Study Monster Cultivation System-Chapter 276: Auntie’s Kindness

August 5, 10 a.m.

Lake Ying Station.

When Li Zheng, carrying a backpack and dragging two suitcases, sweat drenching his back, arrived at the entrance.

He saw a young girl in a light blue long dress, fussing over the angle of her straw hat.

Well... the outfit is pretty...

But it’s not practical!

Li Zheng, panting, approached her, "Didn’t you bring any luggage?"

"Well..." Lin Yujing hastily took off her straw hat and twisted around to reveal a brown leather backpack, "This should be enough."

"Enough?" Li Zheng put down his suitcases and wiped his sweat, pointing as he spoke, "One suitcase of Physics, half a suitcase of daily necessities and change of clothes, 1/4 suitcase of random books, 1/4 suitcase of Biology, and I’m also carrying a computer and stuff, don’t you think about these?"

"I know you’d think of everything, so I just brought a few dresses," Lin Yujing chuckled and hopped as she swiped her card to enter the station.

"You’re so lazy!" Li Zheng said angrily as he dragged his suitcases into the station.

Contrary to the second law of thermodynamics.

In a relationship, if one person always plans meticulously, being thoroughly prepared,

Then the other person just gets lazier and dumber.

The thing is, Li Zheng knew this would be the outcome, but he still couldn’t stop himself.

Not only did he get his driver’s license, but he also researched travel guides for Wenhai City and the entire South China Sea island.

Although he couldn’t swim at all, he had even memorized life-saving techniques.

He just was that kind of cautious man.

Although it was frustrating to be at a disadvantage, Li Zheng quickly came to terms with it.

Keep hopping, keep on hopping.

The day I hold the steering wheel,

will be the day you beg for mercy!

...

Only, this period of suppression was somewhat long.

Li Zheng, like an old ox, slaved from choosing the subway connections to boarding the plane, every step of the way struggling with his suitcases.

However, Lin Yujing, acting like a simpleton, hummed and hopped along the whole journey.

It was only when she sat on the plane that she exclaimed, "Wow, that was smooth, we’ve boarded in no time!"

Beside her, was Li Zheng, his shirt soaked with sweat.

He felt not only like an old ox but also like an old father.

After storing his backpack, he bent down to check the life-saving equipment, giving instructions,

"The oxygen masks are above, they’ll drop down automatically in an accident, life vests are under the seat, you need to get them yourself, the emergency exit is in the third seat to the front-right..."

"Alright, alright," Lin Yujing swung her legs and looked out the window, "These things are just placebos, the survival rate in air disasters is almost zero."

"But there are still survivors, and knowing safety protocols is the premise for survival."

"No, it’s luck."

"Luck also favors those who are prepared."

"Ha, I’m now going to look up air disaster information to refute you."

"Good, I am too."

"Here, according to a survey of 87 air disaster survivors from Magnesium Country..."

"You have to consider seasonal and geographical factors, wait for me to filter it out, summer continental air disasters..."

Since it was a row of three seats, there was a recently retired lady sitting next to them.

The lady had bought a house in Qiongkou two years ago and was only now finding time to live there.

Listening to the two spitting pearls of wisdom,

She silently rolled her prayer beads.

Science is too scary.

Better to pray to Buddha.

...

Half an hour later, the plane took off, circled, and then... encountered some turbulence.

Li Zheng didn’t speak the whole time, his eyes darted around, frantically swallowing saliva.

As the plane started to bump, he got so nervous that he tightly grabbed the armrests on either side.

"Young man..." the retired lady, rolling her prayer beads, looked over worriedly, "Every flight shakes a bit, you were just chatting away, what’s there to be scared of."

"No, no..." Li Zheng nodded tremulously, "I’m just holding on to sit steady."

The lady’s face turned red, slightly embarrassed as she said, "But you’re not holding the armrest, you’re holding Auntie’s arm."

"...Sorry." Li Zheng hurriedly pulled his hands back.

"No problem." The lady, her face radiant with benevolence, "If you’re really scared, hold on, Auntie will pray with you, you’re so young."

"No...no need, thank you, Auntie."

"Ahaha..." Lin Yujing covered her mouth, laughing incessantly, "Scum Chap is so poor, haven’t you ever been on a plane before?"

"There was no need for a long journey," Li Zheng said reluctantly, "It won’t be long before I show you that you’ve never even ridden in a real car."

"Huh?"

"Aunt Shen’s long-term rental car is already at Qiongkou Airport," Li Zheng chuckled, "I’ll drive it all the way to Wenhai City."

"Just you?"

"Just kidding, I’m not the type to waste my summer vacation," Li Zheng chuckled, "Last month I already drove for 60 hours, and circled around various expressways."

"So eager to play the chauffeur..." Lin Yujing turned her face with a smile, put down the small tray, and pulled out a SpongeBob cartoon eye mask with big eyes, put on headphones, and leaned on the tray to say, "Off I go, I’m sleeping."

"So you like sleeping like that," Li Zheng shook his head, fiddling with the small screen in front, constantly confirming their current position and speed on the display.

Aunt Shen, seeing Lin Yujing asleep, finally smiled and asked, "Are you boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"Classmates, classmates."

"University classmates?"

"High school."

"Impressive..." Aunt Shen exclaimed, "Do your families know?"

"It was arranged by our families."

"Impressive..." Aunt Shen was even more astonished, "Your parents... they agreed?"

"Agreed."

"Then... Aunt Shen wishes you well..." She hurried and twisted her prayer beads, and after a while she asked again, "Do you want a boy or a girl?"

"???"

"Oh right, right, you’re still in high school, you’ll need a few more years, then I’ll pray for your college entrance exam fortune..."

"Academic Fortune is enough, no need for college entrance exams."

Aunt Shen had just relaxed when she became alarmed again, "Going to study abroad?"

"No, admitted to Ji University."

"...She too?"

"She too."

Aunt Shen’s expression tightened, she looked at the two very seriously.

Golden boy and jade girl.

Extraordinary prospects.

Engaged in high school.

Direct admission to Ji University.

For these to be possible...

It must be a political marriage between two super powerful families.

"Classmates..." Aunt Shen said tremulously, "May I ask your honorable surname?"

"Just Li, not a distinguished one."

"And her?"

"Lin," Li Zheng was finding it weirder and weirder, "Aunt, what exactly is the matter?"

Aunt Shen was startled.

It seemed she didn’t like being questioned about her identity.

"It’s nothing, nothing... Aunt Shen will pray..."

For the rest of the time, Aunt Shen became even friendlier, even sharing her oranges, apples, and sausages.

When landing, they made sure to take a picture together.

Exiting Qiongkou Airport, Li Zheng was utterly exhausted.

The energy of such a creature as Aunt Shen was truly terrifying, talking non-stop from start to finish, not giving him a second of rest...

But, at least he had overcome his fear of flying.

Yet, after landing, the air was humid and the luggage too heavy, Li Zheng’s shirt was soaked from front to back, and he was nearly melting.

"Why do you look so terrible?" Lin Yujing waved and asked, "Didn’t sleep well on the plane?"

Li Zheng cursed, "Being bothered by such an aunt for four hours, you try it."

"You couldn’t just ignore her?"

"She was so enthusiastic, it was hard to be rude."

"No way around it, who asks you to be a Scum Chap? That’s why aunts like you."

"Get lost!" Li Zheng, carrying two large suitcases, trudged toward the parking garage.

Once in the car.

I’ll show you who’s Dad!

...

Li Zheng had long since thoroughly checked and confirmed everything regarding transportation.

From Qiongkou Airport to the destination in Wenhai City, taking the Qiongwen Expressway totals 91 kilometers, with a travel time of one hour and thirty minutes.

As for Aunt Shen’s rental car service, it was possible to pick up from one location and return in another. She handled some procedures at Wenhai, which allowed him to pick up the car at the parking garage at Qiongkou Airport and hit the road.

Now at 4:04 PM, factoring in the time for the car retrieval procedures, he should be able to reach the destination before nightfall.

This was exactly why he had chosen this flight.

Having smoothly completed the procedures and received the car keys, Li Zheng smiled.

For him, traveling was just like this.

Everything, under control.

After enduring so much hardship along the way,

it was time to follow the plan.

Next, he was about to enjoy Lin Yujing’s admiration and pleas for mercy.

The ride this time was an ordinary gray Volkswagen SUV, which Li Zheng had confirmed beforehand.

It was automatic.

No way around it, manual was too difficult.

As he placed the luggage in the car,

Lin Yujing, already sitting in the passenger seat, had turned on the air conditioning and connected Bluetooth, beginning to play some bizarre tropical songs.

"Pretty comfy, eh?" Li Zheng said as he buckled up, reminding, "Fasten your seatbelt."

Lin Yujing laughed, "Not confident in your driving skills?"

"Haha, I’m just afraid I’ll make you throw up," Li Zheng said, pressing the brake firmly and shifting gear forward with his right hand.

Boom boom!

The engine stalled!

"What?" Li Zheng’s eyes widened, "Isn’t this an automatic?"

Lin Yujing covered her face, laughing sneakily, "Scum Chap, can you even do it... "

"Wait... let’s try that again..." Li Zheng fixed the gear and started the car again, muttering the driving school coach’s mnemonic as he tried once more.

Boom boom!

The engine stalled again!

Li Zheng instantly grew nervous, sweating despite the air conditioning.

Lin Yujing burst into laughter, "Weren’t you going to make me throw up?"

"This... this car has some issues, even automatics shouldn’t stall..." Li Zheng wiped his sweat and then got out of the car, "You wait here, I’ll get them to change the car."

"Maybe it’s just you being clumsy." Lin Yujing also got out of the car, running around to push Li Zheng, "Move over, let me try."

"What a joke!" Li Zheng scolded, "You think you can just drive this thing anytime you want, like it’s a bumper car?"

Whoosh!

Lin Yujing raised her hand to reveal something.

Li Zheng stiffened, gazing intently.

It was a driving license!

When did... when did she...

[Validity period: 2019-07-26——2025-07-26]

This date of issue was even a day earlier than his.

Damn!

He had underestimated her again.

Li Zheng, glaring at the date, complained, "I asked you in June if you wanted to learn to drive and you said no."

Lin Yujing squinted and smiled, "What I meant was, I didn’t want to learn automatic... "

"What?!" Li Zheng’s expression turned fierce as he stared again at the license.

In a prominent position, two bold, large fonts pierced him.

[Permitted vehicle class: C1]!!!

It was the noble manual transmission license.

In comparison,

he was just a humble C2, an automatic.

Why.

Why even distinguish these using 1 and 2.

Li Zheng, covering his forehead, his shirt once again soaked in sweat, said, "How could this be, in such a short time... a manual..."

"Just kidding, I’m not the type to waste a summer vacation. It would be pathetic to go through all that trouble just to learn a C2," Lin Yujing patted Li Zheng, "Move over, go sit in the passenger seat."

"..." Li Zheng reluctantly took the passenger seat, fastening his seat belt and said discontentedly, "This car stalls because it’s faulty, it has nothing to do with being manual or automatic..."

As he spoke, Li Zheng suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Hehe~~" Lin Yujing laughed as she adjusted the seat and mirrors, her skill intimidating.

"Wait... have you driven this model before?"

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"Yeah, last time I was here, I drove it secretly when no one was around~~" Lin Yujing finished adjusting, pointing at the display panel, "I just locked it in manual mode, Scum Chap."

"..." Li Zheng’s expression turned fierce, "This kind of prank, isn’t it too childish?"

"Not really, I intended to drive manual."

"Why?"

"Because ah..." Lin Yujing suddenly made a sharp turn.

Whir!

The car swerved out.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!!!" Li Zheng screamed, clutching the side handle, "Slow down, slow down! This is a parking lot!"

"Haha, begging for mercy already when we’ve just started?" Lin Yujing said as she made a sudden, sharp turn.

"Darn! For safety! Don’t... don’t... this is a blind corner... please... please... Ahhhhh!!!"

"Even Coach Zhang wouldn’t drive like this, stop, stop, stop!! Ahhh!!!"

"Let’s not overtake, please slow down a bit."

"I was wrong..."

"You’re in front of me... you’re in front of me..."

"I’ll listen to whatever you say... please..."

It wasn’t until they got on the expressway that Lin Yujing finally calmed down somewhat.

As for Li Zheng, even his pants were soaked with sweat.

He didn’t dare to recall what had just happened.

He just wanted to cry.

"Hmm hmm hmm, alright, alright, we’re on the expressway now," Lin Yujing convinced as she drove, "No more messing around, driving safely now."

"You... you..." Li Zheng covered his face and cursed, "I didn’t say anything just now, did I... "

"Huh? You called me ’Mom’."

"That definitely didn’t happen."

"Wait, let me see if the car’s camera has a recording function..."

"Stop messing around, just drive safely!"

Li Zheng, terrified to the extreme, soon passed out.

Lin Yujing had to wipe his sweat off her hand.

Too pitiful, heart-breaking.

...

At dusk, the car entered Wenhai City’s East Bay No. 2 district.

Due to its proximity to the launch, there was quite a crowd in the district by then, not only residents but also a large number of tourists who had come from far to watch the satellite launch.

Li Zheng was naturally prepared for this.

The location was about 1 kilometer from the beach and 6 kilometers direct distance from the Wenhai Launch Base.

From balconies facing east and south, as long as there wasn’t heavy fog, one could have an unobstructed view of the launch pad, making it an excellent spot for viewing.

But according to Lin Yujing, compared to the secret viewing spot provided by her mother, the difference was like that between old videotapes and an IMAX theater.

Li Zheng, sitting in the car, asked as he counted the floors of the nearby buildings, "So, it’s like the difference between 240P and 4320P?"

"Pretty much," Lin Yujing said as she effortlessly parked the car beneath her building, then sighed and took out her phone to send a message, "Arrived safely."

"I’ll send one too." Li Zheng hurriedly reported safe in the family group chat.

Just as he finished sending, hadn’t even put down his phone, Old Li started showing off his skills by creating a new four-person group chat.

[Li Yi: From now on, let’s just talk in here for anything like safety reports, to avoid sending the message twice.]

[Shen Tinglan: (OK), we’re busy testing over here, I might not be able to keep an eye on this all the time, Teacher Li please bear with me.]

[Li Yi: No worries, I’ll check it in between my surgeries, you focus on your stuff, younger sister.]

[Shen Tinglan: (covering mouth laughing) Teacher Li’s time management skills are legendary.]

[Li Yi: Hey, this job is never-ending. The faster I operate, the more they send me, so I can only do my best not to collapse before getting through them.]

[Li Yi: You too, sis, take breaks when you need to, and keep your spirit up.]

[Li Yi: Here’s to a successful launch! I won’t have time to watch it, the kids can tell me about it afterwards.]

[Shen Tinglan: (grinning) Thanks Teacher Li, I’m off to do more testing, I’ll check in later tonight.]

[Li Yi: Yeah, I’m off to go sharpen my tools too.]

[Shen Tinglan: (covering face laughing)]

From start to finish, Lin Yujing and Li Zheng hardly had a chance to speak.

"Hmm..."

"How does it feel like those two are even closer than us..." Li Zheng said, clutching his forehead, "Were we set up or what?"

"It’s your dad, the Scum Chap!"

"Come on, Scum Chap, huh? I’ll record a message and send it in the group."

"You wouldn’t dare!"

"You scared of him?"

"Not... not scared..."

Lin Yujing hurriedly got out of the car, tapping the roof as she exaggeratedly mouthed the words.

"Hurry up, Scum Chap, we still have to buy groceries and cook."