At the dining table, Ji You didn’t offer any substantial advice to her little buddies. It wasn’t that she wanted to hoard knowledge or keep the good stuff from them; the truth was—
She couldn’t fathom Teacher Mu Jianling’s tactics either.
She really couldn’t.
At Lanyue Star Military Academy, from the principal to the janitorial robots, none of the teachers and staff were easy to deal with. Even the admin robots in the rabbit shed would sometimes sabotage the students.
Really difficult to deal with.
In Ji You’s view, Teacher Mu Jianling was one of the toughest nuts to crack among this tough crowd.
If Teacher Mu wanted to torment the students, where would there be an easy way out?
Even Ji You herself was a bit anxious about whether she could pass this acting assessment and get the extra 10 academic points.
...
After finishing their meal, the group didn’t delay and hurried to the training room.
There were about ten minutes left until the assessment time, but without exception, all the students were already waiting inside the training room.
Many gathered together discussing the content of the assessment. Someone said, "Guess how many TV dramas I watched during mealtime?"
Pfft—
Too boring a question. Immediately, someone responded, "You think watching them will improve your acting?"
The student laughed and said, "Although I can’t guarantee it will enhance my acting skills, the people acting in the dramas are professionals after all. Surely, we can pick up something from the pros."
At this comment, many students seemed to have an epiphany, slapping their heads and exclaiming, "Why didn’t I think of that?"
Then—
In less than a second, all the students in the training room started turning on their Light Computers to watch TV dramas.
Among them, the recent hit starring the Alliance Flower Ye Lu, which Teacher Mu Jianling was also highly addicted to, "Ex-wife’s Temptation," was the first choice for the students—
Thus—
In just a few seconds, the entire training room was filled with the wickedly fascinating sounds of scumbags, the original partner, and the mistress.
For instance:
Scumbag Mo Feifan, rejuvenated by a fiery rebirth, found himself attracted to his charismatic ex-wife and decided to break up with his mistress. Upon hearing this, the mistress was in disbelief, feeling ashamed, furious, and pained...
She was screaming hysterically, questioning the scumbag, "Mo Feifan, I love you so much. For you, I gave up my reputation, I gave up everything. Is this how you treat me?"
Mo Feifan, deeply portraying a perfect scumbag, looked at the mistress with a slight frown and an indifferent tone, "What have you become? Just look at yourself now, take a look in the mirror, and you’ll know how ugly it is..."
The mistress was tottering, "Ugly? You actually call me ugly?"
And then—
He had once said the same thing to his ex-wife.
The mistress could never have imagined that one day, the same words would befall her. Clutching her chest, tears pouring, she cried, "You... you once said I was as beautiful as the stars in the sky and that your love for me would never fade... And now, you say I’m ugly?"
The scumbag was expressionless: "I don’t love you anymore."
On hearing this, the mistress was trembling, "Mo Feifan! You—"
Scumbag: "Let go, why make yourself look so hideous!"
...
The entire training room was filled with students hastily catching up on the drama. The training room echoed with the scumbag Mo Feifan’s classic lines; it was all too clear how despicable he was. Ji You felt a tingling in her scalp and was even tempted to break open her Light Computer, enter through the light beams, and punch Mo Feifan in the face.
Cough cough...
Ji You herself hadn’t watched the TV drama, but her little buddies—Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan... even honest and simple guys like Shen Changqing and Xuzhou—had chosen to follow the crowd and watch "Ex-wife’s Temptation."
Ji You shook her head and sighed, advising them, "You lot watching this melodramatic soap opera might get led astray."
But!!!
No one was willing to listen to her.
Ji You was slightly helpless and thus stopped trying to persuade anyone.
Then—
Ji You accidentally glanced at Liu Fufeng beside her and found that this guy was truly calm; he neither watched the TV dramas nor looked for acting skill books for a last-minute cram. He was just sitting there, daydreaming.
Daydreaming?
At a time like this, he still had the leisure to daydream?
Unable to hold back, Ji You asked, "Student Fufeng, don’t you plan to participate in the acting assessment?"
Liu Fufeng made no response.
Ji You asked again, "Student Fufeng, don’t you really want the extra academic points?"
Only then Liu Fufeng’s body slightly moved as if he had just snapped back from his daydreaming. He turned around, lifted his head slightly, and looked at Ji You, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes, "Ji You, were you speaking to me just now?"
Ji You: "..."
So Ji You had to repeat her question.
Hearing this, Liu Fufeng shook his head and said, "I don’t think I can pass, so I’m not planning to take it."
Ji You: "Huh?"
Ji You hurriedly said, "Give it a try. How do you know you won’t pass the assessment if you don’t try?"
Liu Fufeng’s fair face quickly blushed, and he cast his eyes downward, speaking softly, "Acting is not my strong suit, I can’t do it."
"Cough cough..." When Ji You noticed Liu Fufeng’s face turn red, she couldn’t quite believe it. Was this—
Shyness?
Shame?
Or what?
Struck by the doubts lingering in her mind, Ji You directly asked, "Right, I wanted to ask you, is the Fufeng on Star Network you?"
Renowned for being low-profile but with decisive and efficient combat tactics, and outrageously wealthy to the point of inhumanely giving up on Teacher Mu Jianling’s reward of five Candy Beans—Ji You thought it over and over and felt that among the students from the Combat Department, Liu Fufeng was the most suitable candidate.
But!!!
Liu Fufeng was so fragile, like he could be blown away by a breeze, was he really Fufeng?
Ji You began to doubt again.
Moreover—
Who doesn’t use a pseudonym and instead competes using their real name online?
All this aside.
The main reason Ji You felt Liu Fufeng wasn’t ’Fufeng’ was that—Liu Fufeng used to be the crown prince of the Empire; he had never previously studied in the Alliance. The online competitions organized by the Alliance are for enrolled students within its territory!
Liu Fufeng had only just transferred; he obviously hadn’t met the criteria before.
As soon as Ji You spoke out, Liu Fufeng’s beautiful eyes flashed with surprise, and he asked, "What did you say?"
His fair face still flushed, his clear eyes filled with evident confusion and bafflement, he shook his head and said, "That’s not me."
Looking at him like this, Ji You was momentarily unsure whether Liu Fufeng was telling the truth or lying.
Ji You thought about it and decided to bluff him, so she purposely said, "Fufeng, stop hiding it. I’ve recognized you already. You’re unhappy because you lost to me, aren’t you? Don’t worry, as long as you keep striving, continuously improve your skills, you will definitely still not win against me in the future! Because—I’ll keep progressing too! Hahaha..."
Liu Fufeng: "..."
Liu Fufeng still looked at Ji You with a pair of bewildered eyes.
Ji You: "..."
Ji You suddenly felt it was pointless.