yuan’s head, he was continuously counting.
’57!’
’58!’
’59!’
’60!’
The mont he counted to 60, Shen Yuan’s whole body suddenly relaxed.
Feeling the soreness in his arm, Shen Yuan placed the hand gripper on his lap.
Then, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Li Zhi staring at him with wide eyes.
Shen Yuan turned to look at Li Zhi.
"Why are you staring at ?"
Li Zhi opened her mouth. "You... just now..."
Shen Yuan picked up the hand gripper with his right hand and squeezed it a couple of tis.
The beautiful girl’s face instantly turned bright red. With a WHOOSH, she buried her head in her book, pulling it closed over her.
Shen Yuan: ?
’What the heck?’
’Why did she blush just from squeezing a hand gripper twice? Am I that charming now?’
Shen Yuan blinked.
The final conclusion he ca to was that guys who work out are the most charming.
’Sigh, I thought Young Master Li was the type of otherworldly fairy who was above mortal desires. Now it seems she’s just as trapped by worldly concerns as I am!’
Shen Yuan shook his head and refocused his attention on the test paper in front of him.
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