"You..." Liu Zhizhong felt annoyed and glared at Zhang Hongyang, "What do you mean?"

Zhang Hongyang glared back at Liu Zhizhong. "Isn't it clear? As class leader and Party branch secretary, I'm asking a capable student like you to help with affairs related to our class collective, involving class activities and honors. Do you want to refuse? This is my right and your duty, isn't it?"

"You..."

Liu Zhizhong felt a surge of anger inside, feeling that the brat had started his revenge.

Once this precedent was set, who knew how exhausting the future would be!

But Zhang Hongyang simply sneered insidiously, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "My dear brother-in-law, I'm also helping you grow and giving you a chance to train! You'd better listen obediently, and I'll appoint you as the general class affairs leader right now, which means an assistant to the Party branch secretary. Isn't that a rank for you? Haha! If you don't want to be busy with work, that's fine too. I'll just report the situation to the class teacher, and your training qualifications can be canceled at any time. Understand?"

Liu Zhizhong: "…"

He was speechless and didn't know what to say, being caught by Zhang Hongyang for the first time like this.

To have come this far was not easy, especially since he was the former secretary to the disgraced Mayor.

Considering the relationship between Zhang Hongyang and Minister Luo Tianlin, damn it, would Minister Luo listen to him, or listen to me? Sigh...

Liu Zhizhong had no choice but to admit defeat, and begrudgingly swallowed this bitter pill.

So, he could only look at the list given by Zhang Hongyang and reluctantly went off to prepare the venue for tomorrow's opening ceremony.

This job was simply inhumane. Besides tomorrow's venue, he had to handle all the class affairs for the coming week, from classroom arrangements and external communications to attendance, class summaries, newspaper reading, speeches, and entertainment activities—it was all down to Liu Zhizhong alone, enough to run anyone ragged!

With all these tasks, Liu Zhizhong had to stay tightly wound every day, finishing one task and immediately starting on another.

Indeed, during the subsequent Youth Class training, he was non-stop from morning till night.

All the other students were very chummy with Zhang Hongyang, flattering him and aware of his connection with Luo Tianlin. No one, absolutely no one, was there to lend Liu Zhizhong a hand!

Liu Zhizhong was like a class slave, overwhelmed with work, handling everything, both big and small, sigh...

As summer turned to autumn, and winter to spring, the six-month Youth Class training was torturous.

He did not have a single day to himself; even weekends were spent working overtime on speeches and summaries, crafting ideological articles for Zhang Hongyang, making wedding dresses for others!

He had absolutely no time to return to Yangzhou, utterly no time to think about his personal life. He couldn't even make it home for the New Year.

As for the divorce with Zhao Yan, she just couldn't find the opportunity.

Of course, Zhao Yan knew about Liu Zhizhong's torments at the Party School and was quite angry with Zhang Hongyang, but there was nothing she could do.

Liu Zhizhong gritted his teeth and endured everything, even coming to see it as a form of intense training. He became tougher and more composed, visibly growing stronger by the day.

No matter what task he faced, he approached it without refusal or resistance, earnestly and diligently, becoming increasingly adept.

Sometimes, even Zhang Hongyang had to secretly admit his respect, thinking to himself, this damn guy just won't tire out. Whether it was administrative or practical tasks, why was he getting stronger?

The other students gradually began to respect him, amazed at how he remained unbroken despite all the torment, not only mentally intact but also brimming with energy every day, organized and stable in demeanor.

Even Luo Tianlin and many Party School leaders noticed that this batch of the Youth Class had never handled affairs so smoothly before, and Liu Zhizhong, this guy, was truly a talent!

His theoretical foundation became increasingly solid and his ability to get things done ever stronger.

As for Zhang Hongyang, the more he tried to oppress and torment him, the more it seemed to backfire, leaving Zhang Hongyang feeling unusually perplexed and frustrated.

With the final exams approaching, Zhang Hongyang's inner turmoil skyrocketed.

Damn, he couldn't let Liu Zhizhong pass the final exams easily; he had to set some traps for him, so...