Chapter 24: Performing well, you can be rewarded with a kiss!

"Are you guys participating in the team-building activity the day after tomorrow?"

Jiang Cheng had already tidied up in the dorm and lay down on the bed.

Today I was in a slightly good mood, and I unconsciously hummed a couple of lines from 'Once Upon a Time, You'.

I couldn't help but wonder when I should write this song.

Once in a while, can we still play it to listen? 'I'm asking you guys, will you participate in the team-building activity the day after tomorrow?' Su Peng raised his voice and repeated the sentence.

Jiang Cheng only then realized what he was saying.

Next came Deng Qi's voice: 'Isn't this waiting for you to make a decision?'

Su Peng asked again: 'Old Jiang, will you participate or not?'

"Team-building activity?" Jiang Cheng recalled that in the afternoon, in the class group chat, he saw the class monitor tagging everyone.

Jiang Cheng said: 'You guys go, I won't go, it's pointless.'

Such team-building activities are nothing more than providing students with an opportunity to interact with each other.

To be blunt, almost everyone who participates is either going to find a partner or going with their partner already.

Even if one isn't looking for a partner, the ultimate secret remains ambiguous; this is an indispensable amusement of contemporary times.

Su Peng said: 'Well, let's leave it at that for now. Anyway, I haven't signed up yet; the whole class should go this time. If I don't sign up, the class monitor will definitely come find me alone.'

"Great!" Liu Tao, who had been silent until now, said: "Everyone else is waiting for opportunities, Old Su, you've already learned to create opportunities—awesome!"

Su Peng wondered: 'Liu Tao, you big oaf, how come you're so good at flattering people tonight?'

Liu Tao didn't speak, thinking he wasn't flattering anyone; he just recalled that scene at the school gate, wanting to comfort his brother a bit. Jiang Cheng said: 'I say, why don't you change your target? Zhouzixin seems really not interested in you.'

Jiang Cheng knew Su Peng liked the class monitor Zhouzixin, a lively girl; in her conduct she seemed carefree, but actually she was thoughtful, otherwise she couldn't have done well as class monitor.

All along, Zhouzixin has been indifferent to Su Peng; perhaps the girl just isn't into his type.

"Old Jiang, you don't need to worry; just wait and see how I'll firmly win her over!"

The next day.

In the stepped classroom, students basically sat in groups by dormitory.

During the break between the two morning classes.

Class monitor Zhouzixin, wearing tight jeans and white sneakers, walked up to Jiang Cheng and them, speaking with an annoyed yet cute expression:

"The team-building activity for our Grade 2-3 Class 5 has seen no movement from your dorm—are you not participating, or did you just not see the notice?"

She was pretty, her face had a hint of baby fat, and her big eyes were softly lovely.

This semester in Grade 3-2 Class 5, it's typical of many wolves and little meat—there are forty-five people total, twelve girls and thirty-three boys.

With such a ratio, any girl is quite rare, given the three-to-one ratio.

If she's also a beauty, it's hard for her not to become the team's pet.

So Zhouzixin's action basically set off thirty-three pairs of side glances.

But the dormitory of the people involved has four people.

Su Peng turned his face away, acting like he didn't care about Zhouzixin, but in fact Zhouzixin didn't even glance at him; she was looking at Jiang Cheng.

This made Jiang Cheng a bit embarrassed as he said, 'Class monitor beauty, I won't participate; this kind of activity means nothing to me.'

Jiang Cheng knew that if everyone else in the class went and he didn't, he'd seem out of place, but forcing himself to do something he dislikes just for the sake of not being a loner is completely unnecessary.

Deng Qi and Liu Tao, the two of them, were sitting off to the side like bystanders; they actually wanted to go to this team-building activity, but in the dorm they'd gotten used to following the crowd, and usually big or small matters are decided by Su Peng and old Jiang.

Zhouzixin sat down next to Jiang Cheng in her carefree manner, placed the notebook she'd been carrying behind her back in front of him, and said, 'How come it's not fun? Is it because you don't have a partner?'

"Hurry up and sign up; I promise to be your partner!"

Su Peng's gaze snapped over. 'Wasn't this the plan I came up with yesterday? How did the main role become Old Jiang?'

Deng Qi and Liu Tao exchanged a glance; last night in the dorm they'd heard Su Peng say he'd only sign up if Zhouzixin privately messaged him.

Today Zhouzixin indeed came; the plan succeeded, but only halfway, because Zhouzixin's private message was to Jiang Cheng, not Su Peng.

The other boys in the class, hearing Zhouzixin's words over there, couldn't help but stare, eyes nearly popping out.

Being handsome is good; the class monitor jokes openly, 'What's up? Still not satisfied?' Zhouzixin patted the notebook, shoved the pen straight into the family's hand, and said, 'Don't hesitate; if you perform well in the team-building, you can also be rewarded with a kiss.'

Jiang Cheng glanced at Zhouzixin and saw her smiling face.

I wouldn't believe her nonsense.

He knew Zhouzixin seemed carefree on the surface, but her mind was actually very sharp.

Hey!

Su Peng couldn't hold back and said, 'I haven't signed up either; why didn't you call me?'

Zhouzixin turned her head and said, 'Oh, then just wait and post it in the group chat.'

After saying that, she turned her head back to Jiang Cheng, waiting for him to sign.

Su Peng:??? 'I'm not going; you guys go, whoever calls me, I won't come back!' Su Peng broke down, speaking resentfully.

Zhouzixin stuck out her tongue, showing a sly look, and utterly bewildered the few nearby boys who were paying attention.

At that moment, a girl darted out from beside Su Peng and said to him, 'Don't be angry; whatever he has, you also have—whether you perform well or not, I can reward you!'

Su Peng turned his head to look, and that look didn't scare him to death.

The speaker was the class's infamous 'dinosaur', Li Meili.

Li Meili may be ugly, but her personality and mentality are very good—so good she doesn't even regard herself as a person, and her self-deprecation is frightening.

Su Peng hurriedly dodged, saying, 'Big sis, I have no grudge against you past or recent; don't mess with me!'

Nearby students who heard the commotion couldn't help but stifle laughter, emitting a series of gurgling sounds.

Li Meili hummed, 'Bliss unaware of blessing, not knowing good from bad!'

Deng Qi and Liu Tao immediately shifted their seats, afraid Li Meili would turn her attention toward them.

Looking again at Jiang Cheng sitting in front of him, beside him was the prettiest class monitor in the class.

For a moment I only felt my heart and liver ache. Obviously we're from the same dorm, yet nobody signed up. Why does the class monitor only single-handedly mobilize Jiang Cheng? Can't he come sit beside me to mobilize me too?

"Let me tell you a piece of news!"

Suddenly, a male student from the class rushed in from outside, stood at the podium and shouted, drawing everyone's attention.

"Everyone step back, I'm about to show off!" The male student raised one hand, pointing his index finger upward.

After two seconds, "You say it!"

"I'm waiting for you to show off—go ahead and show off!"

"Whether you tell the news or not, if you don't, get lost quick!"

The students in the front row couldn't hold back any longer, urging him on.

That male student gave a hehe laugh and said loudly:

"This time, joining us for a joint team-building, the Music Department Class 2 has invited their department's Professor Su!"

"Exactly, it's Su Manyao!"

"He will go team-building with us!"

(End of chapter)