Chapter 32: Martial Arts

Time flies.

Before I knew it, more than a month had passed since Lin Zichen dominated the martial arts team.

Since that day, Lin Zichen's position in the team has changed.

From a newcomer who just joined the team, he has directly transformed into the ace of the team.

However, it is only the attitude of the coach and teammates towards him that has changed, and he himself has not changed much.

After school, he still comes to the gym to practice martial arts, still finds a place to practice alone, and still only practices until 6:30 in the evening before taking a shower and going home.

As for Shen Qinghan, she still waits in the gym every day for Lin Zichen to finish training and go home together.

During the waiting period, Shen Qinghan is either reading a book or doing exercises. Occasionally, she will take out her mobile phone to take a few nice photos of Lin Zichen. The time passed quite happily.

Sometimes when she sees Lin Zichen sweating a lot, she will take the initiative to wipe it for him.

For the scenes of the two getting along, the people in the gym are full of envy.

The girl envied Shen Qinghan, envied that she was Lin Zichen's childhood sweetheart and could stay with Lin Zichen every day.

The boy envied Lin Zichen, envied that he had a childhood sweetheart like Shen Qinghan who knew how to take care of people.

Lin Zichen was not moved by other people's envy.

Shen Qinghan, on the other hand, was very consistent with the mentality of a young girl in adolescence. Facing the envious eyes of girls of the same age, she would feel happy.

"Hanhan, let's go."

In the gymnasium, Lin Zichen finished martial arts practice, took a shower in the changing room, and said to Shen Qinghan who was quietly waiting at the door.

Shen Qinghan followed obediently after hearing the voice, and the high ponytail tied behind her swayed with her steps, full of youthful and lively girlish breath.

The seven teammates who stayed in the gymnasium to continue training saw Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan going in and out in pairs every day, and all of them were envious.

"Okay, stop being envious, and start training!"

"Summer vacation is coming soon, and we will welcome the new year's eight-school league. There are only five places for the competition, just like in previous years. Whoever is good will go."

"Now Zichen has already secured one spot, and you seven only have four spots left to compete for. Whoever performs well will go on the field."

Seeing that the players were staring at the backs of the childhood sweethearts leaving in a daze, Guo Xiangyuan immediately spoke to spur them on.

When the seven heard this, they immediately returned to training with a look of urgency, fearing that they would fall behind.

Five of them were in the third year of junior high school.

This year's eight-school league is the last one they can participate in, and no one wants to have any regrets.

...

In a blink of an eye.

The first semester of junior high school is about to end, and there is only one week left before the final exam.

During this week, in order to help Shen Qinghan get good grades, Lin Zichen would go to her room every night to help her check for omissions and make up for them.

That night.

Lin Zichen had just finished his meal and showered, and then he went out to Shen Qinghan's house next door.

Xu Meng knew that he would come on time, so she opened the door and waited for him at the door in advance.

When she saw him coming, she said with a smile:

"Xiaochen, I've really troubled you recently. You have to come to tutor Hanhan every night. When you finish your exams and have summer vacation, Aunt Meng will give you a gift. You can have any gift you want."

"Aunt Meng is polite. Hanhan and I grew up together. It's my duty to help her."

Lin Zichen said with a smile.

After that, he went into the house and went straight to the second floor.

Shen Qinghan's room is on the second floor, and there are only two walls between his room.

It can be said that their rooms are next to each other.

He stopped in front of Shen Qinghan's door.

He saw that the door was half-open.

Lin Zichen didn't think much about it, he just pushed the door and walked in and said: "Hanhan, I..."

He wanted to say "I'm here", but he almost bit his tongue before he finished speaking, and the whole person froze in place.

Because at this time, the girl in the room was sitting on the bed and putting on her pajamas, and right above the pajamas was a particularly conspicuous diaper.

Lin Zichen: "..."

Shen Qinghan: "..."

At this moment, both of them were silent, the air was almost frozen, and the atmosphere was very awkward for a while.

After a moment of recovery, Lin Zichen took the initiative to break the silence and said: "Um... I'll come in later."

After saying that, he hurriedly turned around and left, closing the door.

As soon as Lin Zichen left, Shen Qinghan covered her head with a quilt with a flushed face, and fell on the bed and curled up, completely motionless...

She was dead, and wanted to live on another planet.

...

Ten minutes later.

Lin Zichen felt that the time was almost up, so he reached out and knocked on the door in front of him, and said in a somewhat awkward voice: "Hanhan, is it convenient for me to come in now?"

"Um..." Shen Qinghan's almost inaudible voice came from the room, and it was obvious that she had not recovered from the embarrassing scene just now.

Lin Zichen pretended that nothing had happened and pushed the door calmly and walked in.

"That... I only need to wear diapers when I sleep at night, and I don't need to wear them during the day."

Shen Qinghan pursed her lips and took the initiative to bring up this matter embarrassedly, with a blush on her delicate little face.

Lin Zichen didn't know how to answer, so he could only nod: "Well, I know."

Then, neither of them spoke again, and the atmosphere fell into awkwardness again.

But soon, Shen Qinghan chose to take the initiative to break the awkwardness, and her slender white fingers played with her hair, and she found a topic as naturally as possible and said:

"When I was having dinner just now, I asked my parents a question. I asked them whether they think I look better with my hair tied or not."

"Then, my father said that I looked good without it, and my mother said that I looked good with it."

"Xiao Chen, do you think I look better with my hair tied or not?"

When asking this question, Shen Qinghan mustered up the courage to look into Lin Zichen's eyes, hoping to use this topic to skip the diaper issue so that both of them would no longer be embarrassed.

Lin Zichen said without thinking, "I think they all look good."

"It's so perfunctory, you choose one."

"I thought about it, and it would look better if I tied my hair up."

"Then do you think I look better with a single ponytail, double ponytails, or a bun?"

"I prefer a round head and a single ponytail."

"Then I'll have a bun tomorrow, and a ponytail the day after tomorrow... By the way, which one do you think looks better, a low ponytail or a high ponytail?"

"I think a high ponytail looks good..."

Slowly, the two of them started chatting, and it was not as awkward as when they first came into the room.

It seems that the issue of diapers has been completely forgotten and never mentioned again.

It didn’t take long for tonight’s theme to begin. One was a student reviewing, the other was a teacher tutoring, and they spent a fulfilling night at the desk together.

…

Time flies.

A few days later.

Shanhai Middle School ushered in the final exam.

As a top student, Lin Zichen easily ranked first in the school as always.

Shen Qinghan also did very well in the exam.

In just one year, she went from being ranked third from the bottom at the beginning of school to being ranked in the top 20 in the class, and proudly received a certificate of achievement as a model for progress.

During this process, there was her own efforts, but more importantly, it was Lin Zichen's guidance and help to her.

"Xiaochen, thanks to your checking and filling in the gaps, I did well in the exam this time!"

In the classroom, Shen Qinghan looked at the "Progress Model" certificate in his hand and said to Lin Zichen with joy on his face.

Lin Zichen smiled and said, "The main thing is that you study hard enough."

"Xiaochen, at this rate of progress, I will definitely be admitted to the same class as you in two years, and we will continue to be classmates!" Shen Qinghan said with anticipation.

Can we continue to be deskmates in the same class?

Hearing what Shen Qinghan said, Lin Zichen remembered that he would take a martial arts class in the future. It seemed that he had not mentioned it to her, so he said to her: "Hanhan, I have decided to take a martial arts class in high school."

"Then I'll take a martial arts class too!" Shen Qinghan said directly without thinking.

Lin Zichen didn't know if she was suitable for the path of martial arts, but seeing that she said she wanted to follow him without hesitation, it had to be suitable even if it wasn't suitable.

"If you also decide to follow the path of martial arts, then starting from today, the focus of your future studies will have to change. Learn more about alien beasts, genetic fusion, and mechanical modification."

"Well, I'll do my best!"

Shen Qinghan said enthusiastically.

She was not bad at all in this area of ​​knowledge. After all, she had read a lot with Lin Zichen when she was a child, so she still had confidence.

The only area where I lack confidence may be in terms of physical fitness.

Lin Zichen also thought of this, and quickly said to her: "Then when you go to the gym after school in the afternoon, you can practice martial arts with me, and I will teach you some exercises to strengthen your body."

"Well, listen to Xiaochen!" Shen Qinghan nodded obediently.

Her experiences growing up told her that no matter what it was, it was right to listen to Lin Zichen.

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