Translator: ChuRen/ YuQiChen
When it comes to the knowledge competition, a saying began to circulate within H High.
To be precise, it was more of a slogan – “Win the competition, play matchmaker!”
On the forum, there were often several pinned posts floating around, such as #Moments of accidental eye contact between Sheng Ze and Su Ling#, #Interactive collection of Sheng-Ling1apparently that’s their ship name now in class#, #Today you lend me a pencil, tomorrow I return you with a perfect test paper#, and so on.
Basically, it was all about the daily gossip surrounding Sheng Ze and Su Ling’s interactions.
Some were “classmates revealing secrets without revealing their names”, while others were “evidence photos unintentionally captured by bystanders”, in any case, there was proof to back up the claims, making it quite rich in content.
After wandering around the campus, Meng Xiaoman returned, marveling, “I never expected that the news about the boss and Sheng Ze has spread throughout the entire school.”
Shi Kongzang suddenly chuckled, mockingly saying, “Heh, how naive.”
Meng Xiaoman, feeling confused by the sudden criticism, asked, “What do you mean?”
Shi Kongzang glanced at Sheng Ze’s position, making sure he couldn’t hear, then whispered to Xiaoman, “Who do you think leaked the gossip about these two?”
Upon hearing a hint of a story, Meng Xiaoman eagerly asked, “Who? Wasn’t it supposed to be anonymous tips?”
Shi Kongzang chuckled and reminded him, “If the parties involved didn’t deny it, who could capture them? Besides, I even caught the lord up late at night on the forum once…”
Meng Xiaoman swallowed hard and asked with difficulty, “So, the Ghost King is the anonymous informant who leaked the news?”
Shi Kongzang nodded solemnly, “The popularity of the Sheng Ling CP was all stirred up by the Ghost King!”
Impressed, Meng Xiaoman couldn’t help but wonder, “But why did the Ghost King go through all this trouble?”
Shi Kongzang raised two fingers, waved them in front of Xiaoman, and cryptically said, “Two words, a date.”
“No wonder, just a few days ago the boss was blaming him for taking on this matter, and now his mood has changed. It’s no wonder he’s the Ghost King, able to use the gossip-loving nature of young girls to achieve his undisclosed goals!” Meng Xiaoman exclaimed in admiration.
“Undisclosed goals?”
As they turned around, they saw Sheng Ze standing behind Meng Xiaoman, looking at them with a chilling smile.
Meng Xiaoman’s mouth twitched for a moment, then quickly changed her tone, “But looking at it from another perspective, the ability of the Ghost King to strategize and turn a disadvantage into an advantage is something we should learn from.”
Shi Kongzang looked at her in admiration as she rambled on.
“You’re too kind. Your ability to say one thing to our faces and another behind our backs, to steer the conversation with the wind and tell lies, is also something I should learn from,” Sheng Ze coolly retorted.
Sheng Ze’s calculations were spot on. The Sheng Ling CP was now inseparable in the hearts of fangirls.
On the BBS, the call for “Win the championship to help Sheng Ze go on a date” was growing louder. Even if they didn’t end up going on a date in the end, Sheng Ze’s clever move basically put an end to all the thoughts of girls wanting to go on a date with him or Su Ling alone.
Gossip is truly a great way to eliminate rivals!
However, after a few days, apart from the “Sheng Ling CP,” another cult emerged on the BBS – the “Wu Bai CP”.
It all started with an anonymous girl posting on the forum, mentioning the brothers from the Chang family: “Everyone talks about Sheng Ling CP, am I the only one shipping the Chang brothers?”
As soon as the post went up, like-minded individuals quickly replied.
“You’re not alone, they say Sheng Ling is full of love, but what about our Chang brothers? Are they gay?”
“So cool! Strongly ship the Wu Bai duo CP!”
“Ha, don’t joke around. I asked, and these two brothers aren’t actually related~ Let’s see what everyone thinks.”
Since there were no new updates on the Sheng Ling CP, the bored fangirls redirected their attention to Chang Wu and Chang Bai.
Another round of revelations and photos ensued.
The names “Wu” (Chang Wu) and “Bai” (Chang Bai) kept appearing on the forum, gradually forming a rivalry with “Sheng Ling.”
Learning from the Ghost King’s past mistakes, Meng Xiaoman couldn’t help but cast a skeptical glance at the Chang brothers upon seeing the “Wu Bai” names.
Chang Wu, expressionless, was peeling sunflower seeds for Chang Bai. Sensing Meng Xiaoman’s gaze, he raised his eyebrows in confusion.
Chang Bai, smiling, took a sunflower seed from Chang Wu’s hand and chuckled, “Stop staring, this isn’t our doing.”
Meng Xiaoman scratched her head, not confirming nor denying.
Lying lazily on a recliner, Chang Bai basked in the afternoon sun, his voice dripping with laziness, “The crowd’s voices, they’re unstoppable.”
Sheng Ze: ?!?
Finally, under the hopeful gaze of the students, the Knowledge Competition arrived as scheduled.
This competition, which had sparked a positive learning atmosphere on campus, even caught the attention of the teachers. On the day of the competition, the principal, along with the director of academic affairs and a bunch of class teachers, joyfully came to watch the event.
During the competition, the intense debates and exchanges among the top students were expected, but what surprised the principal and others was a group of average-performing girls who shone brightly in the competition.
The principal looked at the director of academic affairs in astonishment, questioning life, “Are we using the wrong educational methods? These students clearly have extensive knowledge, but their usual grades don’t reflect that at all.”
Standing behind the principal was a female teacher who, upon hearing this, couldn’t help but silently chuckle to herself.
Extensive knowledge? More like the “crazy fangirls’ enthusiasm” BUFF.
The joy of fangirling made people addicted to studying, forgetting sleep and food.
After a fierce battle, only two people remained on stage.
The final showdown was in a format of alternating questions and answers. Each round, a question was given to one person, and whoever couldn’t answer first would be the runner-up.
As for the final participants chosen by Director Liu, one of them was familiar to Su Ling and the others, it was the client of this competition – Miss Ai Xi.
The other participant, well, Su Ling and the others were even more familiar with – wasn’t this our accounting guy, Wu Pan?!
Ai Xi and Wu Pan had a sense of mutual understanding from the previous round, and now, as they stood on the stage, they exchanged a smile, instantly stunning the students below.
“Oh, my god! I might have to abandon both Sheng Ling and Wu Bai and switch to this pair.” A student excitedly covered their chest.
“What should we call this pair? Panxi? Wuxi? Wuai? Wù āi?” Another student raised a critical question.
“Wù āi, Wù āi… sounds like ‘hey2Wei 喂‘ in Chinese! Is this pair’s name toxic or what?”
The students, having indulged in fangirling recently, were going a bit crazy.
“Calm down3the specific word he used is more akin to the word ‘Silence’, the type used in court during ancient times, calm down!” Su Ling, one of the hosts and judges, shouted twice, trying to cool down the overheated atmosphere. “Although Wu Pan, you’re our good friend, this is a competition, and we definitely won’t go easy on you.”
“Pffft—”
Someone in the audience couldn’t help but laugh and quietly commented, “What’s with the ‘Calm down’? Are we in court?”
As soon as the words were spoken, that person received a deadly stare from Sheng Ze.
The unexpected stare not only didn’t scare the person but actually got her and those around her excited.
“I was glared at! I was glared at! But I was speaking so softly just now, so does that mean if you say bad things about Su Ling, he’ll hear it?”
“Ahhh Sheng Ze is so cute, the way he stares looks like a protective wolf cub.”
“What does it feel like to be a fan of a couple who constantly share sweet moments…”
Sheng Ze, hearing the chorus of “ahhhs”: ?!?
Although this gossip had its own underlying influence, were all the gossip enthusiasts now this strange?
Sheng Ze blinked in confusion as Wu Pan and Ai Xi had already played eighteen rounds to a tie on stage.
To take care of the players’ energy, Su Ling thoughtfully called for a halftime break and served them tea and small cakes.
Ai Xi looked at Wu Pan and shyly smiled, “I didn’t know you knew so much.”
Wu Pan shook his head seriously, “You’re the impressive one. If you were my age, you’d know even more than me.”
Ai Xi furrowed her brow in confusion, carefully scrutinizing him, and asked, “How old are you?”
Wu Pan was about to blurt out his real age when Su Ling coughed to remind him just in time.
Wu Pan looked down at his young body and casually mentioned a number closer to the age on his ID, “I’m eighteen4How long have you been eighteen?.”
Ai Xi couldn’t help but laugh and cry, “Then we’re the same age.”
Wu Pan choked a bit, sipped his tea, silently repeating to himself – less talk, less mistakes…
However, this interaction stirred up some restlessness among the students below.
“I’m so envious, this kind of emotional bonding between top students.”
“They’re showing us that if you want to flirt with a good-looking top student guy, you first have to be a top student yourself.”
“I don’t care, I’ll work twice as hard and surpass the first place soon!”
The principal, looking affectionately at the excited and determined students, sighed contently, “The atmosphere of progress like this, it’s really good…”
The vice-principal, with a head full of question marks, really wanted to ask: Principal, did you actually hear them all saying that studying is just to flirt with cute guys??
After the halftime break, Ai Xi and Wu Pan engaged in another eighteen rounds of intense competition.
In the end, Wu Pan faltered on an English question, conceding defeat and securing the second place.
“Congratulations, Ai Xi!” Su Ling’s face lit up with a big smile, visibly relaxed, “As the first place winner of this competition, have you decided who you want to go on a date with?”
Su Ling was quite content with this outcome.
Knowing Ai Xi well, he understood that she wasn’t someone who enjoyed gossip, so perhaps he and Sheng Ze could escape unscathed…
Unfortunately, Su Ling underestimated the level of excitement among the onlookers.
After he asked that question, all the students in the audience began enthusiastically shouting –
“Sheng Ling, Sheng Ling! Let Sheng Ze and Su Ling go on a date!”
“Wu Bai, Wu Bai! Let Chang Wu and Chang Bai go on a date!”
These voices mixed together, making it hard to tell which CP’s call was louder.
Listening attentively for a while, Ai Xi nodded in understanding.
Although she focused solely on studying the classics, she didn’t mind fulfilling the wishes of the crowd. So, she smiled at Su Ling and said, “I want to choose someone else to go on a date in my stead, is that okay?”
Su Ling had an inexplicable sense of foreboding.
However, the oblivious and confident Sheng Ze, with a hint of arrogance, nodded first and said, “Sure.”
With a smile in her eyes, Ai Xi continued, “In that case, as everyone wishes, let Su Ling… “
A glimmer of hope rose in Sheng Ze’s heart as he couldn’t resist casting a provocative glance at Chang Wu.
Chang Wu remained unfazed, his gaze slightly mocking.
At that moment, Ai Xi recalled the chants from earlier and continued, ” … go out with Chang Bai510/10 Ai Xi you genius.”
Sheng Ze, feeling like he had just shot himself in the foot: !!!
Chang Wu, hearing that his brother was about to be taken away: !!!
The bewildered audience below: ??
What kind of cult was this?!!
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1 thought on “Chapter 36 – Cult-like forum”
10/10 Ai Xi you genius +99999 😭😂😭😂😭😂