A month passed in the blink of an eye, and the joint practical combat exercise competition between the major military academies of the Federation and the Empire was imminent.
On the campuses of the major military academies of the Federation and the Empire, all students participating in this practical combat exercise were anxiously and excitedly selecting their partners, each wanting to find the best partner to ensure excellent results in the exercise.
However, while all the students were enthusiastically selecting teammates, no one wanted to team up with Li Xing.
To be precise, Li Xing was like a rotten apple in the military academy; all students were unwilling to team up with him. Many students were even afraid that if they didn't form a team, they would be assigned to Li Xing's group by the teachers and be forced to team up with him. Thus, they were eagerly and actively seeking their teammates.
Even though Li Xing had already stood up from his wheelchair, many classmates, upon seeing him, would still go out of their way to avoid him.
Li Xing watched this scene and sighed inwardly, thinking that it was truly difficult to aim for first place.
As Li Xing thought this, his pace did not hurry at all. He walked slowly, and before he knew it, he had arrived at the foot of the Imperial Military Academy's female dormitory building.
Li Xing was very famous at the Imperial Military Academy.
One reason was his appearance: fair skin and handsome features. Many girls were incredibly stunned the first time they saw him, their hearts pounding in their chests. In other words, in terms of looks, Li Xing was universally recognized by all the girls at the Imperial Military Academy as the most handsome campus heartthrob.
The second reason was Li Xing's lazy attitude. To put it bluntly, the Imperial Military Academy had been established for hundreds of years, and a person as lazy as him being admitted into such an excellent institution as the Imperial Military Academy was difficult for many to comprehend. Many even suspected that Li Xing had gotten in through the back door.
The third reason was that Li Xing had been studying at the Imperial Military Academy for three years. During these three years, regardless of major or minor exams, he had always consistently ranked last, earning him widespread notoriety for his incompetence throughout the entire school.
Therefore, at this moment, Li Xing's appearance at the foot of the female dormitory building immediately attracted the attention of many students, and everyone couldn't help but look at him.
However, Li Xing paid no mind to the curious gazes of the crowd. He kept his head down and stood there, unmoving.
Until a girl with bright red hair emerged from the dormitory building.
"Lu Yao!" Li Xing's eyes lit up, and he immediately ran over. He spoke calmly, "The military league is about to begin. Let's team up!"
Lu Yao was the eldest daughter of Guy Harvey and Ouyang Yaya. However, the girl did not take after her father's surname nor her mother's surname, but instead took the surname Lu from her maternal grandmother, Lu Wanqing!
It was said that letting the child take the surname Lu was Guy Harvey's decision, and his wife, Ouyang Yaya, also fully supported her husband's decision.
Li Xing knew Lu Yao privately, owing to his senior sister...
His senior sister was good friends with Her Majesty the Queen, and Her Majesty the Queen had a good relationship with Lu Yao's parents. Occasionally, during holidays, his senior sister would secretly go on trips with Her Majesty the Queen, Guy Harvey, Ouyang Yaya, and several of Her Majesty's other siblings, even including the children of those siblings. Sometimes, he would also be brought along by his senior sister.
However, he had almost always been forced to go out in the past because he was too much of a homebody and never went out. His senior sister feared he would get bored staying home alone and insisted on taking him out to see more of the world.
"In this competition, I'm going to take first place!" Li Xing looked at Lu Yao and said seriously.
Outsiders were unaware of his intelligence, but Lu Yao was. More importantly, Lu Yao had inherited the excellent genes of her father, Guy Harvey. She was very lively and had excellent social connections. Nine out of ten people in the school were her good friends. In short, Lu Yao was the most socially outgoing person in their school!
Li Xing was absolutely confident that as long as he could bring Lu Yao into the team, and then have Lu Yao recruit a few more teammates to form a group, his team-up problem for the league would be perfectly solved.
Beside them, some passing girls overheard Li Xing's words. Their minds buzzed, and they walked away in a daze.
First place?
The first place from the bottom?
Hahahaha...
But—
Why was Li Xing trying to recruit Lu Yao?
No, how did Lu Yao offend Li Xing? Why did Li Xing want to retaliate against Lu Yao like this?
It was one thing for him to consistently rank last, but he even wanted to drag Lu Yao down with him to take last place. Was Li Xing crazy?
It wasn't just the other girls who thought this way; even Lu Yao had similar thoughts at the moment.
She did know that Li Xing was actually very intelligent, but she lacked confidence in his character!
This guy was so lazy; the first place he wanted, could it be last place?
As Lu Yao mused, she waved her hand in front of Li Xing's eyes and then asked seriously, "Are you crazy?"
Li Xing frowned and then explained, "I'm serious. I want to take first place this time, the first place from the top. Let's team up, and I guarantee I'll carry us!"
"Wow, look, the cows in the sky are flying!" In the next moment, Lu Yao pointed to the sky and said excitedly.
The girls who had not yet walked far away heard Lu Yao's words, and one by one, they all burst into laughter. They tried to hold back, but they couldn't!
As expected, Yao Yao was amazing, Yao Yao was incredible!!!
"Is there no trust between us classmates at all?" Li Xing said with a complicated mood.
Lu Yao: "..." What is trust? That depends on the person!
"I swear in the name of my senior sister that if I don't get first place in this competition, I'll curse myself to never marry her in this lifetime!" In the next moment, Li Xing said seriously.
Lu Yao, who had just turned to leave, stopped dead in her tracks upon hearing this. She suddenly turned her head back and looked at Li Xing in disbelief, "Are you serious about what you just said?"
Li Xing: "..."
Could it be untrue?
If he couldn't get first place, his senior sister wouldn't marry him either.
Li Xing stopped talking and simply looked at Lu Yao with sincere eyes.
Lu Yao stared intently into Li Xing's eyes. After a long while, she suddenly took out a spatial button. She took out paper and a pen in the style of the ancient Earth era from the spatial button and handed them to Li Xing, saying, "Black and white, sign and seal, lying is for puppies!"
Li Xing: "..."
Li Xing was speechless, but in the end, he took the paper and pen and quietly found a suitable corner to start writing the oath.
After writing the oath, he still had to sign his name at the end, and even use an ink pad for his seal!
Having completed all this, Li Xing handed the oath letter to Lu Yao and said earnestly, "Can you believe me now?"
Lu Yao: "..."
"Fine then, we'll reluctantly form a team, and I'll do my best to help you," Lu Yao said generously.
"Then I thank you in advance. This is a list of teammates I want to recruit. Please help me persuade them," Li Xing said, immediately and without hesitation, taking out a list of teammates and handing it directly to Lu Yao.
Lu Yao: "..." This guy really doesn't know what politeness is!