Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 229 - 200 Exclusive

Chapter 229: Chapter 200 Exclusive

Chapter 229 -200 Exclusive

The sports class for class 8 of Grade 10 was rescheduled to Wednesday afternoon, during the second period.

As soon as the first period ended, the students rushed to the playground, with the exception, of course, of Xue Yuantong.

She lingered at her desk; she always headed to the playground just as the sports class was about to start.

Jiang Ning had observed the sky last night and confirmed that today would be clear, so he brought his badminton rackets. Compared to playing table tennis, badminton, with its wide and aggressive swings, consumed more energy.

That was precisely Xue Yuantong’s weak point, and it suited Jiang Ning to ‘treat’ her with it.

Two minutes before class, there were hardly any students left in the classroom. Xue Yuantong got up slowly and trailed behind Jiang Ning like a little tail.

Once they reached the playground, the sports teacher, as usual, made the students run a lap.

After the lap, the sports teacher left, leaving the students to their own devices.

At Fourth Middle School’s sports classes, there were no strict rules; it was all about having fun.

Jiang Ning stood still, watching his classmates scatter. He remembered that in Grade 11, the sports teacher would make them practice Tai Chi for half the period during sports class.

Dan Kaiquan saw the badminton racket in Jiang Ning’s hand and glanced at Bai Yuxia. He had intended to borrow a racket, but then Xue Yuantong next to him said:

“Jiang Ning, let’s play badminton.”

“Sure,” Jiang Ning had been waiting for her to challenge him.

“Hmph, today I’ll show you how good I am at badminton.”

After they left, Dan Kaiquan felt a bit disappointed, but naturally, since Jiang Ning brought a badminton racket, he would play with Xue Yuantong.

The sports monitor, Zhang Chi, came over and invited Kaiquan, “Want to play basketball together?”

“No, no,” Dan Kaiquan declined.

Playing basketball in the summer was fine; breaking a sweat and then showering back in the dormitory was manageable. In the winter, however, sweating while playing basketball was harder to deal with; you could only go to the big bathhouse next to the school to bathe.

However, these students usually went to the big bathhouse only twice a week as each visit cost several yuan. If they got a back scrub or bought a drink, it could cost even more, around ten yuan or so.

Besides, there wasn’t much time to soak in the bath during normal class days.

Those who were not particularly fond of basketball would usually just do some warm-ups.

Dan Kaiquan headed to where people were playing table tennis; Bai Yuxia was there.

That area was relatively open, with many girls sitting on the vacant table tennis tables chatting. Nearby were simple fitness facilities such as parallel bars.

Jiang Ning was also playing badminton nearby.

Jiang Ning tossed the shuttlecock and swung his racket with a swoosh; the shuttlecock flew toward Xue Yuantong.

His racket, which had cost him over six hundred yuan, was slightly better than average, though still far beneath what the pros used.

Despite her small stature, Xue Yuantong played quite well. She was quick on her feet, running a few steps like a radish and catching the shuttlecock.

Jiang Ning hadn’t given his full effort right from the start but matched Xue Yuantong’s pace slowly.

Seeing that he wasn’t being aggressive, Xue Yuantong thought he was genuinely trying to have a good game of badminton with her, so she toned down her fierceness and decided to be gentler with Jiang Ning.

In this non-competitive spirit, the shuttlecock flew back and forth.

The two, like a couple getting through life, played as if they were copying and pasting the same moves without interruption.

At a table not far away sat Class 8 girls, Bai Yuxia, Chen Siyu, Shen Qing’e—all the pretty girls were basically on one side, attracted by the nice sunlight here.

Although the podium area was nice, it was occupied by Pang Jiao, Wang Yan Yan, and some girls from Class 9.

Now, during the sports class, Classes 8 and 9 were combined.

Since there were fitness facilities in this area, Class 9 boys also came over to play.

Together with the boys from Class 8, a bunch of them gathered.

Ma Shicheng was leaning between the wall and the iron rails, playing games on his phone horizontally, while Wang Longlong watched from the side, coaching him.

The two were really comfortable; sports class was the perfect time to play on their phones, unlike the usual tension in class.

Ma Shicheng even played with the external sound on, making the gaming experience even more intense.

Contrary to their simple joys, Class 9 boys like Yan Tianpeng, with his large frame, leaned on the parallel bars.

“Guys, I’m going to show you some bar push-ups, and Qiqi, watch carefully!”

Yan Tianpeng flared up on the parallel bars, doing more than ten push-ups, drawing exclamations of amazement from the male students around him.

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The atmosphere buzzed with excitement and the air seemed to liven up.

Lu Qiqi felt like cursing, what nonsense, it looked ridiculous.

Seeing Yan Tianpeng showing off, some boys immediately got ideas.

Cui Yu leaned in close to Jiang Yanan and said, “Push-ups, every boy can do them, even girls can do a couple, it’s nothing special.”

Yu Wen joined in, “Sounds like you know something more interesting?”

“Of course,” Cui Yu said, “Have you guys ever heard of pull-ups?”

He then demonstrated a pull-up motion.

“This looks pretty tough, doesn’t it?” Yu Wen, who saw someone doing it, thought it wasn’t simple as she had never tried it.

“For others it might be tough, but for me, it’s a breeze, considering I exercise regularly and am in great shape.”

Cui Yu was brimming with confidence and glanced at the girls nearby, “Yanan, I’ll go show you all.”

With that, Cui Yu headed towards the high bar.

Cui Yu was not alone; he also drew the eyes of Jiang Yanan and Yu Wen.

The students from Class 9, seeing Jiang Yanan and others looking their way, felt pretty pleased. Jiang Yanan was average among the girls in Class 8.

But in Class 9, with her nearly 1.7-meter height and fair skin, she would definitely be in the top three.

Dan Kaiquan asked, “What are you about to do?”

Cui Yu casually replied, “Pull-ups.”

No sooner had he spoken than Shen Xinli from Class 9 chimed in, “Pull-ups, so what? I can do ten!”

Cui Yu glanced at him, feeling little affection for this guy, who bullied Class 9’s unfortunate Liang Sheng daily. He had nothing but disdain for such people.

Strong people shouldn’t attack the weak; they should challenge the strong, like him, who always targeted Miao Zhe.

Cui Yu scoffed, “Do you even know what a proper pull-up is? The pull-ups you do are all wrong, not even close to standard. If you could do five proper ones, that would be impressive!”

Shen Xinli felt irritated, “What counts as a proper pull-up?”

“Heh, just watch and learn!”

The tense exchange drew a crowd of boys, who gathered around. Amid this atmosphere, Cui Yu stood under the high bar and jumped up lightly.

Grasping the bar, he flexed his arms, pulling his whole body up.

Next, he let his arms hang down until they were completely vertical, his body hanging on the bar, and then pulled himself up again, repeating the action smoothly and making seven reps before landing.

Cui Yu looked at Shen Xinli, “See, that’s what a standard pull-up looks like.”

Dan Kaiquan expressed his admiration, “That’s my Brother Cui.”

Such pull-ups were indeed not easy, and many boys couldn’t even do one.

Someone else tried jumping up and managed just two reps before they couldn’t pull up anymore.

Shen Xinli, noting Cui Yu’s boastful demeanor, felt even more annoyed. Although he was not very tall or muscular, his academic performance wasn’t bad, usually within the top ten of Class 9, and he had a few good friends among the boys.

Usually bullying Liang Sheng together, so in Class 9, he was regarded as “upper class.”

But now facing the students of Class 8, his status didn’t carry weight, which Shen Xinli couldn’t stand.

Students from Class 9 were already jealous that Class 8 had more girls, often begrudging the boys in Class 8 for why the pretty girls weren’t in their class.

Speaking of this, Shen Xinli felt particularly vexed as he looked towards the open space near the track where a tall, thin boy was playing badminton with three girls.

Three girls!

Xue Yuantong, a petite student whom Shen Xinli recognized but didn’t consider a threat. Though her studies were good, she wasn’t very appealing to the boys.

Boys liked girls who were both smart and attractive.

The other two girls, however, really annoyed Shen Xinli—one had a particularly good figure, the other was a famous pretty twin from the grade.

Many students from Class 9 had secretly planned to win over the pretty girls from Class 8, only to find out that Jiang Ning had already charmed half of them.

Shen Xinli thought bitterly: ‘Years ago, if Jiang Ning had tried to step out of school, he might have been beaten up!’