"That's true. God knows what Gu Fenghua did to make them take her in. She must have resorted to something underhanded…" The young woman's voice became increasingly soft as she noted Zhong Wanying's expression. She was worried that Zhong Wanying would get angry with her since she was Gu Fenghua's best friend. Instead, Zhong Wanying surprisingly seemed as though she had heard nothing and did not scold her.
Zhong Wanying stared dead straight at Gu Fenghua as she got ready to accept her prize. No one had a clue what she was thinking now.
Initially, she wanted to team up with Gu Fenghua but she could not find her. Even though she tried to look for her during the actual exercise, it was futile.
Gu Fenghua had shockingly found herself such powerful teammates and even came in first!
Zhong Wanying clenched her fists tightly as a hint of fury swept across her eyes.
Jun Lansheng and Luo Enen stood on the stage excitedly while Gu Fenghua remained calm.
"Tada! Your prize is my favorite footbath. I tell you. It's good for health to do footbaths every night…" said Ran Hongxue to Gu Fenghua and the others. He halted halfway and seemed incapable of going on. Gu Fenghua knew he was unable to make up any more nonsense. He swiftly concluded, "In any case, this is good stuff. That's all for the award ceremony. You are dismissed."
Ran Hongxue ran off and left everyone dumbstruck.
Luo Enen and Jun Lansheng looked at each other in shock. What just happened?
What about their prize? Were they not giving them high-quality swords? What about the heaps of money? What about the mysterious additional prize?
Nothing. They did not get anything at all! All they got was a foot bath. Also, it was just made of metal…
That old geezer! Gu Fenghua gritted her teeth. She just knew things would end up like this!
After Ran Hongxue ran off, the audience fell into a complete silence before everyone burst out laughing.
They genuinely could not contain themselves and had to laugh. After the students were robbed by Gu Fenghua's team, they were furious. However, their anger dissipated as they gloated.
This was the single most hilarious award ceremony in the history of Celestial Academy.
The team that came in first ended up with nothing. Their reward was a foot bath and could not compare to the students who came in second and third. Also, even though it used to belong to the principal, it could not change the fact that it was used and might even smell bad.
"Was he kidding? This must be a joke, right?" repeated Luo Enen as she looked at Gu Fenghua in a daze. She had yet to recover from the immense disappointment.
Jun Lansheng held the foot bath and looked at it in disbelief as well. "Is this our prize?"
"Uh huh. That is our beloved mystery prize." Gu Fenghua's lips twitched before she brutally said to her teammates as they lost all hope, "Never mind. Just accept the truth. Stop living in your dreams. Let me treat you to a feast."
"Oh god! This is absolutely unfair. How could we end up getting a foot bath after all we did to come in first?" Luo Enen finally gathered her thoughts and howled dejectedly in despair.
"The principal was the one who pulled this off, so what does it have to do with god?" Jun Lansheng accepted the truth and sighed, "Forget it. So be it if it is a foot bath. It is better than nothing."
Jun Lansheng was unexpectedly an optimist. Perhaps it had something to do with his figure. If Jun Lansheng ever caught wind of Gu Fenghua's opinion, he was bound to retort vehemently that he was not fat at all. He was very slim!
"Fenghua!!!" Luo Enen suddenly lunged before Gu Fenghua. Her eyes glinted with tears welling in her eyes. "You can't forsake me! I was loyal to you and I can't do without you. I swear that I'm absolutely loyal to you, so you can't leave me in the lurch or let me down…"
"Get to the point," said Gu Fenghua succinctly.
"Oh. I'm broke. I need money." Luo Enen stopped pretending to cry and spoke candidly.
"Okay." Gu Fenghua felt powerless looking at the young woman who was capable of asking for money so bluntly.
"We can still sell the stuff we got during the exercise, right?" asked Jun Lansheng quizzically.
"You will understand soon enough," said Gu Fenghua profoundly.
"Hey! Congrats for coming in first, Gu Fenghua! Haha! Your reward is really one in a million." Feng Shiyuan's shrill voice came. It was filled with ridicule and gloating.
Gu Fenghua glanced at Feng Shiyuan and could not be bothered with her. It was a waste of energy to pay a loser like Feng Shiyuan any attention.
"Come on. Let's go sell our resources. I will give you a treat after that," said Gu Fenghua before leaving with Luo Enen and Jun Lansheng.
"Gu Fenghua!" Feng Shiyuan gritted her teeth. Gu Fenghua's disregard made her seethe in anger even more.
"Okay. I want to buy a lot of stuff too. Oh yes. I really like that dress of yours. Where did you buy it? Can you take me there?" said Luo Enen excitedly to Gu Fenghua. Luo Enen turned to glare at Feng Shiyuan and a murderous aura instantly radiated from her face. "If you don't make yourself scarce, I will kick your chest and put a huge dent in it!"
Feng Shiyuan's face turned pale as she instinctively covered her chest. Luo Enen had once sent someone flying with a kick. She had no doubt that it was not an empty threat. Feng Shiyuan certainly did not want her chest dented, so she left resentfully.
Gu Fenghua laughed. She had gotten accustomed to the shocking things Luo Enen would say every now and then. It made her find Luo Enen even more adorable.
Jun Lansheng followed behind with the footbath. He scrutinized the foot bath and concluded it was actually new before he put it away.
"At least the principal had some conscience and gave us a brand new footbath," muttered Jun Lansheng.
"You sure are easily satisfied and can find joy amid suffering," said Luo Enen angrily. It did not matter if it were brand new. It was undeniably their reward for coming in first, so it was embarrassing just talking about it.
"Enough. Stop talking about it. Why don't we go and sell our stuff," said Gu Fenghua. It was an unwritten rule that the academy had dibs to buying resources obtained from the exercise before they could sell the rest outside.
Gu Fenghua and the others split the money After selling off their resources. They carved aside half of the money for team expenditure before splitting the rest three ways. The moment Luo Enen laid her hands on her share, she shopped like crazy. Gu Fenghua bought a few things too while Jun Lansheng purchased ingredients and condiments.
Luo Enen bought everything she liked and left Jun Lansheng dumbstruck. He finally grasped why Gu Fenghua spoke so profoundly earlier.
Before long, Luo Enen emptied out her purse. She bought a lot of strange stuff and placed them in Gu Fenghua's interspatial bracelet. The ingredients and condiments that Jun Lansheng purchased were deemed team expenditure since they would end up eating it.