Chapter 14
Zhang Yang scored a good score of eight points with this arrow, and the pressure instantly came to Jiang Nanyu. He took a deep breath and pulled the bow.
Coach Lu, the referee, stepped forward to check and signaled Meng Meng to record his score: "Five points."
Jiang Nanyu breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and was in the mood to joke around: "It's okay, at least I didn't miss the target."
Zheng Wei was allergic to the word "off target" and said dissatisfiedly: "Why, are you targeting me?"
Jiangnan Yu bowed and begged for mercy: "How dare I."
Everyone laughed.
Yin Mu smiled and patted Zheng Wei's back to comfort her.
[Hahahaha, Zheng Wei is really seeing enemies everywhere.]
[Oh my god, Zhang Yang is really good.]
[Sorry, I really thought Zhang Yang was bragging again.]
[Good boy, he really tricked me.]
【Yin Mu skillfully strokes his fur, which is inexplicably adorable.】
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The three men continued to shoot in sequence.
After five rounds, Chen Qinglin's best score was eight points, Zhang Yang shot a good score of nine points, and Jiang Nanyu was slightly inferior to the two of them, barely reaching seven points.
After Meng Meng tallied up the scores, he thanked Coach Lu for his assistance and began announcing the results of this round of competition: "In the third round of the game, Zhang Yang finally turned the tide and won first place. Let's give him a round of applause to encourage him."
Zhang Yang was proud, but he still said stubbornly: "I got a 10 before, but unfortunately I'm not so good at it anymore."
Yin Mu looked away speechlessly.
"All of our morning games are now over. Now I'll announce the scores for the three boys." Meng Meng flipped open her scorebook. "First place is Chen Qinglin, with a total score of eight points. Second place is Zhang Yang, with a total score of six points. Third place is Jiang Nanyu, with a total score of four points."
Zheng Wei said, "If they decide the winner directly, then our scores will be invalidated."
"It seems so." Meng Meng smiled slightly. "Nevertheless, let's still follow the usual practice and see everyone's predictions for the third round, okay?"
"It's a rare occasion that I guessed right." Zheng Wei held up the answer sheet in disappointment, on which was clearly written Zhang Yang's name.
Meng Meng applauded enthusiastically: "Okay, okay, let's congratulate Zheng Wei as well."
Zheng Wei leaned over to look at Yin Mu and Zhou Jingyu's answer boards: "What about you? Did you guess correctly?"
Yin Mu shrugged: "Wrong, I wrote Chen Qinglin."
"I was right." Zhou Jingyu showed her answer board, and she also wrote Zhang Yang's name.
Zheng Wei curled her lips and said, "You're really a master of keeping things balanced. You're impartial."
Zhou Jingyu didn't mind her sarcasm: "Our scores are the same."
Zheng Wei was suddenly speechless and angrily started to wipe the words off the answer board.
[Yin Mu chose Chen Qinglin three times, I'm hooked!]
[Zhou Jingyu's main goal is to not offend anyone.]
[Zhou Jingyu is really good at keeping things balanced, amazing.]
[I'm curious, if extra points were really needed, who would Zhou Jingyu give them to?]
[What a pity! All three of them guessed in vain.]
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It was already lunchtime, and Meng Meng was busy finishing up the morning's activities. "Okay, the game is over. Let's choose our partners for the afternoon. First place winner Chen Qinglin will start the selection process."
Chen Qinglin hardly hesitated, his eyes falling directly on Yin Mu: "Yin Mu."
Meng Meng looked as if she hadn't expected this. "No surprise, Zhang Yang. Now it all depends on your choice."
Zhang Yang responded, hesitated for a few seconds, and then said, "I choose Zheng Wei."
Yin Mu was a little surprised that he thought he would insist on choosing Zhou Jingyu, but then he thought about it and realized that Zheng Wei had chosen to support him in both games. The only time she didn't choose him was to try to get an opportunity to help him get extra points. If Zhang Yang didn't appreciate it, he would be scolded to death.
But I don’t know how sincere his choice is?
Yin Mu looked at the smile on Zheng Wei's face and felt worried for her. After all, in her opinion, there was no need for Zheng Wei to be so persistent so early.
Chen Qinglin and Zhang Yang had made their choices, so Jiang Nanyu automatically formed a group with the remaining Zhou Jingyu.
【Oh, I knew it would be like this.】
【Isn't this the grouping for a first date?】
[Very good, I declare Yin Mu and Chen Qinglin to be locked in a fight!]
[Didn't they say there were new guests? They wouldn't suddenly join us this afternoon, would they?]
【Zhang Yang has a conscience and didn't post about Zhou Jingyu again.】
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Meng Meng reiterated the grouping results and said, "Everyone can go have lunch and then have a good nap. There are activities in the afternoon, so please don't be late."
After staying outside for a whole morning, even though he was not exposed to the sun, Yin Mu still felt dizzy and just wanted to lie down and have a good sleep.
Everyone returned to the villa, had lunch, chatted for a while, and then went upstairs to their rooms to rest.
Yin Mu washed his face, changed his clothes and fell on the bed, wondering what activities the program crew had arranged in the afternoon. As he was thinking, he felt sleepy and closed his eyes in a daze.
She didn't know how long she had slept, but between half asleep and half awake, she faintly heard someone talking in the small living room outside. She forced herself to open her eyes, but the voice did not disappear. Instead, it became clearer and clearer. It was indeed real.
Yin Mu rubbed his eyes, got up from the bed, and changed his mind when he was about to open the door. He stopped behind the door and listened carefully.
It was Zheng Wei and Zhou Jingyu. They were talking about something, but Zheng Wei's voice was agitated as she accused Zhou Jingyu, "Zhou Jingyu, don't be so greedy! Zhang Yang has already chosen me as his partner for the afternoon, so why are you still trying to talk to him alone?"
Zhou Jingyu was very calm, and there was no sign of anger on her face. "We're just temporary partners, why are you taking it so seriously? Who knows what will happen in the future."
"The future is the future, and the present is the present."
"But it's not nice of you to do that!"
"Really?" Zhou Jingyu asked calmly, "What's wrong with it?"
Zheng Wei was very angry, but she couldn't explain why. She could only ask angrily, "Who of those three boys do you like?"
When Yin Mu heard Zheng Wei ask this, he instantly became excited.
She also wants to know the answer!
Zhou Jingyu only said, "I don't like any of them."
"Huh? Are you kidding?"
"I'm not kidding." Zhou Jingyu denied. "Originally, I really like Chen Qinglin, but I can see that he has no interest in me at all, and I hate being the first to do something, so..."
"So you just mess with cats and dogs, mess with this and mess with that, right?"
"Your words are too harsh."
Zheng Wei snorted coldly: "Just telling the truth."
"You know what?" Zhou Jingyu laughed, "I'm also interested in you and Yin Mu."
There was silence outside for two seconds, then there was a thud, as if something had fallen to the ground, followed by Zheng Wei's exasperated voice: "Are you crazy?"
"Whatever you think." Zhou Jingyu covered her mouth and yawned, mumbling, "I'm sleepy. I'm going to sleep for a while. See you this afternoon."
The living room fell silent. Yin Mu's eyes widened, and he was completely stunned. He couldn't believe what he had heard.
Although she didn't know the ins and outs of the matter, she could guess that Zheng Wei probably saw Zhou Jingyu and Zhang Yang chatting, and Zheng Wei was unhappy again, so she had an argument with Zhou Jingyu.
However, Zhou Jingyu's statement was quite explosive. What does it mean to be interested in both Zheng Wei and herself? Is she serious or is she just teasing Zheng Wei?
Yin Mu frowned and went back to bed with mixed feelings, but he couldn't fall asleep anymore.
When she saw Zhou Jingyu again in the afternoon, she still couldn't bear to look at her and didn't dare to look directly into her eyes.
Meng Meng smiled and asked, "Did everyone get enough rest? Why do you all look so tired?"
Yin Mu curled his lips and looked at Zheng Wei calmly. He saw that her face had turned pale. There was no change after hearing Meng Meng's words. She was probably still thinking about Zhou Jingyu's words.
"We've already divided into groups this morning. Please stand on my left side in the order you chose your partners this morning." Meng Meng saw everyone was standing and continued, "Our afternoon game will be divided into two parts: intellectual competition and physical competition. The group with the highest cumulative score will win. The winning group will both get first choice in choosing tomorrow's date."
"Intellectual confrontation?" Zheng Wei frowned and subconsciously looked at Zhang Yang.
Yin Mu couldn't help but think of Zheng Wei's evaluation of Zhang Yang as "big-breasted and brainless" and wanted to laugh for some reason.
Zheng Wei's expression is hilarious. She clearly said nothing, yet it feels like she said everything.
[We already said we were going to choose a partner this morning. That was a mistake, Zheng Wei.]
[Hilarious! Why does everyone just assume Zhang Yang is stupid?]
[Old stereotype hhhh. 】
[No, we athletes have offended someone!]
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"Is everyone ready? If you are, we'll move on to the first round." Meng Meng held up a stack of question cards. "The three groups will take turns answering each question. You have ten seconds to answer each question. One point will be awarded for a correct answer, and one point will be deducted for an incorrect answer or if you can't answer the question. Please answer carefully. — The order of answering will be Zhou Jingyu's group, Zheng Wei's group, and finally Yin Mu's group."
Yin Mu and the others were the last group, so they still had a chance to see how difficult the questions would be. She swallowed and stared nervously at the question card in Meng Meng's hand.
"First question, Zhou Jingyu and Jiang Nanyu, please answer. In the idiom 'Live as long as the Southern Mountains,' which mountain does the 'Nanshan' refer to?"
Zhou Jingyu thought for a moment and asked Jiang Nanyu uncertainly, "Zhongnan Mountain?"
Jiangnanyu nodded: "I also remember it was Zhongnan Mountain. - Mengmeng, our answer is Zhongnan Mountain."
Meng Meng smiled and nodded: "Correct."
The questions didn't seem to be difficult, so Yin Mu breathed a sigh of relief. He turned his head to meet Chen Qinglin's slightly worried gaze and smiled relaxedly.
"Next question, Zheng Wei and Zhang Yang, please listen. In the poem 'I hold my knees by the window, watching the evening rabbit; I listen attentively to the roosters at dawn', what does 'evening rabbit' refer to?" Meng Meng seemed to be worried that they couldn't hear clearly, so he deliberately slowed down his speech and recited the short sentence in a rhythmic manner.
Zhang Yang didn't disappoint Zheng Wei at all. He was confused by the first question and turned to Zheng Wei, "What kind of poem is this? I haven't learned it before."
【Hahahaha, you are indeed like that.】
[Well, this stereotype is hard to shake off.]
[This is so obvious, you can guess it even if you haven't learned it!]
[Zhang Yang, please be more careful.]
Zhang Yang would say, "No, dim sum is unhealthy."
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