Cultivation Shura Field

Of course, he knew that Song Xingye was not unable to hide from Shen Lan, but she did not want to hide. Hiding here would not only make her appear lower than her rival, but she also did not know what her rival would do. For her, as long as she changed out of the maid outfit and did not let anyone know about such a shameful play, it would be fine.

As for Xu Zhe, if he wanted to resolutely implement the scumbag strategy, he should let Song Xingye avoid Shen Lan at this time. But he really didn't have the nerve to make such a request, at least not now.

Song Xingye entered the study and closed the door.

Then less than a minute later, before the girl in the study came out, another one arrived.

As soon as Shen Lan came in, she smiled and said, "Hi, boss, I came to report to you about the progress of my work."

Xu Zhe: "Come in and sit down."

"You just finished your meal..."

The restaurant is right at the entrance. Shen Lan glanced at the dining table, and her cheerful tone changed because she found two sets of bowls and chopsticks on the table.

Xu Zhe lives here alone, why does he use two sets of tableware?

Shen Lan realized something in an instant.

Just then, the study door opened.

Song Xingye, who had changed into her school uniform, came out and greeted her with a smile: "Hello, senior sister."

Shen Lan narrowed her eyes slightly: "Isn't Feifei coming with you?"

Song Xingye: "I am the only one with a picky appetite. I don't want to eat in the cafeteria at night, so I come here."

Shen Lan: "So you like Xu Zhe's craftsmanship so much."

Xu Zhe subconsciously wanted to explain that today's dinner was made by Xiao Ye, not by himself. But Song Xingye did not give him a chance to interrupt, and said, "What does Senior Sister want to talk to him about? I'm here, will it be inconvenient?"

Shen Lan took out a USB drive from her school uniform pocket. "It's nothing inconvenient. It's just that some of the work has been completed and I want to give it to my boss to take a look."

Song Xingye: "Boss?"

Shen Lan: "Well, his new game project was done by him and I together. And to be honest, I was the one doing the main work."

Song Xingye: "Senior sister is really amazing."

Shen Lan: "Same here."

Then the two girls looked at each other, and the verbal probing came to an end for the time being.

"Don't stand and talk, both of you. Sit down. I'll get you a glass of water."

After Xu Zhe finished speaking, he turned around to get the kettle and cup.

Shen Lan and Song Xingye sat down. There was only one hard sofa in the room, so the two girls sat on the same sofa, but there was a space between them.

They looked at each other.

Suddenly, Shen Lan asked in a low voice: "Do you remember what you told me when we were skiing two years ago?"

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224. Chapter 223 222 You Didn’t Give Up

224.

2023-10-13

"In fact, I liked her before. But later I found that childhood sweethearts seem to be closer and it is impossible to break them up. And I don't want to be the bad guy, because Feifei is also my best friend, so..."

Shen Lan could no longer remember the exact date when Song Xingye said this, but she remembered clearly that she and Song Xingye were both at the ski resort at the time.

It was her first and only time skiing.

At this time, Shen Lan whispered: "Fortunately, I didn't really believe you. Song Xingye, you are not still trying to say that you don't like him and just want to have a free meal, right?"

Song Xingye remained silent.

She hadn't thought about what she should say to Shen Lan yet. But she felt that Xu Zhe couldn't be allowed to face Shen Lan alone, even if it meant that she would be exposed from behind the shield of the Fei Fei.

At this time, Xu Zhe came over with two glasses of water and handed them to the two girls.

He found that the empty seat between the girls was just big enough for him to sit down. But he didn't want to sit there right now, after all, the pressure was a bit too much.

So Xu Zhe stood in front of the sofa and asked, "Isn't it time for you to go back to school? It's only a few minutes until eight o'clock, and it's getting dark."

Song Xingye smiled and said, "Okay, Senior Sister Shen Lan and I will go back together."

Shen Lan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "No problem."

Are you addicted to online gaming? This sentence popped up in Xu Zhe's mind, but he just moved his mouth silently and didn't really say it out loud.

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When leaving Xu Zhe's residence, Song Xingye and Shen Lan walked side by side. They left the community, crossed the road, and then entered the school gate.

They should have separated a little further, because their dormitories were not together. But they slowed down their pace for the short distance from the school gate to the dormitory area.

Because there is indeed something to say.

Shen Lan said calmly: "With Xu Zhe not here, we can talk openly. I asked about you when I was in junior high school. You are very smart. We should be able to communicate efficiently."

Song Xingye gently lifted the hair beside her ear, using this ordinary action to cover up her inner emotions. She said: "I am just an ordinary person, not as smart as you, senior sister."

Shen Lan smiled: "You don't need to be so modest. Let me put it this way, which class are you in now?"

Song Xingye: "Class 3."

Shen Lan: "There are seventeen classes in our school's first year of high school, right? Excluding the last one that's just for show, the other sixteen classes are all good students from various cities. Those who can get in are either smart enough or self-disciplined enough. And in my opinion, people who can maintain self-discipline are more terrifying than those who are born smart."

Song Xingye: "What you mean is..."

Shen Lan: "You are ranked in the top fifth among such a group of students, which means you are very good. You are very smart and very perseverant."

Song Xingye frowned: "But Xu Zhe and you are ranked higher."

Shen Lan smiled slightly: "Because we are all geniuses. So I know very well that only I can catch up with him."

Song Xingye was stunned. Perhaps it was because the senior sister's attitude just now was too friendly that she forgot that this was a love rival, and a terrifying and arrogant one at that.

Shen Lan continued, "You also know that Xu Zhe is starting a business, but you probably don't understand what level he is at now. Earning hundreds of thousands of dollars a month is ridiculous for a middle school student, right? But he will become even more ridiculous in the future."

Song Xingye: "You mean you can earn more?"

Shen Lan: "Money is an indicator, it's very one-sided, but sometimes it can explain something. Although he is still very modest about the game project we are working on, I know that it will be higher than his first two games. Maybe it will bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars a month? Haha... This is because of the foundation he laid, and also because of my participation."

"Oh?" Song Xingye asked unconvincedly, "You mean, you are the only one who can help him start a business?"

"There are actually many people in this world who can help him," Shen Lan pointed to his chest, "but I am the only one who believes in him unconditionally. Those experienced programmers, especially those big guys who have worked in the gaming industry, can help him. But they won't believe in a middle school student's business plan. Only I have the ability to help him and will devote myself to it without reservation."

"Without reservation? So you don't plan on studying in your senior year?"

When she asked this question, Song Xingye felt that she seemed to be a little weak in momentum. But there was nothing she could do. The other party seemed arrogant, but she didn't know how to refute it because she didn't understand programming and game planning.

Shen Lan smiled disdainfully: "In my free time, I have done several sets of college entrance examination simulation papers and past exam questions. The scores have long passed the first-tier line. I have a score reduction agreement with Jiaotong University, so I only need to pass the first-tier line. Our teacher knows my situation, so he doesn't have any requirements for me. I don't need to do all the homework. I review the high school knowledge in class, isn't it enough?"

Song Xingye pursed her lips and gritted her teeth secretly.

Shen Lan added: "I know you won't accept it, but the facts are the facts. I can help him, but you can't, so my suggestion is..."

"I won't give up." Song Xingye interrupted the other party without waiting for him to finish speaking.

She suddenly thought, if it was Feifei facing this aggressive senior student now, what would she say?

Feifei didn’t know how to argue with the senior schoolmate about logic. She just needed to say – I like him and he likes me too. It’s that simple.

There are countless things in the world that should be logical, but feelings are an exception. The girl knows that adult marriages are mixed with countless realistic factors, such as career, family, and property, but she feels that it is not love, but a transaction.

So at this time, Song Xingye said firmly: "The fact is, I like him, so I won't give up."

Shen Lan stood there in a daze.

Song Xingye was slightly smaller than Shen Lan, and since they were close to each other, she naturally had to look up. However, the petite girl was neither humble nor overbearing, and her crystal clear almond eyes sparkled with a starlight that was hard to ignore.

Shen Lan asked softly, "You like him, but why do you say this to me and not to him? Is it because you don't dare?"

Song Xingye: "Because I know that I like him more than he likes me. But it doesn't matter, I will wait for him to catch up. And I also believe that whether you like him or not has nothing to do with whether you start a business or not."

Now, it was Shen Lan's turn to find it difficult to refute.

But there is no need to refute, because she believes that she is right. Feelings are not empty talk, and you can't do whatever you want. After all, they still need a realistic foundation.

Shen Lan chuckled and said, "Well, let's wait and see."

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225. Chapter 224 223 Or I Leave

225.

2023-10-13

In early September, the six-day military training began at the Experimental Middle School.

The students all changed into green camouflage uniforms.

On the morning of the first day, everyone saw how powerful it was, because the sky was clear and there was not even a trace of cloud overhead.

Xu Zhe stood on the school playground, feeling the artificial turf under his feet gradually warming up. The students around him were already swaying.

After finally making it to noon, everyone finally heard the instructor's call for "dismissal".

The students took a short breath and rested. But someone in the crowd shouted, "You have to queue up in the cafeteria," and everyone rushed to the cafeteria. Especially the impatient boys, who just ran away.

But Xu Zhe walked leisurely, so most of his friends were female classmates.

"Xu Zhe, aren't you hungry?" a girl suddenly asked.

He looked in the direction of the voice and confirmed that the person talking to him was Sun Miaojia - it was this female classmate who helped convey the message when Tang Lingfei came to the classroom to find him during the first break more than half a month ago.

Sun Miaojia was a thin girl, wearing heavy glasses and a low ponytail, and her appearance was very plain. However, Xu Zhe could see that this girl had good facial features. If she dressed up, it would be hard to say how beautiful she would be, but at least she would be pretty.

Xu Zhe said: "I'm too lazy to queue, let's go out and eat."

Sun Miaojia jokingly asked: "Is this the privilege of student representatives?"

Xu Zhe waved his hand and said, "What kind of privilege is that? If you want to go out to eat, you can. The guards won't stop you."

Sun Miaojia was slightly startled: "Won't the guard stop me?"

Xu Zhe: "If you stop them, just say you are a day student and your parents rent a house nearby and have prepared lunch for you, then they will let you out. But when you tell the guard this, remember to be natural and sincere."

Sun Miaojia was stunned for several seconds and murmured, "You are different from what I imagined..."

Just then, Song Xingye saw Xu Zhe in the crowd and walked over quickly.

She waved, not shouting like one of her best friends, but just making sure the boy saw her, then she stopped, stood there smiling and waiting.

Sun Miaojia also noticed the pretty girl in the same grade and couldn't help asking, "Is she looking for you?"

"Yes, if you want to go to the cafeteria, hurry up, the line is very long."

After Xu Zhe said this, he walked towards Song Xingye.

But the gossip in front of him was obviously more attractive than his appetite. Sun Miaojia stopped and watched the two of them talking and laughing together, walking towards the school gate.

Thinking back to the lively and cheerful girl who had come to the classroom to find him before, Sun Miaojia felt that he had discovered someone's true qualities. Who could be so good at dealing with two beautiful girls?

"He is a master at manipulating people's minds!"

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The time at noon was very tight, so Xu Zhe and Song Xingye did not go back to their residence to light the stove. Instead, they found a fast food restaurant near the school gate to have lunch, and then returned to school to continue the afternoon military training.

Back in the class queue, Xu Zhe continued to stand at attention with everyone.

The afternoon sun was the strongest, making people dizzy and sweaty. Even the most hygienic and image-conscious female students smelled of sweat.

Then Xu Zhe suddenly recalled that during lunch, Song Xingye seemed to have been very careful to keep a distance from him. Now that he thought about it, it was because she didn't want him to smell the girl's sweat, right?

He was just daydreaming like this until his homeroom teacher Liu Shu came over and said a few words to the instructor.

Then the instructor shouted, "Who is Xu Zhe? Stand out!"