Su Xiangli said she didn't want to go to the dance studio her mother arranged, yet she surprisingly accepted the dance arrangement obediently.
Simon accompanied her to find a dance studio in Linhai New District, with two classes a week, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday mornings, each class two hours long, at nine hundred yuan an hour.
Money flows like water (resounding)!.
Su Xiangli was learning a new style of ballet. While called 'new style,' it was essentially the same, with slight modifications to the repertoire and movements, but the techniques were inherited, and ballet remained graceful and elegant, capable of transforming people into elegant swans.
The teachers at the dance studio were indeed all swans; beautiful older sisters on their toes, spinning, and slowly stepping, as if they could ripple the floor with water.
Su Xiangli, however, was not. She was too clumsy, like a duck among a flock of geese, which always made Simon laugh.
Learning ballet requires dancing on one's toes, and improper training can lead to toe deformities. Therefore, the studio Simon chose was very reputable. All the instructors were top three in national competitions, and the most impressive one was a level five social credit holder with her own levitating flying car—cool beyond compare.
...
The new year arrived, and on January 2nd, Simon's model was completed.
Standing 1.9 meters tall and made of plastic, it utilized dozens of special spray paints to create the texture of metal and plants. This was also a skill, and Simon learned another subject, "Spray Painting Art," for it, spending six hundred and fifty Understanding Points (Wisdom Points).
New achievement unlocked.
[Achievement: Rainbow Mist Poet (Epic)]: You are intimately familiar with all types of spray paints, capable of accurately grasping their color changes. Give you a can of spray paint, and you can create a world, provided you understand graffiti art.
Effect: Number of cone cells significantly increased, number of rod cells significantly increased, tolerance of oral and nasal cavities significantly increased, allergic reaction to volatile substances decreased, hair volume slightly reduced.
Simon clutched his beautiful hair in agony; he was already exhausted.
However, when he saw his creation, all the suffering was worth it.
A gender-neutral humanoid, with its left hand holding its right shoulder, its right hand resting on its hip, slightly crouched, head turned to gaze at the sky to its front right, like a dying person's last look at the world.
Pale skin stained with withered yellow marks, like tattered, dirty sackcloth draped over muscles formed by intertwined stark-white metal wires. Copper pipes, like blood vessels, spread from the red crystal heart, half-hidden by the arms, to the surface of the body, piercing the skin. From the circular pipe openings, grey-green, delicate vine branches grew out, adorned with moon-white osmanthus flowers.
The face was that of a beautiful person with soft features, eyes closed, expression as loving as the Virgin Mary in a painting. A silver skull was exposed, with a narrow, red vertical eye with a pitch-black pupil at the fontanelle.
The immense detail was dazzling, giving a first impression of an Impact (impact) of information, where death and life, machine and nature, mystery and reality clashed.
Contradictions were wrapped in layers, allowing people to ponder them little by little, without any single part being too eye-catching and causing a stylistic split.
Simon took photos of the model and posted them in the discussion group, garnering much praise, including a congratulatory message from a disabled person in the hospital, who called it a work of art, not just a simple scientific model.
Counting, tomorrow was Shao Zhanqing's discharge day. Simon took his team members to visit him at the hospital.
He had expected him to be wrapped in plaster bandages like a mummy, but upon arrival, he found nothing on him. The ribs Simon had kicked and broken had long since healed. He was now purely on vacation, lying in his hospital bed with a laptop.
It was only because the hospital wouldn't allow it, otherwise Shao Zhanqing could have spent an entire winter vacation lying in his hospital bed.
Simon was shocked, "You're so lazy!"
Teacher Shao put down his meal box, coughed twice, "Kid, you don't understand, when a person reaches middle age..."
Yu Fei: "Teacher, you're only thirty-nine, you're still young!"
Shao Zhanqing selectively ignored him for a moment, "A man has to be good to himself. Usually, seeing you little brats annoys me, but it's rare that I have paid leave, so I definitely need to make up for it..."
Su Xiangli: "Teacher, you've gained so much weight, you don't look like a patient at all."
Shao Zhanqing became deaf again, "However, I'm being discharged tomorrow. I'm very happy to see you all again. Simon, your model is excellent..."
Meng Qijun: "Teacher, you're slacking off. You're perfectly fine, but you gave all the tasks to Simon."
Shao Zhanqing indicated he was a descendant of the deaf, "Ahem, the flowers and fruits you sent weren't cheap, were they? After the competition, Teacher will take you out for a big meal."
"Okay!" x 4
Shao Zhanqing (adjusting his glasses): Little brats are so easy to trick.
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Simon's work was sent to the competition, and the results would take quite some time to come out, including both professional judges' evaluations and online voting.
During this time, things became leisurely again, and Simon and his companions began preparing for their final exams.
Today was January 5, 2086, Saturday, Minor Cold.
The outdoor temperature was 16℃.
Simon sat in the rest area in the corner of the dance studio, with black tea and blueberry muffins on the coffee table in front of him, and a math homework book on his lap. Doing problems, watching the clumsy Su Xiangli, life was truly enjoyable.
In the bright dance studio, Su Xiangli was on her toes against the glass wall. Simon turned to look at her profile; a blush spread beneath the girl's slightly pale skin. The high-intensity exercise made her heart beat violently, capillaries dilate, and sweat glands secrete a large amount of sweat. She was now like a ceramic doll covered in morning mist, her white dance dress had a heavy, exaggerated skirt, making Su Xiangli look like a chubby little goose when she wore it.
Simon watched for a while and then grew bored.
Such days would last for a long time, wouldn't they? As long as they were classmates and in the same city, Simon would accompany Su Xiangli, watching her grow little by little.
There was nothing wrong with that.
The final exams arrived as scheduled, and it even snowed that day. After completing the four exam subjects—Chinese Language, Math, English, and Science—it was already four in the afternoon. Tomorrow there would be a final summary meeting, and after that, a month-long winter vacation.
Winter vacation arrived again, and the results of the model competition Simon and his team participated in were also out. They ranked second in Linhai New District and third in the entire city, qualifying for the provincial competition.
The group that ranked first city-wide was from Linhai District Central Primary School. They made a moving black hole model, including an event horizon and a dozen orbiting stars. Outside the event horizon, there was even a glowing accretion disk, which was very cool.
The group that ranked second city-wide came from Zhenjiang District Yu Ying Primary School. Their work was a hexagonal crystal, with six faces and six crystalline structures, converging into a tightly combined crystal sphere at the center. Each angle presented a different view, colorful and vibrant. This level of technical skill was extremely high, but because the item looked too simple, it was held back in the online voting, otherwise it would have been first place.
Simon: I underestimated the talented people in the world!
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