I'm a senior in high school, and the Emperor Development System has arrived!

Chapter 114 I can't help it, I just love the contrast.

"Gliding up and down, pulling in and releasing, back and forth, the tricks are ever-changing, it's really not simple, a constant sport full of wisdom and meaning..."

Chen Zhou's face was bathed in sunlight. Accompanied by the sound of an alarm clock, he slowly opened his eyes and then his nose twitched slightly.

I could vaguely smell a strange fragrance.

Hmm, that's a bit odd.

However, Chen Zhou didn't think much of it.

He was just about to get up when he suddenly felt something slippery beneath him.

After pulling back the covers, Chen Zhou quickly grabbed a clean pair of underwear and ran to the bathroom.

He rubbed his dirty clothes, looked at himself in the mirror, and felt inexplicably excited.

Based on the information I've seen before, this phenomenon is proof that the 100-day foundation building program has been effective.

After clenching his fist, Chen Zhou washed up, changed into his sportswear, put his school uniform in his backpack, and left home.

Downstairs, Jiang Xia was kicking pebbles listlessly, just like always.

Seeing Chen Zhou come down, she opened her eyes slightly and asked in confusion:
Why aren't you wearing your school uniform?

Chen Zhou smiled slightly:

"There's something I haven't told you yet, bro, I'm getting ready to train in sports."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia's eyes widened, and she quickly came over and touched Chen Zhou's forehead:

"No, you don't have a fever. Are you delirious from the fever?"

Chen Zhou shook his head and said:

"Talking as we walk."

On the way, Chen Zhou recounted the whole story of how Zhang Jilong persuaded him to take up sports.

Jiang Xia finally breathed a sigh of relief:

"I thought you'd lost your mind, training in sports when you're only a senior in high school. But if it's just the 100-meter dash, and you run that fast, you might actually have a chance."

"but……"

Chen Zhou turned his head and looked at Jiang Xia, asking:

"But what happened?"

Jiang Xia clenched his fist:
"But I'm warning you, you can't slack off on your studies either, or I'll punch you all the way to Mars."

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhou was both amused and exasperated, and raised his hand to swear:

"Okay, okay, I, Chen Zhou, promise that my grades won't drop because of practicing sports, otherwise..."

Following Jiang Xia's example, he also kept everyone in suspense.

Jiang Xia leaned closer and stared at Chen Zhou, asking:

"Otherwise what?"

Chen Zhou stood tall and straight, revealing a set of bright white teeth:

"Otherwise, Jiangxia will be a lonely widow for life!"

Immediately, Jiang Xia jumped up and swung his fist at Chen Zhou.

Fortunately, he was prepared and ran away as fast as he could.

After the upgrade, Chen Zhou's speed is now incredibly fast, and Jiang Xia could only chase him for a few meters before he couldn't catch up anymore.

She held onto her knees and shouted:

"Okay, okay, I won't chase you anymore..."

Chen Zhou stopped, jogged over to Jiang Xia, and asked with a grin:
"How was my speed? Not bad, right?"

Jiang Xia nodded repeatedly:

"You're this fast even without training, imagine how fast you'll be after training! When you get interviewed after making it to the Olympics, remember to give me credit!"

Chen Zhou wondered:

"No, why should I share the credit with you?"

Jiangxia proudly puffed out his chest:
"If I hadn't been chasing you every day, how could you have run so fast?"

Chen Zhou smiled, thinking about how Jiang Xia almost always chased him to school every morning. He ruffled Jiang Xia's hair and said:

"Okay, okay, you deserve some credit! If I get interviewed later, you'll be the first person I thank!"

Jiang Xia's head was being ruffled by Chen Zhou, and she couldn't help but pout:
"Waaaah~ You've messed up my hair."

Chen Zhou looked at his hair, which was flying vertically due to static electricity, and couldn't help but chuckle.

Jiang Xia keenly sensed something was wrong, reached out and touched it, then jumped up in anger upon discovering it was amiss:

"Chen Zhou, you're far from humanity and very close to God!"

Chen Zhou smiled and reached out to press his hair down, but unexpectedly it bounced back up.

Jiang Xia pouted, looking at him with a pitiful expression:
"You'd better find a way to fix it for me!"

"Good good!"

Chen Zhou recalled his junior high school knowledge, breathed hot air onto his hands, and prepared to apply it to Jiang Xia's head.

Jiang Xia looked at him with disdain and asked:

"What are you doing? It's disgusting."

Chen Zhou chuckled and said:

"You didn't know that moisture can reduce static electricity?"

Hearing this, Jiang Xia let him rub her hands and said with a pout:
"I'm just an ordinary liberal arts student, of course I wouldn't know!"

Chen Zhou shrugged:

"But this is junior high school physics."

Jiang Xia gritted his teeth:

"Can I just forget about it?"

After Chen Zhou finished, Jiang Xia touched her hair and, feeling that her hair was no longer giving God the middle finger, she finally smiled:
"Knowing a little physics is really good."

Chen Zhou glanced sideways, extended a finger, and laughed:
"That's not what you just said."

Jiang Xia's face flushed slightly as she pushed him toward the school.
"Hurry up, we'll be late if we don't hurry."

Six fifty.

Chen Zhou arrived at the school gymnasium on time.

I must say, it's really refreshing not having to go to class for those perfunctory morning reading sessions.

Reading is fine, but I don't know who invented this "passionate morning reading" thing, where you have to stand up to read.

Only someone whose brain has been parasitized by a parasite could come up with such a ridiculous idea that would make someone live without a mother for ten lifetimes.

As you enter the stadium, Zhang Jilong is standing in the center of the basketball court, waiting for you.

Chen Zhou walked up to him and greeted him:
Good morning, Coach.

Zhang Jilong smiled slightly, but his expression remained serious as he said:
"You've never practiced sports before, and today is your first day of training. Let me first tell you some basic knowledge about being a sports student."

He looked into Chen Zhou's eyes and slowly said:
"Sports training is a scientific process. You must strictly follow the training plan I have formulated and are strictly prohibited from doing extra training."

"Before each training session or competition, it is important to warm up and relax thoroughly. What we need to learn in the morning is how to warm up."

"Diet is essential. I'll give you a diet plan later. Eat according to the plan. It's 30% training and 70% diet. A balanced diet is more effective than haphazard training."

"..."

Chen Zhou listened attentively to these common sense tips for physical education students, making sure he remembered what to pay attention to and what to avoid.

Don't look back and find yourself with a bunch of injuries instead of good athletic performance; that would be embarrassing.

After explaining the basics, Zhang Jilong personally led him on a warm-up lap, then took him to the track, took out a stopwatch, and said:

Let's retest the 100-meter time.

Chen Zhou nodded, went to the starting line, and started running at full speed as Zhang Jilong gave the command.

Zhang Jilong observed Chen Zhou's starting movements and stride length while running, and shook his head slightly.

This technique is incredibly bad.

However, the speed seems to be much faster than the test two days ago. Is it just my imagination?
Zhang Jilong squinted.

Like a savage gust of wind, Chen Zhou crossed the finish line.

Zhang Jilong pressed the stopwatch, nodded, and said:

"11.55 seconds, just shy of level two. Actually, this is a pretty good result for a newcomer."

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhou was somewhat surprised, not expecting his speed to be close to the second level.

He asked Zhang Jilong:

"Coach, how many seconds does level two take?"

Zhang Jilong replied:
"11.54 seconds, but since it's handwritten, your time is a little faster. I have a friend at the Guangya City Sports Center, I'll take you there to run a timed test later."

Chen Zhou nodded, having roughly understood his own level.

[Speed ​​is of the essence in war] He will not open it unless absolutely necessary.

Let's see how far we can go with our own talent.

After testing his performance, Zhang Jilong saw that Chen Zhou had a certain speed, so he started teaching him from the technical aspects.

He went to the starting line, picked up a starting block, squatted down, and said:

"I'll teach you the squatting position first."

As he spoke, Zhang Jilong squatted down and explained to Chen Zhou what to do, detail by detail.

Chen Zhou listened and secretly took notes, then tried it out several times, making numerous mistakes.

Don't underestimate this seemingly simple starting posture; it takes at least ten days to two weeks of practice to master.

But where would I find that much time?

Chen Zhou shook his head and opened the system interface:

[Sprint Level 0]

[Starting Technique lv0-lv1: 100 Royal Might]

[Mid-course running technique lv0-lv1: 100 Imperial Might]

[Sprint Technique lv0-lv1: 100 Imperial Might]

Chen Zhou clicked his tongue in amazement. The cost of going from lv0 to lv1 was not small, totaling 300 Royal Might.

However, these imperial prestige aspects certainly cannot be omitted.

If you want to be prominent in public, you have to suffer in private.

Chen Zhou glanced at the time. He figured he should only be learning starting techniques this morning, so he spent 100 Royal Might to improve them.

[Congratulations, Your Majesty! You have upgraded your starting technique to level 1 by consuming 100 Imperial Prestige.]

After upgrading his skill level, Chen Zhou once again crouched on the starting blocks and attempted a crouch start.

This time, Zhang Jilong was somewhat surprised to see Chen Zhou's somewhat rough but already well-formed starting posture.

Is this the level of comprehension a student who scores 600 points?
You got the hang of it so quickly?

Zhang Jilong clicked his tongue in amazement.

This is too fast. In the past, it would have been difficult for his students, who started from scratch, to reach this level of proficiency in less than one or two months.

Thinking this, Zhang Jilong looked at Chen Zhou with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

It's truly a gem in the rough.

After practicing the starts a few more times, Zhang Jilong glanced at the time and said:

"Okay, that's enough for this morning. We'll do strength training tonight. Strength is always the foundation of speed. Go back and prepare for class."

Chen Zhou stood up and replied:

"Okay, thank you, coach!"

Training ended at 7:30. Chen Zhou went to the restroom to change into his school uniform and then headed to his classroom.

When I arrived at class, morning reading hadn't ended yet.

Shen Enxi wore a pair of white strappy sandals and a mint green chiffon blouse today, which inadvertently revealed a touch of casualness and playfulness.

She frowned slightly when she saw Chen Zhou enter the classroom, but still nodded to signal him to come in.

At this time, anyone who didn't know better would think he was late.

Chen Zhou went to his seat and put down his backpack. Li Bin leaned over and asked:
"How's it going? First day of training, Chen Zhou, the sports student."

Chen Zhou chuckled and said:

"It's alright, I only practiced my starting technique."

Li Bin chuckled and said:

"It's good to practice. It's okay if you run slowly now, but you can't do it later. My punctuality tool is not something to mess with."

"???"

Chen Zhou typed a question mark and nudged Li Bin:

"If you become a security guard and I deliver food, can you let me into the community and monopolize the food delivery?"

Li Bin said with righteous indignation:
"cannot!"

Chen Zhou sighed:
"You're really something, so ungrateful."

Li Bin crossed his arms and said:
"I have professional ethics, so I can only personally deliver Xiaomei's takeout orders."

He looked Chen Zhou up and down and said:
"You go and deliver it, I don't trust you to do it!"
Chen Zhou said with a smile:
"Are you afraid that I'll kidnap the homeowner, Xiaomei?"

Li Bin was enraged and embarrassed:
"You think I'm that kind of person? Okay, I admit I am."

At that moment, Stephen Chow also came over and asked in a low voice:

"Brothers, I mean, what if I was born in 1996, dreamed of becoming a rap leader, was of mixed Chinese and African descent, had blond hair in junior high, was a sports student in high school, was a rapper in college, served two years in the army in my sophomore year, came back to be an instructor, and opened a veterans' barbecue restaurant after graduation? Moreover, I have innocent eyes, am illiterate, have a middle parting in my hair and love playing basketball, how would you deal with me?"

Chen Zhou gave a thumbs up:
"The concentration is too high. I suggest you reincarnate and start over."

Li Bin glanced at Zhou Xinglun and slowly said:

"Athlete? I suspect you're implying something about elbows."

Stephen Chow quickly waved his hand and said:
"How could that be? My love for pork knuckle is as clear as day!"

Chen Zhou nodded and said:

"Indeed, once I used a rubber band to lie to him and he didn't get angry."

Stephen Chow: ...

"Cow batch!"

He cupped his hands in greeting, looked at Chen Zhou, and said:

"You've really disgusted me, elbow."

Li Bin covered his face and sighed:
"Wait, where did you get so many new memes? I've never even seen this one before!"

Chen Zhou patted Li Bin on the shoulder and comforted him:

"Read more books and newspapers, eat fewer snacks and sleep more. You don't have an abstract talent."

Currently, in the entire Class 8, Chen Zhou recognizes two "Abstract Children": Zhou Xinglun and He Lili.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhou couldn't help but look at He Lili, only to find that she was also giving him a flirtatious look.

Chen Zhou silently looked away.

Soon after, sensing Jiang Yuyan's gaze, he pretended to take out an English book.

Then they discovered that the line of sight was even wider.

Chen Zhou glanced around and realized it was Chinese language reading time, so he quickly changed to a Chinese textbook.

In the past, when they collected care fees, you could still see the subject teachers during morning reading sessions.

Now that we're not allowed to charge care fees, without money we can only rely on teachers like homeroom teachers to supervise morning reading.

The cost of early morning reading is included in the homeroom teacher's fee, but the homeroom teacher's fee remains unchanged.

in short.

The money hasn't changed, but I'm living more.

This made Chen Zhou sigh.

What kind of monsters are homeroom teachers in the new century? They leave early and return late, their workload doubles, and they earn hundreds or thousands more a month.

No wonder there are fewer and fewer older homeroom teachers; the homeroom teachers of regular classes are all young and inexperienced.

Under Jiang Yuyan's watchful gaze, the remaining ten minutes of morning reading flew by.

"Dingling bell~"

After class, Wang Rui and Zhu Zhou immediately surrounded Chen Zhou and asked him:

"Zhou-ge, how was your first day of training?"

Chen Zhou gave an OK sign:

"It's alright, what's wrong?"

Wang Rui chuckled and said:

"It's like this, someone in the sports class knows you train in a specific sport and wants to find out about your 100-meter time."

Chen Zhou didn't hide anything and told the truth:
"The coach just checked my stats: 11.55 seconds."

Upon hearing this, Wang Rui and Zhu Zhou exchanged glances, then asked in surprise:

"Dude, you just started training and you can already run 11.55 seconds? You're just a little short of level two?"

Chen Zhou nodded and said modestly:
"The coach said that taking notes by hand might be faster."

Wang Rui chuckled awkwardly:

“We usually keep handwritten notes, so where would we get the electronic scores without competitions?”

Zhu Zhou also said sullenly:
"Brother Zhou, you're amazing! I've been training for two years and I still haven't reached level two in the 100-meter dash."

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhou scratched his head.

We didn't use any cheats, did we?

It's all talent.

Is it really that amazing?

Wang Rui sighed, completely convinced of Chen Zhou's abilities.

"Brother Zhou, you're really something... You excel in everything from academics to sports. If you train for half a year, you could easily get a first-level certificate."

Zhu Zhou was also a little envious and jealous:

"Brother Rui, with a 600-point bonus for Level 1, what kind of schools can I get into?"

Wang Rui didn't quite understand either:

"Shouldn't a decent 211 university be fine?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaomeng walked over, placed last night's math homework on Chen Zhou's desk, and asked in confusion:
"A decent 211 university? You'd be better off focusing on academics than practicing sports."

Chen Zhou chuckled and said:

"It's all about the experience; we weren't really thinking about how far sports could go."

Seeing that he said that, Lin Xiaomeng didn't say anything more and returned to her seat with her braids swinging.

While the others didn't notice anything, Zhou Xinglun glanced at Ding Zhen, picked up Chen Zhou's complete homework, and flipped through it.

Looking at the handwriting, although Lin Xiaomeng had tried her best to imitate it, there were still differences.

Stephen Chow smiled and nodded, then lowered his voice and said:

"Holy crap, how did you manage that, elbow? Did you get the class representative to do your homework for you? Did you kneel down and sing 'Conquer' for her or something?"

Chen Zhou looked at him with concern, took back the homework, and said:

"Children should not ask about adult matters."

Stephen Chow nodded repeatedly, pretending to be serious:
"Oh, so you can't get into a 985 or 211 university with your score, so you're planning to go for a double-flight, huh?"

Chen Zhou pretends to be innocent:

"Forget about non-985/211 universities, my goal is a 985 university!"

Stephen Chow smiled but didn't say anything; everything was understood without being spoken.

But just then, Bai Qianqian walked over, twisting the hem of her clothes, her face slightly flushed, and said:

"Um...can I step outside for a bit? I...I want to talk to you about something."

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhou paused for a moment, then nodded and said:

"Ok."

During the break between classes, the two went to the railing in the corridor.

Bai Qianqian lowered her head and said haltingly:
"Um... what's your favorite character in Naruto? There's a comic convention on Saturday, and I... I'd like to try it out too."

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhou immediately became interested:

"Hey Qianqian, do you want to try cosplay? Or maybe cosplay Naruto?"

Bai Qianqian nodded.

Chen Zhou stroked his chin thoughtfully and said:
"If you're cosplaying, you'll definitely be portraying a female character, and I'd definitely like Hinata! She's so cute!"

Bai Qianqian nodded, and a rare smile appeared on her face:
"Okay... then I'll cosplay her."

Despite his words, Chen Zhou still asked Bai Qianqian out of curiosity:
"Why did you suddenly decide to go to a comic convention?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Qianqian suddenly tensed up, her face turning red, but she still managed to say:

"Because...because I wanted to cosplay for you!"

Bai Qianqian's words were like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, stirring up ripples in Chen Zhou's heart.

He looked at the girl's flushed face and smiled slightly.

Students passing by in the corridor cast curious glances, yet seemed to be isolated from their own little world.

"Was I...was I too abrupt?"

Seeing that Chen Zhou did not reply for a long time, Bai Qianqian's eyes welled up with tears, and she twisted the hem of her clothes even tighter.

"No!"

Chen Zhou shook his head and said:

"How could that be? I'm so touched, thank you for your kind gesture!"

For a high school girl who has never had any cosplay experience, she is willing to take the initiative to cosplay a character from a boy's favorite anime for him.

The significance of this action is self-evident, doesn't it?
All I can say is, Qianqian is the best!

Chen Zhou scratched his head, then his eyes suddenly lit up:
"Well then, since we're going to a comic convention, I'll cosplay one of the characters too. Let's discuss it together."

"There's still enough time; the package should arrive in three days."

Bai Qianqian suddenly looked up, her eyelashes still glistening with tears, yet her smile was brighter than the warm spring sun:

"Really...really? Then...it's a deal!"

She held up her little finger, her eyes full of anticipation.

Chen Zhou looked into her bright eyes, hooked his little finger with hers, and said with a smile:

"It's a word."

"Jingle Bell--"

The school bell rang at an inopportune moment.

Bai Qianqian withdrew her hand like a startled rabbit, and said in a flustered manner:

"Hurry...class is about to start!"

Chen Zhou nodded and looked at her, saying:

"Let's go back to class!"

He and Bai Qianqian returned to the classroom one after the other. As they passed Jiang Yutong's seat, Chen Zhou greeted her.

Good morning, class monitor!

Jiang Yutong blushed slightly, and thinking of her performance last night, she stammered:
"Good morning."

Chen Zhou smiled.

It's surprising that the usually serious Jiang Yutong is so different in private.

If we're talking about real contrasts, Lu Mi, who's always by his side, is one, and Jiang Yutong is definitely another.

As for who among them is the true queen of contrast, Chen Zhou is not sure yet.

no way.

We love the contrast.

(End of this chapter)