Chapter 357: Campus Scholar System (29)

Just as Principal Feng and the coach of the Provincial Team were both feeling regretful that Xie Yang would not be joining the Provincial Team, President Xie called back, his tone sounding quite helpless:

"My daughter is willing to join the Provincial Team, but there is one condition."

"!!!"

The Provincial Team coach instantly perked up: "What condition? Please tell me! As long as I, Lao Guo, can manage it, I will certainly cooperate!"

"Give her two hours of free time every night; she needs to video call a classmate from First High School to catch up on academic subjects."

"..."

What kind of condition was this!

Coach Guo jumped three feet high: "Deal! Deal! Deal, deal, deal!"

Hearing this, Principal Feng also beamed with joy.

If a star volleyball spiker were to emerge from the Provincial Team in the future, and it could be said that she was sent over by the First High School team, what an honor that would be!

A world where only President Xie was hurt had been achieved.

"Daughter, do you really want to join the Provincial Team? Professional athletes are too tired and suffer too much. I looked at an athlete's daily training schedule online, and just looking at the duration made me dizzy. You like playing volleyball; your dad can arrange a professional coach for you and form an amateur team to play with you. There's no need for us to go professional."

Xie Yang felt the fatherly love from Xie Ba, but if she didn't join the Provincial Team, how could she win awards at the national tournament?

Volleyball is a team sport, not an individual one; she needed a professional and reliable team to fight alongside her in the national tournament.

Therefore, joining the Provincial Team was the best choice.

She even felt that this invitation call from the Provincial Team coach had come at just the right time.

"Mom and Dad, I used to live in a daze every day because my grades were bad; I had no direction or goals for the future. Now I have one, and that is volleyball. I am not afraid of hardship, nor am I afraid of being tired; I just want to seize my youth and give it a good fight. Please support me."

Main System: 【...】

If it weren't for the Host muttering from time to time: hurry up and finish the Task, she wants to Ascend to the Immortal Realm to retire, she doesn't want to be a 'Scholar' for even one more second... it would have almost believed her.

Xie Wenteng and his wife were so moved by their daughter's words that their noses felt sore and their eyes welled up with tears.

Deng Youmei wiped the corners of her eyes: "Daughter, Mom supports you! If you like it, go for it! Even after joining the Provincial Team, you must live happily; don't let yourself suffer any grievances. Our family isn't short on money; being happy and joyful is the most important thing."

Seeing that his wife and child had reached an agreement, what else could President Xie say?

"Alright then, later Dad will pay to improve the living conditions of your team. Training is so hard, we can't treat you poorly regarding food and lodging."

Main System: 【...】

Host is 666.

Just like that, Xie Yang joined the Provincial Women's Volleyball Team, taking a big step forward toward completing the Task of this plane.

In order to keep this good seedling, Coach Guo was almost responsive to her every request.

Never mind just giving her two hours of free time every day for academic tutoring; even if she spent those two hours the whole time holding her phone and playing games, he wouldn't make a peep.

Seeing this, the other team members teased him on purpose:

"Coach, Xie Yang has two hours of free time, why don't we? This isn't fair!"

Coach Guo waved his hand impatiently: "Go, go, go! Get lost! Xiao Xie is studying, what about you? Even if I gave you more free time, you'd just use it to play games."

"Why does Xiao Xie have to video call a male classmate to study? Could it be that she's using studying as a pretext to have a romantic phone call? Hehehe!"

The speaker had no intention, but the listener took it to heart.

Coach Guo frowned deeply: What? Dating? Dating before she's even an adult, wouldn't that be puppy love? This won't do!

Besides, she just joined the Provincial Team and hasn't achieved any results yet; she absolutely must not let this matter delay her training or her matches!

Coach Guo couldn't sit still anymore.

He was an athlete himself and stayed on as a coach after retiring; he knew all too well how much dating could affect a person's future and achievements.

Especially such a good seedling; if she were to ruin a bright future that could have seen her stand on the world's biggest stage because of puppy love, what a pity that would be!

Thus, Coach Guo gave President Xie a call.

Thinking that President Xie was a parent, he would surely value the issue of his daughter's puppy love more than he, the coach, did.

"Coach, what did you say? My daughter is dating? The object is the First High School deskmate who spends two hours a day tutoring her? Really? Good, good, good!"

Hearing this, Coach Guo thought President Xie was furious and was just about to comfort him a few words, when he immediately heard him say:

"I was wondering why she was doing so well at the international school and suddenly wanted to transfer to First High School! So she took a fancy to the Scholar at First High School! I've seen that kid; not only are his grades good, but he looks good too, and the key is that he's very filial... Hehehe! It seems my daughter takes after me; she sees someone she likes and makes her move, she has the same drive I had when I was chasing her mom..."

Coach Guo: "..."

Pre-, President Xie, do you want to listen to what you are saying?

President Xie, however, was grinning from ear to ear: "A Scholar is good! Why didn't I think of finding a Scholar son-in-law for my daughter before? That way, our Xie Family will have Scholar genes too! Maybe our descendants will even produce a great writer. My daughter is smart after all..."

"..."

Coach Guo's face went numb from listening, and he couldn't help but interrupt President Xie's impassioned speech: "Xie Yang isn't an adult yet; wouldn't it be a bit too early to date now? Aren't you worried she'll get her heart broken?"

If she gets her heart broken, it will inevitably affect her work and studies; he hoped President Xie would prioritize the big picture and not get hot-headed, looking for a son-in-law for himself right now.

Hearing this, President Xie thought about it seriously: "Coach, you're right to remind me! I must give my daughter a few words of advice; she's young and full of vigor, she must take protective measures and not cause a 'human life' at this age. Although her mother and I would love to hold a cute granddaughter with Scholar genes right now, we also know what's important..."

Coach Guo: "..."

Heh! You still know what's important?

I think you don't know a damn thing!

On that side, President Xie hung up the phone, slapped his thigh in excitement, and contacted the principal of First High School:

"Principal Feng, it's me, Lao Xie. Let me ask you something: is my daughter dating that Scholar at your First High School who is always at the top of the rankings?"

Principal Feng's heart skipped a beat: Is he here to hold me accountable?

He had only recently heard that the two children were close.

The cause was that Jiang Yinian would take photos of the blank test papers issued by the teachers every day and send them to Xie Yang.

For this, he even specifically bought a mobile phone with a relatively good camera function.

If this happened to anyone else, it wouldn't count as news.

But the protagonist is Jiang Yinian! It is Jiang Yinian, who would use a second-hand senior phone for four or five years without even thinking of changing it!

Now, in order to help his deskmate who went to the Provincial Team for training keep up with her schoolwork, not only does he unfailingly set aside two hours every day to answer her questions and explain things, but he also specifically swapped his senior phone for a smartphone with a top-notch camera just for her; how could this not become big news?

"... Well, President Xie, I understand how you feel, but it is actually quite normal for children at this age to have mutual affection for one another, as long as they don't do anything out of line... From what I can see, these two children have not regressed in their respective fields, but have instead improved, which shows that this change is positive and constructive, so President Xie, please don't be anxious..."

"What would I be anxious about! I'm too happy to be anxious!"

President Xie on the other end of the phone laughed heartily upon hearing this:

"I was just calling to verify it with you, Principal Feng, so it's true? My daughter is dating a boyfriend who is ranked number one in the year? Hahaha! Like father, like daughter! She has the same bold spirit I had back in the day! Hehe!"

Principal Feng: "..."