Study Monster Cultivation System - Chapter 47

Chapter 47: Forbidden Land

Zhang Xiaoke wouldn’t be affected by the tank when she did her papers today.

The trace of her defeat wouldn’t show itself again.

She would defeat Li Zheng, one subject after the other.

When that time came, Li Zheng, who had already developed an inferiority complex from her appearance, would be completely destroyed!

“Ah… Xiaoke… Could it be that I was the fool…”

“I was wrong, Xiaoke. I was too arrogant. I’m just an ordinary boy who knows how to blindly work hard.”

“I admit defeat. I’ll listen to you from now on. I’ll get drinks for you during lunch breaks…”

“Woof, woof, woof…”

“Ruahahaha…” Zhang Xiaoke nearly fell again as she laughed.

Without incident, she would trample her second greatest enemy, Li Zheng, under her feet.

Then, it would be time for her main rival.

Lin Yujing.

She felt that Lin Yujing thought more deeply into matters and was a little harder to deal with than Li Zheng.

“I’ll defeat Li Zheng during the mid-semester exams and snatch Lin Yujing’s seat before I think about how to deal with her,” she thought.

Ring, ring, ring…

Her WeChat suddenly lit up.

“Li Zheng: 1:30 in the afternoon. GuruGuru Cat Cafe (600 meters east from the school’s south gate). Bring along pen and paper.”

Zhang Xiaoke smirked.

“He sure is an ordinary boy. He’s so uncreative, even for a date location,” she thought.

“A place like that with cats prowling around. My skirt and socks will get covered in cat fur.”

“I hate cats.”

“Dogs are cuter.”

“Why are there no dog cafes?”

…

At 1:25 in the afternoon, Li Zheng, carrying Old Li’s mountaineering bag, arrived at the GuruGuru Cat Cafe.

Even though this place wasn’t far away from the school, he had never gone inside.

After all, it affected his studies and wasn’t cheap.

Stroking cats gave a temporary high, but it dissipated quickly. Wouldn’t it be better for him to use the money on his studies?

If it wasn’t for him testing it out as a form of relaxation, he wouldn’t have dared to choose this place.

He raised his head and looked at the alluring, neon cartoon logo.

He then looked through the window at the cats lying serenely on the windowsill.

For some reason, he felt nervous, as if he were about to commit a crime.

He let out a long sigh, then steeled his nerves and opened the door to the cafe.

He suddenly thought about something the moment he pushed open the door.

According to his experience, every time he explored a new place as part of his relaxation activity…

He would always bump into someone.

Considering that this cat cafe was close to the school and that it was the weekend…

This place was dangerous.

Li Zheng carefully opened the door and looked into the cafe.

The cafe wasn’t big, and only had six or seven seats.

However, he couldn’t count just how many cats there were.

At that moment, there were only two pairs of young female customers in the cafe. They were hugging cats and stroking them excitedly.

Lin Yujing wasn’t there.

Li Zheng heaved a sigh of relief and walked in.

However, at the same time, he felt a little disappointed.

For some reason, he was secretly hoping that he would bump into Lin Yujing.

It made sense if he thought about it.

If he bumped into her, it would mean that he had taken another step in the right direction and that he was a relaxation genius.

Now, it seemed like relaxing by playing with cats might not be a good method.

Li Zheng glanced at the two pairs of customers as he walked into the cafe.

The cats in their arms had already given up on struggling, and were numbly entertaining their guests.

This was too exciting.

A 40-year-old lady wearing a kitty apron and sleeves had just walked out of the inner room. She quickly greeted Li Zheng. “Welcome. You can sit either upstairs or down here.”

“There’s an upstairs?” Li Zheng only now noticed the stairs.

“That’s right. The area upstairs is larger and has ample sunlight.” The lady fetched a drink menu and showed Li Zheng the way.

“I’ll order my drink here. You can send it up when it’s ready.”

“Alright, thank you.”

Li Zheng stood before the counter and flipped through the drink menu.

There were coffees, juices, and desserts.

It was absurdly expensive, with all the drinks starting at 40 to 50 yuan.

While he was deliberating about whether or not he should just get a bottle of water, the lady behind the counter suddenly looked up, then froze for a moment before saying, “Welcome.”

Then, the sound of a handbag falling to the ground could be heard from behind him.

“Are… you Li Zheng…”

The voice belonged to Zhang Xiaoke.

Li Zheng quickly turned his head to look, then froze for a moment.

“This girl. It’s the middle of autumn. Why did she go out without anything covering her legs?” he thought.

Though she was wearing many layers of brown windbreakers, on her bottom half, all she was wearing was just a white skirt. Her large, white shoes were quite eye-catching.

Furthermore, her hairstyle was even more exaggerated than the one she’d had yesterday. She had a large slanted braid, and she had even thinly braided her fringe.

What a waste of time.

Zhang Xiaoke hurriedly picked up her blue bag, which was covered in a geometric pattern. As if she were super embarrassed, she covered half her face as she walked over to the counter, and didn’t dare to let the women playing with the cats look at her.

“Hey…” She forced herself beside Li Zheng and lowered her voice. She was both flustered and angry. “Why did you come out like that?”

“I haven’t begun to ask you.” Li Zheng observed her from head to toe, then questioned her, “Are you here to study? Are you not cold? Also your bag… It does reflect your determination when it comes to studying geometry.”

“Hmph, you have good taste.” Zhang Xiaoke lifted her blue bag and gave a naughty smile. “LOEWE Puzzle Geometric Blue. Do you know how hard it is to purchase this color?”

“Lo what?” Li Zheng knitted his brows. “I don’t see you being this talkative when it comes to memorizing your vocabulary.”

“Pei, pei, pei, why did I tell you that?” Zhang Xiaoke quickly covered her face. “I’m here to study… but… you didn’t have to… didn’t have to come in a school uniform!”

Indeed.

Li Zheng was wearing his school uniform today.

He had pulled the zipper up all the way because it was windy while he was riding his bike. He had also curled his collar downward, which made his attire look like that of a model student.

The uniform itself was also great. It was a mixture of blue and white, with “Cherry Lake High School” printed boldly in red on the left side of the chest.

Not only that, but there was also an eye-catching insignia above the words.

Li Zheng lowered his head to take a look. “I wear the uniform every day. What’s there to be surprised about?”

“Ah…” Zhang Xiaoke lowered her head. She felt incredibly bitter.

“I spent an entire morning dolling up before leaving the house…” she thought.

“So trendy, so fashionable, so effortlessly luxurious, so cute.”

“Walking together with a perverted uniform lover like you…”

“It’s like an old man wearing a vest and large pants while driving a Lamborghini.”

“It’s defiling beauty.”

But that didn’t matter.

Zhang Xiaoke only noticed when she lowered her head…

That Li Zheng was wearing a pair of large, shiny leather shoes.

“Oh my God!” she thought.

“It’s more disgusting than pairing stockings with sports shoes.”

“Just… Just what do you intend to do…” Zhang Xiaoke glared and clenched her teeth. “Are you going to a Halloween ball? Are you dressing up as the captain of the Five-stroke Armband Zombies?”

“Wait.” Li Zheng looked at Zhang Xiaoke in surprise and said, “Why are your eyes blue?”

“Hng ah…” Zhang Xiaoke covered her face and said, “I don’t care… If you want to study… Head home and change your clothes…”

“I only have this outfit.”

“Hiss…” Zhang Xiaoke clenched her teeth and said, “At the very least, change your shoes.”

“My only other pair was destroyed. These are my dad’s,” Li Zheng said as he pushed the drink menu toward her. “Stop talking nonsense. Order a drink.”

He took out Old Li’s credit card after he spoke.

There was a flash of black light.

Zhang Xiaoke squinted.

“Oh my, that’s not an ordinary card,” she thought.

The card was black, with a world map inlaid with gold on it.

She knew her stuff.

A design like that definitely belonged to a credit card from a premium bank. It must be owned by a boss.

“This lad, why did he have to use such a premium card at such a shabby cat cafe?” she thought.

She then looked at the school uniform and leather shoes that she couldn’t bear to look at directly.

“This lack of awareness of the contrast. I can’t handle it,” she thought.

“Quick,” Li Zheng said in a hushed voice.

“…”

Zhang Xiaoke’s spirit involuntarily became weaker.

She had to admit…

A person holding such a card, even if they were wearing a school uniform and large leather shoes…

She strangely felt more down-to-earth when they spoke.

She couldn’t defend against it.