She Only Cares About Cultivation-Chapter 621: 【615】Orphan’s Counterattack 84 (3rd Update)

"How will I know if I don’t try?"

Zhou Mo was so supportive that he dragged her to sign up, and then they began the competition along with four other groups.

Although she had been frequently carried around by him during her leg injury—since he had to carry her to the restroom—it was still the first time she encountered a situation with an audience and a countdown board behind them.

Zhou Yiyi, considering her own body, definitely wasn’t overweight, but performing a princess carry severely tested a guy’s physical strength.

"I jog two to three kilometers every morning and evening, play basketball, and dance. I swim and play soccer occasionally, so don’t worry. I’m fitter than you think. Thanks to Medicine Pills and Water Condensation Beads, I haven’t been sick in years. Today, I just need to hold on for thirty minutes. Can you give me some confidence, please?"

Seeing Zhou Yiyi gripping his neck while staring at the countdown board behind him made Zhou Mo laugh, prompting him to say those words.

Being this close to her boyfriend, Yiyi found his "boyfriend power" overwhelming: "Should I be grateful that no one at school has a crush on you?"

Weirdly, at school, not only did no one pursue her, but Zhou Mo’s surroundings were unusually clean as well.

"You fool, I have a girlfriend, and you have a boyfriend. Who would dare make a move on us?"

Ever since the military training period, he had repeatedly hinted to others that his relationship with Zhou Yiyi was ambiguous until they frankly confirmed their status. All the Tsinghua students had their pride; who would be foolish enough to wreck someone else’s relationship?

Thus, Zhou Yiyi’s thought was too cliché, seeming like the vulgar love triangles of the future era. In the world of top students, everyone had their self-respect and pride; why would anyone stoop to sabotage others’ relationships?

Actually, when thought about strictly, the most important aspect was the outstanding Zhou Mo, who was so busy he gave no chance to others. His world revolved around his studies and Zhou Yiyi alone.

"Have you noticed you’ve gained weight lately?" More than ten minutes later, with two teams defeated, only theirs and another team remained.

So when Zhou Mo asked that, Zhou Yiyi pouted: "It’s not that I’ve gotten fatter; you just feel your stamina is declining."

"No, you really have gained weight."

"Even if I have gained weight, it’s because you fed me, bite by bite."

Zhou Yiyi rarely spent anything on her meal card. At school, Zhou Mo would buy her meals and bring them to her table; she didn’t even need to queue. Her sole task in the cafeteria was to save seats, so her saying this definitely had a boastful touch.

Sure enough, as soon as she said this, Zhou Mo’s lips uncontrollably curled upwards: "So, I just have to grit my teeth and endure, right?"

Yiyi grinned at him, but as she was being carried this way, she felt tired too, so she involuntarily tightened her grip around his neck.

Twenty minutes in, the other team gave up. In the last ten minutes, the people around them shouted encouragements.

She heard from the spectators that they were the only team that had endured past twenty minutes. At least, by 10 a.m., no one had yet succeeded the challenge.

Yiyi was also nervous, even wiping sweat from Zhou Mo as they stood in the hot sun—it was quite the ordeal.

However, she magically pulled a Water Condensation Bead from her pocket and popped it into his mouth like candy.

Having stood under the sun for twenty minutes, his lips felt dry. Once the bead was in his mouth, Zhou Mo was amazed to feel his strength gradually returning. He incredulously looked at Zhou Yiyi: "Could this be the power of love?"

Only Zhou Yiyi knew how beneficial a single Water Condensation Bead could be to the body.

As time dwindled, the crowd grew more restless, and even the merchants came out to watch because they wanted to know who made the first sale of the day. There were even people taking photos; Yiyi thought it was a promotional strategy, so she didn’t stop them.

Though they looked a bit disheveled from the sun exposure, the cheers when the thirty-minute countdown ended seemed even more enthusiastic than they were.

She jumped down from Zhou Mo’s embrace, continuously massaged his arms, and dragged him to a shady spot to rest. The store showed consideration by serving them chrysanthemum tea to cool down while the host cheerfully wished them success, even pushing Zhou Mo and Yiyi to say a few words.

Zhou Mo kept it simple: "Today is my girlfriend’s birthday. I wanted to give her a gift, and thanks to the merchants for this opportunity."

Afterward, they went into the gold shop to pick something. Looking at the gold and silver jewelry in the display case, Yiyi felt like she was about to get married.

"Pick whatever you like, buy whatever you fancy."

Zhou Yiyi chose a platinum necklace costing over four thousand one hundred yuan, leaving more than eight hundred. "Do you want to pick a ring?"

Initially, Zhou Mo didn’t like wearing various accessories, but if he could wear matching rings with Zhou Yiyi, that was certainly wonderful.

So, they selected a pair of matching rings, totaling over eight thousand yuan. Even after deducting five thousand yuan, they still needed to pay three thousand two hundred yuan.

Later, seeing how well-matched and attractive they looked, the merchants wanted them to help take a series of promotional photos. If they agreed, the remaining three thousand two hundred could be waived.

Zhou Yiyi immediately agreed before Zhou Mo could refuse, but what they hadn’t expected was that they were actually going to take wedding photos.

When Zhou Yiyi heard they were for wedding photos, she wanted to refuse, but Zhou Mo quickly agreed and even winked at her.

"This was your choice, so how about pretending you married me early? If only you were old enough, we could actually register for marriage."

Zhou Yiyi blushed deeply. "As if you’re old enough to get married."

The legal marriage age is not younger than 22 years for men and 20 years for women. Born in December 1984, Zhou Mo was nominally 21 this year, indeed not old enough.

Eventually, they were whisked off to a bridal photo studio, busy from morning till night with indoor and outdoor shots.

Because they were photogenic—the man looking cool and distant, the woman warm and cute—the results were excellent.

All the hardship was worth it. By the end of the day, they not only secured a necklace but also two rings engraved with their names, a special request they had made to the staff. Of course, they planned to keep a copy of the wedding photo negatives as well. They decided to edit the pictures and would return next week to collect them.