Making a person break is actually very simple: just relentlessly attack their weaknesses.
Take Shen Yuan, for example. Combining Tong Churou with his grades would result in a quadruple damage critical hit.
Li Zhi was well aware of this, so she showed no mercy.
Li Zhi felt not a shred of guilt for the crestfallen Shen Yuan standing before her.
Li Zhi felt that compared to the difference between a regular university and a top-tier one, this blow wasn't nearly enough.
It would be best to shatter Shen Yuan completely, then grind him into dust for good measure.
That would make him truly understand what kind of attitude he should have toward his studies.
"Still fooling around outside? Don't you know you should be using every second you have?"
Faced with Li Zhi's displeasure, Shen Yuan opened his mouth to speak.
"I… I just wanted to buy you something to drink."
As he spoke, Shen Yuan produced a cup of mango pomelo sago from behind his back.
Seeing the mango pomelo sago in the boy's hand and the sweat stains on his uniform, Li Zhi's heart softened.
'He went out under the scorching sun just to buy me a drink?'
'Did my words just now hurt him?'
'Damn it, I'm horrible!'
The above was all Shen Yuan's fantasy.
In reality, Li Zhi's heart hadn't softened in the slightest.
Upon seeing the mango pomelo sago, a sneer appeared on the beautiful maiden's face.
"What's this? Trying to use filial piety to awaken my motherly love?"
Shen Yuan's mouth twitched.
'Now she's just taking advantage of me!'
"Why are you so obsessed with this score?! This kind of grading system just alienates people from their own efforts! I've been studying hard lately, I haven't slacked off at all!"
Shen Yuan busted out Ah Jie's MVP meme.
Li Zhi was completely unmoved. "Go tell that to Qingbei. Maybe they'll accept you."
Shen Yuan felt like he was suffocating.
Beautiful Maiden Qing Mei was giving him no way out.
'Are you some kind of torture-focused Painful Sacrifice?!'
The honors class students on the nearby stairs hurried past, feeling as if they'd been hit by the splash damage of a Painful Sacrifice skill.
"Fine, I'll go study."
Shen Yuan started up the steps, but Li Zhi stopped him as he passed.
The beautiful maiden held out her hand. "Hand it over."
'Damn it. I get lectured and I still have to make an offering.'
"Bless me, oh top student!"
Shen Yuan respectfully presented his offering to the Painful Sacrifice.
Her loyal, one-third sugar, less-ice mango pomelo sago.
Back in the classroom, Shen Yuan urgently whipped out an Iced Red Tea to replenish his health bar.
"Ah, I'm alive again."
The next second, Chen Mingyu, who sat in front of Shen Yuan, caught the scent and whipped his head around.
"I smell the aroma of a fine spirit."
"You're a tea-seeking hound, aren't you?"
Shen Yuan said, passing the Iced Red Tea over.
Chen Mingyu accepted the Iced Red Tea. "The contract is signed. Pick one of today's homework assignments."
"Chinese."
"Done!"
"Enjoy."
Chen Mingyu threw his head back and took a big gulp of the Iced Red Tea, his expression immediately twisting.
"Tsk! Ahhh—"
"The sweetness is just right. It's cool, but not cold, providing the optimal tasting experience without upsetting the stomach. A man of taste."
Shen Yuan resisted the urge to applaud Chen Mingyu.
You couldn't come to a conclusion like that without at least a decade of experience drinking Iced Red Tea.
The Iced Red Tea Divine Sect—Sweetness is justice, and may the tea polyphenols live forever.
Placing the Iced Red Tea back on Shen Yuan's desk, Chen Mingyu couldn't help but ask, "I just saw Li Zhi talking to you. Did you get chewed out for bombing the test?"
Shen Yuan made the Great Wilderness Heaven-Imprisoning Finger gesture at him. "You drank my tea, so shut your mouth."
Chen Mingyu scoffed quietly. "I traded my Chinese homework for it! Dude, for real, I'm kinda jealous of you."
"What are you, an M? You get happy from being scolded?"
Chen Mingyu blushed. "Is it that obvious?"
Shen Yuan's heart sank.
'Oh no. I've run into a real M.'
Shen Yuan only got a thrill when the beautiful maiden called him things like "pervert" or "bastard," but from the looks of it, Chen Mingyu was a genuine M.
"Dude, you don't have to reveal your kinks like that."
Chen Mingyu waved a hand dismissively. "Relax, I'm not interested in you. And it's not like I get off on just anyone yelling at me."
Shen Yuan relaxed, but still asked tentatively, "What if Li Zhi yelled at you? Would you get off on that?"
Chen Mingyu's face fell. "She's never yelled at me."
Shen Yuan grinned. "She yells at me all the time."
"Damn! So jealous! Being yelled at by a beautiful girl with a look of disgust… just thinking about it gets me excited!"
"What if she called you a stray dog?"
"That would be her motivating me! Pushing me to study!"
Shen Yuan blurted out, "Stray dog."
"Damn it! You're the stray dog! I got a 630 on the weekly test!"
'Verdict's in. He's a total hypocrite.'
...
"Where'd this stray dog come from!"
The moment Ah Jie got back, he pointed at Shen Yuan and activated his taunt skill.
Shen Yuan was furious. "Damn it! And you call yourself human?"
"I may not be human, but at least I'm better than a stray dog."
Ah Jie dealt 800 damage to himself to inflict 1000 on Shen Yuan.
Just then, Yang Ze from the front row turned around and said with a grin, "It's a zoo in here."
Among the three of them, Yang Ze had just barely scraped a 620 on the weekly test, earning him the right to jeer.
But he was soon dragged off for an Aruba by Shen Yuan and Zhou Shaojie on trumped-up charges.
"Bros! I was wrong! I'm sorry! It's already splitting! Any more and it'll turn into a shower head!"
Amid the commotion, Shen Yuan suddenly felt a sharp gaze on him.
He instinctively glanced toward Li Zhi's seat and met her cold, indifferent stare.
She looked as though she were staring at a stray dog.
Shen Yuan immediately let go of Yang Ze's leg.
Seeing Shen Yuan let go, Zhou Shaojie immediately released Yang Ze as well.
Yang Ze then fell flat on his butt. Luckily, they weren't holding him high, so the fall wasn't too bad.
"Damn it, have you guys no shame?"
At his words, everyone who had been involved in the Aruba turned their gazes back to Yang Ze.
"Continue!"
"No, bros! I was wrong! I'm sorry! Have mercy… AHH!!"
Inhuman during the Aruba, brothers after the Aruba.
Shen Yuan and Zhou Shaojie supported Ah Ze on either side as they walked him back to his seat.
When the three of them got back to their seats, they found "Shipper" Peipei watching them with a teasing gaze.
"Ah, a love-hate triangle."
All at once, a chill ran down all three of their spines.
'Damn it, this organization is too freaky.'
Shen Yuan said sternly, "Peipei, don't just go shipping random people."
"Are you afraid Li Zhi will find out? I don't think she'd mind."
Seeing Peipei's confident expression, Shen Yuan frowned. "I don't believe you."
"She's a reader of *Love in the Era of Lecterns*."
Shen Yuan was stunned.
'So, Li Zhi, you smooth, perfect pearl... to think you're also a reader from the Kissing Association!'
Shen Yuan instinctively looked over at Li Zhi on the other side of the room. She was sipping her mango pomelo sago, and she wasn't holding a book.
It was her phone.
'As a Painful Sacrifice, does she also need to ingest some sugar occasionally to balance out all the pain she dishes out?'
Watching Li Zhi, Shen Yuan said quietly, "But she's not a fujoshi."
Peipei frowned. "That's true. Fine, I'll let you guys off the hook for now."
"Oh, right, send me the QQ for the campus confession page. I want to check out *Love in the Era of Lecterns*."
"Sure, sure, add me as a friend. I've got the QQ for the confession page."