In the dormitory building, Li Liantong and Zong Yanru were watching Lou Cheng's exclusive interview with great interest. This was the first time they had seen someone they knew on the television screen. The random interview with the audience and the brief post-match comments did not count.
"He's a little different from the Cheng that Ke mentioned …" Li Liantong laughed as she watched.
Whenever Ke mentioned her boyfriend, the most common word she would say was "silly"!
Zong Yanru nodded and said, "It's a little different from the last time you treated us."
That time, the focus of the conversation was on the couple's relationship. Lou Cheng showed his humorous, considerate, and generous side. In the interview that was being broadcasted, the main topic was martial arts, which was Lou Cheng's field of expertise. He spoke confidently, calmly, and gently. Although he was still a little shy and inexperienced, the brilliance of him couldn't be concealed. This made the semi-acquaintances, who had only seen him a few times and only watched him fight in the Challenge Tournament, feel the contrast and impact.
Li Liantong opened her mouth. She wanted to make a dirty joke, but in the end, it turned into a sigh,
"Ke's taste is really good …"
"Yeah." Zong Yanru recalled her understanding of Lou Cheng and her impression of him when she met him a few times. She couldn't help but agree.
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Yan Xiaoling sat by the window in the second row of the classroom. The books on the table had been piled up into a fortress.
She rested her chin on one hand and pretended to comb her hair with the other. She pressed her earplugs and looked at the phone on the edge of the drawer with a well-practiced attitude. She was watching the interview with a silly smile.
This was a pleasant surprise!
She originally just wanted to check the results of the draw in the forum and didn't have any expectations for other things. Who knew that Songcheng TV station would make a "big news" and broadcast the long-awaited interview.
"Hey, this is the first time I've seen Lou Cheng talk so much." Yan Xiaoling smiled.
The whole interview was not much different from what she had expected. It was obvious that Lou Cheng was not the kind of martial artist with a particularly distinctive character. His personal style was vague, and he seemed to be an ordinary "precocious" boy. Although he was confident, calm, and dazzling, if one really wanted to describe his personality traits, he lacked any explosive points.
To put it simply, Yan Xiaoling felt that Lou Cheng was the kind of "boy next door", which matched her initial impression of him as "warm and considerate". He didn't disappoint her.
Thinking of this, she sent a message to "Brahman", deliberately provoking her. "Lou Cheng doesn't seem to have that kind of mysterious temperament."
For this reason, she even added a "crying" emoji.
Brahman quickly replied, "I'm no longer the child I used to be. I like my idol!"
Immediately after, she added, "That's right.
"Call me father! How rude of you!"
What do you mean I'm no longer the child I used to be? It had only been slightly more than three months! Yan Xiaoling complained. Just as she was about to press the keyboard on the screen, her heart suddenly tightened. She found that the light on her phone seemed to be covered with a layer of shadow.
She quietly stuffed her phone back into the drawer and covered her ears with both hands again. Then, from the corner of her eyes, she saw a black shadow outside the window.
The mysterious homeroom teacher!
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Under the night sky, the remaining lights of the teaching area were reflected on the surface of the lake, rippling with the slightly cool night breeze.
"This interview was taken before Valentine's Day, right?" Yan Zheke swung her hand that was holding Lou Cheng's hand like a swing.
"Yes." Lou Cheng looked at the girl with a smile, often showing her liveliness recently.
Of course, in front of others, she was no different from before.
Yan Zheke stopped her childish behavior and sighed inexplicably. "It's only been two months, but you've changed so much in the interview. It always makes me feel that it's been a long time since school started."
Just like how she sometimes felt that they had been dating for a long time, so long that she had gotten used to each other's breath and temperature.
She didn't have the nerve to say this, so she said with a smile, "The experience of the preliminaries has helped you a lot."
More mature, more confident, more responsible!
"I think so." Lou Cheng smiled and turned to look at the girl's clear and bright eyes. "It's mainly because I have a girlfriend."
This made him mature not only in the arena!
Yan Zheke's pretty face was blushing. She turned her head and looked to the side, gnashing her teeth.
"See, this is the change. You're getting more and more thick-skinned!"
There was no trace of anger in her coquettish tone. Lou Cheng snickered and pulled the girl over. He let go of her hand and wrapped his arms around her slender waist. This was the way he liked to walk recently.
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Donglin City, Wensheng Mountain.
Behind the vacation villa area where the land was worth thousands of dollars, old buildings with a sense of time erosion were scattered in the picturesque scenery, complementing the peaceful and quiet mountain night.
In one of the buildings, the lights were bright, illuminating rows of bookshelves, a table covered with rice paper, and a young man in a black Han suit with red stripes.
He was in his early twenties. He was holding a brush in his hand, concentrating on writing words that were sharp and restrained.
"Senior Brother Zhou, don't you care about the result of the draw?" On the other side of the study, two female guests were sitting. One of them had a ponytail, thick but not messy eyebrows, which made her look quite pretty.
Zhou Zhengquan's breath was unchanged, and his writing was not messy. He said leisurely,
"What's the use of caring? Do you think I can force those old men to start again if I get Moon Shine? "
There was only one rule in the draw of the preliminaries, which was to avoid the first and second place of the group. Anything could happen, so it was particularly exciting.
At this point, he laughed, "Junior Sister Ye, you didn't pay attention to the Yanling division's lot drawing ceremony and brought Sister Jiang Lan here to wander around blindly."
The speaker was Ye Youting from the Yiye Martial Arts Club in Yanling. Her family was closely related to the Wensheng School. They both belonged to the branch of the Black Tortoise School, one of the twelve major forces. Their core martial arts originated from the Heavenly Water Scripture (the unique skill of the Water Sect) and the Black Tortoise Sword. Therefore, when they interacted with each other, they called each other Senior Brothers and Junior Sisters.
"Who said I don't care? Isn't there still a week to go? "Ye Youting looked at Zhou Zhengquan with disdain.
Regarding this matter, she had said it three times, but Senior Brother Zhou obviously didn't take it to heart!
The Yanling division was relatively large, and there were more teams than Songcheng. There were two more rounds in the group stage, so the draw ceremony was a week later. Ye Youting had nothing to do, so she thought that the Wensheng School seemed to have formed a team to participate in the preliminaries and had successfully passed. She simply invited Jiang Lan for a short trip and came here to exchange ideas.
The demure and gentle Jiang Lan followed with a laugh. "If we really get Moon Shine, I'm looking forward to seeing the change in your expression."
She was a little older than Zhou Zhengquan, so after they got familiar with each other, she called herself his sister.
Moon Shine Squad was a strong team capable of competing for a place in the second stage of the preliminaries, and its reputation was not small in this circle.
"What change can there be? Just admit it! " Zhou Zhengquan's writing style did not change at all, and the skeleton of the words was thick and heavy. "Anyway, we can only wait for one more year. This time, if they still can't pass the second stage, the team will probably be disbanded. Wang Sheng and Li Menglong already have a lot of invitations in their hands, from clubs in the north and south division, and from teams in other big cities who want to form a team of three or four Dan Stage to compete in the north and south division."
"Wasn't their original slogan" Brothers united, take root in Songcheng? "Ye Youting blurted out, with some ridicule and amusement, but also some sadness and pity.
Will dreams yield to reality after all?
Zhou Zhengquan put down the weasel hair brush in his hand and wiped his palms with a white towel. He sighed and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. Songcheng is big, but we have limited resources. Yong Shi and the other two are enough."
While he was talking, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door. Hou Yue jumped in and said excitedly, "Senior Brother Zhou, the results are out!"
"It looks good." Zhou Zhengquan looked at his junior brother with a smile.
He secretly exhaled when Ye Youting and Jiang Lan were not paying attention.
The draw can be ruined, but not the demeanor!
Hou Yue answered with a smile, "Not bad, not bad. Songcheng University Martial Arts Club!"
Songcheng University Martial Arts Club? Ye Youting was moved and asked subconsciously,
"Songcheng University Martial Arts Club?"
Some failures could be forgotten in a second, but some failures could be remembered clearly!
Beside her, Jiang Lan was also interested and looked like she was waiting for the answer.
"Yes, Senior Sister Ye, you should know their leading member. He participated in the Warrior Sage Challenge Tournament!" Hou Yue vaguely remembered the general information.
Ye Youting took a breath and said,
"Lou Cheng?"
He became the leading member of Songcheng University Martial Arts Club? He should have gotten the certificate of Professional Ninth Pin, right?
"I told you you would know him, Senior Sister Ye!" Hou Yue was like a monkey with ADHD who couldn't calm down.
Lou Cheng, as one of the leading members, led Songcheng University Martial Arts Club into the knockout stage? Ye Youting couldn't hide her curiosity and asked,
"Junior Brother Hou, how is Lou Cheng's strength now?"
She knew that although Hou Yue seemed to be uncertain, he was actually quite proud. A Professional Ninth Pin less than 18 years old was indeed qualified to be proud.
The smile on Hou Yue's face disappeared as he said seriously, which was rare for him.
"Very, very powerful."
After that, he couldn't help but add,
"Very powerful!"
This was the answer of the proud Junior Brother Hou Yue? Ye Youting forgot to breathe for a moment.
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Back in the dormitory, Lou Cheng browsed the information of Donglin Squad.
Their members were all from the Wensheng School and practiced the Fly Fall Punch, which originated from the Unique Skill of the Water Sect. The oldest was Zhuo Yanjun, a 24-year-old Professional Ninth Pin fighter. The youngest was Hou Yue, an 18-year-old Professional Ninth Pin fighter. The leading general was Zhou Zhengquan, a 21-year-old Professional Eighth Pin fighter, and Li Shengnan, a 23-year-old Professional Ninth Pin fighter.
"A very strong and young team …" Lou Cheng forgot that he was only 19 years old and that none of the leading members and substitutes of the Martial Arts Club were over 22 years old.
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The moonlight was quiet in the mountains, and the wind was blowing at night.
Jiang Lan closed her laptop and exhaled slowly. She couldn't hold back her emotions, so she stood up, opened the door, and walked to the corridor.
The core force of the Ice Sect … the limitless Tremor Punch … Lou Cheng's rapid progress made her feel inexplicable fear.
She had only learned Tremor Punch a year ago when she was in Dan stage, and she was still figuring out Force!
How long had it been? She subconsciously looked at Ye Youting's room and was surprised to see her best friend sitting quietly in the dark, staring out of the window.
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