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Chapter 444: Chapter 307 Surpassing the Limit!_2
"Go on, I’ll wait for you," Dan Kaiquan arrogantly said.
Shi Qianjin didn’t even bother picking up the bucket; he sprinted towards Class 9, planning to grab another bucket to match Dan Kaiquan’s level.
Shi Qianjin ran like a wild dog.
Dan Kaiquan looked at his retreating figure, like a big devil, one foot resting on the edge of the sink, his posture proud and unrestrained.
The method of carrying two buckets, he had learned from Jiang Ning.
At the start of school, Jiang Ning could carry two barrels of purified water, which Dan Kaiquan found astonishing and enviable.
Now, he was carrying the class water buckets, with a capacity of 20L, even more than the standard purified water bucket’s 18.9L!
Shi Qianjin was deft in his movements, it wasn’t even a full minute before he was back down with a red water bucket.
He turned on the faucet, and water gushed into the bucket.
Shi Qianjin took a deep breath, one bucket in each hand!
This bucket could hold 20L of water, that was 40 kilograms, two buckets made it 80 kilograms.
Not to mention freshman students, this weight would be enough to stop half of the adults.
Shi Qianjin’s shoulders were taut as he marched forward, wobbly, leading the way like a blade of grass in the wind.
The water in the buckets swayed, spilling over the edges, soaking the concrete ground.
Dan Kaiquan, in comparison, had a somewhat easier time; although it was strenuous to carry two buckets of water, it was still within his capacity to bear.
Dan Kaiquan started slowly, but he still had the energy to speak:
"Qianjin, hurry up, what’s with the dawdling?"
"Qianjin, you can’t do it!"
Dan Kaiquan was going crazy with excitement, shouting with glee in his heart.
Shi Qianjin’s arms were sore as hell, but this contest involved the honor of the class, how could he give up so easily!
Shi Qianjin endured the unbearable feeling, in one breath, he charged to the front of Building 3, and with another breath, he ascended three flights of stairs.
Dan Kaiquan said, "Qianjin, I admit I underestimated you. Let’s see if you can keep going without stopping."
Shi Qianjin had every intention to do just that.
He believed in human potential. News reports had claimed that, in bursts of potential, a man lifted a car to save his son, and a seventy-year-old woman carried a washing machine from the 7th floor to the ground floor to salvage her possessions in a fire.
Countless heroes existed in the world, now wasn’t it his turn, Shi Qianjin, to do the same?
Shi Qianjin stepped into the building, stiffened his neck, and climbed up 10 steps.
No, still not enough!
He aimed for 20 flights!
What were fatigue and pain?
They were just the merest trifles of hardship!
Shi Qianjin roared in his heart, his spirit soaring to the skies: "Genetic Lock, unlock!"
Today, he would break the limit of the human body!
Shi Qianjin took another big step, and after this step, he would be 10 steps higher, climbing higher and higher, making his way to the second floor!
Then, he would sprint to Class 9.
Such a feat, even Yan Tianpeng might not accomplish!
One step down, perhaps the movement was a bit too vigorous, Shi Qianjin’s water buckets wobbled.
He tried to steady the shaking, but it was too late; he had already lost his strength. The shaking of 80 kilograms, no ordinary person could stop it.
"Damn!"
Shi Qianjin’s slender body swayed with the buckets, his footing unsteady, no longer able to maintain balance.
"Thud!" He fell in the corridor.
The buckets toppled over, their water rushing out and dousing him thoroughly, the cold water flowing over his body and down the stairs.
The fall was a nasty one; Shi Qianjin ached fiercely, his entire body numb.
He had no strength to get up, and besides, it was too embarrassing.
So, Shi Qianjin just lay on the ground, playing dead.
Dan Kaiquan was dumbstruck.
On the second floor, Dong Jiayi was wiping the stair railing when she saw this scene; she was so scared her cloth dropped.
"Ah, it fell!" Dong Jiayi screamed.
Her scream attracted other students.
Wei Xiu Yuan sprinted over: "What fell?"
Dong Jiayi pointed to the cloth on the landing of the stairs.
However, what Wei Xiu Yuan saw was Shi Qianjin lying in the water:
"Holy shit, someone jumped from the building!"
"What, someone jumped?" Du Chuan ran over.
After Du Chuan saw, he ran back to the classroom, shouting to a group of students cleaning:
"Someone jumped from the building, they’re motionless!"
Cui Yu was sweeping the corridor. Hearing the commotion, he quickly ran this way.
He ran swiftly, passing by the eastern corridor, where Jiang Ning and Ding Shuyan could be seen, without a second glance.
Cui Yu raced over and saw the water beneath Shi Qianjin.
He changed expression and ran back to the classroom, "Someone jumped off the building, and the water spilled out!"
Hu Jun was damn confused, "The water spilled out?"
Word spread from one to ten, ten to a hundred. Soon enough, Class 1, Class 8, Class 9, and the students from Class 2 downstairs, came in droves, completely blocking the staircase.
Jiang Ning stopped looking at the scenery and squeezed in to see what the commotion was.
Huang Zhongfei announced, "I’m going to the infirmary now!"
No sooner had he spoken than everyone saw the person on the ground move.
Cui Yu shouted, "It’s a flicker of consciousness before death!"
Then, Shi Qianjin got up from the ground, soaking wet all over the front.
There was so much water on the ground just now that if he hadn’t gotten up, he probably would’ve ended up drinking a mouthful of it.
When Shi Qianjin rose, he saw hundreds of pairs of eyes staring at him from all over the staircase.
Seeing him get up, everyone instinctively backed away.
Shi Qianjin asked in confusion, "What are you all doing?"
Yu Wen asked uncertainly, "Are you a human or a ghost?"
...
Shi Qianjin left; he didn’t go back to Class 9 but returned to his dorm to change clothes.
The big clean-up continued.
Dan Kaiquan was overwhelmed with guilt; Shi Qianjin’s fall was largely his fault.
Perhaps to lay low, Dan Kaiquan took over Jiang Ning’s water-carrying duties all by himself.
The hubbub dissipated.
Jiang Ning was still standing in the east corridor, with Ding Shuyan by his side.
The distance between them was less than 20 centimeters, like two friends chatting casually.
In reality, neither of them spoke.
Jiang Ning didn’t bother with her.
Ding Shuyan was testing the waters, ready to leave the moment Jiang Ning showed any response.
Fortunately, Jiang Ning didn’t resist, and Ding Shuyan was in a good mood with a bright smile.
She had always been very patient.
Li Shi from Class 2 went upstairs to find someone. As she stepped onto the stairs, she saw Ding Shuyan and Jiang Ning looking just like friends.
Li Shi was stunned.
She knew who Ding Shuyan was better than anyone.
During her last birthday, Ding Shuyan showed up at the party, and that changed how Li Shi’s friends looked at her.
Many peers in Yuzhou had invited Ding Shuyan to hang out, but Li Shi was the only one who could get her to come out.
Ding Shuyan usually kept a distance from boys, yet the scene before Li Shi was unexpected.
"What exactly is their relationship?"
...
In the Class 8 classroom, after sweeping the floor, only water splashing and the big ceiling fan remained to be cleaned.
Huang Yuzhu and his classmates were standing on desks, wiping the fan blades.
Huang Yuzhu was down-to-earth and thorough with his work, paying great attention to every detail.
As Jiang Ning moved from the east to the south corridor, he watched his classmates through the half-open windows wiping the fans.
With a sweep of his "Divine Sense," Jiang Ning noticed that one of the large fans in the middle had many loose parts.
Such overhead fans posed a certain risk, though an ordinary person might never encounter such an incident in their lifetime.
In his previous life during his second year of high school, while the third-year students were in class, a ceiling fan had fallen, rotating slowly. It sliced two students, injuring a boy’s shoulder and a girl’s neck. Thankfully, there were no serious consequences.
Afterward, Fourth Middle School immediately organized workers to investigate the electric fans in each classroom to prevent any similar incidents.
There was a fan in Class 8 that always shook when it was turned on, which had been a source of panic among the students. After inspection, that fan was indeed found to have issues, and a new fan was installed.
Huang Yuzhu and the others finished wiping the fans quickly.
Dong Qingfeng turned on the switch, and the fan slowly started to rotate.
He said to Yu Wen, "In the future, if you’re hot, just turn on the fan."
Jiang Ning released a strand of "Spiritual Power," slicing toward the fan.
Addressing this hidden danger in the classroom would force the school to inspect the fans, likely preventing potential safety issues for all the students.
The fan generated a strong breeze, and the students enjoyed the cool air.
Yu Wen exclaimed, "So refreshing!"
Before her words had faded, the rapidly spinning fan suddenly detached from the ceiling and came whirling down with a "whoosh," like a revolving blade, with a terrifying momentum.
"Bang!" The fan hit the desks and scattered piles of books.
Yu Wen screamed.
Wang Longlong’s eyes widened as he shouted, "Get down, it’s a bomb!"
The surrounding students heard the commotion, and before they had a chance to see what happened, they ducked for cover upon hearing the warning.
