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Chapter 411: Chapter 289: Helper_2
Hmph, turns out she’s just like Chen Siyu!
Although Chen Siyu is taller, when it comes to strength, she’s ultimately on the same level as her.
This proved that Xue Yuantong was not weak.
"Yuxia, want to give it a try?" Chen Siyu decided to seek help from Bai Yuxia.
Bai Yuxia didn’t take the can, but said, "I have two methods. First, you can turn the can upside down, tap the edge of the lid against the desk, then try twisting it—that should make it much easier."
Chen Siyu was already prepared to knock when she heard Bai Yuxia say,
"The second method is to simply ask Jiang Ning, isn’t it?"
For tasks that involve strength, boys are generally much stronger than girls.
This assumes we exclude the likes of Pang Jiao.
Thus, Xue Yuantong saw Chen Siyu hand the can of yellow peaches over to Jiang Ning.
She didn’t stop her, although it ultimately still required Jiang Ning’s help. But it wasn’t her who asked Jiang Ning for help—it was Chen Siyu who did it, so what did it have to do with her, Xue Yuantong?
Having heard the request, Jiang Ning took the can and, with a casual twist that seemed effortless, opened it.
Now, before Xue Yuantong, lay the tempting yellow peach slices, ready for her tasting; she was so excited inside.
But before she could enjoy the peach slices, there was something else she needed to do.
The spoon for eating the peaches hadn’t been cleaned yet. Xue Yuantong picked up the spoon and instructed,
"Jiang Ning, can you keep an eye on the can for me? Don’t let it run away; I’ll be right back."
Having said that, Xue Yuantong hopped out the door, her braids swinging with each bounce.
Jiang Ning reached for the can, and both Chen Siyu and Bai Yuxia saw it.
Chen Siyu was surprised: "Jiang Ning, you’re not thinking of eating Xue Yuantong’s can, are you?"
"Planning on trying some," Jiang Ning said.
Chen Siyu admonished, "That’s too mean, that can was hard-earned by Xue Yuantong."
She stated with righteousness, "When Xue Yuantong comes back, I’ll tell her!"
Bai Yuxia said, "That’s not very nice."
Jiang Ning asked, "Are you two having some?"
The allure of the yellow peach can was no small matter; if put in front of them, not many could resist taking a bite.
From the heart, Chen Siyu said, "Yes."
Bai Yuxia was a bit torn; if she ate the can, what about Xue Yuantong?
It wasn’t until Jiang Ning showed her something unexpected that Bai Yuxia decided to have a taste.
Jiang Ning picked up the chopsticks and joined forces with Bai Yuxia and Chen Siyu to finish off the can.
"Don’t tell Xue Yuantong it was me," Jiang Ning said.
Having accepted things from others, Bai Yuxia and Chen Siyu naturally agreed, and since they were accomplices, they were now on the same side as Jiang Ning and certainly wouldn’t betray him.
Chen Siyu even helped cover it up:
"Jiang Ning, now that the can is empty, leaving it on the desk could be a dead giveaway. Xue Yuantong will spot it in an instant."
"Do you have any clever ideas?" Jiang Ning asked.
Chen Siyu: "Hide the can as if it disappeared."
With a sweep of his hand, Jiang Ning made the can vanish instantly.
Chen Siyu looked at the tidy desk and said,
"Lets each do our own thing, then it will be perfect."
Having said that, she and Bai Yuxia turned back to discuss a math problem.
Xue Yuantong, with her braids, bounced back into the room, in high spirits.
However, when she saw the completely empty desk, she was instantly dumbfounded.
Her first instinct was to ask Jiang Ning, "Where’s my can of yellow peaches?"
Jiang Ning: "What can?"
Xue Yuantong stood there, stunned, then looked towards Chen Siyu in the front row, who were working on a problem!
She felt around the desk... nothing there.
She looked around the area, still nothing.
In that moment, Xue Yuantong felt as if she’d been abandoned by the whole world; her eyes blinked rapidly, unable to believe that after all her effort, this was the outcome she faced!
Xue Yuantong’s hands trembled with sadness, the spoon nearly slipping from her grasp.
Chen Siyu and Bai Yuxia, seeing this scene, felt they had gone too far in treating Xue Yuantong like that.
It was only because Jiang Ning had given them a heads-up that Bai Yuxia nearly didn’t bring out some snacks to make it up to Xue Yuantong.
They both looked at Jiang Ning.
At that moment, Jiang Ning flipped his hand again, and a brand-new can of yellow peaches appeared:
"Here it is."
’Look at that pitiful look on your face,’ Jiang Ning thought to himself.
...
At the back of the classroom.
The push-up contest had ended, with Dan Kaiquan coming out on top.
Zhang Chi looked like a disheveled stray dog, unable to imagine that he, strong and athletic, the sports monitor, who would later pursue a career in athletics, had actually been defeated by the beginner Dan Kaiquan!
All Zhang Chi could do was comfort himself with the excuse that Dan Kaiquan was simply good at push-ups, that he was still a beginner.
Zhang Chi suffered a blow, but Dan Kaiquan was smug as spring.
He lay on the ground, sweat pouring down, and stubbornly did fifteen more standard push-ups, pushing his physical strength to the limit.
It wasn’t until the last push-up was completed that Dan Kaiquan slowly got up.
In order to do push-ups, Dan Kaiquan had taken off his jacket and was wearing only a thin T-shirt.
Guo Kun Nan looked at Dan Kaiquan’s arms and praised him:
"Brother Quan, you’ve got some noticeable muscles there!"
After seeing this, Wang Longlong followed, saying, "Awesome stuff, Kaiquan!"
Dan Kaiquan felt even more proud, but the compliments from his brothers could never outweigh a single word from that girl in the classroom.
Everything he did was for her.
Holding his jacket, Dan Kaiquan puffed out his chest, raised his head, flexed his muscles, and walked to the front row, trying to get Bai Yuxia to notice his excellence.
However, Bai Yuxia was busy doing a test paper with Chen Siyu and didn’t notice him at all.
Dan Kaiquan felt a sense of loss, but he never gave up.
Having expended a great deal of energy doing push-ups, Dan Kaiquan had worked up a sweat and urgently needed to replenish his fluids.
He took his water bottle to the front of the classroom to get some purified water.
Walking along, Dan Kaiquan occasionally moved his arms, tightening and relaxing his muscles, a testament to his hard work.
He was no longer the weakling he had been at the start of school!
Dan Kaiquan arrived at the water dispenser just as Lu Qiqi came to get water as well.
Lu Qiqi’s seat was in front of Ma Shicheng, and when Dan Kaiquan went to the back to play, he sometimes spoke a few words to her, barely acquaintances.
But deep down, Dan Kaiquan thought Lu Qiqi dressed up too much, not just with makeup but also wearing earrings.
They were just high school students, after all.
Dan Kaiquan preferred the natural beauty of Bai Yuxia.
Nevertheless, everyone had their own aspirations, and Dan Kaiquan wasn’t opposed to Lu Qiqi—in fact, he was recently more open-minded and initiated a greeting.
Lu Qiqi glanced at Dan Kaiquan and said, "I saw you doing push-ups in the back just now, your muscles look quite nice, starting to take shape."
Dan Kaiquan felt even more comfortable from her compliment and found Lu Qiqi even more pleasing to the eye.
Modestly, Dan Kaiquan said, "I just do a bit of training."
Lu Qiqi said, "You’re already impressive if that’s just a casual workout!"
Dan Kaiquan enjoyed the praise so much that he talked with her a bit more, then with gentlemanly manners, pointed to the water dispenser and said:
"You go first."
Class 8 had two water dispensers, but due to the recent rain, the duty students had been lazy with water replenishment, leaving only one dispenser available now.
"Thanks."
Then, as Lu Qiqi was halfway through getting water, the dispenser ran out of water.
Lu Qiqi looked at the large purified water bottle on the floor, clearly unable to lift it herself.
Dan Kaiquan was no fool; having just been praised as a strong man, how could he let a girl replace the water bottle?
Would he still be a man if he did?
Of course, he wouldn’t stand by and let that happen.
Dan Kaiquan handed his water cup to Lu Qiqi, declaring confidently:
"Let me handle it."
"This sort of job should be done by a man!"
Dan Kaiquan took a deep breath; with his current physique, he could easily do a good number of push-ups in one go, sprint a hundred meters in 12 seconds, no worse than any sports student!
A bottle of purified water was a piece of cake for him.
Dan Kaiquan bent down and lifted the purified water bottle with one hand, but as soon as he picked it up, he realized to his horror that he had done too many push-ups, and his arms hadn’t recovered yet, his muscles trembling involuntarily.
Straining every sinew, Dan Kaiquan challenged his muscle limits, trying desperately to lift the purified water bottle higher.
However, he couldn’t lift it the small distance he usually could.
His muscles became unresponsive, as if his arms weren’t his own.
As he struggled on his end, Lu Qiqi stood by, her expression strange.
After a standoff, Dan Kaiquan roared internally, ’My destiny is in my hands, not in heaven’s!’
With a fierce shove of his thigh, he managed to prop the water bottle up!
He finally reached the proper height!
Unfortunately, he used too much force, and his leg flew up, knocking over the water dispenser with a "boom".
The whole class was jolted and turned their gazes to the front.
Dan Kaiquan suffered an unexpected mishap, his hands completely devoid of strength, and the purified water bottle slipped from his grasp, landing with a "thud."
The water bottle rolled away, "gurgling" as it went, and it seemed Dan Kaiquan’s dignity rolled along the floor with it.
The atmosphere was suddenly very quiet.
Lu Qiqi remarked, "Looks good, but not much use, huh?"
