The school's reward was exactly as Chen Hao described, a certificate worth one yuan along with two thousand yuan.
Originally, Lin Jin planned to receive the reward and leave, but when he arrived at the large classroom, he found that it was not just an award ceremony for him and Chen Xinya. Instead, all the rewards for competitions and other activities for the semester were being presented together, resulting in three or four rows of recipients.
Worth mentioning was that the award ceremony would also be broadcast online. According to Chen Hao, the school had its own account on video websites like Youku, and anything slightly significant would be posted there, including this ceremony.
So Lin Jin endured twenty minutes of leaders' drivel, followed by ten minutes watching people from the champions of the basketball competition and other miscellaneous competitions going up to receive awards. Since the New Year's Eve gala was the last in the timeline, he and Chen Xinya had to wait another ten minutes to go up and receive that perhaps trash-bound certificate and two big red envelopes.
After fussing for half an hour, a physically and mentally exhausted Lin Jin staggered back to the dormitory, while Chen Xinya hurried back to class.
"Lin Jin, how much money did you get?" Wen Xuan and Wu Min asked in unison as soon as he walked into the dorm.
"One thousand yuan" Lin Jin tiredly slumped back into his seat, leaning against the chair, looking at the ceiling, calculating, "It'll probably cost three to four hundred to treat you guys to a meal, and I still need to flirt with girls. One thousand yuan is not enough at all."
"You're a girl yourself, why are you flirting with girls? Wasting resources" Wen Xuan turned to look at Lin Jin, legs crossed, "Which girl are you planning to flirt with?"
"A sophomore, you don't know her anyway."
Lin Jin rolled his eyes, glanced at the time, and seeing it was almost five o'clock, thought about his evening run with Chen Shi and felt a recurring pain in his knees.
Although he usually ran and walked in turns every night, and his level of activity was relatively low compared to before, his knees seemed to be struggling. Whenever he exerted force, he would feel a slight stabbing pain in his knees, and if he swung them significantly, he could hear a "creaking" sound.
When would some sort of physical prowess mastery come into play? With such poor physical condition, what would he do for the final exams in gym class? What if he were robbed on the street or chased by a mad dog?
"Wu Min! Wu Min!" The front door suddenly burst open, and Zhuang Yuqing rushed in, "The debate team is short of people, are you going?"
"Debate competition?" Lin Jin raised his head, hearing about this for the first time.
Hearing Lin Jin's question, Zhuang Yuqing immediately abandoned Wu Min and fawned over Lin Jin, "Big Boss Lin Jin! Wow, you looked so damn pretty crossdressing on stage the other day! Worthy of the big boss! Not only good at Hearthstone but also beautiful in women’s clothing, and your singing is wonderful too!"
"That's a given!" Lin Jin puffed out his chest and lifted his head, looking proud. Although he had heard these compliments countless times in recent days, his vanity was still inflated with pride.
"So, Big Boss, are you interested in participating in the debate competition? Just one match will do!" Zhuang Yuqing somehow slipped behind Lin Jin and began massaging his shoulders, "Big Boss, debate is easy. Just find some information, and no matter what the opponents say, just throw the information at them. We only lack the third speaker, and the third speaker doesn't have to talk much."
Lin Jin's body didn't have much flesh, and although his shoulders were rounded, they felt almost like bone. He only felt a series of pain as his shoulder blades were pressed.
"Hey~ go find Wu Min, don't touch me" Lin Jin brushed his hand away, moved his shoulders a bit, and pushed Zhuang Yuqing aside, "I'm not articulate enough when speaking fast, find someone else."
However, Lin Jin suddenly froze. He remembered the reward for his recent task: eloquence mastery.
"Big Boss Wu Min?" Zhuang Yuqing looked expectantly at Wu Min, casually explaining the debate competition situation, "Just one debate will do, it's the class finals! Our original third speaker lost his voice and can't go on stage."
"When?" Wu Min looked at Zhuang Yuqing's smiling face, his lips twitching. Not wanting to flatly refuse a smiling classmate, he tried to find an excuse, "I'll see if I have time."
"Next Tuesday evening at six."
Wu Min frowned, quickly coming up with an excuse in his mind, "I have a date with my girlfriend at six, I've already told her."
"Big Boss Wu Min has a girlfriend?" Zhuang Yuqing had a habit of calling everyone "Big Boss" and although most people knew this habit, since they were addressed as such, most classmates were friendly toward him, "What about Wen Xuan?"
"Watching movies, no time." Wen Xuan immediately put on a 'I'm a homebody, don't bother me' look, staring at the computer screen. "I watch at least two movies every night and play games, I'm totally busy."
"Alright then."
Lin Jin watched Zhuang Yuqing helplessly grab his short hair, preparing to leave, and suddenly spoke up, "How about I go?"
"Huh?"
All three focused their attention on Lin Jin, their eyes filled with astonishment.
Lin Jin felt somewhat uncomfortable being stared at, and quickly waved his hands and shook his head to explain, "I've never seen a debate competition before, so I want to try it out."
"Can you do it?" Wu Min looked at Lin Jin doubtfully. In his mind, Lin Jin was not someone who would participate in competitions for no reason. It was surprising enough when he took part in the New Year's Eve gala last time, and now he wanted to join a debate competition.
"Probably..." Lin Jin wasn't too sure himself. He had volunteered on a whim, seeing Zhuang Yuqing's desperate expression. Of course, he was also harboring the idea of testing his eloquence mastery. He shrunk his head a little nervously, asking, "Or should we forget about it?"
Usually, mastery would have a prefix like beginner or intermediate, but his eloquence mastery didn't.
"No problem! Lin Jin, just wait for the debate on Tuesday afternoon. I'll find all the materials! Leave it all to me, you just wait to go on stage." Zhuang Yuqing took charge of everything for Lin Jin, and then excitedly darted out of the dorm.
It seemed as though he had searched everywhere and found no one interested, and now that Lin Jin had volunteered, he didn't even consider whether Lin Jin was suitable or not and was simply happy to have someone fill the spot.
"Two crazies" Wen Xuan, who was quietly watching a movie, commented casually.
Lin Jin snorted lightly, indicating that Wen Xuan, the homebody, could never understand his behavior of taking on worries for his classmates. At the same time, he noticed his phone vibrating, looked down at it, and was left utterly bewildered.
The school's reward was exactly as Chen Hao described, a certificate worth one yuan along with two thousand yuan.
Originally, Lin Jin planned to receive the reward and leave, but when he arrived at the large classroom, he found that it was not just an award ceremony for him and Chen Xinya. Instead, all the rewards for competitions and other activities for the semester were being presented together, resulting in three or four rows of recipients.
Worth mentioning was that the award ceremony would also be broadcast online. According to Chen Hao, the school had its own account on video websites like Youku, and anything slightly significant would be posted there, including this ceremony.
So Lin Jin endured twenty minutes of leaders' drivel, followed by ten minutes watching people from the champions of the basketball competition and other miscellaneous competitions going up to receive awards. Since the New Year's Eve gala was the last in the timeline, he and Chen Xinya had to wait another ten minutes to go up and receive that perhaps trash-bound certificate and two big red envelopes.
After fussing for half an hour, a physically and mentally exhausted Lin Jin staggered back to the dormitory, while Chen Xinya hurried back to class.
"Lin Jin, how much money did you get?" Wen Xuan and Wu Min asked in unison as soon as he walked into the dorm.
"One thousand yuan" Lin Jin tiredly slumped back into his seat, leaning against the chair, looking at the ceiling, calculating, "It'll probably cost three to four hundred to treat you guys to a meal, and I still need to flirt with girls. One thousand yuan is not enough at all."
"You're a girl yourself, why are you flirting with girls? Wasting resources" Wen Xuan turned to look at Lin Jin, legs crossed, "Which girl are you planning to flirt with?"
"A sophomore, you don't know her anyway."
Lin Jin rolled his eyes, glanced at the time, and seeing it was almost five o'clock, thought about his evening run with Chen Shi and felt a recurring pain in his knees.
Although he usually ran and walked in turns every night, and his level of activity was relatively low compared to before, his knees seemed to be struggling. Whenever he exerted force, he would feel a slight stabbing pain in his knees, and if he swung them significantly, he could hear a "creaking" sound.
When would some sort of physical prowess mastery come into play? With such poor physical condition, what would he do for the final exams in gym class? What if he were robbed on the street or chased by a mad dog?
"Wu Min! Wu Min!" The front door suddenly burst open, and Zhuang Yuqing rushed in, "The debate team is short of people, are you going?"
"Debate competition?" Lin Jin raised his head, hearing about this for the first time.
Hearing Lin Jin's question, Zhuang Yuqing immediately abandoned Wu Min and fawned over Lin Jin, "Big Boss Lin Jin! Wow, you looked so damn pretty crossdressing on stage the other day! Worthy of the big boss! Not only good at Hearthstone but also beautiful in women’s clothing, and your singing is wonderful too!"
"That's a given!" Lin Jin puffed out his chest and lifted his head, looking proud. Although he had heard these compliments countless times in recent days, his vanity was still inflated with pride.
"So, Big Boss, are you interested in participating in the debate competition? Just one match will do!" Zhuang Yuqing somehow slipped behind Lin Jin and began massaging his shoulders, "Big Boss, debate is easy. Just find some information, and no matter what the opponents say, just throw the information at them. We only lack the third speaker, and the third speaker doesn't have to talk much."
Lin Jin's body didn't have much flesh, and although his shoulders were rounded, they felt almost like bone. He only felt a series of pain as his shoulder blades were pressed.
"Hey~ go find Wu Min, don't touch me" Lin Jin brushed his hand away, moved his shoulders a bit, and pushed Zhuang Yuqing aside, "I'm not articulate enough when speaking fast, find someone else."
However, Lin Jin suddenly froze. He remembered the reward for his recent task: eloquence mastery.
"Big Boss Wu Min?" Zhuang Yuqing looked expectantly at Wu Min, casually explaining the debate competition situation, "Just one debate will do, it's the class finals! Our original third speaker lost his voice and can't go on stage."
"When?" Wu Min looked at Zhuang Yuqing's smiling face, his lips twitching. Not wanting to flatly refuse a smiling classmate, he tried to find an excuse, "I'll see if I have time."
"Next Tuesday evening at six."
Wu Min frowned, quickly coming up with an excuse in his mind, "I have a date with my girlfriend at six, I've already told her."
"Big Boss Wu Min has a girlfriend?" Zhuang Yuqing had a habit of calling everyone "Big Boss" and although most people knew this habit, since they were addressed as such, most classmates were friendly toward him, "What about Wen Xuan?"
"Watching movies, no time." Wen Xuan immediately put on a 'I'm a homebody, don't bother me' look, staring at the computer screen. "I watch at least two movies every night and play games, I'm totally busy."
"Alright then."
Lin Jin watched Zhuang Yuqing helplessly grab his short hair, preparing to leave, and suddenly spoke up, "How about I go?"
"Huh?"
All three focused their attention on Lin Jin, their eyes filled with astonishment.
Lin Jin felt somewhat uncomfortable being stared at, and quickly waved his hands and shook his head to explain, "I've never seen a debate competition before, so I want to try it out."
"Can you do it?" Wu Min looked at Lin Jin doubtfully. In his mind, Lin Jin was not someone who would participate in competitions for no reason. It was surprising enough when he took part in the New Year's Eve gala last time, and now he wanted to join a debate competition.
"Probably..." Lin Jin wasn't too sure himself. He had volunteered on a whim, seeing Zhuang Yuqing's desperate expression. Of course, he was also harboring the idea of testing his eloquence mastery. He shrunk his head a little nervously, asking, "Or should we forget about it?"
Usually, mastery would have a prefix like beginner or intermediate, but his eloquence mastery didn't.
"No problem! Lin Jin, just wait for the debate on Tuesday afternoon. I'll find all the materials! Leave it all to me, you just wait to go on stage." Zhuang Yuqing took charge of everything for Lin Jin, and then excitedly darted out of the dorm.
It seemed as though he had searched everywhere and found no one interested, and now that Lin Jin had volunteered, he didn't even consider whether Lin Jin was suitable or not and was simply happy to have someone fill the spot.
"Two crazies" Wen Xuan, who was quietly watching a movie, commented casually.
Lin Jin snorted lightly, indicating that Wen Xuan, the homebody, could never understand his behavior of taking on worries for his classmates. At the same time, he noticed his phone vibrating, looked down at it, and was left utterly bewildered.
