Who would study psychology if they didn't have some kind of problem?

Chapter 343 Voluntary and Jokes
Lin Junkai and Zhang Zihao remained silent amidst the swirling smoke.

Wang Rui had many other grievances to make.

She seemed to be scolding a student, or perhaps someone else who wasn't in front of her.

His tone became increasingly agitated.

"Why aren't you saying anything? You've run out of things to say, haven't you?"

"When I wasn't around, you all voluntarily practiced extra. Now what? You've become lazy?"

"I think we've been too good to you!"

Wang Rui's voice rose to a crescendo: "If you slack off now, you'll regret it for the rest of your life! Now is the time to fight tooth and nail for results, no matter the cost!"

Her voice was sharp and piercing, even penetrating outside the room, making the other students who were resting shudder.

"Hush-huh-"

The e-cigarette was put into her lips again, and Wang Rui glanced at the two students.

"Tell me, what are you going to do next?"

This is not a question.

How to do?
Lin Junkai and Zhang Zihao lowered their heads, their minds racing.

They weren't even thinking about the answer to the question, because the answer had already been laid out on the table.

What they were thinking about was whether they should speak, and who should speak first.

"Huh? You're such a grown-up, don't you know what to do?!" Wang Rui raised her voice again.

After sleeping for five breaths.

"...Extra training." Lin Junkai heard a voice in his ear.

He turned his head and looked at Zhang Zihao beside him.

Zhang Zihao's voice was not loud, and after uttering those two words, he gritted his teeth.

Wang Rui's gaze immediately focused on Zhang Zihao.

"From now on... extra practice is voluntary. Then, supervise all the students to practice together." Zhang Zihao added hesitantly, "At the very least, everyone should be at the level to pass the physical test... those who are capable of passing the physical test now should improve their level as much as possible."

hiss - huh -

Wang Rui leaned back in her chair with satisfaction and nodded.

"Starting today, Zihao, you're the captain. You'll be supervising everyone's extra training. I don't care how you train, I just want results. Everyone needs to at least pass the physical fitness test next month, understand?"

"Let me give you a few words of advice."

She glanced at Lin Junkai, then at Zhang Jiahao.

"You are all students with excellent athletic performance, and sometimes you may not understand those classmates who are not physically strong. For them, we must use every possible method, such as that—"

Wang Rui ran the list through her mind: "—Xu Pengcheng!"

Wang Rui's brows furrowed when this name was mentioned.

"He's not like you guys, understand? He's too bad, so ordinary training methods are absolutely useless. He's too lazy and has no ambition, otherwise how could a typical sports student be this fat?"

"Don't think that you're harming him by forcing him to practice. You're helping him, understand? If you don't help him, no one else can."

"Otherwise, how would you feel if you watched him fail the physical fitness test and only be able to go to a junior college or vocational high school? Think about it, his future is ruined because of your soft heart now. Tell me, how would you feel?"

There was silence for a moment.

"I don't feel well." Zhang Zihao replied mechanically to Wang Rui, as if he had been trained many times.

Lin Junkai didn't say anything, but he also shook his head.

“Yes—” Wang Rui nodded in satisfaction.

"So what do you want?"

There was another moment of silence.

“Practice extra sessions voluntarily, and then focus on key areas,” Zhang Zihao repeated.

The conversation in the office came to an end.

Wang Rui strode out of the office. The students, who had been resting against the wall, whispering and laughing, all stood up and assumed a straddle stance with their hands behind their backs.

Wang Rui glanced around and immediately spotted the short-haired guy standing at the very back of the line, clearly separated from the others by a large gap.

"Xu Pengcheng." The voice wasn't loud, but it made the student whose name was called tremble involuntarily.

"Are you very tired? Was the training very tough?"

Xu Pengcheng hesitated and didn't dare to answer, and Wang Rui didn't even think about answering.

After giving a pointless reprimand, her gaze swept over each student's face once more.

That's all for today, dismissed!

After saying that, Wang Rui walked towards the bike shed without looking back, and rode her electric scooter towards the school gate.

The students dared not make a move, but simply watched Zhang Zihao and Lin Junkai walk out step by step from behind Wang Rui.

"..."

Zhang Zihao glanced at Lin Junkai and noticed that the top student had lowered his head.

He gritted his teeth involuntarily.

He took a deep breath and shouted, "More training!"

"Xu Pengcheng, you train with me... Ake, you come over here too!"

After issuing the order as the team leader, Zhang Zihao seemed to have put down a heavy burden and breathed a sigh of relief.

If Lin Junkai were to turn his head again at this moment, he would see Zhang Zihao pursing his lips very tightly.

He exerted so much force that the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

……

That's roughly the situation.

Nan Zhurendao.

They had finished their day's work and returned to the villa.

Nan Zhuren organized the information he had at hand.

In accordance with the principle of confidentiality, he currently has two people with him.

One of them is Chonghui, who is a colleague on the project and can know Li Mingchen's specific situation.

Both of them are Weng Pingting, who is Nan Zhuren's supervisor and the person in charge of the project. She is able to know about Li Mingchen's situation.

A phone call was still connected in front of Nan Zhuren, on speakerphone, with Chang Ming on the other end. As the liaison for the Health Commission, he also knew Li Mingchen's specific situation.

Lu Jia was sleeping in the room next to the villa; she couldn't possibly know.

Chang Ming on the other end of the phone repeated, "So, in the past, Li Mingchen's coach not only arranged unreasonable training volumes for students, but also instigated students to 'voluntarily' 'practice extra training' on their classmates in a manner that was almost bullying, is that what you mean?"

Nan Zhuren corrected, "It's not 'in the past,' it's still the same now. I went to the playground this afternoon and saw that their team of athletes was still doing extra training, and the form of the extra training was similar to what we saw before."

Is that coach here?

“They weren’t there. And after seeing us, those students immediately moved to the indoor stadium. When I questioned them, they said they were voluntarily doing extra training for the sake of their grades.”

Chang Ming on the other end of the phone clicked his tongue and fell silent.

Nan Zhuren first looked at Chonghui and Weng Pingting.

Chonghui's experience lies in project management and paper writing; he can only offer a shrug like LeBron James when it comes to this kind of thing.

After thinking for a moment, Weng Pingting turned to Chang Ming and asked, "Director Chang, do you have any suggestions?"

"It's difficult," the voice on the other end of the phone replied. "Unless you, Professor Nan, can assess every student in their team for anxiety, anorexia, or even depression, but how is that possible, hahaha..."

Chang Ming said this in a joking tone, and then stopped, seemingly waiting for someone to respond.

“That won’t work,” Nan Zhuren replied earnestly. “I’ve spoken with all the children. A few may have a tendency toward anorexia, but it’s not at the level of a ‘symptom.’ The only one who really has a problem is the child I told you about.”

The person on the other end of the phone choked up at Nan Zhuren's reply.

(End of this chapter)