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Chapter 208: Chapter 208: Eager for a Slap in the Face? Then You’ll Get One (1)
Tang Yiyi is Lu Qianrou’s close bestie. 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
They say birds of a feather flock together, and indeed Tang Yiyi and Lu Qianrou hit it off nicely.
Ever since their first meeting at the Fu family banquet, she took an instant dislike to Lu Sheng. In class, she always seemed eager to pick a fight, but Lu Sheng never paid her any attention.
Sometimes with an expressionless face, just a few words from Lu Sheng would be enough to deflate Tang Yiyi and leave her frustrated.
But today was different from the usual.
Today You Yi was here, seemingly gentle and patiently instructing with scholarly grace, yet every casual move was a probe, every softened glance an observation.
Seemingly calm on the surface, but never truly abandoning suspicion.
Ever since then, Lu Sheng also appeared to just concentrate on horseback riding, but in reality, she was always on high alert, subtly matching wits and maneuvering with You Yi.
It’s just that no one else could tell.
Usually, Lu Sheng didn’t even want to bother with Tang Yiyi, and in today’s circumstances, she was even less willing to waste her energy on someone like Tang Yiyi.
So when she saw Tang Yiyi come over to provoke, suggesting a showjumping competition, Lu Sheng didn’t want to say another word to her, and her first reaction was to refuse.
She wasn’t someone who cared about how others saw her, nor was she keen on showing off her abilities in front of others.
That was until Tang Yiyi declared that she would put Lingxi up as a wager for the contest. That’s when Lu Sheng suddenly felt a twitch in her brow and looked up at her.
— Lingxi.
She is Flower Demon, naturally close to all plants. Coupled with the original owner’s profound knowledge of herbal medicine, she was even more familiar with medicinal herbs.
Lingxi is a kind of medicinal herb with excellent moisturizing and kidney-enhancing effects, very effective in aiding the recovery and conditioning of asthmatic patients; indeed, it’s not an overstatement that it has miraculous effects.
Moreover, Lingxi, this herb, is extremely rare and can only be found in remote mountainous areas if at all, something that not even money can acquire.
Since that night at THE DEEP when she met Lu Youming, Lu Sheng had been constantly preparing medicinal pills to regulate his body.
Among them, for those pills intended to treat asthma, lacking Lingxi, Lu Sheng had always been substituting an herb with the same functionality but much less effective.
But now, Tang Yiyi had Lingxi in her possession.
If Lingxi could be used in the medicine, the effect of the pills would be much improved compared to the current formula.
Lu Sheng looked up, saw the disdainful look on Tang Yiyi who was lifting her chin, and narrowed her eyes slightly—
So, Tang Yiyi really thinks she’s something, believing that even when challenged in public, she wouldn’t dare to accept the challenge.
She did it on purpose, using Lingxi as the wager.
If she didn’t agree, it would not only prove she was afraid and timid, making her unable to hold her head up in front of so many classmates.
It would also imply that her feelings for Fourth Brother were nothing more than that, only caring about not wanting to do dangerous things, and not willing to take a risk for the sake of Fourth Brother’s health and accept the challenge.
Tang Yiyi was indeed just like Lu Qianrou.
Just a few words spoken effortlessly, looking to gain face by stepping on her while also sowing discord.
Seeing through Tang Yiyi’s little scheme, Lu Sheng’s gaze became cold.
Why would someone beg to be humiliated?
Since Tang Yiyi wanted so much for her to agree, then she would gratify her wish.
Then Lu Sheng raised her head, responding directly to Tang Yiyi who had just spoken those words: "Fine, I’ll compete with you."
Lu Sheng agreed so readily, almost without any hesitation, which actually stunned the cocky Tang Yiyi.
The people around them were also taken aback.
Uh, Lu Sheng actually agreed just like that?
Are you insane... Riding a horse for the first time and going straight to compete in obstacle jumping.
What’s the difference between that and someone just learning to crawl wanting to race others in running?
Could it be that Lu Sheng agreed to this just to avoid losing face in front of everyone?
Once the actual jumping over obstacles begins, you really have to leap into the air on horseback. If he falls halfway, won’t Lu Sheng be the one getting hurt?
That’s just suffering to save face.
The other students in the class were all abuzz with discussion.
You Yi, standing next to Lu Sheng, also slightly furrowed his brow upon hearing this, seeming a bit worried.
"Classmate Lu Sheng, you might not be aware of what this Tang student is referring to by jumping obstacles."
You Yi looked at Lu Sheng and said, "In equestrian jumping, it tests your coordination with the horse as well as your ability to quickly navigate multiple obstacles along a set route."
"Your horse might be able to jump just fine, but as a beginner, even if you can sync up with the horse, you have no understanding of when to take off or how to control the rhythm of jumping obstacles."
"Here at Shengjing, they divide obstacle jumping into three levels of difficulty: low, medium, and high. Even the low-difficulty single crossbar jump is very dangerous for beginners."
"Tang student has received professional training, but even a slight misstep could result in you falling off the horse and getting injured," You Yi said, "So you really shouldn’t compete with Tang student."
Seeing You Yi advise Lu Sheng not to compete with himself and mentioning his own professional training, Tang Yiyi couldn’t help but feel a surge of pride, struggling to hide her arrogance.
She lifted her chin to look at Lu Sheng and said sarcastically, "Exactly. Lu Sheng, to be honest, you don’t even know what jumping obstacles is, right?"
"You dare to agree to compete with me without knowing anything, trying to look swollen despite being fat, not afraid of falling to your death in a moment."
Tang Yiyi snorted in disdain, not concealing her contempt.
"You’re right, I indeed don’t understand," Lu Sheng looked up at Tang Yiyi upon hearing this, "but I can learn on the spot."
"You just said, if I beat you, you’ll give me Lingxi. I hope you’ll keep your word."
Learn, on the spot?
As soon as Lu Sheng spoke, the surrounding people again glanced at each other unconsciously.
Heaven—Has Lu Sheng really lost her mind? She’s actually saying she’ll learn how to jump obstacles on the spot?
Is this something you can just learn on the spot if you want to?
Does she think she’s so amazing that she can understand and master it immediately??
Lu Sheng has always been low-profile in Class A.
With a seat in the corner of the classroom, she spends most of her class time sleeping and goes home with Lu Youming and Lu Youye after school.
Even after she revealed her rosy identity during the piano competition and panda at Old Mr. Fu’s birthday banquet, which caused quite a stir on Shengjing’s campus forum the next day, she continued as if nothing had happened, doing her own thing.
Her low-profile led the people in the class to overlook one fact.
If she could casually get perfect scores on the entrance exams, come first in the piano realm, and acquire the title of Boxing King in the fighting field, it proved her learning ability was not on the same level as an ordinary person.
The rest of the class thought Lu Sheng was way too overconfident; she was literally risking her life just to prove a point to Tang Yiyi.
Only You Yi knew she was serious about learning on the spot.
After all, just recently, the young girl had told him that she was a genius. What seemed unreasonable to ordinary people could be reasonable in her case.
Upon hearing Lu Sheng saying she’d get Lingxi if she won, Tang Yiyi laughed even harder from sheer anger.
This act of hers, even Lu Sheng herself must believe it!
"Fine, since you think you can learn on the spot and compete with me, then have Mr. You teach you," Tang Yiyi looked at Lu Sheng arrogantly and declared, "If I lose to you, forget about giving you Lingxi, I’ll take your surname at Shengjing!"
