The four of them didn’t chat for long before they ran out of group topics.

As the conversation driver, He Yu shifted the topic to their other classmates.

With a mysterious look, he said to the three of them, “Guess who in our class is the strongest? You’ll never guess it.”

Li Chuxin was puzzled, “Aren’t you from Nanguan City? Logically, you shouldn’t know much about our class yet. How do you know who’s the strongest?”

Right after saying that, she seemed to realize something and with a speechless look said, “Don’t tell me you’re about to claim you’re the strongest in class?”

“No way, I’m not that arrogant. I know my limits. At most, I’d rank third in class,” He Yu said, thinking himself humble.

Li Chuxin shook her head, “Then I really can’t guess. I don’t even know many people yet.”

Just as she said that, she suddenly remembered Lin Zichen, then smiled and added, “If I really had to guess, I’d say Zichen. He was the top scorer in our district’s entrance exam, after all!”

“What the—Zichen, you’re that amazing?”

He Yu was shocked, not expecting Lin Zichen to be the district’s top scorer.

So appearances could be deceiving! Normally, people who looked this handsome were weak in ability.

After all, heaven had to be fair. You couldn’t let someone be both handsome and strong, or it would break the balance of the heavens.

After the initial shock, He Yu thought again and concluded it wasn’t that big a deal. It was just the district top scorer, not city top scorer. He might still be stronger.

So he leaned closer and whispered, “Honestly, district top scorer isn’t much. You might not believe it, but our class has two real beasts, talents the principal spent a fortune poaching from Nanguan City.”

“What do you mean?”

Li Chuxin was intrigued.

Lin Zichen was also curious, waiting for the reveal.

He Yu motioned them closer, then whispered, “The boy in the third row by the window, the one who introduced himself earlier as Wang Shujie—he was the third-highest scorer in Nanguan City’s entrance exam. His 100-meter sprint is 7.98 seconds!”

“And the big guy in the last row on the far right, named Lu Gang—he’s naturally strong, able to lift a 300kg barbell with one hand, easily! These two are definitely the strongest in class. Other than them, Zichen and I should be next.”

Originally, He Yu wanted to say it was just him after those two, but since Lin Zichen was in his group, he included him.

“My god, really?!”

Li Chuxin was stunned, full of disbelief.

Shen Qinghan, on the other hand, remained calm. As always, she firmly believed Lin Zichen was the strongest in class, though she kept it to herself.

Lin Zichen only smiled silently.

A 100-meter sprint in 7.98 seconds?

Lifting 300kg with one hand?

He had already done those things back in elementary school.

“Some students come help move the books and uniforms!”

Homeroom teacher Han Yuanfeng had appeared at the door without anyone noticing, calling to the students inside.

Hearing this, a few boys near the door immediately stood up to help.

Before long, the books and uniforms were brought back.

Under Han Yuanfeng’s direction, the students in the front row began distributing them.

There weren’t many books, just four per person, covering the core subjects:

Compulsory Martial Arts Cultivation I

Compulsory Gene Fusion I

Compulsory Mechanical Modification I

Compulsory Wilderness Survival I

The titles were simple and direct, clearly stating the subjects.

As for uniforms, each student got five sets: three summer and two winter.

Lin Zichen opened his package and felt the fabric. The texture was surprisingly good, the quality no worse than clothes worth hundreds of yuan at the mall.

Indeed, this was what set a key high school apart—ample funding and nothing handed to students was shoddy.

After the books and uniforms were distributed, Han Yuanfeng went up to the podium, turned on the projector and displayed a chart of class officer positions.

There were only five positions: class monitor, discipline committee member, study committee member, arts committee member and life committee member.

Han Yuanfeng looked at the students, “If anyone wants to be a class officer, you can come up and run for election. The class will vote to decide.”

Lin Zichen wasn’t interested. He glanced once before lowering his head to read the new textbooks.

Shen Qinghan, too introverted, wouldn’t consider it either. She quietly flipped through her textbooks.

He Yu had his eyes on the class monitor. He told his group, “Guys, when I go up to run for class monitor, remember to vote for me.”

Before he even finished, Li Chuxin smiled and said, “I’m running for arts committee member later. You all have to vote for me too.”

Both Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan nodded.

* * *

A few minutes later, the elections began.

Quite a few students wanted to be officers and they went up one after another.

He Yu went up early to run for class monitor.

But unfortunately, he lost.

The class monitor position was taken by Wang Shujie, the 7.98-second sprinter.

He then tried for the discipline committee member position.

But again, he lost.

That position went to Lu Gang, the one who could lift 300kg with one hand.

He Yu was dumbfounded, staring blankly at his seat, questioning life.

After a while, he muttered under his breath, “Damn it, you two bastards better watch out. One day I’ll overtake you and crush you into the ground!”

Unlike him, Li Chuxin successfully won the position of arts committee member.

[You and your group members worked together and successfully helped Li Chuxin win the arts committee member election]

[Total completed tasks: 3/1000]

“Hanhan, since our class doesn’t have a publicity committee member, the arts committee will handle the blackboard posters. But I’m not good at drawing. I remember you said you like drawing in your introduction. Can you help me?”

After coming down from the stage, Li Chuxin asked Shen Qinghan for help, speaking warmly as she asked for help.

Facing her deskmate’s request, Shen Qinghan agreed without hesitation, “Mm, I’ll help you.”

She loved drawing anyway and she was happy to work on the blackboard posters.

Li Chuxin was overjoyed, hugging her tightly, “Good sister, from now on you’re my bestie!”

Shen Qinghan wasn’t used to being hugged like that, her arms hanging awkwardly.

Li Chuxin’s enthusiasm was overwhelming, more than she could quickly adapt to.

Lin Zichen saw it all and smiled, thinking it was good.

It wouldn’t be long before Shen Qinghan had a close friend to share everything with.

The books and uniforms had been distributed.

The class officers had been chosen.

Seeing that nothing else needed to be done, Han Yuanfeng told the students they could move around freely and leave for home when the time came.

Of course, they weren’t allowed to leave the school.

Hearing this, many students were surprised.

It was understandable not to have class yesterday since it was registration day.

But today too?

Li Chuxin explained to her group with a smile, “This is a Shanhai Middle School tradition. To help students quickly get familiar with the school and each other, the first two days are all free activities.”

Lin Zichen had never heard of that before and felt a little ignorant.