Chapter 83: The Proud Little Princess

The second week after New Year’s Day, to respond to a document from the county’s Education Bureau about strengthening physical education for middle school students, the school leaders of Jinzhou County No.1 High School and No.2 High School discussed and decided to jointly hold a week-long sports competition. Besides basic events like long-distance running and standing long jump, there were also badminton, table tennis, basketball, and football matches.

Of course, participation in non-basic events was encouraged by teachers and homeroom teachers, with students signing up voluntarily.

Actually, for each grade, there were already basketball and football teams organized and selected by physical education teachers, with students volunteering to join. Usually, the school often had relaxed and enjoyable matches between student teams.

It was just that this competition was more formal.

Considering that the Final Exam and competition schedule should not conflict, and to avoid affecting the students’ exam mindset, the school decided to hold the Final Exam three days earlier.

The day after the exams ended, the sports competition began.

Su Chunfeng did not sign up for any events. It wasn’t that he disliked such sports, but personally, he was psychologically mature. After being reborn, his temperament was rather calm. He did not much enjoy participating in such highly competitive games with teenagers, especially lively and intensely stimulating team sports like football and basketball that required strong teamwork.

At the start of the competition, each school held selection trials to pick outstanding students for inter-school matches.

Basic sports events were mandatory for all students, so Su Chunfeng had to participate. It was actually similar to a physical education test… After the competition, his results were above average in his grade, quite good, but certainly not good enough to represent the school in matches against students from No.2 High School.

This was not surprising, after all, he was a student of Class One.

And students from Class One across all three grades were generally not good at sports.

No one knew that during these competitions, Su Chunfeng deliberately held back. Otherwise, even if he might not have been certain to get first place, he would have had no problem making it to the final inter-school stage.

On the second day of the competition, those students who were eliminated early or did not sign up for other events had nothing else to do. What they could do was just join the crowd in the following matches, cheering and supporting their friends and classmates who were participating. Since the Final Exam was over and the school was holding a sports competition with full participation, all classes basically had free time with no academic lessons. But because the holiday had not started yet, homeroom teachers still took attendance every day, and students could not go home on their own.

The young students, just finished with exams and free from study pressure, enjoyed themselves.

Su Chunfeng did not like crowds much. While various sports competitions were going on fiercely, he returned to his class to review his studies.

A little after four in the afternoon, the classroom of Senior Grade 1 Class One was empty and quiet, with only about a dozen students seriously reviewing their studies.

The classroom was very quiet.

Su Chunfeng was studying with his geography textbook when the girl sitting in front of him, Huang Yiyu, turned her head and asked softly, “Su Chunfeng, what are you studying?”

“Oh.” Su Chunfeng looked up and smiled. “Geography.”

“Can I ask you a question?”

“Sure.” Su Chunfeng nodded.

Huang Yiyu thought for a moment and asked, “How do you usually arrange your time for study, rest, and entertainment?”

“This…” Su Chunfeng pondered a little, then smiled helplessly and shook his head. “I really haven’t deliberately arranged my time. But, I don’t strictly require myself to spend all my time studying. Personally, I feel it’s good to balance work and rest, and keep a normal mindset. There’s no need for too much pressure.”

“Aren’t you worried about being eliminated from Class One?” Huang Yiyu asked with a smile.

“Doesn’t matter.”

“I really envy your attitude and lifestyle.” Huang Yiyu shrugged, sounding somewhat emotional and helpless. “Before coming to Class One, I thought about getting into Class One all the time. But after entering Class One, I found it wasn’t really the place I wanted to be. Everyone is so lifeless and dull.”

Su Chunfeng smiled and said nothing.

He knew that Huang Yiyu was a very smart and strong-willed girl, with outstanding academic results, and her appearance and figure could be considered at the level of a school beauty. However, girls like her these days often had a noticeable common flaw: arrogance and pride. After the Midterm Exam, she entered Class One with excellent grades. At first, she would actively chat with students in the class, but soon, she stopped talking much. It wasn’t that the students in Class One were too rigid or bookish, and not good at talking, making her feel out of place. Rather, Huang Yiyu gradually revealed her proud nature, as if no one in her eyes was worthy of being her friend.

Probably, she thought the students in Class One were just so-so?

So Su Chunfeng wondered: “Why would such a girl, one who hardly ever talked to me, suddenly ask me such a question today?”

Seeing that Su Chunfeng didn’t speak, Huang Yiyu frowned slightly, displeased, but soon showed a kind and approachable smile again. “All the students in Senior Grade 1 know that you are dating a girl from Class 4. I’ve also seen you often with that girl. You two don’t seem to hide your feelings, right?”

“Why hide it?” Su Chunfeng smiled and said casually.

“Aren’t you afraid of what people say?”

Su Chunfeng smiled and shook his head, then lowered his head to continue reading. He didn’t like discussing his relationship with Wang Haifei with others. After all, it was puppy love and somewhat sensitive.

Seeing Su Chunfeng’s indifferent attitude, Huang Yiyu immediately felt angry. In her view, in the whole class, the whole grade, even the whole school, only Su Chunfeng was worthy of chatting with her and being her friend. This male student was fair-skinned and handsome, had very good academic results, and wrote amazingly good handwriting; the class blackboard newspaper was written by him. He usually didn’t talk or joke much but was definitely not a bookish type. Gentle and refined, yet seemingly possessing a strong, fierce, and domineering side that contrasted with his personality and appearance. He wasn’t tall or strong but somewhat thin, yet he once entered Class 12, Senior Grade 3 alone with two knives and subdued the school bully Qian Jingjiang. Who wasn’t afraid of him?

It could be said that Su Chunfeng alone possessed almost all the good qualities of a boy!

Besides, he was somewhat unconventional, daring to openly date on campus without hiding it, going around with his girlfriend.

Which student didn’t admire or envy him?

Huang Yiyu, who often overheard girls talking, knew that many girls in the school had unconsciously developed a bit of jealous envy for Wang Haifei, who, although gentle and nice-looking, definitely wouldn’t rank in the top ten in looks among girls in their grade.

“But these shouldn’t be reasons for Su Chunfeng to be arrogant and proud! He definitely shouldn’t act indifferent to an excellent, beautiful girl!”

Huang Yiyu thought somewhat angrily.

Today, she just saw there weren’t many students in class, and she was feeling bored with studying, and didn’t want to go out to watch those boring, noisy sports competitions. So she took the initiative to chat with Su Chunfeng to pass the time, and also out of some curiosity to understand this very excellent boy, that’s all.

But she didn’t expect Su Chunfeng to have such an attitude.

She knew that usually many boys actively tried to talk to Huang Yiyu, and she coldly and arrogantly rejected them with looks of disdain and contempt. If she occasionally took the initiative to talk to a boy, that boy would surely get so excited his face would turn red and he’d become tongue-tied.

So, although Su Chunfeng’s attitude was not problematic, in Huang Yiyu’s eyes, it was a problem.

She was proud and arrogant, but she indeed had the qualifications to be proud and arrogant. In terms of looks and academic results, she was almost perfect. In terms of family background, both her parents were officials in government departments. Her grandfather was a National People’s Congress representative, the founder and General Manager of Jinzhou County Huasheng Construction Engineering Co., Ltd.

It could be said that in Jinzhou County and even Pingyang City, Huang Yiyu could be called a pampered daughter of heaven.

Now, she bit her lip lightly, glared at Su Chunfeng who was lowering his head reading, and reached out to lightly tap Su Chunfeng’s desk, reminding him softly, “I’m talking to you.”

“Ah?” Su Chunfeng looked up at her and nodded with a smile. “Go ahead.”

“You…” Huang Yiyu was so angry she didn’t know what to say.

Su Chunfeng looked at Huang Yiyu with a puzzled expression, wondering why this pretty, proud little girl was acting this way for no reason. She seemed very angry, but I didn’t provoke you.

His innocent, confused expression made Huang Yiyu feel even more stifled. But since she had started the conversation, getting angry and ignoring Su Chunfeng would make it seem like she was making trouble out of nothing and trying to please Su Chunfeng. What would the dozen or so classmates studying in the class think? So Huang Yiyu swallowed the frustration rising in her throat and said something to keep the conversation going, “Are you and your girlfriend childhood sweethearts?”

Su Chunfeng frowned slightly and smiled, politely declining, “I’m sorry, I don’t want to talk about personal matters like relationships with others.”

“I’m asking you!” Huang Yiyu said angrily.

“Is it any of your business?” Su Chunfeng found it both funny and annoying. Was this girl sick?

“You…” Huang Yiyu was speechless for a moment, but also felt that asking a boy she wasn’t familiar with about sensitive topics like relationships was indeed somewhat awkward and invited rejection. She snorted, saying with an unhappy expression, “Anyway, I think puppy love is not a good thing. Hmph.”

Su Chunfeng was taken aback. Should have checked the almanac this morning?

What kind of argument was this?

Feeling very annoyed, he couldn’t be bothered to deal with this proud little princess who was making trouble out of nothing. He stood up and walked out. Outside, the weather was clear, the sky blue as if washed. On this windless, cold winter day, the distant noise, cheers, and shouts from the Playground, football field, and Basketball Court added a bit of heartwarming liveliness and atmosphere to the campus.