Chapter 28: Obstinacy – Isn’t He Being a Bit Indistinct?
Although Shao Yan’s constitution was decent, it wasn’t significantly ahead of the other students’. After him, many other students arrived at the field one after another.
Gao Zhou, seeing that Shao Yan’s condition seemed fine, went off to settle the other students. He didn’t even have time to let Shao Yan ask any questions related to Yu Xia.
Shao Yan uneasily pinched his palm and looked outside the wire fence.
The shorter one should be Yu Xia. He was currently turning his head and saying something to the person beside him.
Furthermore, Yu Xia’s current state didn’t look very good. He looked similar to how the rest of them did now, as if he had also just run several thousand meters. Only Gao Zhou was able to show no signs of abnormality after running such a long distance, looking like nothing had happened.
Sensing that someone seemed to be looking at him, Yu Xia turned his head and looked toward the source of the gaze, happening to lock eyes with Shao Yan.
Qin Yizheng noticed and asked, “What is it?”
Yu Xia blinked. “He seemed to be staring at me just now; I don’t know why”.
Qin Yizheng looked in the direction of Yu Xia’s gaze and narrowed his eyes slightly. “Oh, I know. He has a guilty conscience”.
Yu Xia looked at him. “A guilty conscience about what? Does it have to do with me?”
Qin Yizheng gave an “Mm”. “If you really want to talk about it, it’s not a major issue. But you should pay special attention to him from now on. You’ve never met him before, yet he targets you like this; it’s clear he’s somewhat narrow-minded”.
“Why would he target me? Does he not want to participate in military training and feel envious because I was approved for leave?”
“That might be one reason, but as far as I know, there’s another. He’s still quite unhappy that you took his spot as first in his major. Later, after he became the class monitor through your class election, he did something”.
“He added your name back onto the list that should have had your name removed. Not only that, but he also changed the ‘Approved for Leave’ status”.
Yu Xia looked at Shao Yan and frowned. “No way. The tutor and professor should have the correct list, right? If it wasn’t for taking roll call, I don’t think the instructor would have even thought of printing out the list”.
Instructor Yi walked slowly up to the two of them. “The electronic list was transmitted to me several days ago. But right now, it’s just a mistake on the list, so it’s hard to impose any punishment on him”.
“True, it’s just a mistake on the list. At most, he could be removed from his position as class monitor on the grounds that he’s unreliable,” Qin Yizheng agreed. However, he added another sentence, “Unless he does something else”.
Yu Xia had mostly recovered now. He straightened his body and looked at Qin Yizheng. “I feel like you have more to say”.
Qin Yizheng smiled. “It’s just based on my experience; someone who would do this kind of… thing likely won’t stop here”.
Yu Xia: “.”
He felt that the mysterious pause in the middle hidden an unflattering adjective.
On the other side, the students who had finished their run had finally mostly recovered. Now that they were idle, they felt a strong sense of curiosity toward the two people who had suddenly appeared. This was especially true after hearing Gao Zhou say one was Yu Xia and the other was Qin Yizheng.
Yu Xia was their class’s mysterious academic god who hadn’t even shown up for the class monitor election. According to their class tutor, he had something to attend to that day. Since he wasn’t the only one with something to do on the first day of school, it hadn’t drawn too much attention. Most students’ first impression of him was still that he was first in their year.
In other words, this was his first time appearing publicly before his classmates. It naturally made them curious, especially since Yu Xia was quite good-looking.
As for the other person, his background was even more impressive.
During the finals of last year’s inter-academy competition, Qin Yizheng had used his own small team to successfully stall an entire large team from Duxin Academy. This allowed Imperial Star Academy’s main force to successfully break through Duxin Academy’s ranks, making him the hero whose name was remembered by everyone watching at the time.
For the Mechanical Department, it went without saying. Their ultimate goal was to become successful mecha mechanics, so they would naturally watch a competition like the inter-academy games.
Upon learning who they were, many people looked over.
Although they were too shy to walk up and say anything to Qin Yizheng, looking was still fine.
Someone gave a sniff. “I’m a bit envious of the academic god, being trained by Senior Qin. I want to be trained by the senior too; I could run several more laps!”
“By the way, why is the academic god not participating in military training with us but being trained by Senior Qin instead?”
Gao Zhou shrugged. “That, I don’t know. But Yu Xia seems to need to improve his constitution; perhaps his constitution is just too low? So low that he really can’t handle ordinary military training?”
“But our Mechanical Department has high requirements for mental power. It’s said the lowest is A+ mental power. If it was really low to that extent, his mental power wouldn’t be high either, unless…”
At this point, everyone’s conversation paused, and they all looked in Yu Xia’s direction together.
Yu Xia: “?”
“Why are they looking at me?”
Qin Yizheng also looked over and indeed saw a group of people looking their way. However, they soon realized their behavior wasn’t appropriate and turned their gazes back. “Don’t know; they probably just want to see their new classmate”.
Yu Xia tilted his head and looked at his future classmates. “Is that so?”
The classmates felt a bit embarrassed under Yu Xia’s gaze. One of them quietly hid behind Gao Zhou, peeking at Yu Xia from time to time. “He’s really good-looking. Will he be coming over often during military training?”
“Probably not. If things are really as we guessed, his time should be quite tight, so it’s no wonder he isn’t participating in military training with us”. Gao Zhou also gave a sigh. “I heard that in such a situation, even constitution-enhancing agents are useless, and one can only exercise themselves. If he needs to improve his constitution, he likely doesn’t have that much spare time”.
Someone joked with a laugh, “What are you doing, Wen Luo? Do you want to chase the academic god? But you’re an Omega just like him; you can’t be together!”
The Omega named Wen Luo pouted and pushed the person away. “Go away, go away. Is the friendship between us Omegas something you stinky Alphas could ever imagine?”
“Oh please, friendship. He doesn’t even know you; you just think he’s good-looking”.
The discussions of the classmates around him would occasionally drift into Shao Yan’s ears, and the more he thought about it, the more panicked he became.
He felt that the instructor, the tutor, and even these classmates around him had already seen through what he had done. Now, they were using the opportunity of praising Yu Xia to unscrupulously mock and ridicule him.
Shao Yan was restless, feeling that the truth would soon be exposed and he wouldn’t come to a good end. He looked at the new classmates around him, bit his lip, and said, “But even if Yu Xia’s constitution is too low, that’s no excuse for him to skip military training. I heard of a student in some class who broke his leg but still participated in military training. For someone like Yu Xia to get an exception like this, it doesn’t fit Imperial Star Academy’s style, does it?”
Wen Luo, who had been secretly looking at Yu Xia, heard this and immediately turned to Shao Yan. He even waved a hand in front of him and said with genuine feeling, “Monitor, are you alright? Whether Yu Xia participates in military training is something you need to worry about? I think since the tutor and instructor don’t have a problem with it, then there’s definitely no problem. There’s no need for me to mind other people’s business. We are just students; let’s just mind ourselves!”
Gao Zhou also nodded in agreement. “Yeah, and besides, Yu Xia hasn’t gone without exercising. He ran for an hour before coming here. Based on time alone, his amount of exercise is likely more than ours? Military training has only just begun. Since Yu Xia isn’t participating in our training here, wouldn’t it be better if you managed our class’s discipline instead of worrying about him?”
Shao Yan looked at one then the other, feeling as if he had been abandoned by all his classmates. He stood up angrily. “In short, Yu Xia must participate in military training!”
Wen Luo was startled by Shao Yan’s sudden outburst. He blinked, somewhat confused. “What is he saying?”
Gao Zhou also shook his head, not knowing what the other was thinking. “Don’t know. Why do you think he’s so concerned about whether Yu Xia participates in military training? Is it necessary to be so obsessed with it? It’s not like Yu Xia didn’t follow the procedures…”
“Yeah, if the approval for Yu Xia to skip military training went through, it means the process was normal. What is the monitor so angry about?”
“Don’t understand”.
“To say something that might not be pleasant…” Wen Luo watched Shao Yan’s back as he walked toward the instructor in a huff and frowned. “I feel our newly elected monitor is being a bit indistinct, isn’t he?”
At these words, everyone fell silent for a long time. Finally, someone spoke, “But the monitor has already been elected. Besides, we didn’t know each other before. Looking at his grades and his resume, who could have known he was like this?”
Gao Zhou was more relaxed. He patted a classmate on the shoulder. “Just relax and wait and see. I feel if he really makes a scene of this, the one who won’t be able to save face is Shao Yan himself”.
“That’s true”.
Shao Yan left the group of students and walked straight to the instructor. Drawing courage from who knows where, he pointed at Yu Xia and said, “Instructor, I must have a clear answer. Why can Yu Xia be excused from military training? Is our school not known for having the strictest military training? Why should a backdoor be opened for Yu Xia!”
Yu Xia also heard Shao Yan’s question clearly. He turned his head toward Qin Yizheng. “I followed the formal procedures, didn’t I?”
Qin Yizheng nodded without hesitation. “Of course. I handled the paperwork personally and coordinated it with your dean at the time. I’ve been appointed as your military training supervisor for the duration of the training period”.
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