Chapter 22: Exchange for Body Strengthening Pills

When Tang Feng returned home, his mother had already prepared dinner.

His father was also sitting at the dining table waiting for him.

He went to the bathroom to wash his hands, then sat down opposite his father.

“How did you do on today’s exams?” his father asked, while picking up a piece of sweet and sour pork rib with his chopsticks and placing it into his bowl.

“Pretty good. If everything goes as expected, I can score 148 in Chinese and 150 in Mathematics,” Tang Feng said, putting the rib into his mouth and slowly gnawing on it.

“It looks like your admission to Jingcheng University is a sure thing. I’m so happy inside,” his father said, lifting his cup of alcohol and taking a small sip.

“Husband, don’t just drink, eat some vegetables!” his mother sat down next to his father.

“Our son has another exam tomorrow; he can’t drink with me. Would you like to join me for a drink?” his father negotiated with his mother.

“Sure!” his mother agreed readily.

His father quickly took a cup from the tea tray, filled it with alcohol, and passed it to her.

“Son, don’t put too much pressure on yourself. Honestly, your mom and I thought it would be great if you could get into a second-tier university; we never even hoped for a first-tier one. Who knew you, little rascal, had kept it so well hidden, giving us such a big surprise,” his mother said, her eyes filled with loving affection.

“Dad, Mom, don’t worry! I will definitely make sure you live a good life in the future! I want to make you the happiest parents in the world!” Tang Feng promised confidently.

“Good! We’ll be waiting!” his mother laughed happily.

“Little Feng, today your Uncle Su called me, saying to come over for dinner tomorrow night. Are you going home with Xiaoli directly or with us?” his father changed the subject.

“I’ll go home with her directly,” Tang Feng answered.

“In that case, we’ll close the shop at 5:30 pm and head over.”

“Okay,” Tang Feng nodded.

After dinner, Tang Feng helped to clean up the dishes and then went back to his room to rest.

He lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling, his mind full of Su Xiaoli.

He wished he could be in the same room with Su Xiaoli right now, enjoying each other’s company intimately.

Unfortunately, he knew that was impossible.

At least, it was not something that could be achieved in the short term.

He was very clear in his heart that Su Xiaoli was a very conservative girl.

Allowing him to hold her hand was already a big concession.

Taking any further action was basically impossible.

He could only take things one step at a time.

After a while, he opened the system’s information panel.

After several days of signing in, he had accumulated 187 points.

He opened the store and found that he could purchase two items.

One was a Cooking Secret manual, and the other was a Body Strengthening Pill.

After much consideration, he finally chose the Body Strengthening Pill.

After all, his physical condition was still very poor. Out of 100 points of physical fitness, he only had 20.

It was extremely bad.

His most urgent goal was to improve his physical fitness.

After an exchange, a golden pill appeared in his item slot.

He took the pill out of the item slot and carefully ate it.

There seemed to be no reaction.

“System, what’s going on? Is the pill I exchanged for fake?” Tang Feng couldn’t help but mutter.

As soon as his words fell, he felt as if his entire body was being torn apart.

He even wanted to scream out.

However, to avoid alarming his parents, he forcefully held it back.

Soon, he fell into a coma.

When he woke up again, it was already six o’clock in the morning.

“What kind of crappy pill is this! Why is the effect so strong!” Tang Feng cursed while opening the information panel.

He found that his physical fitness score had increased from 20 to 50.

It seemed that the effect of the Body Strengthening Pill was quite good.

He also felt a significant improvement in his energy.

Even his skin had improved a lot.

“It’s a pity I don’t have enough points, or else I would exchange a few more and directly increase my physical fitness to 100 points. That would be great!” Tang Feng couldn’t help but sigh.

He looked at himself in the mirror for a long time, liking what he saw more and more.

At that moment, someone knocked on his door.

“Little Feng, are you awake?” his mother’s voice came in.

“I’m awake. I’ll come out in a bit,” Tang Feng responded while putting away the mirror.

He quickly got ready and then left the room.

His mother had already prepared breakfast.

Tang Feng ate a few bites, then said goodbye to his mother and left home.

When he arrived at the school gate, there were already many examinees waiting.

Among them was Su Xiaoli.

“Why are you so late?” Su Xiaoli greeted him.

“I didn’t sleep well last night,” Tang Feng replied.

“What happened?” Su Xiaoli asked.

“I was thinking about you all night.”

“Can’t you speak properly?” Su Xiaoli rolled her eyes at him.

Tang Feng didn’t say anything, just chuckled.

“Will your lack of sleep affect your performance?” Su Xiaoli suddenly became anxious.

“It won’t,” Tang Feng shook his head, saying, “Don’t worry! I’m fine.”

Su Xiaoli wanted to say something else but ended up saying nothing.

Soon, the school gate opened.

The examinees surged in like a tide.

Tang Feng almost subconsciously grabbed Su Xiaoli’s hand.

The two walked in together.

At the entrance of the teaching building, they parted ways to their respective examination rooms.

Soon, the listening test began.

For Tang Feng, these questions were quite elementary.

After finishing the listening test, he started writing furiously.

The invigilator couldn’t help but wander around him.

After all, such an impressive student was unprecedented.

Tang Feng didn’t stop at all, completing all the questions in one go.

The invigilator was shocked to see this, his eyes wide and his face filled with amazement.

Tang Feng turned the test paper over and then started to rest with his eyes closed.

He waited until the bell rang before he stood up and left the examination room.

As agreed, Su Xiaoli was already waiting for him under a tree.

“Let’s go,” Su Xiaoli’s voice was a bit hurried.

“Why are you in such a hurry? Is there something wrong?” Tang Feng was puzzled.

“Weren’t you unable to sleep well last night? Let’s have lunch early so you can take some time to sleep,” Su Xiaoli answered.

“No need,” Tang Feng waved his hand, saying, “I dozed off for a while after finishing the test questions.”

“So that’s why you came out so late. It turns out you were sleeping in the examination room,” Su Xiaoli was somewhat amused and frustrated.

“Since I had nothing else to do, it was a good time to catch up on sleep,” Tang Feng chuckled.

The two of them chatted and laughed on their way to Tang Feng’s house.

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