Age of Legends

Chapter 203 says in the book
Actually, Zhang Chen's article wasn't very well written. This experience came from his university days, when a senior student gave a passionate speech at the school's sports meet. Back then, the sports meet was broadcast with a neat and uniform script, just like the current Yude High School sports meet. However, that senior student had a profound literary foundation and gave a magnificent performance of poetry and prose, which was quite amazing at the time.

Zhang Chen certainly didn't have the same foundation as that senior, who eventually went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and became a celebrity whose name is still in the university's hall of fame. But Zhang Chen could at least imitate the writing style. It's just that because it was so long ago, he couldn't remember some of the details, so he added some of his own filler and adaptations.

However, Zhuang Yanyue, who was used to reading the same old motivational speeches in high school, was pleasantly surprised. High school students love this kind of thing, and it was indeed unique, causing a stir among the audience.

The teacher who had reviewed the manuscript halfway through tried to stop Zhuang Yanyue, but Zhuang Yanyue avoided her and insisted on reading the entire manuscript aloud.

That's why we have the famous saying, "All the beasts in the school bow down."

At this moment, Principal Chen Qiushi stood up, took the microphone handed to him by the vice principal, and said, "Our students are very excellent. Their cheering speech was unique, but I think everyone is excellent and is doing their best in the competition. So it should be 'Leading the pack with heroic spirit, young people with lofty ambitions competing for the highest!' It's better than 'Everyone bows down.' At such a young age, don't bow down. Compete well and show your style!"

Another uproar erupted on the playground. The principal was indeed the principal; with just a few words, he brought Zhang Chen back on track.

However, schools are always the places where news leaks out the fastest, and soon the news spread that Zhang Chen had given Zhuang Yanyue the manuscript.

It is said that someone directly asked Zhuang Yanyue, and Zhuang Yanyue did not hide anything and directly revealed Zhang Chen, leaving everyone speechless.

Everyone who heard the news was somewhat stunned.

It's said that many young couples immediately disliked their boyfriends and started picking fights with them. Meanwhile, many others began to notice how handsome Zhang Chen was.

Meanwhile, Zheng Xue listened to the news in astonishment, looking at Shen Nuoyi in disbelief, "It's Zhang Chen? He's so bold! I've known him for so many years, and I've never seen him act like this before... But what's with Zhuang Yanyue cheering you on...?"

Shen Nuoyi didn't say anything; her face was just burning hot...

My premonition... came true.

Information about the encouraging messages coming from Zhang Chen kept coming in and flooding her with messages.

She was somewhat flustered at that moment.

She missed his eighteenth birthday, she left him for her friends, which even led to a misunderstanding and he got angry, but today... he cheered for her in the competition.

But she wasn't sure if Zhang Chen was doing this as a reward for her putting milk in his drawer a few days earlier.

But these things were like a ray of light shining into a dark room when she was feeling frustrated and wanted to give up, which helped her to get back on her feet and keep running.

……

Zhou Ming's expression was quite unpleasant. He was a man who valued stability and disliked things that were beyond his control. When he heard the script being read from Zhuang Yanyue's side, his heart sank. It was obvious that someone from his class had embellished it, making the script a mess. Yet, these high school students seemed to enjoy it, always eager for a good show. But it was clearly beyond Zhou Ming's control.

When the information came out, a teacher next to him smiled and said, "Teacher Zhou, your students are quite lively and unusual."

Zhou Ming's face flushed red and then paled. He knew he wasn't popular, and these words were clearly a brainwashing tactic. In the past, he would have definitely called Zhang Chen's mother in for a talk, citing her early romantic interest and the fact that she was bothering Shen Nuoyi, a model student in the class—the so-called "if you don't follow suit, others will." But now, Zhou Ming shook his head and dismissed the idea. After all, Huang Huifen wasn't the same person he used to be, someone he could call into his office with a single sentence and reprimand Zhang Chen while also scolding her.

If it were truly for Zhang Chen's academic benefit or to help him with any disciplinary issues, a teacher could certainly do so. However, it's clear that Zhou Ming is not that kind of person.

This incident caused quite a stir at the sports meet.

Peng Xin even came over to Zhang Chen and said, "Damn it, you're not being fair, why did you include us in the conversation!"

Acquaintances also stepped forward one after another.

"Who the hell is an animal? Who's an animal? You're so foul-mouthed!" "Get him!"

"Take it to the soccer rim and grind it!"

Someone gave the call to action, and everyone started chasing after Zhang Chen, trying to drag him to Aruba. As a result, a strange scene unfolded at the sports meet. Even though there were no major events, dozens of people suddenly surged forward like an infantry charge, forming a line and surging past like waves.

Ahead of this "peak line" was Zhang Chen, who was running as fast as surfing, quickly escaping from the encirclement and interception of dozens of people and running away from the sports field.

"Holy crap, this guy runs way too fast!"

"Damn it, it just dawned on me, this guy won the 4x100m relay! He was the last runner, and he was incredibly fast!"

"It's said to be 0.2 seconds faster than the school record! It's broken the school record!"

"Don't let us catch you!"

……

Finally, Zhang Chen wandered around and returned. The crowd's enthusiasm for criticizing him had subsided. In truth, no one was really angry about it, especially since Zhang Chen was now in school, and probably no one really wanted to provoke him. They were just taking advantage of the situation to try and make him suffer, but since Zhang Chen had managed to evade them, they decided to let it go.

There were no evening self-study sessions for the two days of the sports meet, so it was a rare opportunity to go straight home in the afternoon. As the sports meet drew to a close in the afternoon, everyone started to leave. Wang Shuowei still had plans to play soccer, while Zhang Chen was walking home alone when he ran into Zhuang Yanyue, who was carrying a box full of manuscripts and heading towards the storage room.

Zhang Chen stood beside her, looking at the box she was carrying, and said, "Shall I help you?"

"No need!" Zhuang Yanyue was saying when a stack of flyers fell from the top of the box. She couldn't catch it and a whole stack of them slipped away.

She was about to bend down to pick them up again when Zhang Chen bent down and picked up the forms and booklets on the ground for her, saying, "I'll take them to the storage room for you."

"Okay!" Zhuang Yanyue simply nodded.

The two walked side by side across the playground to the storage room, put the box inside, and after the teacher on duty registered it, they came out.

The Yude campus in front of me was also at dusk, with swaying shadows of trees. It was a pleasant day where you could feel comfortable wearing just a light shirt, and there were long-lasting clouds in the sky.

Zhuang Yanyue and Zhang Chen walked in the shade of the trees, looking at the glow of the sunset, as if they could never reach the end.

"Thank you for today. You really dared to broadcast this," Zhang Chen said.

"No way, you can't believe how bored I was! Luckily, your script gave me a wonderful memory! To be honest, I thought you were going to release some risqué content, otherwise I really wouldn't have dared to broadcast it!" Zhuang Yanyue's almond-shaped eyes swept over him.

“What are you thinking, kid? I’m a proper Young Pioneer,” Zhang Chen said.

Zhuang Yanyue glanced at him, gave him a wry smile that said, "Just take my word for it," then took a deep breath and said, "Actually... I'm a little envious of Shen Nuoyi today."

Zhang Chen didn't say anything; there was no time to speak at a time like this.

Then Zhuang Yanyue extended a finger, turned her hand back, and gently touched her chest.

"The lingering pain described in those books... I'm feeling it here a bit today too."

(End of this chapter)