Cultivation Shura Field

Shen Lan: "Why? You're not used to it?"

Xu Zhe: "Before I entered junior high school, I was not very noticeable. In elementary school, I was never in the top ten in the class, and my grades were basically mediocre. I was more active in physical education class, but I was just fooling around... I can't really explain why I became like this now. If I have to say, it was an epiphany."

"Epiphany?" Shen Lan chewed on the word, feeling it became more and more mysterious.

Xu Zhe continued to talk nonsense: "It can be said that it is the awakening of self-awareness. I don't know if you have that feeling, that is, you suddenly realize that you seem to want to do something in this life... In short, I want to make the most of my life."

Shen Lan chuckled and said, "That's great. I don't seem to have that feeling. Although the teachers I know all say that I'm precocious, I'm the only one who knows best. I really don't know what I want to do in my life. I just found that as long as I have good academic performance, others don't seem to look down on me, and I will become very free in school."

Xu Zhe: "It's normal for good students to receive special treatment."

Shen Lan: "But you don't just enjoy this kind of treatment. What do you want to do in your life? Can you tell me about it?"

Xu Zhe's answer was simple: "Start a business."

Shen Lan was slightly startled: "Opening a company?"

"Yes, IT companies. You can start your business with technology, unlike many other industries, which require connections or large assets. By the way, why don't you try to teach yourself programming? Maybe you will be interested in it too."

Xu Zhe suddenly realized that the girl in front of him could be guided. If he could get her to take the initiative to learn programming, would he have an extra capable assistant in the future?

Yesterday and the day before yesterday, in the Mathematical Olympiad competition group class, he noticed that when Mr. Lu was looking for interactions, he often mentioned Shen Lan. This meant that her past performance should be very good. A real junior high school student, who was able to participate in the competition group and perform well - Xu Zhe knew very well that her IQ was definitely higher than his own before his rebirth.

In other words, if things go well, Shen Lan's ceiling in coding should be higher than his own.

But at this moment, she just tilted her head. The normally smart girl showed a rare look of bewilderment: "Taught yourself programming?"

Xu Zhe: "It's not completely self-taught. Because I have taught myself before and already have some basics, so I can help you get started and give you some guidance."

Shen Lan blinked and stared at him quietly.

Xu Zhe was a little nervous. He was really worried that the girl was not interested in programming and would simply refuse. What else could he say then?

But during the brief silent gaze, he gradually discovered from the girl's eyes...she seemed a little surprised?

Shen Lan suddenly asked, "I taught you how to play billiards and charged you for coaching. So you can teach me programming for free?"

Xu Zhe hesitated for a second.

If we charge a fee, then of course we can earn a little bit, but compared to the potential helpers in the future, this little change is really insignificant.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to say that he provided free tutoring, Shen Lan spoke first.

"I charge you for coaching and you charge me for tuition. This is fair. But I think we can do it this way. I teach you to play billiards once, and you teach me once. We can deduct the fees. Then neither of us needs to pay each other. How about it?"

Mutual exemption? Xu Zhe thought this was not bad, at least he could find her to play billiards with in the future, which was a good free entertainment.

So he nodded: "That's it from now on."

Shen Lan smiled and stretched out her right hand: "Teacher Xu..."

Xu Zhe looked at her, then looked at the white wrist and the delicate white hand that was stretched out to him.

Shen Lan suddenly realized: "Oh, yes, your right hand is injured. I'm sorry."

She switched to her left hand.

Xu Zhe: "Shake hands? You feel like businessmen, very mature."

Shen Lan smiled and said, "If you want to start a company in the future, then you will be a businessman, right?"

"Okay, Coach Shen."

Xu Zhe stretched out his left hand and shook hands with her.

Although it looked like frost and snow, when he held the girl's hand, he felt warm from the palm to the fingertips, even a little hot.

After shaking hands for a while, the two of them quickly separated their hands, almost at the same time.

Shen Lan narrowed his eyes, glanced at his left hand, then looked at his left hand, thoughtfully.

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Shen Lan returned to the classroom of Class 3-4, sat in her seat, and took out a notebook from her schoolbag.

The first few pages of the book record some key matters, such as the date and month of important exams, how many days to prepare for the Mathematical Olympiad, and which days to review ordinary junior high school knowledge...

She opened her notebook and turned to the last blank page.

Then I started writing in English: [One is in the third year of junior high school, and the other is in the first year of junior high school. Time is too tight. After high school, we have even less time to spend together. We must seize the time to get to know each other better. His response is not proactive, maybe because he is too young. Originally, I played billiards just to make money, but now it just becomes an excuse...]

Suddenly, the girl sitting next to me asked, "Are you writing an English composition?"

Shen Lan smiled: "Yes."

My deskmate exclaimed: "It's amazing that you can write such a long paragraph without even thinking about it. I can't do that."

Shen Lan: "How do you know I haven't thought about it? I've been thinking about it for a long time."

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Maybe it’s because I was lazy and went to bed late last night due to the extra work, and I had some things to do today, so the update is a little late. I’m sorry.

Chapter 70 I Started to Understand

2023-09-06

In the afternoon of that day, Xu Zhe found that there seemed to be something wrong with his deskmate.

Song Xingye listened carefully in class, but after class, she did not review or read romance novels.

The girl sat in her seat as if in a daze, only secretly glancing at him from time to time.

After their eyes met again, Xu Zhe asked, "Do you have anything you want to tell me?"

Song Xingye hesitated for a moment, but said something that puzzled him.

"You are a good student, but not a good kid."

Xu Zhe: "You can say that, but I'm curious why you're saying this now."

Song Xingye: "The school rules prohibit premature love. But even if you fall in love prematurely, you are still a top student. You won't follow this rule at all, right?"

Xu Zhe: "To be honest, I may not follow other rules, but I really won't break this one."

Song Xingye: "Why?"

"Because I can't imagine myself in love, I..."

At this point, Xu Zhe was a little stuck. He couldn't help but recall the conversation he had with Shen Lan during class a few hours ago.

In just a few minutes, the senior's behavior seemed to be a little different from the previous times they had been together. Was it simply gratitude? Or was there some other intention?

But for Xu Zhe, developing an intimate relationship with a girl... is too abstract.

His previous life had made him accustomed to being completely single. Even though he knew that his appearance was no longer a negative 100 after his rebirth, he didn't know how to make good use of his appearance.

Now, even though he realized that a girl might approach him, Xu Zhe only hesitated a little and decided to continue his original pace.

In the previous life, there was a long-standing saying on the Internet that "there are three major illusions in life", one of which is "she likes me". Moreover, in reality, Xu Zhe has also seen many classmates who are obsessed with feelings or desires and end up wasting their time. As a reborn with an advantage at the beginning, Xu Zhe does not want to waste his precious energy and years on such things.

Song Xingye was still whispering, "I just heard other people talking about a very pretty senior from the third grade who came to see you. They said that you might have been caught dating her, so the dean came to see you before the last class..."

Xu Zhe's comment on his classmates was: "They have quite a rich imagination."

Song Xingye: "Aren't you in a relationship with that senior?"

Xu Zhe: "You have known me for more than half a year. Think about it carefully. When did I ever say I wanted to fall in love?"

"Um……"

Song Xingye observed his expression, which was still calm and indifferent, so she breathed a sigh of relief. But then, the girl couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Why do I feel relaxed?

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After school, as usual, Xu Zhe said goodbye to Song Xingye and walked home side by side with Tang Lingfei.

As they were walking, Tang Lingfei suddenly said, "This Saturday is my birthday, shall we go out and have fun together?"

Xu Zhe: "Sure, I have no objection."

Tang Lingfei: "Call Xiao Ye when the time comes, and then... where shall we go?"

Xu Zhe: "Is it still a bookstore?"

Tang Lingfei shook her head vigorously: "You can just go to the bookstore at any time. It's my birthday, how can I go to the bookstore!"

Xu Zhe: "Then where do you want to go?"

"Um……"

The girl pondered and became entangled.

Xu Zhe jokingly said, "Practicing? By the way, let's not talk about where to go first. Don't you have to go to cram school on the weekend? Do your parents allow you to go out and play?"

Tang Lingfei sneered: "Hehe, even if you don't allow me, can't I sneak out?"

Xu Zhe: "That means that without financial support, we can only think of some free entertainment. Or maybe we can play billiards."

Tang Lingfei: "Playing billiards is so expensive!"

Xu Zhe thought about it. Although he and Shen Lan agreed to waive the fees this morning, if he brought someone to her billiard room, he would probably still have to pay, right?

So he changed the subject and said, "It is indeed a bit expensive. But do you have any other options?"

Tang Lingfei suddenly had an idea and became excited: "I know, I know. Bring your PSP and let's go to Xiaoye's house to play!"

Xu Zhe: "Only one person can play the PSP, and the other two people just watch?"

"It's definitely not just about playing video games. Xiaoye's TV is really big, it's so comfortable to watch movies! I've also asked around, she has a lot of discs at home, let's go to her house and watch a movie!"

As she said this, Tang Lingfei opened her hands and made a big rectangle - to indicate that the TV was really big.

Xu Zhe nodded and said, "This is also an entertainment project."

Tang Lingfei: "On my birthday, if my parents don't let me go out to play, I will climb out the window to get out."

Xu Zhe: "That's not necessary..."

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On the agreed Saturday, Xu Zhe still had to go to school in the morning to learn the tricky ideas of Olympiad mathematics problems.

When the class was about to end at noon, Teacher Lu handed out new exercise papers and left.

Xu Zhe packed up his things and just stood up to leave when he found that the junior high school senior named Wei Junkun was staring at him with a bad look on his face. Then he realized what the problem was.

Shen Lan patted his shoulder from behind and whispered, "Would you like to play billiards at my place? Not only the coaching fee, but also the billiard table fee can be waived."

Xu Zhe turned around and said, "Forget it. I have something to do today."

Shen Lan asked tentatively: "Could it be that your parents don't want you to go?"

Xu Zhe: "You're overthinking it. I still have some freedom. The main reason is that I have a friend who has a birthday today."

Shen Lan: "So it's a birthday party. Is that guy close to you?"

Xu Zhe: "We are not buddies, but childhood sweethearts."

Shen Lan: "Is she the girl who went to the billiard hall with you last time?"

Xu Zhe: “Yes.”

"That's it..."

Shen Lan's expression didn't change at all, as if she didn't care at all about the term "childhood sweethearts".

Xu Zhe observed her reaction and felt more and more that the last time might just be one of the three great illusions in life. Maybe she didn't like him, but just wanted to make friends with him like Tang Lingfei or Song Xingye?

After all, in his opinion, even if she was two years older than him, she was just a 15-year-old kid. As for the age at which one should have the first love, he really had no idea.

Shen Lan smiled and said, "Let's talk about it next time."

Xu Zhe suggested: "There will be time tomorrow. Besides, I can bring my computer with me then."

Shen Lan: "Will you teach me programming? Okay."

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