CHAPTER 450: CHAPTER 449 STICKING ONE’S NECK OUT

Such consequences were absolutely absolutely unbearable for Gu Qing! So she could only choose to run first!

But although she ran away, her belly was full of grievances! What does ’saying nothing’ mean?! It was clearly because the instructor hadn’t asked her at all!

He didn’t even give her a chance to speak!

Such favoritism favoritism favoritism! Who knows what on earth impressed the instructor about that shrew Zhen Yu with her violent tendencies, for him to actually side with her like this...

While the two were being punished with running, all the classes also began to organize their formations to prepare for the standing posture exercise.

This forced Han Mingyue, who had just arrived next to Zhen Yu looking for trouble, to return to class 2’s formation. Fortunately, he knew that running 1600 meters was relatively easy for Zhen Yu, so he wasn’t too worried.

Even though Zhen Yu was dragging her feet as slowly as possible, time for the four laps eventually ran out, and in the end, she still had to reach the finish line and then reluctantly stand in the posture exercise.

"Look at you! It seems like you haven’t run enough!" The instructor of class 1 had been waiting until Zhen Yu was standing properly in the formation before he spoke up teasingly.

"Reporting to the instructor! Life is about movement!"

Zhen Yu really wanted to retort him, so she did just that!

"Haha! Then why didn’t you wait for me to count to three just now, and run a straight 3200 meters?!"

"Punishment isn’t something nice! Who would choose more for themselves!"

The instructor was amused by her response! "Well, I’m now rewarding you with 1600 meters. Will you run or not?"

Zhen Yu didn’t even think about it and immediately said: "Run!"

After answering, she didn’t wait for the instructor to respond and just left the formation and ran off on her own. And while running, she waved her hand and said: "I’m off to run! Thanks, instructor!"

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The classmates from class 1 were collectively speechless!

Is she a devil?! Just finished 1600 meters and then running another 1600! Doesn’t she feel tired at all?!

And thanking someone for what is essentially a punishment! Is she stupid? Or is her brain not right!

Only after Zhen Yu had run a far distance did the instructor shout loudly to all the remaining students in class 1: "Now you all answer me! Is 1600 meters a lot? Is it?!"

Initially, the scene was silent, but then! The competitive nature of the top students came to the fore! Suddenly someone shouted: "Not a lot! Not at all!"

Very quickly, under the instructor’s gaze, more and more people shouted the same until finally, when forty-nine students shouted together, it was loud enough to be heard far and wide! It actually intimidated the students from the other classes!

This made the students of class 1 feel extremely proud!

But then the next moment! The instructor suddenly said: "Very good! Tomorrow’s morning run is 2000 meters! Everyone must persevere and strive to complete it!"

"Ah?!"

"Awoo~"

"Tell me this isn’t real! Not real!!"

Unfortunately, it was indeed real! During the short rest period after the standing posture exercise, this news spread across the entire playground like it had legs of its own, in mere minutes.

Other classes haven’t experienced the process of getting hyped up just to be doused with cold water, so their melancholy isn’t as intense as our class! Intense...

And precisely because of this! The classmates who originally resented Zhen Yu now truly have ’bone-deep hatred’ for her...

Because of this, she has successfully established her role among our classmates— the protruding nail!

From this day on, Zhen Yu began to be the yardstick that classmates in our class aspired to surpass! In less than three days, the phrase that was on everyone’s lips most often became—"Think you’re impressive? Think you’re awesome? Then go compare yourself with Zhen Yu!"

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Even though it’s military training, Sunday is still a day off.

So as soon as military training ended on Saturday afternoon, Zhen Yu decided to go visit the hospital!

After all, Zhen Yan is a high school senior! Taking too many personal leave days could mean he might fall behind in class! If her mother’s issues weren’t serious, she would have to ask her brother to return to school for classes.

As for her mother, just leaving an aunt to look after her should suffice! Surely the Gu Family wouldn’t go so far as to trouble Mrs. Zhen, the very woman who gave birth to their son, right?!

But when she mentioned it to Han Mingyue and Bai Xue, the two of them insisted on following her to the hospital without even stopping for their meals! Since the evening hours were tight, Zhen Yu couldn’t afford to dawdle and thus brought both of them along.

However, she couldn’t shake the feeling that she was leading her underlings into a fight...

It turned out women’s sixth sense is indeed terrifying! As soon as Zhen Yu, with her two ’underlings,’ reached the door of her mother’s hospital room, she heard a ruckus inside!

The Voice of Aunt Gu Qing could be heard through the door! She cried out, mixing sobs with wails, "Divorce! Brother, you must divorce this woman! The children she bore are all rubbish! Ah! Not letting anyone speak and trying to hit people! Wuu wuu... What good can a son born from such a woman amount to?! Look! Look! Look what her son has done to my brother... wuu wuu!"

Hearing the first part, Zhen Yu thought of not entering the room yet, waiting to see how Zhen Yan would deal with the matter.

But unexpectedly! She suddenly heard Aunt Gu Qing accuse her brother of injuring Gu’s father!

How could Zhen Yu tolerate that? She was instantly enraged! And then, without thinking, she kicked the door open with one swift move!

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"Bang!"

An unexpected loud noise caused everyone inside the room to turn their heads to the door! They saw Zhen Yu, her face frosty, striding into the room with her two ’underlings’, and confronting Gu’s father face to face!

Zhen Yu’s tone and attitude were dripping with sarcasm while she looked at Gu’s father in his wheelchair.

"Let me guess! Are you blaming my brother because you, as a man, find it embarrassing to have been bested by a young lady, thus having your leg broken... or is it because your stepdaughter has no money, but your stepson has assets, so you’re deliberately framing him to extort a huge compensation?"

Gu’s father’s face turned iron blue as he was interrogated!

But he remained completely silent, enduring without uttering a single word of rebuttal!

His forbearance alerted Zhen Yu to be wary in her heart!

The others in the hospital room had varied reactions to Zhen Yu’s words. Especially Mrs. Zhen on the hospital bed, who seemed to be frozen in place!

The reaction of Gu’s father to these words was one thing, but the blatant surprise on Aunt Gu Qing’s face when she saw Zhen Yu was genuinely unfeigned!

Clearly, no one present had expected Zhen Yu to arrive at the hospital at this moment! This truly proved the old adage—exactly what you fear comes to pass!

The first to snap out of it from these words turned out to be Zhen Yan, the brother who cared for Zhen Yu the most! After a moment of stunned silence, he frowned and asked, "Didn’t I tell you not to come to the hospital again? Why are you here again!?"