Chapter 60: Turtle style play
Translator: 549690339
Seeing Shen Qinghan had volunteered to fight, Han Yuanfeng had no reason to refuse, so he let her go up and fight the first battle.
Soon, under everyone’s gaze, Shen Qinghan stepped onto the Martial Stage.
Due to her outstanding looks, when the senior boys of Class 6-2 saw her, their eyes immediately lit up.
A few with more unrestrained personalities couldn’t help but cheer from the audience, shouting at their classmate to go easy on the cute junior sister!
They kept shouting without stop.
Until their homeroom teacher glared at them fiercely, then they knew to shut up and quiet down.
“Han Han, you got this!”
“Teammate, take her down!”
Below the stage, Li Chuxin and He Yu were cheering Shen Qinghan on.
Shen Qinghan smiled back at the two of them, but her smile was clearly forced, completely void of fighting spirit.
She knew how weak she was and understood that once the fight started, she would undoubtedly be beaten one-sidedly by her opponent.
No matter how much others cheered, it wouldn’t change this fact.
In fact, the more they cheered, the more pressure she felt, making her feel so overwhelmed she could barely breathe.
“Are both contestants ready?”
On the stage, the teacher acting as the referee saw both were in position and immediately asked loudly.
“Ready.” x2
Shen Qinghan and her senior both replied at the same time.
The referee, seeing this, immediately raised his right hand high and then brought it down swiftly, saying:
“Begin the fight!”
As soon as the words were spoken, the senior stepped forward like an arrow, charging at Shen Qinghan.
Shen Qinghan was prepared for this, and quickly raised her hands to protect herself and take the blows.
She was purely on the receiving end of the attacks and hardly fought back.
It wasn’t that she was too scared to fight back, but she knew in her heart that she had no chance of winning against her opponent.
The only thing she could do was to try to hold on as long as possible to deplete her opponent’s energy.
Seeing her adopt a turtle-like strategy, where no matter how much she was hit, she wouldn’t fight back, the senior became impatient and decisively unleashed her full strength, raining down blows on her.
This went on for a little over three minutes.
Shen Qinghan could no longer withstand the assault and was knocked off the Martial Stage by the senior’s running charge.
It was a painful fall.
But she did not show much of it on her face and silently got up, walking back to her class team.
“Qinghan, not a bad fight. You knew to focus on defense to deplete the opponent’s energy, very smart.”
Han Yuanfeng gave Shen Qinghan a thumbs up, praising her with an approving look on his face.
Shen Qinghan just smiled at him and quickly walked over to Lin Zichen.
Lin Zichen saw Shen Qinghan approaching and praised her with a smile, “That’s pretty good, managing to hold on for over three minutes against a senior who has had an extra year of practice. You’ve improved a lot.”
“I haven’t improved that much. It was just because I decided to play the turtle and take the beating that I was able to last a bit longer.”
“If you’ve improved, then you’ve improved. Don’t always belittle yourself.”
Lin Zichen then pulled Shen Qinghan to sit down next to him and skillfully began to check her body for injuries, seeing if there were any areas that got hurt.
After all, she had just taken a brutal beating on the stage from the senior’s all-out attack and was sure to have many bruises.
“Ah, that hurts!”
Shen Qinghan suddenly cried out in pain; Lin Zichen had touched a spot he shouldn’t have.
Seeing this, Lin Zichen immediately used his body to block the view of those around and slightly lifted Shen Qinghan’s clothes, finding a significant bruise on her waist.
“I’ll apply a cold compress to stop the bleeding for now, and you can warm compress it tomorrow to promote blood circulation and disperse the bruising.”
“Okay, I know.”
Shen Qinghan obediently nodded her head.
Lin Zichen fetched a cold compress patch from his backpack and gently applied it to the bruised area on her waist.
During this, Shen Qinghan’s cheeks flushed with a trace of red as she felt the touch and warmth from Lin Zichen’s fingertips.
Their actions were too intimate, and with so many people around, it made her feel extremely embarrassed.
Lin Zichen didn’t have as many thoughts as she did and continued to silently check her body for any other injuries.
Many girls in the class watched the scene, their faces filled with envy and even jealousy towards Shen Qinghan.
They thought to themselves that Shen Qinghan was really lucky to have been born next door to Lin Zichen and to have grown up with him since childhood.
Otherwise, with her academic performance, worthy of speaking a word to Lin Zichen?
At most, she would just be a roadside wildflower with a bit of attractiveness, destined to lead a mediocre life.
Meanwhile, Shen Qinghan, who was having her body checked, vaguely sensed the glances from the girls in the class.
As she felt the envy and jealousy mixed in those glances, she couldn’t help but lower her head and purse her lips.
In the past, she would have really enjoyed these envious or jealous looks from her female peers.
But as she grew older and became aware of the gap between herself and Lin Zichen, along with the hostility that this gap brought, she gradually began to fear these looks.
She always felt she wasn’t worthy of Lin Zichen and lived under great pressure every day.
On the other side, the second duel had already begun on the Martial Stage.
The girl who, earlier, had been arranged by Han Yuanfeng to fight first was now on stage.
Her surname was Wen, her name Yuntong.
Wen Yuntong had a rather fiery personality and didn’t like a defensive style of fighting. As soon as the fight started, she charged to her senior’s side and kicked fiercely towards her face.
She thought that any senior who lasted only three minutes on stage with Shen Qinghan must be trash, and she believed a full-force kick from herself would be enough to take them down easily.
However, this petite senior was nothing like the trash she had imagined.
In the face of her kick, the senior simply shifted slightly to the side, dodging the kick with breathtaking precision.
Then, taking advantage of Yuntong’s leg still being extended, she threw a punch that smacked right into Yuntong’s face, leaving her dazed and stumbling.
Following up on her advantage, a sweep of the leg brought Yuntong crashing to the ground, and she quickly pinned her down, making it hard for her to move or breathe.
Seeing this, the referee immediately declared the senior the winner.
As the senior stood up from the ground, she looked down from her elevated position at her defeated opponent and sneered,
“Heh, rushing in with no concern for defense, do you look down on the ordinary class?”
“Sure, I may not have your talent, but I’ve practiced a year longer than you. What makes you so confident that you’re stronger than me now?”
“Maybe practice for another year before you try fighting me!”
Wen Yuntong said nothing, quietly stood up, and left the Martial Stage.
As soon as she stepped down from the stage, Han Yuanfeng immediately frowned and criticized her,
“Yun Tong, what was that fighting style? You only know offense without a thought for defense, have you forgotten everything I’ve taught in class?”
“Teacher, I was arrogant just now. I won’t make the same mistake again,”
Wen Yuntong admitted her mistake openly.
Han Yuanfeng, seeing her admit her fault, didn’t know what more to say.
But he was thinking to himself.
This Wen Yuntong was not even as good as Shen Qinghan, who had lasted more than three minutes on stage.
Soon, the third duel began.
The contestant was Li Chuxin.
Her strength was third from the bottom in the class, only better than Shen Qinghan and Wen Yuntong.
“Han Han, I’ll avenge you. Watch me crush that senior!”
“Hmm, go for it.”
“Just watch, it won’t take me five minutes to take her down!”
After dropping these words, Li Chuxin confidently ascended the stage.
And true to her word, in less than five minutes, she had defeated the senior.
Seeing this from below the stage, Shen Qinghan couldn’t help but admire, “Xiao Chen, Chu Xin is really amazing.”
“You’re amazing too. If it weren’t for you wearing down the senior earlier, Chu Xin wouldn’t have won so easily,” Lin Zichen reasoned with her complimentarily.
Shen Qinghan knew these words contradicted the facts and were just meant to comfort her, but she still felt very happy, as if she wasn’t entirely worthless in the class.
PS: The next chapter will be posted at 1 o’clock. I found a bug in the plot that I need to rewrite and correct. Sorry for the inconvenience.